قَالَ He said qāla Only innamā I have been given it ūtītuhu on (account) ʿalā (of) knowledge ʿil'min I have ʿindī Did not awalam he know yaʿlam that anna Allah l-laha indeed qad destroyed ahlaka before him min before him qablihi of mina the generations l-qurūni who man [they] huwa (were) stronger ashaddu than him min'hu (in) strength quwwatan and greater wa-aktharu (in) accumulation jamʿan And not walā will be questioned yus'alu about ʿan their sins dhunūbihimu the criminals l-muj'rimūna
He said, "I was only given it because of knowledge I have." Did he not know that Allāh had destroyed before him of generations those who were greater than him in power and greater in accumulation [of wealth]? But the criminals, about their sins, will not be asked.1