The Quran

سورة القَلَم

Surah Al-Qalam 68:20

The Pen · Verse 20 of 52

فَأَصْبَحَتْ كَالصَّرِيمِ

Abdul Mannan Omar

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

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

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

Ahmed Ali

So by the morning it seemed as though picked clean.

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Ali Unal

So by morning it had become bleak.

Daryabadi

Then in the morning it became as though it had been reaped.

Faridul Haque

So in the morning it became as if harvested.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

So it became as black, barren land --

Maulvi Sher Ali

And the morning found it like a garden cut down.

Muhammad Asad

so that by the morrow it became barren and bleak.

Muhammad Musin Khan

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

Muhammad Pickthall

And in the morning it was as if plucked.

Muhammad Sarwar

and the garden was turned into a barren desert.

Muhammed ali Shakir

So it became as black, barren land.

Rashad Khalifa

By morning, it was barren.

Shabbir Ahmed

So that by the morning it was barren, bleak.