Surah Al-Baqarah (البقرة) • The Cow

Quran 2:164

2:164

إِنَّ فِى خَلْقِ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَٱخْتِلَـٰفِ ٱلَّيْلِ وَٱلنَّهَارِ وَٱلْفُلْكِ ٱلَّتِى تَجْرِى فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ بِمَا يَنفَعُ ٱلنَّاسَ وَمَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مِن مَّآءٍ فَأَحْيَا بِهِ ٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا وَبَثَّ فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ دَآبَّةٍ وَتَصْرِيفِ ٱلرِّيَـٰحِ وَٱلسَّحَابِ ٱلْمُسَخَّرِ بَيْنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ لَـَٔايَـٰتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَ

inna fī khalqi l-samāwāti wal-arḍi wa-ikh'tilāfi al-layli wal-nahāri wal-ful'ki allatī tajrī fī l-baḥri bimā yanfaʿu l-nāsa wamā anzala l-lahu mina l-samāi min māin fa-aḥyā bihi l-arḍa baʿda mawtihā wabatha fīhā min kulli dābbatin wataṣrīfi l-riyāḥi wal-saḥābi l-musakhari bayna l-samāi wal-arḍi laāyātin liqawmin yaʿqilūna

Indeed, in the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the alternation of the night and the day, and the [great] ships which sail through the sea with that which benefits people, and what Allāh has sent down from the heavens of rain, giving life thereby to the earth after its lifelessness and dispersing therein every [kind of] moving creature, and [His] directing of the winds and the clouds controlled between the heaven and earth are signs for a people who use reason.

— Saheeh International

In the creation of the heavens and earth; in the alternation of night and day; in the ships that sail the seas with goods for people; in the water which God sends down from the sky to give life to the earth when it has been barren, scattering all kinds of creatures over it; in the changing of the winds and clouds that run their appointed courses between the sky and earth: there are signs in all these for those who use their minds.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Verily! In the creation of the heavens and the earth, and in the alternation of night and day, and the ships which sail through the sea with that which is of use to mankind, and the water (rain) which Allâh sends down from the sky and makes the earth alive therewith after its death, and the moving (living) creatures of all kinds that He has scattered therein, and in the veering of winds and clouds which are held between the sky and the earth, are indeed Ayât (proofs, evidence, signs, etc.) for people of understanding.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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إِنَّinnaIndeed
فِىfīin
خَلْقِkhalqi(the) creation
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti(of) the heavens
وَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth
وَٱخْتِلَـٰفِwa-ikh'tilāfiand alternation
ٱلَّيْلِal-layliof the night
وَٱلنَّهَارِwal-nahāriand the day
وَٱلْفُلْكِwal-ful'kiand the ships
ٱلَّتِىallatīwhich
تَجْرِىtajrīsail
فِىfīin
ٱلْبَحْرِl-baḥrithe sea
بِمَاbimāwith what
يَنفَعُyanfaʿubenefits
ٱلنَّاسَl-nāsa[the] people
وَمَآwamāand what
أَنزَلَanzala(has) sent down
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
مِنَminafrom
ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe sky
مِنmin[of]
مَّآءٍۢmāinwater
فَأَحْيَاfa-aḥyāgiving life
بِهِbihithereby
ٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍa(to) the earth
بَعْدَbaʿdaafter
مَوْتِهَاmawtihāits death
وَبَثَّwabathaand dispersing
فِيهَاfīhātherein
مِنmin[of]
كُلِّkullievery
دَآبَّةٍۢdābbatinmoving creature
وَتَصْرِيفِwataṣrīfiand directing
ٱلرِّيَـٰحِl-riyāḥi(of) the winds
وَٱلسَّحَابِwal-saḥābiand the clouds
ٱلْمُسَخَّرِl-musakhari[the] controlled
بَيْنَbaynabetween
ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe sky
وَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth
لَـَٔايَـٰتٍۢlaāyātinsurely (are) Signs
لِّقَوْمٍۢliqawminfor a people
يَعْقِلُونَyaʿqilūnawho use their intellect