Surah Al-Kahf (الكهف) • The Cave

Quran 18:32

18:32

۞ وَٱضْرِبْ لَهُم مَّثَلًا رَّجُلَيْنِ جَعَلْنَا لِأَحَدِهِمَا جَنَّتَيْنِ مِنْ أَعْنَـٰبٍ وَحَفَفْنَـٰهُمَا بِنَخْلٍ وَجَعَلْنَا بَيْنَهُمَا زَرْعًا

wa-iḍ'rib lahum mathalan rajulayni jaʿalnā li-aḥadihimā jannatayni min aʿnābin waḥafafnāhumā binakhlin wajaʿalnā baynahumā zarʿan

And present to them an example of two men: We granted to one of them two gardens of grapevines, and We bordered them with palm trees and placed between them [fields of] crops.

— Saheeh International

Tell them the parable of two men: for one of them We made two gardens of grape vines, surrounded them with date palms, and put corn fields in between;

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And put forward to them the example of two men: unto one of them We had given two gardens of grapes, and We had surrounded both with date-palms; and had put between them green crops (cultivated fields).

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

۞ وَٱضْرِبْwa-iḍ'ribAnd set forth
لَهُمlahumto them
مَّثَلًۭاmathalanthe example
رَّجُلَيْنِrajulayniof two men:
جَعَلْنَاjaʿalnāWe provided
لِأَحَدِهِمَاli-aḥadihimāfor one of them
جَنَّتَيْنِjannataynitwo gardens
مِنْminof
أَعْنَـٰبٍۢaʿnābingrapes
وَحَفَفْنَـٰهُمَاwaḥafafnāhumāand We bordered them
بِنَخْلٍۢbinakhlinwith date-palms
وَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnāand We placed
بَيْنَهُمَاbaynahumābetween both of them
زَرْعًۭاzarʿancrops