Quran 51:47 — Adh-Dhaariyat, verse 47
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
We built the heavens with Our power and made them vast,
وَالسَّمَاءَ بَنَيْنَاهَا بِأَيْدٍ وَإِنَّا لَمُوسِعُونَ
wal-samāa banaynāhā bi-aydin wa-innā lamūsiʿūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And heaven -- We built it with might, and We extend it wide.
- Muhammad Asad
- AND IT IS We who have built the universe with [Our creative] power; and, verily, it is We who are steadily expanding it.
- Sahih International
- And the heaven We constructed with strength, and indeed, We are [its] expander.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَٱلسَّمَآءَwal-samāa | And the heaven | سمو |
| 2 | بَنَيْنَـٰهَاbanaynāhā | We constructed it | بني |
| 3 | بِأَيْي۟دٍۢbi-aydin | with strength | أيد |
| 4 | وَإِنَّاwa-innā | and indeed, We | — |
| 5 | لَمُوسِعُونَlamūsiʿūna | (are) surely (its) Expanders | وسع |