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Surah Saba, Ayah 16 (34:16)

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فَأَعْرَضُوا۟ فَأَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَيْلَ ٱلْعَرِمِ وَبَدَّلْنَٰهُم بِجَنَّتَيْهِمْ جَنَّتَيْنِ ذَوَاتَىْ …

Quran 34:16 is ayah 16 of Surah Saba (“Sheba”), a Meccan surah of 54 ayahs. It is in Juz 22, on page 430 of the Madani Mushaf.

34:16
فَأَعْرَضُوا۟فَأَرْسَلْنَاعَلَيْهِمْسَيْلَٱلْعَرِمِوَبَدَّلْنَٰهُمبِجَنَّتَيْهِمْجَنَّتَيْنِذَوَاتَىْأُكُلٍخَمْطٍوَأَثْلٍوَشَىْءٍمِّنسِدْرٍقَلِيلٍ١٦
fa-aʿraḍū fa-arsalnā ʿalayhim sayla l-ʿarimi wabaddalnāhum bijannatayhim jannatayni dhawātay ukulin khamṭin wa-athlin washayin min sid'rin qalīlin

But they turned away [refusing], so We sent upon them the flood of the dam, and We replaced their two [fields of] gardens with gardens of bitter fruit, tamarisks and something of sparse lote trees.(16)

Word by word

  1. فَأَعْرَضُوا۟fa-aʿraḍūBut they turned away
  2. فَأَرْسَلْنَاfa-arsalnāso We sent
  3. عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimupon them
  4. سَيْلَsayla(the) flood
  5. ٱلْعَرِمِl-ʿarimi(of) the dam
  6. وَبَدَّلْنَٰهُمwabaddalnāhumand We changed for them
  7. بِجَنَّتَيْهِمْbijannatayhimtheir two gardens
  8. جَنَّتَيْنِjannatayni(with) two gardens
  9. ذَوَاتَىْdhawātayproducing fruit
  10. أُكُلٍukulinproducing fruit
  11. خَمْطٍkhamṭinbitter
  12. وَأَثْلٍwa-athlinand tamarisks
  13. وَشَىْءٍwashayinand (some)thing
  14. مِّنminof
  15. سِدْرٍsid'rinlote trees
  16. قَلِيلٍqalīlinfew

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