وَلَقَدْ And verily walaqad We have placed jaʿalnā in fī the heavens l-samāi constellations burūjan and We have beautified it wazayyannāhā for the observers lilnnāẓirīna
And We have placed within the heaven great stars and have beautified it for the observers.
وَحَفِظْنَـٰهَا And We have protected it waḥafiẓ'nāhā from min every kulli devil shayṭānin accursed rajīmin
And We have protected it from every devil expelled [from the mercy of Allāh]
إِلَّا Except illā (one) who mani steals is'taraqa the hearing l-samʿa then follows him fa-atbaʿahu a burning flame shihābun clear mubīnun
Except one who steals a hearing and is pursued by a clear burning flame.
وَٱلْأَرْضَ And the earth wal-arḍa We have spread it madadnāhā and [We] cast wa-alqaynā therein fīhā firm mountains rawāsiya and [We] caused to grow wa-anbatnā therein fīhā of min every kulli thing shayin well-balanced mawzūnin
And the earth - We have spread it and cast therein firmly set mountains and caused to grow therein [something] of every well-balanced thing.
وَجَعَلْنَا And We have made wajaʿalnā for you lakum therein fīhā means of living maʿāyisha and whom waman you are not lastum for him lahu providers birāziqīna
And We have made for you therein means of living and [for] those for whom you are not providers.1
وَإِن And not wa-in (is) any min thing shayin but illā with Us ʿindanā (are) its treasures khazāinuhu and not wamā We send it down nunazziluhu except illā in a measure biqadarin known maʿlūmin
And there is not a thing but that with Us are its depositories, and We do not send it down except according to a known [i.e., specified] measure.
وَأَرْسَلْنَا And We have sent wa-arsalnā the winds l-riyāḥa fertilizing lawāqiḥa and We sent down fa-anzalnā from mina the sky l-samāi water māan and We gave it to you to drink fa-asqaynākumūhu And not wamā you antum of it lahu (are) retainers bikhāzinīna
And We have sent the fertilizing winds1 and sent down water from the sky and given you drink from it. And you are not its retainers.
وَإِنَّا And indeed, We wa-innā surely [We] lanaḥnu We give life nuḥ'yī and We cause death wanumītu and We wanaḥnu (are) the Inheritors l-wārithūna
And indeed, it is We who give life and cause death, and We are the Inheritor.1
وَلَقَدْ And verily walaqad We know ʿalim'nā the preceding ones l-mus'taqdimīna among you minkum and verily walaqad We know ʿalim'nā the later ones l-mus'takhirīna
And We have already known the preceding [generations] among you, and We have already known the later [ones to come].
وَإِنَّ And indeed wa-inna your Lord rabbaka He huwa will gather them yaḥshuruhum Indeed, He innahu (is) All-Wise ḥakīmun All-Knowing ʿalīmun
And indeed, your Lord will gather them; indeed, He is Wise and Knowing.
وَلَقَدْ And verily walaqad We created khalaqnā humankind l-insāna (out) of min sounding clay ṣalṣālin from min black mud ḥama-in altered masnūnin
And We did certainly create man out of clay from an altered black mud.
وَٱلْجَآنَّ And the jinn wal-jāna We created it khalaqnāhu before min before qablu from min fire nāri scorching l-samūmi
And the jinn We created before from scorching fire.
وَإِذْ And when wa-idh your Lord said qāla your Lord said rabbuka to the Angels lil'malāikati Indeed, I innī (will) create khāliqun a human being basharan (out) of min clay ṣalṣālin from min black mud ḥama-in altered masnūnin
And [mention, O Muḥammad], when your Lord said to the angels, "I will create a human being out of clay from an altered black mud.
فَإِذَا So, when fa-idhā I have fashioned him sawwaytuhu and [I] breathed wanafakhtu into him fīhi of min My spirit rūḥī then fall down faqaʿū to him lahu prostrating sājidīna
And when I have proportioned him and breathed into him of My [created] soul,1 then fall down to him in prostration."
فَسَجَدَ So prostrated fasajada the Angels l-malāikatu all of them kulluhum together ajmaʿūna
So the angels prostrated - all of them entirely,
إِلَّآ Except illā Iblis ib'līsa He refused abā to an be yakūna with maʿa those who prostrated l-sājidīna
Except Iblees;1 he refused to be with those who prostrated.