ذَٰلِكَ That dhālika (is) because bi-anna Allah l-laha He huwa (is) the Truth l-ḥaqu And that He wa-annahu [He] gives life yuḥ'yī (to) the dead l-mawtā and that He wa-annahu (is) over ʿalā every kulli thing shayin All-Powerful qadīrun
That is because Allāh is the True Reality and because He gives life to the dead and because He is over all things competent
وَأَنَّ And that wa-anna the Hour l-sāʿata will come ātiyatun (there is) no lā doubt rayba about it fīhā and that wa-anna Allah l-laha will resurrect yabʿathu (those) who man (are) in fī the graves l-qubūri
And [that they may know] that the Hour is coming - no doubt about it - and that Allāh will resurrect those in the graves.
وَمِنَ And among wamina mankind l-nāsi (is he) who man disputes yujādilu concerning fī Allah l-lahi without bighayri any knowledge ʿil'min and not walā any guidance hudan and not walā a Book kitābin enlightening munīrin
And of the people is he who disputes about Allāh without knowledge or guidance or an enlightening book [from Him],
ثَانِىَ Twisting thāniya his neck ʿiṭ'fihi to mislead liyuḍilla from ʿan (the) way sabīli (of) Allah l-lahi For him lahu in fī the world l-dun'yā (is) disgrace khiz'yun and We will make him taste wanudhīquhu (on the) Day yawma (of) Resurrection l-qiyāmati (the) punishment ʿadhāba (of) the Burning Fire l-ḥarīqi
Twisting his neck [in arrogance] to mislead [people] from the way of Allāh. For him in the world is disgrace, and We will make him taste on the Day of Resurrection the punishment of the Burning Fire [while it is said],
ذَٰلِكَ That dhālika (is) for what bimā have sent forth qaddamat your hands yadāka and that wa-anna Allah l-laha is not laysa unjust biẓallāmin to His slaves lil'ʿabīdi
"That is for what your hands have put forth and because Allāh is not ever unjust to [His] servants."
وَمِنَ And among wamina the mankind l-nāsi (is he) who man worships yaʿbudu Allah l-laha on ʿalā an edge ḥarfin And if fa-in befalls him aṣābahu good khayrun he is content iṭ'ma-anna with it bihi and if wa-in befalls him aṣābathu a trial fit'natun he turns inqalaba on ʿalā his face wajhihi He has lost khasira the world l-dun'yā and the Hereafter wal-ākhirata That dhālika [it] huwa (is) the loss l-khus'rānu clear l-mubīnu
And of the people is he who worships Allāh on an edge.1 If he is touched by good, he is reassured by it; but if he is struck by trial, he turns on his face [to unbelief]. He has lost [this] world and the Hereafter. That is what is the manifest loss.
يَدْعُوا۟ He calls yadʿū besides min besides dūni Allah l-lahi what mā not lā harms him yaḍurruhu and what wamā not lā benefits him yanfaʿuhu That dhālika [it] huwa (is) the straying l-ḍalālu far away l-baʿīdu
He invokes instead of Allāh that which neither harms him nor benefits him. That is what is the extreme error.
يَدْعُوا۟ He calls yadʿū (one) who laman his harm ḍarruhu (is) closer aqrabu than min his benefit nafʿihi Surely, an evil labi'sa protector l-mawlā and surely an evil walabi'sa friend l-ʿashīru
He invokes one whose harm is closer than his benefit - how wretched the protector and how wretched the associate.
إِنَّ Indeed inna Allah l-laha will admit yud'khilu those who alladhīna believe āmanū and do waʿamilū the righteous deeds l-ṣāliḥāti (to) Gardens jannātin flow tajrī from min underneath it taḥtihā the rivers l-anhāru Indeed inna Allah l-laha does yafʿalu what mā He intends yurīdu
Indeed, Allāh will admit those who believe and do righteous deeds to gardens beneath which rivers flow. Indeed, Allāh does what He intends.
مَن Whoever man [is] kāna thinks yaẓunnu that an not lan Allah will help him yanṣurahu Allah will help him l-lahu in fī the world l-dun'yā and the Hereafter wal-ākhirati then let him extend falyamdud a rope bisababin to ilā the sky l-samāi then thumma let him cut off l'yaqṭaʿ then let him see falyanẓur whether hal will remove yudh'hibanna his plan kayduhu what mā enrages yaghīẓu
Whoever should think that Allāh will not support him [i.e., Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ)] in this world and the Hereafter - let him extend a rope to the ceiling, then cut off [his breath],1 and let him see: will his effort remove that which enrages [him]?