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Surah Ghafir, Verse 79

سورة غافر، الآية ٧٩

40:79 Juz 24 Hizb 48 Page 476 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 40:79

ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَنْعَٰمَ لِتَرْكَبُوا۟ مِنْهَا وَمِنْهَا تَأْكُلُونَ ۝٧٩

Transliteration

al-lahu alladhī jaʿala lakumu l-anʿāma litarkabū min'hā wamin'hā takulūna

Translation

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

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Verse 79 of Surah Ghafir (40:79), a Meccan surah, is in juz 24, on page 476 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 79

Al-Mukhtasar

Allah is the one who created camels, cows and livestock for you so that you can ride on some of them and consume the meat of some.

Tafsir of the whole Surah Ghafir

Other translations of verse 79

Allah is the One Who made the livestock for you, so that you may ride some and eat others,

Allâh, it is He Who has made cattle for you, that you may ride on some of them, and of some you eat.

Allah it is Who hath appointed for you cattle, that ye may ride on some of them, and eat of some -

It is Allah Who made cattle for you, that ye may use some for riding and some for food;

Allah is He Who made the cattle for you that you may ride on some of them, and some of them you eat.

Allah is (The One) Who made for you the cattle (ÉAncam includes cattle, camels, sheep and goats) that you may ride (some) of them, and of (some) you eat,

Verse 79 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. ٱلْأَنْعَٰمَ l-anʿāma the cattle ن ع م
  6. لِتَرْكَبُوا۟ litarkabū that you may ride ر ك ب
  7. مِنْهَا min'hā some of them
  8. وَمِنْهَا wamin'hā and some of them
  9. تَأْكُلُونَ takulūna you eat أ ك ل

Verses related to verse 79

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Ya-Sin 36:72

    وَذَلَّلْنَٰهَا لَهُمْ فَمِنْهَا رَكُوبُهُمْ وَمِنْهَا يَأْكُلُونَ

    And We have tamed them for them, so some of them they ride, and some of them they eat.

  • Yunus 10:90–91

    وَجَٰوَزْنَا بِبَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ ٱلْبَحْرَ فَأَتْبَعَهُمْ فِرْعَوْنُ وَجُنُودُهُۥ بَغْيًا وَعَدْوًا حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَآ أَدْرَكَهُ ٱلْغَرَقُ قَالَ ءَامَنتُ أَنَّهُۥ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا ٱلَّذِىٓ ءَامَنَتْ بِهِۦ بَنُوٓا۟ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ وَأَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ …

    And We took the Children of Israel across the sea, and Pharaoh and his soldiers pursued them in tyranny and enmity until, when drowning overtook him, he said, "I believe that there is no deity except that in whom the Children of Israel believe, and I am of the Muslims." …

  • Yunus 10:88

    وَقَالَ مُوسَىٰ رَبَّنَآ إِنَّكَ ءَاتَيْتَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَلَأَهُۥ زِينَةً وَأَمْوَٰلًا فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا رَبَّنَا لِيُضِلُّوا۟ عَن سَبِيلِكَ رَبَّنَا ٱطْمِسْ عَلَىٰٓ أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ وَٱشْدُدْ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ فَلَا يُؤْمِنُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يَرَوُا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَلِيمَ

    And Moses said, "Our Lord, indeed You have given Pharaoh and his establishment splendor and wealth in the worldly life, our Lord, that they may lead [men] astray from Your way. Our Lord, obliterate their wealth and harden their hearts so that they will not believe until they see the painful punishment."

Verses with similar wording

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

  • 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.

  • Ghafir 40:64

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

    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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