قُلْ Say qul What ayyu thing shayin (is) greatest akbaru (as) a testimony shahādatan Say quli Allah l-lahu (is) Witness shahīdun between me baynī and between you wabaynakum and has been revealed waūḥiya to me ilayya this hādhā [the] Quran l-qur'ānu that I may warn you li-undhirakum with it bihi and whoever waman it reaches balagha Do you truly a-innakum testify latashhadūna that anna with maʿa Allah l-lahi (there are) gods ālihatan other ukh'rā Say qul Not lā (do) I testify ashhadu Say qul Only innamā He huwa (is) God ilāhun One wāḥidun and indeed, I am wa-innanī free barīon of what mimmā you associate (with Him) tush'rikūna
Say, "What thing is greatest in testimony?" Say, "Allāh is witness between me and you. And this Qur’ān was revealed to me that I may warn you thereby and whomever it reaches.1 Do you [truly] testify that with Allāh there are other deities?" Say, "I will not testify [with you]." Say, "Indeed, He is but one God, and indeed, I am free of what you associate [with Him]."
ٱلَّذِينَ Those (to) whom alladhīna We have given them ātaynāhumu the Book l-kitāba they recognize him yaʿrifūnahu as kamā they recognize yaʿrifūna their sons abnāahumu Those who alladhīna lost khasirū themselves anfusahum then they fahum (do) not lā believe yu'minūna
Those to whom We have given the Scripture recognize it1 as they recognize their [own] sons. Those who will lose themselves [in the Hereafter] do not believe.
وَمَنْ And who waman (is) more unjust aẓlamu than (he) who mimmani invents if'tarā against ʿalā Allah l-lahi a lie kadhiban or aw rejects kadhaba His Signs biāyātihi Indeed innahu not lā will be successful yuf'liḥu the wrongdoers l-ẓālimūna
And who is more unjust than one who invents about Allāh a lie or denies His verses? Indeed, the wrongdoers will not succeed.
وَيَوْمَ And (the) Day wayawma We will gather them naḥshuruhum all jamīʿan then thumma We will say naqūlu to those who lilladhīna associated others with Allah ashrakū Where (are) ayna your partners shurakāukumu those whom alladhīna you used to kuntum claim tazʿumūna
And [mention, O Muḥammad], the Day We will gather them all together; then We will say to those who associated others with Allāh, "Where are your 'partners' that you used to claim [with Him]?"
ثُمَّ Then thumma not lam will be takun (for) them a plea fit'natuhum except illā that an they say qālū By Allah wal-lahi our Lord rabbinā not mā we were kunnā those who associated others (with Allah) mush'rikīna
Then there will be no [excuse upon] examination except they will say, "By Allāh, our Lord, we were not those who associated."
ٱنظُرْ Look unẓur how kayfa they lied kadhabū against ʿalā themselves anfusihim And lost waḍalla from them ʿanhum what mā they used to kānū invent yaftarūna
See how they will lie about themselves. And lost from them will be what they used to invent.
وَمِنْهُم And among them wamin'hum (are those) who man listen yastamiʿu to you ilayka but We have placed wajaʿalnā over ʿalā their hearts qulūbihim coverings akinnatan lest an they understand it yafqahūhu and in wafī their ears ādhānihim deafness waqran And if wa-in they see yaraw every kulla sign āyatin not lā will they believe yu'minū in it bihā Until ḥattā when idhā they come to you jāūka and argue with you yujādilūnaka say yaqūlu those who alladhīna disbelieved kafarū Not in (is) this hādhā but illā (the) tales asāṭīru (of) the former (people) l-awalīna
And among them are those who listen to you,1 but We have placed over their hearts coverings, lest they understand it, and in their ears deafness. And if they should see every sign, they will not believe in it. Even when they come to you arguing with you, those who disbelieve say, "This is not but legends of the former peoples."
وَهُمْ And they wahum forbid (others) yanhawna from it ʿanhu and they keep away wayanawna from it ʿanhu And not wa-in they destroy yuh'likūna except illā themselves anfusahum and not wamā they perceive yashʿurūna
And they prevent [others] from him and are [themselves] remote from him. And they do not destroy except themselves, but they perceive [it] not.
وَلَوْ And if walaw you (could) see tarā when idh they are made to stand wuqifū by ʿalā the Fire l-nāri then they (will) say faqālū Oh! Would that we yālaytanā were sent back nuraddu and not walā we would deny nukadhiba (the) Signs biāyāti (of) our Lord rabbinā and we would be wanakūna among mina the believers l-mu'minīna
If you could but see when they are made to stand before the Fire and will say, "Oh, would that we could be returned [to life on earth] and not deny the signs of our Lord and be among the believers."