And how many a generation before them did We destroy who were greater than them in ˹striking˺ power and had explored throughout the lands. Is there any place of escape?  

وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُمْ مِنْ قَرْنٍ هُمْ أَشَدُّ مِنْهُمْ بَطْشًا فَنَقَّبُوا فِي الْبِلَادِ هَلْ مِنْ مَحِيصٍ  

Indeed in that is a reminder for whoever has a heart or who listens while he is present ˹in mind˺.  

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَذِكْرَىٰ لِمَنْ كَانَ لَهُ قَلْبٌ أَوْ أَلْقَى السَّمْعَ وَهُوَ شَهِيدٌ  

And We did certainly create the heavens and earth and what is between them in six days, and there touched Us no weariness.  

وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا فِي سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ وَمَا مَسَّنَا مِنْ لُغُوبٍ  

So be patient, ˹O Muhammad˺, over what they say and exalt ˹Allah˺ with praise of your Lord before the rising of the sun and before its setting,  

فَاصْبِرْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَقُولُونَ وَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ قَبْلَ طُلُوعِ الشَّمْسِ وَقَبْلَ الْغُرُوبِ  

And ˹in part˺ of the night exalt Him and after prostration.  

وَمِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَسَبِّحْهُ وَأَدْبَارَ السُّجُودِ  

And listen on the Day when the Caller will call out from a place that is near -  

وَاسْتَمِعْ يَوْمَ يُنَادِ الْمُنَادِ مِنْ مَكَانٍ قَرِيبٍ  

The Day they will hear the blast ˹of the Horn˺ in truth. That is the Day of Emergence ˹from the graves˺.  

يَوْمَ يَسْمَعُونَ الصَّيْحَةَ بِالْحَقِّ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ يَوْمُ الْخُرُوجِ  

Indeed, it is We who give life and cause death, and to Us is the destination  

إِنَّا نَحْنُ نُحْيِي وَنُمِيتُ وَإِلَيْنَا الْمَصِيرُ  

On the Day the earth breaks away from them ˹and they emerge˺ rapidly; that is a gathering easy for Us.  

يَوْمَ تَشَقَّقُ الْأَرْضُ عَنْهُمْ سِرَاعًا ۚ ذَٰلِكَ حَشْرٌ عَلَيْنَا يَسِيرٌ  

We are most knowing of what they say, and you are not over them a tyrant. But remind by the Qur'an whoever fears My threat.  

نَحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَقُولُونَ ۖ وَمَا أَنْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ بِجَبَّارٍ ۖ فَذَكِّرْ بِالْقُرْآنِ مَنْ يَخَافُ وَعِيدِ