وَلَوِ But if walawi (had) followed ittabaʿa the truth l-ḥaqu their desires ahwāahum surely (would) have been corrupted lafasadati the heavens l-samāwātu and the earth wal-arḍu and whoever waman (is) therein fīhinna Nay bal We have brought them ataynāhum their reminder bidhik'rihim but they fahum from ʿan their reminder dhik'rihim (are) turning away muʿ'riḍūna
But if the Truth [i.e., Allāh] had followed their inclinations, the heavens and the earth and whoever is in them would have been ruined. Rather, We have brought them their message,1 but they, from their message, are turning away.