Then a calamity from your Lord fell upon it, but they remained fast asleep.
So an envoy from your Lord completed his round upon the garden, whilst they were sleeping.
Then a visitation from thy Lord visited it, while they were sleeping,
whereupon a visitation for thy Sustainer came upon that [garden] while they were asleep,
Wherefore an encircling visitation visited it even as they slept on.
Then there passed by on the (garden) something (fire) from your Lord at night and burnt it while they were asleep.
But a calamity from your Lord went around it while they slept.
Thereupon a calamity from your Lord passed over it while they were asleep,
Then there passed over it a Ta'if from your Lord while they were asleep.
Then a visitation from thy Lord came upon it while they slept
Then, a visitation from your Lord visited it while they were asleep.
Then, a visitation from your Lord came down upon it while they slept,
So there came upon the garden an affliction from your Lord while they were asleep.
A visitor from your Lord circled around the garden during the night while they were asleep
Then there encompassed it a visitation from your Lord while they were sleeping.
Fa<u>ta</u>fa AAalayh<u>a</u> <u>ta</u>ifun min rabbika wahum n<u>a</u>imoon<b>a</b>
A calamity from your Lord befell the orchard as they slept.
Then there came on the (garden) a visitation from thy Lord, (which swept away) all around, while they were asleep.
فَطَافَ عَلَيْهَا طَآئِفٌ مِّن رَّبِّكَ وَهُمْ نَآئِمُونَ
So I sent a fire to the garden which consumed it while its owners were asleep, unable to defend it.
So I sent a fire to the garden which consumed it while its owners were asleep, unable to defend it.
<p>فَطَافَ عَلَيْهَا طَائِفٌ مِّن رَّ‌بِّكَ (Then, there whirled around it a whirl (of calamity) from your Lord, while they were asleep….68:19). The word 'whirl' refers to 'a whirl of calamity' as a result of which Divine punishment overtook the garden in a sudden and swift sweep. Some narratives report that it was a fire which burnt every standing crop, and reduced it to black ashes.</p><p>وَهُمْ نَائِمُونَ (...while they were asleep.... 68:19). In other words, the devastating disaster overtook the entire garden while its owners were asleep.</p>
فَطَافَ عَلَيْهَا طَائِفٌ مِّن رَّ‌بِّكَ (Then, there whirled around it a whirl (of calamity) from your Lord, while they were asleep….68:19). The word 'whirl' refers to 'a whirl of calamity' as a result of which Divine punishment overtook the garden in a sudden and swift sweep. Some narratives report that it was a fire which burnt every standing crop, and reduced it to black ashes.وَهُمْ نَائِمُونَ (...while they were asleep.... 68:19). In other words, the devastating disaster overtook the entire garden while its owners were asleep.