Surah Saba' Ayah 16

Saba' · Ayah 16 · Juz 22 · Page 430

فَأَعۡرَضُواْ فَأَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ سَيۡلَ ٱلۡعَرِمِ وَبَدَّلۡنَٰهُم بِجَنَّتَيۡهِمۡ جَنَّتَيۡنِ ذَوَاتَيۡ أُكُلٍ خَمۡطٖ وَأَثۡلٖ وَشَيۡءٖ مِّن سِدۡرٖ قَلِيلٖ ١٦

Fa aʿraḍū fa arsalnā ʿalayhim saylal-ʿarimi wa baddalnāhum bijannatayhim jannatayni dhawātay ukulin khamṭiw wa athliw wa shayʾim min sidrin qalīl.

But they turned away [refusing], so We sent upon them the flood of the dam,1 and We replaced their two [fields of] gardens with gardens of bitter fruit, tamarisks and something of sparse lote trees.

Translation: Sahih International

Footnotes (1)
  1. i.e., caused by a break in their dam. Another meaning is "the overwhelming flood."

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Word by word16 words

  • فَأَعۡرَضُواْBut they turned away
  • فَأَرۡسَلۡنَاso We sent
  • عَلَيۡهِمۡupon them
  • سَيۡلَ(the) flood
  • ٱلۡعَرِمِ(of) the dam
  • وَبَدَّلۡنَٰهُمand We changed for them
  • بِجَنَّتَيۡهِمۡtheir two gardens
  • جَنَّتَيۡنِ(with) two gardens
  • ذَوَاتَيۡproducing fruit
  • أُكُلٍproducing fruit
  • خَمۡطٖbitter
  • وَأَثۡلٖand tamarisks
  • وَشَيۡءٖand (some)thing
  • مِّنof
  • سِدۡرٖlote trees
  • قَلِيلٖfew

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Sheba · Meccan · 54 ayahs

Juz
22
Page
430
Hizb
43