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Surah Ghafir, Verse 64

سورة غافر، الآية ٦٤

40:64 Juz 24 Hizb 48 Page 474 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 40:64

ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ قَرَارًا وَٱلسَّمَآءَ بِنَآءً وَصَوَّرَكُمْ فَأَحْسَنَ صُوَرَكُمْ وَرَزَقَكُم مِّنَ ٱلطَّيِّبَٰتِ ذَٰلِكُمُ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّكُمْ فَتَبَارَكَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ۝٦٤

Transliteration

al-lahu alladhī jaʿala lakumu l-arḍa qarāran wal-samāa bināan waṣawwarakum fa-aḥsana ṣuwarakum warazaqakum mina l-ṭayibāti dhālikumu l-lahu rabbukum fatabāraka l-lahu rabbu l-ʿālamīna

Translation

It is Allāh who made for you the earth a place of settlement and the sky a structure [i.e., ceiling] and formed you and perfected your forms and provided you with good things. That is Allāh, your Lord; then blessed is Allāh, Lord of the worlds.

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Verse 64 of Surah Ghafir (40:64), a Meccan surah, is in juz 24, on page 474 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 64

Al-Mukhtasar

O people, Allah is the one who made the earth a suitable place for dwelling/living, and the sky firmly formed above you, prevented from collapsing. And He formed you in the wombs of your mothers, then made perfected your formsyour forms. And He granted you provision from lawful, pleasant foods. He who granted you these blessings is Allah your Lord. So blessed is Allah, Lord of all the creation. There is no Lord besides Him.

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Other translations of verse 64

It is Allah Who has made the earth a dwelling place for you and the sky a canopy. He shaped you and perfected your form, and provided you with good things. Such is Allah, your Lord; Blessed is Allah, Lord of the worlds.

Allâh, it is He Who has made for you the earth as a dwelling place and the sky as a canopy, and has given you shape and made your shapes good (looking) and has provided you with good things. That is Allâh, your Lord: so Blessed be Allâh, the Lord of the ‘Âlamîn (mankind, jinn and all that exists).

Allah it is Who appointed for you the earth for a dwelling-place and the sky for a canopy, and fashioned you and perfected your shapes, and hath provided you with good things. Such is Allah, your Lord. Then blessed be Allah, the Lord of the Worlds!

It is Allah Who has made for you the earth as a resting place, and the sky as a canopy, and has given you shape- and made your shapes beautiful,- and has provided for you Sustenance, of things pure and good;- such is Allah your Lord. So Glory to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds!

Allah is He Who made the earth a resting-place for you and the heaven a canopy, and He formed you, then made goodly your forms, and He provided you with goodly things; that is Allah, your Lord; blessed then is Allah, the Lord of the worlds.

Allah is The (One) Who made for you the earth a reposing and the heaven for an edifice (Literally: a building). And He fashioned you, and made fair your fashioning, and provided you with the good things. That is Allah your Lord; so Supremely Blessed is Allah, The Lord of the worlds.

Verse 64 word by word

  1. ٱللَّهُ al-lahu Allah
  2. ٱلَّذِى alladhī (is) the One Who
  3. جَعَلَ jaʿala made ج ع ل
  4. لَكُمُ lakumu for you
  5. ٱلْأَرْضَ l-arḍa the earth أ ر ض
  6. قَرَارًا qarāran a place of settlement ق ر ر
  7. وَٱلسَّمَآءَ wal-samāa and the sky س م و
  8. بِنَآءً bināan a canopy ب ن ي
  9. وَصَوَّرَكُمْ waṣawwarakum and He formed you ص و ر
  10. فَأَحْسَنَ fa-aḥsana and perfected ح س ن
  11. صُوَرَكُمْ ṣuwarakum your forms ص و ر
  12. وَرَزَقَكُم warazaqakum and provided you ر ز ق
  13. مِّنَ mina of
  14. ٱلطَّيِّبَٰتِ l-ṭayibāti the good things ط ي ب
  15. ذَٰلِكُمُ dhālikumu That
  16. ٱللَّهُ l-lahu (is) Allah
  17. رَبُّكُمْ rabbukum your Lord ر ب ب
  18. فَتَبَارَكَ fatabāraka Then blessed (is) ب ر ك
  19. ٱللَّهُ l-lahu Allah
  20. رَبُّ rabbu (the) Lord ر ب ب
  21. ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ l-ʿālamīna (of) the worlds ع ل م

Verses related to verse 64

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Al-Baqarah 2:20–21

    يَكَادُ ٱلْبَرْقُ يَخْطَفُ أَبْصَٰرَهُمْ كُلَّمَآ أَضَآءَ لَهُم مَّشَوْا۟ فِيهِ وَإِذَآ أَظْلَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ قَامُوا۟ وَلَوْ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ لَذَهَبَ بِسَمْعِهِمْ وَأَبْصَٰرِهِمْ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ …

    The lightning almost snatches away their sight. Every time it lights [the way] for them, they walk therein; but when darkness comes over them, they stand [still]. And if Allāh had willed, He could have taken away their hearing and their sight. Indeed, Allāh is over all things competent. …

Verses with similar wording

They share a sequence of words with this verse: useful for telling them apart when memorising.

  • Ghafir 40:79

    ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَنْعَٰمَ لِتَرْكَبُوا۟ مِنْهَا وَمِنْهَا تَأْكُلُونَ

    It is Allāh who made for you the grazing animals upon which you ride, and some of them you eat.

  • Nuh 71:19

    وَٱللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ بِسَاطًا

    And Allāh has made for you the earth an expanse

  • Az-Zukhruf 43:10

    ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ مَهْدًا وَجَعَلَ لَكُمْ فِيهَا سُبُلًا لَّعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُونَ

    [The one] who has made for you the earth a bed and made for you upon it roads that you might be guided

  • Al-Mulk 67:15

    هُوَ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ ذَلُولًا فَٱمْشُوا۟ فِى مَنَاكِبِهَا وَكُلُوا۟ مِن رِّزْقِهِۦ وَإِلَيْهِ ٱلنُّشُورُ

    It is He who made the earth tame for you - so walk among its slopes and eat of His provision - and to Him is the resurrection.

  • Taha 20:53

    ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ مَهْدًا وَسَلَكَ لَكُمْ فِيهَا سُبُلًا وَأَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً فَأَخْرَجْنَا بِهِۦٓ أَزْوَٰجًا مِّن نَّبَاتٍ شَتَّىٰ

    [It is He] who has made for you the earth as a bed [spread out] and inserted therein for you roadways and sent down from the sky, rain and produced thereby categories of various plants.

  • Ghafir 40:61

    ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلَّيْلَ لِتَسْكُنُوا۟ فِيهِ وَٱلنَّهَارَ مُبْصِرًا إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَذُو فَضْلٍ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَشْكُرُونَ

    It is Allāh who made for you the night that you may rest therein and the day giving sight. Indeed, Allāh is the possessor of bounty for the people, but most of them are not grateful.

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