تِلْكَ ٱلْقُرَىٰ نَقُصُّ عَلَيْكَ مِنْ أَنۢبَآئِهَا ۚ وَلَقَدْ جَآءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُهُم بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ فَمَا كَانُوا۟ لِيُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِمَا كَذَّبُوا۟ مِن قَبْلُ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يَطْبَعُ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ
How to read it
Til'ka l-qurā naquṣṣu ʻalay'ka min' 'an[m]bā'ihā . walaqad' jā'at'hum' russuluhum bil-bayyināti famā kānū liyu''minū bimā kadhdhabū min qab'lu . kadhālika yaṭ'baʻu -llahu ʻalā qulūbi l-kāfirīna
Such were the towns whose story We (thus) relate unto thee: There came indeed to them their messengers with clear (signs): But they would not believe what they had rejected before. Thus doth Allah seal up the hearts of those who reject faith.
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali

