أَيْنَمَا Wherever aynamā you be takūnū will overtake you yud'rikkumu [the] death l-mawtu even if walaw you are kuntum in fī towers burūjin lofty mushayyadatin And if wa-in befalls them tuṣib'hum any good ḥasanatun they say yaqūlū This hādhihi (is) min from ʿindi Allah l-lahi And if wa-in befalls them tuṣib'hum any evil sayyi-atun they say yaqūlū This hādhihi (is) min (from) you ʿindika Say qul All kullun (is) min from ʿindi Allah l-lahi So what (is wrong) famāli (with) these hāulāi [the] people l-qawmi not lā do they seem yakādūna (to) understand yafqahūna any statement ḥadīthan
Wherever you may be, death will overtake you, even if you should be within towers of lofty construction. But if good comes to them, they say, "This is from Allāh"; and if evil befalls them, they say,1 "This is from you." Say, "All [things] are from Allāh." So what is [the matter] with those people that they can hardly understand any statement?