Asy-Syu'ara'

طسٓمٓ ١

Ṭā Sīn Mīm.

Ṭā, Seen, Meem.¹

تِلۡكَ ءَايَٰتُ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ ٱلۡمُبِينِ ٢

Tilka āyātul-kitābil-mubīn.

These are the verses of the clear Book.

لَعَلَّكَ بَٰخِعٞ نَّفۡسَكَ أَلَّا يَكُونُواْ مُؤۡمِنِينَ ٣

Laʿallaka bākhiʿun nafsaka allā yakūnū muʾminīn.

Perhaps, [O Muḥammad], you would kill yourself with grief that they will not be believers.

إِن نَّشَأۡ نُنَزِّلۡ عَلَيۡهِم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ ءَايَةٗ فَظَلَّتۡ أَعۡنَٰقُهُمۡ لَهَا خَٰضِعِينَ ٤

In nashaʾ nunazzil ʿalayhim minas-samāʾi āyatan faẓallat aʿnāquhum lahā khāḍiʿīn.

If We willed, We could send down to them from the sky a sign for which their necks would remain humbled.¹

وَمَا يَأۡتِيهِم مِّن ذِكۡرٖ مِّنَ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ مُحۡدَثٍ إِلَّا كَانُواْ عَنۡهُ مُعۡرِضِينَ ٥

Wa mā yaʾtīhim min dhikrim minar-raḥmāni muḥdathin illā kānū ʿanhu muʿriḍīn.

And no mention [i.e., revelation] comes to them anew from the Most Merciful except that they turn away from it.

فَقَدۡ كَذَّبُواْ فَسَيَأۡتِيهِمۡ أَنۢبَٰٓؤُاْ مَا كَانُواْ بِهِۦ يَسۡتَهۡزِءُونَ ٦

Faqad kadhdhabū fasayaʾtīhim anbāʾu mā kānū bihī yastahziʾūn.

For they have already denied, but there will come to them the news of that which they used to ridicule.

أَوَلَمۡ يَرَوۡاْ إِلَى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ كَمۡ أَنۢبَتۡنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ زَوۡجٖ كَرِيمٍ ٧

Awalam yaraw ilal-arḍi kam anbatnā fīhā min kulli zawjin karīm.

Did they not look at the earth - how much We have produced therein from every noble kind?

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ ٨

Inna fī dhālika laʾāyah, wa mā kāna aktharuhum muʾminīn.

Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ٩

Wa inna rabbaka lahuwal-ʿazīzur-raḥīm.

And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.

وَإِذۡ نَادَىٰ رَبُّكَ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنِ ٱئۡتِ ٱلۡقَوۡمَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ١٠

Wa idh nādā rabbuka mūsā aniʾtil-qawmaẓ-ẓālimīn.

And [mention] when your Lord called Moses, [saying], "Go to the wrongdoing people -

قَوۡمَ فِرۡعَوۡنَۚ أَلَا يَتَّقُونَ ١١

Qawma firʿawn, alā yattaqūn.

The people of Pharaoh. Will they not fear Allāh?"

قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّيٓ أَخَافُ أَن يُكَذِّبُونِ ١٢

Qāla rabbi innī akhāfu ay yukadhdhibūn.

He said, "My Lord, indeed I fear that they will deny me

وَيَضِيقُ صَدۡرِي وَلَا يَنطَلِقُ لِسَانِي فَأَرۡسِلۡ إِلَىٰ هَٰرُونَ ١٣

Wa yaḍīqu ṣadrī wa lā yanṭaliqu lisānī fa arsil ilā hārūn.

And that my breast will tighten and my tongue will not be fluent, so send for Aaron.

وَلَهُمۡ عَلَيَّ ذَنۢبٞ فَأَخَافُ أَن يَقۡتُلُونِ ١٤

Wa lahum ʿalayya dhanbun fa akhāfu ay yaqtulūn.

And they have upon me a [claim due to] sin, so I fear that they will kill me."

قَالَ كـَلَّاۖ فَٱذۡهَبَا بِـَٔايَٰتِنَآۖ إِنَّا مَعَكُم مُّسۡتَمِعُونَ ١٥

Qāla kallā, fadhhabā biʾāyātinā, innā maʿakum mustamiʿūn.

[Allāh] said, "No. Go both of you with Our signs; indeed, We are with you, listening.

فَأۡتِيَا فِرۡعَوۡنَ فَقُولَآ إِنَّا رَسُولُ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ١٦

Faʾtiyā firʿawna faqūlā innā rasūlu rabbil-ʿālamīn.

Go to Pharaoh and say, 'We are the messengers¹ of the Lord of the worlds,

أَنۡ أَرۡسِلۡ مَعَنَا بَنِيٓ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ ١٧

An arsil maʿanā banī isrāʾīl.

[Commanded to say], "Send with us the Children of Israel."'"

قَالَ أَلَمۡ نُرَبِّكَ فِينَا وَلِيدٗا وَلَبِثۡتَ فِينَا مِنۡ عُمُرِكَ سِنِينَ ١٨

Qāla alam nurabbika fīnā walīdaw wa labithta fīnā min ʿumurika sinīn.

[Pharaoh] said, "Did we not raise you among us as a child, and you remained among us for years of your life?

وَفَعَلۡتَ فَعۡلَتَكَ ٱلَّتِي فَعَلۡتَ وَأَنتَ مِنَ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ ١٩

Wa faʿalta faʿlatakal-latī faʿalta wa anta minal-kāfirīn.

And [then] you did your deed which you did,¹ and you were of the ungrateful."

قَالَ فَعَلۡتُهَآ إِذٗا وَأَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ ٢٠

Qāla faʿaltuhā idhaw wa ana minaḍ-ḍāllīn.

[Moses] said, "I did it, then, while I was of those astray [i.e., ignorant].

فَفَرَرۡتُ مِنكُمۡ لَمَّا خِفۡتُكُمۡ فَوَهَبَ لِي رَبِّي حُكۡمٗا وَجَعَلَنِي مِنَ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ ٢١

Fafarartu minkum lammā khiftukum fawahaba lī rabbī ḥukmaw wa jaʿalanī minal-mursalīn.

So I fled from you when I feared you. Then my Lord granted me judgement [i.e., wisdom and prophethood] and appointed me [as one] of the messengers.

وَتِلۡكَ نِعۡمَةٞ تَمُنُّهَا عَلَيَّ أَنۡ عَبَّدتَّ بَنِيٓ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ ٢٢

Wa tilka niʿmatun tamunnuhā ʿalayya an ʿabbadtta banī isrāʾīl.

And is this a favor of which you remind me - that you have enslaved the Children of Israel?"

قَالَ فِرۡعَوۡنُ وَمَا رَبُّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٢٣

Qāla firʿawnu wa mā rabbul-ʿālamīn.

Said Pharaoh, "And what is the Lord of the worlds?"

قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَآۖ إِن كُنتُم مُّوقِنِينَ ٢٤

Qāla rabbus-samāwāti wal-arḍi wa mā baynahumā, in kuntum mūqinīn.

[Moses] said, "The Lord of the heavens and earth and that between them, if you should be convinced."

قَالَ لِمَنۡ حَوۡلَهُۥٓ أَلَا تَسۡتَمِعُونَ ٢٥

Qāla liman ḥawlahū alā tastamiʿūn.

[Pharaoh] said to those around him, "Do you not hear?"

قَالَ رَبُّكُمۡ وَرَبُّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ٢٦

Qāla rabbukum wa rabbu ābāʾikumul-awwalīn.

[Moses] said, "Your Lord and the Lord of your first forefathers."

قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَكُمُ ٱلَّذِيٓ أُرۡسِلَ إِلَيۡكُمۡ لَمَجۡنُونٞ ٢٧

Qāla inna rasūlakumul-ladhī ursila ilaykum lamajnūn.

[Pharaoh] said,¹ "Indeed, your 'messenger' who has been sent to you is mad."

قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلۡمَشۡرِقِ وَٱلۡمَغۡرِبِ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَآۖ إِن كُنتُمۡ تَعۡقِلُونَ ٢٨

Qāla rabbul-mashriqi wal-maghribi wa mā baynahumā, in kuntum taʿqilūn.

[Moses] said, "Lord of the east and the west and that between them, if you were to reason."

قَالَ لَئِنِ ٱتَّخَذۡتَ إِلَٰهًا غَيۡرِي لَأَجۡعَلَنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلۡمَسۡجُونِينَ ٢٩

Qāla laʾinittakhadhta ilāhan ghayrī laʾajʿalannaka minal-masjūnīn.

[Pharaoh] said, "If you take a god other than me, I will surely place you among those imprisoned."

قَالَ أَوَلَوۡ جِئۡتُكَ بِشَيۡءٖ مُّبِينٖ ٣٠

Qāla awalaw jiʾtuka bishayʾim mubīn.

[Moses] said, "Even if I brought you something [i.e., proof] manifest?"

قَالَ فَأۡتِ بِهِۦٓ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ ٣١

Qāla faʾti bihī in kunta minaṣ-ṣādiqīn.

[Pharaoh] said, "Then bring it, if you should be of the truthful."

فَأَلۡقَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِيَ ثُعۡبَانٞ مُّبِينٞ ٣٢

Fa alqā ʿaṣāhu fa idhā hiya thuʿbānum mubīn.

So [Moses] threw his staff, and suddenly it was a serpent manifest.¹

وَنَزَعَ يَدَهُۥ فَإِذَا هِيَ بَيۡضَآءُ لِلنَّٰظِرِينَ ٣٣

Wa nazaʿa yadahū fa idhā hiya bayḍāʾu lin-nāẓirīn.

And he drew out his hand; thereupon it was white for the observers.

قَالَ لِلۡمَلَإِ حَوۡلَهُۥٓ إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَسَٰحِرٌ عَلِيمٞ ٣٤

Qāla lil-malaʾi ḥawlahū inna hādhā lasāḥirun ʿalīm.

[Pharaoh] said to the eminent ones around him, "Indeed, this is a learned magician.

يُرِيدُ أَن يُخۡرِجَكُم مِّنۡ أَرۡضِكُم بِسِحۡرِهِۦ فَمَاذَا تَأۡمُرُونَ ٣٥

Yurīdu ay yukhrijakum min arḍikum bisiḥrihī famādhā taʾmurūn.

He wants to drive you out of your land by his magic, so what do you advise?"

قَالُوٓاْ أَرۡجِهۡ وَأَخَاهُ وَٱبۡعَثۡ فِي ٱلۡمَدَآئِنِ حَٰشِرِينَ ٣٦

Qālū arjih wa akhāhu wabʿath fil-madāʾini ḥāshirīn.

They said, "Postpone [the matter of] him and his brother and send among the cities gatherers

يَأۡتُوكَ بِكُلِّ سَحَّارٍ عَلِيمٖ ٣٧

Yaʾtūka bikulli saḥḥārin ʿalīm.

Who will bring you every learned, skilled magician."

فَجُمِعَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ لِمِيقَٰتِ يَوۡمٖ مَّعۡلُومٖ ٣٨

Fajumiʿas-saḥaratu limīqāti yawmim maʿlūm.

So the magicians were assembled for the appointment of a well-known day.¹

وَقِيلَ لِلنَّاسِ هَلۡ أَنتُم مُّجۡتَمِعُونَ ٣٩

Wa qīla lin-nāsi hal antum mujtamiʿūn.

And it was said to the people, "Will you congregate

لَعَلَّنَا نَتَّبِعُ ٱلسَّحَرَةَ إِن كَانُواْ هُمُ ٱلۡغَٰلِبِينَ ٤٠

Laʿallanā nattabiʿus-saḥarata in kānū humul-ghālibīn.

That we might follow the magicians if they are the predominant?"

فَلَمَّا جَآءَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ قَالُواْ لِفِرۡعَوۡنَ أَئِنَّ لَنَا لَأَجۡرًا إِن كُنَّا نَحۡنُ ٱلۡغَٰلِبِينَ ٤١

Falammā jāʾas-saḥaratu qālū lifirʿawna aʾinna lanā laʾajran in kunnā naḥnul-ghālibīn.

And when the magicians arrived, they said to Pharaoh, "Is there indeed for us a reward if we are the predominant?"

قَالَ نَعَمۡ وَإِنَّكُمۡ إِذٗا لَّمِنَ ٱلۡمُقَرَّبِينَ ٤٢

Qāla naʿam wa innakum idhal laminal-muqarrabīn.

He said, "Yes, and indeed, you will then be of those near [to me]."

قَالَ لَهُم مُّوسَىٰٓ أَلۡقُواْ مَآ أَنتُم مُّلۡقُونَ ٤٣

Qāla lahum mūsā alqū mā antum mulqūn.

Moses said to them, "Throw whatever you will throw."

فَأَلۡقَوۡاْ حِبَالَهُمۡ وَعِصِيَّهُمۡ وَقَالُواْ بِعِزَّةِ فِرۡعَوۡنَ إِنَّا لَنَحۡنُ ٱلۡغَٰلِبُونَ ٤٤

Fa alqaw ḥibālahum wa ʿiṣiyyahum wa qālū biʿizzati firʿawna innā lanaḥnul-ghālibūn.

So they threw their ropes and their staffs and said, "By the might of Pharaoh, indeed it is we who are predominant."

فَأَلۡقَىٰ مُوسَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِيَ تَلۡقَفُ مَا يَأۡفِكُونَ ٤٥

Fa alqā mūsā ʿaṣāhu fa idhā hiya talqafu mā yaʾfikūn.

Then Moses threw his staff, and at once it devoured what they falsified.

فَأُلۡقِيَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ سَٰجِدِينَ ٤٦

Fa ulqiyas-saḥaratu sājidīn.

So the magicians fell down in prostration [to Allāh].

قَالُوٓاْ ءَامَنَّا بِرَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٤٧

Qālū āmannā birabbil-ʿālamīn.

They said, "We have believed in the Lord of the worlds,

رَبِّ مُوسَىٰ وَهَٰرُونَ ٤٨

Rabbi mūsā wa hārūn.

The Lord of Moses and Aaron."

قَالَ ءَامَنتُمۡ لَهُۥ قَبۡلَ أَنۡ ءَاذَنَ لَكُمۡۖ إِنَّهُۥ لَكَبِيرُكُمُ ٱلَّذِي عَلَّمَكُمُ ٱلسِّحۡرَ فَلَسَوۡفَ تَعۡلَمُونَۚ لَأُقَطِّعَنَّ أَيۡدِيَكُمۡ وَأَرۡجُلَكُم مِّنۡ خِلَٰفٖ وَلَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمۡ أَجۡمَعِينَ ٤٩

Qāla āmantum lahū qabla an ādhana lakum, innahū lakabīrukumul-ladhī ʿallamakumus-siḥra falasawfa taʿlamūn, laʾuqaṭṭiʿanna aydiyakum wa arjulakum min khilāfiw wa laʾuṣallibannakum ajmaʿīn.

[Pharaoh] said, "You believed him [i.e., Moses] before I gave you permission. Indeed, he is your leader who has taught you magic, but you are going to know. I will surely cut off your hands and your feet on opposite sides, and I will surely crucify you all."

قَالُواْ لَا ضَيۡرَۖ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا مُنقَلِبُونَ ٥٠

Qālū lā ḍayr, innā ilā rabbinā munqalibūn.

They said, "No harm. Indeed, to our Lord we will return.

إِنَّا نَطۡمَعُ أَن يَغۡفِرَ لَنَا رَبُّنَا خَطَٰيَٰنَآ أَن كُنَّآ أَوَّلَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ٥١

Innā naṭmaʿu ay yaghfira lanā rabbunā khaṭāyānā an kunnā awwalal-muʾminīn.

Indeed, we aspire that our Lord will forgive us our sins because we were the first of the believers."

۞ وَأَوۡحَيۡنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنۡ أَسۡرِ بِعِبَادِيٓ إِنَّكُم مُّتَّبَعُونَ ٥٢

Wa awḥaynā ilā mūsā an asri biʿibādī innakum muttabaʿūn.

And We inspired to Moses, "Travel by night with My servants; indeed, you will be pursued."

فَأَرۡسَلَ فِرۡعَوۡنُ فِي ٱلۡمَدَآئِنِ حَٰشِرِينَ ٥٣

Fa arsala firʿawnu fil-madāʾini ḥāshirīn.

Then Pharaoh sent among the cities gatherers¹

إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَشِرۡذِمَةٞ قَلِيلُونَ ٥٤

Inna hāʾulāʾi lashirdhimatun qalīlūn.

[And said], "Indeed, those are but a small band,

وَإِنَّهُمۡ لَنَا لَغَآئِظُونَ ٥٥

Wa innahum lanā laghāʾiẓūn.

And indeed, they are enraging us,

وَإِنَّا لَجَمِيعٌ حَٰذِرُونَ ٥٦

Wa innā lajamīʿun ḥādhirūn.

And indeed, we are a cautious society..."

فَأَخۡرَجۡنَٰهُم مِّن جَنَّٰتٖ وَعُيُونٖ ٥٧

Fa akhrajnāhum min jannātiw wa ʿuyūn.

So We removed them from gardens and springs

وَكُنُوزٖ وَمَقَامٖ كَرِيمٖ ٥٨

Wa kunūziw wa maqāmin karīm.

And treasures and honorable station¹ -

كَذَٰلِكَۖ وَأَوۡرَثۡنَٰهَا بَنِيٓ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ ٥٩

Kadhālik, wa awrathnāhā banī isrāʾīl.

Thus. And We caused to inherit it the Children of Israel.

فَأَتۡبَعُوهُم مُّشۡرِقِينَ ٦٠

Fa atbaʿūhum mushriqīn.

So they pursued them at sunrise.

فَلَمَّا تَرَٰٓءَا ٱلۡجَمۡعَانِ قَالَ أَصۡحَٰبُ مُوسَىٰٓ إِنَّا لَمُدۡرَكُونَ ٦١

Falammā tarāʾal-jamʿāni qāla aṣḥābu mūsā innā lamudrakūn.

And when the two companies saw one another, the companions of Moses said, "Indeed, we are to be overtaken!"

قَالَ كـَلَّآۖ إِنَّ مَعِيَ رَبِّي سَيَهۡدِينِ ٦٢

Qāla kallā, inna maʿiya rabbī sayahdīn.

[Moses] said, "No! Indeed, with me is my Lord; He will guide me."

فَأَوۡحَيۡنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنِ ٱضۡرِب بِّعَصَاكَ ٱلۡبَحۡرَۖ فَٱنفَلَقَ فَكَانَ كُلُّ فِرۡقٖ كَٱلطَّوۡدِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ ٦٣

Fa awḥaynā ilā mūsā aniḍrib biʿaṣākal-baḥr, fanfalaqa fakāna kullu firqin kaṭ-ṭawdil-ʿaẓīm.

Then We inspired to Moses, "Strike with your staff the sea," and it parted, and each portion was like a great towering mountain.

وَأَزۡلَفۡنَا ثَمَّ ٱلۡأٓخَرِينَ ٦٤

Wa azlafnā thammal-ākharīn.

And We advanced thereto the others [i.e., the pursuers].

وَأَنجَيۡنَا مُوسَىٰ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥٓ أَجۡمَعِينَ ٦٥

Wa anjaynā mūsā wa mam maʿahū ajmaʿīn.

And We saved Moses and those with him, all together.

ثُمَّ أَغۡرَقۡنَا ٱلۡأٓخَرِينَ ٦٦

Thumma aghraqnal-ākharīn.

Then We drowned the others.

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ ٦٧

Inna fī dhālika laʾāyah, wa mā kāna aktharuhum muʾminīn.

Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ٦٨

Wa inna rabbaka lahuwal-ʿazīzur-raḥīm.

And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.

وَٱتۡلُ عَلَيۡهِمۡ نَبَأَ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ ٦٩

Watlu ʿalayhim nabaʾa ibrāhīm.

And recite to them the news of Abraham,

إِذۡ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوۡمِهِۦ مَا تَعۡبُدُونَ ٧٠

Idh qāla liʾabīhi wa qawmihī mā taʿbudūn.

When he said to his father and his people, "What do you worship?"

قَالُواْ نَعۡبُدُ أَصۡنَامٗا فَنَظَلُّ لَهَا عَٰكِفِينَ ٧١

Qālū naʿbudu aṣnāman fanaẓallu lahā ʿākifīn.

They said, "We worship idols and remain to them devoted."

قَالَ هَلۡ يَسۡمَعُونَكُمۡ إِذۡ تَدۡعُونَ ٧٢

Qāla hal yasmaʿūnakum idh tadʿūn.

He said, "Do they hear you when you supplicate?

أَوۡ يَنفَعُونَكُمۡ أَوۡ يَضُرُّونَ ٧٣

Aw yanfaʿūnakum aw yaḍurrūn.

Or do they benefit you, or do they harm?"

قَالُواْ بَلۡ وَجَدۡنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا كَذَٰلِكَ يَفۡعَلُونَ ٧٤

Qālū bal wajadnā ābāʾanā kadhālika yafʿalūn.

They said, "But we found our fathers doing thus."

قَالَ أَفَرَءَيۡتُم مَّا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡبُدُونَ ٧٥

Qāla afaraʾaytum mā kuntum taʿbudūn.

He said, "Then do you see what you have been worshipping,

أَنتُمۡ وَءَابَآؤُكُمُ ٱلۡأَقۡدَمُونَ ٧٦

Antum wa ābāʾukumul-aqdamūn.

You and your ancient forefathers?

فَإِنَّهُمۡ عَدُوّٞ لِّيٓ إِلَّا رَبَّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٧٧

Fa innahum ʿaduwwul lī illā rabbal-ʿālamīn.

Indeed, they are enemies to me, except the Lord of the worlds,¹

ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَنِي فَهُوَ يَهۡدِينِ ٧٨

Al-ladhī khalaqanī fahuwa yahdīn.

Who created me, and He [it is who] guides me.

وَٱلَّذِي هُوَ يُطۡعِمُنِي وَيَسۡقِينِ ٧٩

Wal-ladhī huwa yuṭʿimunī wa yasqīn.

And it is He who feeds me and gives me drink.

وَإِذَا مَرِضۡتُ فَهُوَ يَشۡفِينِ ٨٠

Wa idhā mariḍtu fahuwa yashfīn.

And when I am ill, it is He who cures me

وَٱلَّذِي يُمِيتُنِي ثُمَّ يُحۡيِينِ ٨١

Wal-ladhī yumītunī thumma yuḥyīn.

And who will cause me to die and then bring me to life

وَٱلَّذِيٓ أَطۡمَعُ أَن يَغۡفِرَ لِي خَطِيٓـَٔتِي يَوۡمَ ٱلدِّينِ ٨٢

Wal-ladhī aṭmaʿu ay yaghfira lī khaṭīʾatī yawmad-dīn.

And who I aspire that He will forgive me my sin on the Day of Recompense."

رَبِّ هَبۡ لِي حُكۡمٗا وَأَلۡحِقۡنِي بِٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ ٨٣

Rabbi hab lī ḥukmaw wa alḥiqnī biṣ-ṣāliḥīn.

[And he said], "My Lord, grant me authority and join me with the righteous.

وَٱجۡعَل لِّي لِسَانَ صِدۡقٖ فِي ٱلۡأٓخِرِينَ ٨٤

Wajʿal lī lisāna ṣidqin fil-ākhirīn.

And grant me a mention [i.e., reputation] of honor among later generations.

وَٱجۡعَلۡنِي مِن وَرَثَةِ جَنَّةِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ ٨٥

Wajʿalnī miw warathati jannatin-naʿīm.

And place me among the inheritors of the Garden of Pleasure.

وَٱغۡفِرۡ لِأَبِيٓ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ ٨٦

Waghfir liʾabī innahū kāna minaḍ-ḍāllīn.

And forgive my father. Indeed, he has been of those astray.

وَلَا تُخۡزِنِي يَوۡمَ يُبۡعَثُونَ ٨٧

Wa lā tukhzinī yawma yubʿathūn.

And do not disgrace me on the Day they are [all] resurrected -

يَوۡمَ لَا يَنفَعُ مَالٞ وَلَا بَنُونَ ٨٨

Yawma lā yanfaʿu māluw wa lā banūn.

The Day when there will not benefit [anyone] wealth or children

إِلَّا مَنۡ أَتَى ٱللَّهَ بِقَلۡبٖ سَلِيمٖ ٨٩

Illā man atallāha biqalbin salīm.

But only one who comes to Allāh with a sound heart."

وَأُزۡلِفَتِ ٱلۡجَنَّةُ لِلۡمُتَّقِينَ ٩٠

Wa uzlifatil-jannatu lil-muttaqīn.

And Paradise will be brought near [that Day] to the righteous.

وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلۡجَحِيمُ لِلۡغَاوِينَ ٩١

Wa burrizatil-jaḥīmu lil-ghāwīn.

And Hellfire will be brought forth for the deviators,

وَقِيلَ لَهُمۡ أَيۡنَ مَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡبُدُونَ ٩٢

Wa qīla lahum ayna mā kuntum taʿbudūn.

And it will be said to them, "Where are those you used to worship

مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ هَلۡ يَنصُرُونَكُمۡ أَوۡ يَنتَصِرُونَ ٩٣

Min dūnillāhi hal yanṣurūnakum aw yantaṣirūn.

Other than Allāh? Can they help you or help themselves?"

فَكُبۡكِبُواْ فِيهَا هُمۡ وَٱلۡغَاوُۥنَ ٩٤

Fakubkibū fīhā hum wal-ghāwūn.

So they will be overturned into it [i.e., Hellfire], they and the deviators

وَجُنُودُ إِبۡلِيسَ أَجۡمَعُونَ ٩٥

Wa junūdu iblīsa ajmaʿūn.

And the soldiers of Iblees, all together.

قَالُواْ وَهُمۡ فِيهَا يَخۡتَصِمُونَ ٩٦

Qālū wa hum fīhā yakhtaṣimūn.

They will say while they dispute therein,

تَٱللَّهِ إِن كُنَّا لَفِي ضَلَٰلٖ مُّبِينٍ ٩٧

Tallāhi in kunnā lafī ḍalālim mubīn.

"By Allāh, we were indeed in manifest error

إِذۡ نُسَوِّيكُم بِرَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٩٨

Idh nusawwīkum birabbil-ʿālamīn.

When we equated you with the Lord of the worlds.

وَمَآ أَضَلَّنَآ إِلَّا ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُونَ ٩٩

Wa mā aḍallanā illal-mujrimūn.

And no one misguided us except the criminals.

فَمَا لَنَا مِن شَٰفِعِينَ ١٠٠

Famā lanā min shāfiʿīn.

So now we have no intercessors

وَلَا صَدِيقٍ حَمِيمٖ ١٠١

Wa lā ṣadīqin ḥamīm.

And not a devoted friend.

فَلَوۡ أَنَّ لَنَا كَرَّةٗ فَنَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ١٠٢

Falaw anna lanā karratan fanakūna minal-muʾminīn.

Then if we only had a return [to the world] and could be of the believers..."¹

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ ١٠٣

Inna fī dhālika laʾāyah, wa mā kāna aktharuhum muʾminīn.

Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ١٠٤

Wa inna rabbaka lahuwal-ʿazīzur-raḥīm.

And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.

كَذَّبَتۡ قَوۡمُ نُوحٍ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ ١٠٥

Kadhdhabat qawmu nūḥinil-mursalīn.

The people of Noah denied the messengers¹

إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ أَخُوهُمۡ نُوحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ١٠٦

Idh qāla lahum akhūhum nūḥun alā tattaqūn.

When their brother Noah said to them, "Will you not fear Allāh?

إِنِّي لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٞ ١٠٧

Innī lakum rasūlun amīn.

Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger.

فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ١٠٨

Fattaqullāha wa aṭīʿūn.

So fear Allāh and obey me.

وَمَآ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٍۖ إِنۡ أَجۡرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ١٠٩

Wa mā asʾalukum ʿalayhi min ajr, in ajriya illā ʿalā rabbil-ʿālamīn.

And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds.

فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ١١٠

Fattaqullāha wa aṭīʿūn.

So fear Allāh and obey me."

۞ قَالُوٓاْ أَنُؤۡمِنُ لَكَ وَٱتَّبَعَكَ ٱلۡأَرۡذَلُونَ ١١١

Qālū anuʾminu laka wattabaʿakal-ardhalūn.

They said, "Should we believe you while you are followed by the lowest [class of people]?"

قَالَ وَمَا عِلۡمِي بِمَا كَانُواْ يَعۡمَلُونَ ١١٢

Qāla wa mā ʿilmī bimā kānū yaʿmalūn.

He said, "And what is my knowledge of what they used to do?

إِنۡ حِسَابُهُمۡ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّيۖ لَوۡ تَشۡعُرُونَ ١١٣

In ḥisābuhum illā ʿalā rabbī, law tashʿurūn.

Their account is only upon my Lord, if you [could] perceive.

وَمَآ أَنَا۠ بِطَارِدِ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ١١٤

Wa mā ana biṭāridil-muʾminīn.

And I am not one to drive away the believers.

إِنۡ أَنَا۠ إِلَّا نَذِيرٞ مُّبِينٞ ١١٥

In ana illā nadhīrum mubīn.

I am only a clear warner."

قَالُواْ لَئِن لَّمۡ تَنتَهِ يَٰنُوحُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلۡمَرۡجُومِينَ ١١٦

Qālū laʾil lam tantahi yānūḥu latakūnanna minal-marjūmīn.

They said, "If you do not desist, O Noah, you will surely be of those who are stoned."

قَالَ رَبِّ إِنَّ قَوۡمِي كَذَّبُونِ ١١٧

Qāla rabbi inna qawmī kadhdhabūn.

He said, "My Lord, indeed my people have denied me.

فَٱفۡتَحۡ بَيۡنِي وَبَيۡنَهُمۡ فَتۡحٗا وَنَجِّنِي وَمَن مَّعِيَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ١١٨

Faftaḥ baynī wa baynahum fatḥaw wa najjinī wa mam maʿiya minal-muʾminīn.

Then judge between me and them with decisive judgement and save me and those with me of the believers."

فَأَنجَيۡنَٰهُ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥ فِي ٱلۡفُلۡكِ ٱلۡمَشۡحُونِ ١١٩

Fa anjaynāhu wa mam maʿahū fil-fulkil-mashḥūn.

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

ثُمَّ أَغۡرَقۡنَا بَعۡدُ ٱلۡبَاقِينَ ١٢٠

Thumma aghraqnā baʿdul-bāqīn.

Then We drowned thereafter the remaining ones.

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ ١٢١

Inna fī dhālika laʾāyah, wa mā kāna aktharuhum muʾminīn.

Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ١٢٢

Wa inna rabbaka lahuwal-ʿazīzur-raḥīm.

And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.

كَذَّبَتۡ عَادٌ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ ١٢٣

Kadhdhabat ʿādunil-mursalīn.

ʿAad denied the messengers

إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ أَخُوهُمۡ هُودٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ١٢٤

Idh qāla lahum akhūhum hūdun alā tattaqūn.

When their brother Hūd said to them, "Will you not fear Allāh?

إِنِّي لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٞ ١٢٥

Innī lakum rasūlun amīn.

Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger.

فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ١٢٦

Fattaqullāha wa aṭīʿūn.

So fear Allāh and obey me.

وَمَآ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٍۖ إِنۡ أَجۡرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ١٢٧

Wa mā asʾalukum ʿalayhi min ajr, in ajriya illā ʿalā rabbil-ʿālamīn.

And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds.

أَتَبۡنُونَ بِكُلِّ رِيعٍ ءَايَةٗ تَعۡبَثُونَ ١٢٨

Atabnūna bikulli rīʿin āyatan taʿbathūn.

Do you construct on every elevation a sign,¹ amusing yourselves,

وَتَتَّخِذُونَ مَصَانِعَ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَخۡلُدُونَ ١٢٩

Wa tattakhidhūna maṣāniʿa laʿallakum takhludūn.

And take for yourselves constructions [i.e., palaces and fortresses] that you might abide eternally?

وَإِذَا بَطَشۡتُم بَطَشۡتُمۡ جَبَّارِينَ ١٣٠

Wa idhā baṭashtum baṭashtum jabbārīn.

And when you strike, you strike as tyrants.

فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ١٣١

Fattaqullāha wa aṭīʿūn.

So fear Allāh and obey me.

وَٱتَّقُواْ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَمَدَّكُم بِمَا تَعۡلَمُونَ ١٣٢

Wattaqul-ladhī amaddakum bimā taʿlamūn.

And fear He who provided you with that which you know,

أَمَدَّكُم بِأَنۡعَٰمٖ وَبَنِينَ ١٣٣

Amaddakum biʾanʿāmiw wa banīn.

Provided you with grazing livestock and children

وَجَنَّٰتٖ وَعُيُونٍ ١٣٤

Wa jannātiw wa ʿuyūn.

And gardens and springs.

إِنِّيٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيۡكُمۡ عَذَابَ يَوۡمٍ عَظِيمٖ ١٣٥

Innī akhāfu ʿalaykum ʿadhāba yawmin ʿaẓīm.

Indeed, I fear for you the punishment of a terrible day."

قَالُواْ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيۡنَآ أَوَعَظۡتَ أَمۡ لَمۡ تَكُن مِّنَ ٱلۡوَٰعِظِينَ ١٣٦

Qālū sawāʾun ʿalaynā awaʿaẓta am lam takum minal-wāʿiẓīn.

They said, "It is all the same to us whether you advise or are not of the advisors.

إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا خُلُقُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ١٣٧

In hādhā illā khuluqul-awwalīn.

This is not but the custom of the former peoples,

وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ ١٣٨

Wa mā naḥnu bimuʿadhdhabīn.

And we are not to be punished."

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَهۡلَكۡنَٰهُمۡۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ ١٣٩

Fakadhdhabūhu fa ahlaknāhum, inna fī dhālika laʾāyah, wa mā kāna aktharuhum muʾminīn.

And they denied him, so We destroyed them. Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ١٤٠

Wa inna rabbaka lahuwal-ʿazīzur-raḥīm.

And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.

كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ ١٤١

Kadhdhabat thamūdul-mursalīn.

Thamūd denied the messengers

إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ أَخُوهُمۡ صَٰلِحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ١٤٢

Idh qāla lahum akhūhum ṣāliḥun alā tattaqūn.

When their brother Ṣāliḥ said to them, "Will you not fear Allāh?

إِنِّي لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٞ ١٤٣

Innī lakum rasūlun amīn.

Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger.

فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ١٤٤

Fattaqullāha wa aṭīʿūn.

So fear Allāh and obey me.

وَمَآ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٍۖ إِنۡ أَجۡرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ١٤٥

Wa mā asʾalukum ʿalayhi min ajr, in ajriya illā ʿalā rabbil-ʿālamīn.

And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds.

أَتُتۡرَكُونَ فِي مَا هَٰهُنَآ ءَامِنِينَ ١٤٦

Atutrakūna fī mā hāhunā āminīn.

Will you be left in what is here, secure [from death],

فِي جَنَّٰتٖ وَعُيُونٖ ١٤٧

Fī jannātiw wa ʿuyūn.

Within gardens and springs

وَزُرُوعٖ وَنَخۡلٖ طَلۡعُهَا هَضِيمٞ ١٤٨

Wa zurūʿiw wa nakhlin ṭalʿuhā haḍīm.

And fields of crops and palm trees with softened fruit?

وَتَنۡحِتُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡجِبَالِ بُيُوتٗا فَٰرِهِينَ ١٤٩

Wa tanḥitūna minal-jibāli buyūtan fārihīn.

And you carve out of the mountains, homes, with skill.

فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ١٥٠

Fattaqullāha wa aṭīʿūn.

So fear Allāh and obey me.

وَلَا تُطِيعُوٓاْ أَمۡرَ ٱلۡمُسۡرِفِينَ ١٥١

Wa lā tuṭīʿū amral-musrifīn.

And do not obey the order of the transgressors,

ٱلَّذِينَ يُفۡسِدُونَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَلَا يُصۡلِحُونَ ١٥٢

Al-ladhīna yufsidūna fil-arḍi wa lā yuṣliḥūn.

Who cause corruption in the land and do not amend."

قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُسَحَّرِينَ ١٥٣

Qālū innamā anta minal-musaḥḥarīn.

They said, "You are only of those affected by magic.

مَآ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٞ مِّثۡلُنَا فَأۡتِ بِـَٔايَةٍ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ ١٥٤

Mā anta illā basharum mithlunā faʾti biʾāyatin in kunta minaṣ-ṣādiqīn.

You are but a man like ourselves, so bring a sign, if you should be of the truthful."

قَالَ هَٰذِهِۦ نَاقَةٞ لَّهَا شِرۡبٞ وَلَكُمۡ شِرۡبُ يَوۡمٖ مَّعۡلُومٖ ١٥٥

Qāla hādhihī nāqatul lahā shirbuw wa lakum shirbu yawmim maʿlūm.

He said, "This is a she-camel.¹ For her is a [time of] drink, and for you is a [time of] drink, [each] on a known day.

وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوٓءٖ فَيَأۡخُذَكُمۡ عَذَابُ يَوۡمٍ عَظِيمٖ ١٥٦

Wa lā tamassūhā bisūʾin fayaʾkhudhakum ʿadhābu yawmin ʿaẓīm.

And do not touch her with harm, lest you be seized by the punishment of a terrible day."

فَعَقَرُوهَا فَأَصۡبَحُواْ نَٰدِمِينَ ١٥٧

Faʿaqarūhā fa aṣbaḥū nādimīn.

But they hamstrung her and so became regretful.

فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱلۡعَذَابُۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ ١٥٨

Fa akhadhahumul-ʿadhāb, inna fī dhālika laʾāyah, wa mā kāna aktharuhum muʾminīn.

And the punishment seized them. Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ١٥٩

Wa inna rabbaka lahuwal-ʿazīzur-raḥīm.

And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.

كَذَّبَتۡ قَوۡمُ لُوطٍ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ ١٦٠

Kadhdhabat qawmu lūṭinil-mursalīn.

The people of Lot denied the messengers

إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ أَخُوهُمۡ لُوطٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ١٦١

Idh qāla lahum akhūhum lūṭun alā tattaqūn.

When their brother Lot said to them, "Will you not fear Allāh?

إِنِّي لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٞ ١٦٢

Innī lakum rasūlun amīn.

Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger.

فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ١٦٣

Fattaqullāha wa aṭīʿūn.

So fear Allāh and obey me.

وَمَآ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٍۖ إِنۡ أَجۡرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ١٦٤

Wa mā asʾalukum ʿalayhi min ajr, in ajriya illā ʿalā rabbil-ʿālamīn.

And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds.

أَتَأۡتُونَ ٱلذُّكۡرَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ١٦٥

Ataʾtūnadh-dhukrāna minal-ʿālamīn.

Do you approach males among the worlds¹

وَتَذَرُونَ مَا خَلَقَ لَكُمۡ رَبُّكُم مِّنۡ أَزۡوَٰجِكُمۚ بَلۡ أَنتُمۡ قَوۡمٌ عَادُونَ ١٦٦

Wa tadharūna mā khalaqa lakum rabbukum min azwājikum, bal antum qawmun ʿādūn.

And leave what your Lord has created for you as mates? But you are a people transgressing."

قَالُواْ لَئِن لَّمۡ تَنتَهِ يَٰلُوطُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلۡمُخۡرَجِينَ ١٦٧

Qālū laʾil lam tantahi yālūṭu latakūnanna minal-mukhrajīn.

They said, "If you do not desist, O Lot, you will surely be of those evicted."

قَالَ إِنِّي لِعَمَلِكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡقَالِينَ ١٦٨

Qāla innī liʿamalikum minal-qālīn.

He said, "Indeed, I am, toward your deed, of those who detest [it].

رَبِّ نَجِّنِي وَأَهۡلِي مِمَّا يَعۡمَلُونَ ١٦٩

Rabbi najjinī wa ahlī mimmā yaʿmalūn.

My Lord, save me and my family from [the consequence of] what they do."

فَنَجَّيۡنَٰهُ وَأَهۡلَهُۥٓ أَجۡمَعِينَ ١٧٠

Fanajjaynāhu wa ahlahū ajmaʿīn.

So We saved him and his family, all,

إِلَّا عَجُوزٗا فِي ٱلۡغَٰبِرِينَ ١٧١

Illā ʿajūzan fil-ghābirīn.

Except an old woman¹ among those who remained behind.

ثُمَّ دَمَّرۡنَا ٱلۡأٓخَرِينَ ١٧٢

Thumma dammarnal-ākharīn.

Then We destroyed the others.

وَأَمۡطَرۡنَا عَلَيۡهِم مَّطَرٗاۖ فَسَآءَ مَطَرُ ٱلۡمُنذَرِينَ ١٧٣

Wa amṭarnā ʿalayhim maṭarā, fasāʾa maṭarul-mundharīn.

And We rained upon them a rain [of stones], and evil was the rain of those who were warned.

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ ١٧٤

Inna fī dhālika laʾāyah, wa mā kāna aktharuhum muʾminīn.

Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ١٧٥

Wa inna rabbaka lahuwal-ʿazīzur-raḥīm.

And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.

كَذَّبَ أَصۡحَٰبُ لۡـَٔيۡكَةِ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ ١٧٦

Kadhdhaba aṣḥābul-aykatil-mursalīn.

The companions of the thicket [i.e., the people of Madyan] denied the messengers

إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ شُعَيۡبٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ١٧٧

Idh qāla lahum shuʿaybun alā tattaqūn.

When Shuʿayb said to them, "Will you not fear Allāh?

إِنِّي لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٞ ١٧٨

Innī lakum rasūlun amīn.

Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger.

فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ١٧٩

Fattaqullāha wa aṭīʿūn.

So fear Allāh and obey me.

وَمَآ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٍۖ إِنۡ أَجۡرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ١٨٠

Wa mā asʾalukum ʿalayhi min ajr, in ajriya illā ʿalā rabbil-ʿālamīn.

And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds.

۞ أَوۡفُواْ ٱلۡكَيۡلَ وَلَا تَكُونُواْ مِنَ ٱلۡمُخۡسِرِينَ ١٨١

Awful-kayla wa lā takūnū minal-mukhsirīn.

Give full measure and do not be of those who cause loss.

وَزِنُواْ بِٱلۡقِسۡطَاسِ ٱلۡمُسۡتَقِيمِ ١٨٢

Wazinū bil-qisṭāsil-mustaqīm.

And weigh with an even [i.e., honest] balance.

وَلَا تَبۡخَسُواْ ٱلنَّاسَ أَشۡيَآءَهُمۡ وَلَا تَعۡثَوۡاْ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ مُفۡسِدِينَ ١٨٣

Wa lā tabkhasun-nāsa ashyāʾahum wa lā taʿthaw fil-arḍi mufsidīn.

And do not deprive people of their due and do not commit abuse on earth, spreading corruption.

وَٱتَّقُواْ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَكُمۡ وَٱلۡجِبِلَّةَ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ١٨٤

Wattaqul-ladhī khalaqakum wal-jibillatal-awwalīn.

And fear He who created you and the former creation."¹

قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُسَحَّرِينَ ١٨٥

Qālū innamā anta minal-musaḥḥarīn.

They said, "You are only of those affected by magic.

وَمَآ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٞ مِّثۡلُنَا وَإِن نَّظُنُّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلۡكَٰذِبِينَ ١٨٦

Wa mā anta illā basharum mithlunā wa in naẓunnuka laminal-kādhibīn.

You are but a man like ourselves, and indeed, we think you are among the liars.

فَأَسۡقِطۡ عَلَيۡنَا كِسَفٗا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ ١٨٧

Fa asqiṭ ʿalaynā kisafam minas-samāʾi in kunta minaṣ-ṣādiqīn.

So cause to fall upon us fragments of the sky, if you should be of the truthful."

قَالَ رَبِّيٓ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ ١٨٨

Qāla rabbī aʿlamu bimā taʿmalūn.

He said, "My Lord is most knowing of what you do."

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمۡ عَذَابُ يَوۡمِ ٱلظُّلَّةِۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَذَابَ يَوۡمٍ عَظِيمٍ ١٨٩

Fakadhdhabūhu fa akhadhahum ʿadhābu yawmiẓ-ẓullah, innahū kāna ʿadhāba yawmin ʿaẓīm.

And they denied him, so the punishment of the day of the black cloud seized them. Indeed, it was the punishment of a terrible day.

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ ١٩٠

Inna fī dhālika laʾāyah, wa mā kāna aktharuhum muʾminīn.

Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ١٩١

Wa inna rabbaka lahuwal-ʿazīzur-raḥīm.

And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَنزِيلُ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ١٩٢

Wa innahū latanzīlu rabbil-ʿālamīn.

And indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is the revelation of the Lord of the worlds.

نَزَلَ بِهِ ٱلرُّوحُ ٱلۡأَمِينُ ١٩٣

Nazala bihir-rūḥul-amīn.

The Trustworthy Spirit [i.e., Gabriel] has brought it down

عَلَىٰ قَلۡبِكَ لِتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُنذِرِينَ ١٩٤

ʿAlā qalbika litakūna minal-mundhirīn.

Upon your heart, [O Muḥammad] - that you may be of the warners

بِلِسَانٍ عَرَبِيّٖ مُّبِينٖ ١٩٥

Bilisānin ʿarabiyyim mubīn.

In a clear Arabic language.

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَفِي زُبُرِ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ١٩٦

Wa innahū lafī zuburil-awwalīn.

And indeed, it is [mentioned] in the scriptures of former peoples.

أَوَلَمۡ يَكُن لَّهُمۡ ءَايَةً أَن يَعۡلَمَهُۥ عُلَمَٰٓؤُاْ بَنِيٓ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ ١٩٧

Awalam yakul lahum āyatan ay yaʿlamahū ʿulamāʾu banī isrāʾīl.

And has it not been a sign to them that it is recognized by the scholars of the Children of Israel?

وَلَوۡ نَزَّلۡنَٰهُ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضِ ٱلۡأَعۡجَمِينَ ١٩٨

Wa law nazzalnāhu ʿalā baʿḍil-aʿjamīn.

And even if We had revealed it to one among the foreigners¹

فَقَرَأَهُۥ عَلَيۡهِم مَّا كَانُواْ بِهِۦ مُؤۡمِنِينَ ١٩٩

Faqaraʾahū ʿalayhim mā kānū bihī muʾminīn.

And he had recited it to them [perfectly],¹ they would [still] not have been believers in it.

كَذَٰلِكَ سَلَكۡنَٰهُ فِي قُلُوبِ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ ٢٠٠

Kadhālika salaknāhu fī qulūbil-mujrimīn.

Thus have We inserted it [i.e., disbelief] into the hearts of the criminals.

لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ بِهِۦ حَتَّىٰ يَرَوُاْ ٱلۡعَذَابَ ٱلۡأَلِيمَ ٢٠١

Lā yuʾminūna bihī ḥattā yarawul-ʿadhābal-alīm.

They will not believe in it until they see the painful punishment.

فَيَأۡتِيَهُم بَغۡتَةٗ وَهُمۡ لَا يَشۡعُرُونَ ٢٠٢

Fayaʾtiyahum baghtataw wa hum lā yashʿurūn.

And it will come to them suddenly while they perceive [it] not.

فَيَقُولُواْ هَلۡ نَحۡنُ مُنظَرُونَ ٢٠٣

Fayaqūlū hal naḥnu munẓarūn.

And they will say, "May we be reprieved?"

أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا يَسۡتَعۡجِلُونَ ٢٠٤

Afabiʿadhābinā yastaʿjilūn.

So for Our punishment are they impatient?

أَفَرَءَيۡتَ إِن مَّتَّعۡنَٰهُمۡ سِنِينَ ٢٠٥

Afaraʾayta im mattaʿnāhum sinīn.

Then have you considered if We gave them enjoyment for years

ثُمَّ جَآءَهُم مَّا كَانُواْ يُوعَدُونَ ٢٠٦

Thumma jāʾahum mā kānū yūʿadūn.

And then there came to them that which they were promised?

مَآ أَغۡنَىٰ عَنۡهُم مَّا كَانُواْ يُمَتَّعُونَ ٢٠٧

Mā aghnā ʿanhum mā kānū yumattaʿūn.

They would not be availed by the enjoyment with which they were provided.

وَمَآ أَهۡلَكۡنَا مِن قَرۡيَةٍ إِلَّا لَهَا مُنذِرُونَ ٢٠٨

Wa mā ahlaknā min qaryatin illā lahā mundhirūn.

And We did not destroy any city except that it had warners

ذِكۡرَىٰ وَمَا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ ٢٠٩

Dhikrā wa mā kunnā ẓālimīn.

As a reminder; and never have We been unjust.

وَمَا تَنَزَّلَتۡ بِهِ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينُ ٢١٠

Wa mā tanazzalat bihish-shayāṭīn.

And the devils have not brought it [i.e., the revelation] down.¹

وَمَا يَنۢبَغِي لَهُمۡ وَمَا يَسۡتَطِيعُونَ ٢١١

Wa mā yanbaghī lahum wa mā yastaṭīʿūn.

It is not allowable for them, nor would they be able.

إِنَّهُمۡ عَنِ ٱلسَّمۡعِ لَمَعۡزُولُونَ ٢١٢

Innahum ʿanis-samʿi lamaʿzūlūn.

Indeed they, from [its] hearing, are removed.¹

فَلَا تَدۡعُ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُعَذَّبِينَ ٢١٣

Falā tadʿu maʿallāhi ilāhan ākhara fatakūna minal-muʿadhdhabīn.

So do not invoke¹ with Allāh another deity and [thus] be among the punished.

وَأَنذِرۡ عَشِيرَتَكَ ٱلۡأَقۡرَبِينَ ٢١٤

Wa andhir ʿashīratakal-aqrabīn.

And warn, [O Muḥammad], your closest kindred.

وَٱخۡفِضۡ جَنَاحَكَ لِمَنِ ٱتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ٢١٥

Wakhfiḍ janāḥaka limanittabaʿaka minal-muʾminīn.

And lower your wing [i.e., show kindness] to those who follow you of the believers.

فَإِنۡ عَصَوۡكَ فَقُلۡ إِنِّي بَرِيٓءٞ مِّمَّا تَعۡمَلُونَ ٢١٦

Fa in ʿaṣawka faqul innī barīʾum mimmā taʿmalūn.

And if they disobey you, then say, "Indeed, I am disassociated from what you are doing."

وَتَوَكَّلۡ عَلَى ٱلۡعَزِيزِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ٢١٧

Wa tawakkal ʿalal-ʿazīzir-raḥīm.

And rely upon the Exalted in Might, the Merciful,

ٱلَّذِي يَرَىٰكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ ٢١٨

Al-ladhī yarāka ḥīna taqūm.

Who sees you when you arise¹

وَتَقَلُّبَكَ فِي ٱلسَّٰجِدِينَ ٢١٩

Wa taqallubaka fis-sājidīn.

And your movement among those who prostrate.¹

إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ ٢٢٠

Innahū huwas-samīʿul-ʿalīm.

Indeed, He is the Hearing, the Knowing.

هَلۡ أُنَبِّئُكُمۡ عَلَىٰ مَن تَنَزَّلُ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينُ ٢٢١

Hal unabbiʾukum ʿalā man tanazzalush-shayāṭīn.

Shall I inform you upon whom the devils descend?

تَنَزَّلُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ أَفَّاكٍ أَثِيمٖ ٢٢٢

Tanazzalu ʿalā kulli affākin athīm.

They descend upon every sinful liar.

يُلۡقُونَ ٱلسَّمۡعَ وَأَكۡثَرُهُمۡ كَٰذِبُونَ ٢٢٣

Yulqūnas-samʿa wa aktharuhum kādhibūn.

They pass on what is heard,¹ and most of them are liars.

وَٱلشُّعَرَآءُ يَتَّبِعُهُمُ ٱلۡغَاوُۥنَ ٢٢٤

Wash-shuʿarāʾu yattabiʿuhumul-ghāwūn.

And the poets - [only] the deviators follow them.

أَلَمۡ تَرَ أَنَّهُمۡ فِي كُلِّ وَادٖ يَهِيمُونَ ٢٢٥

Alam tara annahum fī kulli wādiy yahīmūn.

Do you not see that in every valley they roam¹

وَأَنَّهُمۡ يَقُولُونَ مَا لَا يَفۡعَلُونَ ٢٢٦

Wa annahum yaqūlūna mā lā yafʿalūn.

And that they say what they do not do? -

إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ وَذَكَرُواْ ٱللَّهَ كَثِيرٗا وَٱنتَصَرُواْ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ مَا ظُلِمُواْۗ وَسَيَعۡلَمُ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوٓاْ أَيَّ مُنقَلَبٖ يَنقَلِبُونَ ٢٢٧

Illal-ladhīna āmanū wa ʿamiluṣ-ṣāliḥāti wa dhakarullāha kathīraw wantaṣarū mim baʿdi mā ẓulimū, wa sayaʿlamul-ladhīna ẓalamū ayya munqalabiy yanqalibūn.

Except those [poets] who believe and do righteous deeds and remember Allāh often and defend [the Muslims]¹ after they were wronged. And those who have wronged are going to know to what [kind of] return they will be returned.