لَهُۥ To Him دَعْوَةُ (is) supplication ٱلْحَقِّ ۖ (of) the truth وَٱلَّذِينَ And those whom يَدْعُونَ they invoke مِن besides Him دُونِهِۦ besides Him لَا not يَسْتَجِيبُونَ they respond لَهُم to them بِشَىْءٍ with a thing إِلَّا except كَبَـٰسِطِ like one who stretches كَفَّيْهِ his hands إِلَى towards ٱلْمَآءِ water لِيَبْلُغَ to reach فَاهُ his mouth وَمَا but not هُوَ it بِبَـٰلِغِهِۦ ۚ reaches it وَمَا And not دُعَآءُ (is) the supplication ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ (of) the disbelievers إِلَّا but فِى in ضَلَـٰلٍۢ error ١٤

وَلِلَّهِ And to Allah يَسْجُدُ prostrates مَن whoever فِى (is) in ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ the heavens وَٱلْأَرْضِ and the earth طَوْعًۭا willingly وَكَرْهًۭا or unwillingly وَظِلَـٰلُهُم and (so do) their shadows بِٱلْغُدُوِّ in the mornings وَٱلْـَٔاصَالِ ۩ and in the afternoons ١٥

قُلْ Say مَن Who رَّبُّ (is) the Lord ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ (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 نَفْعًۭا (to) benefit وَلَا and not ضَرًّۭا ۚ (to) harm قُلْ Say هَلْ Is يَسْتَوِى equal ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ the blind وَٱلْبَصِيرُ and the seeing أَمْ Or هَلْ is تَسْتَوِى equal ٱلظُّلُمَـٰتُ the darkness[es] وَٱلنُّورُ ۗ and the light أَمْ Or جَعَلُوا۟ they attribute لِلَّهِ to Allah شُرَكَآءَ partners خَلَقُوا۟ who created كَخَلْقِهِۦ like His creation فَتَشَـٰبَهَ so that seemed alike ٱلْخَلْقُ the creation عَلَيْهِمْ ۚ to them قُلِ Say ٱللَّهُ Allah خَـٰلِقُ (is) the Creator كُلِّ of all شَىْءٍۢ things وَهُوَ and He ٱلْوَٰحِدُ (is) the One ٱلْقَهَّـٰرُ the Irresistible ١٦

أَنزَلَ He sends down مِنَ from ٱلسَّمَآءِ the sky مَآءًۭ water فَسَالَتْ and flows أَوْدِيَةٌۢ the valleys بِقَدَرِهَا according to their measure فَٱحْتَمَلَ and carries ٱلسَّيْلُ the torrent زَبَدًۭا a foam رَّابِيًۭا ۚ 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 مَتَـٰعٍۢ utensils زَبَدٌۭ a foam مِّثْلُهُۥ ۚ like it كَذَٰلِكَ Thus يَضْرِبُ sets forth ٱللَّهُ Allah ٱلْحَقَّ the truth وَٱلْبَـٰطِلَ ۚ and the falsehood فَأَمَّا Then as for ٱلزَّبَدُ the foam فَيَذْهَبُ it passes away جُفَآءًۭ ۖ (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 ٱللَّهُ Allah sets forth ٱلْأَمْثَالَ the examples ١٧

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 جَمِيعًۭا all وَمِثْلَهُۥ and like of it مَعَهُۥ with it لَٱفْتَدَوْا۟ surely they would offer ransom بِهِۦٓ ۚ with it أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ 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 ١٨