Quran 67:30 — Al-Mulk, verse 30
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Say, ‘Just think: if all your water were to sink deep into the earth who could give you flowing water in its place?’
قُلْ أَرَأَيْتُمْ إِنْ أَصْبَحَ مَاؤُكُمْ غَوْرًا فَمَنْ يَأْتِيكُمْ بِمَاءٍ مَعِينٍ
qul ara-aytum in aṣbaḥa māukum ghawran faman yatīkum bimāin maʿīnin
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Say: 'What think you? If in the morning your water should have vanished into the earth, then who would bring you running water?'
- Muhammad Asad
- Say [unto those who deny the truth]: "What do you think? If of a sudden all your water were to vanish underground, who [but God] could provide you with water from [new] unsullied springs?"
- Sahih International
- Say, "Have you considered: if your water was to become sunken [into the earth], then who could bring you flowing water?"
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قُلْqul | Say | قول |
| 2 | أَرَءَيْتُمْara-aytum | Have you seen | رأي |
| 3 | إِنْin | if | — |
| 4 | أَصْبَحَaṣbaḥa | becomes | صبح |
| 5 | مَآؤُكُمْmāukum | your water | موه |
| 6 | غَوْرًۭاghawran | sunken | غور |
| 7 | فَمَنfaman | then who | — |
| 8 | يَأْتِيكُمyatīkum | could bring you | أتي |
| 9 | بِمَآءٍۢbimāin | water | موه |
| 10 | مَّعِينٍۭmaʿīnin | flowing | عين |