Surah Fussilat (فصلت) • Explained in Detail

Quran 41:39

41:39

وَمِنْ ءَايَـٰتِهِۦٓ أَنَّكَ تَرَى ٱلْأَرْضَ خَـٰشِعَةً فَإِذَآ أَنزَلْنَا عَلَيْهَا ٱلْمَآءَ ٱهْتَزَّتْ وَرَبَتْ ۚ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَحْيَاهَا لَمُحْىِ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰٓ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

wamin āyātihi annaka tarā l-arḍa khāshiʿatan fa-idhā anzalnā ʿalayhā l-māa ih'tazzat warabat inna alladhī aḥyāhā lamuḥ'yī l-mawtā innahu ʿalā kulli shayin qadīrun

And of His signs is that you see the earth stilled, but when We send down upon it rain, it quivers and grows. Indeed, He who has given it life is the Giver of Life to the dead. Indeed, He is over all things competent.

— Saheeh International

Another of His signs is this: you see the earth lying desolate, but when We send water down on to it, it stirs and grows. He who gives it life will certainly give life to the dead. He has power over everything.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And among His Signs (in this), that you see the earth barren; but when We send down water (rain) to it, it is stirred to life and growth (of vegetations). Verily, He Who gives it life, surely, is Able to give life to the dead (on the Day of Resurrection). Indeed He is Able to do all things.

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

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Word by Word

وَمِنْwaminAnd among
ءَايَـٰتِهِۦٓāyātihiHis Signs
أَنَّكَannaka(is) that you
تَرَىtarāsee
ٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍathe earth
خَـٰشِعَةًۭkhāshiʿatanbarren
فَإِذَآfa-idhābut when
أَنزَلْنَاanzalnāWe send down
عَلَيْهَاʿalayhāupon it
ٱلْمَآءَl-māawater
ٱهْتَزَّتْih'tazzatit is stirred (to life)
وَرَبَتْۚwarabatand grows
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱلَّذِىٓalladhīthe One Who
أَحْيَاهَاaḥyāhāgives it life
لَمُحْىِlamuḥ'yī(is) surely the Giver of life
ٱلْمَوْتَىٰٓۚl-mawtā(to) the dead
إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, He
عَلَىٰʿalā(is) on
كُلِّkullievery
شَىْءٍۢshayinthing
قَدِيرٌqadīrunAll-Powerful