Surah Ar-Ra'd 13:3 — translation and meaning

الرعد · Verse 3 / 43 · Page 249

ۖ ۚ ۖ وَهُوَ الَّذِي مَدَّ الْأَرْضَ وَجَعَلَ فِيهَا رَوَاسِيَ وَأَنْهَارًا وَمِن كُلِّ الثَّمَرَاتِ جَعَلَ فِيهَا زَوْجَيْنِ اثْنَيْنِ يُغْشِي اللَّيْلَ النَّهَارَ إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لَآيَاتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ

Word by Word

ۖ
ۚ
ۖ
وَهُوَ
wahuwa
And He
الَّذِي
alladhi
(is) the One Who
مَدَّ
madda
spread
الْأَرْضَ
al-arda
the earth
وَجَعَلَ
waja'ala
and placed
فِيهَا
fiha
in it
رَوَاسِيَ
rawasiya
firm mountains
وَأَنْهَارًا
wa-anharan
and rivers
وَمِن
wamin
and from
كُلِّ
kulli
all
الثَّمَرَاتِ
al-thamarati
(of) the fruits
جَعَلَ
ja'ala
He made
فِيهَا
fiha
in it
زَوْجَيْنِ
zawjayni
pairs
اثْنَيْنِ
ith'nayni
two
يُغْشِي
yugh'shi
He covers
اللَّيْلَ
al-layla
the night
النَّهَارَ
al-nahara
(with) the day
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
فِي
fi
in
ذَلِكَ
dhalika
that
لَآيَاتٍ
laayatin
surely (are) Signs
لِّقَوْمٍ
liqawmin
for a people
يَتَفَكَّرُونَ
yatafakkaruna
who ponder

Transliteration

Wa Huwal lazee maddal arda wa ja'ala feehaa rawaasiya wa anhaaraa; wa min kullis samaraati ja'ala feehaa zawjainis yaini Yughshil lailan nahaar; inna fee zaalika la aayaatil liqawminy yatafakkaroon

Translation

And it is He who spread the earth and placed therein firmly set mountains and rivers; and from all of the fruits He made therein two mates; He causes the night to cover the day. Indeed in that are signs for a people who give thought.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

He, may He be glorified, is the One Who spread out the earth and created on it firm mountains so that it does not cause the people to become unsettled. From all types of fruit He made two kinds, like the male and female in animals. He draws the veil of night over the day so that it becomes dark after being bright. In that which is mentioned, there are signs and proof for a people who reflect and ponder over Allah’s creation, for they are the ones who benefit from such signs and proof.

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

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