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Surah Al-Anbya, Verse 32

سورة الأنبياء، الآية ٣٢

21:32 Juz 17 Hizb 33 Page 324 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 21:32

وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلسَّمَآءَ سَقْفًا مَّحْفُوظًا وَهُمْ عَنْ ءَايَٰتِهَا مُعْرِضُونَ ۝٣٢

Transliteration

wajaʿalnā l-samāa saqfan maḥfūẓan wahum ʿan āyātihā muʿ'riḍūna

Translation

And We made the sky a protected ceiling, but they, from its signs,884 are turning away.

Notes

[884] The signs present in the heavens.

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Verse 32 of Surah Al-Anbya (21:32), a Meccan surah, is in juz 17, on page 324 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 32

Al-Mukhtasar

And I made the sky a roof protected from falling and without any pillar, and protected from stealing words. But the idolaters turn away and do not consider the signs in the sky, such as the sun and moon.

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Other translations of verse 32

And We have made the sky a well-protected canopy, yet they turn away from its signs15.

Notes

[15] Such as the sun and the moon.

And We have made the heaven a roof, safe and well guarded. Yet they turn away from its signs (i.e. sun, moon, winds, clouds, etc.).

And we have made the sky a roof withheld (from them). Yet they turn away from its portents.

And We have made the heavens as a canopy well guarded: yet do they turn away from the Signs which these things (point to)!

And We have made the heaven a guarded canopy and (yet) they turn aside from its signs.

And We have made the heaven as a roof well-preserved, and (yet still) from its signs they are veering away.

Verse 32 word by word

  1. وَجَعَلْنَا wajaʿalnā And We made ج ع ل
  2. ٱلسَّمَآءَ l-samāa the sky س م و
  3. سَقْفًا saqfan a roof س ق ف
  4. مَّحْفُوظًا maḥfūẓan protected ح ف ظ
  5. وَهُمْ wahum But they
  6. عَنْ ʿan from
  7. ءَايَٰتِهَا āyātihā its Signs أ ي ي
  8. مُعْرِضُونَ muʿ'riḍūna turn away ع ر ض

Verses related to verse 32

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Adh-Dhariyat 51:47

    وَٱلسَّمَآءَ بَنَيْنَٰهَا بِأَيْي۟دٍ وَإِنَّا لَمُوسِعُونَ

    And the heaven We constructed with strength, and indeed, We are [its] expander.

  • Ash-Shams 91:5

    وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا

    And [by] the sky and He who constructed it

  • Qaf 50:6

    أَفَلَمْ يَنظُرُوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَوْقَهُمْ كَيْفَ بَنَيْنَٰهَا وَزَيَّنَّٰهَا وَمَا لَهَا مِن فُرُوجٍ

    Have they not looked at the heaven above them - how We structured it and adorned it and [how] it has no rifts?

  • Yusuf 12:105

    وَكَأَيِّن مِّنْ ءَايَةٍ فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ يَمُرُّونَ عَلَيْهَا وَهُمْ عَنْهَا مُعْرِضُونَ

    And how many a sign within the heavens and earth do they pass over while they, therefrom, are turning away.

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