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وَٱخْتِلَٰفِ ٱلَّيْلِ وَٱلنَّهَارِ وَمَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مِن رِّزْقٍۢ فَأَحْيَا بِهِ ٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا وَتَصْرِيفِ ٱلرِّيَٰحِ ءَايَٰتٌۭ لِّقَوْمٍۢ يَعْقِلُونَ﴿٥

Translation (Sahih International)

And [in] the alternation of night and day and [in] what Allah sends down from the sky of provision and gives life thereby to the earth after its lifelessness and [in His] directing of the winds are signs for a people who reason.

Word-by-word meaning

وَٱخْتِلَـٰفِwa-ikh'tilāfiAnd (in the) alternation
ٱلَّيْلِal-layli(of) the night
وَٱلنَّهَارِwal-nahāriand the day
وَمَآwamāand what
أَنزَلَanzalaAllah sends down
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah sends down
مِنَminafrom
ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe sky
مِنminof
رِّزْقٍۢriz'qin(the) provision
فَأَحْيَاfa-aḥyāand gives life
بِهِbihithereby
ٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍa(to) the earth
بَعْدَbaʿdaafter
مَوْتِهَاmawtihāits death
وَتَصْرِيفِwataṣrīfiand (in) directing
ٱلرِّيَـٰحِl-riyāḥi(the) winds
ءَايَـٰتٌۭāyātun(are) Signs
لِّقَوْمٍۢliqawminfor a people
يَعْقِلُونَyaʿqilūnawho reason

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Which was revealed in Makkahبِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.A Directive to contemplate over Allah's AyatAllah directs His servants to contemplate His favors and gifts, as well as His great power that is demonstrated by His creating the heavens and the earth and the various types and categories of creatures in them. There are the angels, Jinns, humans, animals, birds, beasts, carnivores, insects and various kinds of sea creatures.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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