وَاتْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ نَبَأَ الَّذِي آتَيْنَاهُ آيَاتِنَا فَانسَلَخَ مِنْهَا فَأَتْبَعَهُ الشَّيْطَانُ فَكَانَ مِنَ الْغَاوِينَ ١٧٥

And recite (O Muhammad SAW) to them the story of him to whom We gave Our Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.), but he threw them away, so Shaitan (Satan) followed him up, and he became of those who went astray.

وَاتْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ نَبَأَ

And recite (O Muhammad SAW) to them the story of

الَّذِي آتَيْنَاهُ آيَاتِنَا

him to whom We gave Our Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.)

فَانسَلَخَ مِنْهَا

but he threw them away,

فَأَتْبَعَهُ الشَّيْطَانُ

so Shaitan (Satan) followed him up,

فَكَانَ مِنَ الْغَاوِينَ

and he became of those who went astray.

وَلَوْ شِئْنَا لَرَفَعْنَاهُ بِهَا وَلَٰكِنَّهُ أَخْلَدَ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ وَاتَّبَعَ هَوَاهُ ۚ فَمَثَلُهُ كَمَثَلِ الْكَلْبِ إِن تَحْمِلْ عَلَيْهِ يَلْهَثْ أَوْ تَتْرُكْهُ يَلْهَث ۚ ذَّٰلِكَ مَثَلُ الْقَوْمِ الَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا ۚ فَاقْصُصِ الْقَصَصَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ ١٧٦

And had We willed, We would surely have elevated him therewith but he clung to the earth and followed his own vain desire. So his description is the description of a dog: if you drive him away, he lolls his tongue out, or if you leave him alone, he (still) lolls his tongue out. Such is the description of the people who reject Our Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.). So relate the stories, perhaps they may reflect.

وَلَوْ شِئْنَا لَرَفَعْنَاهُ بِهَا

And had We willed, We would surely have elevated him therewith

وَلَٰكِنَّهُ أَخْلَدَ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ وَاتَّبَعَ هَوَاهُ ۚ

but he clung to the earth and followed his own vain desire.

فَمَثَلُهُ كَمَثَلِ الْكَلْبِ

So his description is the description of a dog:

إِن تَحْمِلْ عَلَيْهِ يَلْهَثْ أَوْ تَتْرُكْهُ يَلْهَث ۚ

if you drive him away, he lolls his tongue out, or if you leave him alone, he (still) lolls his tongue out.

ذَّٰلِكَ مَثَلُ الْقَوْمِ الَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا ۚ

Such is the description of the people who reject Our Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.).

فَاقْصُصِ الْقَصَصَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ

So relate the stories, perhaps they may reflect.

سَاءَ مَثَلًا الْقَوْمُ الَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا وَأَنفُسَهُمْ كَانُوا يَظْلِمُونَ ١٧٧

Evil is the likeness of the people who reject Our Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses and signs, etc.), and used to wrong their ownselves.

سَاءَ مَثَلًا

Evil is the likeness of

الْقَوْمُ الَّذِينَ

the people who

كَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا

reject Our Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses and signs, etc.)

وَأَنفُسَهُمْ كَانُوا يَظْلِمُونَ

and used to wrong their ownselves.

مَن يَهْدِ اللَّهُ فَهُوَ الْمُهْتَدِي ۖ وَمَن يُضْلِلْ فَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْخَاسِرُونَ ١٧٨

Whomsoever Allah guides, he is the guided one, and whomsoever He sends astray, those! They are the losers.

مَن يَهْدِ اللَّهُ

Whomsoever Allah guides,

فَهُوَ الْمُهْتَدِي ۖ

he is the guided one,

وَمَن يُضْلِلْ

and whomsoever He sends astray,

فَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْخَاسِرُونَ

those! They are the losers.