Then why, if you are not indebted (to Us for life),

So why is it not, that if you are not to be repaid, –

why, if you are not at Our disposal,

why, then, if [you think that] you are not truly dependent [on Us],

Wherefore then, if ye are not to be requited

Then why do you not, if you are exempt from the reckoning and recompense (punishment, etc.)

If you are not held to account.

If you are not held to account.

Why, then, if you are unconstrained.

Why, then, if you are unconstrained.

Now, if you are not subject to Our Will ˹as you claim˺,

if you are not subject to anyone's authority,

Then why do you not -- if you are not Madinin

Why then, if ye are not in bondage (unto Us),

then why do you not restore it, if you are not subject

why then, if you are not revived,

Then why do you not, if you are not to be recompensed,

If you are true to your claim that there is no Day of Judgment,

Then why is it not-- if you are not held under authority--

Falawla in kuntum ghayra madeeneena

falawlā in kuntum ghayra madīnīna

why, then, if you are not subject to Our command,

Then why do ye not,- If you are exempt from (future) account,-