قالوا وَهُم فيها يَختَصِمونَ

They will say while they dispute therein,

تَاللَّهِ إِن كُنّا لَفي ضَلالٍ مُبينٍ

"By Allah, we were indeed in manifest error

إِذ نُسَوّيكُم بِرَبِّ العالَمينَ

When we equated you with the Lord of the worlds.

وَما أَضَلَّنا إِلَّا المُجرِمونَ

And no one misguided us except the criminals.

فَما لَنا مِن شافِعينَ

So now we have no intercessors

فَلَو أَنَّ لَنا كَرَّةً فَنَكونَ مِنَ المُؤمِنينَ

Then if we only had a return [to the world] and could be of the believers... "

إِنَّ في ذٰلِكَ لَآيَةً ۖ وَما كانَ أَكثَرُهُم مُؤمِنينَ

Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ العَزيزُ الرَّحيمُ

And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.

كَذَّبَت قَومُ نوحٍ المُرسَلينَ

The people of Noah denied the messengers

إِذ قالَ لَهُم أَخوهُم نوحٌ أَلا تَتَّقونَ

When their brother Noah said to them, "Will you not fear Allah?