وَأَلْقَىٰ And He has cast wa-alqā in fī the earth l-arḍi firm mountains rawāsiya lest an it should shake tamīda with you bikum and rivers wa-anhāran and roads wasubulan so that you may laʿallakum be guided tahtadūna
And He has cast into the earth firmly set mountains, lest it shift with you, and [made] rivers and roads, that you may be guided,
وَعَلَـٰمَـٰتٍۢ ۚ And landmarks waʿalāmātin And by the stars wabil-najmi they hum guide themselves yahtadūna
And landmarks. And by the stars they are [also] guided.1
أَفَمَن Then is He Who afaman creates yakhluqu like one who kaman (does) not lā create yakhluqu Then will you not afalā remember tadhakkarūna
Then is He who creates like one who does not create? So will you not be reminded?
وَإِن And if wa-in you should count taʿuddū the Favors of Allah niʿ'mata the Favors of Allah l-lahi not lā you could enumerate them tuḥ'ṣūhā Indeed inna Allah l-laha (is) Oft-Forgiving laghafūrun Most Merciful raḥīmun
And if you should count the favors of Allāh, you could not enumerate them. Indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.
وَٱللَّهُ And Allah wal-lahu knows yaʿlamu what mā you conceal tusirrūna and what wamā you reveal tuʿ'linūna
And Allāh knows what you conceal and what you declare.
وَٱلَّذِينَ And those whom wa-alladhīna they invoke yadʿūna besides min besides dūni Allah l-lahi not lā they create yakhluqūna anything shayan but (are) themselves wahum created yukh'laqūna
And those they invoke other than Allāh create nothing, and they [themselves] are created.
أَمْوَٰتٌ (They are) dead amwātun not alive ghayru not alive aḥyāin And not wamā they perceive yashʿurūna when ayyāna they will be resurrected yub'ʿathūna
They are [in fact] dead,1 not alive, and they do not perceive when they will be resurrected.
إِلَـٰهُكُمْ Your god ilāhukum (is) God ilāhun One wāḥidun But those who fa-alladhīna (do) not lā believe yu'minūna in the Hereafter bil-ākhirati their hearts qulūbuhum refuse munkiratun and they wahum (are) arrogant mus'takbirūna
Your god is one God. But those who do not believe in the Hereafter - their hearts are disapproving, and they are arrogant.
لَا No doubt lā No doubt jarama that anna Allah l-laha knows yaʿlamu what mā they conceal yusirrūna and what wamā they reveal yuʿ'linūna Indeed, He innahu (does) not lā love yuḥibbu the arrogant ones l-mus'takbirīna
Assuredly, Allāh knows what they conceal and what they declare. Indeed, He does not like the arrogant.
وَإِذَا And when wa-idhā it is said qīla to them lahum What mādhā has your Lord sent down anzala has your Lord sent down rabbukum They say qālū Tales asāṭīru (of) the ancient l-awalīna
And when it is said to them, "What has your Lord sent down?" they say, "Legends of the former peoples,"
لِيَحْمِلُوٓا۟ That they may bear liyaḥmilū their own burdens awzārahum (in) full kāmilatan on (the) Day yawma (of) the Resurrection l-qiyāmati and of wamin the burdens awzāri (of) those whom alladhīna they misled [them] yuḍillūnahum without bighayri knowledge ʿil'min Unquestionably alā evil sāa (is) what mā they will bear yazirūna
That they may bear their own burdens [i.e., sins] in full on the Day of Resurrection and some of the burdens of those whom they misguide without [i.e., by lack of] knowledge. Unquestionably, evil is that which they bear.
قَدْ Verily qad plotted makara those who alladhīna (were) before them min (were) before them qablihim but Allah came fa-atā but Allah came l-lahu (at) their building bun'yānahum from mina the foundations l-qawāʿidi so fell fakharra upon them ʿalayhimu the roof l-saqfu from min above them fawqihim and came to them wa-atāhumu the punishment l-ʿadhābu from min where ḥaythu they (did) not perceive lā they (did) not perceive yashʿurūna
Those before them had already plotted, but Allāh came at [i.e., uprooted] their building from the foundations, so the roof fell upon them from above them,1 and the punishment came to them from where they did not perceive.