قُلsay لِمَنto whoever قالَsaid إِنَّthat باريMaker البَراياthe creatures
قُل لِمَن قالَ إِنَّ باري البَرايا
لَيسُنَّthere is no فيin خَلقِهِHis creation مُريدٌone who wills سِواهُother than Him
لَيسُنَّ في خَلقِهِ مُريدٌ سِواهُ
Tell whoever said that the Maker of creatures
Tell those who claim the Maker of all things
has none in His creation who wills but Him:
Has no intentions save what He brings,
مَنwho تُرىdo you think إِنif أَرادَHe willed بِالعَبدِfor the servant سوءاًharm
مَن تُرى إِن أَرادَ بِالعَبدِ سوءاً
راحَcame to be فيwithin العَبدِthe servant كارِهاًhating ماwhat قَضاهُHe decreed it
راحَ في العَبدِ كارِهاً ما قَضاهُ
Who, do you think, if He wills harm for the servant,
Who do you think when wanting to do ill
comes, within the servant, to hate what He has decreed?
To a servant goes against his will?
اِتَّقواfear (plural imperative) اللَهِGod ذاكَthat أَمرٌa matter مُحالٌimpossible
اِتَّقوا اللَهِ ذاكَ أَمرٌ مُحالٌ
أَنthat يَرىHe sees ساخِطَresentful of رِضاهُHis pleasure رِضاهُHis pleasure
أَن يَرى ساخِطَ رِضاهُ رِضاهُ
Fear God! That is an impossible thing:
Fear God, for this is surely untrue,
that He should see His pleasure resenting His pleasure.
That He'd be displeased with what He wills to do.
وَإِذاand if لَمnot يَكُنbe فَقَدthen indeed ثَبَتَhas been established الفِعلُthe act
وَإِذا لَم يَكُن فَقَد ثَبَتَ الفِعلُ
لِعَبدٍbelonging to a servant وَمانَand he lied فيin مُدَّعاهُhis claim
لِعَبدٍ وَمانَ في مُدَّعاهُ
And if that is not so, then the act is established
And if not so, the act remains intact
as belonging to a servant, and he has lied in his claim.
For the servant, though his claim was false in fact.
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.