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Ar-Ra'd 4

Ayah 4 of 43 · Medinan

وَفِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ قِطَعٞ مُّتَجَٰوِرَٰتٞ وَجَنَّٰتٞ مِّنۡ أَعۡنَٰبٖ وَزَرۡعٞ وَنَخِيلٞ صِنۡوَانٞ وَغَيۡرُ صِنۡوَانٖ يُسۡقَىٰ بِمَآءٖ وَٰحِدٖ وَنُفَضِّلُ بَعۡضَهَا عَلَىٰ بَعۡضٖ فِي ٱلۡأُكُلِۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَٰتٖ لِّقَوۡمٖ يَعۡقِلُونَ ٤

And within the land are neighboring plots and gardens of grapevines and crops and palm trees, [growing] several from a root or otherwise,1 watered with one water; but We make some of them exceed others in [quality of] fruit. Indeed in that are signs for a people who reason.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 i.e., only one from a root.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَفِيAnd inwafī
  2. ٱلۡأَرۡضِthe earthl-arḍi
  3. قِطَعٞare tracksqiṭaʿun
  4. مُّتَجَٰوِرَٰتٞneighboringmutajāwirātun
  5. وَجَنَّٰتٞand gardenswajannātun
  6. مِّنۡofmin
  7. أَعۡنَٰبٖgrapevinesaʿnābin
  8. وَزَرۡعٞand cropswazarʿun
  9. وَنَخِيلٞand date-palmswanakhīlun
  10. صِنۡوَانٞtrees (growing) from a single rootṣin'wānun
  11. وَغَيۡرُand notwaghayru
  12. صِنۡوَانٖtrees (growing) from a single rootṣin'wānin
  13. يُسۡقَىٰwateredyus'qā
  14. بِمَآءٖwith waterbimāin
  15. وَٰحِدٖonewāḥidin
  16. وَنُفَضِّلُbut We cause to exceedwanufaḍḍilu
  17. بَعۡضَهَاsome of thembaʿḍahā
  18. عَلَىٰoverʿalā
  19. بَعۡضٖothersbaʿḍin
  20. فِيinfī
  21. ٱلۡأُكُلِۚthe fruitl-ukuli
  22. إِنَّIndeedinna
  23. فِيinfī
  24. ذَٰلِكَthatdhālika
  25. لَأٓيَٰتٖsurely (are) Signslaāyātin
  26. لِّقَوۡمٖfor a peopleliqawmin
  27. يَعۡقِلُونَwho use reasonyaʿqilūna

Tafsir

On Earth there are neighbouring plots, gardens of vineyards, crops, palm trees sharing one root and others with individual roots. All of these gardens and crops are watered with the same water, I make some of them better than others in taste and other benefits despite their being next to one another and being watered with the same water, there are signs and proof for those who reason, for they are the ones who pay heed to it.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran