The text
The verse is taken letter for letter from the Tanzil Project and checked against the source by code before every render. It is never typed by hand or generated.
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﴿سَنُرِيهِمْ ءَايَٰتِنَا فِى ٱلْـَٔافَاقِ وَفِىٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ حَتَّىٰ يَتَبَيَّنَ لَهُمْ أَنَّهُ ٱلْحَقُّ﴾
Fussilat 41:53
“We shall show them Our portents on the horizons and within themselves until it will be manifest unto them that it is the Truth.” Translation of the meaning: M. Pickthall (1930)
Verses to reflect on: one verse of the Quran, one scene from creation, one reflection from the scholars of tafsir.
On the horizons
15 episodes · each under a minute · also in Arabic on @sanurihim_ar
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An-Nahl 16:68–69
Why is a whole chapter of the Quran named after the bee?
لماذا سُمّيت سورةٌ كاملةٌ في القرآن باسمِ النّحلة؟
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Fussilat 41:39
What does dry, dead earth do the moment the rain touches it?
ماذا تفعلُ الأرضُ الميّتةُ حين يلمسُها المطر؟
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Al-An'aam 6:97
Before maps and satellites, who guided travellers through the dark?
قبلَ الخرائطِ والأقمارِ الصّناعيّة… مَن كان يهدي المسافر؟
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An-Naml 27:18
An ant once warned her whole valley. What did she say?
نملةٌ واحدةٌ أنذرت واديًا كاملًا… فماذا قالت؟
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Al-Ankaboot 29:41Why does the Quran call the spider's house the frailest of houses?
لماذا وصفَ القرآنُ بيتَ العنكبوتِ بأنّه أوهنُ البيوت؟
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Al-Ghaashiya 88:17Of all creatures, why does this verse ask us to look at the camel?
من بين كلِّ المخلوقات… لماذا تدعونا هذه الآيةُ إلى النّظرِ في الإبل؟
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An-Naml 27:20–22A small bird came back with news no one else knew.
طائرٌ صغيرٌ جاء بخبرٍ لم يعلمْه أحد.
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Ar-Room 30:2–4A defeat, and a promise of victory within a few years. Did it come true?
هزيمةٌ… ووعدٌ بالنّصرِ في بضعِ سنين. فهل تحقّق؟
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At-Tin 95:1–3Why would God swear by a fig and an olive?
لماذا أقسمَ اللهُ بالتّينِ والزّيتون؟
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Ar-Rahmaan 55:19–20Two seas meet, yet neither overruns the other. Why?
بحرانِ يلتقيان… ولا يطغى أحدُهما على الآخر. فما الحاجزُ بينهما؟
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Al-Maaida 5:31Who first taught humankind how to bury the dead?
مَن علّم الإنسانَ أوّلَ مرّةٍ كيف يدفنُ موتاه؟
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Al-Hajj 22:73If they all came together, could they create a single fly?
لو اجتمعوا كلُّهم… هل يخلقون ذبابةً واحدة؟
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Al-Baqara 2:261One grain becomes seven hundred.
حبّةٌ واحدة… تصيرُ سبعَمئة.
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Al-Ahqaf 46:15Thirty months, minus two years. What is left?
ثلاثون شهرًا، ناقصَ سنتين… كم يبقى؟
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Al-Qadr 97:1–3One night, better than eighty-three years.
ليلةٌ واحدة… خيرٌ من ثلاثةٍ وثمانين عامًا.
How an episode is made
The meaning
Each reflection quotes named scholars of tafsir, such as Ibn Kathir and al-Sa'di. Scientific readings are attributed to those who hold them and are never presented as proof.
The scene
Each verse is shown through creation: bees, rain, stars, mountains, the sea. No prophet, angel, companion or person is ever depicted.
And God knows best. والله أعلم.
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