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Al-An'am (The Cattle)

Verse 2of 165

هُوَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُم مِّن طِينٍۢ ثُمَّ قَضَىٰٓ أَجَلًۭا ۖ وَأَجَلٌۭ مُّسَمًّى عِندَهُۥ ۖ ثُمَّ أَنتُمْ تَمْتَرُونَ﴿٢

Translation (Sahih International)

It is He who created you from clay and then decreed a term and a specified time [known] to Him; then [still] you are in dispute.

Word-by-word meaning

هُوَhuwaHe
ٱلَّذِىalladhī(is) the One Who
خَلَقَكُمkhalaqakumcreated you
مِّنminfrom
طِينٍۢṭīninclay
ثُمَّthummathen
قَضَىٰٓqaḍāHe decreed
أَجَلًۭا ۖajalana term
وَأَجَلٌۭwa-ajalunand a term
مُّسَمًّىmusammanspecified
عِندَهُۥ ۖʿindahuwith Him
ثُمَّthummayet
أَنتُمْantumyou
تَمْتَرُونَtamtarūnadoubt

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Which was revealed in MakkahThe Virtue of Surat Al-An`am and When it Was RevealedAl-`Awfi, `Ikrimah and `Ata' said that Ibn `Abbas said, "Surat Al-An`am was revealed in Makkah" At-Tabarani recorded that Ibn `Abbas said, "All of Surat Al-An`am was revealed in Makkah at night, accompanied by seventy thousand angels, raising their voices in glorification of Allah" As-Suddi said that Murrah said that `Abdullah said, "Surat Al-An`am was revealed in the company of seventy thousand angels.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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