Surah Al-Qalam (القلم) • The Pen

Quran 68:17

68:17

إِنَّا بَلَوْنَـٰهُمْ كَمَا بَلَوْنَآ أَصْحَـٰبَ ٱلْجَنَّةِ إِذْ أَقْسَمُوا۟ لَيَصْرِمُنَّهَا مُصْبِحِينَ

innā balawnāhum kamā balawnā aṣḥāba l-janati idh aqsamū layaṣrimunnahā muṣ'biḥīna

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

— Saheeh International

We have tried them as We tried the owners of a certain garden, who swore that they would harvest its fruits in the morning

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Verily, We have tried them as We tried the people of the garden, when they swore to pluck the fruits of the (garden) in the morning,

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

Juz 29Page 565meccan

Word by Word

إِنَّاinnāIndeed, We
بَلَوْنَـٰهُمْbalawnāhumhave tried them
كَمَاkamāas
بَلَوْنَآbalawnāWe tried
أَصْحَـٰبَaṣḥāba(the) companions
ٱلْجَنَّةِl-janati(of) the garden
إِذْidhwhen
أَقْسَمُوا۟aqsamūthey swore
لَيَصْرِمُنَّهَاlayaṣrimunnahāto pluck its fruit
مُصْبِحِينَmuṣ'biḥīna(in the) morning