وَجَآءَ And came wajāa from min (the) farthest end aqṣā (of) the city l-madīnati a man rajulun running yasʿā He said qāla O my People yāqawmi Follow ittabiʿū the Messengers l-mur'salīna
And there came from the farthest end of the city a man, running. He said, "O my people, follow the messengers.
ٱتَّبِعُوا۟ Follow ittabiʿū (those) who man (do) not lā ask (of) you yasalukum any payment ajran and they wahum (are) rightly guided muh'tadūna
Follow those who do not ask of you [any] payment, and they are [rightly] guided.
وَمَا And what wamā (is) for me liya (that) not lā I worship aʿbudu the One Who alladhī created me faṭaranī and to Whom wa-ilayhi you will be returned tur'jaʿūna
And why should I not worship He who created me and to whom you will be returned?
ءَأَتَّخِذُ Should I take a-attakhidhu besides Him min besides Him dūnihi gods ālihatan If in intends for me yurid'ni the Most Gracious l-raḥmānu any harm biḍurrin not lā will avail tugh'ni [from] me ʿannī their intercession shafāʿatuhum (in) anything shayan and not walā they (can) save me yunqidhūni
Should I take other than Him [false] deities [while], if the Most Merciful intends for me some adversity, their intercession will not avail me at all, nor can they save me?
إِنِّىٓ Indeed, I innī then idhan surely would be in lafī an error ḍalālin clear mubīnin
Indeed, I would then be in manifest error.
إِنِّىٓ Indeed, I innī [I] have believed āmantu in your Lord birabbikum so listen to me fa-is'maʿūni
Indeed, I have believed in your Lord, so listen to me."