ٱقْتَرَبَ لِلنَّاسِ حِسَابُهُمْ وَهُمْ فِى غَفْلَةٍ مُّعْرِضُونَ ﴿١﴾
Iqtaraba lilnnāsi ḥisābuhum wahum fī ghaflatin muʿriḍūn
Their reckoning draweth nigh for mankind, while they turn away in heedlessness.
الأنبياء
21. Al-Anbiyaa
The Prophets · Meccan · 112 verses
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Bismi Allāhi ar-raḥmāni ar-raḥīm
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
مَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن ذِكْرٍ مِّن رَّبِّهِم مُّحْدَثٍ إِلَّا ٱسْتَمَعُوهُ وَهُمْ يَلْعَبُونَ ﴿٢﴾
Mā yaʾtīhim min dhikrin min rabbihim muḥdathin illā istamaʿūhu wahum yalʿabūn
Never cometh there unto them a new reminder from their Lord but they listen to it while they play,
لَاهِيَةً قُلُوبُهُمْ ۗ وَأَسَرُّوا۟ ٱلنَّجْوَى ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ هَلْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُكُمْ ۖ أَفَتَأْتُونَ ٱلسِّحْرَ وَأَنتُمْ تُبْصِرُونَ ﴿٣﴾
Lāhiyatan qulūbuhum waʾasarrū an-najwā alladhīna ẓalamū hal hādhā illā basharun mithlukum afataʾtūna as-siḥra waʾantum tubṣirūn
With hearts preoccupied. And they confer in secret. The wrong-doers say: Is this other than a mortal like you? Will ye then succumb to magic when ye see (it)?
قَالَ رَبِّى يَعْلَمُ ٱلْقَوْلَ فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۖ وَهُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ ﴿٤﴾
Qāla rabbī yaʿlamu al-qawla fī as-samāʾi wal-arḍi wahuwa as-samīʿu al-ʿalīm
He saith: My Lord knoweth what is spoken in the heaven and the earth. He is the Hearer, the Knower.
بَلْ قَالُوٓا۟ أَضْغَـٰثُ أَحْلَـٰمٍۭ بَلِ ٱفْتَرَىٰهُ بَلْ هُوَ شَاعِرٌ فَلْيَأْتِنَا بِـَٔايَةٍ كَمَآ أُرْسِلَ ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ ﴿٥﴾
Bal qālū aḍghāthu aḥlāmin bali iftarāhu bal huwa shāʿirun falyaʾtinā biʾāyatin kamā ursila al-awwalūn
Nay, say they, (these are but) muddled dreams; nay, he hath but invented it; nay, he is but a poet. Let him bring us a portent even as those of old (who were Allah's messengers) were sent (with portents).
مَآ ءَامَنَتْ قَبْلَهُم مِّن قَرْيَةٍ أَهْلَكْنَـٰهَآ ۖ أَفَهُمْ يُؤْمِنُونَ ﴿٦﴾
Mā āmanat qablahum min qaryatin ahlaknāhā afahum yuʾminūn
Not a township believed of those which We destroyed before them (though We sent them portents): would they then believe?
وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا قَبْلَكَ إِلَّا رِجَالًا نُّوحِىٓ إِلَيْهِمْ ۖ فَسْـَٔلُوٓا۟ أَهْلَ ٱلذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٧﴾
Wamā arsalnā qablaka illā rijālan nūḥī ilayhim fāsʾalū ahla adh-dhikri in kuntum lā taʿlamūn
And We sent not (as Our messengers) before thee other than men, whom We inspired. Ask the followers of the Reminder if ye know not?
وَمَا جَعَلْنَـٰهُمْ جَسَدًا لَّا يَأْكُلُونَ ٱلطَّعَامَ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ خَـٰلِدِينَ ﴿٨﴾
Wamā jaʿalnāhum jasadan lā yaʾkulūna aṭ-ṭaʿāma wamā kānū khālidīn
We gave them not bodies that would not eat food, nor were they immortals.
ثُمَّ صَدَقْنَـٰهُمُ ٱلْوَعْدَ فَأَنجَيْنَـٰهُمْ وَمَن نَّشَآءُ وَأَهْلَكْنَا ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ ﴿٩﴾
Thumma ṣadaqnāhumu al-waʿda faʾanjaynāhum waman nashāʾu waʾahlaknā al-musrifīn
Then we fulfilled the promise unto them. So we delivered them and whom We would, and We destroyed the prodigals.
لَقَدْ أَنزَلْنَآ إِلَيْكُمْ كِتَـٰبًا فِيهِ ذِكْرُكُمْ ۖ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ ﴿١٠﴾
Laqad anzalnā ilaykum kitāban fīhi dhikrukum afalā taʿqilūn
Now We have revealed unto you a Scripture wherein is your Reminder. Have ye then no sense?
وَكَمْ قَصَمْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ كَانَتْ ظَالِمَةً وَأَنشَأْنَا بَعْدَهَا قَوْمًا ءَاخَرِينَ ﴿١١﴾
Wakam qaṣamnā min qaryatin kānat ẓālimatan waʾanshaʾnā baʿdahā qawman ākharīn
How many a community that dealt unjustly have We shattered, and raised up after them another folk!
فَلَمَّآ أَحَسُّوا۟ بَأْسَنَآ إِذَا هُم مِّنْهَا يَرْكُضُونَ ﴿١٢﴾
Falammā aḥassū baʾsanā idhā hum minhā yarkuḍūn
And, when they felt Our might, behold them fleeing from it!
لَا تَرْكُضُوا۟ وَٱرْجِعُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ مَآ أُتْرِفْتُمْ فِيهِ وَمَسَـٰكِنِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُسْـَٔلُونَ ﴿١٣﴾
Lā tarkuḍū wārjiʿū ilā mā utriftum fīhi wamasākinikum laʿallakum tusʾalūn
(But it was said unto them): Flee not, but return to that (existence) which emasculated you and to your dwellings, that ye may be questioned.
قَالُوا۟ يَـٰوَيْلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَـٰلِمِينَ ﴿١٤﴾
Qālū yā waylanā innā kunnā ẓālimīn
They cried: Alas for us! we were wrong-doers.
فَمَا زَالَت تِّلْكَ دَعْوَىٰهُمْ حَتَّىٰ جَعَلْنَـٰهُمْ حَصِيدًا خَـٰمِدِينَ ﴿١٥﴾
Famā zālat tilka daʿwāhum ḥattā jaʿalnāhum ḥaṣīdan khāmidīn
And this their crying ceased not till We made them as reaped corn, extinct.
وَمَا خَلَقْنَا ٱلسَّمَآءَ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا لَـٰعِبِينَ ﴿١٦﴾
Wamā khalaqnā as-samāʾa wal-arḍa wamā baynahumā lāʿibīn
We created not the heaven and the earth and all that is between them in play.
لَوْ أَرَدْنَآ أَن نَّتَّخِذَ لَهْوًا لَّٱتَّخَذْنَـٰهُ مِن لَّدُنَّآ إِن كُنَّا فَـٰعِلِينَ ﴿١٧﴾
Law aradnā an nattakhidha lahwan lāttakhadhnāhu min ladunnā in kunnā fāʿilīn
If We had wished to find a pastime, We could have found it in Our presence - if We ever did.
بَلْ نَقْذِفُ بِٱلْحَقِّ عَلَى ٱلْبَـٰطِلِ فَيَدْمَغُهُۥ فَإِذَا هُوَ زَاهِقٌ ۚ وَلَكُمُ ٱلْوَيْلُ مِمَّا تَصِفُونَ ﴿١٨﴾
Bal naqdhifu bil-ḥaqqi ʿalā al-bāṭili fayadmaghuhu faʾidhā huwa zāhiqun walakumu al-waylu mimmā taṣifūn
Nay, but We hurl the true against the false, and it doth break its head and lo! it vanisheth. And yours will be woe for that which ye ascribe (unto Him).
وَلَهُۥ مَن فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ وَمَنْ عِندَهُۥ لَا يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ عَنْ عِبَادَتِهِۦ وَلَا يَسْتَحْسِرُونَ ﴿١٩﴾
Walahu man fī as-samāwāti wal-arḍi waman ʿindahu lā yastakbirūna ʿan ʿibādatihi walā yastaḥsirūn
Unto Him belongeth whosoever is in the heavens and the earth. And those who dwell in His presence are not too proud to worship Him, nor do they weary;
يُسَبِّحُونَ ٱلَّيْلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ لَا يَفْتُرُونَ ﴿٢٠﴾
Yusabbiḥūna allayla wan-nahāra lā yafturūn
They glorify (Him) night and day; they flag not.
أَمِ ٱتَّخَذُوٓا۟ ءَالِهَةً مِّنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ هُمْ يُنشِرُونَ ﴿٢١﴾
Ami ittakhadhū ālihatan mina al-arḍi hum yunshirūn
Or have they chosen gods from the earth who raise the dead?
لَوْ كَانَ فِيهِمَآ ءَالِهَةٌ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ لَفَسَدَتَا ۚ فَسُبْحَـٰنَ ٱللَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَرْشِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ ﴿٢٢﴾
Law kāna fīhimā ālihatun illā Allāhu lafasadatā fasubḥāna Allāhi rabbi al-ʿarshi ʿammā yaṣifūn
If there were therein gods beside Allah, then verily both (the heavens and the earth) had been disordered. Glorified be Allah, the Lord of the Throne, from all that they ascribe (unto Him).
لَا يُسْـَٔلُ عَمَّا يَفْعَلُ وَهُمْ يُسْـَٔلُونَ ﴿٢٣﴾
Lā yusʾalu ʿammā yafʿalu wahum yusʾalūn
He will not be questioned as to that which He doeth, but they will be questioned.
أَمِ ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ ءَالِهَةً ۖ قُلْ هَاتُوا۟ بُرْهَـٰنَكُمْ ۖ هَـٰذَا ذِكْرُ مَن مَّعِىَ وَذِكْرُ مَن قَبْلِى ۗ بَلْ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ٱلْحَقَّ ۖ فَهُم مُّعْرِضُونَ ﴿٢٤﴾
Ami ittakhadhū min dūnihi ālihatan qul hātū burhānakum hādhā dhikru man maʿiya wadhikru man qablī bal aktharuhum lā yaʿlamūna al-ḥaqqa fahum muʿriḍūn
Or have they chosen other gods beside Him? say: Bring your proof (of their godhead). This is the Reminder of those with me and those before me, but most of them know not the Truth and so they are averse.
وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ مِن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا نُوحِىٓ إِلَيْهِ أَنَّهُۥ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّآ أَنَا۠ فَٱعْبُدُونِ ﴿٢٥﴾
Wamā arsalnā min qablika min rasūlin illā nūḥī ilayhi annahu lā ilāha illā anā fāʿbudūn
And We sent no messenger before thee but We inspired him, (saying): There is no Allah save Me (Allah), so worship Me.
وَقَالُوا۟ ٱتَّخَذَ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ وَلَدًا ۗ سُبْحَـٰنَهُۥ ۚ بَلْ عِبَادٌ مُّكْرَمُونَ ﴿٢٦﴾
Waqālū ittakhadha ar-raḥmānu waladan subḥānahu bal ʿibādun mukramūn
And they say: The Beneficent hath taken unto Himself a son. Be He Glorified! Nay, but (those whom they call sons) are honoured slaves;
لَا يَسْبِقُونَهُۥ بِٱلْقَوْلِ وَهُم بِأَمْرِهِۦ يَعْمَلُونَ ﴿٢٧﴾
Lā yasbiqūnahu bil-qawli wahum biʾamrihi yaʿmalūn
They speak not until He hath spoken, and they act by His command.
يَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ وَلَا يَشْفَعُونَ إِلَّا لِمَنِ ٱرْتَضَىٰ وَهُم مِّنْ خَشْيَتِهِۦ مُشْفِقُونَ ﴿٢٨﴾
Yaʿlamu mā bayna aydīhim wamā khalfahum walā yashfaʿūna illā limani irtaḍā wahum min khashyatihi mushfiqūn
He knoweth what is before them and what is behind them, and they cannot intercede except for him whom He accepteth, and they quake for awe of Him.
۞ وَمَن يَقُلْ مِنْهُمْ إِنِّىٓ إِلَـٰهٌ مِّن دُونِهِۦ فَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِيهِ جَهَنَّمَ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ ﴿٢٩﴾
Waman yaqul minhum innī ilāhun min dūnihi fadhālika najzīhi jahannama kadhālika najzī aẓ-ẓālimīn
And one of them who should say: Lo! I am a god beside Him, that one We should repay with hell. Thus We Repay wrong-doers.
أَوَلَمْ يَرَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ كَانَتَا رَتْقًا فَفَتَقْنَـٰهُمَا ۖ وَجَعَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلْمَآءِ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ حَىٍّ ۖ أَفَلَا يُؤْمِنُونَ ﴿٣٠﴾
Awalam yara alladhīna kafarū anna as-samāwāti wal-arḍa kānatā ratqan fafataqnāhumā wajaʿalnā mina al-māʾi kulla shayʾin ḥayyin afalā yuʾminūn
Have not those who disbelieve known that the heavens and the earth were of one piece, then We parted them, and we made every living thing of water? Will they not then believe?
وَجَعَلْنَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ رَوَٰسِىَ أَن تَمِيدَ بِهِمْ وَجَعَلْنَا فِيهَا فِجَاجًا سُبُلًا لَّعَلَّهُمْ يَهْتَدُونَ ﴿٣١﴾
Wajaʿalnā fī al-arḍi rawāsiya an tamīda bihim wajaʿalnā fīhā fijājan subulan laʿallahum yahtadūn
And We have placed in the earth firm hills lest it quake with them, and We have placed therein ravines as roads that haply they may find their way.
وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلسَّمَآءَ سَقْفًا مَّحْفُوظًا ۖ وَهُمْ عَنْ ءَايَـٰتِهَا مُعْرِضُونَ ﴿٣٢﴾
Wajaʿalnā as-samāʾa saqfan maḥfūẓan wahum ʿan āyātihā muʿriḍūn
And we have made the sky a roof withheld (from them). Yet they turn away from its portents.
وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلَّيْلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ وَٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ ۖ كُلٌّ فِى فَلَكٍ يَسْبَحُونَ ﴿٣٣﴾
Wahuwa alladhī khalaqa allayla wan-nahāra wash-shamsa wal-qamara kullun fī falakin yasbaḥūn
And He it is Who created the night and the day, and the sun and the moon. They float, each in an orbit.
وَمَا جَعَلْنَا لِبَشَرٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ ٱلْخُلْدَ ۖ أَفَإِي۟ن مِّتَّ فَهُمُ ٱلْخَـٰلِدُونَ ﴿٣٤﴾
Wamā jaʿalnā libasharin min qablika al-khulda afaʾin mitta fahumu al-khālidūn
We appointed immortality for no mortal before thee. What! if thou diest, can they be immortal!
كُلُّ نَفْسٍ ذَآئِقَةُ ٱلْمَوْتِ ۗ وَنَبْلُوكُم بِٱلشَّرِّ وَٱلْخَيْرِ فِتْنَةً ۖ وَإِلَيْنَا تُرْجَعُونَ ﴿٣٥﴾
Kullu nafsin dhāʾiqatu al-mawti wanablūkum bish-sharri wal-khayri fitnatan waʾilaynā turjaʿūn
Every soul must taste of death, and We try you with evil and with good, for ordeal. And unto Us ye will be returned.
وَإِذَا رَءَاكَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ إِن يَتَّخِذُونَكَ إِلَّا هُزُوًا أَهَـٰذَا ٱلَّذِى يَذْكُرُ ءَالِهَتَكُمْ وَهُم بِذِكْرِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ هُمْ كَـٰفِرُونَ ﴿٣٦﴾
Waʾidhā raʾāka alladhīna kafarū in yattakhidhūnaka illā huzuwan ahādhā alladhī yadhkuru ālihatakum wahum bidhikri ar-raḥmāni hum kāfirūn
And when those who disbelieve behold thee, they but choose thee out for mockery, (saying): Is this he who maketh mention of your gods? And they would deny all mention of the Beneficent.
خُلِقَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مِنْ عَجَلٍ ۚ سَأُو۟رِيكُمْ ءَايَـٰتِى فَلَا تَسْتَعْجِلُونِ ﴿٣٧﴾
Khuliqa al-insānu min ʿajalin saʾurīkum āyātī falā tastaʿjilūn
Man is made of haste. I shall show you My portents, but ask Me not to hasten.
وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هَـٰذَا ٱلْوَعْدُ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ ﴿٣٨﴾
Wayaqūlūna matā hādhā al-waʿdu in kuntum ṣādiqīn
And they say: When will this promise (be fulfilled), if ye are truthful?
لَوْ يَعْلَمُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ حِينَ لَا يَكُفُّونَ عَن وُجُوهِهِمُ ٱلنَّارَ وَلَا عَن ظُهُورِهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ ﴿٣٩﴾
Law yaʿlamu alladhīna kafarū ḥīna lā yakuffūna ʿan wujūhihimu an-nāra walā ʿan ẓuhūrihim walā hum yunṣarūn
If those who disbelieved but knew the time when they will not be able to drive off the fire from their faces and from their backs, and they will not be helped!
بَلْ تَأْتِيهِم بَغْتَةً فَتَبْهَتُهُمْ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ رَدَّهَا وَلَا هُمْ يُنظَرُونَ ﴿٤٠﴾
Bal taʾtīhim baghtatan fatabhatuhum falā yastaṭīʿūna raddahā walā hum yunẓarūn
Nay, but it will come upon them unawares so that it will stupefy them, and they will be unable to repel it, neither will they be reprieved.
وَلَقَدِ ٱسْتُهْزِئَ بِرُسُلٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ فَحَاقَ بِٱلَّذِينَ سَخِرُوا۟ مِنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ ﴿٤١﴾
Walaqadi ustuhziʾa birusulin min qablika faḥāqa billadhīna sakhirū minhum mā kānū bihi yastahziʾūn
Messengers before thee, indeed, were mocked, but that whereat they mocked surrounded those who scoffed at them.
قُلْ مَن يَكْلَؤُكُم بِٱلَّيْلِ وَٱلنَّهَارِ مِنَ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ۗ بَلْ هُمْ عَن ذِكْرِ رَبِّهِم مُّعْرِضُونَ ﴿٤٢﴾
Qul man yaklaʾukum billayli wan-nahāri mina ar-raḥmāni bal hum ʿan dhikri rabbihim muʿriḍūn
Say: Who guardeth you in the night or in the day from the Beneficent? Nay, but they turn away from mention of their Lord!
أَمْ لَهُمْ ءَالِهَةٌ تَمْنَعُهُم مِّن دُونِنَا ۚ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ نَصْرَ أَنفُسِهِمْ وَلَا هُم مِّنَّا يُصْحَبُونَ ﴿٤٣﴾
Am lahum ālihatun tamnaʿuhum min dūninā lā yastaṭīʿūna naṣra anfusihim walā hum minnā yuṣḥabūn
Or have they gods who can shield them from Us? They cannot help themselves nor can they be defended from Us.
بَلْ مَتَّعْنَا هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ وَءَابَآءَهُمْ حَتَّىٰ طَالَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْعُمُرُ ۗ أَفَلَا يَرَوْنَ أَنَّا نَأْتِى ٱلْأَرْضَ نَنقُصُهَا مِنْ أَطْرَافِهَآ ۚ أَفَهُمُ ٱلْغَـٰلِبُونَ ﴿٤٤﴾
Bal mattaʿnā hāʾulāʾi waʾābāʾahum ḥattā ṭāla ʿalayhimu al-ʿumuru afalā yarawna annā naʾtī al-arḍa nanquṣuhā min aṭrāfihā afahumu al-ghālibūn
Nay, but We gave these and their fathers ease until life grew long for them. See they not how we aim to the land, reducing it of its outlying parts? Can they then be the victors?
قُلْ إِنَّمَآ أُنذِرُكُم بِٱلْوَحْىِ ۚ وَلَا يَسْمَعُ ٱلصُّمُّ ٱلدُّعَآءَ إِذَا مَا يُنذَرُونَ ﴿٤٥﴾
Qul innamā undhirukum bil-waḥyi walā yasmaʿu aṣ-ṣummu ad-duʿāʾa idhā mā yundharūn
Say (O Muhammad, unto mankind): I warn you only by the Inspiration. But the deaf hear not the call when they are warned.
وَلَئِن مَّسَّتْهُمْ نَفْحَةٌ مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّكَ لَيَقُولُنَّ يَـٰوَيْلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَـٰلِمِينَ ﴿٤٦﴾
Walaʾin massathum nafḥatun min ʿadhābi rabbika layaqūlunna yā waylanā innā kunnā ẓālimīn
And if a breath of thy Lord's punishment were to touch them, they assuredly would say: Alas for us! Lo! we were wrong-doers.
وَنَضَعُ ٱلْمَوَٰزِينَ ٱلْقِسْطَ لِيَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ فَلَا تُظْلَمُ نَفْسٌ شَيْـًٔا ۖ وَإِن كَانَ مِثْقَالَ حَبَّةٍ مِّنْ خَرْدَلٍ أَتَيْنَا بِهَا ۗ وَكَفَىٰ بِنَا حَـٰسِبِينَ ﴿٤٧﴾
Wanaḍaʿu al-mawāzīna al-qisṭa liyawmi al-qiyāmati falā tuẓlamu nafsun shayʾan waʾin kāna mithqāla ḥabbatin min khardalin ataynā bihā wakafā binā ḥāsibīn
And We set a just balance for the Day of Resurrection so that no soul is wronged in aught. Though it be of the weight of a grain of mustard seed, We bring it. And We suffice for reckoners.
وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَىٰ وَهَـٰرُونَ ٱلْفُرْقَانَ وَضِيَآءً وَذِكْرًا لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ ﴿٤٨﴾
Walaqad ātaynā mūsā wahārūna al-furqāna waḍiyāʾan wadhikran lilmuttaqīn
And We verily gave Moses and Aaron the Criterion (of right and wrong) and a light and a Reminder for those who keep from evil,
ٱلَّذِينَ يَخْشَوْنَ رَبَّهُم بِٱلْغَيْبِ وَهُم مِّنَ ٱلسَّاعَةِ مُشْفِقُونَ ﴿٤٩﴾
Alladhīna yakhshawna rabbahum bil-ghaybi wahum mina as-sāʿati mushfiqūn
Those who fear their Lord in secret and who dread the Hour (of doom).
وَهَـٰذَا ذِكْرٌ مُّبَارَكٌ أَنزَلْنَـٰهُ ۚ أَفَأَنتُمْ لَهُۥ مُنكِرُونَ ﴿٥٠﴾
Wahādhā dhikrun mubārakun anzalnāhu afaʾantum lahu munkirūn
This is a blessed Reminder that we have revealed: Will ye then reject it?
۞ وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَآ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ رُشْدَهُۥ مِن قَبْلُ وَكُنَّا بِهِۦ عَـٰلِمِينَ ﴿٥١﴾
Walaqad ātaynā ibrāhīma rushdahu min qablu wakunnā bihi ʿālimīn
And We verily gave Abraham of old his proper course, and We were Aware of him,
إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِۦ مَا هَـٰذِهِ ٱلتَّمَاثِيلُ ٱلَّتِىٓ أَنتُمْ لَهَا عَـٰكِفُونَ ﴿٥٢﴾
Idh qāla liʾabīhi waqawmihi mā hādhihi at-tamāthīlu allatī antum lahā ʿākifūn
When he said unto his father and his folk: What are these images unto which ye pay devotion?
قَالُوا۟ وَجَدْنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا لَهَا عَـٰبِدِينَ ﴿٥٣﴾
Qālū wajadnā ābāʾanā lahā ʿābidīn
They said: We found our fathers worshippers of them.
قَالَ لَقَدْ كُنتُمْ أَنتُمْ وَءَابَآؤُكُمْ فِى ضَلَـٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ ﴿٥٤﴾
Qāla laqad kuntum antum waʾābāʾukum fī ḍalālin mubīn
He said: Verily ye and your fathers were in plain error.
قَالُوٓا۟ أَجِئْتَنَا بِٱلْحَقِّ أَمْ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱللَّـٰعِبِينَ ﴿٥٥﴾
Qālū ajiʾtanā bil-ḥaqqi am anta mina allāʿibīn
They said: Bringest thou unto us the truth, or art thou some jester?
قَالَ بَل رَّبُّكُمْ رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلَّذِى فَطَرَهُنَّ وَأَنَا۠ عَلَىٰ ذَٰلِكُم مِّنَ ٱلشَّـٰهِدِينَ ﴿٥٦﴾
Qāla bal rabbukum rabbu as-samāwāti wal-arḍi alladhī faṭarahunna waʾanā ʿalā dhālikum mina ash-shāhidīn
He said: Nay, but your Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth, Who created them; and I am of those who testify unto that.
وَتَٱللَّهِ لَأَكِيدَنَّ أَصْنَـٰمَكُم بَعْدَ أَن تُوَلُّوا۟ مُدْبِرِينَ ﴿٥٧﴾
Watallāhi laʾakīdanna aṣnāmakum baʿda an tuwallū mudbirīn
And, by Allah, I shall circumvent your idols after ye have gone away and turned your backs.
فَجَعَلَهُمْ جُذَٰذًا إِلَّا كَبِيرًا لَّهُمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ إِلَيْهِ يَرْجِعُونَ ﴿٥٨﴾
Fajaʿalahum judhādhan illā kabīran lahum laʿallahum ilayhi yarjiʿūn
Then he reduced them to fragments, all save the chief of them, that haply they might have recourse to it.
قَالُوا۟ مَن فَعَلَ هَـٰذَا بِـَٔالِهَتِنَآ إِنَّهُۥ لَمِنَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ ﴿٥٩﴾
Qālū man faʿala hādhā biʾālihatinā innahu lamina aẓ-ẓālimīn
They said: Who hath done this to our gods? Surely it must be some evil-doer.
قَالُوا۟ سَمِعْنَا فَتًى يَذْكُرُهُمْ يُقَالُ لَهُۥٓ إِبْرَٰهِيمُ ﴿٦٠﴾
Qālū samiʿnā fatan yadhkuruhum yuqālu lahu ibrāhīm
They said: We heard a youth make mention of them, who is called Abraham.
قَالُوا۟ فَأْتُوا۟ بِهِۦ عَلَىٰٓ أَعْيُنِ ٱلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَشْهَدُونَ ﴿٦١﴾
Qālū faʾtū bihi ʿalā aʿyuni an-nāsi laʿallahum yashhadūn
They said: Then bring him (hither) before the people's eyes that they may testify.
قَالُوٓا۟ ءَأَنتَ فَعَلْتَ هَـٰذَا بِـَٔالِهَتِنَا يَـٰٓإِبْرَٰهِيمُ ﴿٦٢﴾
Qālū aʾanta faʿalta hādhā biʾālihatinā yā ibrāhīm
They said: Is it thou who hast done this to our gods, O Abraham?
قَالَ بَلْ فَعَلَهُۥ كَبِيرُهُمْ هَـٰذَا فَسْـَٔلُوهُمْ إِن كَانُوا۟ يَنطِقُونَ ﴿٦٣﴾
Qāla bal faʿalahu kabīruhum hādhā fāsʾalūhum in kānū yanṭiqūn
He said: But this, their chief hath done it. So question them, if they can speak.
فَرَجَعُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ فَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّكُمْ أَنتُمُ ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ ﴿٦٤﴾
Farajaʿū ilā anfusihim faqālū innakum antumu aẓ-ẓālimūn
Then gathered they apart and said: Lo! ye yourselves are the wrong-doers.
ثُمَّ نُكِسُوا۟ عَلَىٰ رُءُوسِهِمْ لَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ مَا هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ يَنطِقُونَ ﴿٦٥﴾
Thumma nukisū ʿalā ruʾūsihim laqad ʿalimta mā hāʾulāʾi yanṭiqūn
And they were utterly confounded, and they said: Well thou knowest that these speak not.
قَالَ أَفَتَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَنفَعُكُمْ شَيْـًٔا وَلَا يَضُرُّكُمْ ﴿٦٦﴾
Qāla afataʿbudūna min dūni Allāhi mā lā yanfaʿukum shayʾan walā yaḍurrukum
He said: Worship ye then instead of Allah that which cannot profit you at all, nor harm you?
أُفٍّ لَّكُمْ وَلِمَا تَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ ﴿٦٧﴾
Uffin lakum walimā taʿbudūna min dūni Allāhi afalā taʿqilūn
Fie on you and all that ye worship instead of Allah! Have ye then no sense?
قَالُوا۟ حَرِّقُوهُ وَٱنصُرُوٓا۟ ءَالِهَتَكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ فَـٰعِلِينَ ﴿٦٨﴾
Qālū ḥarriqūhu wānṣurū ālihatakum in kuntum fāʿilīn
They cried: Burn him and stand by your gods, if ye will be doing.
قُلْنَا يَـٰنَارُ كُونِى بَرْدًا وَسَلَـٰمًا عَلَىٰٓ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ ﴿٦٩﴾
Qulnā yā nāru kūnī bardan wasalāman ʿalā ibrāhīm
We said: O fire, be coolness and peace for Abraham,
وَأَرَادُوا۟ بِهِۦ كَيْدًا فَجَعَلْنَـٰهُمُ ٱلْأَخْسَرِينَ ﴿٧٠﴾
Waʾarādū bihi kaydan fajaʿalnāhumu al-akhsarīn
And they wished to set a snare for him, but We made them the greater losers.
وَنَجَّيْنَـٰهُ وَلُوطًا إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلَّتِى بَـٰرَكْنَا فِيهَا لِلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ﴿٧١﴾
Wanajjaynāhu walūṭan ilā al-arḍi allatī bāraknā fīhā lilʿālamīn
And We rescued him and Lot (and brought them) to the land which We have blessed for (all) peoples.
وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُۥٓ إِسْحَـٰقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ نَافِلَةً ۖ وَكُلًّا جَعَلْنَا صَـٰلِحِينَ ﴿٧٢﴾
Wawahabnā lahu isḥāqa wayaʿqūba nāfilatan wakullan jaʿalnā ṣāliḥīn
And We bestowed upon him Isaac, and Jacob as a grandson. Each of them We made righteous.
وَجَعَلْنَـٰهُمْ أَئِمَّةً يَهْدُونَ بِأَمْرِنَا وَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْهِمْ فِعْلَ ٱلْخَيْرَٰتِ وَإِقَامَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ وَإِيتَآءَ ٱلزَّكَوٰةِ ۖ وَكَانُوا۟ لَنَا عَـٰبِدِينَ ﴿٧٣﴾
Wajaʿalnāhum aʾimmatan yahdūna biʾamrinā waʾawḥaynā ilayhim fiʿla al-khayrāti waʾiqāma aṣ-ṣalāti waʾītāʾa az-zakāti wakānū lanā ʿābidīn
And We made them chiefs who guide by Our command, and We inspired in them the doing of good deeds and the right establishment of worship and the giving of alms, and they were worshippers of Us (alone).
وَلُوطًا ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُ حُكْمًا وَعِلْمًا وَنَجَّيْنَـٰهُ مِنَ ٱلْقَرْيَةِ ٱلَّتِى كَانَت تَّعْمَلُ ٱلْخَبَـٰٓئِثَ ۗ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَوْمَ سَوْءٍ فَـٰسِقِينَ ﴿٧٤﴾
Walūṭan ātaynāhu ḥukman waʿilman wanajjaynāhu mina al-qaryati allatī kānat taʿmalu al-khabāʾitha innahum kānū qawma sawʾin fāsiqīn
And unto Lot we gave judgment and knowledge, and We delivered him from the community that did abominations. Lo! they were folk of evil, lewd.
وَأَدْخَلْنَـٰهُ فِى رَحْمَتِنَآ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ ﴿٧٥﴾
Waʾadkhalnāhu fī raḥmatinā innahu mina aṣ-ṣāliḥīn
And We brought him in unto Our mercy. Lo! he was of the righteous.
وَنُوحًا إِذْ نَادَىٰ مِن قَبْلُ فَٱسْتَجَبْنَا لَهُۥ فَنَجَّيْنَـٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلْكَرْبِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ ﴿٧٦﴾
Wanūḥan idh nādā min qablu fāstajabnā lahu fanajjaynāhu waʾahlahu mina al-karbi al-ʿaẓīm
And Noah, when he cried of old, We heard his prayer and saved him and his household from the great affliction.
وَنَصَرْنَـٰهُ مِنَ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَآ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَوْمَ سَوْءٍ فَأَغْرَقْنَـٰهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ ﴿٧٧﴾
Wanaṣarnāhu mina al-qawmi alladhīna kadhdhabū biʾāyātinā innahum kānū qawma sawʾin faʾaghraqnāhum ajmaʿīn
And delivered him from the people who denied Our revelations. Lo! they were folk of evil, therefor did We drown them all.
وَدَاوُۥدَ وَسُلَيْمَـٰنَ إِذْ يَحْكُمَانِ فِى ٱلْحَرْثِ إِذْ نَفَشَتْ فِيهِ غَنَمُ ٱلْقَوْمِ وَكُنَّا لِحُكْمِهِمْ شَـٰهِدِينَ ﴿٧٨﴾
Wadāwūda wasulaymāna idh yaḥkumāni fī al-ḥarthi idh nafashat fīhi ghanamu al-qawmi wakunnā liḥukmihim shāhidīn
And David and Solomon, when they gave judgment concerning the field, when people's sheep had strayed and browsed therein by night; and We were witnesses to their judgment.
فَفَهَّمْنَـٰهَا سُلَيْمَـٰنَ ۚ وَكُلًّا ءَاتَيْنَا حُكْمًا وَعِلْمًا ۚ وَسَخَّرْنَا مَعَ دَاوُۥدَ ٱلْجِبَالَ يُسَبِّحْنَ وَٱلطَّيْرَ ۚ وَكُنَّا فَـٰعِلِينَ ﴿٧٩﴾
Fafahhamnāhā sulaymāna wakullan ātaynā ḥukman waʿilman wasakhkharnā maʿa dāwūda al-jibāla yusabbiḥna waṭ-ṭayra wakunnā fāʿilīn
And We made Solomon to understand (the case); and unto each of them We gave judgment and knowledge. And we subdued the hills and the birds to hymn (His) praise along with David. We were the doers (thereof).
وَعَلَّمْنَـٰهُ صَنْعَةَ لَبُوسٍ لَّكُمْ لِتُحْصِنَكُم مِّنۢ بَأْسِكُمْ ۖ فَهَلْ أَنتُمْ شَـٰكِرُونَ ﴿٨٠﴾
Waʿallamnāhu ṣanʿata labūsin lakum lituḥṣinakum min baʾsikum fahal antum shākirūn
And We taught him the art of making garments (of mail) to protect you in your daring. Are ye then thankful?
وَلِسُلَيْمَـٰنَ ٱلرِّيحَ عَاصِفَةً تَجْرِى بِأَمْرِهِۦٓ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلَّتِى بَـٰرَكْنَا فِيهَا ۚ وَكُنَّا بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ عَـٰلِمِينَ ﴿٨١﴾
Walisulaymāna ar-rīḥa ʿāṣifatan tajrī biʾamrihi ilā al-arḍi allatī bāraknā fīhā wakunnā bikulli shayʾin ʿālimīn
And unto Solomon (We subdued) the wind in its raging. It set by his command toward the land which We had blessed. And of everything We are Aware.
وَمِنَ ٱلشَّيَـٰطِينِ مَن يَغُوصُونَ لَهُۥ وَيَعْمَلُونَ عَمَلًا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ ۖ وَكُنَّا لَهُمْ حَـٰفِظِينَ ﴿٨٢﴾
Wamina ash-shayāṭīni man yaghūṣūna lahu wayaʿmalūna ʿamalan dūna dhālika wakunnā lahum ḥāfiẓīn
And of the evil ones (subdued We unto him) some who dived (for pearls) for him and did other work, and We were warders unto them.
۞ وَأَيُّوبَ إِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنِّى مَسَّنِىَ ٱلضُّرُّ وَأَنتَ أَرْحَمُ ٱلرَّٰحِمِينَ ﴿٨٣﴾
Waʾayyūba idh nādā rabbahu annī massaniya aḍ-ḍurru waʾanta arḥamu ar-rāḥimīn
And Job, when he cried unto his Lord, (saying): Lo! adversity afflicteth me, and Thou art Most Merciful of all who show mercy.
فَٱسْتَجَبْنَا لَهُۥ فَكَشَفْنَا مَا بِهِۦ مِن ضُرٍّ ۖ وَءَاتَيْنَـٰهُ أَهْلَهُۥ وَمِثْلَهُم مَّعَهُمْ رَحْمَةً مِّنْ عِندِنَا وَذِكْرَىٰ لِلْعَـٰبِدِينَ ﴿٨٤﴾
Fāstajabnā lahu fakashafnā mā bihi min ḍurrin waʾātaynāhu ahlahu wamithlahum maʿahum raḥmatan min ʿindinā wadhikrā lilʿābidīn
Then We heard his prayer and removed that adversity from which he suffered, and We gave him his household (that he had lost) and the like thereof along with them, a mercy from Our store, and a remembrance for the worshippers;
وَإِسْمَـٰعِيلَ وَإِدْرِيسَ وَذَا ٱلْكِفْلِ ۖ كُلٌّ مِّنَ ٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَ ﴿٨٥﴾
Waʾismāʿīla waʾidrīsa wadhā al-kifli kullun mina aṣ-ṣābirīn
And (mention) Ishmael, and Idris, and Dhu'l-Kifl. All were of the steadfast.
وَأَدْخَلْنَـٰهُمْ فِى رَحْمَتِنَآ ۖ إِنَّهُم مِّنَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ ﴿٨٦﴾
Waʾadkhalnāhum fī raḥmatinā innahum mina aṣ-ṣāliḥīn
And We brought them in unto Our mercy. Lo! they are among the righteous.
وَذَا ٱلنُّونِ إِذ ذَّهَبَ مُغَـٰضِبًا فَظَنَّ أَن لَّن نَّقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ فَنَادَىٰ فِى ٱلظُّلُمَـٰتِ أَن لَّآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّآ أَنتَ سُبْحَـٰنَكَ إِنِّى كُنتُ مِنَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ ﴿٨٧﴾
Wadhā an-nūni idh dhahaba mughāḍiban faẓanna an lan naqdira ʿalayhi fanādā fī aẓ-ẓulumāti an lā ilāha illā anta subḥānaka innī kuntu mina aẓ-ẓālimīn
And (mention) Dhu'n-Nun, when he went off in anger and deemed that We had no power over him, but he cried out in the darkness, saying: There is no Allah save Thee. Be Thou Glorified! Lo! I have been a wrong-doer.
فَٱسْتَجَبْنَا لَهُۥ وَنَجَّيْنَـٰهُ مِنَ ٱلْغَمِّ ۚ وَكَذَٰلِكَ نُـۨجِى ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ﴿٨٨﴾
Fāstajabnā lahu wanajjaynāhu mina al-ghammi wakadhālika nunjī al-muʾminīn
Then we heard his prayer and saved him from the anguish. Thus we save believers.
وَزَكَرِيَّآ إِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُۥ رَبِّ لَا تَذَرْنِى فَرْدًا وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ ٱلْوَٰرِثِينَ ﴿٨٩﴾
Wazakariyyā idh nādā rabbahu rabbi lā tadharnī fardan waʾanta khayru al-wārithīn
And Zachariah, when he cried unto his Lord: My Lord! Leave me not childless, though Thou art the Best of inheritors.
فَٱسْتَجَبْنَا لَهُۥ وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُۥ يَحْيَىٰ وَأَصْلَحْنَا لَهُۥ زَوْجَهُۥٓ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ يُسَـٰرِعُونَ فِى ٱلْخَيْرَٰتِ وَيَدْعُونَنَا رَغَبًا وَرَهَبًا ۖ وَكَانُوا۟ لَنَا خَـٰشِعِينَ ﴿٩٠﴾
Fāstajabnā lahu wawahabnā lahu yaḥyā waʾaṣlaḥnā lahu zawjahu innahum kānū yusāriʿūna fī al-khayrāti wayadʿūnanā raghaban warahaban wakānū lanā khāshiʿīn
Then We heard his prayer, and bestowed upon him John, and adjusted his wife (to bear a child) for him. Lo! they used to vie one with the other in good deeds, and they cried unto Us in longing and in fear, and were submissive unto Us.
وَٱلَّتِىٓ أَحْصَنَتْ فَرْجَهَا فَنَفَخْنَا فِيهَا مِن رُّوحِنَا وَجَعَلْنَـٰهَا وَٱبْنَهَآ ءَايَةً لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ﴿٩١﴾
Wallatī aḥṣanat farjahā fanafakhnā fīhā min rūḥinā wajaʿalnāhā wābnahā āyatan lilʿālamīn
And she who was chaste, therefor We breathed into her (something) of Our Spirit and made her and her son a token for (all) peoples.
إِنَّ هَـٰذِهِۦٓ أُمَّتُكُمْ أُمَّةً وَٰحِدَةً وَأَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمْ فَٱعْبُدُونِ ﴿٩٢﴾
Inna hādhihi ummatukum ummatan wāḥidatan waʾanā rabbukum fāʿbudūn
Lo! this, your religion, is one religion, and I am your Lord, so worship Me.
وَتَقَطَّعُوٓا۟ أَمْرَهُم بَيْنَهُمْ ۖ كُلٌّ إِلَيْنَا رَٰجِعُونَ ﴿٩٣﴾
Wataqaṭṭaʿū amrahum baynahum kullun ilaynā rājiʿūn
And they have broken their religion (into fragments) among them, (yet) all are returning unto Us.
فَمَن يَعْمَلْ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ فَلَا كُفْرَانَ لِسَعْيِهِۦ وَإِنَّا لَهُۥ كَـٰتِبُونَ ﴿٩٤﴾
Faman yaʿmal mina aṣ-ṣāliḥāti wahuwa muʾminun falā kufrāna lisaʿyihi waʾinnā lahu kātibūn
Then whoso doeth some good works and is a believer, there will be no rejection of his effort. Lo! We record (it) for him.
وَحَرَٰمٌ عَلَىٰ قَرْيَةٍ أَهْلَكْنَـٰهَآ أَنَّهُمْ لَا يَرْجِعُونَ ﴿٩٥﴾
Waḥarāmun ʿalā qaryatin ahlaknāhā annahum lā yarjiʿūn
And there is a ban upon any community which We have destroyed: that they shall not return.
حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا فُتِحَتْ يَأْجُوجُ وَمَأْجُوجُ وَهُم مِّن كُلِّ حَدَبٍ يَنسِلُونَ ﴿٩٦﴾
Ḥattā idhā futiḥat yaʾjūju wamaʾjūju wahum min kulli ḥadabin yansilūn
Until, when Gog and Magog are let loose, and they hasten out of every mound,
وَٱقْتَرَبَ ٱلْوَعْدُ ٱلْحَقُّ فَإِذَا هِىَ شَـٰخِصَةٌ أَبْصَـٰرُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يَـٰوَيْلَنَا قَدْ كُنَّا فِى غَفْلَةٍ مِّنْ هَـٰذَا بَلْ كُنَّا ظَـٰلِمِينَ ﴿٩٧﴾
Wāqtaraba al-waʿdu al-ḥaqqu faʾidhā hiya shākhiṣatun abṣāru alladhīna kafarū yā waylanā qad kunnā fī ghaflatin min hādhā bal kunnā ẓālimīn
And the True Promise draweth nigh; then behold them, staring wide (in terror), the eyes of those who disbelieve! (They say): Alas for us! We (lived) in forgetfulness of this. Ah, but we were wrong-doers!
إِنَّكُمْ وَمَا تَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ حَصَبُ جَهَنَّمَ أَنتُمْ لَهَا وَٰرِدُونَ ﴿٩٨﴾
Innakum wamā taʿbudūna min dūni Allāhi ḥaṣabu jahannama antum lahā wāridūn
Lo! ye (idolaters) and that which ye worship beside Allah are fuel of hell. Thereunto ye will come.
لَوْ كَانَ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ ءَالِهَةً مَّا وَرَدُوهَا ۖ وَكُلٌّ فِيهَا خَـٰلِدُونَ ﴿٩٩﴾
Law kāna hāʾulāʾi ālihatan mā waradūhā wakullun fīhā khālidūn
If these had been gods they would not have come thither, but all will abide therein.
لَهُمْ فِيهَا زَفِيرٌ وَهُمْ فِيهَا لَا يَسْمَعُونَ ﴿١٠٠﴾
Lahum fīhā zafīrun wahum fīhā lā yasmaʿūn
Therein wailing is their portion, and therein they hear not.
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ سَبَقَتْ لَهُم مِّنَّا ٱلْحُسْنَىٰٓ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ عَنْهَا مُبْعَدُونَ ﴿١٠١﴾
Inna alladhīna sabaqat lahum minnā al-ḥusnā ulāʾika ʿanhā mubʿadūn
Lo! those unto whom kindness hath gone forth before from Us, they will be far removed from thence.
لَا يَسْمَعُونَ حَسِيسَهَا ۖ وَهُمْ فِى مَا ٱشْتَهَتْ أَنفُسُهُمْ خَـٰلِدُونَ ﴿١٠٢﴾
Lā yasmaʿūna ḥasīsahā wahum fī mā ishtahat anfusuhum khālidūn
They will not hear the slightest sound thereof, while they abide in that which their souls desire.
لَا يَحْزُنُهُمُ ٱلْفَزَعُ ٱلْأَكْبَرُ وَتَتَلَقَّىٰهُمُ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ هَـٰذَا يَوْمُكُمُ ٱلَّذِى كُنتُمْ تُوعَدُونَ ﴿١٠٣﴾
Lā yaḥzunuhumu al-fazaʿu al-akbaru watatalaqqāhumu al-malāʾikatu hādhā yawmukumu alladhī kuntum tūʿadūn
The Supreme Horror will not grieve them, and the angels will welcome them, (saying): This is your Day which ye were promised;
يَوْمَ نَطْوِى ٱلسَّمَآءَ كَطَىِّ ٱلسِّجِلِّ لِلْكُتُبِ ۚ كَمَا بَدَأْنَآ أَوَّلَ خَلْقٍ نُّعِيدُهُۥ ۚ وَعْدًا عَلَيْنَآ ۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا فَـٰعِلِينَ ﴿١٠٤﴾
Yawma naṭwī as-samāʾa kaṭayyi as-sijilli lilkutubi kamā badaʾnā awwala khalqin nuʿīduhu waʿdan ʿalaynā innā kunnā fāʿilīn
The Day when We shall roll up the heavens as a recorder rolleth up a written scroll. As We began the first creation, We shall repeat it. (It is) a promise (binding) upon Us. Lo! We are to perform it.
وَلَقَدْ كَتَبْنَا فِى ٱلزَّبُورِ مِنۢ بَعْدِ ٱلذِّكْرِ أَنَّ ٱلْأَرْضَ يَرِثُهَا عِبَادِىَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحُونَ ﴿١٠٥﴾
Walaqad katabnā fī az-zabūri min baʿdi adh-dhikri anna al-arḍa yarithuhā ʿibādiya aṣ-ṣāliḥūn
And verily we have written in the Scripture, after the Reminder: My righteous slaves will inherit the earth:
إِنَّ فِى هَـٰذَا لَبَلَـٰغًا لِّقَوْمٍ عَـٰبِدِينَ ﴿١٠٦﴾
Inna fī hādhā labalāghan liqawmin ʿābidīn
Lo! there is a plain statement for folk who are devout.
وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَـٰكَ إِلَّا رَحْمَةً لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ﴿١٠٧﴾
Wamā arsalnāka illā raḥmatan lilʿālamīn
We sent thee not save as a mercy for the peoples.
قُلْ إِنَّمَا يُوحَىٰٓ إِلَىَّ أَنَّمَآ إِلَـٰهُكُمْ إِلَـٰهٌ وَٰحِدٌ ۖ فَهَلْ أَنتُم مُّسْلِمُونَ ﴿١٠٨﴾
Qul innamā yūḥā ilayya annamā ilāhukum ilāhun wāḥidun fahal antum muslimūn
Say: It is only inspired in me that your Allah is One Allah. Will ye then surrender (unto Him)?
فَإِن تَوَلَّوْا۟ فَقُلْ ءَاذَنتُكُمْ عَلَىٰ سَوَآءٍ ۖ وَإِنْ أَدْرِىٓ أَقَرِيبٌ أَم بَعِيدٌ مَّا تُوعَدُونَ ﴿١٠٩﴾
Faʾin tawallaw faqul ādhantukum ʿalā sawāʾin waʾin adrī aqarībun am baʿīdun mā tūʿadūn
But if they are averse, then say: I have warned you all alike, although I know not whether nigh or far is that which ye are promised.
إِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلْجَهْرَ مِنَ ٱلْقَوْلِ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا تَكْتُمُونَ ﴿١١٠﴾
Innahu yaʿlamu al-jahra mina al-qawli wayaʿlamu mā taktumūn
Lo! He knoweth that which is said openly, and that which ye conceal.
وَإِنْ أَدْرِى لَعَلَّهُۥ فِتْنَةٌ لَّكُمْ وَمَتَـٰعٌ إِلَىٰ حِينٍ ﴿١١١﴾
Waʾin adrī laʿallahu fitnatun lakum wamatāʿun ilā ḥīn
And I know not but that this may be a trial for you, and enjoyment for a while.
قَـٰلَ رَبِّ ٱحْكُم بِٱلْحَقِّ ۗ وَرَبُّنَا ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ ٱلْمُسْتَعَانُ عَلَىٰ مَا تَصِفُونَ ﴿١١٢﴾
Qāla rabbi uḥkum bil-ḥaqqi warabbunā ar-raḥmānu al-mustaʿānu ʿalā mā taṣifūn
He saith: My Lord! Judge Thou with truth. Our Lord is the Beneficent, Whose help is to be implored against that which ye ascribe (unto Him).
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.