ذُو العَرشِ المَجيدُ

Honorable Owner of the Throne,

فَعّالٌ لِما يُريدُ

Effecter of what He intends.

هَل أَتاكَ حَديثُ الجُنودِ

Has there reached you the story of the soldiers -

فِرعَونَ وَثَمودَ

[Those of] Pharaoh and Thamud?

بَلِ الَّذينَ كَفَروا في تَكذيبٍ

But they who disbelieve are in [persistent] denial,

بَل هُوَ قُرآنٌ مَجيدٌ

But this is an honored Qur'an

في لَوحٍ مَحفوظٍ

[Inscribed] in a Preserved Slate.