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Surah An-Nahl, Ayah 65 (16:65)

ٱلنَّحْل

وَٱللَّهُ أَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً فَأَحْيَا بِهِ ٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَآ ۚ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ …

Quran 16:65 is ayah 65 of Surah An-Nahl (“The Bee”), a Meccan surah of 128 ayahs. It is in Juz 14, on page 274 of the Madani Mushaf.

16:65
وَٱللَّهُأَنزَلَمِنَٱلسَّمَآءِمَآءًفَأَحْيَابِهِٱلْأَرْضَبَعْدَمَوْتِهَآ ۚإِنَّفِىذَٰلِكَلََٔايَةًلِّقَوْمٍيَسْمَعُونَ٦٥
wal-lahu anzala mina l-samāi māan fa-aḥyā bihi l-arḍa baʿda mawtihā inna fī dhālika laāyatan liqawmin yasmaʿūna

And Allāh has sent down rain from the sky and given life thereby to the earth after its lifelessness. Indeed in that is a sign for a people who listen.(65)

Word by word

  1. وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
  2. أَنزَلَanzalahas sent down
  3. مِنَminafrom
  4. ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe sky
  5. مَآءًmāanwater
  6. فَأَحْيَاfa-aḥyāthen gives life
  7. بِهِbihiby it
  8. ٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍa(to) the earth
  9. بَعْدَbaʿdaafter
  10. مَوْتِهَآ ۚmawtihāits death
  11. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  12. فِىfīin
  13. ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
  14. لََٔايَةًlaāyatan(is) surely a Sign
  15. لِّقَوْمٍliqawminfor a people
  16. يَسْمَعُونَyasmaʿūnawho listen

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