الشورى
Ash-Shura
Surah 42
Verse 34
الشورى
The Consultation • makkah
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العربیّا عثمانی (Arabic Uthmani)
English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ra
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English - Topics
42:34
إِن يَشَأْ يُسْكِنِ ٱلرِّيحَ فَيَظْلَلْنَ رَوَاكِدَ عَلَىٰ ظَهْرِهِۦٓ ۚ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَٰتٍ لِّكُلِّ صَبَّارٍ شَكُورٍ
English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ra
If He so will, He can cause the wind to become still so that they become motionless upon the surface thereof — in that, surely, are Signs for every person who is most patient and grateful —
English - Five Volume Translation
If He so will, He can cause the wind to become still so that they become motionless upon the surface thereof—in that, surely, are Signs for every patient and grateful person—[3626]
Important Words:
رواکد (motionless) is the plural of راکدة which is fem. active participle from رکد which means, it was or became still, motionless, fixed or stationary (Lane).
Commentary:
In this and several other verses the Quran points to the great part that ships were to play in international intercourse. This truth, revealed to a son of the desert, as far back as fourteen hundred years ago, speaks volumes for the Divine origin of the Quran.
English - Short Commentary Translation
If He so desires He can cause the wind to become still so that they become motionless upon the surface thereof—in that, surely, are Signs for every patient and grateful person—
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