Surah Al-Jathiyah, Ayah 5 (45:5)

ٱلْجَاثِيَة

وَٱخْتِلَٰفِ ٱلَّيْلِ وَٱلنَّهَارِ وَمَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مِن رِّزْقٍ فَأَحْيَا بِهِ …

Quran 45:5 is ayah 5 of Surah Al-Jathiyah (“The Crouching”), a Meccan surah of 37 ayahs. It is in Juz 25, on page 499 of the Madani Mushaf.

45:5
وَٱخْتِلَٰفِٱلَّيْلِوَٱلنَّهَارِوَمَآأَنزَلَٱللَّهُمِنَٱلسَّمَآءِمِنرِّزْقٍفَأَحْيَابِهِٱلْأَرْضَبَعْدَمَوْتِهَاوَتَصْرِيفِٱلرِّيَٰحِءَايَٰتٌلِّقَوْمٍيَعْقِلُونَ٥
wa-ikh'tilāfi al-layli wal-nahāri wamā anzala l-lahu mina l-samāi min riz'qin fa-aḥyā bihi l-arḍa baʿda mawtihā wataṣrīfi l-riyāḥi āyātun liqawmin yaʿqilūna

And [in] the alternation of night and day and [in] what Allāh sends down from the sky of provision [i.e., rain] and gives life thereby to the earth after its lifelessness and [in His] directing of the winds are signs for a people who reason.(5)

Word by word

  1. وَٱخْتِلَٰفِwa-ikh'tilāfiAnd (in the) alternation
  2. ٱلَّيْلِal-layli(of) the night
  3. وَٱلنَّهَارِwal-nahāriand the day
  4. وَمَآwamāand what
  5. أَنزَلَanzalaAllah sends down
  6. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah sends down
  7. مِنَminafrom
  8. ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe sky
  9. مِنminof
  10. رِّزْقٍriz'qin(the) provision
  11. فَأَحْيَاfa-aḥyāand gives life
  12. بِهِbihithereby
  13. ٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍa(to) the earth
  14. بَعْدَbaʿdaafter
  15. مَوْتِهَاmawtihāits death
  16. وَتَصْرِيفِwataṣrīfiand (in) directing
  17. ٱلرِّيَٰحِl-riyāḥi(the) winds
  18. ءَايَٰتٌāyātun(are) Signs
  19. لِّقَوْمٍliqawminfor a people
  20. يَعْقِلُونَyaʿqilūnawho reason

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