فَطافَ عَلَيها طائِفٌ مِن رَبِّكَ وَهُم نائِمونَ

So there came upon the garden an affliction from your Lord while they were asleep.

فَأَصبَحَت كَالصَّريمِ

And it became as though reaped.

فَتَنادَوا مُصبِحينَ

And they called one another at morning,

أَنِ اغدوا عَلىٰ حَرثِكُم إِن كُنتُم صارِمينَ

[Saying], "Go early to your crop if you would cut the fruit."

فَانطَلَقوا وَهُم يَتَخافَتونَ

So they set out, while lowering their voices,

وَغَدَوا عَلىٰ حَردٍ قادِرينَ

And they went early in determination, [assuming themselves] able.

فَلَمّا رَأَوها قالوا إِنّا لَضالّونَ

But when they saw it, they said, "Indeed, we are lost;

بَل نَحنُ مَحرومونَ

Rather, we have been deprived."

قالَ أَوسَطُهُم أَلَم أَقُل لَكُم لَولا تُسَبِّحونَ

The most moderate of them said, "Did I not say to you, 'Why do you not exalt [Allah]?' "

قالوا سُبحانَ رَبِّنا إِنّا كُنّا ظالِمينَ

They said, "Exalted is our Lord! Indeed, we were wrongdoers."