51. Waqala Allahu la tattakhithoo ilahayni ithnayni innama huwa ilahun wahidun fa-iyyaya fairhabooni
51. Allah has said: "Take not (for worship) two gods: for He is just One Allah. then fear Me (and Me alone)."
52. Walahu ma fee alssamawati waal-ardi walahu alddeenu wasiban afaghayra Allahi tattaqoona
52. To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and on earth, and to Him is duty due always: then will ye fear other than Allah.
53. Wama bikum min niAAmatin famina Allahi thumma itha massakumu alddurru fa-ilayhi taj-aroona
53. And ye have no good thing but is from Allah. and moreover, when ye are touched by distress, unto Him ye cry with groans;
54. Thumma itha kashafa alddurra AAankum itha fareequn minkum birabbihim yushrikoona
54. Yet, when He removes the distress from you, behold! some of you turn to other gods to join with their Lord-
55. Liyakfuroo bima ataynahum fatamattaAAoo fasawfa taAAlamoona
55. (As if) to show their ingratitude for the favours we have bestowed on them! then enjoy (your brief day): but soon will ye know (your folly)!
56. WayajAAaloona lima la yaAAlamoona naseeban mimma razaqnahum taAllahi latus-alunna AAamma kuntum taftaroona
56. And they (even) assign, to things they do not know, a portion out of that which We have bestowed for their sustenance! By Allah, ye shall certainly be called to account for your false inventions.
57. WayajAAaloona lillahi albanati subhanahu walahum ma yashtahoona
57. And they assign daughters for Allah. - Glory be to Him! - and for themselves (sons,- the issue) they desire!
58. Wa-itha bushshira ahaduhum bialontha thalla wajhuhu muswaddan wahuwa katheemun
58. When news is brought to one of them, of (the birth of) a female (child), his face darkens, and he is filled with inward grief!
59. Yatawara mina alqawmi min soo-i ma bushshira bihi ayumsikuhu AAala hoonin am yadussuhu fee altturabi ala saa ma yahkumoona
59. With shame does he hide himself from his people, because of the bad news he has had! Shall he retain it on (sufferance and) contempt, or bury it in the dust? Ah! what an evil (choice) they decide on?
60. Lillatheena la yu/minoona bial-akhirati mathalu alssaw-i walillahi almathalu al-aAAla wahuwa alAAazeezu alhakeemu
60. To those who believe not in the Hereafter, applies the similitude of evil: to Allah applies the highest similitude: for He is the Exalted in Power, full of Wisdom.