Surah Al-Kahf 18:32 — translation and meaning

الكهف · Verse 32 / 110 · Page 297

وَاضْرِبْ لَهُم مَّثَلًا رَّجُلَيْنِ جَعَلْنَا لِأَحَدِهِمَا جَنَّتَيْنِ مِنْ أَعْنَابٍ وَحَفَفْنَاهُمَا بِنَخْلٍ وَجَعَلْنَا بَيْنَهُمَا زَرْعًا

Word by Word

وَاضْرِبْ
wa-id'rib
And set forth
لَهُم
lahum
to them
مَّثَلًا
mathalan
the example
رَّجُلَيْنِ
rajulayni
of two men:
جَعَلْنَا
ja'alna
We provided
لِأَحَدِهِمَا
li-ahadihima
for one of them
جَنَّتَيْنِ
jannatayni
two gardens
مِنْ
min
of
أَعْنَابٍ
a'nabin
grapes
وَحَفَفْنَاهُمَا
wahafafnahuma
and We bordered them
بِنَخْلٍ
binakhlin
with date-palms
وَجَعَلْنَا
waja'alna
and We placed
بَيْنَهُمَا
baynahuma
between both of them
زَرْعًا
zar'an
crops

Transliteration

Wadrib lahum masalar rajulaini ja'alnaa li ahadihimaa jannataini min a'naabinw wa hafafnaahumaa binakhilinw wa ja'alnaa bainahumaa zar'aa

Translation

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.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Strike - O Messenger - an example of two men: a disbeliever and a believer. I gave the disbeliever two gardens, which I surrounded with date-palms; and in the vacant land I grew crops.

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

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