Surah Al-Mu'minun (المؤمنون) • The Believers

Quran 23:18

23:18

وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءًۢ بِقَدَرٍ فَأَسْكَنَّـٰهُ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ۖ وَإِنَّا عَلَىٰ ذَهَابٍۭ بِهِۦ لَقَـٰدِرُونَ

wa-anzalnā mina l-samāi māan biqadarin fa-askannāhu fī l-arḍi wa-innā ʿalā dhahābin bihi laqādirūna

And We have sent down rain from the sky in a measured amount and settled it in the earth. And indeed, We are Able to take it away.

— Saheeh International

We sent water down from the sky in due measure and lodged it in the earth––We have the power to take it all away if We so wish––

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And We sent down from the sky water (rain) in (due) measure, and We gave it lodging in the earth, and verily, We are Able to take it away.

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

Juz 18Page 343meccan

Word by Word

وَأَنزَلْنَاwa-anzalnāAnd We send down
مِنَminafrom
ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe sky
مَآءًۢmāanwater
بِقَدَرٍۢbiqadarinin (due) measure
فَأَسْكَنَّـٰهُfa-askannāhuthen We cause it to settle
فِىfīin
ٱلْأَرْضِۖl-arḍithe earth
وَإِنَّاwa-innāAnd indeed, We
عَلَىٰʿalāon
ذَهَابٍۭdhahābintaking it away
بِهِۦbihitaking it away
لَقَـٰدِرُونَlaqādirūnasurely (are) Able