The Holy Quran, Chapter Al-Qalam - القلم

Verse
26
فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهَا قَالُوا إِنَّا لَضَالُّونَ
But when they saw it, they said: Lo! we are in error!
25
وَغَدَوْا عَلَى حَرْدٍ قَادِرِينَ
They went betimes, strong in (this) purpose.
24
أَن لَّا يَدْخُلَنَّهَا الْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكُم مِّسْكِينٌ
No needy man shall enter it today against you.
23
فَانطَلَقُوا وَهُمْ يَتَخَافَتُونَ
So they went off, saying one unto another in low tones:
22
أَنِ اغْدُوا عَلَى حَرْثِكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَارِمِينَ
Saying: Run unto your field if ye would pluck (the fruit).
21
فَتَنَادَوا مُصْبِحِينَ
And they cried out one unto another in the morning,
20
فَأَصْبَحَتْ كَالصَّرِيمِ
And in the morning it was as if plucked.
19
فَطَافَ عَلَيْهَا طَائِفٌ مِّن رَّبِّكَ وَهُمْ نَائِمُونَ
Then a visitation came upon it while they slept
18
وَلَا يَسْتَثْنُونَ
And made no exception (for the will of Allah);
17
إِنَّا بَلَوْنَاهُمْ كَمَا بَلَوْنَا أَصْحَابَ الْجَنَّةِ إِذْ أَقْسَمُوا لَيَصْرِمُنَّهَا مُصْبِحِينَ
Lo! we have tried them as We tried the owners of the garden when they vowed they would pluck its fruit next morning.
16
سَنَسِمُهُ عَلَى الْخُرْطُومِ
We shall brand him on the nose.
15
إِذَا تُتْلَى عَلَيْهِ آيَاتُنَا قَالَ أَسَاطِيرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ
That, when Our revelations are recited unto him, he saith: Mere fables of the men of old.
14
أَن كَانَ ذَا مَالٍ وَبَنِينَ
It is because he is possessed of wealth and children
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