Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

Have they not considered the birds made subject in the air of the sky? There holds them only God; in that are proofs for people who believe.

اَلَمْ يَرَوْا اِلَى الطَّيْرِ مُسَخَّرَاتٍ ف۪ي جَوِّ السَّمَٓاءِۜ مَا يُمْسِكُهُنَّ اِلَّا اللّٰهُۜ اِنَّ ف۪ي ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَاتٍ لِقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ
Alam yaraw ila attayrimusakhkharatin fee jawwi assama-i mayumsikuhunna illa Allahu inna fee thalika laayatinliqawmin yu/minoon
#wordmeaningroot
1alamDo not
2yarawthey seeراي
3ilātowards
4l-ṭayrithe birdsطير
5musakharātincontrolledسخر
6in
7jawwithe midstجوو
8l-samāi(of) the skyسمو
9None
10yum'sikuhunnaholds them upمسك
11illāexcept
12l-lahuAllah
13innaIndeed
14in
15dhālikathat
16laāyātin(are) Signsايي
17liqawminfor a peopleقوم
18yu'minūnawho believeامن
  • Aisha Bewley

    Do they not see the birds suspended in mid-air up in the sky? Nothing holds them there except Allah. There are certainly Signs in that for people who have iman.

  • Progressive Muslims

    Did they not look to the birds held in the atmosphere of the sky No one holds them up except God. In that are signs for a people who believe.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    Have they not considered the birds enabled to fly in mid-air, with none but Allah holding them aloft? (24:71). In this, behold, are messages for those who wish to attain conviction through reason.

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    Have they not considered the birds made subject in the air of the sky? There holds them only God; in that are proofs for people who believe.

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    Have they not looked at the birds held in the atmosphere of the sky? No one holds them up except God. In that are signs for a people who believe.

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    Did they not look to the birds held in the atmosphere of the sky? No one holds them up except God. In that are signs for a people who acknowledge.

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    Do they not see the birds committed to fly in the atmosphere of the sky? None holds them up in the air except GOD. This should be (sufficient) proof for people who believe.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    Do you not see the birds held high between the heavens and the earth? Nothing holds them (aloft) but God. There are verily signs in this for those who believe.

  • Sahih International (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

    Do they not see the birds controlled in the atmosphere of the sky? None holds them up except Allah. Indeed in that are signs for a people who believe.

  • Muhammad Asad

    Have, then, they never considered the birds, enabled to fly in mid-air, with none but God holding them aloft? In this, behold, there are messages indeed for people who will believe!

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    Have they not seen the birds obedient in mid-air? None holdeth them save Allah. Lo! herein, verily, are portents for a people who believe.

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    Have they never noticed the birds how they are held under control in the middle of the sky, where none holds them (from falling) except Allah? Surely there are signs in this for those who believe.

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    Do they -the infidels- not apply their sight and direct their intellectual eye to the birds moving through mid air at the floor of the vault of heaven! No one keeps them equipoise but Him Who designed their construction and made it fit to the object in view. Is this not indeed emblematic of Almightiness and Omnipotence to which bow those whose hearts have been touched with the divine hand!

  • Bijan Moeinian

    Do the disbelievers ever look at the birds held in mid-air? Only the power of God holds them up there. For those who believe, this is an undeniable miracle.

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    Do they not see the birds held (flying) in the midst of the sky? None holds them but Allâh . Verily, in this are clear Ayât (proofs and signs) for people who believe (in the Oneness of Allâh).

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    Do they not look at the birds, held poised in the midst of (the air and) the sky? Nothing holds them up but (the power of) Allah. Verily in this are signs for those who believe.

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    Have they not seen the birds glide in the open sky? None holds them up except Allah. Surely in this are signs for those who believe.

  • Taqi Usmani

    Did they not look at the birds how they are controlled in the atmosphere of the sky? No one holds them but Allah. Surely, in that there are signs for a people who believe.

  • Abdul Haleem

    Do they not see the birds made to fly through the air in the sky? Nothing holds them up except God. There truly are signs in this for those who believe.

  • Arthur John Arberry

    Have they not regarded the birds, that are subjected in the air of heaven? Naught holds them but God; surely in that are signs for' a people who believe.

  • E. Henry Palmer

    Do they not see the birds subjected in the vault of the sky?- none holds them in but God: verily, in that is a sign unto a people who believe.

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    Do they not see the birds subservient in the vault of the sky? None holds them in but Allah: verily, in that is a sign unto a people who believe.

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    Have they not regarded the birds subjected in the firmament of the heaven? In no way does anyone hold them except Allah. Surely in that are, indeed, signs for a people who believe.

  • George Sale

    Do they not behold the fowls which are enabled to fly in the open firmament of heaven? None supporteth them except God. Verily herein are signs unto people who believe.

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    Do they not see the birds, held balanced in the middle of the sky? Nothing holds them up except (the Power of) Allah. Surely, in this are Signs (verses) for those who believe.

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    Have they not seen the birds held under subjection (while flying) in the vault of the heaven? None withholds them (from falling down) but Allâh. In this there are signs for a people who believe.

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    Have they not regarded the birds disposed in the air of the sky: no one sustains them except Allah. There are indeed signs in that for a people who have faith.