مَا Not mā can precede tasbiqu any min nation ummatin its term ajalahā and not wamā they (can) delay (it) yastakhirūna
No nation will precede its time [of termination], nor will they remain [thereafter].
ثُمَّ Then thumma We sent arsalnā Our Messengers rusulanā (in) succession tatrā Every time kulla Every time mā came jāa (to) a nation ummatan its Messenger rasūluhā they denied him kadhabūhu so We made (them) follow fa-atbaʿnā some of them baʿḍahum others baʿḍan and We made them wajaʿalnāhum narrations aḥādītha So away fabuʿ'dan with a people liqawmin not lā they believe yu'minūna
Then We sent Our messengers in succession. Every time there came to a nation its messenger, they denied him, so We made them follow one another [to destruction], and We made them narrations.1 So away with a people who do not believe.
ثُمَّ Then thumma We sent arsalnā Musa mūsā and his brother wa-akhāhu Harun hārūna with Our Signs biāyātinā and an authority wasul'ṭānin clear mubīnin
Then We sent Moses and his brother Aaron with Our signs and a clear authority1
إِلَىٰ To ilā Firaun fir'ʿawna and his chiefs wamala-ihi but they behaved arrogantly fa-is'takbarū and they were wakānū a people qawman haughty ʿālīna
To Pharaoh and his establishment, but they were arrogant and were a haughty people.
فَقَالُوٓا۟ Then they said faqālū Shall we believe anu'minu (in) two men libasharayni like ourselves mith'linā while their people waqawmuhumā for us lanā (are) slaves ʿābidūna
They said, "Should we believe two men like ourselves while their people are for us in servitude?"
فَكَذَّبُوهُمَا So they denied them fakadhabūhumā and they became fakānū of mina those who were destroyed l-muh'lakīna
So they denied them and were of those destroyed.
وَلَقَدْ And verily walaqad We gave ātaynā Musa mūsā the Scripture l-kitāba so that they may laʿallahum be guided yahtadūna
And We certainly gave Moses the Scripture that perhaps they1 would be guided.
وَجَعَلْنَا And We made wajaʿalnā (the) son ib'na (of) Maryam maryama and his mother wa-ummahu a Sign āyatan and We sheltered them waāwaynāhumā to ilā a high ground rabwatin of tranquility dhāti of tranquility qarārin and water springs wamaʿīnin
And We made the son of Mary and his mother a sign and sheltered them within a high ground having level [areas] and flowing water.
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا O Messengers yāayyuhā O Messengers l-rusulu Eat kulū of mina the good things l-ṭayibāti and do wa-iʿ'malū righteous (deeds) ṣāliḥan Indeed, I Am innī of what bimā you do taʿmalūna All-Knower ʿalīmun
[Allāh said], "O messengers, eat from the good foods and work righteousness. Indeed I, of what you do, am Knowing.
وَإِنَّ And indeed wa-inna this hādhihi your religion ummatukum (is) religion ummatan one wāḥidatan And I Am wa-anā your Lord rabbukum so fear Me fa-ittaqūni
And indeed this, your religion, is one religion,1 and I am your Lord, so fear Me."
فَتَقَطَّعُوٓا۟ But they cut off fataqaṭṭaʿū their affair (of unity) amrahum between them baynahum (into) sects zuburan each kullu faction ḥiz'bin in what bimā they have ladayhim rejoicing fariḥūna
But they [i.e., the people] divided their religion among them into portions [i.e., sects] - each faction, in what it has,1 rejoicing.
فَذَرْهُمْ So leave them fadharhum in fī their confusion ghamratihim until ḥattā a time ḥīnin
So leave them in their confusion for a time.
أَيَحْسَبُونَ Do they think ayaḥsabūna that what annamā We extend to them numidduhum [with it] bihi of min wealth mālin and children wabanīna
Do they think that what We extend to them of wealth and children
نُسَارِعُ We hasten nusāriʿu to them lahum in fī the good l-khayrāti Nay bal not lā they perceive yashʿurūna
Is [because] We hasten for them good things? Rather, they do not perceive.1
إِنَّ Indeed inna those who alladhīna [they] hum from min (the) fear khashyati (of) their Lord rabbihim (are) cautious mush'fiqūna
Indeed, they who are apprehensive from fear of their Lord
وَٱلَّذِينَ And those wa-alladhīna [they] hum in (the) Signs biāyāti (of) their Lord rabbihim believe yu'minūna
And they who believe in the signs of their Lord
وَٱلَّذِينَ And those wa-alladhīna [they] hum with their Lord birabbihim (do) not lā associate partners yush'rikūna
And they who do not associate anything with their Lord