وَلَا And not walā they come to you yatūnaka with an example bimathalin but illā We bring you ji'nāka the truth bil-ḥaqi and (the) best wa-aḥsana explanation tafsīran
And they do not come to you with an example [i.e., argument] except that We bring you the truth and the best explanation.
ٱلَّذِينَ Those who alladhīna will be gathered yuḥ'sharūna on ʿalā their faces wujūhihim to ilā Hell jahannama those ulāika (are the) worst sharrun (in) position makānan and most astray wa-aḍallu (from the) way sabīlan
The ones who are gathered on their faces to Hell - those are the worst in position and farthest astray in [their] way.
وَلَقَدْ And verily walaqad We gave ātaynā Musa mūsā the Scripture l-kitāba and We appointed wajaʿalnā with him maʿahu his brother akhāhu Harun hārūna (as) an assistant wazīran
And We had certainly given Moses the Scripture and appointed with him his brother Aaron as an assistant.
فَقُلْنَا Then We said faqul'nā Go both of you idh'habā to ilā the people l-qawmi those who alladhīna have denied kadhabū Our Signs biāyātinā Then We destroyed them fadammarnāhum (with) destruction tadmīran
And We said, "Go both of you to the people who have denied Our signs." Then We destroyed them with [complete] destruction.
وَقَوْمَ And (the) people waqawma (of) Nuh nūḥin when lammā they denied kadhabū the Messengers l-rusula We drowned them aghraqnāhum and We made them wajaʿalnāhum for mankind lilnnāsi a sign āyatan And We have prepared wa-aʿtadnā for the wrongdoers lilẓẓālimīna a punishment ʿadhāban painful alīman
And the people of Noah - when they denied the messengers,1 We drowned them, and We made them for mankind a sign. And We have prepared for the wrongdoers a painful punishment.
وَعَادًۭا And Ad waʿādan and Thamud wathamūdā and (the) dwellers wa-aṣḥāba (of) Ar-rass l-rasi and generations waqurūnan between bayna that dhālika many kathīran
And [We destroyed] ʿAad and Thamūd and the companions of the well1 and many generations between them.
وَكُلًّۭا And each wakullan We have set forth ḍarabnā for him lahu the examples l-amthāla and each wakullan We destroyed tabbarnā (with) destruction tatbīran
And for each We presented examples [as warnings], and each We destroyed with [total] destruction.
وَلَقَدْ And verily walaqad they have come ataw upon ʿalā the town l-qaryati which allatī was showered um'ṭirat (with) a rain maṭara (of) evil l-sawi Then do not afalam they [were] yakūnū see it yarawnahā Nay bal they are kānū not lā expecting yarjūna Resurrection nushūran
And they have already come upon the town which was showered with a rain of evil [i.e., stones]. So have they not seen it? But they are not expecting resurrection.1
وَإِذَا And when wa-idhā they see you ra-awka not in they take you yattakhidhūnaka except illā (in) mockery huzuwan Is this ahādhā the one whom alladhī Allah has sent baʿatha Allah has sent l-lahu (as) a Messenger rasūlan
And when they see you, [O Muḥammad], they take you not except in ridicule, [saying], "Is this the one whom Allāh has sent as a messenger?
إِن He would have almost in He would have almost kāda [surely] misled us layuḍillunā from ʿan our gods ālihatinā if not lawlā that an we had been steadfast ṣabarnā to them ʿalayhā And soon wasawfa will know yaʿlamūna when ḥīna they will see yarawna the punishment l-ʿadhāba who man (is) more astray aḍallu (from the) way sabīlan
He almost would have misled us from our gods had we not been steadfast in [worship of] them." But they are going to know, when they see the punishment, who is farthest astray in [his] way.
أَرَءَيْتَ Have you seen ara-ayta (one) who mani takes ittakhadha (as) his god ilāhahu his own desire hawāhu Then would you afa-anta be takūnu over him ʿalayhi a guardian wakīlan
Have you seen the one who takes as his god his own desire? Then would you be responsible for him?