Surah Al-Hijr — Verse 22
The Rocky Tract · 15:22 · 22/99
وَأَرْسَلْنَا ٱلرِّيَـٰحَ لَوَٰقِحَ فَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً فَأَسْقَيْنَـٰكُمُوهُ وَمَآ أَنتُمْ لَهُۥ بِخَـٰزِنِينَ
Waarsalna arriyaha lawaqihafaanzalna mina assama-i maanfaasqaynakumoohu wama antum lahu bikhazineen
Translations of this verse 11
Saheeh International
And We have sent the fertilizing winds and sent down water from the sky and given you drink from it. And you are not its retainers.
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
We send the winds to fertilize, and We bring down water from the sky for you to drink- you do not control its sources.
Marmaduke Pickthall
And We send the winds fertilising, and cause water to descend from the sky, and give it you to drink. It is not ye who are the holders of the store thereof.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
And We send the fecundating winds, then cause the rain to descend from the sky, therewith providing you with water (in abundance), though ye are not the guardians of its stores.
Mufti Taqi Usmani
And We sent forth winds carrying the clouds, then sent down water from the sky and gave it to you to drink, and you are not able to store it.
Al-Hilali & Khan
And We send the winds fertilizing (to fill heavily the clouds with water), then cause the water (rain) to descend from the sky, and We give it to you to drink, and it is not you who are the owners of its stores [i.e. to give water to whom you like or to withhold it from whom you like].
Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)
We send fertilizing winds, and then cause rain to descend from the sky, providing you abundant water to drink even though you could not have stored it up for yourselves.
Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an
And We let loose the winds to fertilize [plants] and We send down water from the skies and let you drink thereof: and it is not you who dispose of its source-
Rowwad · source edition
And We send fertilizing winds[9], and send down rain from the sky for you to drink, and it is not you who could store it.
Notes
[9] Causing precipitation in rainclouds or carrying pollen.
Noor International · source edition
(22) And We have sent the fertilizing winds[673] and sent down water from the sky and given you drink from it. And you are not its retainers.
Notes
[673]- Causing precipitation in rainclouds or carrying pollen. Another meaning is "pregnant winds," i.e., those carrying rainclouds.
Hilali and Khan · source edition
22. And We send the winds fertilizing (to fill heavily the clouds with water), then cause the water (rain) to descend from the sky, and We give it to you to drink, and it is not you who are the owners of its stores [i.e. to give water to whom you like or to withhold it from whom you like].