Surah An-Naml, Ayah 86 (27:86)

ٱلنَّمْل

أَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ أَنَّا جَعَلْنَا ٱلَّيْلَ لِيَسْكُنُوا۟ فِيهِ وَٱلنَّهَارَ مُبْصِرًا ۚ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ …

Quran 27:86 is ayah 86 of Surah An-Naml (“The Ant”), a Meccan surah of 93 ayahs. It is in Juz 20, on page 384 of the Madani Mushaf.

27:86
أَلَمْيَرَوْا۟أَنَّاجَعَلْنَاٱلَّيْلَلِيَسْكُنُوا۟فِيهِوَٱلنَّهَارَمُبْصِرًا ۚإِنَّفِىذَٰلِكَلََٔايَٰتٍلِّقَوْمٍيُؤْمِنُونَ٨٦
alam yaraw annā jaʿalnā al-layla liyaskunū fīhi wal-nahāra mub'ṣiran inna fī dhālika laāyātin liqawmin yu'minūna

Do they not see that We made the night that they may rest therein and the day giving sight? Indeed in that are signs for a people who believe.(86)

Word by word

  1. أَلَمْalamDo not
  2. يَرَوْا۟yarawthey see
  3. أَنَّاannāthat We
  4. جَعَلْنَاjaʿalnā[We] have made
  5. ٱلَّيْلَal-laylathe night
  6. لِيَسْكُنُوا۟liyaskunūthat they may rest
  7. فِيهِfīhiin it
  8. وَٱلنَّهَارَwal-nahāraand the day
  9. مُبْصِرًا ۚmub'ṣirangiving visibility
  10. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  11. فِىfīin
  12. ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
  13. لََٔايَٰتٍlaāyātinsurely (are) Signs
  14. لِّقَوْمٍliqawminfor a people
  15. يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnawho believe

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