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.

وَلَقَدِ اختَرناهُم عَلىٰ عِلمٍ عَلَى العالَمينَ

And We knowingly chose them over the worlds.

وَآتَيناهُم مِنَ الآياتِ ما فيهِ بَلاءٌ مُبينٌ

We gave them signs in which there were transparent trials.

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.

وَما خَلَقنَا السَّماواتِ وَالأَرضَ وَما بَينَهُما لاعِبينَ

We didn’t create the heavens, the earth, and everything in between in play.

ما خَلَقناهُما إِلّا بِالحَقِّ وَلـٰكِنَّ أَكثَرَهُم لا يَعلَمونَ

We created them only in truth, but most of them don’t know.