Quran 51:23 — Adh-Dhaariyat, verse 23
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
By the Lord of the heavens and earth! All this is as real as your speaking.
فَوَرَبِّ السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ إِنَّهُ لَحَقٌّ مِثْلَ مَا أَنَّكُمْ تَنْطِقُونَ
fawarabbi l-samāi wal-arḍi innahu laḥaqqun mith'la mā annakum tanṭiqūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- So by the Lord of heaven and earth, it is as surely true as that you have speech.
- Muhammad Asad
- for, by the Sustainer of heaven and earth, this [life after death] is the very truth - as true as that you are endowed with speech!
- Sahih International
- Then by the Lord of the heaven and earth, indeed, it is truth - just as [sure as] it is that you are speaking.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَوَرَبِّfawarabbi | Then by (the) Lord | ربب |
| 2 | ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāi | (of) the heaven | سمو |
| 3 | وَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍi | and the earth | أرض |
| 4 | إِنَّهُۥinnahu | indeed, it | — |
| 5 | لَحَقٌّۭlaḥaqqun | (is) surely (the) truth | حقق |
| 6 | مِّثْلَmith'la | (just) as | مثل |
| 7 | مَآmā | [what] | — |
| 8 | أَنَّكُمْannakum | you | — |
| 9 | تَنطِقُونَtanṭiqūna | speak | نطق |