Meccan · Surah 68 of 114

Al-Qalam 68:20

The Pen · ayah 20 of 52

فَأَصْبَحَتْ كَٱلصَّرِيمِ

Faasbahat kassareem

"And it became as though reaped."

Saheeh International translation

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Other English translations

Abdel Haleem (Oxford)+

"and by morning it was stripped bare, a desolate land."

Pickthall (classic)+

"And in the morning it was as if plucked."

Yusuf Ali (classic)+

"So the (garden) became, by the morning, like a dark and desolate spot, (whose fruit had been gathered)."

Tafsīr · classical commentary

Ibn Kathir

Abridged English, public domain

قَالُواْ سُبْحَـنَ رَبّنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَـلِمِينَ- فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ يَتَلَـوَمُونَ- قَالُواْ يوَيْلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا طَـغِينَ- عَسَى رَبُّنَآ أَن يُبْدِلَنَا خَيْراً مّنْهَآ إِنَّآ إِلَى رَبّنَا رغِبُونَ- كَذَلِكَ الْعَذَابُ وَلَعَذَابُ الاْخِرَةِ أَكْبَرُ لَوْ كَانُواْ يَعْلَمُونَ-

Tafsir Saʿdi

English translation, public domain

Божья кара обрушилась на их сад ночью, когда они спали. Сад был уничтожен и погублен. Он стал подобен мрачной ночи: в нем не осталось не деревьев, ни плодов. Тем временем владельцы сада даже не подозревали о постигшем их несчастии.

Maʿārif al-Qur'ān

Mufti Shafi Usmani, English

فَأَصْبَحَتْ كَالصَّرِ‌يمِ (Thus, on the next morning, it was like a harvested field ….68:20). The word sarim means to harvest or to collect a crop from the fields'. The word sarim in the context of the verse is used in the sense of masrum or maqtu`, meaning 'harvested or cut'. This signifies that the fire burnt the field and stripped it bare. The word sarim also means 'night'. From this point of view, the verse signifies 'the field became burnt up and black like night'. [ Mazhari ].

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