Surah Al-Baqarah, ayah 266
أَيَوَدُّ أَحَدُكُمْ أَن تَكُونَ لَهُۥ جَنَّةٌ مِّن نَّخِيلٍ وَأَعْنَابٍ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ لَهُۥ فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ وَأَصَابَهُ ٱلْكِبَرُ وَلَهُۥ ذُرِّيَّةٌ ضُعَفَآءُ فَأَصَابَهَآ إِعْصَارٌ فِيهِ نَارٌ فَٱحْتَرَقَتْ ۗ كَذَٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمُ ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَفَكَّرُونَ
Would one of you like to have a garden of palm trees and grapevines underneath which rivers flow in which he has from every fruit? But he is afflicted with old age and has weak [i.e., immature] offspring, and it is hit by a whirlwind containing fire and is burned. Thus does Allāh make clear to you [His] verses that you might give thought.
Word by word
- أَيَوَدُّayawadduWould like
- أَحَدُكُمْaḥadukumany of you
- أَنanthat
- تَكُونَtakūnait be
- لَهُۥlahufor him
- جَنَّةٌۭjannatuna garden
- مِّنminof
- نَّخِيلٍۢnakhīlindate-palms
- وَأَعْنَابٍۢwa-aʿnābinand grapevines
- تَجْرِىtajrīflowing
- مِنmin[from]
- تَحْتِهَاtaḥtihāunderneath it
- ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُl-anhāruthe rivers
- لَهُۥlahufor him
- فِيهَاfīhāin it
- مِنminof
- كُلِّkulliall (kinds)
- ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِl-thamarāti(of) [the] fruits
- وَأَصَابَهُwa-aṣābahuand strikes him
- ٱلْكِبَرُl-kibaru[the] old age
- وَلَهُۥwalahuand [for] his
- ذُرِّيَّةٌۭdhurriyyatunchildren
- ضُعَفَآءُḍuʿafāu(are) weak
- فَأَصَابَهَآfa-aṣābahāthen falls on it
- إِعْصَارٌۭiʿ'ṣārunwhirlwind
- فِيهِfīhiin it
- نَارٌۭnārun(is) fire
- فَٱحْتَرَقَتْ ۗfa-iḥ'taraqatthen it is burnt
- كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThus
- يُبَيِّنُyubayyinumakes clear
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
- لَكُمُlakumufor you
- ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِl-āyāti(His) Signs
- لَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumso that you may
- تَتَفَكَّرُونَtatafakkarūnaponder
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