Surah 71 · verse 17
Nuh 71:17
Sign in to listenوَاللَّهُ أَنبَتَكُم مِّنَ الْأَرْضِ نَبَاتًا
wal-Allahu anbatakum min al-ard nabat
And Allah has caused you to grow from the earth a [progressive] growth.
Saheeh International translation
Context in the surah
وَقَدْ خَلَقَكُمْ أَطْوَارًا
While He has created you in stages?
Verse 15أَلَمْ تَرَوْا كَيْفَ خَلَقَ اللَّهُ سَبْعَ سَمَاوَاتٍ طِبَاقًا
Do you not consider how Allah has created seven heavens in layers
Verse 16وَجَعَلَ الْقَمَرَ فِيهِنَّ نُورًا وَجَعَلَ الشَّمْسَ سِرَاجًا
And made the moon therein a [reflected] light and made the sun a burning lamp?
وَاللَّهُ أَنبَتَكُم مِّنَ الْأَرْضِ نَبَاتًا
And Allah has caused you to grow from the earth a [progressive] growth.
ثُمَّ يُعِيدُكُمْ فِيهَا وَيُخْرِجُكُمْ إِخْرَاجًا
Then He will return you into it and extract you [another] extraction.
Verse 19وَاللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الْأَرْضَ بِسَاطًا
And Allah has made for you the earth an expanse
Verse 20لِّتَسْلُكُوا مِنْهَا سُبُلًا فِجَاجًا
That you may follow therein roads of passage.' "