Sura al-Qalam 68:21

فَتَنَادَوْا۟ مُصْبِحِينَ

fa-tanādaw muṣbiḥīna

As the morning broke, they called out, one to another,-

Sura al-Qalam 68:22

أَنِ ٱغْدُوا۟ عَلَىٰ حَرْثِكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰرِمِينَ

ani ighdū ʿalā ḥarthikum in kuntum ṣārimīna

"Go ye to your tilth (betimes) in the morning, if ye would gather the fruits."

Sura al-Qalam 68:23

فَٱنطَلَقُوا۟ وَهُمْ يَتَخَٰفَتُونَ

fa-inṭalaqū wa-hum yatakhāfatūna

So they departed, conversing in secret low tones, (saying)-

Sura al-Qalam 68:24

أَن لَّا يَدْخُلَنَّهَا ٱلْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكُم مِّسْكِينٌ

an lā yadkhulannahā l-yawma ʿalaykum miskīnun

"Let not a single indigent person break in upon you into the (garden) this day."

Sura al-Qalam 68:25

وَغَدَوْا۟ عَلَىٰ حَرْدٍ قَٰدِرِينَ

wa-ghadaw ʿalā ḥardin qādirīna

And they opened the morning, strong in an (unjust) resolve.

Sura al-Qalam 68:26

فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهَا قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا لَضَآلُّونَ

fa-lammā raawhā qālū innā la-ḍāllūna

But when they saw the (garden), they said: "We have surely lost our way:

Sura al-Qalam 68:27

بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُومُونَ

bal naḥnu maḥrūmūna

"Indeed we are shut out (of the fruits of our labour)!"