Koran 68:17-33

68:17 Indeed, We have tried them as We tried the companions of the garden, when they swore to cut its fruit in the [early] morning 18 Without making exception.

19 So there came upon the garden an affliction from your Lord while they were asleep.

20 And it became as though reaped.

21 And they called one another at morning, 22 [Saying], “Go early to your crop if you would cut the fruit.”

23 So they set out, while lowering their voices, 24 [Saying], “There will surely not enter it today upon you [any] poor person.”

25 And they went early in determination, [assuming themselves] able. 26 But when they saw it, they said, “Indeed, we are lost; 27 Rather, we have been deprived.”

28 The most moderate of them said, “Did I not say to you, ‘Why do you not exalt [Allah]?’ “

29 They said, “Exalted is our Lord! Indeed, we were wrongdoers.”

30 Then they approached one another, blaming each other.

31 They said, “O woe to us; indeed we were transgressors. 32 Perhaps our Lord will substitute for us [one] better than it. Indeed, we are toward our Lord desirous.”

33 Such is the punishment [of this world].

And the punishment of the Hereafter is greater, if they only knew.

Koran 68:17-33

Even the scholars of Tafsir Ibn Kathir, 68:17, don’t know what to make of this passage.

Notice: “So there came upon the garden an affliction from your Lord while they were asleep.” Who would worship such an evil god that caused this affliction to come? That’s right, Muslims, this story shows Muhammad thinks bad events come from Allah, and because of this, one should worship Allah. But what for, when the evil comes from Allah in the first place? Why reward an evil god with praise?

So, what was this “affliction” that their “fruit” “became as though reaped”? I suggest it’s probably an early frost. The fact that Muhammad is unable to name this affliction and is unable to describe it accurately points out that this affliction didn’t come from Allah. Instead, Allah is imaginary, and Muhammad is a false prophet, for a false god, Allah, for a false religion, Islam, without even a false book, the Koran.

And, of course, no one is suffering the punishment promised here by Muhammad.

The best replacement for this passage is: “”, the empty sentence.