وَلَقَدِ And verily walaqadi were mocked us'tuh'zi-a Messengers birusulin before you min before you qablika then surrounded faḥāqa those who bi-alladhīna mocked sakhirū from them min'hum what mā they used kānū at it bihi (to) mock yastahziūna
And already were messengers ridiculed before you, but those who mocked them were enveloped by what they used to ridicule.
قُلْ Say qul Who man (can) protect you yakla-ukum in the night bi-al-layli and the day wal-nahāri from mina the Most Gracious l-raḥmāni Yet bal they hum from ʿan (the) remembrance dhik'ri (of) their Lord rabbihim turn away muʿ'riḍūna
Say, "Who can protect you at night or by day from the Most Merciful?" But they are, from the remembrance of their Lord, turning away.
أَمْ Or am have they lahum gods ālihatun (to) defend them tamnaʿuhum from min Us dūninā Not lā they are able yastaṭīʿūna (to) help naṣra themselves anfusihim and not walā they hum from Us minnā can be protected yuṣ'ḥabūna
Or do they have gods to defend them other than Us? They are unable [even] to help themselves, nor can they be protected from Us.