Quran 52:20 — At-Tur, verse 20
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
They are comfortably seated on couches arranged in rows; We pair them with beautiful-eyed maidens;
مُتَّكِئِينَ عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍ مَصْفُوفَةٍ ۖ وَزَوَّجْنَاهُمْ بِحُورٍ عِينٍ
muttakiīna ʿalā sururin maṣfūfatin wazawwajnāhum biḥūrin ʿīnin
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Reclining upon couches ranged in rows; and We shall espouse them to wide-eyed houris.
- Muhammad Asad
- reclining on couches [of happiness] ranged in rows!” And [in that paradise] We shall mate them with companions pure, most beautiful of eye.
- Sahih International
- They will be reclining on thrones lined up, and We will marry them to fair women with large, [beautiful] eyes.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | مُتَّكِـِٔينَmuttakiīna | Reclining | وكأ |
| 2 | عَلَىٰʿalā | on | — |
| 3 | سُرُرٍۢsururin | thrones | سرر |
| 4 | مَّصْفُوفَةٍۢ ۖmaṣfūfatin | lined up | صفف |
| 5 | وَزَوَّجْنَـٰهُمwazawwajnāhum | and We will marry them | زوج |
| 6 | بِحُورٍbiḥūrin | to fair ones | حور |
| 7 | عِينٍۢʿīnin | (with) large eyes | عين |