Quran 29:20 — Al-Ankaboot, verse 20
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Say, ‘Travel throughout the earth and see how He brings life into being: and He will bring the next life into being. God has power over all things.
قُلْ سِيرُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ فَانْظُرُوا كَيْفَ بَدَأَ الْخَلْقَ ۚ ثُمَّ اللَّهُ يُنْشِئُ النَّشْأَةَ الْآخِرَةَ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ
qul sīrū fī l-arḍi fa-unẓurū kayfa bada-a l-khalqa thumma l-lahu yunshi-u l-nashata l-ākhirata inna l-laha ʿalā kulli shayin qadīrun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Say: Journey in the land, then behold how He originated creation; then God causes the second growth to grow; God is powerful over everything,
- Muhammad Asad
- Say: “Go all over the earth and behold how [wondrously] He has created [man] in the first instance: and thus, too, will God bring into being your second life for, verily, God has the power to will anything!
- Sahih International
- Say, [O Muḥammad], "Travel through the land and observe how He began creation. Then Allāh will produce the final creation [i.e., development]. Indeed Allāh, over all things, is competent."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قُلْqul | Say | قول |
| 2 | سِيرُوا۟sīrū | Travel | سير |
| 3 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 4 | ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi | the earth | أرض |
| 5 | فَٱنظُرُوا۟fa-unẓurū | and see | نظر |
| 6 | كَيْفَkayfa | how | كيف |
| 7 | بَدَأَbada-a | He originated | بدأ |
| 8 | ٱلْخَلْقَ ۚl-khalqa | the creation | خلق |
| 9 | ثُمَّthumma | Then | — |
| 10 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 11 | يُنشِئُyunshi-u | will produce | نشأ |
| 12 | ٱلنَّشْأَةَl-nashata | the creation | نشأ |
| 13 | ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ ۚl-ākhirata | the last | أخر |
| 14 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 15 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 16 | عَلَىٰʿalā | on | — |
| 17 | كُلِّkulli | every | كلل |
| 18 | شَىْءٍۢshayin | thing | شيأ |
| 19 | قَدِيرٌۭqadīrun | (is) All-Powerful | قدر |