The Quran

سورة القَلَم

Surah Al-Qalam 68:26

The Pen · Verse 26 of 52

فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهَا قَالُوا إِنَّا لَضَالُّونَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

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

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

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

Ahmed Ali

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

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Ali Unal

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

Daryabadi

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

Faridul Haque

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

Maulana Muhammad Ali

But when they saw it, they said: Surely we are in error;

Maulvi Sher Ali

But when they saw it, they said, `Surely, we have lost our way !

Muhammad Asad

But as soon as they beheld [the garden and could not recognize] it, they exclaimed, "Surely we have lost our way!"

Muhammad Musin Khan

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

Muhammad 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.

Muhammed ali Shakir

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

Rashad Khalifa

But when they saw it, they said, "We were so wrong!

Shabbir Ahmed

But when they saw it, they said, "Oh, we have lost our way.”