قالوا إِنَّكُم كُنتُم تَأتونَنا عَنِ اليَمينِ

Some will say, “You used to come to us from the right.”

قالوا بَل لَم تَكونوا مُؤمِنينَ

The others will respond, “No, you yourselves were not believers.

وَما كانَ لَنا عَلَيكُم مِن سُلطانٍ ۖ بَل كُنتُم قَومًا طاغينَ

We had no authority over you; you were a transgressing people.

فَحَقَّ عَلَينا قَولُ رَبِّنا ۖ إِنّا لَذائِقونَ

So now the word of our Lord has come true against us. We are tasting it.

فَأَغوَيناكُم إِنّا كُنّا غاوينَ

We seduced you; we were seducers.”

إِنّا كَذٰلِكَ نَفعَلُ بِالمُجرِمينَ

This is how We deal with sinners.

إِنَّهُم كانوا إِذا قيلَ لَهُم لا إِلـٰهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ يَستَكبِرونَ

When they were told, “There is no god but God,” they exhibited arrogance.

وَيَقولونَ أَئِنّا لَتارِكو آلِهَتِنا لِشاعِرٍ مَجنونٍ

And they said, “Shall we leave our gods for a mad poet?”

بَل جاءَ بِالحَقِّ وَصَدَّقَ المُرسَلينَ

He came with the truth and confirmed the messengers.

إِنَّكُم لَذائِقُو العَذابِ الأَليمِ

You will surely taste the severe punishment.