وَلَوْ And if أَنَّ [that] أَهْلَ people ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ (of) the cities ءَامَنُوا۟ (had) believed وَٱتَّقَوْا۟ and feared Allah لَفَتَحْنَا surely We (would have) opened عَلَيْهِم upon them بَرَكَـٰتٍۢ blessings مِّنَ from ٱلسَّمَآءِ the heaven وَٱلْأَرْضِ and the earth وَلَـٰكِن but كَذَّبُوا۟ they denied فَأَخَذْنَـٰهُم So We seized them بِمَا for what كَانُوا۟ they used to يَكْسِبُونَ earn ٩٦

أَفَأَمِنَ Then did feel secure أَهْلُ (the) people ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ (of) the cities أَن that يَأْتِيَهُم comes to them بَأْسُنَا Our punishment بَيَـٰتًۭا (at) night وَهُمْ while they نَآئِمُونَ (were) asleep ٩٧

أَوَأَمِنَ Or felt secure أَهْلُ (the) people ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ (of) the cities أَن that يَأْتِيَهُم comes to them بَأْسُنَا Our punishment ضُحًۭى (in) daylight وَهُمْ while they يَلْعَبُونَ (were) playing ٩٨

أَفَأَمِنُوا۟ Then did they feel secure مَكْرَ (from the) plan ٱللَّهِ ۚ (of) Allah فَلَا But not يَأْمَنُ feel secure مَكْرَ (from the) plan ٱللَّهِ (of) Allah إِلَّا except ٱلْقَوْمُ the people ٱلْخَـٰسِرُونَ (who are) the losers ٩٩

أَوَلَمْ Would it not يَهْدِ guide لِلَّذِينَ [for] those who يَرِثُونَ inherit ٱلْأَرْضَ the land مِنۢ from بَعْدِ after أَهْلِهَآ its people أَن that لَّوْ if نَشَآءُ We willed أَصَبْنَـٰهُم We (could) afflict them بِذُنُوبِهِمْ ۚ for their sins وَنَطْبَعُ and We put a seal عَلَىٰ over قُلُوبِهِمْ their hearts فَهُمْ so they لَا (do) not يَسْمَعُونَ hear ١٠٠

تِلْكَ These ٱلْقُرَىٰ (were) the cities نَقُصُّ We relate عَلَيْكَ to you مِنْ of أَنۢبَآئِهَا ۚ their news وَلَقَدْ And certainly جَآءَتْهُمْ came to them رُسُلُهُم their Messengers بِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِ with clear proofs فَمَا but not كَانُوا۟ they were لِيُؤْمِنُوا۟ to believe بِمَا in what كَذَّبُوا۟ they (had) denied مِن from قَبْلُ ۚ before كَذَٰلِكَ Thus يَطْبَعُ (has been) put a seal ٱللَّهُ (by) Allah عَلَىٰ on قُلُوبِ (the) hearts ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ (of) the disbelievers ١٠١

وَمَا And not وَجَدْنَا We found لِأَكْثَرِهِم for most of them مِّنْ any عَهْدٍۢ ۖ covenant وَإِن But وَجَدْنَآ We found أَكْثَرَهُمْ most of them لَفَـٰسِقِينَ certainly, defiantly disobedient ١٠٢

ثُمَّ Then بَعَثْنَا We sent مِنۢ from بَعْدِهِم after them مُّوسَىٰ Musa بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَآ with Our Signs إِلَىٰ to فِرْعَوْنَ Firaun وَمَلَإِي۟هِۦ and his chiefs فَظَلَمُوا۟ But they were unjust بِهَا ۖ to them فَٱنظُرْ So see كَيْفَ how كَانَ was عَـٰقِبَةُ (the) end ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ (of) the corrupters ١٠٣

وَقَالَ And said مُوسَىٰ Musa يَـٰفِرْعَوْنُ O Firaun إِنِّى Indeed, I am رَسُولٌۭ a Messenger مِّن from رَّبِّ (the) Lord ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ (of) the worlds ١٠٤