Quran 29:60 — Al-Ankaboot, verse 60
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
How many are the creatures who do not store their sustenance! God sustains them and you: He alone is the All Hearing, the All Knowing.
وَكَأَيِّنْ مِنْ دَابَّةٍ لَا تَحْمِلُ رِزْقَهَا اللَّهُ يَرْزُقُهَا وَإِيَّاكُمْ ۚ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ
waka-ayyin min dābbatin lā taḥmilu riz'qahā l-lahu yarzuquhā wa-iyyākum wahuwa l-samīʿu l-ʿalīmu
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- How many a beast that bears not its own provision, but God provides for it and you! He is the All-hearer, the All-knower.
- Muhammad Asad
- And how many a living creature is there that takes no thought of its own sustenance; [the while] God provides for it as [He provides] for you - since He alone is all-hearing, all-knowing.
- Sahih International
- And how many a creature carries not its [own] provision. Allāh provides for it and for you. And He is the Hearing, the Knowing.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَكَأَيِّنwaka-ayyin | And how many | — |
| 2 | مِّنmin | of | — |
| 3 | دَآبَّةٍۢdābbatin | a creature | دبب |
| 4 | لَّاlā | (does) not | — |
| 5 | تَحْمِلُtaḥmilu | carry | حمل |
| 6 | رِزْقَهَاriz'qahā | its provision | رزق |
| 7 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 8 | يَرْزُقُهَاyarzuquhā | provides (for) it | رزق |
| 9 | وَإِيَّاكُمْ ۚwa-iyyākum | and (for) you | — |
| 10 | وَهُوَwahuwa | And He | — |
| 11 | ٱلسَّمِيعُl-samīʿu | (is) the All-Hearer | سمع |
| 12 | ٱلْعَلِيمُl-ʿalīmu | the All-Knower | علم |