كَمۡ تَرَكُواْ مِن جَنَّـٰتٖ وَعُيُونٖ
Many a garden and spring they left behind,
وَزُرُوعٖ وَمَقَامٖ كَرِيمٖ
many a cornfield and noble building,
وَنَعۡمَةٖ كَانُواْ فِيهَا فَٰكِهِينَ
many a thing in which they had delighted:
كَذَٰلِكَۖ وَأَوۡرَثۡنَٰهَا قَوۡمًا ءَاخَرِينَ
We gave these to another people to inherit.
فَمَا بَكَتۡ عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ وَٱلۡأَرۡضُ وَمَا كَانُواْ مُنظَرِينَ
Neither heavens nor earth shed a tear for them, nor were they given any time.
وَلَقَدۡ نَجَّيۡنَا بَنِيٓ إِسۡرَـٰٓءِيلَ مِنَ ٱلۡعَذَابِ ٱلۡمُهِينِ
We saved the Children of Israel from their degrading suffering
مِن فِرۡعَوۡنَۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَالِيٗا مِّنَ ٱلۡمُسۡرِفِينَ
at the hands of Pharaoh: he was a tyrant who exceeded all bounds.
وَلَقَدِ ٱخۡتَرۡنَٰهُمۡ عَلَىٰ عِلۡمٍ عَلَى ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
We chose them knowingly above others:
وَءَاتَيۡنَٰهُم مِّنَ ٱلۡأٓيَٰتِ مَا فِيهِ بَلَـٰٓؤٞاْ مُّبِينٌ
We gave them revelations in which there was a clear test.