Surah Fatir, Ayah 11 (35:11)

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وَٱللَّهُ خَلَقَكُم مِّن تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ مِن نُّطْفَةٍ ثُمَّ جَعَلَكُمْ أَزْوَٰجًا ۚ وَمَا تَحْمِلُ مِنْ …

Quran 35:11 is ayah 11 of Surah Fatir (“Originator”), a Meccan surah of 45 ayahs. It is in Juz 22, on page 435 of the Madani Mushaf.

35:11
وَٱللَّهُخَلَقَكُممِّنتُرَابٍثُمَّمِننُّطْفَةٍثُمَّجَعَلَكُمْأَزْوَٰجًا ۚوَمَاتَحْمِلُمِنْأُنثَىٰوَلَاتَضَعُإِلَّابِعِلْمِهِۦ ۚوَمَايُعَمَّرُمِنمُّعَمَّرٍوَلَايُنقَصُمِنْعُمُرِهِۦٓإِلَّافِىكِتَٰبٍ ۚإِنَّذَٰلِكَعَلَىٱللَّهِيَسِيرٌ١١
wal-lahu khalaqakum min turābin thumma min nuṭ'fatin thumma jaʿalakum azwājan wamā taḥmilu min unthā walā taḍaʿu illā biʿil'mihi wamā yuʿammaru min muʿammarin walā yunqaṣu min ʿumurihi illā fī kitābin inna dhālika ʿalā l-lahi yasīrun

And Allāh created you from dust, then from a sperm-drop; then He made you mates. And no female conceives nor does she give birth except with His knowledge. And no aged person is granted [additional] life nor is his lifespan lessened but that it is in a register. Indeed, that for Allāh is easy.(11)

Word by word

  1. وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
  2. خَلَقَكُمkhalaqakumcreated you
  3. مِّنminfrom
  4. تُرَابٍturābindust
  5. ثُمَّthummathen
  6. مِنminfrom
  7. نُّطْفَةٍnuṭ'fatina semen-drop
  8. ثُمَّthummathen
  9. جَعَلَكُمْjaʿalakumHe made you
  10. أَزْوَٰجًا ۚazwājanpairs
  11. وَمَاwamāAnd not
  12. تَحْمِلُtaḥmiluconceives
  13. مِنْminany
  14. أُنثَىٰunthāfemale
  15. وَلَاwalāand not
  16. تَضَعُtaḍaʿugives birth
  17. إِلَّاillāexcept
  18. بِعِلْمِهِۦ ۚbiʿil'mihiwith His knowledge
  19. وَمَاwamāAnd not
  20. يُعَمَّرُyuʿammaruis granted life
  21. مِنminany
  22. مُّعَمَّرٍmuʿammarinaged person
  23. وَلَاwalāand not
  24. يُنقَصُyunqaṣuis lessened
  25. مِنْminfrom
  26. عُمُرِهِۦٓʿumurihihis life
  27. إِلَّاillābut
  28. فِىfī(is) in
  29. كِتَٰبٍ ۚkitābina Register
  30. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  31. ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
  32. عَلَىʿalāfor
  33. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
  34. يَسِيرٌyasīrun(is) easy

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