Surah Az-Zumar, Ayah 6 (39:6)

ٱلزُّمَر

خَلَقَكُم مِّن نَّفْسٍ وَٰحِدَةٍ ثُمَّ جَعَلَ مِنْهَا زَوْجَهَا وَأَنزَلَ لَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَنْعَٰمِ …

Quran 39:6 is ayah 6 of Surah Az-Zumar (“The Troops”), a Meccan surah of 75 ayahs. It is in Juz 23, on page 459 of the Madani Mushaf.

39:6
خَلَقَكُممِّننَّفْسٍوَٰحِدَةٍثُمَّجَعَلَمِنْهَازَوْجَهَاوَأَنزَلَلَكُممِّنَٱلْأَنْعَٰمِثَمَٰنِيَةَأَزْوَٰجٍ ۚيَخْلُقُكُمْفِىبُطُونِأُمَّهَٰتِكُمْخَلْقًامِّنۢبَعْدِخَلْقٍفِىظُلُمَٰتٍثَلَٰثٍ ۚذَٰلِكُمُٱللَّهُرَبُّكُمْلَهُٱلْمُلْكُ ۖلَآإِلَٰهَإِلَّاهُوَ ۖفَأَنَّىٰتُصْرَفُونَ٦
khalaqakum min nafsin wāḥidatin thumma jaʿala min'hā zawjahā wa-anzala lakum mina l-anʿāmi thamāniyata azwājin yakhluqukum fī buṭūni ummahātikum khalqan min baʿdi khalqin fī ẓulumātin thalāthin dhālikumu l-lahu rabbukum lahu l-mul'ku lā ilāha illā huwa fa-annā tuṣ'rafūna

He created you from one soul. Then He made from it its mate, and He produced for you from the grazing livestock eight mates. He creates you in the wombs of your mothers, creation after creation, within three darknesses. That is Allāh, your Lord; to Him belongs dominion. There is no deity except Him, so how are you averted?(6)

Word by word

  1. خَلَقَكُمkhalaqakumHe created you
  2. مِّنminfrom
  3. نَّفْسٍnafsina soul
  4. وَٰحِدَةٍwāḥidatinsingle
  5. ثُمَّthummaThen
  6. جَعَلَjaʿalaHe made
  7. مِنْهَاmin'hāfrom it
  8. زَوْجَهَاzawjahāits mate
  9. وَأَنزَلَwa-anzalaAnd He sent down
  10. لَكُمlakumfor you
  11. مِّنَminaof
  12. ٱلْأَنْعَٰمِl-anʿāmithe cattle
  13. ثَمَٰنِيَةَthamāniyataeight
  14. أَزْوَٰجٍ ۚazwājinkinds
  15. يَخْلُقُكُمْyakhluqukumHe creates you
  16. فِىfīin
  17. بُطُونِbuṭūni(the) wombs
  18. أُمَّهَٰتِكُمْummahātikum(of) your mothers
  19. خَلْقًاkhalqancreation
  20. مِّنۢminafter
  21. بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
  22. خَلْقٍkhalqincreation
  23. فِىfīin
  24. ظُلُمَٰتٍẓulumātindarkness[es]
  25. ثَلَٰثٍ ۚthalāthinthree
  26. ذَٰلِكُمُdhālikumuThat
  27. ٱللَّهُl-lahu(is) Allah
  28. رَبُّكُمْrabbukumyour Lord
  29. لَهُlahufor Him
  30. ٱلْمُلْكُ ۖl-mul'ku(is) the dominion
  31. لَآlā(There is) no
  32. إِلَٰهَilāhagod
  33. إِلَّاillāexcept
  34. هُوَ ۖhuwaHe
  35. فَأَنَّىٰfa-annāThen how
  36. تُصْرَفُونَtuṣ'rafūnaare you turning away

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