Quran 43:13 — Az-Zukhruf, verse 13
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
so that you may remember your Lord’s grace when you are seated on them and say, ‘Glory be to Him who has given us control over this; we could not have done it by ourselves.
لِتَسْتَوُوا عَلَىٰ ظُهُورِهِ ثُمَّ تَذْكُرُوا نِعْمَةَ رَبِّكُمْ إِذَا اسْتَوَيْتُمْ عَلَيْهِ وَتَقُولُوا سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي سَخَّرَ لَنَا هَـٰذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لَهُ مُقْرِنِينَ
litastawū ʿalā ẓuhūrihi thumma tadhkurū niʿ'mata rabbikum idhā is'tawaytum ʿalayhi wataqūlū sub'ḥāna alladhī sakhara lanā hādhā wamā kunnā lahu muq'rinīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- that you may be seated on their backs and then remember your Lord's blessing when you are seated on them, and say, 'Glory be to Him, who has subjected this to us, and we ourselves were not equal to it;
- Muhammad Asad
- in order that you might gain mastery over them, and that, whenever you have mastered them, you might remember your Sustainer’s blessings and say: “Limitless in His glory is He who has made [all] this subservient to our use - since [but for Him,] we would not have been able to attain to it.
- Sahih International
- That you may settle yourselves upon their backs and then remember the favor of your Lord when you have settled upon them and say, "Exalted is He who has subjected this to us, and we could not have [otherwise] subdued it.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | لِتَسْتَوُۥا۟litastawū | That you may sit firmly | سوي |
| 2 | عَلَىٰʿalā | on | — |
| 3 | ظُهُورِهِۦẓuhūrihi | their backs | ظهر |
| 4 | ثُمَّthumma | then | — |
| 5 | تَذْكُرُوا۟tadhkurū | remember | ذكر |
| 6 | نِعْمَةَniʿ'mata | (the) favor | نعم |
| 7 | رَبِّكُمْrabbikum | (of) your Lord | ربب |
| 8 | إِذَاidhā | when | — |
| 9 | ٱسْتَوَيْتُمْis'tawaytum | you sit firmly | سوي |
| 10 | عَلَيْهِʿalayhi | on them | — |
| 11 | وَتَقُولُوا۟wataqūlū | and say | قول |
| 12 | سُبْحَـٰنَsub'ḥāna | Glory be (to) | سبح |
| 13 | ٱلَّذِىalladhī | the One Who | — |
| 14 | سَخَّرَsakhara | (has) subjected | سخر |
| 15 | لَنَاlanā | to us | — |
| 16 | هَـٰذَاhādhā | this | — |
| 17 | وَمَاwamā | and not | — |
| 18 | كُنَّاkunnā | we were | كون |
| 19 | لَهُۥlahu | of it | — |
| 20 | مُقْرِنِينَmuq'rinīna | capable | قرن |