سُوْرَةُ الْمُلْكِ
Surah Al-Mulk (67) — Ayah 30
قُلْ أَرَءَيْتُمْ إِنْ أَصْبَحَ مَآؤُكُمْ غَوْرًا فَمَن يَأْتِيكُم بِمَآءٍ مَّعِينٍۭ ﴿30﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم): "Tell me! If (all) your water were to sink away, who then can supply you with flowing (spring) water?"
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
قُلْ
qul
Say
أَرَءَيْتُمْ
ara-aytum
Have you seen
إِنْ
in
if
أَصْبَحَ
aṣbaḥa
becomes
مَآؤُكُمْ
māukum
your water
غَوْرًۭا
ghawran
sunken
فَمَن
faman
then who
يَأْتِيكُم
yatīkum
could bring you
بِمَآءٍۢ
bimāin
water
مَّعِينٍۭ
maʿīnin
flowing
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
30. 1. The meaning of غَوْرًا is to become dry or to go so deep that it becomes impossible to extract water from there. That is, if Allah Almighty causes the water to dry up so that its existence is completely finished, or makes it so deep that all machines fail to extract water, then tell me! Who is there who can provide you with flowing, pure, and clean water? That is, there is no one, yet He does not deprive you of water.
