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.
وَهُوَ الَّذي ذَرَأَكُم فِي الأَرضِ وَإِلَيهِ تُحشَرونَ
It is He who scattered you throughout the earth, and to Him, you will be gathered.
وَهُوَ الَّذي يُحيي وَيُميتُ وَلَهُ اختِلافُ اللَّيلِ وَالنَّهارِ ۚ أَفَلا تَعقِلونَ
It is He who gives life and causes death, and His is the alternation of night and day. Don’t you comprehend?
بَل قالوا مِثلَ ما قالَ الأَوَّلونَ
They merely repeat what was said by those before them.
قالوا أَإِذا مِتنا وَكُنّا تُرابًا وَعِظامًا أَإِنّا لَمَبعوثونَ
They question, “After we have died and become dust and bones, will we be resurrected?
لَقَد وُعِدنا نَحنُ وَآباؤُنا هـٰذا مِن قَبلُ إِن هـٰذا إِلّا أَساطيرُ الأَوَّلينَ
We and our forefathers were promised this before—these are nothing but legends of the ancients.”
قُل لِمَنِ الأَرضُ وَمَن فيها إِن كُنتُم تَعلَمونَ
Ask them, “To whom does the earth and everything on it belong, if you truly know?”
سَيَقولونَ لِلَّهِ ۚ قُل أَفَلا تَذَكَّرونَ
They will respond, “To God.” Say, “Then why don’t you reflect?”
قُل مَن رَبُّ السَّماواتِ السَّبعِ وَرَبُّ العَرشِ العَظيمِ
Ask them, “Who is the Lord of the seven heavens and the Lord of the Majestic Throne?”