قَالُوْا يٰوَيْلَنَآ اِنَّا كُنَّا طٰغِيْنَ ( القلم: ٣١ )
They said, "O woe to us; indeed we were transgressors.
عَسٰى رَبُّنَآ اَنْ يُّبْدِلَنَا خَيْرًا مِّنْهَآ اِنَّآ اِلٰى رَبِّنَا رَاغِبُوْنَ ( القلم: ٣٢ )
Perhaps our Lord will substitute for us [one] better than it. Indeed, we are toward our Lord desirous."
كَذٰلِكَ الْعَذَابُۗ وَلَعَذَابُ الْاٰخِرَةِ اَكْبَرُۘ لَوْ كَانُوْا يَعْلَمُوْنَ ࣖ ( القلم: ٣٣ )
Such is the punishment [of this world]. And the punishment of the Hereafter is greater, if they only knew.
اِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِيْنَ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِمْ جَنّٰتِ النَّعِيْمِ ( القلم: ٣٤ )
Indeed, for the righteous with their Lord are the Gardens of Pleasure.
اَفَنَجْعَلُ الْمُسْلِمِيْنَ كَالْمُجْرِمِيْنَۗ ( القلم: ٣٥ )
Then will We treat the Muslims like the criminals?
مَا لَكُمْۗ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُوْنَۚ ( القلم: ٣٦ )
What is [the matter] with you? How do you judge?
اَمْ لَكُمْ كِتٰبٌ فِيْهِ تَدْرُسُوْنَۙ ( القلم: ٣٧ )
Or do you have a scripture in which you learn
اِنَّ لَكُمْ فِيْهِ لَمَا تَخَيَّرُوْنَۚ ( القلم: ٣٨ )
That indeed for you is whatever you choose?
اَمْ لَكُمْ اَيْمَانٌ عَلَيْنَا بَالِغَةٌ اِلٰى يَوْمِ الْقِيٰمَةِۙ اِنَّ لَكُمْ لَمَا تَحْكُمُوْنَۚ ( القلم: ٣٩ )
Or do you have oaths [binding] upon Us, extending until the Day of Resurrection, that indeed for you is whatever you judge?
سَلْهُمْ اَيُّهُمْ بِذٰلِكَ زَعِيْمٌۚ ( القلم: ٤٠ )
Ask them which of them, for that [claim], is responsible.