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Saba 15

Ayah 15 of 54 · Meccan

لَقَدۡ كَانَ لِسَبَإٖ فِي مَسۡكَنِهِمۡ ءَايَةٞۖ جَنَّتَانِ عَن يَمِينٖ وَشِمَالٖۖ كُلُواْ مِن رِّزۡقِ رَبِّكُمۡ وَٱشۡكُرُواْ لَهُۥۚ بَلۡدَةٞ طَيِّبَةٞ وَرَبٌّ غَفُورٞ ١٥

There was for [the tribe of] Saba’ in their dwelling place a sign: two [fields of] gardens on the right and on the left. [They were told], "Eat from the provisions of your Lord and be grateful to Him. A good land [have you], and a forgiving Lord."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. لَقَدۡCertainlylaqad
  2. كَانَ(there) waskāna
  3. لِسَبَإٖfor Sabalisaba-in
  4. فِيinfī
  5. مَسۡكَنِهِمۡtheir dwelling placemaskanihim
  6. ءَايَةٞۖa sign:āyatun
  7. جَنَّتَانِTwo gardensjannatāni
  8. عَنonʿan
  9. يَمِينٖ(the) rightyamīnin
  10. وَشِمَالٖۖand (on the) leftwashimālin
  11. كُلُواْEatkulū
  12. مِنfrommin
  13. رِّزۡقِ(the) provisionriz'qi
  14. رَبِّكُمۡ(of) your Lordrabbikum
  15. وَٱشۡكُرُواْand be gratefulwa-ush'kurū
  16. لَهُۥۚto Himlahu
  17. بَلۡدَةٞA landbaldatun
  18. طَيِّبَةٞgoodṭayyibatun
  19. وَرَبٌّand a Lordwarabbun
  20. غَفُورٞOft-Forgivingghafūrun

Tafsir

There was for the tribe of Sheba, in the dwelling they lived in, a clear sign of Allah’s power and His favour on them, and the clear sign was two gardens: one on the right and the second on the left. And I said to them: “Eat of the provision of your Lord and thank Him for His favours. This is a pleasant city and you Lord, Allah is a forgiving Lord, who absolves the sins of those who repent to Him.”

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran