وَإِذْ And when قَالَتْ said أُمَّةٌۭ a community مِّنْهُمْ among them لِمَ Why تَعِظُونَ (do) you preach قَوْمًا ۙ a people ٱللَّهُ (whom) Allah مُهْلِكُهُمْ (is going to) destroy them أَوْ or مُعَذِّبُهُمْ punish them عَذَابًۭا (with) a punishment شَدِيدًۭا ۖ severe قَالُوا۟ They said مَعْذِرَةً To be absolved إِلَىٰ before رَبِّكُمْ your Lord وَلَعَلَّهُمْ and that they may يَتَّقُونَ become righteous ١٦٤

فَلَمَّا So when نَسُوا۟ they forgot مَا what ذُكِّرُوا۟ they had been reminded بِهِۦٓ with [it] أَنجَيْنَا We saved ٱلَّذِينَ those who يَنْهَوْنَ forbade عَنِ [from] ٱلسُّوٓءِ the evil وَأَخَذْنَا and We seized ٱلَّذِينَ those who ظَلَمُوا۟ wronged بِعَذَابٍۭ with a punishment بَـِٔيسٍۭ wretched بِمَا because كَانُوا۟ they were يَفْسُقُونَ defiantly disobeying ١٦٥

فَلَمَّا So when عَتَوْا۟ they exceeded all bounds عَن about مَّا what نُهُوا۟ they were forbidden عَنْهُ from it قُلْنَا We said لَهُمْ to them كُونُوا۟ Be قِرَدَةً apes خَـٰسِـِٔينَ despised ١٦٦

وَإِذْ And when تَأَذَّنَ declared رَبُّكَ your Lord لَيَبْعَثَنَّ that He would surely send عَلَيْهِمْ upon them إِلَىٰ till يَوْمِ (the) Day ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ (of) the Resurrection مَن (those) who يَسُومُهُمْ would afflict them سُوٓءَ (with) a grievous ٱلْعَذَابِ ۗ [the] punishment إِنَّ Indeed رَبَّكَ your Lord لَسَرِيعُ (is) surely swift ٱلْعِقَابِ ۖ (in) the retribution وَإِنَّهُۥ but indeed, He لَغَفُورٌۭ (is) surely Oft-Forgiving رَّحِيمٌۭ Most Merciful ١٦٧

وَقَطَّعْنَـٰهُمْ And We divided them فِى in ٱلْأَرْضِ the earth أُمَمًۭا ۖ (as) nations مِّنْهُمُ Among them ٱلصَّـٰلِحُونَ (are) the righteous وَمِنْهُمْ and among them دُونَ (are) other than ذَٰلِكَ ۖ that وَبَلَوْنَـٰهُم And We tested them بِٱلْحَسَنَـٰتِ with the good وَٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ and the bad لَعَلَّهُمْ so that they may يَرْجِعُونَ return ١٦٨

فَخَلَفَ Then succeeded مِنۢ from بَعْدِهِمْ after them خَلْفٌۭ successors وَرِثُوا۟ (who) inherited ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ the Book يَأْخُذُونَ taking عَرَضَ goods هَـٰذَا (of) this ٱلْأَدْنَىٰ the lower (life) وَيَقُولُونَ and they say سَيُغْفَرُ It will be forgiven لَنَا for us وَإِن And if يَأْتِهِمْ comes to them عَرَضٌۭ goods مِّثْلُهُۥ similar to it يَأْخُذُوهُ ۚ they will take it أَلَمْ Was not يُؤْخَذْ taken عَلَيْهِم on them مِّيثَـٰقُ Covenant ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ (of) the Book أَن that لَّا not يَقُولُوا۟ they will say عَلَى about ٱللَّهِ Allah إِلَّا except ٱلْحَقَّ the truth وَدَرَسُوا۟ while they studied مَا what فِيهِ ۗ (is) in it وَٱلدَّارُ And the home ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ (of) the Hereafter خَيْرٌۭ (is) better لِّلَّذِينَ for those who يَتَّقُونَ ۗ fear Allah أَفَلَا So will not تَعْقِلُونَ you use intellect ١٦٩

وَٱلَّذِينَ And those who يُمَسِّكُونَ hold fast بِٱلْكِتَـٰبِ to the Book وَأَقَامُوا۟ and establish ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ the prayer إِنَّا indeed, We لَا (will) not نُضِيعُ [We] let go waste أَجْرَ (the) reward ٱلْمُصْلِحِينَ (of) the reformers ١٧٠