Surah Ghafir, Ayah 64 (40:64)

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ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ قَرَارًا وَٱلسَّمَآءَ بِنَآءً وَصَوَّرَكُمْ فَأَحْسَنَ …

Quran 40:64 is ayah 64 of Surah Ghafir (“The Forgiver”), a Meccan surah of 85 ayahs. It is in Juz 24, on page 474 of the Madani Mushaf.

40:64
ٱللَّهُٱلَّذِىجَعَلَلَكُمُٱلْأَرْضَقَرَارًاوَٱلسَّمَآءَبِنَآءًوَصَوَّرَكُمْفَأَحْسَنَصُوَرَكُمْوَرَزَقَكُممِّنَٱلطَّيِّبَٰتِ ۚذَٰلِكُمُٱللَّهُرَبُّكُمْ ۖفَتَبَارَكَٱللَّهُرَبُّٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ٦٤
al-lahu alladhī jaʿala lakumu l-arḍa qarāran wal-samāa bināan waṣawwarakum fa-aḥsana ṣuwarakum warazaqakum mina l-ṭayibāti dhālikumu l-lahu rabbukum fatabāraka l-lahu rabbu l-ʿālamīna

It is Allāh who made for you the earth a place of settlement and the sky a structure [i.e., ceiling] and formed you and perfected your forms and provided you with good things. That is Allāh, your Lord; then blessed is Allāh, Lord of the worlds.(64)

Word by word

  1. ٱللَّهُal-lahuAllah
  2. ٱلَّذِىalladhī(is) the One Who
  3. جَعَلَjaʿalamade
  4. لَكُمُlakumufor you
  5. ٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍathe earth
  6. قَرَارًاqarārana place of settlement
  7. وَٱلسَّمَآءَwal-samāaand the sky
  8. بِنَآءًbināana canopy
  9. وَصَوَّرَكُمْwaṣawwarakumand He formed you
  10. فَأَحْسَنَfa-aḥsanaand perfected
  11. صُوَرَكُمْṣuwarakumyour forms
  12. وَرَزَقَكُمwarazaqakumand provided you
  13. مِّنَminaof
  14. ٱلطَّيِّبَٰتِ ۚl-ṭayibātithe good things
  15. ذَٰلِكُمُdhālikumuThat
  16. ٱللَّهُl-lahu(is) Allah
  17. رَبُّكُمْ ۖrabbukumyour Lord
  18. فَتَبَارَكَfatabārakaThen blessed (is)
  19. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
  20. رَبُّrabbu(the) Lord
  21. ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīna(of) the worlds

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