وَلَقَدْ And verily walaqad has preceded sabaqat Our Word kalimatunā for Our slaves liʿibādinā the Messengers l-mur'salīna
And Our word [i.e., decree] has already preceded for Our servants, the messengers,
إِنَّهُمْ Indeed they innahum surely they lahumu (would be) the victorious l-manṣūrūna
[That] indeed, they would be those given victory
وَإِنَّ And indeed wa-inna Our host jundanā surely, they lahumu (will be) those who overcome l-ghālibūna
And [that] indeed, Our soldiers [i.e., the believers] will be those who overcome.
فَتَوَلَّ So turn away fatawalla from them ʿanhum until ḥattā a time ḥīnin
So, [O Muḥammad], leave them for a time.
وَأَبْصِرْهُمْ And see them wa-abṣir'hum so soon fasawfa they will see yub'ṣirūna
And see [what will befall] them, for they are going to see.
أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا Then is (it) for Our punishment afabiʿadhābinā they hasten yastaʿjilūna
Then for Our punishment are they impatient?
فَإِذَا But when fa-idhā it descends nazala in their territory bisāḥatihim then evil (will be) fasāa (the) morning ṣabāḥu (for) those who were warned l-mundharīna
But when it descends in their territory, then evil is the morning of those who were warned.
وَتَوَلَّ So turn away watawalla from them ʿanhum for ḥattā a time ḥīnin
And leave them for a time.
وَأَبْصِرْ And see wa-abṣir so soon fasawfa they will see yub'ṣirūna
And see, for they are going to see.