وَإِذَا And when wa-idhā they see you ra-awka not in they take you yattakhidhūnaka except illā (in) mockery huzuwan Is this ahādhā the one whom alladhī Allah has sent baʿatha Allah has sent l-lahu (as) a Messenger rasūlan
And when they see you, [O Muḥammad], they take you not except in ridicule, [saying], "Is this the one whom Allāh has sent as a messenger?
إِن He would have almost in He would have almost kāda [surely] misled us layuḍillunā from ʿan our gods ālihatinā if not lawlā that an we had been steadfast ṣabarnā to them ʿalayhā And soon wasawfa will know yaʿlamūna when ḥīna they will see yarawna the punishment l-ʿadhāba who man (is) more astray aḍallu (from the) way sabīlan
He almost would have misled us from our gods had we not been steadfast in [worship of] them." But they are going to know, when they see the punishment, who is farthest astray in [his] way.
أَرَءَيْتَ Have you seen ara-ayta (one) who mani takes ittakhadha (as) his god ilāhahu his own desire hawāhu Then would you afa-anta be takūnu over him ʿalayhi a guardian wakīlan
Have you seen the one who takes as his god his own desire? Then would you be responsible for him?
أَمْ Or am do you think taḥsabu that anna most of them aktharahum hear yasmaʿūna or aw understand yaʿqilūna Not in they hum (are) except illā like cattle kal-anʿāmi Nay bal they hum (are) more astray aḍallu (from the) way sabīlan
Or do you think that most of them hear or reason? They are not except like livestock. Rather, they are [even] more astray in [their] way.