068.023 Y:  So they departed, conversing in secret low tones, (saying)-

P:  So they went off, saying one unto another in low tones: 

S:  So they went, while they consulted together secretly,

068.024 Y:  “Let not a single indigent person break in upon you into the (garden) this day.”

P:  No needy man shall enter it to-day against you.

S:  Saying:  No poor man shall enter it today upon you.

068.025 Y:  And they opened the morning, strong in an (unjust) resolve.

P:  They went betimes, strong in (this) purpose.

S:  And in the morning they went, having the power to prevent.

068.026 Y:  But when they saw the (garden), they said:  “We have surely lost our way:” 

P:  But when they saw it, they said:  Lo! we are in error!

S:  But when they saw it, they said:  Most surely we have gone astray

068.027 Y:  “Indeed we are shut out (of the fruits of our labour)!”

P:  Nay, but we are desolate!

S:  Nay! we are made to suffer privation.

068.028 Y:  Said one of them, more just (than the rest):  “Did I not say to you, ‘Why not glorify (Allah)?’”

P:  The best among them said:  Said I not unto you:  Why glorify ye not (Allah)?

S:  The best of them said:  Did I not say to you, Why do you not glorify (Allah)?

068.029 Y:  They said:  “Glory to our Lord!  Verily we have been doing wrong!”

P:  They said:  Glorified be our Lord!  Lo! we have been wrong-doers.

S:  They said:  Glory be to our Lord, surely we were unjust.

068.030 Y:  Then they turned, one against another, in reproach.

P:  Then some of them drew near unto others, self-reproaching.

S:  Then some of them advanced against others, blaming each other.

068.031 Y:  They said:  “Alas for us!  We have indeed transgressed!”

P:  They said:  Alas for us!  In truth we were outrageous.

S:  Said they:  O woe to us! surely we were inordinate: 

068.032 Y:  “It may be that our Lord will give us in exchange a better (garden) than this:  for we do turn to Him (in repentance)!”

P:  It may be that our Lord will give us better than this in place thereof.  Lo! we beseech our Lord.

S:  Maybe, our Lord will give us instead one better than it; surely to our Lord do we make our humble petition.

068.033 Y:  Such is the Punishment (in this life); but greater is the Punishment in the Hereafter,- if only they knew!

P:  Such was the punishment.  And verily the punishment of the Hereafter is greater if they did but know.

S:  Such is the chastisement, and certainly the chastisement of the hereafter is greater, did they but know!

068.034 Y:  Verily, for the Righteous, are Gardens of Delight, in the Presence of their Lord.

P:  Lo! for those who keep from evil are gardens of bliss with their Lord.