الزخرف
The Ornaments of Gold
Explanations are simplified from tafsirs by Ibn Kathir, Mufti Muhammad Shafi, and Maulana Wahiduddin Khan. Spot an inaccuracy? Let us know.
qul in kāna lilrraḥmāni waladun fa-anā awwalu l-ʿābidīna
Say, [O Muḥammad], "If the Most Merciful had a son, then I would be the first of [his] worshippers."
sub'ḥāna rabbi l-samāwāti wal-arḍi rabbi l-ʿarshi ʿammā yaṣifūna
Exalted is the Lord of the heavens and the earth, Lord of the Throne, above what they describe.
fadharhum yakhūḍū wayalʿabū ḥattā yulāqū yawmahumu alladhī yūʿadūna
So leave them to converse vainly and amuse themselves until they meet their Day which they are promised.
wahuwa alladhī fī l-samāi ilāhun wafī l-arḍi ilāhun wahuwa l-ḥakīmu l-ʿalīmu
And it is He [i.e., Allāh] who is [the only] deity in the heaven, and on the earth [the only] deity. And He is the Wise, the Knowing.
watabāraka alladhī lahu mul'ku l-samāwāti wal-arḍi wamā baynahumā waʿindahu ʿil'mu l-sāʿati wa-ilayhi tur'jaʿūna
And blessed is He to whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them and with whom is knowledge of the Hour and to whom you will be returned.
walā yamliku alladhīna yadʿūna min dūnihi l-shafāʿata illā man shahida bil-ḥaqi wahum yaʿlamūna
And those they invoke besides Him do not possess [power of] intercession; but only those who testify to the truth [can benefit], and they know.
wala-in sa-altahum man khalaqahum layaqūlunna l-lahu fa-annā yu'fakūna
And if you asked them who created them, they would surely say, "Allāh." So how are they deluded?
waqīlihi yārabbi inna hāulāi qawmun lā yu'minūna
And [Allāh acknowledges] his saying, "O my Lord, indeed these are a people who do not believe."
fa-iṣ'faḥ ʿanhum waqul salāmun fasawfa yaʿlamūna
So turn aside from them and say, "Peace." But they are going to know.