ٱلنَّمْل : ٥٩

  • قُلِ Say
  • ٱلۡحَمۡدُ All praise (be)
  • لِلَّهِ to Allah
  • وَسَلَٰمٌ and peace (be)
  • عَلَىٰ upon
  • عِبَادِهِ His slaves
  • ٱلَّذِينَ those whom
  • ٱصۡطَفَىٰٓۗ He has chosen
  • ءَآللَّهُ Is Allah
  • خَيۡرٌ better
  • أَمَّا or what
  • يُشۡرِكُونَ they associate (with Him)
Say, [O Muḥammad], "Praise be to Allāh, and peace upon His servants whom He has chosen. Is Allāh better or what they associate with Him?"
Say, O Muhammad may peace and salutation be upon him: 'Praise be to God, for the destruction of the disbelievers of past communities, and peace be on His servants whom He has chosen'. Is God (read a-Allaahu, pronouncing both hamzas; or by substituting an alif for the second one; or by not pronouncing the second one but inserting an alif between the one not pronounced and the other one or without [such an insertion]) better, for those who worship Him, or the partners which they ascribe? (read [either] tushrikoona, 'you ascribe', or yushrikoona, 'they ascribe'), [they being] the people of Mecca, [the partners they ascribe] to Him, in other words, are such gods better for those who worship them?