14. Surah Ibrahim Abraham

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّح۪يمِ

Bismi Allahi arrahmani arraheem

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

الٓـرٰ۠ كِتَابٌ اَنْزَلْنَاهُ اِلَيْكَ لِتُخْرِجَ النَّاسَ مِنَ الظُّلُمَاتِ اِلَى النُّورِ بِـاِذْنِ رَبِّهِمْ اِلٰى صِرَاطِ الْعَز۪يزِ الْحَم۪يدِۙ

Alif-lam-ra kitabunanzalnahu ilayka litukhrija annasa mina aththulumatiila annoori bi-ithni rabbihim ila siratialAAazeezi alhameed

Alif Lam Ra This is a Book We have sent down to you so that you can bring mankind from the darkness to the light, by the permission of their Lord, to the Path of the Almighty, the Praiseworthy.

اَللّٰهِ الَّذ۪ي لَهُ مَا فِي السَّمٰوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْاَرْضِۜ وَوَيْلٌ لِلْكَافِر۪ينَ مِنْ عَذَابٍ شَد۪يدٍۙ

Allahi allathee lahu mafee assamawati wama fee al-ardiwawaylun lilkafireena min AAathabin shadeed

Allah is He to Whom everything in the heavens and everything in the earth belongs. Woe to the kuffar because of a terrible punishment –

اَلَّذ۪ينَ يَسْتَحِبُّونَ الْحَيٰوةَ الدُّنْيَا عَلَى الْاٰخِرَةِ وَيَصُدُّونَ عَنْ سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِ وَيَبْغُونَهَا عِوَجاًۜ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ ف۪ي ضَلَالٍ بَع۪يدٍ

Allatheena yastahibboona alhayataaddunya AAala al-akhirati wayasuddoonaAAan sabeeli Allahi wayabghoonaha AAiwajan ola-ikafee dalalin baAAeed

those who prefer the life of this world to the Next World, and bar access to the way of Allah, wanting to make it crooked; they are greatly misguided.

وَمَٓا اَرْسَلْنَا مِنْ رَسُولٍ اِلَّا بِلِسَانِ قَوْمِه۪ لِيُبَيِّنَ لَهُمْۜ فَيُضِلُّ اللّٰهُ مَنْ يَشَٓاءُ وَيَهْد۪ي مَنْ يَشَٓاءُۜ وَهُوَ الْعَز۪يزُ الْحَك۪يمُ

Wama arsalna min rasoolin illabilisani qawmihi liyubayyina lahum fayudillu Allahuman yashao wayahdee man yashao wahuwa alAAazeezu alhakeem

We have not sent any Messenger except with the language of his people so he can make things clear to them. Allah misguides anyone He wills and guides anyone He wills. He is the Almighty, the All-Wise.

وَلَقَدْ اَرْسَلْنَا مُوسٰى بِاٰيَاتِنَٓا اَنْ اَخْرِجْ قَوْمَكَ مِنَ الظُّلُمَاتِ اِلَى النُّورِ وَذَكِّرْهُمْ بِاَيَّامِ اللّٰهِۜ اِنَّ ف۪ي ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَاتٍ لِكُلِّ صَبَّارٍ شَكُورٍ

Walaqad arsalna moosa bi-ayatinaan akhrij qawmaka mina aththulumatiila annoori wathakkirhum bi-ayyamiAllahi inna fee thalika laayatinlikulli sabbarin shakoor

We sent Musa with Our Signs: ‘Bring your people from the darkness to the light. and remind them of the Days of Allah.’ There are certainly Signs in that for everyone who is steadfast, thankful.

وَاِذْ قَالَ مُوسٰى لِقَوْمِهِ اذْكُرُوا نِعْمَةَ اللّٰهِ عَلَيْكُمْ اِذْ اَنْجٰيكُمْ مِنْ اٰلِ فِرْعَوْنَ يَسُومُونَكُمْ سُٓوءَ الْعَذَابِ وَيُذَبِّحُونَ اَبْنَٓاءَكُمْ وَيَسْتَحْيُونَ نِسَٓاءَكُمْۜ وَف۪ي ذٰلِكُمْ بَلَٓاءٌ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ عَظ۪يمٌ۟

Wa-ith qala moosaliqawmihi othkuroo niAAmata Allahi AAalaykum ithanjakum min ali firAAawna yasoomoonakum soo-a alAAathabiwayuthabbihoona abnaakum wayastahyoonanisaakum wafee thalikum balaon min rabbikumAAatheem

Remember when Musa said to his people, ‘Remember Allah’s blessing to you when He rescued you from the people of Pharaoh. They were inflicting an evil punishment on you, slaughtering your sons and letting your women live. In that there was a terrible trial from your Lord.

وَاِذْ تَاَذَّنَ رَبُّكُمْ لَئِنْ شَكَرْتُمْ لَاَز۪يدَنَّكُمْ وَلَئِنْ كَفَرْتُمْ اِنَّ عَذَاب۪ي لَشَد۪يدٌ

Wa-ith taaththana rabbukumla-in shakartum laazeedannakum wala-in kafartum inna AAathabeelashadeed

And when your Lord announced: "If you are grateful, I will certainly give you increase, but if you are ungrateful, My punishment is severe. "’

وَقَالَ مُوسٰٓى اِنْ تَكْفُرُٓوا اَنْتُمْ وَمَنْ فِي الْاَرْضِ جَم۪يعاًۙ فَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَغَنِيٌّ حَم۪يدٌ

Waqala moosa in takfuroo antumwaman fee al-ardi jameeAAan fa-inna Allahalaghaniyyun hameed

Musa said, ‘If you were to be ungrateful, you and everyone on the earth, Allah is Rich Beyond Need, Praiseworthy. ’

اَلَمْ يَأْتِكُمْ نَبَؤُا الَّذ۪ينَ مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ قَوْمِ نُوحٍ وَعَادٍ وَثَمُودَۜۛ وَالَّذ۪ينَ مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْۜۛ لَا يَعْلَمُهُمْ اِلَّا اللّٰهُۜ جَٓاءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُهُمْ بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ فَرَدُّٓوا اَيْدِيَهُمْ ف۪ٓي اَفْوَاهِهِمْ وَقَالُٓوا اِنَّا كَفَرْنَا بِمَٓا اُرْسِلْتُمْ بِه۪ وَاِنَّا لَف۪ي شَكٍّ مِمَّا تَدْعُونَـنَٓا اِلَيْهِ مُر۪يبٍ

Alam ya/tikum nabao allatheena minqablikum qawmi noohin waAAadin wathamooda wallatheenamin baAAdihim la yaAAlamuhum illa Allahu jaat-humrusuluhum bilbayyinati faraddoo aydiyahum fee afwahihimwaqaloo inna kafarna bima orsiltumbihi wa-inna lafee shakkin mimma tadAAoonanailayhi mureeb

Has news not reached you of those who came before you, the peoples of Nuh and ‘Ad and Thamud, and those who came after them who are known to no one but Allah? Their Messengers came to them with Clear Signs, but they put their hands to their mouths, saying, ‘We reject what you have been sent with. We have grave doubts about what you are calling us to.’

قَالَتْ رُسُلُهُمْ اَفِي اللّٰهِ شَكٌّ فَاطِرِ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِۜ يَدْعُوكُمْ لِيَغْفِرَ لَكُمْ مِنْ ذُنُوبِكُمْ وَيُؤَخِّرَكُمْ اِلٰٓى اَجَلٍ مُسَمًّىۜ قَالُٓوا اِنْ اَنْتُمْ اِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِثْلُنَاۜ تُر۪يدُونَ اَنْ تَصُدُّونَا عَمَّا كَانَ يَعْبُدُ اٰبَٓاؤُ۬نَا فَأْتُونَا بِسُلْطَانٍ مُب۪ينٍ

Qalat rusuluhum afee Allahishakkun fatiri assamawati wal-ardiyadAAookum liyaghfira lakum min thunoobikumwayu-akhkhirakum ila ajalin musamman qaloo in antumilla basharun mithluna tureedoona an tasuddoonaAAamma kana yaAAbudu abaonafa/toona bisultanin mubeen

Their Messengers said, ‘Is there any doubt about Allah, the Bringer into Being of the heavens and the earth? He summons you to forgive you for your wrong actions and to defer you until a specified time. ’ They said, ‘You are nothing but human beings like ourselves who want to debar us from what our fathers worshipped; so bring us a clear authority.’

قَالَتْ لَهُمْ رُسُلُهُمْ اِنْ نَحْنُ اِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِثْلُكُمْ وَلٰكِنَّ اللّٰهَ يَمُنُّ عَلٰى مَنْ يَشَٓاءُ مِنْ عِبَادِه۪ۜ وَمَا كَانَ لَـنَٓا اَنْ نَأْتِيَكُمْ بِسُلْطَانٍ اِلَّا بِاِذْنِ اللّٰهِۜ وَعَلَى اللّٰهِ فَلْيَتَوَكَّلِ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ

Qalat lahum rusuluhum in nahnuilla basharun mithlukum walakinna Allahayamunnu AAala man yashao min AAibadihi wamakana lana an na/tiyakum bisultanin illabi-ithni Allahi waAAala Allahifalyatawakkali almu/minoon

Their Messengers said to them, ‘We are nothing but human beings like yourselves. But Allah shows favour to any of His slaves He wills. It is not for us to bring you an authority except by Allah’s permission. So let the muminun put their trust in Allah.

وَمَا لَـنَٓا اَلَّا نَتَوَكَّلَ عَلَى اللّٰهِ وَقَدْ هَدٰينَا سُبُلَنَاۜ وَلَنَصْبِرَنَّ عَلٰى مَٓا اٰذَيْتُمُونَاۜ وَعَلَى اللّٰهِ فَلْيَتَوَكَّلِ الْمُتَوَكِّلُونَ۟

Wama lana allanatawakkala AAala Allahi waqad hadanasubulana walanasbiranna AAala ma athaytumoonawaAAala Allahi falyatawakkali almutawakkiloon

And why indeed should we not put our trust in Allah when He has guided us to our ways? We will be steadfast however much you harm us. Those who trust put their trust in Allah.’

وَقَالَ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا لِرُسُلِهِمْ لَنُخْرِجَنَّكُمْ مِنْ اَرْضِنَٓا اَوْ لَتَعُودُنَّ ف۪ي مِلَّتِنَاۜ فَاَوْحٰٓى اِلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُمْ لَنُهْلِكَنَّ الظَّالِم۪ينَۙ

Waqala allatheena kafaroolirusulihim lanukhrijannakum min ardina awlataAAoodunna fee millatina faawha ilayhim rabbuhumlanuhlikanna aththalimeen

Those who were kafir said to their Messengers, ‘We will drive you from our land unless you return to our religion. ’ Their Lord revealed to them, ‘We will destroy those who do wrong.

وَلَنُسْكِنَنَّكُمُ الْاَرْضَ مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْۜ ذٰلِكَ لِمَنْ خَافَ مَقَام۪ي وَخَافَ وَع۪يدِ

Walanuskinannakumu al-arda minbaAAdihim thalika liman khafa maqamee wakhafawaAAeed

We will leave you the land to live in after them. That is the reward of those who fear My station and fear My threat.’

وَاسْتَفْتَحُوا وَخَابَ كُلُّ جَبَّارٍ عَن۪يدٍۙ

Wastaftahoo wakhabakullu jabbarin AAaneed

They asked for Allah’s victory, and every obdurate tyrant failed.

مِنْ وَرَٓائِه۪ جَهَنَّمُ وَيُسْقٰى مِنْ مَٓاءٍ صَد۪يدٍۙ

Min wara-ihi jahannamu wayusqamin ma-in sadeed

And beyond him is Hell where he will be given pus to drink.

يَتَجَرَّعُهُ وَلَا يَكَادُ يُس۪يغُهُ وَيَأْت۪يهِ الْمَوْتُ مِنْ كُلِّ مَكَانٍ وَمَا هُوَ بِمَيِّتٍۜ وَمِنْ وَرَٓائِه۪ عَذَابٌ غَل۪يظٌ

YatajarraAAuhu wala yakaduyuseeghuhu waya/teehi almawtu min kulli makanin wamahuwa bimayyitin wamin wara-ihi AAathabun ghaleeth

He gulps at it but can hardly swallow it down. Death comes at him from every side but he does not die. And beyond him is relentless punishment.

مَثَلُ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا بِرَبِّهِمْ اَعْمَالُهُمْ كَرَمَادٍۨ اشْتَدَّتْ بِهِ الرّ۪يحُ ف۪ي يَوْمٍ عَاصِفٍۜ لَا يَقْدِرُونَ مِمَّا كَسَبُوا عَلٰى شَيْءٍۜ ذٰلِكَ هُوَ الضَّلَالُ الْبَع۪يدُ

Mathalu allatheena kafaroo birabbihimaAAmaluhum karamadin ishtaddat bihi arreehufee yawmin AAasifin la yaqdiroona mimmakasaboo AAala shay-in thalika huwa addalalualbaAAeed

The metaphor of those who reject their Lord is that their actions are like ashes scattered by strong winds on a stormy day. They have no power at all over anything they have earned. That is extreme misguidance.

اَلَمْ تَرَ اَنَّ اللّٰهَ خَلَقَ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضَ بِالْحَقِّۜ اِنْ يَشَأْ يُذْهِبْكُمْ وَيَأْتِ بِخَلْقٍ جَد۪يدٍۙ

Alam tara anna Allaha khalaqa assamawatiwal-arda bilhaqqi in yasha/ yuthhibkumwaya/ti bikhalqin jadeed

Do you not see that Allah has created the heavens and the earth with truth? If He wished He could eliminate you and bring about a new creation.

وَمَا ذٰلِكَ عَلَى اللّٰهِ بِعَز۪يزٍ

Wama thalika AAala AllahibiAAazeez

That is not difficult for Allah.

وَبَرَزُوا لِلّٰهِ جَم۪يعاً فَقَالَ الضُّعَفٰٓؤُ۬ا لِلَّذ۪ينَ اسْتَكْـبَرُٓوا اِنَّا كُنَّا لَكُمْ تَبَعاً فَهَلْ اَنْتُمْ مُغْنُونَ عَنَّا مِنْ عَذَابِ اللّٰهِ مِنْ شَيْءٍۜ قَالُوا لَوْ هَدٰينَا اللّٰهُ لَهَدَيْنَاكُمْۜ سَوَٓاءٌ عَلَيْنَٓا اَجَزِعْنَٓا اَمْ صَبَرْنَا مَا لَنَا مِنْ مَح۪يصٍ۟

Wabarazoo lillahi jameeAAan faqalaadduAAafao lillatheena istakbarooinna kunna lakum tabaAAan fahal antum mughnoonaAAanna min AAathabi Allahi min shay-in qaloolaw hadana Allahu lahadaynakum sawaonAAalayna ajaziAAna am sabarna malana min mahees

They will all parade before Allah and the weak will say to those who were arrogant, ‘We followed you, so can you help us at all against the punishment of Allah?’ They will say, ‘If Allah had guided us, we would have guided you. It makes no difference whether we cannot stand it or bear it patiently. We have no way of escape.’

وَقَالَ الشَّيْطَانُ لَمَّا قُضِيَ الْاَمْرُ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ وَعَدَكُمْ وَعْدَ الْحَقِّ وَوَعَدْتُكُمْ فَاَخْلَفْتُكُمْۜ وَمَا كَانَ لِيَ عَلَيْكُمْ مِنْ سُلْطَانٍ اِلَّٓا اَنْ دَعَوْتُكُمْ فَاسْتَجَبْتُمْ ل۪يۚ فَلَا تَلُومُون۪ي وَلُومُٓوا اَنْفُسَكُمْۜ مَٓا اَنَا۬ بِمُصْرِخِكُمْ وَمَٓا اَنْتُمْ بِمُصْرِخِيَّۜ اِنّ۪ي كَفَرْتُ بِمَٓا اَشْرَكْتُمُونِ مِنْ قَبْلُۜ اِنَّ الظَّالِم۪ينَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ اَل۪يمٌ

Waqala ashshaytanulamma qudiya al-amru inna Allaha waAAadakumwaAAda alhaqqi wawaAAadtukum faakhlaftukum wama kanaliya AAalaykum min sultanin illa an daAAawtukum fastajabtumlee fala taloomoonee waloomoo anfusakum ma anabimusrikhikum wama antum bimusrikhiyya inneekafartu bima ashraktumooni min qablu inna aththalimeenalahum AAathabun aleem

When the affair is decided Shaytan will say, ‘Allah made you a promise, a promise of truth, and I made you a promise but broke my promise. I had no authority over you, except that I called you and you responded to me. Do not, therefore, blame me but blame yourselves. I cannot come to your aid nor you to mine. I reject the way you associated me with Allah before.’ The wrongdoers will have a painful punishment.

وَاُدْخِلَ الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ جَنَّاتٍ تَجْر۪ي مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْاَنْهَارُ خَالِد۪ينَ ف۪يهَا بِاِذْنِ رَبِّهِمْۜ تَحِيَّتُهُمْ ف۪يهَا سَلَامٌ

Waodkhila allatheena amanoowaAAamiloo assalihati jannatintajree min tahtiha al-anharu khalideenafeeha bi-ithni rabbihim tahiyyatuhum feehasalam

Those who had iman and did right actions will be admitted into Gardens with rivers flowing under them, remaining in them timelessly, for ever by the permission of their Lord. Their greeting there is ‘Peace!’

اَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ ضَرَبَ اللّٰهُ مَثَلاً كَلِمَةً طَيِّبَةً كَشَجَرَةٍ طَيِّبَةٍ اَصْلُهَا ثَابِتٌ وَفَرْعُهَا فِي السَّمَٓاءِۙ

Alam tara kayfa daraba Allahumathalan kalimatan tayyibatan kashajaratin tayyibatinasluha thabitun wafarAAuha fee assama/-

Do you do not see how Allah makes a metaphor of a good word: a good tree whose roots are firm and whose branches are in heaven? It bears fruit regularly by its Lord’s permission. Allah makes metaphors for people so that hopefully they will pay heed.

تُؤْت۪ٓي اُكُلَهَا كُلَّ ح۪ينٍ بِاِذْنِ رَبِّهَاۜ وَيَضْرِبُ اللّٰهُ الْاَمْثَالَ لِلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ

Tu/tee okulaha kulla heeninbi-ithni rabbiha wayadribu Allahual-amthala linnasi laAAallahum yatathakkaroon

It bears fruit regularly by its Lord’s permission. Allah makes metaphors for people so that hopefully they will pay heed.

وَمَثَلُ كَلِمَةٍ خَب۪يثَةٍ كَشَجَرَةٍ خَب۪يثَةٍۨ اجْتُثَّتْ مِنْ فَوْقِ الْاَرْضِ مَا لَهَا مِنْ قَرَارٍ

Wamathalu kalimatin khabeethatinkashajaratin khabeethatin ijtuththat min fawqi al-ardi malaha min qarar

The metaphor of a corrupt word is that of a rotten tree, uprooted on the surface of the earth. It has no staying-power.

يُثَبِّتُ اللّٰهُ الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا بِالْقَوْلِ الثَّابِتِ فِي الْحَيٰوةِ الدُّنْيَا وَفِي الْاٰخِرَةِۚ وَيُضِلُّ اللّٰهُ الظَّالِم۪ينَ وَيَفْعَلُ اللّٰهُ مَا يَشَٓاءُ۟

Yuthabbitu Allahu allatheena amanoobilqawli aththabiti fee alhayatiaddunya wafee al-akhirati wayudilluAllahu aththalimeenawayafAAalu Allahu ma yasha/

Allah makes those who have iman firm with the Firm Word in the life of this world and the Next World. But Allah misguides the wrongdoers. Allah does whatever He wills.

اَلَمْ تَرَ اِلَى الَّذ۪ينَ بَدَّلُوا نِعْمَتَ اللّٰهِ كُفْراً وَاَحَلُّوا قَوْمَهُمْ دَارَ الْبَوَارِۙ

Alam tara ila allatheenabaddaloo niAAmata Allahi kufran waahalloo qawmahumdara albawar

Do you not see those who have exchanged Allah’s blessing for kufr, and moved their people to the abode of ruin:

جَهَنَّمَۚ يَصْلَوْنَهَاۜ وَبِئْسَ الْقَرَارُ

Jahannama yaslawnaha wabi/saalqarar

Hell, where they will roast? What an evil place to stay!

وَجَعَلُوا لِلّٰهِ اَنْدَاداً لِيُضِلُّوا عَنْ سَب۪يلِه۪ۜ قُلْ تَمَتَّعُوا فَاِنَّ مَص۪يرَكُمْ اِلَى النَّارِ

WajaAAaloo lillahi andadanliyudilloo AAan sabeelihi qul tamattaAAoo fa-inna maseerakumila annar

They have made others equal to Allah to misguide people from His Way. Say: ‘Enjoy yourselves! Your destination is the Fire!’

قُلْ لِعِبَادِيَ الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا يُق۪يمُوا الصَّلٰوةَ وَيُنْفِقُوا مِمَّا رَزَقْنَاهُمْ سِراًّ وَعَلَانِيَةً مِنْ قَبْلِ اَنْ يَأْتِيَ يَوْمٌ لَا بَيْعٌ ف۪يهِ وَلَا خِلَالٌ

Qul liAAibadiya allatheena amanooyuqeemoo assalata wayunfiqoo mimmarazaqnahum sirran waAAalaniyatan min qabli anya/tiya yawmun la bayAAun feehi wala khilal

Tell My slaves who have iman that they should establish salat and give from what We have provided for them, secretly and openly, before a Day arrives on which there will be no trading and no friendship.

اَللّٰهُ الَّذ۪ي خَلَقَ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضَ وَاَنْزَلَ مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ مَٓاءً فَاَخْرَجَ بِه۪ مِنَ الثَّمَرَاتِ رِزْقاً لَكُمْۚ وَسَخَّرَ لَكُمُ الْفُلْكَ لِتَجْرِيَ فِي الْبَحْرِ بِاَمْرِه۪ۚ وَسَخَّرَ لَكُمُ الْاَنْهَارَۚ

Allahu allathee khalaqa assamawatiwal-arda waanzala mina assama-i maanfaakhraja bihi mina aththamarati rizqan lakumwasakhkhara lakumu alfulka litajriya fee albahri bi-amrihiwasakhkhara lakumu al-anhar

Allah is He who created the heavens and the earth and sends down water from the sky and by it brings forth fruits as provision for you. He has made the ships subservient to you to run upon the sea by His command, and He has made the rivers subservient to you,

وَسَخَّرَ لَكُمُ الشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَ دَٓائِبَيْنِۚ وَسَخَّرَ لَكُمُ الَّيْلَ وَالنَّهَارَۚ

Wasakhkhara lakumu ashshamsa walqamarada-ibayni wasakhkhara lakumu allayla wannahar

and He has made the sun and moon subservient to you holding steady to their courses, and He has made the night and day subservient to you.

وَاٰتٰيكُمْ مِنْ كُلِّ مَا سَاَلْتُمُوهُۜ وَاِنْ تَعُدُّوا نِعْمَتَ اللّٰهِ لَا تُحْصُوهَاۜ اِنَّ الْاِنْسَانَ لَظَلُومٌ كَفَّارٌ۟

Waatakum min kulli masaaltumoohu wa-in taAAuddoo niAAmata Allahi la tuhsoohainna al-insana lathaloomun kaffar

He has given you everything you have asked Him for. If you tried to number Allah’s blessings, you could never count them. Man is indeed wrongdoing, ungrateful.

وَاِذْ قَالَ اِبْرٰه۪يمُ رَبِّ اجْعَلْ هٰذَا الْبَلَدَ اٰمِناً وَاجْنُبْن۪ي وَبَنِيَّ اَنْ نَعْبُدَ الْاَصْنَامَۜ

Wa-ith qala ibraheemurabbi ijAAal hatha albalada aminan wajnubneewabaniyya an naAAbuda al-asnam

When Ibrahim said, ‘My Lord! Make this land a place of safety and keep me and my sons from worshipping idols.

رَبِّ اِنَّهُنَّ اَضْلَلْنَ كَث۪يراً مِنَ النَّاسِۚ فَمَنْ تَبِعَن۪ي فَاِنَّهُ مِنّ۪يۚ وَمَنْ عَصَان۪ي فَاِنَّكَ غَفُورٌ رَح۪يمٌ

Rabbi innahunna adlalna katheeranmina annasi faman tabiAAanee fa-innahu minneewaman AAasanee fa-innaka ghafoorun raheem

My Lord! They have misguided many of mankind. If anyone follows me, he is with me but if anyone disobeys me, You are Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

رَبَّـنَٓا اِنّ۪ٓي اَسْكَنْتُ مِنْ ذُرِّيَّت۪ي بِوَادٍ غَيْرِ ذ۪ي زَرْعٍ عِنْدَ بَيْتِكَ الْمُحَرَّمِۙ رَبَّـنَا لِيُق۪يمُوا الصَّلٰوةَ فَاجْعَلْ اَفْـِٔدَةً مِنَ النَّاسِ تَهْو۪ٓي اِلَيْهِمْ وَارْزُقْهُمْ مِنَ الثَّمَرَاتِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَشْكُرُونَ

Rabbana innee askantu min thurriyyateebiwadin ghayri thee zarAAin AAinda baytika almuharramirabbana liyuqeemoo assalata fajAAalaf-idatan mina annasi tahwee ilayhim warzuqhummina aththamarati laAAallahum yashkuroon

Our Lord! I have settled some of my offspring by Your Sacred House in an uncultivated valley. Our Lord! Let them establish salat! Make the hearts of mankind incline towards them and provide them with fruits, so that hopefully they will be thankful.

رَبَّـنَٓا اِنَّكَ تَعْلَمُ مَا نُخْف۪ي وَمَا نُعْلِنُۜ وَمَا يَخْفٰى عَلَى اللّٰهِ مِنْ شَيْءٍ فِي الْاَرْضِ وَلَا فِي السَّمَٓاءِ

Rabbana innaka taAAlamu manukhfee wama nuAAlinu wama yakhfa AAalaAllahi min shay-in fee al-ardi wala fee assama/-

Our Lord! You know what we keep hidden and what we divulge. Nothing is hidden from Allah either on the earth or in heaven.

اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ الَّذ۪ي وَهَبَ ل۪ي عَلَى الْكِبَرِ اِسْمٰع۪يلَ وَاِسْحٰقَۜ اِنَّ رَبّ۪ي لَسَم۪يعُ الدُّعَٓاءِ

Alhamdu lillahi allatheewahaba lee AAala alkibari ismaAAeela wa-ishaqainna rabbee lasameeAAu adduAAa/-

Praise be to Allah Who, despite my old age, has given me Isma‘il and Ishaq. My Lord is the Hearer of Prayer.

رَبِّ اجْعَلْن۪ي مُق۪يمَ الصَّلٰوةِ وَمِنْ ذُرِّيَّت۪يۗ رَبَّـنَا وَتَقَبَّلْ دُعَٓاءِ

Rabbi ijAAalnee muqeema assalatiwamin thurriyyatee rabbana wtaqabbal duAAa/-

My Lord! Make me and my descendants people who establish salat. My Lord! Accept my prayer.

رَبَّـنَا اغْفِرْ ل۪ي وَلِوَالِدَيَّ وَلِلْمُؤْمِن۪ينَ يَوْمَ يَقُومُ الْحِسَابُ۟

Rabbana ighfir lee waliwalidayyawalilmu/mineena yawma yaqoomu alhisab

Our Lord! Forgive me and my parents and the muminun on the Day the Reckoning takes place. ’

وَلَا تَحْسَبَنَّ اللّٰهَ غَافِلاً عَمَّا يَعْمَلُ الظَّالِمُونَۜ اِنَّمَا يُؤَخِّرُهُمْ لِيَوْمٍ تَشْخَصُ ف۪يهِ الْاَبْصَارُۙ

Wala tahsabanna Allahaghafilan AAamma yaAAmalu aththalimoonainnama yu-akhkhiruhum liyawmin tashkhasu feehial-absar

Do not consider Allah to be unaware of what the wrongdoers perpetrate. He is merely deferring them to a Day on which their sight will be transfixed,

مُهْطِع۪ينَ مُقْنِع۪ي رُؤُ۫سِهِمْ لَا يَرْتَدُّ اِلَيْهِمْ طَرْفُهُمْۚ وَاَفْـِٔدَتُهُمْ هَوَٓاءٌۜ

MuhtiAAeena muqniAAee ruoosihim layartaddu ilayhim tarfuhum waaf-idatuhum hawa/

rushing headlong – heads back, eyes vacant, hearts hollow.

وَاَنْذِرِ النَّاسَ يَوْمَ يَأْت۪يهِمُ الْعَذَابُۙ فَيَقُولُ الَّذ۪ينَ ظَلَمُوا رَبَّـنَٓا اَخِّرْنَٓا اِلٰٓى اَجَلٍ قَر۪يبٍۙ نُجِبْ دَعْوَتَكَ وَنَتَّبِـعِ الرُّسُلَۜ اَوَلَمْ تَكُونُٓوا اَقْسَمْتُمْ مِنْ قَبْلُ مَا لَكُمْ مِنْ زَوَالٍۙ

Waanthiri annasa yawmaya/teehimu alAAathabu fayaqoolu allatheena thalamoorabbana akhkhirna ila ajalin qareebin nujibdaAAwataka wanattabiAAi arrusula awa lam takoonooaqsamtum min qablu ma lakum min zawal

Warn mankind of the Day when the punishment will reach them. Those who did wrong will say, ‘Our Lord, reprieve us for a short time. We will respond to Your call and follow the Messengers.’ ‘But did you not swear to Me before that you would never meet your downfall,

وَسَكَنْتُمْ ف۪ي مَسَاكِنِ الَّذ۪ينَ ظَلَمُٓوا اَنْفُسَهُمْ وَتَبَيَّنَ لَكُمْ كَيْفَ فَعَلْنَا بِهِمْ وَضَرَبْنَا لَكُمُ الْاَمْثَالَ

Wasakantum fee masakini allatheenathalamoo anfusahum watabayyana lakum kayfa faAAalnabihim wadarabna lakumu al-amthal

even though you inhabited the houses of those who had wronged themselves and it was made clear to you how We had dealt with them and We gave you many examples?’

وَقَدْ مَكَرُوا مَكْرَهُمْ وَعِنْدَ اللّٰهِ مَكْرُهُمْۜ وَاِنْ كَانَ مَكْرُهُمْ لِتَزُولَ مِنْهُ الْجِبَالُ

Waqad makaroo makrahum waAAinda Allahimakruhum wa-in kana makruhum litazoola minhu aljibal

They concocted their plots, but their plots were with Allah, even if they were such as to make the mountains vanish.

فَلَا تَحْسَبَنَّ اللّٰهَ مُخْلِفَ وَعْدِه۪ رُسُلَهُۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ عَز۪يزٌ ذُوانْتِقَامٍۜ

Fala tahsabanna Allahamukhlifa waAAdihi rusulahu inna Allaha AAazeezun thoointiqam

Do not imagine that Allah will break His promise to His Messengers. Allah is Almighty, Exactor of Revenge.

يَوْمَ تُبَدَّلُ الْاَرْضُ غَيْرَ الْاَرْضِ وَالسَّمٰوَاتُ وَبَرَزُوا لِلّٰهِ الْوَاحِدِ الْقَهَّارِ

Yawma tubaddalu al-ardu ghayra al-ardiwassamawatu wabarazoo lillahi alwahidialqahhar

On the Day the earth is changed to other than the earth, and the heavens likewise, and they parade before Allah, the One, the All-Conquering,

وَتَرَى الْمُجْرِم۪ينَ يَوْمَئِذٍ مُقَرَّن۪ينَ فِي الْاَصْفَادِۚ

Watara almujrimeena yawma-ithinmuqarraneena fee al-asfad

that Day you will see the evildoers yoked together in chains,

سَرَاب۪يلُهُمْ مِنْ قَطِرَانٍ وَتَغْشٰى وُجُوهَهُمُ النَّارُۙ

Sarabeeluhum min qatraninwataghsha wujoohahumu annar

wearing shirts of tar, their faces enveloped in the Fire.

لِيَجْزِيَ اللّٰهُ كُلَّ نَفْسٍ مَا كَسَبَتْۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ سَر۪يعُ الْحِسَابِ

Liyajziya Allahu kulla nafsin makasabat inna Allaha sareeAAu alhisab

So that Allah may repay every self for what it earned. Allah is swift at reckoning.

هٰذَا بَلَاغٌ لِلنَّاسِ وَلِيُنْذَرُوا بِه۪ وَلِيَعْلَمُٓوا اَنَّمَا هُوَ اِلٰهٌ وَاحِدٌ وَلِيَذَّكَّرَ اُو۬لُوا الْاَلْبَابِ

Hatha balaghun linnasiwaliyuntharoo bihi waliyaAAlamoo annama huwa ilahunwahidun waliyaththakkara oloo al-albab

This is a communication to be transmitted to mankind so that they may be warned by it and so that they will know that He is One God and so that people of intelligence will pay heed.