وَأَنَّا And that we wa-annā among us minnā (are) Muslims l-mus'limūna and among us waminnā (are) unjust l-qāsiṭūna And whoever faman submits aslama then those fa-ulāika have sought taḥarraw (the) right path rashadan
And among us are Muslims [in submission to Allāh], and among us are the unjust.1 And whoever has become Muslim - those have sought out the right course.
وَأَمَّا And as for wa-ammā the unjust l-qāsiṭūna they will be fakānū for Hell lijahannama firewood ḥaṭaban
But as for the unjust, they will be, for Hell, firewood.'
وَأَلَّوِ And that if wa-allawi they had remained is'taqāmū on ʿalā the Way l-ṭarīqati surely We (would) have given them to drink la-asqaynāhum water māan (in) abundance ghadaqan
And [Allāh revealed] that if they had remained straight on the way, We would have given them abundant rain [i.e., provision].
لِّنَفْتِنَهُمْ That We might test them linaftinahum therein fīhi And whoever waman turns away yuʿ'riḍ from ʿan the Remembrance dhik'ri (of) his Lord rabbihi He will make him enter yasluk'hu a punishment ʿadhāban severe ṣaʿadan
So We might test them therein. And whoever turns away from the remembrance of his Lord1 He will put into arduous punishment.
وَأَنَّ And that wa-anna the masjids l-masājida (are) for Allah lillahi so (do) not falā call tadʿū with maʿa Allah l-lahi anyone aḥadan
And [He revealed] that the masjids1 are for Allāh, so do not invoke2 with Allāh anyone.
وَأَنَّهُۥ And that wa-annahu when lammā stood up qāma (the) slave ʿabdu (of) Allah l-lahi calling (upon) Him yadʿūhu they almost kādū became yakūnūna around him ʿalayhi a compacted mass libadan
And that when the Servant [i.e., Prophet] of Allāh stood up supplicating Him, they almost became about him a compacted mass."1
قُلْ Say qul Only innamā I call upon adʿū my Lord rabbī and not walā I associate ush'riku with Him bihi anyone aḥadan
Say, [O Muḥammad], "I only invoke my Lord and do not associate with Him anyone."
قُلْ Say qul Indeed, I innī (do) not lā possess amliku for you lakum any harm ḍarran and not walā right path rashadan
Say, "Indeed, I do not possess for you [the power of] harm or right direction."
قُلْ Say qul Indeed I innī never lan can protect me yujīranī from mina Allah l-lahi anyone aḥadun and never walan can I find ajida from min besides Him dūnihi any refuge mul'taḥadan
Say, "Indeed, there will never protect me from Allāh anyone [if I should disobey], nor will I find in other than Him a refuge.
إِلَّا But illā (the) notification balāghan from mina Allah l-lahi and His Messages warisālātihi And whoever waman disobeys yaʿṣi Allah l-laha and His Messenger warasūlahu then indeed fa-inna for him lahu (is the) Fire nāra (of) Hell jahannama (they will) abide khālidīna therein fīhā forever abadan
But [I have for you] only notification from Allāh, and His messages." And whoever disobeys Allāh and His Messenger - then indeed, for him is the fire of Hell; they will abide therein forever.
حَتَّىٰٓ Until ḥattā when idhā they see ra-aw what mā they are promised yūʿadūna then they will know fasayaʿlamūna who man (is) weaker aḍʿafu (in) helpers nāṣiran and fewer wa-aqallu (in) number ʿadadan
[The disbelievers continue] until, when they see that which they are promised, then they will know who is weaker in helpers and less in number.
قُلْ Say qul Not in I know adrī whether is near aqarībun what mā you are promised tūʿadūna or (whether) am will appoint yajʿalu for it lahu my Lord rabbī a (distant) term amadan
Say, "I do not know if what you are promised is near or if my Lord will grant for it a [long] period."
عَـٰلِمُ (The) All-Knower ʿālimu (of) the unseen l-ghaybi so not falā He reveals yuẓ'hiru from ʿalā His unseen ghaybihi (to) anyone aḥadan
[He is] Knower of the unseen, and He does not disclose His [knowledge of the] unseen to anyone
إِلَّا Except illā whom mani He has approved ir'taḍā of min a Messenger rasūlin and indeed, He fa-innahu makes to march yasluku from min before bayni him yadayhi and from wamin behind him khalfihi a guard raṣadan
Except whom He has approved of messengers, and indeed, He sends before him [i.e., each messenger] and behind him observers1
لِّيَعْلَمَ That He may make evident liyaʿlama that an indeed qad they have conveyed ablaghū (the) Messages risālāti (of) their Lord rabbihim and He has encompassed wa-aḥāṭa what bimā (is) with them ladayhim and He takes account wa-aḥṣā (of) all kulla things shayin (in) number ʿadadan
That he [i.e., Muḥammad (ﷺ)] may know1 that they have conveyed the messages of their Lord; and He has encompassed whatever is with them and has enumerated all things in number.