Quran 35:28 — Faatir, verse 28
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
that there are various colours among human beings, wild animals, and livestock too? It is those of His servants who have knowledge who stand in true awe of God. God is almighty, most forgiving.
وَمِنَ النَّاسِ وَالدَّوَابِّ وَالْأَنْعَامِ مُخْتَلِفٌ أَلْوَانُهُ كَذَٰلِكَ ۗ إِنَّمَا يَخْشَى اللَّهَ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ الْعُلَمَاءُ ۗ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزِيزٌ غَفُورٌ
wamina l-nāsi wal-dawābi wal-anʿāmi mukh'talifun alwānuhu kadhālika innamā yakhshā l-laha min ʿibādihi l-ʿulamāu inna l-laha ʿazīzun ghafūrun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- men too, and beasts and cattle -- diverse are their hues. Even so only those of His servants fear God who have knowledge; surely God is All-mighty, All-forgiving.
- Muhammad Asad
- and (as) there are in men, and in crawling beasts, and in cattle, too, many hues? Of all His servants, only such as are endowed with [innate] knowledge stand [truly] in awe of God: [for they alone comprehend that,] verily, God is almighty, much-forgiving.
- Sahih International
- And among people and moving creatures and grazing livestock are various colors similarly. Only those fear Allāh, from among His servants, who have knowledge. Indeed, Allāh is Exalted in Might and Forgiving.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَمِنَwamina | And among | — |
| 2 | ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi | men | نوس |
| 3 | وَٱلدَّوَآبِّwal-dawābi | and moving creatures | دبب |
| 4 | وَٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِwal-anʿāmi | and the cattle | نعم |
| 5 | مُخْتَلِفٌmukh'talifun | (are) various | خلف |
| 6 | أَلْوَٰنُهُۥalwānuhu | [their] colors | لون |
| 7 | كَذَٰلِكَ ۗkadhālika | likewise | — |
| 8 | إِنَّمَاinnamā | Only | — |
| 9 | يَخْشَىyakhshā | fear | خشي |
| 10 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 11 | مِنْmin | among | — |
| 12 | عِبَادِهِʿibādihi | His slaves | عبد |
| 13 | ٱلْعُلَمَـٰٓؤُا۟ ۗl-ʿulamāu | those who have knowledge | علم |
| 14 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 15 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 16 | عَزِيزٌʿazīzun | (is) All-Mighty | عزز |
| 17 | غَفُورٌghafūrun | Oft-Forgiving | غفر |