عَسَىٰ (It) may be ʿasā that your Lord rabbukum that your Lord an (may) have mercy upon you yarḥamakum But if wa-in you return ʿudttum We will return ʿud'nā And We have made wajaʿalnā Hell jahannama for the disbelievers lil'kāfirīna a prison-bed ḥaṣīran
[Then Allāh said], "It is expected, [if you repent], that your Lord will have mercy upon you. But if you return [to sin], We will return [to punishment]. And We have made Hell, for the disbelievers, a prison-bed."
إِنَّ Indeed inna this hādhā the Quran l-qur'āna guides yahdī to that lillatī which hiya (is) most straight aqwamu and gives glad tidings wayubashiru to the believers l-mu'minīna those who alladhīna do yaʿmalūna the righteous deeds l-ṣāliḥāti that anna for them lahum (is) a reward ajran great kabīran
Indeed, this Qur’ān guides to that which is most suitable and gives good tidings to the believers who do righteous deeds that they will have a great reward
وَأَنَّ And that wa-anna those who alladhīna (do) not lā believe yu'minūna in the Hereafter bil-ākhirati We have prepared aʿtadnā for them lahum a punishment ʿadhāban painful alīman
And that those who do not believe in the Hereafter - We have prepared for them a painful punishment.
وَيَدْعُ And prays wayadʿu the man l-insānu for evil bil-shari (as) he prays duʿāahu for the good bil-khayri And is wakāna the man l-insānu ever hasty ʿajūlan
And man supplicates for evil [when angry] as he supplicates for good, and man is ever hasty.1
وَجَعَلْنَا And We have made wajaʿalnā the night al-layla and the day wal-nahāra (as) two signs āyatayni Then We erased famaḥawnā (the) sign āyata (of) the night al-layli and We made wajaʿalnā (the) sign āyata (of) the day l-nahāri visible mub'ṣiratan that you may seek litabtaghū bounty faḍlan from min your Lord rabbikum and that you may know walitaʿlamū (the) number ʿadada (of) the years l-sinīna and the account wal-ḥisāba And every wakulla thing shayin We have explained it faṣṣalnāhu (in) detail tafṣīlan
And We have made the night and day two signs, and We erased the sign of the night and made the sign of the day visible1 that you may seek bounty from your Lord and may know the number of years and the account [of time]. And everything We have set out in detail.
وَكُلَّ And (for) every wakulla man insānin We have fastened to him alzamnāhu his fate ṭāirahu in fī his neck ʿunuqihi and We will bring forth wanukh'riju for him lahu (on the) Day yawma (of) the Resurrection l-qiyāmati a record kitāban which he will find yalqāhu wide open manshūran
And [for] every person We have imposed his fate upon his neck,1 and We will produce for him on the Day of Resurrection a record which he will encounter spread open.
ٱقْرَأْ Read iq'ra your record kitābaka Sufficient kafā (is) yourself binafsika today l-yawma against you ʿalayka (as) accountant ḥasīban
[It will be said], "Read your record. Sufficient is yourself against you this Day as accountant."
مَّنِ Whoever mani (is) guided ih'tadā then only fa-innamā he is guided yahtadī for his soul linafsihi And whoever waman goes astray ḍalla then only fa-innamā he goes astray yaḍillu against it ʿalayhā And not walā will bear taziru a bearer of burden wāziratun burden wiz'ra (of) another ukh'rā And not wamā We kunnā are to punish muʿadhibīna until ḥattā We have sent nabʿatha a Messenger rasūlan
Whoever is guided is only guided for [the benefit of] his soul. And whoever errs only errs against it. And no bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another. And never would We punish until We sent a messenger.
وَإِذَآ And when wa-idhā We intend aradnā that an We destroy nuh'lika a town qaryatan We order amarnā its wealthy people mut'rafīhā but they defiantly disobey fafasaqū therein fīhā so (is) proved true faḥaqqa against it ʿalayhā the word l-qawlu and We destroy it fadammarnāhā (with) destruction tadmīran
And when We intend to destroy a city, We command its affluent1 but they defiantly disobey therein; so the word [i.e., deserved decree] comes into effect upon it, and We destroy it with [complete] destruction.
وَكَمْ And how many wakam We destroyed ahlaknā from mina the generations l-qurūni after min after baʿdi Nuh nūḥin And sufficient wakafā (is) your Lord birabbika concerning the sins bidhunūbi (of) His servants ʿibādihi All-Aware khabīran All-Seer baṣīran
And how many have We destroyed from the generations after Noah. And sufficient is your Lord, concerning the sins of His servants, as Aware and Seeing.