وَقَالَ And say waqāla those who alladhīna disbelieve kafarū What, when a-idhā we have become kunnā dust turāban and our forefathers waābāunā will we a-innā surely be brought out lamukh'rajūna
And those who disbelieve say, "When we have become dust as well as our forefathers, will we indeed be brought out [of the graves]?
لَقَدْ Certainly laqad we have been promised wuʿid'nā this hādhā we naḥnu and our forefathers waābāunā before min before qablu Not in (is) this hādhā except illā 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."
قُلْ Say qul Travel sīrū in fī the land l-arḍi and see fa-unẓurū how kayfa was kāna (the) end ʿāqibatu (of) the criminals l-muj'rimīna
Say, [O Muḥammad], "Proceed [i.e., travel] through the land and observe how was the end of the criminals."
وَلَا And (do) not walā grieve taḥzan over them ʿalayhim and not walā be takun in fī distress ḍayqin from what mimmā they plot yamkurūna
And grieve not over them or be in distress from what they conspire.