Surah Ar-Rum (الروم) • The Romans

Quran 30:28

30:28

ضَرَبَ لَكُم مَّثَلًا مِّنْ أَنفُسِكُمْ ۖ هَل لَّكُم مِّن مَّا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَـٰنُكُم مِّن شُرَكَآءَ فِى مَا رَزَقْنَـٰكُمْ فَأَنتُمْ فِيهِ سَوَآءٌ تَخَافُونَهُمْ كَخِيفَتِكُمْ أَنفُسَكُمْ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نُفَصِّلُ ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ لِقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَ

ḍaraba lakum mathalan min anfusikum hal lakum min mā malakat aymānukum min shurakāa fī mā razaqnākum fa-antum fīhi sawāon takhāfūnahum kakhīfatikum anfusakum kadhālika nufaṣṣilu l-āyāti liqawmin yaʿqilūna

He presents to you an example from yourselves. Do you have among those whom your right hands possess [i.e., slaves] any partners in what We have provided for you so that you are equal therein [and] would fear them as your fear of one another [within a partnership]? Thus do We detail the verses for a people who use reason.

— Saheeh International

He gives you this example, drawn from your own lives: do you make your slaves full partners with an equal share in what We have given you? Do you fear them as you fear each other? This is how We make Our messages clear to those who use their reason.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

He sets forth for you a parable from your ownselves: Do you have partners among those whom your right hands possess (i.e. your slaves) to share as equals in the wealth We have bestowed on you whom you fear as you fear each other? Thus do We explain the signs in detail to a people who have sense.

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

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Word by Word

ضَرَبَḍarabaHe sets forth
لَكُمlakumto you
مَّثَلًۭاmathalanan example
مِّنْminfrom
أَنفُسِكُمْۖanfusikumyourselves
هَلhalIs
لَّكُمlakumfor you
مِّنminamong
مَّاmāwhat
مَلَكَتْmalakatpossess
أَيْمَـٰنُكُمaymānukumyour right hands
مِّنminany
شُرَكَآءَshurakāapartners
فِىfīin
مَاmāwhat
رَزَقْنَـٰكُمْrazaqnākumWe have provided you
فَأَنتُمْfa-antumso you
فِيهِfīhiin it
سَوَآءٌۭsawāon(are) equal
تَخَافُونَهُمْtakhāfūnahumyou fear them
كَخِيفَتِكُمْkakhīfatikumas you fear
أَنفُسَكُمْۚanfusakumyourselves
كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThus
نُفَصِّلُnufaṣṣiluWe explain
ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِl-āyātithe Verses
لِقَوْمٍۢliqawminfor a people
يَعْقِلُونَyaʿqilūna(who) use reason