سورة ص
Here is Surah Sad (“The Letter “Saad””) in transliteration: each of its 88 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.
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Tajweed rules
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
bis'mi l-lahi l-raḥmāni l-raḥīmi
صٓ وَٱلْقُرْءَانِ ذِى ٱلذِّكْرِ ١
sad wal-qur'āni dhī l-dhik'ri
1. Ṣād.1316 By the Qur’ān containing reminder...1317
[1316] See footnote to 2:1.
[1317] The completion of the oath is understood to be that the Qur’ān is inimitable and thus a miracle from Allāh.
بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فِى عِزَّةٍ وَشِقَاقٍ ٢
bali alladhīna kafarū fī ʿizzatin washiqāqin
2. But those who disbelieve are in pride and dissension.
كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَبْلِهِم مِّن قَرْنٍ فَنَادَوا۟ وَّلَاتَ حِينَ مَنَاصٍ ٣
kam ahlaknā min qablihim min qarnin fanādaw walāta ḥīna manāṣin
3. How many a generation have We destroyed before them, and they [then] called out; but it was not a time for escape.
وَعَجِبُوٓا۟ أَن جَآءَهُم مُّنذِرٌ مِّنْهُمْ وَقَالَ ٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ هَٰذَا سَٰحِرٌ كَذَّابٌ ٤
waʿajibū an jāahum mundhirun min'hum waqāla l-kāfirūna hādhā sāḥirun kadhābun
4. And they wonder that there has come to them a warner [i.e., Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ)] from among themselves. And the disbelievers say, "This is a magician and a liar.
أَجَعَلَ ٱلْـَٔالِهَةَ إِلَٰهًا وَٰحِدًا إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَشَىْءٌ عُجَابٌ ٥
ajaʿala l-ālihata ilāhan wāḥidan inna hādhā lashayon ʿujābun
5. Has he made the gods [only] one God? Indeed, this is a curious thing."
وَٱنطَلَقَ ٱلْمَلَأُ مِنْهُمْ أَنِ ٱمْشُوا۟ وَٱصْبِرُوا۟ عَلَىٰٓ ءَالِهَتِكُمْ إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَشَىْءٌ يُرَادُ ٦
wa-inṭalaqa l-mala-u min'hum ani im'shū wa-iṣ'birū ʿalā ālihatikum inna hādhā lashayon yurādu
6. And the eminent among them went forth, [saying], "Continue, and be patient over [the defense of] your gods. Indeed, this is a thing intended.1318
[1318] Planned by Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ) in order to gain influence and prestige for himself.
مَا سَمِعْنَا بِهَٰذَا فِى ٱلْمِلَّةِ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا ٱخْتِلَٰقٌ ٧
mā samiʿ'nā bihādhā fī l-milati l-ākhirati in hādhā illā ikh'tilāqun
7. We have not heard of this in the latest religion.1319 This is not but a fabrication.
[1319] Referring to Christianity or possibly the pagan religion of the Quraysh.
أَءُنزِلَ عَلَيْهِ ٱلذِّكْرُ مِنۢ بَيْنِنَا بَلْ هُمْ فِى شَكٍّ مِّن ذِكْرِى بَل لَّمَّا يَذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابِ ٨
a-unzila ʿalayhi l-dhik'ru min bayninā bal hum fī shakkin min dhik'rī bal lammā yadhūqū ʿadhābi
8. Has the message been revealed to him out of [all of] us?" Rather, they are in doubt about My message. Rather, they have not yet tasted My punishment.
أَمْ عِندَهُمْ خَزَآئِنُ رَحْمَةِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْوَهَّابِ ٩
am ʿindahum khazāinu raḥmati rabbika l-ʿazīzi l-wahābi
9. Or do they have the depositories of the mercy of your Lord, the Exalted in Might, the Bestower?1320
[1320] Refer to footnote of verse 3:8.
أَمْ لَهُم مُّلْكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا فَلْيَرْتَقُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَسْبَٰبِ ١٠
am lahum mul'ku l-samāwāti wal-arḍi wamā baynahumā falyartaqū fī l-asbābi
10. Or is theirs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and what is between them? Then let them ascend through [any] ways of access.1321
[1321] To oversee the affairs of their dominion.
جُندٌ مَّا هُنَالِكَ مَهْزُومٌ مِّنَ ٱلْأَحْزَابِ ١١
jundun mā hunālika mahzūmun mina l-aḥzābi
11. [They are but] soldiers [who will be] defeated there among the companies [of disbelievers].
كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ وَعَادٌ وَفِرْعَوْنُ ذُو ٱلْأَوْتَادِ ١٢
kadhabat qablahum qawmu nūḥin waʿādun wafir'ʿawnu dhū l-awtādi
12. The people of Noah denied before them, and [the tribe of] ʿAad and Pharaoh, the owner of stakes,1322
[1322] By which he tortured people.
وَثَمُودُ وَقَوْمُ لُوطٍ وَأَصْحَٰبُ لْـَٔيْكَةِ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلْأَحْزَابُ ١٣
wathamūdu waqawmu lūṭin wa-aṣḥābu al'aykati ulāika l-aḥzābu
13. And [the tribe of] Thamūd and the people of Lot and the companions of the thicket [i.e., people of Madyan]. Those are the companies.1323
[1323] That were defeated, among whom will be the disbelievers of Quraysh and others.
إِن كُلٌّ إِلَّا كَذَّبَ ٱلرُّسُلَ فَحَقَّ عِقَابِ ١٤
in kullun illā kadhaba l-rusula faḥaqqa ʿiqābi
14. Each of them denied the messengers, so My penalty was justified.
وَمَا يَنظُرُ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ إِلَّا صَيْحَةً وَٰحِدَةً مَّا لَهَا مِن فَوَاقٍ ١٥
wamā yanẓuru hāulāi illā ṣayḥatan wāḥidatan mā lahā min fawāqin
15. And these [disbelievers] await not but one blast [of the Horn]; for it there will be no delay.1324
[1324] Or "respite." More literally, "a period between two milkings of a she-camel," which also alludes to the meanings of "return" or "repetition."
وَقَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَا عَجِّل لَّنَا قِطَّنَا قَبْلَ يَوْمِ ٱلْحِسَابِ ١٦
waqālū rabbanā ʿajjil lanā qiṭṭanā qabla yawmi l-ḥisābi
16. And they say, "Our Lord, hasten for us our share [of the punishment] before the Day of Account."
ٱصْبِرْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَقُولُونَ وَٱذْكُرْ عَبْدَنَا دَاوُۥدَ ذَا ٱلْأَيْدِ إِنَّهُۥٓ أَوَّابٌ ١٧
iṣ'bir ʿalā mā yaqūlūna wa-udh'kur ʿabdanā dāwūda dhā l-aydi innahu awwābun
17. Be patient over what they say and remember Our servant, David, the possessor of strength; indeed, he was one who repeatedly turned back [to Allāh].
إِنَّا سَخَّرْنَا ٱلْجِبَالَ مَعَهُۥ يُسَبِّحْنَ بِٱلْعَشِىِّ وَٱلْإِشْرَاقِ ١٨
innā sakharnā l-jibāla maʿahu yusabbiḥ'na bil-ʿashiyi wal-ish'rāqi
18. Indeed, We subjected the mountains [to praise] with him, exalting [Allāh] in the [late] afternoon and [after] sunrise.
وَٱلطَّيْرَ مَحْشُورَةً كُلٌّ لَّهُۥٓ أَوَّابٌ ١٩
wal-ṭayra maḥshūratan kullun lahu awwābun
19. And the birds were assembled, all with him repeating [praises].
وَشَدَدْنَا مُلْكَهُۥ وَءَاتَيْنَٰهُ ٱلْحِكْمَةَ وَفَصْلَ ٱلْخِطَابِ ٢٠
washadadnā mul'kahu waātaynāhu l-ḥik'mata wafaṣla l-khiṭābi
20. And We strengthened his kingdom and gave him wisdom and discernment in speech.
وَهَلْ أَتَىٰكَ نَبَؤُا۟ ٱلْخَصْمِ إِذْ تَسَوَّرُوا۟ ٱلْمِحْرَابَ ٢١
wahal atāka naba-u l-khaṣmi idh tasawwarū l-miḥ'rāba
21. And has there come to you the news of the adversaries, when they climbed over the wall of [his] prayer chamber -
إِذْ دَخَلُوا۟ عَلَىٰ دَاوُۥدَ فَفَزِعَ مِنْهُمْ قَالُوا۟ لَا تَخَفْ خَصْمَانِ بَغَىٰ بَعْضُنَا عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ فَٱحْكُم بَيْنَنَا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَلَا تُشْطِطْ وَٱهْدِنَآ إِلَىٰ سَوَآءِ ٱلصِّرَٰطِ ٢٢
idh dakhalū ʿalā dāwūda fafaziʿa min'hum qālū lā takhaf khaṣmāni baghā baʿḍunā ʿalā baʿḍin fa-uḥ'kum baynanā bil-ḥaqi walā tush'ṭiṭ wa-ih'dinā ilā sawāi l-ṣirāṭi
22. When they entered upon David and he was alarmed by them? They said, "Fear not. [We are] two adversaries, one of whom has wronged the other, so judge between us with truth and do not exceed [it] and guide us to the sound path.
إِنَّ هَٰذَآ أَخِى لَهُۥ تِسْعٌ وَتِسْعُونَ نَعْجَةً وَلِىَ نَعْجَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ فَقَالَ أَكْفِلْنِيهَا وَعَزَّنِى فِى ٱلْخِطَابِ ٢٣
inna hādhā akhī lahu tis'ʿun watis'ʿūna naʿjatan waliya naʿjatun wāḥidatun faqāla akfil'nīhā waʿazzanī fī l-khiṭābi
23. Indeed this, my brother, has ninety-nine ewes, and I have one ewe; so he said, 'Entrust her to me,' and he overpowered me in speech."
قَالَ لَقَدْ ظَلَمَكَ بِسُؤَالِ نَعْجَتِكَ إِلَىٰ نِعَاجِهِۦ وَإِنَّ كَثِيرًا مِّنَ ٱلْخُلَطَآءِ لَيَبْغِى بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ وَقَلِيلٌ مَّا هُمْ وَظَنَّ دَاوُۥدُ أَنَّمَا فَتَنَّٰهُ فَٱسْتَغْفَرَ رَبَّهُۥ وَخَرَّ رَاكِعًا وَأَنَابَ ٢٤
qāla laqad ẓalamaka bisuāli naʿjatika ilā niʿājihi wa-inna kathīran mina l-khulaṭāi layabghī baʿḍuhum ʿalā baʿḍin illā alladhīna āmanū waʿamilū l-ṣāliḥāti waqalīlun mā hum waẓanna dāwūdu annamā fatannāhu fa-is'taghfara rabbahu wakharra rākiʿan wa-anāba
24. [David] said, "He has certainly wronged you in demanding your ewe [in addition] to his ewes. And indeed, many associates oppress one another, except for those who believe and do righteous deeds - and few are they." And David became certain that We had tried him, and he asked forgiveness of his Lord1325 and fell down bowing [in prostration] and turned in repentance [to Allāh].
[1325] For his errors, such as fear and suspicion of the two men at the outset, any mistake in judgement he might have made, concealed feelings of partiality, etc.
فَغَفَرْنَا لَهُۥ ذَٰلِكَ وَإِنَّ لَهُۥ عِندَنَا لَزُلْفَىٰ وَحُسْنَ مَـَٔابٍ ٢٥
faghafarnā lahu dhālika wa-inna lahu ʿindanā lazul'fā waḥus'na maābin
25. So We forgave him that; and indeed, for him is nearness to Us and a good place of return.
يَٰدَاوُۥدُ إِنَّا جَعَلْنَٰكَ خَلِيفَةً فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَٱحْكُم بَيْنَ ٱلنَّاسِ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَلَا تَتَّبِعِ ٱلْهَوَىٰ فَيُضِلَّكَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَضِلُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ شَدِيدٌۢ بِمَا نَسُوا۟ يَوْمَ ٱلْحِسَابِ ٢٦
yādāwūdu innā jaʿalnāka khalīfatan fī l-arḍi fa-uḥ'kum bayna l-nāsi bil-ḥaqi walā tattabiʿi l-hawā fayuḍillaka ʿan sabīli l-lahi inna alladhīna yaḍillūna ʿan sabīli l-lahi lahum ʿadhābun shadīdun bimā nasū yawma l-ḥisābi
26. [We said], "O David, indeed We have made you a successor upon the earth, so judge between the people in truth and do not follow [your own] desire, as it will lead you astray from the way of Allāh." Indeed, those who go astray from the way of Allāh will have a severe punishment for having forgotten the Day of Account.
وَمَا خَلَقْنَا ٱلسَّمَآءَ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا بَٰطِلًا ذَٰلِكَ ظَنُّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فَوَيْلٌ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلنَّارِ ٢٧
wamā khalaqnā l-samāa wal-arḍa wamā baynahumā bāṭilan dhālika ẓannu alladhīna kafarū fawaylun lilladhīna kafarū mina l-nāri
27. And We did not create the heaven and the earth and that between them aimlessly. That is the assumption of those who disbelieve, so woe to those who disbelieve from the Fire.
أَمْ نَجْعَلُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ كَٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ أَمْ نَجْعَلُ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ كَٱلْفُجَّارِ ٢٨
am najʿalu alladhīna āmanū waʿamilū l-ṣāliḥāti kal-muf'sidīna fī l-arḍi am najʿalu l-mutaqīna kal-fujāri
28. Or should We treat those who believe and do righteous deeds like corrupters in the land? Or should We treat those who fear Allāh like the wicked?
كِتَٰبٌ أَنزَلْنَٰهُ إِلَيْكَ مُبَٰرَكٌ لِّيَدَّبَّرُوٓا۟ ءَايَٰتِهِۦ وَلِيَتَذَكَّرَ أُو۟لُوا۟ ٱلْأَلْبَٰبِ ٢٩
kitābun anzalnāhu ilayka mubārakun liyaddabbarū āyātihi waliyatadhakkara ulū l-albābi
29. [This is] a blessed Book which We have revealed to you, [O Muḥammad], that they might reflect upon its verses and that those of understanding would be reminded.
وَوَهَبْنَا لِدَاوُۥدَ سُلَيْمَٰنَ نِعْمَ ٱلْعَبْدُ إِنَّهُۥٓ أَوَّابٌ ٣٠
wawahabnā lidāwūda sulaymāna niʿ'ma l-ʿabdu innahu awwābun
30. And to David We gave Solomon. An excellent servant, indeed he was one repeatedly turning back [to Allāh].
إِذْ عُرِضَ عَلَيْهِ بِٱلْعَشِىِّ ٱلصَّٰفِنَٰتُ ٱلْجِيَادُ ٣١
idh ʿuriḍa ʿalayhi bil-ʿashiyi l-ṣāfinātu l-jiyādu
31. [Mention] when there were exhibited before him in the afternoon the poised [standing] racehorses.
فَقَالَ إِنِّىٓ أَحْبَبْتُ حُبَّ ٱلْخَيْرِ عَن ذِكْرِ رَبِّى حَتَّىٰ تَوَارَتْ بِٱلْحِجَابِ ٣٢
faqāla innī aḥbabtu ḥubba l-khayri ʿan dhik'ri rabbī ḥattā tawārat bil-ḥijābi
32. And he said, "Indeed, I gave preference to the love of good [things] over the remembrance of my Lord until it [i.e., the sun] disappeared into the curtain [of darkness]."
رُدُّوهَا عَلَىَّ فَطَفِقَ مَسْحًۢا بِٱلسُّوقِ وَٱلْأَعْنَاقِ ٣٣
ruddūhā ʿalayya faṭafiqa masḥan bil-sūqi wal-aʿnāqi
33. [He said], "Return them to me," and set about striking1326 [their] legs and necks.
[1326] With his sword as expiation. Some commentaries have also suggested the meaning of "stroking" with the hand.
وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا سُلَيْمَٰنَ وَأَلْقَيْنَا عَلَىٰ كُرْسِيِّهِۦ جَسَدًا ثُمَّ أَنَابَ ٣٤
walaqad fatannā sulaymāna wa-alqaynā ʿalā kur'siyyihi jasadan thumma anāba
34. And We certainly tried Solomon and placed on his throne a body;1327 then he returned.1328
[1327] Said to be a devil or a lifeless body (one without capability), but Allāh alone knows.
[1328] To sovereignty and to Allāh in repentance.
قَالَ رَبِّ ٱغْفِرْ لِى وَهَبْ لِى مُلْكًا لَّا يَنۢبَغِى لِأَحَدٍ مِّنۢ بَعْدِىٓ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلْوَهَّابُ ٣٥
qāla rabbi igh'fir lī wahab lī mul'kan lā yanbaghī li-aḥadin min baʿdī innaka anta l-wahābu
35. He said, "My Lord, forgive me and grant me a kingdom such as will not belong to anyone after me. Indeed, You are the Bestower."
فَسَخَّرْنَا لَهُ ٱلرِّيحَ تَجْرِى بِأَمْرِهِۦ رُخَآءً حَيْثُ أَصَابَ ٣٦
fasakharnā lahu l-rīḥa tajrī bi-amrihi rukhāan ḥaythu aṣāba
36. So We subjected to him the wind blowing by his command, gently, wherever he directed,
وَٱلشَّيَٰطِينَ كُلَّ بَنَّآءٍ وَغَوَّاصٍ ٣٧
wal-shayāṭīna kulla bannāin waghawwāṣin
37. And [also] the devils [of jinn] - every builder and diver
وَءَاخَرِينَ مُقَرَّنِينَ فِى ٱلْأَصْفَادِ ٣٨
waākharīna muqarranīna fī l-aṣfādi
38. And others bound together in irons.
هَٰذَا عَطَآؤُنَا فَٱمْنُنْ أَوْ أَمْسِكْ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ ٣٩
hādhā ʿaṭāunā fa-um'nun aw amsik bighayri ḥisābin
39. [We said], "This is Our gift, so grant or withhold without account."
وَإِنَّ لَهُۥ عِندَنَا لَزُلْفَىٰ وَحُسْنَ مَـَٔابٍ ٤٠
wa-inna lahu ʿindanā lazul'fā waḥus'na maābin
40. And indeed, for him is nearness to Us and a good place of return.
وَٱذْكُرْ عَبْدَنَآ أَيُّوبَ إِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنِّى مَسَّنِىَ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ بِنُصْبٍ وَعَذَابٍ ٤١
wa-udh'kur ʿabdanā ayyūba idh nādā rabbahu annī massaniya l-shayṭānu binuṣ'bin waʿadhābin
41. And remember Our servant Job, when he called to his Lord, "Indeed, Satan has touched me with hardship and torment."
ٱرْكُضْ بِرِجْلِكَ هَٰذَا مُغْتَسَلٌۢ بَارِدٌ وَشَرَابٌ ٤٢
ur'kuḍ birij'lika hādhā mugh'tasalun bāridun washarābun
42. [So he was told], "Strike [the ground] with your foot; this is a [spring for a] cool bath and drink."
وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُۥٓ أَهْلَهُۥ وَمِثْلَهُم مَّعَهُمْ رَحْمَةً مِّنَّا وَذِكْرَىٰ لِأُو۟لِى ٱلْأَلْبَٰبِ ٤٣
wawahabnā lahu ahlahu wamith'lahum maʿahum raḥmatan minnā wadhik'rā li-ulī l-albābi
43. And We granted him his family and a like [number] with them as mercy from Us and a reminder for those of understanding.
وَخُذْ بِيَدِكَ ضِغْثًا فَٱضْرِب بِّهِۦ وَلَا تَحْنَثْ إِنَّا وَجَدْنَٰهُ صَابِرًا نِّعْمَ ٱلْعَبْدُ إِنَّهُۥٓ أَوَّابٌ ٤٤
wakhudh biyadika ḍigh'than fa-iḍ'rib bihi walā taḥnath innā wajadnāhu ṣābiran niʿ'ma l-ʿabdu innahu awwābun
44. [We said], "And take in your hand a bunch [of grass] and strike with it and do not break your oath."1329 Indeed, We found him patient, an excellent servant. Indeed, he was one repeatedly turning back [to Allāh].
[1329] At a point during his illness, Job became angry with his wife and swore that if he recovered, he would punish her with one hundred lashes. According to Allāh's instruction, the oath was fulfilled by striking her once with one hundred blades of grass.
وَٱذْكُرْ عِبَٰدَنَآ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَإِسْحَٰقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ أُو۟لِى ٱلْأَيْدِى وَٱلْأَبْصَٰرِ ٤٥
wa-udh'kur ʿibādanā ib'rāhīma wa-is'ḥāqa wayaʿqūba ulī l-aydī wal-abṣāri
45. And remember Our servants, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob - those of strength and [religious] vision.
إِنَّآ أَخْلَصْنَٰهُم بِخَالِصَةٍ ذِكْرَى ٱلدَّارِ ٤٦
innā akhlaṣnāhum bikhāliṣatin dhik'rā l-dāri
46. Indeed, We chose them for an exclusive quality: remembrance of the home [of the Hereafter].
وَإِنَّهُمْ عِندَنَا لَمِنَ ٱلْمُصْطَفَيْنَ ٱلْأَخْيَارِ ٤٧
wa-innahum ʿindanā lamina l-muṣ'ṭafayna l-akhyāri
47. And indeed they are, to Us, among the chosen and outstanding.
وَٱذْكُرْ إِسْمَٰعِيلَ وَٱلْيَسَعَ وَذَا ٱلْكِفْلِ وَكُلٌّ مِّنَ ٱلْأَخْيَارِ ٤٨
wa-udh'kur is'māʿīla wal-yasaʿa wadhā l-kif'li wakullun mina l-akhyāri
48. And remember Ishmael, Elisha and Dhul-Kifl, and all are among the outstanding.
هَٰذَا ذِكْرٌ وَإِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ لَحُسْنَ مَـَٔابٍ ٤٩
hādhā dhik'run wa-inna lil'muttaqīna laḥus'na maābin
49. This is a reminder. And indeed, for the righteous is a good place of return -
جَنَّٰتِ عَدْنٍ مُّفَتَّحَةً لَّهُمُ ٱلْأَبْوَٰبُ ٥٠
jannāti ʿadnin mufattaḥatan lahumu l-abwābu
50. Gardens of perpetual residence, whose doors will be opened to them.
مُتَّكِـِٔينَ فِيهَا يَدْعُونَ فِيهَا بِفَٰكِهَةٍ كَثِيرَةٍ وَشَرَابٍ ٥١
muttakiīna fīhā yadʿūna fīhā bifākihatin kathīratin washarābin
51. Reclining within them, they will call therein for abundant fruit and drink.
وَعِندَهُمْ قَٰصِرَٰتُ ٱلطَّرْفِ أَتْرَابٌ ٥٢
waʿindahum qāṣirātu l-ṭarfi atrābun
52. And with them will be women limiting [their] glances1330 and of equal age.
[1330] To their mates alone.
هَٰذَا مَا تُوعَدُونَ لِيَوْمِ ٱلْحِسَابِ ٥٣
hādhā mā tūʿadūna liyawmi l-ḥisābi
53. This is what you, [the righteous], are promised for the Day of Account.
إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَرِزْقُنَا مَا لَهُۥ مِن نَّفَادٍ ٥٤
inna hādhā lariz'qunā mā lahu min nafādin
54. Indeed, this is Our provision; for it there is no depletion.
هَٰذَا وَإِنَّ لِلطَّٰغِينَ لَشَرَّ مَـَٔابٍ ٥٥
hādhā wa-inna lilṭṭāghīna lasharra maābin
55. This [is so]. But indeed, for the transgressors is an evil place of return -
جَهَنَّمَ يَصْلَوْنَهَا فَبِئْسَ ٱلْمِهَادُ ٥٦
jahannama yaṣlawnahā fabi'sa l-mihādu
56. Hell, which they will [enter to] burn, and wretched is the resting place.
هَٰذَا فَلْيَذُوقُوهُ حَمِيمٌ وَغَسَّاقٌ ٥٧
hādhā falyadhūqūhu ḥamīmun waghassāqun
57. This - so let them taste it - is scalding water and [foul] purulence.
وَءَاخَرُ مِن شَكْلِهِۦٓ أَزْوَٰجٌ ٥٨
waākharu min shaklihi azwājun
58. And other [punishments] of its type [in various] kinds.
هَٰذَا فَوْجٌ مُّقْتَحِمٌ مَّعَكُمْ لَا مَرْحَبًۢا بِهِمْ إِنَّهُمْ صَالُوا۟ ٱلنَّارِ ٥٩
hādhā fawjun muq'taḥimun maʿakum lā marḥaban bihim innahum ṣālū l-nāri
59. [Its inhabitants will say], "This is a company bursting in with you. No welcome for them. Indeed, they will burn in the Fire."
قَالُوا۟ بَلْ أَنتُمْ لَا مَرْحَبًۢا بِكُمْ أَنتُمْ قَدَّمْتُمُوهُ لَنَا فَبِئْسَ ٱلْقَرَارُ ٦٠
qālū bal antum lā marḥaban bikum antum qaddamtumūhu lanā fabi'sa l-qarāru
60. They will say, "Nor you! No welcome for you. You, [our leaders], brought this upon us, and wretched is the settlement."
قَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَا مَن قَدَّمَ لَنَا هَٰذَا فَزِدْهُ عَذَابًا ضِعْفًا فِى ٱلنَّارِ ٦١
qālū rabbanā man qaddama lanā hādhā fazid'hu ʿadhāban ḍiʿ'fan fī l-nāri
61. They will say, "Our Lord, whoever brought this upon us - increase for him double punishment in the Fire."
وَقَالُوا۟ مَا لَنَا لَا نَرَىٰ رِجَالًا كُنَّا نَعُدُّهُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَشْرَارِ ٦٢
waqālū mā lanā lā narā rijālan kunnā naʿudduhum mina l-ashrāri
62. And they will say, "Why do we not see men whom we used to count among the worst?1331
[1331] They are referring to the believers.
أَتَّخَذْنَٰهُمْ سِخْرِيًّا أَمْ زَاغَتْ عَنْهُمُ ٱلْأَبْصَٰرُ ٦٣
attakhadhnāhum sikh'riyyan am zāghat ʿanhumu l-abṣāru
63. Is it [because] we took them in ridicule, or has [our] vision turned away from them?"
إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ لَحَقٌّ تَخَاصُمُ أَهْلِ ٱلنَّارِ ٦٤
inna dhālika laḥaqqun takhāṣumu ahli l-nāri
64. Indeed, that is truth [i.e., reality] - the quarreling of the people of the Fire.
قُلْ إِنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ مُنذِرٌ وَمَا مِنْ إِلَٰهٍ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ ٱلْوَٰحِدُ ٱلْقَهَّارُ ٦٥
qul innamā anā mundhirun wamā min ilāhin illā l-lahu l-wāḥidu l-qahāru
65. Say, [O Muḥammad], "I am only a warner, and there is not any deity except Allāh, the One, the Prevailing,1332
[1332] Refer to footnotes in 12:39.
رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْغَفَّٰرُ ٦٦
rabbu l-samāwāti wal-arḍi wamā baynahumā l-ʿazīzu l-ghafāru
66. Lord of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them, the Exalted in Might,1333 the Perpetual Forgiver."1334
[1333] Honored for absolute power associated with wisdom and justice.
[1334] Who continually conceals sins and faults.
قُلْ هُوَ نَبَؤٌا۟ عَظِيمٌ ٦٧
qul huwa naba-on ʿaẓīmun
67. Say, "It is great news
أَنتُمْ عَنْهُ مُعْرِضُونَ ٦٨
antum ʿanhu muʿ'riḍūna
68. From which you turn away.
مَا كَانَ لِىَ مِنْ عِلْمٍۭ بِٱلْمَلَإِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰٓ إِذْ يَخْتَصِمُونَ ٦٩
mā kāna liya min ʿil'min bil-mala-i l-aʿlā idh yakhtaṣimūna
69. I had no knowledge of the exalted assembly [of angels] when they were disputing [the creation of Adam].
إِن يُوحَىٰٓ إِلَىَّ إِلَّآ أَنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ ٧٠
in yūḥā ilayya illā annamā anā nadhīrun mubīnun
70. It has not been revealed to me except that I am a clear warner."
إِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ إِنِّى خَٰلِقٌۢ بَشَرًا مِّن طِينٍ ٧١
idh qāla rabbuka lil'malāikati innī khāliqun basharan min ṭīnin
71. [So mention] when your Lord said to the angels, "Indeed, I am going to create a human being from clay.
فَإِذَا سَوَّيْتُهُۥ وَنَفَخْتُ فِيهِ مِن رُّوحِى فَقَعُوا۟ لَهُۥ سَٰجِدِينَ ٧٢
fa-idhā sawwaytuhu wanafakhtu fīhi min rūḥī faqaʿū lahu sājidīna
72. So when I have proportioned him and breathed into him of My [created] soul,1335 then fall down to him in prostration."
[1335] See footnote to 15:29.
فَسَجَدَ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ كُلُّهُمْ أَجْمَعُونَ ٧٣
fasajada l-malāikatu kulluhum ajmaʿūna
73. So the angels prostrated - all of them entirely,
إِلَّآ إِبْلِيسَ ٱسْتَكْبَرَ وَكَانَ مِنَ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ ٧٤
illā ib'līsa is'takbara wakāna mina l-kāfirīna
74. Except Iblees;1336 he was arrogant and became among the disbelievers.
[1336] See footnote to 2:34.
قَالَ يَٰٓإِبْلِيسُ مَا مَنَعَكَ أَن تَسْجُدَ لِمَا خَلَقْتُ بِيَدَىَّ أَسْتَكْبَرْتَ أَمْ كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلْعَالِينَ ٧٥
qāla yāib'līsu mā manaʿaka an tasjuda limā khalaqtu biyadayya astakbarta am kunta mina l-ʿālīna
75. [Allāh] said, "O Iblees, what prevented you from prostrating to that which I created with My hands?1337 Were you arrogant [then], or were you [already] among the haughty?"
[1337] See footnote to 2:19.
قَالَ أَنَا۠ خَيْرٌ مِّنْهُ خَلَقْتَنِى مِن نَّارٍ وَخَلَقْتَهُۥ مِن طِينٍ ٧٦
qāla anā khayrun min'hu khalaqtanī min nārin wakhalaqtahu min ṭīnin
76. He said, "I am better than him. You created me from fire and created him from clay."
قَالَ فَٱخْرُجْ مِنْهَا فَإِنَّكَ رَجِيمٌ ٧٧
qāla fa-ukh'ruj min'hā fa-innaka rajīmun
77. [Allāh] said, "Then get out of it [i.e., Paradise], for indeed, you are expelled.
وَإِنَّ عَلَيْكَ لَعْنَتِىٓ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ ٧٨
wa-inna ʿalayka laʿnatī ilā yawmi l-dīni
78. And indeed, upon you is My curse until the Day of Recompense."
قَالَ رَبِّ فَأَنظِرْنِىٓ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ ٧٩
qāla rabbi fa-anẓir'nī ilā yawmi yub'ʿathūna
79. He said, "My Lord, then reprieve me until the Day they are resurrected."
قَالَ فَإِنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُنظَرِينَ ٨٠
qāla fa-innaka mina l-munẓarīna
80. [Allāh] said, "So indeed, you are of those reprieved
إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْوَقْتِ ٱلْمَعْلُومِ ٨١
ilā yawmi l-waqti l-maʿlūmi
81. Until the Day of the time well-known."
قَالَ فَبِعِزَّتِكَ لَأُغْوِيَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ ٨٢
qāla fabiʿizzatika la-ugh'wiyannahum ajmaʿīna
82. [Iblees] said, "By Your might, I will surely mislead them all
إِلَّا عِبَادَكَ مِنْهُمُ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ ٨٣
illā ʿibādaka min'humu l-mukh'laṣīna
83. Except, among them, Your chosen servants."
قَالَ فَٱلْحَقُّ وَٱلْحَقَّ أَقُولُ ٨٤
qāla fal-ḥaqu wal-ḥaqa aqūlu
84. [Allāh] said, "The truth [is My oath], and the truth I say -
لَأَمْلَأَنَّ جَهَنَّمَ مِنكَ وَمِمَّن تَبِعَكَ مِنْهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ ٨٥
la-amla-anna jahannama minka wamimman tabiʿaka min'hum ajmaʿīna
85. [That] I will surely fill Hell with you and those of them that follow you all together."
قُلْ مَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ وَمَآ أَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلْمُتَكَلِّفِينَ ٨٦
qul mā asalukum ʿalayhi min ajrin wamā anā mina l-mutakalifīna
86. Say, [O Muḥammad], "I do not ask you for it [i.e., the Qur’ān] any payment, and I am not of the pretentious.
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ ٨٧
in huwa illā dhik'run lil'ʿālamīna
87. It is but a reminder to the worlds.
وَلَتَعْلَمُنَّ نَبَأَهُۥ بَعْدَ حِينٍۭ ٨٨
walataʿlamunna naba-ahu baʿda ḥīnin
88. And you will surely know [the truth of] its information after a time."
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