وَنَعمَةٍ كانوا فيها فاكِهينَ

And comfort wherein they were amused.

كَذٰلِكَ ۖ وَأَورَثناها قَومًا آخَرينَ

Thus, and We made it an inheritance for another people.

فَما بَكَت عَلَيهِمُ السَّماءُ وَالأَرضُ وَما كانوا مُنظَرينَ

Neither heaven nor earth wept for them, nor were they reprieved.

وَلَقَد نَجَّينا بَني إِسرائيلَ مِنَ العَذابِ المُهينِ

We rescued the Children of Israel from the degrading torment.

مِن فِرعَونَ ۚ إِنَّهُ كانَ عالِيًا مِنَ المُسرِفينَ

From Pharaoh. He was a tyrant, an oppressor.

وَآتَيناهُم مِنَ الآياتِ ما فيهِ بَلاءٌ مُبينٌ

We gave them signs in which there were transparent trials.

إِنَّ هـٰؤُلاءِ لَيَقولونَ

Yet these people say:

إِن هِيَ إِلّا مَوتَتُنَا الأولىٰ وَما نَحنُ بِمُنشَرينَ

“There is only our first death, and we won’t be resurrected.

فَأتوا بِآبائِنا إِن كُنتُم صادِقينَ

Then bring back our ancestors, if you are truthful.”

أَهُم خَيرٌ أَم قَومُ تُبَّعٍ وَالَّذينَ مِن قَبلِهِم ۚ أَهلَكناهُم ۖ إِنَّهُم كانوا مُجرِمينَ

Are they better than the people of Tubba and those before them? We destroyed them because they were criminals.