بَلْ Nay bal We (have) brought them ataynāhum the truth bil-ḥaqi but indeed, they wa-innahum surely, (are) liars lakādhibūna
Rather, We have brought them the truth, and indeed they are liars.
مَا Not mā Allah has taken ittakhadha Allah has taken l-lahu any min son waladin and not wamā is kāna with Him maʿahu any min god ilāhin Then idhan surely (would have) taken away ladhahaba each kullu god ilāhin what bimā he created khalaqa and surely would have overpowered walaʿalā some of them baʿḍuhum [on] ʿalā others baʿḍin Glory be sub'ḥāna (to) Allah l-lahi above what ʿammā they attribute yaṣifūna
Allāh has not taken any son, nor has there ever been with Him any deity. [If there had been], then each deity would have taken what it created, and some of them would have [sought to] overcome others. Exalted is Allāh above what they describe [concerning Him].
عَـٰلِمِ Knower ʿālimi (of) the unseen l-ghaybi and the witnessed wal-shahādati exalted is He fataʿālā above what ʿammā they associate yush'rikūna
[He is] Knower of the unseen and the witnessed, so high is He above what they associate [with Him].
قُل Say qul My Lord rabbi If immā You should show me turiyannī what mā they are promised yūʿadūna
Say, [O Muḥammad], "My Lord, if You should show me that which they are promised,
رَبِّ My Lord rabbi then (do) not falā place me tajʿalnī among fī the people l-qawmi the wrongdoers l-ẓālimīna
My Lord, then do not place me among the wrongdoing people."
وَإِنَّا And indeed We wa-innā on ʿalā that an We show you nuriyaka what mā We have promised them naʿiduhum surely able laqādirūna
And indeed, We are Able to show you what We have promised them.
ٱدْفَعْ Repel id'faʿ by that bi-allatī which hiya (is) best aḥsanu the evil l-sayi-ata We naḥnu know best aʿlamu of what bimā they attribute yaṣifūna
Repel, by [means of] what is best, [their] evil. We are most knowing of what they describe.
وَقُل And say waqul My Lord rabbi I seek refuge aʿūdhu in You bika from min (the) suggestions hamazāti (of) the evil ones l-shayāṭīni
And say, "My Lord, I seek refuge in You from the incitements of the devils,
وَأَعُوذُ And I seek refuge wa-aʿūdhu in You bika My Lord rabbi Lest an they be present with me yaḥḍurūni
And I seek refuge in You, my Lord, lest they be present with me."
حَتَّىٰٓ Until ḥattā when idhā comes jāa (to) one of them aḥadahumu the death l-mawtu he says qāla My Lord rabbi Send me back ir'jiʿūni
[For such is the state of the disbelievers] until, when death comes to one of them, he says, "My Lord, send me back
لَعَلِّىٓ That I may laʿallī do aʿmalu righteous (deeds) ṣāliḥan in what fīmā I left behind taraktu No kallā Indeed, it innahā (is) a word kalimatun he huwa speaks it qāiluhā and before them wamin and before them warāihim (is) a barrier barzakhun till ilā (the) Day yawmi they are resurrected yub'ʿathūna
That I might do righteousness in that which I left behind."1 No! It is only a word he is saying; and behind them is a barrier until the Day they are resurrected.
فَإِذَا So when fa-idhā is blown nufikha in fī the trumpet l-ṣūri then not falā (there) will be relationship ansāba among them baynahum that Day yawma-idhin and not walā will they ask each other yatasāalūna
So when the Horn is blown, no relationship will there be among them that Day, nor will they ask about one another.
فَمَن Then (the one) whose faman (are) heavy thaqulat his scales mawāzīnuhu then those fa-ulāika they humu (are) the successful l-muf'liḥūna
And those whose scales are heavy [with good deeds] - it is they who are the successful.
وَمَنْ But (the one) whose waman (are) light khaffat his scales mawāzīnuhu then those fa-ulāika they [who] alladhīna have lost khasirū their souls anfusahum in fī Hell jahannama they (will) abide forever khālidūna
But those whose scales are light - those are the ones who have lost their souls, [being] in Hell, abiding eternally.
تَلْفَحُ Will burn talfaḥu their faces wujūhahumu the Fire l-nāru and they wahum in it fīhā (will) grin with displaced lips kāliḥūna
The Fire will sear their faces, and they therein will have taut smiles.1