إِنَّا نَحْنُ نَزَّلْنَا عَلَيْكَ الْقُرْآنَ تَنزِيلًا ٢٣

Verily! It is We Who have sent down the Quran to you (O Muhammad SAW) by stages.

إِنَّا نَحْنُ

Verily! It is We Who

نَزَّلْنَا عَلَيْكَ

have sent down to you (O Muhammad SAW)

الْقُرْآنَ

the Quran

تَنزِيلًا

by stages

فَاصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تُطِعْ مِنْهُمْ آثِمًا أَوْ كَفُورًا ٢٤

Therefore be patient (O Muhammad SAW) and submit to the Command of your Lord (Allah, by doing your duty to Him and by conveying His Message to mankind), and obey neither a sinner nor a disbeliever among them.

فَاصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ

Therefore be patient (O Muhammad SAW) and submit to the Command of your Lord (Allah, by doing your duty to Him

وَلَا تُطِعْ مِنْهُمْ آثِمًا أَوْ كَفُورًا

and obey neither a sinner nor a disbeliever among them.

وَاذْكُرِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ بُكْرَةً وَأَصِيلًا ٢٥

And remember the Name of your Lord every morning and afternoon [i.e. offering of the Morning (Fajr), Zuhr, and 'Asr prayers].

وَاذْكُرِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ

And remember the Name of your Lord

بُكْرَةً وَأَصِيلًا

every morning and afternoon

وَمِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَاسْجُدْ لَهُ وَسَبِّحْهُ لَيْلًا طَوِيلًا ٢٦

And during night, prostrate yourself to Him (i.e. the offering of Maghrib and 'Isha' prayers), and glorify Him a long night through (i.e. Tahajjud prayer).

وَمِنَ اللَّيْلِ

And during night

فَاسْجُدْ لَهُ

prostrate yourself to Him

وَسَبِّحْهُ

and glorify Him

لَيْلًا طَوِيلًا

a long night through

إِنَّ هَٰؤُلَاءِ يُحِبُّونَ الْعَاجِلَةَ وَيَذَرُونَ وَرَاءَهُمْ يَوْمًا ثَقِيلًا ٢٧

Verily! These (disbelievers) love the present life of this world, and put behind them a heavy Day (that will be hard).

إِنَّ هَٰؤُلَاءِ

Verily! These (disbelievers)

يُحِبُّونَ الْعَاجِلَةَ

love the present life of this world,

وَيَذَرُونَ وَرَاءَهُمْ

and put behind them

يَوْمًا ثَقِيلًا

a heavy Day (that will be hard).

نَّحْنُ خَلَقْنَاهُمْ وَشَدَدْنَا أَسْرَهُمْ ۖ وَإِذَا شِئْنَا بَدَّلْنَا أَمْثَالَهُمْ تَبْدِيلًا ٢٨

It is We Who created them, and We have made them of strong built. And when We will, We can replace them with others like them with a complete replacement.

نَّحْنُ خَلَقْنَاهُمْ

It is We Who created them

وَشَدَدْنَا أَسْرَهُمْ ۖ

and We have made them of strong built

وَإِذَا شِئْنَا

And when We will

بَدَّلْنَا أَمْثَالَهُمْ

We can replace them with others like them

تَبْدِيلًا

with a complete replacement

إِنَّ هَٰذِهِ تَذْكِرَةٌ ۖ فَمَن شَاءَ اتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِ سَبِيلًا ٢٩

Verily! This (Verses of the Quran) is an admonition, so whosoever wills, let him take a Path to his Lord (Allah).

إِنَّ هَٰذِهِ تَذْكِرَةٌ ۖ

Verily! This (Verses of the Quran) is an admonition

فَمَن شَاءَ

so whosoever wills

اتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِ سَبِيلًا

let him take a Path to his Lord (Allah)

وَمَا تَشَاءُونَ إِلَّا أَن يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ عَلِيمًا حَكِيمًا ٣٠

But you cannot will, unless Allah wills. Verily, Allah is Ever All-Knowing, All-Wise.

وَمَا تَشَاءُونَ

But you cannot will,

إِلَّا أَن يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ ۚ

unless Allah wills.

إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ عَلِيمًا حَكِيمًا

Verily, Allah is Ever All-Knowing, All-Wise.

يُدْخِلُ مَن يَشَاءُ فِي رَحْمَتِهِ ۚ وَالظَّالِمِينَ أَعَدَّ لَهُمْ عَذَابًا أَلِيمًا ٣١

He will admit to His Mercy whom He will and as for the Zalimun, (polytheists, wrong-doers, etc.) He has prepared a painful torment.

يُدْخِلُ مَن يَشَاءُ فِي رَحْمَتِهِ ۚ

He will admit to His Mercy whom He will

وَالظَّالِمِينَ

and as for the Zalimun

أَعَدَّ لَهُمْ عَذَابًا أَلِيمًا

He has prepared a painful torment