Verse 68:18 in Context
Translator
Abdel Haleem
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
20
فَأَصۡبَحَتۡ كَٱلصَّرِیمِ ٢٠
fa-aṣbaḥat kal-ṣarīm
and by morning it was stripped bare, a desolate land
21
فَتَنَادَوۡا۟ مُصۡبِحِینَ ٢١
fatanādaw muṣ'biḥīn
Still they called each other at daybreak
22
أَنِ ٱغۡدُوا۟ عَلَىٰ حَرۡثِكُمۡ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَـٰرِمِینَ ٢٢
ani igh'dū ʿalā ḥarthikum in kuntum ṣārimīn
‘Go early to your field if you wish to gather all its fruits,’
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