Quran 38:21 — Saad, verse 21
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Have you heard the story of the two litigants who climbed into his private quarters?
وَهَلْ أَتَاكَ نَبَأُ الْخَصْمِ إِذْ تَسَوَّرُوا الْمِحْرَابَ
wahal atāka naba-u l-khaṣmi idh tasawwarū l-miḥ'rāba
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Has the tiding of the dispute come to thee? When they scaled the Sanctuary,
- Muhammad Asad
- AND YET, has the story of the litigants come within thy ken - [the story of the two] who surmounted the walls of the sanctuary [in which David prayed]?
- Sahih International
- And has there come to you the news of the adversaries, when they climbed over the wall of [his] prayer chamber -
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ۞ وَهَلْwahal | And has (there) | — |
| 2 | أَتَىٰكَatāka | come to you | أتي |
| 3 | نَبَؤُا۟naba-u | (the) news | نبأ |
| 4 | ٱلْخَصْمِl-khaṣmi | (of) the litigants | خصم |
| 5 | إِذْidh | when | — |
| 6 | تَسَوَّرُوا۟tasawwarū | they climbed over the wall | سور |
| 7 | ٱلْمِحْرَابَl-miḥ'rāba | (of) the chamber | حرب |