Surah Ar-Rum 30:20 — translation and meaning

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وَمِنْ آيَاتِهِ أَنْ خَلَقَكُم مِّن تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ إِذَا أَنتُم بَشَرٌ تَنتَشِرُونَ

Word by Word

وَمِنْ
wamin
And among
آيَاتِهِ
ayatihi
His Signs
أَنْ
an
(is) that
خَلَقَكُم
khalaqakum
He created you
مِّن
min
from
تُرَابٍ
turabin
dust
ثُمَّ
thumma
then
إِذَا
idha
behold!
أَنتُم
antum
You
بَشَرٌ
basharun
(are) human beings
تَنتَشِرُونَ
tantashiruna
dispersing

Transliteration

Wa min Aayaatiheee an khalaqakum min turaabin summa izaaa antum basharun tantashiroon

Translation

And of His signs is that He created you from dust; then, suddenly you were human beings dispersing [throughout the earth].

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

From among the great signs of Allah which prove His power and oneness, is that He created you - O people! - from earth when He created your father from clay, then you soon became many humans increasing through reproduction, and spreading over the earth’s east and west.

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

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