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Then by daybreak they called out to each other,

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˹saying,˺ “Go early to your harvest, if you want to pick ˹all˺ the fruit.”

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So they went off, whispering to one another,

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“Do not let any poor person enter your garden today.”

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And they proceeded early, totally fixated on their purpose.

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

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In fact, we have been deprived ˹of our livelihood˺.”

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The most sensible of them said, “Did I not urge you to say, ‘Allah willing.’?”

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They replied, “Glory be to our Lord! We have truly been wrongdoers.”

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Then they turned on each other, throwing blame.

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