Surah An-Nahl · Ayah 112

Meaning of Surah An-Nahl, Ayah 112

Wadaraba Allahu mathalanqaryatan kanat aminatan mutma-innatanya/teeha rizquha raghadan min kulli makaninfakafarat bi-anAAumi Allahi faathaqaha Allahulibasa aljooAAi walkhawfi bima kanooyasnaAAoon

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1. وَضَرَبَwaḍarabaAnd Allah sets forth
2. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAnd Allah sets forth
3. مَثَلًۭاmathalana similitude
4. قَرْيَةًۭqaryatan(of) a town
5. كَانَتْkānat(that) was
6. ءَامِنَةًۭāminatansecure
7. مُّطْمَئِنَّةًۭmuṭ'ma-innatanand content
8. يَأْتِيهَاyatīhācoming to it
9. رِزْقُهَاriz'quhāits provision
10. رَغَدًۭاraghadan(in) abundance
11. مِّنminfrom
12. كُلِّkullievery
13. مَكَانٍۢmakāninplace
14. فَكَفَرَتْfakafaratbut it denied
15. بِأَنْعُمِbi-anʿumi(the) Favors of Allah
16. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(the) Favors of Allah
17. فَأَذَٰقَهَاfa-adhāqahāso Allah made it taste
18. ٱللَّهُl-lahuso Allah made it taste
19. لِبَاسَlibāsa(the) garb
20. ٱلْجُوعِl-jūʿi(of) the hunger
21. وَٱلْخَوْفِwal-khawfiand the fear
22. بِمَاbimāfor what
23. كَانُوا۟kānūthey used (to)
24. يَصْنَعُونَyaṣnaʿūnado