وَمَا And not wamā We created khalaqnā the heavens l-samāa and the earth wal-arḍa and what wamā (is) between them baynahumā (for) playing lāʿibīna
And We did not create the heaven and earth and that between them in play.
لَوْ If law We intended aradnā that an We take nattakhidha a pastime lahwan surely We (could have) taken it la-ittakhadhnāhu from min Us ladunnā if in We were kunnā doers fāʿilīna
Had We intended to take a diversion, We could have taken it from [what is] with Us - if [indeed] We were to do so.
بَلْ Nay bal We hurl naqdhifu the truth bil-ḥaqi against ʿalā [the] falsehood l-bāṭili and it breaks its head fayadmaghuhu behold fa-idhā it (is) huwa vanishing zāhiqun And for you walakumu (is) destruction l-waylu for what mimmā you ascribe taṣifūna
Rather, We dash the truth upon falsehood, and it destroys it, and thereupon it departs. And for you is destruction from that which you describe.
وَلَهُۥ And to Him (belongs) walahu whoever man (is) in fī the heavens l-samāwāti and the earth wal-arḍi And (those) who waman (are) near Him ʿindahu not lā they are arrogant yastakbirūna to ʿan worship Him ʿibādatihi and not walā they tire yastaḥsirūna
To Him belongs whoever is in the heavens and the earth. And those near Him [i.e., the angels] are not prevented by arrogance from His worship, nor do they tire.
يُسَبِّحُونَ They glorify (Him) yusabbiḥūna [the] night al-layla and [the] day wal-nahāra not lā they slacken yafturūna
They exalt [Him] night and day [and] do not slacken.