Surah Az-Zumar (الزمر) • The Troops

Quran 39:21

39:21

أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ أَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً فَسَلَكَهُۥ يَنَـٰبِيعَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ثُمَّ يُخْرِجُ بِهِۦ زَرْعًا مُّخْتَلِفًا أَلْوَٰنُهُۥ ثُمَّ يَهِيجُ فَتَرَىٰهُ مُصْفَرًّا ثُمَّ يَجْعَلُهُۥ حُطَـٰمًا ۚ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَذِكْرَىٰ لِأُو۟لِى ٱلْأَلْبَـٰبِ

alam tara anna l-laha anzala mina l-samāi māan fasalakahu yanābīʿa fī l-arḍi thumma yukh'riju bihi zarʿan mukh'talifan alwānuhu thumma yahīju fatarāhu muṣ'farran thumma yajʿaluhu ḥuṭāman inna fī dhālika ladhik'rā li-ulī l-albābi

Do you not see that Allāh sends down rain from the sky and makes it flow as springs [and rivers] in the earth; then He produces thereby crops of varying colors; then they dry and you see them turned yellow; then He makes them [scattered] debris. Indeed in that is a reminder for those of understanding.

— Saheeh International

Have you not considered that God sends water down from the sky, guides it along to form springs in the earth, and then, with it, brings forth vegetation of various colours, which later withers, turns yellow before your eyes, and is crumbled to dust at His command? There is truly a reminder in this for those who have understanding.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

See you not that Allâh sends down water (rain) from the sky, and causes it to penetrate the earth, (and then makes it to spring up) as water-springs, and afterward thereby produces crops of different colours, and afterward they wither and you see them turn yellow; then He makes them dry and broken pieces. Verily, in this is a Reminder for men of understanding.

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

Juz 23Page 460meccan

Word by Word

أَلَمْalamDo not
تَرَtarayou see
أَنَّannathat
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
أَنزَلَanzalasends down
مِنَminafrom
ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe sky
مَآءًۭmāanwater
فَسَلَكَهُۥfasalakahuand He makes it flow
يَنَـٰبِيعَyanābīʿa(as) springs
فِىfīin
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
ثُمَّthummathen
يُخْرِجُyukh'rijuHe produces
بِهِۦbihiwith it
زَرْعًۭاzarʿancrops
مُّخْتَلِفًاmukh'talifan(of) different
أَلْوَٰنُهُۥalwānuhucolors
ثُمَّthummathen
يَهِيجُyahījuthey wither
فَتَرَىٰهُfatarāhuand you see it
مُصْفَرًّۭاmuṣ'farranturn yellow
ثُمَّthummathen
يَجْعَلُهُۥyajʿaluhuHe makes them
حُطَـٰمًاۚḥuṭāmandebris
إِنَّinnaIndeed
فِىfīin
ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
لَذِكْرَىٰladhik'rāsurely, (is) a reminder
لِأُو۟لِىli-ulīfor those of understanding
ٱلْأَلْبَـٰبِl-albābifor those of understanding