Jonah — Verse 24

10:24 · Yunus

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Jonah 10:24

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Arabic English Morphology
إِنَّمَا innamā
Only Prep
مَثَلُ mathalu
(the) example Noun
ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ l-ḥayati
(of) the life Noun
ٱلدُّنْيَا l-dun'yā
(of) the world Noun
كَمَآءٍ kamāin
(is) like (the) water Noun
أَنزَلْنَٰهُ anzalnāhu
which We sent down V
مِنَ mina
from Prep
ٱلسَّمَآءِ l-samāi
the sky Noun
فَٱخْتَلَطَ fa-ikh'talaṭa
so absorbs V
بِهِۦ bihi
[with] it Noun
نَبَاتُ nabātu
(the) plants Noun
ٱلْأَرْضِ l-arḍi
(of) the earth Noun
مِمَّا mimmā
from which Prep
يَأْكُلُ yakulu
eat V
ٱلنَّاسُ l-nāsu
the men Noun
وَٱلْأَنْعَٰمُ wal-anʿāmu
and the cattle Noun
حَتَّىٰٓ ḥattā
until Prep
إِذَآ idhā
when Noun
أَخَذَتِ akhadhati
takes V
ٱلْأَرْضُ l-arḍu
the earth Noun
زُخْرُفَهَا zukh'rufahā
its adornment Noun
وَٱزَّيَّنَتْ wa-izzayyanat
and is beautified V
وَظَنَّ waẓanna
and think V
أَهْلُهَآ ahluhā
its people Noun
أَنَّهُمْ annahum
that they Prep
قَٰدِرُونَ qādirūna
have the power Noun
عَلَيْهَآ ʿalayhā
over it Prep
أَتَىٰهَآ atāhā
comes (to) it V
أَمْرُنَا amrunā
Our command Noun
لَيْلًا laylan
(by) night Noun
أَوْ aw
or Prep
نَهَارًا nahāran
(by) day Noun
فَجَعَلْنَٰهَا fajaʿalnāhā
and We make it V
حَصِيدًا ḥaṣīdan
a harvest clean-mown Noun
كَأَن ka-an
as if Prep
لَّمْ lam
not Prep
تَغْنَ taghna
it had flourished V
بِٱلْأَمْسِ bil-amsi
yesterday Noun
كَذَٰلِكَ kadhālika
Thus Noun
نُفَصِّلُ nufaṣṣilu
We explain V
ٱلْءَايَٰتِ l-āyāti
the Signs Noun
لِقَوْمٍ liqawmin
for a people Noun
يَتَفَكَّرُونَ yatafakkarūna
who reflect V

The life of this world is like this: rain that We send down from the sky is absorbed by the plants of the earth, from which humans and animals eat. But when the earth has taken on its finest appearance, and adorns itself, and its people think they have power over it, then the fate We commanded comes to it, by night or by day, and We reduce it to stubble, as if it had not flourished just the day before. This is the way We explain the revelations for those who reflect

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

إِنَّمَا مَثَلُ ٱلۡحَیَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنۡیَا كَمَاۤءٍ أَنزَلۡنَـٰهُ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَاۤءِ فَٱخۡتَلَطَ بِهِۦ نَبَاتُ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ مِمَّا یَأۡكُلُ ٱلنَّاسُ وَٱلۡأَنۡعَـٰمُ حَتَّىٰۤ إِذَاۤ أَخَذَتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ زُخۡرُفَهَا وَٱزَّیَّنَتۡ وَظَنَّ أَهۡلُهَاۤ أَنَّهُمۡ قَـٰدِرُونَ عَلَیۡهَاۤ أَتَىٰهَاۤ أَمۡرُنَا لَیۡلًا أَوۡ نَهَارࣰا فَجَعَلۡنَـٰهَا حَصِیدࣰا كَأَن لَّمۡ تَغۡنَ بِٱلۡأَمۡسِۚ كَذَ ٰلِكَ نُفَصِّلُ ٱلۡءَایَـٰتِ لِقَوۡمࣲ یَتَفَكَّرُونَ ۝٢٤

innamā mathalu l-ḥayati l-dun'yā kamāin anzalnāhu mina l-samāi fa-ikh'talaṭa bihi nabātu l-arḍi mimmā yakulu l-nāsu wal-anʿāmu ḥattā idhā akhadhati l-arḍu zukh'rufahā wa-izzayyanat waẓanna ahluhā annahum qādirūna ʿalayhā atāhā amrunā laylan aw nahāran fajaʿalnāhā ḥaṣīdan ka-an lam taghna bil-amsi kadhālika nufaṣṣilu l-āyāti liqawmin yatafakkarūn

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