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Al-Hashr 5

Ayah 5 of 24 · Medinan

مَا قَطَعۡتُم مِّن لِّينَةٍ أَوۡ تَرَكۡتُمُوهَا قَآئِمَةً عَلَىٰٓ أُصُولِهَا فَبِإِذۡنِ ٱللَّهِ وَلِيُخۡزِيَ ٱلۡفَٰسِقِينَ ٥

Whatever you have cut down of [their] palm trees or left standing on their trunks - it was by permission of Allāh and so He would disgrace the defiantly disobedient.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. مَاWhatevermā
  2. قَطَعۡتُمyou cut downqaṭaʿtum
  3. مِّنofmin
  4. لِّينَةٍ(the) palm-treeslīnatin
  5. أَوۡoraw
  6. تَرَكۡتُمُوهَاyou left themtaraktumūhā
  7. قَآئِمَةًstandingqāimatan
  8. عَلَىٰٓonʿalā
  9. أُصُولِهَاtheir rootsuṣūlihā
  10. فَبِإِذۡنِit (was) by the permissionfabi-idh'ni
  11. ٱللَّهِ(of) Allahl-lahi
  12. وَلِيُخۡزِيَand that He may disgracewaliyukh'ziya
  13. ٱلۡفَٰسِقِينَthe defiantly disobedientl-fāsiqīna

Tafsir

O believers! Whatever date palm you cut down to infuriate the enemies of Allah in the battle of the Banū an-Naḍīr, or you left it standing with its trunk to make use of it, was done with the command of Allah; it was not done to cause destruction on earth like they claimed. It was also done so that Allah could humiliate through it those who left the obedience of Allah from the Jews: those that broke the treaties and chose the path of treason over the path of loyalty.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran