ذَٰلِكَ That dhālika (is) from what mimmā (was) revealed awḥā to you ilayka (from) your Lord rabbuka of mina the wisdom l-ḥik'mati And (do) not walā make tajʿal with maʿa Allah l-lahi god ilāhan other ākhara lest you should be thrown fatul'qā in fī Hell jahannama blameworthy malūman abandoned madḥūran
That is from what your Lord has revealed to you, [O Muḥammad], of wisdom. And, [O mankind], do not make [as equal] with Allāh another deity, lest you be thrown into Hell, blamed and banished.
أَفَأَصْفَىٰكُمْ Then has your Lord chosen (for) you afa-aṣfākum Then has your Lord chosen (for) you rabbukum sons bil-banīna and He has taken wa-ittakhadha from mina the Angels l-malāikati daughters ināthan Indeed, you innakum surely say lataqūlūna a word qawlan grave ʿaẓīman
Then, has your Lord chosen you for [having] sons and taken [i.e., adopted] from among the angels daughters? Indeed, you say a grave saying.
وَلَقَدْ And verily walaqad We have explained ṣarrafnā in fī this hādhā the Quran l-qur'āni that they may take heed liyadhakkarū but not wamā it increases them yazīduhum except illā (in) aversion nufūran
And We have certainly diversified [the contents] in this Qur’ān that they [i.e., mankind] may be reminded, but it does not increase them [i.e., the disbelievers] except in aversion.
قُل Say qul If law (there) were kāna with Him maʿahu gods ālihatun as kamā they say yaqūlūna then idhan surely they (would) have sought la-ib'taghaw to ilā (the) Owner dhī (of) the Throne l-ʿarshi a way sabīlan
Say, [O Muḥammad], "If there had been with Him [other] gods, as they say, then they [each] would have sought to the Owner of the Throne a way."1
سُبْحَـٰنَهُۥ Glorified is He sub'ḥānahu and Exalted is He wataʿālā above what ʿammā they say yaqūlūna (by) height ʿuluwwan great kabīran
Exalted is He and high above what they say by great sublimity.
تُسَبِّحُ Glorify tusabbiḥu [to] Him lahu the seven heavens l-samāwātu the seven heavens l-sabʿu and the earth wal-arḍu and whatever waman (is) in them fīhinna And (there is) not wa-in any min thing shayin except illā glorifies yusabbiḥu His Praise biḥamdihi but walākin not lā you understand tafqahūna their glorification tasbīḥahum Indeed, He innahu is kāna Ever-Forbearing ḥalīman Oft-Forgiving ghafūran
The seven heavens and the earth and whatever is in them exalt Him. And there is not a thing except that it exalts [Allāh] by His praise, but you do not understand their [way of] exalting. Indeed, He is ever Forbearing1 and Forgiving.
وَإِذَا And when wa-idhā you recite qarata the Quran l-qur'āna We place jaʿalnā between you baynaka and between wabayna those who alladhīna (do) not lā believe yu'minūna in the Hereafter bil-ākhirati a barrier ḥijāban hidden mastūran
And when you recite the Qur’ān, We put between you and those who do not believe in the Hereafter a concealed partition.1
وَجَعَلْنَا And We have placed wajaʿalnā over ʿalā their hearts qulūbihim coverings akinnatan lest an they understand it yafqahūhu and in wafī their ears ādhānihim deafness waqran And when wa-idhā you mention dhakarta your Lord rabbaka in fī the Quran l-qur'āni Alone waḥdahu they turn wallaw on ʿalā their backs adbārihim (in) aversion nufūran
And We have placed over their hearts coverings, lest they understand it, and in their ears deafness. And when you mention your Lord alone in the Qur’ān, they turn back in aversion.
نَّحْنُ We naḥnu know best aʿlamu [of] what bimā they listen yastamiʿūna to [it] bihi when idh they listen yastamiʿūna to you ilayka and when wa-idh they hum (are) in private conversation najwā when idh say yaqūlu the wrongdoers l-ẓālimūna Not in you follow tattabiʿūna but illā a man rajulan bewitched masḥūran
We are most knowing of how they listen to it when they listen to you and [of] when they are in private conversation, when the wrongdoers say, "You follow not but a man affected by magic."
ٱنظُرْ See unẓur how kayfa they put forth ḍarabū for you laka the examples l-amthāla but they have gone astray faḍallū so not falā they can yastaṭīʿūna (find) a way sabīlan
Look how they strike for you comparisons;1 but they have strayed, so they cannot [find] a way.
وَقَالُوٓا۟ And they say waqālū Is it when a-idhā we are kunnā bones ʿiẓāman and crumbled particles warufātan will we a-innā surely (be) resurrected lamabʿūthūna (as) a creation khalqan new jadīdan
And they say, "When we are bones and crumbled particles, will we [truly] be resurrected as a new creation?"