لَّا يَأۡكُلُهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلۡخَٰطِـُٔونَ
that only sinners eat.’
فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِمَا تُبۡصِرُونَ
So I swear by what you can see
وَمَا لَا تُبۡصِرُونَ
and by what you cannot see:
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوۡلُ رَسُولٖ كَرِيمٖ
this [Quran] is the speech of an honoured messenger,
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوۡلِ شَاعِرٖۚ قَلِيلٗا مَّا تُؤۡمِنُونَ
not the words of a poet- how little you believe!-
وَلَا بِقَوۡلِ كَاهِنٖۚ قَلِيلٗا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ
nor the words of a soothsayer- how little you reflect!
تَنزِيلٞ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
This [Quran] is a message sent down from the Lord of the Worlds:
وَلَوۡ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيۡنَا بَعۡضَ ٱلۡأَقَاوِيلِ
if [the Prophet] had attributed some fabrication to Us,
لَأَخَذۡنَا مِنۡهُ بِٱلۡيَمِينِ
We would certainly have seized his right hand
ثُمَّ لَقَطَعۡنَا مِنۡهُ ٱلۡوَتِينَ
and cut off his lifeblood,