Quran 21:32 — Al-Anbiyaa, verse 32
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
and We made the sky a well-secured canopy- yet from its wonders they turn away.
وَجَعَلْنَا السَّمَاءَ سَقْفًا مَحْفُوظًا ۖ وَهُمْ عَنْ آيَاتِهَا مُعْرِضُونَ
wajaʿalnā l-samāa saqfan maḥfūẓan wahum ʿan āyātihā muʿ'riḍūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- and We set up the heaven as a roof well-protected; yet still from Our signs they are turning away.
- Muhammad Asad
- and [that] We have set up the sky as a canopy well-secured? And yet, they stubbornly turn away from [all] the signs of this [creation],
- Sahih International
- And We made the sky a protected ceiling, but they, from its signs, are turning away.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnā | And We made | جعل |
| 2 | ٱلسَّمَآءَl-samāa | the sky | سمو |
| 3 | سَقْفًۭاsaqfan | a roof | سقف |
| 4 | مَّحْفُوظًۭا ۖmaḥfūẓan | protected | حفظ |
| 5 | وَهُمْwahum | But they | — |
| 6 | عَنْʿan | from | — |
| 7 | ءَايَـٰتِهَاāyātihā | its Signs | أيي |
| 8 | مُعْرِضُونَmuʿ'riḍūna | turn away | عرض |