Surah An-Nahl 16:65 — translation and meaning

النحل · Verse 65 / 128 · Page 274

ۚ وَاللَّهُ أَنزَلَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَاءً فَأَحْيَا بِهِ الْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لَآيَةً لِّقَوْمٍ يَسْمَعُونَ

Word by Word

ۚ
وَاللَّهُ
wal-lahu
And Allah
أَنزَلَ
anzala
sends down
مِنَ
mina
from
السَّمَاءِ
al-samai
the sky
مَاءً
maan
water
فَأَحْيَا
fa-ahya
then gives life
بِهِ
bihi
by it
الْأَرْضَ
al-arda
(to) the earth
بَعْدَ
ba'da
after
مَوْتِهَا
mawtiha
its death
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
فِي
fi
in
ذَلِكَ
dhalika
that
لَآيَةً
laayatan
(is) surely a Sign
لِّقَوْمٍ
liqawmin
for a people
يَسْمَعُونَ
yasma'una
who listen

Transliteration

Wallaahu anzala minas samaaa'i maaa'an fa ahyaa bihil arda ba'da mawtihaa; inna fee zaalika la aayatal liqaw miny yasma'oon

Translation

And Allah has sent down rain from the sky and given life thereby to the earth after its lifelessness. Indeed in that is a sign for a people who listen.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Allah sends down rain from the direction of the sky, with which He revives the earth by taking out vegetation from it after it had been dry and arid. In the sending down of the rain from the direction of the sky and in the taking out of the earth’s vegetation by means of it, is a clear sign of Allah’s power for people who listen to the words of Allah and ponder over them.

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

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