ثُمَّ Then thumma We produced anshanā after them min after them baʿdihim a generation qurūnan another ākharīna
Then We produced after them other generations.
مَا Not mā can precede tasbiqu any min nation ummatin its term ajalahā and not wamā they (can) delay (it) yastakhirūna
No nation will precede its time [of termination], nor will they remain [thereafter].
ثُمَّ Then thumma We sent arsalnā Our Messengers rusulanā (in) succession tatrā Every time kulla Every time mā came jāa (to) a nation ummatan its Messenger rasūluhā they denied him kadhabūhu so We made (them) follow fa-atbaʿnā some of them baʿḍahum others baʿḍan and We made them wajaʿalnāhum narrations aḥādītha So away fabuʿ'dan with a people liqawmin not lā they believe yu'minūna
Then We sent Our messengers in succession. Every time there came to a nation its messenger, they denied him, so We made them follow one another [to destruction], and We made them narrations. So away with a people who do not believe.