Surah Fussilat 41:39 — translation and meaning

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ۚ ۚ وَمِنْ آيَاتِهِ أَنَّكَ تَرَى الْأَرْضَ خَاشِعَةً فَإِذَا أَنزَلْنَا عَلَيْهَا الْمَاءَ اهْتَزَّتْ وَرَبَتْ إِنَّ الَّذِي أَحْيَاهَا لَمُحْيِي الْمَوْتَى إِنَّهُ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

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ۚ
ۚ
وَمِنْ
wamin
And among
آيَاتِهِ
ayatihi
His Signs
أَنَّكَ
annaka
(is) that you
تَرَى
tara
see
الْأَرْضَ
al-arda
the earth
خَاشِعَةً
khashi'atan
barren
فَإِذَا
fa-idha
but when
أَنزَلْنَا
anzalna
We send down
عَلَيْهَا
alayha
upon it
الْمَاءَ
al-maa
water
اهْتَزَّتْ
ih'tazzat
it is stirred (to life)
وَرَبَتْ
warabat
and grows
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
الَّذِي
alladhi
the One Who
أَحْيَاهَا
ahyaha
gives it life
لَمُحْيِي
lamuh'yi
(is) surely the Giver of life
الْمَوْتَى
al-mawta
(to) the dead
إِنَّهُ
innahu
Indeed He
عَلَى
ala
(is) on
كُلِّ
kulli
every
شَيْءٍ
shayin
thing
قَدِيرٌ
qadirun
All-Powerful

Transliteration

Wa min Aayaatiheee annaka taral arda khaashi'atan fa izaaa anzalna 'alaihal maaa'ah tazzat wa rabat; innal lazeee ahyaahaa lamuhiyil mawtaa; innahoo 'alaa kulli shai-in Qadeer

Translation

And of His signs is that you see the earth stilled, but when We send down upon it rain, it quivers and grows. Indeed, He who has given it life is the Giver of Life to the dead. Indeed, He is over all things competent.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

And also from among the signs of Allah that point towards His oneness and power to resurrect, is that you see the earth without any plants on it. Then, when He sends rainwater on it, it begins to move due to the hidden growth of seeds within it and it raises. Indeed, the being who revived this barren earth through growth is the one who will revive the dead and resurrect them to take them to account and requite them. Indeed, He is capable of everything; reviving the earth after it has become barren is not impossible for Him, nor is reviving the dead and resurrecting them from their graves.

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

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