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Al-Qalam 68:20

Word by word

فَأَصْبَحَتْ كَٱلصَّرِيمِ

And it became as though reaped.

Ibn Kathir (Abridged)

Hafiz Ibn Kathir

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-

Ma'arif al-Qur'an

Mufti Muhammad Shafi

فَأَصْبَحَتْ كَالصَّرِ‌يمِ (Thus, on the next morning, it was like a harvested field ….68:20). The word sarim means to harvest or to collect a crop from the fields'. The word sarim in the context of the verse is used in the sense of masrum or maqtu`, meaning 'harvested or cut'. This signifies that the fire burnt the field and stripped it bare. The word sarim also means 'night'. From this point of view, the verse signifies 'the field became burnt up and black like night'. [ Mazhari ].

Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

فأنزل الله عليها نارًا أحرقتها ليلا وهم نائمون، فأصبحت محترقة سوداء كالليل المظلم.

Tafsir Ibn Kathir

Hafiz Ibn Kathir

( فأصبحت كالصريم ) قال ابن عباس : أي كالليل الأسود . وقال الثوري ، والسدي : مثل الزرع إذا حصد ، أي هشيما يبسا .وقال ابن أبي حاتم : ذكر عن أحمد بن الصباح : أنبأنا بشر بن زاذان ، عن عمر بن صبح ، عن ليث بن أبي سليم ، عن عبد الرحمن بن سابط ، عن ابن مسعود قال : قال رسول الله - صلى الله عليه وسلم - : " إياكم والمعاصي ، إن العبد ليذنب الذنب فيحرم به رزقا قد كان هيئ له " ، ثم تلا رسول الله - صلى الله عليه وسلم - : ( فطاف عليها طائف من ربك وهم نائمون فأصبحت كالصريم ) قد حرموا خير جنتهم بذنبهم .

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