وَما لِيَ لا أَعبُدُ الَّذي فَطَرَني وَإِلَيهِ تُرجَعونَ

And why should I not worship He who created me and to whom you will be returned?

أَأَتَّخِذُ مِن دونِهِ آلِهَةً إِن يُرِدنِ الرَّحمـٰنُ بِضُرٍّ لا تُغنِ عَنّي شَفاعَتُهُم شَيئًا وَلا يُنقِذونِ

Should I take other than Him [false] deities [while], if the Most Merciful intends for me some adversity, their intercession will not avail me at all, nor can they save me?

إِنّي إِذًا لَفي ضَلالٍ مُبينٍ

Indeed, I would then be in manifest error.

إِنّي آمَنتُ بِرَبِّكُم فَاسمَعونِ

Indeed, I have believed in your Lord, so listen to me."

قيلَ ادخُلِ الجَنَّةَ ۖ قالَ يا لَيتَ قَومي يَعلَمونَ

It was said, "Enter Paradise." He said, "I wish my people could know

وَما أَنزَلنا عَلىٰ قَومِهِ مِن بَعدِهِ مِن جُندٍ مِنَ السَّماءِ وَما كُنّا مُنزِلينَ

And We did not send down upon his people after him any soldiers from the heaven, nor would We have done so.

إِن كانَت إِلّا صَيحَةً واحِدَةً فَإِذا هُم خامِدونَ

It was not but one shout, and immediately they were extinguished.

يا حَسرَةً عَلَى العِبادِ ۚ ما يَأتيهِم مِن رَسولٍ إِلّا كانوا بِهِ يَستَهزِئونَ

How regretful for the servants. There did not come to them any messenger except that they used to ridicule him.

أَلَم يَرَوا كَم أَهلَكنا قَبلَهُم مِنَ القُرونِ أَنَّهُم إِلَيهِم لا يَرجِعونَ

Have they not considered how many generations We destroyed before them - that they to them will not return?

وَإِن كُلٌّ لَمّا جَميعٌ لَدَينا مُحضَرونَ

And indeed, all of them will yet be brought present before Us.