Surah Al-An'am (الأنعام) • The Cattle

Quran 6:97

6:97

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلنُّجُومَ لِتَهْتَدُوا۟ بِهَا فِى ظُلُمَـٰتِ ٱلْبَرِّ وَٱلْبَحْرِ ۗ قَدْ فَصَّلْنَا ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ لِقَوْمٍ يَعْلَمُونَ

wahuwa alladhī jaʿala lakumu l-nujūma litahtadū bihā fī ẓulumāti l-bari wal-baḥri qad faṣṣalnā l-āyāti liqawmin yaʿlamūna

And it is He who placed for you the stars that you may be guided by them through the darknesses of the land and sea. We have detailed the signs for a people who know.

— Saheeh International

It is He who made the stars, so that they can guide you when land and sea are dark: We have made the signs clear for those who have knowledge.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

It is He Who has set the stars for you, so that you may guide your course with their help through the darkness of the land and the sea. We have (indeed) explained in detail Our Ayât (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, Revelations, etc.) for people who know.

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

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Word by Word

وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He
ٱلَّذِىalladhī(is) the One Who
جَعَلَjaʿalamade
لَكُمُlakumufor you
ٱلنُّجُومَl-nujūmathe stars
لِتَهْتَدُوا۟litahtadūthat you may guide yourselves
بِهَاbihāwith them
فِىfīin
ظُلُمَـٰتِẓulumātithe darkness[es]
ٱلْبَرِّl-bari(of) the land
وَٱلْبَحْرِۗwal-baḥriand the sea
قَدْqadCertainly
فَصَّلْنَاfaṣṣalnāWe have made clear
ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِl-āyātithe Signs
لِقَوْمٍۢliqawminfor a people
يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūna(who) know