وَقالَ المَلَأُ مِن قَومِهِ الَّذينَ كَفَروا وَكَذَّبوا بِلِقاءِ الآخِرَةِ وَأَترَفناهُم فِي الحَياةِ الدُّنيا ما هـٰذا إِلّا بَشَرٌ مِثلُكُم يَأكُلُ مِمّا تَأكُلونَ مِنهُ وَيَشرَبُ مِمّا تَشرَبونَ

And the eminent among his people who disbelieved and denied the meeting of the Hereafter while We had given them luxury in the worldly life said, "This is not but a man like yourselves. He eats of that from which you eat and drinks of what you drink.

وَلَئِن أَطَعتُم بَشَرًا مِثلَكُم إِنَّكُم إِذًا لَخاسِرونَ

And if you should obey a man like yourselves, indeed, you would then be losers.

أَيَعِدُكُم أَنَّكُم إِذا مِتُّم وَكُنتُم تُرابًا وَعِظامًا أَنَّكُم مُخرَجونَ

Does he promise you that when you have died and become dust and bones that you will be brought forth [once more]?

هَيهاتَ هَيهاتَ لِما توعَدونَ

How far, how far, is that which you are promised.

إِن هِيَ إِلّا حَياتُنَا الدُّنيا نَموتُ وَنَحيا وَما نَحنُ بِمَبعوثينَ

Life is not but our worldly life - we die and live, but we will not be resurrected.

قالَ رَبِّ انصُرني بِما كَذَّبونِ

He said, "My Lord, support me because they have denied me."

قالَ عَمّا قَليلٍ لَيُصبِحُنَّ نادِمينَ

[Allah] said, "After a little, they will surely become regretful."

فَأَخَذَتهُمُ الصَّيحَةُ بِالحَقِّ فَجَعَلناهُم غُثاءً ۚ فَبُعدًا لِلقَومِ الظّالِمينَ

So the shriek seized them in truth, and We made them as [plant] stubble. Then away with the wrongdoing people.

ثُمَّ أَنشَأنا مِن بَعدِهِم قُرونًا آخَرينَ

Then We produced after them other generations.

ما تَسبِقُ مِن أُمَّةٍ أَجَلَها وَما يَستَأخِرونَ

No nation will precede its time [of termination], nor will they remain [thereafter].