Skip to content
Assabile

Surah Al-Qalam, Verse 17

سورة القلم، الآية ١٧

68:17 Juz 29 Hizb 57 Page 565 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 68:17

إِنَّا بَلَوْنَٰهُمْ كَمَا بَلَوْنَآ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلْجَنَّةِ إِذْ أَقْسَمُوا۟ لَيَصْرِمُنَّهَا مُصْبِحِينَ ۝١٧

Transliteration

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

Translation

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

Translation in another language
Mahmoud Khalil Al-Hussary Read in the surah

Verse 17 of Surah Al-Qalam (68:17), a Meccan surah, is in juz 29, on page 565 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.

Listen to verse 17 of Surah Al-Qalam

80 recitations by 74 reciters: pick one and it plays in the player.

All voices (80)

Tafsir of verse 17

Al-Mukhtasar

Indeed, I have tested these idolaters with drought and hunger, just as I tested the people of the garden when they swore that they will quickly harvest its fruits in the morning, so that the poor cannot eat from them.

Tafsir of the whole Surah Al-Qalam

Other translations of verse 17

Indeed, We have tested them [i.e., the Makkans] as We tested the people of the garden when they swore to harvest its fruits in the early morning,

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,

Lo! We have tried them as We tried the owners of the garden when they vowed that they would pluck its fruit next morning,

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.

Surely We will try them as We tried the owners of the garden, when they swore that they would certainly cut off the produce in the morning,

Surely We have tried them as We tried the companions (i.e., owners) of the garden, as they swore that indeed they would definitely wrest away (i.e., gather all) (its fruits) in the (early) morning,

Verse 17 word by word

  1. إِنَّا innā Indeed, We
  2. بَلَوْنَٰهُمْ balawnāhum have tried them ب ل و
  3. كَمَا kamā as
  4. بَلَوْنَآ balawnā We tried ب ل و
  5. أَصْحَٰبَ aṣḥāba (the) companions ص ح ب
  6. ٱلْجَنَّةِ l-janati (of) the garden ج ن ن
  7. إِذْ idh when
  8. أَقْسَمُوا۟ aqsamū they swore ق س م
  9. لَيَصْرِمُنَّهَا layaṣrimunnahā to pluck its fruit ص ر م
  10. مُصْبِحِينَ muṣ'biḥīna (in the) morning ص ب ح

Go further

Saturday, October 24, 2026 13 جمادى الأولى 1448 هـ