7. Surah Al-A'raf The Heights

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّح۪يمِ

Bismi Allahi arrahmani arraheem

In the name of Allah, All-Merciful, Most Merciful

الٓمٓصٓۜ

Alif-lam-meem-sad

Alif Lam Mim Sad.

كِتَابٌ اُنْزِلَ اِلَيْكَ فَلَا يَكُنْ ف۪ي صَدْرِكَ حَرَجٌ مِنْهُ لِتُنْذِرَ بِه۪ وَذِكْرٰى لِلْمُؤْمِن۪ينَ

Kitabun onzila ilayka falayakun fee sadrika harajun minhu litunthirabihi wathikra lilmu/mineen

It is a Book sent down to you – so let there be no constriction in your breast because of it so that you can give warning by it and as a reminder to the muminun.

اِتَّبِعُوا مَٓا اُنْزِلَ اِلَيْكُمْ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ وَلَا تَتَّبِعُوا مِنْ دُونِه۪ٓ اَوْلِيَٓاءَۜ قَل۪يلاً مَا تَذَكَّرُونَ

IttabiAAoo ma onzila ilaykum minrabbikum wala tattabiAAoo min doonihi awliyaaqaleelan ma tathakkaroon

Follow what has been sent down to you from your Lord and do not follow any protectors apart from Him. How little you remember!

وَكَمْ مِنْ قَرْيَةٍ اَهْلَكْنَاهَا فَجَٓاءَهَا بَأْسُنَا بَيَاتاً اَوْ هُمْ قَٓائِلُونَ

Wakam min qaryatin ahlaknahafajaaha ba/suna bayatan aw hum qa-iloon

How many cities We have destroyed! Our violent force came down on them during the night, or while they were asleep during the day.

فَمَا كَانَ دَعْوٰيهُمْ اِذْ جَٓاءَهُمْ بَأْسُنَٓا اِلَّٓا اَنْ قَالُٓوا اِنَّا كُنَّا ظَالِم۪ينَ

Fama kana daAAwahum ithjaahum ba/suna illa an qaloo innakunna thalimeen

And their only utterance, when Our violent force came down upon them, was the cry: ‘Truly we have been wrongdoers!’

فَلَنَسْـَٔلَنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ اُرْسِلَ اِلَيْهِمْ وَلَنَسْـَٔلَنَّ الْمُرْسَل۪ينَۙ

Falanas-alanna allatheena orsilailayhim walanas-alanna almursaleen

We will question those to whom the Messengers were sent, and We will question the Messengers.

فَلَنَقُصَّنَّ عَلَيْهِمْ بِعِلْمٍ وَمَا كُنَّا غَٓائِب۪ينَ

Falanaqussanna AAalayhim biAAilmin wamakunna gha-ibeen

We will tell them about it with knowledge. We are never absent.

وَالْوَزْنُ يَوْمَئِذٍۨ الْحَقُّۚ فَمَنْ ثَقُلَتْ مَوَاز۪ينُهُ فَاُو۬لٰٓئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ

Walwaznu yawma-ithini alhaqqufaman thaqulat mawazeenuhu faola-ika humu almuflihoon

The weighing that Day will be the truth. As for those whose scales are heavy, they are the successful.

وَمَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَاز۪ينُهُ فَاُو۬لٰٓئِكَ الَّذ۪ينَ خَسِرُٓوا اَنْفُسَهُمْ بِمَا كَانُوا بِاٰيَاتِنَا يَظْلِمُونَ

Waman khaffat mawazeenuhu faola-ikaallatheena khasiroo anfusahum bima kanoo bi-ayatinayathlimoon

As for those whose scales are light, they are the ones who have lost their own selves because they wrongfully rejected Our Signs.

وَلَقَدْ مَكَّنَّاكُمْ فِي الْاَرْضِ وَجَعَلْنَا لَكُمْ ف۪يهَا مَعَايِشَۜ قَل۪يلاً مَا تَشْكُرُونَ۟

Walaqad makkannakum fee al-ardiwajaAAalna lakum feeha maAAayisha qaleelan matashkuroon

We have established you firmly on the earth and granted you your livelihood in it. What little thanks you show!

وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَاكُمْ ثُمَّ صَوَّرْنَاكُمْ ثُمَّ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلٰٓئِكَةِ اسْجُدُوا لِاٰدَمَۗ فَسَجَدُٓوا اِلَّٓا اِبْل۪يسَۜ لَمْ يَكُنْ مِنَ السَّاجِد۪ينَ

Walaqad khalaqnakum thumma sawwarnakumthumma qulna lilmala-ikati osjudoo li-adamafasajadoo illa ibleesa lam yakun mina assajideen

We created you and then formed you and then We said to the angels, ‘Prostrate before Adam,’ and they prostrated – except for Iblis. He was not among those who prostrated.

قَالَ مَا مَنَعَكَ اَلَّا تَسْجُدَ اِذْ اَمَرْتُكَۜ قَالَ اَنَا۬ خَيْرٌ مِنْهُۚ خَلَقْتَن۪ي مِنْ نَارٍ وَخَلَقْتَهُ مِنْ ط۪ينٍ

Qala ma manaAAaka allatasjuda ith amartuka qala ana khayrun minhukhalaqtanee min narin wakhalaqtahu min teen

He said, ‘What prevented you from prostrating when I commanded you to?’ He replied, ‘I am better than him. You created me from fire and You created him from clay.’

قَالَ فَاهْبِطْ مِنْهَا فَمَا يَكُونُ لَكَ اَنْ تَتَكَبَّرَ ف۪يهَا فَاخْرُجْ اِنَّكَ مِنَ الصَّاغِر۪ينَ

Qala fahbit minhafama yakoonu laka an tatakabbara feeha fakhrujinnaka mina assaghireen

He said, ‘Descend from Heaven. It is not for you to be arrogant in it. So get out! You are one of the abased.’

قَالَ اَنْظِرْن۪ٓي اِلٰى يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ

Qala anthirnee ilayawmi yubAAathoon

He said, ‘Grant me a reprieve until the day they are raised up. ’

قَالَ اِنَّكَ مِنَ الْمُنْظَر۪ينَ

Qala innaka mina almunthareen

He said, ‘You are one of the reprieved. ’

قَالَ فَبِمَٓا اَغْوَيْتَن۪ي لَاَقْعُدَنَّ لَهُمْ صِرَاطَكَ الْمُسْتَق۪يمَۙ

Qala fabima aghwaytaneelaaqAAudanna lahum sirataka almustaqeem

He said, ‘By Your misguidance of me, I will lie in ambush for them on your straight path.

ثُمَّ لَاٰتِيَنَّهُمْ مِنْ بَيْنِ اَيْد۪يهِمْ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِمْ وَعَنْ اَيْمَانِهِمْ وَعَنْ شَمَٓائِلِهِمْۜ وَلَا تَجِدُ اَكْثَرَهُمْ شَاكِر۪ينَ

Thumma laatiyannahum min bayniaydeehim wamin khalfihim waAAan aymanihim waAAan shama-ilihimwala tajidu aktharahum shakireen

Then I will come at them, from in front of them and behind them, from their right and from their left. You will not find most of them thankful.’

قَالَ اخْرُجْ مِنْهَا مَذْؤُ۫ماً مَدْحُوراًۜ لَمَنْ تَبِعَكَ مِنْهُمْ لَاَمْلَـَٔنَّ جَهَنَّمَ مِنْكُمْ اَجْمَع۪ينَ

Qala okhruj minha mathoomanmadhooran laman tabiAAaka minhum laamlaanna jahannamaminkum ajmaAAeen

He said, ‘Get out of it, reviled and driven out. As for those of them who follow you, I will fill up Hell with every one of you.’

وَيَٓا اٰدَمُ اسْكُنْ اَنْتَ وَزَوْجُكَ الْجَنَّةَ فَكُلَا مِنْ حَيْثُ شِئْتُمَا وَلَا تَقْرَبَا هٰذِهِ الشَّجَرَةَ فَتَكُونَا مِنَ الظَّالِم۪ينَ

Waya adamu oskun antawazawjuka aljannata fakula min haythu shi/tumawala taqraba hathihi ashshajaratafatakoona mina aththalimeen

‘Adam, live in the Garden, you and your wife, and eat of it wherever you like. But do not go near this tree lest you become wrongdoers.’

فَوَسْوَسَ لَهُمَا الشَّيْطَانُ لِيُبْدِيَ لَهُمَا مَا وُ۫رِيَ عَنْهُمَا مِنْ سَوْاٰتِهِمَا وَقَالَ مَا نَهٰيكُمَا رَبُّكُمَا عَنْ هٰذِهِ الشَّجَرَةِ اِلَّٓا اَنْ تَكُونَا مَلَكَيْنِ اَوْ تَكُونَا مِنَ الْخَالِد۪ينَ

Fawaswasa lahuma ashshaytanuliyubdiya lahuma ma wooriya AAanhuma minsaw-atihima waqala ma nahakumarabbukuma AAan hathihi ashshajarati illaan takoona malakayni aw takoona mina alkhalideen

Then Shaytan whispered to them, disclosing to them their private parts that had been concealed from them. He said, ‘Your Lord has only forbidden you this tree lest you become angels or among those who live for ever.’

وَقَاسَمَـهُمَٓا اِنّ۪ي لَكُمَا لَمِنَ النَّاصِح۪ينَۙ

Waqasamahuma innee lakumalamina annasiheen

He swore to them, ‘I am one of those who give you good advice. ’

فَدَلّٰيهُمَا بِغُرُورٍۚ فَلَمَّا ذَاقَا الشَّجَرَةَ بَدَتْ لَهُمَا سَوْاٰتُهُمَا وَطَفِقَا يَخْصِفَانِ عَلَيْهِمَا مِنْ وَرَقِ الْجَنَّةِۜ وَنَادٰيهُمَا رَبُّهُمَٓا اَلَمْ اَنْهَكُمَا عَنْ تِلْكُمَا الشَّجَرَةِ وَاَقُلْ لَكُمَٓا اِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ لَكُمَا عَدُوٌّ مُب۪ينٌ

Fadallahuma bighuroorin falammathaqa ashshajarata badat lahuma saw-atuhumawatafiqa yakhsifani AAalayhimamin waraqi aljannati wanadahuma rabbuhumaalam anhakuma AAan tilkuma ashshajaratiwaaqul lakuma inna ashshaytana lakumaAAaduwwun mubeen

So he enticed them to do it by means of trickery. Then when they tasted the tree, their private parts were disclosed to them and they started stitching together the leaves of the Garden in order to cover themselves. Their Lord called out to them, 'Did I not forbid you this tree and say to you, "Shaytan is an outright enemy to you"?’

قَالَا رَبَّـنَا ظَلَمْنَٓا اَنْفُسَنَا وَاِنْ لَمْ تَغْفِرْ لَنَا وَتَرْحَمْنَا لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْخَاسِر۪ينَ

Qala rabbana thalamnaanfusana wa-in lam taghfir lana watarhamnalanakoonanna mina alkhasireen

They said, ‘Our Lord, we have wronged ourselves. If you do not forgive us and have mercy on us, we will be among the lost.’

قَالَ اهْبِطُوا بَعْضُكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّۚ وَلَكُمْ فِي الْاَرْضِ مُسْتَقَرٌّ وَمَتَاعٌ اِلٰى ح۪ينٍ

Qala ihbitoo baAAdukumlibaAAdin AAaduwwun walakum fee al-ardi mustaqarrunwamataAAun ila heen

He said, ‘Go down from here as enemies to each other! You will have residence on the earth and enjoyment for a time. ’

قَالَ ف۪يهَا تَحْيَوْنَ وَف۪يهَا تَمُوتُونَ وَمِنْهَا تُخْرَجُونَ۟

Qala feeha tahyawnawafeeha tamootoona waminha tukhrajoon

He said, ‘On it you will live and on it die and from it you will be brought forth. ’

يَا بَن۪ٓي اٰدَمَ قَدْ اَنْزَلْنَا عَلَيْكُمْ لِبَاساً يُوَار۪ي سَوْاٰتِكُمْ وَر۪يشاً۠ وَلِبَاسُ التَّقْوٰى ذٰلِكَ خَيْرٌۜ ذٰلِكَ مِنْ اٰيَاتِ اللّٰهِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَذَّكَّرُونَ

Ya banee adama qad anzalnaAAalaykum libasan yuwaree saw-atikumwareeshan walibasu attaqwa thalikakhayrun thalika min ayati AllahilaAAallahum yaththakkaroon

Children of Adam! We have sent down clothing to you to conceal your private parts, and fine apparel, but the garment of taqwa – that is best! That is one of Allah’s Signs, so that hopefully you will pay heed.

يَا بَن۪ٓي اٰدَمَ لَا يَفْتِنَنَّكُمُ الشَّيْطَانُ كَمَٓا اَخْرَجَ اَبَوَيْكُمْ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ يَنْزِعُ عَنْهُمَا لِبَاسَهُمَا لِيُرِيَهُمَا سَوْاٰتِهِمَاۜ اِنَّهُ يَرٰيكُمْ هُوَ وَقَب۪يلُهُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا تَرَوْنَهُمْۜ اِنَّا جَعَلْنَا الشَّيَاط۪ينَ اَوْلِيَٓاءَ لِلَّذ۪ينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

Ya banee adama layaftinannakumu ashshaytanu kama akhrajaabawaykum mina aljannati yanziAAu AAanhuma libasahumaliyuriyahuma saw-atihima innahu yarakumhuwa waqabeeluhu min haythu la tarawnahum innajaAAalna ashshayateena awliyaa lillatheenala yu/minoon

Children of Adam! do not let Shaytan tempt you into trouble as He expelled your parents from the Garden, stripping them of their covering and disclosing to them their private parts. He and his tribe see you from where you do not see them. We have made the shaytans friends of those who have no iman.

وَاِذَا فَعَلُوا فَاحِشَةً قَالُوا وَجَدْنَا عَلَيْهَٓا اٰبَٓاءَنَا وَاللّٰهُ اَمَرَنَا بِهَاۜ قُلْ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَا يَأْمُرُ بِالْفَحْشَٓاءِۜ اَتَقُولُونَ عَلَى اللّٰهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

Wa-itha faAAaloo fahishatan qaloowajadna AAalayha abaana wallahuamarana biha qul inna Allaha laya/muru bilfahsha-i ataqooloona AAalaAllahi ma la taAAlamoon

Whenever they commit an indecent act, they say, ‘We found our fathers doing it and Allah commanded us to do it too. ’ Say: ‘Allah does not command indecency. Do you say things about Allah you do not know?’

قُلْ اَمَرَ رَبّ۪ي بِالْقِسْطِ۠ وَاَق۪يمُوا وُجُوهَكُمْ عِنْدَ كُلِّ مَسْجِدٍ وَادْعُوهُ مُخْلِص۪ينَ لَهُ الدّ۪ينَۜ كَمَا بَدَاَكُمْ تَعُودُونَۜ

Qul amara rabbee bilqistiwaaqeemoo wujoohakum AAinda kulli masjidin wadAAoohumukhliseena lahu addeena kama badaakumtaAAoodoon

Say: ‘My Lord has commanded justice. Stand and face Him in every mosque and call on Him, making your deen sincerely His. As He originated you, so you will return.’ One group He guided; but another group got the misguidance they deserved. They took the shaytans as friends instead of Allah and thought that they were guided.

فَر۪يقاً هَدٰى وَفَر۪يقاً حَقَّ عَلَيْهِمُ الضَّلَالَةُۜ اِنَّهُمُ اتَّخَذُوا الشَّيَاط۪ينَ اَوْلِيَٓاءَ مِنْ دُونِ اللّٰهِ وَيَحْسَبُونَ اَنَّهُمْ مُهْتَدُونَ

Fareeqan hada wafareeqan haqqaAAalayhimu addalalatu innahumu ittakhathooashshayateena awliyaa min dooni Allahiwayahsaboona annahum muhtadoon

Children of Adam! wear fine clothing in every mosque and eat and drink but do not be profligate. He does not love the profligate.

يَا بَن۪ٓي اٰدَمَ خُذُوا ز۪ينَتَكُمْ عِنْدَ كُلِّ مَسْجِدٍ وَكُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا وَلَا تُسْرِفُواۚ اِنَّهُ لَا يُحِبُّ الْمُسْرِف۪ينَ۟

Ya banee adama khuthoozeenatakum AAinda kulli masjidin wakuloo washraboo walatusrifoo innahu la yuhibbu almusrifeen

Say: ‘Who has forbidden the fine clothing Allah has produced for His slaves and the good kinds of provision?’ Say: ‘On the Day of Rising such things will be exclusively for those who had iman during their life in this world. ’ In this way We make the Signs clear for people who know.

قُلْ مَنْ حَرَّمَ ز۪ينَةَ اللّٰهِ الَّت۪ٓي اَخْرَجَ لِعِبَادِه۪ وَالطَّيِّبَاتِ مِنَ الرِّزْقِۜ قُلْ هِيَ لِلَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا فِي الْحَيٰوةِ الدُّنْيَا خَالِصَةً يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِۜ كَذٰلِكَ نُفَصِّلُ الْاٰيَاتِ لِقَوْمٍ يَعْلَمُونَ

Qul man harrama zeenata Allahiallatee akhraja liAAibadihi wattayyibatimina arrizqi qul hiya lillatheena amanoofee alhayati addunya khalisatanyawma alqiyamati kathalika nufassilu al-ayatiliqawmin yaAAlamoon

Say: ‘My Lord has forbidden indecency, both open and hidden, and wrong action, and unrightful tyranny, and associating anything with Allah for which He has sent down no authority, and saying things about Allah you do not know. ’

قُلْ اِنَّمَا حَرَّمَ رَبِّيَ الْفَوَاحِشَ مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْهَا وَمَا بَطَنَ وَالْاِثْمَ وَالْبَغْيَ بِغَيْرِ الْحَقِّ وَاَنْ تُشْرِكُوا بِاللّٰهِ مَا لَمْ يُنَزِّلْ بِه۪ سُلْطَاناً وَاَنْ تَقُولُوا عَلَى اللّٰهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

Qul innama harrama rabbiyaalfawahisha ma thahara minhawama batana wal-ithma walbaghyabighayri alhaqqi waan tushrikoo billahi malam yunazzil bihi sultanan waan taqooloo AAala Allahima la taAAlamoon

Every nation has an appointed time. When their time comes, they cannot delay it a single hour or bring it forward.

وَلِكُلِّ اُمَّةٍ اَجَلٌۚ فَاِذَا جَٓاءَ اَجَلُهُمْ لَا يَسْتَأْخِرُونَ سَاعَةً وَلَا يَسْتَقْدِمُونَ

Walikulli ommatin ajalun fa-itha jaaajaluhum la yasta/khiroona saAAatan walayastaqdimoon

Children of Adam! if Messengers come to you from among yourselves, recounting My Signs to you, those who have taqwa and put things right, will feel no fear and will know no sorrow.

يَا بَن۪ٓي اٰدَمَ اِمَّا يَأْتِيَنَّكُمْ رُسُلٌ مِنْكُمْ يَقُصُّونَ عَلَيْكُمْ اٰيَات۪يۙ فَمَنِ اتَّقٰى وَاَصْلَحَ فَلَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ

Ya banee adama immaya/tiyannakum rusulun minkum yaqussoona AAalaykum ayateefamani ittaqa waaslaha fala khawfunAAalayhim wala hum yahzanoon

But as for those who reject Our Signs and are arrogant regarding them, they are the Companions of the Fire, remaining in it timelessly, for ever.

وَالَّذ۪ينَ كَذَّبُوا بِاٰيَاتِنَا وَاسْتَكْبَرُوا عَنْهَٓا اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ اَصْحَابُ النَّارِۚ هُمْ ف۪يهَا خَالِدُونَ

Wallatheena kaththaboobi-ayatina wastakbaroo AAanhaola-ika as-habu annari humfeeha khalidoon

Who could do greater wrong than someone who invents lies against Allah or denies His Signs? Such people’s portion of the Book will catch up with them so that when Our messengers come to them to take them in death, saying, ‘Where are those you called upon besides Allah?’ they will say, ‘They have forsaken us,’ testifying against themselves that they were kuffar.

فَمَنْ اَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ افْتَرٰى عَلَى اللّٰهِ كَذِباً اَوْ كَذَّبَ بِاٰيَاتِه۪ۜ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ يَنَالُهُمْ نَص۪يبُهُمْ مِنَ الْكِتَابِۜ حَتّٰٓى اِذَا جَٓاءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُنَا يَتَوَفَّوْنَهُمْۙ قَالُٓوا اَيْنَ مَا كُنْتُمْ تَدْعُونَ مِنْ دُونِ اللّٰهِۜ قَالُوا ضَلُّوا عَنَّا وَشَهِدُوا عَلٰٓى اَنْفُسِهِمْ اَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا كَافِر۪ينَ

Faman athlamu mimmani iftaraAAala Allahi kathiban aw kaththababi-ayatihi ola-ika yanaluhum naseebuhummina alkitabi hatta itha jaat-humrusuluna yatawaffawnahum qaloo ayna makuntum tadAAoona min dooni Allahi qaloo dallooAAanna washahidoo AAala anfusihim annahum kanookafireen

He will say, ‘Enter the Fire together with the nations of jinn and men who have passed away before you. ’ Each time a nation enters, it will curse its sister nation, until, when they are all gathered together in it, the last of them will say to the first, ‘Our Lord, those are the ones who misguided us, so give them a double punishment in the Fire.’

قَالَ ادْخُلُوا ف۪ٓي اُمَمٍ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ مِنَ الْجِنِّ وَالْاِنْسِ فِي النَّارِۜ كُلَّمَا دَخَلَتْ اُمَّةٌ لَعَنَتْ اُخْتَهَاۜ حَتّٰٓى اِذَا ادَّارَكُوا ف۪يهَا جَم۪يعاًۙ قَالَتْ اُخْرٰيهُمْ لِاُو۫لٰيهُمْ رَبَّنَا هٰٓؤُ۬لَٓاءِ اَضَلُّونَا فَاٰتِهِمْ عَذَاباً ضِعْفاً مِنَ النَّارِۜ قَالَ لِكُلٍّ ضِعْفٌ وَلٰكِنْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

Qala odkhuloo fee omamin qad khalatmin qablikum mina aljinni wal-insi fee annarikullama dakhalat ommatun laAAanat okhtaha hattaitha iddarakoo feeha jameeAAan qalatokhrahum li-oolahum rabbana haola-iadalloona faatihim AAathaban diAAfanmina annari qala likullin diAAfunwalakin la taAAlamoon

He will say, ‘Each will receive double. But you do not know it.’

وَقَالَتْ اُو۫لٰيهُمْ لِاُخْرٰيهُمْ فَمَا كَانَ لَكُمْ عَلَيْنَا مِنْ فَضْلٍ فَذُوقُوا الْعَذَابَ بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَكْسِبُونَ۟

Waqalat oolahum li-okhrahumfama kana lakum AAalayna min fadlinfathooqoo alAAathaba bima kuntum taksiboon

The first of them will say to the last, ‘You are in no way superior to us so taste the punishment for what you earned. ’

اِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ كَذَّبُوا بِاٰيَاتِنَا وَاسْتَكْبَرُوا عَنْهَا لَا تُفَتَّحُ لَهُمْ اَبْوَابُ السَّمَٓاءِ وَلَا يَدْخُلُونَ الْجَنَّةَ حَتّٰى يَلِجَ الْجَمَلُ ف۪ي سَمِّ الْخِيَاطِۜ وَكَذٰلِكَ نَجْزِي الْمُجْرِم۪ينَ

Inna allatheena kaththaboo bi-ayatinawastakbaroo AAanha la tufattahulahum abwabu assama-i walayadkhuloona aljannata hatta yalija aljamalu feesammi alkhiyati wakathalika najzee almujrimeen

As for those who deny Our Signs and are arrogant regarding them, the Gates of Heaven will not be opened for them, and they will not enter the Garden until a camel goes through a needle’s eye. That is how We repay the evildoers.

لَهُمْ مِنْ جَهَنَّمَ مِهَادٌ وَمِنْ فَوْقِهِمْ غَوَاشٍۜ وَكَذٰلِكَ نَجْزِي الظَّالِم۪ينَ

Lahum min jahannama mihadun waminfawqihim ghawashin wakathalika najzee aththalimeen

They will have Hell as a resting-place and covering layers on top of them. That is how We repay wrongdoers.

وَالَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ لَا نُكَلِّفُ نَفْساً اِلَّا وُسْعَهَاۘ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ اَصْحَابُ الْجَنَّةِۚ هُمْ ف۪يهَا خَالِدُونَ

Wallatheena amanoowaAAamiloo assalihati la nukallifunafsan illa wusAAaha ola-ika as-habualjannati hum feeha khalidoon

As for those who have iman and do right actions – We impose on no self any more than it can bear – they are the Companions of the Garden, remaining in it timelessly, for ever.

وَنَزَعْنَا مَا ف۪ي صُدُورِهِمْ مِنْ غِلٍّ تَجْر۪ي مِنْ تَحْتِهِمُ الْاَنْهَارُۚ وَقَالُوا الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ الَّذ۪ي هَدٰينَا لِهٰذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لِنَهْتَدِيَ لَوْلَٓا اَنْ هَدٰينَا اللّٰهُۚ لَقَدْ جَٓاءَتْ رُسُلُ رَبِّنَا بِالْحَقِّۜ وَنُودُٓوا اَنْ تِلْكُمُ الْجَنَّةُ اُو۫رِثْتُمُوهَا بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

WanazaAAna ma fee sudoorihimmin ghillin tajree min tahtihimu al-anharu waqalooalhamdu lillahi allathee hadanalihatha wama kunna linahtadiya lawlaan hadana Allahu laqad jaat rusulurabbina bilhaqqi wanoodoo an tilkumualjannatu oorithtumooha bima kuntum taAAmaloon

We will strip away any rancour in their hearts. Rivers will flow under them and they will say, ‘Praise be to Allah who has guided us to this! We would not have been guided, had Allah not guided us. The Messengers of our Lord came with the Truth.’ It will be proclaimed to them: ‘This is your Garden which you have inherited for what you did.’

وَنَادٰٓى اَصْحَابُ الْجَنَّةِ اَصْحَابَ النَّارِ اَنْ قَدْ وَجَدْنَا مَا وَعَدَنَا رَبُّنَا حَقاًّ فَهَلْ وَجَدْتُمْ مَا وَعَدَ رَبُّكُمْ حَقاًّۜ قَالُوا نَعَمْۚ فَاَذَّنَ مُؤَذِّنٌ بَيْنَهُمْ اَنْ لَعْنَةُ اللّٰهِ عَلَى الظَّالِم۪ينَۙ

Wanada as-habualjannati as-haba annari an qadwajadna ma waAAadana rabbuna haqqanfahal wajadtum ma waAAada rabbukum haqqan qaloonaAAam faaththana mu-aththinun baynahum an laAAnatuAllahi AAala aththalimeen

The Companions of the Garden will call out to the Companions of the Fire, ‘We have found that what our Lord promised us is true. Have you found that what your Lord promised you is true?’ They will say, ‘Yes, we have!’ Between them a herald will proclaim: ‘May the curse of Allah be on the wrongdoers

اَلَّذ۪ينَ يَصُدُّونَ عَنْ سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِ وَيَبْغُونَهَا عِوَجاًۚ وَهُمْ بِالْاٰخِرَةِ كَافِرُونَۜ

Allatheena yasuddoona AAansabeeli Allahi wayabghoonaha AAiwajan wahum bil-akhiratikafiroon

those who bar access to the Way of Allah, desiring to make it crooked, and reject the next World. ’

وَبَيْنَـهُمَا حِجَابٌۚ وَعَلَى الْاَعْرَافِ رِجَالٌ يَعْرِفُونَ كُلاًّ بِس۪يمٰيهُمْۚ وَنَادَوْا اَصْحَابَ الْجَنَّةِ اَنْ سَلَامٌ عَلَيْكُمْ لَمْ يَدْخُلُوهَا وَهُمْ يَطْمَعُونَ

Wabaynahuma hijabunwaAAala al-aAArafi rijalun yaAArifoonakullan biseemahum wanadaw as-habaaljannati an salamun AAalaykum lam yadkhuloohawahum yatmaAAoon

There will be a dividing wall between them and on the ramparts there will be men who recognise everyone by their mark. They will call out to the people of the Garden: ‘Peace be upon you!’ They will not enter it for all their ardent desire to do so.

وَاِذَا صُرِفَتْ اَبْصَارُهُمْ تِلْقَٓاءَ اَصْحَابِ النَّارِۙ قَالُوا رَبَّنَا لَا تَجْعَلْنَا مَعَ الْقَوْمِ الظَّالِم۪ينَ۟

Wa-itha surifat absaruhumtilqaa as-habi annari qaloorabbana la tajAAalna maAAa alqawmi aththalimeen

When they turn their eyes towards the Companions of the Fire, they will say, ‘Our Lord, do not place us with the people of the wrongdoers!’

وَنَادٰٓى اَصْحَابُ الْاَعْرَافِ رِجَالاً يَعْرِفُونَهُمْ بِس۪يمٰيهُمْ قَالُوا مَٓا اَغْنٰى عَنْكُمْ جَمْعُكُمْ وَمَا كُنْتُمْ تَسْتَكْبِرُونَ

Wanada as-habual-aAArafi rijalan yaAArifoonahum biseemahumqaloo ma aghna AAankum jamAAukum wamakuntum tastakbiroon

The Companions of the Ramparts will call out to men they recognise by their mark, saying, ‘What you amassed was of no use to you, nor was your arrogance.

اَهٰٓؤُ۬لَٓاءِ الَّذ۪ينَ اَقْسَمْتُمْ لَا يَنَالُهُمُ اللّٰهُ بِرَحْمَةٍۜ اُدْخُلُوا الْجَنَّةَ لَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْكُمْ وَلَٓا اَنْتُمْ تَحْزَنُونَ

Ahaola-i allatheenaaqsamtum la yanaluhumu Allahu birahmatinodkhuloo aljannata la khawfun AAalaykum wala antumtahzanoon

Are these the people you swore that Allah’s mercy would never reach?’ ‘Enter the Garden. You will feel no fear and know no sorrow.’

وَنَادٰٓى اَصْحَابُ النَّارِ اَصْحَابَ الْجَنَّةِ اَنْ اَف۪يضُوا عَلَيْنَا مِنَ الْمَٓاءِ اَوْ مِمَّا رَزَقَكُمُ اللّٰهُۜ قَالُٓوا اِنَّ اللّٰهَ حَرَّمَهُمَا عَلَى الْكَافِر۪ينَۙ

Wanada as-habu anarias-haba aljannati an afeedoo AAalaynamina alma-i aw mimma razaqakumu Allahu qalooinna Allaha harramahuma AAala alkafireen

The Companions of the Fire will call out to the Companions of the Garden, ‘Throw down some water to us or some of what Allah has given you as provision. ’ They will say, ‘Allah has forbidden them to the kafirun:

اَلَّذ۪ينَ اتَّخَذُوا د۪ينَهُمْ لَهْواً وَلَعِباً وَغَرَّتْهُمُ الْحَيٰوةُ الدُّنْيَاۚ فَالْيَوْمَ نَنْسٰيهُمْ كَمَا نَسُوا لِقَٓاءَ يَوْمِهِمْ هٰذَاۙ وَمَا كَانُوا بِاٰيَاتِنَا يَجْحَدُونَ

Allatheena ittakhathoodeenahum lahwan walaAAiban wagharrat-humu alhayatuaddunya falyawma nansahum kamanasoo liqaa yawmihim hatha wama kanoobi-ayatina yajhadoon

those who took their deen as a diversion and a game, and were deluded by the life of the dunya. ’ Today We will forget them just as they forgot the encounter of this Day and denied Our Signs.

وَلَقَدْ جِئْنَاهُمْ بِكِتَابٍ فَصَّلْنَاهُ عَلٰى عِلْمٍ هُدًى وَرَحْمَةً لِقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ

Walaqad ji/nahum bikitabin fassalnahuAAala AAilmin hudan warahmatan liqawmin yu/minoon

We have brought them a Book elucidating everything with knowledge, as guidance and a mercy for people who have iman.

هَلْ يَنْظُرُونَ اِلَّا تَأْو۪يلَهُۜ يَوْمَ يَأْت۪ي تَأْو۪يلُهُ يَقُولُ الَّذ۪ينَ نَسُوهُ مِنْ قَبْلُ قَدْ جَٓاءَتْ رُسُلُ رَبِّنَا بِالْحَقِّۚ فَهَلْ لَنَا مِنْ شُفَعَٓاءَ فَيَشْفَعُوا لَـنَٓا اَوْ نُرَدُّ فَنَعْمَلَ غَيْرَ الَّذ۪ي كُنَّا نَعْمَلُۜ قَدْ خَسِرُٓوا اَنْفُسَهُمْ وَضَلَّ عَنْهُمْ مَا كَانُوا يَفْتَرُونَ۟

Hal yanthuroona illata/weelahu yawma ya/tee ta/weeluhu yaqoolu allatheenanasoohu min qablu qad jaat rusulu rabbina bilhaqqifahal lana min shufaAAaa fayashfaAAoo lanaaw nuraddu fanaAAmala ghayra allathee kunnanaAAmalu qad khasiroo anfusahum wadalla AAanhum makanoo yaftaroon

What are they waiting for but its fulfilment? The Day its fulfilment occurs, those who forgot it before will say, ‘The Messengers of our Lord came with the Truth. Are there any intercessors to intercede for us, or can we be sent back so that we can do something other than what we did?’ They have lost their own selves and what they invented has forsaken them.

اِنَّ رَبَّكُمُ اللّٰهُ الَّذ۪ي خَلَقَ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضَ ف۪ي سِتَّةِ اَيَّامٍ ثُمَّ اسْتَوٰى عَلَى الْعَرْشِ يُغْشِي الَّيْلَ النَّهَارَ يَطْلُبُهُ حَث۪يثاًۙ وَالشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَ وَالنُّجُومَ مُسَخَّرَاتٍ بِاَمْرِه۪ۜ اَلَا لَهُ الْخَلْقُ وَالْاَمْرُۜ تَبَارَكَ اللّٰهُ رَبُّ الْعَالَم۪ينَ

Inna rabbakumu Allahu allatheekhalaqa assamawati wal-ardafee sittati ayyamin thumma istawa AAalaalAAarshi yughshee allayla annahara yatlubuhuhatheethan washshamsa walqamara wannujoomamusakhkharatin bi-amrihi ala lahu alkhalqu wal-amrutabaraka Allahu rabbu alAAalameen

Your Lord is Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth in six days and then settled Himself firmly on the Throne. He covers the day with the night, each pursuing the other urgently; and the sun and moon and stars are subservient to His command. Both creation and command belong to Him. Blessed be Allah, the Lord of all the worlds.

اُدْعُوا رَبَّكُمْ تَضَرُّعاً وَخُفْيَةًۜ اِنَّهُ لَا يُحِبُّ الْمُعْتَد۪ينَۚ

OdAAoo rabbakum tadarruAAanwakhufyatan innahu la yuhibbu almuAAtadeen

Call on your Lord humbly and secretly. He does not love those who overstep the limits.

وَلَا تُفْسِدُوا فِي الْاَرْضِ بَعْدَ اِصْلَاحِهَا وَادْعُوهُ خَوْفاً وَطَمَعاًۜ اِنَّ رَحْمَتَ اللّٰهِ قَر۪يبٌ مِنَ الْمُحْسِن۪ينَ

Wala tufsidoo fee al-ardibaAAda islahiha wadAAoohu khawfan watamaAAaninna rahmata Allahi qareebun mina almuhsineen

Do not corrupt the earth after it has been put right. Call on Him fearfully and eagerly. Allah’s mercy is close to the good-doers.

وَهُوَ الَّذ۪ي يُرْسِلُ الرِّيَاحَ بُشْراً بَيْنَ يَدَيْ رَحْمَتِه۪ۜ حَتّٰٓى اِذَٓا اَقَلَّتْ سَحَاباً ثِقَالاً سُقْنَاهُ لِبَلَدٍ مَيِّتٍ فَاَنْزَلْنَا بِهِ الْمَٓاءَ فَاَخْرَجْنَا بِه۪ مِنْ كُلِّ الثَّمَرَاتِۜ كَذٰلِكَ نُخْرِجُ الْمَوْتٰى لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ

Wahuwa allathee yursilu arriyahabushran bayna yaday rahmatihi hatta ithaaqallat sahaban thiqalan suqnahu libaladinmayyitin faanzalna bihi almaa faakhrajnabihi min kulli aththamarati kathalikanukhriju almawta laAAallakum tathakkaroon

He it is who sends out the winds, bringing advance news of His mercy, so that when they have lifted up the heavy clouds, We dispatch them to a dead land and send down water to it, by means of which We bring forth all kinds of fruit. In the same way We will bring forth the dead, so that hopefully you will pay heed.

وَالْبَلَدُ الطَّيِّبُ يَخْرُجُ نَبَاتُهُ بِاِذْنِ رَبِّه۪ۚ وَالَّذ۪ي خَبُثَ لَا يَخْرُجُ اِلَّا نَكِداًۜ كَذٰلِكَ نُصَرِّفُ الْاٰيَاتِ لِقَوْمٍ يَشْكُرُونَ۟

Walbaladu attayyibuyakhruju nabatuhu bi-ithni rabbihi wallatheekhabutha la yakhruju illa nakidan kathalikanusarrifu al-ayati liqawmin yashkuroon

Good land yields up its plants by its Lord’s permission, but that which is bad only yields up scantily. In this way We vary the Signs for people who are thankful.

لَقَدْ اَرْسَلْنَا نُوحاً اِلٰى قَوْمِه۪ فَقَالَ يَا قَوْمِ اعْبُدُوا اللّٰهَ مَا لَكُمْ مِنْ اِلٰهٍ غَيْرُهُۜ اِنّ۪ٓي اَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظ۪يمٍ

Laqad arsalna noohan ilaqawmihi faqala ya qawmi oAAbudoo Allaha malakum min ilahin ghayruhu innee akhafu AAalaykumAAathaba yawmin AAatheem

We sent Nuh to his people and he said, ‘My people, worship Allah! You have no other god than Him. I fear for you the punishment of a dreadful Day.’

قَالَ الْمَلَأُ مِنْ قَوْمِه۪ٓ اِنَّا لَنَرٰيكَ ف۪ي ضَلَالٍ مُب۪ينٍ

Qala almalao min qawmihi innalanaraka fee dalalin mubeen

The ruling circle of his people said, ‘We see you in flagrant error. ’

قَالَ يَا قَوْمِ لَيْسَ ب۪ي ضَلَالَةٌ وَلٰكِنّ۪ي رَسُولٌ مِنْ رَبِّ الْعَالَم۪ينَ

Qala ya qawmi laysa bee dalalatunwalakinnee rasoolun min rabbi alAAalameen

He said, ‘My people, I am not in error at all but rather am a Messenger from the Lord of all the worlds,

اُبَلِّغُكُمْ رِسَالَاتِ رَبّ۪ي وَاَنْصَحُ لَكُمْ وَاَعْلَمُ مِنَ اللّٰهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

Oballighukum risalati rabbeewaansahu lakum waaAAlamu mina Allahi mala taAAlamoon

transmitting my Lord’s Message to you and giving you good counsel, and I know from Allah what you do not know.

اَوَعَجِبْتُمْ اَنْ جَٓاءَكُمْ ذِكْرٌ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ عَلٰى رَجُلٍ مِنْكُمْ لِيُنْذِرَكُمْ وَلِتَتَّقُوا وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ

Awa AAajibtum an jaakum thikrunmin rabbikum AAala rajulin minkum liyunthirakumwalitattaqoo walaAAallakum turhamoon

Or are you astonished that a reminder should come to you from your Lord by way of a man among you, to warn you and make you have taqwa so that hopefully you will gain mercy?’

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَاَنْجَيْنَاهُ وَالَّذ۪ينَ مَعَهُ فِي الْفُلْكِ وَاَغْرَقْنَا الَّذ۪ينَ كَذَّبُوا بِاٰيَاتِنَاۜ اِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا قَوْماً عَم۪ينَ۟

Fakaththaboohu faanjaynahu wallatheenamaAAahu fee alfulki waaghraqna allatheena kaththaboobi-ayatina innahum kanoo qawmanAAameen

But they denied him so We rescued him and those with him in the Ark. And We drowned the people who denied Our Signs. They were a blind people.

وَاِلٰى عَادٍ اَخَاهُمْ هُوداًۜ قَالَ يَا قَوْمِ اعْبُدُوا اللّٰهَ مَا لَكُمْ مِنْ اِلٰهٍ غَيْرُهُۜ اَفَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

Wa-ila AAadin akhahumhoodan qala ya qawmi oAAbudoo Allaha malakum min ilahin ghayruhu afala tattaqoon

And to ‘Ad We sent their brother Hud, who said, ‘My people, worship Allah! You have no other god than Him. So will you not have taqwa?’

قَالَ الْمَلَأُ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا مِنْ قَوْمِه۪ٓ اِنَّا لَنَرٰيكَ ف۪ي سَفَاهَةٍ وَاِنَّا لَنَظُنُّكَ مِنَ الْكَاذِب۪ينَ

Qala almalao allatheenakafaroo min qawmihi inna lanaraka fee safahatinwa-inna lanathunnuka mina alkathibeen

The ruling circle of those of his people who were kafir said, ‘We consider you a fool and think you are a liar. ’

قَالَ يَا قَوْمِ لَيْسَ ب۪ي سَفَاهَةٌ وَلٰكِنّ۪ي رَسُولٌ مِنْ رَبِّ الْعَالَم۪ينَ

Qala ya qawmi laysa bee safahatunwalakinnee rasoolun min rabbi alAAalameen

He said, ‘My people, I am by no means a fool, but rather am a Messenger from the Lord of all the worlds,

اُبَلِّغُكُمْ رِسَالَاتِ رَبّ۪ي وَاَنَا۬ لَكُمْ نَاصِحٌ اَم۪ينٌ

Oballighukum risalati rabbeewaana lakum nasihun ameen

transmitting my Lord’s Message to you, and I am a faithful counsellor to you.

اَوَعَجِبْتُمْ اَنْ جَٓاءَكُمْ ذِكْرٌ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ عَلٰى رَجُلٍ مِنْكُمْ لِيُنْذِرَكُمْۜ وَاذْكُرُٓوا اِذْ جَعَلَكُمْ خُلَـفَٓاءَ مِنْ بَعْدِ قَوْمِ نُوحٍ وَزَادَكُمْ فِي الْخَلْقِ بَصْۣـطَةًۚ فَاذْكُرُٓوا اٰلَٓاءَ اللّٰهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ

Awa AAajibtum an jaakum thikrunmin rabbikum AAala rajulin minkum liyunthirakum wathkurooith jaAAalakum khulafaa min baAAdi qawmi noohinwazadakum fee alkhalqi bastatan fathkurooalaa Allahi laAAallakum tuflihoon

Or are you astonished that a reminder should come to you from your Lord by way of a man among you in order to warn you? Remember when He appointed you successors to the people of Nuh, and increased you greatly in stature. Remember Allah’s blessings, so that hopefully you will be successful.’

قَالُٓوا اَجِئْتَنَا لِنَعْبُدَ اللّٰهَ وَحْدَهُ وَنَذَرَ مَا كَانَ يَعْبُدُ اٰبَٓاؤُ۬نَاۚ فَأْتِنَا بِمَا تَعِدُنَٓا اِنْ كُنْتَ مِنَ الصَّادِق۪ينَ

Qaloo aji/tana linaAAbuda Allahawahdahu wanathara ma kana yaAAbudu abaonafa/tina bima taAAiduna in kunta mina assadiqeen

They said, ‘Have you come to us to make us worship Allah alone and abandon what our fathers used to worship? Then bring us what you have promised us if you are telling the truth. ’

قَالَ قَدْ وَقَعَ عَلَيْكُمْ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ رِجْسٌ وَغَضَبٌۜ اَتُجَادِلُونَن۪ي ف۪ٓي اَسْمَٓاءٍ سَمَّيْتُمُوهَٓا اَنْتُمْ وَاٰبَٓاؤُ۬كُمْ مَا نَزَّلَ اللّٰهُ بِهَا مِنْ سُلْطَانٍۜ فَانْتَظِرُٓوا اِنّ۪ي مَعَكُمْ مِنَ الْمُنْتَظِر۪ينَ

Qala qad waqaAAa AAalaykum minrabbikum rijsun waghadabun atujadiloonanee fee asma-insammaytumooha antum waabaokum manazzala Allahu biha min sultanin fantathirooinnee maAAakum mina almuntathireen

He said, ‘Punishment and anger have come down on you from your Lord. Do you argue with me regarding names which you and your forefathers invented and for which Allah has sent down no authority? Wait, then; I am waiting with you.’

فَاَنْجَيْنَاهُ وَالَّذ۪ينَ مَعَهُ بِرَحْمَةٍ مِنَّا وَقَطَعْنَا دَابِرَ الَّذ۪ينَ كَذَّبُوا بِاٰيَاتِنَا وَمَا كَانُوا مُؤْمِن۪ينَ۟

Faanjaynahu wallatheenamaAAahu birahmatin minna waqataAAna dabiraallatheena kaththaboo bi-ayatinawama kanoo mu/mineen

So We rescued him and those with him by mercy from Us, and We cut off the last remnant of those who denied Our Signs and were not muminun.

وَاِلٰى ثَمُودَ اَخَاهُمْ صَـالِـحاًۢ قَالَ يَا قَوْمِ اعْبُدُوا اللّٰهَ مَا لَكُمْ مِنْ اِلٰهٍ غَيْرُهُۜ قَدْ جَٓاءَتْكُمْ بَيِّنَةٌ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْۜ هٰذِه۪ نَاقَةُ اللّٰهِ لَكُمْ اٰيَةً فَذَرُوهَا تَأْكُلْ ف۪ٓي اَرْضِ اللّٰهِ وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُٓوءٍ فَيَأْخُذَكُمْ عَذَابٌ اَل۪يمٌ

Wa-ila thamooda akhahum salihanqala ya qawmi oAAbudoo Allaha malakum min ilahin ghayruhu qad jaatkum bayyinatunmin rabbikum hathihi naqatu Allahi lakum ayatanfatharooha ta/kul fee ardi Allahi walatamassooha bisoo-in faya/khuthakum AAathabunaleem

And to Thamud We sent their brother Salih, who said, ‘My people, worship Allah! You have no other god than Him. A Clear Sign has come to you from your Lord. This is the She-Camel of Allah as a Sign for you. Leave her alone to eat on Allah’s earth and do not harm her in any way or a painful punishment will afflict you.

وَاذْ‌كُرُٓوا اِذْ جَعَلَكُمْ خُلَـفَٓاءَ مِنْ بَعْدِ عَادٍ وَبَوَّاَكُمْ فِي الْاَرْضِ تَتَّخِذُونَ مِنْ سُهُولِهَا قُصُوراً وَتَنْحِتُونَ الْجِبَالَ بُيُوتاًۚ فَاذْكُـرُٓوا اٰلَٓاءَ اللّٰهِ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا فِي الْاَرْضِ مُفْسِد۪ينَ

Wathkuroo ithjaAAalakum khulafaa min baAAdi AAadin wabawwaakumfee al-ardi tattakhithoona min suhooliha qusooranwatanhitoona aljibala buyootan fathkurooalaa Allahi wala taAAthaw fee al-ardimufsideen

Remember when He appointed you successors to ‘Ad and settled you in the land. You built palaces on its plains and carved out houses from the mountains. Remember Allah’s blessings and do not go about the earth, corrupting it.’

قَالَ الْمَلَأُ الَّذ۪ينَ اسْتَكْبَرُوا مِنْ قَوْمِه۪ لِلَّذ۪ينَ اسْتُضْعِفُوا لِمَنْ اٰمَنَ مِنْهُمْ اَتَعْلَمُونَ اَنَّ صَالِحاً مُرْسَلٌ مِنْ رَبِّه۪ۜ قَالُٓوا اِنَّا بِمَٓا اُرْسِلَ بِه۪ مُؤْمِنُونَ

Qala almalao allatheenaistakbaroo min qawmihi lillatheena istudAAifooliman amana minhum ataAAlamoona anna salihanmursalun min rabbihi qaloo inna bima orsilabihi mu/minoon

The ruling circle of those of his people who were arrogant said to those who were oppressed – those among them who had iman – ‘Do you know that Salih has been sent from his Lord?’ They said, ‘We have iman in what he has been sent with. ’

قَالَ الَّذ۪ينَ اسْتَكْبَرُٓوا اِنَّا بِالَّـذ۪ٓي اٰمَنْتُمْ بِه۪ كَافِرُونَ

Qala allatheena istakbaroo innabillathee amantum bihi kafiroon

Those who were arrogant said, ‘We reject Him in whom you have iman. ’

فَعَقَرُوا النَّاقَةَ وَعَتَوْا عَنْ اَمْرِ رَبِّهِمْ وَقَالُوا يَا صَالِحُ ائْتِنَا بِمَا تَعِدُنَٓا اِنْ كُنْتَ مِنَ الْمُرْسَل۪ينَ

FaAAaqaroo annaqata waAAatawAAan amri rabbihim waqaloo ya salihui/tina bima taAAiduna in kunta minaalmursaleen

And they hamstrung the She-Camel, spurning their Lord’s command, and said, ‘Salih! Bring us what you have promised us if you are one of the Messengers. ’

فَاَخَذَتْهُمُ الرَّجْفَةُ فَاَصْبَحُوا ف۪ي دَارِهِمْ جَاثِم۪ينَ

Faakhathat-humu arrajfatu faasbahoofee darihim jathimeen

So the earthquake seized them and morning found them lying flattened in their homes.

فَتَوَلّٰى عَنْهُمْ وَقَالَ يَا قَوْمِ لَقَدْ اَبْلَغْتُكُمْ رِسَالَةَ رَبّ۪ي وَنَصَحْتُ لَـكُمْ وَلٰكِنْ لَا تُحِبُّونَ النَّاصِح۪ينَ

Fatawalla AAanhum waqala yaqawmi laqad ablaghtukum risalata rabbee wanasahtulakum walakin la tuhibboona annasiheen

He turned away from them and said, ‘My people, I transmitted my Lord’s message to you and gave you good counsel. However, you do not like good counsellors!’

وَلُوطاً اِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِه۪ٓ اَتَأْتُونَ الْفَاحِشَةَ مَا سَبَقَكُمْ بِهَا مِنْ اَحَدٍ مِنَ الْعَالَم۪ينَ

Walootan ith qalaliqawmihi ata/toona alfahishata ma sabaqakum bihamin ahadin mina alAAalameen

And Lut, when he said to his people, ‘Do you commit an obscenity not perpetrated before you by anyone in all the worlds?

اِنَّكُمْ لَتَأْتُونَ الرِّجَالَ شَهْوَةً مِنْ دُونِ النِّسَٓاءِۜ بَلْ اَنْتُمْ قَوْمٌ مُسْرِفُونَ

Innakum lata/toona arrijalashahwatan min dooni annisa-i bal antum qawmunmusrifoon

You come with lust to men instead of women. You are indeed a depraved people.’

وَمَا كَانَ جَوَابَ قَوْمِه۪ٓ اِلَّٓا اَنْ قَالُٓوا اَخْرِجُوهُمْ مِنْ قَرْيَتِكُمْۚ اِنَّهُمْ اُنَاسٌ يَتَطَهَّرُونَ

Wama kana jawabaqawmihi illa an qaloo akhrijoohum min qaryatikuminnahum onasun yatatahharoon

The only answer of his people was to say, ‘Expel them from your city! They are people who keep themselves pure!’

فَاَنْجَيْنَاهُ وَاَهْلَهُٓ اِلَّا امْرَاَتَهُۘ كَانَتْ مِنَ الْغَابِر۪ينَ

Faanjaynahu waahlahu illaimraatahu kanat mina alghabireen

So We rescued him and his family – except for his wife. She was one of those who stayed behind.

وَاَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ مَطَراًۜ فَانْظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الْمُجْرِم۪ينَ۟

Waamtarna AAalayhim mataranfanthur kayfa kana AAaqibatualmujrimeen

We rained down a rain upon them. See the final fate of the evildoers!

وَاِلٰى مَدْيَنَ اَخَاهُمْ شُعَيْباًۜ قَالَ يَا قَوْمِ اعْبُدُوا اللّٰهَ مَا لَكُمْ مِنْ اِلٰهٍ غَيْرُهُۜ قَدْ جَٓاءَتْكُمْ بَيِّنَةٌ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ فَاَوْفُوا الْكَيْلَ وَالْم۪يزَانَ وَلَا تَبْخَسُوا النَّاسَ اَشْيَٓاءَهُمْ وَلَا تُفْسِدُوا فِي الْاَرْضِ بَعْدَ اِصْلَاحِهَاۜ ذٰلِكُمْ خَيْرٌ لَكُمْ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ مُؤْمِن۪ينَۚ

Wa-ila madyana akhahumshuAAayban qala ya qawmi oAAbudoo Allaha malakum min ilahin ghayruhu qad jaatkum bayyinatunmin rabbikum faawfoo alkayla walmeezana walatabkhasoo annasa ashyaahum walatufsidoo fee al-ardi baAAda islahiha thalikumkhayrun lakum in kuntum mu/mineen

And to Madyan We sent their brother Shu‘ayb who said, ‘My people, worship Allah! You have no other god than Him. A Clear Sign has come to you from your Lord. Give full measure and full weight. Do not diminish people’s goods. Do not cause corruption in the land after it has been put right. That is better for you if you are muminun.

وَلَا تَقْعُدُوا بِكُلِّ صِرَاطٍ تُوعِدُونَ وَتَصُدُّونَ عَنْ سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِ مَنْ اٰمَنَ بِه۪ وَتَبْغُونَهَا عِوَجاًۚ وَاذْكُرُٓوا اِذْ كُنْتُمْ قَل۪يلاً فَكَثَّرَكُمْۖ وَانْظُرُوا كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الْمُفْسِد۪ينَ

Wala taqAAudoo bikulli siratintooAAidoona watasuddoona AAan sabeeli Allahi man amanabihi watabghoonaha AAiwajan wathkuroo ithkuntum qaleelan fakaththarakum wanthurookayfa kana AAaqibatu almufsideen

Do not lie in wait on every pathway, threatening people, barring those who have iman from the Way of Allah, desiring to make it crooked. Remember when you were few and He increased your number: see the final fate of the corrupters!

وَاِنْ كَانَ طَٓائِفَةٌ مِنْكُمْ اٰمَنُوا بِالَّـذ۪ٓي اُرْسِلْتُ بِه۪ وَطَٓائِفَةٌ لَمْ يُؤْمِنُوا فَاصْبِرُوا حَتّٰى يَحْكُمَ اللّٰهُ بَيْنَنَاۚ وَهُوَ خَيْرُ الْحَاكِم۪ينَ

Wa-in kana ta-ifatun minkum amanoobillathee orsiltu bihi wata-ifatun lamyu/minoo fasbiroo hatta yahkumaAllahu baynana wahuwa khayru alhakimeen

There is a group of you who have iman in what I have been sent with and a group who do not, so be steadfast until Allah judges between us. He is the best of judges.’

قَالَ الْمَلَأُ الَّذ۪ينَ اسْتَكْبَرُوا مِنْ قَوْمِه۪ لَنُخْرِجَنَّكَ يَا شُعَيْبُ وَالَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا مَعَكَ مِنْ قَرْيَتِنَٓا اَوْ لَتَعُودُنَّ ف۪ي مِلَّتِنَاۜ قَالَ اَوَلَوْ كُنَّا كَارِه۪ينَ

Qala almalao allatheenaistakbaroo min qawmihi lanukhrijannaka ya shuAAaybu wallatheenaamanoo maAAaka min qaryatina aw lataAAoodunna feemillatina qala awa law kunna kariheen

The ruling circle of those of his people who were arrogant said, ‘We will drive you out of our city, Shu‘ayb, you and those who have iman along with you, unless you return to our religion. ’ He said, ‘What, even though we detest it?

قَدِ افْتَرَيْنَا عَلَى اللّٰهِ كَذِباً اِنْ عُدْنَا ف۪ي مِلَّتِكُمْ بَعْدَ اِذْ نَجّٰينَا اللّٰهُ مِنْهَاۜ وَمَا يَكُونُ لَـنَٓا اَنْ نَعُودَ ف۪يهَٓا اِلَّٓا اَنْ يَشَٓاءَ اللّٰهُ رَبُّنَاۜ وَسِعَ رَبُّنَا كُلَّ شَيْءٍ عِلْماًۜ عَلَى اللّٰهِ تَوَكَّلْنَاۜ رَبَّـنَا افْتَحْ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَ قَوْمِنَا بِالْحَقِّ وَاَنْتَ خَيْرُ الْفَاتِح۪ينَ

Qadi iftarayna AAala Allahikathiban in AAudna fee millatikum baAAda ithnajjana Allahu minha wamayakoonu lana an naAAooda feeha illa an yashaaAllahu rabbuna wasiAAa rabbuna kulla shay-inAAilman AAala Allahi tawakkalna rabbanaiftah baynana wabayna qawmina bilhaqqiwaanta khayru alfatiheen

We would be inventing lies against Allah if we returned to your religion after Allah has saved us from it. We could never return to it unless Allah our Lord so willed. Our Lord encompasses everything in His knowledge. We have put our trust in Allah. Our Lord, judge between us and our people with truth. You are the best of judges.’

وَقَالَ الْمَلَأُ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا مِنْ قَوْمِه۪ لَئِنِ اتَّبَعْتُمْ شُعَيْباً اِنَّكُمْ اِذاً لَخَاسِرُونَ

Waqala almalao allatheenakafaroo min qawmihi la-ini ittabaAAtum shuAAayban innakum ithanlakhasiroon

The ruling circle of those of his people who were kafir said, ‘If you follow Shu‘ayb, you will definitely be lost. ’

فَاَخَذَتْهُمُ الرَّجْفَةُ فَاَصْبَحُوا ف۪ي دَارِهِمْ جَاثِم۪ينَۚۛ

Faakhathat-humu arrajfatu faasbahoofee darihim jathimeen

So the earthquake seized them and morning found them lying flattened in their homes.

اَلَّذ۪ينَ كَذَّبُوا شُعَيْباً كَاَنْ لَمْ يَغْنَوْا ف۪يهَاۚۛ اَلَّذ۪ينَ كَذَّبُوا شُعَيْباً كَانُوا هُمُ الْخَاسِر۪ينَ

Allatheena kaththabooshuAAayban kaan lam yaghnaw feeha allatheena kaththabooshuAAayban kanoo humu alkhasireen

As for those who denied Shu‘ayb, it was as if they had never lived there. It was the people who denied Shu‘ayb who were the lost.

فَتَوَلّٰى عَنْهُمْ وَقَالَ يَا قَوْمِ لَقَدْ اَبْلَغْتُكُمْ رِسَالَاتِ رَبّ۪ي وَنَصَحْتُ لَكُمْۚ فَكَيْفَ اٰسٰى عَلٰى قَوْمٍ كَافِر۪ينَ۟

Fatawalla AAanhum waqala yaqawmi laqad ablaghtukum risalati rabbee wanasahtulakum fakayfa asa AAala qawmin kafireen

So he turned away from them and said, ‘My people, I transmitted My Lord’s message to you and gave you good counsel. Why should I grieve for a kafir people?’

وَمَٓا اَرْسَلْنَا ف۪ي قَرْيَةٍ مِنْ نَبِيٍّ اِلَّٓا اَخَذْنَٓا اَهْلَهَا بِالْبَأْسَٓاءِ وَالضَّرَّٓاءِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَضَّرَّعُونَ

Wama arsalna fee qaryatin minnabiyyin illa akhathna ahlaha bilba/sa-iwaddarra-i laAAallahum yaddarraAAoon

We have never sent a Prophet to any city without seizing its people with hardship and distress so that hopefully they would be humble.

ثُمَّ بَدَّلْنَا مَكَانَ السَّيِّئَةِ الْحَسَنَةَ حَتّٰى عَفَوْا وَقَالُوا قَدْ مَسَّ اٰبَٓاءَنَا الضَّرَّٓاءُ وَالسَّرَّٓاءُ فَاَخَذْنَاهُمْ بَغْتَةً وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

Thumma baddalna makana assayyi-atialhasanata hatta AAafaw waqaloo qadmassa abaana addarraowassarrao faakhathnahum baghtatanwahum la yashAAuroon

Then We gave them good in exchange for evil until they increased in number and said, ‘Our forefathers too underwent both hardship and ease. ’ Then We seized them suddenly when they were not expecting it.

وَلَوْ اَنَّ اَهْلَ الْقُرٰٓى اٰمَنُوا وَاتَّقَوْا لَفَتَحْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ بَرَكَاتٍ مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ وَالْاَرْضِ وَلٰكِنْ كَذَّبُوا فَاَخَذْنَاهُمْ بِمَا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ

Walaw anna ahla alqura amanoowattaqaw lafatahna AAalayhim barakatinmina assama-i wal-ardi walakinkaththaboo faakhathnahum bima kanooyaksiboon

If only the people of the cities had had iman and taqwa, We would have opened up to them blessings from heaven and earth. But they denied the truth so We seized them for what they earned.

اَفَاَمِنَ اَهْلُ الْقُرٰٓى اَنْ يَأْتِيَهُمْ بَأْسُنَا بَيَاتاً وَهُمْ نَٓائِمُونَۜ

Afaamina ahlu alqura an ya/tiyahumba/suna bayatan wahum na-imoon

Do the people of the cities feel secure against Our violent force coming down on them in the night while they are asleep?

اَوَاَمِنَ اَهْلُ الْقُرٰٓى اَنْ يَأْتِيَهُمْ بَأْسُنَا ضُحًى وَهُمْ يَلْعَبُونَ

Awa amina ahlu alqura an ya/tiyahumba/suna duhan wahum yalAAaboon

Or do the people of the cities feel secure against Our violent force coming down on them in the day while they are playing games?

اَفَاَمِنُوا مَكْرَ اللّٰهِۚ فَلَا يَأْمَنُ مَكْرَ اللّٰهِ اِلَّا الْقَوْمُ الْخَاسِرُونَ۟

Afaaminoo makra Allahi falaya/manu makra Allahi illa alqawmu alkhasiroon

Do they feel secure against Allah’s devising? No one feels secure against Allah’s devising except for those who are lost.

اَوَلَمْ يَهْدِ لِلَّذ۪ينَ يَرِثُونَ الْاَرْضَ مِنْ بَعْدِ اَهْلِهَٓا اَنْ لَوْ نَشَٓاءُ اَصَبْنَاهُمْ بِذُنُوبِهِمْۚ وَنَطْبَعُ عَلٰى قُلُوبِهِمْ فَهُمْ لَا يَسْمَعُونَ

Awa lam yahdi lillatheena yarithoonaal-arda min baAAdi ahliha an law nashao asabnahumbithunoobihim wanatbaAAu AAala quloobihimfahum la yasmaAAoon

Is it not clear to those who have inherited the earth after these people that, if We wanted to, We could strike them for their wrong actions, sealing up their hearts so that they cannot hear?

تِلْكَ الْقُرٰى نَقُصُّ عَلَيْكَ مِنْ اَنْـبَٓائِهَاۚ وَلَقَدْ جَٓاءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُهُمْ بِالْبَيِّنَاتِۚ فَمَا كَانُوا لِيُؤْمِنُوا بِمَا كَذَّبُوا مِنْ قَبْلُۜ كَذٰلِكَ يَطْبَعُ اللّٰهُ عَلٰى قُلُوبِ الْكَافِر۪ينَ

Tilka alqura naqussu AAalaykamin anba-iha walaqad jaat-hum rusuluhum bilbayyinatifama kanoo liyu/minoo bima kaththaboomin qablu kathalika yatbaAAu Allahu AAalaquloobi alkafireen

These cities – We have given you news of them. Their Messengers came to them with Clear Signs, but they were never going to have iman in what they had previously rejected. That is how Allah seals up the hearts of the kuffar.

وَمَا وَجَدْنَا لِاَكْثَرِهِمْ مِنْ عَهْدٍۚ وَاِنْ وَجَدْنَٓا اَكْثَرَهُمْ لَفَاسِق۪ينَ

Wama wajadna li-aktharihimmin AAahdin wa-in wajadna aktharahum lafasiqeen

We did not find many of them worthy of their contract. We found most of them deviators.

ثُمَّ بَعَثْنَا مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ مُوسٰى بِاٰيَاتِنَٓا اِلٰى فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَلَا۬ئِه۪ فَظَلَمُوا بِهَاۚ فَانْظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الْمُفْسِد۪ينَ

Thumma baAAathna min baAAdihim moosabi-ayatina ila firAAawna wamala-ihifathalamoo biha fanuthurkayfa kana AAaqibatu almufsideen

And then, after them, We sent Musa with Our Signs to Pharaoh and his ruling circle but they wrongfully rejected them. See the final fate of the corrupters!

وَقَالَ مُوسٰى يَا فِرْعَوْنُ اِنّ۪ي رَسُولٌ مِنْ رَبِّ الْعَالَم۪ينَۚ

Waqala moosa yafirAAawnu innee rasoolun min rabbi alAAalameen

Musa said, ‘Pharaoh! I am truly a Messenger from the Lord of all the worlds,

حَق۪يقٌ عَلٰٓى اَنْ لَٓا اَقُولَ عَلَى اللّٰهِ اِلَّا الْحَقَّۜ قَدْ جِئْتُكُمْ بِبَيِّنَةٍ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ فَاَرْسِلْ مَعِيَ بَن۪ٓي اِسْرَٓائ۪لَۜ

Haqeequn AAala an laaqoola AAala Allahi illa alhaqqa qadji/tukum bibayyinatin min rabbikum faarsil maAAiya banee isra-eel

duty bound to say nothing about Allah except the truth. I have come to you with a Clear Sign from your Lord. So send the tribe of Israel away with me.’

قَالَ اِنْ كُنْتَ جِئْتَ بِاٰيَةٍ فَأْتِ بِهَٓا اِنْ كُنْتَ مِنَ الصَّادِق۪ينَ

Qala in kunta ji/ta bi-ayatinfa/ti biha in kunta mina assadiqeen

He said, ‘If you have come with a Clear Sign produce it if you are telling the truth. ’

فَاَلْقٰى عَصَاهُ فَاِذَا هِيَ ثُعْبَانٌ مُب۪ينٌۚ

Faalqa AAasahu fa-ithahiya thuAAbanun mubeen

So He threw down his staff and there it was, unmistakably a snake.

وَنَزَعَ يَدَهُ فَاِذَا هِيَ بَيْضَٓاءُ لِلنَّاظِر۪ينَ۟

WanazaAAa yadahu fa-itha hiya baydaolinnathireen

And he drew out his hand and there it was, pure white to those who looked.

قَالَ الْمَلَأُ مِنْ قَوْمِ فِرْعَوْنَ اِنَّ هٰذَا لَسَاحِرٌ عَل۪يمٌۙ

Qala almalao min qawmi firAAawnainna hatha lasahirun AAaleem

The ruling circle of Pharaoh’s people said, ‘This is certainly a skilled magician

يُر۪يدُ اَنْ يُخْرِجَكُمْ مِنْ اَرْضِكُمْۚ فَمَاذَا تَأْمُرُونَ

Yureedu an yukhrijakum min ardikumfamatha ta/muroon

who desires to expel you from your land, so what do you recommend?’

قَالُٓوا اَرْجِهْ وَاَخَاهُ وَاَرْسِلْ فِي الْمَدَٓائِنِ حَاشِر۪ينَۙ

Qaloo arjih waakhahu waarsilfee almada-ini hashireen

They said, ‘Detain him and his brother and send out marshals to the cities,

يَأْتُوكَ بِكُلِّ سَاحِرٍ عَل۪يمٍ

Ya/tooka bikulli sahirin AAaleem

to bring you all the skilled magicians. ’

وَجَٓاءَ السَّحَرَةُ فِرْعَوْنَ قَالُٓوا اِنَّ لَنَا لَاَجْراً اِنْ كُنَّا نَحْنُ الْغَالِب۪ينَ

Wajaa assaharatufirAAawna qaloo inna lana laajran in kunnanahnu alghalibeen

The magicians came to Pharaoh and they asked, ‘Will we receive a reward if we are the winners?’

قَالَ نَعَمْ وَاِنَّكُمْ لَمِنَ الْمُقَرَّب۪ينَ

Qala naAAam wa-innakum laminaalmuqarrabeen

He said, ‘Yes, and you will be among those brought near. ’

قَالُوا يَا مُوسٰٓى اِمَّٓا اَنْ تُلْقِيَ وَاِمَّٓا اَنْ نَكُونَ نَحْنُ الْمُلْق۪ينَ

Qaloo ya moosa immaan tulqiya wa-imma an nakoona nahnu almulqeen

They said, ‘Musa, will you throw first or shall we be the ones to throw?’

قَالَ اَلْقُواۚ فَلَمَّٓا اَلْقَوْا سَحَرُٓوا اَعْيُنَ النَّاسِ وَاسْتَرْهَبُوهُمْ وَجَٓاؤُ۫ بِسِحْرٍ عَظ۪يمٍ

Qala alqoo falamma alqaw saharooaAAyuna annasi wastarhaboohum wajaoobisihrin AAatheem

He said, ‘You throw. ’ And when they threw, they cast a spell on the people's eyes and caused them to feel great fear of them. They produced an extremely powerful magic.

وَاَوْحَيْنَٓا اِلٰى مُوسٰٓى اَنْ اَلْقِ عَصَاكَۚ فَاِذَا هِيَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُونَۚ

Waawhayna ila moosaan alqi AAasaka fa-itha hiya talqafu maya/fikoon

We revealed to Musa, ‘Throw down your staff. ’ And it immediately swallowed up what they had forged.

فَوَقَعَ الْحَقُّ وَبَطَلَ مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَۚ

FawaqaAAa alhaqqu wabatala makanoo yaAAmaloon

So the Truth took place and what they did was shown to be false.

فَغُلِبُوا هُنَالِكَ وَانْقَلَبُوا صَاغِر۪ينَۚ

Faghuliboo hunalika wanqalaboosaghireen

They were defeated then and there, transformed into humbled men.

وَاُلْقِيَ السَّحَرَةُ سَاجِد۪ينَۚ

Waolqiya assaharatu sajideen

The magicians threw themselves down in prostration.

قَالُٓوا اٰمَنَّا بِرَبِّ الْعَالَم۪ينَۙ

Qaloo amanna birabbialAAalameen

They said, ‘We have iman in the Lord of all the worlds,

رَبِّ مُوسٰى وَهٰرُونَ

Rabbi moosa waharoon

the Lord of Musa and Harun. ’

قَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ اٰمَنْتُمْ بِه۪ قَبْلَ اَنْ اٰذَنَ لَكُمْۚ اِنَّ هٰذَا لَمَكْرٌ مَكَرْتُمُوهُ فِي الْمَد۪ينَةِ لِتُخْرِجُوا مِنْهَٓا اَهْلَهَاۚ فَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ

Qala firAAawnu amantum bihiqabla an athana lakum inna hatha lamakrunmakartumoohu fee almadeenati litukhrijoo minha ahlahafasawfa taAAlamoon

Pharaoh said, ‘Have you had iman in him before I authorised you to do so? This is just some plot you have concocted in the city to drive its people from it.

لَاُقَطِّعَنَّ اَيْدِيَكُمْ وَاَرْجُلَكُمْ مِنْ خِلَافٍ ثُمَّ لَاُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ اَجْمَع۪ينَ

LaoqatiAAanna aydiyakum waarjulakummin khilafin thumma laosallibannakum ajmaAAeen

I will cut off your alternate hands and feet and then I will crucify every one of you. ’

قَالُٓوا اِنَّٓا اِلٰى رَبِّنَا مُنْقَلِبُونَۚ

Qaloo inna ila rabbinamunqaliboon

They said, ‘We are returning to our Lord.

وَمَا تَنْقِمُ مِنَّٓا اِلَّٓا اَنْ اٰمَنَّا بِاٰيَاتِ رَبِّنَا لَمَّا جَٓاءَتْنَاۜ رَبَّـنَٓا اَفْرِغْ عَلَيْنَا صَبْراً وَتَوَفَّـنَا مُسْلِم۪ينَ۟

Wama tanqimu minna illaan amanna bi-ayati rabbinalamma jaatna rabbana afrigh AAalaynasabran watawaffana muslimeen

You are only avenging yourself on us because we had iman in our Lord’s Signs when they came to us. Our Lord, pour down steadfastness upon us and take us back to You as Muslims.’

وَقَالَ الْمَلَأُ مِنْ قَوْمِ فِرْعَوْنَ اَتَذَرُ مُوسٰى وَقَوْمَهُ لِيُفْسِدُوا فِي الْاَرْضِ وَيَذَرَكَ وَاٰلِهَتَكَۜ قَالَ سَنُقَتِّلُ اَبْنَٓاءَهُمْ وَنَسْتَحْـي۪ نِسَٓاءَهُمْۚ وَاِنَّا فَوْقَهُمْ قَاهِرُونَ

Waqala almalao min qawmi firAAawnaatatharu moosa waqawmahu liyufsidoo fee al-ardiwayatharaka waalihataka qala sanuqattilu abnaahumwanastahyee nisaahum wa-inna fawqahum qahiroon

The ruling circle of Pharaoh’s people said, ‘Are you going to leave Musa and his people to cause corruption in the earth and abandon you and your gods?’ He said, ‘We will kill their sons and let their women live. We have absolute power over them!’

قَالَ مُوسٰى لِقَوْمِهِ اسْتَع۪ينُوا بِاللّٰهِ وَاصْبِرُواۚ اِنَّ الْاَرْضَ لِلّٰهِۚ يُورِثُهَا مَنْ يَشَٓاءُ مِنْ عِبَادِه۪ۜ وَالْعَاقِبَةُ لِلْمُتَّق۪ينَ

Qala moosa liqawmihiistaAAeenoo billahi wasbiroo innaal-arda lillahi yoorithuha man yashaomin AAibadihi walAAaqibatu lilmuttaqeen

Musa said to his people, ‘Seek help in Allah and be steadfast. The earth belongs to Allah. He bequeathes it to any of His slaves He wills. The successful outcome is for those who have taqwa.’

قَالُٓوا اُو۫ذ۪ينَا مِنْ قَبْلِ اَنْ تَأْتِيَنَا وَمِنْ بَعْدِ مَا جِئْتَنَاۜ قَالَ عَسٰى رَبُّكُمْ اَنْ يُهْلِكَ عَدُوَّكُمْ وَيَسْتَخْلِفَكُمْ فِي الْاَرْضِ فَيَنْظُرَ كَيْفَ تَعْمَلُونَ۟

Qaloo ootheena minqabli an ta/tiyana wamin baAAdi ma ji/tana qalaAAasa rabbukum an yuhlika AAaduwwakum wayastakhlifakum feeal-ardi fayanthura kayfa taAAmaloon

They said, ‘We suffered harm before you came to us and after you came to us. ’ He said, ‘It may well be that your Lord is going to destroy your enemy and make you the successors in the land so that He can see how you behave.’

وَلَقَدْ اَخَذْنَٓا اٰلَ فِرْعَوْنَ بِالسِّن۪ينَ وَنَقْصٍ مِنَ الثَّمَرَاتِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَذَّكَّرُونَ

Walaqad akhathna alafirAAawna bissineena wanaqsin mina aththamaratilaAAallahum yaththakkaroon

We seized Pharaoh’s people with years of drought and scarcity of fruits so that hopefully they would pay heed.

فَاِذَا جَٓاءَتْهُمُ الْحَسَنَةُ قَالُوا لَنَا هٰذِه۪ۚ وَاِنْ تُصِبْهُمْ سَيِّئَةٌ يَطَّيَّرُوا بِمُوسٰى وَمَنْ مَعَهُۜ اَلَٓا اِنَّمَا طَٓائِرُهُمْ عِنْدَ اللّٰهِ وَلٰكِنَّ اَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

Fa-itha jaat-humu alhasanatuqaloo lana hathihi wa-in tusibhumsayyi-atun yattayyaroo bimoosa waman maAAahu alainnama ta-iruhum AAinda Allahi walakinnaaktharahum la yaAAlamoon

Whenever a good thing came to them, they said, ‘This is our due. ’ But if anything bad happened to them, they would blame their ill fortune on Musa and those with him. No indeed! Their ill fortune will be with Allah. But most of them did not know.

وَقَالُوا مَهْمَا تَأْتِنَا بِه۪ مِنْ اٰيَةٍ لِتَسْحَرَنَا بِهَاۙ فَمَا نَحْنُ لَكَ بِمُؤْمِن۪ينَ

Waqaloo mahma ta/tinabihi min ayatin litasharana biha famanahnu laka bimu/mineen

They said, ‘No matter what kind of Sign you bring us to bewitch us, we will not have iman in you. ’

فَاَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ الطُّوفَانَ وَالْجَرَادَ وَالْقُمَّلَ وَالضَّفَادِعَ وَالدَّمَ اٰيَاتٍ مُفَصَّلَاتٍ فَاسْتَكْبَرُوا وَكَانُوا قَوْماً مُجْرِم۪ينَ

Faarsalna AAalayhimu attoofanawaljarada walqummala waddafadiAAawaddama ayatin mufassalatinfastakbaroo wakanoo qawman mujrimeen

So We sent down on them floods, locusts, lice, frogs and blood, Signs, clear and distinct, but they proved arrogant and were an evildoing people.

وَلَمَّا وَقَعَ عَلَيْهِمُ الرِّجْزُ قَالُوا يَا مُوسَى ادْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ بِمَا عَهِدَ عِنْدَكَۚ لَئِنْ كَشَفْتَ عَنَّا الرِّجْزَ لَنُؤْمِنَنَّ لَكَ وَلَنُرْسِلَنَّ مَعَكَ بَن۪ٓي اِسْرَٓائ۪لَۚ

Walamma waqaAAa AAalayhimu arrijzuqaloo ya moosa odAAu lana rabbaka bimaAAahida AAindaka la-in kashafta AAanna arrijzalanu/minanna laka walanursilanna maAAaka banee isra-eel

Whenever the plague came down on them they said, ‘Musa, pray to your Lord for us by the contract He has with you. If you remove the plague from us, we will definitely have iman in you and send the tribe of Israel away with you.’

فَلَمَّا كَشَفْنَا عَنْهُمُ الرِّجْزَ اِلٰٓى اَجَلٍ هُمْ بَالِغُوهُ اِذَا هُمْ يَنْكُثُونَ

Falamma kashafna AAanhumu arrijzaila ajalin hum balighoohu itha humyankuthoon

But when We removed the plague from them – for a fixed term which they fulfilled – they broke their word.

فَانْتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ فَاَغْرَقْنَاهُمْ فِي الْيَمِّ بِاَنَّهُمْ كَذَّبُوا بِاٰيَاتِنَا وَكَانُوا عَنْهَا غَافِل۪ينَ

Fantaqamna minhum faaghraqnahumfee alyammi bi-annahum kaththaboo bi-ayatinawakanoo AAanha ghafileen

Then We took revenge on them and drowned them in the sea because they denied Our Signs and paid no attention to them.

وَاَوْرَثْنَا الْقَوْمَ الَّذ۪ينَ كَانُوا يُسْتَضْعَفُونَ مَشَارِقَ الْاَرْضِ وَمَغَارِبَهَا الَّت۪ي بَارَكْنَا ف۪يهَاۜ وَتَمَّتْ كَلِمَتُ رَبِّكَ الْحُسْنٰى عَلٰى بَن۪ٓي اِسْرَٓائ۪لَ بِمَا صَبَرُواۜ وَدَمَّرْنَا مَا كَانَ يَصْنَعُ فِرْعَوْنُ وَقَوْمُهُ وَمَا كَانُوا يَعْرِشُونَ

Waawrathna alqawma allatheenakanoo yustadAAafoona mashariqa al-ardiwamagharibaha allatee barakna feehawatammat kalimatu rabbika alhusna AAalabanee isra-eela bima sabaroo wadammarnama kana yasnaAAu firAAawnu waqawmuhu wamakanoo yaAArishoon

And We bequeathed to the people who had been oppressed the easternmost part of the land We had blessed, and its westernmost part as well. The most excellent Word of your Lord was fulfilled for the tribe of Israel on account of their steadfastness. And We utterly destroyed what Pharaoh and his people made and the buildings they constructed.

وَجَاوَزْنَا بِبَن۪ٓي اِسْرَٓائ۪لَ الْبَحْرَ فَاَتَوْا عَلٰى قَوْمٍ يَعْكُفُونَ عَلٰٓى اَصْنَامٍ لَهُمْۚ قَالُوا يَا مُوسَى اجْعَلْ لَـنَٓا اِلٰهاً كَمَا لَهُمْ اٰلِهَةٌۜ قَالَ اِنَّكُمْ قَوْمٌ تَجْهَلُونَ

Wajawazna bibanee isra-eelaalbahra faataw AAala qawmin yaAAkufoona AAalaasnamin lahum qaloo ya moosaijAAal lana ilahan kama lahum alihatunqala innakum qawmun tajhaloon

We conveyed the tribe of Israel across the sea and they came upon some people who were devoting themselves to some idols which they had. They said, ‘Musa, give us a god just as these people have gods.’ He said, ‘You are indeed an ignorant people.

اِنَّ هٰٓؤُ۬لَٓاءِ مُتَبَّرٌ مَا هُمْ ف۪يهِ وَبَاطِلٌ مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ

Inna haola-i mutabbarun mahum feehi wabatilun ma kanoo yaAAmaloon

What these people are doing is destined for destruction. What they are doing is purposeless.’

قَالَ اَغَيْرَ اللّٰهِ اَبْغ۪يكُمْ اِلٰهاً وَهُوَ فَضَّلَكُمْ عَلَى الْعَالَم۪ينَ

Qala aghayra Allahi abgheekumilahan wahuwa faddalakum AAala alAAalameen

He said, ‘Should I seek something other than Allah as a god for you when He has favoured you over all other beings?’

وَاِذْ اَنْجَيْنَاكُمْ مِنْ اٰلِ فِرْعَوْنَ يَسُومُونَكُمْ سُٓوءَ الْعَذَابِۚ يُقَتِّلُونَ اَبْنَٓاءَكُمْ وَيَسْتَحْيُونَ نِسَٓاءَكُمْۜ وَف۪ي ذٰلِكُمْ بَلَٓاءٌ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ عَظ۪يمٌ۟

Wa-ith anjaynakum min alifirAAawna yasoomoonakum soo-a alAAathabi yuqattiloona abnaakumwayastahyoona nisaakum wafee thalikum balaonmin rabbikum AAatheem

Remember when We rescued you from Pharaoh’s people who were inflicting an evil punishment on you, killing your sons and letting your women live. In that there was a terrible trial from your Lord.

وَوٰعَدْنَا مُوسٰى ثَلٰث۪ينَ لَيْلَةً وَاَتْمَمْنَاهَا بِعَشْرٍ فَتَمَّ م۪يقَاتُ رَبِّه۪ٓ اَرْبَع۪ينَ لَيْلَةًۚ وَقَالَ مُوسٰى لِاَخ۪يهِ هٰرُونَ اخْلُفْن۪ي ف۪ي قَوْم۪ي وَاَصْلِحْ وَلَا تَتَّبِـعْ سَب۪يلَ الْمُفْسِد۪ينَ

WawaAAadna moosa thalatheenalaylatan waatmamnaha biAAashrin fatamma meeqaturabbihi arbaAAeena laylatan waqala moosa li-akheehiharoona okhlufnee fee qawmee waaslih walatattabiAA sabeela almufsideen

We set aside thirty nights for Musa and then completed them with ten, so the appointed time of his Lord was forty nights in all. Musa said to his brother Harun, ‘Be my khalif among my people. Keep order and do not follow the way of the corrupters.’

وَلَمَّا جَٓاءَ مُوسٰى لِم۪يقَاتِنَا وَكَلَّمَهُ رَبُّهُۙ قَالَ رَبِّ اَرِن۪ٓي اَنْظُرْ اِلَيْكَۜ قَالَ لَنْ تَرٰين۪ي وَلٰكِنِ انْظُرْ اِلَى الْجَبَلِ فَاِنِ اسْتَقَرَّ مَكَانَهُ فَسَوْفَ تَرٰين۪يۚ فَلَمَّا تَجَلّٰى رَبُّهُ لِلْجَبَلِ جَعَلَهُ دَكاًّ وَخَرَّ مُوسٰى صَعِقاًۚ فَلَمَّٓا اَفَاقَ قَالَ سُبْحَانَكَ تُبْتُ اِلَيْكَ وَاَنَا۬ اَوَّلُ الْمُؤْمِن۪ينَ

Walamma jaa moosalimeeqatina wakallamahu rabbuhu qala rabbiarinee anthur ilayka qala lan taraneewalakini onthur ila aljabali fa-iniistaqarra makanahu fasawfa taranee falammatajalla rabbuhu liljabali jaAAalahu dakkan wakharra moosasaAAiqan falamma afaqa qala subhanakatubtu ilayka waana awwalu almu/mineen

When Musa came to Our appointed time and his Lord spoke to him, he said, ‘My Lord, show me Yourself so that I may look at You!’ He said, ‘You will not see Me, but look at the mountain. If it remains firm in its place, then you will see Me.’ But when His Lord manifested Himself to the mountain, He crushed it flat and Musa fell unconscious to the ground. When he regained consciousness he said, ‘Glory be to You! I make tawba to You and I am the first of the muminun!’

قَالَ يَا مُوسٰٓى اِنِّي اصْطَفَيْتُكَ عَلَى النَّاسِ بِرِسَالَات۪ي وَبِكَلَام۪يۘ فَخُذْ مَٓا اٰتَيْتُكَ وَكُنْ مِنَ الشَّاكِر۪ينَ

Qala ya moosa innee istafaytukaAAala annasi birisalateewabikalamee fakhuth ma ataytuka wakunmina ashshakireen

He said, ‘Musa, I have chosen you over all mankind for My Message and My Word. Take what I have given you and be among the thankful.’

وَكَتَبْنَا لَهُ فِي الْاَلْوَاحِ مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ مَوْعِظَةً وَتَفْص۪يلاً لِكُلِّ شَيْءٍۚ فَخُذْهَا بِقُوَّةٍ وَأْمُرْ قَوْمَكَ يَأْخُذُوا بِاَحْسَنِهَاۜ سَاُر۪يكُمْ دَارَ الْفَاسِق۪ينَ

Wakatabna lahu fee al-alwahimin kulli shay-in mawAAithatan watafseelanlikulli shay-in fakhuthha biquwwatin wa/mur qawmakaya/khuthoo bi-ahsaniha saoreekum daraalfasiqeen

We wrote about everything for him on the Tablets as an admonition and making all things clear. ‘Seize hold of it vigorously and command your people to adopt the best in it. I will show you the home of the deviators!’

سَاَصْرِفُ عَنْ اٰيَاتِيَ الَّذ۪ينَ يَتَكَبَّرُونَ فِي الْاَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ الْحَقِّۜ وَاِنْ يَرَوْا كُلَّ اٰيَةٍ لَا يُؤْمِنُوا بِهَاۚ وَاِنْ يَرَوْا سَب۪يلَ الرُّشْدِ لَا يَتَّخِذُوهُ سَب۪يلاًۚ وَاِنْ يَرَوْا سَب۪يلَ الْغَيِّ يَتَّخِذُوهُ سَب۪يلاًۜ ذٰلِكَ بِاَنَّهُمْ كَذَّبُوا بِاٰيَاتِنَا وَكَانُوا عَنْهَا غَافِل۪ينَ

Saasrifu AAan ayatiyaallatheena yatakabbaroona fee al-ardi bighayri alhaqqiwa-in yaraw kulla ayatin la yu/minoo bihawa-in yaraw sabeela arrushdi la yattakhithoohusabeelan wa-in yaraw sabeela alghayyi yattakhithoohusabeelan thalika bi-annahum kaththaboo bi-ayatinawakanoo AAanha ghafileen

I will divert from My Signs all those who are arrogant in the earth without any right. If they see every Sign, they will not believe in it. If they see the way of right guidance, they will not take it as a way. But if they see the way of error, they will take that as a way. That is because they denied Our Signs and paid no attention to them.

وَالَّذ۪ينَ كَذَّبُوا بِاٰيَاتِنَا وَلِقَٓاءِ الْاٰخِرَةِ حَبِطَتْ اَعْمَالُهُمْۜ هَلْ يُجْزَوْنَ اِلَّا مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ۟

Wallatheena kaththaboobi-ayatina waliqa-i al-akhiratihabitat aAAmaluhum hal yujzawna illama kanoo yaAAmaloon

As for those who denied Our Signs and the encounter of the Next World, their actions will come to nothing. Will they be repaid except for what they did?

وَاتَّخَذَ قَوْمُ مُوسٰى مِنْ بَعْدِه۪ مِنْ حُلِيِّهِمْ عِجْلاً جَسَداً لَهُ خُوَارٌۜ اَلَمْ يَرَوْا اَنَّهُ لَا يُكَلِّمُهُمْ وَلَا يَهْد۪يهِمْ سَب۪يلاًۢ اِتَّخَذُوهُ وَكَانُوا ظَالِم۪ينَ

Wattakhatha qawmu moosamin baAAdihi min huliyyihim AAijlan jasadan lahu khuwarunalam yaraw annahu la yukallimuhum wala yahdeehimsabeelan ittakhathoohu wakanoo thalimeen

After he left, Musa’s people adopted a calf made from their ornaments, a form which made a lowing sound. Did they not see that it could not speak to them or guide them to any way? They adopted it and so they were wrongdoers.

وَلَمَّا سُقِطَ ف۪ٓي اَيْد۪يهِمْ وَرَاَوْا اَنَّهُمْ قَدْ ضَلُّواۙ قَالُوا لَئِنْ لَمْ يَرْحَمْنَا رَبُّنَا وَيَغْفِرْ لَنَا لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْخَاسِر۪ينَ

Walamma suqita fee aydeehimwaraaw annahum qad dalloo qaloo la-in lam yarhamnarabbuna wayaghfir lana lanakoonanna mina alkhasireen

When they took full stock of what they had done and saw they had been misled, they said, ‘If our Lord does not have mercy on us and forgive us, we will certainly be among the lost. ’

وَلَمَّا رَجَعَ مُوسٰٓى اِلٰى قَوْمِه۪ غَضْبَانَ اَسِفاًۙ قَالَ بِئْسَمَا خَلَفْتُمُون۪ي مِنْ بَعْد۪يۚ اَعَجِلْتُمْ اَمْرَ رَبِّكُمْۚ وَاَلْقَى الْاَلْوَاحَ وَاَخَذَ بِرَأْسِ اَخ۪يهِ يَجُرُّهُٓ اِلَيْهِۜ قَالَ ابْنَ اُمَّ اِنَّ الْقَوْمَ اسْتَضْعَفُون۪ي وَكَادُوا يَقْتُلُونَن۪يۘ فَلَا تُشْمِتْ بِيَ الْاَعْدَٓاءَ وَلَا تَجْعَلْن۪ي مَعَ الْقَوْمِ الظَّالِم۪ينَ

Walamma rajaAAa moosa ilaqawmihi ghadbana asifan qala bi/samakhalaftumoonee min baAAdee aAAajiltum amra rabbikum waalqa al-alwahawaakhatha bira/si akheehi yajurruhu ilayhi qalaibna omma inna alqawma istadAAafoonee wakadooyaqtuloonanee fala tushmit biya al-aAAdaa walatajAAalnee maAAa alqawmi aththalimeen

When Musa returned to his people in anger and great sorrow, he said, ‘What an evil thing you did in my absence after I left! Did you want to hasten your Lord’s command?’ He threw down the Tablets and seized hold of his brother’s head, dragging him towards him. Harun said, ‘Son of my mother, The people oppressed me and almost killed me. Do not give my enemies cause to gloat over me. Do not include me with the wrongdoing people.’

قَالَ رَبِّ اغْفِرْ ل۪ي وَلِاَخ۪ي وَاَدْخِلْنَا ف۪ي رَحْمَتِكَۘ وَاَنْتَ اَرْحَمُ الرَّاحِم۪ينَ۟

Qala rabbi ighfir lee wali-akheewaadkhilna fee rahmatika waanta arhamu arrahimeen

He said, ‘My Lord, forgive me and my brother and admit us into Your mercy. You are the Most Merciful of the merciful.’

اِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ اتَّخَذُوا الْعِجْلَ سَيَنَالُهُمْ غَضَبٌ مِنْ رَبِّهِمْ وَذِلَّةٌ فِي الْحَيٰوةِ الدُّنْيَاۜ وَكَذٰلِكَ نَجْزِي الْمُفْتَر۪ينَ

Inna allatheena ittakhathooalAAijla sayanaluhum ghadabun min rabbihim wathillatunfee alhayati addunya wakathalikanajzee almuftareen

As for those who adopted the Calf, anger from their Lord will overtake them together with abasement in the life of the dunya. That is how we repay the purveyors of falsehood.

وَالَّذ۪ينَ عَمِلُوا السَّيِّـَٔاتِ ثُمَّ تَابُوا مِنْ بَعْدِهَا وَاٰمَنُواۘ اِنَّ رَبَّكَ مِنْ بَعْدِهَا لَغَفُورٌ رَح۪يمٌ

Wallatheena AAamiloo assayyi-atithumma taboo min baAAdiha waamanoo innarabbaka min baAAdiha laghafoorun raheem

But as for those who do evil actions and then subsequently make tawba and have iman, in that case your Lord is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

وَلَمَّا سَكَتَ عَنْ مُوسَى الْغَضَبُ اَخَذَ الْاَلْوَاحَۚ وَف۪ي نُسْخَتِهَا هُدًى وَرَحْمَةٌ لِلَّذ۪ينَ هُمْ لِرَبِّهِمْ يَرْهَبُونَ

Walamma sakata AAan moosaalghadabu akhatha al-alwaha wafee nuskhatihahudan warahmatun lillatheena hum lirabbihimyarhaboon

When Musa’s anger abated he picked up the Tablets and in their inscription was guidance and mercy for all of them who feared their Lord.

وَاخْتَارَ مُوسٰى قَوْمَهُ سَبْع۪ينَ رَجُلاً لِم۪يقَاتِنَاۚ فَلَمَّٓا اَخَذَتْهُمُ الرَّجْفَةُ قَالَ رَبِّ لَوْ شِئْتَ اَهْلَكْتَهُمْ مِنْ قَبْلُ وَاِيَّايَۜ اَتُهْلِكُنَا بِمَا فَعَلَ السُّفَـهَٓاءُ مِنَّاۚ اِنْ هِيَ اِلَّا فِتْنَتُكَۜ تُضِلُّ بِهَا مَنْ تَشَٓاءُ وَتَهْد۪ي مَنْ تَشَٓاءُۜ اَنْتَ وَلِيُّنَا فَاغْفِرْ لَنَا وَارْحَمْنَا وَاَنْتَ خَيْرُ الْغَافِر۪ينَ

Wakhtara moosaqawmahu sabAAeena rajulan limeeqatina falammaakhathat-humu arrajfatu qala rabbi lawshi/ta ahlaktahum min qablu wa-iyyaya atuhlikunabima faAAala assufahao minna in hiyailla fitnatuka tudillu biha man tashaowatahdee man tashao anta waliyyuna faghfirlana warhamna waanta khayru alghafireen

Musa chose seventy men from his people for Our appointed time and when the earthquake seized them he said, ‘My Lord, if You had willed, You could have destroyed them previously and me as well. Would you destroy us for what the fools among us did? It was only a trial from You by which You misguided those You willed and guided those You willed. You are our Protector so forgive us and have mercy on us. You are the Best of Forgivers.

وَاكْتُبْ لَنَا ف۪ي هٰذِهِ الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الْاٰخِرَةِ اِنَّا هُدْنَٓا اِلَيْكَۜ قَالَ عَذَاب۪ٓي اُص۪يبُ بِه۪ مَنْ اَشَٓاءُۚ وَرَحْمَت۪ي وَسِعَتْ كُلَّ شَيْءٍۜ فَسَاَكْتُبُهَا لِلَّذ۪ينَ يَتَّقُونَ وَيُؤْتُونَ الزَّكٰوةَ وَالَّذ۪ينَ هُمْ بِاٰيَاتِنَا يُؤْمِنُونَۚ

Waktub lana fee hathihiaddunya hasanatan wafee al-akhiratiinna hudna ilayka qala AAathabee oseebubihi man ashao warahmatee wasiAAat kulla shay-infasaaktubuha lillatheena yattaqoona wayu/toona azzakatawallatheena hum bi-ayatinayu/minoon

Prescribe good for us in this world and the Next World. We have truly turned to You.’ He said, ‘As for My punishment, I strike with it anyone I will. My mercy extends to all things but I will prescribe it for those who have taqwa and pay zakat, and those who believe in Our Signs:

اَلَّذ۪ينَ يَتَّبِعُونَ الرَّسُولَ النَّبِيَّ الْاُمِّيَّ الَّذ۪ي يَجِدُونَهُ مَكْتُوباً عِنْدَهُمْ فِي التَّوْرٰيةِ وَالْاِنْج۪يلِۘ يَأْمُرُهُمْ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَنْهٰيهُمْ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ وَيُحِلُّ لَهُمُ الطَّيِّبَاتِ وَيُحَرِّمُ عَلَيْهِمُ الْخَبَٓائِثَ وَيَضَعُ عَنْهُمْ اِصْرَهُمْ وَالْاَغْلَالَ الَّت۪ي كَانَتْ عَلَيْهِمْۜ فَالَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا بِه۪ وَعَزَّرُوهُ وَنَصَرُوهُ وَاتَّبَعُوا النُّورَ الَّـذ۪ٓي اُنْزِلَ مَعَهُٓۙ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ۟

Allatheena yattabiAAoona arrasoolaannabiyya al-ommiyya allathee yajidoonahumaktooban AAindahum fee attawrati wal-injeeliya/muruhum bilmaAAroofi wayanhahum AAani almunkariwayuhillu lahumu attayyibati wayuharrimuAAalayhimu alkhaba-itha wayadaAAu AAanhum israhumwal-aghlala allatee kanat AAalayhim fallatheenaamanoo bihi waAAazzaroohu wanasaroohu wattabaAAooannoora allathee onzila maAAahu ola-ikahumu almuflihoon

those who follow the Messenger, the Unlettered Prophet, whom they find written down with them in the Torah and the Gospel, commanding them to do right and forbidding them to do wrong, making good things halal for them and bad things haram for them, relieving them of their heavy loads and the chains which were around them. Those who have iman in him and honour him and help him, and follow the Light that has been sent down with him, they are the ones who are successful.’

قُلْ يَٓا اَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اِنّ۪ي رَسُولُ اللّٰهِ اِلَيْكُمْ جَم۪يعاًۨ الَّذ۪ي لَهُ مُلْكُ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِۚ لَٓا اِلٰهَ اِلَّا هُوَ يُحْـي۪ وَيُم۪يتُۖ فَاٰمِنُوا بِاللّٰهِ وَرَسُولِهِ النَّبِيِّ الْاُمِّيِّ الَّذ۪ي يُؤْمِنُ بِاللّٰهِ وَكَلِمَاتِه۪ وَاتَّبِعُوهُ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُونَ

Qul ya ayyuha annasuinnee rasoolu Allahi ilaykum jameeAAan allatheelahu mulku assamawati wal-ardila ilaha illa huwa yuhyee wayumeetufaaminoo billahi warasoolihi annabiyyial-ommiyyi allathee yu/minu billahi wakalimatihiwattabiAAoohu laAAallakum tahtadoon

Say: ‘Mankind! I am the Messenger of Allah to you all, of Him to whom the kingdom of the heavens and earth belongs. There is no god but Him. He gives life and causes to die.’ So have iman in Allah and His Messenger, the Unlettered Prophet, who has iman in Allah and His words, and follow him so that hopefully you will be guided.'

وَمِنْ قَوْمِ مُوسٰٓى اُمَّةٌ يَهْدُونَ بِالْحَقِّ وَبِه۪ يَعْدِلُونَ

Wamin qawmi moosa ommatun yahdoonabilhaqqi wabihi yaAAdiloon

Among the people of Musa there is a group who guide by the truth and act justly in accordance with it.

وَقَطَّعْنَاهُمُ اثْنَتَيْ عَشْرَةَ اَسْبَاطاً اُمَماًۜ وَاَوْحَيْنَٓا اِلٰى مُوسٰٓى اِذِ اسْتَسْقٰيهُ قَوْمُهُٓ اَنِ اضْرِبْ بِعَصَاكَ الْحَجَرَۚ فَانْبَجَسَتْ مِنْهُ اثْنَتَا عَشْرَةَ عَيْناًۜ قَدْ عَلِمَ كُلُّ اُنَاسٍ مَشْرَبَهُمْۜ وَظَلَّلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ الْغَمَامَ وَاَنْزَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ الْمَنَّ وَالسَّلْوٰىۜ كُلُوا مِنْ طَيِّبَاتِ مَا رَزَقْنَاكُمْۜ وَمَا ظَلَمُونَا وَلٰكِنْ كَانُٓوا اَنْفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ

WaqattaAAnahumu ithnatayAAashrata asbatan omaman waawhayna ilamoosa ithi istasqahu qawmuhu ani idribbiAAasaka alhajara fanbajasat minhu ithnataAAashrata AAaynan qad AAalima kullu onasin mashrabahum wathallalnaAAalayhimu alghamama waanzalna AAalayhimu almannawassalwa kuloo min tayyibati marazaqnakum wama thalamoona walakinkanoo anfusahum yathlimoon

We divided them up into twelve tribes – communities. We revealed to Musa, when his people asked him for water: ‘Strike the rock with your staff.’ Twelve fountains flowed out from it and all the people knew their drinking place. And We shaded them with clouds and sent down manna and quails to them: ‘Eat of the good things We have provided you with.’ They did not wrong Us; rather it was themselves they wronged.

وَاِذْ ق۪يلَ لَهُمُ اسْكُنُوا هٰذِهِ الْقَرْيَةَ وَكُلُوا مِنْهَا حَيْثُ شِئْتُمْ وَقُولُوا حِطَّةٌ وَادْخُلُوا الْبَابَ سُجَّداً نَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ خَط۪ٓيـَٔاتِكُمْۜ سَنَز۪يدُ الْمُحْسِن۪ينَ

Wa-ith qeela lahumu oskunoo hathihialqaryata wakuloo minha haythu shi/tum waqooloo hittatunwadkhuloo albaba sujjadan naghfir lakum khatee-atikumsanazeedu almuhsineen

When they were told: ‘Live in this town and eat of it wherever you like and say, "Relieve us of our burdens!" and enter the gate prostrating. Your mistakes will be forgiven you. We will grant increase to good-doers.’

فَبَدَّلَ الَّذ۪ينَ ظَلَمُوا مِنْهُمْ قَوْلاً غَيْرَ الَّذ۪ي ق۪يلَ لَهُمْ فَاَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ رِجْزاً مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ بِمَا كَانُوا يَظْلِمُونَ۟

Fabaddala allatheena thalamoominhum qawlan ghayra allathee qeela lahum faarsalnaAAalayhim rijzan mina assama-i bima kanooyathlimoon

But those of them who did wrong substituted words other than those they had been given. So We sent a plague on them from heaven for their wrongdoing.

وَسْـَٔلْهُمْ عَنِ الْقَرْيَةِ الَّت۪ي كَانَتْ حَاضِرَةَ الْبَحْرِۢ اِذْ يَعْدُونَ فِي السَّبْتِ اِذْ تَأْت۪يهِمْ ح۪يتَانُهُمْ يَوْمَ سَبْتِهِمْ شُرَّعاً وَيَوْمَ لَا يَسْبِتُونَۙ لَا تَأْت۪يهِمْۚ كَذٰلِكَ نَبْلُوهُمْ بِمَا كَانُوا يَفْسُقُونَ

Was-alhum AAani alqaryati allatee kanathadirata albahri ith yaAAdoona fee assabtiith ta/teehim heetanuhum yawma sabtihimshurraAAan wayawma la yasbitoona la ta/teehim kathalikanabloohum bima kanoo yafsuqoon

Ask them about the town which was by the sea when they broke the Sabbath – when their fish came to them near the surface on their Sabbath day but did not come on the days which were not their Sabbath. In this way We put them to the test because they were deviators.

وَاِذْ قَالَتْ اُمَّةٌ مِنْهُمْ لِمَ تَعِظُونَ قَوْماًۙۨ اللّٰهُ مُهْلِكُهُمْ اَوْ مُعَذِّبُهُمْ عَذَاباً شَد۪يداًۜ قَالُوا مَعْذِرَةً اِلٰى رَبِّكُمْ وَلَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَّقُونَ

Wa-ith qalat ommatun minhumlima taAAithoona qawman Allahu muhlikuhum awmuAAaththibuhum AAathaban shadeedan qaloomaAAthiratan ila rabbikum walaAAallahum yattaqoon

When a group of them said, ‘Why do you rebuke a people whom Allah is going to destroy or severely punish?’ they said, ‘So that we have an excuse to present to your Lord, and so that hopefully they will gain taqwa. ’

فَلَمَّا نَسُوا مَا ذُكِّرُوا بِه۪ٓ اَنْجَيْنَا الَّذ۪ينَ يَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ السُّٓوءِ وَاَخَذْنَا الَّذ۪ينَ ظَلَمُوا بِعَذَابٍ بَـ۪ٔيسٍ بِمَا كَانُوا يَفْسُقُونَ

Falamma nasoo ma thukkiroobihi anjayna allatheena yanhawna AAani assoo-iwaakhathna allatheena thalamoobiAAathabin ba-eesin bima kanoo yafsuqoon

Then when they forgot what they had been reminded of, We rescued those who had forbidden the evil and seized those who did wrong with a harsh punishment because they were deviators.

فَلَمَّا عَتَوْا عَنْ مَا نُهُوا عَنْهُ قُلْنَا لَهُمْ كُونُوا قِرَدَةً خَاسِـ۪ٔينَ

Falamma AAataw AAan ma nuhooAAanhu qulna lahum koonoo qiradatan khasi-een

When they were insolent about what they had been forbidden to do, We said to them, ‘Be apes, despised, cast out!’

وَاِذْ تَاَذَّنَ رَبُّكَ لَيَبْعَثَنَّ عَلَيْهِمْ اِلٰى يَوْمِ الْقِيٰمَةِ مَنْ يَسُومُهُمْ سُٓوءَ الْعَذَابِۜ اِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَسَر۪يعُ الْعِقَابِۚ وَاِنَّهُ لَغَفُورٌ رَح۪يمٌ

Wa-ith taaththana rabbukalayabAAathanna AAalayhim ila yawmi alqiyamati manyasoomuhum soo-a alAAathabi inna rabbaka lasareeAAu alAAiqabiwa-innahu laghafoorun raheem

Then your Lord announced that He would send against them until the Day of Rising people who would inflict an evil punishment on them. Your Lord is Swift in Retribution. And He is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

وَقَطَّعْنَاهُمْ فِي الْاَرْضِ اُمَماًۚ مِنْهُمُ الصَّالِحُونَ وَمِنْهُمْ دُونَ ذٰلِكَۘ وَبَلَوْنَاهُمْ بِالْحَسَنَاتِ وَالسَّيِّـَٔاتِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ

WaqattaAAnahum fee al-ardiomaman minhumu assalihoona waminhum doona thalikawabalawnahum bilhasanati wassayyi-atilaAAallahum yarjiAAoon

And We divided them into nations in the earth. Some of them are righteous and some are other than that. We tried them with good and evil so that hopefully they would return.

فَخَلَفَ مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ خَلْفٌ وَرِثُوا الْكِتَابَ يَأْخُذُونَ عَرَضَ هٰذَا الْاَدْنٰى وَيَقُولُونَ سَيُغْفَرُ لَنَاۚ وَاِنْ يَأْتِهِمْ عَرَضٌ مِثْلُهُ يَأْخُذُوهُۜ اَلَمْ يُؤْخَذْ عَلَيْهِمْ م۪يثَاقُ الْكِتَابِ اَنْ لَا يَقُولُوا عَلَى اللّٰهِ اِلَّا الْحَقَّ وَدَرَسُوا مَا ف۪يهِۜ وَالدَّارُ الْاٰخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ لِلَّذ۪ينَ يَتَّقُونَۜ اَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ

Fakhalafa min baAAdihim khalfun warithooalkitaba ya/khuthoona AAarada hathaal-adna wayaqooloona sayughfaru lana wa-in ya/tihimAAaradun mithluhu ya/khuthoohu alam yu/khathAAalayhim meethaqu alkitabi an la yaqoolooAAala Allahi illa alhaqqa wadarasoo mafeehi waddaru al-akhiratu khayrun lillatheenayattaqoona afala taAAqiloon

An evil generation has succeeded them, inheriting the Book, taking the goods of this lower world, and saying, ‘We will be forgiven. ’ But if similar goods come to them again they still take them. Has not a covenant been made with them in the Book, that they should only say the truth about Allah and have they not studied what is in it? The Final Abode is better for those who have taqwa. Will you not use your intellect?

وَالَّذ۪ينَ يُمَسِّكُونَ بِالْكِتَابِ وَاَقَامُوا الصَّلٰوةَۜ اِنَّا لَا نُض۪يعُ اَجْرَ الْمُصْلِح۪ينَ

Wallatheena yumassikoona bilkitabiwaaqamoo assalata inna lanudeeAAu ajra almusliheen

As for those who hold fast to the Book and establish salat, We will not let the wage of the righteous go to waste.

وَاِذْ نَتَقْنَا الْجَبَلَ فَوْقَهُمْ كَاَنَّهُ ظُلَّةٌ وَظَنُّٓوا اَنَّهُ وَاقِعٌ بِهِمْۚ خُذُوا مَٓا اٰتَيْنَاكُمْ بِقُوَّةٍ وَاذْكُرُوا مَا ف۪يهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ۟

Wa-ith nataqna aljabalafawqahum kaannahu thullatun wathannooannahu waqiAAun bihim khuthoo ma ataynakumbiquwwatin wathkuroo ma feehi laAAallakumtattaqoon

When We uprooted the mountain, lifting it above them like a canopy, and they thought it was about to fall on them: ‘Seize hold vigorously of what We have given you and remember what is in it, so that hopefully you will have taqwa. ’

وَاِذْ اَخَذَ رَبُّكَ مِنْ بَن۪ٓي اٰدَمَ مِنْ ظُهُورِهِمْ ذُرِّيَّتَهُمْ وَاَشْهَدَهُمْ عَلٰٓى اَنْفُسِهِمْۚ اَلَسْتُ بِرَبِّكُمْۜ قَالُوا بَلٰىۚۛ شَهِدْنَاۚۛ اَنْ تَقُولُوا يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِ اِنَّا كُنَّا عَنْ هٰذَا غَافِل۪ينَۙ

Wa-ith akhatha rabbuka minbanee adama min thuhoorihim thurriyyatahumwaashhadahum AAala anfusihim alastu birabbikum qaloobala shahidna an taqooloo yawma alqiyamatiinna kunna AAan hatha ghafileen

When your Lord took out all their descendants from the loins of the children of Adam and made them testify against themselves ‘Am I not your Lord?’ they said, ‘We testify that indeed You are!’ Lest you say on the Day of Rising, ‘We knew nothing of this. ’

اَوْ تَقُولُٓوا اِنَّـمَٓا اَشْرَكَ اٰبَٓاؤُ۬نَا مِنْ قَبْلُ وَكُنَّا ذُرِّيَّةً مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْۚ اَفَتُهْلِكُنَا بِمَا فَعَلَ الْمُبْطِلُونَ

Aw taqooloo innama ashraka abaonamin qablu wakunna thurriyyatan min baAAdihimafatuhlikuna bima faAAala almubtiloon

Or lest you say, ‘Our forefathers associated others with Allah before our time, and we are merely descendants coming after them. So are You going to destroy us for what those purveyors of falsehood did?’

وَكَذٰلِكَ نُفَصِّلُ الْاٰيَاتِ وَلَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ

Wakathalika nufassilu al-ayatiwalaAAallahum yarjiAAoon

That is how We make the Signs clear so that hopefully they will return.

وَاتْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ نَبَاَ الَّـذ۪ٓي اٰتَيْنَاهُ اٰيَاتِنَا فَانْسَلَخَ مِنْهَا فَاَتْبَعَهُ الشَّيْطَانُ فَكَانَ مِنَ الْغَاو۪ينَ

Watlu AAalayhim nabaa allatheeataynahu ayatina fansalakhaminha faatbaAAahu ashshaytanu fakanamina alghaween

Recite to them the tale of him to whom We gave Our Signs, but who then cast them to one side and Shaytan caught up with him. He was one of those lured into error.

وَلَوْ شِئْنَا لَرَفَعْنَاهُ بِهَا وَلٰكِنَّهُٓ اَخْلَدَ اِلَى الْاَرْضِ وَاتَّـبَعَ هَوٰيهُۚ فَمَثَلُهُ كَمَثَلِ الْكَلْبِۚ اِنْ تَحْمِلْ عَلَيْهِ يَلْهَثْ اَوْ تَتْرُكْهُ يَلْهَثْۜ ذٰلِكَ مَثَلُ الْقَوْمِ الَّذ۪ينَ كَذَّبُوا بِاٰيَاتِنَاۚ فَاقْصُصِ الْقَصَصَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ

Walaw shi/na larafaAAnahu bihawalakinnahu akhlada ila al-ardi wattabaAAahawahu famathaluhu kamathali alkalbi in tahmilAAalayhi yalhath aw tatruk-hu yalhath thalika mathalualqawmi allatheena kaththaboo bi-ayatinafaqsusi alqasasa laAAallahumyatafakkaroon

If We had wanted to, We would have raised him up by them. But he gravitated towards the earth and pursued his whims and base desires. His metaphor is that of a dog: if you chase it away, it lolls out its tongue and pants, and if you leave it alone, it lolls out its tongue and pants. That is the metaphor of those who deny Our Signs. So tell the story so that hopefully they will reflect.

سَٓاءَ مَثَلاًۨ الْقَوْمُ الَّذ۪ينَ كَذَّبُوا بِاٰيَاتِنَا وَاَنْفُسَهُمْ كَانُوا يَظْلِمُونَ

Saa mathalan alqawmu allatheenakaththaboo bi-ayatina waanfusahum kanooyathlimoon

How evil is the metaphor of those who deny Our Signs. It is themselves that they have badly wronged.

مَنْ يَهْدِ اللّٰهُ فَهُوَ الْمُهْتَد۪يۚ وَمَنْ يُضْلِلْ فَاُو۬لٰٓئِكَ هُمُ الْخَاسِرُونَ

Man yahdi Allahu fahuwa almuhtadeewaman yudlil faola-ika humu alkhasiroon

Whoever Allah guides is truly guided; but those He misguides are the lost.

وَلَقَدْ ذَرَأْنَا لِجَهَنَّمَ كَث۪يراً مِنَ الْجِنِّ وَالْاِنْسِۘ لَهُمْ قُلُوبٌ لَا يَفْقَهُونَ بِهَاۘ وَلَهُمْ اَعْيُنٌ لَا يُبْصِرُونَ بِهَاۘ وَلَهُمْ اٰذَانٌ لَا يَسْمَعُونَ بِهَاۜ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ كَالْاَنْعَامِ بَلْ هُمْ اَضَلُّۜ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ هُمُ الْغَافِلُونَ

Walaqad thara/na lijahannamakatheeran mina aljinni wal-insi lahum quloobun layafqahoona biha walahum aAAyunun la yubsiroonabiha walahum athanun la yasmaAAoona bihaola-ika kal-anAAami bal hum adalluola-ika humu alghafiloon

We created many of the jinn and mankind for Hell. They have hearts they do not understand with. They have eyes they do not see with. They have ears they do not hear with. Such people are like cattle. No, they are even further astray! They are the unaware.

وَلِلّٰهِ الْاَسْمَٓاءُ الْحُسْنٰى فَادْعُوهُ بِهَاۖ وَذَرُوا الَّذ۪ينَ يُلْحِدُونَ ف۪ٓي اَسْمَٓائِه۪ۜ سَيُجْزَوْنَ مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ

Walillahi al-asmao alhusnafadAAoohu biha watharoo allatheenayulhidoona fee asma-ihi sayujzawna ma kanooyaAAmaloon

To Allah belong the Most Beautiful Names, so call on Him by them and abandon those who desecrate His Names. They will be repaid for what they did.

وَمِمَّنْ خَلَقْنَٓا اُمَّةٌ يَهْدُونَ بِالْحَقِّ وَبِه۪ يَعْدِلُونَ۟

Wamimman khalaqna ommatun yahdoonabilhaqqi wabihi yaAAdiloon

Among those We have created there is a community who guide by the Truth and act justly according to it.

وَالَّذ۪ينَ كَذَّبُوا بِاٰيَاتِنَا سَنَسْتَدْرِجُهُمْ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَعْلَمُونَۚ

Wallatheena kaththaboobi-ayatina sanastadrijuhum min haythula yaAAlamoon

But as for those who deny Our Signs, We will lead them, step by step, into destruction from where they do not know.

وَاُمْل۪ي لَهُمْۜ اِنَّ كَيْد۪ي مَت۪ينٌ

Waomlee lahum inna kaydee mateen

I will give them more time. My strategy is sure.

اَوَلَمْ يَتَفَكَّرُوا مَا بِصَاحِبِهِمْ مِنْ جِنَّةٍۜ اِنْ هُوَ اِلَّا نَذ۪يرٌ مُب۪ينٌ

Awa lam yatafakkaroo ma bisahibihimmin jinnatin in huwa illa natheerun mubeen

Have they not reflected? Their companion is not mad. He is only a clear warner.

اَوَلَمْ يَنْظُرُوا ف۪ي مَلَكُوتِ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِ وَمَا خَلَقَ اللّٰهُ مِنْ شَيْءٍۙ وَاَنْ عَسٰٓى اَنْ يَكُونَ قَدِ اقْتَرَبَ اَجَلُهُمْۚ فَبِاَيِّ حَد۪يثٍ بَعْدَهُ يُؤْمِنُونَ

Awalam yanthuroo feemalakooti assamawati wal-ardiwama khalaqa Allahu min shay-in waan AAasaan yakoona qadi iqtaraba ajaluhum fabi-ayyi hadeethinbaAAdahu yu/minoon

Have they not looked into the dominions of the heavens and the earth and what Allah has created, and seen that it may well be that their appointed time is near? In what discourse after this will they have iman?

مَنْ يُضْلِلِ اللّٰهُ فَلَا هَادِيَ لَهُۜ وَيَذَرُهُمْ ف۪ي طُغْيَانِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ

Man yudlili Allahu falahadiya lahu wayatharuhum fee tughyanihimyaAAmahoon

If Allah misguides people, no one can guide them. We will abandon them to wander blindly in their excessive insolence.

يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ السَّاعَةِ اَيَّانَ مُرْسٰيهَاۜ قُلْ اِنَّمَا عِلْمُهَا عِنْدَ رَبّ۪يۚ لَا يُجَلّ۪يهَا لِوَقْتِهَٓا اِلَّا هُوَۜ ثَقُلَتْ فِي السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِۜ لَا تَأْت۪يكُمْ اِلَّا بَغْتَةًۜ يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ كَاَنَّكَ حَفِيٌّ عَنْهَاۜ قُلْ اِنَّمَا عِلْمُهَا عِنْدَ اللّٰهِ وَلٰكِنَّ اَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

Yas-aloonaka AAani assaAAatiayyana mursaha qul innama AAilmuhaAAinda rabbee la yujalleeha liwaqtiha illahuwa thaqulat fee assamawati wal-ardila ta/teekum illa baghtatan yas-aloonaka kaannaka hafiyyunAAanha qul innama AAilmuha AAinda Allahiwalakinna akthara annasi layaAAlamoon

They will ask you about the Hour: when is it due? Say: ‘Knowledge of it rests with my Lord alone. He alone will reveal it at its proper time. It hangs heavy in the heavens and the earth. It will not come upon you except suddenly.’ They will ask you as if you had full knowledge of it. Say: ‘Knowledge of it rests with Allah alone. But most people do not know that.’

قُلْ لَٓا اَمْلِكُ لِنَفْس۪ي نَفْعاً وَلَا ضَراًّ اِلَّا مَا شَٓاءَ اللّٰهُۜ وَلَوْ كُنْتُ اَعْلَمُ الْغَيْبَ لَاسْتَكْثَرْتُ مِنَ الْخَيْرِۚ وَمَا مَسَّنِيَ السُّٓوءُ اِنْ اَنَا۬ اِلَّا نَذ۪يرٌ وَبَش۪يرٌ لِقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ۟

Qul la amliku linafsee nafAAan waladarran illa ma shaa Allahuwalaw kuntu aAAlamu alghayba lastakthartu mina alkhayriwama massaniya assoo-o in ana illanatheerun wabasheerun liqawmin yu/minoon

Say: ‘I possess no power to help or harm myself, except as Allah wills. If I had had knowledge of the Unseen, I would have sought to gain much good and no evil would have touched me. I am only a warner and a bringer of good news to people who have iman.’

هُوَ الَّذ۪ي خَلَقَكُمْ مِنْ نَفْسٍ وَاحِدَةٍ وَجَعَلَ مِنْهَا زَوْجَهَا لِيَسْكُنَ اِلَيْهَاۚ فَلَمَّا تَغَشّٰيهَا حَمَلَتْ حَمْلاً خَف۪يفاً فَمَرَّتْ بِه۪ۚ فَلَمَّٓا اَثْقَلَتْ دَعَوَا اللّٰهَ رَبَّهُمَا لَئِنْ اٰتَيْتَنَا صَالِحاً لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الشَّاكِر۪ينَ

Huwa allathee khalaqakum min nafsinwahidatin wajaAAala minha zawjaha liyaskunailayha falamma taghashshaha hamalathamlan khafeefan famarrat bihi falamma athqalatdaAAawa Allaha rabbahuma la-in ataytanasalihan lanakoonanna mina ashshakireen

It is He who created you from a single self and made from him his spouse so that he might find repose in her. Then when he covered her she bore a light load and carried it around. Then when it became heavy they called on Allah, their Lord, ‘If You grant us a healthy child, we will be among the thankful!’

فَلَمَّٓا اٰتٰيهُمَا صَالِحاً جَعَلَا لَهُ شُرَكَٓاءَ ف۪يمَٓا اٰتٰيهُمَاۚ فَتَعَالَى اللّٰهُ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ

Falamma atahumasalihan jaAAala lahu shurakaa feemaatahuma fataAAala AllahuAAamma yushrikoon

Then when He granted them a healthy, upright child, they associated what He had given them with Him. But Allah is far above what they associate with Him!

اَيُشْرِكُونَ مَا لَا يَخْلُقُ شَيْـٔاً وَهُمْ يُخْلَقُونَۘ

Ayushrikoona ma la yakhluqushay-an wahum yukhlaqoon

Do they make things into partner-gods which cannot create anything and are themselves created;

وَلَا يَسْتَط۪يعُونَ لَهُمْ نَصْراً وَلَٓا اَنْفُسَهُمْ يَنْصُرُونَ

Wala yastateeAAoona lahum nasranwala anfusahum yansuroon

which are not capable of helping them and cannot even help themselves?

وَاِنْ تَدْعُوهُمْ اِلَى الْهُدٰى لَا يَتَّبِعُوكُمْۜ سَوَٓاءٌ عَلَيْكُمْ اَدَعَوْتُمُوهُمْ اَمْ اَنْتُمْ صَامِتُونَ

Wa-in tadAAoohum ila alhuda layattabiAAookum sawaon AAalaykum adaAAawtumoohum am antum samitoon

If you call them to guidance they will not follow you. It makes no difference if you call them or stay silent.

اِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ تَدْعُونَ مِنْ دُونِ اللّٰهِ عِبَادٌ اَمْثَالُكُمْ فَادْعُوهُمْ فَلْيَسْتَج۪يبُوا لَكُمْ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِق۪ينَ

Inna allatheena tadAAoona min dooniAllahi AAibadun amthalukum fadAAoohumfalyastajeeboo lakum in kuntum sadiqeen

Those you call on besides Allah are slaves just like yourselves. Call on them and let them respond to you if you are telling the truth.

اَلَهُمْ اَرْجُلٌ يَمْشُونَ بِهَاۘ اَمْ لَهُمْ اَيْدٍ يَبْطِشُونَ بِهَاۘ اَمْ لَهُمْ اَعْيُنٌ يُبْصِرُونَ بِهَاۘ اَمْ لَهُمْ اٰذَانٌ يَسْمَعُونَ بِهَاۜ قُلِ ادْعُوا شُرَكَٓاءَكُمْ ثُمَّ ك۪يدُونِ فَلَا تُنْظِرُونِ

Alahum arjulun yamshoona biha amlahum aydin yabtishoona biha am lahum aAAyunun yubsiroonabiha am lahum athanun yasmaAAoona biha quliodAAoo shurakaakum thumma keedooni fala tunthiroon

Do they have legs they can walk with? Do they have hands they can grasp with? Do they have eyes they can see with? Do they have ears they can hear with? Say: ‘Call on your partner-gods and try all your wiles against me and grant me no reprieve.

اِنَّ وَلِـِّيَ اللّٰهُ الَّذ۪ي نَزَّلَ الْكِتَابَۘ وَهُوَ يَتَوَلَّى الصَّالِح۪ينَ

Inna waliyyiya Allahu allatheenazzala alkitaba wahuwa yatawalla assaliheen

My Protector is Allah who sent down the Book. He takes care of the righteous.’

وَالَّذ۪ينَ تَدْعُونَ مِنْ دُونِه۪ لَا يَسْتَط۪يعُونَ نَصْرَكُمْ وَلَٓا اَنْفُسَهُمْ يَنْصُرُونَ

Wallatheena tadAAoona mindoonihi la yastateeAAoona nasrakum walaanfusahum yansuroon

Those you call on besides Him are not capable of helping you. They cannot even help themselves.

وَاِنْ تَدْعُوهُمْ اِلَى الْهُدٰى لَا يَسْمَعُواۜ وَتَرٰيهُمْ يَنْظُرُونَ اِلَيْكَ وَهُمْ لَا يُبْصِرُونَ

Wa-in tadAAoohum ila alhuda layasmaAAoo watarahum yanthuroona ilayka wahumla yubsiroon

If you call them to guidance, they do not hear. You see them looking at you, yet they do not see.

خُذِ الْعَفْوَ وَأْمُرْ بِالْعُرْفِ وَاَعْرِضْ عَنِ الْجَاهِل۪ينَ

Khuthi alAAafwa wa/mur bilAAurfiwaaAArid AAani aljahileen

Make allowances for people, command what is right, and turn away from the ignorant.

وَاِمَّا يَنْزَغَنَّكَ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ نَزْغٌ فَاسْتَعِذْ بِاللّٰهِۜ اِنَّهُ سَم۪يعٌ عَل۪يمٌ

Wa-imma yanzaghannaka mina ashshaytaninazghun fastaAAith billahi innahusameeAAun AAaleem

If an evil impulse from Shaytan provokes you, seek refuge in Allah. He is All-Hearing, All-Seeing.

اِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ اتَّقَوْا اِذَا مَسَّهُمْ طَٓائِفٌ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ تَذَكَّرُوا فَاِذَا هُمْ مُبْصِرُونَۚ

Inna allatheena ittaqaw ithamassahum ta-ifun mina ashshaytani tathakkaroofa-itha hum mubsiroon

As for those who have taqwa, when they are bothered by visitors from Shaytan, they remember and immediately see clearly.

وَاِخْوَانُهُمْ يَمُدُّونَهُمْ فِي الْغَيِّ ثُمَّ لَا يُقْصِرُونَ

Wa-ikhwanuhum yamuddoonahum feealghayyi thumma la yuqsiroon

But as for their brothers, the visitors lead them further into error. And they do not stop at that!

وَاِذَا لَمْ تَأْتِهِمْ بِاٰيَةٍ قَالُوا لَوْلَا اجْتَبَيْتَهَاۜ قُلْ اِنَّـمَٓا اَتَّبِـعُ مَا يُوحٰٓى اِلَيَّ مِنْ رَبّ۪يۚ هٰذَا بَصَٓائِرُ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةٌ لِقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ

Wa-itha lam ta/tihim bi-ayatinqaloo lawla ijtabaytaha qul innamaattabiAAu ma yooha ilayya min rabbee hathabasa-iru min rabbikum wahudan warahmatun liqawminyu/minoon

If you do not bring them a Sign, they say, ‘Why have you not come up with one?’ Say, ‘I follow only what has been revealed to me from my Lord. ’ This is clear insight from your Lord, and guidance and mercy, for people who have iman.

وَاِذَا قُرِئَ الْقُرْاٰنُ فَاسْتَمِعُوا لَهُ وَاَنْصِتُوا لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ

Wa-itha quri-a alqur-anu fastamiAAoolahu waansitoo laAAallakum turhamoon

When the Qur’an is recited listen to it and be quiet so that hopefully you will gain mercy.

وَاذْكُرْ رَبَّكَ ف۪ي نَفْسِكَ تَضَرُّعاً وَخ۪يفَةً وَدُونَ الْجَهْرِ مِنَ الْقَوْلِ بِالْغُدُوِّ وَالْاٰصَالِ وَلَا تَكُنْ مِنَ الْغَافِل۪ينَ

Wathkur rabbaka fee nafsikatadarruAAan wakheefatan wadoona aljahri mina alqawli bilghuduwwiwal-asali wala takun mina alghafileen

Remember your Lord in yourself humbly and fearfully, without loudness of voice, morning and evening. Do not be one of the unaware.

اِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ عِنْدَ رَبِّكَ لَا يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ عَنْ عِبَادَتِه۪ وَيُسَبِّحُونَهُ وَلَهُ يَسْجُدُونَ

Inna allatheena AAinda rabbika layastakbiroona AAan AAibadatihi wayusabbihoonahuwalahu yasjudoon

Those who are in the presence of your Lord do not consider themselves too great to worship Him. They glorify His praise and they prostrate to Him.