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 لَم يَعرِفوا رَسولَهُم فَهُم لَهُ مُنكِرونَ

Or did they fail to recognize their Messenger, and thus, they deny him?

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.

وَإِنَّ الَّذينَ لا يُؤمِنونَ بِالآخِرَةِ عَنِ الصِّراطِ لَناكِبونَ

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

وَلَو رَحِمناهُم وَكَشَفنا ما بِهِم مِن ضُرٍّ لَلَجّوا في طُغيانِهِم يَعمَهونَ

Even if We were to show them mercy and alleviate their troubles, they would stubbornly persist in their transgression, wandering blindly.

وَلَقَد أَخَذناهُم بِالعَذابِ فَمَا استَكانوا لِرَبِّهِم وَما يَتَضَرَّعونَ

We had afflicted them, yet they didn’t turn to their Lord or humble themselves.

حَتّىٰ إِذا فَتَحنا عَلَيهِم بابًا ذا عَذابٍ شَديدٍ إِذا هُم فيهِ مُبلِسونَ

Until, when We opened upon them a gate of intense pain, they were left in utter despair.

وَهُوَ الَّذي أَنشَأَ لَكُمُ السَّمعَ وَالأَبصارَ وَالأَفئِدَةَ ۚ قَليلًا ما تَشكُرونَ

It is He who endowed you with hearing, sight, and hearts, yet you rarely give thanks.