Surah An-Naml (النمل) • The Ant

Quran 27:60

27:60

أَمَّنْ خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَأَنزَلَ لَكُم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً فَأَنۢبَتْنَا بِهِۦ حَدَآئِقَ ذَاتَ بَهْجَةٍ مَّا كَانَ لَكُمْ أَن تُنۢبِتُوا۟ شَجَرَهَآ ۗ أَءِلَـٰهٌ مَّعَ ٱللَّهِ ۚ بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ يَعْدِلُونَ

amman khalaqa l-samāwāti wal-arḍa wa-anzala lakum mina l-samāi māan fa-anbatnā bihi ḥadāiqa dhāta bahjatin mā kāna lakum an tunbitū shajarahā a-ilāhun maʿa l-lahi bal hum qawmun yaʿdilūna

[More precisely], is He [not best] who created the heavens and the earth and sent down for you rain from the sky, causing to grow thereby gardens of joyful beauty which you could not [otherwise] have grown the trees thereof? Is there a deity with Allāh? [No], but they are a people who ascribe equals [to Him].

— Saheeh International

Who created the heavens and earth? Who sends down water from the sky for you- with which We cause gardens of delight to grow: you have no power to make the trees grow in them- is it another god beside God? No! But they are people who take others to be equal with God.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Is not He (better than your gods) Who created the heavens and the earth, and sends down for you water (rain) from the sky, whereby We cause to grow wonderful gardens full of beauty and delight? It is not in your ability to cause the growth of their trees. Is there any ilâh (god) with Allâh? Nay, but they are a people who ascribe equals (to Him)!

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

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أَمَّنْammanOr Who
خَلَقَkhalaqahas created
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
وَٱلْأَرْضَwal-arḍaand the earth
وَأَنزَلَwa-anzalaand sent down
لَكُمlakumfor you
مِّنَminafrom
ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe sky
مَآءًۭmāanwater
فَأَنۢبَتْنَاfa-anbatnāAnd We caused to grow
بِهِۦbihithereby
حَدَآئِقَḥadāiqagardens
ذَاتَdhātaof beauty (and delight)
بَهْجَةٍۢbahjatinof beauty (and delight)
مَّاmānot
كَانَkānait is
لَكُمْlakumfor you
أَنanthat
تُنۢبِتُوا۟tunbitūyou cause to grow
شَجَرَهَآۗshajarahātheir trees
أَءِلَـٰهٌۭa-ilāhunIs there any god
مَّعَmaʿawith
ٱللَّهِۚl-lahiAllah
بَلْbalNay
هُمْhumthey
قَوْمٌۭqawmun(are) a people
يَعْدِلُونَyaʿdilūnawho ascribe equals