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Az-Zukhruf (The Ornaments of Gold)

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لِتَسْتَوُۥا۟ عَلَىٰ ظُهُورِهِۦ ثُمَّ تَذْكُرُوا۟ نِعْمَةَ رَبِّكُمْ إِذَا ٱسْتَوَيْتُمْ عَلَيْهِ وَتَقُولُوا۟ سُبْحَٰنَ ٱلَّذِى سَخَّرَ لَنَا هَٰذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لَهُۥ مُقْرِنِينَ﴿١٣

Translation (Sahih International)

That you may settle yourselves upon their backs and then remember the favor of your Lord when you have settled upon them and say. "Exalted is He who has subjected this to us, and we could not have [otherwise] subdued it.

Word-by-word meaning

لِتَسْتَوُۥا۟litastawūThat you may sit firmly
عَلَىٰʿalāon
ظُهُورِهِۦẓuhūrihitheir backs
ثُمَّthummathen
تَذْكُرُوا۟tadhkurūremember
نِعْمَةَniʿ'mata(the) favor
رَبِّكُمْrabbikum(of) your Lord
إِذَاidhāwhen
ٱسْتَوَيْتُمْis'tawaytumyou sit firmly
عَلَيْهِʿalayhion them
وَتَقُولُوا۟wataqūlūand say
سُبْحَـٰنَsub'ḥānaGlory be (to)
ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe One Who
سَخَّرَsakhara(has) subjected
لَنَاlanāto us
هَـٰذَاhādhāthis
وَمَاwamāand not
كُنَّاkunnāwe were
لَهُۥlahuof it
مُقْرِنِينَmuq'rinīnacapable

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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