۞ 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 dead1 - Allāh will resurrect them; then to Him they will be returned.
وَقَالُوا۟ And they said waqālū Why (is) not lawlā sent down nuzzila to him ʿalayhi a Sign āyatun from min his Lord rabbihi Say qul Indeed inna Allah l-laha (is) Able qādirun [on] ʿalā to an send down yunazzila a Sign āyatan but walākinna most of them aktharahum (do) not lā know yaʿlamūna
And they say, "Why has a sign not been sent down to him from his Lord?" Say, "Indeed, Allāh is Able to send down a sign, but most of them do not know."
وَمَا And not wamā [of] min any animal dābbatin in fī the earth l-arḍi and not walā a bird ṭāirin (that) flies yaṭīru with its wings bijanāḥayhi but illā (are) communities umamun like you amthālukum Not mā We have neglected farraṭnā in fī the Book l-kitābi [of] min anything shayin then thumma to ilā their Lord rabbihim they will be gathered yuḥ'sharūna
And there is no creature on [or within] the earth or bird that flies with its wings except [that they are] communities like you. We have not neglected in the Register1 a thing. Then unto their Lord they will be gathered.
وَٱلَّذِينَ And those who wa-alladhīna rejected kadhabū Our Verses biāyātinā (are) deaf ṣummun and dumb wabuk'mun in fī the darkness[es] l-ẓulumāti Whoever man wills yasha-i Allah l-lahu He lets him go astray yuḍ'lil'hu and whoever waman He wills yasha He places him yajʿalhu on ʿalā (the) way ṣirāṭin (the) straight mus'taqīmin
But those who deny Our verses are deaf and dumb within darknesses. Whomever Allāh wills - He sends astray; and whomever He wills - He puts him on a straight path.
قُلْ Say qul Have you seen ara-aytakum if in (there) came to you atākum punishment ʿadhābu (of) Allah l-lahi or aw (there) came to you atatkumu the Hour l-sāʿatu is it other aghayra (than) Allah l-lahi you call tadʿūna if in you are kuntum truthful ṣādiqīna
Say, "Have you considered:1 if there came to you the punishment of Allāh or there came to you the Hour - is it other than Allāh you would invoke, if you should be truthful?"
بَلْ Nay bal Him Alone iyyāhu you call tadʿūna and He would remove fayakshifu what mā you call tadʿūna upon Him ilayhi if in He wills shāa and you will forget watansawna what mā you associate (with Him) tush'rikūna
No, it is Him [alone] you would invoke, and He would remove that for which you invoked Him if He willed, and you would forget what you associate [with Him].
وَلَقَدْ And certainly walaqad We sent (Messengers) arsalnā to ilā nations umamin from min before you qablika then We seized them fa-akhadhnāhum with adversity bil-basāi and hardship wal-ḍarāi so that they may laʿallahum humble themselves yataḍarraʿūna
And We have already sent [messengers] to nations before you, [O Muḥammad]; then We seized them with poverty and hardship that perhaps they might humble themselves [to Us].
فَلَوْلَآ Then why not falawlā when idh came to them jāahum Our punishment basunā they humbled themselves taḍarraʿū But walākin became hardened qasat their hearts qulūbuhum and made fair-seeming wazayyana to them lahumu the Shaitaan l-shayṭānu what mā they used to kānū do yaʿmalūna
Then why, when Our punishment came to them, did they not humble themselves? But their hearts became hardened, and Satan made attractive to them that which they were doing.
فَلَمَّا So when falammā they forgot nasū what mā they were reminded dhukkirū of [it] bihi We opened fataḥnā on them ʿalayhim gates abwāba (of) every kulli thing shayin until ḥattā when idhā they rejoiced fariḥū in what bimā they were given ūtū We seized them akhadhnāhum suddenly baghtatan and then fa-idhā they hum (were) dumbfounded mub'lisūna
So when they forgot that by which they had been reminded,1 We opened to them the doors of every [good] thing until, when they rejoiced in that which they were given, We seized them suddenly, and they were [then] in despair.