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Surah Fussilat, Ayah 39 (41:39)

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وَمِنْ ءَايَٰتِهِۦٓ أَنَّكَ تَرَى ٱلْأَرْضَ خَٰشِعَةً فَإِذَآ أَنزَلْنَا عَلَيْهَا ٱلْمَآءَ ٱهْتَزَّتْ …

Quran 41:39 is ayah 39 of Surah Fussilat (“Explained in Detail”), a Meccan surah of 54 ayahs. It is in Juz 24, on page 481 of the Madani Mushaf.

41:39
وَمِنْءَايَٰتِهِۦٓأَنَّكَتَرَىٱلْأَرْضَخَٰشِعَةًفَإِذَآأَنزَلْنَاعَلَيْهَاٱلْمَآءَٱهْتَزَّتْوَرَبَتْ ۚإِنَّٱلَّذِىٓأَحْيَاهَالَمُحْىِٱلْمَوْتَىٰٓ ۚإِنَّهُۥعَلَىٰكُلِّشَىْءٍقَدِيرٌ٣٩
wamin āyātihi annaka tarā l-arḍa khāshiʿatan fa-idhā anzalnā ʿalayhā l-māa ih'tazzat warabat inna alladhī aḥyāhā lamuḥ'yī l-mawtā innahu ʿalā kulli shayin qadīrun

And of His signs is that you see the earth stilled, but when We send down upon it rain, it quivers and grows. Indeed, He who has given it life is the Giver of Life to the dead. Indeed, He is over all things competent.(39)

Word by word

  1. وَمِنْwaminAnd among
  2. ءَايَٰتِهِۦٓāyātihiHis Signs
  3. أَنَّكَannaka(is) that you
  4. تَرَىtarāsee
  5. ٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍathe earth
  6. خَٰشِعَةًkhāshiʿatanbarren
  7. فَإِذَآfa-idhābut when
  8. أَنزَلْنَاanzalnāWe send down
  9. عَلَيْهَاʿalayhāupon it
  10. ٱلْمَآءَl-māawater
  11. ٱهْتَزَّتْih'tazzatit is stirred (to life)
  12. وَرَبَتْ ۚwarabatand grows
  13. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  14. ٱلَّذِىٓalladhīthe One Who
  15. أَحْيَاهَاaḥyāhāgives it life
  16. لَمُحْىِlamuḥ'yī(is) surely the Giver of life
  17. ٱلْمَوْتَىٰٓ ۚl-mawtā(to) the dead
  18. إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, He
  19. عَلَىٰʿalā(is) on
  20. كُلِّkullievery
  21. شَىْءٍshayinthing
  22. قَدِيرٌqadīrunAll-Powerful

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