وَنَبِّئْهُمْ And inform them wanabbi'hum that anna the water l-māa (is) to be shared qis'matun between them baynahum each kullu drink shir'bin attended muḥ'taḍarun
And inform them that the water is shared between them,1 each [day of] drink attended [by turn].
فَنَادَوْا۟ But they called fanādaw their companion ṣāḥibahum and he took fataʿāṭā and hamstrung faʿaqara
But they called their companion,1 and he dared2 and hamstrung [her].
فَكَيْفَ So how fakayfa was kāna My punishment ʿadhābī and My warnings wanudhuri
And how [severe] were My punishment and warning.
إِنَّآ Indeed, We innā [We] sent arsalnā upon them ʿalayhim thunderous blast ṣayḥatan single wāḥidatan and they became fakānū like dry twig fragments kahashīmi (used by) a fence builder l-muḥ'taẓiri
Indeed, We sent upon them one shriek [i.e., blast from the sky], and they became like the dry twig fragments of an [animal] pen.
وَلَقَدْ And certainly walaqad We have made easy yassarnā the Quran l-qur'āna for remembrance lildhik'ri so is (there) fahal any min who will receive admonition muddakirin
And We have certainly made the Qur’ān easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?
كَذَّبَتْ Denied kadhabat (the) people qawmu (of) Lut lūṭin the warnings bil-nudhuri
The people of Lot denied the warning.
إِنَّآ Indeed, We innā [We] sent arsalnā upon them ʿalayhim a storm of stones ḥāṣiban except illā (the) family āla (of) Lut lūṭin We saved them najjaynāhum by dawn bisaḥarin
Indeed, We sent upon them a storm of stones, except the family of Lot - We saved them before dawn.
نِّعْمَةًۭ (As) a favor niʿ'matan from min Us ʿindinā Thus kadhālika We reward najzī (one) who man (is) grateful shakara
As favor from Us. Thus do We reward he who is grateful.
وَلَقَدْ And certainly walaqad he warned them andharahum (of) Our seizure baṭshatanā but they disputed fatamāraw the warnings bil-nudhuri
And he had already warned them of Our assault, but they disputed the warning.
وَلَقَدْ And certainly walaqad they demanded from him rāwadūhu they demanded from him ʿan his guests ḍayfihi so We blinded faṭamasnā their eyes aʿyunahum So taste fadhūqū My punishment ʿadhābī and My warnings wanudhuri
And they had demanded from him his guests, but We obliterated their eyes, [saying], "Taste My punishment and warning."
وَلَقَدْ And certainly walaqad seized them in the morning ṣabbaḥahum early buk'ratan a punishment ʿadhābun abiding mus'taqirrun
And there came upon them by morning an abiding punishment.
فَذُوقُوا۟ So taste fadhūqū My punishment ʿadhābī and My warnings wanudhuri
So taste My punishment and warning.
وَلَقَدْ And certainly walaqad We have made easy yassarnā the Quran l-qur'āna for remembrance lildhik'ri so is (there) fahal any min who will receive admonition muddakirin
And We have certainly made the Qur’ān easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?
وَلَقَدْ And certainly walaqad came jāa (to the) people āla (of) Firaun fir'ʿawna warnings l-nudhuru
And there certainly came to the people of Pharaoh warning.
كَذَّبُوا۟ They denied kadhabū Our Signs biāyātinā all of them kullihā so We seized them fa-akhadhnāhum (with) a seizure akhdha (of) All-Mighty ʿazīzin (the) Powerful One muq'tadirin
They denied Our signs, all of them, so We seized them with a seizure of one Exalted in Might and Perfect in Ability.
أَكُفَّارُكُمْ Are your disbelievers akuffārukum better khayrun than min those ulāikum or am for you lakum (is) an exemption barāatun in fī the Scriptures l-zuburi
Are your disbelievers better than those [former ones], or have you immunity in the scriptures?
أَمْ Or am (do) they say yaqūlūna We naḥnu (are) an assembly jamīʿun helping (each other) muntaṣirun
Or do they say, "We are an assembly supporting [each other]"?
سَيُهْزَمُ Soon will be defeated sayuh'zamu (their) assembly l-jamʿu and they will turn wayuwallūna (their) backs l-dubura
[Their] assembly will be defeated, and they will turn their backs [in retreat].1
بَلِ Nay bali the Hour l-sāʿatu (is) their promised time mawʿiduhum and the Hour wal-sāʿatu (will be) more grievous adhā and more bitter wa-amarru
But the Hour is their appointment [for due punishment], and the Hour is more disastrous and more bitter.
إِنَّ Indeed inna the criminals l-muj'rimīna (are) in fī an error ḍalālin and madness wasuʿurin
Indeed, the criminals are in error and madness.1.
يَوْمَ (The) Day yawma they will be dragged yus'ḥabūna into fī the Fire l-nāri on ʿalā their faces wujūhihim Taste dhūqū (the) touch massa (of) Hell saqara
The Day they are dragged into the Fire on their faces [it will be said], "Taste the touch of Saqar."1
إِنَّا Indeed, [We] innā every kulla thing shayin We created it khalaqnāhu by a measure biqadarin
Indeed, all things We created with predestination.