Quran 16:112 — An-Nahl, verse 112
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
God presents the example of a town that was secure and at ease, with provisions coming to it abundantly from all places. Then it became ungrateful for God’s blessings, so God afflicted it with the garment of famine and fear, for what its people had done.
وَضَرَبَ اللَّهُ مَثَلًا قَرْيَةً كَانَتْ آمِنَةً مُطْمَئِنَّةً يَأْتِيهَا رِزْقُهَا رَغَدًا مِنْ كُلِّ مَكَانٍ فَكَفَرَتْ بِأَنْعُمِ اللَّهِ فَأَذَاقَهَا اللَّهُ لِبَاسَ الْجُوعِ وَالْخَوْفِ بِمَا كَانُوا يَصْنَعُونَ
waḍaraba l-lahu mathalan qaryatan kānat āminatan muṭ'ma-innatan yatīhā riz'quhā raghadan min kulli makānin fakafarat bi-anʿumi l-lahi fa-adhāqahā l-lahu libāsa l-jūʿi wal-khawfi bimā kānū yaṣnaʿūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- God has struck a similitude: a city that was secure, at rest, its provision coming to it easefully from every place, then it was unthankful for the blessings of God; so God let it taste the garment of hunger and of fear, for the things that they were working.
- Muhammad Asad
- AND GOD propounds [to you] a parable: [Imagine] a town which was [once] secure and at ease, with its sustenance coming to it abundantly from all quarters, and which thereupon blasphemously refused to show gratitude for God's blessings: and therefore God caused it to taste the all-embracing misery of hunger and fear in result of all [the evil] that its people had so persistently wrought.
- Sahih International
- And Allāh presents an example: a city [i.e., Makkah] which was safe and secure, its provision coming to it in abundance from every location, but it denied the favors of Allāh. So Allāh made it taste the envelopment of hunger and fear for what they had been doing.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَضَرَبَwaḍaraba | And Allah sets forth | ضرب |
| 2 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | And Allah sets forth | أله |
| 3 | مَثَلًۭاmathalan | a similitude | مثل |
| 4 | قَرْيَةًۭqaryatan | (of) a town | قري |
| 5 | كَانَتْkānat | (that) was | كون |
| 6 | ءَامِنَةًۭāminatan | secure | أمن |
| 7 | مُّطْمَئِنَّةًۭmuṭ'ma-innatan | and content | طمن |
| 8 | يَأْتِيهَاyatīhā | coming to it | أتي |
| 9 | رِزْقُهَاriz'quhā | its provision | رزق |
| 10 | رَغَدًۭاraghadan | (in) abundance | رغد |
| 11 | مِّنmin | from | — |
| 12 | كُلِّkulli | every | كلل |
| 13 | مَكَانٍۢmakānin | place | كون |
| 14 | فَكَفَرَتْfakafarat | but it denied | كفر |
| 15 | بِأَنْعُمِbi-anʿumi | (the) Favors of Allah | نعم |
| 16 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (the) Favors of Allah | أله |
| 17 | فَأَذَٰقَهَاfa-adhāqahā | so Allah made it taste | ذوق |
| 18 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | so Allah made it taste | أله |
| 19 | لِبَاسَlibāsa | (the) garb | لبس |
| 20 | ٱلْجُوعِl-jūʿi | (of) the hunger | جوع |
| 21 | وَٱلْخَوْفِwal-khawfi | and the fear | خوف |
| 22 | بِمَاbimā | for what | — |
| 23 | كَانُوا۟kānū | they used (to) | كون |
| 24 | يَصْنَعُونَyaṣnaʿūna | do | صنع |