Ash-Shu'ara

طسٓمٓ

Ta. Sin. Mim.

تِلْكَ ءَايَٰتُ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ ٱلْمُبِينِ

These are verses of the Book that makes (things) clear.

لَعَلَّكَ بَٰخِعٌۭ نَّفْسَكَ أَلَّا يَكُونُوا۟ مُؤْمِنِينَ

It may be thou frettest thy soul with grief, that they do not become Believers.

إِن نَّشَأْ نُنَزِّلْ عَلَيْهِم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ ءَايَةًۭ فَظَلَّتْ أَعْنَٰقُهُمْ لَهَا خَٰضِعِينَ

If (such) were Our Will, We could send down to them from the sky a Sign, to which they would bend their necks in humility.

وَمَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن ذِكْرٍۢ مِّنَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ مُحْدَثٍ إِلَّا كَانُوا۟ عَنْهُ مُعْرِضِينَ

But there comes not to them a newly-revealed Message from (God) Most Gracious, but they turn away therefrom.

فَقَدْ كَذَّبُوا۟ فَسَيَأْتِيهِمْ أَنۢبَٰٓؤُا۟ مَا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

They have indeed rejected (the Message): so they will know soon (enough) the truth of what they mocked at!

أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَمْ أَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ زَوْجٍۢ كَرِيمٍ

Do they not look at the earth,- how many noble things of all kinds We have produced therein?

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةًۭ ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

Verily, in this is a Sign: but most of them do not believe.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

And verily, thy Lord is He, the Exalted in Might, Most Merciful.

وَإِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبُّكَ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنِ ٱئْتِ ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

Behold, thy Lord called Moses: "Go to the people of iniquity,-

قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ ۚ أَلَا يَتَّقُونَ

"The people of the Pharaoh: will they not fear God?"

قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ أَن يُكَذِّبُونِ

He said: "O my Lord! I do fear that they will charge me with falsehood:

وَيَضِيقُ صَدْرِى وَلَا يَنطَلِقُ لِسَانِى فَأَرْسِلْ إِلَىٰ هَٰرُونَ

"My breast will be straitened. And my speech may not go (smoothly): so send unto Aaron.

وَلَهُمْ عَلَىَّ ذَنۢبٌۭ فَأَخَافُ أَن يَقْتُلُونِ

"And (further), they have a charge of crime against me; and I fear they may slay me."

قَالَ كَلَّا ۖ فَٱذْهَبَا بِـَٔايَٰتِنَآ ۖ إِنَّا مَعَكُم مُّسْتَمِعُونَ

God said: "By no means! proceed then, both of you, with Our Signs; We are with you, and will listen (to your call).

فَأْتِيَا فِرْعَوْنَ فَقُولَآ إِنَّا رَسُولُ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

"So go forth, both of you, to Pharaoh, and say: ’We have been sent by the Lord and Cherisher of the worlds;

أَنْ أَرْسِلْ مَعَنَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ

"’Send thou with us the Children of Israel.’"

قَالَ أَلَمْ نُرَبِّكَ فِينَا وَلِيدًۭا وَلَبِثْتَ فِينَا مِنْ عُمُرِكَ سِنِينَ

(Pharaoh) said: "Did we not cherish thee as a child among us, and didst thou not stay in our midst many years of thy life?

وَفَعَلْتَ فَعْلَتَكَ ٱلَّتِى فَعَلْتَ وَأَنتَ مِنَ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ

"And thou didst a deed of thine which (thou knowest) thou didst, and thou art an ungrateful (wretch)!"

قَالَ فَعَلْتُهَآ إِذًۭا وَأَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ

Moses said: "I did it then, when I was in error.

فَفَرَرْتُ مِنكُمْ لَمَّا خِفْتُكُمْ فَوَهَبَ لِى رَبِّى حُكْمًۭا وَجَعَلَنِى مِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

"So I fled from you (all) when I feared you; but my Lord has (since) invested me with judgment (and wisdom) and appointed me as one of the apostles.

وَتِلْكَ نِعْمَةٌۭ تَمُنُّهَا عَلَىَّ أَنْ عَبَّدتَّ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ

"And this is the favour with which thou dost reproach me,- that thou hast enslaved the Children of Israel!"

قَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَا رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

Pharaoh said: "And what is the ’Lord and Cherisher of the worlds’?"

قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ ۖ إِن كُنتُم مُّوقِنِينَ

(Moses) said: "The Lord and Cherisher of the heavens and the earth, and all between,- if ye want to be quite sure."

قَالَ لِمَنْ حَوْلَهُۥٓ أَلَا تَسْتَمِعُونَ

(Pharaoh) said to those around: "Did ye not listen (to what he says)?"

قَالَ رَبُّكُمْ وَرَبُّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

(Moses) said: "Your Lord and the Lord of your fathers from the beginning!"

قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَكُمُ ٱلَّذِىٓ أُرْسِلَ إِلَيْكُمْ لَمَجْنُونٌۭ

(Pharaoh) said: "Truly your apostle who has been sent to you is a veritable madman!"

قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلْمَشْرِقِ وَٱلْمَغْرِبِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ ۖ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ

(Moses) said: "Lord of the East and the West, and all between! if ye only had sense!"

قَالَ لَئِنِ ٱتَّخَذْتَ إِلَٰهًا غَيْرِى لَأَجْعَلَنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْمَسْجُونِينَ

(Pharaoh) said: "If thou dost put forward any god other than me, I will certainly put thee in prison!"

قَالَ أَوَلَوْ جِئْتُكَ بِشَىْءٍۢ مُّبِينٍۢ

(Moses) said: "Even if I showed you something clear (and) convincing?"

قَالَ فَأْتِ بِهِۦٓ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ

(Pharaoh) said: "Show it then, if thou tellest the truth!"

فَأَلْقَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِىَ ثُعْبَانٌۭ مُّبِينٌۭ

So (Moses) threw his rod, and behold, it was a serpent, plain (for all to see)!

وَنَزَعَ يَدَهُۥ فَإِذَا هِىَ بَيْضَآءُ لِلنَّٰظِرِينَ

And he drew out his hand, and behold, it was white to all beholders!

قَالَ لِلْمَلَإِ حَوْلَهُۥٓ إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَسَٰحِرٌ عَلِيمٌۭ

(Pharaoh) said to the Chiefs around him: "This is indeed a sorcerer well- versed:

يُرِيدُ أَن يُخْرِجَكُم مِّنْ أَرْضِكُم بِسِحْرِهِۦ فَمَاذَا تَأْمُرُونَ

"His plan is to get you out of your land by his sorcery; then what is it ye counsel?"

قَالُوٓا۟ أَرْجِهْ وَأَخَاهُ وَٱبْعَثْ فِى ٱلْمَدَآئِنِ حَٰشِرِينَ

They said: "Keep him and his brother in suspense (for a while), and dispatch to the Cities heralds to collect-

يَأْتُوكَ بِكُلِّ سَحَّارٍ عَلِيمٍۢ

"And bring up to thee all (our) sorcerers well-versed."

فَجُمِعَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ لِمِيقَٰتِ يَوْمٍۢ مَّعْلُومٍۢ

So the sorcerers were got together for the appointment of a day well-known,

وَقِيلَ لِلنَّاسِ هَلْ أَنتُم مُّجْتَمِعُونَ

And the people were told: "Are ye (now) assembled?-

لَعَلَّنَا نَتَّبِعُ ٱلسَّحَرَةَ إِن كَانُوا۟ هُمُ ٱلْغَٰلِبِينَ

"That we may follow the sorcerers (in religion) if they win?"

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

So when the sorcerers arrived, they said to Pharaoh: "Of course - shall we have a (suitable) reward if we win?

قَالَ نَعَمْ وَإِنَّكُمْ إِذًۭا لَّمِنَ ٱلْمُقَرَّبِينَ

He said: "Yea, (and more),- for ye shall in that case be (raised to posts) nearest (to my person)."

قَالَ لَهُم مُّوسَىٰٓ أَلْقُوا۟ مَآ أَنتُم مُّلْقُونَ

Moses said to them: "Throw ye - that which ye are about to throw!"

فَأَلْقَوْا۟ حِبَالَهُمْ وَعِصِيَّهُمْ وَقَالُوا۟ بِعِزَّةِ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّا لَنَحْنُ ٱلْغَٰلِبُونَ

So they threw their ropes and their rods, and said: "By the might of Pharaoh, it is we who will certainly win!"

فَأَلْقَىٰ مُوسَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِىَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُونَ

Then Moses threw his rod, when, behold, it straightway swallows up all the falsehoods which they fake!

فَأُلْقِىَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ سَٰجِدِينَ

Then did the sorcerers fall down, prostrate in adoration,

قَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا بِرَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

Saying: "We believe in the Lord of the Worlds,

رَبِّ مُوسَىٰ وَهَٰرُونَ

"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

Said (Pharaoh): "Believe ye in Him before I give you permission? surely he is your leader, who has taught you sorcery! but soon shall ye know!

قَالُوا۟ لَا ضَيْرَ ۖ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا مُنقَلِبُونَ

"Be sure I will cut off your hands and your feet on opposite sides, and I will cause you all to die on the cross!"

إِنَّا نَطْمَعُ أَن يَغْفِرَ لَنَا رَبُّنَا خَطَٰيَٰنَآ أَن كُنَّآ أَوَّلَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

They said: "No matter! for us, we shall but return to our Lord!

۞ وَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنْ أَسْرِ بِعِبَادِىٓ إِنَّكُم مُّتَّبَعُونَ

"Only, our desire is that our Lord will forgive us our faults, that we may become foremost among the believers!"

فَأَرْسَلَ فِرْعَوْنُ فِى ٱلْمَدَآئِنِ حَٰشِرِينَ

By inspiration we told Moses: "Travel by night with my servants; for surely ye shall be pursued."

إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَشِرْذِمَةٌۭ قَلِيلُونَ

Then Pharaoh sent heralds to (all) the Cities,

وَإِنَّهُمْ لَنَا لَغَآئِظُونَ

(Saying): "These (Israelites) are but a small band,

وَإِنَّا لَجَمِيعٌ حَٰذِرُونَ

"And they are raging furiously against us;

فَأَخْرَجْنَٰهُم مِّن جَنَّٰتٍۢ وَعُيُونٍۢ

"But we are a multitude amply fore-warned."

وَكُنُوزٍۢ وَمَقَامٍۢ كَرِيمٍۢ

So We expelled them from gardens, springs,

كَذَٰلِكَ وَأَوْرَثْنَٰهَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ

Treasures, and every kind of honourable position;

فَأَتْبَعُوهُم مُّشْرِقِينَ

Thus it was, but We made the Children of Israel inheritors of such things.

فَلَمَّا تَرَٰٓءَا ٱلْجَمْعَانِ قَالَ أَصْحَٰبُ مُوسَىٰٓ إِنَّا لَمُدْرَكُونَ

So they pursued them at sunrise.

قَالَ كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّ مَعِىَ رَبِّى سَيَهْدِينِ

And when the two bodies saw each other, the people of Moses said: "We are sure to be overtaken."

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

(Moses) said: "By no means! my Lord is with me! Soon will He guide me!"

وَأَزْلَفْنَا ثَمَّ ٱلْءَاخَرِينَ

Then We told Moses by inspiration: "Strike the sea with thy rod." So it divided, and each separate part became like the huge, firm mass of a mountain.

وَأَنجَيْنَا مُوسَىٰ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥٓ أَجْمَعِينَ

And We made the other party approach thither.

ثُمَّ أَغْرَقْنَا ٱلْءَاخَرِينَ

We delivered Moses and all who were with him;

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةًۭ ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

But We drowned the others.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

Verily in this is a Sign: but most of them do not believe.

وَٱتْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ نَبَأَ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ

And verily thy Lord is He, the Exalted in Might, Most Merciful.

إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِۦ مَا تَعْبُدُونَ

And rehearse to them (something of) Abraham’s story.

قَالُوا۟ نَعْبُدُ أَصْنَامًۭا فَنَظَلُّ لَهَا عَٰكِفِينَ

Behold, he said to his father and his people: "What worship ye?"

قَالَ هَلْ يَسْمَعُونَكُمْ إِذْ تَدْعُونَ

They said: "We worship idols, and we remain constantly in attendance on them."

أَوْ يَنفَعُونَكُمْ أَوْ يَضُرُّونَ

He said: "Do they listen to you when ye call (on them), or do you good or harm?"

قَالُوا۟ بَلْ وَجَدْنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا كَذَٰلِكَ يَفْعَلُونَ

They said: "Nay, but we found our fathers doing thus (what we do)."

قَالَ أَفَرَءَيْتُم مَّا كُنتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَ

He said: "Do ye then see whom ye have been worshipping,-

أَنتُمْ وَءَابَآؤُكُمُ ٱلْأَقْدَمُونَ

"Ye and your fathers before you?-

فَإِنَّهُمْ عَدُوٌّۭ لِّىٓ إِلَّا رَبَّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

"For they are enemies to me; not so the Lord and Cherisher of the Worlds;

ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَنِى فَهُوَ يَهْدِينِ

"Who created me, and it is He Who guides me;

وَٱلَّذِى هُوَ يُطْعِمُنِى وَيَسْقِينِ

"Who gives me food and drink,

وَإِذَا مَرِضْتُ فَهُوَ يَشْفِينِ

"And when I am ill, it is He Who cures me;

وَٱلَّذِى يُمِيتُنِى ثُمَّ يُحْيِينِ

"Who will cause me to die, and then to life (again);

وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَطْمَعُ أَن يَغْفِرَ لِى خَطِيٓـَٔتِى يَوْمَ ٱلدِّينِ

"And who, I hope, will forgive me my faults on the day of Judgment.

رَبِّ هَبْ لِى حُكْمًۭا وَأَلْحِقْنِى بِٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ

"O my Lord! bestow wisdom on me, and join me with the righteous;

وَٱجْعَل لِّى لِسَانَ صِدْقٍۢ فِى ٱلْءَاخِرِينَ

"Grant me honourable mention on the tongue of truth among the latest (generations);

وَٱجْعَلْنِى مِن وَرَثَةِ جَنَّةِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ

"Make me one of the inheritors of the Garden of Bliss;

وَٱغْفِرْ لِأَبِىٓ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ

"Forgive my father, for that he is among those astray;

وَلَا تُخْزِنِى يَوْمَ يُبْعَثُونَ

"And let me not be in disgrace on the Day when (men) will be raised up;-

يَوْمَ لَا يَنفَعُ مَالٌۭ وَلَا بَنُونَ

"The Day whereon neither wealth nor sons will avail,

إِلَّا مَنْ أَتَى ٱللَّهَ بِقَلْبٍۢ سَلِيمٍۢ

"But only he (will prosper) that brings to God a sound heart;

وَأُزْلِفَتِ ٱلْجَنَّةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ

"To the righteous, the Garden will be brought near,

وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِلْغَاوِينَ

"And to those straying in Evil, the Fire will be placed in full view;

وَقِيلَ لَهُمْ أَيْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَ

"And it shall be said to them: ’Where are the (gods) ye worshipped-

مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ هَلْ يَنصُرُونَكُمْ أَوْ يَنتَصِرُونَ

"’Besides God? Can they help you or help themselves?’

فَكُبْكِبُوا۟ فِيهَا هُمْ وَٱلْغَاوُۥنَ

"Then they will be thrown headlong into the (Fire),- they and those straying in Evil,

وَجُنُودُ إِبْلِيسَ أَجْمَعُونَ

"And the whole hosts of Iblis together.

قَالُوا۟ وَهُمْ فِيهَا يَخْتَصِمُونَ

"They will say there in their mutual bickerings:

تَٱللَّهِ إِن كُنَّا لَفِى ضَلَٰلٍۢ مُّبِينٍ

"’By God, we were truly in an error manifest,

إِذْ نُسَوِّيكُم بِرَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

"’When we held you as equals with the Lord of the Worlds;

وَمَآ أَضَلَّنَآ إِلَّا ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ

"’And our seducers were only those who were steeped in guilt.

فَمَا لَنَا مِن شَٰفِعِينَ

"’Now, then, we have none to intercede (for us),

وَلَا صَدِيقٍ حَمِيمٍۢ

"’Nor a single friend to feel (for us).

فَلَوْ أَنَّ لَنَا كَرَّةًۭ فَنَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

"’Now if we only had a chance of return we shall truly be of those who believe!’"

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةًۭ ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

Verily in this is a Sign but most of them do not believe.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

And verily thy Lord is He, the Exalted in Might, Most Merciful.

كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

The people of Noah rejected the apostles.

إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ نُوحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

Behold, their brother Noah said to them: "Will ye not fear (God)?

إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌۭ

"I am to you an apostle worthy of all trust:

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

"So fear God, and obey me.

وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

"No reward do I ask of you for it: my reward is only from the Lord of the Worlds:

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

"So fear God, and obey me."

۞ قَالُوٓا۟ أَنُؤْمِنُ لَكَ وَٱتَّبَعَكَ ٱلْأَرْذَلُونَ

They said: "Shall we believe in thee when it is the meanest that follow thee?"

قَالَ وَمَا عِلْمِى بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

He said: "And what do I know as to what they do?

إِنْ حِسَابُهُمْ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّى ۖ لَوْ تَشْعُرُونَ

"Their account is only with my Lord, if ye could (but) understand.

وَمَآ أَنَا۠ بِطَارِدِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

"I am not one to drive away those who believe.

إِنْ أَنَا۠ إِلَّا نَذِيرٌۭ مُّبِينٌۭ

"I am sent only to warn plainly in public."

قَالُوا۟ لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهِ يَٰنُوحُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْمَرْجُومِينَ

They said: "If thou desist not, O Noah! thou shalt be stoned (to death)."

قَالَ رَبِّ إِنَّ قَوْمِى كَذَّبُونِ

He said: "O my Lord! truly my people have rejected me.

فَٱفْتَحْ بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَهُمْ فَتْحًۭا وَنَجِّنِى وَمَن مَّعِىَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

"Judge Thou, then, between me and them openly, and deliver me and those of the Believers who are with me."

فَأَنجَيْنَٰهُ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥ فِى ٱلْفُلْكِ ٱلْمَشْحُونِ

So We delivered him and those with him, in the Ark filled (with all creatures).

ثُمَّ أَغْرَقْنَا بَعْدُ ٱلْبَاقِينَ

Thereafter We drowned those who remained behind.

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةًۭ ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

Verily in this is a Sign: but most of them do not believe.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

And verily thy Lord is He, the Exalted in Might, Most Merciful.

كَذَّبَتْ عَادٌ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

The ’Ad (people) rejected the apostles.

إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ هُودٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

Behold, their brother Hud said to them: "Will ye not fear (God)?

إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌۭ

"I am to you an apostle worthy of all trust:

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

"So fear God and obey me.

وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

"No reward do I ask of you for it: my reward is only from the Lord of the Worlds.

أَتَبْنُونَ بِكُلِّ رِيعٍ ءَايَةًۭ تَعْبَثُونَ

"Do ye build a landmark on every high place to amuse yourselves?

وَتَتَّخِذُونَ مَصَانِعَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَخْلُدُونَ

"And do ye get for yourselves fine buildings in the hope of living therein (for ever)?

وَإِذَا بَطَشْتُم بَطَشْتُمْ جَبَّارِينَ

"And when ye exert your strong hand, do ye do it like men of absolute power?

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

"Now fear God, and obey me.

وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَمَدَّكُم بِمَا تَعْلَمُونَ

"Yea, fear Him Who has bestowed on you freely all that ye know.

أَمَدَّكُم بِأَنْعَٰمٍۢ وَبَنِينَ

"Freely has He bestowed on you cattle and sons,-

وَجَنَّٰتٍۢ وَعُيُونٍ

"And Gardens and Springs.

إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍۢ

"Truly I fear for you the Penalty of a Great Day."

قَالُوا۟ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيْنَآ أَوَعَظْتَ أَمْ لَمْ تَكُن مِّنَ ٱلْوَٰعِظِينَ

They said: "It is the same to us whether thou admonish us or be not among (our) admonishers!

إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا خُلُقُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

"This is no other than a customary device of the ancients,

وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ

"And we are not the ones to receive Pains and Penalties!"

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَهْلَكْنَٰهُمْ ۗ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةًۭ ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

So they rejected him, and We destroyed them. Verily in this is a Sign: but most of them do not believe.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

And verily thy Lord is He, the Exalted in Might, Most Merciful.

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

The Thamud (people) rejected the apostles.

إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ صَٰلِحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

Behold, their brother Salih said to them: "Will you not fear (God)?

إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌۭ

"I am to you an apostle worthy of all trust.

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

"So fear God, and obey me.

وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

"No reward do I ask of you for it: my reward is only from the Lord of the Worlds.

أَتُتْرَكُونَ فِى مَا هَٰهُنَآ ءَامِنِينَ

"Will ye be left secure, in (the enjoyment of) all that ye have here?-

فِى جَنَّٰتٍۢ وَعُيُونٍۢ

"Gardens and Springs,

وَزُرُوعٍۢ وَنَخْلٍۢ طَلْعُهَا هَضِيمٌۭ

"And corn-fields and date-palms with spathes near breaking (with the weight of fruit)?

وَتَنْحِتُونَ مِنَ ٱلْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًۭا فَٰرِهِينَ

"And ye carve houses out of (rocky) mountains with great skill.

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

"But fear God and obey me;

وَلَا تُطِيعُوٓا۟ أَمْرَ ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ

"And follow not the bidding of those who are extravagant,-

ٱلَّذِينَ يُفْسِدُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا يُصْلِحُونَ

"Who make mischief in the land, and mend not (their ways)."

قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلْمُسَحَّرِينَ

They said: "Thou art only one of those bewitched!

مَآ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٌۭ مِّثْلُنَا فَأْتِ بِـَٔايَةٍ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ

"Thou art no more than a mortal like us: then bring us a Sign, if thou tellest the truth!"

قَالَ هَٰذِهِۦ نَاقَةٌۭ لَّهَا شِرْبٌۭ وَلَكُمْ شِرْبُ يَوْمٍۢ مَّعْلُومٍۢ

He said: "Here is a she-camel: she has a right of watering, and ye have a right of watering, (severally) on a day appointed.

وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوٓءٍۢ فَيَأْخُذَكُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍۢ

"Touch her not with harm, lest the Penalty of a Great Day seize you."

فَعَقَرُوهَا فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ نَٰدِمِينَ

But they ham-strung her: then did they become full of regrets.

فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ ۗ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةًۭ ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

But the Penalty seized them. Verily in this is a Sign: but most of them do not believe.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

And verily thy Lord is He, the Exalted in Might, Most Merciful.

كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ لُوطٍ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

The people of Lut rejected the apostles.

إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ لُوطٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

Behold, their brother Lut said to them: "Will ye not fear (God)?

إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌۭ

"I am to you an apostle worthy of all trust.

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

"So fear God and obey me.

وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

"No reward do I ask of you for it: my reward is only from the lord of the Worlds.

أَتَأْتُونَ ٱلذُّكْرَانَ مِنَ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

"Of all the creatures in the world, will ye approach males,

وَتَذَرُونَ مَا خَلَقَ لَكُمْ رَبُّكُم مِّنْ أَزْوَٰجِكُم ۚ بَلْ أَنتُمْ قَوْمٌ عَادُونَ

"And leave those whom God has created for you to be your mates? Nay, ye are a people transgressing (all limits)!"

قَالُوا۟ لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهِ يَٰلُوطُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْمُخْرَجِينَ

They said: "If thou desist not, O Lut! thou wilt assuredly be cast out

قَالَ إِنِّى لِعَمَلِكُم مِّنَ ٱلْقَالِينَ

He said: "I do detest your doings."

رَبِّ نَجِّنِى وَأَهْلِى مِمَّا يَعْمَلُونَ

"O my Lord! deliver me and my family from such things as they do!"

فَنَجَّيْنَٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥٓ أَجْمَعِينَ

So We delivered him and his family,- all

إِلَّا عَجُوزًۭا فِى ٱلْغَٰبِرِينَ

Except an old woman who lingered behind.

ثُمَّ دَمَّرْنَا ٱلْءَاخَرِينَ

But the rest We destroyed utterly.

وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِم مَّطَرًۭا ۖ فَسَآءَ مَطَرُ ٱلْمُنذَرِينَ

We rained down on them a shower (of brimstone): and evil was the shower on those who were admonished (but heeded not)!

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةًۭ ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

Verily in this is a Sign: but most of them do not believe.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

And verily thy Lord is He, the Exalted in Might Most Merciful.

كَذَّبَ أَصْحَٰبُ لْـَٔيْكَةِ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

The Companions of the Wood rejected the apostles.

إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ شُعَيْبٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

Behold, Shu’aib said to them: "Will ye not fear (God)?

إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌۭ

"I am to you an apostle worthy of all trust.

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

"So fear God and obey me.

وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

"No reward do I ask of you for it: my reward is only from the Lord of the Worlds.

۞ أَوْفُوا۟ ٱلْكَيْلَ وَلَا تَكُونُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْمُخْسِرِينَ

"Give just measure, and cause no loss (to others by fraud).

وَزِنُوا۟ بِٱلْقِسْطَاسِ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمِ

"And weigh with scales true and upright.

وَلَا تَبْخَسُوا۟ ٱلنَّاسَ أَشْيَآءَهُمْ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ

"And withhold not things justly due to men, nor do evil in the land, working mischief.

وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُمْ وَٱلْجِبِلَّةَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

"And fear Him Who created you and (who created) the generations before (you)"

قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلْمُسَحَّرِينَ

They said: "Thou art only one of those bewitched!

وَمَآ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٌۭ مِّثْلُنَا وَإِن نَّظُنُّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلْكَٰذِبِينَ

"Thou art no more than a mortal like us, and indeed we think thou art a liar!

فَأَسْقِطْ عَلَيْنَا كِسَفًۭا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ

"Now cause a piece of the sky to fall on us, if thou art truthful!"

قَالَ رَبِّىٓ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ

He said: "My Lord knows best what ye do."

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمِ ٱلظُّلَّةِ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ

But they rejected him. Then the punishment of a day of overshadowing gloom seized them, and that was the Penalty of a Great Day.

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةًۭ ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

Verily in that is a Sign: but most of them do not believe.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

And verily thy Lord is He, the Exalted in Might, Most Merciful.

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَنزِيلُ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

Verily this is a Revelation from the Lord of the Worlds:

نَزَلَ بِهِ ٱلرُّوحُ ٱلْأَمِينُ

With it came down the spirit of Faith and Truth-

عَلَىٰ قَلْبِكَ لِتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُنذِرِينَ

To thy heart and mind, that thou mayest admonish.

بِلِسَانٍ عَرَبِىٍّۢ مُّبِينٍۢ

In the perspicuous Arabic tongue.

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَفِى زُبُرِ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

Without doubt it is (announced) in the mystic Books of former peoples.

أَوَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُمْ ءَايَةً أَن يَعْلَمَهُۥ عُلَمَٰٓؤُا۟ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ

Is it not a Sign to them that the Learned of the Children of Israel knew it (as true)?

وَلَوْ نَزَّلْنَٰهُ عَلَىٰ بَعْضِ ٱلْأَعْجَمِينَ

Had We revealed it to any of the non-Arabs,

فَقَرَأَهُۥ عَلَيْهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ مُؤْمِنِينَ

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

كَذَٰلِكَ سَلَكْنَٰهُ فِى قُلُوبِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ

Thus have We caused it to enter the hearts of the sinners.

لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِۦ حَتَّىٰ يَرَوُا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَلِيمَ

They will not believe in it until they see the grievous Penalty;

فَيَأْتِيَهُم بَغْتَةًۭ وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

But the (Penalty) will come to them of a sudden, while they perceive it not;

فَيَقُولُوا۟ هَلْ نَحْنُ مُنظَرُونَ

Then they will say: "Shall we be respited?"

أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا يَسْتَعْجِلُونَ

Do they then ask for Our Penalty to be hastened on?

أَفَرَءَيْتَ إِن مَّتَّعْنَٰهُمْ سِنِينَ

Seest thou? If We do let them enjoy (this life) for a few years,

ثُمَّ جَآءَهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يُوعَدُونَ

Yet there comes to them at length the (Punishment) which they were promised!

مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يُمَتَّعُونَ

It will profit them not that they enjoyed (this life)!

وَمَآ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا لَهَا مُنذِرُونَ

Never did We destroy a population, but had its warners -

ذِكْرَىٰ وَمَا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ

By way of reminder; and We never are unjust.

وَمَا تَنَزَّلَتْ بِهِ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينُ

No evil ones have brought down this (Revelation):

وَمَا يَنۢبَغِى لَهُمْ وَمَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ

It would neither suit them nor would they be able (to produce it).

إِنَّهُمْ عَنِ ٱلسَّمْعِ لَمَعْزُولُونَ

Indeed they have been removed far from even (a chance of) hearing it.

فَلَا تَدْعُ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُعَذَّبِينَ

So call not on any other god with God, or thou wilt be among those under the Penalty.

وَأَنذِرْ عَشِيرَتَكَ ٱلْأَقْرَبِينَ

And admonish thy nearest kinsmen,

وَٱخْفِضْ جَنَاحَكَ لِمَنِ ٱتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

And lower thy wing to the Believers who follow thee.

فَإِنْ عَصَوْكَ فَقُلْ إِنِّى بَرِىٓءٌۭ مِّمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ

Then if they disobey thee, say: "I am free (of responsibility) for what ye do!"

وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

And put thy trust on the Exalted in Might, the Merciful,-

ٱلَّذِى يَرَىٰكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ

Who seeth thee standing forth (in prayer),

وَتَقَلُّبَكَ فِى ٱلسَّٰجِدِينَ

And thy movements among those who prostrate themselves,

إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ

For it is He Who heareth and knoweth all things.

هَلْ أُنَبِّئُكُمْ عَلَىٰ مَن تَنَزَّلُ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينُ

Shall I inform you, (O people!), on whom it is that the evil ones descend?

تَنَزَّلُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ أَفَّاكٍ أَثِيمٍۢ

They descend on every lying, wicked person,

يُلْقُونَ ٱلسَّمْعَ وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ كَٰذِبُونَ

(Into whose ears) they pour hearsay vanities, and most of them are liars.

وَٱلشُّعَرَآءُ يَتَّبِعُهُمُ ٱلْغَاوُۥنَ

And the Poets,- It is those straying in Evil, who follow them:

أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّهُمْ فِى كُلِّ وَادٍۢ يَهِيمُونَ

Seest thou not that they wander distracted in every valley?-

وَأَنَّهُمْ يَقُولُونَ مَا لَا يَفْعَلُونَ

And that they say what they practise not?-

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

Except those who believe, work righteousness, engage much in the remembrance of God, and defend themselves only after they are unjustly attacked. And soon will the unjust assailants know what vicissitudes their affairs will take!