أصحاب الجنةConceptCompanions Of The Garden in the Quranأصحاب الجنةHistory9Verses1Surahs6Connections#416of 828

Key Verses

1. 68:17Al-Qalam
   إِنَّا بَلَوۡنَٰهُمۡ كَمَا بَلَوۡنَآ أَصۡحَٰبَ ٱلۡجَنَّةِ إِذۡ أَقۡسَمُواْ لَيَصۡرِمُنَّهَا مُصۡبِحِينَ
   Lo! We have tried them as We tried the owners of the garden when they vowed that they would pluck its fruit next morning,
   In context

   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.

2. 68:18Al-QalamNeutral
   وَلَا يَسۡتَثۡنُونَ
   And made no exception (for the Will of Allah);
   In context

   They did not attribute the matter to Allah among themselves, by saying: “If Allah wills”.

3. 68:19Al-Qalam
   فَطَافَ عَلَيۡهَا طَآئِفٞ مِّن رَّبِّكَ وَهُمۡ نَآئِمُونَ
   Then a visitation from thy Lord came upon it while they slept
   In context

   So I sent a fire to the garden which consumed it while its owners were asleep, unable to defend it.

4. 68:20Al-QalamNarrative
   فَأَصۡبَحَتۡ كَٱلصَّرِيمِ
   And in the morning it was as if plucked.
   In context

   It became black, like a dark night.

5. 68:21Al-Qalam
   فَتَنَادَوۡاْ مُصۡبِحِينَ
   And they cried out one unto another in the morning,
   In context

   In the morning, its owners called on each other.

6. 68:22Al-QalamWarning
   أَنِ ٱغۡدُواْ عَلَىٰ حَرۡثِكُمۡ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰرِمِينَ
   Saying: Run unto your field if ye would pluck (the fruit).
   In context

   Saying, “Leave early towards your crop before the poor people arrive, if indeed, you wish to harvest your crops.”

7. 68:25Al-Qalam
   وَغَدَوۡاْ عَلَىٰ حَرۡدٖ قَٰدِرِينَ
   They went betimes, strong in (this) purpose.
   In context

   They left in the early morning, determined not to let anyone get to their crops.

8. 68:26Al-QalamWarning
   فَلَمَّا رَأَوۡهَا قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّا لَضَآلُّونَ
   But when they saw it, they said: Lo! we are in error!
   In context

   Then, when they saw their crops having been burnt, they said to each other, “Surely, we have lost our way?!”

9. 68:33Al-QalamCommand
   كَذَٰلِكَ ٱلۡعَذَابُۖ وَلَعَذَابُ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ أَكۡبَرُۚ لَوۡ كَانُواْ يَعۡلَمُونَ
   Such was the punishment. And verily the punishment of the Hereafter is greater if they did but know.
   In context

   I punish those who disobey Me just like I punished these people with the punishment of depravation. And indeed, the punishment of the afterlife is greater, if only they were to know its severity and permanence.