سورة العَنکبوت
Surah Al-‘Ankabût 29:63
The Spider · Verse 63 of 69
وَلَئِنْ سَأَلْتَهُمْ مَنْ نَزَّلَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَاءً فَأَحْيَا بِهِ الْأَرْضَ مِنْ بَعْدِ مَوْتِهَا لَيَقُولُنَّ اللَّهُ ۚ قُلِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ۚ بَلْ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ
Abdul Mannan Omar
And if you question them, `Who rains water from the clouds and thereby breathes life into the earth after its death (making it fertile and green)?´ They will certainly say, `Allâh.´ Say, `All sorts of perfect and true praise belongs to Allâh.´ Yet most of them do not make use of their understanding.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
And if indeed thou ask them who it is that sends down rain from the sky, and gives life therewith to the earth after its death, they will certainly reply, "Allah!" Say, "Praise be to Allah!" But most of them understand not.
Ahmed Ali
If you ask them: "Who sends down rain from the sky and quickens the earth when it is dead?" They will answer: "God." Say: "All praise be to God." But most of them do not understand.
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Ali Unal
If you ask them, "Who is it that sends down water from the sky, and revives with it the earth after its death?" they will most certainly say, "God." Say (you, also): "All praise and gratitude are for God." But most of them do not use their reason (to know the truth and distinguish it from falsehood).
Daryabadi
And wert thou to ask them: who sendeth down water from the heaven, and therewith quickeneth the earth after the death thereof? they would surely say: Allah. Say thou: all praise unto Allah! Aye! most of them reflect not.
Faridul Haque
And if you ask them, “Who sent down the water from the sky, and with it revived the earth after its death?”, they will surely say, “Allah”; proclaim, “All praise is to Allah”; in fact most of them do not have any sense.
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And if thou ask them, Who is it that sends down water from the clouds, then gives life to the earth with it after its death? they will say, Allah. Say: Praise be to all! Nay most of them understand not.
Maulvi Sher Ali
And if thou ask them, `Who sends down water from the sky and therewith gives life to the earth after its death?' They will, surely, say, `ALLAH.' Say, `All praise belongs to ALLAH.' But most of them understand not.
Muhammad Asad
And thus it is: if thou ask them, "Who is it that sends down water from the skies, giving life thereby to the earth after it had been lifeless?" they will surely answer, "God."
Muhammad Musin Khan
If you were to ask them: "Who sends down water (rain) from the sky, and gives life therewith to the earth after its death?" They will surely reply: "Allah." Say: "All the praises and thanks be to Allah!" Nay! Most of them have no sense.
Muhammad Pickthall
And if thou wert to ask them: Who causeth water to come down from the sky, and therewith reviveth the earth after its death? they verily would say: Allah. Say: Praise be to Allah! But most of them have no sense.
Muhammad Sarwar
If you ask them, "Who has sent down water from the sky to revive the dead earth?" They will say, "God has done it." Say, "It is only God who deserves all praise, but many of them do not understand."
Muhammed ali Shakir
And if you ask them Who is it that sends down water from the clouds, then gives life to the earth with it after its death, they will certainly say, Allah. Say: All praise is due to Allah. Nay, most of them do not understand.
Rashad Khalifa
If you ask them, "Who sends down from the sky water, to revive dead land," they will say, "GOD." Say, "Praise GOD." Most of them do not understand.
Shabbir Ahmed
And thus it is: If you ask them, “Who sends down water from the height, and with it gives life to the earth, after it has been dead?” They will answer, “God.” Say, “(Since this is so) all praise is due to God alone!” But the majority of people fail to use their intellect (and fail to realize that His guidance can revive the ‘living-dead’ and the ‘dead’ nations).