Quran 42:50 — Ash-Shura, verse 50
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Or both male and female, and He makes whoever He will barren: He is all knowing and all powerful.
أَوْ يُزَوِّجُهُمْ ذُكْرَانًا وَإِنَاثًا ۖ وَيَجْعَلُ مَنْ يَشَاءُ عَقِيمًا ۚ إِنَّهُ عَلِيمٌ قَدِيرٌ
aw yuzawwijuhum dhuk'rānan wa-ināthan wayajʿalu man yashāu ʿaqīman innahu ʿalīmun qadīrun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- or He couples them, both males and females; and He makes whom He will barren. Surely He is All-knowing, All-powerful.
- Muhammad Asad
- or He gives both male and female [to whomever He wills], and causes to be barren whomever He wills: for, verily, He is all-knowing, infinite in His power.
- Sahih International
- Or He makes them [both] males and females, and He renders whom He wills barren. Indeed, He is Knowing and Competent.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَوْaw | Or | — |
| 2 | يُزَوِّجُهُمْyuzawwijuhum | He grants them | زوج |
| 3 | ذُكْرَانًۭاdhuk'rānan | males | ذكر |
| 4 | وَإِنَـٰثًۭا ۖwa-ināthan | and females | أنث |
| 5 | وَيَجْعَلُwayajʿalu | and He makes | جعل |
| 6 | مَنman | whom | — |
| 7 | يَشَآءُyashāu | He wills | شيأ |
| 8 | عَقِيمًا ۚʿaqīman | barren | عقم |
| 9 | إِنَّهُۥinnahu | Indeed, He | — |
| 10 | عَلِيمٌۭʿalīmun | (is) All-Knower | علم |
| 11 | قَدِيرٌۭqadīrun | All-Powerful | قدر |