وَإِذا بَطَشتُم بَطَشتُم جَبّارينَ

And when you strike, you strike mercilessly.

فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطيعونِ

So fear God, and obey me.

وَاتَّقُوا الَّذي أَمَدَّكُم بِما تَعلَمونَ

Fear Him who supplied you with what you know.

أَمَدَّكُم بِأَنعامٍ وَبَنينَ

He provided you with livestock and offspring.

وَجَنّاتٍ وَعُيونٍ

And gardens, and springs.

قالوا سَواءٌ عَلَينا أَوَعَظتَ أَم لَم تَكُن مِنَ الواعِظينَ

They responded, “It makes no difference to us whether you lecture us or not.

إِن هـٰذا إِلّا خُلُقُ الأَوَّلينَ

This is nothing but the traditions of the ancients.

وَما نَحنُ بِمُعَذَّبينَ

And we are not to be punished.”

فَكَذَّبوهُ فَأَهلَكناهُم ۗ إِنَّ في ذٰلِكَ لَآيَةً ۖ وَما كانَ أَكثَرُهُم مُؤمِنينَ

They disbelieved him, and so We destroyed them. There is a lesson in this, but most of them aren’t believers.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ العَزيزُ الرَّحيمُ

Your Lord is the Exalted in Might, the Most Merciful.