The Quran

سورة الفُرقان

Surah Al-Furqân 25:48

The Standard of Truth and Falsehood · Verse 48 of 77

وَهُوَ الَّذِي أَرْسَلَ الرِّيَاحَ بُشْرًا بَيْنَ يَدَيْ رَحْمَتِهِ ۚ وَأَنْزَلْنَا مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَاءً طَهُورًا

Abdul Mannan Omar

And it is He Who sends the winds as happy heralds of His mercy, and We send down from above water (also representing Divine revelation) for the purification (of the souls as well).

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

And He it is Who sends the winds as heralds of glad tidings, going before His mercy, and We send down pure water from the sky,-

Ahmed Ali

It is He who sends the winds with auspicious news in advance of His benevolence; and We send pure water down from the sky

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Ali Unal

And He it is Who sends forth the (merciful) winds as glad tidings in advance of His mercy. And We cause pure water to descend from the sky,

Daryabadi

And it is He who sendeth fort the winds as a herald before His mercy and We send down from the heaven water pure.

Faridul Haque

And it is He Who sent the winds giving glad tidings before His mercy; and We sent down purifying water from the sky.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And He it is Who sends the winds as good news before His mercy; and We send down pure water from the clouds,

Maulvi Sher Ali

And HE it is Who sends the winds as glad tidings before HIS mercy, and WE send down pure water from the clouds,

Muhammad Asad

And He it is who sends forth the winds as a glad tiding of His coming grace; and [thus, too,] We cause pure water to descend from the skies,

Muhammad Musin Khan

And it is He Who sends the winds as heralds of glad tidings, going before His Mercy (rain), and We send down pure water from the sky,

Muhammad Pickthall

And He it is Who sendeth the winds, glad tidings heralding His mercy, and We send down purifying water from the sky,

Muhammad Sarwar

It is He who sends the winds to you with the glad news of His mercy and who sends purifying rain from the sky

Muhammed ali Shakir

And He it is Who sends the winds as good news before His mercy; and We send down pure water from the cloud,

Rashad Khalifa

He is the One who sends the winds with good omens of His mercy, and we send down from the sky pure water.

Shabbir Ahmed

He is the One Who sends the winds, glad news of His coming grace, and We send down pure water from the sky.

Commentary 25:48 Just as pure water from above gives life to a dead land, so does the pure water of Revelation raise the spiritually dead to life.

وَهُوَ الَّذِي أَرْسَلَ الرِّيَاحَ بُشْرًا بَيْنَ يَدَيْ رَحْمَتِهِ ۚ وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَاءً طَهُورًا

25:48 Just as pure water from above gives life to a dead land, so does the pure water of Revelation raise the spiritually dead to life.