Quran 29:63 — Al-Ankaboot, verse 63
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
If you ask them, ‘Who sends water down from the sky and gives life with it to the earth after it has died?’ they are sure to say, ‘God.’ Say, ‘Praise belongs to God!’ Truly, most of them do not use their reason.
وَلَئِنْ سَأَلْتَهُمْ مَنْ نَزَّلَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَاءً فَأَحْيَا بِهِ الْأَرْضَ مِنْ بَعْدِ مَوْتِهَا لَيَقُولُنَّ اللَّهُ ۚ قُلِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ۚ بَلْ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ
wala-in sa-altahum man nazzala mina l-samāi māan fa-aḥyā bihi l-arḍa min baʿdi mawtihā layaqūlunna l-lahu quli l-ḥamdu lillahi bal aktharuhum lā yaʿqilūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- If thou askest them, 'Who sends down out of heaven water, and therewith revives the earth after it is dead?' they will say, 'God.' Say: 'Praise belongs to God.' Nay, but most of them have no understanding.
- Muhammad Asad
- And thus it is: if thou ask them, “Who is it that sends down water from the skies, giving life thereby to the earth after it had been lifeless?” - they will surely answer, “God.” Say thou: “[Since this is so,] all praise is due to God [alone]!” But most of them will not use their reason:
- Sahih International
- And if you asked them, "Who sends down rain from the sky and gives life thereby to the earth after its lifelessness?" they would surely say, "Allāh." Say, "Praise to Allāh"; but most of them do not reason.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَئِنwala-in | And if | — |
| 2 | سَأَلْتَهُمsa-altahum | you ask them | سأل |
| 3 | مَّنman | Who | — |
| 4 | نَّزَّلَnazzala | sends down | نزل |
| 5 | مِنَmina | from | — |
| 6 | ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāi | the sky | سمو |
| 7 | مَآءًۭmāan | water | موه |
| 8 | فَأَحْيَاfa-aḥyā | and gives life | حيي |
| 9 | بِهِbihi | thereby | — |
| 10 | ٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍa | (to) the earth | أرض |
| 11 | مِنۢmin | after | — |
| 12 | بَعْدِbaʿdi | after | بعد |
| 13 | مَوْتِهَاmawtihā | its death | موت |
| 14 | لَيَقُولُنَّlayaqūlunna | Surely, they would say | قول |
| 15 | ٱللَّهُ ۚl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 16 | قُلِquli | Say | قول |
| 17 | ٱلْحَمْدُl-ḥamdu | All Praises | حمد |
| 18 | لِلَّهِ ۚlillahi | (are) for Allah | أله |
| 19 | بَلْbal | But | — |
| 20 | أَكْثَرُهُمْaktharuhum | most of them | كثر |
| 21 | لَاlā | (do) not | — |
| 22 | يَعْقِلُونَyaʿqilūna | use reason | عقل |