وَلَقَدْ And certainly walaqad denied kadhaba (the) companions aṣḥābu (of) the Rocky Tract l-ḥij'ri the Messengers l-mur'salīna
And certainly did the companions of al-Ḥijr [i.e., the Thamūd] deny the messengers.
وَءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمْ And We gave them waātaynāhum Our Signs āyātinā but they were fakānū from them ʿanhā turning away muʿ'riḍīna
And We gave them Our signs, but from them they were turning away.
وَكَانُوا۟ And they used (to) wakānū carve yanḥitūna from mina the mountains l-jibāli houses buyūtan secure āminīna
And they used to carve from the mountains, houses, feeling secure.
فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ But seized them fa-akhadhathumu the awful cry l-ṣayḥatu (at) early morning muṣ'biḥīna
But the shriek seized them at early morning,
فَمَآ And not famā availed aghnā them ʿanhum what mā they used (to) kānū earn yaksibūna
So nothing availed them [from] what they used to earn.