ذَرهُم يَأكُلوا وَيَتَمَتَّعوا وَيُلهِهِمُ الأَمَلُ ۖ فَسَوفَ يَعلَمونَ

Let them eat and enjoy themselves and be diverted by [false] hope, for they are going to know.

وَما أَهلَكنا مِن قَريَةٍ إِلّا وَلَها كِتابٌ مَعلومٌ

And We did not destroy any city but that for it was a known decree.

ما تَسبِقُ مِن أُمَّةٍ أَجَلَها وَما يَستَأخِرونَ

No nation will precede its term, nor will they remain thereafter.

وَقالوا يا أَيُّهَا الَّذي نُزِّلَ عَلَيهِ الذِّكرُ إِنَّكَ لَمَجنونٌ

And they say, "O you upon whom the message has been sent down, indeed you are mad.

لَو ما تَأتينا بِالمَلائِكَةِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ الصّادِقينَ

Why do you not bring us the angels, if you should be among the truthful?"

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.