إِنَّ هَٰؤُلَاءِ لَيَقُولُونَ ٣٤

Verily, these (Quraish) people are saying:

إِنَّ هَٰؤُلَاءِ

Verily, these

لَيَقُولُونَ

are saying

إِنْ هِيَ إِلَّا مَوْتَتُنَا الْأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُنشَرِينَ ٣٥

"There is nothing but our first death, and we shall not be resurrected.

إِنْ هِيَ إِلَّا

There is nothing but

مَوْتَتُنَا الْأُولَىٰ

our first death

وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُنشَرِينَ

and we shall not be resurrected

فَأْتُوا بِآبَائِنَا إِن كُنتُمْ صَادِقِينَ ٣٦

"Then bring back our fore-fathers, if you speak the truth!"

فَأْتُوا

Then bring

بِآبَائِنَا

back our fore-fathers

إِن كُنتُمْ

if you

صَادِقِينَ

speak the truth!

أَهُمْ خَيْرٌ أَمْ قَوْمُ تُبَّعٍ وَالَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ أَهْلَكْنَاهُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا مُجْرِمِينَ ٣٧

Are they better or the people of Tubba' and those before them? We destroyed them because they were indeed Mujrimun (disbelievers, polytheists, sinners, criminals, etc.).

أَهُمْ خَيْرٌ

Are they better

أَمْ قَوْمُ تُبَّعٍ

or the people of Tubba'

وَالَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ

and those before them?

أَهْلَكْنَاهُمْ ۖ

We destroyed them

إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا مُجْرِمِينَ

because they were indeed Mujrimun (disbelievers, polytheists, sinners, criminals, etc.)

وَمَا خَلَقْنَا السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا لَاعِبِينَ ٣٨

And We created not the heavens and the earth, and all that is between them, for mere play,

وَمَا خَلَقْنَا السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ

And We created not the heavens and the earth

وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا

and all that is between them

لَاعِبِينَ

for mere play

مَا خَلَقْنَاهُمَا إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ٣٩

We created them not except with truth (i.e. to examine and test those who are obedient and those who are disobedient and then reward the obedient ones and punish the disobedient ones), but most of them know not.

مَا خَلَقْنَاهُمَا

We created them not

إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ

except with truth

وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ

but most of them

لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

know not

except with truth (i.e. to examine and test those who are obedient and those who are disobedient and then reward the obedient ones and punish the disobedient ones), but most of them know not.