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Surah Fussilat, Ayah 11 (41:11)

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ثُمَّ ٱسْتَوَىٰٓ إِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَهِىَ دُخَانٌ فَقَالَ لَهَا وَلِلْأَرْضِ ٱئْتِيَا طَوْعًا أَوْ …

Quran 41:11 is ayah 11 of Surah Fussilat (“Explained in Detail”), a Meccan surah of 54 ayahs. It is in Juz 24, on page 477 of the Madani Mushaf.

41:11
ثُمَّٱسْتَوَىٰٓإِلَىٱلسَّمَآءِوَهِىَدُخَانٌفَقَالَلَهَاوَلِلْأَرْضِٱئْتِيَاطَوْعًاأَوْكَرْهًاقَالَتَآأَتَيْنَاطَآئِعِينَ١١
thumma is'tawā ilā l-samāi wahiya dukhānun faqāla lahā walil'arḍi i'tiyā ṭawʿan aw karhan qālatā ataynā ṭāiʿīna

Then He directed Himself to the heaven while it was smoke and said to it and to the earth, "Come [into being], willingly or by compulsion." They said, "We have come willingly."(11)

Word by word

  1. ثُمَّthummaThen
  2. ٱسْتَوَىٰٓis'tawāHe directed (Himself)
  3. إِلَىilātowards
  4. ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe heaven
  5. وَهِىَwahiyawhile it (was)
  6. دُخَانٌdukhānunsmoke
  7. فَقَالَfaqālaand He said
  8. لَهَاlahāto it
  9. وَلِلْأَرْضِwalil'arḍiand to the earth
  10. ٱئْتِيَاi'tiyāCome both of you
  11. طَوْعًاṭawʿanwillingly
  12. أَوْawor
  13. كَرْهًاkarhanunwillingly
  14. قَالَتَآqālatāThey both said
  15. أَتَيْنَاataynāWe come
  16. طَآئِعِينَṭāiʿīnawillingly

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