Surah Ar-Rum, Ayah 27 (30:27)

ٱلرُّوم

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى يَبْدَؤُا۟ ٱلْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُۥ وَهُوَ أَهْوَنُ عَلَيْهِ ۚ وَلَهُ ٱلْمَثَلُ …

Quran 30:27 is ayah 27 of Surah Ar-Rum (“The Romans”), a Meccan surah of 60 ayahs. It is in Juz 21, on page 407 of the Madani Mushaf.

30:27
وَهُوَٱلَّذِىيَبْدَؤُا۟ٱلْخَلْقَثُمَّيُعِيدُهُۥوَهُوَأَهْوَنُعَلَيْهِ ۚوَلَهُٱلْمَثَلُٱلْأَعْلَىٰفِىٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِوَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚوَهُوَٱلْعَزِيزُٱلْحَكِيمُ٢٧
wahuwa alladhī yabda-u l-khalqa thumma yuʿīduhu wahuwa ahwanu ʿalayhi walahu l-mathalu l-aʿlā fī l-samāwāti wal-arḍi wahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-ḥakīmu

And it is He who begins creation; then He repeats it, and that is [even] easier for Him. To Him belongs the highest description [i.e., attribute] in the heavens and earth. And He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.(27)

Word by word

  1. وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He
  2. ٱلَّذِىalladhī(is) the One Who
  3. يَبْدَؤُا۟yabda-uoriginates
  4. ٱلْخَلْقَl-khalqathe creation
  5. ثُمَّthummathen
  6. يُعِيدُهُۥyuʿīduhurepeats it
  7. وَهُوَwahuwaand it
  8. أَهْوَنُahwanu(is) easier
  9. عَلَيْهِ ۚʿalayhifor Him
  10. وَلَهُwalahuAnd for Him
  11. ٱلْمَثَلُl-mathalu(is) the description
  12. ٱلْأَعْلَىٰl-aʿlāthe highest
  13. فِىfīin
  14. ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
  15. وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚwal-arḍiand the earth
  16. وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He
  17. ٱلْعَزِيزُl-ʿazīzu(is) the All-Mighty
  18. ٱلْحَكِيمُl-ḥakīmuthe All-Wise

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