Quran 13:12 — Ar-Ra'd, verse 12
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
It is He who shows you the lightning, inspiring fear and hope; He builds up the clouds heavy with rain;
هُوَ الَّذِي يُرِيكُمُ الْبَرْقَ خَوْفًا وَطَمَعًا وَيُنْشِئُ السَّحَابَ الثِّقَالَ
huwa alladhī yurīkumu l-barqa khawfan waṭamaʿan wayunshi-u l-saḥāba l-thiqāla
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- It is He who shows you the lightning, for fear and hope, and produces the heavy clouds;
- Muhammad Asad
- HE IT IS who displays before you the lightning, to give rise to [both] fear and hope, and calls heavy clouds into being;
- Sahih International
- It is He who shows you lightning, [causing] fear and aspiration, and generates the heavy clouds.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | هُوَhuwa | He | — |
| 2 | ٱلَّذِىalladhī | (is) the One Who | — |
| 3 | يُرِيكُمُyurīkumu | shows you | رأي |
| 4 | ٱلْبَرْقَl-barqa | the lightning | برق |
| 5 | خَوْفًۭاkhawfan | a fear | خوف |
| 6 | وَطَمَعًۭاwaṭamaʿan | and a hope | طمع |
| 7 | وَيُنشِئُwayunshi-u | and brings up | نشأ |
| 8 | ٱلسَّحَابَl-saḥāba | the clouds | سحب |
| 9 | ٱلثِّقَالَl-thiqāla | the heavy | ثقل |