وَإِذَا And when تُتْلَىٰ are recited عَلَيْهِمْ to them ءَايَاتُنَا Our Verses بَيِّنَـٰتٍۢ ۙ (as) clear proofs قَالَ said ٱلَّذِينَ those who لَا (do) not يَرْجُونَ hope لِقَآءَنَا (for the) meeting (with) Us ٱئْتِ Bring us بِقُرْءَانٍ a Quran غَيْرِ other (than) هَـٰذَآ this أَوْ or بَدِّلْهُ ۚ change it قُلْ Say مَا Not يَكُونُ (it) is لِىٓ for me أَنْ that أُبَدِّلَهُۥ I change it مِن of تِلْقَآئِ my own accord نَفْسِىٓ ۖ my own accord إِنْ Not أَتَّبِعُ I follow إِلَّا except مَا what يُوحَىٰٓ is revealed إِلَىَّ ۖ to me إِنِّىٓ Indeed, I أَخَافُ [I] fear إِنْ if عَصَيْتُ I were to disobey رَبِّى my Lord عَذَابَ (the) punishment يَوْمٍ (of) a Day عَظِيمٍۢ Great ١٥

قُل Say لَّوْ If شَآءَ (had) willed ٱللَّهُ Allah مَا not تَلَوْتُهُۥ I (would) have recited it عَلَيْكُمْ to you وَلَآ and not أَدْرَىٰكُم He (would) have made it known to you بِهِۦ ۖ He (would) have made it known to you فَقَدْ Verily لَبِثْتُ I have stayed فِيكُمْ among you عُمُرًۭا a lifetime مِّن before it قَبْلِهِۦٓ ۚ before it أَفَلَا Then will not تَعْقِلُونَ you use reason ١٦

فَمَنْ So who أَظْلَمُ (is) more wrong مِمَّنِ than he who ٱفْتَرَىٰ invents عَلَى against ٱللَّهِ Allah كَذِبًا a lie أَوْ or كَذَّبَ denies بِـَٔايَـٰتِهِۦٓ ۚ His Signs إِنَّهُۥ Indeed لَا not يُفْلِحُ will succeed ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ the criminals ١٧

وَيَعْبُدُونَ And they worship مِن from دُونِ other than ٱللَّهِ Allah مَا that (which) لَا (does) not يَضُرُّهُمْ harm them وَلَا and not يَنفَعُهُمْ benefit them وَيَقُولُونَ and they say هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ These شُفَعَـٰٓؤُنَا (are) our intercessors عِندَ with ٱللَّهِ ۚ Allah قُلْ Say أَتُنَبِّـُٔونَ Do you inform ٱللَّهَ Allah بِمَا of what لَا not يَعْلَمُ he knows فِى in ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ the heavens وَلَا and not فِى in ٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ the earth سُبْحَـٰنَهُۥ Glorified is He وَتَعَـٰلَىٰ and Exalted عَمَّا above what يُشْرِكُونَ they associate (with Him) ١٨

وَمَا And not كَانَ was ٱلنَّاسُ the mankind إِلَّآ but أُمَّةًۭ a community وَٰحِدَةًۭ one فَٱخْتَلَفُوا۟ ۚ then they differed وَلَوْلَا And had (it) not been كَلِمَةٌۭ a word سَبَقَتْ (that) preceded مِن from رَّبِّكَ your Lord لَقُضِىَ surely, it (would) have been judged بَيْنَهُمْ between them فِيمَا concerning what فِيهِ [therein] يَخْتَلِفُونَ they differ ١٩

وَيَقُولُونَ And they say لَوْلَآ Why not أُنزِلَ is sent down عَلَيْهِ to him ءَايَةٌۭ a Sign مِّن from رَّبِّهِۦ ۖ his Lord فَقُلْ So say إِنَّمَا Only ٱلْغَيْبُ the unseen لِلَّهِ (is) for Allah فَٱنتَظِرُوٓا۟ so wait إِنِّى indeed, I am مَعَكُم with you مِّنَ among ٱلْمُنتَظِرِينَ the ones who wait ٢٠