a slanderer who goes about with calumnies,

one who prevents good, (and who is) transgressor, sinful,

harsh, (and) after all that, notorious,

(do not obey such a person merely) because he is a man of wealth and sons.

When Our verses are recited to him, he says, " (These are) the tales of the ancient."

We will soon brand him on the snout.

We have tested them as We had tested the Owners of the Garden, when they had sworn an oath that they would pluck its fruits on the next morning,

and did not make any exception (by saying 'insha'Allah' ).

Then, there whirled around it a whirl (of calamity) from your Lord, while they were asleep.

Thus, on the next morning, it was like a harvested field.