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Al-Ankabut (The Spider)

Verse 20of 69

قُلْ سِيرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَٱنظُرُوا۟ كَيْفَ بَدَأَ ٱلْخَلْقَ ۚ ثُمَّ ٱللَّهُ يُنشِئُ ٱلنَّشْأَةَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةَ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ قَدِيرٌۭ﴿٢٠

Translation (Sahih International)

Say, [O Muhammad], "Travel through the land and observe how He began creation. Then Allah will produce the final creation. Indeed Allah, over all things, is competent."

Word-by-word meaning

قُلْqulSay
سِيرُوا۟sīrūTravel
فِىin
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
فَٱنظُرُوا۟fa-unẓurūand see
كَيْفَkayfahow
بَدَأَbada-aHe originated
ٱلْخَلْقَ ۚl-khalqathe creation
ثُمَّthummaThen
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
يُنشِئُyunshi-uwill produce
ٱلنَّشْأَةَl-nashatathe creation
ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ ۚl-ākhiratathe last
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
عَلَىٰʿalāon
كُلِّkullievery
شَىْءٍۢshayinthing
قَدِيرٌۭqadīrun(is) All-Powerful

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Evidence for Life after DeathAllah tells us that Ibrahim, peace be upon him, showed them the proof of life after death, which they denied, in their souls. For Allah created them after they had been nothing at all, then they came into existence and became people who could hear and see. The One Who originated this is able to repeat it, it is very easy for Him.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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