فَقُل هَل لَكَ إِلىٰ أَن تَزَكّىٰ

And ask, “Are you inclined to purify yourself?

وَأَهدِيَكَ إِلىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخشىٰ

And I may guide you to your Lord, so you would fear.”

فَأَراهُ الآيَةَ الكُبرىٰ

Then he showed him the supreme sign.

فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصىٰ

But he denied and disobeyed.

ثُمَّ أَدبَرَ يَسعىٰ

Then he turned his back, striving.

فَقالَ أَنا رَبُّكُمُ الأَعلىٰ

And he declared, “I am your supreme lord!”

فَأَخَذَهُ اللَّهُ نَكالَ الآخِرَةِ وَالأولىٰ

So, God seized him in exemplary punishment in the Last and the First.

إِنَّ في ذٰلِكَ لَعِبرَةً لِمَن يَخشىٰ

In this is a lesson for those who are cautious.

أَأَنتُم أَشَدُّ خَلقًا أَمِ السَّماءُ ۚ بَناها

Are you harder to create, or is the sky that He built?

رَفَعَ سَمكَها فَسَوّاها

He raised its height and proportioned it.