فَإِنۡ عَصَوۡكَ فَقُلۡ إِنِّي بَرِيٓءٞ مِّمَّا تَعۡمَلُونَ
But if they disobey you, say, “I am certainly free of what you do.”
وَتَوَكَّلۡ عَلَى ٱلۡعَزِيزِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Put your trust in the Almighty, Most Merciful,
ٱلَّذِي يَرَىٰكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ
Who sees you when you rise ˹for prayer at night˺,
وَتَقَلُّبَكَ فِي ٱلسَّـٰجِدِينَ
as well as your movements ˹in prayer˺ along with ˹fellow˺ worshippers.
إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ
He ˹alone˺ is indeed the All-Hearing, All-Knowing.
هَلۡ أُنَبِّئُكُمۡ عَلَىٰ مَن تَنَزَّلُ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينُ
Shall I inform you of whom the devils ˹actually˺ descend upon?
تَنَزَّلُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ أَفَّاكٍ أَثِيمٖ
They descend upon every sinful liar,
يُلۡقُونَ ٱلسَّمۡعَ وَأَكۡثَرُهُمۡ كَٰذِبُونَ
who gives an ˹attentive˺ ear ˹to half-truths˺, mostly passing on sheer lies.1
وَٱلشُّعَرَآءُ يَتَّبِعُهُمُ ٱلۡغَاوُۥنَ
As for poets, they are followed ˹merely˺ by deviants.