فَأَعۡرَضُواْ
فَأَرۡسَلۡنَا
عَلَيۡهِمۡ
سَيۡلَ
ٱلۡعَرِمِ
وَبَدَّلۡنَٰهُم
بِجَنَّتَيۡهِمۡ
جَنَّتَيۡنِ
ذَوَاتَيۡ
أُكُلٍ
خَمۡطٖ
وَأَثۡلٖ
وَشَيۡءٖ
مِّن
سِدۡرٖ
قَلِيلٖ
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But they turned away. So We sent against them a devastating flood, and replaced their orchards with two others producing bitter fruit, fruitless bushes,1 and a few ˹sparse˺ thorny trees.2
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
But they turned away [refusing], so We sent upon them the flood of the dam,1 and We replaced their two [fields of] gardens with gardens of bitter fruit, tamarisks and something of sparse lote trees.
— Saheeh International
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