أَن لا يَدخُلَنَّهَا اليَومَ عَلَيكُم مِسكينٌ
“Make sure no poor person enters your garden today.”
وَغَدَوا عَلىٰ حَردٍ قادِرينَ
And they left early, firm in their resolve.
فَلَمّا رَأَوها قالوا إِنّا لَضالّونَ
But when they saw it, they said, “We must have strayed!
بَل نَحنُ مَحرومونَ
We are deprived!”
قالَ أَوسَطُهُم أَلَم أَقُل لَكُم لَولا تُسَبِّحونَ
The most prudent among them said, “Didn’t I tell you to offer praise?”
قالوا سُبحانَ رَبِّنا إِنّا كُنّا ظالِمينَ
They replied, “Glory be to our Lord! Indeed, we were wrongdoers.”
فَأَقبَلَ بَعضُهُم عَلىٰ بَعضٍ يَتَلاوَمونَ
Then they turned to one another, blaming each other.
قالوا يا وَيلَنا إِنّا كُنّا طاغينَ
They lamented, “Woe to us! We were domineering.
عَسىٰ رَبُّنا أَن يُبدِلَنا خَيرًا مِنها إِنّا إِلىٰ رَبِّنا راغِبونَ
Our Lord may give us a better substitute. We turn to our Lord in hope.”
كَذٰلِكَ العَذابُ ۖ وَلَعَذابُ الآخِرَةِ أَكبَرُ ۚ لَو كانوا يَعلَمونَ
Such is the suffering, yet the suffering of the Hereafter is greater, if they only knew.
إِنَّ لِلمُتَّقينَ عِندَ رَبِّهِم جَنّاتِ النَّعيمِ
For the righteous with their Lord are the Gardens of Delight.