Surah Nuh, Ayah 17 (71:17)

نُوح

وَٱللَّهُ أَنۢبَتَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ نَبَاتًا

Quran 71:17 is ayah 17 of Surah Nuh (“Noah”), a Meccan surah of 28 ayahs. It is in Juz 29, on page 571 of the Madani Mushaf.

71:17
وَٱللَّهُأَنۢبَتَكُممِّنَٱلْأَرْضِنَبَاتًا١٧
wal-lahu anbatakum mina l-arḍi nabātan

And Allāh has caused you to grow from the earth a [progressive] growth.(17)

Word by word

  1. وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
  2. أَنۢبَتَكُمanbatakumhas caused you to grow
  3. مِّنَminafrom
  4. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
  5. نَبَاتًاnabātan(as) a growth

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