Quran 34:16 — Saba, verse 16
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
But they paid no heed, so We let loose on them a flood from the dam and replaced their two gardens with others that yielded bitter fruit, tamarisk bushes, and a few lote trees.
فَأَعْرَضُوا فَأَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَيْلَ الْعَرِمِ وَبَدَّلْنَاهُمْ بِجَنَّتَيْهِمْ جَنَّتَيْنِ ذَوَاتَيْ أُكُلٍ خَمْطٍ وَأَثْلٍ وَشَيْءٍ مِنْ سِدْرٍ قَلِيلٍ
fa-aʿraḍū fa-arsalnā ʿalayhim sayla l-ʿarimi wabaddalnāhum bijannatayhim jannatayni dhawātay ukulin khamṭin wa-athlin washayin min sid'rin qalīlin
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- But they turned away; so We loosed on them the Flood of Arim, and We gave them, in exchange for their two gardens, two gardens bearing bitter produce and tamarisk-bushes, and here and there a few lote-trees.
- Muhammad Asad
- But they turned away [from Us], and so We let loose upon them a flood that overwhelmed the dams, and changed their two [expanses of luxuriant] gardens into a couple of gardens yielding bitter fruit, and tamarisks, and some few [wild] lote-trees:
- Sahih International
- But they turned away [refusing], so We sent upon them the flood of the dam, and We replaced their two [fields of] gardens with gardens of bitter fruit, tamarisks and something of sparse lote trees.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَأَعْرَضُوا۟fa-aʿraḍū | But they turned away | عرض |
| 2 | فَأَرْسَلْنَاfa-arsalnā | so We sent | رسل |
| 3 | عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhim | upon them | — |
| 4 | سَيْلَsayla | (the) flood | سيل |
| 5 | ٱلْعَرِمِl-ʿarimi | (of) the dam | عرم |
| 6 | وَبَدَّلْنَـٰهُمwabaddalnāhum | and We changed for them | بدل |
| 7 | بِجَنَّتَيْهِمْbijannatayhim | their two gardens | جنن |
| 8 | جَنَّتَيْنِjannatayni | (with) two gardens | جنن |
| 9 | ذَوَاتَىْdhawātay | producing fruit | — |
| 10 | أُكُلٍukulin | producing fruit | أكل |
| 11 | خَمْطٍۢkhamṭin | bitter | خمط |
| 12 | وَأَثْلٍۢwa-athlin | and tamarisks | أثل |
| 13 | وَشَىْءٍۢwashayin | and (some)thing | شيأ |
| 14 | مِّنmin | of | — |
| 15 | سِدْرٍۢsid'rin | lote trees | سدر |
| 16 | قَلِيلٍۢqalīlin | few | قلل |