وَلا طَعامٌ إِلّا مِن غِسلينٍ
And no food except from the wash of wounds.
لا يَأكُلُهُ إِلَّا الخاطِئونَ
None but wrongdoers eat of it.”
فَلا أُقسِمُ بِما تُبصِرونَ
So I swear by what you see.
وَما لا تُبصِرونَ
And by what you don’t see.
إِنَّهُ لَقَولُ رَسولٍ كَريمٍ
It is the speech of a respectable Messenger.
وَما هُوَ بِقَولِ شاعِرٍ ۚ قَليلًا ما تُؤمِنونَ
And it is not the speech of a poet—little do you believe.
وَلا بِقَولِ كاهِنٍ ۚ قَليلًا ما تَذَكَّرونَ
Nor the word of a soothsayer—little do you remember.
تَنزيلٌ مِن رَبِّ العالَمينَ
A revelation from the Lord of the universes.
وَلَو تَقَوَّلَ عَلَينا بَعضَ الأَقاويلِ
Had he attributed some statements to Us.
لَأَخَذنا مِنهُ بِاليَمينِ
We would’ve seized him by the right hand.
ثُمَّ لَقَطَعنا مِنهُ الوَتينَ
Followed by cutting off his Lifeline.