ٱلزُّمَر : ٢٣

  • ٱللَّهُ Allah
  • نَزَّلَ has revealed
  • أَحۡسَنَ (the) best
  • ٱلۡحَدِيثِ (of) [the] statement
  • كِتَٰبٗا a Book
  • مُّتَشَٰبِهٗا (its parts) resembling each other
  • مَّثَانِيَ oft-repeated
  • تَقۡشَعِرُّ Shiver
  • مِنۡهُ from it
  • جُلُودُ (the) skins
  • ٱلَّذِينَ (of) those who
  • يَخۡشَوۡنَ fear
  • رَبَّهُمۡ their Lord
  • ثُمَّ then
  • تَلِينُ relax
  • جُلُودُهُمۡ their skins
  • وَقُلُوبُهُمۡ and their hearts
  • إِلَىٰ at
  • ذِكۡرِ (the) remembrance
  • ٱللَّهِۚ (of) Allah
  • ذَٰلِكَ That
  • هُدَى (is the) guidance
  • ٱللَّهِ (of) Allah
  • يَهۡدِي He guides
  • بِهِۦ with it
  • مَن whom
  • يَشَآءُۚ He wills
  • وَمَن And whoever
  • يُضۡلِلِ Allah lets go astray
  • ٱللَّهُ Allah lets go astray
  • فَمَا then not
  • لَهُۥ for him
  • مِنۡ any
  • هَادٍ guide
Allāh has sent down the best statement: a consistent Book wherein is reiteration. The skins shiver therefrom of those who fear their Lord; then their skins and their hearts relax at the remembrance [i.e., mention] of Allāh. That is the guidance of Allāh by which He guides whom He wills. And one whom Allāh sends astray - for him there is no guide.
God has revealed the best of discourses, a Book (kitaaban, substitutes for ahsana, 'the best') namely, a Qur'aan, consimilar, in other words, some of its parts are similar to others in terms of [their] arrangement and otherwise, in coupled phrases - [a Book] in which the Promise [of reward] is coupled with the Threat [of punishment], together with other such [couplings] - whereat quiver, at the mention of whose Threat shiver, the skins of those who fear their Lord; then their skins and their hearts soften to, they are reassured by, the remembrance of God, that is, at the mention of His Promise. That, Book, is God's guidance, by which He guides whomever He will, of His servants; and whomever God leads astray, for him there is no guide.