Surah Sad (ص) • The Letter "Saad"

Quran 38:21

38:21

۞ وَهَلْ أَتَىٰكَ نَبَؤُا۟ ٱلْخَصْمِ إِذْ تَسَوَّرُوا۟ ٱلْمِحْرَابَ

wahal atāka naba-u l-khaṣmi idh tasawwarū l-miḥ'rāba

And has there come to you the news of the adversaries, when they climbed over the wall of [his] prayer chamber -

— Saheeh International

Have you heard the story of the two litigants who climbed into his private quarters?

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And has the news of the litigants reached you? When they climbed over the wall into (his) Mihrâb (a praying place or a private room);

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

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Word by Word

۞ وَهَلْwahalAnd has (there)
أَتَىٰكَatākacome to you
نَبَؤُا۟naba-u(the) news
ٱلْخَصْمِl-khaṣmi(of) the litigants
إِذْidhwhen
تَسَوَّرُوا۟tasawwarūthey climbed over the wall
ٱلْمِحْرَابَl-miḥ'rāba(of) the chamber