Surah Al-An'am, ayah 165
وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَكُمْ خَلَـٰٓئِفَ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَرَفَعَ بَعْضَكُمْ فَوْقَ بَعْضٍ دَرَجَـٰتٍ لِّيَبْلُوَكُمْ فِى مَآ ءَاتَىٰكُمْ ۗ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ سَرِيعُ ٱلْعِقَابِ وَإِنَّهُۥ لَغَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌۢ
And it is He who has made you successors upon the earth and has raised some of you above others in degrees [of rank] that He may try you through what He has given you. Indeed, your Lord is swift in penalty; but indeed, He is Forgiving and Merciful.
Al-An'am · 6:165
Word by word
- وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He
- ٱلَّذِىalladhī(is) the One Who
- جَعَلَكُمْjaʿalakum(has) made you
- خَلَـٰٓئِفَkhalāifasuccessors
- ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi(of) the earth
- وَرَفَعَwarafaʿaand raised
- بَعْضَكُمْbaʿḍakumsome of you
- فَوْقَfawqaabove
- بَعْضٍۢbaʿḍinothers
- دَرَجَـٰتٍۢdarajātin(in) ranks
- لِّيَبْلُوَكُمْliyabluwakumso that He may test you
- فِىfīin
- مَآmāwhat
- ءَاتَىٰكُمْ ۗātākumHe has given you
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- رَبَّكَrabbakayour Lord
- سَرِيعُsarīʿu(is) swift
- ٱلْعِقَابِl-ʿiqābi(in) the punishment
- وَإِنَّهُۥwa-innahuand indeed, He (is)
- لَغَفُورٌۭlaghafūrun[certainly], Oft-Forgiving
- رَّحِيمٌۢraḥīmunMost Merciful
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