إِنَّindeed آياتِsigns رَبِّناour Lord باقياتٌenduring
إِنَّ آياتِ رَبِّنا باقياتٌ
ماnot يُماريdisputes فيهِنَّabout them إِلاexcept الكَفورُthe hardened unbeliever
ما يُماري فيهِنَّ إِلا الكَفورُ
Indeed, our Lord's signs endure.
None disputes them but the hardened unbeliever.
خَلَقَHe created الَليلَthe night وَالنَهارَand the day فَكُلٌand so each
خَلَقَ الَليلَ وَالنَهارَ فَكُلٌ
مُستَبينٌdistinct حِسابَهُits reckoning مَقدورُordained
مُستَبينٌ حِسابَهُ مَقدورُ
He created night and day, and so each
Is distinct, its reckoning ordained.
ثُمَthen يَجلوbrightens النَهارَthe day رَبٌa Lord كَريمٌbountiful
ثُمَ يَجلو النَهارَ رَبٌ كَريمٌ
بِمَهاةٍwith a crystal (the sun) شُعاعُهاits radiance مَنشورُspread wide
بِمَهاةٍ شُعاعُها مَنشورُ
Then the bountiful Lord brightens the day
With a crystal whose radiance is spread wide.
حَبَسَHe held back الفيلَthe elephant حَتىuntil
حَبَسَ الفيلَ حَتى
ظَلَّit kept يَحبوcrawling كَأَنَهُas though it were مَعقورُhamstrung
ظَلَّ يَحبو كَأَنَهُ مَعقورُ
He held back the elephant until
It kept crawling, as though hamstrung,
لازِماًremaining fixed حَلقَةُthe ring الجِرانِof the neck's underside كَماas though
لازِماً حَلقَةُ الجِرانِ كَما
قُطِّرَwas toppled مِنfrom صَخرِthe rocks of كَبكَبٍKabkab مَجدورُone stricken with smallpox
قُطِّرَ مِن صَخرِ كَبكَبٍ مَجدورُ
With the ring of its neck held fast, as though
One stricken with smallpox had been toppled from Kabkab's rocks.
حَولَهُaround it مِنfrom among مُلوكِthe kings of كِندَةَKindah أَبطالٌchampions
حَولَهُ مِن مُلوكِ كِندَةَ أَبطالٌ
مَلاويثُstalwarts فيin الحُروبِwars صَقورُfalcons
مَلاويثُ في الحُروبِ صَقورُ
Around it were champions from among the kings of Kindah,
Stalwarts in war, falcons.
خَلَّفوهُthey left it behind ثُمَّthen اِبذَعَرّواthey scattered جَميعاًall together
خَلَّفوهُ ثُمَّ اِبذَعَرّوا جَميعاً
كُلُهُمall of them عَظمُthe bone ساقِهِof his shin مَكسورُbroken
كُلُهُم عَظمُ ساقِهِ مَكسورُ
They left it behind, then scattered, all of them;
Every one of them had a broken shinbone.
كُلُevery دينٍَreligion يَومَthe day of القيامَةَthe Resurrection عِندَbefore
كُلُ دينٍَ يَومَ القيامَةَ عِندَ
اللَهِGod إِلاّexcept دينٍthe religion of الحَنيفَةِthe upright monotheistic way زورُfalsehood
اللَهِ إِلاّ دينٍ الحَنيفَةِ زورُ
Every religion, on the Day of Resurrection, before
God—except the upright faith—is false.