Surah Al-A'la, Ayah 5 (87:5)

ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ

فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحْوَىٰ

Quran 87:5 is ayah 5 of Surah Al-A'la (“The Most High”), a Meccan surah of 19 ayahs. It is in Juz 30, on page 591 of the Madani Mushaf.

87:5
فَجَعَلَهُۥغُثَآءًأَحْوَىٰ٥
fajaʿalahu ghuthāan aḥwā

And [then] makes it black stubble.(5)

Word by word

  1. فَجَعَلَهُۥfajaʿalahuAnd then makes it
  2. غُثَآءًghuthāanstubble
  3. أَحْوَىٰaḥwādark

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