أَفَلَمْ Then, do not يَدَّبَّرُوا۟ they ponder ٱلْقَوْلَ the Word أَمْ or جَآءَهُم has come to them مَّا what لَمْ not يَأْتِ (had) come ءَابَآءَهُمُ (to) their forefathers ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ (to) their forefathers ٦٨
Then have they not reflected over the word [i.e., the Qur’ān], or has there come to them that which had not come to their forefathers?
— Come To Light
أَمْ Or لَمْ (do) not يَعْرِفُوا۟ they recognize رَسُولَهُمْ their Messenger فَهُمْ so they لَهُۥ (are) rejecting him مُنكِرُونَ (are) rejecting him ٦٩
Or did they not know their Messenger, so they are toward him disacknowledging?
— Come To Light
أَمْ Or يَقُولُونَ they say بِهِۦ In him جِنَّةٌۢ ۚ (is) madness بَلْ Nay جَآءَهُم he brought them بِٱلْحَقِّ the truth وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ but most of them لِلْحَقِّ to the truth كَـٰرِهُونَ (are) averse ٧٠
Or do they say, "In him is madness"? Rather, he brought them the truth, but most of them, to the truth, are averse.
— Come To Light
وَلَوِ But if ٱتَّبَعَ (had) followed ٱلْحَقُّ the truth أَهْوَآءَهُمْ their desires لَفَسَدَتِ surely (would) have been corrupted ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتُ the heavens وَٱلْأَرْضُ and the earth وَمَن and whoever فِيهِنَّ ۚ (is) therein بَلْ Nay أَتَيْنَـٰهُم We have brought them بِذِكْرِهِمْ their reminder فَهُمْ but they عَن from ذِكْرِهِم their reminder مُّعْرِضُونَ (are) turning away ٧١
But if the Truth [i.e., Allāh] had followed their inclinations, the heavens and the earth and whoever is in them would have been ruined. Rather, We have brought them their message, but they, from their message, are turning away.
— Come To Light
أَمْ Or تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ you ask them خَرْجًۭا (for) a payment فَخَرَاجُ But the payment رَبِّكَ (of) your Lord خَيْرٌۭ ۖ (is) best وَهُوَ and He خَيْرُ (is) the Best ٱلرَّٰزِقِينَ (of) the Providers ٧٢
Or do you, [O Muḥammad], ask them for payment? But the reward of your Lord is best, and He is the best of providers.
— Come To Light
وَإِنَّكَ And indeed, you لَتَدْعُوهُمْ certainly call them إِلَىٰ to صِرَٰطٍۢ (the) Path مُّسْتَقِيمٍۢ Straight ٧٣
And indeed, you invite them to a straight path.
— Come To Light
وَإِنَّ And indeed ٱلَّذِينَ those who لَا (do) not يُؤْمِنُونَ believe بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ in the Hereafter عَنِ from ٱلصِّرَٰطِ the path لَنَـٰكِبُونَ surely (are) deviating ٧٤
But indeed, those who do not believe in the Hereafter are deviating from the path.
— Come To Light
۞ وَلَوْ And if رَحِمْنَـٰهُمْ We had mercy on them وَكَشَفْنَا and We removed مَا what بِهِم (was) on them مِّن of ضُرٍّۢ (the) hardship لَّلَجُّوا۟ surely they would persist فِى in طُغْيَـٰنِهِمْ their transgression يَعْمَهُونَ wandering blindly ٧٥
And even if We gave them mercy and removed what was upon them of affliction, they would persist in their transgression, wandering blindly.
— Come To Light
وَلَقَدْ And verily أَخَذْنَـٰهُم We seized them بِٱلْعَذَابِ with the punishment فَمَا but not ٱسْتَكَانُوا۟ they submit لِرَبِّهِمْ to their Lord وَمَا and not يَتَضَرَّعُونَ they supplicate humbly ٧٦
And We had gripped them with suffering [as a warning], but they did not yield to their Lord, nor did they humbly supplicate, [and will continue thus]
— Come To Light
حَتَّىٰٓ Until إِذَا when فَتَحْنَا We opened عَلَيْهِم for them بَابًۭا a gate ذَا of a punishment عَذَابٍۢ of a punishment شَدِيدٍ severe إِذَا behold هُمْ They فِيهِ in it مُبْلِسُونَ (will be in) despair ٧٧
Until when We have opened before them a door of severe punishment, immediately they will be therein in despair.
— Come To Light
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