ضَرَبَ He sets forth ḍaraba to you lakum an example mathalan from min yourselves anfusikum Is hal for you lakum among min what mā possess malakat your right hands aymānukum any min partners shurakāa in fī what mā We have provided you razaqnākum so you fa-antum in it fīhi (are) equal sawāon you fear them takhāfūnahum as you fear kakhīfatikum yourselves anfusakum Thus kadhālika We explain nufaṣṣilu the Verses l-āyāti for a people liqawmin (who) use reason yaʿqilūna
He presents to you an example from yourselves. Do you have among those whom your right hands possess [i.e., slaves] any partners in what We have provided for you so that you are equal therein [and] would fear them as your fear of one another [within a partnership]? Thus do We detail the verses for a people who use reason.
بَلِ Nay bali follow ittabaʿa those who alladhīna do wrong ẓalamū their desires ahwāahum without bighayri knowledge ʿil'min Then who faman (can) guide yahdī (one) whom man Allah has let go astray aḍalla Allah has let go astray l-lahu And not wamā for them lahum any min helpers nāṣirīna
But those who wrong follow their [own] desires without knowledge. Then who can guide one whom Allāh has sent astray? And for them there are no helpers.