وَكُنّا نَخوضُ مَعَ الخائِضينَ

And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who engaged [in it],

وَكُنّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَومِ الدّينِ

And we used to deny the Day of Recompense

حَتّىٰ أَتانَا اليَقينُ

Until there came to us the certainty."

فَما تَنفَعُهُم شَفاعَةُ الشّافِعينَ

So there will not benefit them the intercession of [any] intercessors.

فَما لَهُم عَنِ التَّذكِرَةِ مُعرِضينَ

Then what is [the matter] with them that they are, from the reminder, turning away

فَرَّت مِن قَسوَرَةٍ

Fleeing from a lion?

بَل يُريدُ كُلُّ امرِئٍ مِنهُم أَن يُؤتىٰ صُحُفًا مُنَشَّرَةً

Rather, every person among them desires that he would be given scriptures spread about.

كَلّا ۖ بَل لا يَخافونَ الآخِرَةَ

No! But they do not fear the Hereafter.

كَلّا إِنَّهُ تَذكِرَةٌ

No! Indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder

فَمَن شاءَ ذَكَرَهُ

Then whoever wills will remember it.