(He it is Who hath made you) O community of Muhammad (pbuh) (regents in the earth) dwellers in the earth after the destruction of past nations; (so he who disbelieveth) in Allah, (his disbelief be on his own head) the punishment of his disbelief is against his own soul. (Their disbelief increaseth for the disbelievers) in Muhammad (pbuh) and in the Qur'an, (in their Lord's sight) in the Hereafter, (naught save abhorrence) nothing but detestation. (Their disbelief) in the life of this world (increaseth for the disbelievers naught save loss) in the Hereafter.