Surah Al-Hashr, Ayah 5 (59:5)

ٱلْحَشْر

مَا قَطَعْتُم مِّن لِّينَةٍ أَوْ تَرَكْتُمُوهَا قَآئِمَةً عَلَىٰٓ أُصُولِهَا فَبِإِذْنِ ٱللَّهِ …

Quran 59:5 is ayah 5 of Surah Al-Hashr (“The Exile”), a Medinan surah of 24 ayahs. It is in Juz 28, on page 546 of the Madani Mushaf.

59:5
مَاقَطَعْتُممِّنلِّينَةٍأَوْتَرَكْتُمُوهَاقَآئِمَةًعَلَىٰٓأُصُولِهَافَبِإِذْنِٱللَّهِوَلِيُخْزِىَٱلْفَٰسِقِينَ٥
mā qaṭaʿtum min līnatin aw taraktumūhā qāimatan ʿalā uṣūlihā fabi-idh'ni l-lahi waliyukh'ziya l-fāsiqīna

Whatever you have cut down of [their] palm trees or left standing on their trunks - it was by permission of Allāh and so He would disgrace the defiantly disobedient.(5)

Word by word

  1. مَاmāWhatever
  2. قَطَعْتُمqaṭaʿtumyou cut down
  3. مِّنminof
  4. لِّينَةٍlīnatin(the) palm-trees
  5. أَوْawor
  6. تَرَكْتُمُوهَاtaraktumūhāyou left them
  7. قَآئِمَةًqāimatanstanding
  8. عَلَىٰٓʿalāon
  9. أُصُولِهَاuṣūlihātheir roots
  10. فَبِإِذْنِfabi-idh'niit (was) by the permission
  11. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
  12. وَلِيُخْزِىَwaliyukh'ziyaand that He may disgrace
  13. ٱلْفَٰسِقِينَl-fāsiqīnathe defiantly disobedient

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