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
Abdel Haleem: 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

Interlinear Analysis

1
innamā
إِنّ
Root: ا ن
Prep.
2
mathalu
مَثَل
Root: م ث ل
Noun
3
l-ḥayati
حَياة
Root: ح ي ي
Noun
4
l-dun'yā
دُنْيا
Root: د ن و
Noun
5
kamāin
ماء
Root: م و ه
Noun
6
anzalnāhu
أَنزَلَ
Root: ن ز ل
Verb
7
mina
مِن
Root: م ن
Prep.
8
l-samāi
سَماء
Root: س م و
Noun
9
fa-ikh'talaṭa
اخْتَلَطَ
Root: خ ل ط
Verb
10
بِهِۦ
bihi
Noun
11
nabātu
نَبات
Root: ن ب ت
Noun
12
l-arḍi
أَرْض
Root: أ ر ض
Noun
13
mimmā
مِن
Root: م ن
Prep.
14
yakulu
أَكَلَ
Root: أ ك ل
Verb
15
l-nāsu
ناس
Root: أ ن س
Noun
16
wal-anʿāmu
نَعَم
Root: ن ع م
Noun
17
ḥattā
حَتَّى
Root: ح ت ى
Prep.
18
idhā
إِذا
Root: إ ذ ا
Noun
19
akhadhati
أَخَذَ
Root: أ خ ذ
Verb
20
l-arḍu
أَرْض
Root: أ ر ض
Noun
21
zukh'rufahā
زُخْرُف
Root: ز خ ر ف
Noun
22
wa-izzayyanat
ازَّيَّنَتْ
Root: ز ي ن
Verb
23
waẓanna
ظَنَّ
Root: ظ ن ن
Verb
24
ahluhā
أَهْل
Root: أ ه ل
Noun
25
annahum
أَنّ
Root: ا ن
Prep.
26
qādirūna
قادِر
Root: ق د ر
Noun
27
ʿalayhā
عَلَى
Root: ع ل ي
Prep.
28
atāhā
أَتَى
Root: أ ت ي
Verb
29
amrunā
أَمْر
Root: أ م ر
Noun
30
laylan
لَيْل
Root: ل ي ل
Noun
31
aw
أَو
Root: ا و
Prep.
32
nahāran
نَهار
Root: ن ه ر
Noun
33
fajaʿalnāhā
جَعَلَ
Root: ج ع ل
Verb
34
ḥaṣīdan
حَصِيد
Root: ح ص د
Noun
35
ka-an
كَأَنْ
Root: ك أ ن
Prep.
36
lam
لَم
Root: ل م
Prep.
37
taghna
أَغْنَى
Root: غ ن ي
Verb
38
bil-amsi
أَمْس
Root: أ م س
Noun
39
kadhālika
ذا
Root: ذ ل ك
Noun
40
nufaṣṣilu
فَصَّلَ
Root: ف ص ل
Verb
41
l-āyāti
آيَة
Root: أ ي ي
Noun
42
liqawmin
قَوْم
Root: ق و م
Noun
43
yatafakkarūna
يَتَفَكَّرُ
Root: ف ك ر
Verb