وَكَذٰلِكَ بَعَثْنٰہُمْ لِيَتَسَاۗءَلُوْا بَيْنَہُمْ۰ۭ قَالَ قَاۗىِٕلٌ مِّنْہُمْ كَمْ لَبِثْتُمْ۰ۭ قَالُوْا لَبِثْنَا يَوْمًا اَوْ بَعْضَ يَوْمٍ۰ۭ قَالُوْا رَبُّكُمْ اَعْلَمُ بِمَا لَبِثْتُمْ۰ۭ فَابْعَثُوْۗا اَحَدَكُمْ بِوَرِقِكُمْ ہٰذِہٖۗ اِلَى الْمَدِيْنَۃِ فَلْيَنْظُرْ اَيُّہَاۗ اَزْكٰى طَعَامًا فَلْيَاْتِكُمْ بِرِزْقٍ مِّنْہُ وَلْيَتَلَطَّفْ وَلَا يُشْعِرَنَّ بِكُمْ اَحَدًا۱۹
Wakathalika baAAathnahum liyatasaaloo baynahum qala qailun minhum kam labithtum qaloo labithna yawman aw baAAda yawmin qaloo rabbukum aAAlamu bima labithtum faibAAathoo ahadakum biwariqikum hathihi ila almadeenati falyanthur ayyuha azka taAAaman falyatikum birizqin minhu walyatalattaf wala yushAAiranna bikum ahadan
Even so We roused them that they may question one another. One of them asked: "How long have you stayed here?" They said: "A day or less than a day." "Your Lord knows best," they said, "how long you have stayed. So send one of you to the town with this money of yours to look for wholesome food and bring it for you; but he should be careful not to let your presence known.
