فِرۡعَوۡنَ وَثَمُودَ
of Fir‘aun (Pharaoh) and Thamūd?
بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ فِي تَكۡذِيبٖ
But those who disbelieve are (engaged) in denying (the truth).
وَٱللَّهُ مِن وَرَآئِهِم مُّحِيطُۢ
Allah has encompassed them from all sides.
بَلۡ هُوَ قُرۡءَانٞ مَّجِيدٞ
The reality is that it is the glorious Qur’ān,
فِي لَوۡحٖ مَّحۡفُوظِۭ
(recorded) in the Preserved Tablet (LauH MaHfūZ).