وَكَمْ قَصَمْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ كَانَتْ ظَالِمَةً وَأَنشَأْنَا بَعْدَهَا قَوْمًا آخَرِينَ ١١

How many a town (community), that were wrong-doers, have We destroyed, and raised up after them another people!

وَكَمْ قَصَمْنَا

How many a town (community), that were wrong-doers, have We destroyed,

مِن قَرْيَةٍ كَانَتْ ظَالِمَةً

that were wrong-doers,

وَأَنشَأْنَا بَعْدَهَا

and raised up after them

قَوْمًا آخَرِينَ

another people!

فَلَمَّا أَحَسُّوا بَأْسَنَا إِذَا هُم مِّنْهَا يَرْكُضُونَ ١٢

Then, when they perceived (saw) Our Torment (coming), behold, they (tried to) flee from it.

فَلَمَّا أَحَسُّوا بَأْسَنَا

Then, when they perceived (saw) Our Torment (coming)

إِذَا هُم مِّنْهَا يَرْكُضُونَ

behold, they (tried to) flee from it

لَا تَرْكُضُوا وَارْجِعُوا إِلَىٰ مَا أُتْرِفْتُمْ فِيهِ وَمَسَاكِنِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُسْأَلُونَ ١٣

Flee not, but return to that wherein you lived a luxurious life, and to your homes, in order that you may be questioned.

لَا تَرْكُضُوا

Flee not,

وَارْجِعُوا إِلَىٰ مَا أُتْرِفْتُمْ فِيهِ

but return to that wherein you lived a luxurious life,

وَمَسَاكِنِكُمْ

and to your homes,

لَعَلَّكُمْ تُسْأَلُونَ

in order that you may be questioned.

قَالُوا يَا وَيْلَنَا إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَالِمِينَ ١٤

They cried: "Woe to us! Certainly! We have been Zalimun (polytheists, wrong-doers and disbelievers in the Oneness of Allah, etc.)."

قَالُوا

They cried:

يَا وَيْلَنَا إِنَّا

"Woe to us!

كُنَّا ظَالِمِينَ

Certainly! We have been

Zalimun (polytheists, wrong-doers and disbelievers in the Oneness of Allah, etc.).

فَمَا زَالَت تِّلْكَ دَعْوَاهُمْ حَتَّىٰ جَعَلْنَاهُمْ حَصِيدًا خَامِدِينَ ١٥

And that cry of theirs ceased not, till We made them as a field that is reaped, extinct (dead).

فَمَا زَالَت تِّلْكَ دَعْوَاهُمْ

And that cry of theirs ceased not

حَتَّىٰ جَعَلْنَاهُمْ

till We made them

حَصِيدًا خَامِدِينَ

as a field that is reaped, extinct (dead)

وَمَا خَلَقْنَا السَّمَاءَ وَالْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا لَاعِبِينَ ١٦

We created not the heavens and the earth and all that is between them for a (mere) play.

وَمَا خَلَقْنَا السَّمَاءَ

We created not the heavens

وَالْأَرْضَ

and the earth

وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا

and all that is between them

لَاعِبِينَ

for a (mere) play

لَوْ أَرَدْنَا أَن نَّتَّخِذَ لَهْوًا لَّاتَّخَذْنَاهُ مِن لَّدُنَّا إِن كُنَّا فَاعِلِينَ ١٧

Had We intended to take a pastime (i.e. a wife or a son, etc.), We could surely have taken it from Us, if We were going to do (that).

لَوْ أَرَدْنَا

Had We intended

أَن نَّتَّخِذَ لَهْوًا

to take a pastime

لَّاتَّخَذْنَاهُ مِن لَّدُنَّا

We could surely have taken it from Us

إِن كُنَّا فَاعِلِينَ

if We were going to do (that)

بَلْ نَقْذِفُ بِالْحَقِّ عَلَى الْبَاطِلِ فَيَدْمَغُهُ فَإِذَا هُوَ زَاهِقٌ ۚ وَلَكُمُ الْوَيْلُ مِمَّا تَصِفُونَ ١٨

Nay, We fling (send down) the truth (this Quran) against the falsehood (disbelief), so it destroys it, and behold, it (falsehood) is vanished. And woe to you for that (lie) which you ascribe (to Us) (against Allah by uttering that Allah has a wife and a son).

بَلْ نَقْذِفُ بِالْحَقِّ

Nay, We fling (send down) the truth

عَلَى الْبَاطِلِ

against the falsehood

فَيَدْمَغُهُ

so it destroys it

فَإِذَا هُوَ زَاهِقٌ ۚ

and behold, it (falsehood) is vanished

وَلَكُمُ الْوَيْلُ

And woe to you

مِمَّا تَصِفُونَ

for that (lie) which you ascribe (to Us)

وَلَهُ مَن فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۚ وَمَنْ عِندَهُ لَا يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ عَنْ عِبَادَتِهِ وَلَا يَسْتَحْسِرُونَ ١٩

To Him belongs whosoever is in the heavens and on earth. And those who are near Him (i.e. the angels) are not too proud to worship Him, nor are they weary (of His worship).

وَلَهُ مَن فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۚ

To Him belongs whosoever is in the heavens and on earth.

وَمَنْ عِندَهُ

And those who are near Him (i.e. the angels)

لَا يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ عَنْ عِبَادَتِهِ

are not too proud to worship Him,

وَلَا يَسْتَحْسِرُونَ

nor are they weary (of His worship).

يُسَبِّحُونَ اللَّيْلَ وَالنَّهَارَ لَا يَفْتُرُونَ ٢٠

They (i.e. the angels) glorify His Praises night and day, (and) they never slacken (to do so).

يُسَبِّحُونَ

They (i.e. the angels) glorify

اللَّيْلَ وَالنَّهَارَ

His Praises night and day

لَا يَفْتُرُونَ

(and) they never slacken (to do so)