وَمَآ And not wamā (is) Our Command amrunā but illā one wāḥidatun like the twinkling kalamḥin (of) the eye bil-baṣari
And Our command is but one, like a glance of the eye.
وَلَقَدْ And certainly walaqad We destroyed ahlaknā your kinds ashyāʿakum so is (there) fahal any min who will receive admonition muddakirin
And We have already destroyed your kinds,1 so is there any who will remember?
وَكُلُّ And every wakullu thing shayin they did faʿalūhu (is) in fī the written records l-zuburi
And everything they did is in written records.
وَكُلُّ And every wakullu small ṣaghīrin and big wakabīrin (is) written down mus'taṭarun
And every small and great [thing] is inscribed.
إِنَّ Indeed inna the righteous l-mutaqīna (will be) in fī gardens jannātin and river wanaharin
Indeed, the righteous will be among gardens and rivers,
فِى In fī a seat maqʿadi (of) honor ṣid'qin near ʿinda a King malīkin Most Powerful muq'tadirin
In a seat of honor near a Sovereign, Perfect in Ability.1
Ar-Raĥmān
The Beneficent
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الرحمن
عَلَّمَهُ He taught him ʿallamahu [the] speech l-bayāna
[And] taught him eloquence.
ٱلشَّمْسُ The sun al-shamsu and the moon wal-qamaru by (precise) calculation biḥus'bānin
The sun and the moon [move] by precise calculation,
وَٱلنَّجْمُ And the stars wal-najmu and the trees wal-shajaru both prostrate yasjudāni
And the stars and trees prostrate.1
وَٱلسَّمَآءَ And the heaven wal-samāa He raised it rafaʿahā and He has set up wawaḍaʿa the balance l-mīzāna
And the heaven He raised and imposed the balance
أَلَّا That not allā you may transgress taṭghaw in fī the balance l-mīzāni
That you not transgress within the balance.
وَأَقِيمُوا۟ And establish wa-aqīmū the weight l-wazna in justice bil-qis'ṭi and (do) not walā make deficient tukh'sirū the balance l-mīzāna
And establish weight in justice and do not make deficient the balance.
وَٱلْأَرْضَ And the earth wal-arḍa He laid it waḍaʿahā for the creatures lil'anāmi
And the earth He laid [out] for the creatures.
فِيهَا Therein fīhā (is) fruit fākihatun and date-palms wal-nakhlu having dhātu sheaths l-akmāmi
Therein is fruit and palm trees having sheaths [of dates]
وَٱلْحَبُّ And the grain wal-ḥabu having dhū husk l-ʿaṣfi and scented plants wal-rayḥānu
And grain having husks and scented plants.
فَبِأَىِّ So which fabi-ayyi (of the) favors ālāi (of) your Lord rabbikumā will you both deny tukadhibāni
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?1
خَلَقَ He created khalaqa the man l-insāna from min clay ṣalṣālin like the pottery kal-fakhāri
He created man from clay like [that of] pottery.
وَخَلَقَ And He created wakhalaqa the jinn l-jāna from min a smokeless flame mārijin of min fire nārin
And He created the jinn from a smokeless flame of fire.
فَبِأَىِّ So which fabi-ayyi (of the) favors ālāi (of) your Lord rabbikumā will you both deny tukadhibāni
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?