Surah Az-Zukhruf, Ayah 11 (43:11)

ٱلزُّخْرُف

وَٱلَّذِى نَزَّلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءًۢ بِقَدَرٍ فَأَنشَرْنَا بِهِۦ بَلْدَةً مَّيْتًا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ …

Quran 43:11 is ayah 11 of Surah Az-Zukhruf (“The Ornaments of Gold”), a Meccan surah of 89 ayahs. It is in Juz 25, on page 490 of the Madani Mushaf.

43:11
وَٱلَّذِىنَزَّلَمِنَٱلسَّمَآءِمَآءًۢبِقَدَرٍفَأَنشَرْنَابِهِۦبَلْدَةًمَّيْتًا ۚكَذَٰلِكَتُخْرَجُونَ١١
wa-alladhī nazzala mina l-samāi māan biqadarin fa-ansharnā bihi baldatan maytan kadhālika tukh'rajūna

And who sends down rain from the sky in measured amounts, and We revive thereby a dead land - thus will you be brought forth -(11)

Word by word

  1. وَٱلَّذِىwa-alladhīAnd the One Who
  2. نَزَّلَnazzalasends down
  3. مِنَminafrom
  4. ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe sky
  5. مَآءًۢmāanwater
  6. بِقَدَرٍbiqadarinin (due) measure
  7. فَأَنشَرْنَاfa-ansharnāthen We revive
  8. بِهِۦbihiwith it
  9. بَلْدَةًbaldatana land
  10. مَّيْتًا ۚmaytandead
  11. كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikathus
  12. تُخْرَجُونَtukh'rajūnayou will be brought forth

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