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Surah Al-Mu’minun, Verse 84

سورة المؤمنون، الآية ٨٤

23:84 Juz 18 Hizb 35 Page 347 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 23:84

قُل لِّمَنِ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَمَن فِيهَآ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ ۝٨٤

Transliteration

qul limani l-arḍu waman fīhā in kuntum taʿlamūna

Translation

Say, [O Muḥammad], "To whom belongs the earth and whoever is in it, if you should know?"

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Verse 84 of Surah Al-Mu’minun (23:84), a Meccan surah, is in juz 18, on page 347 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 84

Al-Mukhtasar

O Messenger, say to these disbelievers who deny the resurrection: “Who does this earth and those on it belong to, if you have any knowledge?”

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Other translations of verse 84

Say, “To whom belong the earth and all those who are on it, if you really know?”

Say: "Whose is the earth and whosoever is therein? If you know!"

Say: Unto Whom (belongeth) the earth and whosoever is therein, if ye have knowledge?

Say: "To whom belong the earth and all beings therein? (say) if ye know!"

Say: Whose is the earth, and whoever is therein, if you know?

Say, "To whom does the earth belong, and whoever is in it, in case you know?"

Verse 84 word by word

  1. قُل qul Say ق و ل
  2. لِّمَنِ limani To whom (belongs)
  3. ٱلْأَرْضُ l-arḍu the earth أ ر ض
  4. وَمَن waman and whoever
  5. فِيهَآ fīhā (is) in it
  6. إِن in if
  7. كُنتُمْ kuntum you ك و ن
  8. تَعْلَمُونَ taʿlamūna know ع ل م

Verses related to verse 84

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Yusuf 12:103

    وَمَآ أَكْثَرُ ٱلنَّاسِ وَلَوْ حَرَصْتَ بِمُؤْمِنِينَ

    And most of the people, although you strive [for it], are not believers.

  • Ya-Sin 36:40

    لَا ٱلشَّمْسُ يَنۢبَغِى لَهَآ أَن تُدْرِكَ ٱلْقَمَرَ وَلَا ٱلَّيْلُ سَابِقُ ٱلنَّهَارِ وَكُلٌّ فِى فَلَكٍ يَسْبَحُونَ

    It is not allowable [i.e., possible] for the sun to reach the moon, nor does the night overtake the day, but each, in an orbit, is swimming.

  • Ya-Sin 36:77–79

    أَوَلَمْ يَرَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَنَّا خَلَقْنَٰهُ مِن نُّطْفَةٍ فَإِذَا هُوَ خَصِيمٌ مُّبِينٌ …

    Does man not consider that We created him from a [mere] sperm-drop - then at once he is a clear adversary? …

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