Surah Ta-Ha 20:53 — translation and meaning

طه · Verse 53 / 135 · Page 315

الَّذِي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الْأَرْضَ مَهْدًا وَسَلَكَ لَكُمْ فِيهَا سُبُلًا وَأَنزَلَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَاءً فَأَخْرَجْنَا بِهِ أَزْوَاجًا مِّن نَّبَاتٍ شَتَّى

Word by Word

الَّذِي
alladhi
The One Who
جَعَلَ
ja'ala
made
لَكُمُ
lakumu
for you
الْأَرْضَ
al-arda
the earth
مَهْدًا
mahdan
(as) a bed
وَسَلَكَ
wasalaka
and ;Inserted
لَكُمْ
lakum
for you
فِيهَا
fiha
therein
سُبُلًا
subulan
ways
وَأَنزَلَ
wa-anzala
and sent down
مِنَ
mina
from
السَّمَاءِ
al-samai
the sky
مَاءً
maan
water
فَأَخْرَجْنَا
fa-akhrajna
then We (have) brought forth
بِهِ
bihi
with it
أَزْوَاجًا
azwajan
pairs
مِّن
min
of
نَّبَاتٍ
nabatin
plants
شَتَّى
shatta
diverse

Transliteration

Allazee ja'ala lakumul arda mahdanw wa salaka lakum feehaa subulanw wa anzala minas samaaa'i maaa'an fa akhrajnaa biheee azwaajam min nabaatin shatta

Translation

[It is He] who has made for you the earth as a bed [spread out] and inserted therein for you roadways and sent down from the sky, rain and produced thereby categories of various plants.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

My Lord is the One who made the earth spread out for you to live on and made for you on it pathways to travel on. He sent down rain water from the sky and with that water He brings forth every kind of plant.

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

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