Quran 24:43 — An-Noor, verse 43
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Do you not see that God drives the clouds, then gathers them together and piles them up until you see rain pour from their midst? He sends hail down from [such] mountains in the sky, pouring it on whoever He wishes and diverting it from whoever He wishes- the flash of its lightning almost snatches sight away.
أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ يُزْجِي سَحَابًا ثُمَّ يُؤَلِّفُ بَيْنَهُ ثُمَّ يَجْعَلُهُ رُكَامًا فَتَرَى الْوَدْقَ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ خِلَالِهِ وَيُنَزِّلُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مِنْ جِبَالٍ فِيهَا مِنْ بَرَدٍ فَيُصِيبُ بِهِ مَنْ يَشَاءُ وَيَصْرِفُهُ عَنْ مَنْ يَشَاءُ ۖ يَكَادُ سَنَا بَرْقِهِ يَذْهَبُ بِالْأَبْصَارِ
alam tara anna l-laha yuz'jī saḥāban thumma yu-allifu baynahu thumma yajʿaluhu rukāman fatarā l-wadqa yakhruju min khilālihi wayunazzilu mina l-samāi min jibālin fīhā min baradin fayuṣību bihi man yashāu wayaṣrifuhu ʿan man yashāu yakādu sanā barqihi yadhhabu bil-abṣāri
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- 'hast thou not seen how God drives the clouds, then composes them, then converts them into a mass, then thou seest the rain issuing out of the midst of them? And He sends down out of heaven mountains, wherein is hail, so that He smites whom He will with it, and turns it aside from whom He will; wellnigh the gleam of His lightning snatches away the sight.
- Muhammad Asad
- Art thou not aware that it is God who causes the clouds to move onward, then joins them together, then piles them up in masses, until thou can see rain come forth from their midst? And He it is who sends down from the skies, by degrees, mountainous masses [of clouds] charged with hail, striking therewith whomever He wills and averting it from whomever He wills, [the while] the flash of His lightning well-nigh deprives [men of their] sight!
- Sahih International
- Do you not see that Allāh drives clouds? Then He brings them together; then He makes them into a mass, and you see the rain emerge from within it. And He sends down from the sky, mountains [of clouds] within which is hail, and He strikes with it whom He wills and averts it from whom He wills. The flash of its lightning almost takes away the eyesight.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَلَمْalam | Do not | — |
| 2 | تَرَtara | you see | رأي |
| 3 | أَنَّanna | that | — |
| 4 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 5 | يُزْجِىyuz'jī | drives | زجو |
| 6 | سَحَابًۭاsaḥāban | clouds | سحب |
| 7 | ثُمَّthumma | then | — |
| 8 | يُؤَلِّفُyu-allifu | joins | ألف |
| 9 | بَيْنَهُۥbaynahu | between them | بين |
| 10 | ثُمَّthumma | then | — |
| 11 | يَجْعَلُهُۥyajʿaluhu | makes them | جعل |
| 12 | رُكَامًۭاrukāman | (into) a mass | ركم |
| 13 | فَتَرَىfatarā | then you see | رأي |
| 14 | ٱلْوَدْقَl-wadqa | the rain | ودق |
| 15 | يَخْرُجُyakhruju | come forth | خرج |
| 16 | مِنْmin | from | — |
| 17 | خِلَـٰلِهِۦkhilālihi | their midst | خلل |
| 18 | وَيُنَزِّلُwayunazzilu | And He sends down | نزل |
| 19 | مِنَmina | from | — |
| 20 | ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāi | (the) sky | سمو |
| 21 | مِنmin | [from] | — |
| 22 | جِبَالٍۢjibālin | mountains | جبل |
| 23 | فِيهَاfīhā | within it | — |
| 24 | مِنۢmin | [of] | — |
| 25 | بَرَدٍۢbaradin | (is) hail | برد |
| 26 | فَيُصِيبُfayuṣību | and He strikes | صوب |
| 27 | بِهِۦbihi | with it | — |
| 28 | مَنman | whom | — |
| 29 | يَشَآءُyashāu | He wills | شيأ |
| 30 | وَيَصْرِفُهُۥwayaṣrifuhu | and averts it | صرف |
| 31 | عَنʿan | from | — |
| 32 | مَّنman | whom | — |
| 33 | يَشَآءُ ۖyashāu | He wills | شيأ |
| 34 | يَكَادُyakādu | Nearly | كود |
| 35 | سَنَاsanā | (the) flash | سنو |
| 36 | بَرْقِهِۦbarqihi | (of) its lighting | برق |
| 37 | يَذْهَبُyadhhabu | takes away | ذهب |
| 38 | بِٱلْأَبْصَـٰرِbil-abṣāri | the sight | بصر |