:16. Soon shall We brand (the beast) on the snout!
: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.
:18. But made no reservation, ("If it be Allah's Will").
:19. Then there came on the (garden) a visitation from thy Lord, (which swept away) all around, while they were asleep.
:20. So the (garden) became, by the morning, like a dark and desolate spot, (whose fruit had been gathered).
:21. As the morning broke, they called out, one to another,-
:22. "Go ye to your tilth (betimes) in the morning, if ye would gather the fruits."
:23. So they departed, conversing in secret low tones, (saying)-
:24. "Let not a single indigent person break in upon you into the (garden) this day."
:25. And they opened the morning, strong in an (unjust) resolve.
:26. But when they saw the (garden), they said: "We have surely lost our way:
:27. "Indeed we are shut out (of the fruits of our labour)!"
:28. Said one of them, more just (than the rest): "Did I not say to you, 'Why not glorify (Allah)?'"
:29. They said: "Glory to our Lord! Verily we have been doing wrong!"
:30. Then they turned, one against another, in reproach.
:31. They said: "Alas for us! We have indeed transgressed!
: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)!"
:33. Such is the Punishment (in this life); but greater is the Punishment in the Hereafter,- if only they knew!
:34. Verily, for the Righteous, are Gardens of Delight, in the Presence of their Lord.
:35. Shall We then treat the People of Faith like the People of Sin?
:36. What is the matter with you? How judge ye?
:37. Or have ye a book through which ye learn-
:38. That ye shall have, through it whatever ye choose?
:39. Or have ye Covenants with Us to oath, reaching to the Day of Judgment, (providing) that ye shall have whatever ye shall demand?
:40. Ask thou of them, which of them will stand surety for that!
:41. Or have they some "Partners" (in Allahhead)? Then let them produce their "partners", if they are truthful!
:42. The Day that the shin shall be laid bare, and they shall be summoned to bow in adoration, but they shall not be able,-
