وَإِن And if wa-in they deny you yukadhibūka so verily faqad denied kadhabat before them qablahum (the) people qawmu (of) Nuh nūḥin and Aad waʿādun and Thamud wathamūdu
And if they deny you, [O Muḥammad] - so, before them, did the people of Noah and ʿAad and Thamūd deny [their prophets],
وَقَوْمُ And (the) people waqawmu (of) Ibrahim ib'rāhīma and (the) people waqawmu (of) Lut lūṭin
And the people of Abraham and the people of Lot.
وَأَصْحَـٰبُ And the inhabitants wa-aṣḥābu (of) Madyan madyana And Musa was denied wakudhiba And Musa was denied mūsā so I granted respite fa-amlaytu to the disbelievers lil'kāfirīna then thumma I seized them akhadhtuhum and how fakayfa was kāna My punishment nakīri
And the inhabitants of Madyan. And Moses was denied, so I prolonged enjoyment for the disbelievers; then I seized them, and how [terrible] was My reproach.
فَكَأَيِّن And how many faka-ayyin of min a township qaryatin We have destroyed it ahlaknāhā while it wahiya was doing wrong ẓālimatun so it fahiya fell khāwiyatun on ʿalā its roofs ʿurūshihā and well wabi'rin abandoned muʿaṭṭalatin and castle waqaṣrin lofty mashīdin
And how many a city did We destroy while it was committing wrong - so it is [now] fallen into ruin - and [how many] an abandoned well and [how many] a lofty palace.
أَفَلَمْ So have not afalam they traveled yasīrū in fī the land l-arḍi and is fatakūna for them lahum hearts qulūbun (to) reason yaʿqilūna with it bihā or aw ears ādhānun (to) hear yasmaʿūna with it bihā For indeed, [it] fa-innahā not lā (are) blinded taʿmā the eyes l-abṣāru but walākin (are) blinded taʿmā the hearts l-qulūbu which allatī (are) in fī the breasts l-ṣudūri
So have they not traveled through the earth and have hearts by which to reason and ears by which to hear? For indeed, it is not eyes that are blinded, but blinded are the hearts which are within the breasts.