Surah Ar-Ra'd, Ayah 4 (13:4)

ٱلرَّعْد

وَفِى ٱلْأَرْضِ قِطَعٌ مُّتَجَٰوِرَٰتٌ وَجَنَّٰتٌ مِّنْ أَعْنَٰبٍ وَزَرْعٌ وَنَخِيلٌ صِنْوَانٌ وَغَيْرُ …

Quran 13:4 is ayah 4 of Surah Ar-Ra'd (“The Thunder”), a Medinan surah of 43 ayahs. It is in Juz 13, on page 249 of the Madani Mushaf.

13:4
وَفِىٱلْأَرْضِقِطَعٌمُّتَجَٰوِرَٰتٌوَجَنَّٰتٌمِّنْأَعْنَٰبٍوَزَرْعٌوَنَخِيلٌصِنْوَانٌوَغَيْرُصِنْوَانٍيُسْقَىٰبِمَآءٍوَٰحِدٍوَنُفَضِّلُبَعْضَهَاعَلَىٰبَعْضٍفِىٱلْأُكُلِ ۚإِنَّفِىذَٰلِكَلََٔايَٰتٍلِّقَوْمٍيَعْقِلُونَ٤
wafī l-arḍi qiṭaʿun mutajāwirātun wajannātun min aʿnābin wazarʿun wanakhīlun ṣin'wānun waghayru ṣin'wānin yus'qā bimāin wāḥidin wanufaḍḍilu baʿḍahā ʿalā baʿḍin fī l-ukuli inna fī dhālika laāyātin liqawmin yaʿqilūna

And within the land are neighboring plots and gardens of grapevines and crops and palm trees, [growing] several from a root or otherwise, watered with one water; but We make some of them exceed others in [quality of] fruit. Indeed in that are signs for a people who reason.(4)

Word by word

  1. وَفِىwafīAnd in
  2. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
  3. قِطَعٌqiṭaʿunare tracks
  4. مُّتَجَٰوِرَٰتٌmutajāwirātunneighboring
  5. وَجَنَّٰتٌwajannātunand gardens
  6. مِّنْminof
  7. أَعْنَٰبٍaʿnābingrapevines
  8. وَزَرْعٌwazarʿunand crops
  9. وَنَخِيلٌwanakhīlunand date-palms
  10. صِنْوَانٌṣin'wānuntrees (growing) from a single root
  11. وَغَيْرُwaghayruand not
  12. صِنْوَانٍṣin'wānintrees (growing) from a single root
  13. يُسْقَىٰyus'qāwatered
  14. بِمَآءٍbimāinwith water
  15. وَٰحِدٍwāḥidinone
  16. وَنُفَضِّلُwanufaḍḍilubut We cause to exceed
  17. بَعْضَهَاbaʿḍahāsome of them
  18. عَلَىٰʿalāover
  19. بَعْضٍbaʿḍinothers
  20. فِىfīin
  21. ٱلْأُكُلِ ۚl-ukulithe fruit
  22. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  23. فِىfīin
  24. ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
  25. لََٔايَٰتٍlaāyātinsurely (are) Signs
  26. لِّقَوْمٍliqawminfor a people
  27. يَعْقِلُونَyaʿqilūnawho use reason

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