Quran 2:164 — Al-Baqara, verse 164
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
In the creation of the heavens and earth; in the alternation of night and day; in the ships that sail the seas with goods for people; in the water which God sends down from the sky to give life to the earth when it has been barren, scattering all kinds of creatures over it; in the changing of the winds and clouds that run their appointed courses between the sky and earth: there are signs in all these for those who use their minds.
إِنَّ فِي خَلْقِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَاخْتِلَافِ اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ وَالْفُلْكِ الَّتِي تَجْرِي فِي الْبَحْرِ بِمَا يَنْفَعُ النَّاسَ وَمَا أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مِنْ مَاءٍ فَأَحْيَا بِهِ الْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا وَبَثَّ فِيهَا مِنْ كُلِّ دَابَّةٍ وَتَصْرِيفِ الرِّيَاحِ وَالسَّحَابِ الْمُسَخَّرِ بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ لَآيَاتٍ لِقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَ
inna fī khalqi l-samāwāti wal-arḍi wa-ikh'tilāfi al-layli wal-nahāri wal-ful'ki allatī tajrī fī l-baḥri bimā yanfaʿu l-nāsa wamā anzala l-lahu mina l-samāi min māin fa-aḥyā bihi l-arḍa baʿda mawtihā wabatha fīhā min kulli dābbatin wataṣrīfi l-riyāḥi wal-saḥābi l-musakhari bayna l-samāi wal-arḍi laāyātin liqawmin yaʿqilūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- .. Surely in the creation of the heavens and the earth and the alternation of night and day and the ship that runs in the sea with profit to men, and the water God sends down from heaven therewith reviving the earth after it is dead and His scattering abroad in it all manner of crawling thing, and the turning about of the winds and the clouds compelled between heaven and earth -- surely there are signs for a people having understanding.
- Muhammad Asad
- Verily, in the creation of the heavens and of the earth, and the succession of night and day: and in the ships that speed through the sea with what is useful to man: and in the waters which God sends down from the sky, giving life thereby to the earth after it had, been lifeless, and causing all manner of living creatures to multiply thereon: and in the change of the winds, and the clouds that run their appointed courses between sky and earth: [in all this] there are messages indeed for people who use their reason.
- Sahih International
- Indeed, in the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the alternation of the night and the day, and the [great] ships which sail through the sea with that which benefits people, and what Allāh has sent down from the heavens of rain, giving life thereby to the earth after its lifelessness and dispersing therein every [kind of] moving creature, and [His] directing of the winds and the clouds controlled between the heaven and earth are signs for a people who use reason.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 2 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 3 | خَلْقِkhalqi | (the) creation | خلق |
| 4 | ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti | (of) the heavens | سمو |
| 5 | وَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍi | and the earth | أرض |
| 6 | وَٱخْتِلَـٰفِwa-ikh'tilāfi | and alternation | خلف |
| 7 | ٱلَّيْلِal-layli | of the night | ليل |
| 8 | وَٱلنَّهَارِwal-nahāri | and the day | نهر |
| 9 | وَٱلْفُلْكِwal-ful'ki | and the ships | فلك |
| 10 | ٱلَّتِىallatī | which | — |
| 11 | تَجْرِىtajrī | sail | جري |
| 12 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 13 | ٱلْبَحْرِl-baḥri | the sea | بحر |
| 14 | بِمَاbimā | with what | — |
| 15 | يَنفَعُyanfaʿu | benefits | نفع |
| 16 | ٱلنَّاسَl-nāsa | [the] people | نوس |
| 17 | وَمَآwamā | and what | — |
| 18 | أَنزَلَanzala | (has) sent down | نزل |
| 19 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 20 | مِنَmina | from | — |
| 21 | ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāi | the sky | سمو |
| 22 | مِنmin | [of] | — |
| 23 | مَّآءٍۢmāin | water | موه |
| 24 | فَأَحْيَاfa-aḥyā | giving life | حيي |
| 25 | بِهِbihi | thereby | — |
| 26 | ٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍa | (to) the earth | أرض |
| 27 | بَعْدَbaʿda | after | بعد |
| 28 | مَوْتِهَاmawtihā | its death | موت |
| 29 | وَبَثَّwabatha | and dispersing | بثث |
| 30 | فِيهَاfīhā | therein | — |
| 31 | مِنmin | [of] | — |
| 32 | كُلِّkulli | every | كلل |
| 33 | دَآبَّةٍۢdābbatin | moving creature | دبب |
| 34 | وَتَصْرِيفِwataṣrīfi | and directing | صرف |
| 35 | ٱلرِّيَـٰحِl-riyāḥi | (of) the winds | روح |
| 36 | وَٱلسَّحَابِwal-saḥābi | and the clouds | سحب |
| 37 | ٱلْمُسَخَّرِl-musakhari | [the] controlled | سخر |
| 38 | بَيْنَbayna | between | بين |
| 39 | ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāi | the sky | سمو |
| 40 | وَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍi | and the earth | أرض |
| 41 | لَـَٔايَـٰتٍۢlaāyātin | surely (are) Signs | أيي |
| 42 | لِّقَوْمٍۢliqawmin | for a people | قوم |
| 43 | يَعْقِلُونَyaʿqilūna | who use their intellect | عقل |