أَفَرَءَيْتُمُ So have you seen afara-aytumu the Lat l-lāta and the Uzza wal-ʿuzā
So have you considered al-Lāt and al-ʿUzzā?
وَمَنَوٰةَ And Manat wamanata the third l-thālithata the other l-ukh'rā
And Manāt, the third - the other one?
أَلَكُمُ Is for you alakumu the male l-dhakaru and for Him walahu the female l-unthā
Is the male for you and for Him the female?
تِلْكَ This til'ka then idhan (is) a division qis'matun unfair ḍīzā
That, then, is an unjust division.
إِنْ Not in they hiya (are) except illā names asmāon you have named them sammaytumūhā you antum and your forefathers waābāukum not mā has Allah sent down anzala has Allah sent down l-lahu for it bihā any min authority sul'ṭānin Not in they follow yattabiʿūna except illā assumption l-ẓana and what wamā desire tahwā the(ir) souls l-anfusu And certainly walaqad has come to them jāahum from min their Lord rabbihimu the guidance l-hudā
They are not but [mere] names you have named them - you and your forefathers - for which Allāh has sent down no authority. They follow not except assumption and what [their] souls desire, and there has already come to them from their Lord guidance.
أَمْ Or am (is) for man lil'insāni what mā he wishes tamannā
Or is there for man whatever he wishes?
فَلِلَّهِ But for Allah falillahi (is) the last l-ākhiratu and the first wal-ūlā
Rather, to Allāh belongs the Hereafter and the first [life].
۞ وَكَم And how many wakam of min (the) Angels malakin in fī the heavens l-samāwāti not lā will avail tugh'nī their intercession shafāʿatuhum anything shayan except illā after min after baʿdi [that] an Allah has given permission yadhana Allah has given permission l-lahu for whom liman He wills yashāu and approves wayarḍā
And how many angels there are in the heavens whose intercession will not avail at all except [only] after Allāh has permitted [it] to whom He wills and approves.