But they turned away [refusing], so We sent upon them the flood of the dam,1 and We replaced their two [fields of] gardens with gardens of bitter fruit, tamarisks and something of sparse lote trees.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
1 i.e., caused by a break in their dam. Another meaning is "the overwhelming flood."
وَبَدَّلۡنَٰهُمand We changed for themwabaddalnāhum
بِجَنَّتَيۡهِمۡtheir two gardensbijannatayhim
جَنَّتَيۡنِ(with) two gardensjannatayni
ذَوَاتَيۡproducing fruitdhawātay
أُكُلٍproducing fruitukulin
خَمۡطٖbitterkhamṭin
وَأَثۡلٖand tamariskswa-athlin
وَشَيۡءٖand (some)thingwashayin
مِّنofmin
سِدۡرٖlote treessid'rin
قَلِيلٖfewqalīlin
Tafsir
But they turned away from thanking Allah and believing in His messengers, so I punished them by turning their favours into difficulties, then I sent upon them a strong flood which destroyed their damn and flooded their fields. And I replaced their two pleasant gardens with two gardens which gave bitter fruit, and which contained fruitless tamarisk trees and a small amount of the lote tree (sidr).