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Al-Furqan (The Criterion)

Verse 54of 77

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ مِنَ ٱلْمَآءِ بَشَرًۭا فَجَعَلَهُۥ نَسَبًۭا وَصِهْرًۭا ۗ وَكَانَ رَبُّكَ قَدِيرًۭا﴿٥٤

Translation (Sahih International)

And it is He who has created from water a human being and made him [a relative by] lineage and marriage. And ever is your Lord competent [concerning creation].

Word-by-word meaning

وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He
ٱلَّذِىalladhī(is) the One Who
خَلَقَkhalaqahas created
مِنَminafrom
ٱلْمَآءِl-māithe water
بَشَرًۭاbasharanhuman being
فَجَعَلَهُۥfajaʿalahuand has made (for) him
نَسَبًۭاnasabanblood relationship
وَصِهْرًۭا ۗwaṣih'ranand marriage relationship
وَكَانَwakānaAnd is
رَبُّكَrabbukayour Lord
قَدِيرًۭاqadīranAll-Powerful

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The universality of the Prophet's Message, how He was supported in His Mission and Allah's Blessings to MankindAllah says:وَلَوْ شِئْنَا لَبَعَثْنَا فِى كُلِّ قَرْيَةٍ نَّذِيراً(And had We willed, We would have raised a warner in every town.) `Calling them to Allah, but We have singled you out, O Muhammad, to be sent to all the people of earth, and We have commanded you to convey the Qur'an,'لاٌّنذِرَكُمْ بِهِ وَمَن بَلَغَ(that I may therewith warn you and whomsoever it may reach) (6:19).

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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