وَحَرَٰمٌ And (there is) prohibition waḥarāmun upon ʿalā a city qaryatin which We have destroyed ahlaknāhā that they annahum not lā will return yarjiʿūna
And it is prohibited to [the people of] a city which We have destroyed that they will [ever] return
حَتَّىٰٓ Until ḥattā when idhā has been opened futiḥat (for) the Yajuj yajūju and Majuj wamajūju and they wahum from min every kulli elevation ḥadabin descend yansilūna
Until when [the dam of] Gog and Magog has been opened and they, from every elevation, descend
وَٱقْتَرَبَ And has approached wa-iq'taraba the promise l-waʿdu [the] true l-ḥaqu then behold fa-idhā [it] hiya (are) staring shākhiṣatun (the) eyes abṣāru (of) those who alladhīna disbelieved kafarū O woe to us yāwaylanā Verily qad we had been kunnā in fī heedlessness ghaflatin of min this hādhā nay bal we were kunnā wrongdoers ẓālimīna
And [when] the true promise [i.e., the resurrection] has approached; then suddenly the eyes of those who disbelieved will be staring [in horror, while they say], "O woe to us; we had been unmindful of this; rather, we were wrongdoers."