Verse 68:20 in Context

Translator Abdel Haleem
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,’ 23 فَٱنطَلَقُوا۟ وَهُمۡ یَتَخَـٰفَتُونَ ۝٢٣ fa-inṭalaqū wahum yatakhāfatūn and went off, whispering 24 أَن لَّا یَدۡخُلَنَّهَا ٱلۡیَوۡمَ عَلَیۡكُم مِّسۡكِینࣱ ۝٢٤ an lā yadkhulannahā l-yawma ʿalaykum mis'kīnu ‘Make sure no poor person enters the garden today!’––

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