Surah Ash-Shuraa (الشورى) • The Consultation

Quran 42:33

42:33

إِن يَشَأْ يُسْكِنِ ٱلرِّيحَ فَيَظْلَلْنَ رَوَاكِدَ عَلَىٰ ظَهْرِهِۦٓ ۚ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَـٰتٍ لِّكُلِّ صَبَّارٍ شَكُورٍ

in yasha yus'kini l-rīḥa fayaẓlalna rawākida ʿalā ẓahrihi inna fī dhālika laāyātin likulli ṣabbārin shakūrin

If He willed, He could still the wind, and they would remain motionless on its surface. Indeed in that are signs for everyone patient and grateful.

— Saheeh International

if He willed, He could bring the wind to a standstill and they would lie motionless on the surface of the sea- there truly are signs in this for anyone who is steadfast and thankful-

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

If He wills, He causes the wind to cease, then they would become motionless on the back (of the sea). Verily, in this are signs for everyone patient and grateful.

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

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Word by Word

إِنinIf
يَشَأْyashaHe wills
يُسْكِنِyus'kiniHe can cause the wind to become still
ٱلرِّيحَl-rīḥaHe can cause the wind to become still
فَيَظْلَلْنَfayaẓlalnathen they would remain
رَوَاكِدَrawākidamotionless
عَلَىٰʿalāon
ظَهْرِهِۦٓۚẓahrihiits back
إِنَّinnaIndeed
فِىfīin
ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
لَـَٔايَـٰتٍۢlaāyātinsurely (are) Signs
لِّكُلِّlikullifor everyone
صَبَّارٍۢṣabbārinpatient
شَكُورٍshakūrin(and) grateful