And there certainly came to the people of Pharaoh warning.  

وَلَقَدْ جَاءَ آلَ فِرْعَوْنَ النُّذُرُ  

They denied Our signs, all of them, so We seized them with a seizure of one Exalted in Might and Perfect in Ability.  

كَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا كُلِّهَا فَأَخَذْنَاهُمْ أَخْذَ عَزِيزٍ مُقْتَدِرٍ  

Are your disbelievers better than those ˹former ones˺, or have you immunity in the scripture?  

أَكُفَّارُكُمْ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أُولَٰئِكُمْ أَمْ لَكُمْ بَرَاءَةٌ فِي الزُّبُرِ  

Or do they say, "We are an assembly supporting ˹each other˺"?  

أَمْ يَقُولُونَ نَحْنُ جَمِيعٌ مُنْتَصِرٌ  

˹Their˺ assembly will be defeated, and they will turn their backs ˹in retreat˺.  

سَيُهْزَمُ الْجَمْعُ وَيُوَلُّونَ الدُّبُرَ  

But the Hour is their appointment ˹for due punishment˺, and the Hour is more disastrous and more bitter.  

بَلِ السَّاعَةُ مَوْعِدُهُمْ وَالسَّاعَةُ أَدْهَىٰ وَأَمَرُّ  

Indeed, the criminals are in error and madness.  

إِنَّ الْمُجْرِمِينَ فِي ضَلَالٍ وَسُعُرٍ  

The Day they are dragged into the Fire on their faces ˹it will be said˺, "Taste the touch of Saqar."  

يَوْمَ يُسْحَبُونَ فِي النَّارِ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِهِمْ ذُوقُوا مَسَّ سَقَرَ  

Indeed, all things We created with predestination.  

إِنَّا كُلَّ شَيْءٍ خَلَقْنَاهُ بِقَدَرٍ  

And Our command is but one, like a glance of the eye.  

وَمَا أَمْرُنَا إِلَّا وَاحِدَةٌ كَلَمْحٍ بِالْبَصَرِ  

And We have already destroyed your kinds, so is there any who will remember?  

وَلَقَدْ أَهْلَكْنَا أَشْيَاعَكُمْ فَهَلْ مِنْ مُدَّكِرٍ  

And everything they did is in written records.  

وَكُلُّ شَيْءٍ فَعَلُوهُ فِي الزُّبُرِ  

And every small and great ˹thing˺ is inscribed.  

وَكُلُّ صَغِيرٍ وَكَبِيرٍ مُسْتَطَرٌ  

Indeed, the righteous will be among gardens and rivers,  

إِنَّ الْمُتَّقِينَ فِي جَنَّاتٍ وَنَهَرٍ  

In a seat of honor near a Sovereign, Perfect in Ability.  

فِي مَقْعَدِ صِدْقٍ عِنْدَ مَلِيكٍ مُقْتَدِرٍ