وَمَا And not wamā you were kunta on (the) side bijānibi western l-gharbiyi when idh We decreed qaḍaynā to ilā Musa mūsā the Commandment l-amra and not wamā you were kunta among mina the witnesses l-shāhidīna
And you, [O Muḥammad], were not on the western side [of the mount] when We revealed to Moses the command, and you were not among the witnesses [to that].
وَلَـٰكِنَّآ But We walākinnā [We] produced anshanā generations qurūnan and prolonged fataṭāwala for them ʿalayhimu the life l-ʿumuru And not wamā you were kunta a dweller thāwiyan among fī (the) people ahli (of) Madyan madyana reciting tatlū to them ʿalayhim Our Verses āyātinā but We walākinnā [We] were kunnā the Senders mur'silīna
But We produced [many] generations [after Moses], and prolonged was their duration. And you were not a resident among the people of Madyan, reciting to them Our verses, but We were senders [of this message].
وَمَا And not wamā you were kunta at (the) side bijānibi (of) the Tur l-ṭūri when idh We called nādaynā But walākin (as) a mercy raḥmatan from min your Lord rabbika so that you warn litundhira a people qawman not mā (had) come to them atāhum any min warner nadhīrin before you min before you qablika so that they may laʿallahum remember yatadhakkarūna
And you were not at the side of the mount when We called [Moses] but [were sent] as a mercy from your Lord to warn a people to whom no warner had come before you that they might be reminded.
وَلَوْلَآ And if not walawlā [that] an struck them tuṣībahum a disaster muṣībatun for what bimā had sent forth qaddamat their hands aydīhim and they would say fayaqūlū Our Lord rabbanā Why not lawlā You sent arsalta to us ilaynā a Messenger rasūlan so we (could have) followed fanattabiʿa Your Verses āyātika and we (would) have been wanakūna of mina the believers l-mu'minīna
And if not that a disaster should strike them for what their hands put forth [of sins] and they would say, "Our Lord, why did You not send us a messenger so we could have followed Your verses and been among the believers?"...