Surah Ash-Shuraa, Ayah 50 (42:50)

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أَوْ يُزَوِّجُهُمْ ذُكْرَانًا وَإِنَٰثًا ۖ وَيَجْعَلُ مَن يَشَآءُ عَقِيمًا ۚ إِنَّهُۥ عَلِيمٌ قَدِيرٌ

Quran 42:50 is ayah 50 of Surah Ash-Shuraa (“The Consultation”), a Meccan surah of 53 ayahs. It is in Juz 25, on page 488 of the Madani Mushaf.

42:50
أَوْيُزَوِّجُهُمْذُكْرَانًاوَإِنَٰثًا ۖوَيَجْعَلُمَنيَشَآءُعَقِيمًا ۚإِنَّهُۥعَلِيمٌقَدِيرٌ٥٠
aw yuzawwijuhum dhuk'rānan wa-ināthan wayajʿalu man yashāu ʿaqīman innahu ʿalīmun qadīrun

Or He makes them [both] males and females, and He renders whom He wills barren. Indeed, He is Knowing and Competent.(50)

Word by word

  1. أَوْawOr
  2. يُزَوِّجُهُمْyuzawwijuhumHe grants them
  3. ذُكْرَانًاdhuk'rānanmales
  4. وَإِنَٰثًا ۖwa-ināthanand females
  5. وَيَجْعَلُwayajʿaluand He makes
  6. مَنmanwhom
  7. يَشَآءُyashāuHe wills
  8. عَقِيمًا ۚʿaqīmanbarren
  9. إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, He
  10. عَلِيمٌʿalīmun(is) All-Knower
  11. قَدِيرٌqadīrunAll-Powerful

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