Surah Luqman 31:10 — translation and meaning

لقمان · Verse 10 / 34 · Page 411

ۚ ۖ خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ بِغَيْرِ عَمَدٍ تَرَوْنَهَا وَأَلْقَى فِي الْأَرْضِ رَوَاسِيَ أَن تَمِيدَ بِكُمْ وَبَثَّ فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ دَابَّةٍ وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَاءً فَأَنبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ زَوْجٍ كَرِيمٍ

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ۚ
ۖ
خَلَقَ
khalaqa
He created
السَّمَاوَاتِ
al-samawati
the heavens
بِغَيْرِ
bighayri
without
عَمَدٍ
amadin
pillars
تَرَوْنَهَا
tarawnaha
that you see
وَأَلْقَى
wa-alqa
and has cast
فِي
fi
in
الْأَرْضِ
al-ardi
the earth
رَوَاسِيَ
rawasiya
firm mountains
أَن
an
lest
تَمِيدَ
tamida
it (might) shake
بِكُمْ
bikum
with you
وَبَثَّ
wabatha
and He dispersed
فِيهَا
fiha
in it
مِن
min
from
كُلِّ
kulli
every
دَابَّةٍ
dabbatin
creature
وَأَنزَلْنَا
wa-anzalna
And We sent down
مِنَ
mina
from
السَّمَاءِ
al-samai
the sky
مَاءً
maan
water
فَأَنبَتْنَا
fa-anbatna
then We caused to grow
فِيهَا
fiha
therein
مِن
min
of
كُلِّ
kulli
every
زَوْجٍ
zawjin
kind
كَرِيمٍ
karimin
noble

Transliteration

Khalaqas samaawaati bi ghairi 'amadin tarawnahaa wa alqaa fil ardi rawaasiya an tameeda bikum wa bassa feehaa min kulli daaabbah; wa anzalnaa minas samaaa'i maaa'an fa ambatnaa feeha min kulli zawjin kareem

Translation

He created the heavens without pillars that you see and has cast into the earth firmly set mountains, lest it should shift with you, and dispersed therein from every creature. And We sent down rain from the sky and made grow therein [plants] of every noble kind.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Allah, may He be glorified, created the heavens which are raised without any pillars, pitched mountains on Earth firmly, so that they do not shake with you, dispersed animals over the earth, and sent down rainfall from the sky, causing the earth to grow all kinds of delightful plants, from which both the humans and animals benefit.

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

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