Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

And strike thou for them a similitude: — two men: We made for one of them two gardens of grapevines, and surrounded them with date-palms, and placed between them crops.

وَاضْرِبْ لَهُمْ مَثَلاً رَجُلَيْنِ جَعَلْنَا لِاَحَدِهِمَا جَنَّتَيْنِ مِنْ اَعْنَابٍ وَحَفَفْنَاهُمَا بِنَخْلٍ وَجَعَلْنَا بَيْنَهُمَا زَرْعاًۜ
Wadrib lahum mathalanrajulayni jaAAalna li-ahadihima jannataynimin aAAnabin wahafafnahuma binakhlinwajaAAalna baynahuma zarAAa
#wordmeaningroot
1wa-iḍ'ribAnd set forthضرب
2lahumto them
3mathalanthe exampleمثل
4rajulayniof two men:رجل
5jaʿalnāWe providedجعل
6li-aḥadihimāfor one of themاحد
7jannataynitwo gardensجنن
8minof
9aʿnābingrapesعنب
10waḥafafnāhumāand We bordered themحفف
11binakhlinwith date-palmsنخل
12wajaʿalnāand We placedجعل
13baynahumābetween both of themبين
14zarʿancropsزرع
  • Aisha Bewley

    Make an example for them of two men. To one of them We gave two gardens of grape-vines and surrounded them with date-palms, putting between them some cultivated land.

  • Progressive Muslims

    And give them the example of two men. We made for one of them two gardens of grapes, and We surrounded them with palm trees, and We made between them a green field.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    (The real success belongs to those who work for both lives. ) Cite for them the example of two men. To one of them, We had given two vineyards, and surrounded them with date palms and placed a field of grain in between.

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    And strike thou for them a similitude: — two men: We made for one of them two gardens of grapevines, and surrounded them with date-palms, and placed between them crops.

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    And give them the example of two men: We made for one of them two gardens of grapes, and We surrounded them with palm trees, and We made crops in their midst.

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    Give them the example of two men. We made for one of them two gardens of grapes, We surrounded them with palm trees, and We made between them a green field.

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    Cite for them the example of two men: we gave one of them two gardens of grapes, surrounded by date palms, and placed other crops between them.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    Tell them the parable of two men. We gave one two gardens of grapes surrounded by date-palm trees, with corn fields in between.

  • Sahih International (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

    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 crops.

  • Muhammad Asad

    AND PROPOUND unto them the parable of two men, upon one of whom We had bestowed two vinyards, and surrounded them with date-palms, and placed a field of grain in-between.

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    Coin for them a similitude: Two men, unto one of whom We had assigned two gardens of grapes, and We had surrounded both with date-palms and had put between them tillage.

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    (O Muhammad), propound a parable to them.* There were two men of whom We bestowed upon one of the two vineyards, surrounding both of them with date-palms and putting a tillage in between.

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    Give them O Muhammad an example by which moral and spiritual relations are typically set forth, the example illustrating the two men; on one of them -the rich- We bestowed two orchards enclosing grape vines and surrounded by palm trees with plants in between.

  • Bijan Moeinian

    Tell them the story of two friends that I had blessed one with two gardens of grapes (and all kind of crops) surrounded by date palms.

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    And put forward to them the example of two men: unto one of them We had given two gardens of grapes, and We had surrounded both with date-palms; and had put between them green crops (cultivated fields).

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    Set forth to them the parable of two men: for one of them We provided two gardens of grape-vines and surrounded them with date palms; in between the two We placed corn-fields.

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    Give them ˹O Prophet˺ an example of two men. To ˹the disbelieving˺ one We gave two gardens of grapevines, which We surrounded with palm trees and placed ˹various˺ crops in between.

  • Taqi Usmani

    Give them an example. There were two men; We gave one of them two gardens of grapes, and surrounded both of them with date-palms, and placed vegetation between them.

  • Abdul Haleem

    Tell them the parable of two men: for one of them We made two gardens of grape vines, surrounded them with date palms, and put corn fields in between;

  • Arthur John Arberry

    And strike for them a similitude: two men. To one of them We assigned two gardens of vines, and surrounded them with palm-trees, and between them We set a sown field;

  • E. Henry Palmer

    Strike out for them a parable: Two men, for one of whom we made two gardens of grapes, and surrounded them with palms, and put corn between the two.

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    For such are gardens of Eden; beneath them rivers flow; they shall be adorned therein with bracelets of gold, and shall wear green robes of finest silk, and of gold brocade; reclining therein on thrones - blessed is the reward, and goodly the couch!

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    And strike for them a similitude: two men. To one of them We made two gardens of vineyards and encircled (both of) them with palm-trees, and between them We made a plantation.

  • George Sale

    And propound unto them as a parable two men: On the one of whom We had bestowed two vineyards, and had surrounded them with palm-trees, and had caused corn to grow between them.

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    And present to them the example of two men: For one of them We gave two gardens of grape-vines and surrounded them with palm trees; In between the two We placed corn-fields.

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    And relate to these (opponents of yours) the parable (and description of the conditions) of two men. We had provided to one of them two vine-gardens which We fenced with date-palms and We placed cornfields between the two.

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    Draw for them the parable of two men for each of whom We had made two gardens of vines, and We had surrounded them with date palms, and placed crops between them.