68:21 فَتَنَادَوْا۟ مُصْبِحِينَ — And they called one...
68:21 فَتَنَادَوْا۟ مُصْبِحِينَ
●And they called one another at morning,
68:22 أَنِ ٱغْدُوا۟ عَلَىٰ حَرْثِكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰرِمِينَ
●[Saying], "Go early to your crop if you would cut the fruit."
68:23 فَٱنطَلَقُوا۟ وَهُمْ يَتَخَـٰفَتُونَ
●So they set out, while lowering their voices,
68:24 أَن لَّا يَدْخُلَنَّهَا ٱلْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكُم مِّسْكِينٌ
●[Saying], "There will surely not enter it today upon you [any] poor person."
68:25 وَغَدَوْا۟ عَلَىٰ حَرْدٍ قَـٰدِرِينَ
●And they went early in determination, [assuming themselves] able. 1
68:26 فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهَا قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا لَضَآلُّونَ
●But when they saw it, they said, "Indeed, we are lost;
●Rather, we have been deprived."
68:28 قَالَ أَوْسَطُهُمْ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكُمْ لَوْلَا تُسَبِّحُونَ
●The most moderate of them said, "Did I not say to you, 'Why do you not exalt [Allāh]?'" 1
68:29 قَالُوا۟ سُبْحَـٰنَ رَبِّنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَـٰلِمِينَ
●They said, "Exalted is our Lord! Indeed, we were wrongdoers."
68:30 فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَلَـٰوَمُونَ
— Then they approached one another, blaming each other. 68:31 قَالُوا۟ يَـٰوَيْلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا طَـٰغِينَ
— They said, "O woe to us; indeed we were transgressors. 68:32 عَسَىٰ رَبُّنَآ أَن يُبْدِلَنَا خَيْرًا مِّنْهَآ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا رَٰغِبُونَ
●Perhaps our Lord will substitute for us [one] better than it. Indeed, we are toward our Lord desirous." 1
68:33 كَذَٰلِكَ ٱلْعَذَابُ ۖ وَلَعَذَابُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ أَكْبَرُ ۚ لَوْ كَانُوا۟ يَعْلَمُونَ
— Such is the punishment [of this world]. And the punishment of the Hereafter is greater, if they only knew. 68:34 إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ جَنَّـٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ
— Indeed, for the righteous with their Lord are the Gardens of Pleasure. 68:35 أَفَنَجْعَلُ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ كَٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ
— Then will We treat the Muslims like the criminals? 68:36 مَا لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَ
— What is [the matter] with you? How do you judge? 68:37 أَمْ لَكُمْ كِتَـٰبٌ فِيهِ تَدْرُسُونَ
●Or do you have a scripture in which you learn
68:38 إِنَّ لَكُمْ فِيهِ لَمَا تَخَيَّرُونَ
— That indeed for you is whatever you choose? 68:39 أَمْ لَكُمْ أَيْمَـٰنٌ عَلَيْنَا بَـٰلِغَةٌ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ۙ إِنَّ لَكُمْ لَمَا تَحْكُمُونَ
●Or do you have oaths [binding] upon Us, extending until the Day of Resurrection, that indeed for you is whatever you judge? 68:40 سَلْهُمْ أَيُّهُم بِذَٰلِكَ زَعِيمٌ
●Ask them which of them, for that [claim], is responsible.
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