Surah Al-An'am, Ayah 2 (6:2)

ٱلْأَنْعَام

هُوَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُم مِّن طِينٍ ثُمَّ قَضَىٰٓ أَجَلًا ۖ وَأَجَلٌ مُّسَمًّى عِندَهُۥ ۖ ثُمَّ أَنتُمْ …

Quran 6:2 is ayah 2 of Surah Al-An'am (“The Cattle”), a Meccan surah of 165 ayahs. It is in Juz 7, on page 128 of the Madani Mushaf.

6:2
هُوَٱلَّذِىخَلَقَكُممِّنطِينٍثُمَّقَضَىٰٓأَجَلًا ۖوَأَجَلٌمُّسَمًّىعِندَهُۥ ۖثُمَّأَنتُمْتَمْتَرُونَ٢
huwa alladhī khalaqakum min ṭīnin thumma qaḍā ajalan wa-ajalun musamman ʿindahu thumma antum tamtarūna

It is He who created you from clay and then decreed a term and a specified time [known] to Him; then [still] you are in dispute.(2)

Word by word

  1. هُوَhuwaHe
  2. ٱلَّذِىalladhī(is) the One Who
  3. خَلَقَكُمkhalaqakumcreated you
  4. مِّنminfrom
  5. طِينٍṭīninclay
  6. ثُمَّthummathen
  7. قَضَىٰٓqaḍāHe decreed
  8. أَجَلًا ۖajalana term
  9. وَأَجَلٌwa-ajalunand a term
  10. مُّسَمًّىmusammanspecified
  11. عِندَهُۥ ۖʿindahuwith Him
  12. ثُمَّthummayet
  13. أَنتُمْantumyou
  14. تَمْتَرُونَtamtarūnadoubt

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