Verse 71:17 in Context
Translator
Abdel Haleem
13
مَّا لَكُمۡ لَا تَرۡجُونَ لِلَّهِ وَقَارࣰا ١٣
mā lakum lā tarjūna lillahi waqāra
What is the matter with you? Why will you not fear God’s majesty
14
وَقَدۡ خَلَقَكُمۡ أَطۡوَارًا ١٤
waqad khalaqakum aṭwāra
when He has created you stage by stage
15
أَلَمۡ تَرَوۡا۟ كَیۡفَ خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ سَبۡعَ سَمَـٰوَ ٰتࣲ طِبَاقࣰا ١٥
alam taraw kayfa khalaqa l-lahu sabʿa samāwātin ṭibāqa
Have you ever wondered how God created seven heavens, one above the other
16
وَجَعَلَ ٱلۡقَمَرَ فِیهِنَّ نُورࣰا وَجَعَلَ ٱلشَّمۡسَ سِرَاجࣰا ١٦
wajaʿala l-qamara fīhinna nūran wajaʿala l-shamsa sirāja
placed the moon as a light in them and the sun as a lamp
17
وَٱللَّهُ أَنۢبَتَكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ نَبَاتࣰا ١٧
wal-lahu anbatakum mina l-arḍi nabāta
how God made you spring forth from the earth like a plant
18
ثُمَّ یُعِیدُكُمۡ فِیهَا وَیُخۡرِجُكُمۡ إِخۡرَاجࣰا ١٨
thumma yuʿīdukum fīhā wayukh'rijukum ikh'rāja
how He will return you into it and then bring you out again
19
وَٱللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ بِسَاطࣰا ١٩
wal-lahu jaʿala lakumu l-arḍa bisāṭa
and how He has spread the Earth out for yo
20
لِّتَسۡلُكُوا۟ مِنۡهَا سُبُلࣰا فِجَاجࣰا ٢٠
litaslukū min'hā subulan fijāja
to walk along its spacious paths?” ’
21
قَالَ نُوحࣱ رَّبِّ إِنَّهُمۡ عَصَوۡنِی وَٱتَّبَعُوا۟ مَن لَّمۡ یَزِدۡهُ مَالُهُۥ وَوَلَدُهُۥۤ إِلَّا خَسَارࣰا ٢١
qāla nūḥun rabbi innahum ʿaṣawnī wa-ittabaʿū man lam yazid'hu māluhu wawaladuhu illā khasāra
Noah said, ‘My Lord, they have disobeyed me and followed those whose riches and children only increase their ruin
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