Al-Qur'an Surah Al-Qalam Verse 26

Mufti Taqi Usmani

But when they saw it (the place of the ruined garden), they said, “We have missed the way.”

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

But when they saw it ˹devastated˺, they cried, “We must have lost ˹our˺ way!

Ruwwad Translation Center

But when they saw the garden, they said, “We must have lost our way!

A. J. Arberry

But when they saw it, they said, 'Surely we are gone astray;

Abdul Haleem

but when they saw the garden, they said, ‘We must have lost our way!

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Then when they beheld it, they said: verily we have strayed.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

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

Abul Ala Maududi

But as soon as they beheld the orchard, (they cried out): “We have certainly lost the way;

Ahmed Ali

When they saw (and did not recognise it) they said: "Surely we have lost the way.

Ahmed Raza Khan

Then when they saw it, they said, “We have indeed strayed.”

Ali Quli Qarai

But when they saw it, they said, ‘We have indeed lost our way!’

Ali Ünal

But when they saw it, they said: "We have assuredly arrived at the wrong place!"

Amatul Rahman Omar

When they saw it (desolated) they said, `We have surely mistaken the way.

English Literal

So when they saw it, they said: "That we are misguided (E)."

Faridul Haque

Then when they saw it, they said, “We have indeed strayed.”

Hamid S. Aziz

But when they saw it (the garden), they said, "Most surely we have gone astray.

Hilali & Khan

But when they saw the (garden), they said: "Verily, we have gone astray,"

Maulana Mohammad Ali

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

Mohammad Habib Shakir

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

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

But when they saw it, they said: Lo! we are in error!

Muhammad Sarwar

When they saw the garden, they said, "Surely we have lost our way.

Qaribullah & Darwish

But when they saw it they said: 'We have surely gone astray.

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

But when they saw it, they said: "Verily, we have gone astray."

Wahiduddin Khan

But when they saw it, they said, "We must have lost our way.

Talal Itani

But when they saw it, they said, “We were wrong.

Tafsir jalalayn

But when they saw it, blackened and charred, they said, `Assuredly we have strayed!', from it, that is to say; this is not the one. Then when they recognised it, they said;

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

But when they saw it, they said;"Verily, we have gone astray."

meaning, when they arrived at it and came upon it, and it was in the condition which Allah changed from that luster, brilliance and abundance of fruit, to being black, gloomy and void of any benefit. They believed that they had been mistaken in the path they took in walking to it. This is why they said,
إِنَّا لَضَالُّونَ
(Verily, we have gone astray).

meaning, `we have walked down a path other than the one we were seeking to reach it.'

This was said by Ibn `Abbas and others.

Then they changed their minds and realized with certainty that it was actually the correct path. Then they said,

بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُومُونَ