ذَٰلِكَ That dhālika (is) because bi-anna Allah l-laha not lam is yaku One Who changes mughayyiran a favor niʿ'matan which He had bestowed anʿamahā on ʿalā a people qawmin until ḥattā they change yughayyirū what mā (is) in themselves bi-anfusihim And indeed wa-anna Allah l-laha (is) All-Hearing samīʿun All-Knowing ʿalīmun
That is because Allāh would not change a favor which He had bestowed upon a people until they change what is within themselves. And indeed, Allāh is Hearing and Knowing.
كَدَأْبِ Like (the) way kadabi (of) people āli (of) Firaun fir'ʿawna and those who wa-alladhīna (were) from min before them qablihim They denied kadhabū (the) Signs biāyāti (of) their Lord rabbihim so We destroyed them fa-ahlaknāhum for their sins bidhunūbihim and We drowned wa-aghraqnā (the) people āla (of) Firaun fir'ʿawna and (they) all wakullun were kānū wrongdoers ẓālimīna
[Theirs is] like the custom of the people of Pharaoh and of those before them. They denied the signs of their Lord, so We destroyed them for their sins, and We drowned the people of Pharaoh. And all [of them] were wrongdoers.
إِنَّ Indeed inna (the) worst sharra (of) the living creatures l-dawābi near ʿinda Allah l-lahi (are) those who alladhīna disbelieve kafarū and they fahum (will) not lā believe yu'minūna
Indeed, the worst of living creatures in the sight of Allāh are those who have disbelieved, and they will not [ever] believe-
ٱلَّذِينَ Those who alladhīna you made a covenant ʿāhadtta with them min'hum then thumma they break yanquḍūna their covenant ʿahdahum [in] fī every kulli time marratin and they wahum (do) not lā fear (Allah) yattaqūna
The ones with whom you made a treaty but then they break their pledge every time, and they do not fear Allāh.
فَإِمَّا So if fa-immā you gain dominance over them tathqafannahum in fī the war l-ḥarbi disperse fasharrid by them bihim (those) who man (are) behind them khalfahum so that they may laʿallahum take heed yadhakkarūna
So if you, [O Muḥammad], gain dominance over them in war, disperse by [means of] them those behind them that perhaps they will be reminded.1
وَإِمَّا And if wa-immā you fear takhāfanna from min a people qawmin betrayal khiyānatan throw back fa-inbidh to them ilayhim on ʿalā equal (terms) sawāin Indeed inna Allah l-laha (does) not lā love yuḥibbu the traitors l-khāinīna
If you [have reason to] fear from a people betrayal, throw [their treaty] back to them, [putting you] on equal terms.1 Indeed, Allāh does not like traitors.
وَلَا And (let) not walā think yaḥsabanna those who alladhīna disbelieve kafarū they can outstrip sabaqū Indeed, they innahum (can) not lā escape yuʿ'jizūna
And let not those who disbelieve think they will escape. Indeed, they will not cause failure [to Allāh].
وَأَعِدُّوا۟ And prepare wa-aʿiddū for them lahum whatever mā you able (to) is'taṭaʿtum of min force quwwatin and of wamin tethered ribāṭi horses l-khayli (to) terrify tur'hibūna therewith bihi (the) enemy ʿaduwwa (of) Allah l-lahi and your enemy waʿaduwwakum and others waākharīna from min besides them dūnihim not lā (do) you know them taʿlamūnahumu (but) Allah l-lahu knows them yaʿlamuhum And whatever wamā you spend tunfiqū from min (any) thing shayin in fī (the) way sabīli (of) Allah l-lahi it will be fully repaid yuwaffa to you ilaykum and you wa-antum (will) not lā be wronged tuẓ'lamūna
And prepare against them whatever you are able of power and of steeds of war1 by which you may terrify the enemy of Allāh and your enemy and others besides them whom you do not know [but] whom Allāh knows. And whatever you spend in the cause of Allāh will be fully repaid to you, and you will not be wronged.
۞ وَإِن And if wa-in they incline janaḥū to peace lilssalmi then you (also) incline fa-ij'naḥ to it lahā and put (your) trust watawakkal in ʿalā Allah l-lahi Indeed innahu He huwa (is) All-Hearer l-samīʿu All-Knower l-ʿalīmu
And if they incline to peace, then incline to it [also] and rely upon Allāh. Indeed, it is He who is the Hearing, the Knowing.