سُوْرَةُ الْوَاقِعَةِ
Surah Al-Waaqia (56) — Ayah 73
نَحْنُ جَعَلْنَـٰهَا تَذْكِرَةً وَمَتَـٰعًا لِّلْمُقْوِينَ ﴿73﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
We have made it a Reminder (of the Hell-fire in the Hereafter), and an article of use for the travellers (and all the others, in this world).
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
نَحْنُ
naḥnu
We
جَعَلْنَـٰهَا
jaʿalnāhā
have made it
تَذْكِرَةًۭ
tadhkiratan
a reminder
وَمَتَـٰعًۭا
wamatāʿan
and a provision
لِّلْمُقْوِينَ
lil'muq'wīna
for the wayfarers in the desert
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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73. We have made this tree a means of reminder and a benefit for travelers [34].
[34]
The Literal Meaning of ﴿مُقْوِيْنٌ﴾:
﴿مُقْوِيْنٌ﴾ ﴿القوٰي﴾ means hunger, and ﴿باتَ الْقَوٰي﴾ means to spend the night hungry, and ﴿القاوية﴾ means a year of little rain, and ﴿تقاوٰي﴾ means a shortage or excess of rain that destroys crops and brings about famine. And ﴿تقاوي﴾ are those loans which the government gives to landlords in such years of famine on the condition of payment in installments, and ﴿تقاوي﴾ means to spend the night hungry, and "qut la-yamut" means such a small amount of food that a person can just survive, and ﴿مقوين﴾ means people who travel in need of sustenance. Nomadic people who keep moving here and there in search of sustenance. Such people can also erect temporary shelters from tree wood. By selling fuel, they can also fulfill their other needs.
[34]
The Literal Meaning of ﴿مُقْوِيْنٌ﴾:
﴿مُقْوِيْنٌ﴾ ﴿القوٰي﴾ means hunger, and ﴿باتَ الْقَوٰي﴾ means to spend the night hungry, and ﴿القاوية﴾ means a year of little rain, and ﴿تقاوٰي﴾ means a shortage or excess of rain that destroys crops and brings about famine. And ﴿تقاوي﴾ are those loans which the government gives to landlords in such years of famine on the condition of payment in installments, and ﴿تقاوي﴾ means to spend the night hungry, and "qut la-yamut" means such a small amount of food that a person can just survive, and ﴿مقوين﴾ means people who travel in need of sustenance. Nomadic people who keep moving here and there in search of sustenance. Such people can also erect temporary shelters from tree wood. By selling fuel, they can also fulfill their other needs.
