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,

وَاللَّهُ مِن وَرائِهِم مُحيطٌ

While Allah encompasses them from behind.

بَل هُوَ قُرآنٌ مَجيدٌ

But this is an honored Qur'an