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)!"

Sura al-Qalam 68:28

قَالَ أَوْسَطُهُمْ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكُمْ لَوْلَا تُسَبِّحُونَ

qalā awsaṭuhum a-lam aqul la-kum lawlā tusabbiḥūna

Said one of them, more just (than the rest): "Did I not say to you, 'Why not glorify (Allah)?'"

Sura al-Qalam 68:29

قَالُوا۟ سُبْحَٰنَ رَبِّنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ

qālū subḥāna rabbinā innā kunnā ẓālimīna

They said: "Glory to our Lord! Verily we have been doing wrong!"