فَطَافَ عَلَيۡهَا طَآئِفٞ مِّن رَّبِّكَ وَهُمۡ نَآئِمُونَ
a disaster from your Lord struck the garden as they slept
فَأَصۡبَحَتۡ كَٱلصَّرِيمِ
and by morning it was stripped bare, a desolate land.
فَتَنَادَوۡاْ مُصۡبِحِينَ
Still they called each other at daybreak,
أَنِ ٱغۡدُواْ عَلَىٰ حَرۡثِكُمۡ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰرِمِينَ
‘Go early to your field if you wish to gather all its fruits,’
فَٱنطَلَقُواْ وَهُمۡ يَتَخَٰفَتُونَ
and went off, whispering,
أَن لَّا يَدۡخُلَنَّهَا ٱلۡيَوۡمَ عَلَيۡكُم مِّسۡكِينٞ
‘Make sure no poor person enters the garden today!’––
وَغَدَوۡاْ عَلَىٰ حَرۡدٖ قَٰدِرِينَ
they left early, bent on their purpose-
فَلَمَّا رَأَوۡهَا قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّا لَضَآلُّونَ
but when they saw the garden, they said, ‘We must have lost our way!
بَلۡ نَحۡنُ مَحۡرُومُونَ
No- we are ruined!’
قَالَ أَوۡسَطُهُمۡ أَلَمۡ أَقُل لَّكُمۡ لَوۡلَا تُسَبِّحُونَ
The wisest of them said, ‘Did I not say to you, “Will you not glorify God?”’-