أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ Those ulāika not lam will be yakūnū (able to) escape muʿ'jizīna in fī the earth l-arḍi and not wamā is kāna for them lahum besides min besides dūni Allah l-lahi any min protectors awliyāa And will be doubled yuḍāʿafu for them lahumu the punishment l-ʿadhābu Not mā they were kānū able yastaṭīʿūna (to) hear l-samʿa and not wamā they used (to) kānū see yub'ṣirūna
Those were not causing failure [to Allāh] on earth, nor did they have besides Allāh any protectors. For them the punishment will be multiplied. They were not able to hear, nor did they see.1
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ Those ulāika (are) the ones who alladhīna (have) lost khasirū their souls anfusahum and lost waḍalla from them ʿanhum (is) what mā they used kānū (to) invent yaftarūna
Those are the ones who will have lost themselves, and lost from them is what they used to invent.
لَا No lā doubt jarama that they annahum in fī the Hereafter l-ākhirati [they] humu (will be) the greatest losers l-akhsarūna
Assuredly, it is they in the Hereafter who will be the greatest losers.
إِنَّ Indeed inna those who alladhīna believe āmanū and do waʿamilū good deeds l-ṣāliḥāti and humble themselves wa-akhbatū before ilā their Lord rabbihim those ulāika (are the) companions aṣḥābu (of) Paradise l-janati they hum in it fīhā (will) abide forever khālidūna
Indeed, they who have believed and done righteous deeds and humbled themselves to their Lord - those are the companions of Paradise; they will abide eternally therein.
۞ مَثَلُ (The) example mathalu (of) the two parties l-farīqayni (is) like the blind kal-aʿmā and the deaf wal-aṣami and the seer wal-baṣīri and the hearer wal-samīʿi Are hal they equal yastawiyāni (in) comparison mathalan Then, will not afalā you take heed tadhakkarūna
The example of the two parties is like the blind and deaf, and the seeing and hearing. Are they equal in comparison? Then, will you not remember?
وَلَقَدْ And verily walaqad We sent arsalnā Nuh nūḥan to ilā his people qawmihi Indeed, I am innī to you lakum a warner nadhīrun clear mubīnun
And We had certainly sent Noah to his people, [saying], "Indeed, I am to you a clear warner
أَن That an (do) not lā worship taʿbudū except illā Allah l-laha Indeed, I innī [I] fear akhāfu for you ʿalaykum (the) punishment ʿadhāba (of) a Day yawmin painful alīmin
That you not worship except Allāh. Indeed, I fear for you the punishment of a painful day."
فَقَالَ So said faqāla the chiefs l-mala-u (of) those who alladhīna disbelieved kafarū from min his people qawmihi Not mā we see you narāka but illā a man basharan like us mith'lanā and not wamā we see you narāka followed [you] ittabaʿaka except illā those who alladhīna [they] hum (are) the lowest of us arādhilunā immature in opinion bādiya immature in opinion l-rayi And not wamā we see narā in you lakum over us ʿalaynā any min merit faḍlin nay bal we think you naẓunnukum (are) liars kādhibīna
So the eminent among those who disbelieved from his people said, "We do not see you but as a man like ourselves, and we do not see you followed except by those who are the lowest of us [and] at first suggestion.1 And we do not see in you over us any merit; rather, we think you are liars."
قَالَ He said qāla O my people yāqawmi Do you see ara-aytum if in I was kuntu on ʿalā (the) clear proof bayyinatin from min my Lord rabbī while He has given me waātānī mercy raḥmatan from min Himself ʿindihi but (it) has been obscured faʿummiyat from you ʿalaykum should We compel you (to accept) it anul'zimukumūhā while you (are) wa-antum averse to it lahā averse to it kārihūna
He said, "O my people, have you considered: if I should be upon clear evidence from my Lord while He has given me mercy from Himself but it has been made unapparent to you, should we force it upon you while you are averse to it?