وَأَقبَلَ بَعضُهُم عَلىٰ بَعضٍ يَتَساءَلونَ

And they will approach one another, inquiring of each other.

قالوا إِنّا كُنّا قَبلُ في أَهلِنا مُشفِقينَ

They will say, "Indeed, we were previously among our people fearful [of displeasing Allah].

فَمَنَّ اللَّهُ عَلَينا وَوَقانا عَذابَ السَّمومِ

So Allah conferred favor upon us and protected us from the punishment of the Scorching Fire.

إِنّا كُنّا مِن قَبلُ نَدعوهُ ۖ إِنَّهُ هُوَ البَرُّ الرَّحيمُ

Indeed, we used to supplicate Him before. Indeed, it is He who is the Beneficent, the Merciful."

فَذَكِّر فَما أَنتَ بِنِعمَتِ رَبِّكَ بِكاهِنٍ وَلا مَجنونٍ

So remind [O Muhammad], for you are not, by the favor of your Lord, a soothsayer or a madman.

قُل تَرَبَّصوا فَإِنّي مَعَكُم مِنَ المُتَرَبِّصينَ

Say, "Wait, for indeed I am, with you, among the waiters."

أَم تَأمُرُهُم أَحلامُهُم بِهـٰذا ۚ أَم هُم قَومٌ طاغونَ

Or do their minds command them to [say] this, or are they a transgressing people?

أَم يَقولونَ تَقَوَّلَهُ ۚ بَل لا يُؤمِنونَ

Or do they say, "He has made it up"? Rather, they do not believe.

فَليَأتوا بِحَديثٍ مِثلِهِ إِن كانوا صادِقينَ

Then let them produce a statement like it, if they should be truthful.

أَم خُلِقوا مِن غَيرِ شَيءٍ أَم هُمُ الخالِقونَ

Or were they created by nothing, or were they the creators [of themselves]?