Surah Ash-Shuraa, Ayah 28 (42:28)

ٱلشُّورَىٰ

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى يُنَزِّلُ ٱلْغَيْثَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا قَنَطُوا۟ وَيَنشُرُ رَحْمَتَهُۥ ۚ وَهُوَ ٱلْوَلِىُّ …

Quran 42:28 is ayah 28 of Surah Ash-Shuraa (“The Consultation”), a Meccan surah of 53 ayahs. It is in Juz 25, on page 486 of the Madani Mushaf.

42:28
وَهُوَٱلَّذِىيُنَزِّلُٱلْغَيْثَمِنۢبَعْدِمَاقَنَطُوا۟وَيَنشُرُرَحْمَتَهُۥ ۚوَهُوَٱلْوَلِىُّٱلْحَمِيدُ٢٨
wahuwa alladhī yunazzilu l-ghaytha min baʿdi mā qanaṭū wayanshuru raḥmatahu wahuwa l-waliyu l-ḥamīdu

And it is He who sends down the rain after they had despaired and spreads His mercy. And He is the Protector, the Praiseworthy.(28)

Word by word

  1. وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He
  2. ٱلَّذِىalladhī(is) the One Who
  3. يُنَزِّلُyunazzilusends down
  4. ٱلْغَيْثَl-ghaythathe rain
  5. مِنۢminafter
  6. بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
  7. مَاmā[what]
  8. قَنَطُوا۟qanaṭūthey have despaired
  9. وَيَنشُرُwayanshuruand spreads
  10. رَحْمَتَهُۥ ۚraḥmatahuHis mercy
  11. وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He
  12. ٱلْوَلِىُّl-waliyu(is) the Protector
  13. ٱلْحَمِيدُl-ḥamīduthe Praiseworthy

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