Surah Al-Furqan, Ayah 59 (25:59)

ٱلْفُرْقَان

ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا فِى سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ ثُمَّ ٱسْتَوَىٰ عَلَى …

Quran 25:59 is ayah 59 of Surah Al-Furqan (“The Criterion”), a Meccan surah of 77 ayahs. It is in Juz 19, on page 365 of the Madani Mushaf.

25:59
ٱلَّذِىخَلَقَٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِوَٱلْأَرْضَوَمَابَيْنَهُمَافِىسِتَّةِأَيَّامٍثُمَّٱسْتَوَىٰعَلَىٱلْعَرْشِ ۚٱلرَّحْمَٰنُفَسَْٔلْبِهِۦخَبِيرًا٥٩
alladhī khalaqa l-samāwāti wal-arḍa wamā baynahumā fī sittati ayyāmin thumma is'tawā ʿalā l-ʿarshi l-raḥmānu fasal bihi khabīran

He who created the heavens and the earth and what is between them in six days and then established Himself above the Throne - the Most Merciful, so ask about Him one well informed [i.e., the Prophet (ﷺ)].(59)

Word by word

  1. ٱلَّذِىalladhīThe One Who
  2. خَلَقَkhalaqacreated
  3. ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
  4. وَٱلْأَرْضَwal-arḍaand the earth
  5. وَمَاwamāand whatever
  6. بَيْنَهُمَاbaynahumā(is) between them
  7. فِىfīin
  8. سِتَّةِsittatisix
  9. أَيَّامٍayyāminperiods
  10. ثُمَّthummathen
  11. ٱسْتَوَىٰis'tawāHe established Himself
  12. عَلَىʿalāover
  13. ٱلْعَرْشِ ۚl-ʿarshithe Throne
  14. ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُl-raḥmānuthe Most Gracious
  15. فَسَْٔلْfasalso ask
  16. بِهِۦbihiHim
  17. خَبِيرًاkhabīran(as He is) All-Aware

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