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Ali 'Imran (The Family of Imran)

Verse 27of 200

تُولِجُ ٱلَّيْلَ فِى ٱلنَّهَارِ وَتُولِجُ ٱلنَّهَارَ فِى ٱلَّيْلِ ۖ وَتُخْرِجُ ٱلْحَىَّ مِنَ ٱلْمَيِّتِ وَتُخْرِجُ ٱلْمَيِّتَ مِنَ ٱلْحَىِّ ۖ وَتَرْزُقُ مَن تَشَآءُ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍۢ﴿٢٧

Translation (Sahih International)

You cause the night to enter the day, and You cause the day to enter the night; and You bring the living out of the dead, and You bring the dead out of the living. And You give provision to whom You will without account."

Word-by-word meaning

تُولِجُtūlijuYou cause to enter
ٱلَّيْلَal-laylathe night
فِىin
ٱلنَّهَارِl-nahārithe day
وَتُولِجُwatūlijuand You cause to enter
ٱلنَّهَارَl-nahārathe day
فِىin
ٱلَّيْلِ ۖal-laylithe night
وَتُخْرِجُwatukh'rijuand You bring forth
ٱلْحَىَّl-ḥayathe living
مِنَminafrom
ٱلْمَيِّتِl-mayitithe dead
وَتُخْرِجُwatukh'rijuand You bring forth
ٱلْمَيِّتَl-mayitathe dead
مِنَminafrom
ٱلْحَىِّ ۖl-ḥayithe living
وَتَرْزُقُwatarzuquand You give provision
مَنman(to) whom
تَشَآءُtashāuYou will
بِغَيْرِbighayriwithout
حِسَابٍۢḥisābinmeasure

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Encouraging GratitudeAllah said,قُلْ(Say) O Muhammad , while praising your Lord, thanking Him, relying in all matters upon Him and trusting in Him.اللَّهُمَّ مَـلِكَ الْمُلْكِ(O Allah! Possessor of the power) meaning, all sovereignty is Yours,تُؤْتِى الْمُلْكَ مَن تَشَآءُ وَتَنزِعُ الْمُلْكَ مِمَّن تَشَآءُ وَتُعِزُّ مَن تَشَآءُ وَتُذِلُّ مَن تَشَآءُ(You give power to whom You will, and You take power from whom You will, and You endue with honor whom You will, and You humiliate whom You will.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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