وَٱلسَّمَآءِ By the heaven wal-samāi full of dhāti pathways l-ḥubuki
By the heaven containing pathways,1
إِنَّكُمْ Indeed, you innakum (are) surely in lafī a speech qawlin differing mukh'talifin
Indeed, you are in differing speech.1
يُؤْفَكُ Deluded away yu'faku from it ʿanhu (is he) who man is deluded ufika
Deluded away from it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is he who is deluded.
قُتِلَ Cursed be qutila the liars l-kharāṣūna
Destroyed are the misinformers1
ٱلَّذِينَ Those who alladhīna [they] hum (are) in fī flood ghamratin (of) heedlessness sāhūna
Who are within a flood [of confusion] and heedless.
يَسْـَٔلُونَ They ask yasalūna When ayyāna (is the) Day yawmu (of) Judgment l-dīni
They ask, "When is the Day of Recompense?"
يَوْمَ A Day yawma they hum over ʿalā the Fire l-nāri will be tried yuf'tanūna
[It is] the Day they will be tormented over the Fire.
ذُوقُوا۟ Taste dhūqū your trial fit'natakum This hādhā (is) what alladhī you were kuntum for it bihi seeking to hasten tastaʿjilūna
[And will be told], "Taste your torment. This is that for which you were impatient."
إِنَّ Indeed inna the righteous l-mutaqīna (will be) in fī Gardens jannātin and springs waʿuyūnin
Indeed, the righteous will be among gardens and springs,
ءَاخِذِينَ Taking ākhidhīna what mā their Lord has given them ātāhum their Lord has given them rabbuhum Indeed, they innahum were kānū before qabla that dhālika good-doers muḥ'sinīna
Accepting what their Lord has given them. Indeed, they were before that doers of good.
كَانُوا۟ They used to kānū little qalīlan of mina the night al-layli [what] mā sleep yahjaʿūna
They used to sleep but little of the night,1
وَبِٱلْأَسْحَارِ And in the hours before dawn wabil-asḥāri they hum would ask forgiveness yastaghfirūna
And in the hours before dawn they would ask forgiveness,
وَفِىٓ And in wafī their wealth amwālihim (was the) right ḥaqqun (of) those who asked lilssāili and the deprived wal-maḥrūmi
And from their properties was [given] the right of the [needy] petitioner and the deprived.
وَفِى And in wafī the earth l-arḍi (are) signs āyātun for those who are certain lil'mūqinīna
And on the earth are signs for the certain [in faith]
وَفِىٓ And in wafī yourselves anfusikum Then will not afalā you see tub'ṣirūna
And in yourselves. Then will you not see?
وَفِى And in wafī the heaven l-samāi (is) your provision riz'qukum and what wamā you are promised tūʿadūna
And in the heaven is your provision and whatever you are promised.
فَوَرَبِّ Then by (the) Lord fawarabbi (of) the heaven l-samāi and the earth wal-arḍi indeed, it innahu (is) surely (the) truth laḥaqqun (just) as mith'la [what] mā you annakum speak tanṭiqūna
Then by the Lord of the heaven and earth, indeed, it is truth - just as [sure as] it is that you are speaking.
هَلْ Has hal reached you atāka (the) narration ḥadīthu (of the) guests ḍayfi (of) Ibrahim ib'rāhīma the honored l-muk'ramīna
Has there reached you the story of the honored guests of Abraham?1 -
إِذْ When idh they entered dakhalū upon him ʿalayhi and said faqālū Peace salāman He said qāla Peace salāmun a people qawmun unknown munkarūna
When they entered upon him and said, "[We greet you with] peace." He answered, "[And upon you] peace; [you are] a people unknown."
فَرَاغَ Then he went farāgha to ilā his household ahlihi and came fajāa with a calf biʿij'lin fat samīnin
Then he went to his family and came with a fat [roasted] calf.
فَقَرَّبَهُۥٓ And he placed it near faqarrabahu [to] them ilayhim he said qāla Will not alā you eat takulūna
And placed it near them; he said, "Will you not eat?"
فَأَوْجَسَ Then he felt fa-awjasa from them min'hum a fear khīfatan They said qālū (Do) not lā fear takhaf and they gave him glad tidings wabasharūhu of a son bighulāmin learned ʿalīmin
And he felt from them apprehension.1 They said, "Fear not," and gave him good tidings of a learned boy.
فَأَقْبَلَتِ Then came forward fa-aqbalati his wife im'ra-atuhu with fī a loud voice ṣarratin and struck faṣakkat her face wajhahā and she said waqālat An old woman ʿajūzun barren ʿaqīmun
And his wife approached with a cry [of alarm] and struck her face and said, "[I am] a barren old woman!"
قَالُوا۟ They said qālū Thus kadhāliki said qāla your Lord rabbuki Indeed, He innahu [He] huwa (is) the All-Wise l-ḥakīmu the All-Knower l-ʿalīmu
They said, "Thus has said your Lord; indeed, He is the Wise, the Knowing."