أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ Those ulāika whom alladhīna they call yadʿūna seek yabtaghūna to ilā their Lord rabbihimu the means of access l-wasīlata which of them ayyuhum (is) nearest aqrabu and they hope wayarjūna (for) His mercy raḥmatahu and fear wayakhāfūna His punishment ʿadhābahu Indeed inna (the) punishment ʿadhāba (of) your Lord rabbika is kāna (ever) feared maḥdhūran
Those whom they invoke1 seek means of access to their Lord, [striving as to] which of them would be nearest, and they hope for His mercy and fear His punishment. Indeed, the punishment of your Lord is ever feared.