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Surah Ya-Sin, Verse 36

سورة يس، الآية ٣٦

36:36 Juz 23 Hizb 45 Page 442 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 36:36

سُبْحَٰنَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلْأَزْوَٰجَ كُلَّهَا مِمَّا تُنۢبِتُ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَمِنْ أَنفُسِهِمْ وَمِمَّا لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ۝٣٦

Transliteration

sub'ḥāna alladhī khalaqa l-azwāja kullahā mimmā tunbitu l-arḍu wamin anfusihim wamimmā lā yaʿlamūna

Translation

Exalted is He who created all pairs1268 - from what the earth grows and from themselves and from that which they do not know.

Notes

[1268] Or "all species."

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Verse 36 of Surah Ya-Sin (36:36), a Meccan surah, is in juz 23, on page 442 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 71 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 36

Al-Mukhtasar

Glory be to Allah Who created the various types of plants and trees, and of the souls of people, as He created males and females, and other creations of Allah that people do not know of on land, sea and other places.

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Other translations of verse 36

Glory be to the One Who created all types of things10 that the earth produces, and of themselves, and of things that they have no knowledge about.

Notes

[10] i.e., all species, all things in pairs.

Glory be to Him Who has created all the pairs of that which the earth produces, as well as of their own (human) kind (male and female), and of that which they know not.

Glory be to Him Who created all the sexual pairs, of that which the earth groweth, and of themselves, and of that which they know not!

Glory to Allah, Who created in pairs all things that the earth produces, as well as their own (human) kind and (other) things of which they have no knowledge.

Glory be to Him Who created pairs of all things, of what the earth grows, and of their kind and of what they do not know.

All Extolment be to Him, Who created all the pairs of what the earth grows, and of themselves, and of what they do not know.

Verse 36 word by word

  1. سُبْحَٰنَ sub'ḥāna Glory be س ب ح
  2. ٱلَّذِى alladhī (to) the One Who
  3. خَلَقَ khalaqa created خ ل ق
  4. ٱلْأَزْوَٰجَ l-azwāja (in) pairs ز و ج
  5. كُلَّهَا kullahā all ك ل ل
  6. مِمَّا mimmā of what
  7. تُنۢبِتُ tunbitu grows ن ب ت
  8. ٱلْأَرْضُ l-arḍu the earth أ ر ض
  9. وَمِنْ wamin and of
  10. أَنفُسِهِمْ anfusihim themselves ن ف س
  11. وَمِمَّا wamimmā and of what
  12. لَا lā not
  13. يَعْلَمُونَ yaʿlamūna they know ع ل م

Verses related to verse 36

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Adh-Dhariyat 51:49

    وَمِن كُلِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقْنَا زَوْجَيْنِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ

    And of all things We created two mates [i.e., counterparts]; perhaps you will remember.

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