وَلَا And (do) not walā extend tamuddanna your eyes ʿaynayka towards ilā what mā We have given for enjoyment mattaʿnā [with it] bihi pairs azwājan of them min'hum (the) splendor zahrata (of) the life l-ḥayati (of) the world l-dun'yā that We may test them linaftinahum in it fīhi And (the) provision wariz'qu (of) your Lord rabbika (is) better khayrun and more lasting wa-abqā
And do not extend your eyes toward that by which We have given enjoyment to [some] categories of them, [its being but] the splendor of worldly life by which We test them. And the provision of your Lord is better and more enduring.
وَأْمُرْ And enjoin wamur (on) your family ahlaka the prayer bil-ṣalati and be steadfast wa-iṣ'ṭabir therein ʿalayhā Not lā We ask you nasaluka (for) provision riz'qan We naḥnu provide (for) you narzuquka and the outcome wal-ʿāqibatu (is) for the righteous[ness] lilttaqwā
And enjoin prayer upon your family [and people] and be steadfast therein. We ask you not for provision; We provide for you, and the [best] outcome is for [those of] righteousness.
وَقَالُوا۟ And they say waqālū Why not lawlā he brings us yatīnā a sign biāyatin from min his Lord rabbihi Has not awalam come to them tatihim evidence bayyinatu (of) what mā (was) in fī the Scriptures l-ṣuḥufi the former l-ūlā
And they say, "Why does he not bring us a sign from his Lord?" Has there not come to them evidence of what was in the former scriptures?
وَلَوْ And if walaw We annā (had) destroyed them ahlaknāhum with a punishment biʿadhābin before him min before him qablihi surely they (would) have said laqālū Our Lord rabbanā why not lawlā You sent arsalta to us ilaynā a Messenger rasūlan so we (could) have followed fanattabiʿa Your signs āyātika before min before qabli [that] an we were humiliated nadhilla and disgraced wanakhzā
And if We had destroyed them with a punishment before him, they would have said, "Our Lord, why did You not send to us a messenger so we could have followed Your verses [i.e., teachings] before we were humiliated and disgraced?"
قُلْ Say qul Each kullun (is) waiting mutarabbiṣun so await fatarabbaṣū Then you will know fasataʿlamūna who man (are the) companions aṣḥābu (of) the way l-ṣirāṭi [the] even l-sawiyi and who wamani is guided ih'tadā
Say, "Each [of us] is waiting; so wait. For you will know who are the companions of the sound path and who is guided."