Surah Al-A'raf, Ayah 58 (7:58)

ٱلْأَعْرَاف

وَٱلْبَلَدُ ٱلطَّيِّبُ يَخْرُجُ نَبَاتُهُۥ بِإِذْنِ رَبِّهِۦ ۖ وَٱلَّذِى خَبُثَ لَا يَخْرُجُ إِلَّا نَكِدًا …

Quran 7:58 is ayah 58 of Surah Al-A'raf (“The Heights”), a Meccan surah of 206 ayahs. It is in Juz 8, on page 158 of the Madani Mushaf.

7:58
وَٱلْبَلَدُٱلطَّيِّبُيَخْرُجُنَبَاتُهُۥبِإِذْنِرَبِّهِۦ ۖوَٱلَّذِىخَبُثَلَايَخْرُجُإِلَّانَكِدًا ۚكَذَٰلِكَنُصَرِّفُٱلَْٔايَٰتِلِقَوْمٍيَشْكُرُونَ٥٨
wal-baladu l-ṭayibu yakhruju nabātuhu bi-idh'ni rabbihi wa-alladhī khabutha lā yakhruju illā nakidan kadhālika nuṣarrifu l-āyāti liqawmin yashkurūna

And the good land - its vegetation emerges by permission of its Lord; but that which is bad - nothing emerges except sparsely, with difficulty. Thus do We diversify the signs for a people who are grateful.(58)

Word by word

  1. وَٱلْبَلَدُwal-baladuAnd the land
  2. ٱلطَّيِّبُl-ṭayibu[the] pure
  3. يَخْرُجُyakhrujucomes forth
  4. نَبَاتُهُۥnabātuhuits vegetation
  5. بِإِذْنِbi-idh'niby (the) permission
  6. رَبِّهِۦ ۖrabbihi(of) its Lord
  7. وَٱلَّذِىwa-alladhībut which
  8. خَبُثَkhabuthais bad
  9. لَاlā(does) not
  10. يَخْرُجُyakhrujucome forth
  11. إِلَّاillāexcept
  12. نَكِدًا ۚnakidan(with) difficulty
  13. كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThus
  14. نُصَرِّفُnuṣarrifuWe explain
  15. ٱلَْٔايَٰتِl-āyātithe Signs
  16. لِقَوْمٍliqawminfor a people
  17. يَشْكُرُونَyashkurūnawho are grateful

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