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An-Nahl (The Bee) · Ayah 112

وَضَرَبَ ٱللَّهُ مَثَلًا قَرْيَةً كَانَتْ ءَامِنَةً مُّطْمَئِنَّةً يَأْتِيهَا رِزْقُهَا رَغَدًا مِّن كُلِّ مَكَانٍ فَكَفَرَتْ بِأَنْعُمِ ٱللَّهِ فَأَذَٰقَهَا ٱللَّهُ لِبَاسَ ٱلْجُوعِ وَٱلْخَوْفِ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَصْنَعُونَ 112

And Allāh presents an example: a city [i.e., Makkah] which was safe and secure, its provision coming to it in abundance from every location, but it denied the favors of Allāh. So Allāh made it taste the envelopment of hunger and fear for what they had been doing.

وَضَرَبَwaḍarabaAnd Allah sets forth
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAnd Allah sets forth
مَثَلًۭاmathalana similitude
قَرْيَةًۭqaryatan(of) a town
كَانَتْkānat(that) was
ءَامِنَةًۭāminatansecure
مُّطْمَئِنَّةًۭmuṭ'ma-innatanand content
يَأْتِيهَاyatīhācoming to it
رِزْقُهَاriz'quhāits provision
رَغَدًۭاraghadan(in) abundance
مِّنminfrom
كُلِّkullievery
مَكَانٍۢmakāninplace
فَكَفَرَتْfakafaratbut it denied
بِأَنْعُمِbi-anʿumi(the) Favors of Allah
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(the) Favors of Allah
فَأَذَٰقَهَاfa-adhāqahāso Allah made it taste
ٱللَّهُl-lahuso Allah made it taste
لِبَاسَlibāsa(the) garb
ٱلْجُوعِl-jūʿi(of) the hunger
وَٱلْخَوْفِwal-khawfiand the fear
بِمَاbimāfor what
noun
كَانُوا۟kānūthey used (to)
يَصْنَعُونَyaṣnaʿūnado
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