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An-Nur (The Light)

Verse 43of 64

أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُزْجِى سَحَابًۭا ثُمَّ يُؤَلِّفُ بَيْنَهُۥ ثُمَّ يَجْعَلُهُۥ رُكَامًۭا فَتَرَى ٱلْوَدْقَ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ خِلَٰلِهِۦ وَيُنَزِّلُ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مِن جِبَالٍۢ فِيهَا مِنۢ بَرَدٍۢ فَيُصِيبُ بِهِۦ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَصْرِفُهُۥ عَن مَّن يَشَآءُ ۖ يَكَادُ سَنَا بَرْقِهِۦ يَذْهَبُ بِٱلْأَبْصَٰرِ﴿٤٣

Translation (Sahih International)

Do you not see that Allah drives clouds? Then He brings them together, then He makes them into a mass, and you see the rain emerge from within it. And He sends down from the sky, mountains [of clouds] within which is hail, and He strikes with it whom He wills and averts it from whom He wills. The flash of its lightening almost takes away the eyesight.

Word-by-word meaning

أَلَمْalamDo not
تَرَtarayou see
أَنَّannathat
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
يُزْجِىyuz'jīdrives
سَحَابًۭاsaḥābanclouds
ثُمَّthummathen
يُؤَلِّفُyu-allifujoins
بَيْنَهُۥbaynahubetween them
ثُمَّthummathen
يَجْعَلُهُۥyajʿaluhumakes them
رُكَامًۭاrukāman(into) a mass
فَتَرَىfatarāthen you see
ٱلْوَدْقَl-wadqathe rain
يَخْرُجُyakhrujucome forth
مِنْminfrom
خِلَـٰلِهِۦkhilālihitheir midst
وَيُنَزِّلُwayunazziluAnd He sends down
مِنَminafrom
ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāi(the) sky
مِنmin[from]
جِبَالٍۢjibālinmountains
فِيهَاfīhāwithin it
مِنۢmin[of]
بَرَدٍۢbaradin(is) hail
فَيُصِيبُfayuṣībuand He strikes
بِهِۦbihiwith it
مَنmanwhom
يَشَآءُyashāuHe wills
وَيَصْرِفُهُۥwayaṣrifuhuand averts it
عَنʿanfrom
مَّنmanwhom
يَشَآءُ ۖyashāuHe wills
يَكَادُyakāduNearly
سَنَاsanā(the) flash
بَرْقِهِۦbarqihi(of) its lighting
يَذْهَبُyadhhabutakes away
بِٱلْأَبْصَـٰرِbil-abṣārithe sight

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Power of Allah to create the Clouds and that which comes from ThemAllah tells us that He drives the clouds from the beginning, when they are formed and are still weak. This is the "Gentle driving."ثُمَّ يُؤَلِّفُ بَيْنَهُ(then joins them together,) means, He brings them together after they have been scattered.ثُمَّ يَجْعَلُهُ رُكَاماً(then makes them into a heap of layers,) means, He piles them up on top of one another.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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