Surah Al-Kahf, ayah 45
وَٱضْرِبْ لَهُم مَّثَلَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا كَمَآءٍ أَنزَلْنَـٰهُ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَٱخْتَلَطَ بِهِۦ نَبَاتُ ٱلْأَرْضِ فَأَصْبَحَ هَشِيمًا تَذْرُوهُ ٱلرِّيَـٰحُ ۗ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ مُّقْتَدِرًا
And present to them the example of the life of this world, [its being] like rain which We send down from the sky, and the vegetation of the earth mingles with it and [then] it becomes dry remnants, scattered by the winds. And Allāh is ever, over all things, Perfect in Ability.
Al-Kahf · 18:45
Word by word
- وَٱضْرِبْwa-iḍ'ribAnd present
- لَهُمlahumto them
- مَّثَلَmathalathe example
- ٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayati(of) the life
- ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā(of) the world
- كَمَآءٍkamāinlike water
- أَنزَلْنَـٰهُanzalnāhuwhich We send down
- مِنَminafrom
- ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe sky
- فَٱخْتَلَطَfa-ikh'talaṭathen mingles
- بِهِۦbihiwith it
- نَبَاتُnabātu(the) vegetation
- ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi(of) the earth
- فَأَصْبَحَfa-aṣbaḥathen becomes
- هَشِيمًۭاhashīmandry stalks
- تَذْرُوهُtadhrūhuit (is) scattered
- ٱلرِّيَـٰحُ ۗl-riyāḥu(by) the winds
- وَكَانَwakānaAnd Allah
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAnd Allah
- عَلَىٰʿalāover
- كُلِّkullievery
- شَىْءٍۢshayinthing
- مُّقْتَدِرًاmuq'tadiran(is) All Able
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