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وَٱللَّهُ خَلَقَ كُلَّ دَآبَّةٍۢ مِّن مَّآءٍۢ ۖ فَمِنْهُم مَّن يَمْشِى عَلَىٰ بَطْنِهِۦ وَمِنْهُم مَّن يَمْشِى عَلَىٰ رِجْلَيْنِ وَمِنْهُم مَّن يَمْشِى عَلَىٰٓ أَرْبَعٍۢ ۚ يَخْلُقُ ٱللَّهُ مَا يَشَآءُ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ قَدِيرٌۭ﴿٤٥

Translation (Sahih International)

Allah has created every [living] creature from water. And of them are those that move on their bellies, and of them are those that walk on two legs, and of them are those that walk on four. Allah creates what He wills. Indeed, Allah is over all things competent.

Word-by-word meaning

وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
خَلَقَkhalaqacreated
كُلَّkullaevery
دَآبَّةٍۢdābbatinmoving creature
مِّنminfrom
مَّآءٍۢ ۖmāinwater
فَمِنْهُمfamin'humOf them
مَّنman(is a kind) who
يَمْشِىyamshīwalks
عَلَىٰʿalāon
بَطْنِهِۦbaṭnihiits belly
وَمِنْهُمwamin'humand of them
مَّنman(is a kind) who
يَمْشِىyamshīwalks
عَلَىٰʿalāon
رِجْلَيْنِrij'laynitwo legs
وَمِنْهُمwamin'humand of them
مَّنman(is a kind) who
يَمْشِىyamshīwalks
عَلَىٰٓʿalāon
أَرْبَعٍۢ ۚarbaʿinfour
يَخْلُقُyakhluquAllah creates
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah creates
مَاwhat
يَشَآءُ ۚyashāuHe wills
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
عَلَىٰʿalāon
كُلِّkullievery
شَىْءٍۢshayinthing
قَدِيرٌۭqadīrun(is) All-Powerful

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Allah's Power in His creation of the AnimalsAllah mentions His complete and almighty power to create all the different kinds of animals with their various forms, colors and ways of moving and stopping, from one kind of water.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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