Quran 30:54 — Ar-Room, verse 54
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
It is God who creates you weak, then gives you strength, then weakness after strength, together with your grey hair: He creates what He will; He is the All Knowing, the All Powerful.
اللَّهُ الَّذِي خَلَقَكُمْ مِنْ ضَعْفٍ ثُمَّ جَعَلَ مِنْ بَعْدِ ضَعْفٍ قُوَّةً ثُمَّ جَعَلَ مِنْ بَعْدِ قُوَّةٍ ضَعْفًا وَشَيْبَةً ۚ يَخْلُقُ مَا يَشَاءُ ۖ وَهُوَ الْعَلِيمُ الْقَدِيرُ
al-lahu alladhī khalaqakum min ḍaʿfin thumma jaʿala min baʿdi ḍaʿfin quwwatan thumma jaʿala min baʿdi quwwatin ḍaʿfan washaybatan yakhluqu mā yashāu wahuwa l-ʿalīmu l-qadīru
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- God is He that created you of weakness, then He appointed after weakness strength, then after strength He appointed weakness and grey hairs; He creates what He will, and He is the All-knowing, the All-powerful.
- Muhammad Asad
- IT IS GOD who creates you [all in a states of weakness, and then, after weakness, ordains strength [for you], and then, after [a period of] strength, ordains [old-age] weakness and grey hair. He creates what He wills; and He alone is all-knowing, infinite in His power.
- Sahih International
- Allāh is the one who created you from weakness, then made after weakness strength, then made after strength weakness and white hair. He creates what He wills, and He is the Knowing, the Competent.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ۞ ٱللَّهُal-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 2 | ٱلَّذِىalladhī | (is) the One Who | — |
| 3 | خَلَقَكُمkhalaqakum | created you | خلق |
| 4 | مِّنmin | from | — |
| 5 | ضَعْفٍۢḍaʿfin | weakness | ضعف |
| 6 | ثُمَّthumma | then | — |
| 7 | جَعَلَjaʿala | made | جعل |
| 8 | مِنۢmin | after | — |
| 9 | بَعْدِbaʿdi | after | بعد |
| 10 | ضَعْفٍۢḍaʿfin | weakness | ضعف |
| 11 | قُوَّةًۭquwwatan | strength | قوي |
| 12 | ثُمَّthumma | then | — |
| 13 | جَعَلَjaʿala | made | جعل |
| 14 | مِنۢmin | after | — |
| 15 | بَعْدِbaʿdi | after | بعد |
| 16 | قُوَّةٍۢquwwatin | strength | قوي |
| 17 | ضَعْفًۭاḍaʿfan | weakness | ضعف |
| 18 | وَشَيْبَةًۭ ۚwashaybatan | and gray hair | شيب |
| 19 | يَخْلُقُyakhluqu | He creates | خلق |
| 20 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 21 | يَشَآءُ ۖyashāu | He wills | شيأ |
| 22 | وَهُوَwahuwa | and He | — |
| 23 | ٱلْعَلِيمُl-ʿalīmu | (is) the All-Knower | علم |
| 24 | ٱلْقَدِيرُl-qadīru | the All-Powerful | قدر |