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Al-Kahf 32

Ayah 32 of 110 · Meccan

۞ وَٱضۡرِبۡ لَهُم مَّثَلٗا رَّجُلَيۡنِ جَعَلۡنَا لِأَحَدِهِمَا جَنَّتَيۡنِ مِنۡ أَعۡنَٰبٖ وَحَفَفۡنَٰهُمَا بِنَخۡلٖ وَجَعَلۡنَا بَيۡنَهُمَا زَرۡعٗا ٣٢

And present to them an example of two men: We granted to one of them two gardens of grapevines, and We bordered them with palm trees and placed between them [fields of] crops.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

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Each word's meaning and sound

  1. ۞ وَٱضۡرِبۡAnd set forthwa-iḍ'rib
  2. لَهُمto themlahum
  3. مَّثَلٗاthe examplemathalan
  4. رَّجُلَيۡنِof two men:rajulayni
  5. جَعَلۡنَاWe providedjaʿalnā
  6. لِأَحَدِهِمَاfor one of themli-aḥadihimā
  7. جَنَّتَيۡنِtwo gardensjannatayni
  8. مِنۡofmin
  9. أَعۡنَٰبٖgrapesaʿnābin
  10. وَحَفَفۡنَٰهُمَاand We bordered themwaḥafafnāhumā
  11. بِنَخۡلٖwith date-palmsbinakhlin
  12. وَجَعَلۡنَاand We placedwajaʿalnā
  13. بَيۡنَهُمَاbetween both of thembaynahumā
  14. زَرۡعٗاcropszarʿan

Tafsir

Strike - O Messenger - an example of two men: a disbeliever and a believer. I gave the disbeliever two gardens, which I surrounded with date-palms; and in the vacant land I grew crops.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran