إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَفۡعَلُ بِٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ
This is how We deal with the criminals.
إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُوٓاْ إِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمۡ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ يَسۡتَكۡبِرُونَ
They were those to whom when it was said: “There is no god but Allah”, they waxed proud,
وَيَقُولُونَ أَئِنَّا لَتَارِكُوٓاْ ءَالِهَتِنَا لِشَاعِرٖ مَّجۡنُونِۭ
and used to say, “Are we really to leave our gods because of an insane poet?”
بَلۡ جَآءَ بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَصَدَّقَ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ
No, he has come with Truth and has confirmed all the messengers (of Allah).
إِنَّكُمۡ لَذَآئِقُواْ ٱلۡعَذَابِ ٱلۡأَلِيمِ
Surely you have to taste the painful punishment,-
وَمَا تُجۡزَوۡنَ إِلَّا مَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ
And you will be recompensed for nothing but for what you used to do-
إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡمُخۡلَصِينَ
unlike Allah’s chosen servants.
أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ لَهُمۡ رِزۡقٞ مَّعۡلُومٞ
Those are the people for whom there is a known provision,