لَوۡ

نَشَآءُ

جَعَلۡنَٰهُ

أُجَاجٗا

فَلَوۡلَا

تَشۡكُرُونَ

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If We willed, We could make it salty. Will you not then give thanks?

Have you considered the fire you kindle?¹

Is it you who produce its trees, or is it We Who do so?

We have made it ˹as˺ a reminder ˹of the Hellfire˺ and a provision for the travellers.

So glorify the Name of your Lord, the Greatest.

So I do swear by the positions of the stars—

and this, if only you knew, is indeed a great oath—