Al-Furqan

تَبَارَكَ ٱلَّذِي نَزَّلَ ٱلۡفُرۡقَانَ عَلَىٰ عَبۡدِهِۦ لِيَكُونَ لِلۡعَٰلَمِينَ نَذِيرًا ١

Tabārakal-ladhī nazzalal-furqāna ʿalā ʿabdihī liyakūna lil-ʿālamīna nadhīrā.

Blessed is He who sent down the Criterion upon His Servant that he may be to the worlds a warner -

ٱلَّذِي لَهُۥ مُلۡكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَلَمۡ يَتَّخِذۡ وَلَدٗا وَلَمۡ يَكُن لَّهُۥ شَرِيكٞ فِي ٱلۡمُلۡكِ وَخَلَقَ كُلَّ شَيۡءٖ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ تَقۡدِيرٗا ٢

Al-ladhī lahū mulkus-samāwāti wal-arḍi wa lam yattakhidh waladaw wa lam yakul lahū sharīkun fil-mulki wa khalaqa kulla shayʾin faqaddarahū taqdīrā.

He to whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and who has not taken a son and has not had a partner in dominion and has created each thing and determined it with [precise] determination.

وَٱتَّخَذُواْ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ ءَالِهَةٗ لَّا يَخۡلُقُونَ شَيۡـٔٗا وَهُمۡ يُخۡلَقُونَ وَلَا يَمۡلِكُونَ لِأَنفُسِهِمۡ ضَرّٗا وَلَا نَفۡعٗا وَلَا يَمۡلِكُونَ مَوۡتٗا وَلَا حَيَوٰةٗ وَلَا نُشُورٗا ٣

Wattakhadhū min dūnihī ālihatal lā yakhluqūna shayʾaw wa hum yukhlaqūna wa lā yamlikūna liʾanfusihim ḍarraw wa lā nafʿaw wa lā yamlikūna mawtaw wa lā ḥayātaw wa lā nushūrā.

But they have taken besides Him gods which create nothing, while they are created, and possess not for themselves any harm or benefit and possess not [power to cause] death or life or resurrection.

وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓاْ إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّآ إِفۡكٌ ٱفۡتَرَىٰهُ وَأَعَانَهُۥ عَلَيۡهِ قَوۡمٌ ءَاخَرُونَۖ فَقَدۡ جَآءُو ظُلۡمٗا وَزُورٗا ٤

Wa qālal-ladhīna kafarū in hādhā illā ifkuniftarāhu wa aʿānahū ʿalayhi qawmun ākharūn, faqad jāʾū ẓulmaw wa zūrā.

And those who disbelieve say, "This [Qur’ān] is not except a falsehood he invented, and another people assisted him in it." But they have committed an injustice and a lie.

وَقَالُوٓاْ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ٱكۡتَتَبَهَا فَهِيَ تُمۡلَىٰ عَلَيۡهِ بُكۡرَةٗ وَأَصِيلٗا ٥

Wa qālū asāṭīrul-awwalīnaktatabahā fahiya tumlā ʿalayhi bukrataw wa aṣīlā.

And they say, "Legends of the former peoples which he has written down, and they are dictated to him morning and afternoon."

قُلۡ أَنزَلَهُ ٱلَّذِي يَعۡلَمُ ٱلسِّرَّ فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ غَفُورٗا رَّحِيمٗا ٦

Qul anzalahul-ladhī yaʿlamus-sirra fis-samāwāti wal-arḍ, innahū kāna ghafūrar raḥīmā.

Say, [O Muḥammad], "It has been revealed by He who knows [every] secret within the heavens and the earth. Indeed, He is ever Forgiving and Merciful."

وَقَالُواْ مَالِ هَٰذَا ٱلرَّسُولِ يَأۡكُلُ ٱلطَّعَامَ وَيَمۡشِي فِي ٱلۡأَسۡوَاقِ لَوۡلَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيۡهِ مَلَكٞ فَيَكُونَ مَعَهُۥ نَذِيرًا ٧

Wa qālū māli hādhar-rasūli yaʾkuluṭ-ṭaʿāma wa yamshī fil-aswāqi lawlā unzila ilayhi malakun fayakūna maʿahū nadhīrā.

And they say, "What is this messenger that eats food and walks in the markets? Why was there not sent down to him an angel so he would be with him a warner?

أَوۡ يُلۡقَىٰٓ إِلَيۡهِ كَنزٌ أَوۡ تَكُونُ لَهُۥ جَنَّةٞ يَأۡكُلُ مِنۡهَاۚ وَقَالَ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ إِن تَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا رَجُلٗا مَّسۡحُورًا ٨

Aw yulqā ilayhi kanzun aw takūnu lahū jannatuy yaʾkulu minhā, wa qālaẓ-ẓālimūna in tattabiʿūna illā rajulam masḥūrā.

Or [why is not] a treasure presented to him [from heaven], or does he [not] have a garden from which he eats?" And the wrongdoers say, "You follow not but a man affected by magic."

ٱنظُرۡ كَيۡفَ ضَرَبُواْ لَكَ ٱلۡأَمۡثَٰلَ فَضَلُّواْ فَلَا يَسۡتَطِيعُونَ سَبِيلٗا ٩

Unẓur kayfa ḍarabū lakal-amthāla faḍallū falā yastaṭīʿūna sabīlā.

Look how they strike for you comparisons;¹ but they have strayed, so they cannot [find] a way.

تَبَارَكَ ٱلَّذِيٓ إِن شَآءَ جَعَلَ لَكَ خَيۡرٗا مِّن ذَٰلِكَ جَنَّٰتٖ تَجۡرِي مِن تَحۡتِهَا ٱلۡأَنۡهَٰرُ وَيَجۡعَل لَّكَ قُصُورَۢا ١٠

Tabārakal-ladhī in shāʾa jaʿala laka khayram min dhālika jannātin tajrī min taḥtihal-anhāru wa yajʿal laka quṣūrā.

Blessed is He who, if He willed, could have made for you [something] better than that - gardens beneath which rivers flow - and could make for you palaces.

بَلۡ كَذَّبُواْ بِٱلسَّاعَةِۖ وَأَعۡتَدۡنَا لِمَن كَذَّبَ بِٱلسَّاعَةِ سَعِيرًا ١١

Bal kadhdhabū bis-sāʿah, wa aʿtadnā liman kadhdhaba bis-sāʿati saʿīrā.

But they have denied the Hour, and We have prepared for those who deny the Hour a Blaze.

إِذَا رَأَتۡهُم مِّن مَّكَانِۭ بَعِيدٖ سَمِعُواْ لَهَا تَغَيُّظٗا وَزَفِيرٗا ١٢

Idhā raʾathum mim makāni baʿīdin samiʿū lahā taghayyuẓaw wa zafīrā.

When it [i.e., the Hellfire] sees them from a distant place, they will hear its fury and roaring.

وَإِذَآ أُلۡقُواْ مِنۡهَا مَكَانٗا ضَيِّقٗا مُّقَرَّنِينَ دَعَوۡاْ هُنَالِكَ ثُبُورٗا ١٣

Wa idhā ulqū minhā makānan ḍayyiqam muqarranīna daʿaw hunālika thubūrā.

And when they are thrown into a narrow place therein bound in chains, they will cry out thereupon for destruction.

لَّا تَدۡعُواْ ٱلۡيَوۡمَ ثُبُورٗا وَٰحِدٗا وَٱدۡعُواْ ثُبُورٗا كَثِيرٗا ١٤

Lā tadʿul-yawma thubūraw wāḥidaw wadʿū thubūran kathīrā.

[They will be told], "Do not cry this Day for one destruction but cry for much destruction."

قُلۡ أَذَٰلِكَ خَيۡرٌ أَمۡ جَنَّةُ ٱلۡخُلۡدِ ٱلَّتِي وُعِدَ ٱلۡمُتَّقُونَۚ كَانَتۡ لَهُمۡ جَزَآءٗ وَمَصِيرٗا ١٥

Qul adhālika khayrun am jannatul-khuldil-latī wuʿidal-muttaqūn, kānat lahum jazāʾaw wa maṣīrā.

Say, "Is that better or the Garden of Eternity which is promised to the righteous? It will be for them a reward and destination.

لَّهُمۡ فِيهَا مَا يَشَآءُونَ خَٰلِدِينَۚ كَانَ عَلَىٰ رَبِّكَ وَعۡدٗا مَّسۡـُٔولٗا ١٦

Lahum fīhā mā yashāʾūna khālidīn, kāna ʿalā rabbika waʿdam masʾūlā.

For them therein is whatever they wish, [while] abiding eternally. It is ever upon your Lord a promise [worthy to be] requested.¹

وَيَوۡمَ يَحۡشُرُهُمۡ وَمَا يَعۡبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ فَيَقُولُ ءَأَنتُمۡ أَضۡلَلۡتُمۡ عِبَادِي هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ أَمۡ هُمۡ ضَلُّواْ ٱلسَّبِيلَ ١٧

Wa yawma yaḥshuruhum wa mā yaʿbudūna min dūnillāhi fayaqūlu aʾantum aḍlaltum ʿibādī hāʾulāʾi am hum ḍallus-sabīl.

And [mention] the Day He will gather them and that which they worship besides Allāh and will say, "Did you mislead these, My servants, or did they [themselves] stray from the way?"

قَالُواْ سُبۡحَٰنَكَ مَا كَانَ يَنۢبَغِي لَنَآ أَن نَّتَّخِذَ مِن دُونِكَ مِنۡ أَوۡلِيَآءَ وَلَٰكِن مَّتَّعۡتَهُمۡ وَءَابَآءَهُمۡ حَتَّىٰ نَسُواْ ٱلذِّكۡرَ وَكَانُواْ قَوۡمَۢا بُورٗا ١٨

Qālū subḥānaka mā kāna yanbaghī lanā an nattakhidha min dūnika min awliyāʾa wa lākim mattaʿtahum wa ābāʾahum ḥattā nasudh-dhikra wa kānū qawmam būrā.

They will say, "Exalted are You! It was not for us to take besides You any allies [i.e., protectors]. But You provided comforts for them and their fathers until they forgot the message and became a people ruined."

فَقَدۡ كَذَّبُوكُم بِمَا تَقُولُونَ فَمَا تَسۡتَطِيعُونَ صَرۡفٗا وَلَا نَصۡرٗاۚ وَمَن يَظۡلِم مِّنكُمۡ نُذِقۡهُ عَذَابٗا كَبِيرٗا ١٩

Faqad kadhdhabūkum bimā taqūlūna famā tastaṭīʿūna ṣarfaw wa lā naṣrā, wa may yaẓlim minkum nudhiqhu ʿadhāban kabīrā.

So they will deny you, [disbelievers], in what you say,¹ and you cannot avert [punishment] or [find] help. And whoever commits injustice² among you - We will make him taste a great punishment.

وَمَآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا قَبۡلَكَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ إِلَّآ إِنَّهُمۡ لَيَأۡكُلُونَ ٱلطَّعَامَ وَيَمۡشُونَ فِي ٱلۡأَسۡوَاقِۗ وَجَعَلۡنَا بَعۡضَكُمۡ لِبَعۡضٖ فِتۡنَةً أَتَصۡبِرُونَۗ وَكَانَ رَبُّكَ بَصِيرٗا ٢٠

Wa mā arsalnā qablaka minal-mursalīna illā innahum layaʾkulūnaṭ-ṭaʿāma wa yamshūna fil-aswāq, wa jaʿalnā baʿḍakum libaʿḍin fitnatan ataṣbirūn, wa kāna rabbuka baṣīrā.

And We did not send before you, [O Muḥammad], any of the messengers except that they ate food and walked in the markets. And We have made some of you [people] as trial for others - will you have patience? And ever is your Lord, Seeing.

۞ وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَرۡجُونَ لِقَآءَنَا لَوۡلَآ أُنزِلَ عَلَيۡنَا ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ أَوۡ نَرَىٰ رَبَّنَاۗ لَقَدِ ٱسۡتَكۡبَرُواْ فِيٓ أَنفُسِهِمۡ وَعَتَوۡ عُتُوّٗا كَبِيرٗا ٢١

Wa qālal-ladhīna lā yarjūna liqāʾanā lawlā unzila ʿalaynal-malāʾikatu aw narā rabbanā, laqadistakbarū fī anfusihim wa ʿataw ʿutuwwan kabīrā.

And those who do not expect the meeting with Us say, "Why were not angels sent down to us, or [why] do we [not] see our Lord?" They have certainly become arrogant within themselves¹ and [become] insolent with great insolence.

يَوۡمَ يَرَوۡنَ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ لَا بُشۡرَىٰ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ وَيَقُولُونَ حِجۡرٗا مَّحۡجُورٗا ٢٢

Yawma yarawnal-malāʾikata lā bushrā yawmaʾidhil lil-mujrimīna wa yaqūlūna ḥijram maḥjūrā.

The day they see the angels¹ - no good tidings will there be that day for the criminals, and [the angels] will say, "Prevented and inaccessible."²

وَقَدِمۡنَآ إِلَىٰ مَا عَمِلُواْ مِنۡ عَمَلٖ فَجَعَلۡنَٰهُ هَبَآءٗ مَّنثُورًا ٢٣

Wa qadimnā ilā mā ʿamilū min ʿamalin fajaʿalnāhu habāʾam manthūrā.

And We will approach [i.e., regard]¹ what they have done of deeds and make them as dust dispersed.

أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡجَنَّةِ يَوۡمَئِذٍ خَيۡرٞ مُّسۡتَقَرّٗا وَأَحۡسَنُ مَقِيلٗا ٢٤

Aṣḥābul-jannati yawmaʾidhin khayrum mustaqarraw wa aḥsanu maqīlā.

The companions of Paradise, that Day, are [in] a better settlement and better resting place.

وَيَوۡمَ تَشَقَّقُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ بِٱلۡغَمَٰمِ وَنُزِّلَ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ تَنزِيلًا ٢٥

Wa yawma tashaqqaqus-samāʾu bil-ghamāmi wa nuzzilal-malāʾikatu tanzīlā.

And [mention] the Day when the heaven will split open with [emerging] clouds,¹ and the angels will be sent down in successive descent.

ٱلۡمُلۡكُ يَوۡمَئِذٍ ٱلۡحَقُّ لِلرَّحۡمَٰنِۚ وَكَانَ يَوۡمًا عَلَى ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ عَسِيرٗا ٢٦

Al-mulku yawmaʾidhinil-ḥaqqu lir-raḥmān, wa kāna yawman ʿalal-kāfirīna ʿasīrā.

True sovereignty, that Day, is for the Most Merciful. And it will be upon the disbelievers a difficult Day.

وَيَوۡمَ يَعَضُّ ٱلظَّالِمُ عَلَىٰ يَدَيۡهِ يَقُولُ يَٰلَيۡتَنِي ٱتَّخَذۡتُ مَعَ ٱلرَّسُولِ سَبِيلٗا ٢٧

Wa yawma yaʿaḍḍuẓ-ẓālimu ʿalā yadayhi yaqūlu yālaytanittakhadhtu maʿar-rasūli sabīlā.

And the Day the wrongdoer will bite on his hands [in regret] he will say, "Oh, I wish I had taken with the Messenger a way.¹

يَٰوَيۡلَتَىٰ لَيۡتَنِي لَمۡ أَتَّخِذۡ فُلَانًا خَلِيلٗا ٢٨

Yāwaylatā laytanī lam attakhidh fulānan khalīlā.

Oh, woe to me! I wish I had not taken that one¹ as a friend.

لَّقَدۡ أَضَلَّنِي عَنِ ٱلذِّكۡرِ بَعۡدَ إِذۡ جَآءَنِيۗ وَكَانَ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُ لِلۡإِنسَٰنِ خَذُولٗا ٢٩

Laqad aḍallanī ʿanidh-dhikri baʿda idh jāʾanī, wa kānash-shayṭānu lil-insāni khadhūlā.

He led me away from the remembrance¹ after it had come to me. And ever is Satan, to man, a deserter."²

وَقَالَ ٱلرَّسُولُ يَٰرَبِّ إِنَّ قَوۡمِي ٱتَّخَذُواْ هَٰذَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ مَهۡجُورٗا ٣٠

Wa qālar-rasūlu yārabbi inna qawmittakhadhū hādhal-qurʾāna mahjūrā.

And the Messenger has said, "O my Lord, indeed my people have taken this Qur’ān as [a thing] abandoned."¹

وَكَذَٰلِكَ جَعَلۡنَا لِكُلِّ نَبِيٍّ عَدُوّٗا مِّنَ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَۗ وَكَفَىٰ بِرَبِّكَ هَادِيٗا وَنَصِيرٗا ٣١

Wa kadhālika jaʿalnā likulli nabiyyin ʿaduwwam minal-mujrimīn, wa kafā birabbika hādiyaw wa naṣīrā.

And thus have We made for every prophet an enemy from among the criminals. But sufficient is your Lord as a guide and a helper.

وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لَوۡلَا نُزِّلَ عَلَيۡهِ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانُ جُمۡلَةٗ وَٰحِدَةٗۚ كَذَٰلِكَ لِنُثَبِّتَ بِهِۦ فُؤَادَكَۖ وَرَتَّلۡنَٰهُ تَرۡتِيلٗا ٣٢

Wa qālal-ladhīna kafarū lawlā nuzzila ʿalayhil-qurʾānu jumlataw wāḥidah, kadhālika linuthabbita bihī fuʾādak, wa rattalnāhu tartīlā.

And those who disbelieve say, "Why was the Qur’ān not revealed to him all at once?" Thus [it is] that We may strengthen thereby your heart. And We have spaced it distinctly.¹

وَلَا يَأۡتُونَكَ بِمَثَلٍ إِلَّا جِئۡنَٰكَ بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَأَحۡسَنَ تَفۡسِيرًا ٣٣

Wa lā yaʾtūnaka bimathalin illā jiʾnāka bil-ḥaqqi wa aḥsana tafsīrā.

And they do not come to you with an example [i.e., argument] except that We bring you the truth and the best explanation.

ٱلَّذِينَ يُحۡشَرُونَ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِهِمۡ إِلَىٰ جَهَنَّمَ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ شَرّٞ مَّكَانٗا وَأَضَلُّ سَبِيلٗا ٣٤

Al-ladhīna yuḥsharūna ʿalā wujūhihim ilā jahannama ulāʾika sharrum makānaw wa aḍallu sabīlā.

The ones who are gathered on their faces to Hell - those are the worst in position and farthest astray in [their] way.

وَلَقَدۡ ءَاتَيۡنَا مُوسَى ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ وَجَعَلۡنَا مَعَهُۥٓ أَخَاهُ هَٰرُونَ وَزِيرٗا ٣٥

Wa laqad ātaynā mūsal-kitāba wa jaʿalnā maʿahū akhāhu hārūna wazīrā.

And We had certainly given Moses the Scripture and appointed with him his brother Aaron as an assistant.

فَقُلۡنَا ٱذۡهَبَآ إِلَى ٱلۡقَوۡمِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا فَدَمَّرۡنَٰهُمۡ تَدۡمِيرٗا ٣٦

Faqulnadhhabā ilal-qawmil-ladhīna kadhdhabū biʾāyātinā fadammarnāhum tadmīrā.

And We said, "Go both of you to the people who have denied Our signs." Then We destroyed them with [complete] destruction.

وَقَوۡمَ نُوحٖ لَّمَّا كَذَّبُواْ ٱلرُّسُلَ أَغۡرَقۡنَٰهُمۡ وَجَعَلۡنَٰهُمۡ لِلنَّاسِ ءَايَةٗۖ وَأَعۡتَدۡنَا لِلظَّٰلِمِينَ عَذَابًا أَلِيمٗا ٣٧

Wa qawma nūḥil lammā kadhdhabur-rusula aghraqnāhum wa jaʿalnāhum lin-nāsi āyah, wa aʿtadnā liẓ-ẓālimīna ʿadhāban alīmā.

And the people of Noah - when they denied the messengers,¹ We drowned them, and We made them for mankind a sign. And We have prepared for the wrongdoers a painful punishment.

وَعَادٗا وَثَمُودَاْ وَأَصۡحَٰبَ ٱلرَّسِّ وَقُرُونَۢا بَيۡنَ ذَٰلِكَ كَثِيرٗا ٣٨

Wa ʿādaw wa thamūda wa aṣḥābar-rassi wa qurūnā bayna dhālika kathīrā.

And [We destroyed] ʿAad and Thamūd and the companions of the well¹ and many generations between them.

وَكُلّٗا ضَرَبۡنَا لَهُ ٱلۡأَمۡثَٰلَۖ وَكُلّٗا تَبَّرۡنَا تَتۡبِيرٗا ٣٩

Wa kullan ḍarabnā lahul-amthāl, wa kullan tabbarnā tatbīrā.

And for each We presented examples [as warnings], and each We destroyed with [total] destruction.

وَلَقَدۡ أَتَوۡاْ عَلَى ٱلۡقَرۡيَةِ ٱلَّتِيٓ أُمۡطِرَتۡ مَطَرَ ٱلسَّوۡءِۚ أَفَلَمۡ يَكُونُواْ يَرَوۡنَهَاۚ بَلۡ كَانُواْ لَا يَرۡجُونَ نُشُورٗا ٤٠

Wa laqad ataw ʿalal-qaryatil-latī umṭirat maṭaras-sawʾ, afalam yakūnū yarawnahā, bal kānū lā yarjūna nushūrā.

And they have already come upon the town which was showered with a rain of evil [i.e., stones]. So have they not seen it? But they are not expecting resurrection.¹

وَإِذَا رَأَوۡكَ إِن يَتَّخِذُونَكَ إِلَّا هُزُوًا أَهَٰذَا ٱلَّذِي بَعَثَ ٱللَّهُ رَسُولًا ٤١

Wa idhā raʾawka iy yattakhidhūnaka illā huzuwan ahādhal-ladhī baʿathallāhu rasūlā.

And when they see you, [O Muḥammad], they take you not except in ridicule, [saying], "Is this the one whom Allāh has sent as a messenger?

إِن كَادَ لَيُضِلُّنَا عَنۡ ءَالِهَتِنَا لَوۡلَآ أَن صَبَرۡنَا عَلَيۡهَاۚ وَسَوۡفَ يَعۡلَمُونَ حِينَ يَرَوۡنَ ٱلۡعَذَابَ مَنۡ أَضَلُّ سَبِيلًا ٤٢

In kāda layuḍillunā ʿan ālihatinā lawlā an ṣabarnā ʿalayhā, wa sawfa yaʿlamūna ḥīna yarawnal-ʿadhāba man aḍallu sabīlā.

He almost would have misled us from our gods had we not been steadfast in [worship of] them." But they are going to know, when they see the punishment, who is farthest astray in [his] way.

أَرَءَيۡتَ مَنِ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَٰهَهُۥ هَوَىٰهُ أَفَأَنتَ تَكُونُ عَلَيۡهِ وَكِيلًا ٤٣

Araʾayta manittakhadha ilāhahū hawāhu afaʾanta takūnu ʿalayhi wakīlā.

Have you seen the one who takes as his god his own desire? Then would you be responsible for him?

أَمۡ تَحۡسَبُ أَنَّ أَكۡثَرَهُمۡ يَسۡمَعُونَ أَوۡ يَعۡقِلُونَۚ إِنۡ هُمۡ إِلَّا كَٱلۡأَنۡعَٰمِ بَلۡ هُمۡ أَضَلُّ سَبِيلًا ٤٤

Am taḥsabu anna aktharahum yasmaʿūna aw yaʿqilūn, in hum illā kal-anʿāmi bal hum aḍallu sabīlā.

Or do you think that most of them hear or reason? They are not except like livestock.¹ Rather, they are [even] more astray in [their] way.

أَلَمۡ تَرَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَيۡفَ مَدَّ ٱلظِّلَّ وَلَوۡ شَآءَ لَجَعَلَهُۥ سَاكِنٗا ثُمَّ جَعَلۡنَا ٱلشَّمۡسَ عَلَيۡهِ دَلِيلٗا ٤٥

Alam tara ilā rabbika kayfa maddaẓ-ẓilla wa law shāʾa lajaʿalahū sākinan thumma jaʿalnash-shamsa ʿalayhi dalīlā.

Have you not considered your Lord - how He extends the shadow, and if He willed, He could have made it stationary? Then We made the sun for it an indication.¹

ثُمَّ قَبَضۡنَٰهُ إِلَيۡنَا قَبۡضٗا يَسِيرٗا ٤٦

Thumma qabaḍnāhu ilaynā qabḍay yasīrā.

Then We [retract and] hold it with Us for a brief grasp.¹

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلَّيۡلَ لِبَاسٗا وَٱلنَّوۡمَ سُبَاتٗا وَجَعَلَ ٱلنَّهَارَ نُشُورٗا ٤٧

Wa huwal-ladhī jaʿala lakumul-layla libāsaw wan-nawma subātaw wa jaʿalan-nahāra nushūrā.

And it is He who has made the night for you as clothing¹ and sleep [a means for] rest and has made the day a resurrection.²

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَرۡسَلَ ٱلرِّيَٰحَ بُشۡرَۢا بَيۡنَ يَدَيۡ رَحۡمَتِهِۦۚ وَأَنزَلۡنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءٗ طَهُورٗا ٤٨

Wa huwal-ladhī arsalar-riyāḥa bushram bayna yaday raḥmatih, wa anzalnā minas-samāʾi māʾan ṭahūrā.

And it is He who sends the winds as good tidings before His mercy [i.e., rainfall], and We send down from the sky pure water

لِّنُحۡـِۧيَ بِهِۦ بَلۡدَةٗ مَّيۡتٗا وَنُسۡقِيَهُۥ مِمَّا خَلَقۡنَآ أَنۡعَٰمٗا وَأَنَاسِيَّ كَثِيرٗا ٤٩

Linuḥyiya bihī baldatam maytaw wa nusqiyahū mimmā khalaqnā anʿāmaw wa anāsiyya kathīrā.

That We may bring to life thereby a dead land and give it as drink to those We created of numerous livestock and men.

وَلَقَدۡ صَرَّفۡنَٰهُ بَيۡنَهُمۡ لِيَذَّكَّرُواْ فَأَبَىٰٓ أَكۡثَرُ ٱلنَّاسِ إِلَّا كُفُورٗا ٥٠

Wa laqad ṣarrafnāhu baynahum liyadhdhakkarū fa abā aktharun-nāsi illā kufūrā.

And We have certainly distributed it among them that they might be reminded,¹ but most of the people refuse except disbelief.

وَلَوۡ شِئۡنَا لَبَعَثۡنَا فِي كُلِّ قَرۡيَةٖ نَّذِيرٗا ٥١

Wa law shiʾnā labaʿathnā fī kulli qaryatin nadhīrā.

And if We had willed, We could have sent into every city a warner.¹

فَلَا تُطِعِ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ وَجَٰهِدۡهُم بِهِۦ جِهَادٗا كَبِيرٗا ٥٢

Falā tuṭiʿil-kāfirīna wa jāhidhum bihī jihādan kabīrā.

So do not obey the disbelievers, and strive against them with it [i.e., the Qur’ān] a great striving.

۞ وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِي مَرَجَ ٱلۡبَحۡرَيۡنِ هَٰذَا عَذۡبٞ فُرَاتٞ وَهَٰذَا مِلۡحٌ أُجَاجٞ وَجَعَلَ بَيۡنَهُمَا بَرۡزَخٗا وَحِجۡرٗا مَّحۡجُورٗا ٥٣

Wa huwal-ladhī marajal-baḥrayni hādhā ʿadhbun furātuw wa hādhā milḥun ujājuw wa jaʿala baynahumā barzakhaw wa ḥijram maḥjūrā.

And it is He who has released [simultaneously] the two seas [i.e., bodies of water], one fresh and sweet and one salty and bitter, and He placed between them a barrier and prohibiting partition.

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ مِنَ ٱلۡمَآءِ بَشَرٗا فَجَعَلَهُۥ نَسَبٗا وَصِهۡرٗاۗ وَكَانَ رَبُّكَ قَدِيرٗا ٥٤

Wa huwal-ladhī khalaqa minal-māʾi basharan fajaʿalahū nasabaw wa ṣihrā, wa kāna rabbuka qadīrā.

And it is He who has created from water [i.e., semen] a human being and made him [a relative by] lineage and marriage. And ever is your Lord competent [concerning creation].

وَيَعۡبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَنفَعُهُمۡ وَلَا يَضُرُّهُمۡۗ وَكَانَ ٱلۡكَافِرُ عَلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ ظَهِيرٗا ٥٥

Wa yaʿbudūna min dūnillāhi mā lā yanfaʿuhum wa lā yaḍurruhum, wa kānal-kāfiru ʿalā rabbihī ẓahīrā.

But they worship rather than Allāh that which does not benefit them or harm them, and the disbeliever is ever, against his Lord, an assistant [to Satan].

وَمَآ أَرۡسَلۡنَٰكَ إِلَّا مُبَشِّرٗا وَنَذِيرٗا ٥٦

Wa mā arsalnāka illā mubashshiraw wa nadhīrā.

And We have not sent you, [O Muḥammad], except as a bringer of good tidings and a warner.

قُلۡ مَآ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٍ إِلَّا مَن شَآءَ أَن يَتَّخِذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ سَبِيلٗا ٥٧

Qul mā asʾalukum ʿalayhi min ajrin illā man shāʾa ay yattakhidha ilā rabbihī sabīlā.

Say, "I do not ask of you for it any payment - only that whoever wills might take to his Lord a way."

وَتَوَكَّلۡ عَلَى ٱلۡحَيِّ ٱلَّذِي لَا يَمُوتُ وَسَبِّحۡ بِحَمۡدِهِۦۚ وَكَفَىٰ بِهِۦ بِذُنُوبِ عِبَادِهِۦ خَبِيرًا ٥٨

Wa tawakkal ʿalal-ḥayyil-ladhī lā yamūtu wa sabbiḥ biḥamdih, wa kafā bihī bidhunūbi ʿibādihī khabīrā.

And rely upon the Ever-Living who does not die, and exalt [Allāh] with His praise. And sufficient is He to be, with the sins of His servants, [fully] Aware -

ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَا فِي سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٖ ثُمَّ ٱسۡتَوَىٰ عَلَى ٱلۡعَرۡشِۖ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ فَسۡـَٔلۡ بِهِۦ خَبِيرٗا ٥٩

Al-ladhī khalaqas-samāwāti wal-arḍa wa mā baynahumā fī sittati ayyāmin thummastawā ʿalal-ʿarsh, ar-raḥmānu fasʾal bihī khabīrā.

He who created the heavens and the earth and what is between them in six days and then established Himself above the Throne¹ - the Most Merciful, so ask about Him one well informed [i.e., the Prophet (ﷺ)].

وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ ٱسۡجُدُواْۤ لِلرَّحۡمَٰنِ قَالُواْ وَمَا ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ أَنَسۡجُدُ لِمَا تَأۡمُرُنَا وَزَادَهُمۡ نُفُورٗا۩ ٦٠

Wa idhā qīla lahumusjudū lir-raḥmāni qālū wa mar-raḥmānu anasjudu limā taʾmurunā wa zādahum nufūrā.

And when it is said to them, "Prostrate to the Most Merciful," they say, "And what is the Most Merciful? Should we prostrate to that which you order us?" And it increases them in aversion.

تَبَارَكَ ٱلَّذِي جَعَلَ فِي ٱلسَّمَآءِ بُرُوجٗا وَجَعَلَ فِيهَا سِرَٰجٗا وَقَمَرٗا مُّنِيرٗا ٦١

Tabārakal-ladhī jaʿala fis-samāʾi burūjaw wa jaʿala fīhā sirājaw wa qamaram munīrā.

Blessed is He who has placed in the sky great stars and placed therein a [burning] lamp and luminous moon.

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِي جَعَلَ ٱلَّيۡلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ خِلۡفَةٗ لِّمَنۡ أَرَادَ أَن يَذَّكَّرَ أَوۡ أَرَادَ شُكُورٗا ٦٢

Wa huwal-ladhī jaʿalal-layla wan-nahāra khilfatal liman arāda ay yadhdhakkara aw arāda shukūrā.

And it is He who has made the night and the day in succession for whoever desires to remember or desires gratitude.

وَعِبَادُ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلَّذِينَ يَمۡشُونَ عَلَى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ هَوۡنٗا وَإِذَا خَاطَبَهُمُ ٱلۡجَٰهِلُونَ قَالُواْ سَلَٰمٗا ٦٣

Wa ʿibādur-raḥmānil-ladhīna yamshūna ʿalal-arḍi hawnaw wa idhā khāṭabahumul-jāhilūna qālū salāmā.

And the servants of the Most Merciful are those who walk upon the earth easily,¹ and when the ignorant address them [harshly], they say [words of] peace,²

وَٱلَّذِينَ يَبِيتُونَ لِرَبِّهِمۡ سُجَّدٗا وَقِيَٰمٗا ٦٤

Wal-ladhīna yabītūna lirabbihim sujjadaw wa qiyāmā.

And those who spend [part of] the night to their Lord prostrating and standing [in prayer]

وَٱلَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا ٱصۡرِفۡ عَنَّا عَذَابَ جَهَنَّمَۖ إِنَّ عَذَابَهَا كَانَ غَرَامًا ٦٥

Wal-ladhīna yaqūlūna rabbanaṣrif ʿannā ʿadhāba jahannam, inna ʿadhābahā kāna gharāmā.

And those who say, "Our Lord, avert from us the punishment of Hell. Indeed, its punishment is ever adhering;

إِنَّهَا سَآءَتۡ مُسۡتَقَرّٗا وَمُقَامٗا ٦٦

Innahā sāʾat mustaqarraw wa muqāmā.

Indeed, it is evil as a settlement and residence."

وَٱلَّذِينَ إِذَآ أَنفَقُواْ لَمۡ يُسۡرِفُواْ وَلَمۡ يَقۡتُرُواْ وَكَانَ بَيۡنَ ذَٰلِكَ قَوَامٗا ٦٧

Wal-ladhīna idhā anfaqū lam yusrifū wa lam yaqturū wa kāna bayna dhālika qawāmā.

And [they are] those who, when they spend, do so not excessively or sparingly but are ever, between that, [justly] moderate

وَٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَدۡعُونَ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ وَلَا يَقۡتُلُونَ ٱلنَّفۡسَ ٱلَّتِي حَرَّمَ ٱللَّهُ إِلَّا بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَلَا يَزۡنُونَۚ وَمَن يَفۡعَلۡ ذَٰلِكَ يَلۡقَ أَثَامٗا ٦٨

Wal-ladhīna lā yadʿūna maʿallāhi ilāhan ākhara wa lā yaqtulūnan-nafsal-latī ḥarramallāhu illā bil-ḥaqqi wa lā yaznūn, wa may yafʿal dhālika yalqa athāmā.

And those who do not invoke¹ with Allāh another deity or kill the soul which Allāh has forbidden [to be killed], except by right, and do not commit unlawful sexual intercourse. And whoever should do that will meet a penalty.

يُضَٰعَفۡ لَهُ ٱلۡعَذَابُ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ وَيَخۡلُدۡ فِيهِۦ مُهَانًا ٦٩

Yuḍāʿaf lahul-ʿadhābu yawmal-qiyāmati wa yakhlud fīhī muhānā.

Multiplied for him is the punishment on the Day of Resurrection, and he will abide therein humiliated -

إِلَّا مَن تَابَ وَءَامَنَ وَعَمِلَ عَمَلٗا صَٰلِحٗا فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ يُبَدِّلُ ٱللَّهُ سَيِّـَٔاتِهِمۡ حَسَنَٰتٖۗ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ غَفُورٗا رَّحِيمٗا ٧٠

Illā man tāba wa āmana wa ʿamila ʿamalan ṣāliḥan fa ulāʾika yubaddilullāhu sayyiʾātihim ḥasanāt, wa kānallāhu ghafūrar raḥīmā.

Except for those who repent, believe and do righteous work. For them Allāh will replace their evil deeds with good. And ever is Allāh Forgiving and Merciful.

وَمَن تَابَ وَعَمِلَ صَٰلِحٗا فَإِنَّهُۥ يَتُوبُ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ مَتَابٗا ٧١

Wa man tāba wa ʿamila ṣāliḥan fa innahū yatūbu ilallāhi matābā.

And he who repents and does righteousness does indeed turn to Allāh with [accepted] repentance.

وَٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَشۡهَدُونَ ٱلزُّورَ وَإِذَا مَرُّواْ بِٱللَّغۡوِ مَرُّواْ كِرَامٗا ٧٢

Wal-ladhīna lā yashhadūnaz-zūra wa idhā marrū bil-laghwi marrū kirāmā.

And [they are] those who do not testify to falsehood, and when they pass near ill speech, they pass by with dignity.

وَٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ذُكِّرُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِ رَبِّهِمۡ لَمۡ يَخِرُّواْ عَلَيۡهَا صُمّٗا وَعُمۡيَانٗا ٧٣

Wal-ladhīna idhā dhukkirū biʾāyāti rabbihim lam yakhirrū ʿalayhā ṣummaw wa ʿumyānā.

And those who, when reminded of the verses of their Lord, do not fall upon them deaf and blind.

وَٱلَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا هَبۡ لَنَا مِنۡ أَزۡوَٰجِنَا وَذُرِّيَّٰتِنَا قُرَّةَ أَعۡيُنٖ وَٱجۡعَلۡنَا لِلۡمُتَّقِينَ إِمَامًا ٧٤

Wal-ladhīna yaqūlūna rabbanā hab lanā min azwājinā wa dhurriyyātinā qurrata aʿyuniw wajʿalnā lil-muttaqīna imāmā.

And those who say, "Our Lord, grant us from among our wives and offspring comfort to our eyes¹ and make us a leader [i.e., example] for the righteous."

أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ يُجۡزَوۡنَ ٱلۡغُرۡفَةَ بِمَا صَبَرُواْ وَيُلَقَّوۡنَ فِيهَا تَحِيَّةٗ وَسَلَٰمًا ٧٥

Ulāʾika yujzawnal-ghurfata bimā ṣabarū wa yulaqqawna fīhā taḥiyyataw wa salāmā.

Those will be awarded the Chamber¹ for what they patiently endured, and they will be received therein with greetings and [words of] peace,

خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَاۚ حَسُنَتۡ مُسۡتَقَرّٗا وَمُقَامٗا ٧٦

Khālidīna fīhā, ḥasunat mustaqarraw wa muqāmā.

Abiding eternally therein. Good is the settlement and residence.

قُلۡ مَا يَعۡبَؤُاْ بِكُمۡ رَبِّي لَوۡلَا دُعَآؤُكُمۡۖ فَقَدۡ كَذَّبۡتُمۡ فَسَوۡفَ يَكُونُ لِزَامَۢا ٧٧

Qul mā yaʿbaʾu bikum rabbī lawlā duʿāʾukum, faqad kadhdhabtum fasawfa yakūnu lizāmā.

Say, "What would my Lord care for you if not for your supplication?"¹ For you [disbelievers] have denied, so it [i.e., your denial] is going to be adherent.²