15. Hixhr · verses 10–16

وَلَقَدۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا مِن قَبۡلِكَ فِي شِيَعِ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ

Walaqad arsalna min qablika fee shiyaAAi alawwaleena

We did send messengers before thee amongst the religious sects of old:

وَمَا يَأۡتِيهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا كَانُواْ بِهِۦ يَسۡتَهۡزِءُونَ

Wama yateehim min rasoolin illa kanoo bihi yastahzioona

But never came a messenger to them but they mocked him.

كَذَٰلِكَ نَسۡلُكُهُۥ فِي قُلُوبِ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ

Kathalika naslukuhu fee quloobi almujrimeena

Even so do we let it creep into the hearts of the sinners -

لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ بِهِۦ وَقَدۡ خَلَتۡ سُنَّةُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ

La yuminoona bihi waqad khalat sunnatu alawwaleena

That they should not believe in the (Message); but the ways of the ancients have passed away.

وَلَوۡ فَتَحۡنَا عَلَيۡهِم بَابٗا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَظَلُّواْ فِيهِ يَعۡرُجُونَ

Walaw fatahna AAalayhim baban mina alssamai fathalloo feehi yaAArujoona

Even if We opened out to them a gate from heaven, and they were to continue (all day) ascending therein,

لَقَالُوٓاْ إِنَّمَا سُكِّرَتۡ أَبۡصَٰرُنَا بَلۡ نَحۡنُ قَوۡمٞ مَّسۡحُورُونَ

Laqaloo innama sukkirat absaruna bal nahnu qawmun mashooroona

They would only say: "Our eyes have been intoxicated: Nay, we have been bewitched by sorcery."

وَلَقَدۡ جَعَلۡنَا فِي ٱلسَّمَآءِ بُرُوجٗا وَزَيَّنَّٰهَا لِلنَّٰظِرِينَ

Walaqad jaAAalna fee alssamai buroojan wazayyannaha lilnnathireena

It is We Who have set out the zodiacal signs in the heavens, and made them fair-seeming to (all) beholders;