مَثَلُهُمْ Their example mathaluhum (is) like (the) example kamathali (of) the one who alladhī kindled is'tawqada a fire nāran then, when falammā it illuminated aḍāat what mā (was) around him ḥawlahu took away dhahaba Allah l-lahu their light binūrihim and left them watarakahum in fī darkness[es] ẓulumātin (so) not lā (do) they see yub'ṣirūna
Their example is that of one who kindled a fire, but when it illuminated what was around him, Allāh took away their light and left them in darkness [so] they could not see.
صُمٌّۢ Deaf ṣummun dumb buk'mun blind ʿum'yun so they fahum not lā [they] will not return yarjiʿūna
Deaf, dumb and blind - so they will not return [to the right path].
أَوْ Or aw like a rainstorm kaṣayyibin from mina the sky l-samāi in it (are) fīhi darkness[es] ẓulumātun and thunder waraʿdun and lightning wabarqun They put yajʿalūna their fingers aṣābiʿahum in fī their ears ādhānihim from mina the thunderclaps l-ṣawāʿiqi (in) fear (of) ḥadhara [the] death l-mawti And Allah wal-lahu (is) [the One Who] encompasses muḥīṭun the disbelievers bil-kāfirīna
Or [it is] like a rainstorm from the sky within which is darkness, thunder and lightning. They put their fingers in their ears against the thunderclaps in dread of death. But Allāh is encompassing1 of the disbelievers.
يَكَادُ Almost yakādu the lightning l-barqu snatches away yakhṭafu their sight abṣārahum Whenever kullamā it flashes aḍāa for them lahum they walk mashaw in it fīhi and when wa-idhā it darkens aẓlama on them ʿalayhim they stand (still) qāmū And if walaw had willed shāa Allah l-lahu He would certainly have taken away ladhahaba their hearing bisamʿihim and their sight wa-abṣārihim Indeed inna Allah l-laha (is) on ʿalā every kulli thing shayin All-Powerful qadīrun
The lightning almost snatches away their sight. Every time it lights [the way] for them, they walk therein; but when darkness comes over them, they stand [still]. And if Allāh had willed, He could have taken away their hearing and their sight. Indeed, Allāh is over all things competent.
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا O yāayyuhā mankind l-nāsu worship uʿ'budū your Lord rabbakumu the One Who alladhī created you khalaqakum and those wa-alladhīna from min before you qablikum so that you may laʿallakum become righteous tattaqūna
O mankind, worship your Lord, who created you and those before you, that you may become righteous -
ٱلَّذِى The One Who alladhī made jaʿala for you lakumu the earth l-arḍa a resting place firāshan and the sky wal-samāa a canopy bināan and sent down wa-anzala from mina the sky l-samāi water māan then brought forth fa-akhraja therewith bihi [of] mina the fruits l-thamarāti (as) provision riz'qan for you lakum So (do) not falā set up tajʿalū to Allah lillahi rivals andādan while you wa-antum [you] know taʿlamūna
[He] who made for you the earth a bed [spread out] and the sky a ceiling and sent down from the sky, rain and brought forth thereby fruits as provision for you. So do not attribute to Allāh equals while you know [that there is nothing similar to Him].
وَإِن And if wa-in you are kuntum in fī doubt raybin about what mimmā We have revealed nazzalnā to ʿalā Our slave ʿabdinā then produce fatū a chapter bisūratin [of] min like it mith'lihi and call wa-id'ʿū your witnesses shuhadāakum from min other than dūni Allah l-lahi if in you are kuntum truthful ṣādiqīna
And if you are in doubt about what We have sent down [i.e., the Qur’ān] upon Our Servant [i.e., Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ)], then produce a sūrah the like thereof and call upon your witnesses [i.e., supporters] other than Allāh, if you should be truthful.
فَإِن But if fa-in not lam you do tafʿalū and never walan will you do tafʿalū then fear fa-ittaqū the Fire l-nāra whose allatī [its] fuel waqūduhā (is) [the] men l-nāsu and [the] stones wal-ḥijāratu prepared uʿiddat for the disbelievers lil'kāfirīna
But if you do not - and you will never be able to - then fear the Fire, whose fuel is people and stones, prepared for the disbelievers.