Surah Al-Qalam 68:17 — translation and meaning
القلم · Verse 17 / 52 · Page 565
إِنَّا بَلَوْنَاهُمْ كَمَا بَلَوْنَا أَصْحَابَ الْجَنَّةِ إِذْ أَقْسَمُوا لَيَصْرِمُنَّهَا مُصْبِحِينَ
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إِنَّا
inna
Indeed We
بَلَوْنَاهُمْ
balawnahum
have tried them
كَمَا
kama
as
بَلَوْنَا
balawna
We tried
أَصْحَابَ
ashaba
(the) companions
الْجَنَّةِ
al-janati
(of) the garden
إِذْ
idh
when
أَقْسَمُوا
aqsamu
they swore
لَيَصْرِمُنَّهَا
layasrimunnaha
to pluck its fruit
مُصْبِحِينَ
mus'bihina
(in the) morning
Transliteration
Innaa balawnaahum kamaa balawnaaa As-haabal jannati iz 'aqsamoo la-yasri munnahaa musbiheen
Translation
Indeed, We have tried them as We tried the companions of the garden, when they swore to cut its fruit in the [early] morning
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
Indeed, I have tested these idolaters with drought and hunger, just as I tested the people of the garden when they swore that they will quickly harvest its fruits in the morning, so that the poor cannot eat from them.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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