Surah Al-Baqarah, ayah 260
وَإِذْ قَالَ إِبْرَٰهِـۧمُ رَبِّ أَرِنِى كَيْفَ تُحْىِ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ ۖ قَالَ أَوَلَمْ تُؤْمِن ۖ قَالَ بَلَىٰ وَلَـٰكِن لِّيَطْمَئِنَّ قَلْبِى ۖ قَالَ فَخُذْ أَرْبَعَةً مِّنَ ٱلطَّيْرِ فَصُرْهُنَّ إِلَيْكَ ثُمَّ ٱجْعَلْ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ جَبَلٍ مِّنْهُنَّ جُزْءًا ثُمَّ ٱدْعُهُنَّ يَأْتِينَكَ سَعْيًا ۚ وَٱعْلَمْ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ
And [mention] when Abraham said, "My Lord, show me how You give life to the dead." [Allāh] said, "Have you not believed?" He said, "Yes, but [I ask] only that my heart may be satisfied." [Allāh] said, "Take four birds and commit them to yourself. Then [after slaughtering them] put on each hill a portion of them; then call them - they will come [flying] to you in haste. And know that Allāh is Exalted in Might and Wise."
Word by word
- وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when
- قَالَqālasaid
- إِبْرَٰهِـۧمُib'rāhīmuIbrahim
- رَبِّrabbiMy Lord
- أَرِنِىarinīshow me
- كَيْفَkayfahow
- تُحْىِtuḥ'yīYou give life
- ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ ۖl-mawtā(to) the dead
- قَالَqālaHe said
- أَوَلَمْawalamHave not
- تُؤْمِن ۖtu'minyou believed
- قَالَqālaHe said
- بَلَىٰbalāYes
- وَلَـٰكِنwalākin[and] but
- لِّيَطْمَئِنَّliyaṭma-innato satisfy
- قَلْبِى ۖqalbīmy heart
- قَالَqālaHe said
- فَخُذْfakhudhThen take
- أَرْبَعَةًۭarbaʿatanfour
- مِّنَminaof
- ٱلطَّيْرِl-ṭayrithe birds
- فَصُرْهُنَّfaṣur'hunnaand incline them
- إِلَيْكَilaykatowards you
- ثُمَّthummathen
- ٱجْعَلْij'ʿalput
- عَلَىٰʿalāon
- كُلِّkullieach
- جَبَلٍۢjabalinhill
- مِّنْهُنَّmin'hunnaof them
- جُزْءًۭاjuz'ana portion
- ثُمَّthummathen
- ٱدْعُهُنَّud'ʿuhunnacall them
- يَأْتِينَكَyatīnakathey will come to you
- سَعْيًۭا ۚsaʿyan(in) haste
- وَٱعْلَمْwa-iʿ'lamAnd know
- أَنَّannathat
- ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
- عَزِيزٌʿazīzun(is) All-Mighty
- حَكِيمٌۭḥakīmunAll-Wise
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