وَمَا And not wamā equal yastawī (are) the blind l-aʿmā and the seeing wal-baṣīru
Not equal are the blind and the seeing,
وَلَا And not walā the darkness[es] l-ẓulumātu and not walā [the] light l-nūru
Nor are the darknesses and the light,
وَلَا And not walā the shade l-ẓilu and not walā the heat l-ḥarūru
Nor are the shade and the heat,
وَمَا And not wamā equal yastawī (are) the living l-aḥyāu and not walā the dead l-amwātu Indeed inna Allah l-laha causes to hear yus'miʿu whom man He wills yashāu and not wamā you anta can make hear bimus'miʿin (those) who man (are) in fī the graves l-qubūri
And not equal are the living and the dead. Indeed, Allāh causes to hear whom He wills, but you cannot make hear those in the graves.
إِنْ Not in you (are) anta but illā a warner nadhīrun
You, [O Muḥammad], are not but a warner.
إِنَّآ Indeed, We innā [We] have sent you arsalnāka with the truth bil-ḥaqi (as) a bearer of glad tidings bashīran and (as) a warner wanadhīran And not wa-in (was) any min nation ummatin but illā had passed khalā within it fīhā a warner nadhīrun
Indeed, We have sent you with the truth as a bringer of good tidings and a warner. And there was no nation but that there had passed within it a warner.
وَإِن And if wa-in they deny you yukadhibūka then certainly faqad denied kadhaba those who alladhīna (were) before them min (were) before them qablihim Came to them jāathum their Messengers rusuluhum with clear signs bil-bayināti and with Scriptures wabil-zuburi and with the Book wabil-kitābi [the] enlightening l-munīri
And if they deny you - then already have those before them denied. Their messengers came to them with clear proofs and written ordinances and with the enlightening Scripture.
ثُمَّ Then thumma I seized akhadhtu those who alladhīna disbelieved kafarū and how fakayfa was kāna My rejection nakīri
Then I seized the ones who disbelieved, and how [terrible] was My reproach.