حَتّىٰ إِذا أَخَذنا مُترَفيهِم بِالعَذابِ إِذا هُم يَجأَرونَ

Until, when We seize their elite with torment, they begin to groan.

لا تَجأَرُوا اليَومَ ۖ إِنَّكُم مِنّا لا تُنصَرونَ

Don’t groan today; you will receive no assistance from Us.

قَد كانَت آياتي تُتلىٰ عَلَيكُم فَكُنتُم عَلىٰ أَعقابِكُم تَنكِصونَ

My verses were conveyed to you, yet you backed away from them.

مُستَكبِرينَ بِهِ سامِرًا تَهجُرونَ

You reacted arrogantly towards them, debated against them baselessly, and outright rejected them.

أَفَلَم يَدَّبَّرُوا القَولَ أَم جاءَهُم ما لَم يَأتِ آباءَهُمُ الأَوَّلينَ

Don’t they ponder over the Word? Or did news come to them that didn’t come to their ancestors?

أَم يَقولونَ بِهِ جِنَّةٌ ۚ بَل جاءَهُم بِالحَقِّ وَأَكثَرُهُم لِلحَقِّ كارِهونَ

Or do they say, “He is possessed”? In fact, he brought them the truth, and most of them hate the truth.

وَلَوِ اتَّبَعَ الحَقُّ أَهواءَهُم لَفَسَدَتِ السَّماواتُ وَالأَرضُ وَمَن فيهِنَّ ۚ بَل أَتَيناهُم بِذِكرِهِم فَهُم عَن ذِكرِهِم مُعرِضونَ

If the truth were to follow their desires, the heavens, the earth, and everything within them would surely be in chaos. We gave them their reminder, yet they disregard their reminder.

أَم تَسأَلُهُم خَرجًا فَخَراجُ رَبِّكَ خَيرٌ ۖ وَهُوَ خَيرُ الرّازِقينَ

Are you demanding a fee from them? The reward from your Lord is far better, for He is the best of providers.

وَإِنَّكَ لَتَدعوهُم إِلىٰ صِراطٍ مُستَقيمٍ

You are inviting them to a straight path.

وَإِنَّ الَّذينَ لا يُؤمِنونَ بِالآخِرَةِ عَنِ الصِّراطِ لَناكِبونَ

Yet, those who don’t believe in the Hereafter veer away from the path.