And it is He who created the heavens and the earth in six days - and His Throne had been upon water - that He might test you as to which of you is best in deed. But if you say, "Indeed, you are resurrected after death," those who disbelieve will surely say, "This is not but obvious magic."
لِيَبۡلُوَكُمۡthat He might test [you]liyabluwakum
أَيُّكُمۡwhich of youayyukum
أَحۡسَنُ(is) bestaḥsanu
عَمَلٗاۗ(in) deedʿamalan
وَلَئِنBut ifwala-in
قُلۡتَyou sayqul'ta
إِنَّكُمIndeed, youinnakum
مَّبۡعُوثُونَ(will be) resurrectedmabʿūthūna
مِنۢaftermin
بَعۡدِafterbaʿdi
ٱلۡمَوۡتِ[the] deathl-mawti
لَيَقُولَنَّsurely would saylayaqūlanna
ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
كَفَرُوٓاْdisbelievedkafarū
إِنۡThis is notin
هَٰذَآThis is nothādhā
إِلَّاbutillā
سِحۡرٞa magicsiḥ'run
مُّبِينٞclearmubīnun
Tafsir
He, may He be glorified, is the One Who created the heavens and the earth in their magnificent form, and He created whatever is in them in a period of six days. Before He created them, His Throne was on water. He created all of this in order to test which of you, O people, is best in doing actions that please Allah and which of you does actions that anger Him. He will repay each group according to what they deserve. If you, O Messenger, say, ‘You, O people, will be resurrected after you die to be taken to account’, then those who disbelieve in Allah and reject the resurrection will say, ‘This Qur’ān that you recite is nothing but sheer magic and it is clearly false’.