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."

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;

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.

قالوا يا وَيلَنا إِنّا كُنّا طاغينَ

They said, "O woe to us; indeed we were transgressors.

عَسىٰ رَبُّنا أَن يُبدِلَنا خَيرًا مِنها إِنّا إِلىٰ رَبِّنا راغِبونَ

Perhaps our Lord will substitute for us [one] better than it. Indeed, we are toward our Lord desirous."