Surah Az-Zumar 39:6 — translation and meaning

الزمر · Verse 6 / 75 · Page 459

ۚ ۖ ۖ ۚ خَلَقَكُم مِّن نَّفْسٍ وَاحِدَةٍ ثُمَّ جَعَلَ مِنْهَا زَوْجَهَا وَأَنزَلَ لَكُم مِّنَ الْأَنْعَامِ ثَمَانِيَةَ أَزْوَاجٍ يَخْلُقُكُمْ فِي بُطُونِ أُمَّهَاتِكُمْ خَلْقًا مِّن بَعْدِ خَلْقٍ فِي ظُلُمَاتٍ ثَلَاثٍ ذَلِكُمُ اللَّهُ رَبُّكُمْ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ فَأَنَّى تُصْرَفُونَ

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ۖ
ۖ
ۚ
خَلَقَكُم
khalaqakum
He created you
مِّن
min
from
نَّفْسٍ
nafsin
a soul
وَاحِدَةٍ
wahidatin
single
ثُمَّ
thumma
Then
جَعَلَ
ja'ala
He made
مِنْهَا
min'ha
from it
زَوْجَهَا
zawjaha
its mate
وَأَنزَلَ
wa-anzala
And He sent down
لَكُم
lakum
for you
مِّنَ
mina
of
الْأَنْعَامِ
al-an'ami
the cattle
ثَمَانِيَةَ
thamaniyata
eight
أَزْوَاجٍ
azwajin
kinds
يَخْلُقُكُمْ
yakhluqukum
He creates you
فِي
fi
in
بُطُونِ
butuni
(the) wombs
أُمَّهَاتِكُمْ
ummahatikum
(of) your mothers
خَلْقًا
khalqan
creation
مِّن
min
after
بَعْدِ
ba'di
after
خَلْقٍ
khalqin
creation
فِي
fi
in
ظُلُمَاتٍ
zulumatin
darkness[es]
ثَلَاثٍ
thalathin
three
ذَلِكُمُ
dhalikumu
That
اللَّهُ
al-lahu
(is) Allah
رَبُّكُمْ
rabbukum
your Lord
لَهُ
lahu
for Him
الْمُلْكُ
al-mul'ku
(is) the dominion
لَا
la
(There is) no
إِلَهَ
ilaha
god
إِلَّا
illa
except
هُوَ
huwa
He
فَأَنَّى
fa-anna
Then how
تُصْرَفُونَ
tus'rafuna
are you turning away

Transliteration

Khalaqakum min nafsinw waahidatin summa ja'ala minhaa zawjahaa wa anzala lakum minal-an'aami samaani yata azwaaj; yakhuluqukum fee butooni ummahaatikum khalqam mim ba'di khalqin fee zulumaatin salaas; zaalikumul laahu Rabbukum lahul mulk; laaa ilaaha illaa Huwa fa annaa tusrafoon

Translation

He created you from one soul. Then He made from it its mate, and He produced for you from the grazing livestock eight mates. He creates you in the wombs of your mothers, creation after creation, within three darknesses. That is Allah, your Lord; to Him belongs dominion. There is no deity except Him, so how are you averted?

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

O people, your Lord created you from one soul which is Adam, then He created from Adam his wife Eve. And He created for you eight kinds of animal for your benefit; from camels, cows, sheep and goats, from each type the male and the female. He creates you in the wombs of your mothers, stage after stage, in the darkness of the stomach, womb and placenta. He who creates all of that is Allah your Lord. To Him alone belongs the kingdom. There is no true god besides Him, so how do you turn from His worship to worshipping those who create nothing but are created?

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

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