فَلَمَّارَأَوْهُزُلْفَةًۭسِيٓـَٔتْوُجُوهُٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟وَقِيلَهَـٰذَاٱلَّذِىكُنتُمبِهِۦتَدَّعُونَ٢٧

But when they see it¹ approaching, the faces of those who disbelieve will be distressed, and it will be said, "This is that for which you used to call."²

Say, [O Muḥammad], "Have you considered:¹ whether Allāh should cause my death and those with me or have mercy upon us, who can protect the disbelievers from a painful punishment?"

Say, "He is the Most Merciful; we have believed in Him, and upon Him we have relied. And you will [come to] know who it is that is in clear error."

Say, "Have you considered: if your water was to become sunken [into the earth], then who could bring you flowing water?"

Nūn.¹ By the pen and what they inscribe,

You are not, [O Muḥammad], by the favor of your Lord, a madman.

And indeed, for you is a reward uninterrupted.

And indeed, you are of a great moral character.

So you will see and they will see.

Which of you is the afflicted [by a devil].

Indeed, your Lord is most knowing of who has gone astray from His way, and He is most knowing of the [rightly] guided.

Then do not obey the deniers.

They wish that you would soften [in your position], so they would soften [toward you].

And do not obey every worthless habitual swearer

[And] scorner, going about with malicious gossip -

A preventer of good, transgressing and sinful,

Cruel, moreover, and an illegitimate pretender.¹

Because he is a possessor of wealth and children,

When Our verses are recited to him, he says, "Legends of the former peoples."