قَدْ Verily qad passed khalat from min before you qablikum situations sunanun then travel fasīrū in fī the earth l-arḍi and see fa-unẓurū how kayfa was kāna (the) end ʿāqibatu (of) the deniers l-mukadhibīna
Similar situations [as yours] have passed on before you, so proceed throughout the earth and observe how was the end of those who denied.
هَـٰذَا This hādhā (is) a declaration bayānun for the people lilnnāsi and guidance wahudan and admonition wamawʿiẓatun for the God-fearing lil'muttaqīna
This [Qur’ān] is a clear statement to [all] the people and a guidance and instruction for those conscious of Allāh.
وَلَا And (do) not walā weaken tahinū and (do) not walā grieve taḥzanū and you (will be) wa-antumu [the] superior l-aʿlawna if in you are kuntum believers mu'minīna
So do not weaken and do not grieve, and you will be superior if you are [true] believers.
إِن If in touched you yamsaskum a wound qarḥun so certainly faqad (has) touched massa the people l-qawma wound qarḥun like it mith'luhu And this watil'ka [the] days l-ayāmu We alternate them nudāwiluhā among bayna the people l-nāsi [and] so that makes evident waliyaʿlama Allah l-lahu those who alladhīna believe[d] āmanū and take wayattakhidha from you minkum martyrs shuhadāa And Allah wal-lahu (does) not lā love yuḥibbu the wrongdoers l-ẓālimīna
If a wound should touch you - there has already touched the [opposing] people a wound similar to it. And these days [of varying conditions] We alternate among the people so that Allāh may make evident those who believe and [may] take to Himself from among you martyrs - and Allāh does not like the wrongdoers -
وَلِيُمَحِّصَ And so that may purify waliyumaḥḥiṣa Allah l-lahu those who alladhīna believe āmanū and destroy wayamḥaqa the disbelievers l-kāfirīna
And that Allāh may purify the believers [through trials] and destroy the disbelievers.
أَمْ Or am do you think ḥasib'tum that an you will enter tadkhulū Paradise l-janata while has not yet walammā made evident yaʿlami Allah l-lahu those who alladhīna strove hard jāhadū among you minkum and made evident wayaʿlama the steadfast l-ṣābirīna
Or do you think that you will enter Paradise while Allāh has not yet made evident those of you who fight in His cause and made evident those who are steadfast?
وَلَقَدْ And certainly walaqad you used to kuntum wish tamannawna (for) death l-mawta from min before qabli [that] an you met it talqawhu then indeed faqad you have seen it ra-aytumūhu while you (were) wa-antum looking on tanẓurūna
And you had certainly wished for death [i.e., martyrdom] before you encountered it, and you have [now] seen it [before you] while you were looking on.