Juz 15

﷽بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. سُبۡحَٰنَ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَسۡرَىٰ بِعَبۡدِهِۦ لَيۡلٗا مِّنَ ٱلۡمَسۡجِدِ ٱلۡحَرَامِ إِلَى ٱلۡمَسۡجِدِ ٱلۡأَقۡصَا ٱلَّذِي بَٰرَكۡنَا حَوۡلَهُۥ لِنُرِيَهُۥ مِنۡ ءَايَٰتِنَآۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلۡبَصِيرُ ١

   Subḥānal-ladhī asrā biʿabdihī laylam minal-masjidil-ḥarāmi ilal-masjidil-aqṣal-ladhī bāraknā ḥawlahū linuriyahū min āyātinā, innahū huwas-samīʿul-baṣīr.

   Exalted¹ is He who took His Servant [i.e., Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ)] by night from al-Masjid al-Ḥarām to al-Masjid al-Aqṣā,² whose surroundings We have blessed, to show him of Our signs. Indeed, He is the Hearing,³ the Seeing.⁴

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   1. Above any imperfection or failure to do as He wills.
   2. In Jerusalem.
   3. Who hears every sound, distinguishes every voice, understands every word, and accepts and responds to supplications.
   4. Who sees and understands all things apparent and unapparent, visible and invisible.

2. وَءَاتَيۡنَا مُوسَى ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ وَجَعَلۡنَٰهُ هُدٗى لِّبَنِيٓ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ أَلَّا تَتَّخِذُواْ مِن دُونِي وَكِيلٗا ٢

   Wa ātaynā mūsal-kitāba wa jaʿalnāhu hudal libanī isrāʾīla allā tattakhidhū min dūnī wakīlā.

   And We gave Moses the Scripture and made it a guidance for the Children of Israel that you not take other than Me as Disposer of affairs,¹

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   1. i.e., trust in Allāh, knowing that He (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) is responsible for every occurrence.

3. ذُرِّيَّةَ مَنۡ حَمَلۡنَا مَعَ نُوحٍۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَبۡدٗا شَكُورٗا ٣

   Dhurriyyata man ḥamalnā maʿa nūḥ, innahū kāna ʿabdan shakūrā.

   O descendants of those We carried [in the ship] with Noah. Indeed, he was a grateful servant.

4. وَقَضَيۡنَآ إِلَىٰ بَنِيٓ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ فِي ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ لَتُفۡسِدُنَّ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ مَرَّتَيۡنِ وَلَتَعۡلُنَّ عُلُوّٗا كَبِيرٗا ٤

   Wa qaḍaynā ilā banī isrāʾīla fil-kitābi latufsidunna fil-arḍi marratayni wa lataʿlunna ʿuluwwan kabīrā.

   And We conveyed¹ to the Children of Israel in the Scripture that, "You will surely cause corruption on the earth twice, and you will surely reach [a degree of] great haughtiness."

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   1. Foretold out of divine knowledge of what they would do.

5. فَإِذَا جَآءَ وَعۡدُ أُولَىٰهُمَا بَعَثۡنَا عَلَيۡكُمۡ عِبَادٗا لَّنَآ أُوْلِي بَأۡسٖ شَدِيدٖ فَجَاسُواْ خِلَٰلَ ٱلدِّيَارِۚ وَكَانَ وَعۡدٗا مَّفۡعُولٗا ٥

   Fa idhā jāʾa waʿdu ūlāhumā baʿathnā ʿalaykum ʿibādal lanā ulī baʾsin shadīdin fajāsū khilālad-diyār, wa kāna waʿdam mafʿūlā.

   So when the [time of] promise came for the first of them,¹ We sent against you servants of Ours - those of great military might, and they probed [even] into the homes,² and it was a promise fulfilled.

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   1. i.e., the promised punishment for the first of their two transgressions.
   2. Violating their sanctity, to kill and plunder.

6. ثُمَّ رَدَدۡنَا لَكُمُ ٱلۡكَرَّةَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ وَأَمۡدَدۡنَٰكُم بِأَمۡوَٰلٖ وَبَنِينَ وَجَعَلۡنَٰكُمۡ أَكۡثَرَ نَفِيرًا ٦

   Thumma radadnā lakumul-karrata ʿalayhim wa amdadnākum biʾamwāliw wa banīna wa jaʿalnākum akthara nafīrā.

   Then We gave back to you a return victory over them. And We reinforced you with wealth and sons and made you more numerous in manpower.

7. إِنۡ أَحۡسَنتُمۡ أَحۡسَنتُمۡ لِأَنفُسِكُمۡۖ وَإِنۡ أَسَأۡتُمۡ فَلَهَاۚ فَإِذَا جَآءَ وَعۡدُ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ لِيَسُـُٔواْ وُجُوهَكُمۡ وَلِيَدۡخُلُواْ ٱلۡمَسۡجِدَ كَمَا دَخَلُوهُ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٖ وَلِيُتَبِّرُواْ مَا عَلَوۡاْ تَتۡبِيرًا ٧

   In aḥsantum aḥsantum liʾanfusikum, wa in asaʾtum falahā, fa idhā jāʾa waʿdul-ākhirati liyasuʾū wujūhakum waliyadkhulul-masjida kamā dakhalūhu awwala marratiw waliyutabbirū mā ʿalaw tatbīrā.

   [And said], "If you do good, you do good for yourselves; and if you do evil, [you do it] to them [i.e., yourselves]." Then when the final [i.e., second] promise came, [We sent your enemies] to sadden your faces and to enter the masjid [i.e., the temple in Jerusalem], as they entered it the first time, and to destroy what they had taken over with [total] destruction.

8. عَسَىٰ رَبُّكُمۡ أَن يَرۡحَمَكُمۡۚ وَإِنۡ عُدتُّمۡ عُدۡنَاۚ وَجَعَلۡنَا جَهَنَّمَ لِلۡكَٰفِرِينَ حَصِيرًا ٨

   ʿAsā rabbukum ay yarḥamakum, wa in ʿudttum ʿudnā, wa jaʿalnā jahannama lil-kāfirīna ḥaṣīrā.

   [Then Allāh said], "It is expected, [if you repent], that your Lord will have mercy upon you. But if you return [to sin], We will return [to punishment]. And We have made Hell, for the disbelievers, a prison-bed."

9. إِنَّ هَٰذَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ يَهۡدِي لِلَّتِي هِيَ أَقۡوَمُ وَيُبَشِّرُ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَعۡمَلُونَ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ أَنَّ لَهُمۡ أَجۡرٗا كَبِيرٗا ٩

   Inna hādhal-qurʾāna yahdī lil-latī hiya aqwamu wa yubashshirul-muʾminīnal-ladhīna yaʿmalūnaṣ-ṣāliḥāti anna lahum ajran kabīrā.

   Indeed, this Qur’ān guides to that which is most suitable and gives good tidings to the believers who do righteous deeds that they will have a great reward

10. وَأَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ بِٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ أَعۡتَدۡنَا لَهُمۡ عَذَابًا أَلِيمٗا ١٠

    Wa annal-ladhīna lā yuʾminūna bil-ākhirati aʿtadnā lahum ʿadhāban alīmā.

    And that those who do not believe in the Hereafter - We have prepared for them a painful punishment.

11. وَيَدۡعُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ بِٱلشَّرِّ دُعَآءَهُۥ بِٱلۡخَيۡرِۖ وَكَانَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ عَجُولٗا ١١

    Wa yadʿul-insānu bish-sharri duʿāʾahū bil-khayr, wa kānal-insānu ʿajūlā.

    And man supplicates for evil [when angry] as he supplicates for good, and man is ever hasty.¹

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    1. i.e., impatient, emotional, and acting without forethought.

12. وَجَعَلۡنَا ٱلَّيۡلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ ءَايَتَيۡنِۖ فَمَحَوۡنَآ ءَايَةَ ٱلَّيۡلِ وَجَعَلۡنَآ ءَايَةَ ٱلنَّهَارِ مُبۡصِرَةٗ لِّتَبۡتَغُواْ فَضۡلٗا مِّن رَّبِّكُمۡ وَلِتَعۡلَمُواْ عَدَدَ ٱلسِّنِينَ وَٱلۡحِسَابَۚ وَكُلَّ شَيۡءٖ فَصَّلۡنَٰهُ تَفۡصِيلٗا ١٢

    Wa jaʿalnal-layla wan-nahāra āyatayn, famaḥawnā āyatal-layli wa jaʿalnā āyatan-nahāri mubṣiratal litabtaghū faḍlam mir rabbikum walitaʿlamū ʿadadas-sinīna wal-ḥisāb, wa kulla shayʾin faṣṣalnāhu tafṣīlā.

    And We have made the night and day two signs, and We erased the sign of the night and made the sign of the day visible¹ that you may seek bounty from your Lord and may know the number of years and the account [of time]. And everything We have set out in detail.

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    1. Or "giving sight."

13. وَكُلَّ إِنسَٰنٍ أَلۡزَمۡنَٰهُ طَٰٓئِرَهُۥ فِي عُنُقِهِۦۖ وَنُخۡرِجُ لَهُۥ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ كِتَٰبٗا يَلۡقَىٰهُ مَنشُورًا ١٣

    Wa kulla insānin alzamnāhu ṭāʾirahū fī ʿunuqih, wa nukhriju lahū yawmal-qiyāmati kitābay yalqāhu manshūrā.

    And [for] every person We have imposed his fate upon his neck,¹ and We will produce for him on the Day of Resurrection a record which he will encounter spread open.

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    1. i.e., after having instructed him, We have made him responsible for his own destiny.

14. ٱقۡرَأۡ كِتَٰبَكَ كَفَىٰ بِنَفۡسِكَ ٱلۡيَوۡمَ عَلَيۡكَ حَسِيبٗا ١٤

    Iqraʾ kitābaka kafā binafsikal-yawma ʿalayka ḥasībā.

    [It will be said], "Read your record. Sufficient is yourself against you this Day as accountant."

15. مَّنِ ٱهۡتَدَىٰ فَإِنَّمَا يَهۡتَدِي لِنَفۡسِهِۦۖ وَمَن ضَلَّ فَإِنَّمَا يَضِلُّ عَلَيۡهَاۚ وَلَا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٞ وِزۡرَ أُخۡرَىٰۗ وَمَا كُنَّا مُعَذِّبِينَ حَتَّىٰ نَبۡعَثَ رَسُولٗا ١٥

    Manihtadā fa innamā yahtadī linafsih, wa man ḍalla fa innamā yaḍillu ʿalayhā, wa lā taziru wāziratuw wizra ukhrā, wa mā kunnā muʿadhdhibīna ḥattā nabʿatha rasūlā.

    Whoever is guided is only guided for [the benefit of] his soul. And whoever errs only errs against it. And no bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another. And never would We punish until We sent a messenger.

16. وَإِذَآ أَرَدۡنَآ أَن نُّهۡلِكَ قَرۡيَةً أَمَرۡنَا مُتۡرَفِيهَا فَفَسَقُواْ فِيهَا فَحَقَّ عَلَيۡهَا ٱلۡقَوۡلُ فَدَمَّرۡنَٰهَا تَدۡمِيرٗا ١٦

    Wa idhā aradnā an nuhlika qaryatan amarnā mutrafīhā fafasaqū fīhā faḥaqqa ʿalayhal-qawlu fadammarnāhā tadmīrā.

    And when We intend to destroy a city, We command its affluent¹ but they defiantly disobey therein; so the word [i.e., deserved decree] comes into effect upon it, and We destroy it with [complete] destruction.

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    1. To obey Allāh.

17. وَكَمۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَا مِنَ ٱلۡقُرُونِ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ نُوحٖۗ وَكَفَىٰ بِرَبِّكَ بِذُنُوبِ عِبَادِهِۦ خَبِيرَۢا بَصِيرٗا ١٧

    Wa kam ahlaknā minal-qurūni mim baʿdi nūḥ, wa kafā birabbika bidhunūbi ʿibādihī khabīram baṣīrā.

    And how many have We destroyed from the generations after Noah. And sufficient is your Lord, concerning the sins of His servants, as Aware and Seeing.

18. مَّن كَانَ يُرِيدُ ٱلۡعَاجِلَةَ عَجَّلۡنَا لَهُۥ فِيهَا مَا نَشَآءُ لِمَن نُّرِيدُ ثُمَّ جَعَلۡنَا لَهُۥ جَهَنَّمَ يَصۡلَىٰهَا مَذۡمُومٗا مَّدۡحُورٗا ١٨

    Man kāna yurīdul-ʿājilata ʿajjalnā lahū fīhā mā nashāʾu liman nurīdu thumma jaʿalnā lahū jahannama yaṣlāhā madhmūmam madḥūrā.

    Whoever should desire the immediate¹ - We hasten for him from it what We will to whom We intend. Then We have made for him Hell, which he will [enter to] burn, censured and banished.

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    1. i.e., worldly gratifications.

19. وَمَنۡ أَرَادَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةَ وَسَعَىٰ لَهَا سَعۡيَهَا وَهُوَ مُؤۡمِنٞ فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ كَانَ سَعۡيُهُم مَّشۡكُورٗا ١٩

    Wa man arādal-ākhirata wa saʿā lahā saʿyahā wa huwa muʾminun fa ulāʾika kāna saʿyuhum mashkūrā.

    But whoever desires the Hereafter and exerts the effort due to it while he is a believer - it is those whose effort is ever appreciated [by Allāh].

20. كُلّٗا نُّمِدُّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ وَهَٰٓؤُلَآءِ مِنۡ عَطَآءِ رَبِّكَۚ وَمَا كَانَ عَطَآءُ رَبِّكَ مَحۡظُورًا ٢٠

    Kullan numiddu hāʾulāʾi wa hāʾulāʾi min ʿaṭāʾi rabbik, wa mā kāna ʿaṭāʾu rabbika maḥẓūrā.

    To each [category] We extend - to these and to those - from the gift of your Lord. And never has the gift of your Lord been restricted.

21. ٱنظُرۡ كَيۡفَ فَضَّلۡنَا بَعۡضَهُمۡ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضٖۚ وَلَلۡأٓخِرَةُ أَكۡبَرُ دَرَجَٰتٖ وَأَكۡبَرُ تَفۡضِيلٗا ٢١

    Unẓur kayfa faḍḍalnā baʿḍahum ʿalā baʿḍ, wa lalʾākhiratu akbaru darajātiw wa akbaru tafḍīlā.

    Look how We have favored [in provision] some of them over others. But the Hereafter is greater in degrees [of difference] and greater in distinction.

22. لَّا تَجۡعَلۡ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَتَقۡعُدَ مَذۡمُومٗا مَّخۡذُولٗا ٢٢

    Lā tajʿal maʿallāhi ilāhan ākhara fataqʿuda madhmūmam makhdhūlā.

    Do not make [as equal] with Allāh another deity and [thereby] become censured and forsaken.

23. ۞ وَقَضَىٰ رَبُّكَ أَلَّا تَعۡبُدُوٓاْ إِلَّآ إِيَّاهُ وَبِٱلۡوَٰلِدَيۡنِ إِحۡسَٰنًاۚ إِمَّا يَبۡلُغَنَّ عِندَكَ ٱلۡكِبَرَ أَحَدُهُمَآ أَوۡ كِلَاهُمَا فَلَا تَقُل لَّهُمَآ أُفّٖ وَلَا تَنۡهَرۡهُمَا وَقُل لَّهُمَا قَوۡلٗا كَرِيمٗا ٢٣

    Wa qaḍā rabbuka allā taʿbudū illā iyyāhu wabil-wālidayni iḥsānā, immā yablughanna ʿindakal-kibara aḥaduhumā aw kilāhumā falā taqul lahumā uffiw wa lā tanharhumā wa qul lahumā qawlan karīmā.

    And your Lord has decreed that you worship not except Him, and to parents, good treatment. Whether one or both of them reach old age [while] with you, say not to them [so much as], "uff,"¹ and do not repel them but speak to them a noble word.

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    1. An expression of disapproval or irritation.

24. وَٱخۡفِضۡ لَهُمَا جَنَاحَ ٱلذُّلِّ مِنَ ٱلرَّحۡمَةِ وَقُل رَّبِّ ٱرۡحَمۡهُمَا كَمَا رَبَّيَانِي صَغِيرٗا ٢٤

    Wakhfiḍ lahumā janāḥadh-dhulli minar-raḥmati wa qul rabbirḥamhumā kamā rabbayānī ṣaghīrā.

    And lower to them the wing of humility out of mercy and say, "My Lord, have mercy upon them as they brought me up [when I was] small."

25. رَّبُّكُمۡ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَا فِي نُفُوسِكُمۡۚ إِن تَكُونُواْ صَٰلِحِينَ فَإِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لِلۡأَوَّٰبِينَ غَفُورٗا ٢٥

    Rabbukum aʿlamu bimā fī nufūsikum, in takūnū ṣāliḥīna fa innahū kāna lil-awwābīna ghafūrā.

    Your Lord is most knowing of what is within yourselves. If you should be righteous [in intention] - then indeed He is ever, to the often returning [to Him], Forgiving.¹

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    1. For those who intend righteousness, hastening to repent from sins and errors committed through human weakness, Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) promises forgiveness.

26. وَءَاتِ ذَا ٱلۡقُرۡبَىٰ حَقَّهُۥ وَٱلۡمِسۡكِينَ وَٱبۡنَ ٱلسَّبِيلِ وَلَا تُبَذِّرۡ تَبۡذِيرًا ٢٦

    Wa āti dhal-qurbā ḥaqqahū wal-miskīna wabnas-sabīli wa lā tubadhdhir tabdhīrā.

    And give the relative his right, and [also] the poor and the traveler, and do not spend wastefully.¹

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    1. i.e., on that which is unlawful or in disobedience to Allāh.

27. إِنَّ ٱلۡمُبَذِّرِينَ كَانُوٓاْ إِخۡوَٰنَ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينِۖ وَكَانَ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُ لِرَبِّهِۦ كَفُورٗا ٢٧

    Innal-mubadhdhirīna kānū ikhwānash-shayāṭīn, wa kānash-shayṭānu lirabbihī kafūrā.

    Indeed, the wasteful are brothers of the devils, and ever has Satan been to his Lord ungrateful.

28. وَإِمَّا تُعۡرِضَنَّ عَنۡهُمُ ٱبۡتِغَآءَ رَحۡمَةٖ مِّن رَّبِّكَ تَرۡجُوهَا فَقُل لَّهُمۡ قَوۡلٗا مَّيۡسُورٗا ٢٨

    Wa immā tuʿriḍanna ʿanhumubtighāʾa raḥmatim mir rabbika tarjūhā faqul lahum qawlam maysūrā.

    And if you [must] turn away from them [i.e., the needy] awaiting mercy from your Lord which you expect,¹ then speak to them a gentle word.

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    1. i.e., if you have not the means to give them at present.

29. وَلَا تَجۡعَلۡ يَدَكَ مَغۡلُولَةً إِلَىٰ عُنُقِكَ وَلَا تَبۡسُطۡهَا كُلَّ ٱلۡبَسۡطِ فَتَقۡعُدَ مَلُومٗا مَّحۡسُورًا ٢٩

    Wa lā tajʿal yadaka maghlūlatan ilā ʿunuqika wa lā tabsuṭhā kullal-basṭi fataqʿuda malūmam maḥsūrā.

    And do not make your hand [as] chained to your neck¹ or extend it completely² and [thereby] become blamed and insolvent.

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    1. i.e., refusing to spend.
    2. i.e., being extravagant.

30. إِنَّ رَبَّكَ يَبۡسُطُ ٱلرِّزۡقَ لِمَن يَشَآءُ وَيَقۡدِرُۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ بِعِبَادِهِۦ خَبِيرَۢا بَصِيرٗا ٣٠

    Inna rabbaka yabsuṭur-rizqa limay yashāʾu wa yaqdir, innahū kāna biʿibādihī khabīram baṣīrā.

    Indeed, your Lord extends provision for whom He wills and restricts [it]. Indeed He is ever, concerning His servants, Aware and Seeing.

31. وَلَا تَقۡتُلُوٓاْ أَوۡلَٰدَكُمۡ خَشۡيَةَ إِمۡلَٰقٖۖ نَّحۡنُ نَرۡزُقُهُمۡ وَإِيَّاكُمۡۚ إِنَّ قَتۡلَهُمۡ كَانَ خِطۡـٔٗا كَبِيرٗا ٣١

    Wa lā taqtulū awlādakum khashyata imlāq, naḥnu narzuquhum wa iyyākum, inna qatlahum kāna khiṭʾan kabīrā.

    And do not kill your children for fear of poverty. We provide for them and for you. Indeed, their killing is ever a great sin.

32. وَلَا تَقۡرَبُواْ ٱلزِّنَىٰٓۖ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فَٰحِشَةٗ وَسَآءَ سَبِيلٗا ٣٢

    Wa lā taqrabuz-zinā, innahū kāna fāḥishataw wa sāʾa sabīlā.

    And do not approach unlawful sexual intercourse.¹ Indeed, it is ever an immorality and is evil as a way.

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    1. i.e., avoid all situations that might possibly lead to it.

33. وَلَا تَقۡتُلُواْ ٱلنَّفۡسَ ٱلَّتِي حَرَّمَ ٱللَّهُ إِلَّا بِٱلۡحَقِّۗ وَمَن قُتِلَ مَظۡلُومٗا فَقَدۡ جَعَلۡنَا لِوَلِيِّهِۦ سُلۡطَٰنٗا فَلَا يُسۡرِف فِّي ٱلۡقَتۡلِۖ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ مَنصُورٗا ٣٣

    Wa lā taqtulun-nafsal-latī ḥarramallāhu illā bil-ḥaqq, wa man qutila maẓlūman faqad jaʿalnā liwaliyyihī sulṭānan falā yusrif fil-qatl, innahū kāna manṣūrā.

    And do not kill the soul [i.e., person] which Allāh has forbidden, except by right.¹ And whoever is killed unjustly - We have given his heir authority,² but let him not exceed limits in [the matter of] taking life. Indeed, he has been supported [by the law].

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    1. i.e., through legal justice or during jihād.
    2. Grounds for legal action.

34. وَلَا تَقۡرَبُواْ مَالَ ٱلۡيَتِيمِ إِلَّا بِٱلَّتِي هِيَ أَحۡسَنُ حَتَّىٰ يَبۡلُغَ أَشُدَّهُۥۚ وَأَوۡفُواْ بِٱلۡعَهۡدِۖ إِنَّ ٱلۡعَهۡدَ كَانَ مَسۡـُٔولٗا ٣٤

    Wa lā taqrabū mālal-yatīmi illā bil-latī hiya aḥsanu ḥattā yablugha ashuddah, wa awfū bil-ʿahd, innal-ʿahda kāna masʾūlā.

    And do not approach the property of an orphan, except in the way that is best,¹ until he reaches maturity. And fulfill [every] commitment. Indeed, the commitment is ever [that about which one will be] questioned.

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    1. i.e., to improve or increase it.

35. وَأَوۡفُواْ ٱلۡكَيۡلَ إِذَا كِلۡتُمۡ وَزِنُواْ بِٱلۡقِسۡطَاسِ ٱلۡمُسۡتَقِيمِۚ ذَٰلِكَ خَيۡرٞ وَأَحۡسَنُ تَأۡوِيلٗا ٣٥

    Wa awful-kayla idhā kiltum wazinū bil-qisṭāsil-mustaqīm, dhālika khayruw wa aḥsanu taʾwīlā.

    And give full measure when you measure, and weigh with an even [i.e., honest] balance. That is the best [way] and best in result.

36. وَلَا تَقۡفُ مَا لَيۡسَ لَكَ بِهِۦ عِلۡمٌۚ إِنَّ ٱلسَّمۡعَ وَٱلۡبَصَرَ وَٱلۡفُؤَادَ كُلُّ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ كَانَ عَنۡهُ مَسۡـُٔولٗا ٣٦

    Wa lā taqfu mā laysa laka bihī ʿilm, innas-samʿa wal-baṣara wal-fuʾāda kullu ulāʾika kāna ʿanhu masʾūlā.

    And do not pursue¹ that of which you have no knowledge. Indeed, the hearing, the sight and the heart - about all those [one] will be questioned.

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    1. i.e., do not assume and do not say.

37. وَلَا تَمۡشِ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ مَرَحًاۖ إِنَّكَ لَن تَخۡرِقَ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَلَن تَبۡلُغَ ٱلۡجِبَالَ طُولٗا ٣٧

    Wa lā tamshi fil-arḍi maraḥā, innaka lan takhriqal-arḍa wa lan tablughal-jibāla ṭūlā.

    And do not walk upon the earth exultantly. Indeed, you will never tear the earth [apart], and you will never reach the mountains in height.¹

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    1. Man, for all his arrogance, is yet a weak and small creature.

38. كُلُّ ذَٰلِكَ كَانَ سَيِّئُهُۥ عِندَ رَبِّكَ مَكۡرُوهٗا ٣٨

    Kullu dhālika kāna sayyiʾuhū ʿinda rabbika makrūhā.

    All that [i.e., the aforementioned] - its evil is ever, in the sight of your Lord, detested.

39. ذَٰلِكَ مِمَّآ أَوۡحَىٰٓ إِلَيۡكَ رَبُّكَ مِنَ ٱلۡحِكۡمَةِۗ وَلَا تَجۡعَلۡ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَتُلۡقَىٰ فِي جَهَنَّمَ مَلُومٗا مَّدۡحُورًا ٣٩

    Dhālika mimmā awḥā ilayka rabbuka minal-ḥikmah, wa lā tajʿal maʿallāhi ilāhan ākhara fatulqā fī jahannama malūmam madḥūrā.

    That is from what your Lord has revealed to you, [O Muḥammad], of wisdom. And, [O mankind], do not make [as equal] with Allāh another deity, lest you be thrown into Hell, blamed and banished.

40. أَفَأَصۡفَىٰكُمۡ رَبُّكُم بِٱلۡبَنِينَ وَٱتَّخَذَ مِنَ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ إِنَٰثًاۚ إِنَّكُمۡ لَتَقُولُونَ قَوۡلًا عَظِيمٗا ٤٠

    Afaʾaṣfākum rabbukum bil-banīna wattakhadha minal-malāʾikati ināthā, innakum lataqūlūna qawlan ʿaẓīmā.

    Then, has your Lord chosen you for [having] sons and taken [i.e., adopted] from among the angels daughters? Indeed, you say a grave saying.

41. وَلَقَدۡ صَرَّفۡنَا فِي هَٰذَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانِ لِيَذَّكَّرُواْ وَمَا يَزِيدُهُمۡ إِلَّا نُفُورٗا ٤١

    Wa laqad ṣarrafnā fī hādhal-qurʾāni liyadhdhakkarū wa mā yazīduhum illā nufūrā.

    And We have certainly diversified [the contents] in this Qur’ān that they [i.e., mankind] may be reminded, but it does not increase them [i.e., the disbelievers] except in aversion.

42. قُل لَّوۡ كَانَ مَعَهُۥٓ ءَالِهَةٞ كَمَا يَقُولُونَ إِذٗا لَّٱبۡتَغَوۡاْ إِلَىٰ ذِي ٱلۡعَرۡشِ سَبِيلٗا ٤٢

    Qul law kāna maʿahū ālihatun kamā yaqūlūna idhal labtaghaw ilā dhil-ʿarshi sabīlā.

    Say, [O Muḥammad], "If there had been with Him [other] gods, as they say, then they [each] would have sought to the Owner of the Throne a way."¹

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    1. To please Him, recognizing His superiority. Another interpretation is "...they would seek a way" to depose Him (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) and take over His Throne.

43. سُبۡحَٰنَهُۥ وَتَعَٰلَىٰ عَمَّا يَقُولُونَ عُلُوّٗا كَبِيرٗا ٤٣

    Subḥānahū wa taʿālā ʿammā yaqūlūna ʿuluwwan kabīrā.

    Exalted is He and high above what they say by great sublimity.

44. تُسَبِّحُ لَهُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتُ ٱلسَّبۡعُ وَٱلۡأَرۡضُ وَمَن فِيهِنَّۚ وَإِن مِّن شَيۡءٍ إِلَّا يُسَبِّحُ بِحَمۡدِهِۦ وَلَٰكِن لَّا تَفۡقَهُونَ تَسۡبِيحَهُمۡۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ حَلِيمًا غَفُورٗا ٤٤

    Tusabbiḥu lahus-samāwātus-sabʿu wal-arḍu wa man fīhinn, wa im min shayʾin illā yusabbiḥu biḥamdihī wa lākil lā tafqahūna tasbīḥahum, innahū kāna ḥalīman ghafūrā.

    The seven heavens and the earth and whatever is in them exalt Him. And there is not a thing except that it exalts [Allāh] by His praise, but you do not understand their [way of] exalting. Indeed, He is ever Forbearing¹ and Forgiving.

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    1. Refer to footnote in 2:225.

45. وَإِذَا قَرَأۡتَ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ جَعَلۡنَا بَيۡنَكَ وَبَيۡنَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ بِٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ حِجَابٗا مَّسۡتُورٗا ٤٥

    Wa idhā qaraʾtal-qurʾāna jaʿalnā baynaka wa baynal-ladhīna lā yuʾminūna bil-ākhirati ḥijābam mastūrā.

    And when you recite the Qur’ān, We put between you and those who do not believe in the Hereafter a concealed partition.¹

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    1. Preventing guidance from reaching them.

46. وَجَعَلۡنَا عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمۡ أَكِنَّةً أَن يَفۡقَهُوهُ وَفِيٓ ءَاذَانِهِمۡ وَقۡرٗاۚ وَإِذَا ذَكَرۡتَ رَبَّكَ فِي ٱلۡقُرۡءَانِ وَحۡدَهُۥ وَلَّوۡاْ عَلَىٰٓ أَدۡبَٰرِهِمۡ نُفُورٗا ٤٦

    Wa jaʿalnā ʿalā qulūbihim akinnatan ay yafqahūhu wa fī ādhānihim waqrā, wa idhā dhakarta rabbaka fil-qurʾāni waḥdahū wallaw ʿalā adbārihim nufūrā.

    And We have placed over their hearts coverings, lest they understand it, and in their ears deafness. And when you mention your Lord alone in the Qur’ān, they turn back in aversion.

47. نَّحۡنُ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَا يَسۡتَمِعُونَ بِهِۦٓ إِذۡ يَسۡتَمِعُونَ إِلَيۡكَ وَإِذۡ هُمۡ نَجۡوَىٰٓ إِذۡ يَقُولُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ إِن تَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا رَجُلٗا مَّسۡحُورًا ٤٧

    Naḥnu aʿlamu bimā yastamiʿūna bihī idh yastamiʿūna ilayka wa idh hum najwā idh yaqūluẓ-ẓālimūna in tattabiʿūna illā rajulam masḥūrā.

    We are most knowing of how they listen to it when they listen to you and [of] when they are in private conversation, when the wrongdoers say, "You follow not but a man affected by magic."

48. ٱنظُرۡ كَيۡفَ ضَرَبُواْ لَكَ ٱلۡأَمۡثَالَ فَضَلُّواْ فَلَا يَسۡتَطِيعُونَ سَبِيلٗا ٤٨

    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.

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    1. Describing the Prophet (ﷺ) as a poet, a madman or one under the influence of sorcery.

49. وَقَالُوٓاْ أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمٗا وَرُفَٰتًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبۡعُوثُونَ خَلۡقٗا جَدِيدٗا ٤٩

    Wa qālū aʾidhā kunnā ʿiẓāmaw wa rufātan aʾinnā lamabʿūthūna khalqan jadīdā.

    And they say, "When we are bones and crumbled particles, will we [truly] be resurrected as a new creation?"

50. ۞ قُلۡ كُونُواْ حِجَارَةً أَوۡ حَدِيدًا ٥٠

    Qul kūnū ḥijāratan aw ḥadīdā.

    Say, "Be you stones or iron¹

    Footnotes (1)

    1. i.e., even if you should be stones or iron.

51. أَوۡ خَلۡقٗا مِّمَّا يَكۡبُرُ فِي صُدُورِكُمۡۚ فَسَيَقُولُونَ مَن يُعِيدُنَاۖ قُلِ ٱلَّذِي فَطَرَكُمۡ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٖۚ فَسَيُنۡغِضُونَ إِلَيۡكَ رُءُوسَهُمۡ وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هُوَۖ قُلۡ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَكُونَ قَرِيبٗا ٥١

    Aw khalqam mimmā yakburu fī ṣudūrikum, fasayaqūlūna may yuʿīdunā, qulil-ladhī faṭarakum awwala marrah, fasayunghiḍūna ilayka ruʾūsahum wa yaqūlūna matā huw, qul ʿasā ay yakūna qarībā.

    Or [any] creation of that which is great¹ within your breasts." And they will say, "Who will restore us?" Say, "He who brought you forth the first time." Then they will nod their heads toward you² and say, "When is that?" Say, "Perhaps it will be soon -

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    1. Such as the heavens and earth.
    2. In disbelief and ridicule.

52. يَوۡمَ يَدۡعُوكُمۡ فَتَسۡتَجِيبُونَ بِحَمۡدِهِۦ وَتَظُنُّونَ إِن لَّبِثۡتُمۡ إِلَّا قَلِيلٗا ٥٢

    Yawma yadʿūkum fatastajībūna biḥamdihī wa taẓunnūna il labithtum illā qalīlā.

    On the Day He will call you and you will respond with praise of Him and think that you had not remained [in the world] except for a little."

53. وَقُل لِّعِبَادِي يَقُولُواْ ٱلَّتِي هِيَ أَحۡسَنُۚ إِنَّ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنَ يَنزَغُ بَيۡنَهُمۡۚ إِنَّ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنَ كَانَ لِلۡإِنسَٰنِ عَدُوّٗا مُّبِينٗا ٥٣

    Wa qul liʿibādī yaqūlul-latī hiya aḥsan, innash-shayṭāna yanzaghu baynahum, innash-shayṭāna kāna lil-insāni ʿaduwwam mubīnā.

    And tell My servants to say that which is best. Indeed, Satan induces [dissension] among them. Indeed Satan is ever, to mankind, a clear enemy.

54. رَّبُّكُمۡ أَعۡلَمُ بِكُمۡۖ إِن يَشَأۡ يَرۡحَمۡكُمۡ أَوۡ إِن يَشَأۡ يُعَذِّبۡكُمۡۚ وَمَآ أَرۡسَلۡنَٰكَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ وَكِيلٗا ٥٤

    Rabbukum aʿlamu bikum, iy yashaʾ yarḥamkum aw iy yashaʾ yuʿadhdhibkum, wa mā arsalnāka ʿalayhim wakīlā.

    Your Lord is most knowing of you. If He wills, He will have mercy upon you; or if He wills, He will punish you. And We have not sent you, [O Muḥammad], over them as a manager.

55. وَرَبُّكَ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَن فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۗ وَلَقَدۡ فَضَّلۡنَا بَعۡضَ ٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضٖۖ وَءَاتَيۡنَا دَاوُۥدَ زَبُورٗا ٥٥

    Wa rabbuka aʿlamu biman fis-samāwāti wal-arḍ, wa laqad faḍḍalnā baʿḍan-nabiyyīna ʿalā baʿḍ, wa ātaynā dāwūda zabūrā.

    And your Lord is most knowing of whoever is in the heavens and the earth. And We have made some of the prophets exceed others [in various ways], and to David We gave the book [of Psalms].

56. قُلِ ٱدۡعُواْ ٱلَّذِينَ زَعَمۡتُم مِّن دُونِهِۦ فَلَا يَمۡلِكُونَ كَشۡفَ ٱلضُّرِّ عَنكُمۡ وَلَا تَحۡوِيلًا ٥٦

    Qulidʿul-ladhīna zaʿamtum min dūnihī falā yamlikūna kashfaḍ-ḍurri ʿankum wa lā taḥwīlā.

    Say, "Invoke those you have claimed [as gods] besides Him, for they do not possess the [ability for] removal of adversity from you or [for its] transfer [to someone else]."

57. أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَدۡعُونَ يَبۡتَغُونَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِمُ ٱلۡوَسِيلَةَ أَيُّهُمۡ أَقۡرَبُ وَيَرۡجُونَ رَحۡمَتَهُۥ وَيَخَافُونَ عَذَابَهُۥٓۚ إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّكَ كَانَ مَحۡذُورٗا ٥٧

    Ulāʾikal-ladhīna yadʿūna yabtaghūna ilā rabbihimul-wasīlata ayyuhum aqrabu wa yarjūna raḥmatahū wa yakhāfūna ʿadhābah, inna ʿadhāba rabbika kāna maḥdhūrā.

    Those whom they invoke¹ seek means of access to their Lord, [striving as to] which of them would be nearest, and they hope for His mercy and fear His punishment. Indeed, the punishment of your Lord is ever feared.

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    1. Among the righteous of Allāh's creation, such as angels, prophets, deceased scholars, etc.

58. وَإِن مِّن قَرۡيَةٍ إِلَّا نَحۡنُ مُهۡلِكُوهَا قَبۡلَ يَوۡمِ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ أَوۡ مُعَذِّبُوهَا عَذَابٗا شَدِيدٗاۚ كَانَ ذَٰلِكَ فِي ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ مَسۡطُورٗا ٥٨

    Wa im min qaryatin illā naḥnu muhlikūhā qabla yawmil-qiyāmati aw muʿadhdhibūhā ʿadhāban shadīdā, kāna dhālika fil-kitābi masṭūrā.

    And there is no city but that We will destroy it¹ before the Day of Resurrection or punish it with a severe punishment. That has ever been in the Register² inscribed.

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    1. Because of the sins of its inhabitants.
    2. The Preserved Slate (al-Lawḥ al-Maḥfūẓ), which is with Allāh.

59. وَمَا مَنَعَنَآ أَن نُّرۡسِلَ بِٱلۡأٓيَٰتِ إِلَّآ أَن كَذَّبَ بِهَا ٱلۡأَوَّلُونَۚ وَءَاتَيۡنَا ثَمُودَ ٱلنَّاقَةَ مُبۡصِرَةٗ فَظَلَمُواْ بِهَاۚ وَمَا نُرۡسِلُ بِٱلۡأٓيَٰتِ إِلَّا تَخۡوِيفٗا ٥٩

    Wa mā manaʿanā an nursila bil-āyāti illā an kadhdhaba bihal-awwalūn, wa ātaynā thamūdan-nāqata mubṣiratan faẓalamū bihā, wa mā nursilu bil-āyāti illā takhwīfā.

    And nothing has prevented Us from sending signs [i.e., miracles] except that the former peoples denied them. And We gave Thamūd the she-camel as a visible sign, but they wronged her. And We send not the signs except as a warning.

60. وَإِذۡ قُلۡنَا لَكَ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ أَحَاطَ بِٱلنَّاسِۚ وَمَا جَعَلۡنَا ٱلرُّءۡيَا ٱلَّتِيٓ أَرَيۡنَٰكَ إِلَّا فِتۡنَةٗ لِّلنَّاسِ وَٱلشَّجَرَةَ ٱلۡمَلۡعُونَةَ فِي ٱلۡقُرۡءَانِۚ وَنُخَوِّفُهُمۡ فَمَا يَزِيدُهُمۡ إِلَّا طُغۡيَٰنٗا كَبِيرٗا ٦٠

    Wa idh qulnā laka inna rabbaka aḥāṭa bin-nās, wa mā jaʿalnar-ruʾyal-latī araynāka illā fitnatal lin-nāsi wash-shajaratal-malʿūnata fil-qurʾān, wa nukhawwifuhum famā yazīduhum illā ṭughyānan kabīrā.

    And [remember, O Muḥammad], when We told you, "Indeed, your Lord has encompassed the people."¹ And We did not make the sight which We showed you² except as a trial for the people, as was the accursed tree [mentioned] in the Qur’ān. And We threaten [i.e., warn] them, but it increases them not except in great transgression.

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    1. In His knowledge and power, meaning that Allāh would protect him (ﷺ) from their harm.
    2. During the miʿrāj (ascension) into the heavens.

61. وَإِذۡ قُلۡنَا لِلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ ٱسۡجُدُواْ لِأٓدَمَ فَسَجَدُوٓاْ إِلَّآ إِبۡلِيسَ قَالَ ءَأَسۡجُدُ لِمَنۡ خَلَقۡتَ طِينٗا ٦١

    Wa idh qulnā lil-malāʾikatisjudū liʾādama fasajadū illā iblīsa qāla aʾasjudu liman khalaqta ṭīnā.

    And [mention] when We said to the angels, "Prostrate to Adam," and they prostrated, except for Iblees.¹ He said, "Should I prostrate to one You created from clay?"

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    1. See footnote to 2:34.

62. قَالَ أَرَءَيۡتَكَ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِي كَرَّمۡتَ عَلَيَّ لَئِنۡ أَخَّرۡتَنِ إِلَىٰ يَوۡمِ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ لَأَحۡتَنِكَنَّ ذُرِّيَّتَهُۥٓ إِلَّا قَلِيلٗا ٦٢

    Qāla araʾaytaka hādhal-ladhī karramta ʿalayya laʾin akhkhartani ilā yawmil-qiyāmati laʾaḥtanikanna dhurriyyatahū illā qalīlā.

    [Iblees] said, "Do You see this one whom You have honored above me? If You delay me [i.e., my death] until the Day of Resurrection, I will surely destroy¹ his descendants, except for a few."

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    1. By tempting them and leading them astray.

63. قَالَ ٱذۡهَبۡ فَمَن تَبِعَكَ مِنۡهُمۡ فَإِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ جَزَآؤُكُمۡ جَزَآءٗ مَّوۡفُورٗا ٦٣

    Qāladhhab faman tabiʿaka minhum fa inna jahannama jazāʾukum jazāʾam mawfūrā.

    [Allāh] said, "Go, for whoever of them follows you, indeed Hell will be the recompense of [all of] you - an ample recompense.

64. وَٱسۡتَفۡزِزۡ مَنِ ٱسۡتَطَعۡتَ مِنۡهُم بِصَوۡتِكَ وَأَجۡلِبۡ عَلَيۡهِم بِخَيۡلِكَ وَرَجِلِكَ وَشَارِكۡهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأَمۡوَٰلِ وَٱلۡأَوۡلَٰدِ وَعِدۡهُمۡۚ وَمَا يَعِدُهُمُ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُ إِلَّا غُرُورًا ٦٤

    Wastafziz manistaṭaʿta minhum biṣawtika wa ajlib ʿalayhim bikhaylika wa rajilika wa shārikhum fil-amwāli wal-awlādi waʿidhum, wa mā yaʿiduhumush-shayṭānu illā ghurūrā.

    And incite [to senselessness] whoever you can among them with your voice and assault them with your horses and foot soldiers and become a partner in their wealth and their children and promise them." But Satan does not promise them except delusion.

65. إِنَّ عِبَادِي لَيۡسَ لَكَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ سُلۡطَٰنٞۚ وَكَفَىٰ بِرَبِّكَ وَكِيلٗا ٦٥

    Inna ʿibādī laysa laka ʿalayhim sulṭān, wa kafā birabbika wakīlā.

    Indeed, over My [believing] servants there is for you no authority. And sufficient is your Lord as Disposer of affairs.¹

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    1. Refer to footnote in 3: 173.

66. رَّبُّكُمُ ٱلَّذِي يُزۡجِي لَكُمُ ٱلۡفُلۡكَ فِي ٱلۡبَحۡرِ لِتَبۡتَغُواْ مِن فَضۡلِهِۦٓۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ بِكُمۡ رَحِيمٗا ٦٦

    Rabbukumul-ladhī yuzjī lakumul-fulka fil-baḥri litabtaghū min faḍlih, innahū kāna bikum raḥīmā.

    It is your Lord who drives the ship for you through the sea that you may seek of His bounty. Indeed, He is ever, to you, Merciful.

67. وَإِذَا مَسَّكُمُ ٱلضُّرُّ فِي ٱلۡبَحۡرِ ضَلَّ مَن تَدۡعُونَ إِلَّآ إِيَّاهُۖ فَلَمَّا نَجَّىٰكُمۡ إِلَى ٱلۡبَرِّ أَعۡرَضۡتُمۡۚ وَكَانَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ كَفُورًا ٦٧

    Wa idhā massakumuḍ-ḍurru fil-baḥri ḍalla man tadʿūna illā iyyāh, falammā najjākum ilal-barri aʿraḍtum, wa kānal-insānu kafūrā.

    And when adversity touches you at sea, lost are [all] those you invoke except for Him. But when He delivers you to the land, you turn away [from Him]. And ever is man ungrateful.

68. أَفَأَمِنتُمۡ أَن يَخۡسِفَ بِكُمۡ جَانِبَ ٱلۡبَرِّ أَوۡ يُرۡسِلَ عَلَيۡكُمۡ حَاصِبٗا ثُمَّ لَا تَجِدُواْ لَكُمۡ وَكِيلًا ٦٨

    Afaʾamintum ay yakhsifa bikum jānibal-barri aw yursila ʿalaykum ḥāṣiban thumma lā tajidū lakum wakīlā.

    Then do you feel secure that [instead] He will not cause a part of the land to swallow you or send against you a storm of stones? Then you would not find for yourselves an advocate.

69. أَمۡ أَمِنتُمۡ أَن يُعِيدَكُمۡ فِيهِ تَارَةً أُخۡرَىٰ فَيُرۡسِلَ عَلَيۡكُمۡ قَاصِفٗا مِّنَ ٱلرِّيحِ فَيُغۡرِقَكُم بِمَا كَفَرۡتُمۡ ثُمَّ لَا تَجِدُواْ لَكُمۡ عَلَيۡنَا بِهِۦ تَبِيعٗا ٦٩

    Am amintum ay yuʿīdakum fīhi tāratan ukhrā fayursila ʿalaykum qāṣifam minar-rīḥi fayughriqakum bimā kafartum thumma lā tajidū lakum ʿalaynā bihī tabīʿā.

    Or do you feel secure that He will not send you back into it [i.e., the sea] another time and send upon you a hurricane of wind and drown you for what you denied?¹ Then you would not find for yourselves against Us an avenger.²

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    1. Or "for your disbelief."
    2. Or "someone to demand restitution."

70. ۞ وَلَقَدۡ كَرَّمۡنَا بَنِيٓ ءَادَمَ وَحَمَلۡنَٰهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡبَرِّ وَٱلۡبَحۡرِ وَرَزَقۡنَٰهُم مِّنَ ٱلطَّيِّبَٰتِ وَفَضَّلۡنَٰهُمۡ عَلَىٰ كَثِيرٖ مِّمَّنۡ خَلَقۡنَا تَفۡضِيلٗا ٧٠

    Wa laqad karramnā banī ādama wa ḥamalnāhum fil-barri wal-baḥri wa razaqnāhum minaṭ-ṭayyibāti wa faḍḍalnāhum ʿalā kathīrim mimman khalaqnā tafḍīlā.

    And We have certainly honored the children of Adam and carried them on the land and sea and provided for them of the good things and preferred them over much of what We have created, with [definite] preference.

71. يَوۡمَ نَدۡعُواْ كُلَّ أُنَاسِۭ بِإِمَٰمِهِمۡۖ فَمَنۡ أُوتِيَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ يَقۡرَءُونَ كِتَٰبَهُمۡ وَلَا يُظۡلَمُونَ فَتِيلٗا ٧١

    Yawma nadʿū kulla unāsim biʾimāmihim, faman ūtiya kitābahū biyamīnihī fa ulāʾika yaqraʾūna kitābahum wa lā yuẓlamūna fatīlā.

    [Mention, O Muḥammad], the Day We will call forth every people with their record [of deeds].¹ Then whoever is given his record in his right hand - those will read their records, and injustice will not be done to them, [even] as much as a thread [inside the date seed].

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    1. Other meanings are "with their leader" or "with that which they had followed."

72. وَمَن كَانَ فِي هَٰذِهِۦٓ أَعۡمَىٰ فَهُوَ فِي ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ أَعۡمَىٰ وَأَضَلُّ سَبِيلٗا ٧٢

    Wa man kāna fī hādhihī aʿmā fahuwa fil-ākhirati aʿmā wa aḍallu sabīlā.

    And whoever is blind¹ in this [life] will be blind in the Hereafter and more astray in way.

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    1. i.e., refusing to see the truth.

73. وَإِن كَادُواْ لَيَفۡتِنُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَوۡحَيۡنَآ إِلَيۡكَ لِتَفۡتَرِيَ عَلَيۡنَا غَيۡرَهُۥۖ وَإِذٗا لَّٱتَّخَذُوكَ خَلِيلٗا ٧٣

    Wa in kādū layaftinūnaka ʿanil-ladhī awḥaynā ilayka litaftariya ʿalaynā ghayrah, wa idhal lattakhadhūka khalīlā.

    And indeed, they were about to tempt you away from that which We revealed to you in order to [make] you invent about Us something else; and then they would have taken you as a friend.

74. وَلَوۡلَآ أَن ثَبَّتۡنَٰكَ لَقَدۡ كِدتَّ تَرۡكَنُ إِلَيۡهِمۡ شَيۡـٔٗا قَلِيلًا ٧٤

    Wa lawlā an thabbatnāka laqad kidtta tarkanu ilayhim shayʾan qalīlā.

    And if We had not strengthened you, you would have almost inclined to them a little.

75. إِذٗا لَّأَذَقۡنَٰكَ ضِعۡفَ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ وَضِعۡفَ ٱلۡمَمَاتِ ثُمَّ لَا تَجِدُ لَكَ عَلَيۡنَا نَصِيرٗا ٧٥

    Idhal laʾadhaqnāka ḍiʿfal-ḥayāti wa ḍiʿfal-mamāti thumma lā tajidu laka ʿalaynā naṣīrā.

    Then [if you had], We would have made you taste double [punishment in] life and double [after] death. Then you would not find for yourself against Us a helper.

76. وَإِن كَادُواْ لَيَسۡتَفِزُّونَكَ مِنَ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ لِيُخۡرِجُوكَ مِنۡهَاۖ وَإِذٗا لَّا يَلۡبَثُونَ خِلَٰفَكَ إِلَّا قَلِيلٗا ٧٦

    Wa in kādū layastafizzūnaka minal-arḍi liyukhrijūka minhā, wa idhal lā yalbathūna khilāfaka illā qalīlā.

    And indeed, they were about to provoke [i.e., drive] you from the land [i.e., Makkah] to evict you therefrom. And then [when they do], they will not remain [there] after you, except for a little.¹

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    1. Only ten years after the Prophet's emigration, Makkah was completely cleared of his enemies.

77. سُنَّةَ مَن قَدۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا قَبۡلَكَ مِن رُّسُلِنَاۖ وَلَا تَجِدُ لِسُنَّتِنَا تَحۡوِيلًا ٧٧

    Sunnata man qad arsalnā qablaka mir rusulinā, wa lā tajidu lisunnatinā taḥwīlā.

    [That is Our] established way for those We had sent before you of Our messengers; and you will not find in Our way any alteration.

78. أَقِمِ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ لِدُلُوكِ ٱلشَّمۡسِ إِلَىٰ غَسَقِ ٱلَّيۡلِ وَقُرۡءَانَ ٱلۡفَجۡرِۖ إِنَّ قُرۡءَانَ ٱلۡفَجۡرِ كَانَ مَشۡهُودٗا ٧٨

    Aqimiṣ-ṣalāta lidulūkish-shamsi ilā ghasaqil-layli wa qurʾānal-fajr, inna qurʾānal-fajri kāna mashhūdā.

    Establish prayer at the decline of the sun [from its meridian] until the darkness of the night¹ and [also] the Qur’ān [i.e., recitation] of dawn.² Indeed, the recitation of dawn is ever witnessed.

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    1. i.e., the period which includes the ẓuhr, aṣr, maghrib, and ʿishā’ prayers.
    2. i.e., the fajr prayer, in which the recitation of the Qur’ān is prolonged.

79. وَمِنَ ٱلَّيۡلِ فَتَهَجَّدۡ بِهِۦ نَافِلَةٗ لَّكَ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَبۡعَثَكَ رَبُّكَ مَقَامٗا مَّحۡمُودٗا ٧٩

    Wa minal-layli fatahajjad bihī nāfilatal laka ʿasā ay yabʿathaka rabbuka maqāmam maḥmūdā.

    And from [part of] the night, pray¹ with it [i.e., recitation of the Qur’ān] as additional [worship] for you; it is expected that² your Lord will resurrect you to a praised station.³

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    1. Literally, "arise from sleep for prayer."
    2. This is a promise from Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) to Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ).
    3. The position of intercession by permission of Allāh and the highest degree in Paradise.

80. وَقُل رَّبِّ أَدۡخِلۡنِي مُدۡخَلَ صِدۡقٖ وَأَخۡرِجۡنِي مُخۡرَجَ صِدۡقٖ وَٱجۡعَل لِّي مِن لَّدُنكَ سُلۡطَٰنٗا نَّصِيرٗا ٨٠

    Wa qul rabbi adkhilnī mudkhala ṣidqiw wa akhrijnī mukhraja ṣidqiw wajʿal lī mil ladunka sulṭānan naṣīrā.

    And say, "My Lord, cause me to enter a sound entrance¹ and to exit a sound exit² and grant me from Yourself a supporting authority."

    Footnotes (2)

    1. Into Madīnah at the time of emigration, or into the grave.
    2. From Makkah, or from the grave at the time of resurrection.

81. وَقُلۡ جَآءَ ٱلۡحَقُّ وَزَهَقَ ٱلۡبَٰطِلُۚ إِنَّ ٱلۡبَٰطِلَ كَانَ زَهُوقٗا ٨١

    Wa qul jāʾal-ḥaqqu wa zahaqal-bāṭil, innal-bāṭila kāna zahūqā.

    And say, "Truth has come, and falsehood has departed. Indeed is falsehood, [by nature], ever bound to depart."

82. وَنُنَزِّلُ مِنَ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانِ مَا هُوَ شِفَآءٞ وَرَحۡمَةٞ لِّلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ وَلَا يَزِيدُ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ إِلَّا خَسَارٗا ٨٢

    Wa nunazzilu minal-qurʾāni mā huwa shifāʾuw wa raḥmatul lil-muʾminīna wa lā yazīduẓ-ẓālimīna illā khasārā.

    And We send down of the Qur’ān that which is healing and mercy for the believers, but it does not increase the wrongdoers except in loss.

83. وَإِذَآ أَنۡعَمۡنَا عَلَى ٱلۡإِنسَٰنِ أَعۡرَضَ وَنَـَٔا بِجَانِبِهِۦ وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ كَانَ يَـُٔوسٗا ٨٣

    Wa idhā anʿamnā ʿalal-insāni aʿraḍa wa naʾā bijānibihī wa idhā massahush-sharru kāna yaʾūsā.

    And when We bestow favor upon man [i.e., the disbeliever], he turns away and distances himself; and when evil touches him, he is ever despairing.

84. قُلۡ كُلّٞ يَعۡمَلُ عَلَىٰ شَاكِلَتِهِۦ فَرَبُّكُمۡ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَنۡ هُوَ أَهۡدَىٰ سَبِيلٗا ٨٤

    Qul kulluy yaʿmalu ʿalā shākilatihī farabbukum aʿlamu biman huwa ahdā sabīlā.

    Say, "Each works according to his manner, but your Lord is most knowing of who is best guided in way."

85. وَيَسۡـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلرُّوحِۖ قُلِ ٱلرُّوحُ مِنۡ أَمۡرِ رَبِّي وَمَآ أُوتِيتُم مِّنَ ٱلۡعِلۡمِ إِلَّا قَلِيلٗا ٨٥

    Wa yasʾalūnaka ʿanir-rūḥ, qulir-rūḥu min amri rabbī wa mā ūtītum minal-ʿilmi illā qalīlā.

    And they ask you, [O Muḥammad], about the soul. Say, "The soul is of the affair [i.e., concern] of my Lord. And you [i.e., mankind] have not been given of knowledge except a little."

86. وَلَئِن شِئۡنَا لَنَذۡهَبَنَّ بِٱلَّذِيٓ أَوۡحَيۡنَآ إِلَيۡكَ ثُمَّ لَا تَجِدُ لَكَ بِهِۦ عَلَيۡنَا وَكِيلًا ٨٦

    Wa laʾin shiʾnā lanadhhabanna bil-ladhī awḥaynā ilayka thumma lā tajidu laka bihī ʿalaynā wakīlā.

    And if We willed, We could surely do away with that which We revealed to you. Then you would not find for yourself concerning it an advocate against Us.

87. إِلَّا رَحۡمَةٗ مِّن رَّبِّكَۚ إِنَّ فَضۡلَهُۥ كَانَ عَلَيۡكَ كَبِيرٗا ٨٧

    Illā raḥmatam mir rabbik, inna faḍlahū kāna ʿalayka kabīrā.

    Except [We have left it with you] as a mercy from your Lord. Indeed, His favor upon you has ever been great.

88. قُل لَّئِنِ ٱجۡتَمَعَتِ ٱلۡإِنسُ وَٱلۡجِنُّ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يَأۡتُواْ بِمِثۡلِ هَٰذَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانِ لَا يَأۡتُونَ بِمِثۡلِهِۦ وَلَوۡ كَانَ بَعۡضُهُمۡ لِبَعۡضٖ ظَهِيرٗا ٨٨

    Qul laʾinijtamaʿatil-insu wal-jinnu ʿalā ay yaʾtū bimithli hādhal-qurʾāni lā yaʾtūna bimithlihī wa law kāna baʿḍuhum libaʿḍin ẓahīrā.

    Say, "If mankind and the jinn gathered in order to produce the like of this Qur’ān, they could not produce the like of it, even if they were to each other assistants."

89. وَلَقَدۡ صَرَّفۡنَا لِلنَّاسِ فِي هَٰذَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانِ مِن كُلِّ مَثَلٖ فَأَبَىٰٓ أَكۡثَرُ ٱلنَّاسِ إِلَّا كُفُورٗا ٨٩

    Wa laqad ṣarrafnā lin-nāsi fī hādhal-qurʾāni min kulli mathalin fa abā aktharun-nāsi illā kufūrā.

    And We have certainly diversified for the people in this Qur’ān from every [kind of] example, but most of the people refused except disbelief.

90. وَقَالُواْ لَن نُّؤۡمِنَ لَكَ حَتَّىٰ تَفۡجُرَ لَنَا مِنَ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ يَنۢبُوعًا ٩٠

    Wa qālū lan nuʾmina laka ḥattā tafjura lanā minal-arḍi yanbūʿā.

    And they say, "We will not believe you until you break open for us from the ground a spring

91. أَوۡ تَكُونَ لَكَ جَنَّةٞ مِّن نَّخِيلٖ وَعِنَبٖ فَتُفَجِّرَ ٱلۡأَنۡهَٰرَ خِلَٰلَهَا تَفۡجِيرًا ٩١

    Aw takūna laka jannatum min nakhīliw wa ʿinabin fatufajjiral-anhāra khilālahā tafjīrā.

    Or [until] you have a garden of palm trees and grapes and make rivers gush forth within them in force [and abundance]

92. أَوۡ تُسۡقِطَ ٱلسَّمَآءَ كَمَا زَعَمۡتَ عَلَيۡنَا كِسَفًا أَوۡ تَأۡتِيَ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ قَبِيلًا ٩٢

    Aw tusqiṭas-samāʾa kamā zaʿamta ʿalaynā kisafan aw taʾtiya billāhi wal-malāʾikati qabīlā.

    Or you make the heaven fall upon us in fragments as you have claimed or you bring Allāh and the angels before [us]

93. أَوۡ يَكُونَ لَكَ بَيۡتٞ مِّن زُخۡرُفٍ أَوۡ تَرۡقَىٰ فِي ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَلَن نُّؤۡمِنَ لِرُقِيِّكَ حَتَّىٰ تُنَزِّلَ عَلَيۡنَا كِتَٰبٗا نَّقۡرَؤُهُۥۗ قُلۡ سُبۡحَانَ رَبِّي هَلۡ كُنتُ إِلَّا بَشَرٗا رَّسُولٗا ٩٣

    Aw yakūna laka baytum min zukhrufin aw tarqā fis-samāʾi wa lan nuʾmina liruqiyyika ḥattā tunazzila ʿalaynā kitāban naqraʾuh, qul subḥāna rabbī hal kuntu illā basharar rasūlā.

    Or you have a house of ornament [i.e., gold] or you ascend into the sky. And [even then], we will not believe in your ascension until you bring down to us a book we may read." Say, "Exalted is my Lord! Was I ever but a human messenger?"

94. وَمَا مَنَعَ ٱلنَّاسَ أَن يُؤۡمِنُوٓاْ إِذۡ جَآءَهُمُ ٱلۡهُدَىٰٓ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوٓاْ أَبَعَثَ ٱللَّهُ بَشَرٗا رَّسُولٗا ٩٤

    Wa mā manaʿan-nāsa ay yuʾminū idh jāʾahumul-hudā illā an qālū abaʿathallāhu basharar rasūlā.

    And what prevented the people from believing when guidance came to them except that they said, "Has Allāh sent a human messenger?"

95. قُل لَّوۡ كَانَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ مَلَٰٓئِكَةٞ يَمۡشُونَ مُطۡمَئِنِّينَ لَنَزَّلۡنَا عَلَيۡهِم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَلَكٗا رَّسُولٗا ٩٥

    Qul law kāna fil-arḍi malāʾikatuy yamshūna muṭmaʾinnīna lanazzalnā ʿalayhim minas-samāʾi malakar rasūlā.

    Say, "If there were upon the earth angels walking securely,¹ We would have sent down to them from the heaven an angel [as a] messenger."

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    1. i.e., who were settled and established there, as is man.

96. قُلۡ كَفَىٰ بِٱللَّهِ شَهِيدَۢا بَيۡنِي وَبَيۡنَكُمۡۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ بِعِبَادِهِۦ خَبِيرَۢا بَصِيرٗا ٩٦

    Qul kafā billāhi shahīdam baynī wa baynakum, innahū kāna biʿibādihī khabīram baṣīrā.

    Say, "Sufficient is Allāh as Witness between me and you. Indeed He is ever, concerning His servants, Aware and Seeing."

97. وَمَن يَهۡدِ ٱللَّهُ فَهُوَ ٱلۡمُهۡتَدِۖ وَمَن يُضۡلِلۡ فَلَن تَجِدَ لَهُمۡ أَوۡلِيَآءَ مِن دُونِهِۦۖ وَنَحۡشُرُهُمۡ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِهِمۡ عُمۡيٗا وَبُكۡمٗا وَصُمّٗاۖ مَّأۡوَىٰهُمۡ جَهَنَّمُۖ كُلَّمَا خَبَتۡ زِدۡنَٰهُمۡ سَعِيرٗا ٩٧

    Wa may yahdillāhu fahuwal-muhtad, wa may yuḍlil falan tajida lahum awliyāʾa min dūnih, wa naḥshuruhum yawmal-qiyāmati ʿalā wujūhihim ʿumyaw wa bukmaw wa ṣummā, maʾwāhum jahannam, kullamā khabat zidnāhum saʿīrā.

    And whoever Allāh guides - he is the [rightly] guided; and whoever He sends astray¹ - you will never find for them protectors besides Him, and We will gather them on the Day of Resurrection [fallen] on their faces - blind, dumb and deaf. Their refuge is Hell; every time it subsides, We increase [for] them blazing fire.

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    1. As a result of his own preference.

98. ذَٰلِكَ جَزَآؤُهُم بِأَنَّهُمۡ كَفَرُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا وَقَالُوٓاْ أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمٗا وَرُفَٰتًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبۡعُوثُونَ خَلۡقٗا جَدِيدًا ٩٨

    Dhālika jazāʾuhum biʾannahum kafarū biʾāyātinā wa qālū aʾidhā kunnā ʿiẓāmaw wa rufātan aʾinnā lamabʿūthūna khalqan jadīdā.

    That is their recompense because they disbelieved in Our verses and said, "When we are bones and crumbled particles, will we [truly] be resurrected [in] a new creation?"

99. ۞ أَوَلَمۡ يَرَوۡاْ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ قَادِرٌ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يَخۡلُقَ مِثۡلَهُمۡ وَجَعَلَ لَهُمۡ أَجَلٗا لَّا رَيۡبَ فِيهِ فَأَبَى ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ إِلَّا كُفُورٗا ٩٩

    Awalam yaraw annallāhal-ladhī khalaqas-samāwāti wal-arḍa qādirun ʿalā ay yakhluqa mithlahum wa jaʿala lahum ajalal lā rayba fīhi fa abaẓ-ẓālimūna illā kufūrā.

    Do they not see that Allāh, who created the heavens and earth, is [the one] Able to create the likes of them? And He has appointed for them a term, about which there is no doubt. But the wrongdoers refuse except disbelief.

100. قُل لَّوۡ أَنتُمۡ تَمۡلِكُونَ خَزَآئِنَ رَحۡمَةِ رَبِّيٓ إِذٗا لَّأَمۡسَكۡتُمۡ خَشۡيَةَ ٱلۡإِنفَاقِۚ وَكَانَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ قَتُورٗا ١٠٠

     Qul law antum tamlikūna khazāʾina raḥmati rabbī idhal laʾamsaktum khashyatal-infāq, wa kānal-insānu qatūrā.

     Say [to them], "If you possessed the depositories of the mercy of my Lord, then you would withhold out of fear of spending." And ever has man been stingy.

101. وَلَقَدۡ ءَاتَيۡنَا مُوسَىٰ تِسۡعَ ءَايَٰتِۭ بَيِّنَٰتٖۖ فَسۡـَٔلۡ بَنِيٓ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ إِذۡ جَآءَهُمۡ فَقَالَ لَهُۥ فِرۡعَوۡنُ إِنِّي لَأَظُنُّكَ يَٰمُوسَىٰ مَسۡحُورٗا ١٠١

     Wa laqad ātaynā mūsā tisʿa āyātim bayyināt, fasʾal banī isrāʾīla idh jāʾahum faqāla lahū firʿawnu innī laʾaẓunnuka yāmūsā masḥūrā.

     And We had certainly given Moses nine evident signs, so ask the Children of Israel [about] when he came to them and Pharaoh said to him, "Indeed I think, O Moses, that you are affected by magic."

102. قَالَ لَقَدۡ عَلِمۡتَ مَآ أَنزَلَ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ إِلَّا رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ بَصَآئِرَ وَإِنِّي لَأَظُنُّكَ يَٰفِرۡعَوۡنُ مَثۡبُورٗا ١٠٢

     Qāla laqad ʿalimta mā anzala hāʾulāʾi illā rabbus-samāwāti wal-arḍi baṣāʾira wa innī laʾaẓunnuka yāfirʿawnu mathbūrā.

     [Moses] said, "You have already known that none has sent down these [signs] except the Lord of the heavens and the earth as evidence, and indeed I think,¹ O Pharaoh, that you are destroyed."

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     1. i.e., I am certain.

103. فَأَرَادَ أَن يَسۡتَفِزَّهُم مِّنَ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ فَأَغۡرَقۡنَٰهُ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥ جَمِيعٗا ١٠٣

     Fa arāda ay yastafizzahum minal-arḍi fa aghraqnāhu wa mam maʿahū jamīʿā.

     So he intended to drive them from the land, but We drowned him and those with him all together.

104. وَقُلۡنَا مِنۢ بَعۡدِهِۦ لِبَنِيٓ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ ٱسۡكُنُواْ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ فَإِذَا جَآءَ وَعۡدُ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ جِئۡنَا بِكُمۡ لَفِيفٗا ١٠٤

     Wa qulnā mim baʿdihī libanī isrāʾīlaskunul-arḍa fa idhā jāʾa waʿdul-ākhirati jiʾnā bikum lafīfā.

     And We said after him [i.e., Pharaoh] to the Children of Israel, "Dwell in the land, and when there comes the promise [i.e., appointment] of the Hereafter, We will bring you forth in [one] gathering."

105. وَبِٱلۡحَقِّ أَنزَلۡنَٰهُ وَبِٱلۡحَقِّ نَزَلَۗ وَمَآ أَرۡسَلۡنَٰكَ إِلَّا مُبَشِّرٗا وَنَذِيرٗا ١٠٥

     Wabil-ḥaqqi anzalnāhu wabil-ḥaqqi nazal, wa mā arsalnāka illā mubashshiraw wa nadhīrā.

     And with the truth We have sent it [i.e., the Qur’ān] down, and with the truth it has descended. And We have not sent you, [O Muḥammad], except as a bringer of good tidings and a warner.

106. وَقُرۡءَانٗا فَرَقۡنَٰهُ لِتَقۡرَأَهُۥ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ عَلَىٰ مُكۡثٖ وَنَزَّلۡنَٰهُ تَنزِيلٗا ١٠٦

     Wa qurʾānan faraqnāhu litaqraʾahū ʿalan-nāsi ʿalā mukthiw wa nazzalnāhu tanzīlā.

     And [it is] a Qur’ān which We have separated [by intervals] that you might recite it to the people over a prolonged period. And We have sent it down progressively.

107. قُلۡ ءَامِنُواْ بِهِۦٓ أَوۡ لَا تُؤۡمِنُوٓاْۚ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ ٱلۡعِلۡمَ مِن قَبۡلِهِۦٓ إِذَا يُتۡلَىٰ عَلَيۡهِمۡ يَخِرُّونَۤ لِلۡأَذۡقَانِۤ سُجَّدٗاۤ ١٠٧

     Qul āminū bihī aw lā tuʾminū, innal-ladhīna ūtul-ʿilma min qablihī idhā yutlā ʿalayhim yakhirrūna lil-adhqāni sujjadā.

     Say, "Believe in it or do not believe." Indeed, those who were given knowledge before it¹ - when it is recited to them, they fall upon their faces in prostration,

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     1. i.e., the righteous among the People of the Scriptures who recognize the truth contained in the Qur’ān.

108. وَيَقُولُونَ سُبۡحَٰنَ رَبِّنَآ إِن كَانَ وَعۡدُ رَبِّنَا لَمَفۡعُولٗا ١٠٨

     Wa yaqūlūna subḥāna rabbinā in kāna waʿdu rabbinā lamafʿūlā.

     And they say, "Exalted is our Lord! Indeed, the promise of our Lord has been fulfilled."

109. وَيَخِرُّونَ لِلۡأَذۡقَانِ يَبۡكُونَ وَيَزِيدُهُمۡ خُشُوعٗا۩ ١٠٩

     Wa yakhirrūna lil-adhqāni yabkūna wa yazīduhum khushūʿā.

     And they fall upon their faces weeping, and it [i.e., the Qur’ān] increases them in humble submission.

110. قُلِ ٱدۡعُواْ ٱللَّهَ أَوِ ٱدۡعُواْ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنَۖ أَيّٗا مَّا تَدۡعُواْ فَلَهُ ٱلۡأَسۡمَآءُ ٱلۡحُسۡنَىٰۚ وَلَا تَجۡهَرۡ بِصَلَاتِكَ وَلَا تُخَافِتۡ بِهَا وَٱبۡتَغِ بَيۡنَ ذَٰلِكَ سَبِيلٗا ١١٠

     Qulidʿullāha awidʿur-raḥmān, ayyam mā tadʿū falahul-asmāʾul-ḥusnā, wa lā tajhar biṣalātika wa lā tukhāfit bihā wabtaghi bayna dhālika sabīlā.

     Say, "Call upon Allāh or call upon the Most Merciful [ar-Raḥmān]. Whichever [name] you call - to Him belong the best names." And do not recite [too] loudly in your prayer or [too] quietly but seek between that an [intermediate] way.

111. وَقُلِ ٱلۡحَمۡدُ لِلَّهِ ٱلَّذِي لَمۡ يَتَّخِذۡ وَلَدٗا وَلَمۡ يَكُن لَّهُۥ شَرِيكٞ فِي ٱلۡمُلۡكِ وَلَمۡ يَكُن لَّهُۥ وَلِيّٞ مِّنَ ٱلذُّلِّۖ وَكَبِّرۡهُ تَكۡبِيرَۢا ١١١

     Wa qulil-ḥamdu lillāhil-ladhī lam yattakhidh waladaw wa lam yakul lahū sharīkun fil-mulki wa lam yakul lahū waliyyum minadh-dhull, wa kabbirhu takbīrā.

     And say, "Praise to Allāh, who has not taken a son and has had no partner in [His] dominion and has no [need of a] protector out of weakness; and glorify Him with [great] glorification."

﷽بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. ٱلۡحَمۡدُ لِلَّهِ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَنزَلَ عَلَىٰ عَبۡدِهِ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ وَلَمۡ يَجۡعَل لَّهُۥ عِوَجَاۜ ١

   Al-ḥamdu lillāhil-ladhī anzala ʿalā ʿabdihil-kitāba wa lam yajʿal lahū ʿiwajā.

   [All] praise is [due] to Allāh, who has sent down upon His Servant [Muḥammad (ﷺ)] the Book and has not made therein any deviance.¹

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   1. From the truth or the straight path.

2. قَيِّمٗا لِّيُنذِرَ بَأۡسٗا شَدِيدٗا مِّن لَّدُنۡهُ وَيُبَشِّرَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَعۡمَلُونَ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ أَنَّ لَهُمۡ أَجۡرًا حَسَنٗا ٢

   Qayyimal liyundhira baʾsan shadīdam mil ladunhu wa yubashshiral-muʾminīnal-ladhīna yaʿmalūnaṣ-ṣāliḥāti anna lahum ajran ḥasanā.

   [He has made it] straight, to warn of severe punishment from Him and to give good tidings to the believers who do righteous deeds that they will have a good reward [i.e., Paradise]

3. مَّٰكِثِينَ فِيهِ أَبَدٗا ٣

   Mākithīna fīhi abadā.

   In which they will remain forever

4. وَيُنذِرَ ٱلَّذِينَ قَالُواْ ٱتَّخَذَ ٱللَّهُ وَلَدٗا ٤

   Wa yundhiral-ladhīna qāluttakhadhallāhu waladā.

   And to warn those who say, "Allāh has taken a son."

5. مَّا لَهُم بِهِۦ مِنۡ عِلۡمٖ وَلَا لِأٓبَآئِهِمۡۚ كَبُرَتۡ كَلِمَةٗ تَخۡرُجُ مِنۡ أَفۡوَٰهِهِمۡۚ إِن يَقُولُونَ إِلَّا كَذِبٗا ٥

   Mā lahum bihī min ʿilmiw wa lā liʾābāʾihim, kaburat kalimatan takhruju min afwāhihim, iy yaqūlūna illā kadhibā.

   They have no knowledge of it,¹ nor had their fathers. Grave is the word that comes out of their mouths; they speak not except a lie.

   Footnotes (1)

   1. i.e., they could not have had knowledge of something which is not true.

6. فَلَعَلَّكَ بَٰخِعٞ نَّفۡسَكَ عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَٰرِهِمۡ إِن لَّمۡ يُؤۡمِنُواْ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡحَدِيثِ أَسَفًا ٦

   Falaʿallaka bākhiʿun nafsaka ʿalā āthārihim il lam yuʾminū bihādhal-ḥadīthi asafā.

   Then perhaps you would kill yourself through grief over them, [O Muḥammad], if they do not believe in this message, [and] out of sorrow.

7. إِنَّا جَعَلۡنَا مَا عَلَى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ زِينَةٗ لَّهَا لِنَبۡلُوَهُمۡ أَيُّهُمۡ أَحۡسَنُ عَمَلٗا ٧

   Innā jaʿalnā mā ʿalal-arḍi zīnatal lahā linabluwahum ayyuhum aḥsanu ʿamalā.

   Indeed, We have made that which is on the earth adornment for it that We may test them [as to] which of them is best in deed.

8. وَإِنَّا لَجَٰعِلُونَ مَا عَلَيۡهَا صَعِيدٗا جُرُزًا ٨

   Wa innā lajāʿilūna mā ʿalayhā ṣaʿīdan juruzā.

   And indeed, We will make that which is upon it [into] a barren ground.

9. أَمۡ حَسِبۡتَ أَنَّ أَصۡحَٰبَ ٱلۡكَهۡفِ وَٱلرَّقِيمِ كَانُواْ مِنۡ ءَايَٰتِنَا عَجَبًا ٩

   Am ḥasibta anna aṣḥābal-kahfi war-raqīmi kānū min āyātinā ʿajabā.

   Or have you thought that the companions of the cave and the inscription were, among Our signs, a wonder?¹

   Footnotes (1)

   1. Rather, it is only one of the many wonders of Allāh.

10. إِذۡ أَوَى ٱلۡفِتۡيَةُ إِلَى ٱلۡكَهۡفِ فَقَالُواْ رَبَّنَآ ءَاتِنَا مِن لَّدُنكَ رَحۡمَةٗ وَهَيِّئۡ لَنَا مِنۡ أَمۡرِنَا رَشَدٗا ١٠

    Idh awal-fityatu ilal-kahfi faqālū rabbanā ātinā mil ladunka raḥmataw wa hayyiʾ lanā min amrinā rashadā.

    [Mention] when the youths retreated to the cave and said, "Our Lord, grant us from Yourself mercy and prepare for us from our affair right guidance."

11. فَضَرَبۡنَا عَلَىٰٓ ءَاذَانِهِمۡ فِي ٱلۡكَهۡفِ سِنِينَ عَدَدٗا ١١

    Faḍarabnā ʿalā ādhānihim fil-kahfi sinīna ʿadadā.

    So We cast [a cover of sleep] over their ears within the cave for a number of years.

12. ثُمَّ بَعَثۡنَٰهُمۡ لِنَعۡلَمَ أَيُّ ٱلۡحِزۡبَيۡنِ أَحۡصَىٰ لِمَا لَبِثُوٓاْ أَمَدٗا ١٢

    Thumma baʿathnāhum linaʿlama ayyul-ḥizbayni aḥṣā limā labithū amadā.

    Then We awakened them that We might show which of the two factions was most precise in calculating what [extent] they had remained in time.

13. نَّحۡنُ نَقُصُّ عَلَيۡكَ نَبَأَهُم بِٱلۡحَقِّۚ إِنَّهُمۡ فِتۡيَةٌ ءَامَنُواْ بِرَبِّهِمۡ وَزِدۡنَٰهُمۡ هُدٗى ١٣

    Naḥnu naquṣṣu ʿalayka nabaʾahum bil-ḥaqq, innahum fityatun āmanū birabbihim wa zidnāhum hudā.

    It is We who relate to you, [O Muḥammad], their story in truth. Indeed, they were youths who believed in their Lord, and We increased them in guidance.

14. وَرَبَطۡنَا عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمۡ إِذۡ قَامُواْ فَقَالُواْ رَبُّنَا رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ لَن نَّدۡعُوَاْ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ إِلَٰهٗاۖ لَّقَدۡ قُلۡنَآ إِذٗا شَطَطًا ١٤

    Wa rabaṭnā ʿalā qulūbihim idh qāmū faqālū rabbunā rabbus-samāwāti wal-arḍi lan nadʿuwa min dūnihī ilāhā, laqad qulnā idhan shaṭaṭā.

    And We bound [i.e., made firm] their hearts when they stood up and said, "Our Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth. Never will we invoke besides Him any deity. We would have certainly spoken, then, an excessive transgression.

15. هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ قَوۡمُنَا ٱتَّخَذُواْ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ ءَالِهَةٗۖ لَّوۡلَا يَأۡتُونَ عَلَيۡهِم بِسُلۡطَٰنِۭ بَيِّنٖۖ فَمَنۡ أَظۡلَمُ مِمَّنِ ٱفۡتَرَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبٗا ١٥

    Hāʾulāʾi qawmunattakhadhū min dūnihī ālihah, lawlā yaʾtūna ʿalayhim bisulṭāni bayyin, faman aẓlamu mimmaniftarā ʿalallāhi kadhibā.

    These, our people, have taken besides Him deities. Why do they not bring for [worship of] them a clear evidence? And who is more unjust than one who invents about Allāh a lie?"

16. وَإِذِ ٱعۡتَزَلۡتُمُوهُمۡ وَمَا يَعۡبُدُونَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهَ فَأۡوُۥٓاْ إِلَى ٱلۡكَهۡفِ يَنشُرۡ لَكُمۡ رَبُّكُم مِّن رَّحۡمَتِهِۦ وَيُهَيِّئۡ لَكُم مِّنۡ أَمۡرِكُم مِّرۡفَقٗا ١٦

    Wa idhiʿtazaltumūhum wa mā yaʿbudūna illallāha faʾwū ilal-kahfi yanshur lakum rabbukum mir raḥmatihī wa yuhayyiʾ lakum min amrikum mirfaqā.

    [The youths said to one another], "And when you have withdrawn from them and that which they worship other than Allāh, retreat to the cave. Your Lord will spread out for you of His mercy and will prepare for you from your affair facility."

17. ۞ وَتَرَى ٱلشَّمۡسَ إِذَا طَلَعَت تَّزَٰوَرُ عَن كَهۡفِهِمۡ ذَاتَ ٱلۡيَمِينِ وَإِذَا غَرَبَت تَّقۡرِضُهُمۡ ذَاتَ ٱلشِّمَالِ وَهُمۡ فِي فَجۡوَةٖ مِّنۡهُۚ ذَٰلِكَ مِنۡ ءَايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِۗ مَن يَهۡدِ ٱللَّهُ فَهُوَ ٱلۡمُهۡتَدِۖ وَمَن يُضۡلِلۡ فَلَن تَجِدَ لَهُۥ وَلِيّٗا مُّرۡشِدٗا ١٧

    Wa tarash-shamsa idhā ṭalaʿat tazāwaru ʿan kahfihim dhātal-yamīni wa idhā gharabat taqriḍuhum dhātash-shimāli wa hum fī fajwatim minh, dhālika min āyātillāh, may yahdillāhu fahuwal-muhtad, wa may yuḍlil falan tajida lahū waliyyam murshidā.

    And [had you been present], you would see the sun when it rose, inclining away from their cave on the right, and when it set, passing away from them on the left, while they were [lying] within an open space thereof. That was from the signs of Allāh. He whom Allāh guides is the [rightly] guided, but he whom He sends astray - never will you find for him a protecting guide.

18. وَتَحۡسَبُهُمۡ أَيۡقَاظٗا وَهُمۡ رُقُودٞۚ وَنُقَلِّبُهُمۡ ذَاتَ ٱلۡيَمِينِ وَذَاتَ ٱلشِّمَالِۖ وَكَلۡبُهُم بَٰسِطٞ ذِرَاعَيۡهِ بِٱلۡوَصِيدِۚ لَوِ ٱطَّلَعۡتَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ لَوَلَّيۡتَ مِنۡهُمۡ فِرَارٗا وَلَمُلِئۡتَ مِنۡهُمۡ رُعۡبٗا ١٨

    Wa taḥsabuhum ayqāẓaw wa hum ruqūd, wa nuqallibuhum dhātal-yamīni wa dhātash-shimāl, wa kalbuhum bāsiṭun dhirāʿayhi bil-waṣīd, lawiṭṭalaʿta ʿalayhim lawallayta minhum firāraw wa lamuliʾta minhum ruʿbā.

    And you would think them awake, while they were asleep. And We turned them to the right and to the left, while their dog stretched his forelegs at the entrance. If you had looked at them, you would have turned from them in flight and been filled by them with terror.

19. وَكَذَٰلِكَ بَعَثۡنَٰهُمۡ لِيَتَسَآءَلُواْ بَيۡنَهُمۡۚ قَالَ قَآئِلٞ مِّنۡهُمۡ كَمۡ لَبِثۡتُمۡۖ قَالُواْ لَبِثۡنَا يَوۡمًا أَوۡ بَعۡضَ يَوۡمٖۚ قَالُواْ رَبُّكُمۡ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَا لَبِثۡتُمۡ فَٱبۡعَثُوٓاْ أَحَدَكُم بِوَرِقِكُمۡ هَٰذِهِۦٓ إِلَى ٱلۡمَدِينَةِ فَلۡيَنظُرۡ أَيُّهَآ أَزۡكَىٰ طَعَامٗا فَلۡيَأۡتِكُم بِرِزۡقٖ مِّنۡهُ وَلۡيَتَلَطَّفۡ وَلَا يُشۡعِرَنَّ بِكُمۡ أَحَدًا ١٩

    Wa kadhālika baʿathnāhum liyatasāʾalū baynahum, qāla qāʾilum minhum kam labithtum, qālū labithnā yawman aw baʿḍa yawm, qālū rabbukum aʿlamu bimā labithtum fabʿathū aḥadakum biwariqikum hādhihī ilal-madīnati falyanẓur ayyuhā azkā ṭaʿāman falyaʾtikum birizqim minhu walyatalaṭṭaf wa lā yushʿiranna bikum aḥadā.

    And similarly,¹ We awakened them that they might question one another. Said a speaker from among them, "How long have you remained [here]?" They said, "We have remained a day or part of a day." They said, "Your Lord is most knowing of how long you remained. So send one of you with this silver coin of yours to the city and let him look to which is the best of food and bring you provision from it and let him be cautious. And let no one be aware of you.

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    1. By the will of Allāh.

20. إِنَّهُمۡ إِن يَظۡهَرُواْ عَلَيۡكُمۡ يَرۡجُمُوكُمۡ أَوۡ يُعِيدُوكُمۡ فِي مِلَّتِهِمۡ وَلَن تُفۡلِحُوٓاْ إِذًا أَبَدٗا ٢٠

    Innahum iy yaẓharū ʿalaykum yarjumūkum aw yuʿīdūkum fī millatihim wa lan tufliḥū idhan abadā.

    Indeed, if they come to know of you, they will stone you or return you to their religion. And never would you succeed, then - ever."

21. وَكَذَٰلِكَ أَعۡثَرۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ لِيَعۡلَمُوٓاْ أَنَّ وَعۡدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقّٞ وَأَنَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ لَا رَيۡبَ فِيهَآ إِذۡ يَتَنَٰزَعُونَ بَيۡنَهُمۡ أَمۡرَهُمۡۖ فَقَالُواْ ٱبۡنُواْ عَلَيۡهِم بُنۡيَٰنٗاۖ رَّبُّهُمۡ أَعۡلَمُ بِهِمۡۚ قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ غَلَبُواْ عَلَىٰٓ أَمۡرِهِمۡ لَنَتَّخِذَنَّ عَلَيۡهِم مَّسۡجِدٗا ٢١

    Wa kadhālika aʿtharnā ʿalayhim liyaʿlamū anna waʿdallāhi ḥaqquw wa annas-sāʿata lā rayba fīhā idh yatanāzaʿūna baynahum amrahum, faqālubnū ʿalayhim bunyānā, rabbuhum aʿlamu bihim, qālal-ladhīna ghalabū ʿalā amrihim lanattakhidhanna ʿalayhim masjidā.

    And similarly, We caused them to be found that they [who found them] would know that the promise of Allāh is truth and that of the Hour there is no doubt. [That was] when they¹ disputed among themselves about their affair and [then] said, "Construct over them a structure. Their Lord is most knowing about them." Said those who prevailed in the matter, "We will surely take [for ourselves] over them a masjid."²

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    1. The people of the city.
    2. i.e., we will make this site a place of worship.

22. سَيَقُولُونَ ثَلَٰثَةٞ رَّابِعُهُمۡ كَلۡبُهُمۡ وَيَقُولُونَ خَمۡسَةٞ سَادِسُهُمۡ كَلۡبُهُمۡ رَجۡمَۢا بِٱلۡغَيۡبِۖ وَيَقُولُونَ سَبۡعَةٞ وَثَامِنُهُمۡ كَلۡبُهُمۡۚ قُل رَّبِّيٓ أَعۡلَمُ بِعِدَّتِهِم مَّا يَعۡلَمُهُمۡ إِلَّا قَلِيلٞۗ فَلَا تُمَارِ فِيهِمۡ إِلَّا مِرَآءٗ ظَٰهِرٗا وَلَا تَسۡتَفۡتِ فِيهِم مِّنۡهُمۡ أَحَدٗا ٢٢

    Sayaqūlūna thalāthatur rābiʿuhum kalbuhum wa yaqūlūna khamsatun sādisuhum kalbuhum rajmam bil-ghayb, wa yaqūlūna sabʿatuw wa thāminuhum kalbuhum, qul rabbī aʿlamu biʿiddatihim mā yaʿlamuhum illā qalīl, falā tumāri fīhim illā mirāʾan ẓāhiraw wa lā tastafti fīhim minhum aḥadā.

    They [i.e., people] will say there were three, the fourth of them being their dog; and they will say there were five, the sixth of them being their dog - guessing at the unseen; and they will say there were seven, and the eighth of them was their dog. Say, [O Muḥammad], "My Lord is most knowing of their number. None knows them except a few. So do not argue about them except with an obvious argument¹ and do not inquire about them among [the speculators] from anyone."

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    1. i.e., one from the Qur’ān, which is the only sure argument.

23. وَلَا تَقُولَنَّ لِشَاْيۡءٍ إِنِّي فَاعِلٞ ذَٰلِكَ غَدًا ٢٣

    Wa lā taqūlanna lishayʾin innī fāʿilun dhālika ghadā.

    And never say of anything, "Indeed, I will do that tomorrow,"

24. إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُۚ وَٱذۡكُر رَّبَّكَ إِذَا نَسِيتَ وَقُلۡ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَهۡدِيَنِ رَبِّي لِأَقۡرَبَ مِنۡ هَٰذَا رَشَدٗا ٢٤

    Illā ay yashāʾallāh, wadhkur rabbaka idhā nasīta wa qul ʿasā ay yahdiyani rabbī liʾaqraba min hādhā rashadā.

    Except [when adding], "If Allāh wills." And remember your Lord when you forget [it] and say, "Perhaps my Lord will guide me to what is nearer than this to right conduct."

25. وَلَبِثُواْ فِي كَهۡفِهِمۡ ثَلَٰثَ مِاْئَةٖ سِنِينَ وَٱزۡدَادُواْ تِسۡعٗا ٢٥

    Wa labithū fī kahfihim thalātha miʾatin sinīna wazdādū tisʿā.

    And they remained in their cave for three hundred years and exceeded by nine.¹

    Footnotes (1)

    1. i.e., 309 lunar years.

26. قُلِ ٱللَّهُ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَا لَبِثُواْۖ لَهُۥ غَيۡبُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۖ أَبۡصِرۡ بِهِۦ وَأَسۡمِعۡۚ مَا لَهُم مِّن دُونِهِۦ مِن وَلِيّٖ وَلَا يُشۡرِكُ فِي حُكۡمِهِۦٓ أَحَدٗا ٢٦

    Qulillāhu aʿlamu bimā labithū, lahū ghaybus-samāwāti wal-arḍ, abṣir bihī wa asmiʿ, mā lahum min dūnihī miw waliyyiw wa lā yushriku fī ḥukmihī aḥadā.

    Say, "Allāh is most knowing of how long they remained. He has [knowledge of] the unseen [aspects] of the heavens and the earth. How Seeing is He and how Hearing! They have not besides Him any protector, and He shares not His legislation with anyone."

27. وَٱتۡلُ مَآ أُوحِيَ إِلَيۡكَ مِن كِتَابِ رَبِّكَۖ لَا مُبَدِّلَ لِكَلِمَٰتِهِۦ وَلَن تَجِدَ مِن دُونِهِۦ مُلۡتَحَدٗا ٢٧

    Watlu mā ūḥiya ilayka min kitābi rabbik, lā mubaddila likalimātihī wa lan tajida min dūnihī multaḥadā.

    And recite, [O Muḥammad], what has been revealed to you of the Book of your Lord. There is no changer of His words, and never will you find in other than Him a refuge.

28. وَٱصۡبِرۡ نَفۡسَكَ مَعَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَدۡعُونَ رَبَّهُم بِٱلۡغَدَوٰةِ وَٱلۡعَشِيِّ يُرِيدُونَ وَجۡهَهُۥۖ وَلَا تَعۡدُ عَيۡنَاكَ عَنۡهُمۡ تُرِيدُ زِينَةَ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنۡيَاۖ وَلَا تُطِعۡ مَنۡ أَغۡفَلۡنَا قَلۡبَهُۥ عَن ذِكۡرِنَا وَٱتَّبَعَ هَوَىٰهُ وَكَانَ أَمۡرُهُۥ فُرُطٗا ٢٨

    Waṣbir nafsaka maʿal-ladhīna yadʿūna rabbahum bil-ghadāti wal-ʿashiyyi yurīdūna wajhah, wa lā taʿdu ʿaynāka ʿanhum turīdu zīnatal-ḥayātid-dunyā, wa lā tuṭiʿ man aghfalnā qalbahū ʿan dhikrinā wattabaʿa hawāhu wa kāna amruhū furuṭā.

    And keep yourself patient [by being] with those who call upon their Lord in the morning and the evening, seeking His face [i.e., acceptance]. And let not your eyes pass beyond them, desiring adornments of the worldly life, and do not obey one whose heart We have made heedless of Our remembrance and who follows his desire and whose affair is ever [in] neglect.¹

    Footnotes (1)

    1. Or "in excess," exceeding the limits of Allāh.

29. وَقُلِ ٱلۡحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّكُمۡۖ فَمَن شَآءَ فَلۡيُؤۡمِن وَمَن شَآءَ فَلۡيَكۡفُرۡۚ إِنَّآ أَعۡتَدۡنَا لِلظَّٰلِمِينَ نَارًا أَحَاطَ بِهِمۡ سُرَادِقُهَاۚ وَإِن يَسۡتَغِيثُواْ يُغَاثُواْ بِمَآءٖ كَٱلۡمُهۡلِ يَشۡوِي ٱلۡوُجُوهَۚ بِئۡسَ ٱلشَّرَابُ وَسَآءَتۡ مُرۡتَفَقًا ٢٩

    Wa qulil-ḥaqqu mir rabbikum, faman shāʾa falyuʾmiw wa man shāʾa falyakfur, innā aʿtadnā liẓ-ẓālimīna nāran aḥāṭa bihim surādiquhā, wa iy yastaghīthū yughāthū bimāʾin kal-muhli yashwil-wujūh, biʾsash-sharābu wa sāʾat murtafaqā.

    And say, "The truth is from your Lord, so whoever wills - let him believe; and whoever wills - let him disbelieve." Indeed, We have prepared for the wrongdoers a fire whose walls will surround them. And if they call for relief, they will be relieved with water like murky oil, which scalds [their] faces. Wretched is the drink, and evil is the resting place.

30. إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ إِنَّا لَا نُضِيعُ أَجۡرَ مَنۡ أَحۡسَنَ عَمَلًا ٣٠

    Innal-ladhīna āmanū wa ʿamiluṣ-ṣāliḥāti innā lā nuḍīʿu ajra man aḥsana ʿamalā.

    Indeed, those who have believed and done righteous deeds - indeed, We will not allow to be lost the reward of any who did well in deeds.

31. أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ لَهُمۡ جَنَّٰتُ عَدۡنٖ تَجۡرِي مِن تَحۡتِهِمُ ٱلۡأَنۡهَٰرُ يُحَلَّوۡنَ فِيهَا مِنۡ أَسَاوِرَ مِن ذَهَبٖ وَيَلۡبَسُونَ ثِيَابًا خُضۡرٗا مِّن سُندُسٖ وَإِسۡتَبۡرَقٖ مُّتَّكِـِٔينَ فِيهَا عَلَى ٱلۡأَرَآئِكِۚ نِعۡمَ ٱلثَّوَابُ وَحَسُنَتۡ مُرۡتَفَقٗا ٣١

    Ulāʾika lahum jannātu ʿadnin tajrī min taḥtihimul-anhāru yuḥallawna fīhā min asāwira min dhahabiw wa yalbasūna thiyāban khuḍram min sundusiw wa istabraqim muttakiʾīna fīhā ʿalal-arāʾik, niʿmath-thawābu wa ḥasunat murtafaqā.

    Those will have gardens of perpetual residence; beneath them rivers will flow. They will be adorned therein with bracelets of gold and will wear green garments of fine silk and brocade, reclining therein on adorned couches. Excellent is the reward, and good is the resting place.

32. ۞ وَٱضۡرِبۡ لَهُم مَّثَلٗا رَّجُلَيۡنِ جَعَلۡنَا لِأَحَدِهِمَا جَنَّتَيۡنِ مِنۡ أَعۡنَٰبٖ وَحَفَفۡنَٰهُمَا بِنَخۡلٖ وَجَعَلۡنَا بَيۡنَهُمَا زَرۡعٗا ٣٢

    Waḍrib lahum mathalar rajulayni jaʿalnā liʾaḥadihimā jannatayni min aʿnābiw wa ḥafafnāhumā binakhliw wa jaʿalnā baynahumā zarʿā.

    And present to them an example of two men: We granted to one of them two gardens of grapevines, and We bordered them with palm trees and placed between them [fields of] crops.

33. كِلۡتَا ٱلۡجَنَّتَيۡنِ ءَاتَتۡ أُكُلَهَا وَلَمۡ تَظۡلِم مِّنۡهُ شَيۡـٔٗاۚ وَفَجَّرۡنَا خِلَٰلَهُمَا نَهَرٗا ٣٣

    Kiltal-jannatayni ātat ukulahā wa lam taẓlim minhu shayʾā, wa fajjarnā khilālahumā naharā.

    Each of the two gardens produced its fruit and did not fall short thereof in anything. And We caused to gush forth within them a river.

34. وَكَانَ لَهُۥ ثَمَرٞ فَقَالَ لِصَٰحِبِهِۦ وَهُوَ يُحَاوِرُهُۥٓ أَنَا۠ أَكۡثَرُ مِنكَ مَالٗا وَأَعَزُّ نَفَرٗا ٣٤

    Wa kāna lahū thamarun faqāla liṣāḥibihī wa huwa yuḥāwiruhū ana aktharu minka mālaw wa aʿazzu nafarā.

    And he had fruit, so he said to his companion while he was conversing with him, "I am greater than you in wealth and mightier in [numbers of] men."

35. وَدَخَلَ جَنَّتَهُۥ وَهُوَ ظَالِمٞ لِّنَفۡسِهِۦ قَالَ مَآ أَظُنُّ أَن تَبِيدَ هَٰذِهِۦٓ أَبَدٗا ٣٥

    Wa dakhala jannatahū wa huwa ẓālimul linafsihī qāla mā aẓunnu an tabīda hādhihī abadā.

    And he entered his garden while he was unjust to himself.¹ He said, "I do not think that this will perish - ever.

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    1. i.e., proud and ungrateful to Allāh.

36. وَمَآ أَظُنُّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ قَآئِمَةٗ وَلَئِن رُّدِدتُّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّي لَأَجِدَنَّ خَيۡرٗا مِّنۡهَا مُنقَلَبٗا ٣٦

    Wa mā aẓunnus-sāʿata qāʾimataw wa laʾir rudidttu ilā rabbī laʾajidanna khayram minhā munqalabā.

    And I do not think the Hour will occur. And even if I should be brought back to my Lord, I will surely find better than this as a return."

37. قَالَ لَهُۥ صَاحِبُهُۥ وَهُوَ يُحَاوِرُهُۥٓ أَكَفَرۡتَ بِٱلَّذِي خَلَقَكَ مِن تُرَابٖ ثُمَّ مِن نُّطۡفَةٖ ثُمَّ سَوَّىٰكَ رَجُلٗا ٣٧

    Qāla lahū ṣāḥibuhū wa huwa yuḥāwiruhū akafarta bil-ladhī khalaqaka min turābin thumma min nuṭfatin thumma sawwāka rajulā.

    His companion said to him while he was conversing with him, "Have you disbelieved in He who created you from dust and then from a sperm-drop and then proportioned you [as] a man?

38. لَّٰكِنَّا۠ هُوَ ٱللَّهُ رَبِّي وَلَآ أُشۡرِكُ بِرَبِّيٓ أَحَدٗا ٣٨

    Lākinna huwallāhu rabbī wa lā ushriku birabbī aḥadā.

    But as for me, He is Allāh, my Lord, and I do not associate with my Lord anyone.

39. وَلَوۡلَآ إِذۡ دَخَلۡتَ جَنَّتَكَ قُلۡتَ مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِٱللَّهِۚ إِن تَرَنِ أَنَا۠ أَقَلَّ مِنكَ مَالٗا وَوَلَدٗا ٣٩

    Wa lawlā idh dakhalta jannataka qulta mā shāʾallāhu lā quwwata illā billāh, in tarani ana aqalla minka mālaw wa waladā.

    And why did you, when you entered your garden, not say, 'What Allāh willed [has occurred]; there is no power except in Allāh'? Although you see me less than you in wealth and children,

40. فَعَسَىٰ رَبِّيٓ أَن يُؤۡتِيَنِ خَيۡرٗا مِّن جَنَّتِكَ وَيُرۡسِلَ عَلَيۡهَا حُسۡبَانٗا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَتُصۡبِحَ صَعِيدٗا زَلَقًا ٤٠

    Faʿasā rabbī ay yuʾtiyani khayram min jannatika wa yursila ʿalayhā ḥusbānam minas-samāʾi fatuṣbiḥa ṣaʿīdan zalaqā.

    It may be that my Lord will give me [something] better than your garden and will send upon it a [disastrous] penalty from the sky, and it will become a smooth, dusty ground,

41. أَوۡ يُصۡبِحَ مَآؤُهَا غَوۡرٗا فَلَن تَسۡتَطِيعَ لَهُۥ طَلَبٗا ٤١

    Aw yuṣbiḥa māʾuhā ghawran falan tastaṭīʿa lahū ṭalabā.

    Or its water will become sunken [into the earth], so you would never be able to seek it."

42. وَأُحِيطَ بِثَمَرِهِۦ فَأَصۡبَحَ يُقَلِّبُ كَفَّيۡهِ عَلَىٰ مَآ أَنفَقَ فِيهَا وَهِيَ خَاوِيَةٌ عَلَىٰ عُرُوشِهَا وَيَقُولُ يَٰلَيۡتَنِي لَمۡ أُشۡرِكۡ بِرَبِّيٓ أَحَدٗا ٤٢

    Wa uḥīṭa bithamarihī fa aṣbaḥa yuqallibu kaffayhi ʿalā mā anfaqa fīhā wa hiya khāwiyatun ʿalā ʿurūshihā wa yaqūlu yālaytanī lam ushrik birabbī aḥadā.

    And his fruits were encompassed [by ruin], so he began to turn his hands about [in dismay] over what he had spent on it, while it had collapsed upon its trellises, and said, "Oh, I wish I had not associated with my Lord anyone."¹

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    1. He attributed his prosperity to himself rather than to Allāh and disbelieved in the account of the Hereafter.

43. وَلَمۡ تَكُن لَّهُۥ فِئَةٞ يَنصُرُونَهُۥ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَمَا كَانَ مُنتَصِرًا ٤٣

    Wa lam takul lahū fiʾatuy yanṣurūnahū min dūnillāhi wa mā kāna muntaṣirā.

    And there was for him no company to aid him other than Allāh, nor could he defend himself.

44. هُنَالِكَ ٱلۡوَلَٰيَةُ لِلَّهِ ٱلۡحَقِّۚ هُوَ خَيۡرٞ ثَوَابٗا وَخَيۡرٌ عُقۡبٗا ٤٤

    Hunālikal-walāyatu lillāhil-ḥaqq, huwa khayrun thawābaw wa khayrun ʿuqbā.

    There¹ the authority is [completely] for Allāh, the Truth. He is best in reward and best in outcome.

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    1. i.e., at such a time or on the Day of Judgement.

45. وَٱضۡرِبۡ لَهُم مَّثَلَ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنۡيَا كَمَآءٍ أَنزَلۡنَٰهُ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَٱخۡتَلَطَ بِهِۦ نَبَاتُ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ فَأَصۡبَحَ هَشِيمٗا تَذۡرُوهُ ٱلرِّيَٰحُۗ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ مُّقۡتَدِرًا ٤٥

    Waḍrib lahum mathalal-ḥayātid-dunyā kamāʾin anzalnāhu minas-samāʾi fakhtalaṭa bihī nabātul-arḍi fa aṣbaḥa hashīman tadhrūhur-riyāḥ, wa kānallāhu ʿalā kulli shayʾim muqtadirā.

    And present to them the example of the life of this world, [its being] like rain which We send down from the sky, and the vegetation of the earth mingles with it¹ and [then] it becomes dry remnants, scattered by the winds. And Allāh is ever, over all things, Perfect in Ability.

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    1. Absorbs it, growing lush and thick.

46. ٱلۡمَالُ وَٱلۡبَنُونَ زِينَةُ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنۡيَاۖ وَٱلۡبَٰقِيَٰتُ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتُ خَيۡرٌ عِندَ رَبِّكَ ثَوَابٗا وَخَيۡرٌ أَمَلٗا ٤٦

    Al-mālu wal-banūna zīnatul-ḥayātid-dunyā, wal-bāqiyātuṣ-ṣāliḥātu khayrun ʿinda rabbika thawābaw wa khayrun amalā.

    Wealth and children are [but] adornment of the worldly life. But the enduring good deeds are better to your Lord¹ for reward and better for [one's] hope.

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    1. i.e., in His sight or evaluation.

47. وَيَوۡمَ نُسَيِّرُ ٱلۡجِبَالَ وَتَرَى ٱلۡأَرۡضَ بَارِزَةٗ وَحَشَرۡنَٰهُمۡ فَلَمۡ نُغَادِرۡ مِنۡهُمۡ أَحَدٗا ٤٧

    Wa yawma nusayyirul-jibāla wa taral-arḍa bārizataw wa ḥasharnāhum falam nughādir minhum aḥadā.

    And [warn of] the Day when We will remove the mountains and you will see the earth exposed,¹ and We will gather them and not leave behind from them anyone.

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    1. i.e., flattened and bare.

48. وَعُرِضُواْ عَلَىٰ رَبِّكَ صَفّٗا لَّقَدۡ جِئۡتُمُونَا كَمَا خَلَقۡنَٰكُمۡ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةِۭۚ بَلۡ زَعَمۡتُمۡ أَلَّن نَّجۡعَلَ لَكُم مَّوۡعِدٗا ٤٨

    Wa ʿuriḍū ʿalā rabbika ṣaffal laqad jiʾtumūnā kamā khalaqnākum awwala marrah, bal zaʿamtum allan najʿala lakum mawʿidā.

    And they will be presented before your Lord in rows, [and He will say], "You have certainly come to Us just as We created you the first time. But you claimed that We would never make for you an appointment."

49. وَوُضِعَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبُ فَتَرَى ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ مُشۡفِقِينَ مِمَّا فِيهِ وَيَقُولُونَ يَٰوَيۡلَتَنَا مَالِ هَٰذَا ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ لَا يُغَادِرُ صَغِيرَةٗ وَلَا كَبِيرَةً إِلَّآ أَحۡصَىٰهَاۚ وَوَجَدُواْ مَا عَمِلُواْ حَاضِرٗاۗ وَلَا يَظۡلِمُ رَبُّكَ أَحَدٗا ٤٩

    Wa wuḍiʿal-kitābu fataral-mujrimīna mushfiqīna mimmā fīhi wa yaqūlūna yāwaylatanā māli hādhal-kitābi lā yughādiru ṣaghīrataw wa lā kabīratan illā aḥṣāhā, wa wajadū mā ʿamilū ḥāḍirā, wa lā yaẓlimu rabbuka aḥadā.

    And the record [of deeds] will be placed [open], and you will see the criminals fearful of that within it, and they will say, "Oh, woe to us! What is this book that leaves nothing small or great except that it has enumerated it?" And they will find what they did present [before them]. And your Lord does injustice to no one.

50. وَإِذۡ قُلۡنَا لِلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ ٱسۡجُدُواْ لِأٓدَمَ فَسَجَدُوٓاْ إِلَّآ إِبۡلِيسَ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡجِنِّ فَفَسَقَ عَنۡ أَمۡرِ رَبِّهِۦٓۗ أَفَتَتَّخِذُونَهُۥ وَذُرِّيَّتَهُۥٓ أَوۡلِيَآءَ مِن دُونِي وَهُمۡ لَكُمۡ عَدُوُّۢۚ بِئۡسَ لِلظَّٰلِمِينَ بَدَلٗا ٥٠

    Wa idh qulnā lil-malāʾikatisjudū liʾādama fasajadū illā iblīsa kāna minal-jinni fafasaqa ʿan amri rabbih, afatattakhidhūnahū wa dhurriyyatahū awliyāʾa min dūnī wa hum lakum ʿaduww, biʾsa liẓ-ẓālimīna badalā.

    And [mention] when We said to the angels, "Prostrate to Adam," and they prostrated, except for Iblees. He was of the jinn and departed from [i.e., disobeyed] the command of his Lord. Then will you take him and his descendants as allies other than Me while they are enemies to you? Wretched it is for the wrongdoers as an exchange.

51. ۞ مَّآ أَشۡهَدتُّهُمۡ خَلۡقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَلَا خَلۡقَ أَنفُسِهِمۡ وَمَا كُنتُ مُتَّخِذَ ٱلۡمُضِلِّينَ عَضُدٗا ٥١

    Mā ashhadttuhum khalqas-samāwāti wal-arḍi wa lā khalqa anfusihim wa mā kuntu muttakhidhal-muḍillīna ʿaḍudā.

    I did not make them witness to the creation of the heavens and the earth or to the creation of themselves, and I would not have taken the misguiders as assistants.

52. وَيَوۡمَ يَقُولُ نَادُواْ شُرَكَآءِيَ ٱلَّذِينَ زَعَمۡتُمۡ فَدَعَوۡهُمۡ فَلَمۡ يَسۡتَجِيبُواْ لَهُمۡ وَجَعَلۡنَا بَيۡنَهُم مَّوۡبِقٗا ٥٢

    Wa yawma yaqūlu nādū shurakāʾiyal-ladhīna zaʿamtum fadaʿawhum falam yastajībū lahum wa jaʿalnā baynahum mawbiqā.

    And [warn of] the Day when He will say, "Call My 'partners' whom you claimed," and they will invoke them, but they will not respond to them. And We will put between them [a valley of] destruction.

53. وَرَءَا ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُونَ ٱلنَّارَ فَظَنُّوٓاْ أَنَّهُم مُّوَاقِعُوهَا وَلَمۡ يَجِدُواْ عَنۡهَا مَصۡرِفٗا ٥٣

    Wa raʾal-mujrimūnan-nāra faẓannū annahum muwāqiʿūhā wa lam yajidū ʿanhā maṣrifā.

    And the criminals will see the Fire and will be certain that they are to fall therein. And they will not find from it a way elsewhere.

54. وَلَقَدۡ صَرَّفۡنَا فِي هَٰذَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانِ لِلنَّاسِ مِن كُلِّ مَثَلٖۚ وَكَانَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ أَكۡثَرَ شَيۡءٖ جَدَلٗا ٥٤

    Wa laqad ṣarrafnā fī hādhal-qurʾāni lin-nāsi min kulli mathal, wa kānal-insānu akthara shayʾin jadalā.

    And We have certainly diversified in this Qur’ān for the people from every [kind of] example; but man has ever been, most of anything, [prone to] dispute.

55. وَمَا مَنَعَ ٱلنَّاسَ أَن يُؤۡمِنُوٓاْ إِذۡ جَآءَهُمُ ٱلۡهُدَىٰ وَيَسۡتَغۡفِرُواْ رَبَّهُمۡ إِلَّآ أَن تَأۡتِيَهُمۡ سُنَّةُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ أَوۡ يَأۡتِيَهُمُ ٱلۡعَذَابُ قُبُلٗا ٥٥

    Wa mā manaʿan-nāsa ay yuʾminū idh jāʾahumul-hudā wa yastaghfirū rabbahum illā an taʾtiyahum sunnatul-awwalīna aw yaʾtiyahumul-ʿadhābu qubulā.

    And nothing has prevented the people from believing when guidance came to them and from asking forgiveness of their Lord except that there [must] befall them the [accustomed] precedent of the former peoples¹ or that the punishment should come [directly] before them.

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    1. Who denied the truth brought by Allāh's messengers.

56. وَمَا نُرۡسِلُ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ إِلَّا مُبَشِّرِينَ وَمُنذِرِينَۚ وَيُجَٰدِلُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِٱلۡبَٰطِلِ لِيُدۡحِضُواْ بِهِ ٱلۡحَقَّۖ وَٱتَّخَذُوٓاْ ءَايَٰتِي وَمَآ أُنذِرُواْ هُزُوٗا ٥٦

    Wa mā nursilul-mursalīna illā mubashshirīna wa mundhirīn, wa yujādilul-ladhīna kafarū bil-bāṭili liyudḥiḍū bihil-ḥaqq, wattakhadhū āyātī wa mā undhirū huzuwā.

    And We send not the messengers except as bringers of good tidings and warners. And those who disbelieve dispute by [using] falsehood to [attempt to] invalidate thereby the truth and have taken My verses, and that of which they are warned, in ridicule.

57. وَمَنۡ أَظۡلَمُ مِمَّن ذُكِّرَ بِـَٔايَٰتِ رَبِّهِۦ فَأَعۡرَضَ عَنۡهَا وَنَسِيَ مَا قَدَّمَتۡ يَدَاهُۚ إِنَّا جَعَلۡنَا عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمۡ أَكِنَّةً أَن يَفۡقَهُوهُ وَفِيٓ ءَاذَانِهِمۡ وَقۡرٗاۖ وَإِن تَدۡعُهُمۡ إِلَى ٱلۡهُدَىٰ فَلَن يَهۡتَدُوٓاْ إِذًا أَبَدٗا ٥٧

    Wa man aẓlamu mimman dhukkira biʾāyāti rabbihī fa aʿraḍa ʿanhā wa nasiya mā qaddamat yadāh, innā jaʿalnā ʿalā qulūbihim akinnatan ay yafqahūhu wa fī ādhānihim waqrā, wa in tadʿuhum ilal-hudā falay yahtadū idhan abadā.

    And who is more unjust than one who is reminded of the verses of his Lord but turns away from them and forgets what his hands have put forth? Indeed, We have placed over their hearts coverings, lest they understand it, and in their ears deafness. And if you invite them to guidance - they will never be guided, then - ever.

58. وَرَبُّكَ ٱلۡغَفُورُ ذُو ٱلرَّحۡمَةِۖ لَوۡ يُؤَاخِذُهُم بِمَا كَسَبُواْ لَعَجَّلَ لَهُمُ ٱلۡعَذَابَۚ بَل لَّهُم مَّوۡعِدٞ لَّن يَجِدُواْ مِن دُونِهِۦ مَوۡئِلٗا ٥٨

    Wa rabbukal-ghafūru dhur-raḥmah, law yuʾākhidhuhum bimā kasabū laʿajjala lahumul-ʿadhāb, bal lahum mawʿidul lay yajidū min dūnihī mawʾilā.

    And your Lord is the Forgiving, the possessor of mercy. If He were to impose blame upon them for what they earned, He would have hastened for them the punishment. Rather, for them is an appointment from which they will never find an escape.

59. وَتِلۡكَ ٱلۡقُرَىٰٓ أَهۡلَكۡنَٰهُمۡ لَمَّا ظَلَمُواْ وَجَعَلۡنَا لِمَهۡلِكِهِم مَّوۡعِدٗا ٥٩

    Wa tilkal-qurā ahlaknāhum lammā ẓalamū wa jaʿalnā limahlikihim mawʿidā.

    And those cities - We destroyed them when they wronged, and We made for their destruction an appointed time.

60. وَإِذۡ قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِفَتَىٰهُ لَآ أَبۡرَحُ حَتَّىٰٓ أَبۡلُغَ مَجۡمَعَ ٱلۡبَحۡرَيۡنِ أَوۡ أَمۡضِيَ حُقُبٗا ٦٠

    Wa idh qāla mūsā lifatāhu lā abraḥu ḥattā ablugha majmaʿal-baḥrayni aw amḍiya ḥuqubā.

    And [mention] when Moses said to his boy [i.e., servant], "I will not cease [traveling] until I reach the junction of the two seas or continue for a long period."

61. فَلَمَّا بَلَغَا مَجۡمَعَ بَيۡنِهِمَا نَسِيَا حُوتَهُمَا فَٱتَّخَذَ سَبِيلَهُۥ فِي ٱلۡبَحۡرِ سَرَبٗا ٦١

    Falammā balaghā majmaʿa baynihimā nasiyā ḥūtahumā fattakhadha sabīlahū fil-baḥri sarabā.

    But when they reached the junction between them, they forgot their fish, and it took its course into the sea, slipping away.

62. فَلَمَّا جَاوَزَا قَالَ لِفَتَىٰهُ ءَاتِنَا غَدَآءَنَا لَقَدۡ لَقِينَا مِن سَفَرِنَا هَٰذَا نَصَبٗا ٦٢

    Falammā jāwazā qāla lifatāhu ātinā ghadāʾanā laqad laqīnā min safarinā hādhā naṣabā.

    So when they had passed beyond it, [Moses] said to his boy, "Bring us our morning meal. We have certainly suffered in this, our journey, [much] fatigue."

63. قَالَ أَرَءَيۡتَ إِذۡ أَوَيۡنَآ إِلَى ٱلصَّخۡرَةِ فَإِنِّي نَسِيتُ ٱلۡحُوتَ وَمَآ أَنسَىٰنِيهُ إِلَّا ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُ أَنۡ أَذۡكُرَهُۥۚ وَٱتَّخَذَ سَبِيلَهُۥ فِي ٱلۡبَحۡرِ عَجَبٗا ٦٣

    Qāla araʾayta idh awaynā ilaṣ-ṣakhrati fa innī nasītul-ḥūta wa mā ansānīhu illash-shayṭānu an adhkurah, wattakhadha sabīlahū fil-baḥri ʿajabā.

    He said, "Did you see when we retired to the rock? Indeed, I forgot [there] the fish. And none made me forget it except Satan - that I should mention it. And it took its course into the sea amazingly."

64. قَالَ ذَٰلِكَ مَا كُنَّا نَبۡغِۚ فَٱرۡتَدَّا عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَارِهِمَا قَصَصٗا ٦٤

    Qāla dhālika mā kunnā nabgh, fartaddā ʿalā āthārihimā qaṣaṣā.

    [Moses] said, "That is what we were seeking." So they returned, following their footprints.

65. فَوَجَدَا عَبۡدٗا مِّنۡ عِبَادِنَآ ءَاتَيۡنَٰهُ رَحۡمَةٗ مِّنۡ عِندِنَا وَعَلَّمۡنَٰهُ مِن لَّدُنَّا عِلۡمٗا ٦٥

    Fawajadā ʿabdam min ʿibādinā ātaynāhu raḥmatam min ʿindinā wa ʿallamnāhu mil ladunnā ʿilmā.

    And they found a servant from among Our servants [i.e., al-Khiḍr] to whom We had given mercy from Us and had taught him from Us a [certain] knowledge.

66. قَالَ لَهُۥ مُوسَىٰ هَلۡ أَتَّبِعُكَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن تُعَلِّمَنِ مِمَّا عُلِّمۡتَ رُشۡدٗا ٦٦

    Qāla lahū mūsā hal attabiʿuka ʿalā an tuʿallimani mimmā ʿullimta rushdā.

    Moses said to him, "May I follow you on [the condition] that you teach me from what you have been taught of sound judgement?"

67. قَالَ إِنَّكَ لَن تَسۡتَطِيعَ مَعِيَ صَبۡرٗا ٦٧

    Qāla innaka lan tastaṭīʿa maʿiya ṣabrā.

    He said, "Indeed, with me you will never be able to have patience.

68. وَكَيۡفَ تَصۡبِرُ عَلَىٰ مَا لَمۡ تُحِطۡ بِهِۦ خُبۡرٗا ٦٨

    Wa kayfa taṣbiru ʿalā mā lam tuḥiṭ bihī khubrā.

    And how can you have patience for what you do not encompass in knowledge?"

69. قَالَ سَتَجِدُنِيٓ إِن شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ صَابِرٗا وَلَآ أَعۡصِي لَكَ أَمۡرٗا ٦٩

    Qāla satajidunī in shāʾallāhu ṣābiraw wa lā aʿṣī laka amrā.

    [Moses] said, "You will find me, if Allāh wills, patient, and I will not disobey you in [any] order."

70. قَالَ فَإِنِ ٱتَّبَعۡتَنِي فَلَا تَسۡـَٔلۡنِي عَن شَيۡءٍ حَتَّىٰٓ أُحۡدِثَ لَكَ مِنۡهُ ذِكۡرٗا ٧٠

    Qāla fa inittabaʿtanī falā tasʾalnī ʿan shayʾin ḥattā uḥditha laka minhu dhikrā.

    He said, "Then if you follow me, do not ask me about anything until I make to you about it mention [i.e., explanation]."

71. فَٱنطَلَقَا حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا رَكِبَا فِي ٱلسَّفِينَةِ خَرَقَهَاۖ قَالَ أَخَرَقۡتَهَا لِتُغۡرِقَ أَهۡلَهَا لَقَدۡ جِئۡتَ شَيۡـًٔا إِمۡرٗا ٧١

    Fanṭalaqā ḥattā idhā rakibā fis-safīnati kharaqahā, qāla akharaqtahā litughriqa ahlahā laqad jiʾta shayʾan imrā.

    So they set out, until when they had embarked on the ship, he [i.e., al-Khiḍr] tore it open. [Moses] said, "Have you torn it open to drown its people? You have certainly done a grave thing."

72. قَالَ أَلَمۡ أَقُلۡ إِنَّكَ لَن تَسۡتَطِيعَ مَعِيَ صَبۡرٗا ٧٢

    Qāla alam aqul innaka lan tastaṭīʿa maʿiya ṣabrā.

    [Al-Khiḍr] said, "Did I not say that with me you would never be able to have patience?"

73. قَالَ لَا تُؤَاخِذۡنِي بِمَا نَسِيتُ وَلَا تُرۡهِقۡنِي مِنۡ أَمۡرِي عُسۡرٗا ٧٣

    Qāla lā tuʾākhidhnī bimā nasītu wa lā turhiqnī min amrī ʿusrā.

    [Moses] said, "Do not blame me for what I forgot and do not overwhelm me in my matter with difficulty."

74. فَٱنطَلَقَا حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا لَقِيَا غُلَٰمٗا فَقَتَلَهُۥ قَالَ أَقَتَلۡتَ نَفۡسٗا زَكِيَّةَۢ بِغَيۡرِ نَفۡسٖ لَّقَدۡ جِئۡتَ شَيۡـٔٗا نُّكۡرٗا ٧٤

    Fanṭalaqā ḥattā idhā laqiyā ghulāman faqatalahū qāla aqatalta nafsan zakiyyatam bighayri nafsil laqad jiʾta shayʾan nukrā.

    So they set out, until when they met a boy, he [i.e., al-Khiḍr] killed him. [Moses] said, "Have you killed a pure soul for other than [having killed] a soul? You have certainly done a deplorable thing."