سَنَسِمُهُۥ عَلَى ٱلۡخُرۡطُومِ
(68:16) Soon shall We brand him on his snout.1
إِنَّا بَلَوۡنَٰهُمۡ كَمَا بَلَوۡنَآ أَصۡحَٰبَ ٱلۡجَنَّةِ إِذۡ أَقۡسَمُواْ لَيَصۡرِمُنَّهَا مُصۡبِحِينَ
(68:17) We have put them [i.e., the Makkans] to test even as We put to test
the owners of the orchard2 when they vowed that they would gather
the fruit of their orchard in the morning,
the owners of the orchard2 when they vowed that they would gather
the fruit of their orchard in the morning,
وَلَا يَسۡتَثۡنُونَ
(68:18) without making any allowance (for the will of Allah).3
فَطَافَ عَلَيۡهَا طَآئِفٞ مِّن رَّبِّكَ وَهُمۡ نَآئِمُونَ
(68:19) Thereupon a calamity from your Lord passed over it while they were
asleep,
asleep,
فَأَصۡبَحَتۡ كَٱلصَّرِيمِ
(68:20) and so by morning the orchard lay as though it had been fully harvested.
فَتَنَادَوۡاْ مُصۡبِحِينَ
(68:21) At daybreak they called out to one another:
أَنِ ٱغۡدُواْ عَلَىٰ حَرۡثِكُمۡ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰرِمِينَ
(68:22) “Hurry to your orchard4 if you would gather its fruit.”