43. Az-Zukhruf

43:1

حمٓ ﴿١﴾

Ḥā-Mīm

Ha. Mim.

43:2

وَٱلْكِتَـٰبِ ٱلْمُبِينِ ﴿٢﴾

Wal-kitābi al-mubīn

By the Scripture which maketh plain,

43:3

إِنَّا جَعَلْنَـٰهُ قُرْءَٰنًا عَرَبِيًّا لَّعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ ﴿٣﴾

Innā jaʿalnāhu qurʾānan ʿarabiyyan laʿallakum taʿqilūn

Lo! We have appointed it a Lecture, in Arabic that haply ye may understand.

43:4

وَإِنَّهُۥ فِىٓ أُمِّ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ لَدَيْنَا لَعَلِىٌّ حَكِيمٌ ﴿٤﴾

Waʾinnahu fī ummi al-kitābi ladaynā laʿaliyyun ḥakīm

And Lo! in the Source of Decrees, which We possess, it is indeed sublime, decisive.

43:5

أَفَنَضْرِبُ عَنكُمُ ٱلذِّكْرَ صَفْحًا أَن كُنتُمْ قَوْمًا مُّسْرِفِينَ ﴿٥﴾

Afanaḍribu ʿankumu adh-dhikra ṣafḥan an kuntum qawman musrifīn

Shall We utterly ignore you because ye are a wanton folk?

43:6

وَكَمْ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن نَّبِىٍّ فِى ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ﴿٦﴾

Wakam arsalnā min nabiyyin fī al-awwalīn

How many a prophet did We send among the men of old!

43:7

وَمَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن نَّبِىٍّ إِلَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ ﴿٧﴾

Wamā yaʾtīhim min nabiyyin illā kānū bihi yastahziʾūn

And never came there unto them a prophet but they used to mock him.

43:8

فَأَهْلَكْنَآ أَشَدَّ مِنْهُم بَطْشًا وَمَضَىٰ مَثَلُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ﴿٨﴾

Faʾahlaknā ashadda minhum baṭshan wamaḍā mathalu al-awwalīn

Then We destroyed men mightier than these in prowess; and the example of the men of old hath gone (before them).

43:9

وَلَئِن سَأَلْتَهُم مَّنْ خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ لَيَقُولُنَّ خَلَقَهُنَّ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ ﴿٩﴾

Walaʾin saʾaltahum man khalaqa as-samāwāti wal-arḍa layaqūlunna khalaqahunna al-ʿazīzu al-ʿalīm

And if thou (Muhammad) ask them: Who created the heavens and the earth, they will surely answer: The Mighty, the Knower created them;

43:10

ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ مَهْدًا وَجَعَلَ لَكُمْ فِيهَا سُبُلًا لَّعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُونَ ﴿١٠﴾

Alladhī jaʿala lakumu al-arḍa mahdan wajaʿala lakum fīhā subulan laʿallakum tahtadūn

Who made the earth a resting-place for you, and placed roads for you therein, that haply ye may find your way;

43:11

وَٱلَّذِى نَزَّلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءًۢ بِقَدَرٍ فَأَنشَرْنَا بِهِۦ بَلْدَةً مَّيْتًا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ تُخْرَجُونَ ﴿١١﴾

Walladhī nazzala mina as-samāʾi māʾan biqadarin faʾansharnā bihi baldatan maytan kadhālika tukhrajūn

And Who sendeth down water from the sky in (due) measure, and We revive a dead land therewith. Even so will ye be brought forth;

43:12

وَٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلْأَزْوَٰجَ كُلَّهَا وَجَعَلَ لَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْفُلْكِ وَٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِ مَا تَرْكَبُونَ ﴿١٢﴾

Walladhī khalaqa al-azwāja kullahā wajaʿala lakum mina al-fulki wal-anʿāmi mā tarkabūn

He Who created all the pairs, and appointed for you ships and cattle whereupon ye ride.

43:13

لِتَسْتَوُۥا۟ عَلَىٰ ظُهُورِهِۦ ثُمَّ تَذْكُرُوا۟ نِعْمَةَ رَبِّكُمْ إِذَا ٱسْتَوَيْتُمْ عَلَيْهِ وَتَقُولُوا۟ سُبْحَـٰنَ ٱلَّذِى سَخَّرَ لَنَا هَـٰذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لَهُۥ مُقْرِنِينَ ﴿١٣﴾

Litastawū ʿalā ẓuhūrihi thumma tadhkurū niʿmata rabbikum idhā istawaytum ʿalayhi wataqūlū subḥāna alladhī sakhkhara lanā hādhā wamā kunnā lahu muqrinīn

That ye may mount upon their backs, and may remember your Lord's favour when ye mount thereon, and may say: Glorified be He Who hath subdued these unto us, and we were not capable (of subduing them);

43:14

وَإِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا لَمُنقَلِبُونَ ﴿١٤﴾

Waʾinnā ilā rabbinā lamunqalibūn

And lo! unto our Lord we surely are returning.

43:15

وَجَعَلُوا۟ لَهُۥ مِنْ عِبَادِهِۦ جُزْءًا ۚ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ لَكَفُورٌ مُّبِينٌ ﴿١٥﴾

Wajaʿalū lahu min ʿibādihi juzʾan inna al-insāna lakafūrun mubīn

And they allot to Him a portion of His bondmen! Lo! man is verily a mere ingrate.

43:16

أَمِ ٱتَّخَذَ مِمَّا يَخْلُقُ بَنَاتٍ وَأَصْفَىٰكُم بِٱلْبَنِينَ ﴿١٦﴾

Ami ittakhadha mimmā yakhluqu banātin waʾaṣfākum bil-banīn

Or chooseth He daughters of all that He hath created, and honoureth He you with sons?

43:17

وَإِذَا بُشِّرَ أَحَدُهُم بِمَا ضَرَبَ لِلرَّحْمَـٰنِ مَثَلًا ظَلَّ وَجْهُهُۥ مُسْوَدًّا وَهُوَ كَظِيمٌ ﴿١٧﴾

Waʾidhā bushshira aḥaduhum bimā ḍaraba lilrraḥmāni mathalan ẓalla wajhuhu muswaddan wahuwa kaẓīm

And if one of them hath tidings of that which he likeneth to the Beneficent One, his countenance becometh black and he is full of inward rage.

43:18

أَوَمَن يُنَشَّؤُا۟ فِى ٱلْحِلْيَةِ وَهُوَ فِى ٱلْخِصَامِ غَيْرُ مُبِينٍ ﴿١٨﴾

Awaman yunashshaʾu fī al-ḥilyati wahuwa fī al-khiṣāmi ghayru mubīn

(Liken they then to Allah) that which is bred up in outward show, and in dispute cannot make itself plain?

43:19

وَجَعَلُوا۟ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةَ ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عِبَـٰدُ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ إِنَـٰثًا ۚ أَشَهِدُوا۟ خَلْقَهُمْ ۚ سَتُكْتَبُ شَهَـٰدَتُهُمْ وَيُسْـَٔلُونَ ﴿١٩﴾

Wajaʿalū al-malāʾikata alladhīna hum ʿibādu ar-raḥmāni ināthan ashahidū khalqahum satuktabu shahādatuhum wayusʾalūn

And they make the angels, who are the slaves of the Beneficent, females. Did they witness their creation? Their testimony will be recorded and they will be questioned.

43:20

وَقَالُوا۟ لَوْ شَآءَ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ مَا عَبَدْنَـٰهُم ۗ مَّا لَهُم بِذَٰلِكَ مِنْ عِلْمٍ ۖ إِنْ هُمْ إِلَّا يَخْرُصُونَ ﴿٢٠﴾

Waqālū law shāʾa ar-raḥmānu mā ʿabadnāhum mā lahum bidhālika min ʿilmin in hum illā yakhruṣūn

And they say: If the Beneficent One had (so) willed, we should not have worshipped them. They have no knowledge whatsoever of that. They do but guess.

43:21

أَمْ ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمْ كِتَـٰبًا مِّن قَبْلِهِۦ فَهُم بِهِۦ مُسْتَمْسِكُونَ ﴿٢١﴾

Am ātaynāhum kitāban min qablihi fahum bihi mustamsikūn

Or have We given them any scripture before (this Qur'an) so that they are holding fast thereto?

43:22

بَلْ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا وَجَدْنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا عَلَىٰٓ أُمَّةٍ وَإِنَّا عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَـٰرِهِم مُّهْتَدُونَ ﴿٢٢﴾

Bal qālū innā wajadnā ābāʾanā ʿalā ummatin waʾinnā ʿalā āthārihim muhtadūn

Nay, for they say only: Lo! we found our fathers following a religion, and we are guided by their footprints.

43:23

وَكَذَٰلِكَ مَآ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ فِى قَرْيَةٍ مِّن نَّذِيرٍ إِلَّا قَالَ مُتْرَفُوهَآ إِنَّا وَجَدْنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا عَلَىٰٓ أُمَّةٍ وَإِنَّا عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَـٰرِهِم مُّقْتَدُونَ ﴿٢٣﴾

Wakadhālika mā arsalnā min qablika fī qaryatin min nadhīrin illā qāla mutrafūhā innā wajadnā ābāʾanā ʿalā ummatin waʾinnā ʿalā āthārihim muqtadūn

And even so We sent not a warner before thee (Muhammad) into any township but its luxurious ones said: Lo! we found our fathers following a religion, and we are following their footprints.

43:24

۞ قَـٰلَ أَوَلَوْ جِئْتُكُم بِأَهْدَىٰ مِمَّا وَجَدتُّمْ عَلَيْهِ ءَابَآءَكُمْ ۖ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا بِمَآ أُرْسِلْتُم بِهِۦ كَـٰفِرُونَ ﴿٢٤﴾

Qāla awalaw jiʾtukum biʾahdā mimmā wajadttum ʿalayhi ābāʾakum qālū innā bimā ursiltum bihi kāfirūn

(And the warner) said: What! Even though I bring you better guidance than that ye found your fathers following? They answered: Lo! in what ye bring we are disbelievers.

43:25

فَٱنتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ ۖ فَٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَـٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ﴿٢٥﴾

Fāntaqamnā minhum fānẓur kayfa kāna ʿāqibatu al-mukadhdhibīn

So We requited them. Then see the nature of the consequence for the rejecters!

43:26

وَإِذْ قَالَ إِبْرَٰهِيمُ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِۦٓ إِنَّنِى بَرَآءٌ مِّمَّا تَعْبُدُونَ ﴿٢٦﴾

Waʾidh qāla ibrāhīmu liʾabīhi waqawmihi innanī barāʾun mimmā taʿbudūn

And when Abraham said unto his father and his folk: Lo! I am innocent of what ye worship

43:27

إِلَّا ٱلَّذِى فَطَرَنِى فَإِنَّهُۥ سَيَهْدِينِ ﴿٢٧﴾

Illā alladhī faṭaranī faʾinnahu sayahdīn

Save Him Who did create me, for He will surely guide me.

43:28

وَجَعَلَهَا كَلِمَةًۢ بَاقِيَةً فِى عَقِبِهِۦ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ ﴿٢٨﴾

Wajaʿalahā kalimatan bāqiyatan fī ʿaqibihi laʿallahum yarjiʿūn

And he made it a word enduring among his seed, that haply they might return.

43:29

بَلْ مَتَّعْتُ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ وَءَابَآءَهُمْ حَتَّىٰ جَآءَهُمُ ٱلْحَقُّ وَرَسُولٌ مُّبِينٌ ﴿٢٩﴾

Bal mattaʿtu hāʾulāʾi waʾābāʾahum ḥattā jāʾahumu al-ḥaqqu warasūlun mubīn

Nay, but I let these and their fathers enjoy life (only) till there should come unto them the Truth and a messenger making plain.

43:30

وَلَمَّا جَآءَهُمُ ٱلْحَقُّ قَالُوا۟ هَـٰذَا سِحْرٌ وَإِنَّا بِهِۦ كَـٰفِرُونَ ﴿٣٠﴾

Walammā jāʾahumu al-ḥaqqu qālū hādhā siḥrun waʾinnā bihi kāfirūn

And now that the Truth hath come unto them they say: This is mere magic, and lo! we are disbelievers therein.

43:31

وَقَالُوا۟ لَوْلَا نُزِّلَ هَـٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانُ عَلَىٰ رَجُلٍ مِّنَ ٱلْقَرْيَتَيْنِ عَظِيمٍ ﴿٣١﴾

Waqālū lawlā nuzzila hādhā al-qurʾānu ʿalā rajulin mina al-qaryatayni ʿaẓīm

And they say: If only this Qur'an had been revealed to some great man of the two towns?

43:32

أَهُمْ يَقْسِمُونَ رَحْمَتَ رَبِّكَ ۚ نَحْنُ قَسَمْنَا بَيْنَهُم مَّعِيشَتَهُمْ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا ۚ وَرَفَعْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ فَوْقَ بَعْضٍ دَرَجَـٰتٍ لِّيَتَّخِذَ بَعْضُهُم بَعْضًا سُخْرِيًّا ۗ وَرَحْمَتُ رَبِّكَ خَيْرٌ مِّمَّا يَجْمَعُونَ ﴿٣٢﴾

Ahum yaqsimūna raḥmata rabbika naḥnu qasamnā baynahum maʿīshatahum fī al-ḥayāti ad-dunyā warafaʿnā baʿḍahum fawqa baʿḍin darajātin liyattakhidha baʿḍuhum baʿḍan sukhriyyan waraḥmatu rabbika khayrun mimmā yajmaʿūn

Is it they who apportion thy Lord's mercy? We have apportioned among them their livelihood in the life of the world, and raised some of them above others in rank that some of them may take labour from others; and the mercy of thy Lord is better than (the wealth) that they amass.

43:33

وَلَوْلَآ أَن يَكُونَ ٱلنَّاسُ أُمَّةً وَٰحِدَةً لَّجَعَلْنَا لِمَن يَكْفُرُ بِٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ لِبُيُوتِهِمْ سُقُفًا مِّن فِضَّةٍ وَمَعَارِجَ عَلَيْهَا يَظْهَرُونَ ﴿٣٣﴾

Walawlā an yakūna an-nāsu ummatan wāḥidatan lajaʿalnā liman yakfuru bir-raḥmāni libuyūtihim suqufan min fiḍḍatin wamaʿārija ʿalayhā yaẓharūn

And were it not that mankind would have become one community, We might well have appointed, for those who disbelieve in the Beneficent, roofs of silver for their houses and stairs (of silver) whereby to mount,

43:34

وَلِبُيُوتِهِمْ أَبْوَٰبًا وَسُرُرًا عَلَيْهَا يَتَّكِـُٔونَ ﴿٣٤﴾

Walibuyūtihim abwāban wasururan ʿalayhā yattakiʾūn

And for their houses doors (of silver) and couches of silver whereon to recline,

43:35

وَزُخْرُفًا ۚ وَإِن كُلُّ ذَٰلِكَ لَمَّا مَتَـٰعُ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا ۚ وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ عِندَ رَبِّكَ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ ﴿٣٥﴾

Wazukhrufan waʾin kullu dhālika lammā matāʿu al-ḥayāti ad-dunyā wal-ākhiratu ʿinda rabbika lilmuttaqīn

And ornaments of gold. Yet all that would have been but a provision of the life of the world. And the Hereafter with your Lord would have been for those who keep from evil.

43:36

وَمَن يَعْشُ عَن ذِكْرِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ نُقَيِّضْ لَهُۥ شَيْطَـٰنًا فَهُوَ لَهُۥ قَرِينٌ ﴿٣٦﴾

Waman yaʿshu ʿan dhikri ar-raḥmāni nuqayyiḍ lahu shayṭānan fahuwa lahu qarīn

And he whose sight is dim to the remembrance of the Beneficent, We assign unto him a devil who becometh his comrade;

43:37

وَإِنَّهُمْ لَيَصُدُّونَهُمْ عَنِ ٱلسَّبِيلِ وَيَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّهُم مُّهْتَدُونَ ﴿٣٧﴾

Waʾinnahum layaṣuddūnahum ʿani as-sabīli wayaḥsabūna annahum muhtadūn

And lo! they surely turn them from the way of Allah, and yet they deem that they are rightly guided;

43:38

حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَنَا قَالَ يَـٰلَيْتَ بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَكَ بُعْدَ ٱلْمَشْرِقَيْنِ فَبِئْسَ ٱلْقَرِينُ ﴿٣٨﴾

Ḥattā idhā jāʾanā qāla yā layta baynī wabaynaka buʿda al-mashriqayni fabiʾsa al-qarīn

Till, when he cometh unto Us, he saith (unto his comrade): Ah, would that between me and thee there were the distance of the two horizons - an evil comrade!

43:39

وَلَن يَنفَعَكُمُ ٱلْيَوْمَ إِذ ظَّلَمْتُمْ أَنَّكُمْ فِى ٱلْعَذَابِ مُشْتَرِكُونَ ﴿٣٩﴾

Walan yanfaʿakumu al-yawma idh ẓalamtum annakum fī al-ʿadhābi mushtarikūn

And it profiteth you not this day, because ye did wrong, that ye will be sharers in the doom.

43:40

أَفَأَنتَ تُسْمِعُ ٱلصُّمَّ أَوْ تَهْدِى ٱلْعُمْىَ وَمَن كَانَ فِى ضَلَـٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ ﴿٤٠﴾

Afaʾanta tusmiʿu aṣ-ṣumma aw tahdī al-ʿumya waman kāna fī ḍalālin mubīn

Canst thou (Muhammad) make the deaf to hear, or canst thou guide the blind or him who is in error manifest?

43:41

فَإِمَّا نَذْهَبَنَّ بِكَ فَإِنَّا مِنْهُم مُّنتَقِمُونَ ﴿٤١﴾

Faʾimmā nadhhabanna bika faʾinnā minhum muntaqimūn

And if We take thee away, We surely shall take vengeance on them,

43:42

أَوْ نُرِيَنَّكَ ٱلَّذِى وَعَدْنَـٰهُمْ فَإِنَّا عَلَيْهِم مُّقْتَدِرُونَ ﴿٤٢﴾

Aw nuriyannaka alladhī waʿadnāhum faʾinnā ʿalayhim muqtadirūn

Or (if) We show thee that wherewith We threaten them; for lo! We have complete command of them.

43:43

فَٱسْتَمْسِكْ بِٱلَّذِىٓ أُوحِىَ إِلَيْكَ ۖ إِنَّكَ عَلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ ﴿٤٣﴾

Fāstamsik billadhī ūḥiya ilayka innaka ʿalā ṣirāṭin mustaqīm

So hold thou fast to that which is inspired in thee. Lo! thou art on a right path.

43:44

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَذِكْرٌ لَّكَ وَلِقَوْمِكَ ۖ وَسَوْفَ تُسْـَٔلُونَ ﴿٤٤﴾

Waʾinnahu ladhikrun laka waliqawmika wasawfa tusʾalūn

And lo! it is in truth a Reminder for thee and for thy folk; and ye will be questioned.

43:45

وَسْـَٔلْ مَنْ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ مِن رُّسُلِنَآ أَجَعَلْنَا مِن دُونِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ءَالِهَةً يُعْبَدُونَ ﴿٤٥﴾

Wāsʾal man arsalnā min qablika min rusulinā ajaʿalnā min dūni ar-raḥmāni ālihatan yuʿbadūn

And ask those of Our messengers whom We sent before thee: Did We ever appoint gods to be worshipped beside the Beneficent?

43:46

وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا مُوسَىٰ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَآ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَلَإِي۟هِۦ فَقَالَ إِنِّى رَسُولُ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ﴿٤٦﴾

Walaqad arsalnā mūsā biʾāyātinā ilā firʿawna wamalaʾihi faqāla innī rasūlu rabbi al-ʿālamīn

And verily We sent Moses with Our revelations unto Pharaoh and his chiefs, and he said: I am a messenger of the Lord of the Worlds.

43:47

فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُم بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَآ إِذَا هُم مِّنْهَا يَضْحَكُونَ ﴿٤٧﴾

Falammā jāʾahum biʾāyātinā idhā hum minhā yaḍḥakūn

But when he brought them Our tokens, behold! they laughed at them.

43:48

وَمَا نُرِيهِم مِّنْ ءَايَةٍ إِلَّا هِىَ أَكْبَرُ مِنْ أُخْتِهَا ۖ وَأَخَذْنَـٰهُم بِٱلْعَذَابِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ ﴿٤٨﴾

Wamā nurīhim min āyatin illā hiya akbaru min ukhtihā waʾakhadhnāhum bil-ʿadhābi laʿallahum yarjiʿūn

And every token that We showed them was greater than its sister (token), and We grasped them with the torment, that haply they might turn again.

43:49

وَقَالُوا۟ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَ ٱلسَّاحِرُ ٱدْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ بِمَا عَهِدَ عِندَكَ إِنَّنَا لَمُهْتَدُونَ ﴿٤٩﴾

Waqālū yā ayyuha as-sāḥiru udʿu lanā rabbaka bimā ʿahida ʿindaka innanā lamuhtadūn

And they said: O wizard! Entreat thy Lord for us by the pact that He hath made with thee. Lo! we verily will walk aright.

43:50

فَلَمَّا كَشَفْنَا عَنْهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابَ إِذَا هُمْ يَنكُثُونَ ﴿٥٠﴾

Falammā kashafnā ʿanhumu al-ʿadhāba idhā hum yankuthūn

But when We eased them of the torment, behold! they broke their word.

43:51

وَنَادَىٰ فِرْعَوْنُ فِى قَوْمِهِۦ قَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ أَلَيْسَ لِى مُلْكُ مِصْرَ وَهَـٰذِهِ ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِىٓ ۖ أَفَلَا تُبْصِرُونَ ﴿٥١﴾

Wanādā firʿawnu fī qawmihi qāla yā qawmi alaysa lī mulku miṣra wahādhihi al-anhāru tajrī min taḥtī afalā tubṣirūn

And Pharaoh caused a proclamation to be made among his people saying: O my people! Is not mine the sovereignty of Egypt and these rivers flowing under me? Can ye not then discern?

43:52

أَمْ أَنَا۠ خَيْرٌ مِّنْ هَـٰذَا ٱلَّذِى هُوَ مَهِينٌ وَلَا يَكَادُ يُبِينُ ﴿٥٢﴾

Am anā khayrun min hādhā alladhī huwa mahīnun walā yakādu yubīn

I am surely better than this fellow, who is despicable and can hardly make (his meaning) plain!

43:53

فَلَوْلَآ أُلْقِىَ عَلَيْهِ أَسْوِرَةٌ مِّن ذَهَبٍ أَوْ جَآءَ مَعَهُ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ مُقْتَرِنِينَ ﴿٥٣﴾

Falawlā ulqiya ʿalayhi aswiratun min dhahabin aw jāʾa maʿahu al-malāʾikatu muqtarinīn

Why, then, have armlets of gold not been set upon him, or angels sent along with him?

43:54

فَٱسْتَخَفَّ قَوْمَهُۥ فَأَطَاعُوهُ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَوْمًا فَـٰسِقِينَ ﴿٥٤﴾

Fāstakhaffa qawmahu faʾaṭāʿūhu innahum kānū qawman fāsiqīn

Thus he persuaded his people to make light (of Moses), and they obeyed him. Lo! they were a wanton folk.

43:55

فَلَمَّآ ءَاسَفُونَا ٱنتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ فَأَغْرَقْنَـٰهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ ﴿٥٥﴾

Falammā āsafūnā intaqamnā minhum faʾaghraqnāhum ajmaʿīn

So, when they angered Us, We punished them and drowned them every one.

43:56

فَجَعَلْنَـٰهُمْ سَلَفًا وَمَثَلًا لِّلْـَٔاخِرِينَ ﴿٥٦﴾

Fajaʿalnāhum salafan wamathalan lilʾākhirīn

And We made them a thing past, and an example for those after (them).

43:57

۞ وَلَمَّا ضُرِبَ ٱبْنُ مَرْيَمَ مَثَلًا إِذَا قَوْمُكَ مِنْهُ يَصِدُّونَ ﴿٥٧﴾

Walammā ḍuriba ubnu maryama mathalan idhā qawmuka minhu yaṣiddūn

And when the son of Mary is quoted as an example, behold! the folk laugh out,

43:58

وَقَالُوٓا۟ ءَأَـٰلِهَتُنَا خَيْرٌ أَمْ هُوَ ۚ مَا ضَرَبُوهُ لَكَ إِلَّا جَدَلًۢا ۚ بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ خَصِمُونَ ﴿٥٨﴾

Waqālū aʾālihatunā khayrun am huwa mā ḍarabūhu laka illā jadalan bal hum qawmun khaṣimūn

And say: Are our gods better, or is he? They raise not the objection save for argument. Nay! but they are a contentious folk.

43:59

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا عَبْدٌ أَنْعَمْنَا عَلَيْهِ وَجَعَلْنَـٰهُ مَثَلًا لِّبَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ ﴿٥٩﴾

In huwa illā ʿabdun anʿamnā ʿalayhi wajaʿalnāhu mathalan libanī isrāʾīl

He is nothing but a slave on whom We bestowed favour, and We made him a pattern for the Children of Israel.

43:60

وَلَوْ نَشَآءُ لَجَعَلْنَا مِنكُم مَّلَـٰٓئِكَةً فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ يَخْلُفُونَ ﴿٦٠﴾

Walaw nashāʾu lajaʿalnā minkum malāʾikatan fī al-arḍi yakhlufūn

And had We willed We could have set among you angels to be viceroys in the earth.

43:61

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَعِلْمٌ لِّلسَّاعَةِ فَلَا تَمْتَرُنَّ بِهَا وَٱتَّبِعُونِ ۚ هَـٰذَا صِرَٰطٌ مُّسْتَقِيمٌ ﴿٦١﴾

Waʾinnahu laʿilmun lilssāʿati falā tamtarunna bihā wāttabiʿūni hādhā ṣirāṭun mustaqīm

And lo! verily there is knowledge of the Hour. So doubt ye not concerning it, but follow Me. This is the right path.

43:62

وَلَا يَصُدَّنَّكُمُ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ مُّبِينٌ ﴿٦٢﴾

Walā yaṣuddannakumu ash-shayṭānu innahu lakum ʿaduwwun mubīn

And let not Satan turn you aside. Lo! he is an open enemy for you.

43:63

وَلَمَّا جَآءَ عِيسَىٰ بِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِ قَالَ قَدْ جِئْتُكُم بِٱلْحِكْمَةِ وَلِأُبَيِّنَ لَكُم بَعْضَ ٱلَّذِى تَخْتَلِفُونَ فِيهِ ۖ فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ﴿٦٣﴾

Walammā jāʾa ʿīsā bil-bayyināti qāla qad jiʾtukum bil-ḥikmati waliʾubayyina lakum baʿḍa alladhī takhtalifūna fīhi fāttaqū Allāha waʾaṭīʿūn

When Jesus came with clear proofs (of Allah's Sovereignty), he said: I have come unto you with wisdom, and to make plain some of that concerning which ye differ. So keep your duty to Allah, and obey me.

43:64

إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ رَبِّى وَرَبُّكُمْ فَٱعْبُدُوهُ ۚ هَـٰذَا صِرَٰطٌ مُّسْتَقِيمٌ ﴿٦٤﴾

Inna Allāha huwa rabbī warabbukum fāʿbudūhu hādhā ṣirāṭun mustaqīm

Lo! Allah, He is my Lord and your Lord. So worship Him. This is a right path.

43:65

فَٱخْتَلَفَ ٱلْأَحْزَابُ مِنۢ بَيْنِهِمْ ۖ فَوَيْلٌ لِّلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمٍ أَلِيمٍ ﴿٦٥﴾

Fākhtalafa al-aḥzābu min baynihim fawaylun lilladhīna ẓalamū min ʿadhābi yawmin alīm

But the factions among them differed. Then woe unto those who do wrong from the doom of a painful day.

43:66

هَلْ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّا ٱلسَّاعَةَ أَن تَأْتِيَهُم بَغْتَةً وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ ﴿٦٦﴾

Hal yanẓurūna illā as-sāʿata an taʾtiyahum baghtatan wahum lā yashʿurūn

Await they aught save the Hour, that it shall come upon them suddenly, when they know not?

43:67

ٱلْأَخِلَّآءُ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّ إِلَّا ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ ﴿٦٧﴾

Al-akhillāʾu yawmaʾidhin baʿḍuhum libaʿḍin ʿaduwwun illā al-muttaqīn

Friends on that day will be foes one to another, save those who kept their duty (to Allah).

43:68

يَـٰعِبَادِ لَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْيَوْمَ وَلَآ أَنتُمْ تَحْزَنُونَ ﴿٦٨﴾

Yā ʿibādi lā khawfun ʿalaykumu al-yawma walā antum taḥzanūn

O My slaves! For you there is no fear this day, nor is it ye who grieve;

43:69

ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا وَكَانُوا۟ مُسْلِمِينَ ﴿٦٩﴾

Alladhīna āmanū biʾāyātinā wakānū muslimīn

(Ye) who believed Our revelations and were self-surrendered,

43:70

ٱدْخُلُوا۟ ٱلْجَنَّةَ أَنتُمْ وَأَزْوَٰجُكُمْ تُحْبَرُونَ ﴿٧٠﴾

Udkhulū al-jannata antum waʾazwājukum tuḥbarūn

Enter the Garden, ye and your wives, to be made glad.

43:71

يُطَافُ عَلَيْهِم بِصِحَافٍ مِّن ذَهَبٍ وَأَكْوَابٍ ۖ وَفِيهَا مَا تَشْتَهِيهِ ٱلْأَنفُسُ وَتَلَذُّ ٱلْأَعْيُنُ ۖ وَأَنتُمْ فِيهَا خَـٰلِدُونَ ﴿٧١﴾

Yuṭāfu ʿalayhim biṣiḥāfin min dhahabin waʾakwābin wafīhā mā tashtahīhi al-anfusu wataladhdhu al-aʿyunu waʾantum fīhā khālidūn

Therein are brought round for them trays of gold and goblets, and therein is all that souls desire and eyes find sweet. And ye are immortal therein.

43:72

وَتِلْكَ ٱلْجَنَّةُ ٱلَّتِىٓ أُورِثْتُمُوهَا بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ ﴿٧٢﴾

Watilka al-jannatu allatī ūrithtumūhā bimā kuntum taʿmalūn

This is the Garden which ye are made to inherit because of what ye used to do.

43:73

لَكُمْ فِيهَا فَـٰكِهَةٌ كَثِيرَةٌ مِّنْهَا تَأْكُلُونَ ﴿٧٣﴾

Lakum fīhā fākihatun kathīratun minhā taʾkulūn

Therein for you is fruit in plenty whence to eat.

43:74

إِنَّ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ فِى عَذَابِ جَهَنَّمَ خَـٰلِدُونَ ﴿٧٤﴾

Inna al-mujrimīna fī ʿadhābi jahannama khālidūn

Lo! the guilty are immortal in hell's torment.

43:75

لَا يُفَتَّرُ عَنْهُمْ وَهُمْ فِيهِ مُبْلِسُونَ ﴿٧٥﴾

Lā yufattaru ʿanhum wahum fīhi mublisūn

It is not relaxed for them, and they despair therein.

43:76

وَمَا ظَلَمْنَـٰهُمْ وَلَـٰكِن كَانُوا۟ هُمُ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ ﴿٧٦﴾

Wamā ẓalamnāhum walākin kānū humu aẓ-ẓālimīn

We wronged them not, but they it was who did the wrong.

43:77

وَنَادَوْا۟ يَـٰمَـٰلِكُ لِيَقْضِ عَلَيْنَا رَبُّكَ ۖ قَالَ إِنَّكُم مَّـٰكِثُونَ ﴿٧٧﴾

Wanādaw yā māliku liyaqḍi ʿalaynā rabbuka qāla innakum mākithūn

And they cry: O master! Let thy Lord make an end of us. He saith: Lo! here ye must remain.

43:78

لَقَدْ جِئْنَـٰكُم بِٱلْحَقِّ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَكُمْ لِلْحَقِّ كَـٰرِهُونَ ﴿٧٨﴾

Laqad jiʾnākum bil-ḥaqqi walākinna aktharakum lilḥaqqi kārihūn

We verily brought the Truth unto you, but ye were, most of you, averse to the Truth.

43:79

أَمْ أَبْرَمُوٓا۟ أَمْرًا فَإِنَّا مُبْرِمُونَ ﴿٧٩﴾

Am abramū amran faʾinnā mubrimūn

Or do they determine any thing (against the Prophet)? Lo! We (also) are determining.

43:80

أَمْ يَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّا لَا نَسْمَعُ سِرَّهُمْ وَنَجْوَىٰهُم ۚ بَلَىٰ وَرُسُلُنَا لَدَيْهِمْ يَكْتُبُونَ ﴿٨٠﴾

Am yaḥsabūna annā lā nasmaʿu sirrahum wanajwāhum balā warusulunā ladayhim yaktubūn

Or deem they that We cannot hear their secret thoughts and private confidences? Nay, but Our envoys, present with them, do record.

43:81

قُلْ إِن كَانَ لِلرَّحْمَـٰنِ وَلَدٌ فَأَنَا۠ أَوَّلُ ٱلْعَـٰبِدِينَ ﴿٨١﴾

Qul in kāna lilrraḥmāni waladun faʾanā awwalu al-ʿābidīn

Say (O Muhammad): If the Beneficent One hath a son, then, I shall be first among the worshippers. (But there is no son).

43:82

سُبْحَـٰنَ رَبِّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَرْشِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ ﴿٨٢﴾

Subḥāna rabbi as-samāwāti wal-arḍi rabbi al-ʿarshi ʿammā yaṣifūn

Glorified be the Lord of the heavens and the earth, the Lord of the Throne, from that which they ascribe (unto Him)!

43:83

فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوضُوا۟ وَيَلْعَبُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يُلَـٰقُوا۟ يَوْمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى يُوعَدُونَ ﴿٨٣﴾

Fadharhum yakhūḍū wayalʿabū ḥattā yulāqū yawmahumu alladhī yūʿadūn

So let them flounder (in their talk) and play until they meet the Day which they are promised.

43:84

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ إِلَـٰهٌ وَفِى ٱلْأَرْضِ إِلَـٰهٌ ۚ وَهُوَ ٱلْحَكِيمُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ ﴿٨٤﴾

Wahuwa alladhī fī as-samāʾi ilāhun wafī al-arḍi ilāhun wahuwa al-ḥakīmu al-ʿalīm

And He it is Who in the heaven is Allah, and in the earth Allah. He is the Wise, the Knower.

43:85

وَتَبَارَكَ ٱلَّذِى لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا وَعِندَهُۥ عِلْمُ ٱلسَّاعَةِ وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ ﴿٨٥﴾

Watabāraka alladhī lahu mulku as-samāwāti wal-arḍi wamā baynahumā waʿindahu ʿilmu as-sāʿati waʾilayhi turjaʿūn

And blessed be He unto Whom belongeth the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, and with Whom is knowledge of the Hour, and unto Whom ye will be returned.

43:86

وَلَا يَمْلِكُ ٱلَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِهِ ٱلشَّفَـٰعَةَ إِلَّا مَن شَهِدَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٨٦﴾

Walā yamliku alladhīna yadʿūna min dūnihi ash-shafāʿata illā man shahida bil-ḥaqqi wahum yaʿlamūn

And those unto whom they cry instead of Him possess no power of intercession, saving him who beareth witness unto the Truth knowingly.

43:87

وَلَئِن سَأَلْتَهُم مَّنْ خَلَقَهُمْ لَيَقُولُنَّ ٱللَّهُ ۖ فَأَنَّىٰ يُؤْفَكُونَ ﴿٨٧﴾

Walaʾin saʾaltahum man khalaqahum layaqūlunna Allāhu faʾannā yuʾfakūn

And if thou ask them who created them, they will surely say: Allah. How then are they turned away?

43:88

وَقِيلِهِۦ يَـٰرَبِّ إِنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ قَوْمٌ لَّا يُؤْمِنُونَ ﴿٨٨﴾

Waqīlihi yā rabbi inna hāʾulāʾi qawmun lā yuʾminūn

And he saith: O my Lord! Lo! these are a folk who believe not.

43:89

فَٱصْفَحْ عَنْهُمْ وَقُلْ سَلَـٰمٌ ۚ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٨٩﴾

Fāṣfaḥ ʿanhum waqul salāmun fasawfa yaʿlamūn

Then bear with them (O Muhammad) and say: Peace. But they will come to know.