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Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 48

سورة الذاريات، الآية ٤٨

51:48 Juz 27 Hizb 53 Page 522 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 51:48

وَٱلْأَرْضَ فَرَشْنَٰهَا فَنِعْمَ ٱلْمَٰهِدُونَ ۝٤٨

Transliteration

wal-arḍa farashnāhā faniʿ'ma l-māhidūna

Translation

And the earth We have spread out, and excellent is the preparer.

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Verse 48 of Surah Adh-Dhariyat (51:48), a Meccan surah, is in juz 27, on page 522 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 48

Al-Mukhtasar

And the earth I made prepared for those who live on it, like a spread for them. How excellent a preparer I am when I prepared it for them.

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Other translations of verse 48

And We spread out the earth. How well did We smooth it out¹⁴!

Notes

[14] The earth was spread out to accommodate the creatures. Its spherical shape is mentioned in 39:5.

And We have spread out the earth: how Excellent Spreader (thereof) are We!

And the earth have We laid out, how gracious is the Spreader (thereof)!

And We have spread out the (spacious) earth: How excellently We do spread out!

And the earth, We have made it a wide extent; how well have We then spread (it) out.

And the earth, We have laid it out (as) a bedding, so how excellent are the Smoothers! (i.e., Those who make the earth as a cradle)

Verse 48 word by word

وَٱلْأَرْضَ wal-arḍa And the earth أ ر ض
فَرَشْنَٰهَا farashnāhā We have spread it ف ر ش
فَنِعْمَ faniʿ'ma how excellent ن ع م
ٱلْمَٰهِدُونَ l-māhidūna (are) the Spreaders م ه د

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