اليَومَ نَختِمُ عَلىٰ أَفواهِهِم وَتُكَلِّمُنا أَيديهِم وَتَشهَدُ أَرجُلُهُم بِما كانوا يَكسِبونَ

On that Day, We will seal their mouths. Their hands will speak to Us, and their feet will testify to their deeds.

وَلَو نَشاءُ لَطَمَسنا عَلىٰ أَعيُنِهِم فَاستَبَقُوا الصِّراطَ فَأَنّىٰ يُبصِرونَ

Had We willed, We could’ve blotted out their eyes; then they would stumble on the path. But how will they see?

وَلَو نَشاءُ لَمَسَخناهُم عَلىٰ مَكانَتِهِم فَمَا استَطاعوا مُضِيًّا وَلا يَرجِعونَ

Had We willed, We could’ve immobilized them in their places, leaving them incapable of advancing or retreating.

وَمَن نُعَمِّرهُ نُنَكِّسهُ فِي الخَلقِ ۖ أَفَلا يَعقِلونَ

Those to whom We grant a long life, We reverse in development. Don’t they understand?

وَما عَلَّمناهُ الشِّعرَ وَما يَنبَغي لَهُ ۚ إِن هُوَ إِلّا ذِكرٌ وَقُرآنٌ مُبينٌ

We didn’t teach him poetry, nor is it appropriate for him. It is but a reminder and a Clear Quran.

أَوَلَم يَرَوا أَنّا خَلَقنا لَهُم مِمّا عَمِلَت أَيدينا أَنعامًا فَهُم لَها مالِكونَ

Don’t they see that We created for them, from Our handiwork, the livestock that they own?

وَذَلَّلناها لَهُم فَمِنها رَكوبُهُم وَمِنها يَأكُلونَ

And We tamed them for them; some they ride, and some they eat.

وَلَهُم فيها مَنافِعُ وَمَشارِبُ ۖ أَفَلا يَشكُرونَ

And for them therein are benefits and beverages. Won’t they be grateful?

وَاتَّخَذوا مِن دونِ اللَّهِ آلِهَةً لَعَلَّهُم يُنصَرونَ

Yet, they’ve taken gods other than God, hoping they might get help.

لا يَستَطيعونَ نَصرَهُم وَهُم لَهُم جُندٌ مُحضَرونَ

They can’t assist them, but they are troops in readiness for them.