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Surah Al-An'am, Ayah 97 (6:97)

ٱلْأَنْعَام

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلنُّجُومَ لِتَهْتَدُوا۟ بِهَا فِى ظُلُمَٰتِ ٱلْبَرِّ وَٱلْبَحْرِ ۗ قَدْ …

Quran 6:97 is ayah 97 of Surah Al-An'am (“The Cattle”), a Meccan surah of 165 ayahs. It is in Juz 7, on page 140 of the Madani Mushaf.

6:97
وَهُوَٱلَّذِىجَعَلَلَكُمُٱلنُّجُومَلِتَهْتَدُوا۟بِهَافِىظُلُمَٰتِٱلْبَرِّوَٱلْبَحْرِ ۗقَدْفَصَّلْنَاٱلَْٔايَٰتِلِقَوْمٍيَعْلَمُونَ٩٧
wahuwa alladhī jaʿala lakumu l-nujūma litahtadū bihā fī ẓulumāti l-bari wal-baḥri qad faṣṣalnā l-āyāti liqawmin yaʿlamūna

And it is He who placed for you the stars that you may be guided by them through the darknesses of the land and sea. We have detailed the signs for a people who know.(97)

Word by word

  1. وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He
  2. ٱلَّذِىalladhī(is) the One Who
  3. جَعَلَjaʿalamade
  4. لَكُمُlakumufor you
  5. ٱلنُّجُومَl-nujūmathe stars
  6. لِتَهْتَدُوا۟litahtadūthat you may guide yourselves
  7. بِهَاbihāwith them
  8. فِىfīin
  9. ظُلُمَٰتِẓulumātithe darkness[es]
  10. ٱلْبَرِّl-bari(of) the land
  11. وَٱلْبَحْرِ ۗwal-baḥriand the sea
  12. قَدْqadCertainly
  13. فَصَّلْنَاfaṣṣalnāWe have made clear
  14. ٱلَْٔايَٰتِl-āyātithe Signs
  15. لِقَوْمٍliqawminfor a people
  16. يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūna(who) know

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