قَالَ

رَبِّ

اِنِّیْ

دَعَوْتُ

قَوْمِیْ

لَیْلًا

وَّنَهَارًا

۟ۙ

He said, “My Lord, I have called my people night and day,

but my call added only to their flight (from the truth).

Whenever I called them, so that You might forgive them, they put their fingers into their ears, and wrapped their clothes around themselves, and grew obstinate, and waxed proud in extreme arrogance.