إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبيلِهِ وَهُوَ أَعلَمُ بِالمُهتَدينَ

Your Lord knows best who strays from His path, and He knows best who is guided.

فَلا تُطِعِ المُكَذِّبينَ

So, don’t yield to the deniers.

وَدّوا لَو تُدهِنُ فَيُدهِنونَ

They wish you would compromise so they, too, could compromise.

وَلا تُطِع كُلَّ حَلّافٍ مَهينٍ

And don’t obey any despicable oath-monger.

هَمّازٍ مَشّاءٍ بِنَميمٍ

A defamer, a spreader of slander.

عُتُلٍّ بَعدَ ذٰلِكَ زَنيمٍ

Rude and fake.

أَن كانَ ذا مالٍ وَبَنينَ

Just because he is wealthy and has children.

إِذا تُتلىٰ عَلَيهِ آياتُنا قالَ أَساطيرُ الأَوَّلينَ

When Our verses are conveyed to him, he says, “Legends of the ancients.”

سَنَسِمُهُ عَلَى الخُرطومِ

We will mark him on the nose.

إِنّا بَلَوناهُم كَما بَلَونا أَصحابَ الجَنَّةِ إِذ أَقسَموا لَيَصرِمُنَّها مُصبِحينَ

We tested them, just as We tested the garden owners, when they vowed to harvest in the morning.