ar-Ra`d 13:12

AYAH ar-Ra`d 13:12	13:13 <= Next ayah Prev ayah => 13:11
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Arabic Source and Roman Transliteration

Arabic		هُوَ الَّذِي يُرِيكُمُ الْبَرْقَ خَوْفًا وَطَمَعًا وَيُنشِئُ السَّحَابَ الثِّقَال
Transliteration		Huwa allathee yureekumu albarqa khawfan watamaAAan wayunshi-o alssahaba alththiqala
Transliteration-2		huwa alladhī yurīkumu l-barqa khawfan waṭamaʿan wayunshi-u l-saḥāba l-thiqāl
Word for Word Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more		He (is) the One Who shows you the lightning, a fear and a hope and brings up the clouds, the heavy.

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Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad		HE IT IS who displays before you the lightning, to give rise to [both] fear and hope, and calls heavy clouds into being
M. M. Pickthall		He it is Who showeth you the lightning, a fear and a hope, and raiseth the heavy clouds
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)		It is He Who doth show you the lightning, by way both of fear and of hope: It is He Who doth raise up the clouds, heavy with (fertilising) rain
Shakir		He it is Who shows you the lightning causing fear and hope and (Who) brings up the heavy cloud
Wahiduddin Khan		It is He who shows you the lightning, inspiring fear and hope, and gathers up the heavy clouds
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar		It is He Who causes you to see the lightning in fear and in hope. And it is He Who causes the clouds to grow heavy,
T.B.Irving		He is the 0ne Who shows you lightning to inspire both fear and expectation. He whips up the heavy clouds.
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab		He is the One Who shows you lightning, inspiring ˹you with˺ hope and fear, and produces heavy clouds.
Safi Kaskas		It is He Who shows you lightning, [causing] fear and hope, and [Who] generates the heavy clouds.
Abdul Hye		It is He Who shows you the lightning as a fear (for travelers) and as a hope (for rain). It is He who brings up the heavy clouds (with water).
The Study Quran		He it is Who shows you lightning, arousing fear and hope, and Who produces heavy-laden clouds
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)		He is the One who shows you the lightning, giving you fear and hope. And He establishes the heavy clouds
Abdel Haleem		It is He who shows you the lightning, inspiring fear and hope; He builds up the clouds heavy with rain
Abdul Majid Daryabadi		He It is who sheweth the lightning unto you for fear and for desire, and bringeth up the clouds heavy
Ahmed Ali		It is He who makes the lightning flash for fear and hope, and raises massive clouds
Aisha Bewley		It is He Who shows you the lightning, striking fear and bringing hope; it is He Who heaps up the heavy clouds.
Ali Ünal		He it is Who displays before you the lightning, giving rise to both fear (of being struck) and hopeful expectation (of rain), and builds the clouds heavy (with rain)
Ali Quli Qara'i		It is He who shows you the lightning, inspiring fear and hope, and He produces the clouds heavy [with rain]
Hamid S. Aziz		He it is who shows you the lightning, a fear and hope; and He brings up the clouds heavy (with quickening, life-giving, fertilizing) rain
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali		He is The (One) Who shows you the lightning, for fear and longing (of Him), and (who) brings into being the heavy clouds
Muhammad Sarwar		It is God who flashes lightning to frighten you and to give you hope. It is He who forms the heavy clouds
Muhammad Taqi Usmani		He is the One who makes you see the lightening in fear and hope, and who forms the heavy clouds
Shabbir Ahmed		He it is Who displays before you the lightning, to cause fear and hope, and initiates heavy clouds. (Similarly, the Light of Guidance brings to you the warning and a good tiding.
Syed Vickar Ahamed		It is He Who shows you the lightning, both as fear and as hope: And it is He Who raises up the clouds, heavy with rain
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)		It is He who shows you lightening, [causing] fear and aspiration, and generates the heavy clouds
Farook Malik		He is the One Who shows you lightning, which causes fear and hope, and brings up heavy clouds
Dr. Munir Munshey		It is He Who shows you the lightning, and you observe it with fear and anticipation. He initiates the clouds heavy with rain
Dr. Kamal Omar		He it is Who shows you the heavenly lightning, being a sign of fear as well as hope. And He originates the clouds becoming heavy (being laden with water)
Talal A. Itani (new translation)		It is He who shows you the lightening, causing fear and hope. And He produces the heavy clouds
Maududi		He it is Who causes you to see lightning that inspires you with both fear and hope, and He it is Who whips up heavy clouds
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad		He is the One who shows you the lightning, a fear and a hope, and He produces the heavy clouds
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)		It is He Who shows you the lightning by way of fear and of hope. It is He Who raises up the clouds, heavy with rain
Musharraf Hussain		He displays the lightning which stirs fear and hope in you as He causes the heavy clouds to build up.
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)		He is the One who shows you the lightning, giving you fear and hope. And He establishes the heavy clouds
Mohammad Shafi		He it is Who shows you the lightning that causes both fear and hope. And He it is Who brings up the heavy cloud

Controversial, deprecated, or status undetermined works
Bijan Moeinian		He is the One Who orders the lightening to strike right before your own eyes. Although you are frightened, you wish for it (for the rain that follows it.) He is the One Who raises the clouds saturated with water
Faridul Haque		It is He Who shows you the lightning, for fear and for hope, and raises the heavy clouds
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah		It is He who shows you the lightning, for fear and hope, and Who produces laden clouds
Maulana Muhammad Ali		He it is Who shows you the lightning causing fear and hope and (Who) brings up the heavy cloud
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira		He is who shows you the lightning frightfully and desiring/coveting , and He creates/develops the clouds, the heavy/loaded
Sher Ali		HE it is Who shows you the lightning to inspire fear and hope and HE raises the heavy clouds
Rashad Khalifa		He is the One who shows you the lightning as a source of fear, as well as hope, and He initiates the loaded clouds.
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)		It is He Who shows you the lightning for fear and hope and raises the heavy clouds.
Amatul Rahman Omar		He it is, Who shows you the lightning to induce fear and to inspire hope (in you); and (it is He) Who raises the heavy clouds
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri		He is the One Who, to rouse in you (sometimes) fear and (some other times) hope, shows you lightning, and (at times) raises (rain-laden) heavy clouds
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali		It is He who shows you the lightning, as a fear (for travellers) and as a hope (for those who wait for rain). And it is He Who brings up (or originates) the clouds, heavy (with water)

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry		It is He who shows you the lightning, for fear and hope, and produces the heavy clouds
Edward Henry Palmer		He it is who shows you the lightning for fear and hope; and He brings up the heavy clouds
George Sale		It is He who causeth the lightening to appear unto you, to strike fear, and to raise hope, and Who formeth the pregnant clouds
John Medows Rodwell		He it is who maketh the lightning to shine unto you; for fear and hope: and who bringeth up the laden clouds
N J Dawood (2014)		He it is who makes the lightning flash upon you, inspiring you with fear and hope, and gathers up the heavy clouds

New and/or Partial Translations, and works in progress
Linda “iLHam” Barto		It is He who shows you lightning, both for dread [of potential danger] and optimism [for the promise of rain]. It is He who causes clouds to form and become heavy.
Sayyid Qutb		It is He who displays before you the lightning, giving rise to both fear and hope, and originates the heavy clouds.
Ahmed Hulusi		It is HU who shows you lightning (a sudden epiphany in your brain) as fear and hope for you, and who generates heavy clouds (with knowledge and gnosis)... (This verse and the following verses depict the various states of humans via metaphors and symbols; however, many take these verses literally and assume they are referencing actual heavenly incidents.)
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli		It is He Who shows you the lightning for fear and hope and produces heavy clouds.
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur'an al-Karim		He is it Who exhibits to view the lightening -the electrical discharges between groups of clouds or between the clouds and the ground- which actuate you people with the feeling of fear. It might bring suffering, strike one dead or engender a cyclonic storm. Also with the feeling of hope of rainfalls to revive the land that has been pined with drought- and He is it Who engenders the thick clouds, the cumulus and the cumulus nimbus
Mir Aneesuddin		He it is Who shows you the lightning (causing) fear and hope and He produces the heavy clouds.

AYAH ar-Ra`d 13:12

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