The Pen
68. Al-Qalam
القلم
Page #565
68:17
إِنَّا
بَلَوْنَاهُمْ
كَمَا
بَلَوْنَا
أَصْحَابَ
الْجَنَّةِ
إِذْ
أَقْسَمُوا
لَيَصْرِمُنَّهَا
مُصْبِحِينَ
ʾinnā balawnāhum ka-mā balawnā ʾaṣḥāba l-jannati ʾidh ʾaqsamū la-yaṣrimunnahā muṣbiḥīna
Verily We have tried them as We tried the People of the Garden, when they resolved to gather the fruits of the (garden) in the morning.
— Abdullah Yusufali
Indeed we have tested them just as We tested the People of the Garden when they vowed they would gather its fruit at dawn,