فَهَل عَسَيتُم إِن تَوَلَّيتُم أَن تُفسِدوا فِي الأَرضِ وَتُقَطِّعوا أَرحامَكُم

However, if you turn away, you risk causing corruption on earth and severing your familial ties.

أُولـٰئِكَ الَّذينَ لَعَنَهُمُ اللَّهُ فَأَصَمَّهُم وَأَعمىٰ أَبصارَهُم

These are the ones God has cursed, so He deafened them and blinded their sight.

أَفَلا يَتَدَبَّرونَ القُرآنَ أَم عَلىٰ قُلوبٍ أَقفالُها

Don’t they ponder over the Quran? Or are there locks upon the hearts?

إِنَّ الَّذينَ ارتَدّوا عَلىٰ أَدبارِهِم مِن بَعدِ ما تَبَيَّنَ لَهُمُ الهُدَى ۙ الشَّيطانُ سَوَّلَ لَهُم وَأَملىٰ لَهُم

Those who revert after guidance has become clear to them—Satan has enticed and given them latitude.

ذٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُم قالوا لِلَّذينَ كَرِهوا ما نَزَّلَ اللَّهُ سَنُطيعُكُم في بَعضِ الأَمرِ ۖ وَاللَّهُ يَعلَمُ إِسرارَهُم

That is because they said to those who hated what God revealed, “We will obey you in some matters.” And God knows their secrets.

ذٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمُ اتَّبَعوا ما أَسخَطَ اللَّهَ وَكَرِهوا رِضوانَهُ فَأَحبَطَ أَعمالَهُم

This is because they pursued what angers God, and they hated His approval, so He nullified their deeds.

أَم حَسِبَ الَّذينَ في قُلوبِهِم مَرَضٌ أَن لَن يُخرِجَ اللَّهُ أَضغانَهُم

Or do those who have a disease in their hearts think that God won’t expose their malice?

وَلَو نَشاءُ لَأَرَيناكَهُم فَلَعَرَفتَهُم بِسيماهُم ۚ وَلَتَعرِفَنَّهُم في لَحنِ القَولِ ۚ وَاللَّهُ يَعلَمُ أَعمالَكُم

If We had willed, We would’ve shown them to you, and then you would’ve identified them by their marks. But you will recognize them by the tone of their speech. And God knows your deeds.

وَلَنَبلُوَنَّكُم حَتّىٰ نَعلَمَ المُجاهِدينَ مِنكُم وَالصّابِرينَ وَنَبلُوَ أَخبارَكُم

We will surely test you, until We ascertain those among you who strive their best, and the patient ones, and We will test your reports.

إِنَّ الَّذينَ كَفَروا وَصَدّوا عَن سَبيلِ اللَّهِ وَشاقُّوا الرَّسولَ مِن بَعدِ ما تَبَيَّنَ لَهُمُ الهُدىٰ لَن يَضُرُّوا اللَّهَ شَيئًا وَسَيُحبِطُ أَعمالَهُم

Those who disbelieve, deter others from God’s path, and oppose the Messenger after guidance has become clear to them, won’t harm God in the slightest. He will nullify their deeds.