الزخرف
Az-Zukhruf
Surah 43
Verse 14
الزخرف
The Ornaments of Gold • makkah
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العربیّا عثمانی (Arabic Uthmani)
English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ra
English - Five Volume Translation
English - Short Commentary Translation
English - Topics
43:14
لِتَسْتَوُۥا۟ عَلَىٰ ظُهُورِهِۦ ثُمَّ تَذْكُرُوا۟ نِعْمَةَ رَبِّكُمْ إِذَا ٱسْتَوَيْتُمْ عَلَيْهِ وَتَقُولُوا۟ سُبْحَٰنَ ٱلَّذِى سَخَّرَ لَنَا هَٰذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لَهُۥ مُقْرِنِينَ
English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ra
That you may sit firmly upon their backs, and then, when you are firmly seated thereon, you may remember the favour of your Lord, and say, ‘Holy is He Who has subjected this to us, and we had not the strength to subdue it ourselves.
English - Five Volume Translation
That you may sit firmly upon their backs, and then, [a]when you are firmly seated thereon, you may remember the favour of your Lord, and say, ‘Holy is He Who has subjected these to us, and we were not capable of subduing them ourselves.[3650]
11:42; 23:29.
Important Words:
مقرنین (capable of subduing) is derived from قرن. They say أقرن للشیء و أقرن الشیء i.e. he had the power and the strength to do the thing, he had the requisite ability and strength for it. مقرنین means, having the power or being able to do a thing (Aqrab).
English - Short Commentary Translation
That you may sit firmly upon their backs, and, then, when you are firmly seated thereon, you may remember the favour of your Lord, and say, ‘Holy is He Who has subjected these to us, and we were not capable of subduing them ourselves,