وَإِذْ And when wa-idh said qālat a community ummatun among them min'hum Why lima (do) you preach taʿiẓūna a people qawman (whom) Allah l-lahu (is going to) destroy them muh'likuhum or aw punish them muʿadhibuhum (with) a punishment ʿadhāban severe shadīdan They said qālū To be absolved maʿdhiratan before ilā your Lord rabbikum and that they may walaʿallahum become righteous yattaqūna
And when a community among them said, "Why do you advise [or warn] a people whom Allāh is [about] to destroy or to punish with a severe punishment?" they [the advisors] said, "To be absolved before your Lord and perhaps they may fear Him."
فَلَمَّا So when falammā they forgot nasū what mā they had been reminded dhukkirū with [it] bihi We saved anjaynā those who alladhīna forbade yanhawna [from] ʿani the evil l-sūi and We seized wa-akhadhnā those who alladhīna wronged ẓalamū with a punishment biʿadhābin wretched baīsin because bimā they were kānū defiantly disobeying yafsuqūna
And when they [i.e., those advised] forgot that by which they had been reminded, We saved those who had forbidden evil and seized those who wronged, with a wretched punishment, because they were defiantly disobeying.
فَلَمَّا So when falammā they exceeded all bounds ʿataw about ʿan what mā they were forbidden nuhū from it ʿanhu We said qul'nā to them lahum Be kūnū apes qiradatan despised khāsiīna
So when they were insolent about that which they had been forbidden, We said to them, "Be apes, despised."