وَإِنَّكَ لَتَدعوهُم إِلىٰ صِراطٍ مُستَقيمٍ

And indeed, you invite them to a straight path.

وَإِنَّ الَّذينَ لا يُؤمِنونَ بِالآخِرَةِ عَنِ الصِّراطِ لَناكِبونَ

But indeed, those who do not believe in the Hereafter are deviating from the path.

وَلَو رَحِمناهُم وَكَشَفنا ما بِهِم مِن ضُرٍّ لَلَجّوا في طُغيانِهِم يَعمَهونَ

And even if We gave them mercy and removed what was upon them of affliction, they would persist in their transgression, wandering blindly.

وَلَقَد أَخَذناهُم بِالعَذابِ فَمَا استَكانوا لِرَبِّهِم وَما يَتَضَرَّعونَ

And We had gripped them with suffering [as a warning], but they did not yield to their Lord, nor did they humbly supplicate, [and will continue thus]

حَتّىٰ إِذا فَتَحنا عَلَيهِم بابًا ذا عَذابٍ شَديدٍ إِذا هُم فيهِ مُبلِسونَ

Until when We have opened before them a door of severe punishment, immediately they will be therein in despair.

وَهُوَ الَّذي ذَرَأَكُم فِي الأَرضِ وَإِلَيهِ تُحشَرونَ

And it is He who has multiplied you throughout the earth, and to Him you will be gathered.

وَهُوَ الَّذي يُحيي وَيُميتُ وَلَهُ اختِلافُ اللَّيلِ وَالنَّهارِ ۚ أَفَلا تَعقِلونَ

And it is He who gives life and causes death, and His is the alternation of the night and the day. Then will you not reason?

بَل قالوا مِثلَ ما قالَ الأَوَّلونَ

Rather, they say like what the former peoples said.

قالوا أَإِذا مِتنا وَكُنّا تُرابًا وَعِظامًا أَإِنّا لَمَبعوثونَ

They said, "When we have died and become dust and bones, are we indeed to be resurrected?

لَقَد وُعِدنا نَحنُ وَآباؤُنا هـٰذا مِن قَبلُ إِن هـٰذا إِلّا أَساطيرُ الأَوَّلينَ

We have been promised this, we and our forefathers, before; this is not but legends of the former peoples."