قُل رَّبِّ إِمَّا تُرِيَنِّي مَا يُوعَدُونَ
(O prophet) say (in prayer), “O my Lord, if You are to show me (in my life) that (punishment) which they (the infidels) are threatened with,
رَبِّ فَلَا تَجۡعَلۡنِي فِي ٱلۡقَوۡمِ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ
then, my Lord, do not place me among the wrongdoing people.”
وَإِنَّا عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّرِيَكَ مَا نَعِدُهُمۡ لَقَٰدِرُونَ
And of course, We do have the power to show you that with which We have threatened them.
ٱدۡفَعۡ بِٱلَّتِي هِيَ أَحۡسَنُ ٱلسَّيِّئَةَۚ نَحۡنُ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَا يَصِفُونَ
Repel evil with that which is best. We are well aware of what they describe.
وَقُل رَّبِّ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنۡ هَمَزَٰتِ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينِ
And say, “My Lord, I seek refuge in You from the strokes of the satans (devils),
وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ رَبِّ أَن يَحۡضُرُونِ
and I seek refuge in You, my Lord, even from their coming near me.”
حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَ أَحَدَهُمُ ٱلۡمَوۡتُ قَالَ رَبِّ ٱرۡجِعُونِ
(The infidels go on doing their misdeeds) until when death comes to one of them, he will say, “My Lord send me back,