إِلَّا Except illā a mercy raḥmatan from min your Lord rabbika Indeed inna His Bounty faḍlahu is kāna upon you ʿalayka great kabīran
Except [We have left it with you] as a mercy from your Lord. Indeed, His favor upon you has ever been great.
قُل Say qul If la-ini gathered ij'tamaʿati the mankind l-insu and the jinn wal-jinu to ʿalā [that] an bring yatū the like bimith'li (of) this hādhā Quran l-qur'āni not lā they (could) bring yatūna the like of it bimith'lihi even if walaw were kāna some of them baʿḍuhum to some others libaʿḍin assistants ẓahīran
Say, "If mankind and the jinn gathered in order to produce the like of this Qur’ān, they could not produce the like of it, even if they were to each other assistants."
وَلَقَدْ And verily walaqad We have explained ṣarrafnā to mankind lilnnāsi in fī this hādhā Quran l-qur'āni from min every kulli example mathalin but refused fa-abā most aktharu (of) the mankind l-nāsi except illā disbelief kufūran
And We have certainly diversified for the people in this Qur’ān from every [kind of] example, but most of the people refused except disbelief.
وَقَالُوا۟ And they say waqālū Never lan we will believe nu'mina in you laka until ḥattā you cause to gush forth tafjura for us lanā from mina the earth l-arḍi a spring yanbūʿan
And they say, "We will not believe you until you break open for us from the ground a spring
أَوْ Or aw you have takūna for you laka a garden jannatun of min date-palms nakhīlin and grapes waʿinabin and cause to gush forth fatufajjira the rivers l-anhāra within them khilālahā abundantly tafjīran
Or [until] you have a garden of palm trees and grapes and make rivers gush forth within them in force [and abundance]
أَوْ Or aw you cause to fall tus'qiṭa the sky l-samāa as kamā you have claimed zaʿamta upon us ʿalaynā (in) pieces kisafan or aw you bring tatiya Allah bil-lahi and the Angels wal-malāikati before (us) qabīlan
Or you make the heaven fall upon us in fragments as you have claimed or you bring Allāh and the angels before [us]
أَوْ Or aw is yakūna for you laka a house baytun of min ornament zukh'rufin or aw you ascend tarqā into fī the sky l-samāi And never walan we will believe nu'mina in your ascension liruqiyyika until ḥattā you bring down tunazzila to us ʿalaynā a book kitāban we could read it naqra-uhu Say qul Glorified (is) sub'ḥāna my Lord rabbī What hal am I kuntu but illā a human basharan a Messenger rasūlan
Or you have a house of ornament [i.e., gold] or you ascend into the sky. And [even then], we will not believe in your ascension until you bring down to us a book we may read." Say, "Exalted is my Lord! Was I ever but a human messenger?"
وَمَا And what wamā prevented manaʿa the people l-nāsa that an they believe yu'minū when idh came to them jāahumu the guidance l-hudā except illā that an they said qālū Has Allah sent abaʿatha Has Allah sent l-lahu a human basharan Messenger rasūlan
And what prevented the people from believing when guidance came to them except that they said, "Has Allāh sent a human messenger?"
قُل Say qul If law (there) were kāna in fī the earth l-arḍi Angels malāikatun walking yamshūna securely muṭ'ma-innīna surely We (would) have sent down lanazzalnā to them ʿalayhim from mina the heaven l-samāi an Angel malakan (as) a Messenger rasūlan
Say, "If there were upon the earth angels walking securely,1 We would have sent down to them from the heaven an angel [as a] messenger."
قُلْ Say qul Sufficient is kafā Allah bil-lahi (as) a witness shahīdan between me baynī and between you wabaynakum Indeed, He innahu is kāna of His slaves biʿibādihi All-Aware khabīran All-Seer baṣīran
Say, "Sufficient is Allāh as Witness between me and you. Indeed He is ever, concerning His servants, Aware and Seeing."