سَبَأ : ١٨

  • وَجَعَلۡنَا And We made
  • بَيۡنَهُمۡ between them
  • وَبَيۡنَ and between
  • ٱلۡقُرَى the towns
  • ٱلَّتِي which
  • بَٰرَكۡنَا We had blessed
  • فِيهَا in it
  • قُرٗى towns
  • ظَٰهِرَةٗ visible
  • وَقَدَّرۡنَا And We determined
  • فِيهَا between them
  • ٱلسَّيۡرَۖ the journey
  • سِيرُواْ Travel
  • فِيهَا between them
  • لَيَالِيَ (by) night
  • وَأَيَّامًا and (by) day
  • ءَامِنِينَ safely
And We placed between them and the cities which We had blessed1 [many] visible cities. And We determined between them the [distances of] journey,2 [saying], "Travel between them by night or by day in safety."
Footnotes
1 In the lands of what is now southern Syria and Palestine.
2 i.e., We placed the intermediate settlements at calculated distances for the convenience of travelers.
And We set between them, between Sheba, who were in Yemen, and the towns which We had blessed, with [abundance of] water and trees - these being the towns of Syria, to which they used to travel for commerce - prominent towns, continuous [along the route] from Yemen to Syria, and We facilitated [for travellers] the journeying through them, such that they would rest for the afternoon in one and spend the night in the next, [and so on] until the end of their travel, having no need of any supplies or water along the way; and We said, 'Travel through them night and day safely', having no fear by night or by day.