Surah 68 · verse 23
Al-Qalam 68:23
Sign in to listenفَانطَلَقُوا وَهُمْ يَتَخَافَتُونَ
fa-intalaqu wa-hum yatakhafatun
So they set out, while lowering their voices,
Saheeh International translation
Context in the surah
فَأَصْبَحَتْ كَالصَّرِيمِ
And it became as though reaped.
Verse 21فَتَنَادَوْا مُصْبِحِينَ
And they called one another at morning,
Verse 22أَنِ اغْدُوا عَلَىٰ حَرْثِكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَارِمِينَ
[Saying], "Go early to your crop if you would cut the fruit."
فَانطَلَقُوا وَهُمْ يَتَخَافَتُونَ
So they set out, while lowering their voices,
أَن لَّا يَدْخُلَنَّهَا الْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكُم مِّسْكِينٌ
[Saying], "There will surely not enter it today upon you [any] poor person."
Verse 25وَغَدَوْا عَلَىٰ حَرْدٍ قَادِرِينَ
And they went early in determination, [assuming themselves] able.
Verse 26فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهَا قَالُوا إِنَّا لَضَالُّونَ
But when they saw it, they said, "Indeed, we are lost;
