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Az-Zumar (The Troops)

Verse 6of 75

خَلَقَكُم مِّن نَّفْسٍۢ وَٰحِدَةٍۢ ثُمَّ جَعَلَ مِنْهَا زَوْجَهَا وَأَنزَلَ لَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَنْعَٰمِ ثَمَٰنِيَةَ أَزْوَٰجٍۢ ۚ يَخْلُقُكُمْ فِى بُطُونِ أُمَّهَٰتِكُمْ خَلْقًۭا مِّنۢ بَعْدِ خَلْقٍۢ فِى ظُلُمَٰتٍۢ ثَلَٰثٍۢ ۚ ذَٰلِكُمُ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّكُمْ لَهُ ٱلْمُلْكُ ۖ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۖ فَأَنَّىٰ تُصْرَفُونَ﴿٦

Translation (Sahih International)

He created you from one soul. Then He made from it its mate, and He produced for you from the grazing livestock eight mates. He creates you in the wombs of your mothers, creation after creation, within three darknesses. That is Allah, your Lord; to Him belongs dominion. There is no deity except Him, so how are you averted?

Word-by-word meaning

خَلَقَكُمkhalaqakumHe created you
مِّنminfrom
نَّفْسٍۢnafsina soul
وَٰحِدَةٍۢwāḥidatinsingle
ثُمَّthummaThen
جَعَلَjaʿalaHe made
مِنْهَاmin'hāfrom it
زَوْجَهَاzawjahāits mate
وَأَنزَلَwa-anzalaAnd He sent down
لَكُمlakumfor you
مِّنَminaof
ٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِl-anʿāmithe cattle
ثَمَـٰنِيَةَthamāniyataeight
أَزْوَٰجٍۢ ۚazwājinkinds
يَخْلُقُكُمْyakhluqukumHe creates you
فِىin
بُطُونِbuṭūni(the) wombs
أُمَّهَـٰتِكُمْummahātikum(of) your mothers
خَلْقًۭاkhalqancreation
مِّنۢminafter
بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
خَلْقٍۢkhalqincreation
فِىin
ظُلُمَـٰتٍۢẓulumātindarkness[es]
ثَلَـٰثٍۢ ۚthalāthinthree
ذَٰلِكُمُdhālikumuThat
ٱللَّهُl-lahu(is) Allah
رَبُّكُمْrabbukumyour Lord
لَهُlahufor Him
ٱلْمُلْكُ ۖl-mul'ku(is) the dominion
لَآ(There is) no
إِلَـٰهَilāhagod
إِلَّاillāexcept
هُوَ ۖhuwaHe
فَأَنَّىٰfa-annāThen how
تُصْرَفُونَtuṣ'rafūnaare you turning away

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Evidence of the Power and Oneness of AllahAllah tells us that He is the Creator of what is in the heavens and on earth, and what is between them. He is the Sovereign and Controller alternating the night and day. يُكَوِّرُ الَّيْـلَ عَلَى النَّهَـارِ وَيُكَوِّرُ النَّـهَارَ عَلَى الَّيْلِ(He makes the night to go in the day and makes the day to go in the night.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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