Az-Zukhruf
حمٓ
Ha-Mim
وَٱلۡكِتَٰبِ ٱلۡمُبِينِ
By the Book that makes things clear,-
إِنَّا جَعَلۡنَٰهُ قُرۡءَٰنًا عَرَبِيّٗا لَّعَلَّكُمۡ تَعۡقِلُونَ
We have made it a Qur'an in Arabic, that ye may be able to understand (and learn wisdom).
وَإِنَّهُۥ فِيٓ أُمِّ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ لَدَيۡنَا لَعَلِيٌّ حَكِيمٌ
And verily, it is in the Mother of the Book, in Our Presence, high (in dignity), full of wisdom.
أَفَنَضۡرِبُ عَنكُمُ ٱلذِّكۡرَ صَفۡحًا أَن كُنتُمۡ قَوۡمٗا مُّسۡرِفِينَ
Shall We then take away the Message from you and repel (you), for that ye are a people transgressing beyond bounds?
وَكَمۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا مِن نَّبِيّٖ فِي ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ
But how many were the prophets We sent amongst the peoples of old?
وَمَا يَأۡتِيهِم مِّن نَّبِيٍّ إِلَّا كَانُواْ بِهِۦ يَسۡتَهۡزِءُونَ
And never came there a prophet to them but they mocked him.
فَأَهۡلَكۡنَآ أَشَدَّ مِنۡهُم بَطۡشٗا وَمَضَىٰ مَثَلُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ
So We destroyed (them)- stronger in power than these;- and (thus) has passed on the Parable of the peoples of old.