Maryam

كٓهيعٓصٓ ١

Kāf Hā Yā ʿAyn Ṣād.

Kāf, Hā, Yā, ʿAyn, Ṣād.¹

ذِكۡرُ رَحۡمَتِ رَبِّكَ عَبۡدَهُۥ زَكَرِيَّآ ٢

Dhikru raḥmati rabbika ʿabdahū zakariyyā.

[This is] a mention of the mercy of your Lord to His servant Zechariah

إِذۡ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُۥ نِدَآءً خَفِيّٗا ٣

Idh nādā rabbahū nidāʾan khafiyyā.

When he called to his Lord a private call [i.e., supplication].

قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّي وَهَنَ ٱلۡعَظۡمُ مِنِّي وَٱشۡتَعَلَ ٱلرَّأۡسُ شَيۡبٗا وَلَمۡ أَكُنۢ بِدُعَآئِكَ رَبِّ شَقِيّٗا ٤

Qāla rabbi innī wahanal-ʿaẓmu minnī washtaʿalar-raʾsu shaybaw wa lam akum biduʿāʾika rabbi shaqiyyā.

He said, "My Lord, indeed my bones have weakened, and my head has filled¹ with white, and never have I been in my supplication to You, my Lord, unhappy [i.e., disappointed].

وَإِنِّي خِفۡتُ ٱلۡمَوَٰلِيَ مِن وَرَآءِي وَكَانَتِ ٱمۡرَأَتِي عَاقِرٗا فَهَبۡ لِي مِن لَّدُنكَ وَلِيّٗا ٥

Wa innī khiftul-mawāliya miw warāʾī wa kānatimraʾatī ʿāqiran fahab lī mil ladunka waliyyā.

And indeed, I fear the successors¹ after me, and my wife has been barren, so give me from Yourself an heir

يَرِثُنِي وَيَرِثُ مِنۡ ءَالِ يَعۡقُوبَۖ وَٱجۡعَلۡهُ رَبِّ رَضِيّٗا ٦

Yarithunī wa yarithu min āli yaʿqūb, wajʿalhu rabbi raḍiyyā.

Who will inherit me¹ and inherit from the family of Jacob. And make him, my Lord, pleasing [to You]."

يَٰزَكَرِيَّآ إِنَّا نُبَشِّرُكَ بِغُلَٰمٍ ٱسۡمُهُۥ يَحۡيَىٰ لَمۡ نَجۡعَل لَّهُۥ مِن قَبۡلُ سَمِيّٗا ٧

Yāzakariyyā innā nubashshiruka bighulāminismuhū yaḥyā lam najʿal lahū min qablu samiyyā.

[He was told],¹ "O Zechariah, indeed We give you good tidings of a boy whose name will be John. We have not assigned to any before [this] name."

قَالَ رَبِّ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لِي غُلَٰمٞ وَكَانَتِ ٱمۡرَأَتِي عَاقِرٗا وَقَدۡ بَلَغۡتُ مِنَ ٱلۡكِبَرِ عِتِيّٗا ٨

Qāla rabbi annā yakūnu lī ghulāmuw wa kānatimraʾatī ʿāqiraw wa qad balaghtu minal-kibari ʿitiyyā.

He said, "My Lord, how will I have a boy when my wife has been barren and I have reached extreme old age?"

قَالَ كَذَٰلِكَ قَالَ رَبُّكَ هُوَ عَلَيَّ هَيِّنٞ وَقَدۡ خَلَقۡتُكَ مِن قَبۡلُ وَلَمۡ تَكُ شَيۡـٔٗا ٩

Qāla kadhālika qāla rabbuka huwa ʿalayya hayyinuw wa qad khalaqtuka min qablu wa lam taku shayʾā.

[An angel] said, "Thus [it will be]; your Lord says, 'It is easy for Me, for I created you before, while you were nothing.'"

قَالَ رَبِّ ٱجۡعَل لِّيٓ ءَايَةٗۖ قَالَ ءَايَتُكَ أَلَّا تُكَلِّمَ ٱلنَّاسَ ثَلَٰثَ لَيَالٖ سَوِيّٗا ١٠

Qāla rabbijʿal lī āyah, qāla āyatuka allā tukalliman-nāsa thalātha layālin sawiyyā.

[Zechariah] said, "My Lord, make for me a sign." He said, "Your sign is that you will not speak to the people for three nights, [being] sound."¹

فَخَرَجَ عَلَىٰ قَوۡمِهِۦ مِنَ ٱلۡمِحۡرَابِ فَأَوۡحَىٰٓ إِلَيۡهِمۡ أَن سَبِّحُواْ بُكۡرَةٗ وَعَشِيّٗا ١١

Fakharaja ʿalā qawmihī minal-miḥrābi fa awḥā ilayhim an sabbiḥū bukrataw wa ʿashiyyā.

So he came out to his people from the prayer chamber and signaled to them to exalt [Allāh] in the morning and afternoon.

يَٰيَحۡيَىٰ خُذِ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ بِقُوَّةٖۖ وَءَاتَيۡنَٰهُ ٱلۡحُكۡمَ صَبِيّٗا ١٢

Yāyaḥyā khudhil-kitāba biquwwah, wa ātaynāhul-ḥukma ṣabiyyā.

[Allāh said], "O John, take the Scripture [i.e., adhere to it] with determination." And We gave him judgement [while yet] a boy

وَحَنَانٗا مِّن لَّدُنَّا وَزَكَوٰةٗۖ وَكَانَ تَقِيّٗا ١٣

Wa ḥanānam mil ladunnā wa zakāh, wa kāna taqiyyā.

And affection from Us and purity, and he was fearing of Allāh

وَبَرَّۢا بِوَٰلِدَيۡهِ وَلَمۡ يَكُن جَبَّارًا عَصِيّٗا ١٤

Wa barram biwālidayhi wa lam yakun jabbāran ʿaṣiyyā.

And dutiful to his parents, and he was not a disobedient tyrant.

وَسَلَٰمٌ عَلَيۡهِ يَوۡمَ وُلِدَ وَيَوۡمَ يَمُوتُ وَيَوۡمَ يُبۡعَثُ حَيّٗا ١٥

Wa salāmun ʿalayhi yawma wulida wa yawma yamūtu wa yawma yubʿathu ḥayyā.

And peace be upon him the day he was born and the day he dies and the day he is raised alive.

وَٱذۡكُرۡ فِي ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ مَرۡيَمَ إِذِ ٱنتَبَذَتۡ مِنۡ أَهۡلِهَا مَكَانٗا شَرۡقِيّٗا ١٦

Wadhkur fil-kitābi maryama idhintabadhat min ahlihā makānan sharqiyyā.

And mention, [O Muḥammad], in the Book [the story of] Mary, when she withdrew from her family to a place toward the east.

فَٱتَّخَذَتۡ مِن دُونِهِمۡ حِجَابٗا فَأَرۡسَلۡنَآ إِلَيۡهَا رُوحَنَا فَتَمَثَّلَ لَهَا بَشَرٗا سَوِيّٗا ١٧

Fattakhadhat min dūnihim ḥijāban fa arsalnā ilayhā rūḥanā fatamaththala lahā basharan sawiyyā.

And she took, in seclusion from them, a screen. Then We sent to her Our Angel [i.e., Gabriel], and he represented himself to her as a well-proportioned man.

قَالَتۡ إِنِّيٓ أَعُوذُ بِٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ مِنكَ إِن كُنتَ تَقِيّٗا ١٨

Qālat innī aʿūdhu bir-raḥmāni minka in kunta taqiyyā.

She said, "Indeed, I seek refuge in the Most Merciful from you, [so leave me], if you should be fearing of Allāh."

قَالَ إِنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ رَسُولُ رَبِّكِ لِأَهَبَ لَكِ غُلَٰمٗا زَكِيّٗا ١٩

Qāla innamā ana rasūlu rabbiki liʾahaba laki ghulāman zakiyyā.

He said, "I am only the messenger of your Lord to give you [news of] a pure boy [i.e., son]."

قَالَتۡ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لِي غُلَٰمٞ وَلَمۡ يَمۡسَسۡنِي بَشَرٞ وَلَمۡ أَكُ بَغِيّٗا ٢٠

Qālat annā yakūnu lī ghulāmuw wa lam yamsasnī basharuw wa lam aku baghiyyā.

She said, "How can I have a boy while no man has touched me and I have not been unchaste?"

قَالَ كَذَٰلِكِ قَالَ رَبُّكِ هُوَ عَلَيَّ هَيِّنٞۖ وَلِنَجۡعَلَهُۥٓ ءَايَةٗ لِّلنَّاسِ وَرَحۡمَةٗ مِّنَّاۚ وَكَانَ أَمۡرٗا مَّقۡضِيّٗا ٢١

Qāla kadhāliki qāla rabbuki huwa ʿalayya hayyin, walinajʿalahū āyatal lin-nāsi wa raḥmatam minnā, wa kāna amram maqḍiyyā.

He said, "Thus [it will be]; your Lord says, 'It is easy for Me, and We will make him a sign to the people and a mercy from Us. And it is a matter [already] decreed.'"

۞ فَحَمَلَتۡهُ فَٱنتَبَذَتۡ بِهِۦ مَكَانٗا قَصِيّٗا ٢٢

Faḥamalathu fantabadhat bihī makānan qaṣiyyā.

So she conceived him, and she withdrew with him to a remote place.

فَأَجَآءَهَا ٱلۡمَخَاضُ إِلَىٰ جِذۡعِ ٱلنَّخۡلَةِ قَالَتۡ يَٰلَيۡتَنِي مِتُّ قَبۡلَ هَٰذَا وَكُنتُ نَسۡيٗا مَّنسِيّٗا ٢٣

Fa ajāʾahal-makhāḍu ilā jidhʿin-nakhlati qālat yālaytanī mittu qabla hādhā wa kuntu nasyam mansiyyā.

And the pains of childbirth drove her to the trunk of a palm tree. She said, "Oh, I wish I had died before this and was in oblivion, forgotten."

فَنَادَىٰهَا مِن تَحۡتِهَآ أَلَّا تَحۡزَنِي قَدۡ جَعَلَ رَبُّكِ تَحۡتَكِ سَرِيّٗا ٢٤

Fanādāhā min taḥtihā allā taḥzanī qad jaʿala rabbuki taḥtaki sariyyā.

But he¹ called her from below her, "Do not grieve; your Lord has provided beneath you a stream.

وَهُزِّيٓ إِلَيۡكِ بِجِذۡعِ ٱلنَّخۡلَةِ تُسَٰقِطۡ عَلَيۡكِ رُطَبٗا جَنِيّٗا ٢٥

Wa huzzī ilayki bijidhʿin-nakhlati tusāqiṭ ʿalayki ruṭaban janiyyā.

And shake toward you the trunk of the palm tree; it will drop upon you ripe, fresh dates.

فَكُلِي وَٱشۡرَبِي وَقَرِّي عَيۡنٗاۖ فَإِمَّا تَرَيِنَّ مِنَ ٱلۡبَشَرِ أَحَدٗا فَقُولِيٓ إِنِّي نَذَرۡتُ لِلرَّحۡمَٰنِ صَوۡمٗا فَلَنۡ أُكَلِّمَ ٱلۡيَوۡمَ إِنسِيّٗا ٢٦

Fakulī washrabī wa qarrī ʿaynā, fa immā tarayinna minal-bashari aḥadan faqūlī innī nadhartu lir-raḥmāni ṣawman falan ukallimal-yawma insiyyā.

So eat and drink and be contented. And if you see from among humanity anyone, say, 'Indeed, I have vowed to the Most Merciful abstention, so I will not speak today to [any] man.'"

فَأَتَتۡ بِهِۦ قَوۡمَهَا تَحۡمِلُهُۥۖ قَالُواْ يَٰمَرۡيَمُ لَقَدۡ جِئۡتِ شَيۡـٔٗا فَرِيّٗا ٢٧

Fa atat bihī qawmahā taḥmiluh, qālū yāmaryamu laqad jiʾti shayʾan fariyyā.

Then she brought him to her people, carrying him. They said, "O Mary, you have certainly done a thing unprecedented.

يَٰٓأُخۡتَ هَٰرُونَ مَا كَانَ أَبُوكِ ٱمۡرَأَ سَوۡءٖ وَمَا كَانَتۡ أُمُّكِ بَغِيّٗا ٢٨

Yāʾukhta hārūna mā kāna abūkimraʾa sawʾiw wa mā kānat ummuki baghiyyā.

O sister [i.e., descendant] of Aaron, your father was not a man of evil, nor was your mother unchaste."

فَأَشَارَتۡ إِلَيۡهِۖ قَالُواْ كَيۡفَ نُكَلِّمُ مَن كَانَ فِي ٱلۡمَهۡدِ صَبِيّٗا ٢٩

Fa ashārat ilayh, qālū kayfa nukallimu man kāna fil-mahdi ṣabiyyā.

So she pointed to him. They said, "How can we speak to one who is in the cradle a child?"

قَالَ إِنِّي عَبۡدُ ٱللَّهِ ءَاتَىٰنِيَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ وَجَعَلَنِي نَبِيّٗا ٣٠

Qāla innī ʿabdullāhi ātāniyal-kitāba wa jaʿalanī nabiyyā.

[Jesus] said, "Indeed, I am the servant of Allāh. He has given me the Scripture and made me a prophet.

وَجَعَلَنِي مُبَارَكًا أَيۡنَ مَا كُنتُ وَأَوۡصَٰنِي بِٱلصَّلَوٰةِ وَٱلزَّكَوٰةِ مَا دُمۡتُ حَيّٗا ٣١

Wa jaʿalanī mubārakan ayna mā kuntu wa awṣānī biṣ-ṣalāti waz-zakāti mā dumtu ḥayyā.

And He has made me blessed wherever I am and has enjoined upon me prayer and zakāh as long as I remain alive

وَبَرَّۢا بِوَٰلِدَتِي وَلَمۡ يَجۡعَلۡنِي جَبَّارٗا شَقِيّٗا ٣٢

Wa barram biwālidatī wa lam yajʿalnī jabbāran shaqiyyā.

And [made me] dutiful to my mother, and He has not made me a wretched tyrant.

وَٱلسَّلَٰمُ عَلَيَّ يَوۡمَ وُلِدتُّ وَيَوۡمَ أَمُوتُ وَيَوۡمَ أُبۡعَثُ حَيّٗا ٣٣

Was-salāmu ʿalayya yawma wulidttu wa yawma amūtu wa yawma ubʿathu ḥayyā.

And peace is on me the day I was born and the day I will die and the day I am raised alive."

ذَٰلِكَ عِيسَى ٱبۡنُ مَرۡيَمَۖ قَوۡلَ ٱلۡحَقِّ ٱلَّذِي فِيهِ يَمۡتَرُونَ ٣٤

Dhālika ʿīsabnu maryam, qawlal-ḥaqqil-ladhī fīhi yamtarūn.

That is Jesus, the son of Mary - the word of truth about which they are in dispute.

مَا كَانَ لِلَّهِ أَن يَتَّخِذَ مِن وَلَدٖۖ سُبۡحَٰنَهُۥٓۚ إِذَا قَضَىٰٓ أَمۡرٗا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ ٣٥

Mā kāna lillāhi ay yattakhidha miw walad, subḥānah, idhā qaḍā amran fa innamā yaqūlu lahū kun fayakūn.

It is not [befitting] for Allāh to take a son; exalted is He!¹ When He decrees an affair, He only says to it, "Be," and it is.

وَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ رَبِّي وَرَبُّكُمۡ فَٱعۡبُدُوهُۚ هَٰذَا صِرَٰطٞ مُّسۡتَقِيمٞ ٣٦

Wa innallāha rabbī wa rabbukum faʿbudūh, hādhā ṣirāṭum mustaqīm.

[Jesus said], "And indeed, Allāh is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him. That is a straight path."

فَٱخۡتَلَفَ ٱلۡأَحۡزَابُ مِنۢ بَيۡنِهِمۡۖ فَوَيۡلٞ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ مِن مَّشۡهَدِ يَوۡمٍ عَظِيمٍ ٣٧

Fakhtalafal-aḥzābu mim baynihim, fawaylul lil-ladhīna kafarū mim mashhadi yawmin ʿaẓīm.

Then the factions differed [concerning Jesus] from among them, so woe to those who disbelieved - from the scene of a tremendous Day.

أَسۡمِعۡ بِهِمۡ وَأَبۡصِرۡ يَوۡمَ يَأۡتُونَنَا لَٰكِنِ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ ٱلۡيَوۡمَ فِي ضَلَٰلٖ مُّبِينٖ ٣٨

Asmiʿ bihim wa abṣir yawma yaʾtūnanā lākiniẓ-ẓālimūnal-yawma fī ḍalālim mubīn.

How [clearly] they will hear and see the Day they come to Us, but the wrongdoers today are in clear error.

وَأَنذِرۡهُمۡ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡحَسۡرَةِ إِذۡ قُضِيَ ٱلۡأَمۡرُ وَهُمۡ فِي غَفۡلَةٖ وَهُمۡ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ ٣٩

Wa andhirhum yawmal-ḥasrati idh quḍiyal-amru wa hum fī ghaflatiw wa hum lā yuʾminūn.

And warn them, [O Muḥammad], of the Day of Regret, when the matter will be concluded;¹ and [yet], they are in [a state of] heedlessness, and they do not believe.

إِنَّا نَحۡنُ نَرِثُ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَمَنۡ عَلَيۡهَا وَإِلَيۡنَا يُرۡجَعُونَ ٤٠

Innā naḥnu narithul-arḍa wa man ʿalayhā wa ilaynā yurjaʿūn.

Indeed, it is We who will inherit the earth and whoever is on it, and to Us they will be returned.

وَٱذۡكُرۡ فِي ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ صِدِّيقٗا نَّبِيًّا ٤١

Wadhkur fil-kitābi ibrāhīm, innahū kāna ṣiddīqan nabiyyā.

And mention in the Book [the story of] Abraham. Indeed, he was a man of truth and a prophet.

إِذۡ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ يَٰٓأَبَتِ لِمَ تَعۡبُدُ مَا لَا يَسۡمَعُ وَلَا يُبۡصِرُ وَلَا يُغۡنِي عَنكَ شَيۡـٔٗا ٤٢

Idh qāla liʾabīhi yāʾabati lima taʿbudu mā lā yasmaʿu wa lā yubṣiru wa lā yughnī ʿanka shayʾā.

[Mention] when he said to his father, "O my father, why do you worship that which does not hear and does not see and will not benefit you at all?

يَٰٓأَبَتِ إِنِّي قَدۡ جَآءَنِي مِنَ ٱلۡعِلۡمِ مَا لَمۡ يَأۡتِكَ فَٱتَّبِعۡنِيٓ أَهۡدِكَ صِرَٰطٗا سَوِيّٗا ٤٣

Yāʾabati innī qad jāʾanī minal-ʿilmi mā lam yaʾtika fattabiʿnī ahdika ṣirāṭan sawiyyā.

O my father, indeed there has come to me of knowledge that which has not come to you, so follow me; I will guide you to an even path.

يَٰٓأَبَتِ لَا تَعۡبُدِ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنَۖ إِنَّ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنَ كَانَ لِلرَّحۡمَٰنِ عَصِيّٗا ٤٤

Yāʾabati lā taʿbudish-shayṭān, innash-shayṭāna kāna lir-raḥmāni ʿaṣiyyā.

O my father, do not worship [i.e., obey] Satan. Indeed Satan has ever been, to the Most Merciful, disobedient.

يَٰٓأَبَتِ إِنِّيٓ أَخَافُ أَن يَمَسَّكَ عَذَابٞ مِّنَ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ فَتَكُونَ لِلشَّيۡطَٰنِ وَلِيّٗا ٤٥

Yāʾabati innī akhāfu ay yamassaka ʿadhābum minar-raḥmāni fatakūna lish-shayṭāni waliyyā.

O my father, indeed I fear that there will touch you a punishment from the Most Merciful so you would be to Satan a companion [in Hellfire]."

قَالَ أَرَاغِبٌ أَنتَ عَنۡ ءَالِهَتِي يَٰٓإِبۡرَٰهِيمُۖ لَئِن لَّمۡ تَنتَهِ لَأَرۡجُمَنَّكَۖ وَٱهۡجُرۡنِي مَلِيّٗا ٤٦

Qāla arāghibun anta ʿan ālihatī yāʾibrāhīm, laʾil lam tantahi laʾarjumannak, wahjurnī maliyyā.

[His father] said, "Have you no desire for my gods, O Abraham? If you do not desist, I will surely stone you, so avoid me a prolonged time."

قَالَ سَلَٰمٌ عَلَيۡكَۖ سَأَسۡتَغۡفِرُ لَكَ رَبِّيٓۖ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ بِي حَفِيّٗا ٤٧

Qāla salāmun ʿalayk, saʾastaghfiru laka rabbī, innahū kāna bī ḥafiyyā.

[Abraham] said, "Peace [i.e., safety] will be upon you.¹ I will ask forgiveness for you of my Lord. Indeed, He is ever gracious to me.

وَأَعۡتَزِلُكُمۡ وَمَا تَدۡعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَأَدۡعُواْ رَبِّي عَسَىٰٓ أَلَّآ أَكُونَ بِدُعَآءِ رَبِّي شَقِيّٗا ٤٨

Wa aʿtazilukum wa mā tadʿūna min dūnillāhi wa adʿū rabbī ʿasā allā akūna biduʿāʾi rabbī shaqiyyā.

And I will leave you and those you invoke other than Allāh and will invoke¹ my Lord. I expect that I will not be in invocation to my Lord unhappy [i.e., disappointed]."

فَلَمَّا ٱعۡتَزَلَهُمۡ وَمَا يَعۡبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَهَبۡنَا لَهُۥٓ إِسۡحَٰقَ وَيَعۡقُوبَۖ وَكُلّٗا جَعَلۡنَا نَبِيّٗا ٤٩

Falammaʿtazalahum wa mā yaʿbudūna min dūnillāhi wahabnā lahū isḥāqa wa yaʿqūb, wa kullan jaʿalnā nabiyyā.

So when he had left them and those they worshipped other than Allāh, We gave him Isaac and Jacob, and each [of them] We made a prophet.

وَوَهَبۡنَا لَهُم مِّن رَّحۡمَتِنَا وَجَعَلۡنَا لَهُمۡ لِسَانَ صِدۡقٍ عَلِيّٗا ٥٠

Wa wahabnā lahum mir raḥmatinā wa jaʿalnā lahum lisāna ṣidqin ʿaliyyā.

And We gave them of Our mercy, and We made for them a mention [i.e., reputation] of high honor.

وَٱذۡكُرۡ فِي ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ مُوسَىٰٓۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ مُخۡلَصٗا وَكَانَ رَسُولٗا نَّبِيّٗا ٥١

Wadhkur fil-kitābi mūsā, innahū kāna mukhlaṣaw wa kāna rasūlan nabiyyā.

And mention in the Book, Moses. Indeed, he was chosen, and he was a messenger and a prophet.¹

وَنَٰدَيۡنَٰهُ مِن جَانِبِ ٱلطُّورِ ٱلۡأَيۡمَنِ وَقَرَّبۡنَٰهُ نَجِيّٗا ٥٢

Wa nādaynāhu min jānibiṭ-ṭūril-aymani wa qarrabnāhu najiyyā.

And We called him from the side of the mount¹ at [his] right and brought him near, confiding [to him].

وَوَهَبۡنَا لَهُۥ مِن رَّحۡمَتِنَآ أَخَاهُ هَٰرُونَ نَبِيّٗا ٥٣

Wa wahabnā lahū mir raḥmatinā akhāhu hārūna nabiyyā.

And We gave him out of Our mercy his brother Aaron as a prophet.

وَٱذۡكُرۡ فِي ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ إِسۡمَٰعِيلَۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ صَادِقَ ٱلۡوَعۡدِ وَكَانَ رَسُولٗا نَّبِيّٗا ٥٤

Wadhkur fil-kitābi ismāʿīl, innahū kāna ṣādiqal-waʿdi wa kāna rasūlan nabiyyā.

And mention in the Book, Ishmael. Indeed, he was true to his promise, and he was a messenger and a prophet.

وَكَانَ يَأۡمُرُ أَهۡلَهُۥ بِٱلصَّلَوٰةِ وَٱلزَّكَوٰةِ وَكَانَ عِندَ رَبِّهِۦ مَرۡضِيّٗا ٥٥

Wa kāna yaʾmuru ahlahū biṣ-ṣalāti waz-zakāti wa kāna ʿinda rabbihī marḍiyyā.

And he used to enjoin on his people prayer and zakāh and was to his Lord pleasing [i.e., accepted by Him].

وَٱذۡكُرۡ فِي ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ إِدۡرِيسَۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ صِدِّيقٗا نَّبِيّٗا ٥٦

Wadhkur fil-kitābi idrīs, innahū kāna ṣiddīqan nabiyyā.

And mention in the Book, Idrees. Indeed, he was a man of truth and a prophet.

وَرَفَعۡنَٰهُ مَكَانًا عَلِيًّا ٥٧

Wa rafaʿnāhu makānan ʿaliyyā.

And We raised him to a high station.

أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَنۡعَمَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيۡهِم مِّنَ ٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَ مِن ذُرِّيَّةِ ءَادَمَ وَمِمَّنۡ حَمَلۡنَا مَعَ نُوحٖ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّةِ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ وَإِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ وَمِمَّنۡ هَدَيۡنَا وَٱجۡتَبَيۡنَآۚ إِذَا تُتۡلَىٰ عَلَيۡهِمۡ ءَايَٰتُ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ خَرُّواْۤ سُجَّدٗاۤ وَبُكِيّٗا۩ ٥٨

Ulāʾikal-ladhīna anʿamallāhu ʿalayhim minan-nabiyyīna min dhurriyyati ādama wa mimman ḥamalnā maʿa nūḥiw wa min dhurriyyati ibrāhīma wa isrāʾīla wa mimman hadaynā wajtabaynā, idhā tutlā ʿalayhim āyātur-raḥmāni kharrū sujjadaw wa bukiyyā.

Those were the ones upon whom Allāh bestowed favor from among the prophets of the descendants of Adam and of those We carried [in the ship] with Noah, and of the descendants of Abraham and Israel [i.e., Jacob], and of those whom We guided and chose. When the verses of the Most Merciful were recited to them, they fell in prostration and weeping.

۞ فَخَلَفَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِهِمۡ خَلۡفٌ أَضَاعُواْ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَٱتَّبَعُواْ ٱلشَّهَوَٰتِۖ فَسَوۡفَ يَلۡقَوۡنَ غَيًّا ٥٩

Fakhalafa mim baʿdihim khalfun aḍāʿuṣ-ṣalāta wattabaʿush-shahawāt, fasawfa yalqawna ghayyā.

But there came after them successors [i.e., later generations] who neglected prayer and pursued desires; so they are going to meet evil¹ -

إِلَّا مَن تَابَ وَءَامَنَ وَعَمِلَ صَٰلِحٗا فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ يَدۡخُلُونَ ٱلۡجَنَّةَ وَلَا يُظۡلَمُونَ شَيۡـٔٗا ٦٠

Illā man tāba wa āmana wa ʿamila ṣāliḥan fa ulāʾika yadkhulūnal-jannata wa lā yuẓlamūna shayʾā.

Except those who repent, believe and do righteousness; for those will enter Paradise and will not be wronged at all.

جَنَّٰتِ عَدۡنٍ ٱلَّتِي وَعَدَ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ عِبَادَهُۥ بِٱلۡغَيۡبِۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ وَعۡدُهُۥ مَأۡتِيّٗا ٦١

Jannāti ʿadninil-latī waʿadar-raḥmānu ʿibādahū bil-ghayb, innahū kāna waʿduhū maʾtiyyā.

[Therein are] gardens of perpetual residence which the Most Merciful has promised His servants in the unseen. Indeed, His promise has ever been eminent.¹

لَّا يَسۡمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغۡوًا إِلَّا سَلَٰمٗاۖ وَلَهُمۡ رِزۡقُهُمۡ فِيهَا بُكۡرَةٗ وَعَشِيّٗا ٦٢

Lā yasmaʿūna fīhā laghwan illā salāmā, wa lahum rizquhum fīhā bukrataw wa ʿashiyyā.

They will not hear therein any ill speech - only [greetings of] peace - and they will have their provision therein, morning and afternoon.

تِلۡكَ ٱلۡجَنَّةُ ٱلَّتِي نُورِثُ مِنۡ عِبَادِنَا مَن كَانَ تَقِيّٗا ٦٣

Tilkal-jannatul-latī nūrithu min ʿibādinā man kāna taqiyyā.

That is Paradise, which We give as inheritance to those of Our servants who were fearing of Allāh.

وَمَا نَتَنَزَّلُ إِلَّا بِأَمۡرِ رَبِّكَۖ لَهُۥ مَا بَيۡنَ أَيۡدِينَا وَمَا خَلۡفَنَا وَمَا بَيۡنَ ذَٰلِكَۚ وَمَا كَانَ رَبُّكَ نَسِيّٗا ٦٤

Wa mā natanazzalu illā biʾamri rabbik, lahū mā bayna aydīnā wa mā khalfanā wa mā bayna dhālik, wa mā kāna rabbuka nasiyyā.

[Gabriel said],¹ "And we [angels] descend not except by the order of your Lord. To Him belongs that before us and that behind us and what is in between. And never is your Lord forgetful -

رَّبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَا فَٱعۡبُدۡهُ وَٱصۡطَبِرۡ لِعِبَٰدَتِهِۦۚ هَلۡ تَعۡلَمُ لَهُۥ سَمِيّٗا ٦٥

Rabbus-samāwāti wal-arḍi wa mā baynahumā faʿbudhu waṣṭabir liʿibādatih, hal taʿlamu lahū samiyyā.

Lord of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them - so worship Him and have patience for His worship. Do you know of any similarity to Him?"

وَيَقُولُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ أَءِذَا مَا مِتُّ لَسَوۡفَ أُخۡرَجُ حَيًّا ٦٦

Wa yaqūlul-insānu aʾidhā mā mittu lasawfa ukhraju ḥayyā.

And man [i.e., the disbeliever] says, "When I have died, am I going to be brought forth alive?"

أَوَلَا يَذۡكُرُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ أَنَّا خَلَقۡنَٰهُ مِن قَبۡلُ وَلَمۡ يَكُ شَيۡـٔٗا ٦٧

Awalā yadhkurul-insānu annā khalaqnāhu min qablu wa lam yaku shayʾā.

Does man not remember that We created him before, while he was nothing?

فَوَرَبِّكَ لَنَحۡشُرَنَّهُمۡ وَٱلشَّيَٰطِينَ ثُمَّ لَنُحۡضِرَنَّهُمۡ حَوۡلَ جَهَنَّمَ جِثِيّٗا ٦٨

Fawarabbika lanaḥshurannahum wash-shayāṭīna thumma lanuḥḍirannahum ḥawla jahannama jithiyyā.

So by your Lord, We will surely gather them and the devils; then We will bring them to be present around Hell upon their knees.¹

ثُمَّ لَنَنزِعَنَّ مِن كُلِّ شِيعَةٍ أَيُّهُمۡ أَشَدُّ عَلَى ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ عِتِيّٗا ٦٩

Thumma lananziʿanna min kulli shīʿatin ayyuhum ashaddu ʿalar-raḥmāni ʿitiyyā.

Then We will surely extract from every sect those of them who were worst against the Most Merciful in insolence.

ثُمَّ لَنَحۡنُ أَعۡلَمُ بِٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ أَوۡلَىٰ بِهَا صِلِيّٗا ٧٠

Thumma lanaḥnu aʿlamu bil-ladhīna hum awlā bihā ṣiliyyā.

Then, surely it is We who are most knowing of those most worthy of burning therein.

وَإِن مِّنكُمۡ إِلَّا وَارِدُهَاۚ كَانَ عَلَىٰ رَبِّكَ حَتۡمٗا مَّقۡضِيّٗا ٧١

Wa im minkum illā wāriduhā, kāna ʿalā rabbika ḥatmam maqḍiyyā.

And there is none of you except he will come to it.¹ This is upon your Lord an inevitability decreed.

ثُمَّ نُنَجِّي ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّقَواْ وَّنَذَرُ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ فِيهَا جِثِيّٗا ٧٢

Thumma nunajjil-ladhīnattaqaw wa nadharuẓ-ẓālimīna fīhā jithiyyā.

Then We will save those who feared Allāh and leave the wrongdoers within it, on their knees.

وَإِذَا تُتۡلَىٰ عَلَيۡهِمۡ ءَايَٰتُنَا بَيِّنَٰتٖ قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓاْ أَيُّ ٱلۡفَرِيقَيۡنِ خَيۡرٞ مَّقَامٗا وَأَحۡسَنُ نَدِيّٗا ٧٣

Wa idhā tutlā ʿalayhim āyātunā bayyinātin qālal-ladhīna kafarū lil-ladhīna āmanū ayyul-farīqayni khayrum maqāmaw wa aḥsanu nadiyyā.

And when Our verses are recited to them as clear evidences, those who disbelieve say to those who believe, "Which of [our] two parties is best in position and best in association?"¹

وَكَمۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَا قَبۡلَهُم مِّن قَرۡنٍ هُمۡ أَحۡسَنُ أَثَٰثٗا وَرِءۡيٗا ٧٤

Wa kam ahlaknā qablahum min qarnin hum aḥsanu athāthaw wa riʾyā.

And how many a generation have We destroyed before them who were better in possessions and [outward] appearance?

قُلۡ مَن كَانَ فِي ٱلضَّلَٰلَةِ فَلۡيَمۡدُدۡ لَهُ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ مَدًّاۚ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا رَأَوۡاْ مَا يُوعَدُونَ إِمَّا ٱلۡعَذَابَ وَإِمَّا ٱلسَّاعَةَ فَسَيَعۡلَمُونَ مَنۡ هُوَ شَرّٞ مَّكَانٗا وَأَضۡعَفُ جُندٗا ٧٥

Qul man kāna fiḍ-ḍalālati falyamdud lahur-raḥmānu maddā, ḥattā idhā raʾaw mā yūʿadūna immal-ʿadhāba wa immas-sāʿata fasayaʿlamūna man huwa sharrum makānaw wa aḍʿafu jundā.

Say, "Whoever is in error - let the Most Merciful extend for him an extension [in wealth and time] until, when they see that which they were promised - either punishment [in this world] or the Hour [of resurrection] - they will come to know who is worst in position and weaker in soldiers."

وَيَزِيدُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱهۡتَدَوۡاْ هُدٗىۗ وَٱلۡبَٰقِيَٰتُ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتُ خَيۡرٌ عِندَ رَبِّكَ ثَوَابٗا وَخَيۡرٞ مَّرَدًّا ٧٦

Wa yazīdullāhul-ladhīnahtadaw hudā, wal-bāqiyātuṣ-ṣāliḥātu khayrun ʿinda rabbika thawābaw wa khayrum maraddā.

And Allāh increases those who were guided, in guidance, and the enduring good deeds are better to your Lord¹ for reward and better for recourse.

أَفَرَءَيۡتَ ٱلَّذِي كَفَرَ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا وَقَالَ لَأُوتَيَنَّ مَالٗا وَوَلَدًا ٧٧

Afaraʾaytal-ladhī kafara biʾāyātinā wa qāla laʾūtayanna mālaw wa waladā.

Then, have you seen he who disbelieved in Our verses and said, "I will surely be given wealth and children [in the next life]"?

أَطَّلَعَ ٱلۡغَيۡبَ أَمِ ٱتَّخَذَ عِندَ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ عَهۡدٗا ٧٨

Aṭṭalaʿal-ghayba amittakhadha ʿindar-raḥmāni ʿahdā.

Has he looked into the unseen, or has he taken from the Most Merciful a promise?

كـَلَّاۚ سَنَكۡتُبُ مَا يَقُولُ وَنَمُدُّ لَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلۡعَذَابِ مَدّٗا ٧٩

Kallā, sanaktubu mā yaqūlu wa namuddu lahū minal-ʿadhābi maddā.

No! We will record what he says and extend [i.e., increase] for him from the punishment extensively.

وَنَرِثُهُۥ مَا يَقُولُ وَيَأۡتِينَا فَرۡدٗا ٨٠

Wa narithuhū mā yaqūlu wa yaʾtīnā fardā.

And We will inherit him [in] what he mentions,¹ and he will come to Us alone.

وَٱتَّخَذُواْ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ ءَالِهَةٗ لِّيَكُونُواْ لَهُمۡ عِزّٗا ٨١

Wattakhadhū min dūnillāhi ālihatal liyakūnū lahum ʿizzā.

And they have taken besides Allāh [false] deities that they would be for them [a source of] honor.

كـَلَّاۚ سَيَكۡفُرُونَ بِعِبَادَتِهِمۡ وَيَكُونُونَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ ضِدًّا ٨٢

Kallā, sayakfurūna biʿibādatihim wa yakūnūna ʿalayhim ḍiddā.

No! They [i.e., those "gods"] will deny their worship of them and will be against them opponents [on the Day of Judgement].

أَلَمۡ تَرَ أَنَّآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا ٱلشَّيَٰطِينَ عَلَى ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ تَؤُزُّهُمۡ أَزّٗا ٨٣

Alam tara annā arsalnash-shayāṭīna ʿalal-kāfirīna taʾuzzuhum azzā.

Do you not see that We have sent the devils upon the disbelievers, inciting them [to evil] with [constant] incitement?

فَلَا تَعۡجَلۡ عَلَيۡهِمۡۖ إِنَّمَا نَعُدُّ لَهُمۡ عَدّٗا ٨٤

Falā taʿjal ʿalayhim, innamā naʿuddu lahum ʿaddā.

So be not impatient over them. We only count out [i.e., allow] to them a [limited] number.¹

يَوۡمَ نَحۡشُرُ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ إِلَى ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ وَفۡدٗا ٨٥

Yawma naḥshurul-muttaqīna ilar-raḥmāni wafdā.

On the Day We will gather the righteous to the Most Merciful as a delegation

وَنَسُوقُ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ إِلَىٰ جَهَنَّمَ وِرۡدٗا ٨٦

Wa nasūqul-mujrimīna ilā jahannama wirdā.

And will drive the criminals to Hell in thirst

لَّا يَمۡلِكُونَ ٱلشَّفَٰعَةَ إِلَّا مَنِ ٱتَّخَذَ عِندَ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ عَهۡدٗا ٨٧

Lā yamlikūnash-shafāʿata illā manittakhadha ʿindar-raḥmāni ʿahdā.

None will have [power of] intercession except he who had taken from the Most Merciful a covenant.¹

وَقَالُواْ ٱتَّخَذَ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ وَلَدٗا ٨٨

Wa qāluttakhadhar-raḥmānu waladā.

And they say, "The Most Merciful has taken [for Himself] a son."

لَّقَدۡ جِئۡتُمۡ شَيۡـًٔا إِدّٗا ٨٩

Laqad jiʾtum shayʾan iddā.

You have done an atrocious thing.

تَكَادُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتُ يَتَفَطَّرۡنَ مِنۡهُ وَتَنشَقُّ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ وَتَخِرُّ ٱلۡجِبَالُ هَدًّا ٩٠

Takādus-samāwātu yatafaṭṭarna minhu wa tanshaqqul-arḍu wa takhirrul-jibālu haddā.

The heavens almost rupture therefrom and the earth splits open and the mountains collapse in devastation

أَن دَعَوۡاْ لِلرَّحۡمَٰنِ وَلَدٗا ٩١

An daʿaw lir-raḥmāni waladā.

That they attribute to the Most Merciful a son.

وَمَا يَنۢبَغِي لِلرَّحۡمَٰنِ أَن يَتَّخِذَ وَلَدًا ٩٢

Wa mā yanbaghī lir-raḥmāni ay yattakhidha waladā.

And it is not appropriate for the Most Merciful that He should take a son.

إِن كُلُّ مَن فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ إِلَّآ ءَاتِي ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ عَبۡدٗا ٩٣

In kullu man fis-samāwāti wal-arḍi illā ātir-raḥmāni ʿabdā.

There is no one in the heavens and earth but that he comes to the Most Merciful as a servant.

لَّقَدۡ أَحۡصَىٰهُمۡ وَعَدَّهُمۡ عَدّٗا ٩٤

Laqad aḥṣāhum wa ʿaddahum ʿaddā.

He has enumerated them and counted them a [full] counting.

وَكُلُّهُمۡ ءَاتِيهِ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ فَرۡدًا ٩٥

Wa kulluhum ātīhi yawmal-qiyāmati fardā.

And all of them are coming to Him on the Day of Resurrection alone.

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ سَيَجۡعَلُ لَهُمُ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ وُدّٗا ٩٦

Innal-ladhīna āmanū wa ʿamiluṣ-ṣāliḥāti sayajʿalu lahumur-raḥmānu wuddā.

Indeed, those who have believed and done righteous deeds - the Most Merciful will appoint for them affection.¹

فَإِنَّمَا يَسَّرۡنَٰهُ بِلِسَانِكَ لِتُبَشِّرَ بِهِ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ وَتُنذِرَ بِهِۦ قَوۡمٗا لُّدّٗا ٩٧

Fa innamā yassarnāhu bilisānika litubashshira bihil-muttaqīna wa tundhira bihī qawmal luddā.

So, [O Muḥammad], We have only made it [i.e., the Qur’ān] easy in your tongue [i.e., the Arabic language] that you may give good tidings thereby to the righteous and warn thereby a hostile people.

وَكَمۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَا قَبۡلَهُم مِّن قَرۡنٍ هَلۡ تُحِسُّ مِنۡهُم مِّنۡ أَحَدٍ أَوۡ تَسۡمَعُ لَهُمۡ رِكۡزَۢا ٩٨

Wa kam ahlaknā qablahum min qarnin hal tuḥissu minhum min aḥadin aw tasmaʿu lahum rikzā.

And how many have We destroyed before them of generations? Do you perceive of them anyone or hear from them a sound?