Surah Az-Zukhruf, Ayah 12 (43:12)

ٱلزُّخْرُف

وَٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلْأَزْوَٰجَ كُلَّهَا وَجَعَلَ لَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْفُلْكِ وَٱلْأَنْعَٰمِ مَا تَرْكَبُونَ

Quran 43:12 is ayah 12 of Surah Az-Zukhruf (“The Ornaments of Gold”), a Meccan surah of 89 ayahs. It is in Juz 25, on page 490 of the Madani Mushaf.

43:12
وَٱلَّذِىخَلَقَٱلْأَزْوَٰجَكُلَّهَاوَجَعَلَلَكُممِّنَٱلْفُلْكِوَٱلْأَنْعَٰمِمَاتَرْكَبُونَ١٢
wa-alladhī khalaqa l-azwāja kullahā wajaʿala lakum mina l-ful'ki wal-anʿāmi mā tarkabūna

And who created the species, all of them, and has made for you of ships and animals those which you mount(12)

Word by word

  1. وَٱلَّذِىwa-alladhīAnd the One Who
  2. خَلَقَkhalaqacreated
  3. ٱلْأَزْوَٰجَl-azwājathe pairs
  4. كُلَّهَاkullahāall of them
  5. وَجَعَلَwajaʿalaand made
  6. لَكُمlakumfor you
  7. مِّنَmina[of]
  8. ٱلْفُلْكِl-ful'kithe ships
  9. وَٱلْأَنْعَٰمِwal-anʿāmiand the cattle
  10. مَاmāwhat
  11. تَرْكَبُونَtarkabūnayou ride

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