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,

أَن لا يَدخُلَنَّهَا اليَومَ عَلَيكُم مِسكينٌ

[Saying], "There will surely not enter it today upon you [any] poor person."

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."

فَأَقبَلَ بَعضُهُم عَلىٰ بَعضٍ يَتَلاوَمونَ

Then they approached one another, blaming each other.