Surah Al-Hijr 15:22 — translation and meaning

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وَأَرْسَلْنَا الرِّيَاحَ لَوَاقِحَ فَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَاءً فَأَسْقَيْنَاكُمُوهُ وَمَا أَنتُمْ لَهُ بِخَازِنِينَ

Word by Word

وَأَرْسَلْنَا
wa-arsalna
And We have sent
الرِّيَاحَ
al-riyaha
the winds
لَوَاقِحَ
lawaqiha
fertilizing
فَأَنزَلْنَا
fa-anzalna
and We sent down
مِنَ
mina
from
السَّمَاءِ
al-samai
the sky
مَاءً
maan
water
فَأَسْقَيْنَاكُمُوهُ
fa-asqaynakumuhu
and We gave it to you to drink
وَمَا
wama
And not
أَنتُمْ
antum
you
لَهُ
lahu
of it
بِخَازِنِينَ
bikhazinina
(are) retainers

Transliteration

Wa arsalnar riyaaha la waaqiha fa anzalnaa minas samaaa'i maaa'an fa asqai naakumoohu wa maaa antum lahoo bikhaazineen

Translation

And We have sent the fertilizing winds and sent down water from the sky and given you drink from it. And you are not its retainers.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

I sent the winds to fertilise the cloud, and I sent rain down from the fertilised clouds and I nourished you from rain water. O people, you are not containers of this water on earth in springs and wells, rather Allah is the One Who contains the water in them.

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

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"And We have sent the fertilizing winds and sent down water from…" — Al-Hijr 15:22