فَقَضَىٰهُنَّ Then He completed them faqaḍāhunna (as) seven sabʿa heavens samāwātin in fī two periods yawmayni and He revealed wa-awḥā in fī each kulli heaven samāin its affair amrahā And We adorned wazayyannā the heaven l-samāa [the world] l-dun'yā with lamps bimaṣābīḥa and (to) guard waḥif'ẓan That dhālika (is the) Decree taqdīru (of) the All-Mighty l-ʿazīzi the All-Knower l-ʿalīmi
And He completed them as seven heavens within two days and inspired [i.e., made known] in each heaven its command. And We adorned the nearest heaven with lamps [i.e., stars, for beauty] and as protection.1 That is the determination of the Exalted in Might, the Knowing.
فَإِنْ But if fa-in they turn away aʿraḍū then say faqul I have warned you andhartukum (of) a thunderbolt ṣāʿiqatan like mith'la (the) thunderbolt ṣāʿiqati (of) Aad ʿādin and Thamud wathamūda
But if they turn away, then say, "I have warned you of a thunderbolt like the thunderbolt [that struck] ʿAad and Thamūd.
إِذْ When idh came to them jāathumu the Messengers l-rusulu from before them min from before them bayni from before them aydīhim and from wamin behind them khalfihim (saying) "Do not allā worship taʿbudū except illā Allah l-laha They said qālū If law (had) willed shāa our Lord rabbunā surely, He (would have) sent down la-anzala Angels malāikatan So indeed, we fa-innā in what bimā you have been sent ur'sil'tum with bihi (are) disbelievers kāfirūna
[That occurred] when the messengers had come to them before them and after them, [saying], "Worship not except Allāh." They said, "If our Lord had willed,1 He would have sent down the angels, so indeed we, in that with which you have been sent, are disbelievers."
فَأَمَّا Then as for fa-ammā Aad ʿādun they were arrogant fa-is'takbarū in fī the land l-arḍi without bighayri [the] right l-ḥaqi and they said waqālū Who man (is) mightier ashaddu than us minnā (in) strength quwwatan Do not awalam they see yaraw that anna Allah l-laha the One Who alladhī created them khalaqahum He huwa (is) Mightier ashaddu than them min'hum (in) strength quwwatan But they used to wakānū in Our Signs biāyātinā deny yajḥadūna
As for ʿAad, they were arrogant upon the earth without right and said, "Who is greater than us in strength?" Did they not consider that Allāh who created them was greater than them in strength? But they were rejecting Our signs.
فَأَرْسَلْنَا So We sent fa-arsalnā upon them ʿalayhim a wind rīḥan furious ṣarṣaran in fī (the) days ayyāmin (of) misfortune naḥisātin that We may make them taste linudhīqahum (the) punishment ʿadhāba (of) disgrace l-khiz'yi in fī the life l-ḥayati (of) the world l-dun'yā And surely, (the) punishment walaʿadhābu (of) the Hereafter l-ākhirati (is) more disgracing akhzā and they wahum will not be helped lā will not be helped yunṣarūna
So We sent upon them a screaming wind during days of misfortune to make them taste the punishment of disgrace in the worldly life; but the punishment of the Hereafter is more disgracing, and they will not be helped.
وَأَمَّا And as for wa-ammā Thamud thamūdu We guided them fahadaynāhum but they preferred fa-is'taḥabbū [the] blindness l-ʿamā over ʿalā the guidance l-hudā so seized them fa-akhadhathum a thunderbolt ṣāʿiqatu (of) the punishment l-ʿadhābi humiliating l-hūni for what bimā they used to kānū earn yaksibūna
And as for Thamūd, We guided them, but they preferred blindness over guidance, so the thunderbolt of humiliating punishment seized them for what they used to earn.
وَنَجَّيْنَا And We saved wanajjaynā those who alladhīna believed āmanū and used to wakānū fear (Allah) yattaqūna
And We saved those who believed and used to fear Allāh.
وَيَوْمَ And (the) Day wayawma will be gathered yuḥ'sharu (the) enemies aʿdāu (of) Allah l-lahi to ilā the Fire l-nāri then they fahum will be assembled in rows yūzaʿūna
And [mention, O Muḥammad], the Day when the enemies of Allāh will be gathered to the Fire while they are [driven], assembled in rows,
حَتَّىٰٓ Until ḥattā when idhā when mā they come to it jāūhā (will) testify shahida against them ʿalayhim their hearing samʿuhum and their sight wa-abṣāruhum and their skins wajulūduhum (as) to what bimā they used to kānū do yaʿmalūna
Until, when they reach it, their hearing and their eyes and their skins will testify against them of what they used to do.