Quran 27:61 — An-Naml, verse 61
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Who is it that made the earth a stable place to live? Who made rivers flow through it? Who set immovable mountains on it and created a barrier between the fresh and salt water? Is it another god beside God? No! But most of them do not know.
أَمَّنْ جَعَلَ الْأَرْضَ قَرَارًا وَجَعَلَ خِلَالَهَا أَنْهَارًا وَجَعَلَ لَهَا رَوَاسِيَ وَجَعَلَ بَيْنَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ حَاجِزًا ۗ أَإِلَـٰهٌ مَعَ اللَّهِ ۚ بَلْ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
amman jaʿala l-arḍa qarāran wajaʿala khilālahā anhāran wajaʿala lahā rawāsiya wajaʿala bayna l-baḥrayni ḥājizan a-ilāhun maʿa l-lahi bal aktharuhum lā yaʿlamūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- He who made the earth a fixed place and set amidst it rivers and appointed for it firm mountains and placed a partition between the two seas. Is there a god with God? Nay, but the most of them have no knowledge.
- Muhammad Asad
- Nay - who is it that has made the earth a fitting abode [for living things], and has caused running waters [to flow] in its midst, and has set upon it mountains firm, and has placed a barrier between the two great bodies of water? Could there be any divine power besides God? Nay, most of those [who think so] do not know [what they are saying]!
- Sahih International
- Is He [not best] who made the earth a stable ground and placed within it rivers and made for it firmly set mountains and placed between the two seas a barrier? Is there a deity with Allāh? [No], but most of them do not know.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَمَّنamman | Or Who | — |
| 2 | جَعَلَjaʿala | made | جعل |
| 3 | ٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍa | the earth | أرض |
| 4 | قَرَارًۭاqarāran | a firm abode | قرر |
| 5 | وَجَعَلَwajaʿala | and made | جعل |
| 6 | خِلَـٰلَهَآkhilālahā | (in) its midst | خلل |
| 7 | أَنْهَـٰرًۭاanhāran | rivers | نهر |
| 8 | وَجَعَلَwajaʿala | and made | جعل |
| 9 | لَهَاlahā | for it | — |
| 10 | رَوَٰسِىَrawāsiya | firm mountains | رسو |
| 11 | وَجَعَلَwajaʿala | and made | جعل |
| 12 | بَيْنَbayna | between | بين |
| 13 | ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِl-baḥrayni | the two seas | بحر |
| 14 | حَاجِزًا ۗḥājizan | a barrier | حجز |
| 15 | أَءِلَـٰهٌۭa-ilāhun | Is there any god | أله |
| 16 | مَّعَmaʿa | with | — |
| 17 | ٱللَّهِ ۚl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 18 | بَلْbal | Nay | — |
| 19 | أَكْثَرُهُمْaktharuhum | most of them | كثر |
| 20 | لَاlā | (do) not | — |
| 21 | يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūna | know | علم |