Surah 24 An-Noor — Ayah 45
وَٱللَّهُ خَلَقَ كُلَّ دَآبَّةٍۢ مِّن مَّآءٍۢ ۖ فَمِنْهُم مَّن يَمْشِى عَلَىٰ بَطْنِهِۦ وَمِنْهُم مَّن يَمْشِى عَلَىٰ رِجْلَيْنِ وَمِنْهُم مَّن يَمْشِى عَلَىٰٓ أَرْبَعٍۢ ۚ يَخْلُقُ ٱللَّهُ مَا يَشَآءُ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ قَدِيرٌۭ
Bóg stworzył wszelkie zwierzę z wody. Wśród nich są takie, które pełzają na swoim brzuchu; wśród nich są takie, które chodzą na dwóch nogach; i wśród nich są takie, które chodzą na czterech; Bóg stwarza to, co chce. Przecież Bóg jest nad każdą rzeczą Wszechwładny!
wal-lahu khalaqa kulla dābbatin min māin famin'hum man yamshī ʿalā baṭnihi wamin'hum man yamshī ʿalā rij'layni wamin'hum man yamshī ʿalā arbaʿin yakhluqu l-lahu mā yashāu inna l-laha ʿalā kulli shayin qadīrun
Word by word
- وَٱللَّهُ wal-lahu And Allah
- خَلَقَ khalaqa created
- كُلَّ kulla every
- دَآبَّةٍۢ dābbatin moving creature
- مِّن min from
- مَّآءٍۢ ۖ māin water
- فَمِنْهُم famin'hum Of them
- مَّن man (is a kind) who
- يَمْشِى yamshī walks
- عَلَىٰ ʿalā on
- بَطْنِهِۦ baṭnihi its belly
- وَمِنْهُم wamin'hum and of them
- مَّن man (is a kind) who
- يَمْشِى yamshī walks
- عَلَىٰ ʿalā on
- رِجْلَيْنِ rij'layni two legs
- وَمِنْهُم wamin'hum and of them
- مَّن man (is a kind) who
- يَمْشِى yamshī walks
- عَلَىٰٓ ʿalā on
- أَرْبَعٍۢ ۚ arbaʿin four
- يَخْلُقُ yakhluqu Allah creates
- ٱللَّهُ l-lahu Allah creates
- مَا mā what
- يَشَآءُ ۚ yashāu He wills
- إِنَّ inna Indeed
- ٱللَّهَ l-laha Allah
- عَلَىٰ ʿalā on
- كُلِّ kulli every
- شَىْءٍۢ shayin thing
- قَدِيرٌۭ qadīrun (is) All-Powerful
Tafsir · Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Allah's Power in His creation of the Animals
Allah mentions His complete and almighty power to create all the different kinds of animals with their various forms, colors and ways of moving and stopping, from one kind of water.
(Of them there are some that creep on their bellies,) like snakes and so on;
(and some that walk on two legs,) like humans and birds;
(and some that walk on four,) like cattle and all kinds of animals. Allah says:
(Allah creates what He wills.) meaning by His power, because what He wills happens and what He does not will does not happen. So he says:
(Verily, Allah is able to do all things.)