هَلْ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّا تَأْوِيلَهُۥ ۚ يَوْمَ يَأْتِى تَأْوِيلُهُۥ يَقُولُ ٱلَّذِينَ نَسُوهُ مِن قَبْلُ قَدْ جَآءَتْ رُسُلُ رَبِّنَا بِٱلْحَقِّ فَهَل لَّنَا مِن شُفَعَآءَ فَيَشْفَعُوا۟ لَنَآ أَوْ نُرَدُّ فَنَعْمَلَ غَيْرَ ٱلَّذِى كُنَّا نَعْمَلُ ۚ قَدْ خَسِرُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَضَلَّ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَفْتَرُونَ
How to read it
Hal' yanẓurūna 'illā ta''wīlahu . yaw'ma ya''tī ta''wīluhu yaqūlu -lladhīna nassūhu min qab'lu qad' jā'at' russulu rabbinā bil-ḥaqqi fahal llanā min shufaʻā'a fayash'faʻū lanā 'aw' nuraddu fanaʻ'mala ghay'ra -lladhī kunnā naʻ'malu . qad' khassirū 'anfussahum' waḍalla ʻan'hum mmā kānū yaf'tarūna
Do they just wait for the final fulfilment of the event? On the day the event is finally fulfilled, those who disregarded it before will say: "The messengers of our Lord did indeed bring true (tidings). Have we no intercessors now to intercede on our behalf? Or could we be sent back? then should we behave differently from our behaviour in the past." In fact they will have lost their souls, and the things they invented will leave them in the lurch.
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
