Surah Ar-Ra'd — Verse 12

The Thunder · 13:12 · 12/43

هُوَ ٱلَّذِى يُرِيكُمُ ٱلْبَرْقَ خَوْفًا وَطَمَعًا وَيُنشِئُ ٱلسَّحَابَ ٱلثِّقَالَ

Huwa allathee yureekumu albarqakhawfan watamaAAan wayunshi-o assahaba aththiqal

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

Saheeh International

It is He who shows you lightning, [causing] fear and aspiration, and generates the heavy clouds.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

It is He who shows you the lightning, inspiring fear and hope; He builds up the clouds heavy with rain;

Marmaduke Pickthall

He it is Who showeth you the lightning, a fear and a hope, and raiseth the heavy clouds.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

It is He Who doth show you the lightning, by way both of fear and of hope: It is He Who doth raise up the clouds, heavy with (fertilising) rain!

Mufti Taqi Usmani

He is the One who makes you see the lightening in fear and hope, and who forms the heavy clouds.

Al-Hilali & Khan

It is He Who shows you the lightning, as a fear (for travellers) and as a hope (for those who wait for rain). And it is He Who brings up (or originates) the clouds, heavy (with water).

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

He it is Who causes you to see lightning that inspires you with both fear and hope, and He it is Who whips up heavy clouds.

Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an

HE IT IS who displays before you the lightning, to give rise to [both] fear and hope, and calls heavy clouds into being;

Rowwad · source edition

It is He Who shows you lightening [causing] fear and hope[10] and forms heavy clouds[11].

Notes

[10] “Fear” of being hit by thunderbolt and “hope” for getting rain. [11] The fluffy clouds floating above our heads like balloons are in fact extremely heavy.

Hilali and Khan · source edition

12. It is He Who shows you the lightning, as a fear (for travellers) and as a hope (for those who wait for rain). And it is He Who brings up (or originates) the clouds, heavy (with water).