Selected Quranic verses

﴿ أَنِ ٱغۡدُواْ عَلَىٰ حَرۡثِكُمۡ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰرِمِينَ ﴾

“Go early to your garden if you really wish to har...

﴿ فَٱنطَلَقُواْ وَهُمۡ يَتَخَٰفَتُونَ ﴾

So they set out, whispering to one another,

﴿ أَن لَّا يَدۡخُلَنَّهَا ٱلۡيَوۡمَ عَلَيۡكُم مِّسۡكِينٞ ﴾

“Not a single poor person should enter your garden...

﴿ وَغَدَوۡاْ عَلَىٰ حَرۡدٖ قَٰدِرِينَ ﴾

And they left early, fully determined to stick to...

﴿ فَلَمَّا رَأَوۡهَا قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّا لَضَآلُّونَ ﴾

But when they saw the garden, they said, “We must...

﴿ بَلۡ نَحۡنُ مَحۡرُومُونَ ﴾

Rather, we have been deprived.”

﴿ قَالَ أَوۡسَطُهُمۡ أَلَمۡ أَقُل لَّكُمۡ لَوۡلَا تُسَبِّحُونَ ﴾

The best among them said, “Did I not say to you to...

﴿ قَالُواْ سُبۡحَٰنَ رَبِّنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ ﴾

They said, “Glory be to our Lord! We were truly wr...

﴿ فَأَقۡبَلَ بَعۡضُهُمۡ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضٖ يَتَلَٰوَمُونَ ﴾

Then they turned to one another, throwing blame.

﴿ قَالُواْ يَٰوَيۡلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا طَٰغِينَ ﴾

They said, “Woe to us! We were surely transgressor...

﴿ عَسَىٰ رَبُّنَآ أَن يُبۡدِلَنَا خَيۡرٗا مِّنۡهَآ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا رَٰغِبُونَ ﴾

Our Lord may give us something better than this. W...

﴿ كَذَٰلِكَ ٱلۡعَذَابُۖ وَلَعَذَابُ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ أَكۡبَرُۚ لَوۡ كَانُواْ يَعۡلَمُونَ ﴾

Such is the punishment [in this world]; but the pu...