Shad

صٓۚ وَٱلۡقُرۡءَانِ ذِي ٱلذِّكۡرِ ١

Ṣād, wal-qurʾāni dhidh-dhikr.

Ṣād.¹ By the Qur’ān containing reminder...²

بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ فِي عِزَّةٖ وَشِقَاقٖ ٢

Balil-ladhīna kafarū fī ʿizzatiw wa shiqāq.

But those who disbelieve are in pride and dissension.

كَمۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَا مِن قَبۡلِهِم مِّن قَرۡنٖ فَنَادَواْ وَّلَاتَ حِينَ مَنَاصٖ ٣

Kam ahlaknā min qablihim min qarnin fanādaw wa lāta ḥīna manāṣ.

How many a generation have We destroyed before them, and they [then] called out; but it was not a time for escape.

وَعَجِبُوٓاْ أَن جَآءَهُم مُّنذِرٞ مِّنۡهُمۡۖ وَقَالَ ٱلۡكَٰفِرُونَ هَٰذَا سَٰحِرٞ كَذَّابٌ ٤

Wa ʿajibū an jāʾahum mundhirum minhum, wa qālal-kāfirūna hādhā sāḥirun kadhdhāb.

And they wonder that there has come to them a warner [i.e., Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ)] from among themselves. And the disbelievers say, "This is a magician and a liar.

أَجَعَلَ ٱلۡأٓلِهَةَ إِلَٰهٗا وَٰحِدًاۖ إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَشَيۡءٌ عُجَابٞ ٥

Ajaʿalal-ālihata ilāhaw wāḥidā, inna hādhā lashayʾun ʿujāb.

Has he made the gods [only] one God? Indeed, this is a curious thing."

وَٱنطَلَقَ ٱلۡمَلَأُ مِنۡهُمۡ أَنِ ٱمۡشُواْ وَٱصۡبِرُواْ عَلَىٰٓ ءَالِهَتِكُمۡۖ إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَشَيۡءٞ يُرَادُ ٦

Wanṭalaqal-malaʾu minhum animshū waṣbirū ʿalā ālihatikum, inna hādhā lashayʾuy yurād.

And the eminent among them went forth, [saying], "Continue, and be patient over [the defense of] your gods. Indeed, this is a thing intended.¹

مَا سَمِعۡنَا بِهَٰذَا فِي ٱلۡمِلَّةِ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا ٱخۡتِلَٰقٌ ٧

Mā samiʿnā bihādhā fil-millatil-ākhirati in hādhā illakhtilāq.

We have not heard of this in the latest religion.¹ This is not but a fabrication.

أَءُنزِلَ عَلَيۡهِ ٱلذِّكۡرُ مِنۢ بَيۡنِنَاۚ بَلۡ هُمۡ فِي شَكّٖ مِّن ذِكۡرِيۚ بَل لَّمَّا يَذُوقُواْ عَذَابِ ٨

Aʾunzila ʿalayhidh-dhikru mim bayninā, bal hum fī shakkim min dhikrī, bal lammā yadhūqū ʿadhāb.

Has the message been revealed to him out of [all of] us?" Rather, they are in doubt about My message. Rather, they have not yet tasted My punishment.

أَمۡ عِندَهُمۡ خَزَآئِنُ رَحۡمَةِ رَبِّكَ ٱلۡعَزِيزِ ٱلۡوَهَّابِ ٩

Am ʿindahum khazāʾinu raḥmati rabbikal-ʿazīzil-wahhāb.

Or do they have the depositories of the mercy of your Lord, the Exalted in Might, the Bestower?¹

أَمۡ لَهُم مُّلۡكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَاۖ فَلۡيَرۡتَقُواْ فِي ٱلۡأَسۡبَٰبِ ١٠

Am lahum mulkus-samāwāti wal-arḍi wa mā baynahumā, falyartaqū fil-asbāb.

Or is theirs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and what is between them? Then let them ascend through [any] ways of access.¹

جُندٞ مَّا هُنَالِكَ مَهۡزُومٞ مِّنَ ٱلۡأَحۡزَابِ ١١

Jundum mā hunālika mahzūmum minal-aḥzāb.

[They are but] soldiers [who will be] defeated there among the companies [of disbelievers].

كَذَّبَتۡ قَبۡلَهُمۡ قَوۡمُ نُوحٖ وَعَادٞ وَفِرۡعَوۡنُ ذُو ٱلۡأَوۡتَادِ ١٢

Kadhdhabat qablahum qawmu nūḥiw wa ʿāduw wa firʿawnu dhul-awtād.

The people of Noah denied before them, and [the tribe of] ʿAad and Pharaoh, the owner of stakes,¹

وَثَمُودُ وَقَوۡمُ لُوطٖ وَأَصۡحَٰبُ لۡـَٔيۡكَةِۚ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ ٱلۡأَحۡزَابُ ١٣

Wa thamūdu wa qawmu lūṭiw wa aṣḥābul-aykah, ulāʾikal-aḥzāb.

And [the tribe of] Thamūd and the people of Lot and the companions of the thicket [i.e., people of Madyan]. Those are the companies.¹

إِن كُلٌّ إِلَّا كَذَّبَ ٱلرُّسُلَ فَحَقَّ عِقَابِ ١٤

In kullun illā kadhdhabar-rusula faḥaqqa ʿiqāb.

Each of them denied the messengers, so My penalty was justified.

وَمَا يَنظُرُ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ إِلَّا صَيۡحَةٗ وَٰحِدَةٗ مَّا لَهَا مِن فَوَاقٖ ١٥

Wa mā yanẓuru hāʾulāʾi illā ṣayḥataw wāḥidatam mā lahā min fawāq.

And these [disbelievers] await not but one blast [of the Horn]; for it there will be no delay.¹

وَقَالُواْ رَبَّنَا عَجِّل لَّنَا قِطَّنَا قَبۡلَ يَوۡمِ ٱلۡحِسَابِ ١٦

Wa qālū rabbanā ʿajjil lanā qiṭṭanā qabla yawmil-ḥisāb.

And they say, "Our Lord, hasten for us our share [of the punishment] before the Day of Account."

ٱصۡبِرۡ عَلَىٰ مَا يَقُولُونَ وَٱذۡكُرۡ عَبۡدَنَا دَاوُۥدَ ذَا ٱلۡأَيۡدِۖ إِنَّهُۥٓ أَوَّابٌ ١٧

Iṣbir ʿalā mā yaqūlūna wadhkur ʿabdanā dāwūda dhal-ayd, innahū awwāb.

Be patient over what they say and remember Our servant, David, the possessor of strength; indeed, he was one who repeatedly turned back [to Allāh].

إِنَّا سَخَّرۡنَا ٱلۡجِبَالَ مَعَهُۥ يُسَبِّحۡنَ بِٱلۡعَشِيِّ وَٱلۡإِشۡرَاقِ ١٨

Innā sakhkharnal-jibāla maʿahū yusabbiḥna bil-ʿashiyyi wal-ishrāq.

Indeed, We subjected the mountains [to praise] with him, exalting [Allāh] in the [late] afternoon and [after] sunrise.

وَٱلطَّيۡرَ مَحۡشُورَةٗۖ كُلّٞ لَّهُۥٓ أَوَّابٞ ١٩

Waṭ-ṭayra maḥshūrah, kullul lahū awwāb.

And the birds were assembled, all with him repeating [praises].

وَشَدَدۡنَا مُلۡكَهُۥ وَءَاتَيۡنَٰهُ ٱلۡحِكۡمَةَ وَفَصۡلَ ٱلۡخِطَابِ ٢٠

Wa shadadnā mulkahū wa ātaynāhul-ḥikmata wa faṣlal-khiṭāb.

And We strengthened his kingdom and gave him wisdom and discernment in speech.

۞ وَهَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ نَبَؤُاْ ٱلۡخَصۡمِ إِذۡ تَسَوَّرُواْ ٱلۡمِحۡرَابَ ٢١

Wa hal atāka nabaʾul-khaṣmi idh tasawwarul-miḥrāb.

And has there come to you the news of the adversaries, when they climbed over the wall of [his] prayer chamber -

إِذۡ دَخَلُواْ عَلَىٰ دَاوُۥدَ فَفَزِعَ مِنۡهُمۡۖ قَالُواْ لَا تَخَفۡۖ خَصۡمَانِ بَغَىٰ بَعۡضُنَا عَلَىٰ بَعۡضٖ فَٱحۡكُم بَيۡنَنَا بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَلَا تُشۡطِطۡ وَٱهۡدِنَآ إِلَىٰ سَوَآءِ ٱلصِّرَٰطِ ٢٢

Idh dakhalū ʿalā dāwūda fafaziʿa minhum, qālū lā takhaf, khaṣmāni baghā baʿḍunā ʿalā baʿḍin faḥkum baynanā bil-ḥaqqi wa lā tushṭiṭ wahdinā ilā sawāʾiṣ-ṣirāṭ.

When they entered upon David and he was alarmed by them? They said, "Fear not. [We are] two adversaries, one of whom has wronged the other, so judge between us with truth and do not exceed [it] and guide us to the sound path.

إِنَّ هَٰذَآ أَخِي لَهُۥ تِسۡعٞ وَتِسۡعُونَ نَعۡجَةٗ وَلِيَ نَعۡجَةٞ وَٰحِدَةٞ فَقَالَ أَكۡفِلۡنِيهَا وَعَزَّنِي فِي ٱلۡخِطَابِ ٢٣

Inna hādhā akhī lahū tisʿuw wa tisʿūna naʿjataw waliya naʿjatuw wāḥidatun faqāla akfilnīhā wa ʿazzanī fil-khiṭāb.

Indeed this, my brother, has ninety-nine ewes, and I have one ewe; so he said, 'Entrust her to me,' and he overpowered me in speech."

قَالَ لَقَدۡ ظَلَمَكَ بِسُؤَالِ نَعۡجَتِكَ إِلَىٰ نِعَاجِهِۦۖ وَإِنَّ كَثِيرٗا مِّنَ ٱلۡخُلَطَآءِ لَيَبۡغِي بَعۡضُهُمۡ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضٍ إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ وَقَلِيلٞ مَّا هُمۡۗ وَظَنَّ دَاوُۥدُ أَنَّمَا فَتَنَّٰهُ فَٱسۡتَغۡفَرَ رَبَّهُۥ وَخَرَّۤ رَاكِعٗاۤ وَأَنَابَ۩ ٢٤

Qāla laqad ẓalamaka bisuʾāli naʿjatika ilā niʿājih, wa inna kathīram minal-khulaṭāʾi layabghī baʿḍuhum ʿalā baʿḍin illal-ladhīna āmanū wa ʿamiluṣ-ṣāliḥāti wa qalīlum mā hum, wa ẓanna dāwūdu annamā fatannāhu fastaghfara rabbahū wa kharra rākiʿaw wa anāb.

[David] said, "He has certainly wronged you in demanding your ewe [in addition] to his ewes. And indeed, many associates oppress one another, except for those who believe and do righteous deeds - and few are they." And David became certain that We had tried him, and he asked forgiveness of his Lord¹ and fell down bowing [in prostration] and turned in repentance [to Allāh].

فَغَفَرۡنَا لَهُۥ ذَٰلِكَۖ وَإِنَّ لَهُۥ عِندَنَا لَزُلۡفَىٰ وَحُسۡنَ مَـَٔابٖ ٢٥

Faghafarnā lahū dhālik, wa inna lahū ʿindanā lazulfā wa ḥusna maʾāb.

So We forgave him that; and indeed, for him is nearness to Us and a good place of return.

يَٰدَاوُۥدُ إِنَّا جَعَلۡنَٰكَ خَلِيفَةٗ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ فَٱحۡكُم بَيۡنَ ٱلنَّاسِ بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَلَا تَتَّبِعِ ٱلۡهَوَىٰ فَيُضِلَّكَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِۚ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَضِلُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ لَهُمۡ عَذَابٞ شَدِيدُۢ بِمَا نَسُواْ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡحِسَابِ ٢٦

Yādāwūdu innā jaʿalnāka khalīfatan fil-arḍi faḥkum baynan-nāsi bil-ḥaqqi wa lā tattabiʿil-hawā fayuḍillaka ʿan sabīlillāh, innal-ladhīna yaḍillūna ʿan sabīlillāhi lahum ʿadhābun shadīdum bimā nasū yawmal-ḥisāb.

[We said], "O David, indeed We have made you a successor upon the earth, so judge between the people in truth and do not follow [your own] desire, as it will lead you astray from the way of Allāh." Indeed, those who go astray from the way of Allāh will have a severe punishment for having forgotten the Day of Account.

وَمَا خَلَقۡنَا ٱلسَّمَآءَ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَا بَٰطِلٗاۚ ذَٰلِكَ ظَنُّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْۚ فَوَيۡلٞ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ مِنَ ٱلنَّارِ ٢٧

Wa mā khalaqnas-samāʾa wal-arḍa wa mā baynahumā bāṭilā, dhālika ẓannul-ladhīna kafarū, fawaylul lil-ladhīna kafarū minan-nār.

And We did not create the heaven and the earth and that between them aimlessly. That is the assumption of those who disbelieve, so woe to those who disbelieve from the Fire.

أَمۡ نَجۡعَلُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ كَٱلۡمُفۡسِدِينَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ أَمۡ نَجۡعَلُ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ كَٱلۡفُجَّارِ ٢٨

Am najʿalul-ladhīna āmanū wa ʿamiluṣ-ṣāliḥāti kal-mufsidīna fil-arḍi am najʿalul-muttaqīna kal-fujjār.

Or should We treat those who believe and do righteous deeds like corrupters in the land? Or should We treat those who fear Allāh like the wicked?

كِتَٰبٌ أَنزَلۡنَٰهُ إِلَيۡكَ مُبَٰرَكٞ لِّيَدَّبَّرُوٓاْ ءَايَٰتِهِۦ وَلِيَتَذَكَّرَ أُوْلُواْ ٱلۡأَلۡبَٰبِ ٢٩

Kitābun anzalnāhu ilayka mubārakul liyaddabbarū āyātihī waliyatadhakkara ulul-albāb.

[This is] a blessed Book which We have revealed to you, [O Muḥammad], that they might reflect upon its verses and that those of understanding would be reminded.

وَوَهَبۡنَا لِدَاوُۥدَ سُلَيۡمَٰنَۚ نِعۡمَ ٱلۡعَبۡدُ إِنَّهُۥٓ أَوَّابٌ ٣٠

Wa wahabnā lidāwūda sulaymān, niʿmal-ʿabdu innahū awwāb.

And to David We gave Solomon. An excellent servant, indeed he was one repeatedly turning back [to Allāh].

إِذۡ عُرِضَ عَلَيۡهِ بِٱلۡعَشِيِّ ٱلصَّٰفِنَٰتُ ٱلۡجِيَادُ ٣١

Idh ʿuriḍa ʿalayhi bil-ʿashiyyiṣ-ṣāfinātul-jiyād.

[Mention] when there were exhibited before him in the afternoon the poised [standing] racehorses.

فَقَالَ إِنِّيٓ أَحۡبَبۡتُ حُبَّ ٱلۡخَيۡرِ عَن ذِكۡرِ رَبِّي حَتَّىٰ تَوَارَتۡ بِٱلۡحِجَابِ ٣٢

Faqāla innī aḥbabtu ḥubbal-khayri ʿan dhikri rabbī ḥattā tawārat bil-ḥijāb.

And he said, "Indeed, I gave preference to the love of good [things] over the remembrance of my Lord until it [i.e., the sun] disappeared into the curtain [of darkness]."

رُدُّوهَا عَلَيَّۖ فَطَفِقَ مَسۡحَۢا بِٱلسُّوقِ وَٱلۡأَعۡنَاقِ ٣٣

Ruddūhā ʿalayy, faṭafiqa masḥam bis-sūqi wal-aʿnāq.

[He said], "Return them to me," and set about striking¹ [their] legs and necks.

وَلَقَدۡ فَتَنَّا سُلَيۡمَٰنَ وَأَلۡقَيۡنَا عَلَىٰ كُرۡسِيِّهِۦ جَسَدٗا ثُمَّ أَنَابَ ٣٤

Wa laqad fatannā sulaymāna wa alqaynā ʿalā kursiyyihī jasadan thumma anāb.

And We certainly tried Solomon and placed on his throne a body;¹ then he returned.²

قَالَ رَبِّ ٱغۡفِرۡ لِي وَهَبۡ لِي مُلۡكٗا لَّا يَنۢبَغِي لِأَحَدٖ مِّنۢ بَعۡدِيٓۖ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلۡوَهَّابُ ٣٥

Qāla rabbighfir lī wahab lī mulkal lā yanbaghī liʾaḥadim mim baʿdī, innaka antal-wahhāb.

He said, "My Lord, forgive me and grant me a kingdom such as will not belong to anyone after me. Indeed, You are the Bestower."

فَسَخَّرۡنَا لَهُ ٱلرِّيحَ تَجۡرِي بِأَمۡرِهِۦ رُخَآءً حَيۡثُ أَصَابَ ٣٦

Fasakhkharnā lahur-rīḥa tajrī biʾamrihī rukhāʾan ḥaythu aṣāb.

So We subjected to him the wind blowing by his command, gently, wherever he directed,

وَٱلشَّيَٰطِينَ كُلَّ بَنَّآءٖ وَغَوَّاصٖ ٣٧

Wash-shayāṭīna kulla bannāʾiw wa ghawwāṣ.

And [also] the devils [of jinn] - every builder and diver

وَءَاخَرِينَ مُقَرَّنِينَ فِي ٱلۡأَصۡفَادِ ٣٨

Wa ākharīna muqarranīna fil-aṣfād.

And others bound together in irons.

هَٰذَا عَطَآؤُنَا فَٱمۡنُنۡ أَوۡ أَمۡسِكۡ بِغَيۡرِ حِسَابٖ ٣٩

Hādhā ʿaṭāʾunā famnun aw amsik bighayri ḥisāb.

[We said], "This is Our gift, so grant or withhold without account."

وَإِنَّ لَهُۥ عِندَنَا لَزُلۡفَىٰ وَحُسۡنَ مَـَٔابٖ ٤٠

Wa inna lahū ʿindanā lazulfā wa ḥusna maʾāb.

And indeed, for him is nearness to Us and a good place of return.

وَٱذۡكُرۡ عَبۡدَنَآ أَيُّوبَ إِذۡ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنِّي مَسَّنِيَ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُ بِنُصۡبٖ وَعَذَابٍ ٤١

Wadhkur ʿabdanā ayyūba idh nādā rabbahū annī massaniyash-shayṭānu binuṣbiw wa ʿadhāb.

And remember Our servant Job, when he called to his Lord, "Indeed, Satan has touched me with hardship and torment."

ٱرۡكُضۡ بِرِجۡلِكَۖ هَٰذَا مُغۡتَسَلُۢ بَارِدٞ وَشَرَابٞ ٤٢

Urkuḍ birijlik, hādhā mughtasalum bāriduw wa sharāb.

[So he was told], "Strike [the ground] with your foot; this is a [spring for a] cool bath and drink."

وَوَهَبۡنَا لَهُۥٓ أَهۡلَهُۥ وَمِثۡلَهُم مَّعَهُمۡ رَحۡمَةٗ مِّنَّا وَذِكۡرَىٰ لِأُوْلِي ٱلۡأَلۡبَٰبِ ٤٣

Wa wahabnā lahū ahlahū wa mithlahum maʿahum raḥmatam minnā wa dhikrā liʾulil-albāb.

And We granted him his family and a like [number] with them as mercy from Us and a reminder for those of understanding.

وَخُذۡ بِيَدِكَ ضِغۡثٗا فَٱضۡرِب بِّهِۦ وَلَا تَحۡنَثۡۗ إِنَّا وَجَدۡنَٰهُ صَابِرٗاۚ نِّعۡمَ ٱلۡعَبۡدُ إِنَّهُۥٓ أَوَّابٞ ٤٤

Wa khudh biyadika ḍighthan faḍrib bihī wa lā taḥnath, innā wajadnāhu ṣābirā, niʿmal-ʿabdu innahū awwāb.

[We said], "And take in your hand a bunch [of grass] and strike with it and do not break your oath."¹ Indeed, We found him patient, an excellent servant. Indeed, he was one repeatedly turning back [to Allāh].

وَٱذۡكُرۡ عِبَٰدَنَآ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ وَإِسۡحَٰقَ وَيَعۡقُوبَ أُوْلِي ٱلۡأَيۡدِي وَٱلۡأَبۡصَٰرِ ٤٥

Wadhkur ʿibādanā ibrāhīma wa isḥāqa wa yaʿqūba ulil-aydī wal-abṣār.

And remember Our servants, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob - those of strength and [religious] vision.

إِنَّآ أَخۡلَصۡنَٰهُم بِخَالِصَةٖ ذِكۡرَى ٱلدَّارِ ٤٦

Innā akhlaṣnāhum bikhāliṣatin dhikrad-dār.

Indeed, We chose them for an exclusive quality: remembrance of the home [of the Hereafter].

وَإِنَّهُمۡ عِندَنَا لَمِنَ ٱلۡمُصۡطَفَيۡنَ ٱلۡأَخۡيَارِ ٤٧

Wa innahum ʿindanā laminal-muṣṭafaynal-akhyār.

And indeed they are, to Us, among the chosen and outstanding.

وَٱذۡكُرۡ إِسۡمَٰعِيلَ وَٱلۡيَسَعَ وَذَا ٱلۡكِفۡلِۖ وَكُلّٞ مِّنَ ٱلۡأَخۡيَارِ ٤٨

Wadhkur ismāʿīla wal-yasaʿa wa dhal-kifl, wa kullum minal-akhyār.

And remember Ishmael, Elisha and Dhul-Kifl, and all are among the outstanding.

هَٰذَا ذِكۡرٞۚ وَإِنَّ لِلۡمُتَّقِينَ لَحُسۡنَ مَـَٔابٖ ٤٩

Hādhā dhikr, wa inna lil-muttaqīna laḥusna maʾāb.

This is a reminder. And indeed, for the righteous is a good place of return -

جَنَّٰتِ عَدۡنٖ مُّفَتَّحَةٗ لَّهُمُ ٱلۡأَبۡوَٰبُ ٥٠

Jannāti ʿadnim mufattaḥatal lahumul-abwāb.

Gardens of perpetual residence, whose doors will be opened to them.

مُتَّكِـِٔينَ فِيهَا يَدۡعُونَ فِيهَا بِفَٰكِهَةٖ كَثِيرَةٖ وَشَرَابٖ ٥١

Muttakiʾīna fīhā yadʿūna fīhā bifākihatin kathīratiw wa sharāb.

Reclining within them, they will call therein for abundant fruit and drink.

۞ وَعِندَهُمۡ قَٰصِرَٰتُ ٱلطَّرۡفِ أَتۡرَابٌ ٥٢

Wa ʿindahum qāṣirātuṭ-ṭarfi atrāb.

And with them will be women limiting [their] glances¹ and of equal age.

هَٰذَا مَا تُوعَدُونَ لِيَوۡمِ ٱلۡحِسَابِ ٥٣

Hādhā mā tūʿadūna liyawmil-ḥisāb.

This is what you, [the righteous], are promised for the Day of Account.

إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَرِزۡقُنَا مَا لَهُۥ مِن نَّفَادٍ ٥٤

Inna hādhā larizqunā mā lahū min nafād.

Indeed, this is Our provision; for it there is no depletion.

هَٰذَاۚ وَإِنَّ لِلطَّٰغِينَ لَشَرَّ مَـَٔابٖ ٥٥

Hādhā, wa inna liṭ-ṭāghīna lasharra maʾāb.

This [is so]. But indeed, for the transgressors is an evil place of return -

جَهَنَّمَ يَصۡلَوۡنَهَا فَبِئۡسَ ٱلۡمِهَادُ ٥٦

Jahannama yaṣlawnahā fabiʾsal-mihād.

Hell, which they will [enter to] burn, and wretched is the resting place.

هَٰذَا فَلۡيَذُوقُوهُ حَمِيمٞ وَغَسَّاقٞ ٥٧

Hādhā falyadhūqūhu ḥamīmuw wa ghassāq.

This - so let them taste it - is scalding water and [foul] purulence.

وَءَاخَرُ مِن شَكۡلِهِۦٓ أَزۡوَٰجٌ ٥٨

Wa ākharu min shaklihī azwāj.

And other [punishments] of its type [in various] kinds.

هَٰذَا فَوۡجٞ مُّقۡتَحِمٞ مَّعَكُمۡ لَا مَرۡحَبَۢا بِهِمۡۚ إِنَّهُمۡ صَالُواْ ٱلنَّارِ ٥٩

Hādhā fawjum muqtaḥimum maʿakum lā marḥabam bihim, innahum ṣālun-nār.

[Its inhabitants will say], "This is a company bursting in with you. No welcome for them. Indeed, they will burn in the Fire."

قَالُواْ بَلۡ أَنتُمۡ لَا مَرۡحَبَۢا بِكُمۡۖ أَنتُمۡ قَدَّمۡتُمُوهُ لَنَاۖ فَبِئۡسَ ٱلۡقَرَارُ ٦٠

Qālū bal antum lā marḥabam bikum, antum qaddamtumūhu lanā, fabiʾsal-qarār.

They will say, "Nor you! No welcome for you. You, [our leaders], brought this upon us, and wretched is the settlement."

قَالُواْ رَبَّنَا مَن قَدَّمَ لَنَا هَٰذَا فَزِدۡهُ عَذَابٗا ضِعۡفٗا فِي ٱلنَّارِ ٦١

Qālū rabbanā man qaddama lanā hādhā fazidhu ʿadhāban ḍiʿfan fin-nār.

They will say, "Our Lord, whoever brought this upon us - increase for him double punishment in the Fire."

وَقَالُواْ مَا لَنَا لَا نَرَىٰ رِجَالٗا كُنَّا نَعُدُّهُم مِّنَ ٱلۡأَشۡرَارِ ٦٢

Wa qālū mā lanā lā narā rijālan kunnā naʿudduhum minal-ashrār.

And they will say, "Why do we not see men whom we used to count among the worst?¹

أَتَّخَذۡنَٰهُمۡ سِخۡرِيًّا أَمۡ زَاغَتۡ عَنۡهُمُ ٱلۡأَبۡصَٰرُ ٦٣

Attakhadhnāhum sikhriyyan am zāghat ʿanhumul-abṣār.

Is it [because] we took them in ridicule, or has [our] vision turned away from them?"

إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ لَحَقّٞ تَخَاصُمُ أَهۡلِ ٱلنَّارِ ٦٤

Inna dhālika laḥaqqun takhāṣumu ahlin-nār.

Indeed, that is truth [i.e., reality] - the quarreling of the people of the Fire.

قُلۡ إِنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ مُنذِرٞۖ وَمَا مِنۡ إِلَٰهٍ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡوَٰحِدُ ٱلۡقَهَّارُ ٦٥

Qul innamā ana mundhir, wa mā min ilāhin illallāhul-wāḥidul-qahhār.

Say, [O Muḥammad], "I am only a warner, and there is not any deity except Allāh, the One, the Prevailing,¹

رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَا ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلۡغَفَّٰرُ ٦٦

Rabbus-samāwāti wal-arḍi wa mā baynahumal-ʿazīzul-ghaffār.

Lord of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them, the Exalted in Might,¹ the Perpetual Forgiver."²

قُلۡ هُوَ نَبَؤٌاْ عَظِيمٌ ٦٧

Qul huwa nabaʾun ʿaẓīm.

Say, "It is great news

أَنتُمۡ عَنۡهُ مُعۡرِضُونَ ٦٨

Antum ʿanhu muʿriḍūn.

From which you turn away.

مَا كَانَ لِيَ مِنۡ عِلۡمِۭ بِٱلۡمَلَإِ ٱلۡأَعۡلَىٰٓ إِذۡ يَخۡتَصِمُونَ ٦٩

Mā kāna liya min ʿilmim bil-malaʾil-aʿlā idh yakhtaṣimūn.

I had no knowledge of the exalted assembly [of angels] when they were disputing [the creation of Adam].

إِن يُوحَىٰٓ إِلَيَّ إِلَّآ أَنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ نَذِيرٞ مُّبِينٌ ٧٠

Iy yūḥā ilayya illā annamā ana nadhīrum mubīn.

It has not been revealed to me except that I am a clear warner."

إِذۡ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ إِنِّي خَٰلِقُۢ بَشَرٗا مِّن طِينٖ ٧١

Idh qāla rabbuka lil-malāʾikati innī khāliqum basharam min ṭīn.

[So mention] when your Lord said to the angels, "Indeed, I am going to create a human being from clay.

فَإِذَا سَوَّيۡتُهُۥ وَنَفَخۡتُ فِيهِ مِن رُّوحِي فَقَعُواْ لَهُۥ سَٰجِدِينَ ٧٢

Fa idhā sawwaytuhū wa nafakhtu fīhi mir rūḥī faqaʿū lahū sājidīn.

So when I have proportioned him and breathed into him of My [created] soul,¹ then fall down to him in prostration."

فَسَجَدَ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ كُلُّهُمۡ أَجۡمَعُونَ ٧٣

Fasajadal-malāʾikatu kulluhum ajmaʿūn.

So the angels prostrated - all of them entirely,

إِلَّآ إِبۡلِيسَ ٱسۡتَكۡبَرَ وَكَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ ٧٤

Illā iblīsastakbara wa kāna minal-kāfirīn.

Except Iblees;¹ he was arrogant and became among the disbelievers.

قَالَ يَٰٓإِبۡلِيسُ مَا مَنَعَكَ أَن تَسۡجُدَ لِمَا خَلَقۡتُ بِيَدَيَّۖ أَسۡتَكۡبَرۡتَ أَمۡ كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلۡعَالِينَ ٧٥

Qāla yāʾiblīsu mā manaʿaka an tasjuda limā khalaqtu biyadayy, astakbarta am kunta minal-ʿālīn.

[Allāh] said, "O Iblees, what prevented you from prostrating to that which I created with My hands?¹ Were you arrogant [then], or were you [already] among the haughty?"

قَالَ أَنَا۠ خَيۡرٞ مِّنۡهُ خَلَقۡتَنِي مِن نَّارٖ وَخَلَقۡتَهُۥ مِن طِينٖ ٧٦

Qāla ana khayrum minhu khalaqtanī min nāriw wa khalaqtahū min ṭīn.

He said, "I am better than him. You created me from fire and created him from clay."

قَالَ فَٱخۡرُجۡ مِنۡهَا فَإِنَّكَ رَجِيمٞ ٧٧

Qāla fakhruj minhā fa innaka rajīm.

[Allāh] said, "Then get out of it [i.e., Paradise], for indeed, you are expelled.

وَإِنَّ عَلَيۡكَ لَعۡنَتِيٓ إِلَىٰ يَوۡمِ ٱلدِّينِ ٧٨

Wa inna ʿalayka laʿnatī ilā yawmid-dīn.

And indeed, upon you is My curse until the Day of Recompense."

قَالَ رَبِّ فَأَنظِرۡنِيٓ إِلَىٰ يَوۡمِ يُبۡعَثُونَ ٧٩

Qāla rabbi fa anẓirnī ilā yawmi yubʿathūn.

He said, "My Lord, then reprieve me until the Day they are resurrected."

قَالَ فَإِنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُنظَرِينَ ٨٠

Qāla fa innaka minal-munẓarīn.

[Allāh] said, "So indeed, you are of those reprieved

إِلَىٰ يَوۡمِ ٱلۡوَقۡتِ ٱلۡمَعۡلُومِ ٨١

Ilā yawmil-waqtil-maʿlūm.

Until the Day of the time well-known."

قَالَ فَبِعِزَّتِكَ لَأُغۡوِيَنَّهُمۡ أَجۡمَعِينَ ٨٢

Qāla fabiʿizzatika laʾughwiyannahum ajmaʿīn.

[Iblees] said, "By Your might, I will surely mislead them all

إِلَّا عِبَادَكَ مِنۡهُمُ ٱلۡمُخۡلَصِينَ ٨٣

Illā ʿibādaka minhumul-mukhlaṣīn.

Except, among them, Your chosen servants."

قَالَ فَٱلۡحَقُّ وَٱلۡحَقَّ أَقُولُ ٨٤

Qāla fal-ḥaqqu wal-ḥaqqa aqūl.

[Allāh] said, "The truth [is My oath], and the truth I say -

لَأَمۡلَأَنَّ جَهَنَّمَ مِنكَ وَمِمَّن تَبِعَكَ مِنۡهُمۡ أَجۡمَعِينَ ٨٥

Laʾamlaʾanna jahannama minka wa mimman tabiʿaka minhum ajmaʿīn.

[That] I will surely fill Hell with you and those of them that follow you all together."

قُلۡ مَآ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٖ وَمَآ أَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلۡمُتَكَلِّفِينَ ٨٦

Qul mā asʾalukum ʿalayhi min ajriw wa mā ana minal-mutakallifīn.

Say, [O Muḥammad], "I do not ask you for it [i.e., the Qur’ān] any payment, and I am not of the pretentious.

إِنۡ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكۡرٞ لِّلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٨٧

In huwa illā dhikrul lil-ʿālamīn.

It is but a reminder to the worlds.

وَلَتَعۡلَمُنَّ نَبَأَهُۥ بَعۡدَ حِينِۭ ٨٨

Wa lataʿlamunna nabaʾahū baʿda ḥīn.

And you will surely know [the truth of] its information after a time."