Surah Al-An'am, Ayah 13 (6:13)

ٱلْأَنْعَام

۞ وَلَهُۥ مَا سَكَنَ فِى ٱلَّيْلِ وَٱلنَّهَارِ ۚ وَهُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ

Quran 6:13 is ayah 13 of Surah Al-An'am (“The Cattle”), a Meccan surah of 165 ayahs. It is in Juz 7, on page 129 of the Madani Mushaf.

6:13
۞ وَلَهُۥمَاسَكَنَفِىٱلَّيْلِوَٱلنَّهَارِ ۚوَهُوَٱلسَّمِيعُٱلْعَلِيمُ١٣
walahu mā sakana fī al-layli wal-nahāri wahuwa l-samīʿu l-ʿalīmu

And to Him belongs that which reposes by night and by day, and He is the Hearing, the Knowing.(13)

Word by word

  1. ۞ وَلَهُۥwalahuAnd for Him
  2. مَاmā(is) whatever
  3. سَكَنَsakanadwells
  4. فِىfīin
  5. ٱلَّيْلِal-laylithe night
  6. وَٱلنَّهَارِ ۚwal-nahāriand the day
  7. وَهُوَwahuwaand He
  8. ٱلسَّمِيعُl-samīʿu(is) All-Hearing
  9. ٱلْعَلِيمُl-ʿalīmuAll-Knowing

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