Verse 68:15 in Context

Translator Abdel Haleem
11 هَمَّازࣲ مَّشَّاۤءِۭ بِنَمِیمࣲ ۝١١ hammāzin mashāin binamīmi to any backbiter, slander-monger 12 مَّنَّاعࣲ لِّلۡخَیۡرِ مُعۡتَدٍ أَثِیمٍ ۝١٢ mannāʿin lil'khayri muʿ'tadin athīmi or hinderer of good, to anyone who is sinful, aggressive 13 عُتُلِّۭ بَعۡدَ ذَ ٰلِكَ زَنِیمٍ ۝١٣ an kāna dhā mālin wabanīn coarse, and on top of all that, an imposter 14 أَن كَانَ ذَا مَالࣲ وَبَنِینَ ۝١٤ An kana tha malin wabaneena Just because he has wealth and sons
15 إِذَا تُتۡلَىٰ عَلَیۡهِ ءَایَـٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَـٰطِیرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِینَ ۝١٥ idhā tut'lā ʿalayhi āyātunā qāla asāṭīru l-awalīn when our revelations are recited to him, he says, ‘These are just ancient fables.’
16 سَنَسِمُهُۥ عَلَى ٱلۡخُرۡطُومِ ۝١٦ sanasimuhu ʿalā l-khur'ṭūm We shall brand him on the snout 17 إِنَّا بَلَوۡنَـٰهُمۡ كَمَا بَلَوۡنَاۤ أَصۡحَـٰبَ ٱلۡجَنَّةِ إِذۡ أَقۡسَمُوا۟ لَیَصۡرِمُنَّهَا مُصۡبِحِینَ ۝١٧ innā balawnāhum kamā balawnā aṣḥāba l-janati idh aqsamū layaṣrimunnahā muṣ'biḥīn We have tried them as We tried the owners of a certain garden, who swore that they would harvest its fruits in the mornin 18 وَلَا یَسۡتَثۡنُونَ ۝١٨ walā yastathnūn and made no allowance [for the Will of God] 19 فَطَافَ عَلَیۡهَا طَاۤىِٕفࣱ مِّن رَّبِّكَ وَهُمۡ نَاۤىِٕمُونَ ۝١٩ faṭāfa ʿalayhā ṭāifun min rabbika wahum nāimūn a disaster from your Lord struck the garden as they slep

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