Surah Az-Zukhruf, ayah 13
لِتَسْتَوُۥا۟ عَلَىٰ ظُهُورِهِۦ ثُمَّ تَذْكُرُوا۟ نِعْمَةَ رَبِّكُمْ إِذَا ٱسْتَوَيْتُمْ عَلَيْهِ وَتَقُولُوا۟ سُبْحَـٰنَ ٱلَّذِى سَخَّرَ لَنَا هَـٰذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لَهُۥ مُقْرِنِينَ
That you may settle yourselves upon their backs and then remember the favor of your Lord when you have settled upon them and say, "Exalted is He who has subjected this to us, and we could not have [otherwise] subdued it.
Az-Zukhruf · 43:13
Word by word
- لِتَسْتَوُۥا۟litastawūThat you may sit firmly
- عَلَىٰʿalāon
- ظُهُورِهِۦẓuhūrihitheir backs
- ثُمَّthummathen
- تَذْكُرُوا۟tadhkurūremember
- نِعْمَةَniʿ'mata(the) favor
- رَبِّكُمْrabbikum(of) your Lord
- إِذَاidhāwhen
- ٱسْتَوَيْتُمْis'tawaytumyou sit firmly
- عَلَيْهِʿalayhion them
- وَتَقُولُوا۟wataqūlūand say
- سُبْحَـٰنَsub'ḥānaGlory be (to)
- ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe One Who
- سَخَّرَsakhara(has) subjected
- لَنَاlanāto us
- هَـٰذَاhādhāthis
- وَمَاwamāand not
- كُنَّاkunnāwe were
- لَهُۥlahuof it
- مُقْرِنِينَmuq'rinīnacapable
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