فَٱسْتَفْتِهِمْ Then ask them fa-is'taftihim Are they ahum a stronger ashaddu creation khalqan or am (those) whom man We have created khalaqnā Indeed, We innā created them khalaqnāhum from min a clay ṭīnin sticky lāzibin
Then inquire of them, [O Muḥammad], "Are they a stronger [or more difficult] creation or those [others] We have created?" Indeed, We created them [i.e., men] from sticky clay.
بَلْ Nay bal you wonder ʿajib'ta while they mock wayaskharūna
But you wonder, while they mock,
وَإِذَا And when wa-idhā they are reminded dhukkirū not lā they receive admonition yadhkurūna
And when they are reminded, they remember not.
وَإِذَا And when wa-idhā they see ra-aw a Sign āyatan they mock yastaskhirūna
And when they see a sign, they ridicule.
وَقَالُوٓا۟ And they say waqālū Not in (is) this hādhā except illā a magic siḥ'run clear mubīnun
And say, "This is not but obvious magic.
أَءِذَا Is it when a-idhā we are dead mit'nā and have become wakunnā dust turāban and bones waʿiẓāman shall we then a-innā be certainly resurrected lamabʿūthūna
When we have died and become dust and bones, are we indeed to be resurrected?
أَوَءَابَآؤُنَا Or our fathers awaābāunā former l-awalūna
And our forefathers [as well]?"
قُلْ Say qul Yes naʿam and you wa-antum (will be) humiliated dākhirūna
Say, "Yes, and you will be [rendered] contemptible."
فَإِنَّمَا Then only fa-innamā it hiya (will be) a cry zajratun single wāḥidatun then, behold fa-idhā They hum will see yanẓurūna
It will be only one shout, and at once they will be observing.