صٓ ۚ وَٱلْقُرْءَانِ ذِى ٱلذِّكْرِ ﴿١﴾
Ṣād wal-qurʾāni dhī adh-dhikr
Sad. By the renowned Qur'an,
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38. Saad
The letter Saad · Meccan · 88 verses
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Bismi Allāhi ar-raḥmāni ar-raḥīm
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فِى عِزَّةٍ وَشِقَاقٍ ﴿٢﴾
Bali alladhīna kafarū fī ʿizzatin washiqāq
Nay, but those who disbelieve are in false pride and schism.
كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَبْلِهِم مِّن قَرْنٍ فَنَادَوا۟ وَّلَاتَ حِينَ مَنَاصٍ ﴿٣﴾
Kam ahlaknā min qablihim min qarnin fanādaw walāta ḥīna manāṣ
How many a generation We destroyed before them, and they cried out when it was no longer the time for escape!
وَعَجِبُوٓا۟ أَن جَآءَهُم مُّنذِرٌ مِّنْهُمْ ۖ وَقَالَ ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَ هَـٰذَا سَـٰحِرٌ كَذَّابٌ ﴿٤﴾
Waʿajibū an jāʾahum mundhirun minhum waqāla al-kāfirūna hādhā sāḥirun kadhdhāb
And they marvel that a warner from among themselves hath come unto them, and the disbelievers say: This is a wizard, a charlatan.
أَجَعَلَ ٱلْـَٔالِهَةَ إِلَـٰهًا وَٰحِدًا ۖ إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَشَىْءٌ عُجَابٌ ﴿٥﴾
Ajaʿala al-ālihata ilāhan wāḥidan inna hādhā lashayʾun ʿujāb
Maketh he the gods One Allah? Lo! that is an astounding thing.
وَٱنطَلَقَ ٱلْمَلَأُ مِنْهُمْ أَنِ ٱمْشُوا۟ وَٱصْبِرُوا۟ عَلَىٰٓ ءَالِهَتِكُمْ ۖ إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَشَىْءٌ يُرَادُ ﴿٦﴾
Wānṭalaqa al-malaʾu minhum ani umshū wāṣbirū ʿalā ālihatikum inna hādhā lashayʾun yurād
The chiefs among them go about, exhorting: Go and be staunch to your gods! Lo! this is a thing designed.
مَا سَمِعْنَا بِهَـٰذَا فِى ٱلْمِلَّةِ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا ٱخْتِلَـٰقٌ ﴿٧﴾
Mā samiʿnā bihādhā fī al-millati al-ākhirati in hādhā illā ikhtilāq
We have not heard of this in later religion. This is naught but an invention.
أَءُنزِلَ عَلَيْهِ ٱلذِّكْرُ مِنۢ بَيْنِنَا ۚ بَلْ هُمْ فِى شَكٍّ مِّن ذِكْرِى ۖ بَل لَّمَّا يَذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابِ ﴿٨﴾
Aʾunzila ʿalayhi adh-dhikru min bayninā bal hum fī shakkin min dhikrī bal lammā yadhūqū ʿadhāb
Hath the reminder been unto him (alone) among us? Nay, but they are in doubt concerning My reminder; nay but they have not yet tasted My doom.
أَمْ عِندَهُمْ خَزَآئِنُ رَحْمَةِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْوَهَّابِ ﴿٩﴾
Am ʿindahum khazāʾinu raḥmati rabbika al-ʿazīzi al-wahhāb
Or are theirs the treasures of the mercy of thy Lord, the Mighty, the Bestower?
أَمْ لَهُم مُّلْكُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ۖ فَلْيَرْتَقُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَسْبَـٰبِ ﴿١٠﴾
Am lahum mulku as-samāwāti wal-arḍi wamā baynahumā falyartaqū fī al-asbāb
Or is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them theirs? Then let them ascend by ropes!
جُندٌ مَّا هُنَالِكَ مَهْزُومٌ مِّنَ ٱلْأَحْزَابِ ﴿١١﴾
Jundun mā hunālika mahzūmun mina al-aḥzāb
A defeated host are (all) the factions that are there.
كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ وَعَادٌ وَفِرْعَوْنُ ذُو ٱلْأَوْتَادِ ﴿١٢﴾
Kadhdhabat qablahum qawmu nūḥin waʿādun wafirʿawnu dhū al-awtād
The folk of Noah before them denied (their messenger) and (so did the tribe of) A'ad, and Pharaoh firmly planted,
وَثَمُودُ وَقَوْمُ لُوطٍ وَأَصْحَـٰبُ لْـَٔيْكَةِ ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلْأَحْزَابُ ﴿١٣﴾
Wathamūdu waqawmu lūṭin waʾaṣḥābu al-aykati ulāʾika al-aḥzāb
And (the tribe of) Thamud, and the folk of Lot, and the dwellers in the wood: these were the factions.
إِن كُلٌّ إِلَّا كَذَّبَ ٱلرُّسُلَ فَحَقَّ عِقَابِ ﴿١٤﴾
In kullun illā kadhdhaba ar-rusula faḥaqqa ʿiqāb
Not one of them but did deny the messengers, therefor My doom was justified,
وَمَا يَنظُرُ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ إِلَّا صَيْحَةً وَٰحِدَةً مَّا لَهَا مِن فَوَاقٍ ﴿١٥﴾
Wamā yanẓuru hāʾulāʾi illā ṣayḥatan wāḥidatan mā lahā min fawāq
These wait for but one Shout, there will be no second thereto.
وَقَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَا عَجِّل لَّنَا قِطَّنَا قَبْلَ يَوْمِ ٱلْحِسَابِ ﴿١٦﴾
Waqālū rabbanā ʿajjil lanā qiṭṭanā qabla yawmi al-ḥisāb
They say: Our Lord! Hasten on for us our fate before the Day of Reckoning.
ٱصْبِرْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَقُولُونَ وَٱذْكُرْ عَبْدَنَا دَاوُۥدَ ذَا ٱلْأَيْدِ ۖ إِنَّهُۥٓ أَوَّابٌ ﴿١٧﴾
Iṣbir ʿalā mā yaqūlūna wādhkur ʿabdanā dāwūda dhā al-aydi innahu awwāb
Bear with what they say, and remember Our bondman David, lord of might, Lo! he was ever turning in repentance (toward Allah).
إِنَّا سَخَّرْنَا ٱلْجِبَالَ مَعَهُۥ يُسَبِّحْنَ بِٱلْعَشِىِّ وَٱلْإِشْرَاقِ ﴿١٨﴾
Innā sakhkharnā al-jibāla maʿahu yusabbiḥna bil-ʿashiyyi wal-ishrāq
Lo! We subdued the hills to hymn the praises (of their Lord) with him at nightfall and sunrise,
وَٱلطَّيْرَ مَحْشُورَةً ۖ كُلٌّ لَّهُۥٓ أَوَّابٌ ﴿١٩﴾
Waṭ-ṭayra maḥshūratan kullun lahu awwāb
And the birds assembled; all were turning unto Him.
وَشَدَدْنَا مُلْكَهُۥ وَءَاتَيْنَـٰهُ ٱلْحِكْمَةَ وَفَصْلَ ٱلْخِطَابِ ﴿٢٠﴾
Washadadnā mulkahu waʾātaynāhu al-ḥikmata wafaṣla al-khiṭāb
We made his kingdom strong and gave him wisdom and decisive speech.
۞ وَهَلْ أَتَىٰكَ نَبَؤُا۟ ٱلْخَصْمِ إِذْ تَسَوَّرُوا۟ ٱلْمِحْرَابَ ﴿٢١﴾
Wahal atāka nabaʾu al-khaṣmi idh tasawwarū al-miḥrāb
And hath the story of the litigants come unto thee? How they climbed the wall into the royal chamber;
إِذْ دَخَلُوا۟ عَلَىٰ دَاوُۥدَ فَفَزِعَ مِنْهُمْ ۖ قَالُوا۟ لَا تَخَفْ ۖ خَصْمَانِ بَغَىٰ بَعْضُنَا عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ فَٱحْكُم بَيْنَنَا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَلَا تُشْطِطْ وَٱهْدِنَآ إِلَىٰ سَوَآءِ ٱلصِّرَٰطِ ﴿٢٢﴾
Idh dakhalū ʿalā dāwūda fafaziʿa minhum qālū lā takhaf khaṣmāni baghā baʿḍunā ʿalā baʿḍin fāḥkum baynanā bil-ḥaqqi walā tushṭiṭ wāhdinā ilā sawāʾi aṣ-ṣirāṭ
How they burst in upon David, and he was afraid of them. They said: Be not afraid! (We are) two litigants, one of whom hath wronged the other, therefor judge aright between us; be not unjust; and show us the fair way.
إِنَّ هَـٰذَآ أَخِى لَهُۥ تِسْعٌ وَتِسْعُونَ نَعْجَةً وَلِىَ نَعْجَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ فَقَالَ أَكْفِلْنِيهَا وَعَزَّنِى فِى ٱلْخِطَابِ ﴿٢٣﴾
Inna hādhā akhī lahu tisʿun watisʿūna naʿjatan waliya naʿjatun wāḥidatun faqāla akfilnīhā waʿazzanī fī al-khiṭāb
Lo! this my brother hath ninety and nine ewes while I had one ewe; and he said: Entrust it to me, and he conquered me in speech.
قَالَ لَقَدْ ظَلَمَكَ بِسُؤَالِ نَعْجَتِكَ إِلَىٰ نِعَاجِهِۦ ۖ وَإِنَّ كَثِيرًا مِّنَ ٱلْخُلَطَآءِ لَيَبْغِى بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ وَقَلِيلٌ مَّا هُمْ ۗ وَظَنَّ دَاوُۥدُ أَنَّمَا فَتَنَّـٰهُ فَٱسْتَغْفَرَ رَبَّهُۥ وَخَرَّ رَاكِعًا وَأَنَابَ ۩ ﴿٢٤﴾
Qāla laqad ẓalamaka bisuʾāli naʿjatika ilā niʿājihi waʾinna kathīran mina al-khulaṭāʾi layabghī baʿḍuhum ʿalā baʿḍin illā alladhīna āmanū waʿamilū aṣ-ṣāliḥāti waqalīlun mā hum waẓanna dāwūdu annamā fatannāhu fāstaghfara rabbahu wakharra rākiʿan waʾanāb
(David) said: He hath wronged thee in demanding thine ewe in addition to his ewes, and lo! many partners oppress one another, save such as believe and do good works, and they are few. And David guessed that We had tried him, and he sought forgiveness of his Lord, and he bowed himself and fell down prostrate and repented.
فَغَفَرْنَا لَهُۥ ذَٰلِكَ ۖ وَإِنَّ لَهُۥ عِندَنَا لَزُلْفَىٰ وَحُسْنَ مَـَٔابٍ ﴿٢٥﴾
Faghafarnā lahu dhālika waʾinna lahu ʿindanā lazulfā waḥusna maʾāb
So We forgave him that; and lo! he had access to Our presence and a happy journey's end.
يَـٰدَاوُۥدُ إِنَّا جَعَلْنَـٰكَ خَلِيفَةً فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَٱحْكُم بَيْنَ ٱلنَّاسِ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَلَا تَتَّبِعِ ٱلْهَوَىٰ فَيُضِلَّكَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَضِلُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ شَدِيدٌۢ بِمَا نَسُوا۟ يَوْمَ ٱلْحِسَابِ ﴿٢٦﴾
Yā dāwūdu innā jaʿalnāka khalīfatan fī al-arḍi fāḥkum bayna an-nāsi bil-ḥaqqi walā tattabiʿi al-hawā fayuḍillaka ʿan sabīli Allāhi inna alladhīna yaḍillūna ʿan sabīli Allāhi lahum ʿadhābun shadīdun bimā nasū yawma al-ḥisāb
(And it was said unto him): O David! Lo! We have set thee as a viceroy in the earth; therefor judge aright between mankind, and follow not desire that it beguile thee from the way of Allah. Lo! those who wander from the way of Allah have an awful doom, forasmuch as they forgot the Day of Reckoning.
وَمَا خَلَقْنَا ٱلسَّمَآءَ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا بَـٰطِلًا ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ظَنُّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ ۚ فَوَيْلٌ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلنَّارِ ﴿٢٧﴾
Wamā khalaqnā as-samāʾa wal-arḍa wamā baynahumā bāṭilan dhālika ẓannu alladhīna kafarū fawaylun lilladhīna kafarū mina an-nār
And We created not the heaven and the earth and all that is between them in vain. That is the opinion of those who disbelieve. And woe unto those who disbelieve, from the Fire!
أَمْ نَجْعَلُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ كَٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ أَمْ نَجْعَلُ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ كَٱلْفُجَّارِ ﴿٢٨﴾
Am najʿalu alladhīna āmanū waʿamilū aṣ-ṣāliḥāti kal-mufsidīna fī al-arḍi am najʿalu al-muttaqīna kal-fujjār
Shall We treat those who believe and do good works as those who spread corruption in the earth; or shall We treat the pious as the wicked?
كِتَـٰبٌ أَنزَلْنَـٰهُ إِلَيْكَ مُبَـٰرَكٌ لِّيَدَّبَّرُوٓا۟ ءَايَـٰتِهِۦ وَلِيَتَذَكَّرَ أُو۟لُوا۟ ٱلْأَلْبَـٰبِ ﴿٢٩﴾
Kitābun anzalnāhu ilayka mubārakun liyaddabbarū āyātihi waliyatadhakkara ulū al-albāb
(This is) a Scripture that We have revealed unto thee, full of blessing, that they may ponder its revelations, and that men of understanding may reflect.
وَوَهَبْنَا لِدَاوُۥدَ سُلَيْمَـٰنَ ۚ نِعْمَ ٱلْعَبْدُ ۖ إِنَّهُۥٓ أَوَّابٌ ﴿٣٠﴾
Wawahabnā lidāwūda sulaymāna niʿma al-ʿabdu innahu awwāb
And We bestowed on David, Solomon. How excellent a slave! Lo! he was ever turning in repentance (toward Allah).
إِذْ عُرِضَ عَلَيْهِ بِٱلْعَشِىِّ ٱلصَّـٰفِنَـٰتُ ٱلْجِيَادُ ﴿٣١﴾
Idh ʿuriḍa ʿalayhi bil-ʿashiyyi aṣ-ṣāfinātu al-jiyād
When there were shown to him at eventide lightfooted coursers
فَقَالَ إِنِّىٓ أَحْبَبْتُ حُبَّ ٱلْخَيْرِ عَن ذِكْرِ رَبِّى حَتَّىٰ تَوَارَتْ بِٱلْحِجَابِ ﴿٣٢﴾
Faqāla innī aḥbabtu ḥubba al-khayri ʿan dhikri rabbī ḥattā tawārat bil-ḥijāb
And he said: Lo! I have preferred the good things (of the world) to the remembrance of my Lord; till they were taken out of sight behind the curtain.
رُدُّوهَا عَلَىَّ ۖ فَطَفِقَ مَسْحًۢا بِٱلسُّوقِ وَٱلْأَعْنَاقِ ﴿٣٣﴾
Ruddūhā ʿalayya faṭafiqa masḥan bis-sūqi wal-aʿnāq
(Then he said): Bring them back to me, and fell to slashing (with his sword their) legs and necks.
وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا سُلَيْمَـٰنَ وَأَلْقَيْنَا عَلَىٰ كُرْسِيِّهِۦ جَسَدًا ثُمَّ أَنَابَ ﴿٣٤﴾
Walaqad fatannā sulaymāna waʾalqaynā ʿalā kursiyyihi jasadan thumma anāb
And verily We tried Solomon, and set upon his throne a (mere) body. Then did he repent.
قَالَ رَبِّ ٱغْفِرْ لِى وَهَبْ لِى مُلْكًا لَّا يَنۢبَغِى لِأَحَدٍ مِّنۢ بَعْدِىٓ ۖ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلْوَهَّابُ ﴿٣٥﴾
Qāla rabbi ighfir lī wahab lī mulkan lā yanbaghī liʾaḥadin min baʿdī innaka anta al-wahhāb
He said: My Lord! Forgive me and bestow on me sovereignty such as shall not belong to any after me. Lo! Thou art the Bestower.
فَسَخَّرْنَا لَهُ ٱلرِّيحَ تَجْرِى بِأَمْرِهِۦ رُخَآءً حَيْثُ أَصَابَ ﴿٣٦﴾
Fasakhkharnā lahu ar-rīḥa tajrī biʾamrihi rukhāʾan ḥaythu aṣāb
So We made the wind subservient unto him, setting fair by his command whithersoever he intended.
وَٱلشَّيَـٰطِينَ كُلَّ بَنَّآءٍ وَغَوَّاصٍ ﴿٣٧﴾
Wash-shayāṭīna kulla bannāʾin waghawwāṣ
And the unruly, every builder and diver (made We subservient),
وَءَاخَرِينَ مُقَرَّنِينَ فِى ٱلْأَصْفَادِ ﴿٣٨﴾
Waʾākharīna muqarranīna fī al-aṣfād
And others linked together in chains,
هَـٰذَا عَطَآؤُنَا فَٱمْنُنْ أَوْ أَمْسِكْ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ ﴿٣٩﴾
Hādhā ʿaṭāʾunā fāmnun aw amsik bighayri ḥisāb
(Saying): This is Our gift, so bestow thou, or withhold, without reckoning.
وَإِنَّ لَهُۥ عِندَنَا لَزُلْفَىٰ وَحُسْنَ مَـَٔابٍ ﴿٤٠﴾
Waʾinna lahu ʿindanā lazulfā waḥusna maʾāb
And lo! he hath favour with Us, and a happy journey's end.
وَٱذْكُرْ عَبْدَنَآ أَيُّوبَ إِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنِّى مَسَّنِىَ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ بِنُصْبٍ وَعَذَابٍ ﴿٤١﴾
Wādhkur ʿabdanā ayyūba idh nādā rabbahu annī massaniya ash-shayṭānu binuṣbin waʿadhāb
And make mention (O Muhammad) of Our bondman Job, when he cried unto his Lord (saying): Lo! the devil doth afflict me with distress and torment.
ٱرْكُضْ بِرِجْلِكَ ۖ هَـٰذَا مُغْتَسَلٌۢ بَارِدٌ وَشَرَابٌ ﴿٤٢﴾
Urkuḍ birijlika hādhā mughtasalun bāridun washarāb
(And it was said unto him): Strike the ground with thy foot. This (spring) is a cool bath and a refreshing drink.
وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُۥٓ أَهْلَهُۥ وَمِثْلَهُم مَّعَهُمْ رَحْمَةً مِّنَّا وَذِكْرَىٰ لِأُو۟لِى ٱلْأَلْبَـٰبِ ﴿٤٣﴾
Wawahabnā lahu ahlahu wamithlahum maʿahum raḥmatan minnā wadhikrā liʾulī al-albāb
And We bestowed on him (again) his household and therewith the like thereof, a mercy from Us, and a memorial for men of understanding.
وَخُذْ بِيَدِكَ ضِغْثًا فَٱضْرِب بِّهِۦ وَلَا تَحْنَثْ ۗ إِنَّا وَجَدْنَـٰهُ صَابِرًا ۚ نِّعْمَ ٱلْعَبْدُ ۖ إِنَّهُۥٓ أَوَّابٌ ﴿٤٤﴾
Wakhudh biyadika ḍighthan fāḍrib bihi walā taḥnath innā wajadnāhu ṣābiran niʿma al-ʿabdu innahu awwāb
And (it was said unto him): Take in thine hand a branch and smite therewith, and break not thine oath. Lo! We found him steadfast, how excellent a slave! Lo! he was ever turning in repentance (to his Lord).
وَٱذْكُرْ عِبَـٰدَنَآ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَإِسْحَـٰقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ أُو۟لِى ٱلْأَيْدِى وَٱلْأَبْصَـٰرِ ﴿٤٥﴾
Wādhkur ʿibādanā ibrāhīma waʾisḥāqa wayaʿqūba ulī al-aydī wal-abṣār
And make mention of Our bondmen, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, men of parts and vision.
إِنَّآ أَخْلَصْنَـٰهُم بِخَالِصَةٍ ذِكْرَى ٱلدَّارِ ﴿٤٦﴾
Innā akhlaṣnāhum bikhāliṣatin dhikrā ad-dār
Lo! We purified them with a pure thought, remembrance of the Home (of the Hereafter).
وَإِنَّهُمْ عِندَنَا لَمِنَ ٱلْمُصْطَفَيْنَ ٱلْأَخْيَارِ ﴿٤٧﴾
Waʾinnahum ʿindanā lamina al-muṣṭafayna al-akhyār
Lo! in Our sight they are verily of the elect, the excellent.
وَٱذْكُرْ إِسْمَـٰعِيلَ وَٱلْيَسَعَ وَذَا ٱلْكِفْلِ ۖ وَكُلٌّ مِّنَ ٱلْأَخْيَارِ ﴿٤٨﴾
Wādhkur ismāʿīla wal-yasaʿa wadhā al-kifli wakullun mina al-akhyār
And make mention of Ishmael and Elisha and Dhu'l-Kifl. All are of the chosen.
هَـٰذَا ذِكْرٌ ۚ وَإِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ لَحُسْنَ مَـَٔابٍ ﴿٤٩﴾
Hādhā dhikrun waʾinna lilmuttaqīna laḥusna maʾāb
This is a reminder. And lo! for those who ward off (evil) is a happy journey's end,
جَنَّـٰتِ عَدْنٍ مُّفَتَّحَةً لَّهُمُ ٱلْأَبْوَٰبُ ﴿٥٠﴾
Jannāti ʿadnin mufattaḥatan lahumu al-abwāb
Gardens of Eden, whereof the gates are opened for them,
مُتَّكِـِٔينَ فِيهَا يَدْعُونَ فِيهَا بِفَـٰكِهَةٍ كَثِيرَةٍ وَشَرَابٍ ﴿٥١﴾
Muttakiʾīna fīhā yadʿūna fīhā bifākihatin kathīratin washarāb
Wherein, reclining, they call for plenteous fruit and cool drink (that is) therein.
۞ وَعِندَهُمْ قَـٰصِرَٰتُ ٱلطَّرْفِ أَتْرَابٌ ﴿٥٢﴾
Waʿindahum qāṣirātu aṭ-ṭarfi atrāb
And with them are those of modest gaze, companions.
هَـٰذَا مَا تُوعَدُونَ لِيَوْمِ ٱلْحِسَابِ ﴿٥٣﴾
Hādhā mā tūʿadūna liyawmi al-ḥisāb
This it is that ye are promised for the Day of Reckoning.
إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَرِزْقُنَا مَا لَهُۥ مِن نَّفَادٍ ﴿٥٤﴾
Inna hādhā larizqunā mā lahu min nafād
Lo! this in truth is Our provision, which will never waste away.
هَـٰذَا ۚ وَإِنَّ لِلطَّـٰغِينَ لَشَرَّ مَـَٔابٍ ﴿٥٥﴾
Hādhā waʾinna lilṭṭāghīna lasharra maʾāb
This (is for the righteous). And lo! for the transgressors there with be an evil journey's end,
جَهَنَّمَ يَصْلَوْنَهَا فَبِئْسَ ٱلْمِهَادُ ﴿٥٦﴾
Jahannama yaṣlawnahā fabiʾsa al-mihād
Hell, where they will burn, an evil resting-place.
هَـٰذَا فَلْيَذُوقُوهُ حَمِيمٌ وَغَسَّاقٌ ﴿٥٧﴾
Hādhā falyadhūqūhu ḥamīmun waghassāq
Here is a boiling and an ice-cold draught, so let them taste it,
وَءَاخَرُ مِن شَكْلِهِۦٓ أَزْوَٰجٌ ﴿٥٨﴾
Waʾākharu min shaklihi azwāj
And other (torment) of the kind in pairs (the two extremes)!
هَـٰذَا فَوْجٌ مُّقْتَحِمٌ مَّعَكُمْ ۖ لَا مَرْحَبًۢا بِهِمْ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ صَالُوا۟ ٱلنَّارِ ﴿٥٩﴾
Hādhā fawjun muqtaḥimun maʿakum lā marḥaban bihim innahum ṣālū an-nār
Here is an army rushing blindly with you. (Those who are already in the Fire say): No word of welcome for them. Lo! they will roast at the Fire.
قَالُوا۟ بَلْ أَنتُمْ لَا مَرْحَبًۢا بِكُمْ ۖ أَنتُمْ قَدَّمْتُمُوهُ لَنَا ۖ فَبِئْسَ ٱلْقَرَارُ ﴿٦٠﴾
Qālū bal antum lā marḥaban bikum antum qaddamtumūhu lanā fabiʾsa al-qarār
They say: Nay, but you (misleaders), for you there is no word of welcome. Ye prepared this for us (by your misleading). Now hapless is the plight.
قَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَا مَن قَدَّمَ لَنَا هَـٰذَا فَزِدْهُ عَذَابًا ضِعْفًا فِى ٱلنَّارِ ﴿٦١﴾
Qālū rabbanā man qaddama lanā hādhā fazidhu ʿadhāban ḍiʿfan fī an-nār
They say: Our Lord! Whoever did prepare this for us, oh, give him double portion of the Fire!
وَقَالُوا۟ مَا لَنَا لَا نَرَىٰ رِجَالًا كُنَّا نَعُدُّهُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَشْرَارِ ﴿٦٢﴾
Waqālū mā lanā lā narā rijālan kunnā naʿudduhum mina al-ashrār
And they say: What aileth us that we behold not men whom we were wont to count among the wicked?
أَتَّخَذْنَـٰهُمْ سِخْرِيًّا أَمْ زَاغَتْ عَنْهُمُ ٱلْأَبْصَـٰرُ ﴿٦٣﴾
Attakhadhnāhum sikhriyyan am zāghat ʿanhumu al-abṣār
Did we take them (wrongly) for a laughing-stock, or have our eyes missed them?
إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ لَحَقٌّ تَخَاصُمُ أَهْلِ ٱلنَّارِ ﴿٦٤﴾
Inna dhālika laḥaqqun takhāṣumu ahli an-nār
Lo! that is very truth: the wrangling of the dwellers in the Fire.
قُلْ إِنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ مُنذِرٌ ۖ وَمَا مِنْ إِلَـٰهٍ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ ٱلْوَٰحِدُ ٱلْقَهَّارُ ﴿٦٥﴾
Qul innamā anā mundhirun wamā min ilāhin illā Allāhu al-wāḥidu al-qahhār
Say (unto them, O Muhammad): I am only a warner, and there is no Allah save Allah, the One, the Absolute,
رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْغَفَّـٰرُ ﴿٦٦﴾
Rabbu as-samāwāti wal-arḍi wamā baynahumā al-ʿazīzu al-ghaffār
Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, the Mighty, the Pardoning.
قُلْ هُوَ نَبَؤٌا۟ عَظِيمٌ ﴿٦٧﴾
Qul huwa nabaʾun ʿaẓīm
Say: It is tremendous tidings
أَنتُمْ عَنْهُ مُعْرِضُونَ ﴿٦٨﴾
Antum ʿanhu muʿriḍūn
Whence ye turn away!
مَا كَانَ لِىَ مِنْ عِلْمٍۭ بِٱلْمَلَإِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰٓ إِذْ يَخْتَصِمُونَ ﴿٦٩﴾
Mā kāna liya min ʿilmin bil-malaʾi al-aʿlā idh yakhtaṣimūn
I had no knowledge of the Highest Chiefs when they disputed;
إِن يُوحَىٰٓ إِلَىَّ إِلَّآ أَنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ ﴿٧٠﴾
In yūḥā ilayya illā annamā anā nadhīrun mubīn
It is revealed unto me only that I may be a plain warner.
إِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ إِنِّى خَـٰلِقٌۢ بَشَرًا مِّن طِينٍ ﴿٧١﴾
Idh qāla rabbuka lilmalāʾikati innī khāliqun basharan min ṭīn
When thy Lord said unto the angels: Lo! I am about to create a mortal out of mire,
فَإِذَا سَوَّيْتُهُۥ وَنَفَخْتُ فِيهِ مِن رُّوحِى فَقَعُوا۟ لَهُۥ سَـٰجِدِينَ ﴿٧٢﴾
Faʾidhā sawwaytuhu wanafakhtu fīhi min rūḥī faqaʿū lahu sājidīn
And when I have fashioned him and breathed into him of My Spirit, then fall down before him prostrate,
فَسَجَدَ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ كُلُّهُمْ أَجْمَعُونَ ﴿٧٣﴾
Fasajada al-malāʾikatu kulluhum ajmaʿūn
The angels fell down prostrate, every one,
إِلَّآ إِبْلِيسَ ٱسْتَكْبَرَ وَكَانَ مِنَ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ ﴿٧٤﴾
Illā iblīsa istakbara wakāna mina al-kāfirīn
Saving Iblis; he was scornful and became one of the disbelievers.
قَالَ يَـٰٓإِبْلِيسُ مَا مَنَعَكَ أَن تَسْجُدَ لِمَا خَلَقْتُ بِيَدَىَّ ۖ أَسْتَكْبَرْتَ أَمْ كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلْعَالِينَ ﴿٧٥﴾
Qāla yā iblīsu mā manaʿaka an tasjuda limā khalaqtu biyadayya astakbarta am kunta mina al-ʿālīn
He said: O Iblis! What hindereth thee from falling prostrate before that which I have created with both My hands? Art thou too proud or art thou of the high exalted?
قَالَ أَنَا۠ خَيْرٌ مِّنْهُ ۖ خَلَقْتَنِى مِن نَّارٍ وَخَلَقْتَهُۥ مِن طِينٍ ﴿٧٦﴾
Qāla anā khayrun minhu khalaqtanī min nārin wakhalaqtahu min ṭīn
He said: I am better than him. Thou createdst me of fire, whilst him Thou didst create of clay.
قَالَ فَٱخْرُجْ مِنْهَا فَإِنَّكَ رَجِيمٌ ﴿٧٧﴾
Qāla fākhruj minhā faʾinnaka rajīm
He said: Go forth from hence, for lo! thou art outcast,
وَإِنَّ عَلَيْكَ لَعْنَتِىٓ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ ﴿٧٨﴾
Waʾinna ʿalayka laʿnatī ilā yawmi ad-dīn
And lo! My curse is on thee till the Day of Judgment.
قَالَ رَبِّ فَأَنظِرْنِىٓ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ ﴿٧٩﴾
Qāla rabbi faʾanẓirnī ilā yawmi yubʿathūn
He said: My Lord! Reprieve me till the day when they are raised.
قَالَ فَإِنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُنظَرِينَ ﴿٨٠﴾
Qāla faʾinnaka mina al-munẓarīn
He said: Lo! thou art of those reprieved
إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْوَقْتِ ٱلْمَعْلُومِ ﴿٨١﴾
Ilā yawmi al-waqti al-maʿlūm
Until the day of the time appointed.
قَالَ فَبِعِزَّتِكَ لَأُغْوِيَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ ﴿٨٢﴾
Qāla fabiʿizzatika laʾughwiyannahum ajmaʿīn
He said: Then, by Thy might, I surely will beguile them every one,
إِلَّا عِبَادَكَ مِنْهُمُ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ ﴿٨٣﴾
Illā ʿibādaka minhumu al-mukhlaṣīn
Save Thy single-minded slaves among them.
قَالَ فَٱلْحَقُّ وَٱلْحَقَّ أَقُولُ ﴿٨٤﴾
Qāla fal-ḥaqqu wal-ḥaqqa aqūl
He said: The Truth is, and the Truth I speak,
لَأَمْلَأَنَّ جَهَنَّمَ مِنكَ وَمِمَّن تَبِعَكَ مِنْهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ ﴿٨٥﴾
Laʾamlaʾanna jahannama minka wamimman tabiʿaka minhum ajmaʿīn
That I shall fill hell with thee and with such of them as follow thee, together.
قُلْ مَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ وَمَآ أَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلْمُتَكَلِّفِينَ ﴿٨٦﴾
Qul mā asʾalukum ʿalayhi min ajrin wamā anā mina al-mutakallifīn
Say (O Muhammad, unto mankind): I ask of you no fee for this, and I am no simulating.
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ﴿٨٧﴾
In huwa illā dhikrun lilʿālamīn
Lo! it is naught else than a reminder for all peoples
وَلَتَعْلَمُنَّ نَبَأَهُۥ بَعْدَ حِينٍۭ ﴿٨٨﴾
Walataʿlamunna nabaʾahu baʿda ḥīn
And ye will come in time to know the truth thereof.
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.