فَانْطَلَقُوا وَهُمْ يَتَخَافَتُونَ ٢٣
So they departed, conversing in secret low tones, (saying)-
68:24
أَنْ لَا يَدْخُلَنَّهَا الْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكُمْ مِسْكِينٌ ٢٤
"Let not a single indigent person break in upon you into the (garden) this day."
68:25
وَغَدَوْا عَلَىٰ حَرْدٍ قَادِرِينَ ٢٥
And they opened the morning, strong in an (unjust) resolve.
68:26
فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهَا قَالُوا إِنَّا لَضَالُّونَ ٢٦
But when they saw the (garden), they said: "We have surely lost our way:
68:27
بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُومُونَ ٢٧
"Indeed we are shut out (of the fruits of our labour)!"