Surah Al-'Ankabut (العنكبوت) • The Spider

Quran 29:63

29:63

وَلَئِن سَأَلْتَهُم مَّن نَّزَّلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً فَأَحْيَا بِهِ ٱلْأَرْضَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَوْتِهَا لَيَقُولُنَّ ٱللَّهُ ۚ قُلِ ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ۚ بَلْ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ

wala-in sa-altahum man nazzala mina l-samāi māan fa-aḥyā bihi l-arḍa min baʿdi mawtihā layaqūlunna l-lahu quli l-ḥamdu lillahi bal aktharuhum lā yaʿqilūna

And if you asked them, "Who sends down rain from the sky and gives life thereby to the earth after its lifelessness?" they would surely say, "Allāh." Say, "Praise to Allāh"; but most of them do not reason.

— Saheeh International

If you ask them, ‘Who sends water down from the sky and gives life with it to the earth after it has died?’ they are sure to say, ‘God.’ Say, ‘Praise belongs to God!’ Truly, most of them do not use their reason.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And if you were to ask them: "Who sends down water (rain) from the sky, and gives life therewith to the earth after its death?" they will surely reply: "Allâh." Say: "All the praises and thanks be to Allâh!" Nay, most of them have no sense.

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

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Word by Word

وَلَئِنwala-inAnd if
سَأَلْتَهُمsa-altahumyou ask them
مَّنmanWho
نَّزَّلَnazzalasends down
مِنَminafrom
ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe sky
مَآءًۭmāanwater
فَأَحْيَاfa-aḥyāand gives life
بِهِbihithereby
ٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍa(to) the earth
مِنۢminafter
بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
مَوْتِهَاmawtihāits death
لَيَقُولُنَّlayaqūlunnaSurely, they would say
ٱللَّهُۚl-lahuAllah
قُلِquliSay
ٱلْحَمْدُl-ḥamduAll Praises
لِلَّهِۚlillahi(are) for Allah
بَلْbalBut
أَكْثَرُهُمْaktharuhummost of them
لَاlā(do) not
يَعْقِلُونَyaʿqilūnause reason