ياO ذائقَtaster of الموتىthe dead لتعلمso that you may learn هلwhether بَقُواthey endured
يا ذائقَ الموتى لتعلم هل بَقُوا
بعدafter التَّقادُمِthe passage of time منهمُfrom them بدَواءِthrough a remedy
بعد التَّقادُمِ منهمُ بدَواءِ
O you who taste the dead, to learn whether they have endured
O you who tests the dead to learn if their essence remained
After the passage of time, through a remedy of theirs.
After the passage of time, from them as a remedy
بَيَّنتَyou showed عنof رِعةٍscrupulousness وصدقِand genuineness of أمانةٍhonesty
بَيَّنتَ عن رِعةٍ وصدقِ أمانةٍ
لولاwere it not for اتهامُكyour mistrust of خالقَthe Creator of الأشياءِall things
لولا اتهامُك خالقَ الأشياءِ
You would have shown scrupulousness and genuine honesty,
You have shown kindness and true faithfulness
Were it not for your mistrust of the Creator of all things.
If not for your accusation of the Creator of all things
أَحسبتdid you think أنthat اللهGod ليسis not بقادرable
أَحسبت أن الله ليس بقادر
أنto يجعلmake الأمواتَthe dead كالأحياءِlike the living
أن يجعل الأمواتَ كالأحياءِ
Did you think that God was not able
You thought that God was not able
To make the dead like the living?
To make the dead like the living
وظننتَand you thought ماwhat شاهدتَyou witnessed منof آياتهHis signs
وظننتَ ما شاهدتَ من آياته
بلطيفةٍby a subtle device منof حيلةthe artifice of الحكماءِthe sages
بلطيفةٍ من حيلة الحكماءِ
And did you think that what you witnessed of His signs
And you assumed what you witnessed of His signs
Was wrought by some subtle trick of the sages?
Was by some subtle trickery of the wise
Sol 6.1