Surah Ali 'Imran, Ayah 6 (3:6)

آلِ عِمْرَان

هُوَ ٱلَّذِى يُصَوِّرُكُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْحَامِ كَيْفَ يَشَآءُ ۚ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ …

Quran 3:6 is ayah 6 of Surah Ali 'Imran (“Family of Imran”), a Medinan surah of 200 ayahs. It is in Juz 3, on page 50 of the Madani Mushaf.

3:6
هُوَٱلَّذِىيُصَوِّرُكُمْفِىٱلْأَرْحَامِكَيْفَيَشَآءُ ۚلَآإِلَٰهَإِلَّاهُوَٱلْعَزِيزُٱلْحَكِيمُ٦
huwa alladhī yuṣawwirukum fī l-arḥāmi kayfa yashāu lā ilāha illā huwa l-ʿazīzu l-ḥakīmu

It is He who forms you in the wombs however He wills. There is no deity except Him, the Exalted in Might, the Wise.(6)

Word by word

  1. هُوَhuwaHe
  2. ٱلَّذِىalladhī(is) the One Who
  3. يُصَوِّرُكُمْyuṣawwirukumshapes you
  4. فِىfīin
  5. ٱلْأَرْحَامِl-arḥāmithe wombs
  6. كَيْفَkayfahow(ever)
  7. يَشَآءُ ۚyashāuHe wills
  8. لَآlā(There is) no
  9. إِلَٰهَilāhagod
  10. إِلَّاillāexcept
  11. هُوَhuwaHim
  12. ٱلْعَزِيزُl-ʿazīzuthe All-Mighty
  13. ٱلْحَكِيمُl-ḥakīmuthe All-Wise

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