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Qur’an 78:12 An-Naba, verse 12

وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًۭا شِدَادًۭا

And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]

Translation: Saheeh International. Brackets mark words added for clarity.

Surah
An-Naba (78)
Verse
12 of 40
Revealed
Makki
Juz
30
Mushaf page
582

Word by word

ArabicTransliterationMeaningRoot
وَبَنَيْنَاwabanaynāAnd We constructedب ن ي
فَوْقَكُمْfawqakumover youف و ق
سَبْعًۭاsabʿansevenس ب ع
شِدَادًۭاshidādanstrongش د د

Tap a root to see every word built from it. Root and lemma data: Quranic Arabic Corpus (Kais Dukes, University of Leeds), revised by quran-morphology, GNU GPL. All sources.

In context

The verses around 78:12 in An-Naba.

  • 78:10وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلَّيْلَ لِبَاسًۭاAnd made the night as clothing
  • 78:11وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلنَّهَارَ مَعَاشًۭاAnd made the day for livelihood
  • 78:13وَجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًۭا وَهَّاجًۭاAnd made [therein] a burning lamp
  • 78:14وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلْمُعْصِرَٰتِ مَآءًۭ ثَجَّاجًۭاAnd sent down, from the rain clouds, pouring water

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