وَقَالَ And said waqāla the chiefs l-mala-u (of) those who alladhīna disbelieved kafarū among min his people qawmihi If la-ini you follow ittabaʿtum Shuaib shuʿayban indeed, you innakum then idhan (will be) certainly losers lakhāsirūna
Said the eminent ones who disbelieved among his people, "If you should follow Shuʿayb, indeed, you would then be losers."
فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ Then seized them fa-akhadhathumu the earthquake l-rajfatu then they became fa-aṣbaḥū in fī their home(s) dārihim fallen prone jāthimīna
So the earthquake seized them, and they became within their home [corpses] fallen prone.
ٱلَّذِينَ Those who alladhīna denied kadhabū Shuaib shuʿayban (became) as if ka-an not lam they (had) lived yaghnaw therein fīhā Those who alladhīna denied kadhabū Shuaib shuʿayban they were kānū them humu the losers l-khāsirīna
Those who denied Shuʿayb - it was as though they had never resided there. Those who denied Shuʿayb - it was they who were the losers.