Surah Saba, Ayah 2 (34:2)

سَبَأ

يَعْلَمُ مَا يَلِجُ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا يَخْرُجُ مِنْهَا وَمَا يَنزِلُ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا …

Quran 34:2 is ayah 2 of Surah Saba (“Sheba”), a Meccan surah of 54 ayahs. It is in Juz 22, on page 428 of the Madani Mushaf.

34:2
يَعْلَمُمَايَلِجُفِىٱلْأَرْضِوَمَايَخْرُجُمِنْهَاوَمَايَنزِلُمِنَٱلسَّمَآءِوَمَايَعْرُجُفِيهَا ۚوَهُوَٱلرَّحِيمُٱلْغَفُورُ٢
yaʿlamu mā yaliju fī l-arḍi wamā yakhruju min'hā wamā yanzilu mina l-samāi wamā yaʿruju fīhā wahuwa l-raḥīmu l-ghafūru

He knows what penetrates into the earth and what emerges from it and what descends from the heaven and what ascends therein. And He is the Merciful, the Forgiving.(2)

Word by word

  1. يَعْلَمُyaʿlamuHe knows
  2. مَاmāwhat
  3. يَلِجُyalijupenetrates
  4. فِىfīin
  5. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
  6. وَمَاwamāand what
  7. يَخْرُجُyakhrujucomes out
  8. مِنْهَاmin'hāfrom it
  9. وَمَاwamāand what
  10. يَنزِلُyanziludescends
  11. مِنَminafrom
  12. ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe heaven
  13. وَمَاwamāand what
  14. يَعْرُجُyaʿrujuascends
  15. فِيهَا ۚfīhātherein
  16. وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He
  17. ٱلرَّحِيمُl-raḥīmu(is) the Most Merciful
  18. ٱلْغَفُورُl-ghafūruthe Oft-Forgiving

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