Surah Yunus, ayah 24
إِنَّمَا مَثَلُ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا كَمَآءٍ أَنزَلْنَـٰهُ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَٱخْتَلَطَ بِهِۦ نَبَاتُ ٱلْأَرْضِ مِمَّا يَأْكُلُ ٱلنَّاسُ وَٱلْأَنْعَـٰمُ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَآ أَخَذَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ زُخْرُفَهَا وَٱزَّيَّنَتْ وَظَنَّ أَهْلُهَآ أَنَّهُمْ قَـٰدِرُونَ عَلَيْهَآ أَتَىٰهَآ أَمْرُنَا لَيْلًا أَوْ نَهَارًا فَجَعَلْنَـٰهَا حَصِيدًا كَأَن لَّمْ تَغْنَ بِٱلْأَمْسِ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نُفَصِّلُ ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ لِقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ
The example of [this] worldly life is but like rain which We have sent down from the sky that the plants of the earth absorb - [those] from which men and livestock eat - until, when the earth has taken on its adornment and is beautified and its people suppose that they have capability over it, there comes to it Our command by night or by day, and We make it as a harvest, as if it had not flourished yesterday. Thus do We explain in detail the signs for a people who give thought.
Word by word
- إِنَّمَاinnamāOnly
- مَثَلُmathalu(the) example
- ٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayati(of) the life
- ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā(of) the world
- كَمَآءٍkamāin(is) like (the) water
- أَنزَلْنَـٰهُanzalnāhuwhich We sent down
- مِنَminafrom
- ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe sky
- فَٱخْتَلَطَfa-ikh'talaṭaso absorbs
- بِهِۦbihi[with] it
- نَبَاتُnabātu(the) plants
- ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi(of) the earth
- مِمَّاmimmāfrom which
- يَأْكُلُyakulueat
- ٱلنَّاسُl-nāsuthe men
- وَٱلْأَنْعَـٰمُwal-anʿāmuand the cattle
- حَتَّىٰٓḥattāuntil
- إِذَآidhāwhen
- أَخَذَتِakhadhatitakes
- ٱلْأَرْضُl-arḍuthe earth
- زُخْرُفَهَاzukh'rufahāits adornment
- وَٱزَّيَّنَتْwa-izzayyanatand is beautified
- وَظَنَّwaẓannaand think
- أَهْلُهَآahluhāits people
- أَنَّهُمْannahumthat they
- قَـٰدِرُونَqādirūnahave the power
- عَلَيْهَآʿalayhāover it
- أَتَىٰهَآatāhācomes (to) it
- أَمْرُنَاamrunāOur command
- لَيْلًاlaylan(by) night
- أَوْawor
- نَهَارًۭاnahāran(by) day
- فَجَعَلْنَـٰهَاfajaʿalnāhāand We make it
- حَصِيدًۭاḥaṣīdana harvest clean-mown
- كَأَنka-anas if
- لَّمْlamnot
- تَغْنَtaghnait had flourished
- بِٱلْأَمْسِ ۚbil-amsiyesterday
- كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThus
- نُفَصِّلُnufaṣṣiluWe explain
- ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِl-āyātithe Signs
- لِقَوْمٍۢliqawminfor a people
- يَتَفَكَّرُونَyatafakkarūnawho reflect
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