Thaha

طه ١

Ṭā Hā.

Ṭā, Hā.¹

مَآ أَنزَلۡنَا عَلَيۡكَ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِتَشۡقَىٰٓ ٢

Mā anzalnā ʿalaykal-qurʾāna litashqā.

We have not sent down to you the Qur’ān that you be distressed

إِلَّا تَذۡكِرَةٗ لِّمَن يَخۡشَىٰ ٣

Illā tadhkiratal limay yakhshā.

But only as a reminder for those who fear [Allāh] -

تَنزِيلٗا مِّمَّنۡ خَلَقَ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ ٱلۡعُلَى ٤

Tanzīlam mimman khalaqal-arḍa was-samāwātil-ʿulā.

A revelation from He who created the earth and highest heavens,

ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ عَلَى ٱلۡعَرۡشِ ٱسۡتَوَىٰ ٥

Ar-raḥmānu ʿalal-ʿarshistawā.

The Most Merciful [who is] above the Throne established.¹

لَهُۥ مَا فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَا وَمَا تَحۡتَ ٱلثَّرَىٰ ٦

Lahū mā fis-samāwāti wa mā fil-arḍi wa mā baynahumā wa mā taḥtath-tharā.

To Him belongs what is in the heavens and what is on the earth and what is between them and what is under the soil.

وَإِن تَجۡهَرۡ بِٱلۡقَوۡلِ فَإِنَّهُۥ يَعۡلَمُ ٱلسِّرَّ وَأَخۡفَى ٧

Wa in tajhar bil-qawli fa innahū yaʿlamus-sirra wa akhfā.

And if you speak aloud - then indeed, He knows the secret and what is [even] more hidden.

ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَۖ لَهُ ٱلۡأَسۡمَآءُ ٱلۡحُسۡنَىٰ ٨

Allāhu lā ilāha illā huw, lahul-asmāʾul-ḥusnā.

Allāh - there is no deity except Him. To Him belong the best names.

وَهَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ ٩

Wa hal atāka ḥadīthu mūsā.

And has the story of Moses reached you? -

إِذۡ رَءَا نَارٗا فَقَالَ لِأَهۡلِهِ ٱمۡكُثُوٓاْ إِنِّيٓ ءَانَسۡتُ نَارٗا لَّعَلِّيٓ ءَاتِيكُم مِّنۡهَا بِقَبَسٍ أَوۡ أَجِدُ عَلَى ٱلنَّارِ هُدٗى ١٠

Idh raʾā nāran faqāla liʾahlihimkuthū innī ānastu nāral laʿallī ātīkum minhā biqabasin aw ajidu ʿalan-nāri hudā.

When he saw a fire and said to his family, "Stay here; indeed, I have perceived a fire; perhaps I can bring you a torch or find at the fire some guidance."

فَلَمَّآ أَتَىٰهَا نُودِيَ يَٰمُوسَىٰٓ ١١

Falammā atāhā nūdiya yāmūsā.

And when he came to it, he was called, "O Moses,

إِنِّيٓ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكَ فَٱخۡلَعۡ نَعۡلَيۡكَ إِنَّكَ بِٱلۡوَادِ ٱلۡمُقَدَّسِ طُوٗى ١٢

Innī ana rabbuka fakhlaʿ naʿlayka innaka bil-wādil-muqaddasi ṭuwā.

Indeed, I am your Lord, so remove your sandals. Indeed, you are in the blessed valley of Ṭuwā.

وَأَنَا ٱخۡتَرۡتُكَ فَٱسۡتَمِعۡ لِمَا يُوحَىٰٓ ١٣

Wa anakhtartuka fastamiʿ limā yūḥā.

And I have chosen you, so listen to what is revealed [to you].

إِنَّنِيٓ أَنَا ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّآ أَنَا۠ فَٱعۡبُدۡنِي وَأَقِمِ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ لِذِكۡرِيٓ ١٤

Innanī anallāhu lā ilāha illā ana faʿbudnī wa aqimiṣ-ṣalāta lidhikrī.

Indeed, I am Allāh. There is no deity except Me, so worship Me and establish prayer for My remembrance.

إِنَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ ءَاتِيَةٌ أَكَادُ أُخۡفِيهَا لِتُجۡزَىٰ كُلُّ نَفۡسِۭ بِمَا تَسۡعَىٰ ١٥

Innas-sāʿata ātiyatun akādu ukhfīhā litujzā kullu nafsim bimā tasʿā.

Indeed, the Hour is coming - I almost conceal it¹ - so that every soul may be recompensed according to that for which it strives.

فَلَا يَصُدَّنَّكَ عَنۡهَا مَن لَّا يُؤۡمِنُ بِهَا وَٱتَّبَعَ هَوَىٰهُ فَتَرۡدَىٰ ١٦

Falā yaṣuddannaka ʿanhā mal lā yuʾminu bihā wattabaʿa hawāhu fatardā.

So do not let one avert you from it¹ who does not believe in it and follows his desire, for you [then] would perish.

وَمَا تِلۡكَ بِيَمِينِكَ يَٰمُوسَىٰ ١٧

Wa mā tilka biyamīnika yāmūsā.

And what is that in your right hand, O Moses?"

قَالَ هِيَ عَصَايَ أَتَوَكَّؤُاْ عَلَيۡهَا وَأَهُشُّ بِهَا عَلَىٰ غَنَمِي وَلِيَ فِيهَا مَـَٔارِبُ أُخۡرَىٰ ١٨

Qāla hiya ʿaṣāya atawakkaʾu ʿalayhā wa ahushshu bihā ʿalā ghanamī waliya fīhā maʾāribu ukhrā.

He said, "It is my staff; I lean upon it, and I bring down leaves for my sheep and I have therein other uses."

قَالَ أَلۡقِهَا يَٰمُوسَىٰ ١٩

Qāla alqihā yāmūsā.

[Allāh] said, "Throw it down, O Moses."

فَأَلۡقَىٰهَا فَإِذَا هِيَ حَيَّةٞ تَسۡعَىٰ ٢٠

Fa alqāhā fa idhā hiya ḥayyatun tasʿā.

So he threw it down, and thereupon it was a snake, moving swiftly.

قَالَ خُذۡهَا وَلَا تَخَفۡۖ سَنُعِيدُهَا سِيرَتَهَا ٱلۡأُولَىٰ ٢١

Qāla khudhhā wa lā takhaf, sanuʿīduhā sīratahal-ūlā.

[Allāh] said, "Seize it and fear not; We will return it to its former condition.

وَٱضۡمُمۡ يَدَكَ إِلَىٰ جَنَاحِكَ تَخۡرُجۡ بَيۡضَآءَ مِنۡ غَيۡرِ سُوٓءٍ ءَايَةً أُخۡرَىٰ ٢٢

Waḍmum yadaka ilā janāḥika takhruj bayḍāʾa min ghayri sūʾin āyatan ukhrā.

And draw in your hand to your side; it will come out white without disease - another sign,

لِنُرِيَكَ مِنۡ ءَايَٰتِنَا ٱلۡكُبۡرَى ٢٣

Linuriyaka min āyātinal-kubrā.

That We may show you [some] of Our greater signs.

ٱذۡهَبۡ إِلَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ ٢٤

Idhhab ilā firʿawna innahū ṭaghā.

Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed [i.e., tyrannized]."

قَالَ رَبِّ ٱشۡرَحۡ لِي صَدۡرِي ٢٥

Qāla rabbishraḥ lī ṣadrī.

[Moses] said, "My Lord, expand [i.e., relax] for me my breast [with assurance]

وَيَسِّرۡ لِيٓ أَمۡرِي ٢٦

Wa yassir lī amrī.

And ease for me my task

وَٱحۡلُلۡ عُقۡدَةٗ مِّن لِّسَانِي ٢٧

Waḥlul ʿuqdatam mil lisānī.

And untie the knot from my tongue

يَفۡقَهُواْ قَوۡلِي ٢٨

Yafqahū qawlī.

That they may understand my speech.

وَٱجۡعَل لِّي وَزِيرٗا مِّنۡ أَهۡلِي ٢٩

Wajʿal lī wazīram min ahlī.

And appoint for me a minister [i.e., assistant] from my family -

هَٰرُونَ أَخِي ٣٠

Hārūna akhī.

Aaron, my brother.

ٱشۡدُدۡ بِهِۦٓ أَزۡرِي ٣١

Ushdud bihī azrī.

Increase through him my strength

وَأَشۡرِكۡهُ فِيٓ أَمۡرِي ٣٢

Wa ashrikhu fī amrī.

And let him share my task

كَيۡ نُسَبِّحَكَ كَثِيرٗا ٣٣

Kay nusabbiḥaka kathīrā.

That we may exalt You much

وَنَذۡكُرَكَ كَثِيرًا ٣٤

Wa nadhkuraka kathīrā.

And remember You much.

إِنَّكَ كُنتَ بِنَا بَصِيرٗا ٣٥

Innaka kunta binā baṣīrā.

Indeed, You are of us ever Seeing."

قَالَ قَدۡ أُوتِيتَ سُؤۡلَكَ يَٰمُوسَىٰ ٣٦

Qāla qad ūtīta suʾlaka yāmūsā.

[Allāh] said, "You have been granted your request, O Moses.

وَلَقَدۡ مَنَنَّا عَلَيۡكَ مَرَّةً أُخۡرَىٰٓ ٣٧

Wa laqad manannā ʿalayka marratan ukhrā.

And We had already conferred favor upon you another time,

إِذۡ أَوۡحَيۡنَآ إِلَىٰٓ أُمِّكَ مَا يُوحَىٰٓ ٣٨

Idh awḥaynā ilā ummika mā yūḥā.

When We inspired to your mother what We inspired,

أَنِ ٱقۡذِفِيهِ فِي ٱلتَّابُوتِ فَٱقۡذِفِيهِ فِي ٱلۡيَمِّ فَلۡيُلۡقِهِ ٱلۡيَمُّ بِٱلسَّاحِلِ يَأۡخُذۡهُ عَدُوّٞ لِّي وَعَدُوّٞ لَّهُۥۚ وَأَلۡقَيۡتُ عَلَيۡكَ مَحَبَّةٗ مِّنِّي وَلِتُصۡنَعَ عَلَىٰ عَيۡنِيٓ ٣٩

Aniqdhifīhi fit-tābūti faqdhifīhi fil-yammi falyulqihil-yammu bis-sāḥili yaʾkhudhhu ʿaduwwul lī wa ʿaduwwul lah, wa alqaytu ʿalayka maḥabbatam minnī walituṣnaʿa ʿalā ʿaynī.

[Saying], 'Cast him into the chest and cast it into the river, and the river will throw it onto the bank; there will take him an enemy to Me and an enemy to him.' And I bestowed upon you love from Me¹ that you would be brought up under My eye [i.e., observation and care].

إِذۡ تَمۡشِيٓ أُخۡتُكَ فَتَقُولُ هَلۡ أَدُلُّكُمۡ عَلَىٰ مَن يَكۡفُلُهُۥۖ فَرَجَعۡنَٰكَ إِلَىٰٓ أُمِّكَ كَيۡ تَقَرَّ عَيۡنُهَا وَلَا تَحۡزَنَۚ وَقَتَلۡتَ نَفۡسٗا فَنَجَّيۡنَٰكَ مِنَ ٱلۡغَمِّ وَفَتَنَّٰكَ فُتُونٗاۚ فَلَبِثۡتَ سِنِينَ فِيٓ أَهۡلِ مَدۡيَنَ ثُمَّ جِئۡتَ عَلَىٰ قَدَرٖ يَٰمُوسَىٰ ٤٠

Idh tamshī ukhtuka fataqūlu hal adullukum ʿalā may yakfuluh, farajaʿnāka ilā ummika kay taqarra ʿaynuhā wa lā taḥzan, wa qatalta nafsan fanajjaynāka minal-ghammi wa fatannāka futūnā, falabithta sinīna fī ahli madyana thumma jiʾta ʿalā qadariy yāmūsā.

[And We favored you] when your sister went and said, 'Shall I direct you to someone who will be responsible for him?' So We restored you to your mother that she might be content and not grieve. And you killed someone,¹ but We saved you from retaliation and tried you with a [severe] trial. And you remained [some] years among the people of Madyan. Then you came [here] at the decreed time, O Moses.

وَٱصۡطَنَعۡتُكَ لِنَفۡسِي ٤١

Waṣṭanaʿtuka linafsī.

And I produced you for Myself.¹

ٱذۡهَبۡ أَنتَ وَأَخُوكَ بِـَٔايَٰتِي وَلَا تَنِيَا فِي ذِكۡرِي ٤٢

Idhhab anta wa akhūka biʾāyātī wa lā taniyā fī dhikrī.

Go, you and your brother, with My signs and do not slacken in My remembrance.

ٱذۡهَبَآ إِلَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ ٤٣

Idhhabā ilā firʿawna innahū ṭaghā.

Go, both of you, to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.

فَقُولَا لَهُۥ قَوۡلٗا لَّيِّنٗا لَّعَلَّهُۥ يَتَذَكَّرُ أَوۡ يَخۡشَىٰ ٤٤

Faqūlā lahū qawlal layyinal laʿallahū yatadhakkaru aw yakhshā.

And speak to him with gentle speech that perhaps he may be reminded or fear [Allāh]."

قَالَا رَبَّنَآ إِنَّنَا نَخَافُ أَن يَفۡرُطَ عَلَيۡنَآ أَوۡ أَن يَطۡغَىٰ ٤٥

Qālā rabbanā innanā nakhāfu ay yafruṭa ʿalaynā aw ay yaṭghā.

They said, "Our Lord, indeed we are afraid that he will hasten [punishment] against us or that he will transgress."

قَالَ لَا تَخَافَآۖ إِنَّنِي مَعَكُمَآ أَسۡمَعُ وَأَرَىٰ ٤٦

Qāla lā takhāfā, innanī maʿakumā asmaʿu wa arā.

[Allāh] said, "Fear not. Indeed, I am with you both; I hear and I see.

فَأۡتِيَاهُ فَقُولَآ إِنَّا رَسُولَا رَبِّكَ فَأَرۡسِلۡ مَعَنَا بَنِيٓ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ وَلَا تُعَذِّبۡهُمۡۖ قَدۡ جِئۡنَٰكَ بِـَٔايَةٖ مِّن رَّبِّكَۖ وَٱلسَّلَٰمُ عَلَىٰ مَنِ ٱتَّبَعَ ٱلۡهُدَىٰٓ ٤٧

Faʾtiyāhu faqūlā innā rasūlā rabbika fa arsil maʿanā banī isrāʾīla wa lā tuʿadhdhibhum, qad jiʾnāka biʾāyatim mir rabbik, was-salāmu ʿalā manittabaʿal-hudā.

So go to him and say, 'Indeed, we are messengers of your Lord, so send with us the Children of Israel and do not torment them. We have come to you with a sign from your Lord. And peace¹ will be upon he who follows the guidance.

إِنَّا قَدۡ أُوحِيَ إِلَيۡنَآ أَنَّ ٱلۡعَذَابَ عَلَىٰ مَن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ ٤٨

Innā qad ūḥiya ilaynā annal-ʿadhāba ʿalā man kadhdhaba wa tawallā.

Indeed, it has been revealed to us that the punishment will be upon whoever denies and turns away.'"

قَالَ فَمَن رَّبُّكُمَا يَٰمُوسَىٰ ٤٩

Qāla famar rabbukumā yāmūsā.

[Pharaoh] said, "So who is the Lord of you two, O Moses?"

قَالَ رَبُّنَا ٱلَّذِيٓ أَعۡطَىٰ كُلَّ شَيۡءٍ خَلۡقَهُۥ ثُمَّ هَدَىٰ ٥٠

Qāla rabbunal-ladhī aʿṭā kulla shayʾin khalqahū thumma hadā.

He said, "Our Lord is He who gave each thing its form and then guided [it]."

قَالَ فَمَا بَالُ ٱلۡقُرُونِ ٱلۡأُولَىٰ ٥١

Qāla famā bālul-qurūnil-ūlā.

[Pharaoh] said, "Then what is the case of the former generations?"

قَالَ عِلۡمُهَا عِندَ رَبِّي فِي كِتَٰبٖۖ لَّا يَضِلُّ رَبِّي وَلَا يَنسَى ٥٢

Qāla ʿilmuhā ʿinda rabbī fī kitāb, lā yaḍillu rabbī wa lā yansā.

[Moses] said, "The knowledge thereof is with my Lord in a record. My Lord neither errs nor forgets."

ٱلَّذِي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ مَهۡدٗا وَسَلَكَ لَكُمۡ فِيهَا سُبُلٗا وَأَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءٗ فَأَخۡرَجۡنَا بِهِۦٓ أَزۡوَٰجٗا مِّن نَّبَاتٖ شَتَّىٰ ٥٣

Al-ladhī jaʿala lakumul-arḍa mahdaw wa salaka lakum fīhā subulaw wa anzala minas-samāʾi māʾan fa akhrajnā bihī azwājam min nabātin shattā.

[It is He] who has made for you the earth as a bed [spread out] and inserted therein for you roadways and sent down from the sky, rain and produced thereby categories of various plants.

كُلُواْ وَٱرۡعَوۡاْ أَنۡعَٰمَكُمۡۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَٰتٖ لِّأُوْلِي ٱلنُّهَىٰ ٥٤

Kulū warʿaw anʿāmakum, inna fī dhālika laʾāyātil liʾulin-nuhā.

Eat [therefrom] and pasture your livestock. Indeed in that are signs for those of intelligence.

۞ مِنۡهَا خَلَقۡنَٰكُمۡ وَفِيهَا نُعِيدُكُمۡ وَمِنۡهَا نُخۡرِجُكُمۡ تَارَةً أُخۡرَىٰ ٥٥

Minhā khalaqnākum wa fīhā nuʿīdukum wa minhā nukhrijukum tāratan ukhrā.

From it [i.e., the earth] We created you, and into it We will return you, and from it We will extract you another time.

وَلَقَدۡ أَرَيۡنَٰهُ ءَايَٰتِنَا كُلَّهَا فَكَذَّبَ وَأَبَىٰ ٥٦

Wa laqad araynāhu āyātinā kullahā fakadhdhaba wa abā.

And We certainly showed him [i.e., Pharaoh] Our signs - all of them - but he denied and refused.

قَالَ أَجِئۡتَنَا لِتُخۡرِجَنَا مِنۡ أَرۡضِنَا بِسِحۡرِكَ يَٰمُوسَىٰ ٥٧

Qāla ajiʾtanā litukhrijanā min arḍinā bisiḥrika yāmūsā.

He said, "Have you come to us to drive us out of our land with your magic, O Moses?

فَلَنَأۡتِيَنَّكَ بِسِحۡرٖ مِّثۡلِهِۦ فَٱجۡعَلۡ بَيۡنَنَا وَبَيۡنَكَ مَوۡعِدٗا لَّا نُخۡلِفُهُۥ نَحۡنُ وَلَآ أَنتَ مَكَانٗا سُوٗى ٥٨

Falanaʾtiyannaka bisiḥrim mithlihī fajʿal baynanā wa baynaka mawʿidal lā nukhlifuhū naḥnu wa lā anta makānan suwā.

Then we will surely bring you magic like it, so make between us and you an appointment, which we will not fail to keep and neither will you, in a place assigned."¹

قَالَ مَوۡعِدُكُمۡ يَوۡمُ ٱلزِّينَةِ وَأَن يُحۡشَرَ ٱلنَّاسُ ضُحٗى ٥٩

Qāla mawʿidukum yawmuz-zīnati wa ay yuḥsharan-nāsu ḍuḥā.

[Moses] said, "Your appointment is on the day of the festival when the people assemble at mid-morning."¹

فَتَوَلَّىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنُ فَجَمَعَ كَيۡدَهُۥ ثُمَّ أَتَىٰ ٦٠

Fatawallā firʿawnu fajamaʿa kaydahū thumma atā.

So Pharaoh went away, put together his plan, and then came [to Moses].

قَالَ لَهُم مُّوسَىٰ وَيۡلَكُمۡ لَا تَفۡتَرُواْ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبٗا فَيُسۡحِتَكُم بِعَذَابٖۖ وَقَدۡ خَابَ مَنِ ٱفۡتَرَىٰ ٦١

Qāla lahum mūsā waylakum lā taftarū ʿalallāhi kadhiban fayusḥitakum biʿadhāb, wa qad khāba maniftarā.

Moses said to them [i.e., the magicians summoned by Pharaoh], "Woe to you! Do not invent a lie against Allāh or He will exterminate you with a punishment; and he has failed who invents [such falsehood]."

فَتَنَٰزَعُوٓاْ أَمۡرَهُم بَيۡنَهُمۡ وَأَسَرُّواْ ٱلنَّجۡوَىٰ ٦٢

Fatanāzaʿū amrahum baynahum wa asarrun-najwā.

So they disputed over their affair among themselves and concealed their private conversation.

قَالُوٓاْ إِنۡ هَٰذَٰنِ لَسَٰحِرَٰنِ يُرِيدَانِ أَن يُخۡرِجَاكُم مِّنۡ أَرۡضِكُم بِسِحۡرِهِمَا وَيَذۡهَبَا بِطَرِيقَتِكُمُ ٱلۡمُثۡلَىٰ ٦٣

Qālū in hādhāni lasāḥirāni yurīdāni ay yukhrijākum min arḍikum bisiḥrihimā wa yadhhabā biṭarīqatikumul-muthlā.

They said, "Indeed, these are two magicians who want to drive you out of your land with their magic and do away with your most exemplary way [i.e., religion or tradition].

فَأَجۡمِعُواْ كَيۡدَكُمۡ ثُمَّ ٱئۡتُواْ صَفّٗاۚ وَقَدۡ أَفۡلَحَ ٱلۡيَوۡمَ مَنِ ٱسۡتَعۡلَىٰ ٦٤

Fa ajmiʿū kaydakum thummaʾtū ṣaffā, wa qad aflaḥal-yawma manistaʿlā.

So resolve upon your plan and then come [forward] in line. And he has succeeded today who overcomes."

قَالُواْ يَٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِمَّآ أَن تُلۡقِيَ وَإِمَّآ أَن نَّكُونَ أَوَّلَ مَنۡ أَلۡقَىٰ ٦٥

Qālū yāmūsā immā an tulqiya wa immā an nakūna awwala man alqā.

They said, "O Moses, either you throw or we will be the first to throw."

قَالَ بَلۡ أَلۡقُواْۖ فَإِذَا حِبَالُهُمۡ وَعِصِيُّهُمۡ يُخَيَّلُ إِلَيۡهِ مِن سِحۡرِهِمۡ أَنَّهَا تَسۡعَىٰ ٦٦

Qāla bal alqū, fa idhā ḥibāluhum wa ʿiṣiyyuhum yukhayyalu ilayhi min siḥrihim annahā tasʿā.

He said, "Rather, you throw." And suddenly their ropes and staffs seemed to him from their magic that they were moving [like snakes].

فَأَوۡجَسَ فِي نَفۡسِهِۦ خِيفَةٗ مُّوسَىٰ ٦٧

Fa awjasa fī nafsihī khīfatam mūsā.

And he sensed within himself apprehension, did Moses.

قُلۡنَا لَا تَخَفۡ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلۡأَعۡلَىٰ ٦٨

Qulnā lā takhaf innaka antal-aʿlā.

We [i.e., Allāh] said, "Fear not. Indeed, it is you who are superior.

وَأَلۡقِ مَا فِي يَمِينِكَ تَلۡقَفۡ مَا صَنَعُوٓاْۖ إِنَّمَا صَنَعُواْ كَيۡدُ سَٰحِرٖۖ وَلَا يُفۡلِحُ ٱلسَّاحِرُ حَيۡثُ أَتَىٰ ٦٩

Wa alqi mā fī yamīnika talqaf mā ṣanaʿū, innamā ṣanaʿū kaydu sāḥir, wa lā yufliḥus-sāḥiru ḥaythu atā.

And throw what is in your right hand; it will swallow up what they have crafted. What they have crafted is but the trick of a magician, and the magician will not succeed wherever he is."

فَأُلۡقِيَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ سُجَّدٗا قَالُوٓاْ ءَامَنَّا بِرَبِّ هَٰرُونَ وَمُوسَىٰ ٧٠

Fa ulqiyas-saḥaratu sujjadan qālū āmannā birabbi hārūna wa mūsā.

So the magicians fell down in prostration.¹ They said, "We have believed in the Lord of Aaron and Moses."

قَالَ ءَامَنتُمۡ لَهُۥ قَبۡلَ أَنۡ ءَاذَنَ لَكُمۡۖ إِنَّهُۥ لَكَبِيرُكُمُ ٱلَّذِي عَلَّمَكُمُ ٱلسِّحۡرَۖ فَلَأُقَطِّعَنَّ أَيۡدِيَكُمۡ وَأَرۡجُلَكُم مِّنۡ خِلَٰفٖ وَلَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمۡ فِي جُذُوعِ ٱلنَّخۡلِ وَلَتَعۡلَمُنَّ أَيُّنَآ أَشَدُّ عَذَابٗا وَأَبۡقَىٰ ٧١

Qāla āmantum lahū qabla an ādhana lakum, innahū lakabīrukumul-ladhī ʿallamakumus-siḥr, falaʾuqaṭṭiʿanna aydiyakum wa arjulakum min khilāfiw wa laʾuṣallibannakum fī judhūʿin-nakhli wa lataʿlamunna ayyunā ashaddu ʿadhābaw wa abqā.

[Pharaoh] said, "You believed him [i.e., Moses] before I gave you permission. Indeed, he is your leader who has taught you magic. So I will surely cut off your hands and your feet on opposite sides, and I will crucify you on the trunks of palm trees, and you will surely know which of us is more severe in [giving] punishment and more enduring."

قَالُواْ لَن نُّؤۡثِرَكَ عَلَىٰ مَا جَآءَنَا مِنَ ٱلۡبَيِّنَٰتِ وَٱلَّذِي فَطَرَنَاۖ فَٱقۡضِ مَآ أَنتَ قَاضٍۖ إِنَّمَا تَقۡضِي هَٰذِهِ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنۡيَآ ٧٢

Qālū lan nuʾthiraka ʿalā mā jāʾanā minal-bayyināti wal-ladhī faṭaranā, faqḍi mā anta qāḍ, innamā taqḍī hādhihil-ḥayātad-dunyā.

They said, "Never will we prefer you over what has come to us of clear proofs and [over] He who created us.¹ So decree whatever you are to decree. You can only decree for this worldly life.

إِنَّآ ءَامَنَّا بِرَبِّنَا لِيَغۡفِرَ لَنَا خَطَٰيَٰنَا وَمَآ أَكۡرَهۡتَنَا عَلَيۡهِ مِنَ ٱلسِّحۡرِۗ وَٱللَّهُ خَيۡرٞ وَأَبۡقَىٰٓ ٧٣

Innā āmannā birabbinā liyaghfira lanā khaṭāyānā wa mā akrahtanā ʿalayhi minas-siḥr, wallāhu khayruw wa abqā.

Indeed, we have believed in our Lord that He may forgive us our sins and what you compelled us [to do] of magic. And Allāh is better and more enduring."¹

إِنَّهُۥ مَن يَأۡتِ رَبَّهُۥ مُجۡرِمٗا فَإِنَّ لَهُۥ جَهَنَّمَ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحۡيَىٰ ٧٤

Innahū may yaʾti rabbahū mujriman fa inna lahū jahannama lā yamūtu fīhā wa lā yaḥyā.

Indeed, whoever comes to his Lord as a criminal - indeed, for him is Hell; he will neither die therein nor live.

وَمَن يَأۡتِهِۦ مُؤۡمِنٗا قَدۡ عَمِلَ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ لَهُمُ ٱلدَّرَجَٰتُ ٱلۡعُلَىٰ ٧٥

Wa may yaʾtihī muʾminan qad ʿamilaṣ-ṣāliḥāti fa ulāʾika lahumud-darajātul-ʿulā.

But whoever comes to Him as a believer having done righteous deeds - for those will be the highest degrees [in position]:

جَنَّٰتُ عَدۡنٖ تَجۡرِي مِن تَحۡتِهَا ٱلۡأَنۡهَٰرُ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَاۚ وَذَٰلِكَ جَزَآءُ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ ٧٦

Jannātu ʿadnin tajrī min taḥtihal-anhāru khālidīna fīhā, wa dhālika jazāʾu man tazakkā.

Gardens of perpetual residence beneath which rivers flow, wherein they abide eternally. And that is the reward of one who purifies himself.¹

وَلَقَدۡ أَوۡحَيۡنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنۡ أَسۡرِ بِعِبَادِي فَٱضۡرِبۡ لَهُمۡ طَرِيقٗا فِي ٱلۡبَحۡرِ يَبَسٗا لَّا تَخَٰفُ دَرَكٗا وَلَا تَخۡشَىٰ ٧٧

Wa laqad awḥaynā ilā mūsā an asri biʿibādī faḍrib lahum ṭarīqan fil-baḥri yabasal lā takhāfu darakaw wa lā takhshā.

And We had inspired to Moses, "Travel by night with My servants and strike for them a dry path through the sea; you will not fear being overtaken [by Pharaoh] nor be afraid [of drowning]."

فَأَتۡبَعَهُمۡ فِرۡعَوۡنُ بِجُنُودِهِۦ فَغَشِيَهُم مِّنَ ٱلۡيَمِّ مَا غَشِيَهُمۡ ٧٨

Fa atbaʿahum firʿawnu bijunūdihī faghashiyahum minal-yammi mā ghashiyahum.

So Pharaoh pursued them with his soldiers, and there covered them from the sea that which covered them,¹

وَأَضَلَّ فِرۡعَوۡنُ قَوۡمَهُۥ وَمَا هَدَىٰ ٧٩

Wa aḍalla firʿawnu qawmahū wa mā hadā.

And Pharaoh led his people astray and did not guide [them].

يَٰبَنِيٓ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ قَدۡ أَنجَيۡنَٰكُم مِّنۡ عَدُوِّكُمۡ وَوَٰعَدۡنَٰكُمۡ جَانِبَ ٱلطُّورِ ٱلۡأَيۡمَنَ وَنَزَّلۡنَا عَلَيۡكُمُ ٱلۡمَنَّ وَٱلسَّلۡوَىٰ ٨٠

Yābanī isrāʾīla qad anjaynākum min ʿaduwwikum wa wāʿadnākum jānibaṭ-ṭūril-aymana wa nazzalnā ʿalaykumul-manna was-salwā.

O Children of Israel, We delivered you from your enemy, and We made an appointment with you¹ at the right side of the mount, and We sent down to you manna and quails,

كُلُواْ مِن طَيِّبَٰتِ مَا رَزَقۡنَٰكُمۡ وَلَا تَطۡغَوۡاْ فِيهِ فَيَحِلَّ عَلَيۡكُمۡ غَضَبِيۖ وَمَن يَحۡلِلۡ عَلَيۡهِ غَضَبِي فَقَدۡ هَوَىٰ ٨١

Kulū min ṭayyibāti mā razaqnākum wa lā taṭghaw fīhi fayaḥilla ʿalaykum ghaḍabī, wa may yaḥlil ʿalayhi ghaḍabī faqad hawā.

[Saying], "Eat from the good things with which We have provided you and do not transgress [or oppress others] therein, lest My anger should descend upon you. And he upon whom My anger descends has certainly fallen [i.e., perished]."

وَإِنِّي لَغَفَّارٞ لِّمَن تَابَ وَءَامَنَ وَعَمِلَ صَٰلِحٗا ثُمَّ ٱهۡتَدَىٰ ٨٢

Wa innī laghaffārul liman tāba wa āmana wa ʿamila ṣāliḥan thummahtadā.

But indeed, I am the Perpetual Forgiver of whoever repents and believes and does righteousness and then continues in guidance.

۞ وَمَآ أَعۡجَلَكَ عَن قَوۡمِكَ يَٰمُوسَىٰ ٨٣

Wa mā aʿjalaka ʿan qawmika yāmūsā.

[Allāh said], "And what made you hasten from your people, O Moses?"

قَالَ هُمۡ أُوْلَآءِ عَلَىٰٓ أَثَرِي وَعَجِلۡتُ إِلَيۡكَ رَبِّ لِتَرۡضَىٰ ٨٤

Qāla hum ulāʾi ʿalā atharī wa ʿajiltu ilayka rabbi litarḍā.

He said, "They are close upon my tracks, and I hastened to You, my Lord, that You be pleased."

قَالَ فَإِنَّا قَدۡ فَتَنَّا قَوۡمَكَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِكَ وَأَضَلَّهُمُ ٱلسَّامِرِيُّ ٨٥

Qāla fa innā qad fatannā qawmaka mim baʿdika wa aḍallahumus-sāmiriyy.

[Allāh] said, "But indeed, We have tried your people after you [departed], and the Sāmirī¹ has led them astray."

فَرَجَعَ مُوسَىٰٓ إِلَىٰ قَوۡمِهِۦ غَضۡبَٰنَ أَسِفٗاۚ قَالَ يَٰقَوۡمِ أَلَمۡ يَعِدۡكُمۡ رَبُّكُمۡ وَعۡدًا حَسَنًاۚ أَفَطَالَ عَلَيۡكُمُ ٱلۡعَهۡدُ أَمۡ أَرَدتُّمۡ أَن يَحِلَّ عَلَيۡكُمۡ غَضَبٞ مِّن رَّبِّكُمۡ فَأَخۡلَفۡتُم مَّوۡعِدِي ٨٦

Farajaʿa mūsā ilā qawmihī ghaḍbāna asifā, qāla yāqawmi alam yaʿidkum rabbukum waʿdan ḥasanā, afaṭāla ʿalaykumul-ʿahdu am aradttum ay yaḥilla ʿalaykum ghaḍabum mir rabbikum fa akhlaftum mawʿidī.

So Moses returned to his people, angry and grieved.¹ He said, "O my people, did your Lord not make you a good promise?² Then, was the time [of its fulfillment] too long for you, or did you wish that wrath from your Lord descend upon you, so you broke your promise [of obedience] to me?"

قَالُواْ مَآ أَخۡلَفۡنَا مَوۡعِدَكَ بِمَلۡكِنَا وَلَٰكِنَّا حُمِّلۡنَآ أَوۡزَارٗا مِّن زِينَةِ ٱلۡقَوۡمِ فَقَذَفۡنَٰهَا فَكَذَٰلِكَ أَلۡقَى ٱلسَّامِرِيُّ ٨٧

Qālū mā akhlafnā mawʿidaka bimalkinā wa lākinnā ḥummilnā awzāram min zīnatil-qawmi faqadhafnāhā fakadhālika alqas-sāmiriyy.

They said, "We did not break our promise to you by our will, but we were made to carry burdens from the ornaments of the people [of Pharaoh], so we threw them [into the fire], and thus did the Sāmirī throw."

فَأَخۡرَجَ لَهُمۡ عِجۡلٗا جَسَدٗا لَّهُۥ خُوَارٞ فَقَالُواْ هَٰذَآ إِلَٰهُكُمۡ وَإِلَٰهُ مُوسَىٰ فَنَسِيَ ٨٨

Fa akhraja lahum ʿijlan jasadal lahū khuwārun faqālū hādhā ilāhukum wa ilāhu mūsā fanasiy.

And he extracted for them [the statue of] a calf which had a lowing sound, and they said, "This is your god and the god of Moses, but he forgot."

أَفَلَا يَرَوۡنَ أَلَّا يَرۡجِعُ إِلَيۡهِمۡ قَوۡلٗا وَلَا يَمۡلِكُ لَهُمۡ ضَرّٗا وَلَا نَفۡعٗا ٨٩

Afalā yarawna allā yarjiʿu ilayhim qawlaw wa lā yamliku lahum ḍarraw wa lā nafʿā.

Did they not see that it could not return to them any speech [i.e., response] and that it did not possess for them any harm or benefit?

وَلَقَدۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ هَٰرُونُ مِن قَبۡلُ يَٰقَوۡمِ إِنَّمَا فُتِنتُم بِهِۦۖ وَإِنَّ رَبَّكُمُ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ فَٱتَّبِعُونِي وَأَطِيعُوٓاْ أَمۡرِي ٩٠

Wa laqad qāla lahum hārūnu min qablu yāqawmi innamā futintum bih, wa inna rabbakumur-raḥmānu fattabiʿūnī wa aṭīʿū amrī.

And Aaron had already told them before [the return of Moses], "O my people, you are only being tested by it, and indeed, your Lord is the Most Merciful, so follow me and obey my order."

قَالُواْ لَن نَّبۡرَحَ عَلَيۡهِ عَٰكِفِينَ حَتَّىٰ يَرۡجِعَ إِلَيۡنَا مُوسَىٰ ٩١

Qālū lan nabraḥa ʿalayhi ʿākifīna ḥattā yarjiʿa ilaynā mūsā.

They said, "We will never cease being devoted to it [i.e., the calf] until Moses returns to us."

قَالَ يَٰهَٰرُونُ مَا مَنَعَكَ إِذۡ رَأَيۡتَهُمۡ ضَلُّوٓاْ ٩٢

Qāla yāhārūnu mā manaʿaka idh raʾaytahum ḍallū.

[Moses] said, "O Aaron, what prevented you, when you saw them going astray,

أَلَّا تَتَّبِعَنِۖ أَفَعَصَيۡتَ أَمۡرِي ٩٣

Allā tattabiʿan, afaʿaṣayta amrī.

From following me? Then have you disobeyed my order?"

قَالَ يَبۡنَؤُمَّ لَا تَأۡخُذۡ بِلِحۡيَتِي وَلَا بِرَأۡسِيٓۖ إِنِّي خَشِيتُ أَن تَقُولَ فَرَّقۡتَ بَيۡنَ بَنِيٓ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ وَلَمۡ تَرۡقُبۡ قَوۡلِي ٩٤

Qāla yabnaʾumma lā taʾkhudh biliḥyatī wa lā biraʾsī, innī khashītu an taqūla farraqta bayna banī isrāʾīla wa lam tarqub qawlī.

[Aaron] said, "O son of my mother, do not seize [me] by my beard or by my head. Indeed, I feared that you would say, 'You caused division among the Children of Israel, and you did not observe [or await] my word.'"

قَالَ فَمَا خَطۡبُكَ يَٰسَٰمِرِيُّ ٩٥

Qāla famā khaṭbuka yāsāmiriyy.

[Moses] said, "And what is your case, O Sāmirī?"

قَالَ بَصُرۡتُ بِمَا لَمۡ يَبۡصُرُواْ بِهِۦ فَقَبَضۡتُ قَبۡضَةٗ مِّنۡ أَثَرِ ٱلرَّسُولِ فَنَبَذۡتُهَا وَكَذَٰلِكَ سَوَّلَتۡ لِي نَفۡسِي ٩٦

Qāla baṣurtu bimā lam yabṣurū bihī faqabaḍtu qabḍatam min atharir-rasūli fanabadhtuhā wa kadhālika sawwalat lī nafsī.

He said, "I saw what they did not see, so I took a handful [of dust] from the track of the messenger¹ and threw it,² and thus did my soul entice me."

قَالَ فَٱذۡهَبۡ فَإِنَّ لَكَ فِي ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ أَن تَقُولَ لَا مِسَاسَۖ وَإِنَّ لَكَ مَوۡعِدٗا لَّن تُخۡلَفَهُۥۖ وَٱنظُرۡ إِلَىٰٓ إِلَٰهِكَ ٱلَّذِي ظَلۡتَ عَلَيۡهِ عَاكِفٗاۖ لَّنُحَرِّقَنَّهُۥ ثُمَّ لَنَنسِفَنَّهُۥ فِي ٱلۡيَمِّ نَسۡفًا ٩٧

Qāla fadhhab fa inna laka fil-ḥayāti an taqūla lā misās, wa inna laka mawʿidal lan tukhlafah, wanẓur ilā ilāhikal-ladhī ẓalta ʿalayhi ʿākifā, lanuḥarriqannahū thumma lanansifannahū fil-yammi nasfā.

[Moses] said, "Then go. And indeed, it is [decreed] for you in [this] life to say, 'No contact.'¹ And indeed, you have an appointment [in the Hereafter] you will not fail to keep. And look at your 'god' to which you remained devoted. We will surely burn it and blow it [i.e., its ashes] into the sea with a blast.

إِنَّمَآ إِلَٰهُكُمُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِي لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَۚ وَسِعَ كُلَّ شَيۡءٍ عِلۡمٗا ٩٨

Innamā ilāhukumullāhul-ladhī lā ilāha illā huw, wasiʿa kulla shayʾin ʿilmā.

Your god is only Allāh, except for whom there is no deity. He has encompassed all things in knowledge."

كَذَٰلِكَ نَقُصُّ عَلَيۡكَ مِنۡ أَنۢبَآءِ مَا قَدۡ سَبَقَۚ وَقَدۡ ءَاتَيۡنَٰكَ مِن لَّدُنَّا ذِكۡرٗا ٩٩

Kadhālika naquṣṣu ʿalayka min anbāʾi mā qad sabaq, wa qad ātaynāka mil ladunnā dhikrā.

Thus, [O Muḥammad], We relate to you from the news of what has preceded. And We have certainly given you from Us a message [i.e., the Qur’ān].

مَّنۡ أَعۡرَضَ عَنۡهُ فَإِنَّهُۥ يَحۡمِلُ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ وِزۡرًا ١٠٠

Man aʿraḍa ʿanhu fa innahū yaḥmilu yawmal-qiyāmati wizrā.

Whoever turns away from it - then indeed, he will bear on the Day of Resurrection a burden [i.e., great sin],

خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهِۖ وَسَآءَ لَهُمۡ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ حِمۡلٗا ١٠١

Khālidīna fīh, wa sāʾa lahum yawmal-qiyāmati ḥimlā.

[Abiding] eternally therein,¹ and evil it is for them on the Day of Resurrection as a load -

يَوۡمَ يُنفَخُ فِي ٱلصُّورِۚ وَنَحۡشُرُ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ يَوۡمَئِذٖ زُرۡقٗا ١٠٢

Yawma yunfakhu fiṣ-ṣūr, wa naḥshurul-mujrimīna yawmaʾidhin zurqā.

The Day the Horn will be blown. And We will gather the criminals, that Day, blue-eyed.¹

يَتَخَٰفَتُونَ بَيۡنَهُمۡ إِن لَّبِثۡتُمۡ إِلَّا عَشۡرٗا ١٠٣

Yatakhāfatūna baynahum il labithtum illā ʿashrā.

They will murmur among themselves, "You remained not but ten [days in the world]."

نَّحۡنُ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَا يَقُولُونَ إِذۡ يَقُولُ أَمۡثَلُهُمۡ طَرِيقَةً إِن لَّبِثۡتُمۡ إِلَّا يَوۡمٗا ١٠٤

Naḥnu aʿlamu bimā yaqūlūna idh yaqūlu amthaluhum ṭarīqatan il labithtum illā yawmā.

We are most knowing of what they say when the best of them in manner [i.e., wisdom or speech] will say, "You remained not but one day."

وَيَسۡـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلۡجِبَالِ فَقُلۡ يَنسِفُهَا رَبِّي نَسۡفٗا ١٠٥

Wa yasʾalūnaka ʿanil-jibāli faqul yansifuhā rabbī nasfā.

And they ask you about the mountains, so say, "My Lord will blow them away with a blast.¹

فَيَذَرُهَا قَاعٗا صَفۡصَفٗا ١٠٦

Fayadharuhā qāʿan ṣafṣafā.

And He will leave it [i.e., the earth] a level plain;

لَّا تَرَىٰ فِيهَا عِوَجٗا وَلَآ أَمۡتٗا ١٠٧

Lā tarā fīhā ʿiwajaw wa lā amtā.

You will not see therein a depression or an elevation."

يَوۡمَئِذٖ يَتَّبِعُونَ ٱلدَّاعِيَ لَا عِوَجَ لَهُۥۖ وَخَشَعَتِ ٱلۡأَصۡوَاتُ لِلرَّحۡمَٰنِ فَلَا تَسۡمَعُ إِلَّا هَمۡسٗا ١٠٨

Yawmaʾidhiy yattabiʿūnad-dāʿiya lā ʿiwaja lah, wa khashaʿatil-aṣwātu lir-raḥmāni falā tasmaʿu illā hamsā.

That Day, they [i.e., everyone] will follow [the call of] the Caller¹ [with] no deviation therefrom, and [all] voices will be stilled before the Most Merciful, so you will not hear except a whisper [of footsteps].

يَوۡمَئِذٖ لَّا تَنفَعُ ٱلشَّفَٰعَةُ إِلَّا مَنۡ أَذِنَ لَهُ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ وَرَضِيَ لَهُۥ قَوۡلٗا ١٠٩

Yawmaʾidhil lā tanfaʿush-shafāʿatu illā man adhina lahur-raḥmānu wa raḍiya lahū qawlā.

That Day, no intercession will benefit except [that of] one to whom the Most Merciful has given permission and has accepted his word.

يَعۡلَمُ مَا بَيۡنَ أَيۡدِيهِمۡ وَمَا خَلۡفَهُمۡ وَلَا يُحِيطُونَ بِهِۦ عِلۡمٗا ١١٠

Yaʿlamu mā bayna aydīhim wa mā khalfahum wa lā yuḥīṭūna bihī ʿilmā.

He [i.e., Allāh] knows what is [presently] before them and what will be after them,¹ but they do not encompass it [i.e., what He knows] in knowledge.

۞ وَعَنَتِ ٱلۡوُجُوهُ لِلۡحَيِّ ٱلۡقَيُّومِۖ وَقَدۡ خَابَ مَنۡ حَمَلَ ظُلۡمٗا ١١١

Wa ʿanatil-wujūhu lil-ḥayyil-qayyūm, wa qad khāba man ḥamala ẓulmā.

And [all] faces will be humbled before the Ever-Living, the Self-Sustaining.¹ And he will have failed who carries injustice.²

وَمَن يَعۡمَلۡ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ وَهُوَ مُؤۡمِنٞ فَلَا يَخَافُ ظُلۡمٗا وَلَا هَضۡمٗا ١١٢

Wa may yaʿmal minaṣ-ṣāliḥāti wa huwa muʾminun falā yakhāfu ẓulmaw wa lā haḍmā.

But he who does of righteous deeds while he is a believer - he will neither fear injustice nor deprivation.

وَكَذَٰلِكَ أَنزَلۡنَٰهُ قُرۡءَانًا عَرَبِيّٗا وَصَرَّفۡنَا فِيهِ مِنَ ٱلۡوَعِيدِ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَتَّقُونَ أَوۡ يُحۡدِثُ لَهُمۡ ذِكۡرٗا ١١٣

Wa kadhālika anzalnāhu qurʾānan ʿarabiyyaw wa ṣarrafnā fīhi minal-waʿīdi laʿallahum yattaqūna aw yuḥdithu lahum dhikrā.

And thus We have sent it down as an Arabic Qur’ān¹ and have diversified therein the warnings that perhaps they will avoid [sin] or it would cause them remembrance.

فَتَعَٰلَى ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡمَلِكُ ٱلۡحَقُّۗ وَلَا تَعۡجَلۡ بِٱلۡقُرۡءَانِ مِن قَبۡلِ أَن يُقۡضَىٰٓ إِلَيۡكَ وَحۡيُهُۥۖ وَقُل رَّبِّ زِدۡنِي عِلۡمٗا ١١٤

Fataʿālallāhul-malikul-ḥaqq, wa lā taʿjal bil-qurʾāni min qabli ay yuqḍā ilayka waḥyuh, wa qul rabbi zidnī ʿilmā.

So high [above all] is Allāh, the Sovereign,¹ the Truth.² And, [O Muḥammad], do not hasten with [recitation of] the Qur’ān before its revelation is completed to you, and say, "My Lord, increase me in knowledge."

وَلَقَدۡ عَهِدۡنَآ إِلَىٰٓ ءَادَمَ مِن قَبۡلُ فَنَسِيَ وَلَمۡ نَجِدۡ لَهُۥ عَزۡمٗا ١١٥

Wa laqad ʿahidnā ilā ādama min qablu fanasiya wa lam najid lahū ʿazmā.

And We had already taken a promise from Adam before, but he forgot; and We found not in him determination.¹

وَإِذۡ قُلۡنَا لِلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ ٱسۡجُدُواْ لِأٓدَمَ فَسَجَدُوٓاْ إِلَّآ إِبۡلِيسَ أَبَىٰ ١١٦

Wa idh qulnā lil-malāʾikatisjudū liʾādama fasajadū illā iblīsa abā.

And [mention] when We said to the angels, "Prostrate to Adam," and they prostrated, except Iblees;¹ he refused.

فَقُلۡنَا يَٰٓـَٔادَمُ إِنَّ هَٰذَا عَدُوّٞ لَّكَ وَلِزَوۡجِكَ فَلَا يُخۡرِجَنَّكُمَا مِنَ ٱلۡجَنَّةِ فَتَشۡقَىٰٓ ١١٧

Faqulnā yāʾādamu inna hādhā ʿaduwwul laka walizawjika falā yukhrijannakumā minal-jannati fatashqā.

So We said, "O Adam, indeed this is an enemy to you and to your wife. Then let him not remove you from Paradise so you would suffer.

إِنَّ لَكَ أَلَّا تَجُوعَ فِيهَا وَلَا تَعۡرَىٰ ١١٨

Inna laka allā tajūʿa fīhā wa lā taʿrā.

Indeed, it is [promised] for you not to be hungry therein or be unclothed.

وَأَنَّكَ لَا تَظۡمَؤُاْ فِيهَا وَلَا تَضۡحَىٰ ١١٩

Wa annaka lā taẓmaʾu fīhā wa lā taḍḥā.

And indeed, you will not be thirsty therein or be hot from the sun."

فَوَسۡوَسَ إِلَيۡهِ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُ قَالَ يَٰٓـَٔادَمُ هَلۡ أَدُلُّكَ عَلَىٰ شَجَرَةِ ٱلۡخُلۡدِ وَمُلۡكٖ لَّا يَبۡلَىٰ ١٢٠

Fawaswasa ilayhish-shayṭānu qāla yāʾādamu hal adulluka ʿalā shajaratil-khuldi wa mulkil lā yablā.

Then Satan whispered to him; he said, "O Adam, shall I direct you to the tree of eternity and possession that will not deteriorate?"

فَأَكَلَا مِنۡهَا فَبَدَتۡ لَهُمَا سَوۡءَٰتُهُمَا وَطَفِقَا يَخۡصِفَانِ عَلَيۡهِمَا مِن وَرَقِ ٱلۡجَنَّةِۚ وَعَصَىٰٓ ءَادَمُ رَبَّهُۥ فَغَوَىٰ ١٢١

Fa akalā minhā fabadat lahumā sawʾātuhumā wa ṭafiqā yakhṣifāni ʿalayhimā miw waraqil-jannah, wa ʿaṣā ādamu rabbahū faghawā.

And they [i.e., Adam and his wife] ate of it, and their private parts became apparent to them, and they began to fasten over themselves from the leaves of Paradise. And Adam disobeyed his Lord and erred.

ثُمَّ ٱجۡتَبَٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَتَابَ عَلَيۡهِ وَهَدَىٰ ١٢٢

Thummajtabāhu rabbuhū fatāba ʿalayhi wa hadā.

Then his Lord chose him and turned to him in forgiveness and guided [him].

قَالَ ٱهۡبِطَا مِنۡهَا جَمِيعَۢاۖ بَعۡضُكُمۡ لِبَعۡضٍ عَدُوّٞۖ فَإِمَّا يَأۡتِيَنَّكُم مِّنِّي هُدٗى فَمَنِ ٱتَّبَعَ هُدَايَ فَلَا يَضِلُّ وَلَا يَشۡقَىٰ ١٢٣

Qālahbiṭā minhā jamīʿā, baʿḍukum libaʿḍin ʿaduww, fa immā yaʾtiyannakum minnī hudan famanittabaʿa hudāya falā yaḍillu wa lā yashqā.

[Allāh] said, "Descend from it [i.e., Paradise] - all, [your descendants] being enemies to one another. And if there should come to you guidance from Me - then whoever follows My guidance will neither go astray [in the world] nor suffer [in the Hereafter].

وَمَنۡ أَعۡرَضَ عَن ذِكۡرِي فَإِنَّ لَهُۥ مَعِيشَةٗ ضَنكٗا وَنَحۡشُرُهُۥ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ أَعۡمَىٰ ١٢٤

Wa man aʿraḍa ʿan dhikrī fa inna lahū maʿīshatan ḍankaw wa naḥshuruhū yawmal-qiyāmati aʿmā.

And whoever turns away from My remembrance - indeed, he will have a depressed [i.e., difficult] life, and We will gather [i.e., raise] him on the Day of Resurrection blind."

قَالَ رَبِّ لِمَ حَشَرۡتَنِيٓ أَعۡمَىٰ وَقَدۡ كُنتُ بَصِيرٗا ١٢٥

Qāla rabbi lima ḥashartanī aʿmā wa qad kuntu baṣīrā.

He will say, "My Lord, why have you raised me blind while I was [once] seeing?"

قَالَ كَذَٰلِكَ أَتَتۡكَ ءَايَٰتُنَا فَنَسِيتَهَاۖ وَكَذَٰلِكَ ٱلۡيَوۡمَ تُنسَىٰ ١٢٦

Qāla kadhālika atatka āyātunā fanasītahā, wa kadhālikal-yawma tunsā.

[Allāh] will say, "Thus did Our signs come to you, and you forgot [i.e., disregarded] them; and thus will you this Day be forgotten."

وَكَذَٰلِكَ نَجۡزِي مَنۡ أَسۡرَفَ وَلَمۡ يُؤۡمِنۢ بِـَٔايَٰتِ رَبِّهِۦۚ وَلَعَذَابُ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ أَشَدُّ وَأَبۡقَىٰٓ ١٢٧

Wa kadhālika najzī man asrafa wa lam yuʾmim biʾāyāti rabbih, wa laʿadhābul-ākhirati ashaddu wa abqā.

And thus do We recompense he who transgressed and did not believe in the signs of his Lord. And the punishment of the Hereafter is more severe and more enduring.¹

أَفَلَمۡ يَهۡدِ لَهُمۡ كَمۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَا قَبۡلَهُم مِّنَ ٱلۡقُرُونِ يَمۡشُونَ فِي مَسَٰكِنِهِمۡۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَٰتٖ لِّأُوْلِي ٱلنُّهَىٰ ١٢٨

Afalam yahdi lahum kam ahlaknā qablahum minal-qurūni yamshūna fī masākinihim, inna fī dhālika laʾāyātil liʾulin-nuhā.

Then, has it not become clear to them how many generations We destroyed before them as they walk among their dwellings? Indeed in that are signs for those of intelligence.

وَلَوۡلَا كَلِمَةٞ سَبَقَتۡ مِن رَّبِّكَ لَكَانَ لِزَامٗا وَأَجَلٞ مُّسَمّٗى ١٢٩

Wa lawlā kalimatun sabaqat mir rabbika lakāna lizāmaw wa ajalum musammā.

And if not for a word¹ that preceded from your Lord, it [i.e., punishment] would have been an obligation [due immediately],² and [if not for] a specified term [decreed].

فَٱصۡبِرۡ عَلَىٰ مَا يَقُولُونَ وَسَبِّحۡ بِحَمۡدِ رَبِّكَ قَبۡلَ طُلُوعِ ٱلشَّمۡسِ وَقَبۡلَ غُرُوبِهَاۖ وَمِنۡ ءَانَآيِٕ ٱلَّيۡلِ فَسَبِّحۡ وَأَطۡرَافَ ٱلنَّهَارِ لَعَلَّكَ تَرۡضَىٰ ١٣٠

Faṣbir ʿalā mā yaqūlūna wa sabbiḥ biḥamdi rabbika qabla ṭulūʿish-shamsi wa qabla ghurūbihā, wa min ānāʾil-layli fasabbiḥ wa aṭrāfan-nahāri laʿallaka tarḍā.

So be patient over what they say and exalt [Allāh] with praise of your Lord before the rising of the sun and before its setting; and during periods of the night [exalt Him] and at the ends of the day, that you may be satisfied.

وَلَا تَمُدَّنَّ عَيۡنَيۡكَ إِلَىٰ مَا مَتَّعۡنَا بِهِۦٓ أَزۡوَٰجٗا مِّنۡهُمۡ زَهۡرَةَ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنۡيَا لِنَفۡتِنَهُمۡ فِيهِۚ وَرِزۡقُ رَبِّكَ خَيۡرٞ وَأَبۡقَىٰ ١٣١

Wa lā tamuddanna ʿaynayka ilā mā mattaʿnā bihī azwājam minhum zahratal-ḥayātid-dunyā linaftinahum fīh, wa rizqu rabbika khayruw wa abqā.

And do not extend your eyes toward that by which We have given enjoyment to [some] categories of them, [its being but] the splendor of worldly life by which We test them. And the provision of your Lord is better and more enduring.

وَأۡمُرۡ أَهۡلَكَ بِٱلصَّلَوٰةِ وَٱصۡطَبِرۡ عَلَيۡهَاۖ لَا نَسۡـَٔلُكَ رِزۡقٗاۖ نَّحۡنُ نَرۡزُقُكَۗ وَٱلۡعَٰقِبَةُ لِلتَّقۡوَىٰ ١٣٢

Waʾmur ahlaka biṣ-ṣalāti waṣṭabir ʿalayhā, lā nasʾaluka rizqā, naḥnu narzuquk, wal-ʿāqibatu lit-taqwā.

And enjoin prayer upon your family [and people] and be steadfast therein. We ask you not for provision; We provide for you, and the [best] outcome is for [those of] righteousness.

وَقَالُواْ لَوۡلَا يَأۡتِينَا بِـَٔايَةٖ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦٓۚ أَوَلَمۡ تَأۡتِهِم بَيِّنَةُ مَا فِي ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلۡأُولَىٰ ١٣٣

Wa qālū lawlā yaʾtīnā biʾāyatim mir rabbih, awalam taʾtihim bayyinatu mā fiṣ-ṣuḥufil-ūlā.

And they say, "Why does he not bring us a sign from his Lord?" Has there not come to them evidence of what was in the former scriptures?¹

وَلَوۡ أَنَّآ أَهۡلَكۡنَٰهُم بِعَذَابٖ مِّن قَبۡلِهِۦ لَقَالُواْ رَبَّنَا لَوۡلَآ أَرۡسَلۡتَ إِلَيۡنَا رَسُولٗا فَنَتَّبِعَ ءَايَٰتِكَ مِن قَبۡلِ أَن نَّذِلَّ وَنَخۡزَىٰ ١٣٤

Wa law annā ahlaknāhum biʿadhābim min qablihī laqālū rabbanā lawlā arsalta ilaynā rasūlan fanattabiʿa āyātika min qabli an nadhilla wa nakhzā.

And if We had destroyed them with a punishment before him,¹ they would have said, "Our Lord, why did You not send to us a messenger so we could have followed Your verses [i.e., teachings] before we were humiliated and disgraced?"

قُلۡ كُلّٞ مُّتَرَبِّصٞ فَتَرَبَّصُواْۖ فَسَتَعۡلَمُونَ مَنۡ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلصِّرَٰطِ ٱلسَّوِيِّ وَمَنِ ٱهۡتَدَىٰ ١٣٥

Qul kullum mutarabbiṣun fatarabbaṣū, fasataʿlamūna man aṣḥābuṣ-ṣirāṭis-sawiyyi wa manihtadā.

Say, "Each [of us] is waiting;¹ so wait. For you will know who are the companions of the sound path and who is guided."