وَضَرَبَ And Allah sets forth waḍaraba And Allah sets forth l-lahu a similitude mathalan (of) a town qaryatan (that) was kānat secure āminatan and content muṭ'ma-innatan coming to it yatīhā its provision riz'quhā (in) abundance raghadan from min every kulli place makānin but it denied fakafarat (the) Favors of Allah bi-anʿumi (the) Favors of Allah l-lahi so Allah made it taste fa-adhāqahā so Allah made it taste l-lahu (the) garb libāsa (of) the hunger l-jūʿi and the fear wal-khawfi for what bimā they used (to) kānū do yaṣnaʿūna
And Allāh presents an example: a city [i.e., Makkah] which was safe and secure, its provision coming to it in abundance from every location, but it denied the favors of Allāh. So Allāh made it taste the envelopment of hunger and fear for what they had been doing.