Surah 2. Al-Baqara, Ayah 164
| إِنَّ فِي خَلْقِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَاخْتِلَافِ اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ وَالْفُلْكِ الَّتِي تَجْرِي فِي الْبَحْرِ بِمَا يَنْفَعُ النَّاسَ وَمَا أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مِنْ مَاءٍ فَأَحْيَا بِهِ الْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا وَبَثَّ فِيهَا مِنْ كُلِّ دَابَّةٍ وَتَصْرِيفِ الرِّيَاحِ وَالسَّحَابِ الْمُسَخَّرِ بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ لَآيَاتٍ لِقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَ |
| Transliteration | : | 'inna fe khalq as- samaawaat wa- al- 'ard. wa- ikhtilaaf al- layl wa- an- nahaar wa- al- fulk 'allate tajre fe al- bah.r bi- maa yanfac an- naas wa- maa anzala 'allaah min as- samaa' min maa' fa- ah.yaa bi- -hi al- 'ard. bacda mawt -haa wa- baththa fe -haa min kull daabbah wa- tas.ref ar- riyaah. wa- as- sah.aab al- musakhkhar bayna as- samaa' wa- al- 'ard. la- 'aayaat li- qawm yacqilon |
| Pickthall | : | Lo! in the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the difference of night and day, and the ships which run upon the sea with that which is of use to men, and the water which Allah sendeth down from the sky, thereby reviving the earth after its death, and dispersing all kinds of beasts therein, and (in) the ordinance of the winds, and the clouds obedient between heaven and earth: are signs (of Allah's sovereignty) for people who have sense. |
| Asad | : | Verily, in the creation of the heavens and of the earth, and the succession of night and day: and in the ships that speed through the sea with what is useful to man: and in the waters which God sends down from the sky, giving life thereby to the earth after it had been lifeless, and causing all manner of living creatures to multiply thereon: and in the change of the winds, and the clouds that run their appointed courses between sky and earth: [in all this] there are messages indeed for people who use their reason.130 |
| Malik | : | Surely, In the creation of the heavens and the earth; in the alternation of the night and the day, in the sailing of the ships through the ocean for the profit of mankind; in the rain which Allah sends down from the skies, with which He revives the earth after its death and spreads in it all kinds of animals, in the change of the winds and the clouds between the sky and the earth that are made subservient, there are signs for rational people. |
| Yusuf Ali | : | Behold! In the creation of the heavens and the earth; in the alternation of the night and the day; in the sailing of the ships through the ocean for the profit of mankind; in the rain which Allah sends down from the skies and the life which He gives therewith to an earth that is dead; in the beasts of all kinds that He scatters through the earth; in the change of the winds and the clouds which they trail like their slaves between the sky and the earth; (here) indeed are signs for a people that are wise. 166 |
Note - 130This passage is one of the many in which the Qur'an
appeals to "those who use their reason" to observe the
daily wonders of nature, including the evidence of man's
own ingenuity ("the ships that speed through the sea"),
as so many indications of a conscious, creative Power
pervading the universe.
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Note - 166This magnificent Nature passage stands out like a hill in
a landscape, enhancing the beauty of our view, and
preparing us for the every-day laws and ordinances which
follow.
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This passage is one of the many in which the Qur'an appeals to "those who use their reason" to observe the daily wonders of nature, including the evidence of man's own ingenuity ("the ships that speed through the sea"), as so many indications of a conscious, creative Power pervading the universe. |
