لِّيَسۡـَٔلَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ عَن صِدۡقِهِمۡۚ وَأَعَدَّ لِلۡكَٰفِرِينَ عَذَابًا أَلِيمٗا ٨
Liyasʾalaṣ-ṣādiqīna ʿan ṣidqihim, wa aʿadda lil-kāfirīna ʿadhāban alīmā.
That He may question the truthful about their truth.1 And He has prepared for the disbelievers a painful punishment.
Translation: Sahih International
Footnotes (1)
- i.e., that He may ask the prophets what they conveyed to their people and what response they received. "The truthful" may also refer to those who believed in the message conveyed by the prophets and imparted it to others.