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Surah Az-Zukhruf, Ayah 13 (43:13)

ٱلزُّخْرُف

لِتَسْتَوُۥا۟ عَلَىٰ ظُهُورِهِۦ ثُمَّ تَذْكُرُوا۟ نِعْمَةَ رَبِّكُمْ إِذَا ٱسْتَوَيْتُمْ عَلَيْهِ …

Quran 43:13 is ayah 13 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.

43:13
لِتَسْتَوُۥا۟عَلَىٰظُهُورِهِۦثُمَّتَذْكُرُوا۟نِعْمَةَرَبِّكُمْإِذَاٱسْتَوَيْتُمْعَلَيْهِوَتَقُولُوا۟سُبْحَٰنَٱلَّذِىسَخَّرَلَنَاهَٰذَاوَمَاكُنَّالَهُۥمُقْرِنِينَ١٣
litastawū ʿalā ẓuhūrihi thumma tadhkurū niʿ'mata rabbikum idhā is'tawaytum ʿalayhi wataqūlū sub'ḥāna alladhī sakhara lanā hādhā wamā kunnā lahu muq'rinīna

That you may settle yourselves upon their backs and then remember the favor of your Lord when you have settled upon them and say, "Exalted is He who has subjected this to us, and we could not have [otherwise] subdued it.(13)

Word by word

  1. لِتَسْتَوُۥا۟litastawūThat you may sit firmly
  2. عَلَىٰʿalāon
  3. ظُهُورِهِۦẓuhūrihitheir backs
  4. ثُمَّthummathen
  5. تَذْكُرُوا۟tadhkurūremember
  6. نِعْمَةَniʿ'mata(the) favor
  7. رَبِّكُمْrabbikum(of) your Lord
  8. إِذَاidhāwhen
  9. ٱسْتَوَيْتُمْis'tawaytumyou sit firmly
  10. عَلَيْهِʿalayhion them
  11. وَتَقُولُوا۟wataqūlūand say
  12. سُبْحَٰنَsub'ḥānaGlory be (to)
  13. ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe One Who
  14. سَخَّرَsakhara(has) subjected
  15. لَنَاlanāto us
  16. هَٰذَاhādhāthis
  17. وَمَاwamāand not
  18. كُنَّاkunnāwe were
  19. لَهُۥlahuof it
  20. مُقْرِنِينَmuq'rinīnacapable

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