يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا O you ٱلَّذِينَ who ءَامَنُوا۟ believe لَا (Do) not تَسْـَٔلُوا۟ ask عَنْ about أَشْيَآءَ things إِن if تُبْدَ made clear لَكُمْ to you تَسُؤْكُمْ it may distress you وَإِن and if تَسْـَٔلُوا۟ you ask عَنْهَا about it حِينَ when يُنَزَّلُ is being revealed ٱلْقُرْءَانُ the Quran تُبْدَ it would be made clear لَكُمْ to you عَفَا has (been) pardoned ٱللَّهُ (by) Allah عَنْهَا ۗ [about] it وَٱللَّهُ and Allah غَفُورٌ (is) Oft-Forgiving حَلِيمٌۭ All-Forbearing ١٠١

قَدْ Indeed سَأَلَهَا asked them قَوْمٌۭ a people مِّن from قَبْلِكُمْ before you ثُمَّ then أَصْبَحُوا۟ they became بِهَا thereby كَـٰفِرِينَ disbelievers ١٠٢

مَا Not جَعَلَ has (been) made ٱللَّهُ (by) Allah مِنۢ of بَحِيرَةٍۢ a Bahirah وَلَا and not سَآئِبَةٍۢ a Saibah وَلَا and not وَصِيلَةٍۢ a Wasilah وَلَا and not حَامٍۢ ۙ a Hami وَلَـٰكِنَّ [And] but ٱلَّذِينَ those who كَفَرُوا۟ disbelieved يَفْتَرُونَ they invent عَلَى against ٱللَّهِ Allah ٱلْكَذِبَ ۖ the lie وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ and most of them لَا (do) not يَعْقِلُونَ use reason ١٠٣

وَإِذَا And when قِيلَ it is said لَهُمْ to them تَعَالَوْا۟ Come إِلَىٰ to مَآ what أَنزَلَ has (been) revealed ٱللَّهُ (by) Allah وَإِلَى and to ٱلرَّسُولِ the Messenger قَالُوا۟ they said حَسْبُنَا Sufficient for us مَا (is) what وَجَدْنَا we found عَلَيْهِ upon it ءَابَآءَنَآ ۚ our forefathers أَوَلَوْ Even though كَانَ (that) ءَابَآؤُهُمْ their forefathers لَا (were) not يَعْلَمُونَ knowing شَيْـًۭٔا anything وَلَا and not يَهْتَدُونَ they (were) guided ١٠٤