أَم لَهُم مُلكُ السَّماواتِ وَالأَرضِ وَما بَينَهُما ۖ فَليَرتَقوا فِي الأَسبابِ
Do they possess the heavens, the earth, and everything in between? Let them ascend through any means they can.
جُندٌ ما هُنالِكَ مَهزومٌ مِنَ الأَحزابِ
An army of allies will be defeated there.
كَذَّبَت قَبلَهُم قَومُ نوحٍ وَعادٌ وَفِرعَونُ ذُو الأَوتادِ
Before them, the people of Noah, Aad, and Pharaoh of the Stakes, all denied the truth.
وَثَمودُ وَقَومُ لوطٍ وَأَصحابُ الأَيكَةِ ۚ أُولـٰئِكَ الأَحزابُ
So did Thamud, the people of Lot, and the dwellers of the woods—these were the alliances.
إِن كُلٌّ إِلّا كَذَّبَ الرُّسُلَ فَحَقَّ عِقابِ
All of them denied the messengers, so my retribution was justified.
وَما يَنظُرُ هـٰؤُلاءِ إِلّا صَيحَةً واحِدَةً ما لَها مِن فَواقٍ
They await but a single blast, from which there is no recovery.
وَقالوا رَبَّنا عَجِّل لَنا قِطَّنا قَبلَ يَومِ الحِسابِ
They demand, “Our Lord, expedite our portion before the Day of Reckoning.”
اصبِر عَلىٰ ما يَقولونَ وَاذكُر عَبدَنا داوودَ ذَا الأَيدِ ۖ إِنَّهُ أَوّابٌ
Be patient over what they say, and remember Our servant David, the man of strength; he was devout.
إِنّا سَخَّرنَا الجِبالَ مَعَهُ يُسَبِّحنَ بِالعَشِيِّ وَالإِشراقِ
We subjected the mountains to him, praising at twilight and at dawn.
وَالطَّيرَ مَحشورَةً ۖ كُلٌّ لَهُ أَوّابٌ
And the birds gathered, all are attentive to him.
وَشَدَدنا مُلكَهُ وَآتَيناهُ الحِكمَةَ وَفَصلَ الخِطابِ
We strengthened his kingdom and granted him wisdom and decisive speech.