أَفَلَم يَنظُروا إِلَى السَّماءِ فَوقَهُم كَيفَ بَنَيناها وَزَيَّنّاها وَما لَها مِن فُروجٍ

Have they not looked at the heaven above them - how We structured it and adorned it and [how] it has no rifts?

وَالأَرضَ مَدَدناها وَأَلقَينا فيها رَواسِيَ وَأَنبَتنا فيها مِن كُلِّ زَوجٍ بَهيجٍ

And the earth - We spread it out and cast therein firmly set mountains and made grow therein [something] of every beautiful kind,

تَبصِرَةً وَذِكرىٰ لِكُلِّ عَبدٍ مُنيبٍ

Giving insight and a reminder for every servant who turns [to Allah].

وَنَزَّلنا مِنَ السَّماءِ ماءً مُبارَكًا فَأَنبَتنا بِهِ جَنّاتٍ وَحَبَّ الحَصيدِ

And We have sent down blessed rain from the sky and made grow thereby gardens and grain from the harvest

وَالنَّخلَ باسِقاتٍ لَها طَلعٌ نَضيدٌ

And lofty palm trees having fruit arranged in layers -

كَذَّبَت قَبلَهُم قَومُ نوحٍ وَأَصحابُ الرَّسِّ وَثَمودُ

The people of Noah denied before them, and the companions of the well and Thamud

وَعادٌ وَفِرعَونُ وَإِخوانُ لوطٍ

And 'Aad and Pharaoh and the brothers of Lot

وَأَصحابُ الأَيكَةِ وَقَومُ تُبَّعٍ ۚ كُلٌّ كَذَّبَ الرُّسُلَ فَحَقَّ وَعيدِ

And the companions of the thicket and the people of Tubba'. All denied the messengers, so My threat was justly fulfilled.

أَفَعَيينا بِالخَلقِ الأَوَّلِ ۚ بَل هُم في لَبسٍ مِن خَلقٍ جَديدٍ

Did We fail in the first creation? But they are in confusion over a new creation.

وَلَقَد خَلَقنَا الإِنسانَ وَنَعلَمُ ما تُوَسوِسُ بِهِ نَفسُهُ ۖ وَنَحنُ أَقرَبُ إِلَيهِ مِن حَبلِ الوَريدِ

And We have already created man and know what his soul whispers to him, and We are closer to him than [his] jugular vein