Surah An-Naml (النمل) • The Ant

Quran 27:61

27:61

أَمَّن جَعَلَ ٱلْأَرْضَ قَرَارًا وَجَعَلَ خِلَـٰلَهَآ أَنْهَـٰرًا وَجَعَلَ لَهَا رَوَٰسِىَ وَجَعَلَ بَيْنَ ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِ حَاجِزًا ۗ أَءِلَـٰهٌ مَّعَ ٱللَّهِ ۚ بَلْ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

amman jaʿala l-arḍa qarāran wajaʿala khilālahā anhāran wajaʿala lahā rawāsiya wajaʿala bayna l-baḥrayni ḥājizan a-ilāhun maʿa l-lahi bal aktharuhum lā yaʿlamūna

Is He [not best] who made the earth a stable ground and placed within it rivers and made for it firmly set mountains and placed between the two seas a barrier? Is there a deity with Allāh? [No], but most of them do not know.

— Saheeh International

Who is it that made the earth a stable place to live? Who made rivers flow through it? Who set immovable mountains on it and created a barrier between the fresh and salt water? Is it another god beside God? No! But most of them do not know.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Is not He (better than your gods) Who has made the earth as a fixed abode, and has placed rivers in its midst, and has placed firm mountains therein, and has set a barrier between the two seas (of salt and sweet water)? Is there any ilâh (god) with Allâh? Nay, but most of them know not!

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

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Word by Word

أَمَّنammanOr Who
جَعَلَjaʿalamade
ٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍathe earth
قَرَارًۭاqarārana firm abode
وَجَعَلَwajaʿalaand made
خِلَـٰلَهَآkhilālahā(in) its midst
أَنْهَـٰرًۭاanhāranrivers
وَجَعَلَwajaʿalaand made
لَهَاlahāfor it
رَوَٰسِىَrawāsiyafirm mountains
وَجَعَلَwajaʿalaand made
بَيْنَbaynabetween
ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِl-baḥraynithe two seas
حَاجِزًاۗḥājizana barrier
أَءِلَـٰهٌۭa-ilāhunIs there any god
مَّعَmaʿawith
ٱللَّهِۚl-lahiAllah
بَلْbalNay
أَكْثَرُهُمْaktharuhummost of them
لَاlā(do) not
يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaknow