وَٱتَّقُوا۟ And fear wa-ittaqū the One Who alladhī created you khalaqakum and the generations wal-jibilata the former l-awalīna
And fear He who created you and the former creation."1
قَالُوٓا۟ They said qālū Only innamā you anta (are) of mina those bewitched l-musaḥarīna
They said, "You are only of those affected by magic.
وَمَآ And not wamā you anta (are) except illā a man basharun like us mith'lunā and indeed wa-in we think you naẓunnuka surely (are) of lamina the liars l-kādhibīna
You are but a man like ourselves, and indeed, we think you are among the liars.
فَأَسْقِطْ Then cause to fall fa-asqiṭ upon us ʿalaynā fragments kisafan of mina the sky l-samāi if in you are kunta of mina the truthful l-ṣādiqīna
So cause to fall upon us fragments of the sky, if you should be of the truthful."
قَالَ He said qāla My Lord rabbī knows best aʿlamu of what bimā you do taʿmalūna
He said, "My Lord is most knowing of what you do."
فَكَذَّبُوهُ But they denied him fakadhabūhu so seized them fa-akhadhahum (the) punishment ʿadhābu (of the) day yawmi (of) the shadow l-ẓulati Indeed, it innahu was kāna (the) punishment ʿadhāba (of) a Day yawmin Great ʿaẓīmin
And they denied him, so the punishment of the day of the black cloud seized them. Indeed, it was the punishment of a terrible day.
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.
وَإِنَّهُۥ And indeed, it wa-innahu surely, is a Revelation latanzīlu (of the) Lord rabbi (of) the worlds l-ʿālamīna
And indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is the revelation of the Lord of the worlds.
نَزَلَ Has brought it down nazala Has brought it down bihi the Spirit l-rūḥu [the] Trustworthy l-amīnu
The Trustworthy Spirit [i.e., Gabriel] has brought it down
عَلَىٰ Upon ʿalā your heart qalbika that you may be litakūna of mina the warners l-mundhirīna
Upon your heart, [O Muḥammad] - that you may be of the warners -
بِلِسَانٍ In language bilisānin Arabic ʿarabiyyin clear mubīnin
In a clear Arabic language.
وَإِنَّهُۥ And indeed, it wa-innahu surely, (is) in lafī (the) Scriptures zuburi (of) the former (people) l-awalīna
And indeed, it is [mentioned] in the scriptures of former peoples.
أَوَلَمْ Is it not awalam Is it not yakun to them lahum a sign āyatan that an know it yaʿlamahu (the) scholars ʿulamāu (of the) Children banī (of) Israel is'rāīla
And has it not been a sign to them that it is recognized by the scholars of the Children of Israel?
وَلَوْ And if walaw We (had) revealed it nazzalnāhu to ʿalā any baʿḍi (of) the non-Arabs l-aʿjamīna
And even if We had revealed it to one among the foreigners1
فَقَرَأَهُۥ And he (had) recited it faqara-ahu to them ʿalayhim not mā they would kānū in it bihi (be) believers mu'minīna
And he had recited it to them [perfectly],1 they would [still] not have been believers in it.
كَذَٰلِكَ Thus kadhālika We have inserted it salaknāhu into fī (the) hearts qulūbi (of) the criminals l-muj'rimīna
Thus have We inserted it [i.e., disbelief] into the hearts of the criminals.
لَا Not lā they will believe yu'minūna in it bihi until ḥattā they see yarawū the punishment l-ʿadhāba [the] painful l-alīma
They will not believe in it until they see the painful punishment.
فَيَأْتِيَهُم And it will come to them fayatiyahum suddenly baghtatan while they wahum (do) not lā perceive yashʿurūna
And it will come to them suddenly while they perceive [it] not.
فَيَقُولُوا۟ Then they will say fayaqūlū Are hal we naḥnu (to be) reprieved munẓarūna
And they will say, "May we be reprieved?"
أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا So is it for Our punishment afabiʿadhābinā they wish to hasten yastaʿjilūna
So for Our punishment are they impatient?
أَفَرَءَيْتَ Then have you seen afara-ayta if in We let them enjoy mattaʿnāhum (for) years sinīna
Then have you considered if We gave them enjoyment for years
ثُمَّ Then thumma comes to them jāahum what mā they were kānū promised yūʿadūna
And then there came to them that which they were promised?