وَٱجْعَل And grant wa-ij'ʿal [for] me lī a mention lisāna (of) honor ṣid'qin among fī the later (generations) l-ākhirīna
And grant me a mention [i.e., reputation] of honor among later generations.
وَٱجْعَلْنِى And make me wa-ij'ʿalnī of min (the) inheritors warathati (of) Garden(s) jannati (of) Delight l-naʿīmi
And place me among the inheritors of the Garden of Pleasure.
وَٱغْفِرْ And forgive wa-igh'fir my father li-abī Indeed, he innahu is kāna of mina those astray l-ḍālīna
And forgive my father. Indeed, he has been of those astray.
وَلَا And (do) not walā disgrace me tukh'zinī (on the) Day yawma they are resurrected yub'ʿathūna
And do not disgrace me on the Day they are [all] resurrected -
يَوْمَ (The) Day yawma not lā will benefit yanfaʿu wealth mālun and not walā sons banūna
The Day when there will not benefit [anyone] wealth or children
إِلَّا Except illā (he) who man comes atā (to) Allah l-laha with a heart biqalbin sound salīmin
But only one who comes to Allāh with a sound heart."
وَأُزْلِفَتِ And (will be) brought near wa-uz'lifati the Paradise l-janatu for the righteous lil'muttaqīna
And Paradise will be brought near [that Day] to the righteous.
وَبُرِّزَتِ And (will be) made manifest waburrizati the Hellfire l-jaḥīmu to the deviators lil'ghāwīna
And Hellfire will be brought forth for the deviators,
وَقِيلَ And it will be said waqīla to them lahum Where ayna (is) that mā you used kuntum (to) worship taʿbudūna
And it will be said to them, "Where are those you used to worship
مِن Besides Allah min Besides Allah dūni Besides Allah l-lahi Can hal they help you yanṣurūnakum or aw help themselves yantaṣirūna
Other than Allāh? Can they help you or help themselves?"
فَكُبْكِبُوا۟ Then they will be overturned fakub'kibū into it fīhā they hum and the deviators wal-ghāwūna
So they will be overturned into it [i.e., Hellfire], they and the deviators
وَجُنُودُ And (the) hosts wajunūdu (of) Iblis ib'līsa all together ajmaʿūna
And the soldiers of Iblees, all together.
قَالُوا۟ They (will) say qālū while they wahum in it fīhā (are) disputing yakhtaṣimūna
They will say while they dispute therein,
تَٱللَّهِ By Allah tal-lahi indeed in we were kunnā surely in lafī error ḍalālin clear mubīnin
"By Allāh, we were indeed in manifest error
إِذْ When idh we equated you nusawwīkum with (the) Lord birabbi (of) the worlds l-ʿālamīna
When we equated you with the Lord of the worlds.
وَمَآ And not wamā misguided us aḍallanā except illā the criminals l-muj'rimūna
And no one misguided us except the criminals.
فَمَا So (now) not famā we have lanā any min intercessors shāfiʿīna
So now we have no intercessors
وَلَا And not walā a friend ṣadīqin close ḥamīmin
And not a devoted friend.
فَلَوْ Then if falaw that anna we had lanā a return karratan then we could be fanakūna of mina the believers l-mu'minīna
Then if we only had a return [to the world] and could be of the believers..."1
إِنَّ Indeed inna in fī that dhālika surely is a Sign laāyatan but not wamā are kāna most of them aktharuhum believers mu'minīna
Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.
وَإِنَّ And indeed wa-inna your Lord rabbaka surely He lahuwa (is) the All-Mighty l-ʿazīzu the Most Merciful l-raḥīmu
And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.
كَذَّبَتْ Denied kadhabat (the) people qawmu (of) Nuh nūḥin the Messengers l-mur'salīna
The people of Noah denied the messengers1
إِذْ When idh said qāla to them lahum their brother akhūhum Nuh nūḥun Will not alā you fear (Allah) tattaqūna
When their brother Noah said to them, "Will you not fear Allāh?
إِنِّى Indeed, I am innī to you lakum a Messenger rasūlun trustworthy amīnun
Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger.
فَٱتَّقُوا۟ So fear fa-ittaqū Allah l-laha and obey me wa-aṭīʿūni
So fear Allāh and obey me.
وَمَآ And not wamā I ask (of) you asalukum for it ʿalayhi any min payment ajrin Not in (is) my payment ajriya but illā from ʿalā (the) Lord rabbi (of) the worlds l-ʿālamīna
And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds.
فَٱتَّقُوا۟ So fear fa-ittaqū Allah l-laha and obey me wa-aṭīʿūni
So fear Allāh and obey me."
۞ قَالُوٓا۟ They said qālū Should we believe anu'minu in you laka while followed you wa-ittabaʿaka the lowest l-ardhalūna
They said, "Should we believe you while you are followed by the lowest [class of people]?"