الشُّعَرَآءِ

طسٓمٓ

Translation: Ta. Sin. Mim

تِلۡكَ ءَايَٰتُ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ ٱلۡمُبِينِ

Translation: These are verses of the Book that makes (things) clear

لَعَلَّكَ بَٰخِعࣱ نَّفۡسَكَ أَلَّا يَكُونُواْ مُؤۡمِنِينَ

Translation: It may be thou frettest thy soul with grief, that they do not become Believers

إِن نَّشَأۡ نُنَزِّلۡ عَلَيۡهِم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ ءَايَةࣰ فَظَلَّتۡ أَعۡنَٰقُهُمۡ لَهَا خَٰضِعِينَ

Translation: If (such) were Our Will, We could send down to them from the sky a Sign, to which they would bend their necks in humility

وَمَا يَأۡتِيهِم مِّن ذِكۡرࣲ مِّنَ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ مُحۡدَثٍ إِلَّا كَانُواْ عَنۡهُ مُعۡرِضِينَ

Translation: But there comes not to them a newly-revealed Message from (Allah) Most Gracious, but they turn away therefrom

فَقَدۡ كَذَّبُواْ فَسَيَأۡتِيهِمۡ أَنۢبَٰٓؤُاْ مَا كَانُواْ بِهِۦ يَسۡتَهۡزِءُونَ

Translation: They have indeed rejected (the Message): so they will know soon (enough) the truth of what they mocked at

أَوَلَمۡ يَرَوۡاْ إِلَى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ كَمۡ أَنۢبَتۡنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ زَوۡجࣲ كَرِيمٍ

Translation: Do they not look at the earth,- how many noble things of all kinds We have produced therein

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةࣰۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ

Translation: Verily, in this is a Sign: but most of them do not believe

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

Translation: And verily, thy Lord is He, the Exalted in Might, Most Merciful

وَإِذۡ نَادَىٰ رَبُّكَ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنِ ٱئۡتِ ٱلۡقَوۡمَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

Translation: Behold, thy Lord called Moses: "Go to the people of iniquity

قَوۡمَ فِرۡعَوۡنَۚ أَلَا يَتَّقُونَ

Translation: The people of the Pharaoh: will they not fear Allah

قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّيٓ أَخَافُ أَن يُكَذِّبُونِ

Translation: He said: "O my Lord! I do fear that they will charge me with falsehood

وَيَضِيقُ صَدۡرِي وَلَا يَنطَلِقُ لِسَانِي فَأَرۡسِلۡ إِلَىٰ هَٰرُونَ

Translation: My breast will be straitened. And my speech may not go (smoothly): so send unto Aaron

وَلَهُمۡ عَلَيَّ ذَنۢبࣱ فَأَخَافُ أَن يَقۡتُلُونِ

Translation: And (further), they have a charge of crime against me; and I fear they may slay me

قَالَ كَلَّاۖ فَٱذۡهَبَا بِـَٔايَٰتِنَآۖ إِنَّا مَعَكُم مُّسۡتَمِعُونَ

Translation: Allah said: "By no means! proceed then, both of you, with Our Signs; We are with you, and will listen (to your call)

فَأۡتِيَا فِرۡعَوۡنَ فَقُولَآ إِنَّا رَسُولُ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ

Translation: So go forth, both of you, to Pharaoh, and say: 'We have been sent by the Lord and Cherisher of the worlds

أَنۡ أَرۡسِلۡ مَعَنَا بَنِيٓ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ

Translation: Send thou with us the Children of Israel

قَالَ أَلَمۡ نُرَبِّكَ فِينَا وَلِيدࣰ ا وَلَبِثۡتَ فِينَا مِنۡ عُمُرِكَ سِنِينَ

Translation: (Pharaoh) said: "Did we not cherish thee as a child among us, and didst thou not stay in our midst many years of thy life

وَفَعَلۡتَ فَعۡلَتَكَ ٱلَّتِي فَعَلۡتَ وَأَنتَ مِنَ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ

Translation: And thou didst a deed of thine which (thou knowest) thou didst, and thou art an ungrateful (wretch)

قَالَ فَعَلۡتُهَآ إِذࣰ ا وَأَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ

Translation: Moses said: "I did it then, when I was in error

فَفَرَرۡتُ مِنكُمۡ لَمَّا خِفۡتُكُمۡ فَوَهَبَ لِي رَبِّي حُكۡمࣰ ا وَجَعَلَنِي مِنَ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ

Translation: So I fled from you (all) when I feared you; but my Lord has (since) invested me with judgment (and wisdom) and appointed me as one of the messengers

وَتِلۡكَ نِعۡمَةࣱ تَمُنُّهَا عَلَيَّ أَنۡ عَبَّدتَّ بَنِيٓ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ

Translation: And this is the favour with which thou dost reproach me,- that thou hast enslaved the Children of Israel

قَالَ فِرۡعَوۡنُ وَمَا رَبُّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ

Translation: Pharaoh said: "And what is the 'Lord and Cherisher of the worlds

قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَآۖ إِن كُنتُم مُّوقِنِينَ

Translation: (Moses) said: "The Lord and Cherisher of the heavens and the earth, and all between,- if ye want to be quite sure

قَالَ لِمَنۡ حَوۡلَهُۥٓ أَلَا تَسۡتَمِعُونَ

Translation: (Pharaoh) said to those around: "Did ye not listen (to what he says)

قَالَ رَبُّكُمۡ وَرَبُّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ

Translation: (Moses) said: "Your Lord and the Lord of your fathers from the beginning

قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَكُمُ ٱلَّذِيٓ أُرۡسِلَ إِلَيۡكُمۡ لَمَجۡنُونࣱ

Translation: (Pharaoh) said: "Truly your messenger who has been sent to you is a veritable madman

قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلۡمَشۡرِقِ وَٱلۡمَغۡرِبِ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَآۖ إِن كُنتُمۡ تَعۡقِلُونَ

Translation: (Moses) said: "Lord of the East and the West, and all between! if ye only had sense

قَالَ لَئِنِ ٱتَّخَذۡتَ إِلَٰهًا غَيۡرِي لَأَجۡعَلَنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلۡمَسۡجُونِينَ

Translation: (Pharaoh) said: "If thou dost put forward any god other than me, I will certainly put thee in prison

قَالَ أَوَلَوۡ جِئۡتُكَ بِشَيۡءࣲ مُّبِينࣲ

Translation: (Moses) said: "Even if I showed you something clear (and) convincing

قَالَ فَأۡتِ بِهِۦٓ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ

Translation: (Pharaoh) said: "Show it then, if thou tellest the truth

فَأَلۡقَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِيَ ثُعۡبَانࣱ مُّبِينࣱ

Translation: So (Moses) threw his rod, and behold, it was a serpent, plain (for all to see)

وَنَزَعَ يَدَهُۥ فَإِذَا هِيَ بَيۡضَآءُ لِلنَّٰظِرِينَ

Translation: And he drew out his hand, and behold, it was white to all beholders

قَالَ لِلۡمَلَإِ حَوۡلَهُۥٓ إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَسَٰحِرٌ عَلِيمࣱ

Translation: (Pharaoh) said to the Chiefs around him: "This is indeed a sorcerer well-versed

يُرِيدُ أَن يُخۡرِجَكُم مِّنۡ أَرۡضِكُم بِسِحۡرِهِۦ فَمَاذَا تَأۡمُرُونَ

Translation: His plan is to get you out of your land by his sorcery; then what is it ye counsel

قَالُوٓاْ أَرۡجِهۡ وَأَخَاهُ وَٱبۡعَثۡ فِي ٱلۡمَدَآئِنِ حَٰشِرِينَ

Translation: They said: "Keep him and his brother in suspense (for a while), and dispatch to the Cities heralds to collect

يَأۡتُوكَ بِكُلِّ سَحَّارٍ عَلِيمࣲ

Translation: And bring up to thee all (our) sorcerers well-versed

فَجُمِعَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ لِمِيقَٰتِ يَوۡمࣲ مَّعۡلُومࣲ

Translation: So the sorcerers were got together for the appointment of a day well-known

وَقِيلَ لِلنَّاسِ هَلۡ أَنتُم مُّجۡتَمِعُونَ

Translation: And the people were told: "Are ye (now) assembled

لَعَلَّنَا نَتَّبِعُ ٱلسَّحَرَةَ إِن كَانُواْ هُمُ ٱلۡغَٰلِبِينَ

Translation: That we may follow the sorcerers (in religion) if they win

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

Translation: So when the sorcerers arrived, they said to Pharaoh: "Of course - shall we have a (suitable) reward if we win

قَالَ نَعَمۡ وَإِنَّكُمۡ إِذࣰ ا لَّمِنَ ٱلۡمُقَرَّبِينَ

Translation: He said: "Yea, (and more),- for ye shall in that case be (raised to posts) nearest (to my person)

قَالَ لَهُم مُّوسَىٰٓ أَلۡقُواْ مَآ أَنتُم مُّلۡقُونَ

Translation: Moses said to them: "Throw ye - that which ye are about to throw

فَأَلۡقَوۡاْ حِبَالَهُمۡ وَعِصِيَّهُمۡ وَقَالُواْ بِعِزَّةِ فِرۡعَوۡنَ إِنَّا لَنَحۡنُ ٱلۡغَٰلِبُونَ

Translation: So they threw their ropes and their rods, and said: "By the might of Pharaoh, it is we who will certainly win

فَأَلۡقَىٰ مُوسَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِيَ تَلۡقَفُ مَا يَأۡفِكُونَ

Translation: Then Moses threw his rod, when, behold, it straightway swallows up all the falsehoods which they fake

فَأُلۡقِيَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ سَٰجِدِينَ

Translation: Then did the sorcerers fall down, prostrate in adoration

قَالُوٓاْ ءَامَنَّا بِرَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ

Translation: Saying: "We believe in the Lord of the Worlds

رَبِّ مُوسَىٰ وَهَٰرُونَ

Translation: The Lord of Moses and Aaron

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

Translation: Said (Pharaoh): "Believe ye in Him before I give you permission? surely he is your leader, who has taught you sorcery! but soon shall ye know! Be sure I will cut off your hands and your feet on opposite sides, and I will cause you all to die on the cross

قَالُواْ لَا ضَيۡرَۖ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا مُنقَلِبُونَ

Translation: They said: "No matter! for us, we shall but return to our Lord

إِنَّا نَطۡمَعُ أَن يَغۡفِرَ لَنَا رَبُّنَا خَطَٰيَٰنَآ أَن كُنَّآ أَوَّلَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ

Translation: Only, our desire is that our Lord will forgive us our faults, that we may become foremost among the believers

۞وَأَوۡحَيۡنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنۡ أَسۡرِ بِعِبَادِيٓ إِنَّكُم مُّتَّبَعُونَ

Translation: By inspiration we told Moses: "Travel by night with my servants; for surely ye shall be pursued

فَأَرۡسَلَ فِرۡعَوۡنُ فِي ٱلۡمَدَآئِنِ حَٰشِرِينَ

Translation: Then Pharaoh sent heralds to (all) the Cities

إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَشِرۡذِمَةࣱ قَلِيلُونَ

Translation: (Saying): "These (Israelites) are but a small band

وَإِنَّهُمۡ لَنَا لَغَآئِظُونَ

Translation: And they are raging furiously against us

وَإِنَّا لَجَمِيعٌ حَٰذِرُونَ

Translation: But we are a multitude amply fore-warned

فَأَخۡرَجۡنَٰهُم مِّن جَنَّٰتࣲ وَعُيُونࣲ

Translation: So We expelled them from gardens, springs

وَكُنُوزࣲ وَمَقَامࣲ كَرِيمࣲ

Translation: Treasures, and every kind of honourable position

كَذَٰلِكَۖ وَأَوۡرَثۡنَٰهَا بَنِيٓ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ

Translation: Thus it was, but We made the Children of Israel inheritors of such things

فَأَتۡبَعُوهُم مُّشۡرِقِينَ

Translation: So they pursued them at sunrise

فَلَمَّا تَرَٰٓءَا ٱلۡجَمۡعَانِ قَالَ أَصۡحَٰبُ مُوسَىٰٓ إِنَّا لَمُدۡرَكُونَ

Translation: And when the two bodies saw each other, the people of Moses said: "We are sure to be overtaken

قَالَ كَلَّآۖ إِنَّ مَعِيَ رَبِّي سَيَهۡدِينِ

Translation: (Moses) said: "By no means! my Lord is with me! Soon will He guide me

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

Translation: Then We told Moses by inspiration: "Strike the sea with thy rod." So it divided, and each separate part became like the huge, firm mass of a mountain

وَأَزۡلَفۡنَا ثَمَّ ٱلۡأٓخَرِينَ

Translation: And We made the other party approach thither

وَأَنجَيۡنَا مُوسَىٰ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥٓ أَجۡمَعِينَ

Translation: We delivered Moses and all who were with him

ثُمَّ أَغۡرَقۡنَا ٱلۡأٓخَرِينَ

Translation: But We drowned the others

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةࣰۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ

Translation: Verily in this is a Sign: but most of them do not believe

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

Translation: And verily thy Lord is He, the Exalted in Might, Most Merciful

وَٱتۡلُ عَلَيۡهِمۡ نَبَأَ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ

Translation: And rehearse to them (something of) Abraham's story

إِذۡ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوۡمِهِۦ مَا تَعۡبُدُونَ

Translation: Behold, he said to his father and his people: "What worship ye

قَالُواْ نَعۡبُدُ أَصۡنَامࣰ ا فَنَظَلُّ لَهَا عَٰكِفِينَ

Translation: They said: "We worship idols, and we remain constantly in attendance on them

قَالَ هَلۡ يَسۡمَعُونَكُمۡ إِذۡ تَدۡعُونَ

Translation: He said: "Do they listen to you when ye call (on them)

أَوۡ يَنفَعُونَكُمۡ أَوۡ يَضُرُّونَ

Translation: Or do you good or harm

قَالُواْ بَلۡ وَجَدۡنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا كَذَٰلِكَ يَفۡعَلُونَ

Translation: They said: "Nay, but we found our fathers doing thus (what we do)

قَالَ أَفَرَءَيۡتُم مَّا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡبُدُونَ

Translation: He said: "Do ye then see whom ye have been worshipping

أَنتُمۡ وَءَابَآؤُكُمُ ٱلۡأَقۡدَمُونَ

Translation: Ye and your fathers before you

فَإِنَّهُمۡ عَدُوࣱّ لِّيٓ إِلَّا رَبَّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ

Translation: For they are enemies to me; not so the Lord and Cherisher of the Worlds

ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَنِي فَهُوَ يَهۡدِينِ

Translation: Who created me, and it is He Who guides me

وَٱلَّذِي هُوَ يُطۡعِمُنِي وَيَسۡقِينِ

Translation: Who gives me food and drink

وَإِذَا مَرِضۡتُ فَهُوَ يَشۡفِينِ

Translation: And when I am ill, it is He Who cures me

وَٱلَّذِي يُمِيتُنِي ثُمَّ يُحۡيِينِ

Translation: Who will cause me to die, and then to life (again)

وَٱلَّذِيٓ أَطۡمَعُ أَن يَغۡفِرَ لِي خَطِيٓـَٔتِي يَوۡمَ ٱلدِّينِ

Translation: And who, I hope, will forgive me my faults on the day of Judgment

رَبِّ هَبۡ لِي حُكۡمࣰ ا وَأَلۡحِقۡنِي بِٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ

Translation: O my Lord! bestow wisdom on me, and join me with the righteous

وَٱجۡعَل لِّي لِسَانَ صِدۡقࣲ فِي ٱلۡأٓخِرِينَ

Translation: Grant me honourable mention on the tongue of truth among the latest (generations)

وَٱجۡعَلۡنِي مِن وَرَثَةِ جَنَّةِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ

Translation: Make me one of the inheritors of the Garden of Bliss

وَٱغۡفِرۡ لِأَبِيٓ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ

Translation: Forgive my father, for that he is among those astray

وَلَا تُخۡزِنِي يَوۡمَ يُبۡعَثُونَ

Translation: And let me not be in disgrace on the Day when (men) will be raised up

يَوۡمَ لَا يَنفَعُ مَالࣱ وَلَا بَنُونَ

Translation: The Day whereon neither wealth nor sons will avail

إِلَّا مَنۡ أَتَى ٱللَّهَ بِقَلۡبࣲ سَلِيمࣲ

Translation: But only he (will prosper) that brings to Allah a sound heart

وَأُزۡلِفَتِ ٱلۡجَنَّةُ لِلۡمُتَّقِينَ

Translation: To the righteous, the Garden will be brought near

وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلۡجَحِيمُ لِلۡغَاوِينَ

Translation: And to those straying in Evil, the Fire will be placed in full view

وَقِيلَ لَهُمۡ أَيۡنَ مَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡبُدُونَ

Translation: And it shall be said to them: 'Where are the (gods) ye worshipped

مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ هَلۡ يَنصُرُونَكُمۡ أَوۡ يَنتَصِرُونَ

Translation: Besides Allah? Can they help you or help themselves

فَكُبۡكِبُواْ فِيهَا هُمۡ وَٱلۡغَاوُۥنَ

Translation: Then they will be thrown headlong into the (Fire),- they and those straying in Evil

وَجُنُودُ إِبۡلِيسَ أَجۡمَعُونَ

Translation: And the whole hosts of Iblis together

قَالُواْ وَهُمۡ فِيهَا يَخۡتَصِمُونَ

Translation: They will say there in their mutual bickerings

تَٱللَّهِ إِن كُنَّا لَفِي ضَلَٰلࣲ مُّبِينٍ

Translation: By Allah, we were truly in an error manifest

إِذۡ نُسَوِّيكُم بِرَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ

Translation: When we held you as equals with the Lord of the Worlds

وَمَآ أَضَلَّنَآ إِلَّا ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُونَ

Translation: And our seducers were only those who were steeped in guilt

فَمَا لَنَا مِن شَٰفِعِينَ

Translation: Now, then, we have none to intercede (for us)

وَلَا صَدِيقٍ حَمِيمࣲ

Translation: Nor a single friend to feel (for us)

فَلَوۡ أَنَّ لَنَا كَرَّةࣰ فَنَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ

Translation: Now if we only had a chance of return we shall truly be of those who believe

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةࣰۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ

Translation: Verily in this is a Sign but most of them do not believe

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

Translation: And verily thy Lord is He, the Exalted in Might, Most Merciful

كَذَّبَتۡ قَوۡمُ نُوحٍ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ

Translation: The people of Noah rejected the messengers

إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ أَخُوهُمۡ نُوحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

Translation: Behold, their brother Noah said to them: "Will ye not fear (Allah)

إِنِّي لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِينࣱ

Translation: I am to you a messenger worthy of all trust

فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

Translation: So fear Allah, and obey me

وَمَآ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٍۖ إِنۡ أَجۡرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ

Translation: No reward do I ask of you for it: my reward is only from the Lord of the Worlds

فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

Translation: So fear Allah, and obey me

۞قَالُوٓاْ أَنُؤۡمِنُ لَكَ وَٱتَّبَعَكَ ٱلۡأَرۡذَلُونَ

Translation: They said: "Shall we believe in thee when it is the meanest that follow thee

قَالَ وَمَا عِلۡمِي بِمَا كَانُواْ يَعۡمَلُونَ

Translation: He said: "And what do I know as to what they do

إِنۡ حِسَابُهُمۡ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّيۖ لَوۡ تَشۡعُرُونَ

Translation: Their account is only with my Lord, if ye could (but) understand

وَمَآ أَنَا۠ بِطَارِدِ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ

Translation: I am not one to drive away those who believe

إِنۡ أَنَا۠ إِلَّا نَذِيرࣱ مُّبِينࣱ

Translation: I am sent only to warn plainly in public

قَالُواْ لَئِن لَّمۡ تَنتَهِ يَٰنُوحُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلۡمَرۡجُومِينَ

Translation: They said: "If thou desist not, O Noah! thou shalt be stoned (to death)

قَالَ رَبِّ إِنَّ قَوۡمِي كَذَّبُونِ

Translation: He said: "O my Lord! truly my people have rejected me

فَٱفۡتَحۡ بَيۡنِي وَبَيۡنَهُمۡ فَتۡحࣰ ا وَنَجِّنِي وَمَن مَّعِيَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ

Translation: Judge Thou, then, between me and them openly, and deliver me and those of the Believers who are with me

فَأَنجَيۡنَٰهُ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥ فِي ٱلۡفُلۡكِ ٱلۡمَشۡحُونِ

Translation: So We delivered him and those with him, in the Ark filled (with all creatures)

ثُمَّ أَغۡرَقۡنَا بَعۡدُ ٱلۡبَاقِينَ

Translation: Thereafter We drowned those who remained behind

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةࣰۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ

Translation: Verily in this is a Sign: but most of them do not believe

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

Translation: And verily thy Lord is He, the Exalted in Might, Most Merciful

كَذَّبَتۡ عَادٌ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ

Translation: The 'Ad (people) rejected the messengers

إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ أَخُوهُمۡ هُودٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

Translation: Behold, their brother Hud said to them: "Will ye not fear (Allah)

إِنِّي لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِينࣱ

Translation: I am to you a messenger worthy of all trust

فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

Translation: So fear Allah and obey me

وَمَآ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٍۖ إِنۡ أَجۡرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ

Translation: No reward do I ask of you for it: my reward is only from the Lord of the Worlds

أَتَبۡنُونَ بِكُلِّ رِيعٍ ءَايَةࣰ تَعۡبَثُونَ

Translation: Do ye build a landmark on every high place to amuse yourselves

وَتَتَّخِذُونَ مَصَانِعَ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَخۡلُدُونَ

Translation: And do ye get for yourselves fine buildings in the hope of living therein (for ever)

وَإِذَا بَطَشۡتُم بَطَشۡتُمۡ جَبَّارِينَ

Translation: And when ye exert your strong hand, do ye do it like men of absolute power

فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

Translation: Now fear Allah, and obey me

وَٱتَّقُواْ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَمَدَّكُم بِمَا تَعۡلَمُونَ

Translation: Yea, fear Him Who has bestowed on you freely all that ye know

أَمَدَّكُم بِأَنۡعَٰمࣲ وَبَنِينَ

Translation: Freely has He bestowed on you cattle and sons

وَجَنَّٰتࣲ وَعُيُونٍ

Translation: And Gardens and Springs

إِنِّيٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيۡكُمۡ عَذَابَ يَوۡمٍ عَظِيمࣲ

Translation: Truly I fear for you the Penalty of a Great Day

قَالُواْ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيۡنَآ أَوَعَظۡتَ أَمۡ لَمۡ تَكُن مِّنَ ٱلۡوَٰعِظِينَ

Translation: They said: "It is the same to us whether thou admonish us or be not among (our) admonishers

إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا خُلُقُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ

Translation: This is no other than a customary device of the ancients

وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ

Translation: And we are not the ones to receive Pains and Penalties

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَهۡلَكۡنَٰهُمۡۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةࣰۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ

Translation: So they rejected him, and We destroyed them. Verily in this is a Sign: but most of them do not believe

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

Translation: And verily thy Lord is He, the Exalted in Might, Most Merciful

كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ

Translation: The Thamud (people) rejected the messengers

إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ أَخُوهُمۡ صَٰلِحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

Translation: Behold, their brother Salih said to them: "Will you not fear (Allah)

إِنِّي لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِينࣱ

Translation: I am to you a messenger worthy of all trust

فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

Translation: So fear Allah, and obey me

وَمَآ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٍۖ إِنۡ أَجۡرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ

Translation: No reward do I ask of you for it: my reward is only from the Lord of the Worlds

أَتُتۡرَكُونَ فِي مَا هَٰهُنَآ ءَامِنِينَ

Translation: Will ye be left secure, in (the enjoyment of) all that ye have here

فِي جَنَّٰتࣲ وَعُيُونࣲ

Translation: Gardens and Springs

وَزُرُوعࣲ وَنَخۡلࣲ طَلۡعُهَا هَضِيمࣱ

Translation: And corn-fields and date-palms with spathes near breaking (with the weight of fruit)

وَتَنۡحِتُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡجِبَالِ بُيُوتࣰ ا فَٰرِهِينَ

Translation: And ye carve houses out of (rocky) mountains with great skill

فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

Translation: But fear Allah and obey me

وَلَا تُطِيعُوٓاْ أَمۡرَ ٱلۡمُسۡرِفِينَ

Translation: And follow not the bidding of those who are extravagant

ٱلَّذِينَ يُفۡسِدُونَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَلَا يُصۡلِحُونَ

Translation: Who make mischief in the land, and mend not (their ways)

قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُسَحَّرِينَ

Translation: They said: "Thou art only one of those bewitched

مَآ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرࣱ مِّثۡلُنَا فَأۡتِ بِـَٔايَةٍ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ

Translation: Thou art no more than a mortal like us: then bring us a Sign, if thou tellest the truth

قَالَ هَٰذِهِۦ نَاقَةࣱ لَّهَا شِرۡبࣱ وَلَكُمۡ شِرۡبُ يَوۡمࣲ مَّعۡلُومࣲ

Translation: He said: "Here is a she-camel: she has a right of watering, and ye have a right of watering, (severally) on a day appointed

وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوٓءࣲ فَيَأۡخُذَكُمۡ عَذَابُ يَوۡمٍ عَظِيمࣲ

Translation: Touch her not with harm, lest the Penalty of a Great Day seize you

فَعَقَرُوهَا فَأَصۡبَحُواْ نَٰدِمِينَ

Translation: But they ham-strung her: then did they become full of regrets

فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱلۡعَذَابُۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةࣰۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ

Translation: But the Penalty seized them. Verily in this is a Sign: but most of them do not believe

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

Translation: And verily thy Lord is He, the Exalted in Might, Most Merciful

كَذَّبَتۡ قَوۡمُ لُوطٍ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ

Translation: The people of Lut rejected the messengers

إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ أَخُوهُمۡ لُوطٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

Translation: Behold, their brother Lut said to them: "Will ye not fear (Allah)

إِنِّي لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِينࣱ

Translation: I am to you a messenger worthy of all trust

فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

Translation: So fear Allah and obey me

وَمَآ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٍۖ إِنۡ أَجۡرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ

Translation: No reward do I ask of you for it: my reward is only from the lord of the Worlds

أَتَأۡتُونَ ٱلذُّكۡرَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ

Translation: Of all the creatures in the world, will ye approach males

وَتَذَرُونَ مَا خَلَقَ لَكُمۡ رَبُّكُم مِّنۡ أَزۡوَٰجِكُمۚ بَلۡ أَنتُمۡ قَوۡمٌ عَادُونَ

Translation: And leave those whom Allah has created for you to be your mates? Nay, ye are a people transgressing (all limits)

قَالُواْ لَئِن لَّمۡ تَنتَهِ يَٰلُوطُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلۡمُخۡرَجِينَ

Translation: They said: "If thou desist not, O Lut! thou wilt assuredly be cast out

قَالَ إِنِّي لِعَمَلِكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡقَالِينَ

Translation: He said: "I do detest your doings

رَبِّ نَجِّنِي وَأَهۡلِي مِمَّا يَعۡمَلُونَ

Translation: O my Lord! deliver me and my family from such things as they do

فَنَجَّيۡنَٰهُ وَأَهۡلَهُۥٓ أَجۡمَعِينَ

Translation: So We delivered him and his family,- all

إِلَّا عَجُوزࣰ ا فِي ٱلۡغَٰبِرِينَ

Translation: Except an old woman who lingered behind

ثُمَّ دَمَّرۡنَا ٱلۡأٓخَرِينَ

Translation: But the rest We destroyed utterly

وَأَمۡطَرۡنَا عَلَيۡهِم مَّطَرࣰ اۖ فَسَآءَ مَطَرُ ٱلۡمُنذَرِينَ

Translation: We rained down on them a shower (of brimstone): and evil was the shower on those who were admonished (but heeded not)

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةࣰۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ

Translation: Verily in this is a Sign: but most of them do not believe

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

Translation: And verily thy Lord is He, the Exalted in Might Most Merciful

كَذَّبَ أَصۡحَٰبُ لۡـَٔيۡكَةِ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ

Translation: The Companions of the Wood rejected the messengers

إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ شُعَيۡبٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

Translation: Behold, Shu'aib said to them: "Will ye not fear (Allah)

إِنِّي لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِينࣱ

Translation: I am to you a messenger worthy of all trust

فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

Translation: So fear Allah and obey me

وَمَآ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٍۖ إِنۡ أَجۡرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ

Translation: No reward do I ask of you for it: my reward is only from the Lord of the Worlds

۞أَوۡفُواْ ٱلۡكَيۡلَ وَلَا تَكُونُواْ مِنَ ٱلۡمُخۡسِرِينَ

Translation: Give just measure, and cause no loss (to others by fraud)

وَزِنُواْ بِٱلۡقِسۡطَاسِ ٱلۡمُسۡتَقِيمِ

Translation: And weigh with scales true and upright

وَلَا تَبۡخَسُواْ ٱلنَّاسَ أَشۡيَآءَهُمۡ وَلَا تَعۡثَوۡاْ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ مُفۡسِدِينَ

Translation: And withhold not things justly due to men, nor do evil in the land, working mischief

وَٱتَّقُواْ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَكُمۡ وَٱلۡجِبِلَّةَ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ

Translation: And fear Him Who created you and (who created) the generations before (you)

قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُسَحَّرِينَ

Translation: They said: "Thou art only one of those bewitched

وَمَآ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرࣱ مِّثۡلُنَا وَإِن نَّظُنُّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلۡكَٰذِبِينَ

Translation: Thou art no more than a mortal like us, and indeed we think thou art a liar

فَأَسۡقِطۡ عَلَيۡنَا كِسَفࣰ ا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ

Translation: Now cause a piece of the sky to fall on us, if thou art truthful

قَالَ رَبِّيٓ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ

Translation: He said: "My Lord knows best what ye do

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمۡ عَذَابُ يَوۡمِ ٱلظُّلَّةِۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَذَابَ يَوۡمٍ عَظِيمٍ

Translation: But they rejected him. Then the punishment of a day of overshadowing gloom seized them, and that was the Penalty of a Great Day

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةࣰۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ

Translation: Verily in that is a Sign: but most of them do not believe

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

Translation: And verily thy Lord is He, the Exalted in Might, Most Merciful

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَنزِيلُ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ

Translation: Verily this is a Revelation from the Lord of the Worlds

نَزَلَ بِهِ ٱلرُّوحُ ٱلۡأَمِينُ

Translation: With it came down the spirit of Faith and Truth

عَلَىٰ قَلۡبِكَ لِتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُنذِرِينَ

Translation: To thy heart and mind, that thou mayest admonish

بِلِسَانٍ عَرَبِيࣲّ مُّبِينࣲ

Translation: In the perspicuous Arabic tongue

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَفِي زُبُرِ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ

Translation: Without doubt it is (announced) in the mystic Books of former peoples

أَوَلَمۡ يَكُن لَّهُمۡ ءَايَةً أَن يَعۡلَمَهُۥ عُلَمَٰٓؤُاْ بَنِيٓ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ

Translation: Is it not a Sign to them that the Learned of the Children of Israel knew it (as true)

وَلَوۡ نَزَّلۡنَٰهُ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضِ ٱلۡأَعۡجَمِينَ

Translation: Had We revealed it to any of the non-Arabs

فَقَرَأَهُۥ عَلَيۡهِم مَّا كَانُواْ بِهِۦ مُؤۡمِنِينَ

Translation: And had he recited it to them, they would not have believed in it

كَذَٰلِكَ سَلَكۡنَٰهُ فِي قُلُوبِ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ

Translation: Thus have We caused it to enter the hearts of the sinners

لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ بِهِۦ حَتَّىٰ يَرَوُاْ ٱلۡعَذَابَ ٱلۡأَلِيمَ

Translation: They will not believe in it until they see the grievous Penalty

فَيَأۡتِيَهُم بَغۡتَةࣰ وَهُمۡ لَا يَشۡعُرُونَ

Translation: But the (Penalty) will come to them of a sudden, while they perceive it not

فَيَقُولُواْ هَلۡ نَحۡنُ مُنظَرُونَ

Translation: Then they will say: "Shall we be respited

أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا يَسۡتَعۡجِلُونَ

Translation: Do they then ask for Our Penalty to be hastened on

أَفَرَءَيۡتَ إِن مَّتَّعۡنَٰهُمۡ سِنِينَ

Translation: Seest thou? If We do let them enjoy (this life) for a few years

ثُمَّ جَآءَهُم مَّا كَانُواْ يُوعَدُونَ

Translation: Yet there comes to them at length the (Punishment) which they were promised

مَآ أَغۡنَىٰ عَنۡهُم مَّا كَانُواْ يُمَتَّعُونَ

Translation: It will profit them not that they enjoyed (this life)

وَمَآ أَهۡلَكۡنَا مِن قَرۡيَةٍ إِلَّا لَهَا مُنذِرُونَ

Translation: Never did We destroy a population, but had its warners

ذِكۡرَىٰ وَمَا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ

Translation: By way of reminder; and We never are unjust

وَمَا تَنَزَّلَتۡ بِهِ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينُ

Translation: No evil ones have brought down this (Revelation)

وَمَا يَنۢبَغِي لَهُمۡ وَمَا يَسۡتَطِيعُونَ

Translation: It would neither suit them nor would they be able (to produce it)

إِنَّهُمۡ عَنِ ٱلسَّمۡعِ لَمَعۡزُولُونَ

Translation: Indeed they have been removed far from even (a chance of) hearing it

فَلَا تَدۡعُ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُعَذَّبِينَ

Translation: So call not on any other god with Allah, or thou wilt be among those under the Penalty

وَأَنذِرۡ عَشِيرَتَكَ ٱلۡأَقۡرَبِينَ

Translation: And admonish thy nearest kinsmen

وَٱخۡفِضۡ جَنَاحَكَ لِمَنِ ٱتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ

Translation: And lower thy wing to the Believers who follow thee

فَإِنۡ عَصَوۡكَ فَقُلۡ إِنِّي بَرِيٓءࣱ مِّمَّا تَعۡمَلُونَ

Translation: Then if they disobey thee, say: "I am free (of responsibility) for what ye do

وَتَوَكَّلۡ عَلَى ٱلۡعَزِيزِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Translation: And put thy trust on the Exalted in Might, the Merciful

ٱلَّذِي يَرَىٰكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ

Translation: Who seeth thee standing forth (in prayer)

وَتَقَلُّبَكَ فِي ٱلسَّٰجِدِينَ

Translation: And thy movements among those who prostrate themselves

إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ

Translation: For it is He Who heareth and knoweth all things

هَلۡ أُنَبِّئُكُمۡ عَلَىٰ مَن تَنَزَّلُ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينُ

Translation: Shall I inform you, (O people!), on whom it is that the evil ones descend

تَنَزَّلُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ أَفَّاكٍ أَثِيمࣲ

Translation: They descend on every lying, wicked person

يُلۡقُونَ ٱلسَّمۡعَ وَأَكۡثَرُهُمۡ كَٰذِبُونَ

Translation: (Into whose ears) they pour hearsay vanities, and most of them are liars

وَٱلشُّعَرَآءُ يَتَّبِعُهُمُ ٱلۡغَاوُۥنَ

Translation: And the Poets,- It is those straying in Evil, who follow them

أَلَمۡ تَرَ أَنَّهُمۡ فِي كُلِّ وَادࣲ يَهِيمُونَ

Translation: Seest thou not that they wander distracted in every valley

وَأَنَّهُمۡ يَقُولُونَ مَا لَا يَفۡعَلُونَ

Translation: And that they say what they practise not

إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ وَذَكَرُواْ ٱللَّهَ كَثِيرࣰ ا وَٱنتَصَرُواْ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ مَا ظُلِمُواْۗ وَسَيَعۡلَمُ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوٓاْ أَيَّ مُنقَلَبࣲ يَنقَلِبُونَ

Translation: Except those who believe, work righteousness, engage much in the remembrance of Allah, and defend themselves only after they are unjustly attacked. And soon will the unjust assailants know what vicissitudes their affairs will take