Quran 67:19 — Al-Mulk, verse 19
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Do they not see the birds above them spreading and closing their wings? It is only the Lord of Mercy who holds them up: He watches over everything.
أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا إِلَى الطَّيْرِ فَوْقَهُمْ صَافَّاتٍ وَيَقْبِضْنَ ۚ مَا يُمْسِكُهُنَّ إِلَّا الرَّحْمَـٰنُ ۚ إِنَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ بَصِيرٌ
awalam yaraw ilā l-ṭayri fawqahum ṣāffātin wayaqbiḍ'na mā yum'sikuhunna illā l-raḥmānu innahu bikulli shayin baṣīrun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Have they not regarded the birds above them spreading their wings, and closing them? Naught holds them but the All-merciful. Surely He sees everything.
- Muhammad Asad
- Have they, then, never beheld the birds above them, spreading their wings and drawing them in? None but the Most Gracious upholds them: for, verily, He keeps all things in His sight.
- Sahih International
- Do they not see the birds above them with wings outspread and [sometimes] folded in? None holds them [aloft] except the Most Merciful. Indeed He is, of all things, Seeing.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَوَلَمْawalam | Do not | — |
| 2 | يَرَوْا۟yaraw | they see | رأي |
| 3 | إِلَىilā | [to] | — |
| 4 | ٱلطَّيْرِl-ṭayri | the birds | طير |
| 5 | فَوْقَهُمْfawqahum | above them | فوق |
| 6 | صَـٰٓفَّـٰتٍۢṣāffātin | spreading (their wings) | صفف |
| 7 | وَيَقْبِضْنَ ۚwayaqbiḍ'na | and folding | قبض |
| 8 | مَاmā | Not | — |
| 9 | يُمْسِكُهُنَّyum'sikuhunna | holds them | مسك |
| 10 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 11 | ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ ۚl-raḥmānu | the Most Gracious | رحم |
| 12 | إِنَّهُۥinnahu | Indeed, He | — |
| 13 | بِكُلِّbikulli | (is) of every | كلل |
| 14 | شَىْءٍۭshayin | thing | شيأ |
| 15 | بَصِيرٌbaṣīrun | All-Seer | بصر |