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Az-Zukhruf (The Ornaments of Gold)

Verse 12of 89

وَٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلْأَزْوَٰجَ كُلَّهَا وَجَعَلَ لَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْفُلْكِ وَٱلْأَنْعَٰمِ مَا تَرْكَبُونَ﴿١٢

Translation (Sahih International)

And who created the species, all of them, and has made for you of ships and animals those which you mount.

Word-by-word meaning

وَٱلَّذِىwa-alladhīAnd the One Who
خَلَقَkhalaqacreated
ٱلْأَزْوَٰجَl-azwājathe pairs
كُلَّهَاkullahāall of them
وَجَعَلَwajaʿalaand made
لَكُمlakumfor you
مِّنَmina[of]
ٱلْفُلْكِl-ful'kithe ships
وَٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِwal-anʿāmiand the cattle
مَاwhat
تَرْكَبُونَtarkabūnayou ride

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Idolators' admission that Allah is the Sole Creator, and Further Evidence of thatAllah says: `If you, O Muhammad, were to ask these idolators who associate others with Allah and worship others besides Him,'مَّنْ خَلَقَ السَّمَـوَتِ وَالاٌّرْضَ لَيَقُولُنَّ خَلَقَهُنَّ الْعَزِيزُ الْعَلِيمُ("Who has created the heavens and the earth" They will surely say: "The All-Mighty, the All-Knower created them.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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