إِنَّا بَلَوْنَاهُمْ کَمَا بَلَوْنَا أَصْحَابَ الْجَنَّةِ إِذْ أَقْسَمُوا لَیَصْرِمُنَّهَا مُصْبِحِینَ17
17-WE HAVE TESTED THEM AS WE TESTED THE OWNERS OF THE GARDENS, WHEN THEY SWORE (SERIOUSLY DECIDED) TO PLUCK THE FRUITS IN EARLY MORNING. (AT THE ABSENCE OF THE NEEDY AND POOR)
وَلاَ یَسْتَثْنُونَ18
18-WITHOUT ANY EXCEPTION (AMONG THE INDIGENTS).
فَطَافَ عَلَیْهَا طَائِفٌ مِنْ رَبِّکَ وَهُمْ نَائِمُونَ19
19-THEN AN EXTENSIVE PUNISHMENT FROM YOUR LORD AFFLICTED THEIR GARDENS WHILE, THE OWNERS WERE FULL ASLEEP.
فَأَصْبَحَتْ کَالصَّرِیمِ20
20-THEN THE MORNING CAME AND THEIR GREEN GARDENS TURNED TO A BLACK BURNT. (BARREN LAND)
فَتَنَادَوا مُصْبِحِینَ 21
21-THEN IN THE MORNING THEY CALLED EACH OTHER; SAYING:-
أَنْ اغْدُوا عَلَى حَرْثِکُمْ إِنْ کُنتُمْ صَارِمِینَ22
22-THEN SET OUT FOR YOUR GARDENS IF YOU ARE TO PLUCK THE FRUITS.
فَانطَلَقُوا وَهُمْ یَتَخَافَتُونَ23
23-SO THEY DEPARTED AND WHISPERING TOGETHER;
أَنْ لاَ یَدْخُلَنَّهَا الْیَوْمَ عَلَیْکُمْ مِسْکِینٌ24
24-BE CAREFUL TODAY, THAT NO BEGGAR MAY ENTER THE GARDENS, TO SEE YOU!
وَغَدَوْا عَلَى حَرْدٍ قَادِرِینَ25
25-SO THEY WENT RESOLUTE TO REJECT. (THE POOR AND NEEDY).