Quran 13:4 — Ar-Ra'd, verse 4
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
There are, in the land, neighbouring plots, gardens of vineyards, cornfields, palm trees in clusters or otherwise, all watered with the same water, yet We make some of them taste better than others: there truly are signs in this for people who reason.
وَفِي الْأَرْضِ قِطَعٌ مُتَجَاوِرَاتٌ وَجَنَّاتٌ مِنْ أَعْنَابٍ وَزَرْعٌ وَنَخِيلٌ صِنْوَانٌ وَغَيْرُ صِنْوَانٍ يُسْقَىٰ بِمَاءٍ وَاحِدٍ وَنُفَضِّلُ بَعْضَهَا عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ فِي الْأُكُلِ ۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَاتٍ لِقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَ
wafī l-arḍi qiṭaʿun mutajāwirātun wajannātun min aʿnābin wazarʿun wanakhīlun ṣin'wānun waghayru ṣin'wānin yus'qā bimāin wāḥidin wanufaḍḍilu baʿḍahā ʿalā baʿḍin fī l-ukuli inna fī dhālika laāyātin liqawmin yaʿqilūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And on the earth are tracts neighbouring each to each, and gardens of vines, and fields sown, and palms in pairs, and palms single, watered with one water; and some of them We prefer in produce above others. Surely in that are signs for a people who understand.
- Muhammad Asad
- And there are on earth [many] tracts of land close by one another [and yet widely differing from one another]; and [there are on it] vinyards, and fields of grain, and date-palms growing in clusters from one root or standing alone, [all] watered with the same water: and yet, some of them have We favoured above others by way of the food [which they provide for man and beast]. Verily, in all this there are messages indeed for people who use their reason!
- Sahih International
- And within the land are neighboring plots and gardens of grapevines and crops and palm trees, [growing] several from a root or otherwise, watered with one water; but We make some of them exceed others in [quality of] fruit. Indeed in that are signs for a people who reason.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَفِىwafī | And in | — |
| 2 | ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi | the earth | أرض |
| 3 | قِطَعٌۭqiṭaʿun | are tracks | قطع |
| 4 | مُّتَجَـٰوِرَٰتٌۭmutajāwirātun | neighboring | جور |
| 5 | وَجَنَّـٰتٌۭwajannātun | and gardens | جنن |
| 6 | مِّنْmin | of | — |
| 7 | أَعْنَـٰبٍۢaʿnābin | grapevines | عنب |
| 8 | وَزَرْعٌۭwazarʿun | and crops | زرع |
| 9 | وَنَخِيلٌۭwanakhīlun | and date-palms | نخل |
| 10 | صِنْوَانٌۭṣin'wānun | trees (growing) from a single root | صنو |
| 11 | وَغَيْرُwaghayru | and not | غير |
| 12 | صِنْوَانٍۢṣin'wānin | trees (growing) from a single root | صنو |
| 13 | يُسْقَىٰyus'qā | watered | سقي |
| 14 | بِمَآءٍۢbimāin | with water | موه |
| 15 | وَٰحِدٍۢwāḥidin | one | وحد |
| 16 | وَنُفَضِّلُwanufaḍḍilu | but We cause to exceed | فضل |
| 17 | بَعْضَهَاbaʿḍahā | some of them | بعض |
| 18 | عَلَىٰʿalā | over | — |
| 19 | بَعْضٍۢbaʿḍin | others | بعض |
| 20 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 21 | ٱلْأُكُلِ ۚl-ukuli | the fruit | أكل |
| 22 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 23 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 24 | ذَٰلِكَdhālika | that | — |
| 25 | لَـَٔايَـٰتٍۢlaāyātin | surely (are) Signs | أيي |
| 26 | لِّقَوْمٍۢliqawmin | for a people | قوم |
| 27 | يَعْقِلُونَyaʿqilūna | who use reason | عقل |