The Bee
16. An-Naḥl
النحل
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وَضَرَبَ
اللَّهُ
مَثَلًا
قَرْيَةً
كَانَتْ
آمِنَةً
مُّطْمَئِنَّةً
يَأْتِيهَا
رِزْقُهَا
رَغَدًا
مِّن
كُلِّ
مَكَانٍ
فَكَفَرَتْ
بِأَنْعُمِ
اللَّهِ
فَأَذَاقَهَا
اللَّهُ
لِبَاسَ
الْجُوعِ
وَالْخَوْفِ
بِمَا
كَانُوا
يَصْنَعُونَ
wa-ḍaraba llāhu mathalan qaryatan kānat ʾāminatan muṭmaʾinnatan yaʾtīhā rizquhā raghadan min kulli makānin fa-kafarat bi-ʾanʿumi llāhi fa-ʾadhāqahā llāhu libāsa l-jūʿi wa-l-khawfi bi-mā kānū yaṣnaʿūna
Allah draws a parable: There was a town secure and peaceful, its provision coming abundantly from every place. But it was ungrateful toward Allah’s blessings. So Allah made it taste hunger and fear because of what they used to do.
— Ali Quli Qarai
Allah sets forth a Parable: a city enjoying security and quiet, abundantly supplied with sustenance from every place: Yet was it ungrateful for the favours of Allah: so Allah made it taste of hunger and terror (in extremes) (closing in on it) like a garment (from every side), because of the (evil) which (its people) wrought.
