Surah An-Nur 24:43 — translation and meaning

النور · Verse 43 / 64 · Page 355

ۖ أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ يُزْجِي سَحَابًا ثُمَّ يُؤَلِّفُ بَيْنَهُ ثُمَّ يَجْعَلُهُ رُكَامًا فَتَرَى الْوَدْقَ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ خِلَالِهِ وَيُنَزِّلُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مِن جِبَالٍ فِيهَا مِن بَرَدٍ فَيُصِيبُ بِهِ مَن يَشَاءُ وَيَصْرِفُهُ عَن مَّن يَشَاءُ يَكَادُ سَنَا بَرْقِهِ يَذْهَبُ بِالْأَبْصَارِ

Word by Word

ۖ
أَلَمْ
alam
Do not
تَرَ
tara
you see
أَنَّ
anna
that
اللَّهَ
al-laha
Allah
يُزْجِي
yuz'ji
drives
سَحَابًا
sahaban
clouds
ثُمَّ
thumma
then
يُؤَلِّفُ
yu-allifu
joins
بَيْنَهُ
baynahu
between them
ثُمَّ
thumma
then
يَجْعَلُهُ
yaj'aluhu
makes them
رُكَامًا
rukaman
(into) a mass
فَتَرَى
fatara
then you see
الْوَدْقَ
al-wadqa
the rain
يَخْرُجُ
yakhruju
come forth
مِنْ
min
from
خِلَالِهِ
khilalihi
their midst
وَيُنَزِّلُ
wayunazzilu
And He sends down
مِنَ
mina
from
السَّمَاءِ
al-samai
(the) sky
مِن
min
[from]
جِبَالٍ
jibalin
mountains
فِيهَا
fiha
within it
مِن
min
[of]
بَرَدٍ
baradin
(is) hail
فَيُصِيبُ
fayusibu
and He strikes
بِهِ
bihi
with it
مَن
man
whom
يَشَاءُ
yashau
He wills
وَيَصْرِفُهُ
wayasrifuhu
and averts it
عَن
an
from
مَّن
man
whom
يَشَاءُ
yashau
He wills
يَكَادُ
yakadu
Nearly
سَنَا
sana
(the) flash
بَرْقِهِ
barqihi
(of) its lighting
يَذْهَبُ
yadhhabu
takes away
بِالْأَبْصَارِ
bil-absari
the sight

Transliteration

Alam tara annal laaha yuzjee sahaaban summa yu'allifu bainahoo summa yaj'aluhoo rukaaman fataral wadqa yakhruju min khilaalihee wa yunazzilu minas samaaa'i min jibaalin feehaa mim barain fa yuseebu bihee mai yashaaa'u wa yasrifuhoo 'am mai yashaaa'u yakkaadu sanaa barqihee yazhabu bil absaar

Translation

Do you not see that Allah drives clouds? Then He brings them together, then He makes them into a mass, and you see the rain emerge from within it. And He sends down from the sky, mountains [of clouds] within which is hail, and He strikes with it whom He wills and averts it from whom He wills. The flash of its lightening almost takes away the eyesight.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

O Messenger! Do you not know that Allah drives the clouds, then joins parts of them together, then makes them into layers, one above the other. You then see the rain coming out from the cloud, and falling from the sky from parts of cloud like mountains, falling as hail. That hail reaches whoever Allah wills from His servants, and He turns it away from whomsoever He wills. It is extremely possible that the light from bolts of lightning blinds the eyesight.

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

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