وَلَوِwalawiBut ifاتَّبَعَittabaʿa(had) followedالْحَقُّl-ḥaquthe truthاَهْوَٓاءَهُمْahwāahumtheir desiresلَفَسَدَتِlafasadatisurely (would) have been corruptedالسَّمٰوَاتُl-samāwātuthe heavensوَالْاَرْضُwal-arḍuand the earthوَمَنْwamanand whoeverف۪يهِنَّۜfīhinna(is) thereinبَلْbalNayاَتَيْنَاهُمْataynāhumWe have brought themبِذِكْرِهِمْbidhik'rihimtheir reminderفَهُمْfahumbut theyعَنْʿanfromذِكْرِهِمْdhik'rihimtheir reminderمُعْرِضُونَۜmuʿ'riḍūna(are) turning awayIf the truth were to follow their desires, then the heavens and the earth and all who are in them would have been corrupted. No, We have come to them with their reminder, but from their reminder they are turning away.