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Al-Kahf (The Cave)

Verse 32of 110

۞ وَٱضْرِبْ لَهُم مَّثَلًۭا رَّجُلَيْنِ جَعَلْنَا لِأَحَدِهِمَا جَنَّتَيْنِ مِنْ أَعْنَٰبٍۢ وَحَفَفْنَٰهُمَا بِنَخْلٍۢ وَجَعَلْنَا بَيْنَهُمَا زَرْعًۭا﴿٣٢

Translation (Sahih International)

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.

Word-by-word meaning

۞ 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

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Example of the Rich Idolators and the Poor MuslimsAfter mentioning the idolators who were too arrogant to sit with the poor and weak among Muslims, showing off before them with their wealth and noble lineage, Allah then gives a parable for them of two men, one of whom Allah gave two gardens of grapes, surrounded with palm trees and cultivated with crops throughout. All of the trees and plants were abundantly fruitful, providing readily accessible, good quality produce.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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