Surah Al-Mulk (الملك) • The Sovereignty

Quran 67:19

67:19

أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ إِلَى ٱلطَّيْرِ فَوْقَهُمْ صَـٰٓفَّـٰتٍ وَيَقْبِضْنَ ۚ مَا يُمْسِكُهُنَّ إِلَّا ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍۭ بَصِيرٌ

awalam yaraw ilā l-ṭayri fawqahum ṣāffātin wayaqbiḍ'na mā yum'sikuhunna illā l-raḥmānu innahu bikulli shayin baṣīrun

Do they not see the birds above them with wings outspread and [sometimes] folded in? None holds them [aloft] except the Most Merciful. Indeed He is, of all things, Seeing.

— Saheeh International

Do they not see the birds above them spreading and closing their wings? It is only the Lord of Mercy who holds them up: He watches over everything.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Do they not see the birds above them, spreading out their wings and folding them in? None upholds them except the Most Gracious (Allâh). Verily, He is the All-Seer of everything.

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

Juz 29Page 563meccan

Word by Word

أَوَلَمْawalamDo not
يَرَوْا۟yarawthey see
إِلَىilā[to]
ٱلطَّيْرِl-ṭayrithe birds
فَوْقَهُمْfawqahumabove them
صَـٰٓفَّـٰتٍۢṣāffātinspreading (their wings)
وَيَقْبِضْنَۚwayaqbiḍ'naand folding
مَاmāNot
يُمْسِكُهُنَّyum'sikuhunnaholds them
إِلَّاillāexcept
ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُۚl-raḥmānuthe Most Gracious
إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, He
بِكُلِّbikulli(is) of every
شَىْءٍۭshayinthing
بَصِيرٌbaṣīrunAll-Seer