Surah Al-Anbiya 21:30 — translation and meaning

الأنبياء · Verse 30 / 112 · Page 324

ۖ ۖ أَوَلَمْ يَرَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا أَنَّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ كَانَتَا رَتْقًا فَفَتَقْنَاهُمَا وَجَعَلْنَا مِنَ الْمَاءِ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ حَيٍّ أَفَلَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

Word by Word

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ۖ
أَوَلَمْ
awalam
Do not
يَرَ
yara
see
الَّذِينَ
alladhina
those who
كَفَرُوا
kafaru
disbelieved
أَنَّ
anna
that
السَّمَاوَاتِ
al-samawati
the heavens
وَالْأَرْضَ
wal-arda
and the earth
كَانَتَا
kanata
were
رَتْقًا
ratqan
a joined entity
فَفَتَقْنَاهُمَا
fafataqnahuma
then We parted them
وَجَعَلْنَا
waja'alna
and We made
مِنَ
mina
from
الْمَاءِ
al-mai
[the] water
كُلَّ
kulla
every
شَيْءٍ
shayin
living thing
حَيٍّ
hayyin
living thing
أَفَلَا
afala
Then will not
يُؤْمِنُونَ
yu'minuna
they believe

Transliteration

Awalam yaral lazeena kafarooo annas samaawaati wal arda kaanataa ratqan faftaqnaahumaa wa ja'alnaa minal maaa'i kulla shai'in haiyin afalaa yu'minoon

Translation

Have those who disbelieved not considered that the heavens and the earth were a joined entity, and We separated them and made from water every living thing? Then will they not believe?

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Do those who disbelieved in Allah not know that the heavens and the earth were joint without any gap in between that rain should come down from it, then I split them apart? And I made every animal and plant from the water that comes down from the sky. Do they not consider this and believe in Allah alone?

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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