Quran 22:65 — Al-Hajj, verse 65
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Have you not considered how God has made everything on the earth of service to you? That ships sail the sea at His command? That He keeps the heavens from falling down on the earth without His permission? God is most compassionate and most merciful to mankind-
أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ سَخَّرَ لَكُمْ مَا فِي الْأَرْضِ وَالْفُلْكَ تَجْرِي فِي الْبَحْرِ بِأَمْرِهِ وَيُمْسِكُ السَّمَاءَ أَنْ تَقَعَ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِ ۗ إِنَّ اللَّهَ بِالنَّاسِ لَرَءُوفٌ رَحِيمٌ
alam tara anna l-laha sakhara lakum mā fī l-arḍi wal-ful'ka tajrī fī l-baḥri bi-amrihi wayum'siku l-samāa an taqaʿa ʿalā l-arḍi illā bi-idh'nihi inna l-laha bil-nāsi laraūfun raḥīmun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Hast thou not seen how that God has subjected to you all that is in the earth and the ships to run upon the sea at His commandment, and He holds back heaven lest it should fall upon the earth, save by His leave? Surely God is All-gentle to men, All-compassionate.
- Muhammad Asad
- Art thou not aware that it is God who has made subservient to you all that is on earth, and the ships that sail through the sea at His behest - and [that it is He who] holds the celestial bodies [in their orbits], so that they may not fall upon the earth otherwise than by His leave? Verily, God is most compassionate towards men, a dispenser of grace –
- Sahih International
- Do you not see that Allāh has subjected to you whatever is on the earth and the ships which run through the sea by His command? And He restrains the sky from falling upon the earth, unless by His permission. Indeed Allāh, to the people, is Kind and Merciful.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَلَمْalam | Do not | — |
| 2 | تَرَtara | you see | رأي |
| 3 | أَنَّanna | that | — |
| 4 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 5 | سَخَّرَsakhara | (has) subjected | سخر |
| 6 | لَكُمlakum | to you | — |
| 7 | مَّاmā | what | — |
| 8 | فِىfī | (is) in | — |
| 9 | ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi | the earth | أرض |
| 10 | وَٱلْفُلْكَwal-ful'ka | and the ships | فلك |
| 11 | تَجْرِىtajrī | that sail | جري |
| 12 | فِىfī | through | — |
| 13 | ٱلْبَحْرِl-baḥri | the sea | بحر |
| 14 | بِأَمْرِهِۦbi-amrihi | by His Command | أمر |
| 15 | وَيُمْسِكُwayum'siku | And He withholds | مسك |
| 16 | ٱلسَّمَآءَl-samāa | the sky | سمو |
| 17 | أَنan | lest | — |
| 18 | تَقَعَtaqaʿa | it falls | وقع |
| 19 | عَلَىʿalā | on | — |
| 20 | ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi | the earth | أرض |
| 21 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 22 | بِإِذْنِهِۦٓ ۗbi-idh'nihi | by His permission | أذن |
| 23 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 24 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 25 | بِٱلنَّاسِbil-nāsi | to mankind | نوس |
| 26 | لَرَءُوفٌۭlaraūfun | (is) Full of Kindness | رأف |
| 27 | رَّحِيمٌۭraḥīmun | Most Merciful | رحم |