26. Ash-Shu'araa

طسٓمٓ ١

Ta. Sin. Mim.

تِلْكَ ءَايَٰتُ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ ٱلْمُبِينِ ٢

These are revelations of the Scripture that maketh plain.

لَعَلَّكَ بَٰخِعٌۭ نَّفْسَكَ أَلَّا يَكُونُوا۟ مُؤْمِنِينَ ٣

It may be that thou tormentest thyself (O Muhammad) because they believe not.

إِن نَّشَأْ نُنَزِّلْ عَلَيْهِم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ ءَايَةًۭ فَظَلَّتْ أَعْنَٰقُهُمْ لَهَا خَٰضِعِينَ ٤

If We will, We can send down on them from the sky a portent so that their necks would remain bowed before it.

وَمَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن ذِكْرٍۢ مِّنَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ مُحْدَثٍ إِلَّا كَانُوا۟ عَنْهُ مُعْرِضِينَ ٥

Never cometh there unto them a fresh reminder from the Beneficent One, but they turn away from it.

فَقَدْ كَذَّبُوا۟ فَسَيَأْتِيهِمْ أَنۢبَٰٓؤُا۟ مَا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ ٦

Now they have denied (the Truth); but there will come unto them tidings of that whereat they used to scoff.

أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَمْ أَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ زَوْجٍۢ كَرِيمٍ ٧

Have they not seen the earth, how much of every fruitful kind We make to grow therein?

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةًۭ ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ ٨

Lo! herein is indeed a portent; yet most of them are not believers.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ٩

And lo! thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.

وَإِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبُّكَ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنِ ٱئْتِ ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ١٠

And when thy Lord called Moses, saying: Go unto the wrongdoing folk,

قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ ۚ أَلَا يَتَّقُونَ ١١

The folk of Pharaoh. Will they not ward off (evil)?

قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ أَن يُكَذِّبُونِ ١٢

He said: My Lord! Lo! I fear that they will deny me,

وَيَضِيقُ صَدْرِى وَلَا يَنطَلِقُ لِسَانِى فَأَرْسِلْ إِلَىٰ هَٰرُونَ ١٣

And I shall be embarrassed, and my tongue will not speak plainly, therefor send for Aaron (to help me).

وَلَهُمْ عَلَىَّ ذَنۢبٌۭ فَأَخَافُ أَن يَقْتُلُونِ ١٤

And they have a crime against me, so I fear that they will kill me.

قَالَ كَلَّا ۖ فَٱذْهَبَا بِـَٔايَٰتِنَآ ۖ إِنَّا مَعَكُم مُّسْتَمِعُونَ ١٥

He said: Nay, verily. So go ye twain with Our tokens. Lo! We shall be with you, Hearing.

فَأْتِيَا فِرْعَوْنَ فَقُولَآ إِنَّا رَسُولُ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ١٦

And come together unto Pharaoh and say: Lo! we bear a message of the Lord of the Worlds,

أَنْ أَرْسِلْ مَعَنَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ ١٧

(Saying): Let the Children of Israel go with us.

قَالَ أَلَمْ نُرَبِّكَ فِينَا وَلِيدًۭا وَلَبِثْتَ فِينَا مِنْ عُمُرِكَ سِنِينَ ١٨

(Pharaoh) said (unto Moses): Did we not rear thee among us as a child? And thou didst dwell many years of thy life among us,

وَفَعَلْتَ فَعْلَتَكَ ٱلَّتِى فَعَلْتَ وَأَنتَ مِنَ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ ١٩

And thou didst that thy deed which thou didst, and thou wast one of the ingrates.

قَالَ فَعَلْتُهَآ إِذًۭا وَأَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ ٢٠

He said: I did it then, when I was of those who are astray.

فَفَرَرْتُ مِنكُمْ لَمَّا خِفْتُكُمْ فَوَهَبَ لِى رَبِّى حُكْمًۭا وَجَعَلَنِى مِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ ٢١

Then I fled from you when I feared you, and my Lord vouchsafed me a command and appointed me (of the number) of those sent (by Him).

وَتِلْكَ نِعْمَةٌۭ تَمُنُّهَا عَلَىَّ أَنْ عَبَّدتَّ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ ٢٢

And this is the past favour wherewith thou reproachest me: that thou hast enslaved the Children of Israel.

قَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَا رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ٢٣

Pharaoh said: And what is the Lord of the Worlds?

قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ ۖ إِن كُنتُم مُّوقِنِينَ ٢٤

(Moses) said: Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, if ye had but sure belief.

قَالَ لِمَنْ حَوْلَهُۥٓ أَلَا تَسْتَمِعُونَ ٢٥

(Pharaoh) said unto those around him: Hear ye not?

قَالَ رَبُّكُمْ وَرَبُّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ٢٦

He said: Your Lord and the Lord of your fathers.

قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَكُمُ ٱلَّذِىٓ أُرْسِلَ إِلَيْكُمْ لَمَجْنُونٌۭ ٢٧

(Pharaoh) said: Lo! your messenger who hath been sent unto you is indeed a madman!

قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلْمَشْرِقِ وَٱلْمَغْرِبِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ ۖ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ ٢٨

He said: Lord of the East and the West and all that is between them, if ye did but understand.

قَالَ لَئِنِ ٱتَّخَذْتَ إِلَٰهًا غَيْرِى لَأَجْعَلَنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْمَسْجُونِينَ ٢٩

(Pharaoh) said: If thou choosest a god other than me, I assuredly shall place thee among the prisoners.

قَالَ أَوَلَوْ جِئْتُكَ بِشَىْءٍۢ مُّبِينٍۢ ٣٠

He said: Even though I show thee something plain?

قَالَ فَأْتِ بِهِۦٓ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ ٣١

(Pharaoh) said: Produce it then, if thou art of the truthful!

فَأَلْقَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِىَ ثُعْبَانٌۭ مُّبِينٌۭ ٣٢

Then he flung down his staff and it became a serpent manifest,

وَنَزَعَ يَدَهُۥ فَإِذَا هِىَ بَيْضَآءُ لِلنَّٰظِرِينَ ٣٣

And he drew forth his hand and lo! it was white to the beholders.

قَالَ لِلْمَلَإِ حَوْلَهُۥٓ إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَسَٰحِرٌ عَلِيمٌۭ ٣٤

(Pharaoh) said unto the chiefs about him: Lo! this is verily a knowing wizard,

يُرِيدُ أَن يُخْرِجَكُم مِّنْ أَرْضِكُم بِسِحْرِهِۦ فَمَاذَا تَأْمُرُونَ ٣٥

Who would drive you out of your land by his magic. Now what counsel ye?

قَالُوٓا۟ أَرْجِهْ وَأَخَاهُ وَٱبْعَثْ فِى ٱلْمَدَآئِنِ حَٰشِرِينَ ٣٦

They said: Put him off, (him) and his brother, and send into the cities summoners

يَأْتُوكَ بِكُلِّ سَحَّارٍ عَلِيمٍۢ ٣٧

Who shall bring unto thee every knowing wizard.

فَجُمِعَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ لِمِيقَٰتِ يَوْمٍۢ مَّعْلُومٍۢ ٣٨

So the wizards were gathered together at a set time on a day appointed.

وَقِيلَ لِلنَّاسِ هَلْ أَنتُم مُّجْتَمِعُونَ ٣٩

And it was said unto the people: Are ye (also) gathering?

لَعَلَّنَا نَتَّبِعُ ٱلسَّحَرَةَ إِن كَانُوا۟ هُمُ ٱلْغَٰلِبِينَ ٤٠

(They said): Aye, so that we may follow the wizards if they are the winners.

فَلَمَّا جَآءَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ قَالُوا۟ لِفِرْعَوْنَ أَئِنَّ لَنَا لَأَجْرًا إِن كُنَّا نَحْنُ ٱلْغَٰلِبِينَ ٤١

And when the wizards came they said unto Pharaoh: Will there surely be a reward for us if we are the winners?

قَالَ نَعَمْ وَإِنَّكُمْ إِذًۭا لَّمِنَ ٱلْمُقَرَّبِينَ ٤٢

He said: Aye, and ye will then surely be of those brought near (to me).

قَالَ لَهُم مُّوسَىٰٓ أَلْقُوا۟ مَآ أَنتُم مُّلْقُونَ ٤٣

Moses said unto them: Throw what ye are going to throw!

فَأَلْقَوْا۟ حِبَالَهُمْ وَعِصِيَّهُمْ وَقَالُوا۟ بِعِزَّةِ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّا لَنَحْنُ ٱلْغَٰلِبُونَ ٤٤

Then they threw down their cords and their staves and said: By Pharaoh's might, lo! we verily are the winners.

فَأَلْقَىٰ مُوسَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِىَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُونَ ٤٥

Then Moses threw his staff and lo! it swallowed that which they did falsely show.

فَأُلْقِىَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ سَٰجِدِينَ ٤٦

And the wizards were flung prostrate,

قَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا بِرَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ٤٧

Crying: We believe in the Lord of the Worlds,

رَبِّ مُوسَىٰ وَهَٰرُونَ ٤٨

The Lord of Moses and Aaron.

قَالَ ءَامَنتُمْ لَهُۥ قَبْلَ أَنْ ءَاذَنَ لَكُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ لَكَبِيرُكُمُ ٱلَّذِى عَلَّمَكُمُ ٱلسِّحْرَ فَلَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ ۚ لَأُقَطِّعَنَّ أَيْدِيَكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُم مِّنْ خِلَٰفٍۢ وَلَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ ٤٩

(Pharaoh) said: Ye put your faith in him before I give you leave. Lo! he doubtless is your chief who taught you magic! But verily ye shall come to know. Verily I will cut off your hands and your feet alternately, and verily I will crucify you every one.

قَالُوا۟ لَا ضَيْرَ ۖ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا مُنقَلِبُونَ ٥٠

They said: It is no hurt, for lo! unto our Lord we shall return.

إِنَّا نَطْمَعُ أَن يَغْفِرَ لَنَا رَبُّنَا خَطَٰيَٰنَآ أَن كُنَّآ أَوَّلَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ٥١

Lo! we ardently hope that our Lord will forgive us our sins because we are the first of the believers.

۞ وَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنْ أَسْرِ بِعِبَادِىٓ إِنَّكُم مُّتَّبَعُونَ ٥٢

And We inspired Moses, saying: Take away My slaves by night, for ye will be pursued.

فَأَرْسَلَ فِرْعَوْنُ فِى ٱلْمَدَآئِنِ حَٰشِرِينَ ٥٣

Then Pharaoh sent into the cities summoners,

إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَشِرْذِمَةٌۭ قَلِيلُونَ ٥٤

(Who said): Lo! these indeed are but a little troop,

وَإِنَّهُمْ لَنَا لَغَآئِظُونَ ٥٥

And lo! they are offenders against us.

وَإِنَّا لَجَمِيعٌ حَٰذِرُونَ ٥٦

And lo! we are a ready host.

فَأَخْرَجْنَٰهُم مِّن جَنَّٰتٍۢ وَعُيُونٍۢ ٥٧

Thus did We take them away from gardens and watersprings,

وَكُنُوزٍۢ وَمَقَامٍۢ كَرِيمٍۢ ٥٨

And treasures and a fair estate.

كَذَٰلِكَ وَأَوْرَثْنَٰهَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ ٥٩

Thus (were those things taken from them) and We caused the Children of Israel to inherit them.

فَأَتْبَعُوهُم مُّشْرِقِينَ ٦٠

And they overtook them at sunrise.

فَلَمَّا تَرَٰٓءَا ٱلْجَمْعَانِ قَالَ أَصْحَٰبُ مُوسَىٰٓ إِنَّا لَمُدْرَكُونَ ٦١

And when the two hosts saw each other, those with Moses said: Lo! we are indeed caught.

قَالَ كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّ مَعِىَ رَبِّى سَيَهْدِينِ ٦٢

He said: Nay, verily! for lo! my Lord is with me. He will guide me.

فَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنِ ٱضْرِب بِّعَصَاكَ ٱلْبَحْرَ ۖ فَٱنفَلَقَ فَكَانَ كُلُّ فِرْقٍۢ كَٱلطَّوْدِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ ٦٣

Then We inspired Moses, saying: Smite the sea with thy staff. And it parted, and each part was as a mountain vast.

وَأَزْلَفْنَا ثَمَّ ٱلْءَاخَرِينَ ٦٤

Then brought We near the others to that place.

وَأَنجَيْنَا مُوسَىٰ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥٓ أَجْمَعِينَ ٦٥

And We saved Moses and those with him, every one;

ثُمَّ أَغْرَقْنَا ٱلْءَاخَرِينَ ٦٦

And We drowned the others.

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةًۭ ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ ٦٧

Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ٦٨

And lo, thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.

وَٱتْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ نَبَأَ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ ٦٩

Recite unto them the story of Abraham:

إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِۦ مَا تَعْبُدُونَ ٧٠

When he said unto his father and his folk: What worship ye?

قَالُوا۟ نَعْبُدُ أَصْنَامًۭا فَنَظَلُّ لَهَا عَٰكِفِينَ ٧١

They said: We worship idols, and are ever devoted unto them.

قَالَ هَلْ يَسْمَعُونَكُمْ إِذْ تَدْعُونَ ٧٢

He said: Do they hear you when ye cry?

أَوْ يَنفَعُونَكُمْ أَوْ يَضُرُّونَ ٧٣

Or do they benefit or harm you?

قَالُوا۟ بَلْ وَجَدْنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا كَذَٰلِكَ يَفْعَلُونَ ٧٤

They said: Nay, but we found our fathers acting on this wise.

قَالَ أَفَرَءَيْتُم مَّا كُنتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَ ٧٥

He said: See now that which ye worship,

أَنتُمْ وَءَابَآؤُكُمُ ٱلْأَقْدَمُونَ ٧٦

Ye and your forefathers!

فَإِنَّهُمْ عَدُوٌّۭ لِّىٓ إِلَّا رَبَّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ٧٧

Lo! they are (all) an enemy unto me, save the Lord of the Worlds,

ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَنِى فَهُوَ يَهْدِينِ ٧٨

Who created me, and He doth guide me,

وَٱلَّذِى هُوَ يُطْعِمُنِى وَيَسْقِينِ ٧٩

And Who feedeth me and watereth me.

وَإِذَا مَرِضْتُ فَهُوَ يَشْفِينِ ٨٠

And when I sicken, then He healeth me,

وَٱلَّذِى يُمِيتُنِى ثُمَّ يُحْيِينِ ٨١

And Who causeth me to die, then giveth me life (again),

وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَطْمَعُ أَن يَغْفِرَ لِى خَطِيٓـَٔتِى يَوْمَ ٱلدِّينِ ٨٢

And Who, I ardently hope, will forgive me my sin on the Day of Judgment.

رَبِّ هَبْ لِى حُكْمًۭا وَأَلْحِقْنِى بِٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ ٨٣

My Lord! Vouchsafe me wisdom and unite me to the righteous.

وَٱجْعَل لِّى لِسَانَ صِدْقٍۢ فِى ٱلْءَاخِرِينَ ٨٤

And give unto me a good report in later generations.

وَٱجْعَلْنِى مِن وَرَثَةِ جَنَّةِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ ٨٥

And place me among the inheritors of the Garden of Delight,

وَٱغْفِرْ لِأَبِىٓ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ ٨٦

And forgive my father. Lo! he is of those who err.

وَلَا تُخْزِنِى يَوْمَ يُبْعَثُونَ ٨٧

And abase me not on the day when they are raised,

يَوْمَ لَا يَنفَعُ مَالٌۭ وَلَا بَنُونَ ٨٨

The day when wealth and sons avail not (any man)

إِلَّا مَنْ أَتَى ٱللَّهَ بِقَلْبٍۢ سَلِيمٍۢ ٨٩

Save him who bringeth unto Allah a whole heart.

وَأُزْلِفَتِ ٱلْجَنَّةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ ٩٠

And the Garden will be brought nigh for those who ward off (evil).

وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِلْغَاوِينَ ٩١

And hell will appear plainly to the erring.

وَقِيلَ لَهُمْ أَيْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَ ٩٢

And it will be said unto them: Where is (all) that ye used to worship

مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ هَلْ يَنصُرُونَكُمْ أَوْ يَنتَصِرُونَ ٩٣

Instead of Allah? Can they help you or help themselves?

فَكُبْكِبُوا۟ فِيهَا هُمْ وَٱلْغَاوُۥنَ ٩٤

Then will they be hurled therein, they and the seducers

وَجُنُودُ إِبْلِيسَ أَجْمَعُونَ ٩٥

And the hosts of Iblis, together.

قَالُوا۟ وَهُمْ فِيهَا يَخْتَصِمُونَ ٩٦

And they will say, when they are quarrelling therein:

تَٱللَّهِ إِن كُنَّا لَفِى ضَلَٰلٍۢ مُّبِينٍ ٩٧

By Allah, of a truth we were in error manifest

إِذْ نُسَوِّيكُم بِرَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ٩٨

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

وَمَآ أَضَلَّنَآ إِلَّا ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ ٩٩

It was but the guilty who misled us.

فَمَا لَنَا مِن شَٰفِعِينَ ١٠٠

Now we have no intercessors

وَلَا صَدِيقٍ حَمِيمٍۢ ١٠١

Nor any loving friend.

فَلَوْ أَنَّ لَنَا كَرَّةًۭ فَنَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ١٠٢

Oh, that we had another turn (on earth), that we might be of the believers!

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةًۭ ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ ١٠٣

Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers!

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ١٠٤

And lo, thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.

كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ ١٠٥

Noah's folk denied the messengers (of Allah),

إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ نُوحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ١٠٦

When their brother Noah said unto them: Will ye not ward off (evil)?

إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌۭ ١٠٧

Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you,

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ١٠٨

So keep your duty to Allah, and obey me.

وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ١٠٩

And I ask of you no wage therefor; my wage is the concern only of the Lord of the Worlds.

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ١١٠

So keep your duty to Allah, and obey me.

۞ قَالُوٓا۟ أَنُؤْمِنُ لَكَ وَٱتَّبَعَكَ ٱلْأَرْذَلُونَ ١١١

They said: Shall we put faith in thee, when the lowest (of the people) follow thee?

قَالَ وَمَا عِلْمِى بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ ١١٢

He said: And what knowledge have I of what they may have been doing (in the past)?

إِنْ حِسَابُهُمْ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّى ۖ لَوْ تَشْعُرُونَ ١١٣

Lo! their reckoning is my Lord's concern, if ye but knew;

وَمَآ أَنَا۠ بِطَارِدِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ١١٤

And I am not (here) to repulse believers.

إِنْ أَنَا۠ إِلَّا نَذِيرٌۭ مُّبِينٌۭ ١١٥

I am only a plain warner.

قَالُوا۟ لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهِ يَٰنُوحُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْمَرْجُومِينَ ١١٦

They said: If thou cease not, O Noah, thou wilt surely be among those stoned (to death).

قَالَ رَبِّ إِنَّ قَوْمِى كَذَّبُونِ ١١٧

He said: My Lord! Lo! my own folk deny me.

فَٱفْتَحْ بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَهُمْ فَتْحًۭا وَنَجِّنِى وَمَن مَّعِىَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ١١٨

Therefor judge Thou between us, a (conclusive) judgment, and save me and those believers who are with me.

فَأَنجَيْنَٰهُ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥ فِى ٱلْفُلْكِ ٱلْمَشْحُونِ ١١٩

And We saved him and those with him in the laden ship.

ثُمَّ أَغْرَقْنَا بَعْدُ ٱلْبَاقِينَ ١٢٠

Then afterward We drowned the others.

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةًۭ ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ ١٢١

Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ١٢٢

And lo, thy Lord, He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.

كَذَّبَتْ عَادٌ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ ١٢٣

(The tribe of) A'ad denied the messengers (of Allah).

إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ هُودٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ١٢٤

When their brother Hud said unto them: Will ye not ward off (evil)?

إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌۭ ١٢٥

Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you,

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ١٢٦

So keep your duty to Allah and obey me.

وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ١٢٧

And I ask of you no wage therefor; my wage is the concern only of the Lord of the Worlds.

أَتَبْنُونَ بِكُلِّ رِيعٍ ءَايَةًۭ تَعْبَثُونَ ١٢٨

Build ye on every high place a monument for vain delight?

وَتَتَّخِذُونَ مَصَانِعَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَخْلُدُونَ ١٢٩

And seek ye out strongholds, that haply ye may last for ever?

وَإِذَا بَطَشْتُم بَطَشْتُمْ جَبَّارِينَ ١٣٠

And if ye seize by force, seize ye as tyrants?

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ١٣١

Rather keep your duty to Allah, and obey me.

وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَمَدَّكُم بِمَا تَعْلَمُونَ ١٣٢

Keep your duty toward Him Who hath aided you with (the good things) that ye know,

أَمَدَّكُم بِأَنْعَٰمٍۢ وَبَنِينَ ١٣٣

Hath aided you with cattle and sons.

وَجَنَّٰتٍۢ وَعُيُونٍ ١٣٤

And gardens and watersprings.

إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍۢ ١٣٥

Lo! I fear for you the retribution of an awful day.

قَالُوا۟ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيْنَآ أَوَعَظْتَ أَمْ لَمْ تَكُن مِّنَ ٱلْوَٰعِظِينَ ١٣٦

They said: It is all one to us whether thou preachest or art not of those who preach;

إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا خُلُقُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ١٣٧

This is but a fable of the men of old,

وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ ١٣٨

And we shall not be doomed.

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَهْلَكْنَٰهُمْ ۗ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةًۭ ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ ١٣٩

And they denied him; therefor We destroyed them. Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ١٤٠

And lo! thy Lord, He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ ١٤١

(The tribe of) Thamud denied the messengers (of Allah)

إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ صَٰلِحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ١٤٢

When their brother Salih said unto them: Will ye not ward off (evil)?

إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌۭ ١٤٣

Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you,

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ١٤٤

So keep your duty to Allah and obey me.

وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ١٤٥

And I ask of you no wage therefor; my wage is the concern only of the Lord of the Worlds.

أَتُتْرَكُونَ فِى مَا هَٰهُنَآ ءَامِنِينَ ١٤٦

Will ye be left secure in that which is here before us,

فِى جَنَّٰتٍۢ وَعُيُونٍۢ ١٤٧

In gardens and watersprings.

وَزُرُوعٍۢ وَنَخْلٍۢ طَلْعُهَا هَضِيمٌۭ ١٤٨

And tilled fields and heavy-sheathed palm-trees,

وَتَنْحِتُونَ مِنَ ٱلْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًۭا فَٰرِهِينَ ١٤٩

Though ye hew out dwellings in the mountain, being skilful?

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ١٥٠

Therefor keep your duty to Allah and obey me,

وَلَا تُطِيعُوٓا۟ أَمْرَ ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ ١٥١

And obey not the command of the prodigal,

ٱلَّذِينَ يُفْسِدُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا يُصْلِحُونَ ١٥٢

Who spread corruption in the earth, and reform not.

قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلْمُسَحَّرِينَ ١٥٣

They said: Thou art but one of the bewitched;

مَآ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٌۭ مِّثْلُنَا فَأْتِ بِـَٔايَةٍ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ ١٥٤

Thou art but a mortal like us. So bring some token if thou art of the truthful.

قَالَ هَٰذِهِۦ نَاقَةٌۭ لَّهَا شِرْبٌۭ وَلَكُمْ شِرْبُ يَوْمٍۢ مَّعْلُومٍۢ ١٥٥

He said: (Behold) this she-camel. She hath the right to drink (at the well), and ye have the right to drink, (each) on an appointed day.

وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوٓءٍۢ فَيَأْخُذَكُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍۢ ١٥٦

And touch her not with ill lest there come on you the retribution of an awful day.

فَعَقَرُوهَا فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ نَٰدِمِينَ ١٥٧

But they hamstrung her, and then were penitent.

فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ ۗ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةًۭ ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ ١٥٨

So the retribution came on them. Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ١٥٩

And lo! thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.

كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ لُوطٍ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ ١٦٠

The folk of Lot denied the messengers (of Allah),

إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ لُوطٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ١٦١

When their brother Lot said unto them: Will ye not ward off (evil)?

إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌۭ ١٦٢

Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you,

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ١٦٣

So keep your duty to Allah and obey me.

وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ١٦٤

And I ask of you no wage therefor; my wage is the concern only of the Lord of the Worlds.

أَتَأْتُونَ ٱلذُّكْرَانَ مِنَ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ١٦٥

What! Of all creatures do ye come unto the males,

وَتَذَرُونَ مَا خَلَقَ لَكُمْ رَبُّكُم مِّنْ أَزْوَٰجِكُم ۚ بَلْ أَنتُمْ قَوْمٌ عَادُونَ ١٦٦

And leave the wives your Lord created for you? Nay, but ye are froward folk.

قَالُوا۟ لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهِ يَٰلُوطُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْمُخْرَجِينَ ١٦٧

They said: If thou cease not, O Lot, thou wilt soon be of the outcast.

قَالَ إِنِّى لِعَمَلِكُم مِّنَ ٱلْقَالِينَ ١٦٨

He said: I am in truth of those who hate your conduct.

رَبِّ نَجِّنِى وَأَهْلِى مِمَّا يَعْمَلُونَ ١٦٩

My Lord! Save me and my household from what they do.

فَنَجَّيْنَٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥٓ أَجْمَعِينَ ١٧٠

So We saved him and his household, every one,

إِلَّا عَجُوزًۭا فِى ٱلْغَٰبِرِينَ ١٧١

Save an old woman among those who stayed behind.

ثُمَّ دَمَّرْنَا ٱلْءَاخَرِينَ ١٧٢

Then afterward We destroyed the others.

وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِم مَّطَرًۭا ۖ فَسَآءَ مَطَرُ ٱلْمُنذَرِينَ ١٧٣

And We rained on them a rain. And dreadful is the rain of those who have been warned.

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةًۭ ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ ١٧٤

Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ١٧٥

And lo! thy Lord, He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.

كَذَّبَ أَصْحَٰبُ لْـَٔيْكَةِ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ ١٧٦

The dwellers in the wood (of Midian) denied the messengers (of Allah),

إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ شُعَيْبٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ١٧٧

When Shu'eyb said unto them: Will ye not ward off (evil)?

إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌۭ ١٧٨

Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you,

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ١٧٩

So keep your duty to Allah and obey me.

وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ١٨٠

And I ask of you no wage for it; my wage is the concern only of the Lord of the Worlds.

۞ أَوْفُوا۟ ٱلْكَيْلَ وَلَا تَكُونُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْمُخْسِرِينَ ١٨١

Give full measure, and be not of those who give less (than the due).

وَزِنُوا۟ بِٱلْقِسْطَاسِ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمِ ١٨٢

And weigh with the true balance.

وَلَا تَبْخَسُوا۟ ٱلنَّاسَ أَشْيَآءَهُمْ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ ١٨٣

Wrong not mankind in their goods, and do not evil, making mischief, in the earth.

وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُمْ وَٱلْجِبِلَّةَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ١٨٤

And keep your duty unto Him Who created you and the generations of the men of old.

قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلْمُسَحَّرِينَ ١٨٥

They said: Thou art but one of the bewitched;

وَمَآ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٌۭ مِّثْلُنَا وَإِن نَّظُنُّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلْكَٰذِبِينَ ١٨٦

Thou art but a mortal like us, and lo! we deem thee of the liars.

فَأَسْقِطْ عَلَيْنَا كِسَفًۭا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ ١٨٧

Then make fragments of the heaven fall upon us, if thou art of the truthful.

قَالَ رَبِّىٓ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ ١٨٨

He said: My Lord is Best Aware of what ye do.

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمِ ٱلظُّلَّةِ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ ١٨٩

But they denied him, so there came on them the retribution of the day of gloom. Lo! it was the retribution of an awful day.

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةًۭ ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ ١٩٠

Lo! herein is indeed a portent; yet most of them are not believers.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ١٩١

And lo! thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَنزِيلُ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ١٩٢

And lo! it is a revelation of the Lord of the Worlds,

نَزَلَ بِهِ ٱلرُّوحُ ٱلْأَمِينُ ١٩٣

Which the True Spirit hath brought down

عَلَىٰ قَلْبِكَ لِتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُنذِرِينَ ١٩٤

Upon thy heart, that thou mayst be (one) of the warners,

بِلِسَانٍ عَرَبِىٍّۢ مُّبِينٍۢ ١٩٥

In plain Arabic speech.

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَفِى زُبُرِ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ١٩٦

And lo! it is in the Scriptures of the men of old.

أَوَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُمْ ءَايَةً أَن يَعْلَمَهُۥ عُلَمَٰٓؤُا۟ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ ١٩٧

Is it not a token for them that the doctors of the Children of Israel know it?

وَلَوْ نَزَّلْنَٰهُ عَلَىٰ بَعْضِ ٱلْأَعْجَمِينَ ١٩٨

And if We had revealed it unto one of any other nation than the Arabs,

فَقَرَأَهُۥ عَلَيْهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ مُؤْمِنِينَ ١٩٩

And he had read it unto them, they would not have believed in it.

كَذَٰلِكَ سَلَكْنَٰهُ فِى قُلُوبِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ ٢٠٠

Thus do We make it traverse the hearts of the guilty.

لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِۦ حَتَّىٰ يَرَوُا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَلِيمَ ٢٠١

They will not believe in it till they behold the painful doom,

فَيَأْتِيَهُم بَغْتَةًۭ وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ ٢٠٢

So that it will come upon them suddenly, when they perceive not.

فَيَقُولُوا۟ هَلْ نَحْنُ مُنظَرُونَ ٢٠٣

Then they will say: Are we to be reprieved?

أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا يَسْتَعْجِلُونَ ٢٠٤

Would they (now) hasten on Our doom?

أَفَرَءَيْتَ إِن مَّتَّعْنَٰهُمْ سِنِينَ ٢٠٥

Hast thou then seen, if We content them for (long) years,

ثُمَّ جَآءَهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يُوعَدُونَ ٢٠٦

And then cometh that which they were promised,

مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يُمَتَّعُونَ ٢٠٧

(How) that wherewith they were contented naught availeth them?

وَمَآ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا لَهَا مُنذِرُونَ ٢٠٨

And We destroyed no township but it had its warners

ذِكْرَىٰ وَمَا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ ٢٠٩

For reminder, for We never were oppressors.

وَمَا تَنَزَّلَتْ بِهِ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينُ ٢١٠

The devils did not bring it down.

وَمَا يَنۢبَغِى لَهُمْ وَمَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ ٢١١

It is not meet for them, nor is it in their power,

إِنَّهُمْ عَنِ ٱلسَّمْعِ لَمَعْزُولُونَ ٢١٢

Lo! verily they are banished from the hearing.

فَلَا تَدْعُ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُعَذَّبِينَ ٢١٣

Therefor invoke not with Allah another god, lest thou be one of the doomed.

وَأَنذِرْ عَشِيرَتَكَ ٱلْأَقْرَبِينَ ٢١٤

And warn thy tribe of near kindred,

وَٱخْفِضْ جَنَاحَكَ لِمَنِ ٱتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ٢١٥

And lower thy wing (in kindness) unto those believers who follow thee.

فَإِنْ عَصَوْكَ فَقُلْ إِنِّى بَرِىٓءٌۭ مِّمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ ٢١٦

And if they (thy kinsfolk) disobey thee, say: Lo! I am innocent of what they do.

وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ٢١٧

And put thy trust in the Mighty, the Merciful.

ٱلَّذِى يَرَىٰكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ ٢١٨

Who seeth thee when thou standest up (to pray)

وَتَقَلُّبَكَ فِى ٱلسَّٰجِدِينَ ٢١٩

And (seeth) thine abasement among those who fall prostrate (in worship).

إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ ٢٢٠

Lo! He, only He, is the Hearer, the Knower.

هَلْ أُنَبِّئُكُمْ عَلَىٰ مَن تَنَزَّلُ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينُ ٢٢١

Shall I inform you upon whom the devils descend?

تَنَزَّلُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ أَفَّاكٍ أَثِيمٍۢ ٢٢٢

They descend on every sinful, false one.

يُلْقُونَ ٱلسَّمْعَ وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ كَٰذِبُونَ ٢٢٣

They listen eagerly, but most of them are liars.

وَٱلشُّعَرَآءُ يَتَّبِعُهُمُ ٱلْغَاوُۥنَ ٢٢٤

As for poets, the erring follow them.

أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّهُمْ فِى كُلِّ وَادٍۢ يَهِيمُونَ ٢٢٥

Hast thou not seen how they stray in every valley,

وَأَنَّهُمْ يَقُولُونَ مَا لَا يَفْعَلُونَ ٢٢٦

And how they say that which they do not?

إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ وَذَكَرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ كَثِيرًۭا وَٱنتَصَرُوا۟ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا ظُلِمُوا۟ ۗ وَسَيَعْلَمُ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوٓا۟ أَىَّ مُنقَلَبٍۢ يَنقَلِبُونَ ٢٢٧

Save those who believe and do good works, and remember Allah much, and vindicate themselves after they have been wronged. Those who do wrong will come to know by what a (great) reverse they will be overturned!