Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

And We caused to grow over him a tree of gourd;

وَاَنْبَتْنَا عَلَيْهِ شَجَرَةً مِنْ يَقْط۪ينٍۚ
Waanbatna AAalayhi shajaratan minyaqteen
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1wa-anbatnāAnd We caused to growنبت
2ʿalayhiover him
3shajaratana plantشجر
4minof
5yaqṭīningourd
  • Aisha Bewley

    and We caused a gourd tree to grow over him.

  • Progressive Muslims

    And We caused seaweed to grow on him.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    We caused him to rest under a well-grown fruitful tree.

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    And We caused to grow over him a tree of gourd;

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    And We caused a tree of gourd to grow on him.

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    We caused seaweed to grow on him.

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    We had a tree of edible fruit grown for him.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    And We made a gourd tree grow over him.

  • Sahih International (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

    And We caused to grow over him a gourd vine.

  • Muhammad Asad

    and caused a creeping plant to grow over him .

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    And We caused a tree of gourd to grow above him;

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    and caused a gourd tree* to grow over him,

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    We caused a tree to grow over him for protection, a tree which grew decumbently and straggingly to a considerable length so as to rest upon the ground (possibly some kind of pumpkin).

  • Bijan Moeinian

    I ordered a fruit tree to grow so that he may eat from its fruit.

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    And We caused a plant of gourd to grow over him.

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    And We caused to grow, over him, a spreading plant of the gourd kind.

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    and caused a squash plant to grow over him.

  • Taqi Usmani

    and We caused a tree of ourds to grow over him.

  • Abdul Haleem

    and made a gourd tree grow above him.

  • Arthur John Arberry

    and We caused to grow over him a tree of gourds.

  • E. Henry Palmer

    and we made to grow over him a gourd tree;

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    And We caused a gourd plant to grow above him.

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    And We caused to grow over him a tree of gourds.

  • George Sale

    And We caused a plant of a gourd to grow up over him;

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    And We made a vine (of hard shelled fruit) to grow over him for shade.

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    And We caused a plant (of the gourd type) bearing large-size fruit but the creeper of slender stem to grow near him.

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    So We made a gourd plant grow above him.