سُوْرَةُ الْاَنْعَامِ

Surah Al-An'aam (6) — Ayah 98

The Cattle · Meccan · Juz 7 · Page 140

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنشَأَكُم مِّن نَّفْسٍ وَٰحِدَةٍ فَمُسْتَقَرٌّ وَمُسْتَوْدَعٌ ۗ قَدْ فَصَّلْنَا ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ لِقَوْمٍ يَفْقَهُونَ ﴿98﴾
It is He Who has created you from a single person (Adam), and has given you a place of residing (on the earth or in your mother’s wombs) and a place of storage [in the earth (in your graves) or in your father’s loins]. Indeed, We have explained in detail Our revelations (this Qur’ân) for people who understand.
وَهُوَ wahuwa And He
ٱلَّذِىٓ alladhī (is) the One Who
أَنشَأَكُم ansha-akum (has) produced you
مِّن min from
نَّفْسٍۢ nafsin a soul
وَٰحِدَةٍۢ wāḥidatin single
فَمُسْتَقَرٌّۭ famus'taqarrun so (there is) a place of dwelling
وَمُسْتَوْدَعٌۭ ۗ wamus'tawdaʿun and a resting place
قَدْ qad Certainly
فَصَّلْنَا faṣṣalnā We have made clear
ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ l-āyāti the Signs
لِقَوْمٍۢ liqawmin for a people
يَفْقَهُونَ yafqahūna (who) understand

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98. 1 According to most commentators, by مُسْتَقَر is meant the mother's womb, and by مُسْتِوْدَع is meant the father's loins (Fath al-Qadir).