وَلَو نَشاءُ لَمَسَخناهُم عَلىٰ مَكانَتِهِم فَمَا استَطاعوا مُضِيًّا وَلا يَرجِعونَ

Had We willed, We could’ve immobilized them in their places, leaving them incapable of advancing or retreating.

وَمَن نُعَمِّرهُ نُنَكِّسهُ فِي الخَلقِ ۖ أَفَلا يَعقِلونَ

Those to whom We grant a long life, We reverse in development. Don’t they understand?

وَما عَلَّمناهُ الشِّعرَ وَما يَنبَغي لَهُ ۚ إِن هُوَ إِلّا ذِكرٌ وَقُرآنٌ مُبينٌ

We didn’t teach him poetry, nor is it appropriate for him. It is but a reminder and a Clear Quran.

لِيُنذِرَ مَن كانَ حَيًّا وَيَحِقَّ القَولُ عَلَى الكافِرينَ

To warn those who are living, and to justify the sentence against the unbelievers.

أَوَلَم يَرَوا أَنّا خَلَقنا لَهُم مِمّا عَمِلَت أَيدينا أَنعامًا فَهُم لَها مالِكونَ

Don’t they see that We created for them, from Our handiwork, the livestock that they own?

وَلَهُم فيها مَنافِعُ وَمَشارِبُ ۖ أَفَلا يَشكُرونَ

And for them therein are benefits and beverages. Won’t they be grateful?

وَاتَّخَذوا مِن دونِ اللَّهِ آلِهَةً لَعَلَّهُم يُنصَرونَ

Yet, they’ve taken gods other than God, hoping they might get help.

لا يَستَطيعونَ نَصرَهُم وَهُم لَهُم جُندٌ مُحضَرونَ

They can’t assist them, but they are troops in readiness for them.

فَلا يَحزُنكَ قَولُهُم ۘ إِنّا نَعلَمُ ما يُسِرّونَ وَما يُعلِنونَ

So let not their statements sadden you. We know what they hide and what they disclose.

أَوَلَم يَرَ الإِنسانُ أَنّا خَلَقناهُ مِن نُطفَةٍ فَإِذا هُوَ خَصيمٌ مُبينٌ

Does man not consider that We created him from a drop, yet behold, he is an open adversary?