هُوَ He huwa (is) the One Who alladhī created you khalaqakum from min dust turābin then thumma from min a semen-drop nuṭ'fatin then thumma from min a clinging substance ʿalaqatin then thumma He brings you out yukh'rijukum (as) a child ṭif'lan then thumma lets you reach litablughū your maturity ashuddakum then thumma lets you become litakūnū old shuyūkhan and among you waminkum (is he) who man dies yutawaffā before min before qablu and lets you reach walitablughū a term ajalan specified musamman and that you may walaʿallakum use reason taʿqilūna
It is He who created you from dust, then from a sperm-drop, then from a clinging clot; then He brings you out as a child; then [He develops you] that you reach your [time of] maturity, then [further] that you become elders. And among you is he who is taken in death before [that], so that you reach a specified term;1 and perhaps you will use reason.
هُوَ He huwa (is) the One Who alladhī gives life yuḥ'yī and causes death wayumītu And when fa-idhā He decrees qaḍā a matter amran then only fa-innamā He says yaqūlu to it lahu Be kun and it is fayakūnu
He it is who gives life and causes death; and when He decrees a matter, He but says to it, "Be," and it is.
أَلَمْ Do not alam you see tara [to] ilā those who alladhīna dispute yujādilūna concerning fī (the) Signs āyāti (of) Allah l-lahi How annā they are turned away yuṣ'rafūna
Do you not consider those who dispute concerning the signs of Allāh - how are they averted?
ٱلَّذِينَ Those who alladhīna deny kadhabū the Book bil-kitābi and with what wabimā We sent arsalnā with it bihi Our Messengers rusulanā but soon fasawfa they will know yaʿlamūna
Those who deny the Book [i.e., the Qur’ān] and that with which We sent Our messengers - they are going to know,
إِذِ When idhi the iron collars l-aghlālu (will be) around fī their necks aʿnāqihim and the chains wal-salāsilu they will be dragged yus'ḥabūna
When the shackles are around their necks and the chains; they will be dragged
فِى In fī the boiling water l-ḥamīmi then thumma in fī the Fire l-nāri they will be burned yus'jarūna
In boiling water; then in the Fire they will be filled [with flame].
ثُمَّ Then thumma it will be said qīla to them lahum Where ayna (is) that which mā you used to kuntum associate tush'rikūna
Then it will be said to them, "Where is that which you used to associate [with Him in worship]
مِن Other than min Other than dūni Allah l-lahi They will say qālū They have departed ḍallū from us ʿannā Nay bal Not lam we used to nakun [we] call nadʿū before min before qablu anything shayan Thus kadhālika Allah lets go astray yuḍillu Allah lets go astray l-lahu the disbelievers l-kāfirīna
Other than Allāh?" They will say, "They have departed from us; rather, we did not used to invoke previously anything." Thus does Allāh put astray the disbelievers.
ذَٰلِكُم That was dhālikum because bimā you used to kuntum rejoice tafraḥūna in fī the earth l-arḍi without bighayri right l-ḥaqi and because wabimā you used to kuntum be insolent tamraḥūna
[The angels will say], "That was because you used to exult upon the earth without right and you used to behave insolently.
ٱدْخُلُوٓا۟ Enter ud'khulū (the) gates abwāba (of) Hell jahannama (to) abide forever khālidīna in it fīhā and wretched is fabi'sa (the) abode mathwā (of) the arrogant l-mutakabirīna
Enter the gates of Hell to abide eternally therein, and wretched is the residence of the arrogant."
فَٱصْبِرْ So be patient fa-iṣ'bir indeed inna (the) Promise waʿda (of) Allah l-lahi (is) true ḥaqqun And whether fa-immā We show you nuriyannaka some baʿḍa (of) what alladhī We have promised them naʿiduhum or aw We cause you to die natawaffayannaka then to Us fa-ilaynā they will be returned yur'jaʿūna
So be patient, [O Muḥammad]; indeed, the promise of Allāh is truth. And whether We show you some of what We have promised them or We take you in death, it is to Us they will be returned.