Ash-Shu`arā

طسٓمٓ

Ta-seen-meem

Ta Sin Mim

تِلْكَ ءَايَـٰتُ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ ٱلْمُبِينِ

Tilka ayatu alkitabialmubeen

These are the verses of the Scripture that makes things clear:

لَعَلَّكَ بَـٰخِعٌ نَّفْسَكَ أَلَّا يَكُونُوا۟ مُؤْمِنِينَ

LaAAallaka bakhiAAun nafsaka allayakoonoo mu/mineen

[Prophet], are you going to worry yourself to death because they will not believe?

إِن نَّشَأْ نُنَزِّلْ عَلَيْهِم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ ءَايَةً فَظَلَّتْ أَعْنَـٰقُهُمْ لَهَا خَـٰضِعِينَ

In nasha/ nunazzil AAalayhim mina assama-iayatan fathallat aAAnaquhum lahakhadiAAeen

If We had wished, We could have sent them down a sign from heaven, at which their necks would stay bowed in utter humility.

وَمَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن ذِكْرٍ مِّنَ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ مُحْدَثٍ إِلَّا كَانُوا۟ عَنْهُ مُعْرِضِينَ

Wama ya/teehim min thikrin minaarrahmani muhdathin illa kanooAAanhu muAArideen

Whenever they are brought a new revelation from the Lord of Mercy, they turn away:

فَقَدْ كَذَّبُوا۟ فَسَيَأْتِيهِمْ أَنۢبَـٰٓؤُا۟ مَا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

Faqad kaththaboo fasaya/teehim anbaoma kanoo bihi yastahzi-oon

they deny it, but the truth of what they scorned will soon hit them.

أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَمْ أَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ زَوْجٍ كَرِيمٍ

Awa lam yaraw ila al-ardi kamanbatna feeha min kulli zawjin kareem

Do they not see the earth, and what noble kinds of thing We grow in it?

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

Inna fee thalika laayatan wamakana aktharuhum mu/mineen

There truly is a sign in this, though most of them do not believe:

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

Wa-inna rabbaka lahuwa alAAazeezu arraheem

your Lord alone is the Almighty, the Merciful.

وَإِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبُّكَ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنِ ٱئْتِ ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ

Wa-ith nada rabbukamoosa ani i/ti alqawma aththalimeen

Your Lord called to Moses: ‘Go to those wrongdoers,

قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ ۚ أَلَا يَتَّقُونَ

Qawma firAAawna ala yattaqoon

the people of Pharaoh. Will they not take heed?’

قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ أَن يُكَذِّبُونِ

Qala rabbi innee akhafu anyukaththiboon

Moses said, ‘My Lord, I fear they will call me a liar,

وَيَضِيقُ صَدْرِى وَلَا يَنطَلِقُ لِسَانِى فَأَرْسِلْ إِلَىٰ هَـٰرُونَ

Wayadeequ sadree walayantaliqu lisanee faarsil ila haroon

and I will feel stressed and tongue-tied, so send Aaron too;

وَلَهُمْ عَلَىَّ ذَنۢبٌ فَأَخَافُ أَن يَقْتُلُونِ

Walahum AAalayya thanbun faakhafuan yaqtuloon

besides, they have a chargeagainst me, and I fear they may kill me.’

قَالَ كَلَّا ۖ فَٱذْهَبَا بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَآ ۖ إِنَّا مَعَكُم مُّسْتَمِعُونَ

Qala kalla fathhababi-ayatina inna maAAakum mustamiAAoon

God said, ‘No [they will not]. Go, both of you, with Our signs––We shall be with you, listen-ing.

فَأْتِيَا فِرْعَوْنَ فَقُولَآ إِنَّا رَسُولُ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

Fa/tiya firAAawna faqoola innarasoolu rabbi alAAalameen

Go, both of you, to Pharaoh and say, “We bring a message from the Lord of the Worlds:

أَنْ أَرْسِلْ مَعَنَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ

An arsil maAAana banee isra-eel

let the Children of Israel leave with us.” ’

قَالَ أَلَمْ نُرَبِّكَ فِينَا وَلِيدًا وَلَبِثْتَ فِينَا مِنْ عُمُرِكَ سِنِينَ

Qala alam nurabbika feenawaleedan walabithta feena min AAumurika sineen

Pharaoh said, ‘Did we not bring you up as a child among us? Did you not stay with us for many years?

وَفَعَلْتَ فَعْلَتَكَ ٱلَّتِى فَعَلْتَ وَأَنتَ مِنَ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ

WafaAAalta faAAlataka allatee faAAaltawaanta mina alkafireen

And then you committed that crime of yours: you were so ungrateful.’

قَالَ فَعَلْتُهَآ إِذًا وَأَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ

Qala faAAaltuha ithanwaana mina addalleen

Moses replied, ‘I was misguided when I did it

فَفَرَرْتُ مِنكُمْ لَمَّا خِفْتُكُمْ فَوَهَبَ لِى رَبِّى حُكْمًا وَجَعَلَنِى مِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

Fafarartu minkum lamma khiftukumfawahaba lee rabbee hukman wajaAAalanee mina almursaleen

and I fled from you in fear; later my Lord gave me wisdom and made me one of His messengers.

وَتِلْكَ نِعْمَةٌ تَمُنُّهَا عَلَىَّ أَنْ عَبَّدتَّ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ

Watilka niAAmatun tamunnuha AAalayyaan AAabbadta banee isra-eel

And is this- that you have enslaved the Children of Israel- the favour with which you reproach me?’

قَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَا رَبُّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

Qala firAAawnu wama rabbu alAAalameen

Pharaoh asked, ‘What is this “Lord of the Worlds”?’

قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ ۖ إِن كُنتُم مُّوقِنِينَ

Qala rabbu assamawatiwal-ardi wama baynahuma in kuntummooqineen

Moses replied, ‘He is the Lord of the heavens and earth and everything between them. If you would only have faith!’

قَالَ لِمَنْ حَوْلَهُۥٓ أَلَا تَسْتَمِعُونَ

Qala liman hawlahu alatastamiAAoon

Pharaoh said to those present, ‘Do you hear what he says?’

قَالَ رَبُّكُمْ وَرَبُّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

Qala rabbukum warabbu aba-ikumual-awwaleen

Moses said, ‘He is your Lord and the Lord of your forefathers.’

قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَكُمُ ٱلَّذِىٓ أُرْسِلَ إِلَيْكُمْ لَمَجْنُونٌ

Qala inna rasoolakumu allatheeorsila ilaykum lamajnoon

Pharaoh said, ‘This messenger who has been sent to you is truly possessed.’

قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلْمَشْرِقِ وَٱلْمَغْرِبِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ ۖ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ

Qala rabbu almashriqi walmaghribiwama baynahuma in kuntum taAAqiloon

Moses continued, ‘Lord of the East and West and everything between them. If you would only use your reason!’

قَالَ لَئِنِ ٱتَّخَذْتَ إِلَـٰهًا غَيْرِى لَأَجْعَلَنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْمَسْجُونِينَ

Qala la-ini ittakhathta ilahanghayree laajAAalannaka mina almasjooneen

But Pharaoh said [to him], ‘If you take any god other than me, I will throw you into prison,’

قَالَ أَوَلَوْ جِئْتُكَ بِشَىْءٍ مُّبِينٍ

Qala awa law ji/tuka bishay-in mubeen

and Moses asked, ‘Even if I show you something convincing?’

قَالَ فَأْتِ بِهِۦٓ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ

Qala fa/ti bihi in kunta mina assadiqeen

‘Show it then,’ said Pharaoh, ‘if you are telling the truth.’

فَأَلْقَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِىَ ثُعْبَانٌ مُّبِينٌ

Faalqa AAasahu fa-ithahiya thuAAbanun mubeen

So Moses threw down his staff and- lo and behold!- it became a snake for everyone to see.

وَنَزَعَ يَدَهُۥ فَإِذَا هِىَ بَيْضَآءُ لِلنَّـٰظِرِينَ

WanazaAAa yadahu fa-itha hiya baydaolinnathireen

Then he drew out his hand and- lo and behold!- it was white for the onlookers to see.

قَالَ لِلْمَلَإِ حَوْلَهُۥٓ إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَسَـٰحِرٌ عَلِيمٌ

Qala lilmala-i hawlahu inna hathalasahirun AAaleem

Pharaoh said to the counsellors around him, ‘This man is a learned sorcerer!

يُرِيدُ أَن يُخْرِجَكُم مِّنْ أَرْضِكُم بِسِحْرِهِۦ فَمَاذَا تَأْمُرُونَ

Yureedu an yukhrijakum min ardikumbisihrihi famatha ta/muroon

He means to use his sorcery to drive you out of your land! What do you suggest?’

قَالُوٓا۟ أَرْجِهْ وَأَخَاهُ وَٱبْعَثْ فِى ٱلْمَدَآئِنِ حَـٰشِرِينَ

Qaloo arjih waakhahu wabAAathfee almada-ini hashireen

They answered, ‘Delay him and his brother for a while, and send messengers to all the cities

يَأْتُوكَ بِكُلِّ سَحَّارٍ عَلِيمٍ

Ya/tooka bikulli sahharin AAaleem

to bring every accomplished sorcerer to you.’

فَجُمِعَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ لِمِيقَـٰتِ يَوْمٍ مَّعْلُومٍ

FajumiAAa assaharatu limeeqatiyawmin maAAloom

The sorcerers were [to be] assembled at the appointed time on a certain day

وَقِيلَ لِلنَّاسِ هَلْ أَنتُم مُّجْتَمِعُونَ

Waqeela linnasi hal antummujtamiAAoon

and the people were asked, "Are you all coming?

لَعَلَّنَا نَتَّبِعُ ٱلسَّحَرَةَ إِن كَانُوا۟ هُمُ ٱلْغَـٰلِبِينَ

LaAAallana nattabiAAu assaharatain kanoo humu alghalibeen

We may follow the sorcerers if they win!"

فَلَمَّا جَآءَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ قَالُوا۟ لِفِرْعَوْنَ أَئِنَّ لَنَا لَأَجْرًا إِن كُنَّا نَحْنُ ٱلْغَـٰلِبِينَ

Falamma jaa assaharatuqaloo lifirAAawna a-inna lana laajran in kunnanahnu alghalibeen

When the sorcerers came, they said to Pharaoh, ‘Shall we be rewarded if we win?’

قَالَ نَعَمْ وَإِنَّكُمْ إِذًا لَّمِنَ ٱلْمُقَرَّبِينَ

Qala naAAam wa-innakum ithanlamina almuqarrabeen

and he said, ‘Yes, and you will join my inner court.’

قَالَ لَهُم مُّوسَىٰٓ أَلْقُوا۟ مَآ أَنتُم مُّلْقُونَ

Qala lahum moosa alqoo maantum mulqoon

Moses said to them, ‘Throw down whatever you will.’

فَأَلْقَوْا۟ حِبَالَهُمْ وَعِصِيَّهُمْ وَقَالُوا۟ بِعِزَّةِ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّا لَنَحْنُ ٱلْغَـٰلِبُونَ

Faalqaw hibalahum waAAisiyyahumwaqaloo biAAizzati firAAawna inna lanahnualghaliboon

They threw their ropes and staffs, saying, ‘By Pharaoh’s might, we shall be victorious.’

فَأَلْقَىٰ مُوسَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِىَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُونَ

Faalqa moosa AAasahufa-itha hiya talqafu ma ya/fikoon

But Moses threw his staff and- lo and behold!- it swallowed up their trickery

فَأُلْقِىَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ سَـٰجِدِينَ

Faolqiya assaharatu sajideen

and the sorcerers fell down on their knees,

قَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا بِرَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

Qaloo amanna birabbialAAalameen

exclaiming, ‘We believe in the Lord of the Worlds,

رَبِّ مُوسَىٰ وَهَـٰرُونَ

Rabbi moosa waharoon

the Lord of Moses and Aaron.’

قَالَ ءَامَنتُمْ لَهُۥ قَبْلَ أَنْ ءَاذَنَ لَكُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ لَكَبِيرُكُمُ ٱلَّذِى عَلَّمَكُمُ ٱلسِّحْرَ فَلَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ ۚ لَأُقَطِّعَنَّ أَيْدِيَكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُم مِّنْ خِلَـٰفٍ وَلَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

Qala amantum lahu qabla an athanalakum innahu lakabeerukumu allathee AAallamakumu assihrafalasawfa taAAlamoona laoqattiAAanna aydiyakum waarjulakummin khilafin walaosallibannakum ajmaAAeen

Pharaoh said, ‘How dare you believe in him before I have given you permission? He must be the master who taught you sorcery! Soon you will see: I will cut off your alternate hands and feet and then crucify the lot of you!’

قَالُوا۟ لَا ضَيْرَ ۖ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا مُنقَلِبُونَ

Qaloo la dayra innaila rabbina munqaliboon

‘That will do us no harm,’ they said, ‘for we are sure to return to our Lord.

إِنَّا نَطْمَعُ أَن يَغْفِرَ لَنَا رَبُّنَا خَطَـٰيَـٰنَآ أَن كُنَّآ أَوَّلَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

Inna natmaAAu an yaghfira lanarabbuna khatayana an kunnaawwala almu/mineen

We hope that our Lord will forgive us our sins, as we were the first to believe.’

۞ وَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنْ أَسْرِ بِعِبَادِىٓ إِنَّكُم مُّتَّبَعُونَ

Waawhayna ila moosaan asri biAAibadee innakum muttabaAAoon

Then We revealed Our will to Moses, ‘Leave with My servants by night, for you will be pursued!’

فَأَرْسَلَ فِرْعَوْنُ فِى ٱلْمَدَآئِنِ حَـٰشِرِينَ

Faarsala firAAawnu fee almada-ini hashireen

Pharaoh sent messengers into the cities, proclaiming,

إِنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَشِرْذِمَةٌ قَلِيلُونَ

Inna haola-i lashirthimatunqaleeloon

‘These people are a puny band––

وَإِنَّهُمْ لَنَا لَغَآئِظُونَ

Wa-innahum lana lagha-ithoon

they have enraged us-

وَإِنَّا لَجَمِيعٌ حَـٰذِرُونَ

Wa-inna lajameeAAun hathiroon

and we are a large army, on the alert.’

فَأَخْرَجْنَـٰهُم مِّن جَنَّـٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ

Faakhrajnahum min jannatinwaAAuyoon

So it was that We made them leave their gardens and their springs,

وَكُنُوزٍ وَمَقَامٍ كَرِيمٍ

Wakunoozin wamaqamin kareem

their treasures and their noble dwellings-

كَذَٰلِكَ وَأَوْرَثْنَـٰهَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ

Kathalika waawrathnahabanee isra-eel

We gave [such] things [later]to the Children of Israel.

فَأَتْبَعُوهُم مُّشْرِقِينَ

FaatbaAAoohum mushriqeen

Pharaoh and his people pursued them at sunrise,

فَلَمَّا تَرَٰٓءَا ٱلْجَمْعَانِ قَالَ أَصْحَـٰبُ مُوسَىٰٓ إِنَّا لَمُدْرَكُونَ

Falamma taraa aljamAAaniqala as-habu moosa innalamudrakoon

and as soon as the two sides came within sight of one another, Moses’ followers said, ‘We shall definitely be caught.’

قَالَ كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّ مَعِىَ رَبِّى سَيَهْدِينِ

Qala kalla inna maAAiya rabbeesayahdeen

Moses said, ‘No, my Lord is with me: He will guide me,’

فَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنِ ٱضْرِب بِّعَصَاكَ ٱلْبَحْرَ ۖ فَٱنفَلَقَ فَكَانَ كُلُّ فِرْقٍ كَٱلطَّوْدِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

Faawhayna ila moosaani idrib biAAasaka albahra fanfalaqafakana kullu firqin kattawdi alAAatheem

and We revealed to Moses: ‘Strike the sea with your staff.’ It parted- each side like a mighty mountain-

وَأَزْلَفْنَا ثَمَّ ٱلْـَٔاخَرِينَ

Waazlafna thamma al-akhareen

and We brought the others to that place:

وَأَنجَيْنَا مُوسَىٰ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥٓ أَجْمَعِينَ

Waanjayna moosa waman maAAahuajmaAAeen

We saved Moses and all his companions,

ثُمَّ أَغْرَقْنَا ٱلْـَٔاخَرِينَ

Thumma aghraqna al-akhareen

and drowned the rest.

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

Inna fee thalika laayatan wamakana aktharuhum mu/mineen

There truly is a sign in this, though most of them do not believe:

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

Wa-inna rabbaka lahuwa alAAazeezu arraheem

your Lord alone is the Almighty, the Merciful.

وَٱتْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ نَبَأَ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ

Watlu AAalayhim nabaa ibraheem

Tell them the story of Abraham,

إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِۦ مَا تَعْبُدُونَ

Ith qala li-abeehi waqawmihi mataAAbudoon

when he asked his father and his people, ‘What do you worship?’

قَالُوا۟ نَعْبُدُ أَصْنَامًا فَنَظَلُّ لَهَا عَـٰكِفِينَ

Qaloo naAAbudu asnamanfanathallu laha AAakifeen

They said, ‘We worship idols, and are constantly in attendance on them.’

قَالَ هَلْ يَسْمَعُونَكُمْ إِذْ تَدْعُونَ

Qala hal yasmaAAoonakum ithtadAAoon

He asked, ‘Do they hear you when you call?

أَوْ يَنفَعُونَكُمْ أَوْ يَضُرُّونَ

Aw yanfaAAoonakum aw yadurroon

Do they help or harm you?’

قَالُوا۟ بَلْ وَجَدْنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا كَذَٰلِكَ يَفْعَلُونَ

Qaloo bal wajadna abaanakathalika yafAAaloon

They replied, ‘No, but this is what we saw our fathers doing.’

قَالَ أَفَرَءَيْتُم مَّا كُنتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَ

Qala afaraaytum ma kuntumtaAAbudoon

Abraham said, ‘Those idols you have worshipped,

أَنتُمْ وَءَابَآؤُكُمُ ٱلْأَقْدَمُونَ

Antum waabaokumu al-aqdamoon

you and your forefathers,

فَإِنَّهُمْ عَدُوٌّ لِّىٓ إِلَّا رَبَّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

Fa-innahum AAaduwwun lee illa rabbaalAAalameen

are my enemies; not so the Lord of the Worlds,

ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَنِى فَهُوَ يَهْدِينِ

Allathee khalaqanee fahuwa yahdeen

who created me. It is He who guides me;

وَٱلَّذِى هُوَ يُطْعِمُنِى وَيَسْقِينِ

Wallathee huwa yutAAimuneewayasqeen

He who gives me food and drink;

وَإِذَا مَرِضْتُ فَهُوَ يَشْفِينِ

Wa-itha maridtu fahuwayashfeen

He who cures me when I am ill;

وَٱلَّذِى يُمِيتُنِى ثُمَّ يُحْيِينِ

Wallathee yumeetunee thummayuhyeen

He who will make me die and then give me life again;

وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَطْمَعُ أَن يَغْفِرَ لِى خَطِيٓـَٔتِى يَوْمَ ٱلدِّينِ

Wallathee atmaAAu anyaghfira lee khatee-atee yawma addeen

and He who will, I hope, forgive my faults on the Day of Judgement.

رَبِّ هَبْ لِى حُكْمًا وَأَلْحِقْنِى بِٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ

Rabbi hab lee hukman waalhiqneebissaliheen

My Lord, grant me wisdom; join me with the righteous;

وَٱجْعَل لِّى لِسَانَ صِدْقٍ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ

WajAAal lee lisana sidqinfee al-akhireen

give me a good name among later generations;

وَٱجْعَلْنِى مِن وَرَثَةِ جَنَّةِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ

WajAAalnee min warathati jannati annaAAeem

make me one of those given the Garden of Bliss-

وَٱغْفِرْ لِأَبِىٓ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ

Waghfir li-abee innahu kanamina addalleen

forgive my father, for he is one of those who have gone astray-

وَلَا تُخْزِنِى يَوْمَ يُبْعَثُونَ

Wala tukhzinee yawma yubAAathoon

and do not disgrace me on the Day when all people are resurrected:

يَوْمَ لَا يَنفَعُ مَالٌ وَلَا بَنُونَ

Yawma la yanfaAAu malun walabanoon

the Day when neither wealth nor children can help,

إِلَّا مَنْ أَتَى ٱللَّهَ بِقَلْبٍ سَلِيمٍ

Illa man ata Allahabiqalbin saleem

when the only one who will be saved is the one who comes before God with a heart devoted to Him.’

وَأُزْلِفَتِ ٱلْجَنَّةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ

Waozlifati aljannatu lilmuttaqeen

When the Garden is brought near to the righteous

وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِلْغَاوِينَ

Waburrizati aljaheemu lilghaween

and the Fire is placed in full view of the misguided,

وَقِيلَ لَهُمْ أَيْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَ

Waqeela lahum ayna ma kuntumtaAAbudoon

it will be said to them, ‘Where are those you worshipped

مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ هَلْ يَنصُرُونَكُمْ أَوْ يَنتَصِرُونَ

Min dooni Allahi hal yansuroonakumaw yantasiroon

beside God? Can they help you now, or even help themselves?’

فَكُبْكِبُوا۟ فِيهَا هُمْ وَٱلْغَاوُۥنَ

Fakubkiboo feeha hum walghawoon

and then they will all be hurled into Hell, together with those that misled them,

وَجُنُودُ إِبْلِيسَ أَجْمَعُونَ

Wajunoodu ibleesa ajmaAAoon

and all Iblis’s supporters.

قَالُوا۟ وَهُمْ فِيهَا يَخْتَصِمُونَ

Qaloo wahum feeha yakhtasimoon

There they will say to their gods, as they bicker among themselves,

تَٱللَّهِ إِن كُنَّا لَفِى ضَلَـٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ

Tallahi in kunna lafeedalalin mubeen

‘We were clearly misguided

إِذْ نُسَوِّيكُم بِرَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

Ith nusawweekum birabbi alAAalameen

when we made you equal with the Lord of the Worlds.

وَمَآ أَضَلَّنَآ إِلَّا ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ

Wama adallana illaalmujrimoon

It was the evildoers who led us astray,

فَمَا لَنَا مِن شَـٰفِعِينَ

Fama lana min shafiAAeen

and now we have no intercessor

وَلَا صَدِيقٍ حَمِيمٍ

Wala sadeeqin hameem

and no true friend.

فَلَوْ أَنَّ لَنَا كَرَّةً فَنَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

Falaw anna lana karratan fanakoonamina almu/mineen

If only we could live our lives again, we would be true believers!’

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

Inna fee thalika laayatan wamakana aktharuhum mu/mineen

There truly is a sign in this, though most of them do not believe:

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

Wa-inna rabbaka lahuwa alAAazeezu arraheem

your Lord alone is the Almighty, the Merciful.

كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

Kaththabat qawmu noohinalmursaleen

The people of Noah, too, called the messengers liars.

إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ نُوحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

Ith qala lahum akhoohum noohunala tattaqoon

Their brother Noah said to them, ‘Will you not be mindful of God?

إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ

Innee lakum rasoolun ameen

I am a faithful messenger sent to you:

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

Fattaqoo Allaha waateeAAoon

be mindful of God and obey me.

وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

Wama as-alukum AAalayhi min ajrin inajriya illa AAala rabbi alAAalameen

I ask no reward of you, for my only reward is with the Lord of the Worlds:

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

Fattaqoo Allaha waateeAAoon

be mindful of God and obey me.’

۞ قَالُوٓا۟ أَنُؤْمِنُ لَكَ وَٱتَّبَعَكَ ٱلْأَرْذَلُونَ

Qaloo anu/minu laka wattabaAAakaal-arthaloon

They answered, ‘Why should we believe you when the worst sort of people follow you?’

قَالَ وَمَا عِلْمِى بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

Qala wama AAilmee bimakanoo yaAAmaloon

He said, ‘What knowledge do I have of what they used to do?

إِنْ حِسَابُهُمْ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّى ۖ لَوْ تَشْعُرُونَ

In hisabuhum illa AAalarabbee law tashAAuroon

It is for my Lord alone to bring them to account- if only you could see-

وَمَآ أَنَا۠ بِطَارِدِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

Wama ana bitaridialmu/mineen

I will not drive believers away.

إِنْ أَنَا۠ إِلَّا نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ

In ana illa natheerunmubeen

I am here only to give people a clear warning.’

قَالُوا۟ لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهِ يَـٰنُوحُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْمَرْجُومِينَ

Qaloo la-in lam tantahi yanoohu latakoonanna mina almarjoomeen

So they said, ‘Noah, if you do not stop this, you will be stoned.’

قَالَ رَبِّ إِنَّ قَوْمِى كَذَّبُونِ

Qala rabbi inna qawmee kaththaboon

He said, ‘My Lord, my people have rejected me,

فَٱفْتَحْ بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَهُمْ فَتْحًا وَنَجِّنِى وَمَن مَّعِىَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

Faftah baynee wabaynahum fathanwanajjinee waman maAAiya mina almu/mineen

so make a firm judgement between me and them, and save me and my believing followers.’

فَأَنجَيْنَـٰهُ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥ فِى ٱلْفُلْكِ ٱلْمَشْحُونِ

Faanjaynahu waman maAAahu feealfulki almashhoon

So We saved him and his followers in the fully laden ship,

ثُمَّ أَغْرَقْنَا بَعْدُ ٱلْبَاقِينَ

Thumma aghraqna baAAdu albaqeen

and drowned the rest.

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

Inna fee thalika laayatan wamakana aktharuhum mu/mineen

There truly is a sign in this, though most of them do not believe:

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

Wa-inna rabbaka lahuwa alAAazeezu arraheem

your Lord alone is the Almighty, the Merciful.

كَذَّبَتْ عَادٌ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

Kaththabat AAadun almursaleen

The people of Ad, too, called the messengers liars.

إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ هُودٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

Ith qala lahum akhoohumhoodun ala tattaqoon

Their brother Hud said to them, ‘Will you not be mindful of God?

إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ

Innee lakum rasoolun ameen

I am a faithful messenger sent to you:

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

Fattaqoo Allaha waateeAAoon

be mindful of God and obey me.

وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

Wama as-alukum AAalayhi min ajrin inajriya illa AAala rabbi alAAalameen

I ask no reward of you, for my only reward is with the Lord of the Worlds.

أَتَبْنُونَ بِكُلِّ رِيعٍ ءَايَةً تَعْبَثُونَ

Atabnoona bikulli reeAAin ayatantaAAbathoon

How can you be so vain that you set up monuments on every high place?

وَتَتَّخِذُونَ مَصَانِعَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَخْلُدُونَ

Watattakhithoona masaniAAalaAAallakum takhludoon

Do you build fortresses because you hope to be immortal?

وَإِذَا بَطَشْتُم بَطَشْتُمْ جَبَّارِينَ

Wa-itha batashtum batashtumjabbareen

Why do you act like tyrants whenever you attack someone?

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

Fattaqoo Allaha waateeAAoon

Be mindful of God and obey me;

وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَمَدَّكُم بِمَا تَعْلَمُونَ

Wattaqoo allathee amaddakumbima taAAlamoon

be mindful of Him who has provided you with everything you know-

أَمَدَّكُم بِأَنْعَـٰمٍ وَبَنِينَ

Amaddakum bi-anAAamin wabaneen

He has given you livestock, sons,

وَجَنَّـٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ

Wajannatin waAAuyoon

gardens, springs-

إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ

Innee akhafu AAalaykum AAathabayawmin AAatheem

for I truly fear that the torment of a grievous day will overtake you.’

قَالُوا۟ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيْنَآ أَوَعَظْتَ أَمْ لَمْ تَكُن مِّنَ ٱلْوَٰعِظِينَ

Qaloo sawaon AAalaynaawaAAathta am lam takun mina alwaAAitheen

They replied, ‘It makes no difference to us whether you warn us or not,

إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا خُلُقُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

In hatha illa khuluqual-awwaleen

for we only do what our forefathers used to do:

وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ

Wama nahnu bimuAAaththabeen

we shall not be punished.’

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَهْلَكْنَـٰهُمْ ۗ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

Fakaththaboohu faahlaknahuminna fee thalika laayatan wama kanaaktharuhum mu/mineen

They denounced him as a liar, and so We destroyed them. There truly is a sign in this, though most of them do not believe:

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

Wa-inna rabbaka lahuwa alAAazeezu arraheem

your Lord alone is the Almighty, the Merciful.

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

Kaththabat thamoodu almursaleen

The people of Thamud, too, called the messengers liars.

إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ صَـٰلِحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

Ith qala lahum akhoohum salihunala tattaqoon

Their brother Salih said to them, ‘Will you not be mindful of God?

إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ

Innee lakum rasoolun ameen

I am a faithful messenger to you:

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

Fattaqoo Allaha waateeAAoon

be mindful of God and obey me.

وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

Wama as-alukum AAalayhi min ajrin inajriya illa AAala rabbi alAAalameen

I ask no reward from you, for my only reward is with the Lord of the Worlds.

أَتُتْرَكُونَ فِى مَا هَـٰهُنَآ ءَامِنِينَ

Atutrakoona fee ma hahunaamineen

[Do you think] you will be left secure for ever in what you have here-

فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ

Fee jannatin waAAuyoon

gardens, springs,

وَزُرُوعٍ وَنَخْلٍ طَلْعُهَا هَضِيمٌ

WazurooAAin wanakhlin talAAuhahadeem

fields, palm trees laden with fruit-

وَتَنْحِتُونَ مِنَ ٱلْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا فَـٰرِهِينَ

Watanhitoona mina aljibalibuyootan fariheen

carving your fine houses from the mountains?

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

Fattaqoo Allaha waateeAAoon

Be mindful of God and obey me:

وَلَا تُطِيعُوٓا۟ أَمْرَ ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ

Wala tuteeAAoo amraalmusrifeen

do not obey those who are given to excess

ٱلَّذِينَ يُفْسِدُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا يُصْلِحُونَ

Allatheena yufsidoona fee al-ardiwala yuslihoon

and who spread corruption in the land instead of doing what is right.’

قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلْمُسَحَّرِينَ

Qaloo innama anta mina almusahhareen

They said, ‘You are bewitched!

مَآ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُنَا فَأْتِ بِـَٔايَةٍ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ

Ma anta illa basharun mithlunafa/ti bi-ayatin in kunta mina assadiqeena

You are nothing but a man like us. Show us a sign, if you are telling the truth.’

قَالَ هَـٰذِهِۦ نَاقَةٌ لَّهَا شِرْبٌ وَلَكُمْ شِرْبُ يَوْمٍ مَّعْلُومٍ

Qala hathihi naqatunlaha shirbun walakum shirbu yawmin maAAloom

He said, ‘Here is a camel. She should have her turn to drink and so should you, each on a specified day,

وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوٓءٍ فَيَأْخُذَكُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ

Wala tamassooha bisoo-infaya/khuthakum AAathabu yawmin AAatheem

so do not harm her, or the punishment of a terrible day will befall you.’

فَعَقَرُوهَا فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ نَـٰدِمِينَ

FaAAaqarooha faasbahoonadimeen

But they hamstrung her. In the morning they had cause to regret it:

فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ ۗ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

Faakhathahumu alAAathabu innafee thalika laayatan wama kanaaktharuhum mu/mineen

the punishment fell upon them. There truly is a sign in this, though most of them will not believe:

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

Wa-inna rabbaka lahuwa alAAazeezu arraheem

your Lord alone is the Almighty, the Merciful.

كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ لُوطٍ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

Kaththabat qawmu lootinalmursaleen

The people of Lot, too, called the messengers liars.

إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ لُوطٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

Ith qala lahum akhoohum lootunala tattaqoon

Their brother Lot said to them, ‘Will you not be mindful of God?

إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ

Innee lakum rasoolun ameen

I am a faithful messenger to you:

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

Fattaqoo Allaha waateeAAoon

be mindful of God and obey me.

وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

Wama as-alukum AAalayhi min ajrin inajriya illa AAala rabbi alAAalameen

I ask no reward from you, for my only reward is with the Lord of the Worlds.

أَتَأْتُونَ ٱلذُّكْرَانَ مِنَ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

Ata/toona aththukranamina alAAalameen

Must you, unlike [other] people, lust after males

وَتَذَرُونَ مَا خَلَقَ لَكُمْ رَبُّكُم مِّنْ أَزْوَٰجِكُم ۚ بَلْ أَنتُمْ قَوْمٌ عَادُونَ

Watatharoona ma khalaqa lakumrabbukum min azwajikum bal antum qawmun AAadoon

and abandon the wives that God has created for you? You are exceeding all bounds,’

قَالُوا۟ لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهِ يَـٰلُوطُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْمُخْرَجِينَ

Qaloo la-in lam tantahi yalootu latakoonanna mina almukhrajeen

but they replied, ‘Lot! If you do not stop this, you will be driven away.’

قَالَ إِنِّى لِعَمَلِكُم مِّنَ ٱلْقَالِينَ

Qala innee liAAamalikum mina alqaleen

So he said, ‘I loathe what you do:

رَبِّ نَجِّنِى وَأَهْلِى مِمَّا يَعْمَلُونَ

Rabbi najjinee waahlee mimmayaAAmaloon

Lord, save me and my family from what they are doing.’

فَنَجَّيْنَـٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥٓ أَجْمَعِينَ

Fanajjaynahu waahlahu ajmaAAeen

We saved him and all his family,

إِلَّا عَجُوزًا فِى ٱلْغَـٰبِرِينَ

Illa AAajoozan fee alghabireen

except for an old woman who stayed behind,

ثُمَّ دَمَّرْنَا ٱلْـَٔاخَرِينَ

Thumma dammarna al-akhareen

then We destroyed the others,

وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِم مَّطَرًا ۖ فَسَآءَ مَطَرُ ٱلْمُنذَرِينَ

Waamtarna AAalayhim mataranfasaa mataru almunthareen

and poured a rain of destruction down upon them. How dreadful that rain was for those who had been forewarned!

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

Inna fee thalika laayatan wamakana aktharuhum mu/mineen

There truly is a sign in this, though most of them will not believe:

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

Wa-inna rabbaka lahuwa alAAazeezu arraheem

your Lord alone is the Almighty, the Merciful.

كَذَّبَ أَصْحَـٰبُ لْـَٔيْكَةِ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

Kaththaba as-habual-aykati almursaleen

The forest-dwellers, too, called the messengers liars.

إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ شُعَيْبٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

Ith qala lahum shuAAaybun alatattaqoon

Shuayb said to them, ‘Will you not be mindful of God?

إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ

Innee lakum rasoolun ameen

I am a faithful messenger to you:

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

Fattaqoo Allaha waateeAAoon

be mindful of God and obey me.

وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

Wama as-alukum AAalayhi min ajrin inajriya illa AAala rabbi alAAalameen

I ask no reward of you, for my only reward is with the Lord of the Worlds.

۞ أَوْفُوا۟ ٱلْكَيْلَ وَلَا تَكُونُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْمُخْسِرِينَ

Awfoo alkayla wala takoonoo minaalmukhsireen

Give full measure: do not sell others short.

وَزِنُوا۟ بِٱلْقِسْطَاسِ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمِ

Wazinoo bilqistasialmustaqeem

Weigh with correct scales:

وَلَا تَبْخَسُوا۟ ٱلنَّاسَ أَشْيَآءَهُمْ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ

Wala tabkhasoo annasaashyaahum wala taAAthaw fee al-ardimufsideen

do not deprive people of what is theirs. Do not spread corruption on earth.

وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُمْ وَٱلْجِبِلَّةَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

Wattaqoo allathee khalaqakumwaljibillata al-awwaleen

Be mindful of God who created you and former generations,’

قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلْمُسَحَّرِينَ

Qaloo innama anta mina almusahhareen

but they replied, ‘You are bewitched!

وَمَآ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُنَا وَإِن نَّظُنُّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلْكَـٰذِبِينَ

Wama anta illa basharunmithluna wa-in nathunnuka lamina alkathibeen

You are nothing but a man like us. In fact we think you are a liar.

فَأَسْقِطْ عَلَيْنَا كِسَفًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ

Faasqit AAalayna kisafan minaassama-i in kunta mina assadiqeen

Make bits of the heavens fall down on us, if you are telling the truth.’

قَالَ رَبِّىٓ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ

Qala rabbee aAAlamu bimataAAmaloon

He said, ‘My Lord knows best what you do.’

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمِ ٱلظُّلَّةِ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ

Fakaththaboohu faakhathahumAAathabu yawmi aththullati innahu kanaAAathaba yawmin AAatheem

They called him a liar, and so the torment of the Day of Shadow came upon them- it was the torment of a terrible day.

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

Inna fee thalika laayatan wamakana aktharuhum mu/mineen

There truly is a sign in this, though most of them will not believe:

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

Wa-inna rabbaka lahuwa alAAazeezu arraheem

your Lord alone is the Almighty, the Merciful.

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَنزِيلُ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

Wa-innahu latanzeelu rabbi alAAalameen

Truly, this Quran has been sent down by the Lord of the Worlds:

نَزَلَ بِهِ ٱلرُّوحُ ٱلْأَمِينُ

Nazala bihi arroohu al-ameen

the Trustworthy Spirit brought it down

عَلَىٰ قَلْبِكَ لِتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُنذِرِينَ

AAala qalbika litakoona mina almunthireen

to your heart [Prophet], so that you could bring warning

بِلِسَانٍ عَرَبِىٍّ مُّبِينٍ

Bilisanin AAarabiyyin mubeen

in a clear Arabic tongue.

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَفِى زُبُرِ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

Wa-innahu lafee zuburi al-awwaleen

This was foretold in the scriptures of earlier religions.

أَوَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُمْ ءَايَةً أَن يَعْلَمَهُۥ عُلَمَـٰٓؤُا۟ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ

Awa lam yakun lahum ayatan anyaAAlamahu AAulamao banee isra-eel

Is it not proof enough for them that the learned men of the Children of Israel have recognized it?

وَلَوْ نَزَّلْنَـٰهُ عَلَىٰ بَعْضِ ٱلْأَعْجَمِينَ

Walaw nazzalnahu AAala baAAdial-aAAjameen

If We had sent it down to someone who was not an Arab,

فَقَرَأَهُۥ عَلَيْهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ مُؤْمِنِينَ

Faqaraahu AAalayhim ma kanoobihi mu/mineen

and he had recited it to them, they still would not have believed in it.

كَذَٰلِكَ سَلَكْنَـٰهُ فِى قُلُوبِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ

Kathalika salaknahu feequloobi almujrimeen

So We make it pass straight through the hearts of the guilty:

لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِۦ حَتَّىٰ يَرَوُا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَلِيمَ

La yu/minoona bihi hattayarawoo alAAathaba al-aleem

they will not believe in it until they see the grievous torment,

فَيَأْتِيَهُم بَغْتَةً وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

Faya/tiyahum baghtatan wahum layashAAuroon

which will suddenly hit them when they are not expecting it,

فَيَقُولُوا۟ هَلْ نَحْنُ مُنظَرُونَ

Fayaqooloo hal nahnu muntharoon

and then they will say, ‘Can we have more time?’

أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا يَسْتَعْجِلُونَ

AfabiAAathabina yastaAAjiloon

How can they ask that Our punishment be brought to them sooner?

أَفَرَءَيْتَ إِن مَّتَّعْنَـٰهُمْ سِنِينَ

Afaraayta in mattaAAnahum sineen

Think, if we let them enjoy this life for some years

ثُمَّ جَآءَهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يُوعَدُونَ

Thumma jaahum ma kanooyooAAadoon

and then the promised torment came upon them,

مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يُمَتَّعُونَ

Ma aghna AAanhum ma kanooyumattaAAoon

what good would their past enjoyment be to them?

وَمَآ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا لَهَا مُنذِرُونَ

Wama ahlakna min qaryatin illalaha munthiroon

Never have We destroyed a town without sending down messengers to warn it,

ذِكْرَىٰ وَمَا كُنَّا ظَـٰلِمِينَ

Thikra wama kunnathalimeen

as a reminder from Us: We are never unjust.

وَمَا تَنَزَّلَتْ بِهِ ٱلشَّيَـٰطِينُ

Wama tanazzalat bihi ashshayateen

It was not the jinn who brought down this Quran:

وَمَا يَنۢبَغِى لَهُمْ وَمَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ

Wama yanbaghee lahum wamayastateeAAoon

it is neither in their interests nor in their power,

إِنَّهُمْ عَنِ ٱلسَّمْعِ لَمَعْزُولُونَ

Innahum AAani assamAAilamaAAzooloona

indeed they are prevented from overhearing it.

فَلَا تَدْعُ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَـٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُعَذَّبِينَ

Fala tadAAu maAAa Allahi ilahanakhara fatakoona mina almuAAaththabeen

So [Prophet] do not invoke any gods beside God, or you will incur punishment.

وَأَنذِرْ عَشِيرَتَكَ ٱلْأَقْرَبِينَ

Waanthir AAasheerataka al-aqrabeen

Warn your nearest kinsfolk

وَٱخْفِضْ جَنَاحَكَ لِمَنِ ٱتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

Wakhfid janahakalimani ittabaAAaka mina almu/mineen

and lower your wing tenderly over the believers who follow you.

فَإِنْ عَصَوْكَ فَقُلْ إِنِّى بَرِىٓءٌ مِّمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ

Fa-in AAasawka faqul innee baree-onmimma taAAmaloon

If they disobey you, say, ‘I bear no responsibility for your actions.’

وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Watawakkal AAala alAAazeezi arraheem

Put your trust in the Almighty, the Merciful,

ٱلَّذِى يَرَىٰكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ

Allathee yaraka heenataqoom

who sees you when you stand up [for prayer]

وَتَقَلُّبَكَ فِى ٱلسَّـٰجِدِينَ

Wataqallubaka fee assajideen

and sees your movements among the worshippers:

إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ

Innahu huwa assameeAAu alAAaleem

He is the All Hearing, the All Knowing.

هَلْ أُنَبِّئُكُمْ عَلَىٰ مَن تَنَزَّلُ ٱلشَّيَـٰطِينُ

Hal onabbi-okum AAala man tanazzaluashshayateen

Shall I tell you who the jinn come down to?

تَنَزَّلُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ أَفَّاكٍ أَثِيمٍ

Tanazzalu AAala kulli affakinatheem

They come down to every lying sinner

يُلْقُونَ ٱلسَّمْعَ وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ كَـٰذِبُونَ

Yulqoona assamAAa waaktharuhum kathiboon

who readily lends an ear to them, and most of them are liars:

وَٱلشُّعَرَآءُ يَتَّبِعُهُمُ ٱلْغَاوُۥنَ

WashshuAAaraoyattabiAAuhumu alghawoon

only those who are lost in error follow the poets.

أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّهُمْ فِى كُلِّ وَادٍ يَهِيمُونَ

Alam tara annahum fee kulli wadinyaheemoon

Do you not see how they rove aimlessly in every valley;

وَأَنَّهُمْ يَقُولُونَ مَا لَا يَفْعَلُونَ

Waannahum yaqooloona ma layafAAaloon

how they say what they do not do?

إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ وَذَكَرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ كَثِيرًا وَٱنتَصَرُوا۟ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا ظُلِمُوا۟ ۗ وَسَيَعْلَمُ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوٓا۟ أَىَّ مُنقَلَبٍ يَنقَلِبُونَ

Illa allatheena amanoowaAAamiloo assalihati wathakaroo Allahakatheeran wantasaroo min baAAdi ma thulimoowasayaAAlamu allatheena thalamoo ayyamunqalabin yanqaliboon

Not so those [poets] who believe, do good deeds, remember God often, and defend themselves after they have been wronged. The evildoers will find out what they will return to.