وَأَنيبوا إِلىٰ رَبِّكُم وَأَسلِموا لَهُ مِن قَبلِ أَن يَأتِيَكُمُ العَذابُ ثُمَّ لا تُنصَرونَ

Return with wholehearted repentance to your Lord, and submit yourselves completely to Him, before the suffering befalls you, after which you won’t be helped.

وَاتَّبِعوا أَحسَنَ ما أُنزِلَ إِلَيكُم مِن رَبِّكُم مِن قَبلِ أَن يَأتِيَكُمُ العَذابُ بَغتَةً وَأَنتُم لا تَشعُرونَ

Adhere to the best of what was revealed to you from your Lord, before the punishment engulfs you unexpectedly.

أَن تَقولَ نَفسٌ يا حَسرَتىٰ عَلىٰ ما فَرَّطتُ في جَنبِ اللَّهِ وَإِن كُنتُ لَمِنَ السّاخِرينَ

Lest a soul should lament, “Alas, I have neglected my duty towards God and was among the mockers.”

أَو تَقولَ لَو أَنَّ اللَّهَ هَداني لَكُنتُ مِنَ المُتَّقينَ

Or it may say, “Had God guided me, I would’ve been among the righteous.”

أَو تَقولَ حينَ تَرَى العَذابَ لَو أَنَّ لي كَرَّةً فَأَكونَ مِنَ المُحسِنينَ

Or, it may say when it sees the penalty: “If only I had another chance, I would be among those who do good.”

وَيَومَ القِيامَةِ تَرَى الَّذينَ كَذَبوا عَلَى اللَّهِ وُجوهُهُم مُسوَدَّةٌ ۚ أَلَيسَ في جَهَنَّمَ مَثوًى لِلمُتَكَبِّرينَ

On the Day of Resurrection, you will see those who told lies about God, their faces blackened. Is not in Hell a residence for the arrogant?

وَيُنَجِّي اللَّهُ الَّذينَ اتَّقَوا بِمَفازَتِهِم لا يَمَسُّهُمُ السّوءُ وَلا هُم يَحزَنونَ

God will deliver the righteous to their destined haven—no harm will touch them, nor will they grieve.

اللَّهُ خالِقُ كُلِّ شَيءٍ ۖ وَهُوَ عَلىٰ كُلِّ شَيءٍ وَكيلٌ

God is the Creator of all things, and He is, over all things, Disposer of affairs.

لَهُ مَقاليدُ السَّماواتِ وَالأَرضِ ۗ وَالَّذينَ كَفَروا بِآياتِ اللَّهِ أُولـٰئِكَ هُمُ الخاسِرونَ

To Him belong the keys of the heavens and the earth. Those who deny God’s verses are the losers.

قُل أَفَغَيرَ اللَّهِ تَأمُرونّي أَعبُدُ أَيُّهَا الجاهِلونَ

Say, “Do you instruct me to worship someone other than God, O ignorant people?”