وَإِذَا And when wa-idhā they see you raāka those who alladhīna disbelieve kafarū not in they take you yattakhidhūnaka except illā (in) ridicule huzuwan Is this ahādhā the one who alladhī mentions yadhkuru your gods ālihatakum And they wahum at (the) mention bidhik'ri (of) the Most Gracious l-raḥmāni [they] hum (are) disbelievers kāfirūna
And when those who disbelieve see you, [O Muḥammad], they take you not except in ridicule, [saying], "Is this the one who mentions [i.e., insults] your gods?" And they are, at the mention of the Most Merciful, disbelievers.
خُلِقَ Is created khuliqa the man l-insānu of min haste ʿajalin I will show you sa-urīkum My Signs āyātī so (do) not falā ask Me to hasten tastaʿjilūni
Man was created of haste [i.e., impatience]. I will show you My signs [i.e., vengeance], so do not impatiently urge Me.
وَيَقُولُونَ And they say wayaqūlūna When (will be fulfilled) matā this hādhā promise l-waʿdu if in you are kuntum truthful ṣādiqīna
And they say, "When is this promise, if you should be truthful?"
لَوْ If law knew yaʿlamu those who alladhīna disbelieved kafarū (the) time ḥīna (when) not lā they will avert yakuffūna from ʿan their faces wujūhihimu the Fire l-nāra and not walā from ʿan their backs ẓuhūrihim and not walā they hum will be helped yunṣarūna
If those who disbelieved but knew the time when they will not avert the Fire from their faces or from their backs and they will not be aided...1
بَلْ Nay bal it will come to them tatīhim unexpectedly baghtatan and bewilder them fatabhatuhum then not falā they will be able yastaṭīʿūna to repel it raddahā and not walā they hum will be given respite yunẓarūna
Rather, it will come to them unexpectedly and bewilder them, and they will not be able to repel it, nor will they be reprieved.
وَلَقَدِ And verily walaqadi were mocked us'tuh'zi-a Messengers birusulin before you min before you qablika then surrounded faḥāqa those who bi-alladhīna mocked sakhirū from them min'hum what mā they used kānū at it bihi (to) mock yastahziūna
And already were messengers ridiculed before you, but those who mocked them were enveloped by what they used to ridicule.
قُلْ Say qul Who man (can) protect you yakla-ukum in the night bi-al-layli and the day wal-nahāri from mina the Most Gracious l-raḥmāni Yet bal they hum from ʿan (the) remembrance dhik'ri (of) their Lord rabbihim turn away muʿ'riḍūna
Say, "Who can protect you at night or by day from the Most Merciful?" But they are, from the remembrance of their Lord, turning away.
أَمْ Or am have they lahum gods ālihatun (to) defend them tamnaʿuhum from min Us dūninā Not lā they are able yastaṭīʿūna (to) help naṣra themselves anfusihim and not walā they hum from Us minnā can be protected yuṣ'ḥabūna
Or do they have gods to defend them other than Us? They are unable [even] to help themselves, nor can they be protected from Us.
بَلْ Nay bal We gave provision mattaʿnā (to) these hāulāi and their fathers waābāahum until ḥattā grew long ṭāla for them ʿalayhimu the life l-ʿumuru Then do not afalā they see yarawna that We annā We come natī (to) the land l-arḍa We reduce it nanquṣuhā from min its borders aṭrāfihā So is (it) they afahumu (who will be) overcoming l-ghālibūna
But, [on the contrary], We have provided good things for these [disbelievers] and their fathers until life was prolonged for them. Then do they not see that We set upon the land, reducing it from its borders?1 Is it they who will overcome?