54. Kamer · verses 39–44

فَذُوقُواْ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ

Fathooqoo AAathabee wanuthuri

"So taste ye My Wrath and My Warning."

وَلَقَدۡ يَسَّرۡنَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرٖ

Walaqad yassarna alqurana lilththikri fahal min muddakirin

And We have indeed made the Qur´an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition?

وَلَقَدۡ جَآءَ ءَالَ فِرۡعَوۡنَ ٱلنُّذُرُ

Walaqad jaa ala firAAawna alnnuthuru

To the People of Pharaoh, too, aforetime, came Warners (from Allah).

كَذَّبُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا كُلِّهَا فَأَخَذۡنَٰهُمۡ أَخۡذَ عَزِيزٖ مُّقۡتَدِرٍ

Kaththaboo biayatina kulliha faakhathnahum akhtha AAazeezin muqtadirin

The (people) rejected all Our Signs; but We seized them with such Penalty (as comes) from One Exalted in Power, able to carry out His Will.

أَكُفَّارُكُمۡ خَيۡرٞ مِّنۡ أُوْلَٰٓئِكُمۡ أَمۡ لَكُم بَرَآءَةٞ فِي ٱلزُّبُرِ

Akuffarukum khayrun min olaikum am lakum baraatun fee alzzuburi

Are your Unbelievers, (O Quraish), better than they? Or have ye an immunity in the Sacred Books?

أَمۡ يَقُولُونَ نَحۡنُ جَمِيعٞ مُّنتَصِرٞ

Am yaqooloona nahnu jameeAAun muntasirun

Or do they say: "We acting together can defend ourselves"?