قَدْ Indeed qad We know naʿlamu that it innahu grieves you layaḥzunuka what alladhī they say yaqūlūna And indeed, they fa-innahum (do) not lā deny you yukadhibūnaka but walākinna the wrongdoers l-ẓālimīna the Verses biāyāti (of) Allah l-lahi they reject yajḥadūna
We know that you, [O Muḥammad], are saddened by what they say. And indeed, they do not call you untruthful, but it is the verses of Allāh that the wrongdoers reject.
وَلَقَدْ And surely walaqad were rejected kudhibat Messengers rusulun from min before you qablika but they were patient faṣabarū over ʿalā what mā they were rejected kudhibū and they were harmed waūdhū until ḥattā came to them atāhum Our help naṣrunā And no walā one (can) alter mubaddila (the) words likalimāti (of) Allah l-lahi and surely walaqad has come to you jāaka of min (the) news naba-i (of) the Messengers l-mur'salīna
And certainly were messengers denied before you, but they were patient over the denial, and they were harmed until Our victory came to them. And none can alter the words [i.e., decrees] of Allāh. And there has certainly come to you some information about the [previous] messengers.
وَإِن And if wa-in is kāna difficult kabura for you ʿalayka their aversion iʿ'rāḍuhum then if fa-ini you are able is'taṭaʿta to an seek tabtaghiya a tunnel nafaqan in fī the earth l-arḍi or aw a ladder sullaman into fī the sky l-samāi so that you bring to them fatatiyahum a Sign biāyatin But if walaw (had) willed shāa Allah l-lahu surely He (would) have gathered them lajamaʿahum on ʿalā the guidance l-hudā So (do) not falā be takūnanna of mina the ignorant l-jāhilīna
And if their evasion is difficult for you, then if you are able to seek a tunnel into the earth or a stairway into the sky to bring them a sign, [then do so]. But if Allāh had willed, He would have united them upon guidance. So never be of the ignorant.
۞ إِنَّمَا Only innamā respond yastajību those who alladhīna listen yasmaʿūna But the dead wal-mawtā will resurrect them yabʿathuhumu Allah l-lahu then thumma to Him ilayhi they will be returned yur'jaʿūna
Only those who hear will respond. But the dead - Allāh will resurrect them; then to Him they will be returned.