أَمْ Or am do you think taḥsabu that anna most of them aktharahum hear yasmaʿūna or aw understand yaʿqilūna Not in they hum (are) except illā like cattle kal-anʿāmi Nay bal they hum (are) more astray aḍallu (from the) way sabīlan
Or do you think that most of them hear or reason? They are not except like livestock.1 Rather, they are [even] more astray in [their] way.
أَلَمْ Do you not alam see tara [to] ilā your Lord rabbika how kayfa He extends madda the shadow l-ẓila And if walaw He willed shāa surely He (could) have made it lajaʿalahu stationary sākinan Then thumma We made jaʿalnā the sun l-shamsa for it ʿalayhi an indication dalīlan
Have you not considered your Lord - how He extends the shadow, and if He willed, He could have made it stationary? Then We made the sun for it an indication.1
ثُمَّ Then thumma We withdraw it qabaḍnāhu to Us ilaynā a withdrawal qabḍan gradual yasīran
Then We [retract and] hold it with Us for a brief grasp.1
وَهُوَ And He wahuwa (is) the One Who alladhī made jaʿala for you lakumu the night al-layla (as) a covering libāsan and the sleep wal-nawma a rest subātan and made wajaʿala the day l-nahāra a resurrection nushūran
And it is He who has made the night for you as clothing1 and sleep [a means for] rest and has made the day a resurrection.2
وَهُوَ And He wahuwa (is) the One Who alladhī sends arsala the winds l-riyāḥa (as) glad tidings bush'ran before bayna before yaday His Mercy raḥmatihi and We send down wa-anzalnā from mina the sky l-samāi water māan pure ṭahūran
And it is He who sends the winds as good tidings before His mercy [i.e., rainfall], and We send down from the sky pure water
لِّنُحْـِۧىَ That We may give life linuḥ'yiya thereby bihi (to) a land baldatan dead maytan and We give drink wanus'qiyahu thereof mimmā (to those) We created khalaqnā cattle anʿāman and men wa-anāsiyya many kathīran
That We may bring to life thereby a dead land and give it as drink to those We created of numerous livestock and men.
وَلَقَدْ And verily walaqad We have distributed it ṣarrafnāhu among them baynahum that they may remember liyadhakkarū but refuse fa-abā most aktharu (of) the people l-nāsi except illā disbelief kufūran
And We have certainly distributed it among them that they might be reminded,1 but most of the people refuse except disbelief.
وَلَوْ And if walaw We willed shi'nā surely, We (would) have raised labaʿathnā in fī every kulli town qaryatin a warner nadhīran
And if We had willed, We could have sent into every city a warner.1
فَلَا So (do) not falā obey tuṭiʿi the disbelievers l-kāfirīna and strive (against) them wajāhid'hum with it bihi a striving jihādan great kabīran
So do not obey the disbelievers, and strive against them with it [i.e., the Qur’ān] a great striving.
۞ وَهُوَ And He wahuwa (is) the One Who alladhī (has) released maraja the two seas l-baḥrayni [this] (one) hādhā palatable ʿadhbun and sweet furātun and [this] (one) wahādhā salty mil'ḥun (and) bitter ujājun and He has made wajaʿala between them baynahumā a barrier barzakhan and a partition waḥij'ran forbidden maḥjūran
And it is He who has released [simultaneously] the two seas [i.e., bodies of water], one fresh and sweet and one salty and bitter, and He placed between them a barrier and prohibiting partition.
وَهُوَ And He wahuwa (is) the One Who alladhī has created khalaqa from mina the water l-māi human being basharan and has made (for) him fajaʿalahu blood relationship nasaban and marriage relationship waṣih'ran And is wakāna your Lord rabbuka All-Powerful qadīran
And it is He who has created from water [i.e., semen] a human being and made him [a relative by] lineage and marriage. And ever is your Lord competent [concerning creation].
وَيَعْبُدُونَ But they worship wayaʿbudūna besides Allah min besides Allah dūni besides Allah l-lahi what mā not profits them lā not profits them yanfaʿuhum and not walā harms them yaḍurruhum and is wakāna the disbeliever l-kāfiru against ʿalā his Lord rabbihi a helper ẓahīran
But they worship rather than Allāh that which does not benefit them or harm them, and the disbeliever is ever, against his Lord, an assistant [to Satan].