إِلّا عِبادَ اللَّهِ المُخلَصينَ

Except for God’s select servants.

فَإِنَّكُم وَما تَعبُدونَ

Neither you nor those you worship.

ما أَنتُم عَلَيهِ بِفاتِنينَ

Can’t seduce away from Him.

إِلّا مَن هُوَ صالِ الجَحيمِ

Except those destined for Hell’s embrace.

وَما مِنّا إِلّا لَهُ مَقامٌ مَعلومٌ

“There is none among us but has a known position.

وَإِنّا لَنَحنُ المُسَبِّحونَ

And we are the praisers.”

وَإِن كانوا لَيَقولونَ

And they used to say.

لَو أَنَّ عِندَنا ذِكرًا مِنَ الأَوَّلينَ

“If we had a sermon from the ancients.

لَكُنّا عِبادَ اللَّهِ المُخلَصينَ

We would’ve been God’s faithful servants.”

فَكَفَروا بِهِ ۖ فَسَوفَ يَعلَمونَ

Yet, they disbelieved it; they will soon come to know.