Quran 25:49 — Al-Furqaan, verse 49
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
so that We can revive a dead land with it, and We give it as a drink to many animals and people We have created.
لِنُحْيِيَ بِهِ بَلْدَةً مَيْتًا وَنُسْقِيَهُ مِمَّا خَلَقْنَا أَنْعَامًا وَأَنَاسِيَّ كَثِيرًا
linuḥ'yiya bihi baldatan maytan wanus'qiyahu mimmā khalaqnā anʿāman wa-anāsiyya kathīran
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- so that We might revive a dead land, and give to drink of it, of that We created, cattle and men a many.
- Muhammad Asad
- so that We may bring dead land to life thereby, and give to drink thereof to many [beings] of Our creation, beasts as well as humans.
- Sahih International
- That We may bring to life thereby a dead land and give it as drink to those We created of numerous livestock and men.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | لِّنُحْـِۧىَlinuḥ'yiya | That We may give life | حيي |
| 2 | بِهِۦbihi | thereby | — |
| 3 | بَلْدَةًۭbaldatan | (to) a land | بلد |
| 4 | مَّيْتًۭاmaytan | dead | موت |
| 5 | وَنُسْقِيَهُۥwanus'qiyahu | and We give drink | سقي |
| 6 | مِمَّاmimmā | thereof | — |
| 7 | خَلَقْنَآkhalaqnā | (to those) We created | خلق |
| 8 | أَنْعَـٰمًۭاanʿāman | cattle | نعم |
| 9 | وَأَنَاسِىَّwa-anāsiyya | and men | أنس |
| 10 | كَثِيرًۭاkathīran | many | كثر |