Al-Qalam Verse 26

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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;

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