Quran 18:32 — Al-Kahf, verse 32
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Tell them the parable of two men: for one of them We made two gardens of grape vines, surrounded them with date palms, and put corn fields in between;
وَاضْرِبْ لَهُمْ مَثَلًا رَجُلَيْنِ جَعَلْنَا لِأَحَدِهِمَا جَنَّتَيْنِ مِنْ أَعْنَابٍ وَحَفَفْنَاهُمَا بِنَخْلٍ وَجَعَلْنَا بَيْنَهُمَا زَرْعًا
wa-iḍ'rib lahum mathalan rajulayni jaʿalnā li-aḥadihimā jannatayni min aʿnābin waḥafafnāhumā binakhlin wajaʿalnā baynahumā zarʿan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And strike for them a similitude: two men. To one of them We assigned two gardens of vines, and surrounded them with palm-trees, and between them We set a sown field;
- Muhammad Asad
- AND PROPOUND unto them the parable of two men, upon one of whom We had bestowed two vinyards, and surrounded them with date-palms, and placed a field of grain in-between.
- Sahih International
- And present to them an example of two men: We granted to one of them two gardens of grapevines, and We bordered them with palm trees and placed between them [fields of] crops.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ۞ وَٱضْرِبْwa-iḍ'rib | And set forth | ضرب |
| 2 | لَهُمlahum | to them | — |
| 3 | مَّثَلًۭاmathalan | the example | مثل |
| 4 | رَّجُلَيْنِrajulayni | of two men: | رجل |
| 5 | جَعَلْنَاjaʿalnā | We provided | جعل |
| 6 | لِأَحَدِهِمَاli-aḥadihimā | for one of them | أحد |
| 7 | جَنَّتَيْنِjannatayni | two gardens | جنن |
| 8 | مِنْmin | of | — |
| 9 | أَعْنَـٰبٍۢaʿnābin | grapes | عنب |
| 10 | وَحَفَفْنَـٰهُمَاwaḥafafnāhumā | and We bordered them | حفف |
| 11 | بِنَخْلٍۢbinakhlin | with date-palms | نخل |
| 12 | وَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnā | and We placed | جعل |
| 13 | بَيْنَهُمَاbaynahumā | between both of them | بين |
| 14 | زَرْعًۭاzarʿan | crops | زرع |