قَالُوا۟ They said qālū (It is) same sawāon to us ʿalaynā whether you advise awaʿaẓta or am not lam you are takun of mina the advisors l-wāʿiẓīna
They said, "It is all the same to us whether you advise or are not of the advisors.
إِنْ Not in (is) this hādhā but illā (the) custom khuluqu (of) the former (people) l-awalīna
This is not but the custom of the former peoples,
وَمَا And not wamā we naḥnu (are) the ones to be punished bimuʿadhabīna
And we are not to be punished."
فَكَذَّبُوهُ So they denied him fakadhabūhu then We destroyed them fa-ahlaknāhum Indeed inna in fī that dhālika surely, is a sign laāyatan but not wamā are kāna most of them aktharuhum believers mu'minīna
And they denied him, so We destroyed them. Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.
وَإِنَّ And indeed wa-inna your Lord rabbaka surely, He lahuwa (is) the All-Mighty l-ʿazīzu the Most Merciful l-raḥīmu
And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.