هَلْ Shall hal I inform you unabbi-ukum upon ʿalā whom man descend tanazzalu the devils l-shayāṭīnu
Shall I inform you upon whom the devils descend?
تَنَزَّلُ They descend tanazzalu upon ʿalā every kulli liar affākin sinful athīmin
They descend upon every sinful liar.
يُلْقُونَ They pass on yul'qūna (what is) heard l-samʿa and most of them wa-aktharuhum (are) liars kādhibūna
They pass on what is heard, and most of them are liars.
وَٱلشُّعَرَآءُ And the poets wal-shuʿarāu follow them yattabiʿuhumu the deviators l-ghāwūna
And the poets - [only] the deviators follow them;
أَلَمْ Do not alam you see tara that they annahum in fī every kulli valley wādin [they] roam yahīmūna
Do you not see that in every valley they roam
وَأَنَّهُمْ And that they wa-annahum say yaqūlūna what mā not lā they do yafʿalūna
And that they say what they do not do? -
إِلَّا Except illā those who alladhīna believe āmanū and do waʿamilū righteous deeds l-ṣāliḥāti and remember wadhakarū Allah l-laha much kathīran and defend themselves wa-intaṣarū after min after baʿdi after mā they were wronged ẓulimū And will come to know wasayaʿlamu those who alladhīna have wronged ẓalamū (to) what ayya return munqalabin they will return yanqalibūna
Except those [poets] who believe and do righteous deeds and remember Allāh often and defend [the Muslims] after they were wronged. And those who have wronged are going to know to what [kind of] return they will be returned.