Surah Al-Mulk, ayah 19
أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ إِلَى ٱلطَّيْرِ فَوْقَهُمْ صَـٰٓفَّـٰتٍ وَيَقْبِضْنَ ۚ مَا يُمْسِكُهُنَّ إِلَّا ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍۭ بَصِيرٌ
Do they not see the birds above them with wings outspread and [sometimes] folded in? None holds them [aloft] except the Most Merciful. Indeed He is, of all things, Seeing.
Al-Mulk · 67:19
Word by word
- أَوَلَمْawalamDo not
- يَرَوْا۟yarawthey see
- إِلَىilā[to]
- ٱلطَّيْرِl-ṭayrithe birds
- فَوْقَهُمْfawqahumabove them
- صَـٰٓفَّـٰتٍۢṣāffātinspreading (their wings)
- وَيَقْبِضْنَ ۚwayaqbiḍ'naand folding
- مَاmāNot
- يُمْسِكُهُنَّyum'sikuhunnaholds them
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ ۚl-raḥmānuthe Most Gracious
- إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, He
- بِكُلِّbikulli(is) of every
- شَىْءٍۭshayinthing
- بَصِيرٌbaṣīrunAll-Seer
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