وَلَا يَسۡتَثۡنُونَ

leaving no thought for Allah’s Will.1


فَطَافَ عَلَيۡهَا طَآئِفٞ مِّن رَّبِّكَ وَهُمۡ نَآئِمُونَ

Then it was struck by a torment from your Lord while they slept,


فَأَصۡبَحَتۡ كَٱلصَّرِيمِ

so it was reduced to ashes.


فَتَنَادَوۡاْ مُصۡبِحِينَ

Then by daybreak they called out to each other,


أَنِ ٱغۡدُواْ عَلَىٰ حَرۡثِكُمۡ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰرِمِينَ

˹saying,˺ “Go early to your harvest, if you want to pick ˹all˺ the fruit.”


فَٱنطَلَقُواْ وَهُمۡ يَتَخَٰفَتُونَ

So they went off, whispering to one another,


أَن لَّا يَدۡخُلَنَّهَا ٱلۡيَوۡمَ عَلَيۡكُم مِّسۡكِينٞ

“Do not let any poor person enter your garden today.”


وَغَدَوۡاْ عَلَىٰ حَرۡدٖ قَٰدِرِينَ

And they proceeded early, totally fixated on their purpose.


فَلَمَّا رَأَوۡهَا قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّا لَضَآلُّونَ

But when they saw it ˹devastated˺, they cried, “We must have lost ˹our˺ way!



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