Surah An-Naml, Ayah 88 (27:88)

ٱلنَّمْل

وَتَرَى ٱلْجِبَالَ تَحْسَبُهَا جَامِدَةً وَهِىَ تَمُرُّ مَرَّ ٱلسَّحَابِ ۚ صُنْعَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلَّذِىٓ …

Quran 27:88 is ayah 88 of Surah An-Naml (“The Ant”), a Meccan surah of 93 ayahs. It is in Juz 20, on page 384 of the Madani Mushaf.

27:88
وَتَرَىٱلْجِبَالَتَحْسَبُهَاجَامِدَةًوَهِىَتَمُرُّمَرَّٱلسَّحَابِ ۚصُنْعَٱللَّهِٱلَّذِىٓأَتْقَنَكُلَّشَىْءٍ ۚإِنَّهُۥخَبِيرٌۢبِمَاتَفْعَلُونَ٨٨
watarā l-jibāla taḥsabuhā jāmidatan wahiya tamurru marra l-saḥābi ṣun'ʿa l-lahi alladhī atqana kulla shayin innahu khabīrun bimā tafʿalūna

And you see the mountains, thinking them motionless, while they will pass as the passing of clouds. [It is] the work of Allāh, who perfected all things. Indeed, He is Aware of that which you do.(88)

Word by word

  1. وَتَرَىwatarāAnd you see
  2. ٱلْجِبَالَl-jibālathe mountains
  3. تَحْسَبُهَاtaḥsabuhāthinking them
  4. جَامِدَةًjāmidatanfirmly fixed
  5. وَهِىَwahiyawhile they
  6. تَمُرُّtamurruwill pass
  7. مَرَّmarra(as the) passing
  8. ٱلسَّحَابِ ۚl-saḥābi(of) the clouds
  9. صُنْعَṣun'ʿa(The) Work
  10. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
  11. ٱلَّذِىٓalladhīWho
  12. أَتْقَنَatqanaperfected
  13. كُلَّkullaall
  14. شَىْءٍ ۚshayinthings
  15. إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, He
  16. خَبِيرٌۢkhabīrun(is) All-Aware
  17. بِمَاbimāof what
  18. تَفْعَلُونَtafʿalūnayou do

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