مَا What is with you mā What is with you lakum How kayfa you judge taḥkumūna
What is [wrong] with you? How do you make judgement?
أَفَلَا Then will not afalā you pay heed tadhakkarūna
Then will you not be reminded?
أَمْ Or am (is) for you lakum an authority sul'ṭānun clear mubīnun
Or do you have a clear authority?1
فَأْتُوا۟ Then bring fatū your book bikitābikum if in you are kuntum truthful ṣādiqīna
Then produce your scripture, if you should be truthful.
وَجَعَلُوا۟ And they have made wajaʿalū between Him baynahu and between wabayna the jinn l-jinati a relationship nasaban but certainly walaqad know ʿalimati the jinn l-jinatu that they innahum (will) surely be brought lamuḥ'ḍarūna
And they have made [i.e., claimed] between Him and the jinn a lineage, but the jinn have already known that they [who made such claims] will be brought [to punishment].
سُبْحَـٰنَ Glory be sub'ḥāna (to) Allah l-lahi above what ʿammā they attribute yaṣifūna
Exalted is Allāh above what they describe,
إِلَّا Except illā (the) slaves ʿibāda (of) Allah l-lahi the chosen l-mukh'laṣīna
Except the chosen servants of Allāh [who do not share in that sin].
فَإِنَّكُمْ So indeed, you fa-innakum and what wamā you worship taʿbudūna
So indeed, you [disbelievers] and whatever you worship,
مَآ Not mā you antum from Him ʿalayhi can tempt away (anyone) bifātinīna
You cannot tempt [anyone] away from Him
إِلَّا Except illā who man he huwa (is) to burn ṣāli (in) the Hellfire l-jaḥīmi
Except he who is to [enter and] burn in the Hellfire.1
وَمَا And not wamā among us minnā except illā for him lahu (is) a position maqāmun known maʿlūmun
[The angels say],1 "There is not among us any except that he has a known position.2
وَإِنَّا And indeed, we wa-innā surely, [we] lanaḥnu stand in rows l-ṣāfūna
And indeed, we are those who line up [for prayer].
وَإِنَّا And indeed, we wa-innā surely, [we] lanaḥnu glorify (Allah) l-musabiḥūna
And indeed, we are those who exalt Allāh."
وَإِن And indeed wa-in they used to kānū say layaqūlūna
And indeed, they [i.e., the disbelievers] used to say,1
لَوْ If law that anna we had ʿindanā a reminder dhik'ran from mina the former (people) l-awalīna
"If we had a message from [those of] the former peoples,
لَكُنَّا Certainly, we (would) have been lakunnā slaves ʿibāda (of) Allah l-lahi the chosen l-mukh'laṣīna
We would have been the chosen servants of Allāh."
فَكَفَرُوا۟ But they disbelieved fakafarū in it bihi so soon fasawfa they will know yaʿlamūna
But they disbelieved in it,1 so they are going to know.
وَلَقَدْ And verily walaqad has preceded sabaqat Our Word kalimatunā for Our slaves liʿibādinā the Messengers l-mur'salīna
And Our word [i.e., decree] has already preceded for Our servants, the messengers,
إِنَّهُمْ Indeed they innahum surely they lahumu (would be) the victorious l-manṣūrūna
[That] indeed, they would be those given victory
وَإِنَّ And indeed wa-inna Our host jundanā surely, they lahumu (will be) those who overcome l-ghālibūna
And [that] indeed, Our soldiers [i.e., the believers] will be those who overcome.1
فَتَوَلَّ So turn away fatawalla from them ʿanhum until ḥattā a time ḥīnin
So, [O Muḥammad], leave them for a time.
وَأَبْصِرْهُمْ And see them wa-abṣir'hum so soon fasawfa they will see yub'ṣirūna
And see [what will befall] them, for they are going to see.
أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا Then is (it) for Our punishment afabiʿadhābinā they hasten yastaʿjilūna
Then for Our punishment are they impatient?
فَإِذَا But when fa-idhā it descends nazala in their territory bisāḥatihim then evil (will be) fasāa (the) morning ṣabāḥu (for) those who were warned l-mundharīna
But when it descends in their territory, then evil is the morning of those who were warned.
وَتَوَلَّ So turn away watawalla from them ʿanhum for ḥattā a time ḥīnin
And leave them for a time.
وَأَبْصِرْ And see wa-abṣir so soon fasawfa they will see yub'ṣirūna
And see, for they are going to see.
سُبْحَـٰنَ Glory sub'ḥāna (be to) your Lord rabbika (the) Lord rabbi (of) Honor l-ʿizati above what ʿammā they attribute yaṣifūna
Exalted is your Lord, the Lord of might, above what they describe.
وَسَلَـٰمٌ And peace be wasalāmun upon ʿalā the Messengers l-mur'salīna
And peace upon the messengers.
وَٱلْحَمْدُ And all praise wal-ḥamdu (be) to Allah lillahi (the) Lord rabbi (of) the worlds l-ʿālamīna
And praise to Allāh, Lord of the worlds.