وَكَذَٰلِكَ And thus wakadhālika We have revealed awḥaynā to you ilayka an inspiration rūḥan by min Our Command amrinā Not mā (did) you kunta know tadrī what mā the Book (is) l-kitābu and not walā the faith l-īmānu But walākin We have made it jaʿalnāhu a light nūran We guide nahdī with it bihi whom man We will nashāu of min Our slaves ʿibādinā And indeed, you wa-innaka surely guide latahdī to ilā (the) Path ṣirāṭin Straight mus'taqīmin
And thus We have revealed to you an inspiration of Our command [i.e., the Qur’ān]. You did not know what is the Book or [what is] faith, but We have made it a light by which We guide whom We will of Our servants. And indeed, [O Muḥammad], you guide to a straight path -
صِرَٰطِ (The) path ṣirāṭi (of) Allah l-lahi the One alladhī to Whom lahu (belongs) whatever mā (is) in fī the heavens l-samāwāti and whatever wamā (is) in fī the earth l-arḍi Unquestionably alā To ilā Allah l-lahi reach taṣīru all affairs l-umūru
The path of Allāh, to whom belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. Unquestionably, to Allāh do [all] matters evolve [i.e., return].
Az-Zukhruf
The Ornaments of Gold
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الزخرف
إِنَّا Indeed, We innā (have) made it jaʿalnāhu a Quran qur'ānan (in) Arabic ʿarabiyyan so that you may laʿallakum understand taʿqilūna
Indeed, We have made it an Arabic Qur’ān that you might understand.
وَإِنَّهُۥ And indeed, it wa-innahu (is) in fī (the) Mother ummi (of) the Book l-kitābi with Us ladaynā surely exalted laʿaliyyun full of wisdom ḥakīmun
And indeed it is, in the Mother of the Book1 with Us, exalted and full of wisdom.2
أَفَنَضْرِبُ Then should We take away afanaḍribu from you ʿankumu the Reminder l-dhik'ra disregarding (you) ṣafḥan because an you are kuntum a people qawman transgressing mus'rifīna
Then should We turn the message away, disregarding you, because you are a transgressing people?
وَكَمْ And how many wakam We sent arsalnā of min a Prophet nabiyyin among fī the former (people) l-awalīna
And how many a prophet We sent among the former peoples,
وَمَا And not wamā came to them yatīhim any Prophet min any Prophet nabiyyin but illā they used to kānū mock at him bihi mock at him yastahziūna
But there would not come to them a prophet except that they used to ridicule him.
فَأَهْلَكْنَآ Then We destroyed fa-ahlaknā stronger ashadda than them min'hum (in) power baṭshan and has passed wamaḍā (the) example mathalu (of) the former (people) l-awalīna
And We destroyed greater than them1 in [striking] power, and the example of the former peoples has preceded.
وَلَئِن And if wala-in you ask them sa-altahum Who man created khalaqa the heavens l-samāwāti and the earth wal-arḍa They will surely say layaqūlunna Created them khalaqahunna the All-Mighty l-ʿazīzu the All-Knower l-ʿalīmu
And if you should ask them, "Who has created the heavens and the earth?" they would surely say, "They were created by the Exalted in Might, the Knowing,"
ٱلَّذِى The One Who alladhī made jaʿala for you lakumu the earth l-arḍa a bed mahdan and made wajaʿala for you lakum therein fīhā roads subulan so that you may laʿallakum (be) guided tahtadūna
[The one] who has made for you the earth a bed and made for you upon it roads that you might be guided