Surah Al-Ghashiya 88:6 — translation and meaning

الغاشية · Verse 6 / 26 · Page 592

لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ

Word by Word

لَّيْسَ
laysa
Is not
لَهُمْ
lahum
for them
طَعَامٌ
ta'amun
food
إِلَّا
illa
except
مِن
min
from
ضَرِيعٍ
dari'in
a bitter thorny plant

Transliteration

Laisa lahum ta'aamun illaa min daree'

Translation

For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

They will not have any food to nourish them besides the worst and most rotten type of food from a plant that is called shibriq, which becomes poisonous when it becomes dry.

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

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