وَلَكُم فيها مَنافِعُ وَلِتَبلُغوا عَلَيها حاجَةً في صُدورِكُم وَعَلَيها وَعَلَى الفُلكِ تُحمَلونَ

And you have in them other benefits too, and you fulfill your diverse needs through them. You are carried upon them, as well as on ships.

وَيُريكُم آياتِهِ فَأَيَّ آياتِ اللَّهِ تُنكِرونَ

And He shows you His signs: Which then of God’s signs will you deny?

أَفَلَم يَسيروا فِي الأَرضِ فَيَنظُروا كَيفَ كانَ عاقِبَةُ الَّذينَ مِن قَبلِهِم ۚ كانوا أَكثَرَ مِنهُم وَأَشَدَّ قُوَّةً وَآثارًا فِي الأَرضِ فَما أَغنىٰ عَنهُم ما كانوا يَكسِبونَ

Didn’t they travel through the earth and see the fate of those who preceded them? They were more numerous and powerful, having left more impressive marks on the earth, yet their achievements availed them not.

فَلَمّا جاءَتهُم رُسُلُهُم بِالبَيِّناتِ فَرِحوا بِما عِندَهُم مِنَ العِلمِ وَحاقَ بِهِم ما كانوا بِهِ يَستَهزِئونَ

So when their messengers came to them with clear evidence, they exulted in the knowledge they already possessed, but what they used to mock encompassed them.

فَلَمّا رَأَوا بَأسَنا قالوا آمَنّا بِاللَّهِ وَحدَهُ وَكَفَرنا بِما كُنّا بِهِ مُشرِكينَ

And when they saw Our wrath, they said, “We believe in God alone and reject what we were associating with Him.”