أَمْ Or am command them tamuruhum their minds aḥlāmuhum this bihādhā or am they hum (are) a people qawmun transgressing ṭāghūna
Or do their minds1 command them to [say] this, or are they a transgressing people?
أَمْ Or am (do) they say yaqūlūna He has made it up taqawwalahu Nay bal not lā they believe yu'minūna
Or do they say, "He has made it up"? Rather, they do not believe.
فَلْيَأْتُوا۟ Then let them bring falyatū a statement biḥadīthin like it mith'lihi if in they are kānū truthful ṣādiqīna
Then let them produce a statement like it, if they should be truthful.
أَمْ Or am they were created khuliqū of min nothing ghayri nothing shayin or am (are) they humu the creators l-khāliqūna
Or were they created by nothing, or were they the creators [of themselves]?
أَمْ Or am (did) they create khalaqū the heavens l-samāwāti and the earth wal-arḍa Nay bal not lā they are certain yūqinūna
Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Rather, they are not certain.
أَمْ Or am with them ʿindahum (are the) treasures khazāinu (of) your Lord rabbika or am (are) they humu the controllers l-muṣayṭirūna
Or have they the depositories [containing the provision] of your Lord? Or are they the controllers [of them]?
أَمْ Or am for them lahum (is) a stairway sullamun they listen yastamiʿūna therewith fīhi Then let bring falyati their listener mus'tamiʿuhum an authority bisul'ṭānin clear mubīnin
Or have they a stairway [into the heaven] upon which they listen? Then let their listener produce a clear authority [i.e., proof].
أَمْ Or am for Him lahu (are) daughters l-banātu while for you walakumu (are) sons l-banūna
Or has He daughters while you have sons?
أَمْ Or am (do) you ask from them tasaluhum a payment ajran so they fahum from min a debt maghramin (are) overburdened muth'qalūna
Or do you, [O Muḥammad], ask of them a payment, so they are by debt burdened down?
أَمْ Or am with them ʿindahumu (is) the unseen l-ghaybu so they fahum write (it) down yaktubūna
Or have they [knowledge of] the unseen, so they write [it] down?
أَمْ Or am (do) they intend yurīdūna a plot kaydan But those who fa-alladhīna disbelieve kafarū themselves humu (are in) the plot l-makīdūna
Or do they intend a plan? But those who disbelieve - they are the object of a plan.
أَمْ Or am for them lahum a god ilāhun other than ghayru Allah l-lahi Glory be sub'ḥāna (to) Allah l-lahi from what ʿammā they associate (with Him) yush'rikūna
Or have they a deity other than Allāh? Exalted is Allāh above whatever they associate with Him.
وَإِن And if wa-in they were to see yaraw a portion kis'fan from mina the sky l-samāi falling sāqiṭan they will say yaqūlū Clouds saḥābun heaped up markūmun
And if they were to see a fragment from the sky falling,1 they would say, "[It is merely] clouds heaped up."
فَذَرْهُمْ So leave them fadharhum until ḥattā they meet yulāqū their Day yawmahumu which alladhī in it fīhi they will faint yuṣ'ʿaqūna
So leave them until they meet their Day in which they will be struck insensible -
يَوْمَ (The) Day yawma not lā will avail yugh'nī to them ʿanhum their plotting kayduhum (in) anything shayan and not walā they hum will be helped yunṣarūna
The Day their plan will not avail them at all, nor will they be helped.
وَإِنَّ And indeed wa-inna for those who lilladhīna do wrong ẓalamū (is) a punishment ʿadhāban before dūna that dhālika but walākinna most of them aktharahum (do) not lā know yaʿlamūna
And indeed, for those who have wronged is a punishment1 before that, but most of them do not know.
وَٱصْبِرْ So be patient wa-iṣ'bir for (the) Command liḥuk'mi (of) your Lord rabbika for indeed, you fa-innaka (are) in Our Eyes bi-aʿyuninā And glorify wasabbiḥ (the) praise biḥamdi (of) your Lord rabbika when ḥīna you arise taqūmu
And be patient, [O Muḥammad], for the decision of your Lord, for indeed, you are in Our eyes [i.e., sight]. And exalt [Allāh] with praise of your Lord when you arise
وَمِنَ And of wamina the night al-layli glorify Him fasabbiḥ'hu and after wa-id'bāra the stars l-nujūmi
And in a part of the night exalt Him and after [the setting of] the stars.