Surah Al-Baqara 2:57 — translation and meaning

البقرة · Verse 57 / 286 · Page 8

ۖ ۖ وَظَلَّلْنَا عَلَيْكُمُ الْغَمَامَ وَأَنزَلْنَا عَلَيْكُمُ الْمَنَّ وَالسَّلْوَى كُلُوا مِن طَيِّبَاتِ مَا رَزَقْنَاكُمْ وَمَا ظَلَمُونَا وَلَكِن كَانُوا أَنفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ

Word by Word

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وَظَلَّلْنَا
wazallalna
And We shaded
عَلَيْكُمُ
alaykumu
[over] you
الْغَمَامَ
al-ghamama
(with) [the] clouds
وَأَنزَلْنَا
wa-anzalna
and We sent down
عَلَيْكُمُ
alaykumu
to you
الْمَنَّ
al-mana
[the] manna
وَالسَّلْوَى
wal-salwa
and [the] quails
كُلُوا
kulu
Eat
مِن
min
from
طَيِّبَاتِ
tayyibati
(the) good things
مَا
ma
that
رَزَقْنَاكُمْ
razaqnakum
We have provided you
وَمَا
wama
And not
ظَلَمُونَا
zalamuna
they wronged Us
وَلَكِن
walakin
but
كَانُوا
kanu
they were
أَنفُسَهُمْ
anfusahum
(to) themselves
يَظْلِمُونَ
yazlimuna
doing wrong

Transliteration

Wa zallalnaa 'alaikumul ghamaama wa anzalnaa 'alaikumul Manna was Salwaa kuloo min taiyibaati maa razaqnaakum wa maa zalamoonaa wa laakin kaanooo anfusahum yazlimoon

Translation

And We shaded you with clouds and sent down to you manna and quails, [saying], "Eat from the good things with which We have provided you." And they wronged Us not - but they were [only] wronging themselves.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Another of Allah’s blessings was that He sent clouds to shade you from the heat of the sun when you were wandering the earth; and He sent down manna, a sweet drink similar to honey, and quails for you, telling you to consume of the good things He had provided you with. Their ingratitude and disbelief for these blessings did not affect Allah in any way, but they wronged themselves, losing their share from the good they had done and exposing themselves to suffering.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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