Surah Az-Zukhruf (الزخرف) • The Ornaments of Gold

Quran 43:13

43:13

لِتَسْتَوُۥا۟ عَلَىٰ ظُهُورِهِۦ ثُمَّ تَذْكُرُوا۟ نِعْمَةَ رَبِّكُمْ إِذَا ٱسْتَوَيْتُمْ عَلَيْهِ وَتَقُولُوا۟ سُبْحَـٰنَ ٱلَّذِى سَخَّرَ لَنَا هَـٰذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لَهُۥ مُقْرِنِينَ

litastawū ʿalā ẓuhūrihi thumma tadhkurū niʿ'mata rabbikum idhā is'tawaytum ʿalayhi wataqūlū sub'ḥāna alladhī sakhara lanā hādhā wamā kunnā lahu muq'rinīna

That you may settle yourselves upon their backs and then remember the favor of your Lord when you have settled upon them and say, "Exalted is He who has subjected this to us, and we could not have [otherwise] subdued it.

— Saheeh International

so that you may remember your Lord’s grace when you are seated on them and say, ‘Glory be to Him who has given us control over this; we could not have done it by ourselves.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

In order that you may mount on their backs, and then may remember the Favour of your Lord when you mount thereon, and say: "Glory to Him Who has subjected this to us, and we could never have it (by our efforts).

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

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لِتَسْتَوُۥا۟litastawūThat you may sit firmly
عَلَىٰʿalāon
ظُهُورِهِۦẓuhūrihitheir backs
ثُمَّthummathen
تَذْكُرُوا۟tadhkurūremember
نِعْمَةَniʿ'mata(the) favor
رَبِّكُمْrabbikum(of) your Lord
إِذَاidhāwhen
ٱسْتَوَيْتُمْis'tawaytumyou sit firmly
عَلَيْهِʿalayhion them
وَتَقُولُوا۟wataqūlūand say
سُبْحَـٰنَsub'ḥānaGlory be (to)
ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe One Who
سَخَّرَsakhara(has) subjected
لَنَاlanāto us
هَـٰذَاhādhāthis
وَمَاwamāand not
كُنَّاkunnāwe were
لَهُۥlahuof it
مُقْرِنِينَmuq'rinīnacapable