إِنَّهُ كانَ في أَهلِهِ مَسرورًا

Indeed, he had [once] been among his people in happiness;

إِنَّهُ ظَنَّ أَن لَن يَحورَ

Indeed, he had thought he would never return [to Allah].

بَلىٰ إِنَّ رَبَّهُ كانَ بِهِ بَصيرًا

But yes! Indeed, his Lord was ever of him, Seeing.

فَلا أُقسِمُ بِالشَّفَقِ

So I swear by the twilight glow

وَاللَّيلِ وَما وَسَقَ

And [by] the night and what it envelops

لَتَركَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٍ

[That] you will surely experience state after state.

فَما لَهُم لا يُؤمِنونَ

So what is [the matter] with them [that] they do not believe,

وَإِذا قُرِئَ عَلَيهِمُ القُرآنُ لا يَسجُدونَ ۩

And when the Qur'an is recited to them, they do not prostrate [to Allah]?

بَلِ الَّذينَ كَفَروا يُكَذِّبونَ

But those who have disbelieved deny,

وَاللَّهُ أَعلَمُ بِما يوعونَ

And Allah is most knowing of what they keep within themselves.