68:26
فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهَا قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا لَضَآلُّونَ
But when they saw it, they said, "Indeed, we are lost;
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فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهَا قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا لَضَآلُّونَ
But when they saw it, they said, "Indeed, we are lost;
Nearby ayahs help place verse 68:26 in sequence and meaning.
أَن لَّا يَدْخُلَنَّهَا ٱلْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكُم مِّسْكِينٌ
[Saying], "There will surely not enter it today upon you [any] poor person."
وَغَدَوْا۟ عَلَىٰ حَرْدٍ قَـٰدِرِينَ
And they went early in determination, [assuming themselves] able.
بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُومُونَ
Rather, we have been deprived."
قَالَ أَوْسَطُهُمْ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكُمْ لَوْلَا تُسَبِّحُونَ
The most moderate of them said, "Did I not say to you, 'Why do you not exalt [Allah]?' "