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Al-Baqarah 57

Ayah 57 of 286 · Medinan

وَظَلَّلۡنَا عَلَيۡكُمُ ٱلۡغَمَامَ وَأَنزَلۡنَا عَلَيۡكُمُ ٱلۡمَنَّ وَٱلسَّلۡوَىٰۖ كُلُواْ مِن طَيِّبَٰتِ مَا رَزَقۡنَٰكُمۡۚ وَمَا ظَلَمُونَا وَلَٰكِن كَانُوٓاْ أَنفُسَهُمۡ يَظۡلِمُونَ ٥٧

And We shaded you with clouds and sent down to you manna and quails, [saying], "Eat from the good things with which We have provided you." And they wronged Us not - but they were [only] wronging themselves.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَظَلَّلۡنَاAnd We shadedwaẓallalnā
  2. عَلَيۡكُمُ[over] youʿalaykumu
  3. ٱلۡغَمَامَ(with) [the] cloudsl-ghamāma
  4. وَأَنزَلۡنَاand We sent downwa-anzalnā
  5. عَلَيۡكُمُto youʿalaykumu
  6. ٱلۡمَنَّ[the] mannal-mana
  7. وَٱلسَّلۡوَىٰۖand [the] quailswal-salwā
  8. كُلُواْEatkulū
  9. مِنfrommin
  10. طَيِّبَٰتِ(the) good thingsṭayyibāti
  11. مَاthatmā
  12. رَزَقۡنَٰكُمۡۚWe have provided yourazaqnākum
  13. وَمَاAnd notwamā
  14. ظَلَمُونَاthey wronged Usẓalamūnā
  15. وَلَٰكِنbutwalākin
  16. كَانُوٓاْthey werekānū
  17. أَنفُسَهُمۡ(to) themselvesanfusahum
  18. يَظۡلِمُونَdoing wrongyaẓlimūna

Tafsir

Another of Allah’s blessings was that He sent clouds to shade you from the heat of the sun when you were wandering the earth; and He sent down manna, a sweet drink similar to honey, and quails for you, telling you to consume of the good things He had provided you with. Their ingratitude and disbelief for these blessings did not affect Allah in any way, but they wronged themselves, losing their share from the good they had done and exposing themselves to suffering.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran