وَذَلَّلناها لَهُم فَمِنها رَكوبُهُم وَمِنها يَأكُلونَ
And We tamed them for them; some they ride, and some they eat.
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?
وَضَرَبَ لَنا مَثَلًا وَنَسِيَ خَلقَهُ ۖ قالَ مَن يُحيِي العِظامَ وَهِيَ رَميمٌ
He strikes a comparison for Us, while forgetting his own creation. He asks, “Who can give life to bones while they are disintegrated?”
قُل يُحييهَا الَّذي أَنشَأَها أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ ۖ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ خَلقٍ عَليمٌ
Say, “He who initiated their creation will give them life. He is All-Knowing of every creation.”
الَّذي جَعَلَ لَكُم مِنَ الشَّجَرِ الأَخضَرِ نارًا فَإِذا أَنتُم مِنهُ توقِدونَ
Who made for you fire from green trees, and behold, you kindle from it.
أَوَلَيسَ الَّذي خَلَقَ السَّماواتِ وَالأَرضَ بِقادِرٍ عَلىٰ أَن يَخلُقَ مِثلَهُم ۚ بَلىٰ وَهُوَ الخَلّاقُ العَليمُ
Isn’t He who created the heavens and the earth Able to create the likes of them? And He is the All-Knowing Creator.
إِنَّما أَمرُهُ إِذا أَرادَ شَيئًا أَن يَقولَ لَهُ كُن فَيَكونُ
His command, when He intends a thing, is only to say to it, “Be,” and it becomes.