Quran 20:53 — Taa-Haa, verse 53
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
It was He who spread out the earth for you and traced routes in it. He sent down water from the sky. With that water We bring forth every kind of plant,
الَّذِي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الْأَرْضَ مَهْدًا وَسَلَكَ لَكُمْ فِيهَا سُبُلًا وَأَنْزَلَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَاءً فَأَخْرَجْنَا بِهِ أَزْوَاجًا مِنْ نَبَاتٍ شَتَّىٰ
alladhī jaʿala lakumu l-arḍa mahdan wasalaka lakum fīhā subulan wa-anzala mina l-samāi māan fa-akhrajnā bihi azwājan min nabātin shattā
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- He who appointed the earth to be a cradle for you, and therein threaded roads for you, and sent down water out of heaven, and therewith We have brought forth divers kinds of plants.
- Muhammad Asad
- HE IT IS who has made the earth a cradle for you, and has traced out for you ways [of livelihood] thereon, and [who] sends down waters from the sky: and by this means We bring forth various kinds of plants.
- Sahih International
- [It is He] who has made for you the earth as a bed [spread out] and inserted therein for you roadways and sent down from the sky, rain and produced thereby categories of various plants.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ٱلَّذِىalladhī | The One Who | — |
| 2 | جَعَلَjaʿala | made | جعل |
| 3 | لَكُمُlakumu | for you | — |
| 4 | ٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍa | the earth | أرض |
| 5 | مَهْدًۭاmahdan | (as) a bed | مهد |
| 6 | وَسَلَكَwasalaka | and inserted | سلك |
| 7 | لَكُمْlakum | for you | — |
| 8 | فِيهَاfīhā | therein | — |
| 9 | سُبُلًۭاsubulan | ways | سبل |
| 10 | وَأَنزَلَwa-anzala | and sent down | نزل |
| 11 | مِنَmina | from | — |
| 12 | ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāi | the sky | سمو |
| 13 | مَآءًۭmāan | water | موه |
| 14 | فَأَخْرَجْنَاfa-akhrajnā | then We (have) brought forth | خرج |
| 15 | بِهِۦٓbihi | with it | — |
| 16 | أَزْوَٰجًۭاazwājan | pairs | زوج |
| 17 | مِّنmin | of | — |
| 18 | نَّبَاتٍۢnabātin | plants | نبت |
| 19 | شَتَّىٰshattā | diverse | شتت |