وَدّوا لَو تُدهِنُ فَيُدهِنونَ

They wish you would compromise so they, too, could compromise.

وَلا تُطِع كُلَّ حَلّافٍ مَهينٍ

And don’t obey any despicable oath-monger.

هَمّازٍ مَشّاءٍ بِنَميمٍ

A defamer, a spreader of slander.

مَنّاعٍ لِلخَيرِ مُعتَدٍ أَثيمٍ

An obstructor of good, a transgressor, a sinner.

عُتُلٍّ بَعدَ ذٰلِكَ زَنيمٍ

Rude and fake.

إِذا تُتلىٰ عَلَيهِ آياتُنا قالَ أَساطيرُ الأَوَّلينَ

When Our verses are conveyed to him, he says, “Legends of the ancients.”

سَنَسِمُهُ عَلَى الخُرطومِ

We will mark him on the nose.

إِنّا بَلَوناهُم كَما بَلَونا أَصحابَ الجَنَّةِ إِذ أَقسَموا لَيَصرِمُنَّها مُصبِحينَ

We tested them, just as We tested the garden owners, when they vowed to harvest in the morning.

وَلا يَستَثنونَ

And they didn’t make an exception.

فَطافَ عَلَيها طائِفٌ مِن رَبِّكَ وَهُم نائِمونَ

But a visitation from your Lord swept around it while they were asleep.