آية :
16
سَنَسِمُهُۥ عَلَى ٱلۡخُرۡطُومِ
(16) We will brand him upon the snout.[1726]
آية :
17
إِنَّا بَلَوۡنَٰهُمۡ كَمَا بَلَوۡنَآ أَصۡحَٰبَ ٱلۡجَنَّةِ إِذۡ أَقۡسَمُواْ لَيَصۡرِمُنَّهَا مُصۡبِحِينَ
(17) Indeed, We have tried them as We tried the companions of the garden, when they swore to cut its fruit in the [early] morning
آية :
18
وَلَا يَسۡتَثۡنُونَ
(18) Without making exception.[1727]
آية :
19
فَطَافَ عَلَيۡهَا طَآئِفٞ مِّن رَّبِّكَ وَهُمۡ نَآئِمُونَ
(19) So there came upon it [i.e., the garden] an affliction from your Lord while they were asleep.
آية :
20
فَأَصۡبَحَتۡ كَٱلصَّرِيمِ
(20) And it became as though reaped.
آية :
21
فَتَنَادَوۡاْ مُصۡبِحِينَ
(21) And they called one another at morning,
آية :
22
أَنِ ٱغۡدُواْ عَلَىٰ حَرۡثِكُمۡ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰرِمِينَ
(22) [Saying], "Go early to your crop if you would cut the fruit."
آية :
23
فَٱنطَلَقُواْ وَهُمۡ يَتَخَٰفَتُونَ
(23) So they set out, while lowering their voices,
آية :
24
أَن لَّا يَدۡخُلَنَّهَا ٱلۡيَوۡمَ عَلَيۡكُم مِّسۡكِينٞ
(24) [Saying], "There will surely not enter it today upon you [any] poor person."
آية :
25
وَغَدَوۡاْ عَلَىٰ حَرۡدٖ قَٰدِرِينَ
(25) And they went early in determination, [assuming themselves] able.[1728]
آية :
26
فَلَمَّا رَأَوۡهَا قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّا لَضَآلُّونَ
(26) But when they saw it, they said, "Indeed, we are lost;
آية :
27
بَلۡ نَحۡنُ مَحۡرُومُونَ
(27) Rather, we have been deprived."
آية :
28
قَالَ أَوۡسَطُهُمۡ أَلَمۡ أَقُل لَّكُمۡ لَوۡلَا تُسَبِّحُونَ
(28) The most moderate of them said, "Did I not say to you, 'Why do you not exalt [Allāh]?'"[1729]
آية :
29
قَالُواْ سُبۡحَٰنَ رَبِّنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ
(29) They said, "Exalted is our Lord! Indeed, we were wrongdoers."
آية :
30
فَأَقۡبَلَ بَعۡضُهُمۡ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضٖ يَتَلَٰوَمُونَ
(30) Then they approached one another, blaming each other.
آية :
31
قَالُواْ يَٰوَيۡلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا طَٰغِينَ
(31) They said, "O woe to us; indeed we were transgressors.
آية :
32
عَسَىٰ رَبُّنَآ أَن يُبۡدِلَنَا خَيۡرٗا مِّنۡهَآ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا رَٰغِبُونَ
(32) Perhaps our Lord will substitute for us [one] better than it. Indeed, we are toward our Lord desirous."[1730]
آية :
33
كَذَٰلِكَ ٱلۡعَذَابُۖ وَلَعَذَابُ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ أَكۡبَرُۚ لَوۡ كَانُواْ يَعۡلَمُونَ
(33) Such is the punishment [of this world]. And the punishment of the Hereafter is greater, if they only knew.
آية :
34
إِنَّ لِلۡمُتَّقِينَ عِندَ رَبِّهِمۡ جَنَّٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ
(34) Indeed, for the righteous with their Lord are the Gardens of Pleasure.
آية :
35
أَفَنَجۡعَلُ ٱلۡمُسۡلِمِينَ كَٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ
(35) Then will We treat the Muslims like the criminals?
آية :
36
مَا لَكُمۡ كَيۡفَ تَحۡكُمُونَ
(36) What is [the matter] with you? How do you judge?
آية :
37
أَمۡ لَكُمۡ كِتَٰبٞ فِيهِ تَدۡرُسُونَ
(37) Or do you have a scripture in which you learn
آية :
38
إِنَّ لَكُمۡ فِيهِ لَمَا تَخَيَّرُونَ
(38) That indeed for you is whatever you choose?
آية :
39
أَمۡ لَكُمۡ أَيۡمَٰنٌ عَلَيۡنَا بَٰلِغَةٌ إِلَىٰ يَوۡمِ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ إِنَّ لَكُمۡ لَمَا تَحۡكُمُونَ
(39) Or do you have oaths [binding] upon Us, extending until the Day of Resurrection, that indeed for you is whatever you judge?
آية :
40
سَلۡهُمۡ أَيُّهُم بِذَٰلِكَ زَعِيمٌ
(40) Ask them which of them, for that [claim], is responsible.
آية :
41
أَمۡ لَهُمۡ شُرَكَآءُ فَلۡيَأۡتُواْ بِشُرَكَآئِهِمۡ إِن كَانُواْ صَٰدِقِينَ
(41) Or do they have partners?[1731] Then let them bring their partners, if they should be truthful.
آية :
42
يَوۡمَ يُكۡشَفُ عَن سَاقٖ وَيُدۡعَوۡنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ فَلَا يَسۡتَطِيعُونَ
(42) The Day the shin will be uncovered[1732] and they are invited to prostration but they [i.e., the disbelievers] will not be able,
