Quran 51:42 — Adh-Dhaariyat, verse 42
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
and it reduced everything it came up against to shreds.
مَا تَذَرُ مِنْ شَيْءٍ أَتَتْ عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا جَعَلَتْهُ كَالرَّمِيمِ
mā tadharu min shayin atat ʿalayhi illā jaʿalathu kal-ramīmi
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- that left nothing it came upon, but made it as stuff decayed.
- Muhammad Asad
- which spared nothing of what it came upon, but caused [all of] it to become like bones dead and decayed.
- Sahih International
- It left nothing of what it came upon but that it made it like disintegrated ruins.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | مَاmā | Not | — |
| 2 | تَذَرُtadharu | it left | وذر |
| 3 | مِنmin | any | — |
| 4 | شَىْءٍshayin | thing | شيأ |
| 5 | أَتَتْatat | it came | أتي |
| 6 | عَلَيْهِʿalayhi | upon it | — |
| 7 | إِلَّاillā | but | — |
| 8 | جَعَلَتْهُjaʿalathu | it made it | جعل |
| 9 | كَٱلرَّمِيمِkal-ramīmi | like disintegrated ruins | رمم |