68:21 Al-Qalam (The Pen)
فَتَنَادَوۡاْ مُصۡبِحِينَ
As the morning broke, they called out, one to another
And they cried out one unto another in the morning
Then they called out (one to another as soon) as the morning broke
فَتَنَادَوۡاْ مُصۡبِحِينَ
As the morning broke, they called out, one to another
And they cried out one unto another in the morning
Then they called out (one to another as soon) as the morning broke
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فنادى بعضهم بعضًا وقت الصباح: أن اذهبوا مبكرين إلى زرعكم، إن كنتم مصرِّين على قطع الثمار.
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ولهذا تنادوا فيما بينهم، لما أصبحوا يقول بعضهم لبعض: { أَنِ اغْدُوا عَلَى حَرْثِكُمْ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَارِمِينَ }
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أي لما كان وقت الصبح نادى بعضهم بعضا ليذهبوا إلى الجذاذ أي القطع.
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قَالُواْ سُبْحَـنَ رَبّنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَـلِمِينَ- فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ يَتَلَـوَمُونَ- قَالُواْ يوَيْلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا طَـغِينَ- عَسَى رَبُّنَآ أَن يُبْدِلَنَا خَيْراً مّنْهَآ إِنَّآ إِلَى رَبّنَا رغِبُونَ- كَذَلِكَ الْعَذَابُ وَلَعَذَابُ الاْخِرَةِ أَكْبَرُ لَوْ كَانُواْ يَعْلَمُونَ-
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They then called out to one another in the morning
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فَتَنَادَوْا مُصْبِحِينَ (So, they called out each other as the morning broke 68:21). This means that they starting waking up each other in the early morning that they should set out early if they wanted to harvest.
وَهُمْ يَتَخَافَتُونَ (...while they were whispering to each other ... 68:23). They were speaking in a low voice, lest a poor man should hear their talk and accompany them.
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Arabic text: Tanzil project (tanzil.net) — Uthmani Hafs edition. Translations: Yusuf Ali and Pickthall (public domain) and Mubarakpuri (King Fahd Quran Printing Complex). For audio recitation sources and data-handling details, see the privacy policy .