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Surah Al-’Ankabut, Verse 19

سورة العنكبوت، الآية ١٩

29:19 Juz 20 Hizb 40 Page 398 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 29:19

أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ كَيْفَ يُبْدِئُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُۥٓ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ يَسِيرٌ ۝١٩

Transliteration

awalam yaraw kayfa yub'di-u l-lahu l-khalqa thumma yuʿīduhu inna dhālika ʿalā l-lahi yasīrun

Translation

Have they not considered how Allāh begins creation and then repeats it? Indeed that, for Allāh, is easy.

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Verse 19 of Surah Al-’Ankabut (29:19), a Meccan surah, is in juz 20, on page 398 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 72 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 19

Al-Mukhtasar

Do these deniers not see how Allah created the creation initially, then He shall restore it after it has finished? This is easy for Allah, as He is Powerful with nothing is beyond His ability.

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Other translations of verse 19

Do they not see how Allah originates the creation then resurrects it? That is certainly easy for Allah.

See they not how Allâh originates the creation, then repeats it. Verily, that is easy for Allâh.

See they not how Allah produceth creation, then reproduceth it? Lo! for Allah that is easy.

See they not how Allah originates creation, then repeats it: truly that is easy for Allah.

What! do they not consider how Allah originates the creation, then reproduces it? Surely that is easy to Allah.

And have they not seen how Allah starts creation, thereafter He brings it back again. Surely that is easy for Allah.

Verse 19 word by word

  1. أَوَلَمْ awalam Do not
  2. يَرَوْا۟ yaraw they see ر أ ي
  3. كَيْفَ kayfa how ك ي ف
  4. يُبْدِئُ yub'di-u Allah originates ب د أ
  5. ٱللَّهُ l-lahu Allah originates
  6. ٱلْخَلْقَ l-khalqa the creation خ ل ق
  7. ثُمَّ thumma then
  8. يُعِيدُهُۥٓ yuʿīduhu repeats it ع و د
  9. إِنَّ inna Indeed
  10. ذَٰلِكَ dhālika that
  11. عَلَى ʿalā for
  12. ٱللَّهِ l-lahi Allah
  13. يَسِيرٌ yasīrun (is) easy ي س ر

Verses related to verse 19

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Ar-Rum 30:27

    وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى يَبْدَؤُا۟ ٱلْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُۥ وَهُوَ أَهْوَنُ عَلَيْهِ وَلَهُ ٱلْمَثَلُ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ

    And it is He who begins creation; then He repeats it, and that is [even] easier for Him. To Him belongs the highest description [i.e., attribute] in the heavens and earth. And He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

  • Fussilat 41:53

    سَنُرِيهِمْ ءَايَٰتِنَا فِى ٱلْـَٔافَاقِ وَفِىٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ حَتَّىٰ يَتَبَيَّنَ لَهُمْ أَنَّهُ ٱلْحَقُّ أَوَلَمْ يَكْفِ بِرَبِّكَ أَنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ شَهِيدٌ

    We will show them Our signs in the horizons and within themselves until it becomes clear to them that it is the truth. But is it not sufficient concerning your Lord that He is, over all things, a Witness?

  • At-Tur 52:35–36

    أَمْ خُلِقُوا۟ مِنْ غَيْرِ شَىْءٍ أَمْ هُمُ ٱلْخَٰلِقُونَ …

    Or were they created by nothing, or were they the creators [of themselves]? …

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  • Al-Hajj 22:70

    أَلَمْ تَعْلَمْ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ فِى كِتَٰبٍ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ يَسِيرٌ

    Do you not know that Allāh knows what is in the heaven and earth? Indeed, that is in a Record. Indeed that, for Allāh, is easy.

  • Fatir 35:11

    وَٱللَّهُ خَلَقَكُم مِّن تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ مِن نُّطْفَةٍ ثُمَّ جَعَلَكُمْ أَزْوَٰجًا وَمَا تَحْمِلُ مِنْ أُنثَىٰ وَلَا تَضَعُ إِلَّا بِعِلْمِهِۦ وَمَا يُعَمَّرُ مِن مُّعَمَّرٍ وَلَا يُنقَصُ مِنْ عُمُرِهِۦٓ إِلَّا فِى كِتَٰبٍ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ يَسِيرٌ

    And Allāh created you from dust, then from a sperm-drop; then He made you mates. And no female conceives nor does she give birth except with His knowledge. And no aged person is granted [additional] life nor is his lifespan lessened but that it is in a register. Indeed, that for Allāh is easy.

  • Al-Hadid 57:22

    مَآ أَصَابَ مِن مُّصِيبَةٍ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِىٓ أَنفُسِكُمْ إِلَّا فِى كِتَٰبٍ مِّن قَبْلِ أَن نَّبْرَأَهَآ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ يَسِيرٌ

    No disaster strikes upon the earth or among yourselves except that it is in a register before We bring it into being - indeed that, for Allāh, is easy -

  • Ibrahim 14:20

    وَمَا ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ بِعَزِيزٍ

    And that is not difficult for Allāh.

  • Fatir 35:17

    وَمَا ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ بِعَزِيزٍ

    And that is for Allāh not difficult.

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