لَهُۥ
To Him
دَعْوَةُ
(is) supplication
ٱلْحَقِّ
(of) the truth.
وَٱلَّذِينَ
And those whom
يَدْعُونَ
they invoke
مِن
besides Him *[meaning includes next or prev. word]
دُونِهِۦ
besides Him *[meaning includes next or prev. word]
لَا
not
يَسْتَجِيبُونَ
they respond
لَهُم
to them
بِشَىْءٍ
with a thing
إِلَّا
except
كَبَٰسِطِ like one who stretches كَفَّيْهِ his hands إِلَى towards ٱلْمَآءِ water لِيَبْلُغَ to reach فَاهُ his mouth, وَمَا but not هُوَ it بِبَٰلِغِهِۦ reaches it. وَمَا And not دُعَآءُ (is) the supplication ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ (of) the disbelievers
إِلَّا but فِى in ضَلَٰلٍ error. وَلِلَّهِ And to Allah يَسْجُدُ prostrates مَن whoever فِى (is) in ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ the heavens وَٱلْأَرْضِ and the earth, طَوْعًا willingly
وَكَرْهًا or unwillingly, وَظِلَٰلُهُم and (so do) their shadows بِٱلْغُدُوِّ in the mornings وَٱلْءَاصَالِ and in the afternoons. قُلْ Say, مَن "Who رَّبُّ (is) the Lord ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ (of) the heavens
وَٱلْأَرْضِ and the earth?" قُلِ Say, ٱللَّهُ "Allah." قُلْ Say, أَفَٱتَّخَذْتُم "Have you then taken مِّن from دُونِهِۦٓ besides Him, أَوْلِيَآءَ protectors, لَا not يَمْلِكُونَ they have power
لِأَنفُسِهِمْ for themselves نَفْعًا (to) benefit وَلَا and not ضَرًّا (to) harm?" قُلْ Say, هَلْ "Is يَسْتَوِى equal ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ the blind وَٱلْبَصِيرُ and the seeing? أَمْ Or هَلْ is
تَسْتَوِى equal ٱلظُّلُمَٰتُ the darkness[es] وَٱلنُّورُ and the light? أَمْ Or جَعَلُوا۟ they attribute لِلَّهِ to Allah شُرَكَآءَ partners خَلَقُوا۟ who created كَخَلْقِهِۦ like His creation, فَتَشَٰبَهَ so that seemed alike
ٱلْخَلْقُ the creation عَلَيْهِمْ to them?" قُلِ Say, ٱللَّهُ "Allah خَٰلِقُ (is) the Creator كُلِّ of all شَىْءٍ things, وَهُوَ and He ٱلْوَٰحِدُ (is) the One ٱلْقَهَّٰرُ the Irresistible." أَنزَلَ He sends down
مِنَ from ٱلسَّمَآءِ the sky مَآءً water فَسَالَتْ and flows أَوْدِيَةٌۢ the valleys بِقَدَرِهَا according to their measure, فَٱحْتَمَلَ and carries ٱلسَّيْلُ the torrent زَبَدًا a foam رَّابِيًا rising.
وَمِمَّا And from what يُوقِدُونَ they heat عَلَيْهِ [on] it فِى in ٱلنَّارِ the fire ٱبْتِغَآءَ in order to make حِلْيَةٍ ornaments أَوْ or مَتَٰعٍ utensils, زَبَدٌ a foam مِّثْلُهُۥ like it.
كَذَٰلِكَ Thus يَضْرِبُ sets forth ٱللَّهُ Allah ٱلْحَقَّ the truth وَٱلْبَٰطِلَ and the falsehood. فَأَمَّا Then as for ٱلزَّبَدُ the foam فَيَذْهَبُ it passes away جُفَآءً (as) scum,
وَأَمَّا and as for مَا what يَنفَعُ benefits ٱلنَّاسَ the mankind, فَيَمْكُثُ remains فِى in ٱلْأَرْضِ the earth. كَذَٰلِكَ Thus يَضْرِبُ Allah sets forth *[meaning includes next or prev. word] ٱللَّهُ Allah sets forth *[meaning includes next or prev. word]
ٱلْأَمْثَالَ the examples. لِلَّذِينَ For those who ٱسْتَجَابُوا۟ responded لِرَبِّهِمُ to their Lord ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ (is) the bliss. وَٱلَّذِينَ And for those who لَمْ (did) not يَسْتَجِيبُوا۟ respond
لَهُۥ to Him, لَوْ if أَنَّ that لَهُم they had مَّا whatever فِى (is) in ٱلْأَرْضِ the earth جَمِيعًا all وَمِثْلَهُۥ and like of it مَعَهُۥ with it, لَٱفْتَدَوْا۟ surely they would offer ransom بِهِۦٓ with it.
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ Those لَهُمْ for them سُوٓءُ (is) a terrible ٱلْحِسَابِ reckoning, وَمَأْوَىٰهُمْ and their abode جَهَنَّمُ (is) Hell, وَبِئْسَ and wretched ٱلْمِهَادُ (is) the resting place.
كَبَٰسِطِ like one who stretches كَفَّيْهِ his hands إِلَى towards ٱلْمَآءِ water لِيَبْلُغَ to reach فَاهُ his mouth, وَمَا but not هُوَ it بِبَٰلِغِهِۦ reaches it. وَمَا And not دُعَآءُ (is) the supplication ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ (of) the disbelievers
إِلَّا but فِى in ضَلَٰلٍ error. وَلِلَّهِ And to Allah يَسْجُدُ prostrates مَن whoever فِى (is) in ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ the heavens وَٱلْأَرْضِ and the earth, طَوْعًا willingly
وَكَرْهًا or unwillingly, وَظِلَٰلُهُم and (so do) their shadows بِٱلْغُدُوِّ in the mornings وَٱلْءَاصَالِ and in the afternoons. قُلْ Say, مَن "Who رَّبُّ (is) the Lord ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ (of) the heavens
وَٱلْأَرْضِ and the earth?" قُلِ Say, ٱللَّهُ "Allah." قُلْ Say, أَفَٱتَّخَذْتُم "Have you then taken مِّن from دُونِهِۦٓ besides Him, أَوْلِيَآءَ protectors, لَا not يَمْلِكُونَ they have power
لِأَنفُسِهِمْ for themselves نَفْعًا (to) benefit وَلَا and not ضَرًّا (to) harm?" قُلْ Say, هَلْ "Is يَسْتَوِى equal ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ the blind وَٱلْبَصِيرُ and the seeing? أَمْ Or هَلْ is
تَسْتَوِى equal ٱلظُّلُمَٰتُ the darkness[es] وَٱلنُّورُ and the light? أَمْ Or جَعَلُوا۟ they attribute لِلَّهِ to Allah شُرَكَآءَ partners خَلَقُوا۟ who created كَخَلْقِهِۦ like His creation, فَتَشَٰبَهَ so that seemed alike
ٱلْخَلْقُ the creation عَلَيْهِمْ to them?" قُلِ Say, ٱللَّهُ "Allah خَٰلِقُ (is) the Creator كُلِّ of all شَىْءٍ things, وَهُوَ and He ٱلْوَٰحِدُ (is) the One ٱلْقَهَّٰرُ the Irresistible." أَنزَلَ He sends down
مِنَ from ٱلسَّمَآءِ the sky مَآءً water فَسَالَتْ and flows أَوْدِيَةٌۢ the valleys بِقَدَرِهَا according to their measure, فَٱحْتَمَلَ and carries ٱلسَّيْلُ the torrent زَبَدًا a foam رَّابِيًا rising.
وَمِمَّا And from what يُوقِدُونَ they heat عَلَيْهِ [on] it فِى in ٱلنَّارِ the fire ٱبْتِغَآءَ in order to make حِلْيَةٍ ornaments أَوْ or مَتَٰعٍ utensils, زَبَدٌ a foam مِّثْلُهُۥ like it.
كَذَٰلِكَ Thus يَضْرِبُ sets forth ٱللَّهُ Allah ٱلْحَقَّ the truth وَٱلْبَٰطِلَ and the falsehood. فَأَمَّا Then as for ٱلزَّبَدُ the foam فَيَذْهَبُ it passes away جُفَآءً (as) scum,
وَأَمَّا and as for مَا what يَنفَعُ benefits ٱلنَّاسَ the mankind, فَيَمْكُثُ remains فِى in ٱلْأَرْضِ the earth. كَذَٰلِكَ Thus يَضْرِبُ Allah sets forth *[meaning includes next or prev. word] ٱللَّهُ Allah sets forth *[meaning includes next or prev. word]
ٱلْأَمْثَالَ the examples. لِلَّذِينَ For those who ٱسْتَجَابُوا۟ responded لِرَبِّهِمُ to their Lord ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ (is) the bliss. وَٱلَّذِينَ And for those who لَمْ (did) not يَسْتَجِيبُوا۟ respond
لَهُۥ to Him, لَوْ if أَنَّ that لَهُم they had مَّا whatever فِى (is) in ٱلْأَرْضِ the earth جَمِيعًا all وَمِثْلَهُۥ and like of it مَعَهُۥ with it, لَٱفْتَدَوْا۟ surely they would offer ransom بِهِۦٓ with it.
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ Those لَهُمْ for them سُوٓءُ (is) a terrible ٱلْحِسَابِ reckoning, وَمَأْوَىٰهُمْ and their abode جَهَنَّمُ (is) Hell, وَبِئْسَ and wretched ٱلْمِهَادُ (is) the resting place.