وَٱقْتَرَبَ ٱلْوَعْدُ ٱلْحَقُّ فَإِذَا هِىَ شَٰخِصَةٌ أَبْصَٰرُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يَٰوَيْلَنَا قَدْ كُنَّا فِى غَفْلَةٍۢ مِّنْ هَٰذَا بَلْ كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ
How to read it
Wa -q'taraba l-waʻ'du l-ḥaqqu fa'idhā hiya shākhiṣatun 'ab'ṣāru -lladhīna kafarū yāway'lanā qad' kunnā fī ghaf'latin mmin' hādhā bal' kunnā ẓālimīna
Then will the true promise draw nigh (of fulfilment): then behold! the eyes of the Unbelievers will fixedly stare in horror: "Ah! Woe to us! we were indeed heedless of this; nay, we truly did wrong!"
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali

