Sura 16 Al-Nahl (The Bee), ayah 112

  1. وَضَرَبَ اللَّهُ مَثَلًا قَرْيَةً كَانَتْ آمِنَةً مُطْمَئِنَّةً يَأْتِيهَا رِزْقُهَا رَغَدًا مِنْ كُلِّ مَكَانٍ فَكَفَرَتْ بِأَنْعُمِ اللَّهِ فَأَذَاقَهَا اللَّهُ لِبَاسَ الْجُوعِ وَالْخَوْفِ بِمَا كَانُوا يَصْنَعُونَ

    Translation by words

    وَضَرَبَ
    And Allah sets forth
    ٱللَّهُ
    And Allah sets forth
    مَثَلًا
    a similitude
    قَرْيَةً
    (of) a town
    كَانَتْ
    (that) was
    ءَامِنَةً
    secure
    مُّطْمَئِنَّةً
    and content,
    يَأْتِيهَا
    coming to it
    رِزْقُهَا
    its provision
    رَغَدًا
    (in) abundance
    مِّن
    from
    كُلِّ
    every
    مَكَانٍ
    place,
    فَكَفَرَتْ
    but it denied
    بِأَنْعُمِ
    (the) Favors of Allah,
    ٱللَّهِ
    (the) Favors of Allah,
    فَأَذَٰقَهَا
    so Allah made it taste
    ٱللَّهُ
    so Allah made it taste
    لِبَاسَ
    (the) garb
    ٱلْجُوعِ
    (of) the hunger
    وَٱلْخَوْفِ
    and the fear
    بِمَا
    for what
    كَانُوا۟
    they used (to)
    يَصْنَعُونَ
    do.

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

    16:112

Translation: Saheeh International

Sura 16 Al-Nahl (The Bee)