وَلَوْ And if walaw your Lord (had) willed shāa your Lord (had) willed rabbuka surely He (could) have made lajaʿala the mankind l-nāsa one community ummatan one community wāḥidatan but not walā they will cease yazālūna to differ mukh'talifīna
And if your Lord had willed, He could have made mankind one community; but they will not cease to differ,
إِلَّا Except illā (on) whom man your Lord has bestowed Mercy raḥima your Lord has bestowed Mercy rabbuka and for that walidhālika He created them khalaqahum And will be fulfilled watammat (the) Word of your Lord kalimatu (the) Word of your Lord rabbika Surely I will fill la-amla-anna Hell jahannama with mina the Jinn l-jinati and the men wal-nāsi all together ajmaʿīna
Except whom your Lord has given mercy, and for that He created them. But the word of your Lord is to be fulfilled that, "I will surely fill Hell with jinn and men all together."
وَكُلًّۭا And each wakullan We relate naquṣṣu to you ʿalayka of min (the) news anbāi (of) the Messengers l-rusuli (for) that mā We may make firm nuthabbitu with it bihi your heart fuādaka And has come to you wajāaka in fī this hādhihi the truth l-ḥaqu and an admonition wamawʿiẓatun and a reminder wadhik'rā for the believers lil'mu'minīna
And each [story] We relate to you from the news of the messengers is that by which We make firm your heart. And there has come to you, in this, the truth and an instruction and a reminder for the believers.
وَقُل And say waqul to those who lilladhīna (do) not lā believe yu'minūna Work iʿ'malū (according) to ʿalā your position makānatikum indeed, we innā (are also) working ʿāmilūna
And say to those who do not believe, "Work according to your position; indeed, we are working.
وَٱنتَظِرُوٓا۟ And wait wa-intaẓirū indeed, we innā (are) ones who wait muntaẓirūna
And wait; indeed, we are waiting."
وَلِلَّهِ And for Allah walillahi (is the) unseen ghaybu (of) the heavens l-samāwāti and the earth wal-arḍi and to Him wa-ilayhi will be returned yur'jaʿu the matter l-amru all (of) it kulluhu so worship Him fa-uʿ'bud'hu and put your trust watawakkal upon Him ʿalayhi And your Lord is not wamā And your Lord is not rabbuka unaware bighāfilin of what ʿammā you do taʿmalūna
And to Allāh belong the unseen [aspects] of the heavens and the earth and to Him will be returned the matter, all of it, so worship Him and rely upon Him. And your Lord is not unaware of that which you do.
Yūsuf
Joseph
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يوسف
الٓر ۚ Alif Laam Ra alif-lam-ra These til'ka (are the) Verses āyātu (of) the Book l-kitābi [the] clear l-mubīni
Alif, Lām, Rā.1 These are the verses of the clear Book.
إِنَّآ Indeed, We innā We have sent it down anzalnāhu (as) a Quran in Arabic qur'ānan (as) a Quran in Arabic ʿarabiyyan so that you may laʿallakum understand taʿqilūna
Indeed, We have sent it down as an Arabic Qur’ān1 that you might understand.
نَحْنُ We naḥnu relate naquṣṣu to you ʿalayka the best aḥsana of the narrations l-qaṣaṣi in what bimā We have revealed awḥaynā to you ilayka (of) this hādhā the Quran l-qur'āna although wa-in you were kunta before it min before it qablihi surely among lamina the unaware l-ghāfilīna
We relate to you, [O Muḥammad], the best of stories in what We have revealed to you of this Qur’ān although you were, before it, among the unaware.
إِذْ When idh said qāla Yusuf yūsufu to his father li-abīhi O my father yāabati Indeed, I innī I saw ra-aytu eleven aḥada eleven ʿashara stars kawkaban and the sun wal-shamsa and the moon wal-qamara I saw them ra-aytuhum to me lī prostrating sājidīna
[Of these stories mention] when Joseph said to his father,1 "O my father, indeed I have seen [in a dream] eleven stars and the sun and the moon; I saw them prostrating to me."