Quran 68:19 — Al-Qalam, verse 19
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
a disaster from your Lord struck the garden as they slept
فَطَافَ عَلَيْهَا طَائِفٌ مِنْ رَبِّكَ وَهُمْ نَائِمُونَ
faṭāfa ʿalayhā ṭāifun min rabbika wahum nāimūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Then a visitation from thy Lord visited it, while they were sleeping,
- Muhammad Asad
- whereupon a visitation for thy Sustainer came upon that [garden] while they were asleep,
- Sahih International
- So there came upon it [i.e., the garden] an affliction from your Lord while they were asleep.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَطَافَfaṭāfa | So there came | طوف |
| 2 | عَلَيْهَاʿalayhā | upon it | — |
| 3 | طَآئِفٌۭṭāifun | a visitation | طوف |
| 4 | مِّنmin | from | — |
| 5 | رَّبِّكَrabbika | your Lord | ربب |
| 6 | وَهُمْwahum | while they | — |
| 7 | نَآئِمُونَnāimūna | were asleep | نوم |