فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ

фəкəз̃з̃əбə вə'əсōō

But he denied, and disobeyed.

ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ

c̃уммə əдбəрō йəс'əə

Then he turned back, walking swiftly,

فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ

фəhəшəрō фəнəəдəə

and gathered [the people] and proclaimed,

فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ

фəќōōлə əнəə рōббукумуль-ə'лəə

saying, ‘I am your exalted lord!’

فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ وَٱلْأُولَىٰٓ

фə`əхōз̃əhул-лаhу нəкəəлəль-əəхырōти вəəль`уулəə

So Allah seized him with the punishment of this life and the Hereafter.

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰٓ

иннə фии з̃əəликə лə'ибрōтəл-лимəй-йəхшəə

There is indeed a moral in that for someone who fears!

ءَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ  ۚ بَنَىٰهَا

ə`əŋŋтум əшəдду хōльќōн əмис-сəмəə, бəнəəhəə

Is your creation more prodigious or that of the heaven He has built?

رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا

рōфə'ə сəмкəhəə фəсəувəəhəə

He raised its vault and fashioned it,

وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا

вə`əґтōшə лэйлəhəə вə`əхрōджə дуhəəhəə

and darkened its night, and brought forth its forenoon.

وَٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ

вəəль`əрдō бə'дə з̃əəликə дəhəəhəə

Thereafter He spread out the earth,