So they went, while they consulted together secretly, (۲۳)

Saying: No poor man shall enter it today upon you (۲۴)

And in the morning they went, having the power to prevent (۲۵)

But when they saw it, they said: Most surely we have gone astray (۲۶)

Nay! we are made to suffer privation (۲۷)

The best of them said: Did I not say to you, Why do you not glorify (Allah)? (۲۸)

They said: Glory be to our Lord, surely we were unjust (۲۹)

Then some of them advanced against others, blaming each other (۳۰)

Said they: O woe to us! surely we were inordinate: (۳۱)

Maybe, our Lord will give us instead one better than it; surely to our Lord do we make our humble petition (۳۲)