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Saba 18

Ayah 18 of 54 · Meccan

وَجَعَلۡنَا بَيۡنَهُمۡ وَبَيۡنَ ٱلۡقُرَى ٱلَّتِي بَٰرَكۡنَا فِيهَا قُرٗى ظَٰهِرَةٗ وَقَدَّرۡنَا فِيهَا ٱلسَّيۡرَۖ سِيرُواْ فِيهَا لَيَالِيَ وَأَيَّامًا ءَامِنِينَ ١٨

And We placed between them and the cities which We had blessed1 [many] visible cities. And We determined between them the [distances of] journey,2 [saying], "Travel between them by night or by day in safety."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 In the lands of what is now southern Syria and Palestine.

2 i.e., We placed the intermediate settlements at calculated distances for the convenience of travelers.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَجَعَلۡنَاAnd We madewajaʿalnā
  2. بَيۡنَهُمۡbetween thembaynahum
  3. وَبَيۡنَand betweenwabayna
  4. ٱلۡقُرَىthe townsl-qurā
  5. ٱلَّتِيwhichallatī
  6. بَٰرَكۡنَاWe had blessedbāraknā
  7. فِيهَاin itfīhā
  8. قُرٗىtownsquran
  9. ظَٰهِرَةٗvisibleẓāhiratan
  10. وَقَدَّرۡنَاAnd We determinedwaqaddarnā
  11. فِيهَاbetween themfīhā
  12. ٱلسَّيۡرَۖthe journeyl-sayra
  13. سِيرُواْTravelsīrū
  14. فِيهَاbetween themfīhā
  15. لَيَالِيَ(by) nightlayāliya
  16. وَأَيَّامًاand (by) daywa-ayyāman
  17. ءَامِنِينَsafelyāminīna

Tafsir

And I made between the people of Sheba in Yemen and between the cities of the blessed land of Levant, many neighbouring cities, making easier for them the distance of travelling, so they may pass through these cities and towns, stopping when needed, without any difficulty until they reach the land of Levant. And we announced: “Travel through them day and night in complete security from any enemy, hunger or thirst”.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran