Quran 39:21 — Az-Zumar, verse 21
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Have you not considered that God sends water down from the sky, guides it along to form springs in the earth, and then, with it, brings forth vegetation of various colours, which later withers, turns yellow before your eyes, and is crumbled to dust at His command? There is truly a reminder in this for those who have understanding.
أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ أَنْزَلَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَاءً فَسَلَكَهُ يَنَابِيعَ فِي الْأَرْضِ ثُمَّ يُخْرِجُ بِهِ زَرْعًا مُخْتَلِفًا أَلْوَانُهُ ثُمَّ يَهِيجُ فَتَرَاهُ مُصْفَرًّا ثُمَّ يَجْعَلُهُ حُطَامًا ۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَذِكْرَىٰ لِأُولِي الْأَلْبَابِ
alam tara anna l-laha anzala mina l-samāi māan fasalakahu yanābīʿa fī l-arḍi thumma yukh'riju bihi zarʿan mukh'talifan alwānuhu thumma yahīju fatarāhu muṣ'farran thumma yajʿaluhu ḥuṭāman inna fī dhālika ladhik'rā li-ulī l-albābi
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Hast thou not seen how that God has sent down out of heaven water and threaded it as springs in the earth, then He brings forth therewith crops of diverse hues, then they wither, and thou seest them turning yellow, then He makes them broken orts? Surely in that is a reminder for men possessed of minds.
- Muhammad Asad
- ART THOU NOT aware that it is God who sends down water from the skies, and then causes it to travel through the earth in the shape of springs? And then He brings forth thereby herbage of various hues; and then it withers, and thou canst see it turn yellow; and in the end He causes it to crumble to dust. Verily, in [all] this there is indeed a reminder to those who are endowed with insight!
- Sahih International
- Do you not see that Allāh sends down rain from the sky and makes it flow as springs [and rivers] in the earth; then He produces thereby crops of varying colors; then they dry and you see them turned yellow; then He makes them [scattered] debris. Indeed in that is a reminder for those of understanding.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَلَمْalam | Do not | — |
| 2 | تَرَtara | you see | رأي |
| 3 | أَنَّanna | that | — |
| 4 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 5 | أَنزَلَanzala | sends down | نزل |
| 6 | مِنَmina | from | — |
| 7 | ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāi | the sky | سمو |
| 8 | مَآءًۭmāan | water | موه |
| 9 | فَسَلَكَهُۥfasalakahu | and He makes it flow | سلك |
| 10 | يَنَـٰبِيعَyanābīʿa | (as) springs | نبع |
| 11 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 12 | ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi | the earth | أرض |
| 13 | ثُمَّthumma | then | — |
| 14 | يُخْرِجُyukh'riju | He produces | خرج |
| 15 | بِهِۦbihi | with it | — |
| 16 | زَرْعًۭاzarʿan | crops | زرع |
| 17 | مُّخْتَلِفًاmukh'talifan | (of) different | خلف |
| 18 | أَلْوَٰنُهُۥalwānuhu | colors | لون |
| 19 | ثُمَّthumma | then | — |
| 20 | يَهِيجُyahīju | they wither | هيج |
| 21 | فَتَرَىٰهُfatarāhu | and you see it | رأي |
| 22 | مُصْفَرًّۭاmuṣ'farran | turn yellow | صفر |
| 23 | ثُمَّthumma | then | — |
| 24 | يَجْعَلُهُۥyajʿaluhu | He makes them | جعل |
| 25 | حُطَـٰمًا ۚḥuṭāman | debris | حطم |
| 26 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 27 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 28 | ذَٰلِكَdhālika | that | — |
| 29 | لَذِكْرَىٰladhik'rā | surely, (is) a reminder | ذكر |
| 30 | لِأُو۟لِىli-ulī | for those of understanding | أول |
| 31 | ٱلْأَلْبَـٰبِl-albābi | for those of understanding | لبب |