ٱلْيَوْمَ This Day al-yawma will be recompensed tuj'zā every kullu soul nafsin for what bimā it earned kasabat No lā injustice ẓul'ma today l-yawma Indeed inna Allah l-laha (is) Swift sarīʿu (in) Account l-ḥisābi
This Day every soul will be recompensed for what it earned. No injustice today! Indeed, Allāh is swift in account.
وَأَنذِرْهُمْ And warn them wa-andhir'hum (of the) Day yawma the Approaching l-āzifati when idhi the hearts l-qulūbu (are) at ladā the throats l-ḥanājiri choked kāẓimīna Not mā for the wrongdoers lilẓẓālimīna any min intimate friend ḥamīmin and no walā intercessor shafīʿin (who) is obeyed yuṭāʿu
And warn them, [O Muḥammad], of the Approaching Day, when hearts are at the throats, filled [with distress]. For the wrongdoers there will be no devoted friend and no intercessor [who is] obeyed.
يَعْلَمُ He knows yaʿlamu (the) stealthy glance khāinata (the) stealthy glance l-aʿyuni and what wamā conceal tukh'fī the breasts l-ṣudūru
He knows that which deceives the eyes and what the breasts conceal.
وَٱللَّهُ And Allah wal-lahu judges yaqḍī in truth bil-ḥaqi while those (whom) wa-alladhīna they invoke yadʿūna besides Him min besides Him dūnihi not lā they judge yaqḍūna with anything bishayin Indeed inna Allah l-laha He huwa (is) the All-Hearer l-samīʿu the All-Seer l-baṣīru
And Allāh judges with truth, while those they invoke1 besides Him judge not with anything. Indeed, Allāh - He is the Hearing, the Seeing.
۞ أَوَلَمْ Do not awalam they travel yasīrū in fī the earth l-arḍi and see fayanẓurū how kayfa was kāna (the) end ʿāqibatu (of) those who alladhīna were kānū before them min before them qablihim They were kānū [they] hum superior ashadda to them min'hum (in) strength quwwatan and (in) impressions waāthāran in fī the land l-arḍi but Allah seized them fa-akhadhahumu but Allah seized them l-lahu for their sins bidhunūbihim and not wamā was kāna for them lahum against mina Allah l-lahi any min protector wāqin
Have they not traveled through the land and observed how was the end of those who were before them? They were greater than them in strength and in impression on the land, but Allāh seized them for their sins. And they had not from Allāh any protector.
ذَٰلِكَ That dhālika (was) because [they] bi-annahum used to come to them kānat used to come to them tatīhim their Messengers rusuluhum with clear proofs bil-bayināti but they disbelieved fakafarū So Allah seized them fa-akhadhahumu So Allah seized them l-lahu Indeed, He innahu (is) All-Strong qawiyyun severe shadīdu (in) punishment l-ʿiqābi
That was because their messengers were coming to them with clear proofs, but they disbelieved, so Allāh seized them. Indeed, He is Powerful and severe in punishment.
وَلَقَدْ And certainly walaqad We sent arsalnā Musa mūsā with Our Signs biāyātinā and an authority wasul'ṭānin clear mubīnin
And We did certainly send Moses with Our signs and a clear authority1
إِلَىٰ To ilā Firaun fir'ʿawna Haman wahāmāna and Qarun waqārūna but they said faqālū A magician sāḥirun a liar kadhābun
To Pharaoh, Hāmān and Qārūn, but they said, "[He is] a magician and a liar."
فَلَمَّا Then when falammā he brought to them jāahum the truth bil-ḥaqi from min Us ʿindinā they said qālū Kill uq'tulū (the) sons abnāa (of) those who alladhīna believe āmanū with him maʿahu and let live wa-is'taḥyū their women nisāahum And not wamā (is the) plot kaydu (of) the disbelievers l-kāfirīna but illā in fī error ḍalālin
And when he brought them the truth from Us, they said, "Kill the sons of those who have believed with him and keep their women alive." But the plan of the disbelievers is not except in error.