وَلَقَدْ صَرَّفْنَا فِى هَٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانِ لِلنَّاسِ مِن كُلِّ مَثَلٍ  ۚ وَكَانَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَكْثَرَ شَىْءٍ جَدَلًا

вəлəќōд сōррōфнəə фии həəз̃əəль-ќур`əəни лин-нəəси миŋŋ-кулли мəc̃əль, вəкəəнəль-иŋŋсəəну əкc̃əрō шэй`ин джəдəлə

We have certainly interspersed this Quran with every kind of parable for the people. But man is the most disputatious of creatures.

وَمَا مَنَعَ ٱلنَّاسَ أَن يُؤْمِنُوٓاْ إِذْ جَآءَهُمُ ٱلْهُدَىٰ وَيَسْتَغْفِرُواْ رَبَّهُمْ إِلَّآ أَن تَأْتِيَهُمْ سُنَّةُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ أَوْ يَأْتِيَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ قُبُلًا

вəмəə мəнə'əн-нəəсə əй-йу`минуу из̃ джəə`əhумуль-hудəə вəйəстəґфируу рōббəhум ильлəə əŋŋ-тə`тийəhум суннəтуль-əувəлиинə əу йə`тийəhумуль-'əз̃əəбу ќубулə

Nothing has kept these people from believing and pleading to their Lord for forgiveness when guidance came to them, except [their demand] that the precedent of the ancients come to pass for them, or that the punishment come to them, face to face.

وَمَا نُرْسِلُ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ إِلَّا مُبَشِّرِينَ وَمُنذِرِينَ  ۚ وَيُجَٰدِلُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِٱلْبَٰطِلِ لِيُدْحِضُواْ بِهِ ٱلْحَقَّ  ۖ وَٱتَّخَذُوٓاْ ءَايَٰتِى وَمَآ أُنذِرُواْ هُزُوًا

вəмəə нурсилюль-мурсəлиинə ильлəə мубəшшириинə вəмуŋŋз̃ириин, вəйуджəəдилюль-лəз̃иинə кəфəруу би-ль-бəəтыли лийудhидуу биhиль-həќќ, вəəттəхōз̃уу əəйəəтии вəмəə уŋŋз̃ируу hузувə

We do not send the apostles except as bearers of good news and as warners, but those who are faithless dispute fallaciously to refute thereby the truth, having taken My signs and what they are warned of in derision.

وَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّن ذُكِّرَ بِـَٔايَٰتِ رَبِّهِۦ فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهَا وَنَسِىَ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ  ۚ إِنَّا جَعَلْنَا عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ أَكِنَّةً أَن يَفْقَهُوهُ وَفِىٓ ءَاذَانِهِمْ وَقْرًا  ۖ وَإِن تَدْعُهُمْ إِلَى ٱلْهُدَىٰ فَلَن يَهْتَدُوٓاْ إِذًا أَبَدًا

вəмəн əз̃лəму миммəŋŋ-з̃уккирō би`əəйəəти рōббиhи фə`ə'рōдō 'əнhəə вəнəсийə мəə ќōддəмəт йəдəəh, иннəə джə'əльнəə 'əлəə ќулююбиhим əкиннəтəн əй-йəфќōhууhу вəфии əəз̃əəниhим вəќрō, вə`иŋŋ-тəд'уhум илəəль-hудəə фəлэй-йəhтəдуу из̃əн əбəдə

Who is a greater wrongdoer than he who is reminded of the signs of his Lord, whereat he disregards them and forgets what his hands have sent ahead? Indeed We have cast veils on their hearts lest they should understand it, and a deafness into their ears; and if you invite them to guidance they will never [let themselves] be guided.

وَرَبُّكَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ذُو ٱلرَّحْمَةِ  ۖ لَوْ يُؤَاخِذُهُم بِمَا كَسَبُواْ لَعَجَّلَ لَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابَ  ۚ بَل لَّهُم مَّوْعِدٌ لَّن يَجِدُواْ مِن دُونِهِۦ مَوْئِلًا

вəрōббукəль-ґōфууру з̃уур-рōhмəh, лəу йу`əəхыз̃уhумм-бимəə кəсəбуу лə'əджджəлə лəhумуль-'əз̃əəб, бəль-лəhум-мəу'идуль-лэй-йəджидуу миŋŋ-дууниhи мəу`илə

Your Lord is the All-forgiving dispenser of mercy. Were He to take them to task because of what they have committed, He would have surely hastened their punishment. But they have a tryst, [when] they will not find a refuge besides Him.

وَتِلْكَ ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ أَهْلَكْنَٰهُمْ لَمَّا ظَلَمُواْ وَجَعَلْنَا لِمَهْلِكِهِم مَّوْعِدًا

вəтилькəль-ќурōō əhлəкнəəhум лəммəə з̃ōлəмуу вəджə'əльнəə лимəhликиhим-мəу'идə

Those are the towns that We destroyed when they were wrongdoers, and We appointed a tryst for their destruction.

وَإِذْ قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِفَتَىٰهُ لَآ أَبْرَحُ حَتَّىٰٓ أَبْلُغَ مَجْمَعَ ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِ أَوْ أَمْضِىَ حُقُبًا

вə`из̃ ќōōлə муусəə лифəтəəhу лəə əбрōhу həттəə əблюґō мəджмə'əль-бəhрōйни əу əмдыйə hуќубə

When Moses said to his lad, ‘I will go on [journeying] until I have reached the confluence of the two seas, or have spent a long time [travelling].’

فَلَمَّا بَلَغَا مَجْمَعَ بَيْنِهِمَا نَسِيَا حُوتَهُمَا فَٱتَّخَذَ سَبِيلَهُۥ فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ سَرَبًا

фəлəммəə бəлəґōō мəджмə'ə бэйниhимəə нəсийəə hуутəhумəə фəəттəхōз̃ə сəбиилəhу фииль-бəhри сəрōбə

So when they reached the confluence between them, they forgot their fish, which found its way into the sea, sneaking away.