طسٓمٓ ١
tta-seen-meem
1. Ṭā, Seen, Meem.1043
Notes
[1043] See footnote to 2:1.
Surah Ash-Shu’ara transliteration
سورة الشعراء
Here is Surah Ash-Shu’ara (“The Poets”) in transliteration: each of its 227 verses in Arabic, then in Latin letters (one Latin word for each Arabic word) and translated into English. Start the recitation: each word lights up as it is pronounced.
Letters with a bar (ā, ī, ū) are long, ʿ marks the letter ʿayn, ḥ, ṣ, ḍ, ṭ, ẓ the emphatic letters. Hover over or tap an Arabic word to see its meaning.
Tajweed rules
- Hamzat al-wasl (silent)
- Silent letter
- Lam shamsiyyah (assimilated)
- Normal madd (2 counts)
- Permissible madd (2, 4 or 6 counts)
- Obligatory madd (4 or 5 counts)
- Necessary madd (6 counts)
- Ghunnah (nasalisation, 2 counts)
- Qalqalah (echo)
- Ikhfa (concealment)
- Ikhfa shafawi (meem)
- Idgham with ghunnah
- Idgham without ghunnah
- Idgham shafawi (meem)
- Idgham mutajanisayn
- Idgham mutaqaribayn
- Iqlab (noon becomes meem)
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
bis'mi l-lahi l-raḥmāni l-raḥīmi
تِلْكَ ءَايَٰتُ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ ٱلْمُبِينِ ٢
til'ka āyātu l-kitābi l-mubīni
2. These are the verses of the clear Book.
لَعَلَّكَ بَٰخِعٌ نَّفْسَكَ أَلَّا يَكُونُوا۟ مُؤْمِنِينَ ٣
laʿallaka bākhiʿun nafsaka allā yakūnū mu'minīna
3. Perhaps, [O Muḥammad], you would kill yourself with grief that they will not be believers.
إِن نَّشَأْ نُنَزِّلْ عَلَيْهِم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ ءَايَةً فَظَلَّتْ أَعْنَٰقُهُمْ لَهَا خَٰضِعِينَ ٤
in nasha nunazzil ʿalayhim mina l-samāi āyatan faẓallat aʿnāquhum lahā khāḍiʿīna
4. If We willed, We could send down to them from the sky a sign for which their necks would remain humbled.1044
Notes
[1044] i.e., they would be compelled to believe.
وَمَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن ذِكْرٍ مِّنَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ مُحْدَثٍ إِلَّا كَانُوا۟ عَنْهُ مُعْرِضِينَ ٥
wamā yatīhim min dhik'rin mina l-raḥmāni muḥ'dathin illā kānū ʿanhu muʿ'riḍīna
5. And no mention [i.e., revelation] comes to them anew from the Most Merciful except that they turn away from it.
فَقَدْ كَذَّبُوا۟ فَسَيَأْتِيهِمْ أَنۢبَٰٓؤُا۟ مَا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ ٦
faqad kadhabū fasayatīhim anbāu mā kānū bihi yastahziūna
6. For they have already denied, but there will come to them the news of that which they used to ridicule.
أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَمْ أَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ زَوْجٍ كَرِيمٍ ٧
awalam yaraw ilā l-arḍi kam anbatnā fīhā min kulli zawjin karīmin
7. Did they not look at the earth - how much We have produced therein from every noble kind?
إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ ٨
inna fī dhālika laāyatan wamā kāna aktharuhum mu'minīna
8. Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ٩
wa-inna rabbaka lahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-raḥīmu
9. And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.
وَإِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبُّكَ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنِ ٱئْتِ ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ١٠
wa-idh nādā rabbuka mūsā ani i'ti l-qawma l-ẓālimīna
10. And [mention] when your Lord called Moses, [saying], "Go to the wrongdoing people -
قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ أَلَا يَتَّقُونَ ١١
qawma fir'ʿawna alā yattaqūna
11. The people of Pharaoh. Will they not fear Allāh?"
قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ أَن يُكَذِّبُونِ ١٢
qāla rabbi innī akhāfu an yukadhibūni
12. He said, "My Lord, indeed I fear that they will deny me
وَيَضِيقُ صَدْرِى وَلَا يَنطَلِقُ لِسَانِى فَأَرْسِلْ إِلَىٰ هَٰرُونَ ١٣
wayaḍīqu ṣadrī walā yanṭaliqu lisānī fa-arsil ilā hārūna
13. And that my breast will tighten and my tongue will not be fluent, so send for Aaron.
وَلَهُمْ عَلَىَّ ذَنۢبٌ فَأَخَافُ أَن يَقْتُلُونِ ١٤
walahum ʿalayya dhanbun fa-akhāfu an yaqtulūni
14. And they have upon me a [claim due to] sin, so I fear that they will kill me."
قَالَ كَلَّا فَٱذْهَبَا بِـَٔايَٰتِنَآ إِنَّا مَعَكُم مُّسْتَمِعُونَ ١٥
qāla kallā fa-idh'habā biāyātinā innā maʿakum mus'tamiʿūna
15. [Allāh] said, "No. Go both of you with Our signs; indeed, We are with you, listening.
فَأْتِيَا فِرْعَوْنَ فَقُولَآ إِنَّا رَسُولُ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ١٦
fatiyā fir'ʿawna faqūlā innā rasūlu rabbi l-ʿālamīna
16. Go to Pharaoh and say, 'We are the messengers1045 of the Lord of the worlds,
Notes
[1045] The singular form in Arabic indicates that both were sent with a single message.
أَنْ أَرْسِلْ مَعَنَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ ١٧
an arsil maʿanā banī is'rāīla
17. [Commanded to say], "Send with us the Children of Israel."'"
قَالَ أَلَمْ نُرَبِّكَ فِينَا وَلِيدًا وَلَبِثْتَ فِينَا مِنْ عُمُرِكَ سِنِينَ ١٨
qāla alam nurabbika fīnā walīdan walabith'ta fīnā min ʿumurika sinīna
18. [Pharaoh] said, "Did we not raise you among us as a child, and you remained among us for years of your life?
وَفَعَلْتَ فَعْلَتَكَ ٱلَّتِى فَعَلْتَ وَأَنتَ مِنَ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ ١٩
wafaʿalta faʿlataka allatī faʿalta wa-anta mina l-kāfirīna
19. And [then] you did your deed which you did,1046 and you were of the ungrateful."
Notes
[1046] i.e., striking the Copt, who died as a result.
قَالَ فَعَلْتُهَآ إِذًا وَأَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ ٢٠
qāla faʿaltuhā idhan wa-anā mina l-ḍālīna
20. [Moses] said, "I did it, then, while I was of those astray [i.e., ignorant].
فَفَرَرْتُ مِنكُمْ لَمَّا خِفْتُكُمْ فَوَهَبَ لِى رَبِّى حُكْمًا وَجَعَلَنِى مِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ ٢١
fafarartu minkum lammā khif'tukum fawahaba lī rabbī ḥuk'man wajaʿalanī mina l-mur'salīna
21. So I fled from you when I feared you. Then my Lord granted me judgement [i.e., wisdom and prophethood] and appointed me [as one] of the messengers.
وَتِلْكَ نِعْمَةٌ تَمُنُّهَا عَلَىَّ أَنْ عَبَّدتَّ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ ٢٢
watil'ka niʿ'matun tamunnuhā ʿalayya an ʿabbadtta banī is'rāīla
22. And is this a favor of which you remind me - that you have enslaved the Children of Israel?"
قَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَا رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ٢٣
qāla fir'ʿawnu wamā rabbu l-ʿālamīna
23. Said Pharaoh, "And what is the Lord of the worlds?"
قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ إِن كُنتُم مُّوقِنِينَ ٢٤
qāla rabbu l-samāwāti wal-arḍi wamā baynahumā in kuntum mūqinīna
24. [Moses] said, "The Lord of the heavens and earth and that between them, if you should be convinced."
قَالَ لِمَنْ حَوْلَهُۥٓ أَلَا تَسْتَمِعُونَ ٢٥
qāla liman ḥawlahu alā tastamiʿūna
25. [Pharaoh] said to those around him, "Do you not hear?"
قَالَ رَبُّكُمْ وَرَبُّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ٢٦
qāla rabbukum warabbu ābāikumu l-awalīna
26. [Moses] said, "Your Lord and the Lord of your first forefathers."
قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَكُمُ ٱلَّذِىٓ أُرْسِلَ إِلَيْكُمْ لَمَجْنُونٌ ٢٧
qāla inna rasūlakumu alladhī ur'sila ilaykum lamajnūnun
27. [Pharaoh] said,1047 "Indeed, your 'messenger' who has been sent to you is mad."
Notes
[1047] Angrily addressing those present.
قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلْمَشْرِقِ وَٱلْمَغْرِبِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ ٢٨
qāla rabbu l-mashriqi wal-maghribi wamā baynahumā in kuntum taʿqilūna
28. [Moses] said, "Lord of the east and the west and that between them, if you were to reason."
قَالَ لَئِنِ ٱتَّخَذْتَ إِلَٰهًا غَيْرِى لَأَجْعَلَنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْمَسْجُونِينَ ٢٩
qāla la-ini ittakhadhta ilāhan ghayrī la-ajʿalannaka mina l-masjūnīna
29. [Pharaoh] said, "If you take a god other than me, I will surely place you among those imprisoned."
قَالَ أَوَلَوْ جِئْتُكَ بِشَىْءٍ مُّبِينٍ ٣٠
qāla awalaw ji'tuka bishayin mubīnin
30. [Moses] said, "Even if I brought you something [i.e., proof] manifest?"
قَالَ فَأْتِ بِهِۦٓ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ ٣١
qāla fati bihi in kunta mina l-ṣādiqīna
31. [Pharaoh] said, "Then bring it, if you should be of the truthful."
فَأَلْقَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِىَ ثُعْبَانٌ مُّبِينٌ ٣٢
fa-alqā ʿaṣāhu fa-idhā hiya thuʿ'bānun mubīnun
32. So [Moses] threw his staff, and suddenly it was a serpent manifest.1048
Notes
[1048] i.e., clearly genuine.
وَنَزَعَ يَدَهُۥ فَإِذَا هِىَ بَيْضَآءُ لِلنَّٰظِرِينَ ٣٣
wanazaʿa yadahu fa-idhā hiya bayḍāu lilnnāẓirīna
33. And he drew out his hand; thereupon it was white for the observers.
قَالَ لِلْمَلَإِ حَوْلَهُۥٓ إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَسَٰحِرٌ عَلِيمٌ ٣٤
qāla lil'mala-i ḥawlahu inna hādhā lasāḥirun ʿalīmun
34. [Pharaoh] said to the eminent ones around him, "Indeed, this is a learned magician.
يُرِيدُ أَن يُخْرِجَكُم مِّنْ أَرْضِكُم بِسِحْرِهِۦ فَمَاذَا تَأْمُرُونَ ٣٥
yurīdu an yukh'rijakum min arḍikum bisiḥ'rihi famādhā tamurūna
35. He wants to drive you out of your land by his magic, so what do you advise?"
قَالُوٓا۟ أَرْجِهْ وَأَخَاهُ وَٱبْعَثْ فِى ٱلْمَدَآئِنِ حَٰشِرِينَ ٣٦
qālū arjih wa-akhāhu wa-ib'ʿath fī l-madāini ḥāshirīna
36. They said, "Postpone [the matter of] him and his brother and send among the cities gatherers
يَأْتُوكَ بِكُلِّ سَحَّارٍ عَلِيمٍ ٣٧
yatūka bikulli saḥḥārin ʿalīmin
37. Who will bring you every learned, skilled magician."
فَجُمِعَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ لِمِيقَٰتِ يَوْمٍ مَّعْلُومٍ ٣٨
fajumiʿa l-saḥaratu limīqāti yawmin maʿlūmin
38. So the magicians were assembled for the appointment of a well-known day.1049
Notes
[1049] i.e., the morning of the day of festival. See 20:58-59.
وَقِيلَ لِلنَّاسِ هَلْ أَنتُم مُّجْتَمِعُونَ ٣٩
waqīla lilnnāsi hal antum muj'tamiʿūna
39. And it was said to the people, "Will you congregate
لَعَلَّنَا نَتَّبِعُ ٱلسَّحَرَةَ إِن كَانُوا۟ هُمُ ٱلْغَٰلِبِينَ ٤٠
laʿallanā nattabiʿu l-saḥarata in kānū humu l-ghālibīna
40. That we might follow the magicians if they are the predominant?"
فَلَمَّا جَآءَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ قَالُوا۟ لِفِرْعَوْنَ أَئِنَّ لَنَا لَأَجْرًا إِن كُنَّا نَحْنُ ٱلْغَٰلِبِينَ ٤١
falammā jāa l-saḥaratu qālū lifir'ʿawna a-inna lanā la-ajran in kunnā naḥnu l-ghālibīna
41. And when the magicians arrived, they said to Pharaoh, "Is there indeed for us a reward if we are the predominant?"
قَالَ نَعَمْ وَإِنَّكُمْ إِذًا لَّمِنَ ٱلْمُقَرَّبِينَ ٤٢
qāla naʿam wa-innakum idhan lamina l-muqarabīna
42. He said, "Yes, and indeed, you will then be of those near [to me]."
قَالَ لَهُم مُّوسَىٰٓ أَلْقُوا۟ مَآ أَنتُم مُّلْقُونَ ٤٣
qāla lahum mūsā alqū mā antum mul'qūna
43. Moses said to them, "Throw whatever you will throw."
فَأَلْقَوْا۟ حِبَالَهُمْ وَعِصِيَّهُمْ وَقَالُوا۟ بِعِزَّةِ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّا لَنَحْنُ ٱلْغَٰلِبُونَ ٤٤
fa-alqaw ḥibālahum waʿiṣiyyahum waqālū biʿizzati fir'ʿawna innā lanaḥnu l-ghālibūna
44. So they threw their ropes and their staffs and said, "By the might of Pharaoh, indeed it is we who are predominant."
فَأَلْقَىٰ مُوسَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِىَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُونَ ٤٥
fa-alqā mūsā ʿaṣāhu fa-idhā hiya talqafu mā yafikūna
45. Then Moses threw his staff, and at once it devoured what they falsified.
فَأُلْقِىَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ سَٰجِدِينَ ٤٦
fa-ul'qiya l-saḥaratu sājidīna
46. So the magicians fell down in prostration [to Allāh].
قَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا بِرَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ٤٧
qālū āmannā birabbi l-ʿālamīna
47. They said, "We have believed in the Lord of the worlds,
رَبِّ مُوسَىٰ وَهَٰرُونَ ٤٨
rabbi mūsā wahārūna
48. The Lord of Moses and Aaron."
قَالَ ءَامَنتُمْ لَهُۥ قَبْلَ أَنْ ءَاذَنَ لَكُمْ إِنَّهُۥ لَكَبِيرُكُمُ ٱلَّذِى عَلَّمَكُمُ ٱلسِّحْرَ فَلَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ لَأُقَطِّعَنَّ أَيْدِيَكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُم مِّنْ خِلَٰفٍ وَلَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ ٤٩
qāla āmantum lahu qabla an ādhana lakum innahu lakabīrukumu alladhī ʿallamakumu l-siḥ'ra falasawfa taʿlamūna la-uqaṭṭiʿanna aydiyakum wa-arjulakum min khilāfin wala-uṣallibannakum ajmaʿīna
49. [Pharaoh] said, "You believed him [i.e., Moses] before I gave you permission. Indeed, he is your leader who has taught you magic, but you are going to know. I will surely cut off your hands and your feet on opposite sides, and I will surely crucify you all."
قَالُوا۟ لَا ضَيْرَ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا مُنقَلِبُونَ ٥٠
qālū lā ḍayra innā ilā rabbinā munqalibūna
50. They said, "No harm. Indeed, to our Lord we will return.
إِنَّا نَطْمَعُ أَن يَغْفِرَ لَنَا رَبُّنَا خَطَٰيَٰنَآ أَن كُنَّآ أَوَّلَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ٥١
innā naṭmaʿu an yaghfira lanā rabbunā khaṭāyānā an kunnā awwala l-mu'minīna
51. Indeed, we aspire that our Lord will forgive us our sins because we were the first of the believers."
وَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنْ أَسْرِ بِعِبَادِىٓ إِنَّكُم مُّتَّبَعُونَ ٥٢
wa-awḥaynā ilā mūsā an asri biʿibādī innakum muttabaʿūna
52. And We inspired to Moses, "Travel by night with My servants; indeed, you will be pursued."
فَأَرْسَلَ فِرْعَوْنُ فِى ٱلْمَدَآئِنِ حَٰشِرِينَ ٥٣
fa-arsala fir'ʿawnu fī l-madāini ḥāshirīna
53. Then Pharaoh sent among the cities gatherers1050
Notes
[1050] Recruiters of an army to prevent the emigration of the Children of Israel.
إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَشِرْذِمَةٌ قَلِيلُونَ ٥٤
inna hāulāi lashir'dhimatun qalīlūna
54. [And said], "Indeed, those are but a small band,
وَإِنَّهُمْ لَنَا لَغَآئِظُونَ ٥٥
wa-innahum lanā laghāiẓūna
55. And indeed, they are enraging us,
وَإِنَّا لَجَمِيعٌ حَٰذِرُونَ ٥٦
wa-innā lajamīʿun ḥādhirūna
56. And indeed, we are a cautious society..."
فَأَخْرَجْنَٰهُم مِّن جَنَّٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ ٥٧
fa-akhrajnāhum min jannātin waʿuyūnin
57. So We removed them from gardens and springs
وَكُنُوزٍ وَمَقَامٍ كَرِيمٍ ٥٨
wakunūzin wamaqāmin karīmin
58. And treasures and honorable station1051 -
Notes
[1051] Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) caused them to abandon their wealth and property in pursuit of the Israelites.
كَذَٰلِكَ وَأَوْرَثْنَٰهَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ ٥٩
kadhālika wa-awrathnāhā banī is'rāīla
59. Thus. And We caused to inherit it the Children of Israel.
فَأَتْبَعُوهُم مُّشْرِقِينَ ٦٠
fa-atbaʿūhum mush'riqīna
60. So they pursued them at sunrise.
فَلَمَّا تَرَٰٓءَا ٱلْجَمْعَانِ قَالَ أَصْحَٰبُ مُوسَىٰٓ إِنَّا لَمُدْرَكُونَ ٦١
falammā tarāā l-jamʿāni qāla aṣḥābu mūsā innā lamud'rakūna
61. And when the two companies saw one another, the companions of Moses said, "Indeed, we are to be overtaken!"
قَالَ كَلَّآ إِنَّ مَعِىَ رَبِّى سَيَهْدِينِ ٦٢
qāla kallā inna maʿiya rabbī sayahdīni
62. [Moses] said, "No! Indeed, with me is my Lord; He will guide me."
فَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنِ ٱضْرِب بِّعَصَاكَ ٱلْبَحْرَ فَٱنفَلَقَ فَكَانَ كُلُّ فِرْقٍ كَٱلطَّوْدِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ ٦٣
fa-awḥaynā ilā mūsā ani iḍ'rib biʿaṣāka l-baḥra fa-infalaqa fakāna kullu fir'qin kal-ṭawdi l-ʿaẓīmi
63. Then We inspired to Moses, "Strike with your staff the sea," and it parted, and each portion was like a great towering mountain.
وَأَزْلَفْنَا ثَمَّ ٱلْـَٔاخَرِينَ ٦٤
wa-azlafnā thamma l-ākharīna
64. And We advanced thereto the others [i.e., the pursuers].
وَأَنجَيْنَا مُوسَىٰ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥٓ أَجْمَعِينَ ٦٥
wa-anjaynā mūsā waman maʿahu ajmaʿīna
65. And We saved Moses and those with him, all together.
ثُمَّ أَغْرَقْنَا ٱلْـَٔاخَرِينَ ٦٦
thumma aghraqnā l-ākharīna
66. Then We drowned the others.
إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ ٦٧
inna fī dhālika laāyatan wamā kāna aktharuhum mu'minīna
67. Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ٦٨
wa-inna rabbaka lahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-raḥīmu
68. And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.
وَٱتْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ نَبَأَ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ ٦٩
wa-ut'lu ʿalayhim naba-a ib'rāhīma
69. And recite to them the news of Abraham,
إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِۦ مَا تَعْبُدُونَ ٧٠
idh qāla li-abīhi waqawmihi mā taʿbudūna
70. When he said to his father and his people, "What do you worship?"
قَالُوا۟ نَعْبُدُ أَصْنَامًا فَنَظَلُّ لَهَا عَٰكِفِينَ ٧١
qālū naʿbudu aṣnāman fanaẓallu lahā ʿākifīna
71. They said, "We worship idols and remain to them devoted."
قَالَ هَلْ يَسْمَعُونَكُمْ إِذْ تَدْعُونَ ٧٢
qāla hal yasmaʿūnakum idh tadʿūna
72. He said, "Do they hear you when you supplicate?
أَوْ يَنفَعُونَكُمْ أَوْ يَضُرُّونَ ٧٣
aw yanfaʿūnakum aw yaḍurrūna
73. Or do they benefit you, or do they harm?"
قَالُوا۟ بَلْ وَجَدْنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا كَذَٰلِكَ يَفْعَلُونَ ٧٤
qālū bal wajadnā ābāanā kadhālika yafʿalūna
74. They said, "But we found our fathers doing thus."
قَالَ أَفَرَءَيْتُم مَّا كُنتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَ ٧٥
qāla afara-aytum mā kuntum taʿbudūna
75. He said, "Then do you see what you have been worshipping,
أَنتُمْ وَءَابَآؤُكُمُ ٱلْأَقْدَمُونَ ٧٦
antum waābāukumu l-aqdamūna
76. You and your ancient forefathers?
فَإِنَّهُمْ عَدُوٌّ لِّىٓ إِلَّا رَبَّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ٧٧
fa-innahum ʿaduwwun lī illā rabba l-ʿālamīna
77. Indeed, they are enemies to me, except the Lord of the worlds,1052
Notes
[1052] The people worshipped idols in addition to Allāh.
ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَنِى فَهُوَ يَهْدِينِ ٧٨
alladhī khalaqanī fahuwa yahdīni
78. Who created me, and He [it is who] guides me.
وَٱلَّذِى هُوَ يُطْعِمُنِى وَيَسْقِينِ ٧٩
wa-alladhī huwa yuṭ'ʿimunī wayasqīni
79. And it is He who feeds me and gives me drink.
وَإِذَا مَرِضْتُ فَهُوَ يَشْفِينِ ٨٠
wa-idhā mariḍ'tu fahuwa yashfīni
80. And when I am ill, it is He who cures me
وَٱلَّذِى يُمِيتُنِى ثُمَّ يُحْيِينِ ٨١
wa-alladhī yumītunī thumma yuḥ'yīni
81. And who will cause me to die and then bring me to life
وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَطْمَعُ أَن يَغْفِرَ لِى خَطِيٓـَٔتِى يَوْمَ ٱلدِّينِ ٨٢
wa-alladhī aṭmaʿu an yaghfira lī khaṭīatī yawma l-dīni
82. And who I aspire that He will forgive me my sin on the Day of Recompense."
رَبِّ هَبْ لِى حُكْمًا وَأَلْحِقْنِى بِٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ ٨٣
rabbi hab lī ḥuk'man wa-alḥiq'nī bil-ṣāliḥīna
83. [And he said], "My Lord, grant me authority and join me with the righteous.
وَٱجْعَل لِّى لِسَانَ صِدْقٍ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ ٨٤
wa-ij'ʿal lī lisāna ṣid'qin fī l-ākhirīna
84. And grant me a mention [i.e., reputation] of honor among later generations.
وَٱجْعَلْنِى مِن وَرَثَةِ جَنَّةِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ ٨٥
wa-ij'ʿalnī min warathati jannati l-naʿīmi
85. And place me among the inheritors of the Garden of Pleasure.
وَٱغْفِرْ لِأَبِىٓ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ ٨٦
wa-igh'fir li-abī innahu kāna mina l-ḍālīna
86. And forgive my father. Indeed, he has been of those astray.
وَلَا تُخْزِنِى يَوْمَ يُبْعَثُونَ ٨٧
walā tukh'zinī yawma yub'ʿathūna
87. And do not disgrace me on the Day they are [all] resurrected -
يَوْمَ لَا يَنفَعُ مَالٌ وَلَا بَنُونَ ٨٨
yawma lā yanfaʿu mālun walā banūna
88. The Day when there will not benefit [anyone] wealth or children
إِلَّا مَنْ أَتَى ٱللَّهَ بِقَلْبٍ سَلِيمٍ ٨٩
illā man atā l-laha biqalbin salīmin
89. But only one who comes to Allāh with a sound heart."
وَأُزْلِفَتِ ٱلْجَنَّةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ ٩٠
wa-uz'lifati l-janatu lil'muttaqīna
90. And Paradise will be brought near [that Day] to the righteous.
وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِلْغَاوِينَ ٩١
waburrizati l-jaḥīmu lil'ghāwīna
91. And Hellfire will be brought forth for the deviators,
وَقِيلَ لَهُمْ أَيْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَ ٩٢
waqīla lahum ayna mā kuntum taʿbudūna
92. And it will be said to them, "Where are those you used to worship
مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ هَلْ يَنصُرُونَكُمْ أَوْ يَنتَصِرُونَ ٩٣
min dūni l-lahi hal yanṣurūnakum aw yantaṣirūna
93. Other than Allāh? Can they help you or help themselves?"
فَكُبْكِبُوا۟ فِيهَا هُمْ وَٱلْغَاوُۥنَ ٩٤
fakub'kibū fīhā hum wal-ghāwūna
94. So they will be overturned into it [i.e., Hellfire], they and the deviators
وَجُنُودُ إِبْلِيسَ أَجْمَعُونَ ٩٥
wajunūdu ib'līsa ajmaʿūna
95. And the soldiers of Iblees, all together.
قَالُوا۟ وَهُمْ فِيهَا يَخْتَصِمُونَ ٩٦
qālū wahum fīhā yakhtaṣimūna
96. They will say while they dispute therein,
تَٱللَّهِ إِن كُنَّا لَفِى ضَلَٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ ٩٧
tal-lahi in kunnā lafī ḍalālin mubīnin
97. "By Allāh, we were indeed in manifest error
إِذْ نُسَوِّيكُم بِرَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ٩٨
idh nusawwīkum birabbi l-ʿālamīna
98. When we equated you with the Lord of the worlds.
وَمَآ أَضَلَّنَآ إِلَّا ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ ٩٩
wamā aḍallanā illā l-muj'rimūna
99. And no one misguided us except the criminals.
فَمَا لَنَا مِن شَٰفِعِينَ ١٠٠
famā lanā min shāfiʿīna
100. So now we have no intercessors
وَلَا صَدِيقٍ حَمِيمٍ ١٠١
walā ṣadīqin ḥamīmin
101. And not a devoted friend.
فَلَوْ أَنَّ لَنَا كَرَّةً فَنَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ١٠٢
falaw anna lanā karratan fanakūna mina l-mu'minīna
102. Then if we only had a return [to the world] and could be of the believers..."1053
Notes
[1053] The conclusion of this verse is estimated as "...we would do this or that."
إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ ١٠٣
inna fī dhālika laāyatan wamā kāna aktharuhum mu'minīna
103. Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ١٠٤
wa-inna rabbaka lahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-raḥīmu
104. And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.
كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ ١٠٥
kadhabat qawmu nūḥin l-mur'salīna
105. The people of Noah denied the messengers1054
Notes
[1054] See footnote to 25:37.
إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ نُوحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ١٠٦
idh qāla lahum akhūhum nūḥun alā tattaqūna
106. When their brother Noah said to them, "Will you not fear Allāh?
إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ ١٠٧
innī lakum rasūlun amīnun
107. Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger.
فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ١٠٨
fa-ittaqū l-laha wa-aṭīʿūni
108. So fear Allāh and obey me.
وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ١٠٩
wamā asalukum ʿalayhi min ajrin in ajriya illā ʿalā rabbi l-ʿālamīna
109. And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds.
فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ١١٠
fa-ittaqū l-laha wa-aṭīʿūni
110. So fear Allāh and obey me."
قَالُوٓا۟ أَنُؤْمِنُ لَكَ وَٱتَّبَعَكَ ٱلْأَرْذَلُونَ ١١١
qālū anu'minu laka wa-ittabaʿaka l-ardhalūna
111. They said, "Should we believe you while you are followed by the lowest [class of people]?"
قَالَ وَمَا عِلْمِى بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ ١١٢
qāla wamā ʿil'mī bimā kānū yaʿmalūna
112. He said, "And what is my knowledge of what they used to do?
إِنْ حِسَابُهُمْ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّى لَوْ تَشْعُرُونَ ١١٣
in ḥisābuhum illā ʿalā rabbī law tashʿurūna
113. Their account is only upon my Lord, if you [could] perceive.
وَمَآ أَنَا۠ بِطَارِدِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ١١٤
wamā anā biṭāridi l-mu'minīna
114. And I am not one to drive away the believers.
إِنْ أَنَا۠ إِلَّا نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ ١١٥
in anā illā nadhīrun mubīnun
115. I am only a clear warner."
قَالُوا۟ لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهِ يَٰنُوحُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْمَرْجُومِينَ ١١٦
qālū la-in lam tantahi yānūḥu latakūnanna mina l-marjūmīna
116. They said, "If you do not desist, O Noah, you will surely be of those who are stoned."
قَالَ رَبِّ إِنَّ قَوْمِى كَذَّبُونِ ١١٧
qāla rabbi inna qawmī kadhabūni
117. He said, "My Lord, indeed my people have denied me.
فَٱفْتَحْ بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَهُمْ فَتْحًا وَنَجِّنِى وَمَن مَّعِىَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ١١٨
fa-if'taḥ baynī wabaynahum fatḥan wanajjinī waman maʿiya mina l-mu'minīna
118. Then judge between me and them with decisive judgement and save me and those with me of the believers."
فَأَنجَيْنَٰهُ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥ فِى ٱلْفُلْكِ ٱلْمَشْحُونِ ١١٩
fa-anjaynāhu waman maʿahu fī l-ful'ki l-mashḥūni
119. So We saved him and those with him in the laden ship.
ثُمَّ أَغْرَقْنَا بَعْدُ ٱلْبَاقِينَ ١٢٠
thumma aghraqnā baʿdu l-bāqīna
120. Then We drowned thereafter the remaining ones.
إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ ١٢١
inna fī dhālika laāyatan wamā kāna aktharuhum mu'minīna
121. Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ١٢٢
wa-inna rabbaka lahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-raḥīmu
122. And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.
كَذَّبَتْ عَادٌ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ ١٢٣
kadhabat ʿādun l-mur'salīna
123. ʿAad denied the messengers
إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ هُودٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ١٢٤
idh qāla lahum akhūhum hūdun alā tattaqūna
124. When their brother Hūd said to them, "Will you not fear Allāh?
إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ ١٢٥
innī lakum rasūlun amīnun
125. Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger.
فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ١٢٦
fa-ittaqū l-laha wa-aṭīʿūni
126. So fear Allāh and obey me.
وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ١٢٧
wamā asalukum ʿalayhi min ajrin in ajriya illā ʿalā rabbi l-ʿālamīna
127. And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds.
أَتَبْنُونَ بِكُلِّ رِيعٍ ءَايَةً تَعْبَثُونَ ١٢٨
atabnūna bikulli rīʿin āyatan taʿbathūna
128. Do you construct on every elevation a sign,1055 amusing yourselves,
Notes
[1055] i.e., a symbol or indication of their wealth and power. They used to build lofty structures along the road to be seen by all who passed by.
وَتَتَّخِذُونَ مَصَانِعَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَخْلُدُونَ ١٢٩
watattakhidhūna maṣāniʿa laʿallakum takhludūna
129. And take for yourselves constructions [i.e., palaces and fortresses] that you might abide eternally?
وَإِذَا بَطَشْتُم بَطَشْتُمْ جَبَّارِينَ ١٣٠
wa-idhā baṭashtum baṭashtum jabbārīna
130. And when you strike, you strike as tyrants.
فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ١٣١
fa-ittaqū l-laha wa-aṭīʿūni
131. So fear Allāh and obey me.
وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَمَدَّكُم بِمَا تَعْلَمُونَ ١٣٢
wa-ittaqū alladhī amaddakum bimā taʿlamūna
132. And fear He who provided you with that which you know,
أَمَدَّكُم بِأَنْعَٰمٍ وَبَنِينَ ١٣٣
amaddakum bi-anʿāmin wabanīna
133. Provided you with grazing livestock and children
وَجَنَّٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ ١٣٤
wajannātin waʿuyūnin
134. And gardens and springs.
إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ ١٣٥
innī akhāfu ʿalaykum ʿadhāba yawmin ʿaẓīmin
135. Indeed, I fear for you the punishment of a terrible day."
قَالُوا۟ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيْنَآ أَوَعَظْتَ أَمْ لَمْ تَكُن مِّنَ ٱلْوَٰعِظِينَ ١٣٦
qālū sawāon ʿalaynā awaʿaẓta am lam takun mina l-wāʿiẓīna
136. They said, "It is all the same to us whether you advise or are not of the advisors.
إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا خُلُقُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ١٣٧
in hādhā illā khuluqu l-awalīna
137. This is not but the custom of the former peoples,
وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ ١٣٨
wamā naḥnu bimuʿadhabīna
138. And we are not to be punished."
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَهْلَكْنَٰهُمْ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ ١٣٩
fakadhabūhu fa-ahlaknāhum inna fī dhālika laāyatan wamā kāna aktharuhum mu'minīna
139. And they denied him, so We destroyed them. Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ١٤٠
wa-inna rabbaka lahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-raḥīmu
140. And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ ١٤١
kadhabat thamūdu l-mur'salīna
141. Thamūd denied the messengers
إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ صَٰلِحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ١٤٢
idh qāla lahum akhūhum ṣāliḥun alā tattaqūna
142. When their brother Ṣāliḥ said to them, "Will you not fear Allāh?
إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ ١٤٣
innī lakum rasūlun amīnun
143. Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger.
فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ١٤٤
fa-ittaqū l-laha wa-aṭīʿūni
144. So fear Allāh and obey me.
وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ١٤٥
wamā asalukum ʿalayhi min ajrin in ajriya illā ʿalā rabbi l-ʿālamīna
145. And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds.
أَتُتْرَكُونَ فِى مَا هَٰهُنَآ ءَامِنِينَ ١٤٦
atut'rakūna fī mā hāhunā āminīna
146. Will you be left in what is here, secure [from death],
فِى جَنَّٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ ١٤٧
fī jannātin waʿuyūnin
147. Within gardens and springs
وَزُرُوعٍ وَنَخْلٍ طَلْعُهَا هَضِيمٌ ١٤٨
wazurūʿin wanakhlin ṭalʿuhā haḍīmun
148. And fields of crops and palm trees with softened fruit?
وَتَنْحِتُونَ مِنَ ٱلْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا فَٰرِهِينَ ١٤٩
watanḥitūna mina l-jibāli buyūtan fārihīna
149. And you carve out of the mountains, homes, with skill.
فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ١٥٠
fa-ittaqū l-laha wa-aṭīʿūni
150. So fear Allāh and obey me.
وَلَا تُطِيعُوٓا۟ أَمْرَ ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ ١٥١
walā tuṭīʿū amra l-mus'rifīna
151. And do not obey the order of the transgressors,
ٱلَّذِينَ يُفْسِدُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا يُصْلِحُونَ ١٥٢
alladhīna yuf'sidūna fī l-arḍi walā yuṣ'liḥūna
152. Who cause corruption in the land and do not amend."
قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلْمُسَحَّرِينَ ١٥٣
qālū innamā anta mina l-musaḥarīna
153. They said, "You are only of those affected by magic.
مَآ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُنَا فَأْتِ بِـَٔايَةٍ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ ١٥٤
mā anta illā basharun mith'lunā fati biāyatin in kunta mina l-ṣādiqīna
154. You are but a man like ourselves, so bring a sign, if you should be of the truthful."
قَالَ هَٰذِهِۦ نَاقَةٌ لَّهَا شِرْبٌ وَلَكُمْ شِرْبُ يَوْمٍ مَّعْلُومٍ ١٥٥
qāla hādhihi nāqatun lahā shir'bun walakum shir'bu yawmin maʿlūmin
155. He said, "This is a she-camel.1056 For her is a [time of] drink, and for you is a [time of] drink, [each] on a known day.
Notes
[1056] Miraculously sent to them as a sign by Allāh.
وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوٓءٍ فَيَأْخُذَكُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ ١٥٦
walā tamassūhā bisūin fayakhudhakum ʿadhābu yawmin ʿaẓīmin
156. And do not touch her with harm, lest you be seized by the punishment of a terrible day."
فَعَقَرُوهَا فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ نَٰدِمِينَ ١٥٧
faʿaqarūhā fa-aṣbaḥū nādimīna
157. But they hamstrung her and so became regretful.
فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ ١٥٨
fa-akhadhahumu l-ʿadhābu inna fī dhālika laāyatan wamā kāna aktharuhum mu'minīna
158. And the punishment seized them. Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ١٥٩
wa-inna rabbaka lahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-raḥīmu
159. And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.
كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ لُوطٍ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ ١٦٠
kadhabat qawmu lūṭin l-mur'salīna
160. The people of Lot denied the messengers
إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ لُوطٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ١٦١
idh qāla lahum akhūhum lūṭun alā tattaqūna
161. When their brother Lot said to them, "Will you not fear Allāh?
إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ ١٦٢
innī lakum rasūlun amīnun
162. Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger.
فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ١٦٣
fa-ittaqū l-laha wa-aṭīʿūni
163. So fear Allāh and obey me.
وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ١٦٤
wamā asalukum ʿalayhi min ajrin in ajriya illā ʿalā rabbi l-ʿālamīna
164. And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds.
أَتَأْتُونَ ٱلذُّكْرَانَ مِنَ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ١٦٥
atatūna l-dhuk'rāna mina l-ʿālamīna
165. Do you approach males among the worlds1057
Notes
[1057] i.e., Are there, out of all Allāh's creatures, any besides you who commit this unnatural act?
وَتَذَرُونَ مَا خَلَقَ لَكُمْ رَبُّكُم مِّنْ أَزْوَٰجِكُم بَلْ أَنتُمْ قَوْمٌ عَادُونَ ١٦٦
watadharūna mā khalaqa lakum rabbukum min azwājikum bal antum qawmun ʿādūna
166. And leave what your Lord has created for you as mates? But you are a people transgressing."
قَالُوا۟ لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهِ يَٰلُوطُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْمُخْرَجِينَ ١٦٧
qālū la-in lam tantahi yālūṭu latakūnanna mina l-mukh'rajīna
167. They said, "If you do not desist, O Lot, you will surely be of those evicted."
قَالَ إِنِّى لِعَمَلِكُم مِّنَ ٱلْقَالِينَ ١٦٨
qāla innī liʿamalikum mina l-qālīna
168. He said, "Indeed, I am, toward your deed, of those who detest [it].
رَبِّ نَجِّنِى وَأَهْلِى مِمَّا يَعْمَلُونَ ١٦٩
rabbi najjinī wa-ahlī mimmā yaʿmalūna
169. My Lord, save me and my family from [the consequence of] what they do."
فَنَجَّيْنَٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥٓ أَجْمَعِينَ ١٧٠
fanajjaynāhu wa-ahlahu ajmaʿīna
170. So We saved him and his family, all,
إِلَّا عَجُوزًا فِى ٱلْغَٰبِرِينَ ١٧١
illā ʿajūzan fī l-ghābirīna
171. Except an old woman1058 among those who remained behind.
Notes
[1058] Lot's wife, who had collaborated with the evildoers.
ثُمَّ دَمَّرْنَا ٱلْـَٔاخَرِينَ ١٧٢
thumma dammarnā l-ākharīna
172. Then We destroyed the others.
وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِم مَّطَرًا فَسَآءَ مَطَرُ ٱلْمُنذَرِينَ ١٧٣
wa-amṭarnā ʿalayhim maṭaran fasāa maṭaru l-mundharīna
173. And We rained upon them a rain [of stones], and evil was the rain of those who were warned.
إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ ١٧٤
inna fī dhālika laāyatan wamā kāna aktharuhum mu'minīna
174. Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ١٧٥
wa-inna rabbaka lahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-raḥīmu
175. And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.
كَذَّبَ أَصْحَٰبُ لْـَٔيْكَةِ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ ١٧٦
kadhaba aṣḥābu al'aykati l-mur'salīna
176. The companions of the thicket [i.e., the people of Madyan] denied the messengers
إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ شُعَيْبٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ١٧٧
idh qāla lahum shuʿaybun alā tattaqūna
177. When Shuʿayb said to them, "Will you not fear Allāh?
إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ ١٧٨
innī lakum rasūlun amīnun
178. Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger.
فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ١٧٩
fa-ittaqū l-laha wa-aṭīʿūni
179. So fear Allāh and obey me.
وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ١٨٠
wamā asalukum ʿalayhi min ajrin in ajriya illā ʿalā rabbi l-ʿālamīna
180. And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds.
أَوْفُوا۟ ٱلْكَيْلَ وَلَا تَكُونُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْمُخْسِرِينَ ١٨١
awfū l-kayla walā takūnū mina l-mukh'sirīna
181. Give full measure and do not be of those who cause loss.
وَزِنُوا۟ بِٱلْقِسْطَاسِ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمِ ١٨٢
wazinū bil-qis'ṭāsi l-mus'taqīmi
182. And weigh with an even [i.e., honest] balance.
وَلَا تَبْخَسُوا۟ ٱلنَّاسَ أَشْيَآءَهُمْ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ ١٨٣
walā tabkhasū l-nāsa ashyāahum walā taʿthaw fī l-arḍi muf'sidīna
183. And do not deprive people of their due and do not commit abuse on earth, spreading corruption.
وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُمْ وَٱلْجِبِلَّةَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ١٨٤
wa-ittaqū alladhī khalaqakum wal-jibilata l-awalīna
184. And fear He who created you and the former creation."1059
Notes
[1059] i.e., previous generations.
قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلْمُسَحَّرِينَ ١٨٥
qālū innamā anta mina l-musaḥarīna
185. They said, "You are only of those affected by magic.
وَمَآ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُنَا وَإِن نَّظُنُّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلْكَٰذِبِينَ ١٨٦
wamā anta illā basharun mith'lunā wa-in naẓunnuka lamina l-kādhibīna
186. You are but a man like ourselves, and indeed, we think you are among the liars.
فَأَسْقِطْ عَلَيْنَا كِسَفًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ ١٨٧
fa-asqiṭ ʿalaynā kisafan mina l-samāi in kunta mina l-ṣādiqīna
187. So cause to fall upon us fragments of the sky, if you should be of the truthful."
قَالَ رَبِّىٓ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ ١٨٨
qāla rabbī aʿlamu bimā taʿmalūna
188. He said, "My Lord is most knowing of what you do."
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمِ ٱلظُّلَّةِ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ ١٨٩
fakadhabūhu fa-akhadhahum ʿadhābu yawmi l-ẓulati innahu kāna ʿadhāba yawmin ʿaẓīmin
189. And they denied him, so the punishment of the day of the black cloud seized them. Indeed, it was the punishment of a terrible day.
إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ ١٩٠
inna fī dhālika laāyatan wamā kāna aktharuhum mu'minīna
190. Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ١٩١
wa-inna rabbaka lahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-raḥīmu
191. And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَنزِيلُ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ١٩٢
wa-innahu latanzīlu rabbi l-ʿālamīna
192. And indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is the revelation of the Lord of the worlds.
نَزَلَ بِهِ ٱلرُّوحُ ٱلْأَمِينُ ١٩٣
nazala bihi l-rūḥu l-amīnu
193. The Trustworthy Spirit [i.e., Gabriel] has brought it down
عَلَىٰ قَلْبِكَ لِتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُنذِرِينَ ١٩٤
ʿalā qalbika litakūna mina l-mundhirīna
194. Upon your heart, [O Muḥammad] - that you may be of the warners
بِلِسَانٍ عَرَبِىٍّ مُّبِينٍ ١٩٥
bilisānin ʿarabiyyin mubīnin
195. In a clear Arabic language.
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَفِى زُبُرِ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ١٩٦
wa-innahu lafī zuburi l-awalīna
196. And indeed, it is [mentioned] in the scriptures of former peoples.
أَوَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُمْ ءَايَةً أَن يَعْلَمَهُۥ عُلَمَٰٓؤُا۟ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ ١٩٧
awalam yakun lahum āyatan an yaʿlamahu ʿulamāu banī is'rāīla
197. And has it not been a sign to them that it is recognized by the scholars of the Children of Israel?
وَلَوْ نَزَّلْنَٰهُ عَلَىٰ بَعْضِ ٱلْأَعْجَمِينَ ١٩٨
walaw nazzalnāhu ʿalā baʿḍi l-aʿjamīna
198. And even if We had revealed it to one among the foreigners1060
Notes
[1060] i.e., the non-Arabs or those who are not fluent in the Arabic language.
فَقَرَأَهُۥ عَلَيْهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ مُؤْمِنِينَ ١٩٩
faqara-ahu ʿalayhim mā kānū bihi mu'minīna
199. And he had recited it to them [perfectly],1061 they would [still] not have been believers in it.
Notes
[1061] As a miracle from Allāh.
كَذَٰلِكَ سَلَكْنَٰهُ فِى قُلُوبِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ ٢٠٠
kadhālika salaknāhu fī qulūbi l-muj'rimīna
200. Thus have We inserted it [i.e., disbelief] into the hearts of the criminals.
لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِۦ حَتَّىٰ يَرَوُا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَلِيمَ ٢٠١
lā yu'minūna bihi ḥattā yarawū l-ʿadhāba l-alīma
201. They will not believe in it until they see the painful punishment.
فَيَأْتِيَهُم بَغْتَةً وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ ٢٠٢
fayatiyahum baghtatan wahum lā yashʿurūna
202. And it will come to them suddenly while they perceive [it] not.
فَيَقُولُوا۟ هَلْ نَحْنُ مُنظَرُونَ ٢٠٣
fayaqūlū hal naḥnu munẓarūna
203. And they will say, "May we be reprieved?"
أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا يَسْتَعْجِلُونَ ٢٠٤
afabiʿadhābinā yastaʿjilūna
204. So for Our punishment are they impatient?
أَفَرَءَيْتَ إِن مَّتَّعْنَٰهُمْ سِنِينَ ٢٠٥
afara-ayta in mattaʿnāhum sinīna
205. Then have you considered if We gave them enjoyment for years
ثُمَّ جَآءَهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يُوعَدُونَ ٢٠٦
thumma jāahum mā kānū yūʿadūna
206. And then there came to them that which they were promised?
مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يُمَتَّعُونَ ٢٠٧
mā aghnā ʿanhum mā kānū yumattaʿūna
207. They would not be availed by the enjoyment with which they were provided.
وَمَآ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا لَهَا مُنذِرُونَ ٢٠٨
wamā ahlaknā min qaryatin illā lahā mundhirūna
208. And We did not destroy any city except that it had warners
ذِكْرَىٰ وَمَا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ ٢٠٩
dhik'rā wamā kunnā ẓālimīna
209. As a reminder; and never have We been unjust.
وَمَا تَنَزَّلَتْ بِهِ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينُ ٢١٠
wamā tanazzalat bihi l-shayāṭīnu
210. And the devils have not brought it [i.e., the revelation] down.1062
Notes
[1062] As was asserted by the disbelievers. Rather, it was brought by Gabriel, the Trustworthy Spirit.
وَمَا يَنۢبَغِى لَهُمْ وَمَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ ٢١١
wamā yanbaghī lahum wamā yastaṭīʿūna
211. It is not allowable for them, nor would they be able.
إِنَّهُمْ عَنِ ٱلسَّمْعِ لَمَعْزُولُونَ ٢١٢
innahum ʿani l-samʿi lamaʿzūlūna
212. Indeed they, from [its] hearing, are removed.1063
Notes
[1063] As mentioned in 72:9.
فَلَا تَدْعُ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُعَذَّبِينَ ٢١٣
falā tadʿu maʿa l-lahi ilāhan ākhara fatakūna mina l-muʿadhabīna
213. So do not invoke1064 with Allāh another deity and [thus] be among the punished.
Notes
[1064] Or "worship."
وَأَنذِرْ عَشِيرَتَكَ ٱلْأَقْرَبِينَ ٢١٤
wa-andhir ʿashīrataka l-aqrabīna
214. And warn, [O Muḥammad], your closest kindred.
وَٱخْفِضْ جَنَاحَكَ لِمَنِ ٱتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ٢١٥
wa-ikh'fiḍ janāḥaka limani ittabaʿaka mina l-mu'minīna
215. And lower your wing [i.e., show kindness] to those who follow you of the believers.
فَإِنْ عَصَوْكَ فَقُلْ إِنِّى بَرِىٓءٌ مِّمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ ٢١٦
fa-in ʿaṣawka faqul innī barīon mimmā taʿmalūna
216. And if they disobey you, then say, "Indeed, I am disassociated from what you are doing."
وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ٢١٧
watawakkal ʿalā l-ʿazīzi l-raḥīmi
217. And rely upon the Exalted in Might, the Merciful,
ٱلَّذِى يَرَىٰكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ ٢١٨
alladhī yarāka ḥīna taqūmu
218. Who sees you when you arise1065
Notes
[1065] From your bed at night for prayer while you are alone.
وَتَقَلُّبَكَ فِى ٱلسَّٰجِدِينَ ٢١٩
wataqallubaka fī l-sājidīna
219. And your movement among those who prostrate.1066
Notes
[1066] i.e., among those who pray with you in congregation.
إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ ٢٢٠
innahu huwa l-samīʿu l-ʿalīmu
220. Indeed, He is the Hearing, the Knowing.
هَلْ أُنَبِّئُكُمْ عَلَىٰ مَن تَنَزَّلُ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينُ ٢٢١
hal unabbi-ukum ʿalā man tanazzalu l-shayāṭīnu
221. Shall I inform you upon whom the devils descend?
تَنَزَّلُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ أَفَّاكٍ أَثِيمٍ ٢٢٢
tanazzalu ʿalā kulli affākin athīmin
222. They descend upon every sinful liar.
يُلْقُونَ ٱلسَّمْعَ وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ كَٰذِبُونَ ٢٢٣
yul'qūna l-samʿa wa-aktharuhum kādhibūna
223. They pass on what is heard,1067 and most of them are liars.
Notes
[1067] This was before they were prevented, as described in 72:8-9.
وَٱلشُّعَرَآءُ يَتَّبِعُهُمُ ٱلْغَاوُۥنَ ٢٢٤
wal-shuʿarāu yattabiʿuhumu l-ghāwūna
224. And the poets - [only] the deviators follow them.
أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّهُمْ فِى كُلِّ وَادٍ يَهِيمُونَ ٢٢٥
alam tara annahum fī kulli wādin yahīmūna
225. Do you not see that in every valley they roam1068
Notes
[1068] Speaking lies indiscriminately and praising and disparaging others according to whim.
وَأَنَّهُمْ يَقُولُونَ مَا لَا يَفْعَلُونَ ٢٢٦
wa-annahum yaqūlūna mā lā yafʿalūna
226. And that they say what they do not do? -
إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ وَذَكَرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ كَثِيرًا وَٱنتَصَرُوا۟ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا ظُلِمُوا۟ وَسَيَعْلَمُ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوٓا۟ أَىَّ مُنقَلَبٍ يَنقَلِبُونَ ٢٢٧
illā alladhīna āmanū waʿamilū l-ṣāliḥāti wadhakarū l-laha kathīran wa-intaṣarū min baʿdi mā ẓulimū wasayaʿlamu alladhīna ẓalamū ayya munqalabin yanqalibūna
227. Except those [poets] who believe and do righteous deeds and remember Allāh often and defend [the Muslims]1069 after they were wronged. And those who have wronged are going to know to what [kind of] return they will be returned.
Notes
[1069] By replying through poetry to the attacks of hostile poets.
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