أَلَمْ Did not alam We destroy nuh'liki the former (people) l-awalīna
Did We not destroy the former peoples?
ثُمَّ Then thumma We follow them up nut'biʿuhumu (with) the later ones l-ākhirīna
Then We will follow them with the later ones.
كَذَٰلِكَ Thus kadhālika We deal nafʿalu with the criminals bil-muj'rimīna
Thus do We deal with the criminals.
وَيْلٌۭ Woe waylun that Day yawma-idhin to the deniers lil'mukadhibīna
Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
أَلَمْ Did not alam We create you nakhluqkkum from min a water māin despicable mahīnin
Did We not create you from a liquid disdained?
فَجَعَلْنَـٰهُ Then We placed it fajaʿalnāhu in fī an abode qarārin safe makīnin
And We placed it in a firm lodging [i.e., the womb]
فَقَدَرْنَا So We measured faqadarnā and Best faniʿ'ma (are We to) measure l-qādirūna
And We determined [it], and excellent [are We] to determine.
وَيْلٌۭ Woe waylun that Day yawma-idhin to the deniers lil'mukadhibīna
Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
أَلَمْ Have not alam We made najʿali the earth l-arḍa a receptacle kifātan
Have We not made the earth a container
أَحْيَآءًۭ (For the) living aḥyāan and (the) dead wa-amwātan
Of the living and the dead?
وَجَعَلْنَا And We made wajaʿalnā therein fīhā firmly set mountains rawāsiya lofty shāmikhātin and We gave you to drink wa-asqaynākum water māan sweet furātan
And We placed therein lofty, firmly set mountains and have given you to drink sweet water.
وَيْلٌۭ Woe waylun that Day yawma-idhin to the deniers lil'mukadhibīna
Woe, that Day, to the deniers.