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Surah Al-Qalam
Verse 17–33

إِنَّا Indeed, We بَلَوْنَـٰهُمْ have tried them كَمَا as بَلَوْنَآ We tried أَصْحَـٰبَ (the) companions ٱلْجَنَّةِ (of) the garden إِذْ when أَقْسَمُوا۟ they swore لَيَصْرِمُنَّهَا to pluck its fruit مُصْبِحِينَ (in the) morning ١٧

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

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وَلَا And not يَسْتَثْنُونَ making exception ١٨

Without making exception.

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فَطَافَ So there came عَلَيْهَا upon it طَآئِفٌۭ a visitation مِّن from رَّبِّكَ your Lord وَهُمْ while they نَآئِمُونَ were asleep ١٩

So there came upon it [i.e., the garden] an affliction from your Lord while they were asleep.

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فَأَصْبَحَتْ So it became كَٱلصَّرِيمِ as if reaped ٢٠

And it became as though reaped.

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فَتَنَادَوْا۟ And they called one another مُصْبِحِينَ (at) morning ٢١

And they called one another at morning,

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أَنِ That ٱغْدُوا۟ Go early عَلَىٰ to حَرْثِكُمْ your crop إِن if كُنتُمْ you would صَـٰرِمِينَ pluck (the) fruit ٢٢

[Saying], "Go early to your crop if you would cut the fruit."

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فَٱنطَلَقُوا۟ So they went وَهُمْ while they يَتَخَـٰفَتُونَ lowered (their) voices ٢٣

So they set out, while lowering their voices,

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أَن That لَّا Not يَدْخُلَنَّهَا will enter it ٱلْيَوْمَ today عَلَيْكُم upon you مِّسْكِينٌۭ any poor person ٢٤

[Saying], "There will surely not enter it today upon you [any] poor person."

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وَغَدَوْا۟ And they went early عَلَىٰ with حَرْدٍۢ determination قَـٰدِرِينَ able ٢٥

And they went early in determination, [assuming themselves] able.

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فَلَمَّا But when رَأَوْهَا they saw it قَالُوٓا۟ they said إِنَّا Indeed, we لَضَآلُّونَ (are) surely lost ٢٦

But when they saw it, they said, "Indeed, we are lost;

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بَلْ Nay نَحْنُ We مَحْرُومُونَ (are) deprived ٢٧

Rather, we have been deprived."

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قَالَ Said أَوْسَطُهُمْ (the) most moderate of them أَلَمْ Did not أَقُل I tell لَّكُمْ you لَوْلَا 'Why not تُسَبِّحُونَ you glorify (Allah)?' ٢٨

The most moderate of them said, "Did I not say to you, 'Why do you not exalt [Allāh]?'"

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قَالُوا۟ They said سُبْحَـٰنَ Glory be رَبِّنَآ (to) our Lord إِنَّا Indeed, we كُنَّا [we] were ظَـٰلِمِينَ wrongdoers ٢٩

They said, "Exalted is our Lord! Indeed, we were wrongdoers."

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فَأَقْبَلَ Then approached بَعْضُهُمْ some of them عَلَىٰ to بَعْضٍۢ others يَتَلَـٰوَمُونَ blaming each other ٣٠

Then they approached one another, blaming each other.

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قَالُوا۟ They said يَـٰوَيْلَنَآ O woe to us إِنَّا Indeed, we كُنَّا [we] were طَـٰغِينَ transgressors ٣١

They said, "O woe to us; indeed we were transgressors.

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عَسَىٰ Perhaps رَبُّنَآ our Lord أَن [that] يُبْدِلَنَا will substitute for us خَيْرًۭا a better مِّنْهَآ than it إِنَّآ Indeed, we إِلَىٰ to رَبِّنَا our Lord رَٰغِبُونَ turn devoutly ٣٢

Perhaps our Lord will substitute for us [one] better than it. Indeed, we are toward our Lord desirous."

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كَذَٰلِكَ Such ٱلْعَذَابُ ۖ (is) the punishment وَلَعَذَابُ And surely the punishment ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ (of) the Hereafter أَكْبَرُ ۚ (is) greater لَوْ if كَانُوا۟ they يَعْلَمُونَ know ٣٣

Such is the punishment [of this world]. And the punishment of the Hereafter is greater, if they only knew.

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