لَا Not lā move tuḥarrik with it bihi your tongue lisānaka to hasten litaʿjala with it bihi
Move not your tongue with it, [O Muḥammad], to hasten with it [i.e., recitation of the Qur’ān].
إِنَّ Indeed inna upon Us ʿalaynā (is) its collection jamʿahu and its recitation waqur'ānahu
Indeed, upon Us is its collection [in your heart] and [to make possible] its recitation.
فَإِذَا And when fa-idhā We have recited it qaranāhu then follow fa-ittabiʿ its recitation qur'ānahu
So when We have recited it [through Gabriel], then follow its recitation.
ثُمَّ Then thumma indeed inna upon Us ʿalaynā (is) its explanation bayānahu
Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].
كَلَّا No kallā But bal you love tuḥibbūna the immediate l-ʿājilata
No! But you [i.e., mankind] love the immediate
وَتَذَرُونَ And leave watadharūna the Hereafter l-ākhirata
And leave [i.e., neglect] the Hereafter.
وُجُوهٌۭ Faces wujūhun that Day yawma-idhin (will be) radiant nāḍiratun
[Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,
إِلَىٰ Towards ilā their Lord rabbihā looking nāẓiratun
Looking at their Lord.
وَوُجُوهٌۭ And faces wawujūhun that Day yawma-idhin (will be) distorted bāsiratun
And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,
تَظُنُّ Thinking taẓunnu that an will be done yuf'ʿala to them bihā backbreaking fāqiratun
Expecting that there will be done to them [something] backbreaking.