ذَٰلِكَ
That (is because)
أَن
[that]
لَّمْ
not
يَكُن
is
رَّبُّكَ
your Lord
مُهْلِكَ
one who destroys
ٱلْقُرَىٰ
the cities
بِظُلْمٍ
for (their) wrongdoing
وَأَهْلُهَا
while their people
غَٰفِلُونَ (are) unaware. وَلِكُلٍّ And for all دَرَجَٰتٌ (will be) degrees مِّمَّا for what عَمِلُوا۟ they did. وَمَا And not رَبُّكَ (is) your Lord
بِغَٰفِلٍ unaware عَمَّا about what يَعْمَلُونَ they do. وَرَبُّكَ And your Lord ٱلْغَنِىُّ (is) the Self-Sufficient, ذُو (the) Possessor ٱلرَّحْمَةِ (of) mercy.
إِن If يَشَأْ He wills يُذْهِبْكُمْ He can take you away وَيَسْتَخْلِفْ and grant succession مِنۢ from بَعْدِكُم after you مَّا (to) whom
يَشَآءُ He wills. كَمَآ as أَنشَأَكُم He raised you مِّن from ذُرِّيَّةِ the descendants قَوْمٍ (of) people, ءَاخَرِينَ other.
إِنَّ Indeed, مَا what تُوعَدُونَ you are promised لَءَاتٍ (is) sure to come. وَمَآ And not أَنتُم (can) you بِمُعْجِزِينَ escape (it). قُلْ Say, يَٰقَوْمِ "O my people!
ٱعْمَلُوا۟ Work عَلَىٰ on مَكَانَتِكُمْ your position. إِنِّى Indeed, I am عَامِلٌ a worker. فَسَوْفَ And soon تَعْلَمُونَ you will know
مَن who تَكُونُ will have لَهُۥ for himself عَٰقِبَةُ (in) the end, ٱلدَّارِ (a good) home. إِنَّهُۥ Indeed [he], لَا (will) not يُفْلِحُ succeed ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ the wrongdoers."
وَجَعَلُوا۟ And they assign لِلَّهِ to Allah مِمَّا out of what ذَرَأَ He produced مِنَ of ٱلْحَرْثِ the crops وَٱلْأَنْعَٰمِ and the cattle نَصِيبًا a share
فَقَالُوا۟ and they say, هَٰذَا "This لِلَّهِ (is) for Allah," بِزَعْمِهِمْ by their claim, وَهَٰذَا "And this لِشُرَكَآئِنَا (is) for our partners." فَمَا But what كَانَ is
لِشُرَكَآئِهِمْ for their partners فَلَا (does) not يَصِلُ reach إِلَى [to] ٱللَّهِ Allah, وَمَا while what كَانَ is لِلَّهِ for Allah فَهُوَ then it
يَصِلُ reaches إِلَىٰ [to] شُرَكَآئِهِمْ their partners. سَآءَ Evil مَا (is) what يَحْكُمُونَ they judge. وَكَذَٰلِكَ And likewise
زَيَّنَ made pleasing لِكَثِيرٍ to many مِّنَ of ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ the polytheists - قَتْلَ (the) killing أَوْلَٰدِهِمْ (of) their children -
شُرَكَآؤُهُمْ their partners - لِيُرْدُوهُمْ so that they may ruin them وَلِيَلْبِسُوا۟ and that they make confusing عَلَيْهِمْ to them دِينَهُمْ their religion.
وَلَوْ And if شَآءَ (had) willed ٱللَّهُ Allah مَا not فَعَلُوهُ (would) they have done so. فَذَرْهُمْ So leave them وَمَا and what يَفْتَرُونَ they invent.
غَٰفِلُونَ (are) unaware. وَلِكُلٍّ And for all دَرَجَٰتٌ (will be) degrees مِّمَّا for what عَمِلُوا۟ they did. وَمَا And not رَبُّكَ (is) your Lord
بِغَٰفِلٍ unaware عَمَّا about what يَعْمَلُونَ they do. وَرَبُّكَ And your Lord ٱلْغَنِىُّ (is) the Self-Sufficient, ذُو (the) Possessor ٱلرَّحْمَةِ (of) mercy.
إِن If يَشَأْ He wills يُذْهِبْكُمْ He can take you away وَيَسْتَخْلِفْ and grant succession مِنۢ from بَعْدِكُم after you مَّا (to) whom
يَشَآءُ He wills. كَمَآ as أَنشَأَكُم He raised you مِّن from ذُرِّيَّةِ the descendants قَوْمٍ (of) people, ءَاخَرِينَ other.
إِنَّ Indeed, مَا what تُوعَدُونَ you are promised لَءَاتٍ (is) sure to come. وَمَآ And not أَنتُم (can) you بِمُعْجِزِينَ escape (it). قُلْ Say, يَٰقَوْمِ "O my people!
ٱعْمَلُوا۟ Work عَلَىٰ on مَكَانَتِكُمْ your position. إِنِّى Indeed, I am عَامِلٌ a worker. فَسَوْفَ And soon تَعْلَمُونَ you will know
مَن who تَكُونُ will have لَهُۥ for himself عَٰقِبَةُ (in) the end, ٱلدَّارِ (a good) home. إِنَّهُۥ Indeed [he], لَا (will) not يُفْلِحُ succeed ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ the wrongdoers."
وَجَعَلُوا۟ And they assign لِلَّهِ to Allah مِمَّا out of what ذَرَأَ He produced مِنَ of ٱلْحَرْثِ the crops وَٱلْأَنْعَٰمِ and the cattle نَصِيبًا a share
فَقَالُوا۟ and they say, هَٰذَا "This لِلَّهِ (is) for Allah," بِزَعْمِهِمْ by their claim, وَهَٰذَا "And this لِشُرَكَآئِنَا (is) for our partners." فَمَا But what كَانَ is
لِشُرَكَآئِهِمْ for their partners فَلَا (does) not يَصِلُ reach إِلَى [to] ٱللَّهِ Allah, وَمَا while what كَانَ is لِلَّهِ for Allah فَهُوَ then it
يَصِلُ reaches إِلَىٰ [to] شُرَكَآئِهِمْ their partners. سَآءَ Evil مَا (is) what يَحْكُمُونَ they judge. وَكَذَٰلِكَ And likewise
زَيَّنَ made pleasing لِكَثِيرٍ to many مِّنَ of ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ the polytheists - قَتْلَ (the) killing أَوْلَٰدِهِمْ (of) their children -
شُرَكَآؤُهُمْ their partners - لِيُرْدُوهُمْ so that they may ruin them وَلِيَلْبِسُوا۟ and that they make confusing عَلَيْهِمْ to them دِينَهُمْ their religion.
وَلَوْ And if شَآءَ (had) willed ٱللَّهُ Allah مَا not فَعَلُوهُ (would) they have done so. فَذَرْهُمْ So leave them وَمَا and what يَفْتَرُونَ they invent.