إِنّا نَحنُ نَزَّلنَا الذِّكرَ وَإِنّا لَهُ لَحافِظونَ
Indeed, it is We who sent down the Qur'an and indeed, We will be its guardian.
وَلَقَد أَرسَلنا مِن قَبلِكَ في شِيَعِ الأَوَّلينَ
And We had certainly sent [messengers] before you, [O Muhammad], among the sects of the former peoples.
وَما يَأتيهِم مِن رَسولٍ إِلّا كانوا بِهِ يَستَهزِئونَ
And no messenger would come to them except that they ridiculed him.
كَذٰلِكَ نَسلُكُهُ في قُلوبِ المُجرِمينَ
Thus do We insert denial into the hearts of the criminals.
لا يُؤمِنونَ بِهِ ۖ وَقَد خَلَت سُنَّةُ الأَوَّلينَ
They will not believe in it, while there has already occurred the precedent of the former peoples.
وَلَو فَتَحنا عَلَيهِم بابًا مِنَ السَّماءِ فَظَلّوا فيهِ يَعرُجونَ
And [even] if We opened to them a gate from the heaven and they continued therein to ascend,
لَقالوا إِنَّما سُكِّرَت أَبصارُنا بَل نَحنُ قَومٌ مَسحورونَ
They would say, "Our eyes have only been dazzled. Rather, we are a people affected by magic."
وَلَقَد جَعَلنا فِي السَّماءِ بُروجًا وَزَيَّنّاها لِلنّاظِرينَ
And We have placed within the heaven great stars and have beautified it for the observers.
وَحَفِظناها مِن كُلِّ شَيطانٍ رَجيمٍ
And We have protected it from every devil expelled [from the mercy of Allah]
إِلّا مَنِ استَرَقَ السَّمعَ فَأَتبَعَهُ شِهابٌ مُبينٌ
Except one who steals a hearing and is pursued by a clear burning flame.
وَالأَرضَ مَدَدناها وَأَلقَينا فيها رَواسِيَ وَأَنبَتنا فيها مِن كُلِّ شَيءٍ مَوزونٍ
And the earth - We have spread it and cast therein firmly set mountains and caused to grow therein [something] of every well-balanced thing.