# 68. Surah Al-Qalam, Verse 20

- **Surah:** 68. Surah Al-Qalam (The Pen) — سورة القلم
- **Verse:** 20 / 52 · **Juz:** 29 · **Mushaf page:** 564
- **Source:** https://quran.so/surah-al-qalam/verse-20

## Arabic

فَاَصْبَحَتْ كَالصَّر۪يمِ

## Transcription

Faasbahat kassareem

## Translations

### Aisha Bewley

and in the morning it was like burnt land stripped bare.

### Progressive Muslims

Thus, it became barren.

### Shabbir Ahmed

So that by the morning it was barren, bleak.

### Sam Gerrans — The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

And in the morning it was as if reaped.

### The Monotheist Group — The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

Thus, it became barren.

### Rashad Khalifa — The Final Testament

By morning, it was barren.

### Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

So by the morning it seemed as though picked clean.

### Sahih International — (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

And it became as though reaped.

### Muhammad Asad

so that by the morrow it became barren and bleak.

### Marmaduke Pickthall

And in the morning it was as if plucked.

### Abul A'la Maududi — Tafhim commentary

and so by morning the orchard lay as though it had been fully harvested.

### Abdel Khalek Himmat — Al- Muntakhab

So that by morning it stood desolate and bare, and there was nothing left for them to reap.

### Bijan Moeinian

In the morning all was destroyed.

### Al-Hilali & Khan

So the (garden) became black by the morning, like a pitch dark night (in complete ruins).

### Abdullah Yusuf Ali

So the (garden) became, by the morning, like a dark and desolate spot, (whose fruit had been gathered).

### Mustafa Khattab — The Clear Quran

so it was reduced to ashes.

### Taqi Usmani

Thus, on the next morning, it was like a harvested field.

### Abdul Haleem

and by morning it was stripped bare, a desolate land.

### Arthur John Arberry

and in the morning it was as if it were a garden plucked.

### E. Henry Palmer

and on the morrow it was as one the fruit of which is cut.

### Hamid S. Aziz

So it became as black, barren land.

### Mahmoud Ghali

So (in the morning) it became as if it were a garden wrested away.

### George Sale

and in the morning it became like a garden whose fruits had been gathered.

### Syed Vickar Ahamed

So the (garden) became, by the morning, like a dark desolate spot (whose fruit had been gathered).

### Amatul Rahman Omar

So that this (garden) became as it were a dark desolate spot whose (all) fruit had been already plucked.

### Ali Quli Qarai

So by the dawn it was like a harvested field.

### Ahmed Hulusi — Türkçe Kur'an Çözümü

Kuruyup kararıverdi (o bahçe)!

### Ali Bulaç — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Türkçe Anlamı

Sonunda (bahçe) kökünden kuruyup kapkara kesildi.

### Bayraktar Bayraklı — Yeni Bir Anlayışın Işığında Kur'an Meali

Bostanları yanıp simsiyah oldu.

### Diyanet İşleri — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Meali

Böylece bahçe, (anızı) yakılmış toprağa döndü.

### Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali

Sabaha kadar o bağ sırıma dönüvermişti

### Elmalılı (sadeleştirilmiş)

Sabaha kadar o bağ sırıma (biçilmiş tarlaya) dönmüştü.

### Gültekin Onan

Sonunda (bahçe) kökünden kuruyup kapkara kesildi.

### Hasan Basri Çantay — Kur'an-ı Hakim ve Meal-i Kerim

(O bağçe) simsiyah kesiliverdi.

### İbni Kesir

O, kupkuru kesildi.

### Muhammed Esed — Kur'an Mesajı

ve ertesi gün (bütün bitkiler) sararıp kurumuştu.

### Şaban Piriş — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Anlamı

Sabaha bahçe kapkara kesildi.

### Süleyman Ateş — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali

Bahçe simsiyah kesiliverdi.

### Yaşar Nuri Öztürk — Kur'an-ı Kerim Meali

O, simsiyah kesiliverdi.

### Mustafa İslamoğlu — Hayat Kitabı Kur’an

Derken, ertesi sabah o (bahçe) sırım gibi geçmiş küle dönmüştü.

### Erhan Aktaş (Eski Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an

Böylece, bahçeleri, üzerinde hiç ekin olmayan kara toprak gibi oldu.

### Ali Rıza Safa — Kur'an-ı Kerim Gerçek

Sonunda, kapkara kesildi.

### Süleymaniye Vakfı (Eski Baskı) — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali

Orası devşirilmiş gibi oldu.

### Mehmet Okuyan — Kur’an Meal-Tefsir

(Bahçe) hasat edilmiş gibi (bomboş) olmuştu.

### Erhan Aktaş (10. Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an

Böylece, bahçeleri, üzerinde hiç ekin olmayan kara toprak gibi oldu.

### Erhan Aktaş — Kerim Kur'an

Böylece, bahçeleri, üzerinde hiç ekin olmayan kara toprak gibi oldu.

### Süleymaniye Vakfı — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali

Sonunda bahçe, kökünden sökülmüş gibi oldu[1].

_Footnotes_
- [1] Benzer bir kıssa için bkz: [Kehf 18/42.](https://quran.so/18/42)

## Words

| # | word | meaning | root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَأَصْبَحَتْ — fa-aṣbaḥat | So it became | صبح — Sad-Be-Ha |
| 2 | كَٱلصَّرِيمِ — kal-ṣarīmi | as if reaped | صرم — Sad-Ra-Mim |

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