وَلَقَدْ And verily walaqad We seized them akhadhnāhum with the punishment bil-ʿadhābi but not famā they submit is'takānū to their Lord lirabbihim and not wamā they supplicate humbly yataḍarraʿūna
And We had gripped them with suffering [as a warning], but they did not yield to their Lord, nor did they humbly supplicate, [and will continue thus]
حَتَّىٰٓ Until ḥattā when idhā We opened fataḥnā for them ʿalayhim a gate bāban of a punishment dhā of a punishment ʿadhābin severe shadīdin behold idhā They hum in it fīhi (will be in) despair mub'lisūna
Until when We have opened before them a door of severe punishment, immediately they will be therein in despair.
وَهُوَ And He wahuwa (is) the One Who alladhī produced ansha-a for you lakumu the hearing l-samʿa and the sight wal-abṣāra and the feeling wal-afidata little qalīlan (is) what mā you give thanks tashkurūna
And it is He who produced for you hearing and vision and hearts [i.e., intellect]; little are you grateful.
وَهُوَ And He wahuwa (is) the One Who alladhī multiplied you dhara-akum in fī the earth l-arḍi and to Him wa-ilayhi you will be gathered tuḥ'sharūna
And it is He who has multiplied you throughout the earth, and to Him you will be gathered.
وَهُوَ And He wahuwa (is) the One Who alladhī gives life yuḥ'yī and causes death wayumītu and for Him walahu (is the) alternation ikh'tilāfu (of) the night al-layli and the day wal-nahāri Then will not afalā you reason taʿqilūna
And it is He who gives life and causes death, and His is the alternation of the night and the day. Then will you not reason?
بَلْ Nay bal they say qālū (the) like mith'la (of) what mā said qāla the former (people) l-awalūna
Rather, they say like what the former peoples said.
قَالُوٓا۟ They said qālū What! When a-idhā we are dead mit'nā and become wakunnā dust turāban and bones waʿiẓāman would we a-innā surely be resurrected lamabʿūthūna
They said, "When we have died and become dust and bones, are we indeed to be resurrected?
لَقَدْ Verily laqad we have been promised wuʿid'nā [we] naḥnu and our forefathers waābāunā this hādhā before min before qablu not in (is) this hādhā but illā (the) tales asāṭīru (of) the former (people) l-awalīna
We have been promised this, we and our forefathers, before; this is not but legends of the former peoples."