أَمْ Or am for them lahum (are) partners shurakāu who have ordained sharaʿū for them lahum of mina the religion l-dīni what mā not lam Allah has given permission of it yadhan Allah has given permission of it bihi Allah has given permission of it l-lahu And if not walawlā (for) a word kalimatu decisive l-faṣli surely, it (would have) been judged laquḍiya between them baynahum And indeed wa-inna the wrongdoers l-ẓālimīna for them lahum (is a) punishment ʿadhābun painful alīmun
Or have they partners [i.e., other deities] who have ordained for them a religion to which Allāh has not consented? But if not for the decisive word,1 it would have been concluded between them. And indeed, the wrongdoers will have a painful punishment.