Quran 67:23

Surah Al-Mulk, Verse 23

Juz 29 · Page 563 · Section 2 of 2 · Meccan

قُلْ هُوَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنشَأَكُمْ وَجَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلسَّمْعَ وَٱلْأَبْصَٰرَ وَٱلْأَفْـِٔدَةَ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَشْكُرُونَ

Recitation: Mishary Rashid Alafasy. Play with 39 reciters, repeat and speed control.

Word by word

قُلْ qul Say هُوَ huwa He ٱلَّذِىٓ alladhī (is) the One Who أَنشَأَكُمْ ansha-akum produced you وَجَعَلَ wajaʿala and made لَكُمُ lakumu for you ٱلسَّمْعَ l-samʿa the hearing وَٱلْأَبْصَـٰرَ wal-abṣāra and the vision وَٱلْأَفْـِٔدَةَ ۖ wal-afidata and the feelings قَلِيلًۭا qalīlan Little مَّا mā (is) what تَشْكُرُونَ tashkurūna you give thanks

Transliteration

Qul huwa allathee anshaakum wajaAAalalakumu assamAAa wal-absara wal-af-idataqaleelan ma tashkuroon

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

Say (unto them, O Muhammad): He it is who gave you being, and hath assigned unto you ears and eyes and hearts. Small thanks give ye!

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Say: "It is He Who has created you (and made you grow), and made for you the faculties of hearing, seeing, feeling and understanding: little thanks it is ye give.

Context · verses 23–27

Hearing, sight, hearts — and the promise. Allah gave people hearing, sight and understanding, yet little do they give thanks; they ask when the Day will come, and its time is known only to Allah. Read the explanation.

تفسير ابن كثير — Tafsīr Ibn Kathīr (Arabic)

وقوله : ( قل هو الذي أنشأكم ) أي : ابتدأ خلقكم بعد أن لم تكونوا شيئا مذكورا ، ( وجعل لكم السمع والأبصار والأفئدة ) أي : العقول والإدراك ، ( قليلا ما تشكرون ) أي : ما أقل تستعملون هذه القوى التي أنعم الله بها عليكم ، في طاعته ، وامتثال أوامره ، وترك زواجره .