And it became as though reaped. (68:20)

﴿فَأَصْبَحَتْ كَالصَّرِيمِ﴾
[ القلم: 20]

68:20 And it became as though reaped.

It became black, like a dark night.

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

phonetic Transliteration

Faasbahat kaalssareemi

Abdullah Yusuf Ali - Translation

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

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

So by the morning, it became like As-Sarim.

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