طسٓمٓ ﴿١﴾
Ṭā-Sīn-Mīm
Ta. Sin. Mim.
الشعراء
26. Ash-Shu'araa
The Poets · Meccan · 227 verses
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Bismi Allāhi ar-raḥmāni ar-raḥīm
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
تِلْكَ ءَايَـٰتُ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ ٱلْمُبِينِ ﴿٢﴾
Tilka āyātu al-kitābi al-mubīn
These are revelations of the Scripture that maketh plain.
لَعَلَّكَ بَـٰخِعٌ نَّفْسَكَ أَلَّا يَكُونُوا۟ مُؤْمِنِينَ ﴿٣﴾
Laʿallaka bākhiʿun nafsaka allā yakūnū muʾminīn
It may be that thou tormentest thyself (O Muhammad) because they believe not.
إِن نَّشَأْ نُنَزِّلْ عَلَيْهِم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ ءَايَةً فَظَلَّتْ أَعْنَـٰقُهُمْ لَهَا خَـٰضِعِينَ ﴿٤﴾
In nashaʾ nunazzil ʿalayhim mina as-samāʾi āyatan faẓallat aʿnāquhum lahā khāḍiʿīn
If We will, We can send down on them from the sky a portent so that their necks would remain bowed before it.
وَمَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن ذِكْرٍ مِّنَ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ مُحْدَثٍ إِلَّا كَانُوا۟ عَنْهُ مُعْرِضِينَ ﴿٥﴾
Wamā yaʾtīhim min dhikrin mina ar-raḥmāni muḥdathin illā kānū ʿanhu muʿriḍīn
Never cometh there unto them a fresh reminder from the Beneficent One, but they turn away from it.
فَقَدْ كَذَّبُوا۟ فَسَيَأْتِيهِمْ أَنۢبَـٰٓؤُا۟ مَا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ ﴿٦﴾
Faqad kadhdhabū fasayaʾtīhim anbāʾu mā kānū bihi yastahziʾūn
Now they have denied (the Truth); but there will come unto them tidings of that whereat they used to scoff.
أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَمْ أَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ زَوْجٍ كَرِيمٍ ﴿٧﴾
Awalam yaraw ilā al-arḍi kam anbatnā fīhā min kulli zawjin karīm
Have they not seen the earth, how much of every fruitful kind We make to grow therein?
إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ ﴿٨﴾
Inna fī dhālika laʾāyatan wamā kāna aktharuhum muʾminīn
Lo! herein is indeed a portent; yet most of them are not believers.
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ﴿٩﴾
Waʾinna rabbaka lahuwa al-ʿazīzu ar-raḥīm
And lo! thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.
وَإِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبُّكَ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنِ ٱئْتِ ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ ﴿١٠﴾
Waʾidh nādā rabbuka mūsā ani iʾti al-qawma aẓ-ẓālimīn
And when thy Lord called Moses, saying: Go unto the wrongdoing folk,
قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ ۚ أَلَا يَتَّقُونَ ﴿١١﴾
Qawma firʿawna alā yattaqūn
The folk of Pharaoh. Will they not ward off (evil)?
قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ أَن يُكَذِّبُونِ ﴿١٢﴾
Qāla rabbi innī akhāfu an yukadhdhibūn
He said: My Lord! Lo! I fear that they will deny me,
وَيَضِيقُ صَدْرِى وَلَا يَنطَلِقُ لِسَانِى فَأَرْسِلْ إِلَىٰ هَـٰرُونَ ﴿١٣﴾
Wayaḍīqu ṣadrī walā yanṭaliqu lisānī faʾarsil ilā hārūn
And I shall be embarrassed, and my tongue will not speak plainly, therefor send for Aaron (to help me).
وَلَهُمْ عَلَىَّ ذَنۢبٌ فَأَخَافُ أَن يَقْتُلُونِ ﴿١٤﴾
Walahum ʿalayya dhanbun faʾakhāfu an yaqtulūn
And they have a crime against me, so I fear that they will kill me.
قَالَ كَلَّا ۖ فَٱذْهَبَا بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَآ ۖ إِنَّا مَعَكُم مُّسْتَمِعُونَ ﴿١٥﴾
Qāla kallā fādhhabā biʾāyātinā innā maʿakum mustamiʿūn
He said: Nay, verily. So go ye twain with Our tokens. Lo! We shall be with you, Hearing.
فَأْتِيَا فِرْعَوْنَ فَقُولَآ إِنَّا رَسُولُ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ﴿١٦﴾
Faʾtiyā firʿawna faqūlā innā rasūlu rabbi al-ʿālamīn
And come together unto Pharaoh and say: Lo! we bear a message of the Lord of the Worlds,
أَنْ أَرْسِلْ مَعَنَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ ﴿١٧﴾
An arsil maʿanā banī isrāʾīl
(Saying): Let the Children of Israel go with us.
قَالَ أَلَمْ نُرَبِّكَ فِينَا وَلِيدًا وَلَبِثْتَ فِينَا مِنْ عُمُرِكَ سِنِينَ ﴿١٨﴾
Qāla alam nurabbika fīnā walīdan walabithta fīnā min ʿumurika sinīn
(Pharaoh) said (unto Moses): Did we not rear thee among us as a child? And thou didst dwell many years of thy life among us,
وَفَعَلْتَ فَعْلَتَكَ ٱلَّتِى فَعَلْتَ وَأَنتَ مِنَ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ ﴿١٩﴾
Wafaʿalta faʿlataka allatī faʿalta waʾanta mina al-kāfirīn
And thou didst that thy deed which thou didst, and thou wast one of the ingrates.
قَالَ فَعَلْتُهَآ إِذًا وَأَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ ﴿٢٠﴾
Qāla faʿaltuhā idhan waʾanā mina aḍ-ḍāllīn
He said: I did it then, when I was of those who are astray.
فَفَرَرْتُ مِنكُمْ لَمَّا خِفْتُكُمْ فَوَهَبَ لِى رَبِّى حُكْمًا وَجَعَلَنِى مِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ ﴿٢١﴾
Fafarartu minkum lammā khiftukum fawahaba lī rabbī ḥukman wajaʿalanī mina al-mursalīn
Then I fled from you when I feared you, and my Lord vouchsafed me a command and appointed me (of the number) of those sent (by Him).
وَتِلْكَ نِعْمَةٌ تَمُنُّهَا عَلَىَّ أَنْ عَبَّدتَّ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ ﴿٢٢﴾
Watilka niʿmatun tamunnuhā ʿalayya an ʿabbadtta banī isrāʾīl
And this is the past favour wherewith thou reproachest me: that thou hast enslaved the Children of Israel.
قَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَا رَبُّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ﴿٢٣﴾
Qāla firʿawnu wamā rabbu al-ʿālamīn
Pharaoh said: And what is the Lord of the Worlds?
قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ ۖ إِن كُنتُم مُّوقِنِينَ ﴿٢٤﴾
Qāla rabbu as-samāwāti wal-arḍi wamā baynahumā in kuntum mūqinīn
(Moses) said: Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, if ye had but sure belief.
قَالَ لِمَنْ حَوْلَهُۥٓ أَلَا تَسْتَمِعُونَ ﴿٢٥﴾
Qāla liman ḥawlahu alā tastamiʿūn
(Pharaoh) said unto those around him: Hear ye not?
قَالَ رَبُّكُمْ وَرَبُّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ﴿٢٦﴾
Qāla rabbukum warabbu ābāʾikumu al-awwalīn
He said: Your Lord and the Lord of your fathers.
قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَكُمُ ٱلَّذِىٓ أُرْسِلَ إِلَيْكُمْ لَمَجْنُونٌ ﴿٢٧﴾
Qāla inna rasūlakumu alladhī ursila ilaykum lamajnūn
(Pharaoh) said: Lo! your messenger who hath been sent unto you is indeed a madman!
قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلْمَشْرِقِ وَٱلْمَغْرِبِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ ۖ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ ﴿٢٨﴾
Qāla rabbu al-mashriqi wal-maghribi wamā baynahumā in kuntum taʿqilūn
He said: Lord of the East and the West and all that is between them, if ye did but understand.
قَالَ لَئِنِ ٱتَّخَذْتَ إِلَـٰهًا غَيْرِى لَأَجْعَلَنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْمَسْجُونِينَ ﴿٢٩﴾
Qāla laʾini ittakhadhta ilāhan ghayrī laʾajʿalannaka mina al-masjūnīn
(Pharaoh) said: If thou choosest a god other than me, I assuredly shall place thee among the prisoners.
قَالَ أَوَلَوْ جِئْتُكَ بِشَىْءٍ مُّبِينٍ ﴿٣٠﴾
Qāla awalaw jiʾtuka bishayʾin mubīn
He said: Even though I show thee something plain?
قَالَ فَأْتِ بِهِۦٓ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ ﴿٣١﴾
Qāla faʾti bihi in kunta mina aṣ-ṣādiqīn
(Pharaoh) said: Produce it then, if thou art of the truthful!
فَأَلْقَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِىَ ثُعْبَانٌ مُّبِينٌ ﴿٣٢﴾
Faʾalqā ʿaṣāhu faʾidhā hiya thuʿbānun mubīn
Then he flung down his staff and it became a serpent manifest,
وَنَزَعَ يَدَهُۥ فَإِذَا هِىَ بَيْضَآءُ لِلنَّـٰظِرِينَ ﴿٣٣﴾
Wanazaʿa yadahu faʾidhā hiya bayḍāʾu lilnnāẓirīn
And he drew forth his hand and lo! it was white to the beholders.
قَالَ لِلْمَلَإِ حَوْلَهُۥٓ إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَسَـٰحِرٌ عَلِيمٌ ﴿٣٤﴾
Qāla lilmalaʾi ḥawlahu inna hādhā lasāḥirun ʿalīm
(Pharaoh) said unto the chiefs about him: Lo! this is verily a knowing wizard,
يُرِيدُ أَن يُخْرِجَكُم مِّنْ أَرْضِكُم بِسِحْرِهِۦ فَمَاذَا تَأْمُرُونَ ﴿٣٥﴾
Yurīdu an yukhrijakum min arḍikum bisiḥrihi famādhā taʾmurūn
Who would drive you out of your land by his magic. Now what counsel ye?
قَالُوٓا۟ أَرْجِهْ وَأَخَاهُ وَٱبْعَثْ فِى ٱلْمَدَآئِنِ حَـٰشِرِينَ ﴿٣٦﴾
Qālū arjih waʾakhāhu wābʿath fī al-madāʾini ḥāshirīn
They said: Put him off, (him) and his brother, and send into the cities summoners
يَأْتُوكَ بِكُلِّ سَحَّارٍ عَلِيمٍ ﴿٣٧﴾
Yaʾtūka bikulli saḥḥārin ʿalīm
Who shall bring unto thee every knowing wizard.
فَجُمِعَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ لِمِيقَـٰتِ يَوْمٍ مَّعْلُومٍ ﴿٣٨﴾
Fajumiʿa as-saḥaratu limīqāti yawmin maʿlūm
So the wizards were gathered together at a set time on a day appointed.
وَقِيلَ لِلنَّاسِ هَلْ أَنتُم مُّجْتَمِعُونَ ﴿٣٩﴾
Waqīla lilnnāsi hal antum mujtamiʿūn
And it was said unto the people: Are ye (also) gathering?
لَعَلَّنَا نَتَّبِعُ ٱلسَّحَرَةَ إِن كَانُوا۟ هُمُ ٱلْغَـٰلِبِينَ ﴿٤٠﴾
Laʿallanā nattabiʿu as-saḥarata in kānū humu al-ghālibīn
(They said): Aye, so that we may follow the wizards if they are the winners.
فَلَمَّا جَآءَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ قَالُوا۟ لِفِرْعَوْنَ أَئِنَّ لَنَا لَأَجْرًا إِن كُنَّا نَحْنُ ٱلْغَـٰلِبِينَ ﴿٤١﴾
Falammā jāʾa as-saḥaratu qālū lifirʿawna aʾinna lanā laʾajran in kunnā naḥnu al-ghālibīn
And when the wizards came they said unto Pharaoh: Will there surely be a reward for us if we are the winners?
قَالَ نَعَمْ وَإِنَّكُمْ إِذًا لَّمِنَ ٱلْمُقَرَّبِينَ ﴿٤٢﴾
Qāla naʿam waʾinnakum idhan lamina al-muqarrabīn
He said: Aye, and ye will then surely be of those brought near (to me).
قَالَ لَهُم مُّوسَىٰٓ أَلْقُوا۟ مَآ أَنتُم مُّلْقُونَ ﴿٤٣﴾
Qāla lahum mūsā alqū mā antum mulqūn
Moses said unto them: Throw what ye are going to throw!
فَأَلْقَوْا۟ حِبَالَهُمْ وَعِصِيَّهُمْ وَقَالُوا۟ بِعِزَّةِ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّا لَنَحْنُ ٱلْغَـٰلِبُونَ ﴿٤٤﴾
Faʾalqaw ḥibālahum waʿiṣiyyahum waqālū biʿizzati firʿawna innā lanaḥnu al-ghālibūn
Then they threw down their cords and their staves and said: By Pharaoh's might, lo! we verily are the winners.
فَأَلْقَىٰ مُوسَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِىَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُونَ ﴿٤٥﴾
Faʾalqā mūsā ʿaṣāhu faʾidhā hiya talqafu mā yaʾfikūn
Then Moses threw his staff and lo! it swallowed that which they did falsely show.
فَأُلْقِىَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ سَـٰجِدِينَ ﴿٤٦﴾
Faʾulqiya as-saḥaratu sājidīn
And the wizards were flung prostrate,
قَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا بِرَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ﴿٤٧﴾
Qālū āmannā birabbi al-ʿālamīn
Crying: We believe in the Lord of the Worlds,
رَبِّ مُوسَىٰ وَهَـٰرُونَ ﴿٤٨﴾
Rabbi mūsā wahārūn
The Lord of Moses and Aaron.
قَالَ ءَامَنتُمْ لَهُۥ قَبْلَ أَنْ ءَاذَنَ لَكُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ لَكَبِيرُكُمُ ٱلَّذِى عَلَّمَكُمُ ٱلسِّحْرَ فَلَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ ۚ لَأُقَطِّعَنَّ أَيْدِيَكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُم مِّنْ خِلَـٰفٍ وَلَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ ﴿٤٩﴾
Qāla āmantum lahu qabla an ādhana lakum innahu lakabīrukumu alladhī ʿallamakumu as-siḥra falasawfa taʿlamūna laʾuqaṭṭiʿanna aydiyakum waʾarjulakum min khilāfin walaʾuṣallibannakum ajmaʿīn
(Pharaoh) said: Ye put your faith in him before I give you leave. Lo! he doubtless is your chief who taught you magic! But verily ye shall come to know. Verily I will cut off your hands and your feet alternately, and verily I will crucify you every one.
قَالُوا۟ لَا ضَيْرَ ۖ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا مُنقَلِبُونَ ﴿٥٠﴾
Qālū lā ḍayra innā ilā rabbinā munqalibūn
They said: It is no hurt, for lo! unto our Lord we shall return.
إِنَّا نَطْمَعُ أَن يَغْفِرَ لَنَا رَبُّنَا خَطَـٰيَـٰنَآ أَن كُنَّآ أَوَّلَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ﴿٥١﴾
Innā naṭmaʿu an yaghfira lanā rabbunā khaṭāyānā an kunnā awwala al-muʾminīn
Lo! we ardently hope that our Lord will forgive us our sins because we are the first of the believers.
۞ وَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنْ أَسْرِ بِعِبَادِىٓ إِنَّكُم مُّتَّبَعُونَ ﴿٥٢﴾
Waʾawḥaynā ilā mūsā an asri biʿibādī innakum muttabaʿūn
And We inspired Moses, saying: Take away My slaves by night, for ye will be pursued.
فَأَرْسَلَ فِرْعَوْنُ فِى ٱلْمَدَآئِنِ حَـٰشِرِينَ ﴿٥٣﴾
Faʾarsala firʿawnu fī al-madāʾini ḥāshirīn
Then Pharaoh sent into the cities summoners,
إِنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَشِرْذِمَةٌ قَلِيلُونَ ﴿٥٤﴾
Inna hāʾulāʾi lashirdhimatun qalīlūn
(Who said): Lo! these indeed are but a little troop,
وَإِنَّهُمْ لَنَا لَغَآئِظُونَ ﴿٥٥﴾
Waʾinnahum lanā laghāʾiẓūn
And lo! they are offenders against us.
وَإِنَّا لَجَمِيعٌ حَـٰذِرُونَ ﴿٥٦﴾
Waʾinnā lajamīʿun ḥādhirūn
And lo! we are a ready host.
فَأَخْرَجْنَـٰهُم مِّن جَنَّـٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ ﴿٥٧﴾
Faʾakhrajnāhum min jannātin waʿuyūn
Thus did We take them away from gardens and watersprings,
وَكُنُوزٍ وَمَقَامٍ كَرِيمٍ ﴿٥٨﴾
Wakunūzin wamaqāmin karīm
And treasures and a fair estate.
كَذَٰلِكَ وَأَوْرَثْنَـٰهَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ ﴿٥٩﴾
Kadhālika waʾawrathnāhā banī isrāʾīl
Thus (were those things taken from them) and We caused the Children of Israel to inherit them.
فَأَتْبَعُوهُم مُّشْرِقِينَ ﴿٦٠﴾
Faʾatbaʿūhum mushriqīn
And they overtook them at sunrise.
فَلَمَّا تَرَٰٓءَا ٱلْجَمْعَانِ قَالَ أَصْحَـٰبُ مُوسَىٰٓ إِنَّا لَمُدْرَكُونَ ﴿٦١﴾
Falammā tarāʾā al-jamʿāni qāla aṣḥābu mūsā innā lamudrakūn
And when the two hosts saw each other, those with Moses said: Lo! we are indeed caught.
قَالَ كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّ مَعِىَ رَبِّى سَيَهْدِينِ ﴿٦٢﴾
Qāla kallā inna maʿiya rabbī sayahdīn
He said: Nay, verily! for lo! my Lord is with me. He will guide me.
فَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنِ ٱضْرِب بِّعَصَاكَ ٱلْبَحْرَ ۖ فَٱنفَلَقَ فَكَانَ كُلُّ فِرْقٍ كَٱلطَّوْدِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ ﴿٦٣﴾
Faʾawḥaynā ilā mūsā ani iḍrib biʿaṣāka al-baḥra fānfalaqa fakāna kullu firqin kaṭ-ṭawdi al-ʿaẓīm
Then We inspired Moses, saying: Smite the sea with thy staff. And it parted, and each part was as a mountain vast.
وَأَزْلَفْنَا ثَمَّ ٱلْـَٔاخَرِينَ ﴿٦٤﴾
Waʾazlafnā thamma al-ākharīn
Then brought We near the others to that place.
وَأَنجَيْنَا مُوسَىٰ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥٓ أَجْمَعِينَ ﴿٦٥﴾
Waʾanjaynā mūsā waman maʿahu ajmaʿīn
And We saved Moses and those with him, every one;
ثُمَّ أَغْرَقْنَا ٱلْـَٔاخَرِينَ ﴿٦٦﴾
Thumma aghraqnā al-ākharīn
And We drowned the others.
إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ ﴿٦٧﴾
Inna fī dhālika laʾāyatan wamā kāna aktharuhum muʾminīn
Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers.
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ﴿٦٨﴾
Waʾinna rabbaka lahuwa al-ʿazīzu ar-raḥīm
And lo, thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.
وَٱتْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ نَبَأَ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ ﴿٦٩﴾
Wātlu ʿalayhim nabaʾa ibrāhīm
Recite unto them the story of Abraham:
إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِۦ مَا تَعْبُدُونَ ﴿٧٠﴾
Idh qāla liʾabīhi waqawmihi mā taʿbudūn
When he said unto his father and his folk: What worship ye?
قَالُوا۟ نَعْبُدُ أَصْنَامًا فَنَظَلُّ لَهَا عَـٰكِفِينَ ﴿٧١﴾
Qālū naʿbudu aṣnāman fanaẓallu lahā ʿākifīn
They said: We worship idols, and are ever devoted unto them.
قَالَ هَلْ يَسْمَعُونَكُمْ إِذْ تَدْعُونَ ﴿٧٢﴾
Qāla hal yasmaʿūnakum idh tadʿūn
He said: Do they hear you when ye cry?
أَوْ يَنفَعُونَكُمْ أَوْ يَضُرُّونَ ﴿٧٣﴾
Aw yanfaʿūnakum aw yaḍurrūn
Or do they benefit or harm you?
قَالُوا۟ بَلْ وَجَدْنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا كَذَٰلِكَ يَفْعَلُونَ ﴿٧٤﴾
Qālū bal wajadnā ābāʾanā kadhālika yafʿalūn
They said: Nay, but we found our fathers acting on this wise.
قَالَ أَفَرَءَيْتُم مَّا كُنتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَ ﴿٧٥﴾
Qāla afaraʾaytum mā kuntum taʿbudūn
He said: See now that which ye worship,
أَنتُمْ وَءَابَآؤُكُمُ ٱلْأَقْدَمُونَ ﴿٧٦﴾
Antum waʾābāʾukumu al-aqdamūn
Ye and your forefathers!
فَإِنَّهُمْ عَدُوٌّ لِّىٓ إِلَّا رَبَّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ﴿٧٧﴾
Faʾinnahum ʿaduwwun lī illā rabba al-ʿālamīn
Lo! they are (all) an enemy unto me, save the Lord of the Worlds,
ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَنِى فَهُوَ يَهْدِينِ ﴿٧٨﴾
Alladhī khalaqanī fahuwa yahdīn
Who created me, and He doth guide me,
وَٱلَّذِى هُوَ يُطْعِمُنِى وَيَسْقِينِ ﴿٧٩﴾
Walladhī huwa yuṭʿimunī wayasqīn
And Who feedeth me and watereth me.
وَإِذَا مَرِضْتُ فَهُوَ يَشْفِينِ ﴿٨٠﴾
Waʾidhā mariḍtu fahuwa yashfīn
And when I sicken, then He healeth me,
وَٱلَّذِى يُمِيتُنِى ثُمَّ يُحْيِينِ ﴿٨١﴾
Walladhī yumītunī thumma yuḥyīn
And Who causeth me to die, then giveth me life (again),
وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَطْمَعُ أَن يَغْفِرَ لِى خَطِيٓـَٔتِى يَوْمَ ٱلدِّينِ ﴿٨٢﴾
Walladhī aṭmaʿu an yaghfira lī khaṭīʾatī yawma ad-dīn
And Who, I ardently hope, will forgive me my sin on the Day of Judgment.
رَبِّ هَبْ لِى حُكْمًا وَأَلْحِقْنِى بِٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ ﴿٨٣﴾
Rabbi hab lī ḥukman waʾalḥiqnī biṣ-ṣāliḥīn
My Lord! Vouchsafe me wisdom and unite me to the righteous.
وَٱجْعَل لِّى لِسَانَ صِدْقٍ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ ﴿٨٤﴾
Wājʿal lī lisāna ṣidqin fī al-ākhirīn
And give unto me a good report in later generations.
وَٱجْعَلْنِى مِن وَرَثَةِ جَنَّةِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ ﴿٨٥﴾
Wājʿalnī min warathati jannati an-naʿīm
And place me among the inheritors of the Garden of Delight,
وَٱغْفِرْ لِأَبِىٓ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ ﴿٨٦﴾
Wāghfir liʾabī innahu kāna mina aḍ-ḍāllīn
And forgive my father. Lo! he is of those who err.
وَلَا تُخْزِنِى يَوْمَ يُبْعَثُونَ ﴿٨٧﴾
Walā tukhzinī yawma yubʿathūn
And abase me not on the day when they are raised,
يَوْمَ لَا يَنفَعُ مَالٌ وَلَا بَنُونَ ﴿٨٨﴾
Yawma lā yanfaʿu mālun walā banūn
The day when wealth and sons avail not (any man)
إِلَّا مَنْ أَتَى ٱللَّهَ بِقَلْبٍ سَلِيمٍ ﴿٨٩﴾
Illā man atā Allāha biqalbin salīm
Save him who bringeth unto Allah a whole heart.
وَأُزْلِفَتِ ٱلْجَنَّةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ ﴿٩٠﴾
Waʾuzlifati al-jannatu lilmuttaqīn
And the Garden will be brought nigh for those who ward off (evil).
وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِلْغَاوِينَ ﴿٩١﴾
Waburrizati al-jaḥīmu lilghāwīn
And hell will appear plainly to the erring.
وَقِيلَ لَهُمْ أَيْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَ ﴿٩٢﴾
Waqīla lahum ayna mā kuntum taʿbudūn
And it will be said unto them: Where is (all) that ye used to worship
مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ هَلْ يَنصُرُونَكُمْ أَوْ يَنتَصِرُونَ ﴿٩٣﴾
Min dūni Allāhi hal yanṣurūnakum aw yantaṣirūn
Instead of Allah? Can they help you or help themselves?
فَكُبْكِبُوا۟ فِيهَا هُمْ وَٱلْغَاوُۥنَ ﴿٩٤﴾
Fakubkibū fīhā hum wal-ghāwūn
Then will they be hurled therein, they and the seducers
وَجُنُودُ إِبْلِيسَ أَجْمَعُونَ ﴿٩٥﴾
Wajunūdu iblīsa ajmaʿūn
And the hosts of Iblis, together.
قَالُوا۟ وَهُمْ فِيهَا يَخْتَصِمُونَ ﴿٩٦﴾
Qālū wahum fīhā yakhtaṣimūn
And they will say, when they are quarrelling therein:
تَٱللَّهِ إِن كُنَّا لَفِى ضَلَـٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ ﴿٩٧﴾
Tallāhi in kunnā lafī ḍalālin mubīn
By Allah, of a truth we were in error manifest
إِذْ نُسَوِّيكُم بِرَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ﴿٩٨﴾
Idh nusawwīkum birabbi al-ʿālamīn
When we made you equal with the Lord of the Worlds.
وَمَآ أَضَلَّنَآ إِلَّا ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ ﴿٩٩﴾
Wamā aḍallanā illā al-mujrimūn
It was but the guilty who misled us.
فَمَا لَنَا مِن شَـٰفِعِينَ ﴿١٠٠﴾
Famā lanā min shāfiʿīn
Now we have no intercessors
وَلَا صَدِيقٍ حَمِيمٍ ﴿١٠١﴾
Walā ṣadīqin ḥamīm
Nor any loving friend.
فَلَوْ أَنَّ لَنَا كَرَّةً فَنَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ﴿١٠٢﴾
Falaw anna lanā karratan fanakūna mina al-muʾminīn
Oh, that we had another turn (on earth), that we might be of the believers!
إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ ﴿١٠٣﴾
Inna fī dhālika laʾāyatan wamā kāna aktharuhum muʾminīn
Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers!
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ﴿١٠٤﴾
Waʾinna rabbaka lahuwa al-ʿazīzu ar-raḥīm
And lo, thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.
كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ ﴿١٠٥﴾
Kadhdhabat qawmu nūḥin al-mursalīn
Noah's folk denied the messengers (of Allah),
إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ نُوحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ﴿١٠٦﴾
Idh qāla lahum akhūhum nūḥun alā tattaqūn
When their brother Noah said unto them: Will ye not ward off (evil)?
إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ ﴿١٠٧﴾
Innī lakum rasūlun amīn
Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you,
فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ﴿١٠٨﴾
Fāttaqū Allāha waʾaṭīʿūn
So keep your duty to Allah, and obey me.
وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ﴿١٠٩﴾
Wamā asʾalukum ʿalayhi min ajrin in ajriya illā ʿalā rabbi al-ʿālamīn
And I ask of you no wage therefor; my wage is the concern only of the Lord of the Worlds.
فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ﴿١١٠﴾
Fāttaqū Allāha waʾaṭīʿūn
So keep your duty to Allah, and obey me.
۞ قَالُوٓا۟ أَنُؤْمِنُ لَكَ وَٱتَّبَعَكَ ٱلْأَرْذَلُونَ ﴿١١١﴾
Qālū anuʾminu laka wāttabaʿaka al-ardhalūn
They said: Shall we put faith in thee, when the lowest (of the people) follow thee?
قَالَ وَمَا عِلْمِى بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ ﴿١١٢﴾
Qāla wamā ʿilmī bimā kānū yaʿmalūn
He said: And what knowledge have I of what they may have been doing (in the past)?
إِنْ حِسَابُهُمْ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّى ۖ لَوْ تَشْعُرُونَ ﴿١١٣﴾
In ḥisābuhum illā ʿalā rabbī law tashʿurūn
Lo! their reckoning is my Lord's concern, if ye but knew;
وَمَآ أَنَا۠ بِطَارِدِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ﴿١١٤﴾
Wamā anā biṭāridi al-muʾminīn
And I am not (here) to repulse believers.
إِنْ أَنَا۠ إِلَّا نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ ﴿١١٥﴾
In anā illā nadhīrun mubīn
I am only a plain warner.
قَالُوا۟ لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهِ يَـٰنُوحُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْمَرْجُومِينَ ﴿١١٦﴾
Qālū laʾin lam tantahi yā nūḥu latakūnanna mina al-marjūmīn
They said: If thou cease not, O Noah, thou wilt surely be among those stoned (to death).
قَالَ رَبِّ إِنَّ قَوْمِى كَذَّبُونِ ﴿١١٧﴾
Qāla rabbi inna qawmī kadhdhabūn
He said: My Lord! Lo! my own folk deny me.
فَٱفْتَحْ بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَهُمْ فَتْحًا وَنَجِّنِى وَمَن مَّعِىَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ﴿١١٨﴾
Fāftaḥ baynī wabaynahum fatḥan wanajjinī waman maʿiya mina al-muʾminīn
Therefor judge Thou between us, a (conclusive) judgment, and save me and those believers who are with me.
فَأَنجَيْنَـٰهُ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥ فِى ٱلْفُلْكِ ٱلْمَشْحُونِ ﴿١١٩﴾
Faʾanjaynāhu waman maʿahu fī al-fulki al-mashḥūn
And We saved him and those with him in the laden ship.
ثُمَّ أَغْرَقْنَا بَعْدُ ٱلْبَاقِينَ ﴿١٢٠﴾
Thumma aghraqnā baʿdu al-bāqīn
Then afterward We drowned the others.
إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ ﴿١٢١﴾
Inna fī dhālika laʾāyatan wamā kāna aktharuhum muʾminīn
Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers.
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ﴿١٢٢﴾
Waʾinna rabbaka lahuwa al-ʿazīzu ar-raḥīm
And lo, thy Lord, He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.
كَذَّبَتْ عَادٌ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ ﴿١٢٣﴾
Kadhdhabat ʿādun al-mursalīn
(The tribe of) A'ad denied the messengers (of Allah).
إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ هُودٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ﴿١٢٤﴾
Idh qāla lahum akhūhum hūdun alā tattaqūn
When their brother Hud said unto them: Will ye not ward off (evil)?
إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ ﴿١٢٥﴾
Innī lakum rasūlun amīn
Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you,
فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ﴿١٢٦﴾
Fāttaqū Allāha waʾaṭīʿūn
So keep your duty to Allah and obey me.
وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ﴿١٢٧﴾
Wamā asʾalukum ʿalayhi min ajrin in ajriya illā ʿalā rabbi al-ʿālamīn
And I ask of you no wage therefor; my wage is the concern only of the Lord of the Worlds.
أَتَبْنُونَ بِكُلِّ رِيعٍ ءَايَةً تَعْبَثُونَ ﴿١٢٨﴾
Atabnūna bikulli rīʿin āyatan taʿbathūn
Build ye on every high place a monument for vain delight?
وَتَتَّخِذُونَ مَصَانِعَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَخْلُدُونَ ﴿١٢٩﴾
Watattakhidhūna maṣāniʿa laʿallakum takhludūn
And seek ye out strongholds, that haply ye may last for ever?
وَإِذَا بَطَشْتُم بَطَشْتُمْ جَبَّارِينَ ﴿١٣٠﴾
Waʾidhā baṭashtum baṭashtum jabbārīn
And if ye seize by force, seize ye as tyrants?
فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ﴿١٣١﴾
Fāttaqū Allāha waʾaṭīʿūn
Rather keep your duty to Allah, and obey me.
وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَمَدَّكُم بِمَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴿١٣٢﴾
Wāttaqū alladhī amaddakum bimā taʿlamūn
Keep your duty toward Him Who hath aided you with (the good things) that ye know,
أَمَدَّكُم بِأَنْعَـٰمٍ وَبَنِينَ ﴿١٣٣﴾
Amaddakum biʾanʿāmin wabanīn
Hath aided you with cattle and sons.
وَجَنَّـٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ ﴿١٣٤﴾
Wajannātin waʿuyūn
And gardens and watersprings.
إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ ﴿١٣٥﴾
Innī akhāfu ʿalaykum ʿadhāba yawmin ʿaẓīm
Lo! I fear for you the retribution of an awful day.
قَالُوا۟ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيْنَآ أَوَعَظْتَ أَمْ لَمْ تَكُن مِّنَ ٱلْوَٰعِظِينَ ﴿١٣٦﴾
Qālū sawāʾun ʿalaynā awaʿaẓta am lam takun mina al-wāʿiẓīn
They said: It is all one to us whether thou preachest or art not of those who preach;
إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا خُلُقُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ﴿١٣٧﴾
In hādhā illā khuluqu al-awwalīn
This is but a fable of the men of old,
وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ ﴿١٣٨﴾
Wamā naḥnu bimuʿadhdhabīn
And we shall not be doomed.
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَهْلَكْنَـٰهُمْ ۗ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ ﴿١٣٩﴾
Fakadhdhabūhu faʾahlaknāhum inna fī dhālika laʾāyatan wamā kāna aktharuhum muʾminīn
And they denied him; therefor We destroyed them. Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers.
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ﴿١٤٠﴾
Waʾinna rabbaka lahuwa al-ʿazīzu ar-raḥīm
And lo! thy Lord, He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ ﴿١٤١﴾
Kadhdhabat thamūdu al-mursalīn
(The tribe of) Thamud denied the messengers (of Allah)
إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ صَـٰلِحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ﴿١٤٢﴾
Idh qāla lahum akhūhum ṣāliḥun alā tattaqūn
When their brother Salih said unto them: Will ye not ward off (evil)?
إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ ﴿١٤٣﴾
Innī lakum rasūlun amīn
Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you,
فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ﴿١٤٤﴾
Fāttaqū Allāha waʾaṭīʿūn
So keep your duty to Allah and obey me.
وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ﴿١٤٥﴾
Wamā asʾalukum ʿalayhi min ajrin in ajriya illā ʿalā rabbi al-ʿālamīn
And I ask of you no wage therefor; my wage is the concern only of the Lord of the Worlds.
أَتُتْرَكُونَ فِى مَا هَـٰهُنَآ ءَامِنِينَ ﴿١٤٦﴾
Atutrakūna fī mā hāhunā āminīn
Will ye be left secure in that which is here before us,
فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ ﴿١٤٧﴾
Fī jannātin waʿuyūn
In gardens and watersprings.
وَزُرُوعٍ وَنَخْلٍ طَلْعُهَا هَضِيمٌ ﴿١٤٨﴾
Wazurūʿin wanakhlin ṭalʿuhā haḍīm
And tilled fields and heavy-sheathed palm-trees,
وَتَنْحِتُونَ مِنَ ٱلْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا فَـٰرِهِينَ ﴿١٤٩﴾
Watanḥitūna mina al-jibāli buyūtan fārihīn
Though ye hew out dwellings in the mountain, being skilful?
فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ﴿١٥٠﴾
Fāttaqū Allāha waʾaṭīʿūn
Therefor keep your duty to Allah and obey me,
وَلَا تُطِيعُوٓا۟ أَمْرَ ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ ﴿١٥١﴾
Walā tuṭīʿū amra al-musrifīn
And obey not the command of the prodigal,
ٱلَّذِينَ يُفْسِدُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا يُصْلِحُونَ ﴿١٥٢﴾
Alladhīna yufsidūna fī al-arḍi walā yuṣliḥūn
Who spread corruption in the earth, and reform not.
قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلْمُسَحَّرِينَ ﴿١٥٣﴾
Qālū innamā anta mina al-musaḥḥarīn
They said: Thou art but one of the bewitched;
مَآ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُنَا فَأْتِ بِـَٔايَةٍ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ ﴿١٥٤﴾
Mā anta illā basharun mithlunā faʾti biʾāyatin in kunta mina aṣ-ṣādiqīn
Thou art but a mortal like us. So bring some token if thou art of the truthful.
قَالَ هَـٰذِهِۦ نَاقَةٌ لَّهَا شِرْبٌ وَلَكُمْ شِرْبُ يَوْمٍ مَّعْلُومٍ ﴿١٥٥﴾
Qāla hādhihi nāqatun lahā shirbun walakum shirbu yawmin maʿlūm
He said: (Behold) this she-camel. She hath the right to drink (at the well), and ye have the right to drink, (each) on an appointed day.
وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوٓءٍ فَيَأْخُذَكُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ ﴿١٥٦﴾
Walā tamassūhā bisūʾin fayaʾkhudhakum ʿadhābu yawmin ʿaẓīm
And touch her not with ill lest there come on you the retribution of an awful day.
فَعَقَرُوهَا فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ نَـٰدِمِينَ ﴿١٥٧﴾
Faʿaqarūhā faʾaṣbaḥū nādimīn
But they hamstrung her, and then were penitent.
فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ ۗ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ ﴿١٥٨﴾
Faʾakhadhahumu al-ʿadhābu inna fī dhālika laʾāyatan wamā kāna aktharuhum muʾminīn
So the retribution came on them. Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers.
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ﴿١٥٩﴾
Waʾinna rabbaka lahuwa al-ʿazīzu ar-raḥīm
And lo! thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.
كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ لُوطٍ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ ﴿١٦٠﴾
Kadhdhabat qawmu lūṭin al-mursalīn
The folk of Lot denied the messengers (of Allah),
إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ لُوطٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ﴿١٦١﴾
Idh qāla lahum akhūhum lūṭun alā tattaqūn
When their brother Lot said unto them: Will ye not ward off (evil)?
إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ ﴿١٦٢﴾
Innī lakum rasūlun amīn
Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you,
فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ﴿١٦٣﴾
Fāttaqū Allāha waʾaṭīʿūn
So keep your duty to Allah and obey me.
وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ﴿١٦٤﴾
Wamā asʾalukum ʿalayhi min ajrin in ajriya illā ʿalā rabbi al-ʿālamīn
And I ask of you no wage therefor; my wage is the concern only of the Lord of the Worlds.
أَتَأْتُونَ ٱلذُّكْرَانَ مِنَ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ﴿١٦٥﴾
Ataʾtūna adh-dhukrāna mina al-ʿālamīn
What! Of all creatures do ye come unto the males,
وَتَذَرُونَ مَا خَلَقَ لَكُمْ رَبُّكُم مِّنْ أَزْوَٰجِكُم ۚ بَلْ أَنتُمْ قَوْمٌ عَادُونَ ﴿١٦٦﴾
Watadharūna mā khalaqa lakum rabbukum min azwājikum bal antum qawmun ʿādūn
And leave the wives your Lord created for you? Nay, but ye are froward folk.
قَالُوا۟ لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهِ يَـٰلُوطُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْمُخْرَجِينَ ﴿١٦٧﴾
Qālū laʾin lam tantahi yā lūṭu latakūnanna mina al-mukhrajīn
They said: If thou cease not, O Lot, thou wilt soon be of the outcast.
قَالَ إِنِّى لِعَمَلِكُم مِّنَ ٱلْقَالِينَ ﴿١٦٨﴾
Qāla innī liʿamalikum mina al-qālīn
He said: I am in truth of those who hate your conduct.
رَبِّ نَجِّنِى وَأَهْلِى مِمَّا يَعْمَلُونَ ﴿١٦٩﴾
Rabbi najjinī waʾahlī mimmā yaʿmalūn
My Lord! Save me and my household from what they do.
فَنَجَّيْنَـٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥٓ أَجْمَعِينَ ﴿١٧٠﴾
Fanajjaynāhu waʾahlahu ajmaʿīn
So We saved him and his household, every one,
إِلَّا عَجُوزًا فِى ٱلْغَـٰبِرِينَ ﴿١٧١﴾
Illā ʿajūzan fī al-ghābirīn
Save an old woman among those who stayed behind.
ثُمَّ دَمَّرْنَا ٱلْـَٔاخَرِينَ ﴿١٧٢﴾
Thumma dammarnā al-ākharīn
Then afterward We destroyed the others.
وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِم مَّطَرًا ۖ فَسَآءَ مَطَرُ ٱلْمُنذَرِينَ ﴿١٧٣﴾
Waʾamṭarnā ʿalayhim maṭaran fasāʾa maṭaru al-mundharīn
And We rained on them a rain. And dreadful is the rain of those who have been warned.
إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ ﴿١٧٤﴾
Inna fī dhālika laʾāyatan wamā kāna aktharuhum muʾminīn
Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers.
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ﴿١٧٥﴾
Waʾinna rabbaka lahuwa al-ʿazīzu ar-raḥīm
And lo! thy Lord, He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.
كَذَّبَ أَصْحَـٰبُ لْـَٔيْكَةِ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ ﴿١٧٦﴾
Kadhdhaba aṣḥābu al-aykati al-mursalīn
The dwellers in the wood (of Midian) denied the messengers (of Allah),
إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ شُعَيْبٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ﴿١٧٧﴾
Idh qāla lahum shuʿaybun alā tattaqūn
When Shu'eyb said unto them: Will ye not ward off (evil)?
إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ ﴿١٧٨﴾
Innī lakum rasūlun amīn
Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you,
فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ﴿١٧٩﴾
Fāttaqū Allāha waʾaṭīʿūn
So keep your duty to Allah and obey me.
وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ﴿١٨٠﴾
Wamā asʾalukum ʿalayhi min ajrin in ajriya illā ʿalā rabbi al-ʿālamīn
And I ask of you no wage for it; my wage is the concern only of the Lord of the Worlds.
۞ أَوْفُوا۟ ٱلْكَيْلَ وَلَا تَكُونُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْمُخْسِرِينَ ﴿١٨١﴾
Awfū al-kayla walā takūnū mina al-mukhsirīn
Give full measure, and be not of those who give less (than the due).
وَزِنُوا۟ بِٱلْقِسْطَاسِ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمِ ﴿١٨٢﴾
Wazinū bil-qisṭāsi al-mustaqīm
And weigh with the true balance.
وَلَا تَبْخَسُوا۟ ٱلنَّاسَ أَشْيَآءَهُمْ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ ﴿١٨٣﴾
Walā tabkhasū an-nāsa ashyāʾahum walā taʿthaw fī al-arḍi mufsidīn
Wrong not mankind in their goods, and do not evil, making mischief, in the earth.
وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُمْ وَٱلْجِبِلَّةَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ﴿١٨٤﴾
Wāttaqū alladhī khalaqakum wal-jibillata al-awwalīn
And keep your duty unto Him Who created you and the generations of the men of old.
قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلْمُسَحَّرِينَ ﴿١٨٥﴾
Qālū innamā anta mina al-musaḥḥarīn
They said: Thou art but one of the bewitched;
وَمَآ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُنَا وَإِن نَّظُنُّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلْكَـٰذِبِينَ ﴿١٨٦﴾
Wamā anta illā basharun mithlunā waʾin naẓunnuka lamina al-kādhibīn
Thou art but a mortal like us, and lo! we deem thee of the liars.
فَأَسْقِطْ عَلَيْنَا كِسَفًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ ﴿١٨٧﴾
Faʾasqiṭ ʿalaynā kisafan mina as-samāʾi in kunta mina aṣ-ṣādiqīn
Then make fragments of the heaven fall upon us, if thou art of the truthful.
قَالَ رَبِّىٓ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ ﴿١٨٨﴾
Qāla rabbī aʿlamu bimā taʿmalūn
He said: My Lord is Best Aware of what ye do.
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمِ ٱلظُّلَّةِ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ ﴿١٨٩﴾
Fakadhdhabūhu faʾakhadhahum ʿadhābu yawmi aẓ-ẓullati innahu kāna ʿadhāba yawmin ʿaẓīm
But they denied him, so there came on them the retribution of the day of gloom. Lo! it was the retribution of an awful day.
إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ ﴿١٩٠﴾
Inna fī dhālika laʾāyatan wamā kāna aktharuhum muʾminīn
Lo! herein is indeed a portent; yet most of them are not believers.
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ﴿١٩١﴾
Waʾinna rabbaka lahuwa al-ʿazīzu ar-raḥīm
And lo! thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَنزِيلُ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ﴿١٩٢﴾
Waʾinnahu latanzīlu rabbi al-ʿālamīn
And lo! it is a revelation of the Lord of the Worlds,
نَزَلَ بِهِ ٱلرُّوحُ ٱلْأَمِينُ ﴿١٩٣﴾
Nazala bihi ar-rūḥu al-amīn
Which the True Spirit hath brought down
عَلَىٰ قَلْبِكَ لِتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُنذِرِينَ ﴿١٩٤﴾
ʿalā qalbika litakūna mina al-mundhirīn
Upon thy heart, that thou mayst be (one) of the warners,
بِلِسَانٍ عَرَبِىٍّ مُّبِينٍ ﴿١٩٥﴾
Bilisānin ʿarabiyyin mubīn
In plain Arabic speech.
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَفِى زُبُرِ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ﴿١٩٦﴾
Waʾinnahu lafī zuburi al-awwalīn
And lo! it is in the Scriptures of the men of old.
أَوَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُمْ ءَايَةً أَن يَعْلَمَهُۥ عُلَمَـٰٓؤُا۟ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ ﴿١٩٧﴾
Awalam yakun lahum āyatan an yaʿlamahu ʿulamāʾu banī isrāʾīl
Is it not a token for them that the doctors of the Children of Israel know it?
وَلَوْ نَزَّلْنَـٰهُ عَلَىٰ بَعْضِ ٱلْأَعْجَمِينَ ﴿١٩٨﴾
Walaw nazzalnāhu ʿalā baʿḍi al-aʿjamīn
And if We had revealed it unto one of any other nation than the Arabs,
فَقَرَأَهُۥ عَلَيْهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ مُؤْمِنِينَ ﴿١٩٩﴾
Faqaraʾahu ʿalayhim mā kānū bihi muʾminīn
And he had read it unto them, they would not have believed in it.
كَذَٰلِكَ سَلَكْنَـٰهُ فِى قُلُوبِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ ﴿٢٠٠﴾
Kadhālika salaknāhu fī qulūbi al-mujrimīn
Thus do We make it traverse the hearts of the guilty.
لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِۦ حَتَّىٰ يَرَوُا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَلِيمَ ﴿٢٠١﴾
Lā yuʾminūna bihi ḥattā yarawu al-ʿadhāba al-alīm
They will not believe in it till they behold the painful doom,
فَيَأْتِيَهُم بَغْتَةً وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ ﴿٢٠٢﴾
Fayaʾtiyahum baghtatan wahum lā yashʿurūn
So that it will come upon them suddenly, when they perceive not.
فَيَقُولُوا۟ هَلْ نَحْنُ مُنظَرُونَ ﴿٢٠٣﴾
Fayaqūlū hal naḥnu munẓarūn
Then they will say: Are we to be reprieved?
أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا يَسْتَعْجِلُونَ ﴿٢٠٤﴾
Afabiʿadhābinā yastaʿjilūn
Would they (now) hasten on Our doom?
أَفَرَءَيْتَ إِن مَّتَّعْنَـٰهُمْ سِنِينَ ﴿٢٠٥﴾
Afaraʾayta in mattaʿnāhum sinīn
Hast thou then seen, if We content them for (long) years,
ثُمَّ جَآءَهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يُوعَدُونَ ﴿٢٠٦﴾
Thumma jāʾahum mā kānū yūʿadūn
And then cometh that which they were promised,
مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يُمَتَّعُونَ ﴿٢٠٧﴾
Mā aghnā ʿanhum mā kānū yumattaʿūn
(How) that wherewith they were contented naught availeth them?
وَمَآ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا لَهَا مُنذِرُونَ ﴿٢٠٨﴾
Wamā ahlaknā min qaryatin illā lahā mundhirūn
And We destroyed no township but it had its warners
ذِكْرَىٰ وَمَا كُنَّا ظَـٰلِمِينَ ﴿٢٠٩﴾
Dhikrā wamā kunnā ẓālimīn
For reminder, for We never were oppressors.
وَمَا تَنَزَّلَتْ بِهِ ٱلشَّيَـٰطِينُ ﴿٢١٠﴾
Wamā tanazzalat bihi ash-shayāṭīn
The devils did not bring it down.
وَمَا يَنۢبَغِى لَهُمْ وَمَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ ﴿٢١١﴾
Wamā yanbaghī lahum wamā yastaṭīʿūn
It is not meet for them, nor is it in their power,
إِنَّهُمْ عَنِ ٱلسَّمْعِ لَمَعْزُولُونَ ﴿٢١٢﴾
Innahum ʿani as-samʿi lamaʿzūlūn
Lo! verily they are banished from the hearing.
فَلَا تَدْعُ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَـٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُعَذَّبِينَ ﴿٢١٣﴾
Falā tadʿu maʿa Allāhi ilāhan ākhara fatakūna mina al-muʿadhdhabīn
Therefor invoke not with Allah another god, lest thou be one of the doomed.
وَأَنذِرْ عَشِيرَتَكَ ٱلْأَقْرَبِينَ ﴿٢١٤﴾
Waʾandhir ʿashīrataka al-aqrabīn
And warn thy tribe of near kindred,
وَٱخْفِضْ جَنَاحَكَ لِمَنِ ٱتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ﴿٢١٥﴾
Wākhfiḍ janāḥaka limani ittabaʿaka mina al-muʾminīn
And lower thy wing (in kindness) unto those believers who follow thee.
فَإِنْ عَصَوْكَ فَقُلْ إِنِّى بَرِىٓءٌ مِّمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ ﴿٢١٦﴾
Faʾin ʿaṣawka faqul innī barīʾun mimmā taʿmalūn
And if they (thy kinsfolk) disobey thee, say: Lo! I am innocent of what they do.
وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ﴿٢١٧﴾
Watawakkal ʿalā al-ʿazīzi ar-raḥīm
And put thy trust in the Mighty, the Merciful.
ٱلَّذِى يَرَىٰكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ ﴿٢١٨﴾
Alladhī yarāka ḥīna taqūm
Who seeth thee when thou standest up (to pray)
وَتَقَلُّبَكَ فِى ٱلسَّـٰجِدِينَ ﴿٢١٩﴾
Wataqallubaka fī as-sājidīn
And (seeth) thine abasement among those who fall prostrate (in worship).
إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ ﴿٢٢٠﴾
Innahu huwa as-samīʿu al-ʿalīm
Lo! He, only He, is the Hearer, the Knower.
هَلْ أُنَبِّئُكُمْ عَلَىٰ مَن تَنَزَّلُ ٱلشَّيَـٰطِينُ ﴿٢٢١﴾
Hal unabbiʾukum ʿalā man tanazzalu ash-shayāṭīn
Shall I inform you upon whom the devils descend?
تَنَزَّلُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ أَفَّاكٍ أَثِيمٍ ﴿٢٢٢﴾
Tanazzalu ʿalā kulli affākin athīm
They descend on every sinful, false one.
يُلْقُونَ ٱلسَّمْعَ وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ كَـٰذِبُونَ ﴿٢٢٣﴾
Yulqūna as-samʿa waʾaktharuhum kādhibūn
They listen eagerly, but most of them are liars.
وَٱلشُّعَرَآءُ يَتَّبِعُهُمُ ٱلْغَاوُۥنَ ﴿٢٢٤﴾
Wash-shuʿarāʾu yattabiʿuhumu al-ghāwūn
As for poets, the erring follow them.
أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّهُمْ فِى كُلِّ وَادٍ يَهِيمُونَ ﴿٢٢٥﴾
Alam tara annahum fī kulli wādin yahīmūn
Hast thou not seen how they stray in every valley,
وَأَنَّهُمْ يَقُولُونَ مَا لَا يَفْعَلُونَ ﴿٢٢٦﴾
Waʾannahum yaqūlūna mā lā yafʿalūn
And how they say that which they do not?
إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ وَذَكَرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ كَثِيرًا وَٱنتَصَرُوا۟ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا ظُلِمُوا۟ ۗ وَسَيَعْلَمُ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوٓا۟ أَىَّ مُنقَلَبٍ يَنقَلِبُونَ ﴿٢٢٧﴾
Illā alladhīna āmanū waʿamilū aṣ-ṣāliḥāti wadhakarū Allāha kathīran wāntaṣarū min baʿdi mā ẓulimū wasayaʿlamu alladhīna ẓalamū ayya munqalabin yanqalibūn
Save those who believe and do good works, and remember Allah much, and vindicate themselves after they have been wronged. Those who do wrong will come to know by what a (great) reverse they will be overturned!
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.