Surah An-Nahl, ayah 112
وَضَرَبَ ٱللَّهُ مَثَلًا قَرْيَةً كَانَتْ ءَامِنَةً مُّطْمَئِنَّةً يَأْتِيهَا رِزْقُهَا رَغَدًا مِّن كُلِّ مَكَانٍ فَكَفَرَتْ بِأَنْعُمِ ٱللَّهِ فَأَذَٰقَهَا ٱللَّهُ لِبَاسَ ٱلْجُوعِ وَٱلْخَوْفِ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَصْنَعُونَ
And Allāh presents an example: a city [i.e., Makkah] which was safe and secure, its provision coming to it in abundance from every location, but it denied the favors of Allāh. So Allāh made it taste the envelopment of hunger and fear for what they had been doing.
An-Nahl · 16:112
Word by word
- وَضَرَبَwaḍarabaAnd Allah sets forth
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAnd Allah sets forth
- مَثَلًۭاmathalana similitude
- قَرْيَةًۭqaryatan(of) a town
- كَانَتْkānat(that) was
- ءَامِنَةًۭāminatansecure
- مُّطْمَئِنَّةًۭmuṭ'ma-innatanand content
- يَأْتِيهَاyatīhācoming to it
- رِزْقُهَاriz'quhāits provision
- رَغَدًۭاraghadan(in) abundance
- مِّنminfrom
- كُلِّkullievery
- مَكَانٍۢmakāninplace
- فَكَفَرَتْfakafaratbut it denied
- بِأَنْعُمِbi-anʿumi(the) Favors of Allah
- ٱللَّهِl-lahi(the) Favors of Allah
- فَأَذَٰقَهَاfa-adhāqahāso Allah made it taste
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuso Allah made it taste
- لِبَاسَlibāsa(the) garb
- ٱلْجُوعِl-jūʿi(of) the hunger
- وَٱلْخَوْفِwal-khawfiand the fear
- بِمَاbimāfor what
- كَانُوا۟kānūthey used (to)
- يَصْنَعُونَyaṣnaʿūnado
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