ثُمَّ إِنِّي دَعَوۡتُهُمۡ جِهَارٗا
Then I certainly called them openly,
ثُمَّ إِنِّيٓ أَعۡلَنتُ لَهُمۡ وَأَسۡرَرۡتُ لَهُمۡ إِسۡرَارٗا
then I surely preached to them publicly and privately,
فَقُلۡتُ ٱسۡتَغۡفِرُواْ رَبَّكُمۡ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ غَفَّارٗا
saying, ‘Seek your Lord’s forgiveness, ˹for˺ He is truly Most Forgiving.
يُرۡسِلِ ٱلسَّمَآءَ عَلَيۡكُم مِّدۡرَارٗا
He will shower you with abundant rain,
وَيُمۡدِدۡكُم بِأَمۡوَٰلٖ وَبَنِينَ وَيَجۡعَل لَّكُمۡ جَنَّـٰتٖ وَيَجۡعَل لَّكُمۡ أَنۡهَٰرٗا
supply you with wealth and children, and give you gardens as well as rivers.
مَّا لَكُمۡ لَا تَرۡجُونَ لِلَّهِ وَقَارٗا
What is the matter with you that you are not in awe of the Majesty of Allah,
وَقَدۡ خَلَقَكُمۡ أَطۡوَارًا
when He truly created you in stages ˹of development˺?1
أَلَمۡ تَرَوۡاْ كَيۡفَ خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ سَبۡعَ سَمَٰوَٰتٖ طِبَاقٗا
Do you not see how Allah created seven heavens, one above the other,