Verse 79:28 in Context
Translator
Abdel Haleem
24
فَقَالَ أَنَا رَبُّكُمُ الْأَعْلَىٰ
Faqala ana rabbukumu al-aAAla
‘I am your supreme lord,’
25
فَأَخَذَهُ اللَّهُ نَكَالَ الْآخِرَةِ وَالْأُولَىٰ
Faakhathahu Allahu nakala al-akhirati waal-oola</u
so God condemned him to punishment in the life to come as well as in this life
26
إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰ
Inna fee thalika laAAibratan liman yakhsha
there truly is a lesson in this for anyone who stands in awe of God
27
أَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ السَّمَاءُ بَنَاهَا
Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami alssamao banaha
Which is harder to create: you people or the sky that He built
28
رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّاهَا
RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha
raising it high and perfecting it
29
وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَاهَا
Waaghtasha laylaha waakhraja duhaha
giving darkness to its night and bringing out its morning brightness
30
وَالْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَاهَا
Waal-arda baAAda thalika dahaha
and the earth, too, He spread out
31
أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَاءَهَا وَمَرْعَاهَا
Akhraja minha maaha wamarAAaha
bringing waters and pastures out of it
32
وَالْجِبَالَ أَرْسَاهَا
Waaljibala arsaha
and setting firm mountains [in it]
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