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Al-Qalam 17

Ayah 17 of 52 · Meccan

إِنَّا بَلَوۡنَٰهُمۡ كَمَا بَلَوۡنَآ أَصۡحَٰبَ ٱلۡجَنَّةِ إِذۡ أَقۡسَمُواْ لَيَصۡرِمُنَّهَا مُصۡبِحِينَ ١٧

Indeed, We have tried them as We tried the companions of the garden, when they swore to cut its fruit in the [early] morning

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. إِنَّاIndeed, Weinnā
  2. بَلَوۡنَٰهُمۡhave tried thembalawnāhum
  3. كَمَاaskamā
  4. بَلَوۡنَآWe triedbalawnā
  5. أَصۡحَٰبَ(the) companionsaṣḥāba
  6. ٱلۡجَنَّةِ(of) the gardenl-janati
  7. إِذۡwhenidh
  8. أَقۡسَمُواْthey sworeaqsamū
  9. لَيَصۡرِمُنَّهَاto pluck its fruitlayaṣrimunnahā
  10. مُصۡبِحِينَ(in the) morningmuṣ'biḥīna

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.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran