أَفَلَا Then (do) not afalā they ponder yatadabbarūna (on) the Quran l-qur'āna And if walaw it had (been) kāna (of) min from ʿindi other than ghayri Allah l-lahi surely they (would have) found lawajadū in it fīhi contradiction ikh'tilāfan much kathīran
Then do they not reflect upon the Qur’ān? If it had been from [any] other than Allāh, they would have found within it much contradiction.
وَإِذَا And when wa-idhā comes to them jāahum a matter amrun of mina the security l-amni or awi [the] fear l-khawfi they spread adhāʿū [with] it bihi But if walaw they (had) referred it raddūhu to ilā the Messenger l-rasūli and to wa-ilā those ulī (having) authority l-amri among them min'hum surely would have known it laʿalimahu those who alladhīna draw correct conclusion (from) it yastanbiṭūnahu among them min'hum And if not walawlā (had been the) bounty faḍlu (of) Allah l-lahi on you ʿalaykum and His Mercy waraḥmatuhu surely you (would have) followed la-ittabaʿtumu the Shaitaan l-shayṭāna except illā a few qalīlan
And when there comes to them something [i.e., information] about [public] security or fear, they spread it around. But if they had referred it back to the Messenger or to those of authority among them, then the ones who [can] draw correct conclusions from it would have known about it. And if not for the favor of Allāh upon you and His mercy, you would have followed Satan, except for a few.