فِرۡعَوۡنَ وَثَمُودَ
of Pharaoh and Thamud?
بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ فِي تَكۡذِيبٖ
Yet still the disbelievers persist in denial.
وَٱللَّهُ مِن وَرَآئِهِم مُّحِيطُۢ
God surrounds them all.
بَلۡ هُوَ قُرۡءَانٞ مَّجِيدٞ
This is truly a glorious Quran
فِي لَوۡحٖ مَّحۡفُوظِۭ
[written] on a preserved Tablet.