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وَمَا And not يَسْتَوِى equal ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ (are) the blind وَٱلْبَصِيرُ and the seeing ١٩

Not equal are the blind and the seeing,

— Come To Light

وَلَا And not ٱلظُّلُمَـٰتُ the darkness[es] وَلَا and not ٱلنُّورُ [the] light ٢٠

Nor are the darknesses and the light,

— Come To Light

وَلَا And not ٱلظِّلُّ the shade وَلَا and not ٱلْحَرُورُ the heat ٢١

Nor are the shade and the heat,

— Come To Light

وَمَا And not يَسْتَوِى equal ٱلْأَحْيَآءُ (are) the living وَلَا and not ٱلْأَمْوَٰتُ ۚ the dead إِنَّ Indeed ٱللَّهَ Allah يُسْمِعُ causes to hear مَن whom يَشَآءُ ۖ He wills وَمَآ and not أَنتَ you بِمُسْمِعٍۢ can make hear مَّن (those) who فِى (are) in ٱلْقُبُورِ the graves ٢٢

And not equal are the living and the dead. Indeed, Allāh causes to hear whom He wills, but you cannot make hear those in the graves.

— Come To Light

إِنْ Not أَنتَ you (are) إِلَّا but نَذِيرٌ a warner ٢٣

You, [O Muḥammad], are not but a warner.

— Come To Light

إِنَّآ Indeed, We أَرْسَلْنَـٰكَ [We] have sent you بِٱلْحَقِّ with the truth بَشِيرًۭا (as) a bearer of glad tidings وَنَذِيرًۭا ۚ and (as) a warner وَإِن And not مِّنْ (was) any أُمَّةٍ nation إِلَّا but خَلَا had passed فِيهَا within it نَذِيرٌۭ a warner ٢٤

Indeed, We have sent you with the truth as a bringer of good tidings and a warner. And there was no nation but that there had passed within it a warner.

— Come To Light

وَإِن And if يُكَذِّبُوكَ they deny you فَقَدْ then certainly كَذَّبَ denied ٱلَّذِينَ those who مِن (were) before them قَبْلِهِمْ (were) before them جَآءَتْهُمْ Came to them رُسُلُهُم their Messengers بِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِ with clear signs وَبِٱلزُّبُرِ and with Scriptures وَبِٱلْكِتَـٰبِ and with the Book ٱلْمُنِيرِ [the] enlightening ٢٥

And if they deny you - then already have those before them denied. Their messengers came to them with clear proofs and written ordinances and with the enlightening Scripture.

— Come To Light

ثُمَّ Then أَخَذْتُ I seized ٱلَّذِينَ those who كَفَرُوا۟ ۖ disbelieved فَكَيْفَ and how كَانَ was نَكِيرِ My rejection ٢٦

Then I seized the ones who disbelieved, and how [terrible] was My reproach.

— Come To Light

أَلَمْ Do not تَرَ you see أَنَّ that ٱللَّهَ Allah أَنزَلَ sends down مِنَ from ٱلسَّمَآءِ the sky مَآءًۭ water فَأَخْرَجْنَا then We bring forth بِهِۦ therewith ثَمَرَٰتٍۢ fruits مُّخْتَلِفًا (of) various أَلْوَٰنُهَا ۚ [their] colors وَمِنَ And in ٱلْجِبَالِ the mountains جُدَدٌۢ (are) tracts بِيضٌۭ white وَحُمْرٌۭ and red مُّخْتَلِفٌ (of) various أَلْوَٰنُهَا [their] colors وَغَرَابِيبُ and intensely black سُودٌۭ and intensely black ٢٧

Do you not see that Allāh sends down rain from the sky, and We produce thereby fruits of varying colors? And in the mountains are tracts, white and red of varying shades and [some] extremely black.

— Come To Light

وَمِنَ And among ٱلنَّاسِ men وَٱلدَّوَآبِّ and moving creatures وَٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِ and the cattle مُخْتَلِفٌ (are) various أَلْوَٰنُهُۥ [their] colors كَذَٰلِكَ ۗ likewise إِنَّمَا Only يَخْشَى fear ٱللَّهَ Allah مِنْ among عِبَادِهِ His slaves ٱلْعُلَمَـٰٓؤُا۟ ۗ those who have knowledge إِنَّ Indeed ٱللَّهَ Allah عَزِيزٌ (is) All-Mighty غَفُورٌ Oft-Forgiving ٢٨

And among people and moving creatures and grazing livestock are various colors similarly. Only those fear Allāh, from among His servants, who have knowledge. Indeed, Allāh is Exalted in Might and Forgiving.

— Come To Light

إِنَّ Indeed ٱلَّذِينَ those who يَتْلُونَ recite كِتَـٰبَ (the) Book ٱللَّهِ (of) Allah وَأَقَامُوا۟ and establish ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ the prayer وَأَنفَقُوا۟ and spend مِمَّا out of what رَزَقْنَـٰهُمْ We have provided them سِرًّۭا secretly وَعَلَانِيَةًۭ and openly يَرْجُونَ hope تِجَـٰرَةًۭ (for) a commerce لَّن never تَبُورَ it will perish ٢٩

Indeed, those who recite the Book of Allāh and establish prayer and spend [in His cause] out of what We have provided them, secretly and publicly, [can] expect a transaction [i.e., profit] that will never perish -

— Come To Light

لِيُوَفِّيَهُمْ That He may give them in full أُجُورَهُمْ their rewards وَيَزِيدَهُم and increase for them مِّن of فَضْلِهِۦٓ ۚ His Bounty إِنَّهُۥ Indeed, He غَفُورٌۭ (is) Oft-Forgiving شَكُورٌۭ Most Appreciative ٣٠

That He may give them in full their rewards and increase for them of His bounty. Indeed, He is Forgiving and Appreciative.

— Come To Light

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