فَطَافَ عَلَيۡهَا طَآئِفٞ مِّن رَّبِّكَ وَهُمۡ نَآئِمُونَ
Then there came on the (garden) a visitation from thy Lord, (which swept away) all around, while they were asleep.
فَأَصۡبَحَتۡ كَٱلصَّرِيمِ
So the (garden) became, by the morning, like a dark and desolate spot, (whose fruit had been gathered).
فَتَنَادَوۡاْ مُصۡبِحِينَ
As the morning broke, they called out, one to another,-
أَنِ ٱغۡدُواْ عَلَىٰ حَرۡثِكُمۡ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰرِمِينَ
"Go ye to your tilth (betimes) in the morning, if ye would gather the fruits."
فَٱنطَلَقُواْ وَهُمۡ يَتَخَٰفَتُونَ
So they departed, conversing in secret low tones, (saying)-
أَن لَّا يَدۡخُلَنَّهَا ٱلۡيَوۡمَ عَلَيۡكُم مِّسۡكِينٞ
"Let not a single indigent person break in upon you into the (garden) this day."
وَغَدَوۡاْ عَلَىٰ حَرۡدٖ قَٰدِرِينَ
And they opened the morning, strong in an (unjust) resolve.
فَلَمَّا رَأَوۡهَا قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّا لَضَآلُّونَ
But when they saw the (garden), they said: "We have surely lost our way: