أَفَرَأَيْتُمُ اللَّاتَ وَالْعُزَّىٰ ١٩

Have you then considered Al-Lat, and Al-'Uzza (two idols of the pagan Arabs).

أَفَرَأَيْتُمُ

Have you then considered

اللَّاتَ وَالْعُزَّىٰ

Al-Lat, and Al-'Uzza (two idols of the pagan Arabs)

وَمَنَاةَ الثَّالِثَةَ الْأُخْرَىٰ ٢٠

And Manat (another idol of the pagan Arabs), the other third?

وَمَنَاةَ

And Manat

الثَّالِثَةَ الْأُخْرَىٰ

the other third?

أَلَكُمُ الذَّكَرُ وَلَهُ الْأُنثَىٰ ٢١

Is it for you the males and for Him the females?

أَلَكُمُ الذَّكَرُ

Is it for you the males

وَلَهُ الْأُنثَىٰ

and for Him the females?

تِلْكَ إِذًا قِسْمَةٌ ضِيزَىٰ ٢٢

That indeed is a division most unfair!

تِلْكَ إِذًا

That indeed

قِسْمَةٌ ضِيزَىٰ

is a division most unfair!

إِنْ هِيَ إِلَّا أَسْمَاءٌ سَمَّيْتُمُوهَا أَنتُمْ وَآبَاؤُكُم مَّا أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ بِهَا مِن سُلْطَانٍ ۚ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا الظَّنَّ وَمَا تَهْوَى الْأَنفُسُ ۖ وَلَقَدْ جَاءَهُم مِّن رَّبِّهِمُ الْهُدَىٰ ٢٣

They are but names which you have named, you and your fathers, for which Allah has sent down no authority. They follow but a guess and that which they themselves desire, whereas there has surely come to them the Guidance from their Lord!

إِنْ هِيَ إِلَّا أَسْمَاءٌ سَمَّيْتُمُوهَا

They are but names which you have named

أَنتُمْ وَآبَاؤُكُم

you and your fathers

مَّا أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ بِهَا مِن سُلْطَانٍ ۚ

for which Allah has sent down no authority

إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا الظَّنَّ

They follow but a guess

وَمَا تَهْوَى الْأَنفُسُ ۖ

and that which they themselves desire

وَلَقَدْ جَاءَهُم مِّن رَّبِّهِمُ الْهُدَىٰ

whereas there has surely come to them the Guidance from their Lord!

أَمْ لِلْإِنسَانِ مَا تَمَنَّىٰ ٢٤

Or shall man have what he wishes?

أَمْ لِلْإِنسَانِ

Or shall man

مَا تَمَنَّىٰ

have what he wishes?

فَلِلَّهِ الْآخِرَةُ وَالْأُولَىٰ ٢٥

But to Allah belongs the last (Hereafter) and the first (the world).

فَلِلَّهِ

But to Allah

الْآخِرَةُ

the last (Hereafter)

وَالْأُولَىٰ

and the first (the world)

۞ وَكَم مِّن مَّلَكٍ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ لَا تُغْنِي شَفَاعَتُهُمْ شَيْئًا إِلَّا مِن بَعْدِ أَن يَأْذَنَ اللَّهُ لِمَن يَشَاءُ وَيَرْضَىٰ ٢٦

And there are many angels in the heavens, whose intercession will avail nothing except after Allah has given leave for whom He wills and pleases.

۞ وَكَم مِّن مَّلَكٍ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ

And there are many angels in the heavens,

لَا تُغْنِي شَفَاعَتُهُمْ شَيْئًا

whose intercession will avail nothing

إِلَّا مِن بَعْدِ أَن يَأْذَنَ اللَّهُ

except after Allah has given leave

لِمَن يَشَاءُ وَيَرْضَىٰ

for whom He wills and pleases.

إِنَّ الَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْآخِرَةِ لَيُسَمُّونَ الْمَلَائِكَةَ تَسْمِيَةَ الْأُنثَىٰ ٢٧

Verily, those who believe not in the Hereafter, name the angels with female names.

إِنَّ الَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْآخِرَةِ

Verily, those who believe not in the Hereafter

لَيُسَمُّونَ الْمَلَائِكَةَ

name the angels

تَسْمِيَةَ الْأُنثَىٰ

with female names

وَمَا لَهُم بِهِ مِنْ عِلْمٍ ۖ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا الظَّنَّ ۖ وَإِنَّ الظَّنَّ لَا يُغْنِي مِنَ الْحَقِّ شَيْئًا ٢٨

While they have no knowledge thereof. They follow but a guess, and verily, guess is no substitute for the truth.

وَمَا لَهُم بِهِ مِنْ عِلْمٍ ۖ

While they have no knowledge thereof.

إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا الظَّنَّ ۖ

They follow but a guess,

وَإِنَّ الظَّنَّ لَا يُغْنِي مِنَ الْحَقِّ شَيْئًا

and verily, guess is no substitute for the truth.

فَأَعْرِضْ عَن مَّن تَوَلَّىٰ عَن ذِكْرِنَا وَلَمْ يُرِدْ إِلَّا الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا ٢٩

Therefore withdraw (O Muhammad SAW) from him who turns away from Our Reminder (this Quran) and desires nothing but the life of this world.

فَأَعْرِضْ عَن مَّن تَوَلَّىٰ عَن ذِكْرِنَا

Therefore withdraw (O Muhammad SAW) from him who turns away from Our Reminder (this Quran)

وَلَمْ يُرِدْ إِلَّا الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا

and desires nothing but the life of this world.

ذَٰلِكَ مَبْلَغُهُم مِّنَ الْعِلْمِ ۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنِ اهْتَدَىٰ ٣٠

That is what they could reach of knowledge. Verily, your Lord it is He Who knows best him who goes astray from His Path, and He knows best him who receives guidance.

ذَٰلِكَ مَبْلَغُهُم مِّنَ الْعِلْمِ ۚ

That is what they could reach of knowledge.

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِ

Verily, your Lord it is He Who knows best him who goes astray from His Path,

وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنِ اهْتَدَىٰ

and He knows best him who receives guidance.

وَلِلَّهِ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ لِيَجْزِيَ الَّذِينَ أَسَاءُوا بِمَا عَمِلُوا وَيَجْزِيَ الَّذِينَ أَحْسَنُوا بِالْحُسْنَى ٣١

And to Allah belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth, that He may requite those who do evil with that which they have done (i.e. punish them in Hell), and reward those who do good, with what is best (i.e. Paradise).

وَلِلَّهِ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ

And to Allah belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth

لِيَجْزِيَ الَّذِينَ أَسَاءُوا بِمَا عَمِلُوا

that He may requite those who do evil with that which they have done

وَيَجْزِيَ الَّذِينَ أَحْسَنُوا بِالْحُسْنَى

and reward those who do good, with what is best