قالوا رَبَّنا غَلَبَت عَلَينا شِقوَتُنا وَكُنّا قَومًا ضالّينَ

They will say, "Our Lord, our wretchedness overcame us, and we were a people astray.

رَبَّنا أَخرِجنا مِنها فَإِن عُدنا فَإِنّا ظالِمونَ

Our Lord, remove us from it, and if we were to return [to evil], we would indeed be wrongdoers."

قالَ اخسَئوا فيها وَلا تُكَلِّمونِ

He will say, "Remain despised therein and do not speak to Me.

إِنَّهُ كانَ فَريقٌ مِن عِبادي يَقولونَ رَبَّنا آمَنّا فَاغفِر لَنا وَارحَمنا وَأَنتَ خَيرُ الرّاحِمينَ

Indeed, there was a party of My servants who said, 'Our Lord, we have believed, so forgive us and have mercy upon us, and You are the best of the merciful.'

فَاتَّخَذتُموهُم سِخرِيًّا حَتّىٰ أَنسَوكُم ذِكري وَكُنتُم مِنهُم تَضحَكونَ

But you took them in mockery to the point that they made you forget My remembrance, and you used to laugh at them.

قالَ كَم لَبِثتُم فِي الأَرضِ عَدَدَ سِنينَ

[Allah] will say, "How long did you remain on earth in number of years?"

قالوا لَبِثنا يَومًا أَو بَعضَ يَومٍ فَاسأَلِ العادّينَ

They will say, "We remained a day or part of a day; ask those who enumerate."

قالَ إِن لَبِثتُم إِلّا قَليلًا ۖ لَو أَنَّكُم كُنتُم تَعلَمونَ

He will say, "You stayed not but a little - if only you had known.

أَفَحَسِبتُم أَنَّما خَلَقناكُم عَبَثًا وَأَنَّكُم إِلَينا لا تُرجَعونَ

Then did you think that We created you uselessly and that to Us you would not be returned?"

فَتَعالَى اللَّهُ المَلِكُ الحَقُّ ۖ لا إِلـٰهَ إِلّا هُوَ رَبُّ العَرشِ الكَريمِ

So exalted is Allah, the Sovereign, the Truth; there is no deity except Him, Lord of the Noble Throne.