قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّي دَعَوْتُ قَوْمِي لَيْلًا وَنَهَارًا ٥
He said: "O my Lord! I have called to my People night and day:
71:6
فَلَمْ يَزِدْهُمْ دُعَائِي إِلَّا فِرَارًا ٦
"But my call only increases (their) flight (from the Right).
71:7
وَإِنِّي كُلَّمَا دَعَوْتُهُمْ لِتَغْفِرَ لَهُمْ جَعَلُوا أَصَابِعَهُمْ فِي آذَانِهِمْ وَاسْتَغْشَوْا ثِيَابَهُمْ وَأَصَرُّوا وَاسْتَكْبَرُوا اسْتِكْبَارًا ٧
"And every time I have called to them, that Thou mightest forgive them, they have (only) thrust their fingers into their ears, covered themselves up with their garments, grown obstinate, and given themselves up to arrogance.
71:8
ثُمَّ إِنِّي دَعَوْتُهُمْ جِهَارًا ٨
"So I have called to them aloud;
71:9
ثُمَّ إِنِّي أَعْلَنْتُ لَهُمْ وَأَسْرَرْتُ لَهُمْ إِسْرَارًا ٩
"Further I have spoken to them in public and secretly in private,