79:27
ءَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ ۚ بَنَىٰهَا ٢٧Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? He [i.e., Allāh] constructed it.
79:28
رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا ٢٨He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.
79:29
وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا ٢٩And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.
79:30
وَٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ ٣٠And after that He spread the earth.
79:31
أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرْعَىٰهَا ٣١He extracted from it its water and its pasture…
- Al-ḥamdu li-llāh, this portion wasn’t too difficult.
- I had a habit of adding a و at the start of verse 31 simply because it also appears before the same verb (أخرج) in verse 29.
- The only mistake I made when reciting to my ustadh was pronouncing the ء with a kasra instead of a fatha in ءها.
Tip of the Day
If a verse feels unusually unstable, slow it down rather than adding more repetition. Recite deliberately, word by word, until clarity replaces strain. Difficulty is often a signal to refine attention, not to push harder.
TIP OF THE DAY