44. Duhan · verses 24–30

وَٱتۡرُكِ ٱلۡبَحۡرَ رَهۡوًاۖ إِنَّهُمۡ جُندٞ مُّغۡرَقُونَ

Waotruki albahra rahwan innahum jundun mughraqoona

"And leave the sea as a furrow (divided): for they are a host (destined) to be drowned."

كَمۡ تَرَكُواْ مِن جَنَّٰتٖ وَعُيُونٖ

Kam tarakoo min jannatin waAAuyoonin

How many were the gardens and springs they left behind,

وَزُرُوعٖ وَمَقَامٖ كَرِيمٖ

WazurooAAin wamaqamin kareemin

And corn-fields and noble buildings,

وَنَعۡمَةٖ كَانُواْ فِيهَا فَٰكِهِينَ

WanaAAmatin kanoo feeha fakiheena

And wealth (and conveniences of life), wherein they had taken such delight!

كَذَٰلِكَۖ وَأَوۡرَثۡنَٰهَا قَوۡمًا ءَاخَرِينَ

Kathalika waawrathnaha qawman akhareena

Thus (was their end)! And We made other people inherit (those things)!

فَمَا بَكَتۡ عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ وَٱلۡأَرۡضُ وَمَا كَانُواْ مُنظَرِينَ

Fama bakat AAalayhimu alssamao waalardu wama kanoo munthareena

And neither heaven nor earth shed a tear over them: nor were they given a respite (again).

وَلَقَدۡ نَجَّيۡنَا بَنِيٓ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ مِنَ ٱلۡعَذَابِ ٱلۡمُهِينِ

Walaqad najjayna banee israeela mina alAAathabi almuheeni

We did deliver aforetime the Children of Israel from humiliating Punishment,