أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ إِلَى ٱلطَّيْرِ فَوْقَهُمْ صَٰٓفَّٰتٍۢ وَيَقْبِضْنَ ۚ مَا يُمْسِكُهُنَّ إِلَّا ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍۭ بَصِيرٌ
Translation
Sahih International
Do they not see the birds above them with wings outspread and [sometimes] folded in? None holds them [aloft] except the Most Merciful. Indeed He is, of all things, Seeing.
Word-by-Word Translation
أَوَلَمْ
Do not
يَرَوْا۟
they see
إِلَى
[to]
ٱلطَّيْرِ
the birds
فَوْقَهُمْ
above them
صَـٰٓفَّـٰتٍۢ
spreading (their wings)
وَيَقْبِضْنَ ۚ
and folding
مَا
Not
يُمْسِكُهُنَّ
holds them
إِلَّا
except
ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ ۚ
the Most Gracious
إِنَّهُۥ
Indeed, He
بِكُلِّ
(is) of every
شَىْءٍۭ
thing
بَصِيرٌ
All-Seer
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