فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصىٰ
But he denied and disobeyed.
ثُمَّ أَدبَرَ يَسعىٰ
Then he turned his back, striving.
فَحَشَرَ فَنادىٰ
He summoned and announced.
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.
وَأَغطَشَ لَيلَها وَأَخرَجَ ضُحاها
He dimmed its night and brought out its morning.
وَالأَرضَ بَعدَ ذٰلِكَ دَحاها
After that, He spread the earth.
أَخرَجَ مِنها ماءَها وَمَرعاها
From it, He brought forth its water and its pasture.