تِلْكَ These til'ka (were) the cities l-qurā We relate naquṣṣu to you ʿalayka of min their news anbāihā And certainly walaqad came to them jāathum their Messengers rusuluhum with clear proofs bil-bayināti but not famā they were kānū to believe liyu'minū in what bimā they (had) denied kadhabū from min before qablu Thus kadhālika (has been) put a seal yaṭbaʿu (by) Allah l-lahu on ʿalā (the) hearts qulūbi (of) the disbelievers l-kāfirīna
Those cities - We relate to you, [O Muḥammad], some of their news. And certainly did their messengers come to them with clear proofs, but they were not to believe in that which they had denied before.1 Thus does Allāh seal over the hearts of the disbelievers.