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سَنَسِمُهٗ عَلَي الۡخُرۡطُوۡمِ

We will brand him upon the snout

اِنَّا بَلَوۡنٰهُمۡ كَمَا بَلَوۡنَا٘ اَصۡحٰبَ الۡجَنَّةِۚ اِذۡ اَقۡسَمُوۡا لَيَصۡرِمُنَّهَا مُصۡبِحِيۡنَۙ‏

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

وَلَا يَسۡتَثۡنُوۡنَ

Without making exception

فَطَافَ عَلَيۡهَا طَآئِفٌ مِّنۡ رَّبِّكَ وَهُمۡ نَآئِمُوۡنَ

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

فَاَصۡبَحَتۡ كَالصَّرِيۡمِۙ‏

And it became as though reaped

فَتَنَادَوۡا مُصۡبِحِيۡنَۙ‏

And they called one another at morning

اَنِ اغۡدُوۡا عَلٰي حَرۡثِكُمۡ اِنۡ كُنۡتُمۡ صٰرِمِيۡنَ

[Saying], "Go early to your crop if you would cut the fruit

فَانۡطَلَقُوۡا وَهُمۡ يَتَخَافَتُوۡنَۙ‏

So they set out, while lowering their voices

اَنۡ لَّا يَدۡخُلَنَّهَا الۡيَوۡمَ عَلَيۡكُمۡ مِّسۡكِيۡنٌۙ‏

[Saying], "There will surely not enter it today upon you [any] poor person

وَّغَدَوۡا عَلٰي حَرۡدٍ قٰدِرِيۡنَ

And they went early in determination, [assuming themselves] able

فَلَمَّا رَاَوۡهَا قَالُوۡ٘ا اِنَّا لَضَآلُّوۡنَۙ‏

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

بَلۡ نَحۡنُ مَحۡرُوۡمُوۡنَ

Rather, we have been deprived

قَالَ اَوۡسَطُهُمۡ اَلَمۡ اَقُلۡ لَّكُمۡ لَوۡلَا تُسَبِّحُوۡنَ

The most moderate of them said, "Did I not say to you, 'Why do you not exalt [Allah]

قَالُوۡا سُبۡحٰنَ رَبِّنَا٘ اِنَّا كُنَّا ظٰلِمِيۡنَ

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

فَاَقۡبَلَ بَعۡضُهُمۡ عَلٰي بَعۡضٍ يَّتَلَاوَمُوۡنَ

Then they approached one another, blaming each other

قَالُوۡا يٰوَيۡلَنَا٘ اِنَّا كُنَّا طٰغِيۡنَ

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

عَسٰي رَبُّنَا٘ اَنۡ يُّبۡدِلَنَا خَيۡرًا مِّنۡهَا٘ اِنَّا٘ اِلٰي رَبِّنَا رٰغِبُوۡنَ

Perhaps our Lord will substitute for us [one] better than it. Indeed, we are toward our Lord desirous

كَذٰلِكَ الۡعَذَابُؕ وَلَعَذَابُ الۡاٰخِرَةِ اَكۡبَرُۘ لَوۡ كَانُوۡا يَعۡلَمُوۡنَࣖ‏

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

اِنَّ لِلۡمُتَّقِيۡنَ عِنۡدَ رَبِّهِمۡ جَنّٰتِ النَّعِيۡمِ

Indeed, for the righteous with their Lord are the Gardens of Pleasure

اَفَنَجۡعَلُ الۡمُسۡلِمِيۡنَ كَالۡمُجۡرِمِيۡنَؕ‏

Then will We treat the Muslims like the criminals

مَا لَكُمۡࣞ كَيۡفَ تَحۡكُمُوۡنَۚ‏

What is [the matter] with you? How do you judge

اَمۡ لَكُمۡ كِتٰبٌ فِيۡهِ تَدۡرُسُوۡنَۙ‏

Or do you have a scripture in which you learn

اِنَّ لَكُمۡ فِيۡهِ لَمَا تَخَيَّرُوۡنَۚ‏

That indeed for you is whatever you choose

اَمۡ لَكُمۡ اَيۡمَانٌ عَلَيۡنَا بَالِغَةٌ اِلٰي يَوۡمِ الۡقِيٰمَةِۙ اِنَّ لَكُمۡ لَمَا تَحۡكُمُوۡنَۚ‏

Or do you have oaths [binding] upon Us, extending until the Day of Resurrection, that indeed for you is whatever you judge

سَلۡهُمۡ اَيُّهُمۡ بِذٰلِكَ زَعِيۡمٌۚۛ‏

Ask them which of them, for that [claim], is responsible

اَمۡ لَهُمۡ شُرَكَآءُۚۛ فَلۡيَاۡتُوۡا بِشُرَكَآئِهِمۡ اِنۡ كَانُوۡا صٰدِقِيۡنَ

Or do they have partners? Then let them bring their partners, if they should be truthful

يَوۡمَ يُكۡشَفُ عَنۡ سَاقٍ وَّيُدۡعَوۡنَ اِلَي السُّجُوۡدِ فَلَا يَسۡتَطِيۡعُوۡنَۙ‏

The Day the shin will be uncovered and they are invited to prostration but the disbelievers will not be able