ٱلْإِنْسَان : ٣

  • إِنَّا Indeed We
  • هَدَيۡنَٰهُ guided him
  • ٱلسَّبِيلَ (to) the way
  • إِمَّا whether
  • شَاكِرٗا (he) be grateful
  • وَإِمَّا and whether
  • كَفُورًا (he) be ungrateful
Indeed, We guided him to the way, be he grateful or be he ungrateful.
Verily We have guided him to the way, We have pointed out to him the path of guidance by sending messengers [to mankind], whether he be grateful, that is to say, [whether he be] a believer, or ungrateful (both [shaakiran and kafooran] are circumstantial qualifiers referring to the direct object; in other words, We have pointed out to him in both presupposed states, whether his gratefulness or his unthankfulness; immaa is used to list the 'states').