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

وَيُمدِدكُم بِأَموالٍ وَبَنينَ وَيَجعَل لَكُم جَنّاتٍ وَيَجعَل لَكُم أَنهارًا

And give you increase in wealth and children and provide for you gardens and provide for you rivers.

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.

ثُمَّ يُعيدُكُم فيها وَيُخرِجُكُم إِخراجًا

Then He will return you into it and extract you [another] extraction.