# 55. Surah Ar-Rahman, Verse 10

- **Surah:** 55. Surah Ar-Rahman (The Beneficent) — سورة الرحمن
- **Verse:** 10 / 78 · **Juz:** 27 · **Mushaf page:** 530
- **Source:** https://quran.so/surah-ar-rahman/verse-10

## Arabic

وَالْاَرْضَ وَضَعَهَا لِلْاَنَامِۙ

## Transcription

Wal-arda wadaAAahalil-anam

## Translations

### Aisha Bewley

He laid out the earth for all living creatures.

### Progressive Muslims

And the Earth He has made for all creatures.

### Shabbir Ahmed

And (know that) the earth He has spread out for all His creatures. ('Anam' = All living beings).

### Sam Gerrans — The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

And the earth — He set it out for living creatures,

### The Monotheist Group — The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

And the earth He has made for all creatures.

### Rashad Khalifa — The Final Testament

He created the earth for all creatures.

### Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

He positioned the earth for all the creatures:

### Sahih International — (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

And the earth He laid [out] for the creatures.

### Muhammad Asad

And the earth has He spread out for all living beings,

### Marmaduke Pickthall

And the earth hath He appointed for (His) creatures,

### Abul A'la Maududi — Tafhim commentary

And He[1] has set up the earth for all beings.[2]

_Footnotes_
- [1] Now from here to verse 20, mention is being made of the blessing and bounties of God and of those manifestations of His Might by which both man and jinn are benefiting, and whose natural and moral demand is that although they have the option to believe or not to believe, they should adopt the way of their Lord’s service and obedience willingly by their own free choice.
- [2] The word wada in the original means to compose, make, prepare, keep and inscribe, and anaam the creatures, which includes man and all other living things. According to Ibn Abbas, anaam includes everything which has a soul. Mujahid takes it in the meaning of the living creatures. Qatadah, Ibn Zaid and Shabi say that all living things are anaam. Hasan Basri says that both the men and the jinn are included in its meaning. The same meanings have been given by the lexicographers. This shows that the people who deduce from this verse the command of making land the state property are in error. This is an ugly attempt to introduce alien theories forcibly into the Quran which are neither supported by the words of the verse nor by the context. Anaam is not used only for human society but it includes all other creatures of the earth as well and setting of the earth for anaam does not mean that it should be the common property of all. Besides, the context here also does not indicate that the object of the verse is to state some economic principle. This, in fact, is meant to impress the truth that Allah made and prepared this earth in such a way that it became a fit abode for every kind of living being. It has not become so by itself, but by the Will and Power of the Creator. He in His wisdom placed it at a suitable distance and created such conditions on it which made it possible for the different species to exist and stay alive on it. (For explanation, see(E.Ns 73, 74 of Surah An- Naml), (E.Ns 29, 32 of Surah YaSeen),(E.Ns 90, 91 of Surah Al-Mumin),(E.Ns 11 to 13 of Surah HaMim As-Sajdah), (E.Ns 7 to 10 of Surah Az-Zukhruf),(E.N. 7 of Surah Al-Jathiyah).

### Abdel Khalek Himmat — Al- Muntakhab

And the earth did He found on a secure basis for created beings, animate and inanimate, and furnish with all that ministers to man's comfort and induces appreciation.

### Bijan Moeinian

He is the One Who made the earth hospitable for His creatures….

### Al-Hilali & Khan

And the earth: He has put down (laid) for the creatures.

### Abdullah Yusuf Ali

It is He Who has spread out the earth for (His) creatures:

### Mustafa Khattab — The Clear Quran

He laid out the earth for all beings.

### Taqi Usmani

As for the earth, He has placed it for creatures,

### Abdul Haleem

He set down the Earth for His creatures,

### Arthur John Arberry

And earth -- He set it down for all beings,

### E. Henry Palmer

And the earth He has set it for living creatures;

### Hamid S. Aziz

And the earth, has He set out for (His) creatures;

### Mahmoud Ghali

And the earth, He laid down for (all) beings.

### George Sale

And the earth hath He prepared for living creatures:

### Syed Vickar Ahamed

It is He Who has spread out the earth for (His) Creatures:

### Amatul Rahman Omar

And He has set the earth for (the common good of) all (His) creatures.

### Ali Quli Qarai

And the earth, He laid it out for mankind.

### Ahmed Hulusi — Türkçe Kur'an Çözümü

Arz (Beden) ki, mahlukatı (mikro evreni) onda oluşturdu!

### Ali Bulaç — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Türkçe Anlamı

Yere gelince, onu da (yaratılmış bütün) varlıklar için alçalttı/koydu.

### Bayraktar Bayraklı — Yeni Bir Anlayışın Işığında Kur'an Meali

Yeri de canlılar için hazırlamıştır.

### Diyanet İşleri — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Meali

Allah, yeri yaratıklar için var etti.

### Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali

Arza da bir tavazu' verdi berayı enam

### Elmalılı (sadeleştirilmiş)

Yeryüzünü mahlukat için serdi,

### Gültekin Onan

Yere gelince, onu da (yaratılmış bütün) varlıklar (enam) için alçalttı/koydu.

### Hasan Basri Çantay — Kur'an-ı Hakim ve Meal-i Kerim

Yer (e gelince:) Onu da bütün mahlukaaı (ın faidesi) için alçaltdı.

### İbni Kesir

Yeri de yaratıklar için alçalttı.

### Muhammed Esed — Kur'an Mesajı

O, yeri, bütün canlı varlıklar için genişletip yaymıştır,

### Şaban Piriş — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Anlamı

Yeryüzünü yarattıkları için alçalttı. Boyun eğdirdi.

### Süleyman Ateş — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali

(Allah) Yeri halk için koydu.

### Yaşar Nuri Öztürk — Kur'an-ı Kerim Meali

Ve yerküre. Koydu onu toprakta yaşayacak yaratıklar için.

### Mustafa İslamoğlu — Hayat Kitabı Kur’an

Yine O, yeryüzünü orada yaşayan tüm canlıların (ayağı altında) özenle serdi;

### Erhan Aktaş (Eski Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an

Ve yeryüzü; onu yaratıklar[1] için alçalttı.[2]

_Footnotes_
- [1] Canlılar.
- [2] Canlıların yaşamalarına uygun hale getirdi.

### Ali Rıza Safa — Kur'an-ı Kerim Gerçek

Yeryüzünü, tüm canlı varlıklar için yarattı.

### Süleymaniye Vakfı (Eski Baskı) — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali

Yeryüzünü de canlılar için yayıp donattı.

### Mehmet Okuyan — Kur’an Meal-Tefsir

(Allah) yeri canlılar için yaratmıştır.

### Erhan Aktaş (10. Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an

Ve yeryüzü; onu yaratıklar[1] için alçalttı.[2]

_Footnotes_
- [1] Canlılar.
- [2] Canlıların yaşamalarına uygun hale getirdi.

### Erhan Aktaş — Kerim Kur'an

Ve yeryüzü; onu yaratıklar[1] için alçalttı.[2]

_Footnotes_
- [1] Canlılar.
- [2] Canlıların yaşamalarına uygun hale getirdi.

### Süleymaniye Vakfı — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali

Rahman, yeri (insanlar, cinler[1] ve diğer) canlılar için donattı[2].

_Footnotes_
- [1] [A'raf 7/24](https://quran.so/7/24)-[25.](https://quran.so/7/25)
- [2] [Bakara 2/22,](https://quran.so/2/22) [Neml 27/61,](https://quran.so/27/61) [Mü'min 40/64,](https://quran.so/40/64) [Zariyat 51/48.](https://quran.so/51/48)

## Words

| # | word | meaning | root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَٱلْأَرْضَ — wal-arḍa | And the earth | ارض — Elif-Ra-Dad |
| 2 | وَضَعَهَا — waḍaʿahā | He laid it | وضع — Vav-Dad-Ayn |
| 3 | لِلْأَنَامِ — lil'anāmi | for the creatures | انم — Elif-Nun-Mim |

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