Surah Taha (طه) • Ta-Ha

Quran 20:53

20:53

ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ مَهْدًا وَسَلَكَ لَكُمْ فِيهَا سُبُلًا وَأَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً فَأَخْرَجْنَا بِهِۦٓ أَزْوَٰجًا مِّن نَّبَاتٍ شَتَّىٰ

alladhī jaʿala lakumu l-arḍa mahdan wasalaka lakum fīhā subulan wa-anzala mina l-samāi māan fa-akhrajnā bihi azwājan min nabātin shattā

[It is He] who has made for you the earth as a bed [spread out] and inserted therein for you roadways and sent down from the sky, rain and produced thereby categories of various plants.

— Saheeh International

It was He who spread out the earth for you and traced routes in it. He sent down water from the sky. With that water We bring forth every kind of plant,

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Who has made earth for you like a bed (spread out); and has opened roads (ways and paths) for you therein, and has sent down water (rain) from the sky. And We have brought forth with it various kinds of vegetation.

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

Juz 16Page 315meccan

Word by Word

ٱلَّذِىalladhīThe One Who
جَعَلَjaʿalamade
لَكُمُlakumufor you
ٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍathe earth
مَهْدًۭاmahdan(as) a bed
وَسَلَكَwasalakaand inserted
لَكُمْlakumfor you
فِيهَاfīhātherein
سُبُلًۭاsubulanways
وَأَنزَلَwa-anzalaand sent down
مِنَminafrom
ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe sky
مَآءًۭmāanwater
فَأَخْرَجْنَاfa-akhrajnāthen We (have) brought forth
بِهِۦٓbihiwith it
أَزْوَٰجًۭاazwājanpairs
مِّنminof
نَّبَاتٍۢnabātinplants
شَتَّىٰshattādiverse