Indeed, We have tried them as We tried the companions of the garden, when they swore to cut its fruit in the ˹early˺ morning  

إِنَّا بَلَوْنَاهُمْ كَمَا بَلَوْنَا أَصْحَابَ الْجَنَّةِ إِذْ أَقْسَمُوا لَيَصْرِمُنَّهَا مُصْبِحِينَ  

Without making exception.  

وَلَا يَسْتَثْنُونَ  

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

فَطَافَ عَلَيْهَا طَائِفٌ مِنْ رَبِّكَ وَهُمْ نَائِمُونَ  

And it became as though reaped.  

فَأَصْبَحَتْ كَالصَّرِيمِ  

And they called one another at morning,  

فَتَنَادَوْا مُصْبِحِينَ  

˹Saying˺, "Go early to your crop if you would cut the fruit."  

أَنِ اغْدُوا عَلَىٰ حَرْثِكُمْ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَارِمِينَ  

So they set out, while lowering their voices,  

فَانْطَلَقُوا وَهُمْ يَتَخَافَتُونَ  

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

أَنْ لَا يَدْخُلَنَّهَا الْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكُمْ مِسْكِينٌ  

And they went early in determination, ˹assuming themselves˺ able.  

وَغَدَوْا عَلَىٰ حَرْدٍ قَادِرِينَ  

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

فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهَا قَالُوا إِنَّا لَضَالُّونَ  

Rather, we have been deprived."  

بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُومُونَ  

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

قَالَ أَوْسَطُهُمْ أَلَمْ أَقُلْ لَكُمْ لَوْلَا تُسَبِّحُونَ  

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

قَالُوا سُبْحَانَ رَبِّنَا إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَالِمِينَ  

Then they approached one another, blaming each other.  

فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَلَاوَمُونَ  

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

قَالُوا يَا وَيْلَنَا إِنَّا كُنَّا طَاغِينَ  

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

عَسَىٰ رَبُّنَا أَنْ يُبْدِلَنَا خَيْرًا مِنْهَا إِنَّا إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا رَاغِبُونَ  

Such is the punishment ˹of this world˺. And the punishment of the Hereafter is greater, if they only knew.  

كَذَٰلِكَ الْعَذَابُ ۖ وَلَعَذَابُ الْآخِرَةِ أَكْبَرُ ۚ لَوْ كَانُوا يَعْلَمُونَ