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Ar-Rum (The Romans)

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۞ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُم مِّن ضَعْفٍۢ ثُمَّ جَعَلَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ ضَعْفٍۢ قُوَّةًۭ ثُمَّ جَعَلَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ قُوَّةٍۢ ضَعْفًۭا وَشَيْبَةًۭ ۚ يَخْلُقُ مَا يَشَآءُ ۖ وَهُوَ ٱلْعَلِيمُ ٱلْقَدِيرُ﴿٥٤

Translation (Sahih International)

Allah is the one who created you from weakness, then made after weakness strength, then made after strength weakness and white hair. He creates what He wills, and He is the Knowing, the Competent.

Word-by-word meaning

۞ ٱللَّهُal-lahuAllah
ٱلَّذِىalladhī(is) the One Who
خَلَقَكُمkhalaqakumcreated you
مِّنminfrom
ضَعْفٍۢḍaʿfinweakness
ثُمَّthummathen
جَعَلَjaʿalamade
مِنۢminafter
بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
ضَعْفٍۢḍaʿfinweakness
قُوَّةًۭquwwatanstrength
ثُمَّthummathen
جَعَلَjaʿalamade
مِنۢminafter
بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
قُوَّةٍۢquwwatinstrength
ضَعْفًۭاḍaʿfanweakness
وَشَيْبَةًۭ ۚwashaybatanand gray hair
يَخْلُقُyakhluquHe creates
مَاwhat
يَشَآءُ ۖyashāuHe wills
وَهُوَwahuwaand He
ٱلْعَلِيمُl-ʿalīmu(is) the All-Knower
ٱلْقَدِيرُl-qadīruthe All-Powerful

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Different Stages of ManHere Allah points out how man passes through different stages of creation, one phase after another. He is originally created from dust, then from a Nutfah, then from a clot, then from a lump of flesh. Then he becomes bones, then the bones are clothed with flesh, then the soul is breathed into him. Then he emerges from his mother's womb, weak and thin and powerless.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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