Quran 59:5 — Al-Hashr, verse 5
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Whatever you [believers] may have done to [their] palm trees–– cutting them down or leaving them standing on their roots––was done by God’s leave, so that He might disgrace those who defied Him.
مَا قَطَعْتُمْ مِنْ لِينَةٍ أَوْ تَرَكْتُمُوهَا قَائِمَةً عَلَىٰ أُصُولِهَا فَبِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ وَلِيُخْزِيَ الْفَاسِقِينَ
mā qaṭaʿtum min līnatin aw taraktumūhā qāimatan ʿalā uṣūlihā fabi-idh'ni l-lahi waliyukh'ziya l-fāsiqīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Whatever palm-trees you cut down, or left standing upon their roots, that was by God's leave, and that He might degrade the ungodly.
- Muhammad Asad
- Whatever [of their] palm trees you may have cut down, [O believers,] or left standing on their roots, was [done] by God’s leave, and in order that He might confound the iniquitous.
- Sahih International
- Whatever you have cut down of [their] palm trees or left standing on their trunks - it was by permission of Allāh and so He would disgrace the defiantly disobedient.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | مَاmā | Whatever | — |
| 2 | قَطَعْتُمqaṭaʿtum | you cut down | قطع |
| 3 | مِّنmin | of | — |
| 4 | لِّينَةٍlīnatin | (the) palm-trees | لين |
| 5 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 6 | تَرَكْتُمُوهَاtaraktumūhā | you left them | ترك |
| 7 | قَآئِمَةًqāimatan | standing | قوم |
| 8 | عَلَىٰٓʿalā | on | — |
| 9 | أُصُولِهَاuṣūlihā | their roots | أصل |
| 10 | فَبِإِذْنِfabi-idh'ni | it (was) by the permission | أذن |
| 11 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 12 | وَلِيُخْزِىَwaliyukh'ziya | and that He may disgrace | خزي |
| 13 | ٱلْفَـٰسِقِينَl-fāsiqīna | the defiantly disobedient | فسق |