وَإِنّي كُلَّما دَعَوتُهُم لِتَغفِرَ لَهُم جَعَلوا أَصابِعَهُم في آذانِهِم وَاستَغشَوا ثِيابَهُم وَأَصَرّوا وَاستَكبَرُوا استِكبارًا

And indeed, every time I invited them that You may forgive them, they put their fingers in their ears, covered themselves with their garments, persisted, and were arrogant with [great] arrogance.

ثُمَّ إِنّي دَعَوتُهُم جِهارًا

Then I invited them publicly.

ثُمَّ إِنّي أَعلَنتُ لَهُم وَأَسرَرتُ لَهُم إِسرارًا

Then I announced to them and [also] confided to them secretly

فَقُلتُ استَغفِروا رَبَّكُم إِنَّهُ كانَ غَفّارًا

And said, 'Ask forgiveness of your Lord. Indeed, He is ever a Perpetual Forgiver.

يُرسِلِ السَّماءَ عَلَيكُم مِدرارًا

He will send [rain from] the sky upon you in [continuing] showers

ما لَكُم لا تَرجونَ لِلَّهِ وَقارًا

What is [the matter] with you that you do not attribute to Allah [due] grandeur

وَقَد خَلَقَكُم أَطوارًا

While He has created you in stages?

أَلَم تَرَوا كَيفَ خَلَقَ اللَّهُ سَبعَ سَماواتٍ طِباقًا

Do you not consider how Allah has created seven heavens in layers

وَجَعَلَ القَمَرَ فيهِنَّ نورًا وَجَعَلَ الشَّمسَ سِراجًا

And made the moon therein a [reflected] light and made the sun a burning lamp?

وَاللَّهُ أَنبَتَكُم مِنَ الأَرضِ نَباتًا

And Allah has caused you to grow from the earth a [progressive] growth.