68. Kalem · verses 28–31

قَالَ أَوۡسَطُهُمۡ أَلَمۡ أَقُل لَّكُمۡ لَوۡلَا تُسَبِّحُونَ

Qala awsatuhum alam aqul lakum lawla tusabbihoona

Said one of them, more just (than the rest): "Did I not say to you, ´Why not glorify (Allah)?´"

قَالُواْ سُبۡحَٰنَ رَبِّنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ

Qaloo subhana rabbina inna kunna thalimeena

They said: "Glory to our Lord! Verily we have been doing wrong!"

فَأَقۡبَلَ بَعۡضُهُمۡ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضٖ يَتَلَٰوَمُونَ

Faaqbala baAAduhum AAala baAAdin yatalawamoona

Then they turned, one against another, in reproach.

قَالُواْ يَٰوَيۡلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا طَٰغِينَ

Qaloo ya waylana inna kunna tagheena

They said: "Alas for us! We have indeed transgressed!