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Surah Al-Hijr, Verse 22

سورة الحجر، الآية ٢٢

15:22 Juz 14 Hizb 27 Page 263 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 15:22

وَأَرْسَلْنَا ٱلرِّيَٰحَ لَوَٰقِحَ فَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً فَأَسْقَيْنَٰكُمُوهُ وَمَآ أَنتُمْ لَهُۥ بِخَٰزِنِينَ ۝٢٢

Transliteration

wa-arsalnā l-riyāḥa lawāqiḥa fa-anzalnā mina l-samāi māan fa-asqaynākumūhu wamā antum lahu bikhāzinīna

Translation

And We have sent the fertilizing winds673 and sent down water from the sky and given you drink from it. And you are not its retainers.

Notes

[673] Causing precipitation in rainclouds or carrying pollen. Another meaning is "pregnant winds," i.e., those carrying rainclouds.

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Verse 22 of Surah Al-Hijr (15:22), a Meccan surah, is in juz 14, on page 263 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 22

Al-Mukhtasar

I sent the winds to fertilise the cloud, and I sent rain down from the fertilised clouds and I nourished you from rain water. O people, you are not containers of this water on earth in springs and wells, rather Allah is the One Who contains the water in them.

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Other translations of verse 22

And We send fertilizing winds9, and send down rain from the sky for you to drink, and it is not you who could store it.

Notes

[9] Causing precipitation in rainclouds or carrying pollen.

And We send the winds fertilizing (to fill heavily the clouds with water), then cause the water (rain) to descend from the sky, and We give it to you to drink, and it is not you who are the owners of its stores [i.e. to give water to whom you like or to withhold it from whom you like].

And We send the winds fertilising, and cause water to descend from the sky, and give it you to drink. It is not ye who are the holders of the store thereof.

And We send the fecundating winds, then cause the rain to descend from the sky, therewith providing you with water (in abundance), though ye are not the guardians of its stores.

And We send the winds fertilizing, then send down water from the cloud so We give it to you to drink of, nor is it you who store it up.

And We send the winds impregnating, (and) so We send down from the heaven water, then We give it to you to drink, and in no way can you even be its treasurers.

Verse 22 word by word

  1. وَأَرْسَلْنَا wa-arsalnā And We have sent ر س ل
  2. ٱلرِّيَٰحَ l-riyāḥa the winds ر و ح
  3. لَوَٰقِحَ lawāqiḥa fertilizing ل ق ح
  4. فَأَنزَلْنَا fa-anzalnā and We sent down ن ز ل
  5. مِنَ mina from
  6. ٱلسَّمَآءِ l-samāi the sky س م و
  7. مَآءً māan water م و ه
  8. فَأَسْقَيْنَٰكُمُوهُ fa-asqaynākumūhu and We gave it to you to drink س ق ي
  9. وَمَآ wamā And not
  10. أَنتُمْ antum you
  11. لَهُۥ lahu of it
  12. بِخَٰزِنِينَ bikhāzinīna (are) retainers خ ز ن

Verses related to verse 22

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Al-Waqi’ah 56:68–70

    أَفَرَءَيْتُمُ ٱلْمَآءَ ٱلَّذِى تَشْرَبُونَ …

    And have you seen the water that you drink? …

  • An-Naml 27:10

    وَأَلْقِ عَصَاكَ فَلَمَّا رَءَاهَا تَهْتَزُّ كَأَنَّهَا جَآنٌّ وَلَّىٰ مُدْبِرًا وَلَمْ يُعَقِّبْ يَٰمُوسَىٰ لَا تَخَفْ إِنِّى لَا يَخَافُ لَدَىَّ ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ

    And [he was told], "Throw down your staff." But when he saw it writhing as if it were a snake, he turned in flight and did not return. [Allāh said], "O Moses, fear not. Indeed, in My presence the messengers do not fear.

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