وَلَو فَتَحنا عَلَيهِم بابًا مِنَ السَّماءِ فَظَلّوا فيهِ يَعرُجونَ
Even if we were to open up a gate into heaven for them, and they kept ascending through it.
لَقالوا إِنَّما سُكِّرَت أَبصارُنا بَل نَحنُ قَومٌ مَسحورونَ
They would still say, “Our eyes are tricked; we are under a spell.”
وَلَقَد جَعَلنا فِي السَّماءِ بُروجًا وَزَيَّنّاها لِلنّاظِرينَ
We positioned constellations in the sky, and We beautified it for the observers.
وَحَفِظناها مِن كُلِّ شَيطانٍ رَجيمٍ
And We protected it from every accursed devil.
إِلّا مَنِ استَرَقَ السَّمعَ فَأَتبَعَهُ شِهابٌ مُبينٌ
Except those who stealthily eavesdrop; a piercing flame pursues them.
وَالأَرضَ مَدَدناها وَأَلقَينا فيها رَواسِيَ وَأَنبَتنا فيها مِن كُلِّ شَيءٍ مَوزونٍ
And We spread the earth, and placed stabilizers upon it, and fostered balanced growth within it.
وَجَعَلنا لَكُم فيها مَعايِشَ وَمَن لَستُم لَهُ بِرازِقينَ
We made it a habitat for you and for those you don’t sustain.
وَإِن مِن شَيءٍ إِلّا عِندَنا خَزائِنُهُ وَما نُنَزِّلُهُ إِلّا بِقَدَرٍ مَعلومٍ
There is not a thing but that with Us are its storehouses, and We dispense it in known measure.
وَأَرسَلنَا الرِّياحَ لَواقِحَ فَأَنزَلنا مِنَ السَّماءِ ماءً فَأَسقَيناكُموهُ وَما أَنتُم لَهُ بِخازِنينَ
We send winds as pollinators, and We bring down water from the sky, providing you with it to drink. You don’t possess its reserves.
وَإِنّا لَنَحنُ نُحيي وَنُميتُ وَنَحنُ الوارِثونَ
It is We who give life and cause death, and We are the Inheritors.
وَلَقَد عَلِمنَا المُستَقدِمينَ مِنكُم وَلَقَد عَلِمنَا المُستَأخِرينَ
We know those among you who advance, and we know those who lag behind.