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68:17 Verily We have tried them as We tried the People of the Garden, when they resolved to gather the fruits of the (garden) in the morning.

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68:18 But made no reservation, ("If it be Allah's Will").

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68:19 Then there came on the (garden) a visitation from thy Lord, (which swept away) all around, while they were asleep.

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68:20 So the (garden) became, by the morning, like a dark and desolate spot, (whose fruit had been gathered).

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68:21 As the morning broke, they called out, one to another,-

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68:22 "Go ye to your tilth (betimes) in the morning, if ye would gather the fruits."

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68:23 So they departed, conversing in secret low tones, (saying)-

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68:24 "Let not a single indigent person break in upon you into the (garden) this day."

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68:25 And they opened the morning, strong in an (unjust) resolve.

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68:26 But when they saw the (garden), they said: "We have surely lost our way:

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68:27 "Indeed we are shut out (of the fruits of our labour)!"

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68:28 Said one of them, more just (than the rest): "Did I not say to you, 'Why not glorify ((Allah))?'"

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68:29 They said: "Glory to our Lord! Verily we have been doing wrong!"

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68:30 Then they turned, one against another, in reproach.

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68:31 They said: "Alas for us! We have indeed transgressed!

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68:32 "It may be that our Lord will give us in exchange a better (garden) than this: for we do turn to Him (in repentance)!"

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68:33 Such is the Punishment (in this life); but greater is the Punishment in the Hereafter,- if only they knew!