وَإِذا رَأَوكَ إِن يَتَّخِذونَكَ إِلّا هُزُوًا أَهـٰذَا الَّذي بَعَثَ اللَّهُ رَسولًا

When they see you, they mock, “Is this the one whom God has sent as a messenger?”

إِن كادَ لَيُضِلُّنا عَن آلِهَتِنا لَولا أَن صَبَرنا عَلَيها ۚ وَسَوفَ يَعلَمونَ حينَ يَرَونَ العَذابَ مَن أَضَلُّ سَبيلًا

“He almost led us away from our gods, had we not firmly adhered to them.” They will realize, when they witness the punishment, who strayed further.

أَرَأَيتَ مَنِ اتَّخَذَ إِلـٰهَهُ هَواهُ أَفَأَنتَ تَكونُ عَلَيهِ وَكيلًا

Have you considered the one who makes his own desire his god? Can you be responsible for him?

أَم تَحسَبُ أَنَّ أَكثَرَهُم يَسمَعونَ أَو يَعقِلونَ ۚ إِن هُم إِلّا كَالأَنعامِ ۖ بَل هُم أَضَلُّ سَبيلًا

Do you think that most of them hear or understand? They are like cattle; in fact, they are even further astray from the path.

أَلَم تَرَ إِلىٰ رَبِّكَ كَيفَ مَدَّ الظِّلَّ وَلَو شاءَ لَجَعَلَهُ ساكِنًا ثُمَّ جَعَلنَا الشَّمسَ عَلَيهِ دَليلًا

Didn’t you see how your Lord causes the shadow to extend? Had He willed, He could’ve made it still. And We made the sun its indicator.

وَهُوَ الَّذي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ اللَّيلَ لِباسًا وَالنَّومَ سُباتًا وَجَعَلَ النَّهارَ نُشورًا

It is He who made the night a covering for you, sleep for rest, and the day a revival.

وَهُوَ الَّذي أَرسَلَ الرِّياحَ بُشرًا بَينَ يَدَي رَحمَتِهِ ۚ وَأَنزَلنا مِنَ السَّماءِ ماءً طَهورًا

It is He who sends the winds as heralds ahead of His mercy, and We send down from the sky pure water.

لِنُحيِيَ بِهِ بَلدَةً مَيتًا وَنُسقِيَهُ مِمّا خَلَقنا أَنعامًا وَأَناسِيَّ كَثيرًا

To revive dead lands thereby and to provide drink for the multitude of creatures and humans We created.

وَلَقَد صَرَّفناهُ بَينَهُم لِيَذَّكَّروا فَأَبىٰ أَكثَرُ النّاسِ إِلّا كُفورًا

We distribute it among them for reflection, yet most people persist in ingratitude and disbelief.

وَلَو شِئنا لَبَعَثنا في كُلِّ قَريَةٍ نَذيرًا

Had We willed, We could’ve sent a warner to every community.