أَمْ Or am were you kuntum witnesses shuhadāa when idh came to ḥaḍara Yaqub yaʿqūba [the] death l-mawtu when idh he said qāla to his sons libanīhi What mā will you worship taʿbudūna from min after me baʿdī They said qālū We will worship naʿbudu your God ilāhaka and (the) God wa-ilāha (of) your forefathers ābāika Ibrahim ib'rāhīma and Ishmael wa-is'māʿīla and Isaac wa-is'ḥāqa God ilāhan One wāḥidan And we wanaḥnu to Him lahu (are) submissive mus'limūna
Or were you witnesses when death approached Jacob, when he said to his sons, "What will you worship after me?" They said, "We will worship your God and the God of your fathers, Abraham and Ishmael and Isaac - one God. And we are Muslims [in submission] to Him."
تِلْكَ This til'ka (was) a community ummatun (which) qad has passed away khalat for it lahā what mā it earned kasabat and for you walakum what mā you have earned kasabtum And not walā you will be asked tus'alūna about what ʿammā they used to kānū do yaʿmalūna
That was a nation which has passed on. It will have [the consequence of] what it earned, and you will have what you have earned. And you will not be asked about what they used to do.