Quran 27:88 — An-Naml, verse 88
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
You will see the mountains and think they are firmly fixed, but they will float away like clouds: this is the handiwork of God who has perfected all things. He is fully aware of what you do:
وَتَرَى الْجِبَالَ تَحْسَبُهَا جَامِدَةً وَهِيَ تَمُرُّ مَرَّ السَّحَابِ ۚ صُنْعَ اللَّهِ الَّذِي أَتْقَنَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ ۚ إِنَّهُ خَبِيرٌ بِمَا تَفْعَلُونَ
watarā l-jibāla taḥsabuhā jāmidatan wahiya tamurru marra l-saḥābi ṣun'ʿa l-lahi alladhī atqana kulla shayin innahu khabīrun bimā tafʿalūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- and thou shalt see the mountains, that thou supposest fixed, passing by like clouds -- God's handiwork, who has created everything very well. He is aware of the things you do.
- Muhammad Asad
- And thou wilt see the mountains, which [now] thou deemest so firm, pass away as clouds pass away: a work of God, who has ordered all things to perfection! Verily, He is fully aware of all that you do!
- Sahih International
- And you see the mountains, thinking them motionless, while they will pass as the passing of clouds. [It is] the work of Allāh, who perfected all things. Indeed, He is Aware of that which you do.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَتَرَىwatarā | And you see | رأي |
| 2 | ٱلْجِبَالَl-jibāla | the mountains | جبل |
| 3 | تَحْسَبُهَاtaḥsabuhā | thinking them | حسب |
| 4 | جَامِدَةًۭjāmidatan | firmly fixed | جمد |
| 5 | وَهِىَwahiya | while they | — |
| 6 | تَمُرُّtamurru | will pass | مرر |
| 7 | مَرَّmarra | (as the) passing | مرر |
| 8 | ٱلسَّحَابِ ۚl-saḥābi | (of) the clouds | سحب |
| 9 | صُنْعَṣun'ʿa | (The) Work | صنع |
| 10 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 11 | ٱلَّذِىٓalladhī | Who | — |
| 12 | أَتْقَنَatqana | perfected | تقن |
| 13 | كُلَّkulla | all | كلل |
| 14 | شَىْءٍ ۚshayin | things | شيأ |
| 15 | إِنَّهُۥinnahu | Indeed, He | — |
| 16 | خَبِيرٌۢkhabīrun | (is) All-Aware | خبر |
| 17 | بِمَاbimā | of what | — |
| 18 | تَفْعَلُونَtafʿalūna | you do | فعل |