Quran 68:17 — Al-Qalam, verse 17
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
We have tried them as We tried the owners of a certain garden, who swore that they would harvest its fruits in the morning
إِنَّا بَلَوْنَاهُمْ كَمَا بَلَوْنَا أَصْحَابَ الْجَنَّةِ إِذْ أَقْسَمُوا لَيَصْرِمُنَّهَا مُصْبِحِينَ
innā balawnāhum kamā balawnā aṣḥāba l-janati idh aqsamū layaṣrimunnahā muṣ'biḥīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Now We have tried them, even as We tried the owners of the garden when they swore they would pluck in the morning
- Muhammad Asad
- [As for such sinners,] behold, We [but] try them as We tried the owners of a certain garden who vowed that they would surely harvest its fruit on the morrow,
- Sahih International
- Indeed, We have tried them as We tried the companions of the garden, when they swore to cut its fruit in the [early] morning
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | إِنَّاinnā | Indeed, We | — |
| 2 | بَلَوْنَـٰهُمْbalawnāhum | have tried them | بلو |
| 3 | كَمَاkamā | as | — |
| 4 | بَلَوْنَآbalawnā | We tried | بلو |
| 5 | أَصْحَـٰبَaṣḥāba | (the) companions | صحب |
| 6 | ٱلْجَنَّةِl-janati | (of) the garden | جنن |
| 7 | إِذْidh | when | — |
| 8 | أَقْسَمُوا۟aqsamū | they swore | قسم |
| 9 | لَيَصْرِمُنَّهَاlayaṣrimunnahā | to pluck its fruit | صرم |
| 10 | مُصْبِحِينَmuṣ'biḥīna | (in the) morning | صبح |