أَلَمْ Has not alam come to you yatikum (the) news naba-u (of) those who alladhīna (were) before you min (were) before you qablikum the people qawmi of Nuh nūḥin and Aad waʿādin and Thamud wathamūda and those who wa-alladhīna (were) after them min (were) after them baʿdihim None lā knows them yaʿlamuhum except illā Allah l-lahu Came to them jāathum their Messengers rusuluhum with clear proofs bil-bayināti but they returned faraddū their hands aydiyahum in fī their mouths afwāhihim and they said waqālū Indeed we innā [we] disbelieve kafarnā in what bimā you have been sent ur'sil'tum with [it] bihi and indeed, we wa-innā (are) surely in lafī doubt shakkin about what mimmā you invite us tadʿūnanā to it ilayhi suspicious murībin
Has there not reached you the news of those before you - the people of Noah and ʿAad and Thamūd and those after them? No one knows them [i.e., their number] but Allāh. Their messengers brought them clear proofs, but they returned their hands to their mouths1 and said, "Indeed, we disbelieve in that with which you have been sent, and indeed we are, about that to which you invite us, in disquieting doubt."