Surah Al-Hijr, Ayah 22 (15:22)

ٱلْحِجْر

وَأَرْسَلْنَا ٱلرِّيَٰحَ لَوَٰقِحَ فَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً فَأَسْقَيْنَٰكُمُوهُ وَمَآ أَنتُمْ …

Quran 15:22 is ayah 22 of Surah Al-Hijr (“The Rocky Tract”), a Meccan surah of 99 ayahs. It is in Juz 14, on page 263 of the Madani Mushaf.

15:22
وَأَرْسَلْنَاٱلرِّيَٰحَلَوَٰقِحَفَأَنزَلْنَامِنَٱلسَّمَآءِمَآءًفَأَسْقَيْنَٰكُمُوهُوَمَآأَنتُمْلَهُۥبِخَٰزِنِينَ٢٢
wa-arsalnā l-riyāḥa lawāqiḥa fa-anzalnā mina l-samāi māan fa-asqaynākumūhu wamā antum lahu bikhāzinīna

And We have sent the fertilizing winds and sent down water from the sky and given you drink from it. And you are not its retainers.(22)

Word by word

  1. وَأَرْسَلْنَاwa-arsalnāAnd We have sent
  2. ٱلرِّيَٰحَl-riyāḥathe winds
  3. لَوَٰقِحَlawāqiḥafertilizing
  4. فَأَنزَلْنَاfa-anzalnāand We sent down
  5. مِنَminafrom
  6. ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe sky
  7. مَآءًmāanwater
  8. فَأَسْقَيْنَٰكُمُوهُfa-asqaynākumūhuand We gave it to you to drink
  9. وَمَآwamāAnd not
  10. أَنتُمْantumyou
  11. لَهُۥlahuof it
  12. بِخَٰزِنِينَbikhāzinīna(are) retainers

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