وَٱتْلُ And recite wa-ut'lu to them ʿalayhim (the) story naba-a (of the) one whom alladhī We gave [him] ātaynāhu Our Verses āyātinā but he detached fa-insalakha [from] them min'hā so followed him fa-atbaʿahu the Shaitaan l-shayṭānu and he became fakāna of mina those gone astray l-ghāwīna
And recite to them, [O Muḥammad], the news of him to whom We gave [knowledge of] Our signs, but he detached himself from them; so Satan pursued him, and he became of the deviators.
وَلَوْ And if walaw We willed shi'nā surely, We (could) have raised him larafaʿnāhu with these bihā [and] but he walākinnahu adhered akhlada to ilā the earth l-arḍi and followed wa-ittabaʿa his (vain) desires hawāhu So his example famathaluhu (is) like (the) example kamathali (of) the dog l-kalbi if in you attack taḥmil [on] him ʿalayhi he lolls out his tongue yalhath or aw if you leave him tatruk'hu he lolls out his tongue yalhath That dhālika (is the) example mathalu (of) the people l-qawmi who alladhīna denied kadhabū [in] Our Signs biāyātinā So relate fa-uq'ṣuṣi the story l-qaṣaṣa so that they may laʿallahum reflect yatafakkarūna
And if We had willed, We could have elevated him thereby, but he adhered [instead] to the earth and followed his own desire. So his example is like that of the dog: if you chase him, he pants, or if you leave him, he [still] pants. That is the example of the people who denied Our signs. So relate the stories that perhaps they will give thought.
سَآءَ Evil sāa (as) an example mathalan (are) the people l-qawmu those who alladhīna denied kadhabū Our Signs biāyātinā and themselves wa-anfusahum they used to kānū wrong yaẓlimūna
How evil an example [is that of] the people who denied Our signs and used to wrong themselves.