Surah An-Nur (النور) • The Light

Quran 24:43

24:43

أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُزْجِى سَحَابًا ثُمَّ يُؤَلِّفُ بَيْنَهُۥ ثُمَّ يَجْعَلُهُۥ رُكَامًا فَتَرَى ٱلْوَدْقَ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ خِلَـٰلِهِۦ وَيُنَزِّلُ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مِن جِبَالٍ فِيهَا مِنۢ بَرَدٍ فَيُصِيبُ بِهِۦ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَصْرِفُهُۥ عَن مَّن يَشَآءُ ۖ يَكَادُ سَنَا بَرْقِهِۦ يَذْهَبُ بِٱلْأَبْصَـٰرِ

alam tara anna l-laha yuz'jī saḥāban thumma yu-allifu baynahu thumma yajʿaluhu rukāman fatarā l-wadqa yakhruju min khilālihi wayunazzilu mina l-samāi min jibālin fīhā min baradin fayuṣību bihi man yashāu wayaṣrifuhu ʿan man yashāu yakādu sanā barqihi yadhhabu bil-abṣāri

Do you not see that Allāh drives clouds? Then He brings them together; then He makes them into a mass, and you see the rain emerge from within it. And He sends down from the sky, mountains [of clouds] within which is hail, and He strikes with it whom He wills and averts it from whom He wills. The flash of its lightning almost takes away the eyesight.

— Saheeh International

Do you not see that God drives the clouds, then gathers them together and piles them up until you see rain pour from their midst? He sends hail down from [such] mountains in the sky, pouring it on whoever He wishes and diverting it from whoever He wishes- the flash of its lightning almost snatches sight away.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

See you not that Allâh drives the clouds gently, then joins them together, then makes them into a heap of layers, and you see the rain comes forth from between them; and He sends down from the sky hail (like) mountains, (or there are in the heaven mountains of hail from where He sends down hail), and strikes therewith whom He wills, and averts it from whom He wills. The vivid flash of its (clouds) lightning nearly blinds the sight. [Tafsir At-Tabarî].

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

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Word by Word

أَلَمْalamDo not
تَرَtarayou see
أَنَّannathat
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
يُزْجِىyuz'jīdrives
سَحَابًۭاsaḥābanclouds
ثُمَّthummathen
يُؤَلِّفُyu-allifujoins
بَيْنَهُۥbaynahubetween them
ثُمَّthummathen
يَجْعَلُهُۥyajʿaluhumakes them
رُكَامًۭاrukāman(into) a mass
فَتَرَىfatarāthen you see
ٱلْوَدْقَl-wadqathe rain
يَخْرُجُyakhrujucome forth
مِنْminfrom
خِلَـٰلِهِۦkhilālihitheir midst
وَيُنَزِّلُwayunazziluAnd He sends down
مِنَminafrom
ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāi(the) sky
مِنmin[from]
جِبَالٍۢjibālinmountains
فِيهَاfīhāwithin it
مِنۢmin[of]
بَرَدٍۢbaradin(is) hail
فَيُصِيبُfayuṣībuand He strikes
بِهِۦbihiwith it
مَنmanwhom
يَشَآءُyashāuHe wills
وَيَصْرِفُهُۥwayaṣrifuhuand averts it
عَنʿanfrom
مَّنmanwhom
يَشَآءُۖyashāuHe wills
يَكَادُyakāduNearly
سَنَاsanā(the) flash
بَرْقِهِۦbarqihi(of) its lighting
يَذْهَبُyadhhabutakes away
بِٱلْأَبْصَـٰرِbil-abṣārithe sight