طه ﴿١﴾
Ṭā-Hā
Ta. Ha.
طه
20. Taa-Haa
Taa-Haa · Meccan · 135 verses
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Bismi Allāhi ar-raḥmāni ar-raḥīm
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
مَآ أَنزَلْنَا عَلَيْكَ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِتَشْقَىٰٓ ﴿٢﴾
Mā anzalnā ʿalayka al-qurʾāna litashqā
We have not revealed unto thee (Muhammad) this Qur'an that thou shouldst be distressed,
إِلَّا تَذْكِرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰ ﴿٣﴾
Illā tadhkiratan liman yakhshā
But as a reminder unto him who feareth,
تَنزِيلًا مِّمَّنْ خَلَقَ ٱلْأَرْضَ وَٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ ٱلْعُلَى ﴿٤﴾
Tanzīlan mimman khalaqa al-arḍa was-samāwāti al-ʿulā
A revelation from Him Who created the earth and the high heavens,
ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ عَلَى ٱلْعَرْشِ ٱسْتَوَىٰ ﴿٥﴾
Ar-raḥmānu ʿalā al-ʿarshi istawā
The Beneficent One, Who is established on the Throne.
لَهُۥ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا وَمَا تَحْتَ ٱلثَّرَىٰ ﴿٦﴾
Lahu mā fī as-samāwāti wamā fī al-arḍi wamā baynahumā wamā taḥta ath-tharā
Unto Him belongeth whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth, and whatsoever is between them, and whatsoever is beneath the sod.
وَإِن تَجْهَرْ بِٱلْقَوْلِ فَإِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلسِّرَّ وَأَخْفَى ﴿٧﴾
Waʾin tajhar bil-qawli faʾinnahu yaʿlamu as-sirra waʾakhfā
And if thou speakest aloud, then lo! He knoweth the secret (thought) and (that which is yet) more hidden.
ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۖ لَهُ ٱلْأَسْمَآءُ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ ﴿٨﴾
Allāhu lā ilāha illā huwa lahu al-asmāʾu al-ḥusnā
Allah! There is no Allah save Him. His are the most beautiful names.
وَهَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ ﴿٩﴾
Wahal atāka ḥadīthu mūsā
Hath there come unto thee the story of Moses?
إِذْ رَءَا نَارًا فَقَالَ لِأَهْلِهِ ٱمْكُثُوٓا۟ إِنِّىٓ ءَانَسْتُ نَارًا لَّعَلِّىٓ ءَاتِيكُم مِّنْهَا بِقَبَسٍ أَوْ أَجِدُ عَلَى ٱلنَّارِ هُدًى ﴿١٠﴾
Idh raʾā nāran faqāla liʾahlihi umkuthū innī ānastu nāran laʿallī ātīkum minhā biqabasin aw ajidu ʿalā an-nāri hudā
When he saw a fire and said unto his folk: Lo! Wait! I see a fire afar off. Peradventure I may bring you a brand therefrom or may find guidance at the fire.
فَلَمَّآ أَتَىٰهَا نُودِىَ يَـٰمُوسَىٰٓ ﴿١١﴾
Falammā atāhā nūdiya yā mūsā
And when he reached it, he was called by name: O Moses!
إِنِّىٓ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكَ فَٱخْلَعْ نَعْلَيْكَ ۖ إِنَّكَ بِٱلْوَادِ ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى ﴿١٢﴾
Innī anā rabbuka fākhlaʿ naʿlayka innaka bil-wādi al-muqaddasi ṭuwā
Lo! I, even I, am thy Lord, So take off thy shoes, for lo! thou art in the holy valley of Tuwa.
وَأَنَا ٱخْتَرْتُكَ فَٱسْتَمِعْ لِمَا يُوحَىٰٓ ﴿١٣﴾
Waʾanā ikhtartuka fāstamiʿ limā yūḥā
And I have chosen thee, so hearken unto that which is inspired.
إِنَّنِىٓ أَنَا ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّآ أَنَا۠ فَٱعْبُدْنِى وَأَقِمِ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ لِذِكْرِىٓ ﴿١٤﴾
Innanī anā Allāhu lā ilāha illā anā fāʿbudnī waʾaqimi aṣ-ṣalāta lidhikrī
Lo! I, even I, am Allah, There is no Allah save Me. So serve Me and establish worship for My remembrance.
إِنَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ ءَاتِيَةٌ أَكَادُ أُخْفِيهَا لِتُجْزَىٰ كُلُّ نَفْسٍۭ بِمَا تَسْعَىٰ ﴿١٥﴾
Inna as-sāʿata ātiyatun akādu ukhfīhā litujzā kullu nafsin bimā tasʿā
Lo! the Hour is surely coming. But I will to keep it hidden, that every soul may be rewarded for that which it striveth (to achieve).
فَلَا يَصُدَّنَّكَ عَنْهَا مَن لَّا يُؤْمِنُ بِهَا وَٱتَّبَعَ هَوَىٰهُ فَتَرْدَىٰ ﴿١٦﴾
Falā yaṣuddannaka ʿanhā man lā yuʾminu bihā wāttabaʿa hawāhu fatardā
Therefor, let not him turn thee aside from (the thought of) it who believeth not therein but followeth his own desire, lest thou perish.
وَمَا تِلْكَ بِيَمِينِكَ يَـٰمُوسَىٰ ﴿١٧﴾
Wamā tilka biyamīnika yā mūsā
And what is that in thy right hand, O Moses?
قَالَ هِىَ عَصَاىَ أَتَوَكَّؤُا۟ عَلَيْهَا وَأَهُشُّ بِهَا عَلَىٰ غَنَمِى وَلِىَ فِيهَا مَـَٔارِبُ أُخْرَىٰ ﴿١٨﴾
Qāla hiya ʿaṣāya atawakkaʾu ʿalayhā waʾahushshu bihā ʿalā ghanamī waliya fīhā maʾāribu ukhrā
He said: This is my staff whereon I lean, and wherewith I bear down branches for my sheep, and wherein I find other uses.
قَالَ أَلْقِهَا يَـٰمُوسَىٰ ﴿١٩﴾
Qāla alqihā yā mūsā
He said: Cast it down, O Moses!
فَأَلْقَىٰهَا فَإِذَا هِىَ حَيَّةٌ تَسْعَىٰ ﴿٢٠﴾
Faʾalqāhā faʾidhā hiya ḥayyatun tasʿā
So he cast it down, and lo! it was a serpent, gliding.
قَالَ خُذْهَا وَلَا تَخَفْ ۖ سَنُعِيدُهَا سِيرَتَهَا ٱلْأُولَىٰ ﴿٢١﴾
Qāla khudhhā walā takhaf sanuʿīduhā sīratahā al-ulā
He said: Grasp it and fear not. We shall return it to its former state.
وَٱضْمُمْ يَدَكَ إِلَىٰ جَنَاحِكَ تَخْرُجْ بَيْضَآءَ مِنْ غَيْرِ سُوٓءٍ ءَايَةً أُخْرَىٰ ﴿٢٢﴾
Wāḍmum yadaka ilā janāḥika takhruj bayḍāʾa min ghayri sūʾin āyatan ukhrā
And thrust thy hand within thine armpit, it will come forth white without hurt. (That will be) another token.
لِنُرِيَكَ مِنْ ءَايَـٰتِنَا ٱلْكُبْرَى ﴿٢٣﴾
Linuriyaka min āyātinā al-kubrā
That We may show thee (some) of Our greater portents,
ٱذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ ﴿٢٤﴾
Idhhab ilā firʿawna innahu ṭaghā
Go thou unto Pharaoh! Lo! he hath transgressed (the bounds).
قَالَ رَبِّ ٱشْرَحْ لِى صَدْرِى ﴿٢٥﴾
Qāla rabbi ishraḥ lī ṣadrī
(Moses) said: My Lord! relieve my mind
وَيَسِّرْ لِىٓ أَمْرِى ﴿٢٦﴾
Wayassir lī amrī
And ease my task for me;
وَٱحْلُلْ عُقْدَةً مِّن لِّسَانِى ﴿٢٧﴾
Wāḥlul ʿuqdatan min lisānī
And loose a knot from my tongue,
يَفْقَهُوا۟ قَوْلِى ﴿٢٨﴾
Yafqahū qawlī
That they may understand my saying.
وَٱجْعَل لِّى وَزِيرًا مِّنْ أَهْلِى ﴿٢٩﴾
Wājʿal lī wazīran min ahlī
Appoint for me a henchman from my folk,
هَـٰرُونَ أَخِى ﴿٣٠﴾
Hārūna akhī
Aaron, my brother.
ٱشْدُدْ بِهِۦٓ أَزْرِى ﴿٣١﴾
Ushdud bihi azrī
Confirm my strength with him
وَأَشْرِكْهُ فِىٓ أَمْرِى ﴿٣٢﴾
Waʾashrikhu fī amrī
And let him share my task,
كَىْ نُسَبِّحَكَ كَثِيرًا ﴿٣٣﴾
Kay nusabbiḥaka kathīrā
That we may glorify Thee much
وَنَذْكُرَكَ كَثِيرًا ﴿٣٤﴾
Wanadhkuraka kathīrā
And much remember Thee.
إِنَّكَ كُنتَ بِنَا بَصِيرًا ﴿٣٥﴾
Innaka kunta binā baṣīrā
Lo! Thou art ever Seeing us.
قَالَ قَدْ أُوتِيتَ سُؤْلَكَ يَـٰمُوسَىٰ ﴿٣٦﴾
Qāla qad ūtīta suʾlaka yā mūsā
He said: Thou art granted thy request, O Moses.
وَلَقَدْ مَنَنَّا عَلَيْكَ مَرَّةً أُخْرَىٰٓ ﴿٣٧﴾
Walaqad manannā ʿalayka marratan ukhrā
And indeed, another time, already We have shown thee favour,
إِذْ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰٓ أُمِّكَ مَا يُوحَىٰٓ ﴿٣٨﴾
Idh awḥaynā ilā ummika mā yūḥā
When we inspired in thy mother that which is inspired,
أَنِ ٱقْذِفِيهِ فِى ٱلتَّابُوتِ فَٱقْذِفِيهِ فِى ٱلْيَمِّ فَلْيُلْقِهِ ٱلْيَمُّ بِٱلسَّاحِلِ يَأْخُذْهُ عَدُوٌّ لِّى وَعَدُوٌّ لَّهُۥ ۚ وَأَلْقَيْتُ عَلَيْكَ مَحَبَّةً مِّنِّى وَلِتُصْنَعَ عَلَىٰ عَيْنِىٓ ﴿٣٩﴾
Ani iqdhifīhi fī at-tābūti fāqdhifīhi fī al-yammi falyulqihi al-yammu bis-sāḥili yaʾkhudhhu ʿaduwwun lī waʿaduwwun lahu waʾalqaytu ʿalayka maḥabbatan minnī walituṣnaʿa ʿalā ʿaynī
Saying: Throw him into the ark, and throw it into the river, then the river shall throw it on to the bank, and there an enemy to Me and an enemy to him shall take him. And I endued thee with love from Me that thou mightest be trained according to My will,
إِذْ تَمْشِىٓ أُخْتُكَ فَتَقُولُ هَلْ أَدُلُّكُمْ عَلَىٰ مَن يَكْفُلُهُۥ ۖ فَرَجَعْنَـٰكَ إِلَىٰٓ أُمِّكَ كَىْ تَقَرَّ عَيْنُهَا وَلَا تَحْزَنَ ۚ وَقَتَلْتَ نَفْسًا فَنَجَّيْنَـٰكَ مِنَ ٱلْغَمِّ وَفَتَنَّـٰكَ فُتُونًا ۚ فَلَبِثْتَ سِنِينَ فِىٓ أَهْلِ مَدْيَنَ ثُمَّ جِئْتَ عَلَىٰ قَدَرٍ يَـٰمُوسَىٰ ﴿٤٠﴾
Idh tamshī ukhtuka fataqūlu hal adullukum ʿalā man yakfuluhu farajaʿnāka ilā ummika kay taqarra ʿaynuhā walā taḥzana waqatalta nafsan fanajjaynāka mina al-ghammi wafatannāka futūnan falabithta sinīna fī ahli madyana thumma jiʾta ʿalā qadarin yā mūsā
When thy sister went and said: Shall I show you one who will nurse him? and we restored thee to thy mother that her eyes might be refreshed and might not sorrow. And thou didst kill a man and We delivered thee from great distress, and tried thee with a heavy trial. And thou didst tarry years among the folk of Midian. Then camest thou (hither) by (My) providence, O Moses,
وَٱصْطَنَعْتُكَ لِنَفْسِى ﴿٤١﴾
Wāṣṭanaʿtuka linafsī
And I have attached thee to Myself.
ٱذْهَبْ أَنتَ وَأَخُوكَ بِـَٔايَـٰتِى وَلَا تَنِيَا فِى ذِكْرِى ﴿٤٢﴾
Idhhab anta waʾakhūka biʾāyātī walā taniyā fī dhikrī
Go, thou and thy brother, with My tokens, and be not faint in remembrance of Me.
ٱذْهَبَآ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ ﴿٤٣﴾
Idhhabā ilā firʿawna innahu ṭaghā
Go, both of you, unto Pharaoh. Lo! he hath transgressed (the bounds).
فَقُولَا لَهُۥ قَوْلًا لَّيِّنًا لَّعَلَّهُۥ يَتَذَكَّرُ أَوْ يَخْشَىٰ ﴿٤٤﴾
Faqūlā lahu qawlan layyinan laʿallahu yatadhakkaru aw yakhshā
And speak unto him a gentle word, that peradventure he may heed or fear.
قَالَا رَبَّنَآ إِنَّنَا نَخَافُ أَن يَفْرُطَ عَلَيْنَآ أَوْ أَن يَطْغَىٰ ﴿٤٥﴾
Qālā rabbanā innanā nakhāfu an yafruṭa ʿalaynā aw an yaṭghā
They said: Our Lord! Lo! we fear that he may be beforehand with us or that he may play the tyrant.
قَالَ لَا تَخَافَآ ۖ إِنَّنِى مَعَكُمَآ أَسْمَعُ وَأَرَىٰ ﴿٤٦﴾
Qāla lā takhāfā innanī maʿakumā asmaʿu waʾarā
He said: Fear not. Lo! I am with you twain, Hearing and Seeing.
فَأْتِيَاهُ فَقُولَآ إِنَّا رَسُولَا رَبِّكَ فَأَرْسِلْ مَعَنَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ وَلَا تُعَذِّبْهُمْ ۖ قَدْ جِئْنَـٰكَ بِـَٔايَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّكَ ۖ وَٱلسَّلَـٰمُ عَلَىٰ مَنِ ٱتَّبَعَ ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ ﴿٤٧﴾
Faʾtiyāhu faqūlā innā rasūlā rabbika faʾarsil maʿanā banī isrāʾīla walā tuʿadhdhibhum qad jiʾnāka biʾāyatin min rabbika was-salāmu ʿalā mani ittabaʿa al-hudā
So go ye unto him and say: Lo! we are two messengers of thy Lord. So let the children of Israel go with us, and torment them not. We bring thee a token from thy Lord. And peace will be for him who followeth right guidance.
إِنَّا قَدْ أُوحِىَ إِلَيْنَآ أَنَّ ٱلْعَذَابَ عَلَىٰ مَن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ ﴿٤٨﴾
Innā qad ūḥiya ilaynā anna al-ʿadhāba ʿalā man kadhdhaba watawallā
Lo! it hath been revealed unto us that the doom will be for him who denieth and turneth away.
قَالَ فَمَن رَّبُّكُمَا يَـٰمُوسَىٰ ﴿٤٩﴾
Qāla faman rabbukumā yā mūsā
(Pharaoh) said: Who then is the Lord of you twain, O Moses?
قَالَ رَبُّنَا ٱلَّذِىٓ أَعْطَىٰ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ خَلْقَهُۥ ثُمَّ هَدَىٰ ﴿٥٠﴾
Qāla rabbunā alladhī aʿṭā kulla shayʾin khalqahu thumma hadā
He said: Our Lord is He Who gave unto everything its nature, then guided it aright.
قَالَ فَمَا بَالُ ٱلْقُرُونِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ ﴿٥١﴾
Qāla famā bālu al-qurūni al-ulā
He said: What then is the state of the generations of old?
قَالَ عِلْمُهَا عِندَ رَبِّى فِى كِتَـٰبٍ ۖ لَّا يَضِلُّ رَبِّى وَلَا يَنسَى ﴿٥٢﴾
Qāla ʿilmuhā ʿinda rabbī fī kitābin lā yaḍillu rabbī walā yansā
He said: The knowledge thereof is with my Lord in a Record. My Lord neither erreth nor forgetteth,
ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ مَهْدًا وَسَلَكَ لَكُمْ فِيهَا سُبُلًا وَأَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً فَأَخْرَجْنَا بِهِۦٓ أَزْوَٰجًا مِّن نَّبَاتٍ شَتَّىٰ ﴿٥٣﴾
Alladhī jaʿala lakumu al-arḍa mahdan wasalaka lakum fīhā subulan waʾanzala mina as-samāʾi māʾan faʾakhrajnā bihi azwājan min nabātin shattā
Who hath appointed the earth as a bed and hath threaded roads for you therein and hath sent down water from the sky and thereby We have brought forth divers kinds of vegetation,
كُلُوا۟ وَٱرْعَوْا۟ أَنْعَـٰمَكُمْ ۗ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَـٰتٍ لِّأُو۟لِى ٱلنُّهَىٰ ﴿٥٤﴾
Kulū wārʿaw anʿāmakum inna fī dhālika laʾāyātin liʾulī an-nuhā
(Saying): Eat ye and feed your cattle. Lo! herein verily are portents for men of thought.
۞ مِنْهَا خَلَقْنَـٰكُمْ وَفِيهَا نُعِيدُكُمْ وَمِنْهَا نُخْرِجُكُمْ تَارَةً أُخْرَىٰ ﴿٥٥﴾
Minhā khalaqnākum wafīhā nuʿīdukum waminhā nukhrijukum tāratan ukhrā
Thereof We created you, and thereunto We return you, and thence We bring you forth a second time.
وَلَقَدْ أَرَيْنَـٰهُ ءَايَـٰتِنَا كُلَّهَا فَكَذَّبَ وَأَبَىٰ ﴿٥٦﴾
Walaqad araynāhu āyātinā kullahā fakadhdhaba waʾabā
And We verily did show him all Our tokens, but he denied them and refused.
قَالَ أَجِئْتَنَا لِتُخْرِجَنَا مِنْ أَرْضِنَا بِسِحْرِكَ يَـٰمُوسَىٰ ﴿٥٧﴾
Qāla ajiʾtanā litukhrijanā min arḍinā bisiḥrika yā mūsā
He said: Hast come to drive us out from our land by thy magic, O Moses?
فَلَنَأْتِيَنَّكَ بِسِحْرٍ مِّثْلِهِۦ فَٱجْعَلْ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكَ مَوْعِدًا لَّا نُخْلِفُهُۥ نَحْنُ وَلَآ أَنتَ مَكَانًا سُوًى ﴿٥٨﴾
Falanaʾtiyannaka bisiḥrin mithlihi fājʿal baynanā wabaynaka mawʿidan lā nukhlifuhu naḥnu walā anta makānan suwā
But we surely can produce for thee magic the like thereof; so appoint a tryst between us and you, which neither we nor thou shall fail to keep, at a place convenient (to us both).
قَالَ مَوْعِدُكُمْ يَوْمُ ٱلزِّينَةِ وَأَن يُحْشَرَ ٱلنَّاسُ ضُحًى ﴿٥٩﴾
Qāla mawʿidukum yawmu az-zīnati waʾan yuḥshara an-nāsu ḍuḥā
(Moses) said: Your tryst shall be the day of the feast, and let the people assemble when the sun hath risen high.
فَتَوَلَّىٰ فِرْعَوْنُ فَجَمَعَ كَيْدَهُۥ ثُمَّ أَتَىٰ ﴿٦٠﴾
Fatawallā firʿawnu fajamaʿa kaydahu thumma atā
Then Pharaoh went and gathered his strength, then came (to the appointed tryst).
قَالَ لَهُم مُّوسَىٰ وَيْلَكُمْ لَا تَفْتَرُوا۟ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا فَيُسْحِتَكُم بِعَذَابٍ ۖ وَقَدْ خَابَ مَنِ ٱفْتَرَىٰ ﴿٦١﴾
Qāla lahum mūsā waylakum lā taftarū ʿalā Allāhi kadhiban fayusḥitakum biʿadhābin waqad khāba mani iftarā
Moses said unto them: Woe unto you! Invent not a lie against Allah, lest He extirpate you by some punishment. He who lieth faileth miserably.
فَتَنَـٰزَعُوٓا۟ أَمْرَهُم بَيْنَهُمْ وَأَسَرُّوا۟ ٱلنَّجْوَىٰ ﴿٦٢﴾
Fatanāzaʿū amrahum baynahum waʾasarrū an-najwā
Then they debated one with another what they must do, and they kept their counsel secret.
قَالُوٓا۟ إِنْ هَـٰذَٰنِ لَسَـٰحِرَٰنِ يُرِيدَانِ أَن يُخْرِجَاكُم مِّنْ أَرْضِكُم بِسِحْرِهِمَا وَيَذْهَبَا بِطَرِيقَتِكُمُ ٱلْمُثْلَىٰ ﴿٦٣﴾
Qālū in hādhāni lasāḥirāni yurīdāni an yukhrijākum min arḍikum bisiḥrihimā wayadhhabā biṭarīqatikumu al-muthlā
They said: Lo! these are two wizards who would drive you out from your country by their magic, and destroy your best traditions;
فَأَجْمِعُوا۟ كَيْدَكُمْ ثُمَّ ٱئْتُوا۟ صَفًّا ۚ وَقَدْ أَفْلَحَ ٱلْيَوْمَ مَنِ ٱسْتَعْلَىٰ ﴿٦٤﴾
Faʾajmiʿū kaydakum thumma uʾtū ṣaffan waqad aflaḥa al-yawma mani istaʿlā
So arrange your plan, and come in battle line. Whoso is uppermost this day will be indeed successful.
قَالُوا۟ يَـٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِمَّآ أَن تُلْقِىَ وَإِمَّآ أَن نَّكُونَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ أَلْقَىٰ ﴿٦٥﴾
Qālū yā mūsā immā an tulqiya waʾimmā an nakūna awwala man alqā
They said: O Moses! Either throw first, or let us be the first to throw?
قَالَ بَلْ أَلْقُوا۟ ۖ فَإِذَا حِبَالُهُمْ وَعِصِيُّهُمْ يُخَيَّلُ إِلَيْهِ مِن سِحْرِهِمْ أَنَّهَا تَسْعَىٰ ﴿٦٦﴾
Qāla bal alqū faʾidhā ḥibāluhum waʿiṣiyyuhum yukhayyalu ilayhi min siḥrihim annahā tasʿā
He said: Nay, do ye throw! Then lo! their cords and their staves, by their magic, appeared to him as though they ran.
فَأَوْجَسَ فِى نَفْسِهِۦ خِيفَةً مُّوسَىٰ ﴿٦٧﴾
Faʾawjasa fī nafsihi khīfatan mūsā
And Moses conceived a fear in his mind.
قُلْنَا لَا تَخَفْ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ ﴿٦٨﴾
Qulnā lā takhaf innaka anta al-aʿlā
We said: Fear not! Lo! thou art the higher.
وَأَلْقِ مَا فِى يَمِينِكَ تَلْقَفْ مَا صَنَعُوٓا۟ ۖ إِنَّمَا صَنَعُوا۟ كَيْدُ سَـٰحِرٍ ۖ وَلَا يُفْلِحُ ٱلسَّاحِرُ حَيْثُ أَتَىٰ ﴿٦٩﴾
Waʾalqi mā fī yamīnika talqaf mā ṣanaʿū innamā ṣanaʿū kaydu sāḥirin walā yufliḥu as-sāḥiru ḥaythu atā
Throw that which is in thy right hand! It will eat up that which they have made. Lo! that which they have made is but a wizard's artifice, and a wizard shall not be successful to whatever point (of skill) he may attain.
فَأُلْقِىَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ سُجَّدًا قَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا بِرَبِّ هَـٰرُونَ وَمُوسَىٰ ﴿٧٠﴾
Faʾulqiya as-saḥaratu sujjadan qālū āmannā birabbi hārūna wamūsā
Then the wizards were (all) flung down prostrate, crying: We believe in the Lord of Aaron and Moses.
قَالَ ءَامَنتُمْ لَهُۥ قَبْلَ أَنْ ءَاذَنَ لَكُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ لَكَبِيرُكُمُ ٱلَّذِى عَلَّمَكُمُ ٱلسِّحْرَ ۖ فَلَأُقَطِّعَنَّ أَيْدِيَكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُم مِّنْ خِلَـٰفٍ وَلَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ فِى جُذُوعِ ٱلنَّخْلِ وَلَتَعْلَمُنَّ أَيُّنَآ أَشَدُّ عَذَابًا وَأَبْقَىٰ ﴿٧١﴾
Qāla āmantum lahu qabla an ādhana lakum innahu lakabīrukumu alladhī ʿallamakumu as-siḥra falaʾuqaṭṭiʿanna aydiyakum waʾarjulakum min khilāfin walaʾuṣallibannakum fī judhūʿi an-nakhli walataʿlamunna ayyunā ashaddu ʿadhāban waʾabqā
(Pharaoh) said: Ye put faith in him before I give you leave. Lo! he is your chief who taught you magic. Now surely I shall cut off your hands and your feet alternately, and I shall crucify you on the trunks of palm trees, and ye shall know for certain which of us hath sterner and more lasting punishment.
قَالُوا۟ لَن نُّؤْثِرَكَ عَلَىٰ مَا جَآءَنَا مِنَ ٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِ وَٱلَّذِى فَطَرَنَا ۖ فَٱقْضِ مَآ أَنتَ قَاضٍ ۖ إِنَّمَا تَقْضِى هَـٰذِهِ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَآ ﴿٧٢﴾
Qālū lan nuʾthiraka ʿalā mā jāʾanā mina al-bayyināti walladhī faṭaranā fāqḍi mā anta qāḍin innamā taqḍī hādhihi al-ḥayāta ad-dunyā
They said: We choose thee not above the clear proofs that have come unto us, and above Him Who created us. So decree what thou wilt decree. Thou wilt end for us only this life of the world.
إِنَّآ ءَامَنَّا بِرَبِّنَا لِيَغْفِرَ لَنَا خَطَـٰيَـٰنَا وَمَآ أَكْرَهْتَنَا عَلَيْهِ مِنَ ٱلسِّحْرِ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ ﴿٧٣﴾
Innā āmannā birabbinā liyaghfira lanā khaṭāyānā wamā akrahtanā ʿalayhi mina as-siḥri wallāhu khayrun waʾabqā
Lo! we believe in our Lord, that He may forgive us our sins and the magic unto which thou didst force us. Allah is better and more lasting.
إِنَّهُۥ مَن يَأْتِ رَبَّهُۥ مُجْرِمًا فَإِنَّ لَهُۥ جَهَنَّمَ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ ﴿٧٤﴾
Innahu man yaʾti rabbahu mujriman faʾinna lahu jahannama lā yamūtu fīhā walā yaḥyā
Lo! whoso cometh guilty unto his Lord, verily for him is hell. There he will neither die nor live.
وَمَن يَأْتِهِۦ مُؤْمِنًا قَدْ عَمِلَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ لَهُمُ ٱلدَّرَجَـٰتُ ٱلْعُلَىٰ ﴿٧٥﴾
Waman yaʾtihi muʾminan qad ʿamila aṣ-ṣāliḥāti faʾulāʾika lahumu ad-darajātu al-ʿulā
But whoso cometh unto Him a believer, having done good works, for such are the high stations;
جَنَّـٰتُ عَدْنٍ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ خَـٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا ۚ وَذَٰلِكَ جَزَآءُ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ ﴿٧٦﴾
Jannātu ʿadnin tajrī min taḥtihā al-anhāru khālidīna fīhā wadhālika jazāʾu man tazakkā
Gardens of Eden underneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide for ever. That is the reward of him who groweth.
وَلَقَدْ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنْ أَسْرِ بِعِبَادِى فَٱضْرِبْ لَهُمْ طَرِيقًا فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ يَبَسًا لَّا تَخَـٰفُ دَرَكًا وَلَا تَخْشَىٰ ﴿٧٧﴾
Walaqad awḥaynā ilā mūsā an asri biʿibādī fāḍrib lahum ṭarīqan fī al-baḥri yabasan lā takhāfu darakan walā takhshā
And verily We inspired Moses, saying: Take away My slaves by night and strike for them a dry path in the sea, fearing not to be overtaken, neither being afraid (of the sea).
فَأَتْبَعَهُمْ فِرْعَوْنُ بِجُنُودِهِۦ فَغَشِيَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْيَمِّ مَا غَشِيَهُمْ ﴿٧٨﴾
Faʾatbaʿahum firʿawnu bijunūdihi faghashiyahum mina al-yammi mā ghashiyahum
Then Pharaoh followed them with his hosts and there covered them that which did cover them of the sea.
وَأَضَلَّ فِرْعَوْنُ قَوْمَهُۥ وَمَا هَدَىٰ ﴿٧٩﴾
Waʾaḍalla firʿawnu qawmahu wamā hadā
And Pharaoh led his folk astray, he did not guide them.
يَـٰبَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ قَدْ أَنجَيْنَـٰكُم مِّنْ عَدُوِّكُمْ وَوَٰعَدْنَـٰكُمْ جَانِبَ ٱلطُّورِ ٱلْأَيْمَنَ وَنَزَّلْنَا عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْمَنَّ وَٱلسَّلْوَىٰ ﴿٨٠﴾
Yā banī isrāʾīla qad anjaynākum min ʿaduwwikum wawāʿadnākum jāniba aṭ-ṭūri al-aymana wanazzalnā ʿalaykumu al-manna was-salwā
O Children of Israel! We delivered you from your enemy, and we made a covenant with you on the holy mountain's side, and sent down on you the manna and the quails,
كُلُوا۟ مِن طَيِّبَـٰتِ مَا رَزَقْنَـٰكُمْ وَلَا تَطْغَوْا۟ فِيهِ فَيَحِلَّ عَلَيْكُمْ غَضَبِى ۖ وَمَن يَحْلِلْ عَلَيْهِ غَضَبِى فَقَدْ هَوَىٰ ﴿٨١﴾
Kulū min ṭayyibāti mā razaqnākum walā taṭghaw fīhi fayaḥilla ʿalaykum ghaḍabī waman yaḥlil ʿalayhi ghaḍabī faqad hawā
(Saying): Eat of the good things wherewith We have provided you, and transgress not in respect thereof lest My wrath come upon you: and he on whom My wrath cometh, he is lost indeed.
وَإِنِّى لَغَفَّارٌ لِّمَن تَابَ وَءَامَنَ وَعَمِلَ صَـٰلِحًا ثُمَّ ٱهْتَدَىٰ ﴿٨٢﴾
Waʾinnī laghaffārun liman tāba waʾāmana waʿamila ṣāliḥan thumma ihtadā
And lo! verily I am Forgiving toward him who repenteth and believeth and doeth good, and afterward walketh aright.
۞ وَمَآ أَعْجَلَكَ عَن قَوْمِكَ يَـٰمُوسَىٰ ﴿٨٣﴾
Wamā aʿjalaka ʿan qawmika yā mūsā
And (it was said): What hath made thee hasten from thy folk, O Moses?
قَالَ هُمْ أُو۟لَآءِ عَلَىٰٓ أَثَرِى وَعَجِلْتُ إِلَيْكَ رَبِّ لِتَرْضَىٰ ﴿٨٤﴾
Qāla hum ulāʾi ʿalā atharī waʿajiltu ilayka rabbi litarḍā
He said: They are close upon my track. I hastened unto Thee, my Lord, that Thou mightest be well pleased.
قَالَ فَإِنَّا قَدْ فَتَنَّا قَوْمَكَ مِنۢ بَعْدِكَ وَأَضَلَّهُمُ ٱلسَّامِرِىُّ ﴿٨٥﴾
Qāla faʾinnā qad fatannā qawmaka min baʿdika waʾaḍallahumu as-sāmiriyy
He said: Lo! We have tried thy folk in thine absence, and As-Samiri hath misled them.
فَرَجَعَ مُوسَىٰٓ إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِۦ غَضْبَـٰنَ أَسِفًا ۚ قَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ أَلَمْ يَعِدْكُمْ رَبُّكُمْ وَعْدًا حَسَنًا ۚ أَفَطَالَ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْعَهْدُ أَمْ أَرَدتُّمْ أَن يَحِلَّ عَلَيْكُمْ غَضَبٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ فَأَخْلَفْتُم مَّوْعِدِى ﴿٨٦﴾
Farajaʿa mūsā ilā qawmihi ghaḍbāna asifan qāla yā qawmi alam yaʿidkum rabbukum waʿdan ḥasanan afaṭāla ʿalaykumu al-ʿahdu am aradttum an yaḥilla ʿalaykum ghaḍabun min rabbikum faʾakhlaftum mawʿidī
Then Moses went back unto his folk, angry and sad. He said: O my people! Hath not your Lord promised you a fair promise? Did the time appointed then appear too long for you, or did ye wish that wrath from your Lord should come upon you, that ye broke tryst with me?
قَالُوا۟ مَآ أَخْلَفْنَا مَوْعِدَكَ بِمَلْكِنَا وَلَـٰكِنَّا حُمِّلْنَآ أَوْزَارًا مِّن زِينَةِ ٱلْقَوْمِ فَقَذَفْنَـٰهَا فَكَذَٰلِكَ أَلْقَى ٱلسَّامِرِىُّ ﴿٨٧﴾
Qālū mā akhlafnā mawʿidaka bimalkinā walākinnā ḥummilnā awzāran min zīnati al-qawmi faqadhafnāhā fakadhālika alqā as-sāmiriyy
They said: We broke not tryst with thee of our own will, but we were laden with burdens of ornaments of the folk, then cast them (in the fire), for thus As-Samiri proposed.
فَأَخْرَجَ لَهُمْ عِجْلًا جَسَدًا لَّهُۥ خُوَارٌ فَقَالُوا۟ هَـٰذَآ إِلَـٰهُكُمْ وَإِلَـٰهُ مُوسَىٰ فَنَسِىَ ﴿٨٨﴾
Faʾakhraja lahum ʿijlan jasadan lahu khuwārun faqālū hādhā ilāhukum waʾilāhu mūsā fanasiy
Then he produced for them a calf, of saffron hue, which gave forth a lowing sound. And they cried: This is your god and the god of Moses, but he hath forgotten.
أَفَلَا يَرَوْنَ أَلَّا يَرْجِعُ إِلَيْهِمْ قَوْلًا وَلَا يَمْلِكُ لَهُمْ ضَرًّا وَلَا نَفْعًا ﴿٨٩﴾
Afalā yarawna allā yarjiʿu ilayhim qawlan walā yamliku lahum ḍarran walā nafʿā
See they not, then, that it returneth no saying unto them and possesseth for them neither hurt nor use?
وَلَقَدْ قَالَ لَهُمْ هَـٰرُونُ مِن قَبْلُ يَـٰقَوْمِ إِنَّمَا فُتِنتُم بِهِۦ ۖ وَإِنَّ رَبَّكُمُ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ فَٱتَّبِعُونِى وَأَطِيعُوٓا۟ أَمْرِى ﴿٩٠﴾
Walaqad qāla lahum hārūnu min qablu yā qawmi innamā futintum bihi waʾinna rabbakumu ar-raḥmānu fāttabiʿūnī waʾaṭīʿū amrī
And Aaron indeed had told them beforehand: O my people! Ye are but being seduced therewith, for lo! your Lord is the Beneficent, so follow me and obey my order.
قَالُوا۟ لَن نَّبْرَحَ عَلَيْهِ عَـٰكِفِينَ حَتَّىٰ يَرْجِعَ إِلَيْنَا مُوسَىٰ ﴿٩١﴾
Qālū lan nabraḥa ʿalayhi ʿākifīna ḥattā yarjiʿa ilaynā mūsā
They said: We shall by no means cease to be its votaries till Moses return unto us.
قَالَ يَـٰهَـٰرُونُ مَا مَنَعَكَ إِذْ رَأَيْتَهُمْ ضَلُّوٓا۟ ﴿٩٢﴾
Qāla yā hārūnu mā manaʿaka idh raʾaytahum ḍallū
He (Moses) said: O Aaron! What held thee back when thou didst see them gone astray,
أَلَّا تَتَّبِعَنِ ۖ أَفَعَصَيْتَ أَمْرِى ﴿٩٣﴾
Allā tattabiʿani afaʿaṣayta amrī
That thou followedst me not? Hast thou then disobeyed my order?
قَالَ يَبْنَؤُمَّ لَا تَأْخُذْ بِلِحْيَتِى وَلَا بِرَأْسِىٓ ۖ إِنِّى خَشِيتُ أَن تَقُولَ فَرَّقْتَ بَيْنَ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ وَلَمْ تَرْقُبْ قَوْلِى ﴿٩٤﴾
Qāla yā ibna umma lā taʾkhudh biliḥyatī walā biraʾsī innī khashītu an taqūla farraqta bayna banī isrāʾīla walam tarqub qawlī
He said: O son of my mother! Clutch not my beard nor my head! I feared lest thou shouldst say: Thou hast caused division among the Children of Israel, and hast not waited for my word.
قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكَ يَـٰسَـٰمِرِىُّ ﴿٩٥﴾
Qāla famā khaṭbuka yā sāmiriyy
(Moses) said: And what hast thou to say, O Samiri?
قَالَ بَصُرْتُ بِمَا لَمْ يَبْصُرُوا۟ بِهِۦ فَقَبَضْتُ قَبْضَةً مِّنْ أَثَرِ ٱلرَّسُولِ فَنَبَذْتُهَا وَكَذَٰلِكَ سَوَّلَتْ لِى نَفْسِى ﴿٩٦﴾
Qāla baṣurtu bimā lam yabṣurū bihi faqabaḍtu qabḍatan min athari ar-rasūli fanabadhtuhā wakadhālika sawwalat lī nafsī
He said: I perceived what they perceive not, so I seized a handful from the footsteps of the messenger, and then threw it in. Thus my soul commended to me.
قَالَ فَٱذْهَبْ فَإِنَّ لَكَ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ أَن تَقُولَ لَا مِسَاسَ ۖ وَإِنَّ لَكَ مَوْعِدًا لَّن تُخْلَفَهُۥ ۖ وَٱنظُرْ إِلَىٰٓ إِلَـٰهِكَ ٱلَّذِى ظَلْتَ عَلَيْهِ عَاكِفًا ۖ لَّنُحَرِّقَنَّهُۥ ثُمَّ لَنَنسِفَنَّهُۥ فِى ٱلْيَمِّ نَسْفًا ﴿٩٧﴾
Qāla fādhhab faʾinna laka fī al-ḥayāti an taqūla lā misāsa waʾinna laka mawʿidan lan tukhlafahu wānẓur ilā ilāhika alladhī ẓalta ʿalayhi ʿākifan lanuḥarriqannahu thumma lanansifannahu fī al-yammi nasfā
(Moses) said: Then go! and lo! in this life it is for thee to say: Touch me not! and lo! there is for thee a tryst thou canst not break. Now look upon thy god of which thou hast remained a votary. Verily we will burn it and will scatter its dust over the sea.
إِنَّمَآ إِلَـٰهُكُمُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۚ وَسِعَ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ عِلْمًا ﴿٩٨﴾
Innamā ilāhukumu Allāhu alladhī lā ilāha illā huwa wasiʿa kulla shayʾin ʿilmā
Your Allah is only Allah, than Whom there is no other Allah. He embraceth all things in His knowledge.
كَذَٰلِكَ نَقُصُّ عَلَيْكَ مِنْ أَنۢبَآءِ مَا قَدْ سَبَقَ ۚ وَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَـٰكَ مِن لَّدُنَّا ذِكْرًا ﴿٩٩﴾
Kadhālika naquṣṣu ʿalayka min anbāʾi mā qad sabaqa waqad ātaynāka min ladunnā dhikrā
Thus relate We unto thee (Muhammad) some tidings of that which happened of old, and We have given thee from Our presence a reminder.
مَّنْ أَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ فَإِنَّهُۥ يَحْمِلُ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ وِزْرًا ﴿١٠٠﴾
Man aʿraḍa ʿanhu faʾinnahu yaḥmilu yawma al-qiyāmati wizrā
Whoso turneth away from it, he verily will bear a burden on the Day of Resurrection,
خَـٰلِدِينَ فِيهِ ۖ وَسَآءَ لَهُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ حِمْلًا ﴿١٠١﴾
Khālidīna fīhi wasāʾa lahum yawma al-qiyāmati ḥimlā
Abiding under it - an evil burden for them on the Day of Resurrection,
يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِى ٱلصُّورِ ۚ وَنَحْشُرُ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ يَوْمَئِذٍ زُرْقًا ﴿١٠٢﴾
Yawma yunfakhu fī aṣ-ṣūri wanaḥshuru al-mujrimīna yawmaʾidhin zurqā
The day when the Trumpet is blown. On that day we assemble the guilty white-eyed (with terror),
يَتَخَـٰفَتُونَ بَيْنَهُمْ إِن لَّبِثْتُمْ إِلَّا عَشْرًا ﴿١٠٣﴾
Yatakhāfatūna baynahum in labithtum illā ʿashrā
Murmuring among themselves: Ye have tarried but ten (days).
نَّحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَقُولُونَ إِذْ يَقُولُ أَمْثَلُهُمْ طَرِيقَةً إِن لَّبِثْتُمْ إِلَّا يَوْمًا ﴿١٠٤﴾
Naḥnu aʿlamu bimā yaqūlūna idh yaqūlu amthaluhum ṭarīqatan in labithtum illā yawmā
We are Best Aware of what they utter when their best in conduct say: Ye have tarried but a day.
وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلْجِبَالِ فَقُلْ يَنسِفُهَا رَبِّى نَسْفًا ﴿١٠٥﴾
Wayasʾalūnaka ʿani al-jibāli faqul yansifuhā rabbī nasfā
They will ask thee of the mountains (on that day). Say: My Lord will break them into scattered dust.
فَيَذَرُهَا قَاعًا صَفْصَفًا ﴿١٠٦﴾
Fayadharuhā qāʿan ṣafṣafā
And leave it as an empty plain,
لَّا تَرَىٰ فِيهَا عِوَجًا وَلَآ أَمْتًا ﴿١٠٧﴾
Lā tarā fīhā ʿiwajan walā amtā
Wherein thou seest neither curve nor ruggedness.
يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَّبِعُونَ ٱلدَّاعِىَ لَا عِوَجَ لَهُۥ ۖ وَخَشَعَتِ ٱلْأَصْوَاتُ لِلرَّحْمَـٰنِ فَلَا تَسْمَعُ إِلَّا هَمْسًا ﴿١٠٨﴾
Yawmaʾidhin yattabiʿūna ad-dāʿiya lā ʿiwaja lahu wakhashaʿati al-aṣwātu lilrraḥmāni falā tasmaʿu illā hamsā
On that day they follow the summoner who deceiveth not, and voices are hushed for the Beneficent, and thou hearest but a faint murmur.
يَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا تَنفَعُ ٱلشَّفَـٰعَةُ إِلَّا مَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ وَرَضِىَ لَهُۥ قَوْلًا ﴿١٠٩﴾
Yawmaʾidhin lā tanfaʿu ash-shafāʿatu illā man adhina lahu ar-raḥmānu waraḍiya lahu qawlā
On that day no intercession availeth save (that of) him unto whom the Beneficent hath given leave and whose word He accepteth.
يَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ وَلَا يُحِيطُونَ بِهِۦ عِلْمًا ﴿١١٠﴾
Yaʿlamu mā bayna aydīhim wamā khalfahum walā yuḥīṭūna bihi ʿilmā
He knoweth (all) that is before them and (all) that is behind them, while they cannot compass it in knowledge.
۞ وَعَنَتِ ٱلْوُجُوهُ لِلْحَىِّ ٱلْقَيُّومِ ۖ وَقَدْ خَابَ مَنْ حَمَلَ ظُلْمًا ﴿١١١﴾
Waʿanati al-wujūhu lilḥayyi al-qayyūmi waqad khāba man ḥamala ẓulmā
And faces humble themselves before the Living, the Eternal. And he who beareth (a burden of) wrongdoing is indeed a failure (on that day).
وَمَن يَعْمَلْ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ فَلَا يَخَافُ ظُلْمًا وَلَا هَضْمًا ﴿١١٢﴾
Waman yaʿmal mina aṣ-ṣāliḥāti wahuwa muʾminun falā yakhāfu ẓulman walā haḍmā
And he who hath done some good works, being a believer, he feareth not injustice nor begrudging (of his wage).
وَكَذَٰلِكَ أَنزَلْنَـٰهُ قُرْءَانًا عَرَبِيًّا وَصَرَّفْنَا فِيهِ مِنَ ٱلْوَعِيدِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَّقُونَ أَوْ يُحْدِثُ لَهُمْ ذِكْرًا ﴿١١٣﴾
Wakadhālika anzalnāhu qurʾānan ʿarabiyyan waṣarrafnā fīhi mina al-waʿīdi laʿallahum yattaqūna aw yuḥdithu lahum dhikrā
Thus we have revealed it as a Lecture in Arabic, and have displayed therein certain threats, that peradventure they may keep from evil or that it may cause them to take heed.
فَتَعَـٰلَى ٱللَّهُ ٱلْمَلِكُ ٱلْحَقُّ ۗ وَلَا تَعْجَلْ بِٱلْقُرْءَانِ مِن قَبْلِ أَن يُقْضَىٰٓ إِلَيْكَ وَحْيُهُۥ ۖ وَقُل رَّبِّ زِدْنِى عِلْمًا ﴿١١٤﴾
Fataʿālā Allāhu al-maliku al-ḥaqqu walā taʿjal bil-qurʾāni min qabli an yuqḍā ilayka waḥyuhu waqul rabbi zidnī ʿilmā
Then exalted be Allah, the True King! And hasten not (O Muhammad) with the Qur'an ere its revelation hath been perfected unto thee, and say: My Lord! Increase me in knowledge.
وَلَقَدْ عَهِدْنَآ إِلَىٰٓ ءَادَمَ مِن قَبْلُ فَنَسِىَ وَلَمْ نَجِدْ لَهُۥ عَزْمًا ﴿١١٥﴾
Walaqad ʿahidnā ilā ādama min qablu fanasiya walam najid lahu ʿazmā
And verily We made a covenant of old with Adam, but he forgot, and We found no constancy in him.
وَإِذْ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ ٱسْجُدُوا۟ لِـَٔادَمَ فَسَجَدُوٓا۟ إِلَّآ إِبْلِيسَ أَبَىٰ ﴿١١٦﴾
Waʾidh qulnā lilmalāʾikati usjudū liʾādama fasajadū illā iblīsa abā
And when We said unto the angels: Fall prostrate before Adam, they fell prostrate (all) save Iblis; he refused.
فَقُلْنَا يَـٰٓـَٔادَمُ إِنَّ هَـٰذَا عَدُوٌّ لَّكَ وَلِزَوْجِكَ فَلَا يُخْرِجَنَّكُمَا مِنَ ٱلْجَنَّةِ فَتَشْقَىٰٓ ﴿١١٧﴾
Faqulnā yā ādamu inna hādhā ʿaduwwun laka walizawjika falā yukhrijannakumā mina al-jannati fatashqā
Therefor we said: O Adam! This is an enemy unto thee and unto thy wife, so let him not drive you both out of the Garden so that thou come to toil.
إِنَّ لَكَ أَلَّا تَجُوعَ فِيهَا وَلَا تَعْرَىٰ ﴿١١٨﴾
Inna laka allā tajūʿa fīhā walā taʿrā
It is (vouchsafed) unto thee that thou hungerest not therein nor art naked,
وَأَنَّكَ لَا تَظْمَؤُا۟ فِيهَا وَلَا تَضْحَىٰ ﴿١١٩﴾
Waʾannaka lā taẓmaʾu fīhā walā taḍḥā
And that thou thirstest not therein nor art exposed to the sun's heat.
فَوَسْوَسَ إِلَيْهِ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ قَالَ يَـٰٓـَٔادَمُ هَلْ أَدُلُّكَ عَلَىٰ شَجَرَةِ ٱلْخُلْدِ وَمُلْكٍ لَّا يَبْلَىٰ ﴿١٢٠﴾
Fawaswasa ilayhi ash-shayṭānu qāla yā ādamu hal adulluka ʿalā shajarati al-khuldi wamulkin lā yablā
But the devil whispered to him, saying: O Adam! Shall I show thee the tree of immortality and power that wasteth not away?
فَأَكَلَا مِنْهَا فَبَدَتْ لَهُمَا سَوْءَٰتُهُمَا وَطَفِقَا يَخْصِفَانِ عَلَيْهِمَا مِن وَرَقِ ٱلْجَنَّةِ ۚ وَعَصَىٰٓ ءَادَمُ رَبَّهُۥ فَغَوَىٰ ﴿١٢١﴾
Faʾakalā minhā fabadat lahumā sawʾātuhumā waṭafiqā yakhṣifāni ʿalayhimā min waraqi al-jannati waʿaṣā ādamu rabbahu faghawā
Then they twain ate thereof, so that their shame became apparent unto them, and they began to hide by heaping on themselves some of the leaves of the Garden. And Adam disobeyed his Lord, so went astray.
ثُمَّ ٱجْتَبَـٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَتَابَ عَلَيْهِ وَهَدَىٰ ﴿١٢٢﴾
Thumma ijtabāhu rabbuhu fatāba ʿalayhi wahadā
Then his Lord chose him, and relented toward him, and guided him.
قَالَ ٱهْبِطَا مِنْهَا جَمِيعًۢا ۖ بَعْضُكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّ ۖ فَإِمَّا يَأْتِيَنَّكُم مِّنِّى هُدًى فَمَنِ ٱتَّبَعَ هُدَاىَ فَلَا يَضِلُّ وَلَا يَشْقَىٰ ﴿١٢٣﴾
Qāla ihbiṭā minhā jamīʿan baʿḍukum libaʿḍin ʿaduwwun faʾimmā yaʾtiyannakum minnī hudan famani ittabaʿa hudāya falā yaḍillu walā yashqā
He said: Go down hence, both of you, one of you a foe unto the other. But when there come unto you from Me a guidance, then whoso followeth My guidance, he will not go astray nor come to grief.
وَمَنْ أَعْرَضَ عَن ذِكْرِى فَإِنَّ لَهُۥ مَعِيشَةً ضَنكًا وَنَحْشُرُهُۥ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ أَعْمَىٰ ﴿١٢٤﴾
Waman aʿraḍa ʿan dhikrī faʾinna lahu maʿīshatan ḍankan wanaḥshuruhu yawma al-qiyāmati aʿmā
But he who turneth away from remembrance of Me, his will be a narrow life, and I shall bring him blind to the assembly on the Day of Resurrection.
قَالَ رَبِّ لِمَ حَشَرْتَنِىٓ أَعْمَىٰ وَقَدْ كُنتُ بَصِيرًا ﴿١٢٥﴾
Qāla rabbi lima ḥashartanī aʿmā waqad kuntu baṣīrā
He will say: My Lord! Wherefor hast Thou gathered me (hither) blind, when I was wont to see?
قَالَ كَذَٰلِكَ أَتَتْكَ ءَايَـٰتُنَا فَنَسِيتَهَا ۖ وَكَذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمَ تُنسَىٰ ﴿١٢٦﴾
Qāla kadhālika atatka āyātunā fanasītahā wakadhālika al-yawma tunsā
He will say: So (it must be). Our revelations came unto thee but thou didst forget them. In like manner thou art forgotten this Day.
وَكَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى مَنْ أَسْرَفَ وَلَمْ يُؤْمِنۢ بِـَٔايَـٰتِ رَبِّهِۦ ۚ وَلَعَذَابُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ أَشَدُّ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ ﴿١٢٧﴾
Wakadhālika najzī man asrafa walam yuʾmin biʾāyāti rabbihi walaʿadhābu al-ākhirati ashaddu waʾabqā
Thus do We reward him who is prodigal and believeth not the revelations of his Lord; and verily the doom of the Hereafter will be sterner and more lasting.
أَفَلَمْ يَهْدِ لَهُمْ كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْقُرُونِ يَمْشُونَ فِى مَسَـٰكِنِهِمْ ۗ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَـٰتٍ لِّأُو۟لِى ٱلنُّهَىٰ ﴿١٢٨﴾
Afalam yahdi lahum kam ahlaknā qablahum mina al-qurūni yamshūna fī masākinihim inna fī dhālika laʾāyātin liʾulī an-nuhā
Is it not a guidance for them (to know) how many a generation We destroyed before them, amid whose dwellings they walk? Lo! therein verily are signs for men of thought.
وَلَوْلَا كَلِمَةٌ سَبَقَتْ مِن رَّبِّكَ لَكَانَ لِزَامًا وَأَجَلٌ مُّسَمًّى ﴿١٢٩﴾
Walawlā kalimatun sabaqat min rabbika lakāna lizāman waʾajalun musammā
And but for a decree that had already gone forth from thy Lord, and a term already fixed, the judgment would have been inevitable (in this world).
فَٱصْبِرْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَقُولُونَ وَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ قَبْلَ طُلُوعِ ٱلشَّمْسِ وَقَبْلَ غُرُوبِهَا ۖ وَمِنْ ءَانَآئِ ٱلَّيْلِ فَسَبِّحْ وَأَطْرَافَ ٱلنَّهَارِ لَعَلَّكَ تَرْضَىٰ ﴿١٣٠﴾
Fāṣbir ʿalā mā yaqūlūna wasabbiḥ biḥamdi rabbika qabla ṭulūʿi ash-shamsi waqabla ghurūbihā wamin ānāʾi allayli fasabbiḥ waʾaṭrāfa an-nahāri laʿallaka tarḍā
Therefor (O Muhammad), bear with what they say, and celebrate the praise of thy Lord ere the rising of the sun and ere the going down thereof. And glorify Him some hours of the night and at the two ends of the day, that thou mayst find acceptance.
وَلَا تَمُدَّنَّ عَيْنَيْكَ إِلَىٰ مَا مَتَّعْنَا بِهِۦٓ أَزْوَٰجًا مِّنْهُمْ زَهْرَةَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا لِنَفْتِنَهُمْ فِيهِ ۚ وَرِزْقُ رَبِّكَ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰ ﴿١٣١﴾
Walā tamuddanna ʿaynayka ilā mā mattaʿnā bihi azwājan minhum zahrata al-ḥayāti ad-dunyā linaftinahum fīhi warizqu rabbika khayrun waʾabqā
And strain not thine eyes toward that which We cause some wedded pairs among them to enjoy, the flower of the life of the world, that We may try them thereby. The provision of thy Lord is better and more lasting.
وَأْمُرْ أَهْلَكَ بِٱلصَّلَوٰةِ وَٱصْطَبِرْ عَلَيْهَا ۖ لَا نَسْـَٔلُكَ رِزْقًا ۖ نَّحْنُ نَرْزُقُكَ ۗ وَٱلْعَـٰقِبَةُ لِلتَّقْوَىٰ ﴿١٣٢﴾
Waʾmur ahlaka biṣ-ṣalāti wāṣṭabir ʿalayhā lā nasʾaluka rizqan naḥnu narzuquka wal-ʿāqibatu lilttaqwā
And enjoin upon thy people worship, and be constant therein. We ask not of thee a provision: We provided for thee. And the sequel is for righteousness.
وَقَالُوا۟ لَوْلَا يَأْتِينَا بِـَٔايَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦٓ ۚ أَوَلَمْ تَأْتِهِم بَيِّنَةُ مَا فِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ ﴿١٣٣﴾
Waqālū lawlā yaʾtīnā biʾāyatin min rabbihi awalam taʾtihim bayyinatu mā fī aṣ-ṣuḥufi al-ulā
And they say: If only he would bring us a miracle from his Lord! Hath there not come unto them the proof of what is in the former scriptures?
وَلَوْ أَنَّآ أَهْلَكْنَـٰهُم بِعَذَابٍ مِّن قَبْلِهِۦ لَقَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَا لَوْلَآ أَرْسَلْتَ إِلَيْنَا رَسُولًا فَنَتَّبِعَ ءَايَـٰتِكَ مِن قَبْلِ أَن نَّذِلَّ وَنَخْزَىٰ ﴿١٣٤﴾
Walaw annā ahlaknāhum biʿadhābin min qablihi laqālū rabbanā lawlā arsalta ilaynā rasūlan fanattabiʿa āyātika min qabli an nadhilla wanakhzā
And if we had destroyed them with some punishment before it, they would assuredly have said: Our Lord! If only Thou hadst sent unto us a messenger, so that we might have followed Thy revelations before we were (thus) humbled and disgraced!
قُلْ كُلٌّ مُّتَرَبِّصٌ فَتَرَبَّصُوا۟ ۖ فَسَتَعْلَمُونَ مَنْ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلصِّرَٰطِ ٱلسَّوِىِّ وَمَنِ ٱهْتَدَىٰ ﴿١٣٥﴾
Qul kullun mutarabbiṣun fatarabbaṣū fasataʿlamūna man aṣḥābu aṣ-ṣirāṭi as-sawiyyi wamani ihtadā
Say: Each is awaiting; so await ye! Ye will come to know who are the owners of the path of equity, and who is right.
Arabic: the Uthmani text of the Tanzil Project, used unchanged under CC BY 3.0. Quran text © Tanzil Project - check tanzil.net/updates for changes.
Transliteration: made by Anoor from the Tanzil text, each word as it is said on its own - in recitation the words run together.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), in the public domain.
Plain English: written by Anoor from Tafsir al-Jalalayn (al-Mahalli and al-Suyuti), one of the most widely read classical commentaries. It is a simple explanation, not a scholarly commentary - for a ruling or a deeper reading, ask a scholar. Something wrong? Tell us.