أَفَمَنْ Is then He Who afaman (He) huwa (is) a Maintainer qāimun of ʿalā every kulli soul nafsin for what bimā it has earned kasabat Yet they ascribe wajaʿalū to Allah lillahi partners shurakāa Say qul Name them sammūhum Or am (do) you inform Him tunabbiūnahu of what bimā not lā He knows yaʿlamu in fī the earth l-arḍi or am of the apparent biẓāhirin of mina the words l-qawli Nay bal (is) made fair-seeming zuyyina to those who lilladhīna disbelieve kafarū their plotting makruhum and they are hindered waṣuddū from ʿani the Path l-sabīli And whoever waman (by) Allah yuḍ'lili Allah lets go astray l-lahu then not famā for him lahu any min guide hādin
Then is He who is a maintainer of every soul, [knowing] what it has earned, [like any other]? But to Allāh they have attributed partners. Say, "Name them. Or do you inform Him of that1 which He knows not upon the earth or of what is apparent [i.e., alleged] of speech?"2 Rather, their [own] plan has been made attractive to those who disbelieve, and they have been averted from the way. And whomever Allāh sends astray - there will be for him no guide.