Quran 34:15 — Saba, verse 15
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
There was a sign for the people of Sheba, too, in their dwelling place: two gardens, one on the right, one on the left: ‘Eat from what your Lord has provided for you and give Him thanks, for your land is good, and your Lord most forgiving.’
لَقَدْ كَانَ لِسَبَإٍ فِي مَسْكَنِهِمْ آيَةٌ ۖ جَنَّتَانِ عَنْ يَمِينٍ وَشِمَالٍ ۖ كُلُوا مِنْ رِزْقِ رَبِّكُمْ وَاشْكُرُوا لَهُ ۚ بَلْدَةٌ طَيِّبَةٌ وَرَبٌّ غَفُورٌ
laqad kāna lisaba-in fī maskanihim āyatun jannatāni ʿan yamīnin washimālin kulū min riz'qi rabbikum wa-ush'kurū lahu baldatun ṭayyibatun warabbun ghafūrun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- For Sheba also there was a sign in their dwelling-place -- two gardens, one on the right and one on the left: 'Eat of your Lord's provision, and give thanks to Him; a good land, and a Lord All-forgiving.'
- Muhammad Asad
- INDEED, in [the luxuriant beauty of] their homeland, the people of Sheba had an evidence [of God’s grace] two [vast expanses of] gardens, to the right and to the left, [calling out to them, as it were:] “Eat of what your Sustainer has provided for you, and render thanks unto Him: a land most goodly, and a Sustainer much-forgiving!”
- Sahih International
- There was for [the tribe of] Saba’ in their dwelling place a sign: two [fields of] gardens on the right and on the left. [They were told], "Eat from the provisions of your Lord and be grateful to Him. A good land [have you], and a forgiving Lord."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | لَقَدْlaqad | Certainly | — |
| 2 | كَانَkāna | (there) was | كون |
| 3 | لِسَبَإٍۢlisaba-in | for Saba | — |
| 4 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 5 | مَسْكَنِهِمْmaskanihim | their dwelling place | سكن |
| 6 | ءَايَةٌۭ ۖāyatun | a sign: | أيي |
| 7 | جَنَّتَانِjannatāni | Two gardens | جنن |
| 8 | عَنʿan | on | — |
| 9 | يَمِينٍۢyamīnin | (the) right | يمن |
| 10 | وَشِمَالٍۢ ۖwashimālin | and (on the) left | شمل |
| 11 | كُلُوا۟kulū | Eat | أكل |
| 12 | مِنmin | from | — |
| 13 | رِّزْقِriz'qi | (the) provision | رزق |
| 14 | رَبِّكُمْrabbikum | (of) your Lord | ربب |
| 15 | وَٱشْكُرُوا۟wa-ush'kurū | and be grateful | شكر |
| 16 | لَهُۥ ۚlahu | to Him | — |
| 17 | بَلْدَةٌۭbaldatun | A land | بلد |
| 18 | طَيِّبَةٌۭṭayyibatun | good | طيب |
| 19 | وَرَبٌّwarabbun | and a Lord | ربب |
| 20 | غَفُورٌۭghafūrun | Oft-Forgiving | غفر |