وَٱتَّخَذُوا۟ Yet they have taken wa-ittakhadhū besides Him min besides Him dūnihi gods ālihatan not lā they create yakhluqūna anything shayan while they wahum are created yukh'laqūna and not walā they possess yamlikūna for themselves li-anfusihim any harm ḍarran and not walā any benefit nafʿan and not walā they control yamlikūna death mawtan and not walā life ḥayatan and not walā resurrection nushūran
But they have taken besides Him gods which create nothing, while they are created, and possess not for themselves any harm or benefit and possess not [power to cause] death or life or resurrection.
وَقَالَ And say waqāla those who alladhīna disbelieve kafarū Not in this hādhā (is) but illā a lie if'kun he invented it if'tarāhu and helped him wa-aʿānahu at it ʿalayhi people qawmun other ākharūna But verily faqad they (have) produced jāū an injustice ẓul'man and a lie wazūran
And those who disbelieve say, "This [Qur’ān] is not except a falsehood he invented, and another people assisted him in it." But they have committed an injustice and a lie.
وَقَالُوٓا۟ And they say waqālū Tales asāṭīru (of) the former people l-awalīna which he has had written ik'tatabahā and they fahiya are dictated tum'lā to him ʿalayhi morning buk'ratan and evening wa-aṣīlan
And they say, "Legends of the former peoples which he has written down, and they are dictated to him morning and afternoon."
قُلْ Say qul Has sent it down anzalahu the One Who alladhī knows yaʿlamu the secret l-sira in fī the heavens l-samāwāti and the earth wal-arḍi Indeed, He innahu is kāna Oft-Forgiving ghafūran Most Merciful raḥīman
Say, [O Muḥammad], "It has been revealed by He who knows [every] secret within the heavens and the earth. Indeed, He is ever Forgiving and Merciful."
وَقَالُوا۟ And they say waqālū Why does māli this hādhā Messenger l-rasūli eat yakulu [the] food l-ṭaʿāma and walk wayamshī in fī the markets l-aswāqi Why not lawlā is sent down unzila to him ilayhi an Angel malakun then he be fayakūna with him maʿahu a warner nadhīran
And they say, "What is this messenger that eats food and walks in the markets? Why was there not sent down to him an angel so he would be with him a warner?
أَوْ Or aw is delivered yul'qā to him ilayhi a treasure kanzun or aw is takūnu for him lahu a garden jannatun he may eat yakulu from it min'hā And say waqāla the wrongdoers l-ẓālimūna Not in you follow tattabiʿūna but illā a man rajulan bewitched masḥūran
Or [why is not] a treasure presented to him [from heaven], or does he [not] have a garden from which he eats?" And the wrongdoers say, "You follow not but a man affected by magic."
ٱنظُرْ See unẓur how kayfa they set forth ḍarabū for you laka the similitudes l-amthāla but they have gone astray faḍallū so not falā they are able (to find) yastaṭīʿūna a way sabīlan
Look how they strike for you comparisons;1 but they have strayed, so they cannot [find] a way.
تَبَارَكَ Blessed is He tabāraka Who alladhī if in He willed shāa (could have) made jaʿala for you laka better khayran than min that dhālika gardens jannātin flow tajrī from min underneath it taḥtihā the rivers l-anhāru and He (could) make wayajʿal for you laka palaces quṣūran
Blessed is He who, if He willed, could have made for you [something] better than that - gardens beneath which rivers flow - and could make for you palaces.
بَلْ Nay bal they deny kadhabū the Hour bil-sāʿati and We have prepared wa-aʿtadnā for (those) who liman deny kadhaba the Hour bil-sāʿati a Blazing Fire saʿīran
But they have denied the Hour, and We have prepared for those who deny the Hour a Blaze.