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Al-Ankabut (The Spider)

Verse 63of 69

وَلَئِن سَأَلْتَهُم مَّن نَّزَّلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءًۭ فَأَحْيَا بِهِ ٱلْأَرْضَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَوْتِهَا لَيَقُولُنَّ ٱللَّهُ ۚ قُلِ ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ۚ بَلْ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ﴿٦٣﴾

Translation (Sahih International)

And if you asked them, "Who sends down rain from the sky and gives life thereby to the earth after its lifelessness?" they would surely say " Allah." Say, "Praise to Allah "; but most of them do not reason.

Word-by-word meaning

وَلَئِنwala-inAnd if
سَأَلْتَهُمsa-altahumyou ask them
مَّنmanWho
نَّزَّلَnazzalasends down
مِنَminafrom
ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe sky
مَآءًۭmāanwater
فَأَحْيَاfa-aḥyāand gives life
بِهِbihithereby
ٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍa(to) the earth
مِنۢminafter
بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
مَوْتِهَاmawtihāits death
لَيَقُولُنَّlayaqūlunnaSurely, they would say
ٱللَّهُ ۚl-lahuAllah
قُلِquliSay
ٱلْحَمْدُl-ḥamduAll Praises
لِلَّهِ ۚlillahi(are) for Allah
بَلْbalBut
أَكْثَرُهُمْaktharuhummost of them
لَاlā(do) not
يَعْقِلُونَyaʿqilūnause reason

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Evidences of TawhidAllah states that there is no God but He. The idolators who worshipped others besides Him recognized that He was the sole creator of the heavens and earth, the sun and the moon, alternating the night and day. They acknowledged that He was the Creator Who provided for His servants and decreed how long they should live.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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