Surah Fussilat (فصلت) • Explained in Detail

Quran 41:10

41:10

وَجَعَلَ فِيهَا رَوَٰسِىَ مِن فَوْقِهَا وَبَـٰرَكَ فِيهَا وَقَدَّرَ فِيهَآ أَقْوَٰتَهَا فِىٓ أَرْبَعَةِ أَيَّامٍ سَوَآءً لِّلسَّآئِلِينَ

wajaʿala fīhā rawāsiya min fawqihā wabāraka fīhā waqaddara fīhā aqwātahā fī arbaʿati ayyāmin sawāan lilssāilīna

And He placed on it [i.e., the earth] firmly set mountains over its surface, and He blessed it and determined therein its [creatures'] sustenance in four days without distinction - for [the information of] those who ask.

— Saheeh International

He placed solid mountains on it, blessed it, measured out its varied provisions for all who seek them––all in four Days.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

He placed therein (i.e. the earth) firm mountains from above it, and He blessed it, and measured therein its sustenance (for its dwellers) in four Days equal (i.e. all these four days were equal in the length of time) for all those who ask (about its creation).

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

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Word by Word

وَجَعَلَwajaʿalaAnd He placed
فِيهَاfīhātherein
رَوَٰسِىَrawāsiyafirmly-set mountains
مِنminabove it
فَوْقِهَاfawqihāabove it
وَبَـٰرَكَwabārakaand He blessed
فِيهَاfīhātherein
وَقَدَّرَwaqaddaraand determined
فِيهَآfīhātherein
أَقْوَٰتَهَاaqwātahāits sustenance
فِىٓfīin
أَرْبَعَةِarbaʿatifour
أَيَّامٍۢayyāminperiods
سَوَآءًۭsawāanequal
لِّلسَّآئِلِينَlilssāilīnafor those who ask