إِنَّا Indeed, We innā have tried them balawnāhum as kamā We tried balawnā (the) companions aṣḥāba (of) the garden l-janati when idh they swore aqsamū to pluck its fruit layaṣrimunnahā (in the) morning muṣ'biḥīna
Indeed, We have tried them as We tried the companions of the garden, when they swore to cut its fruit in the [early] morning
فَطَافَ So there came faṭāfa upon it ʿalayhā a visitation ṭāifun from min your Lord rabbika while they wahum were asleep nāimūna
So there came upon it [i.e., the garden] an affliction from your Lord while they were asleep.
فَأَصْبَحَتْ So it became fa-aṣbaḥat as if reaped kal-ṣarīmi
And it became as though reaped.
فَتَنَادَوْا۟ And they called one another fatanādaw (at) morning muṣ'biḥīna
And they called one another at morning,
أَنِ That ani Go early igh'dū to ʿalā your crop ḥarthikum if in you would kuntum pluck (the) fruit ṣārimīna
[Saying], "Go early to your crop if you would cut the fruit."
فَٱنطَلَقُوا۟ So they went fa-inṭalaqū while they wahum lowered (their) voices yatakhāfatūna
So they set out, while lowering their voices,
أَن That an Not lā will enter it yadkhulannahā today l-yawma upon you ʿalaykum any poor person mis'kīnun
[Saying], "There will surely not enter it today upon you [any] poor person."
وَغَدَوْا۟ And they went early waghadaw with ʿalā determination ḥardin able qādirīna
And they went early in determination, [assuming themselves] able.
فَلَمَّا But when falammā they saw it ra-awhā they said qālū Indeed, we innā (are) surely lost laḍāllūna
But when they saw it, they said, "Indeed, we are lost;
بَلْ Nay bal We naḥnu (are) deprived maḥrūmūna
Rather, we have been deprived."
قَالَ Said qāla (the) most moderate of them awsaṭuhum Did not alam I tell aqul you lakum 'Why not lawlā you glorify (Allah)?' tusabbiḥūna
The most moderate of them said, "Did I not say to you, 'Why do you not exalt [Allāh]?'"