سَبَأ : ١٥

  • لَقَدۡ Certainly
  • كَانَ (there) was
  • لِسَبَإٖ for Saba
  • فِي in
  • مَسۡكَنِهِمۡ their dwelling place
  • ءَايَةٞۖ a sign:
  • جَنَّتَانِ Two gardens
  • عَن on
  • يَمِينٖ (the) right
  • وَشِمَالٖۖ and (on the) left
  • كُلُواْ Eat
  • مِن from
  • رِّزۡقِ (the) provision
  • رَبِّكُمۡ (of) your Lord
  • وَٱشۡكُرُواْ and be grateful
  • لَهُۥۚ to Him
  • بَلۡدَةٞ A land
  • طَيِّبَةٞ good
  • وَرَبٌّ and a Lord
  • غَفُورٞ Oft-Forgiving
There was for [the tribe of] Saba’ in their dwelling place a sign: two [fields of] gardens on the right and on the left. [They were told], "Eat from the provisions of your Lord and be grateful to Him. A good land [have you], and a forgiving Lord."
Verily there was for Sheba (Saba', declined [as li-Saba'in] or left as indeclinable [li-Saba'a], is [the name of] a tribe that took its name from one of their Arab ancestors) in their dwelling-place, in Yemen, a sign: indicating God's power, exalted be He, two the Paradises (jannataan, a substitution [for aayatun, 'a sign']) to the right and to the left, in other words, on the right side of their valley and on its left side. And it was said to them: 'Eat of your Lord's provision and give thanks to Him, for the graces He has bestowed on you in the land of Sheba. A good land - in which there was no dung, gnats, flies, fleas, scorpions, or snakes, and in which when a stranger passed through with his clothes lice-infected, these [lice] would be killed off because of the purity of its air - and, God is, a forgiving Lord.'