Indeed, We have tried them as We tried the companions of the garden, when they swore to cut its fruit in the [early] morning
Tafseer
{ إنا بلوناهم } امتحنا أهل مكة بالقحط والجوع { كما بلونا أصحاب الجنة } البستان { إذ أقسموا ليصرمنَّها } يقطعون ثمرتها { مصبحين } وقت الصباح كي لا يشعر بهم المساكين فلا يعطونهم منها ما كان أبوهم يتصدق به عليهم منها.
{Indeed, We tested them} We tested the people of Mecca with famine and hunger {as We tested the companions of the garden} the garden {when they swore that they would harvest it} they would cut its fruit {in the morning} in the morning so that the poor would not notice them and not give them from it what their father used to give them in charity.
