كَٱلَّذِينَ Like those ka-alladhīna before you min before you qablikum they were kānū mightier ashadda than you minkum (in) strength quwwatan and more abundant wa-akthara (in) wealth amwālan and children wa-awlādan So they enjoyed fa-is'tamtaʿū their portion bikhalāqihim and you have enjoyed fa-is'tamtaʿtum your portion bikhalāqikum like kamā enjoyed is'tamtaʿa those alladhīna before you min before you qablikum their portion bikhalāqihim and you indulge wakhuḍ'tum like the one who ka-alladhī indulges (in idle talk) khāḍū Those ulāika worthless ḥabiṭat (are) their deeds aʿmāluhum in fī the world l-dun'yā and (in) the Hereafter wal-ākhirati And those wa-ulāika they humu (are) the losers l-khāsirūna
[You disbelievers are] like those before you; they were stronger than you in power and more abundant in wealth and children. They enjoyed their portion [of worldly enjoyment], and you have enjoyed your portion as those before you enjoyed their portion, and you have engaged [in vanities] like that in which they engaged. [It is] those whose deeds have become worthless in this world and in the Hereafter, and it is they who are the losers.
أَلَمْ Has not alam come to them yatihim (the) news naba-u (of) those who alladhīna (were) before them min (were) before them qablihim (the) people qawmi (of) Nuh nūḥin and Aad waʿādin and Thamud wathamūda and (the) people waqawmi (of) Ibrahim ib'rāhīma and (the) companions wa-aṣḥābi (of) Madyan madyana and the towns overturned wal-mu'tafikāti Came to them atathum their Messengers rusuluhum with clear proofs bil-bayināti And not famā was kāna Allah l-lahu to wrong them liyaẓlimahum but walākin they were (to) kānū themselves anfusahum doing wrong yaẓlimūna
Has there not reached them the news of those before them - the people of Noah and [the tribes of] ʿAad and Thamūd and the people of Abraham and the companions [i.e., dwellers] of Madyan and the towns overturned?1 Their messengers came to them with clear proofs. And Allāh would never have wronged them, but they were wronging themselves.
وَٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ And the believing men wal-mu'minūna and the believing women wal-mu'minātu some of them baʿḍuhum (are) allies awliyāu (of) others baʿḍin They enjoin yamurūna the right bil-maʿrūfi and forbid wayanhawna from ʿani the wrong l-munkari and they establish wayuqīmūna the prayer l-ṣalata and give wayu'tūna the zakah l-zakata and they obey wayuṭīʿūna Allah l-laha and His Messenger warasūlahu Those ulāika Allah will have mercy on them sayarḥamuhumu Allah will have mercy on them l-lahu Indeed inna Allah l-laha (is) All-Mighty ʿazīzun All-Wise ḥakīmun
The believing men and believing women are allies of one another. They enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong and establish prayer and give zakāh and obey Allāh and His Messenger. Those - Allāh will have mercy upon them. Indeed, Allāh is Exalted in Might and Wise.
وَعَدَ (Has been) promised waʿada (by) Allah l-lahu (to) the believing men l-mu'minīna and the believing women wal-mu'mināti Gardens jannātin flow tajrī from min underneath it taḥtihā the rivers l-anhāru (will) abide forever khālidīna in it fīhā and dwellings wamasākina blessed ṭayyibatan in fī Gardens jannāti (of) everlasting bliss ʿadnin But the pleasure wariḍ'wānun of mina Allah l-lahi (is) greater akbaru That dhālika it huwa (is) the success l-fawzu great l-ʿaẓīmu
Allāh has promised the believing men and believing women gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they abide eternally, and pleasant dwellings in gardens of perpetual residence; but approval from Allāh is greater. It is that which is the great attainment.