وَمَآ And not wamā We sent arsalnā before you min before you qablika any min Messenger rasūlin but illā We reveal(ed) nūḥī to him ilayhi that [He] annahu (There is) no lā god ilāha except illā Me anā so worship Me fa-uʿ'budūni
And We sent not before you any messenger except We revealed to him that, "There is no deity except Me, so worship Me."
وَقَالُوا۟ And they say waqālū Has taken ittakhadha the Most Gracious l-raḥmānu a son waladan Glorified is He sub'ḥānahu Nay bal (they are) slaves ʿibādun honored muk'ramūna
And they say, "The Most Merciful has taken a son." Exalted is He! Rather, they1 are [but] honored servants.
لَا Not lā they (can) precede Him yasbiqūnahu in word bil-qawli and they wahum by His command bi-amrihi act yaʿmalūna
They cannot precede Him in word, and they act by His command.
يَعْلَمُ He knows yaʿlamu what mā (is) before them bayna (is) before them aydīhim and what wamā (is) behind them khalfahum and not walā they (can) intercede yashfaʿūna except illā for whom limani He approves ir'taḍā And they wahum from min fear of Him khashyatihi stand in awe mush'fiqūna
He knows what is [presently] before them and what will be after them,1 and they cannot intercede except on behalf of one whom He approves. And they, from fear of Him, are apprehensive.
۞ وَمَن And whoever waman says yaqul of them min'hum Indeed, I am innī a god ilāhun besides Him min besides Him dūnihi Then that fadhālika We will recompense najzīhi (with) Hell jahannama Thus kadhālika We recompense najzī the wrongdoers l-ẓālimīna
And whoever of them should say, "Indeed, I am a god besides Him" - that one We would recompense with Hell. Thus do We recompense the wrongdoers.
أَوَلَمْ Do not awalam see yara those who alladhīna disbelieved kafarū that anna the heavens l-samāwāti and the earth wal-arḍa were kānatā a joined entity ratqan then We parted them fafataqnāhumā and We made wajaʿalnā from mina [the] water l-māi every kulla living thing shayin living thing ḥayyin Then will not afalā they believe yu'minūna
Have those who disbelieved not considered that the heavens and the earth were a joined entity, and then We separated them and made from water every living thing? Then will they not believe?
وَجَعَلْنَا And We (have) placed wajaʿalnā in fī the earth l-arḍi firmly set mountains rawāsiya lest an it (should) shake tamīda with them bihim and We made wajaʿalnā therein fīhā broad passes fijājan (as) ways subulan so that they may laʿallahum (be) guided yahtadūna
And We placed within the earth firmly set mountains, lest it should shift with them, and We made therein [mountain] passes [as] roads that they might be guided.
وَجَعَلْنَا And We made wajaʿalnā the sky l-samāa a roof saqfan protected maḥfūẓan But they wahum from ʿan its Signs āyātihā turn away muʿ'riḍūna
And We made the sky a protected ceiling, but they, from its signs,1 are turning away.
وَهُوَ And He wahuwa (is) the One Who alladhī created khalaqa the night al-layla and the day wal-nahāra and the sun wal-shamsa and the moon wal-qamara each kullun in fī an orbit falakin floating yasbaḥūna
And it is He who created the night and the day and the sun and the moon; all [heavenly bodies] in an orbit are swimming.
وَمَا And not wamā We made jaʿalnā for any man libasharin before you min before you qablika [the] immortality l-khul'da so if afa-in you die mitta then (would) they fahumu live forever l-khālidūna
And We did not grant to any man before you eternity [on earth]; so if you die - would they be eternal?
كُلُّ Every kullu soul nafsin (will) taste dhāiqatu [the] death l-mawti And We test you wanablūkum with [the] bad bil-shari and [the] good wal-khayri (as) a trial fit'natan and to Us wa-ilaynā you will be returned tur'jaʿūna
Every soul will taste death. And We test you with evil and with good as trial; and to Us you will be returned.