Surah An-Nahl, Ayah 15 (16:15)

ٱلنَّحْل

وَأَلْقَىٰ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ رَوَٰسِىَ أَن تَمِيدَ بِكُمْ وَأَنْهَٰرًا وَسُبُلًا لَّعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُونَ

Quran 16:15 is ayah 15 of Surah An-Nahl (“The Bee”), a Meccan surah of 128 ayahs. It is in Juz 14, on page 269 of the Madani Mushaf.

16:15
وَأَلْقَىٰفِىٱلْأَرْضِرَوَٰسِىَأَنتَمِيدَبِكُمْوَأَنْهَٰرًاوَسُبُلًالَّعَلَّكُمْتَهْتَدُونَ١٥
wa-alqā fī l-arḍi rawāsiya an tamīda bikum wa-anhāran wasubulan laʿallakum tahtadūna

And He has cast into the earth firmly set mountains, lest it shift with you, and [made] rivers and roads, that you may be guided,(15)

Word by word

  1. وَأَلْقَىٰwa-alqāAnd He has cast
  2. فِىfīin
  3. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
  4. رَوَٰسِىَrawāsiyafirm mountains
  5. أَنanlest
  6. تَمِيدَtamīdait should shake
  7. بِكُمْbikumwith you
  8. وَأَنْهَٰرًاwa-anhāranand rivers
  9. وَسُبُلًاwasubulanand roads
  10. لَّعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumso that you may
  11. تَهْتَدُونَtahtadūnabe guided

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