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Al-Anbiya (The Prophets)

Verse 30of 112

أَوَلَمْ يَرَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ كَانَتَا رَتْقًۭا فَفَتَقْنَٰهُمَا ۖ وَجَعَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلْمَآءِ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ حَىٍّ ۖ أَفَلَا يُؤْمِنُونَ﴿٣٠

Translation (Sahih International)

Have those who disbelieved not considered that the heavens and the earth were a joined entity, and We separated them and made from water every living thing? Then will they not believe?

Word-by-word meaning

أَوَلَمْawalamDo not
يَرَyarasee
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
كَفَرُوٓا۟kafarūdisbelieved
أَنَّannathat
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
وَٱلْأَرْضَwal-arḍaand the earth
كَانَتَاkānatāwere
رَتْقًۭاratqana joined entity
فَفَتَقْنَـٰهُمَا ۖfafataqnāhumāthen We parted them
وَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnāand We made
مِنَminafrom
ٱلْمَآءِl-māi[the] water
كُلَّkullaevery
شَىْءٍshayinliving thing
حَىٍّ ۖḥayyinliving thing
أَفَلَاafalāThen will not
يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnathey believe

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Signs of Allah in the Heavens and the Earth and in the Night and the DayHere Allah tells of His perfect might and power in His creation and subjugation of all things.أَوَلَمْ يَرَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ(Have not those who disbelieve known) means, those who deny His Divine nature and worship others instead of Him, do they not realize that Allah is the One Who is Independent in His powers of creation and is running the affairs of all things with absolute power So how can it be appropriate to wors...

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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