17. Surah Al-Isra The Night Journey

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّح۪يمِ

Bismi Allahi arrahmani arraheem

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

سُبْحَانَ الَّـذ۪ٓي اَسْرٰى بِعَبْدِه۪ لَيْلاً مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ اِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ الْاَقْصَا الَّذ۪ي بَارَكْنَا حَوْلَهُ لِنُرِيَهُ مِنْ اٰيَاتِنَاۜ اِنَّهُ هُوَ السَّم۪يعُ الْبَص۪يرُ

Subhana allathee asrabiAAabdihi laylan mina almasjidi alharami ilaalmasjidi al-aqsa allathee barakna hawlahulinuriyahu min ayatina innahu huwa assameeAAualbaseer

Glory be to Him who took His slave on a journey by night from the Masjid al-Haram to the Masjid al-Aqsa, whose surroundings We have blessed, in order to show him some of Our Signs. He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing.

وَاٰتَيْنَا مُوسَى الْكِتَابَ وَجَعَلْنَاهُ هُدًى لِبَن۪ٓي اِسْرَٓائ۪لَ اَلَّا تَتَّخِذُوا مِنْ دُون۪ي وَك۪يلاًۜ

Waatayna moosa alkitabawajaAAalnahu hudan libanee isra-eela allatattakhithoo min doonee wakeela

We gave Musa the Book and made it guidance for the tribe of Israel: ‘Do not take anyone besides Me as a guardian. ’

ذُرِّيَّةَ مَنْ حَمَلْنَا مَعَ نُوحٍۜ اِنَّهُ كَانَ عَبْداً شَكُوراً

Thurriyyata man hamalnamaAAa noohin innahu kana AAabdan shakoora

Descendants of those We carried with Nuh. He was a grateful slave.

وَقَضَيْنَٓا اِلٰى بَن۪ٓي اِسْرَٓائ۪لَ فِي الْكِتَابِ لَتُفْسِدُنَّ فِي الْاَرْضِ مَرَّتَيْنِ وَلَتَعْـلُنَّ عُـلُواًّ كَب۪يراً

Waqadayna ila banee isra-eelafee alkitabi latufsidunna fee al-ardi marratayniwalataAAlunna AAuluwwan kabeera

We decreed in the Book for the tribe of Israel: ‘You will twice cause corruption on the earth and you will rise to a great height.

فَاِذَا جَٓاءَ وَعْدُ اُو۫لٰيهُمَا بَعَثْنَا عَلَيْكُمْ عِبَاداً لَنَٓا اُو۬ل۪ي بَأْسٍ شَد۪يدٍ فَجَاسُوا خِلَالَ الدِّيَارِۜ وَكَانَ وَعْداً مَفْعُولاً

Fa-itha jaa waAAdu oolahumabaAAathna AAalaykum AAibadan lana oleeba/sin shadeedin fajasoo khilala addiyariwakana waAAdan mafAAoola

When the promised first time came, We sent against you slaves of Ours possessing great force, and they ransacked your houses, rampaging right through them. It was a promise which was fulfilled.

ثُمَّ رَدَدْنَا لَكُمُ الْكَرَّةَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَاَمْدَدْنَاكُمْ بِاَمْوَالٍ وَبَن۪ينَ وَجَعَلْنَاكُمْ اَكْثَرَ نَف۪يراً

Thumma radadna lakumu alkarrataAAalayhim waamdadnakum bi-amwalin wabaneenawajaAAalnakum akthara nafeera

Then once again We gave you the upper hand over them and supplied you with more wealth and children and made you the most numerous group.

اِنْ اَحْسَنْتُمْ اَحْسَنْتُمْ لِاَنْفُسِكُمْ وَاِنْ اَسَأْتُمْ فَلَهَاۜ فَاِذَا جَٓاءَ وَعْدُ الْاٰخِرَةِ لِيَسُٓؤُ۫ا وُجُوهَكُمْ وَلِيَدْخُلُوا الْمَسْجِدَ كَمَا دَخَلُوهُ اَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ وَلِيُتَبِّرُوا مَا عَلَوْا تَتْب۪يراً

In ahsantum ahsantumli-anfusikum wa-in asa/tum falaha fa-itha jaawaAAdu al-akhirati liyasoo-oo wujoohakum waliyadkhulooalmasjida kama dakhaloohu awwala marratin waliyutabbiroo maAAalaw tatbeera

If you do good, you do it to yourselves. If you do evil, you do it to your detriment. When the next promised time arrived, it was so that they could injure you and enter the Temple as they had entered it the first time, and in order to completely destroy what they had conquered.

عَسٰى رَبُّكُمْ اَنْ يَرْحَمَكُمْۚ وَاِنْ عُدْتُمْ عُدْنَاۢ وَجَعَلْنَا جَهَنَّمَ لِلْكَافِر۪ينَ حَص۪يراً

AAasa rabbukum an yarhamakumwa-in AAudtum AAudna wajaAAalna jahannama lilkafireenahaseera

It may well be that your Lord will have mercy on you. But if you revert to what you did, We also will revert. We have made Hell a prison for the kafirun.’

اِنَّ هٰذَا الْقُرْاٰنَ يَهْد۪ي لِلَّت۪ي هِيَ اَقْوَمُ وَيُبَشِّرُ الْمُؤْمِن۪ينَ الَّذ۪ينَ يَعْمَلُونَ الصَّالِحَاتِ اَنَّ لَهُمْ اَجْراً كَب۪يراًۙ

Inna hatha alqur-ana yahdeelillatee hiya aqwamu wayubashshiru almu/mineena allatheenayaAAmaloona assalihati anna lahum ajrankabeera

This Qur’an guides to the most upright Way and gives good news to the muminun who do right actions that they will have a large reward.

وَاَنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْاٰخِرَةِ اَعْتَدْنَا لَهُمْ عَذَاباً اَل۪يماً۟

Waanna allatheena layu/minoona bil-akhirati aAAtadna lahum AAathabanaleema

But as for those who do not have iman in the Next World, We have prepared for them a painful punishment.

وَيَدْعُ الْاِنْسَانُ بِالشَّرِّ دُعَٓاءَهُ بِالْخَيْرِۜ وَكَانَ الْاِنْسَانُ عَجُولاً

WayadAAu al-insanu bishsharriduAAaahu bilkhayri wakana al-insanuAAajoola

Man prays for evil just as he prays for good. Man is prone to be impetuous.

وَجَعَلْنَا الَّيْلَ وَالنَّهَارَ اٰيَتَيْنِ فَمَحَوْنَٓا اٰيَةَ الَّيْلِ وَجَعَلْـنَٓا اٰيَةَ النَّهَارِ مُبْصِرَةً لِتَبْتَغُوا فَضْلاً مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ وَلِتَعْلَمُوا عَدَدَ السِّن۪ينَ وَالْحِسَابَۜ وَكُلَّ شَيْءٍ فَصَّلْنَاهُ تَفْص۪يلاً

WajaAAalna allayla wannaharaayatayni famahawna ayata allayliwajaAAalna ayata annahari mubsiratanlitabtaghoo fadlan min rabbikum walitaAAlamoo AAadada assineenawalhisaba wakulla shay-in fassalnahutafseela

We made the night and day two Signs. We blotted out the Sign of the night and made the Sign of the day a time for seeing so that you can seek favour from your Lord and will know the number of years and the reckoning of time. We have made all things very clear.

وَكُلَّ اِنْسَانٍ اَلْزَمْنَاهُ طَٓائِرَهُ ف۪ي عُنُقِه۪ۜ وَنُخْرِجُ لَهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِ كِتَاباً يَلْقٰيهُ مَنْشُوراً

Wakulla insanin alzamnahu ta-irahufee AAunuqihi wanukhriju lahu yawma alqiyamati kitabanyalqahu manshoora

We have fastened the destiny of every man about his neck and on the Day of Rising We will bring out a Book for him which he will find spread open in front of him.

اِقْرَأْ كِتَابَكَۜ كَفٰى بِنَفْسِكَ الْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكَ حَس۪يباًۜ

Iqra/ kitabaka kafa binafsikaalyawma AAalayka haseeba

‘Read your Book! Today your own self is reckoner enough against you!’

مَنِ اهْتَدٰى فَاِنَّمَا يَهْتَد۪ي لِنَفْسِه۪ۚ وَمَنْ ضَلَّ فَاِنَّمَا يَضِلُّ عَلَيْهَاۜ وَلَا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٌ وِزْرَ اُخْرٰىۜ وَمَا كُنَّا مُعَذِّب۪ينَ حَتّٰى نَبْعَثَ رَسُولاً

Mani ihtada fa-innama yahtadeelinafsihi waman dalla fa-innama yadilluAAalayha wala taziru waziratun wizra okhrawama kunna muAAaththibeena hattanabAAatha rasoola

Whoever is guided is only guided to his own good. Whoever is misguided is only misguided to his detriment. No burden-bearer can bear another’s burden. We never punish until We have sent a Messenger.

وَاِذَٓا اَرَدْنَٓا اَنْ نُهْلِكَ قَرْيَةً اَمَرْنَا مُتْرَف۪يهَا فَفَسَقُوا ف۪يهَا فَحَقَّ عَلَيْهَا الْقَوْلُ فَدَمَّرْنَاهَا تَدْم۪يراً

Wa-itha aradna an nuhlikaqaryatan amarna mutrafeeha fafasaqoo feehafahaqqa AAalayha alqawlu fadammarnahatadmeera

When We desire to destroy a city, We send a command to the affluent in it and they become deviant in it and the Word is justly carried out against it and We annihilate it completely.

وَكَمْ اَهْلَكْنَا مِنَ الْقُرُونِ مِنْ بَعْدِ نُوحٍۜ وَكَفٰى بِرَبِّكَ بِذُنُوبِ عِبَادِه۪ خَب۪يراً بَص۪يراً

Wakam ahlakna mina alqurooni minbaAAdi noohin wakafa birabbika bithunoobiAAibadihi khabeeran baseera

How many generations We destroyed after Nuh! Your Lord is well able to be aware of and see the wrong actions of His slaves!

مَنْ كَانَ يُر۪يدُ الْعَاجِلَةَ عَجَّلْنَا لَهُ ف۪يهَا مَا نَشَٓاءُ لِمَنْ نُر۪يدُ ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَا لَهُ جَهَنَّمَۚ يَصْلٰيهَا مَذْمُوماً مَدْحُوراً

Man kana yureedu alAAajilataAAajjalna lahu feeha ma nashao limannureedu thumma jaAAalna lahu jahannama yaslahamathmooman madhoora

As for anyone who desires this fleeting existence, We hasten in it whatever We will to whoever We want. Then We will consign him to Hell where he will roast, reviled and driven out.

وَمَنْ اَرَادَ الْاٰخِرَةَ وَسَعٰى لَهَا سَعْيَهَا وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ فَاُو۬لٰٓئِكَ كَانَ سَعْيُهُمْ مَشْكُوراً

Waman arada al-akhirata wasaAAalaha saAAyaha wahuwa mu/minun faola-ika kanasaAAyuhum mashkoora

But as for anyone who desires the Next World, and strives for it with the striving it deserves, being a mumin, the striving of such people will be gratefully acknowledged.

كُلاًّ نُمِدُّ هٰٓؤُ۬لَٓاءِ وَهٰٓؤُ۬لَٓاءِ مِنْ عَطَٓاءِ رَبِّكَۜ وَمَا كَانَ عَطَٓاءُ رَبِّكَ مَحْظُوراً

Kullan numiddu haola-i wahaola-imin AAata-i rabbika wama kana AAataorabbika mahthoora

We sustain each one, the former and the latter, through the generous giving of your Lord; and the giving of your Lord is not restricted.

اُنْظُرْ كَيْفَ فَضَّلْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ عَلٰى بَعْضٍۜ وَلَلْاٰخِرَةُ اَكْبَرُ دَرَجَاتٍ وَاَكْبَرُ تَفْض۪يلاً

Onthur kayfa faddalnabaAAdahum AAala baAAdin walal-akhiratuakbaru darajatin waakbaru tafdeela

Look how We favour some of them over others. But the Next World has higher ranks and greater favours.

لَا تَجْعَلْ مَعَ اللّٰهِ اِلٰهاً اٰخَرَ فَتَقْعُدَ مَذْمُوماً مَخْذُولاً۟

La tajAAal maAAa Allahi ilahanakhara fataqAAuda mathmooman makhthoola

Do not set up any other god together with Allah and so sit there reviled and forsaken.

وَقَضٰى رَبُّكَ اَلَّا تَعْبُدُٓوا اِلَّٓا اِيَّاهُ وَبِالْوَالِدَيْنِ اِحْسَاناًۜ اِمَّا يَبْلُغَنَّ عِنْدَكَ الْكِبَرَ اَحَدُهُمَٓا اَوْ كِلَاهُمَا فَلَا تَقُلْ لَهُمَٓا اُفٍّ وَلَا تَنْهَرْهُمَا وَقُلْ لَهُمَا قَوْلاً كَر۪يماً

Waqada rabbuka alla taAAbudooilla iyyahu wabilwalidayni ihsananimma yablughanna AAindaka alkibara ahaduhumaaw kilahuma fala taqul lahuma offinwala tanharhuma waqul lahuma qawlan kareema

Your Lord has decreed that you should worship none but Him, and that you should show kindness to your parents. Whether one or both of them reach old age with you, do not say ‘Ugh!’ to them out of irritation and do not be harsh with them but speak to them with gentleness and generosity.

وَاخْفِضْ لَهُمَا جَنَاحَ الذُّلِّ مِنَ الرَّحْمَةِ وَقُلْ رَبِّ ارْحَمْهُمَا كَمَا رَبَّيَان۪ي صَغ۪يراًۜ

Wakhfid lahuma janahaaththulli mina arrahmati waqulrabbi irhamhuma kama rabbayanee sagheera

Take them under your wing, out of mercy, with due humility and say: ‘Lord, show mercy to them as they did in looking after me when I was small. ’

رَبُّكُمْ اَعْلَمُ بِمَا ف۪ي نُفُوسِكُمْۜ اِنْ تَكُونُوا صَالِح۪ينَ فَاِنَّهُ كَانَ لِلْاَوَّاب۪ينَ غَفُوراً

Rabbukum aAAlamu bima fee nufoosikumin takoonoo saliheena fa-innahu kana lil-awwabeenaghafoora

Your Lord knows best what is in your selves. If you are righteous, He is Ever-Forgiving to the remorseful.

وَاٰتِ ذَا الْقُرْبٰى حَقَّهُ وَالْمِسْك۪ينَ وَابْنَ السَّب۪يلِ وَلَا تُبَذِّرْ تَبْذ۪يراً

Waati tha alqurba haqqahuwalmiskeena wabna assabeeli walatubaththir tabtheera

Give your relatives their due, and the very poor and travellers but do not squander what you have.

اِنَّ الْمُبَذِّر۪ينَ كَانُٓوا اِخْوَانَ الشَّيَاط۪ينِۜ وَكَانَ الشَّيْطَانُ لِرَبِّه۪ كَفُوراً

Inna almubaththireena kanooikhwana ashshayateeni wakana ashshaytanulirabbihi kafoora

Squanderers are brothers to the shaytans, and Shaytan was ungrateful to his Lord.

وَاِمَّا تُعْرِضَنَّ عَنْهُمُ ابْتِغَٓاءَ رَحْمَةٍ مِنْ رَبِّكَ تَرْجُوهَا فَقُلْ لَهُمْ قَوْلاً مَيْسُوراً

Wa-imma tuAAridanna AAanhumuibtighaa rahmatin min rabbika tarjooha faqullahum qawlan maysoora

But if you do turn away from them, seeking the mercy you hope for from your Lord, then speak to them with words that bring them ease.

وَلَا تَجْعَلْ يَدَكَ مَغْلُولَةً اِلٰى عُنُقِكَ وَلَا تَبْسُطْهَا كُلَّ الْبَسْطِ فَتَقْعُدَ مَلُوماً مَحْسُوراً

Wala tajAAal yadaka maghloolatan ilaAAunuqika wala tabsutha kulla albastifataqAAuda malooman mahsoora

Do not keep your hand chained to your neck but do not extend it either to its full extent so that you sit there blamed and destitute.

اِنَّ رَبَّكَ يَبْسُطُ الرِّزْقَ لِمَنْ يَشَٓاءُ وَيَقْدِرُۜ اِنَّهُ كَانَ بِعِبَادِه۪ خَب۪يراً بَص۪يراً۟

Inna rabbaka yabsutu arrizqaliman yashao wayaqdiru innahu kana biAAibadihikhabeeran baseera

Your Lord expands the provision of anyone He wills and restricts it. He is aware of and sees His slaves.

وَلَا تَقْتُلُٓوا اَوْلَادَكُمْ خَشْيَةَ اِمْلَاقٍۜ نَحْنُ نَرْزُقُهُمْ وَاِيَّاكُمْۜ اِنَّ قَتْلَهُمْ كَانَ خِطْـٔاً كَب۪يراً

Wala taqtuloo awladakumkhashyata imlaqin nahnu narzuquhum wa-iyyakuminna qatlahum kana khit-an kabeera

Do not kill your children out of fear of being poor. We will provide for them and you. Killing them is a terrible mistake.

وَلَا تَقْرَبُوا الزِّنٰٓى اِنَّهُ كَانَ فَاحِشَةًۜ وَسَٓاءَ سَب۪يلاً

Wala taqraboo azzinainnahu kana fahishatan wasaa sabeela

And do not go near to fornication. It is an indecent act, an evil way.

وَلَا تَقْتُلُوا النَّفْسَ الَّت۪ي حَرَّمَ اللّٰهُ اِلَّا بِالْحَقِّۜ وَمَنْ قُتِلَ مَظْلُوماً فَقَدْ جَعَلْنَا لِوَلِيِّه۪ سُلْطَاناً فَلَا يُسْرِفْ فِي الْقَتْلِۜ اِنَّهُ كَانَ مَنْصُوراً

Wala taqtuloo annafsa allateeharrama Allahu illa bilhaqqiwaman qutila mathlooman faqad jaAAalnaliwaliyyihi sultanan fala yusrif fee alqatli innahukana mansoora

Do not kill any person Allah has made inviolate, except with the right to do so. If someone is wrongly killed We have given authority to his next of kin. But he should not be excessive in taking life. He will be helped.

وَلَا تَقْرَبُوا مَالَ الْيَت۪يمِ اِلَّا بِالَّت۪ي هِيَ اَحْسَنُ حَتّٰى يَبْلُغَ اَشُدَّهُۖ وَاَوْفُوا بِالْعَهْدِۚ اِنَّ الْعَهْدَ كَانَ مَسْؤُ۫لاً

Wala taqraboo mala alyateemiilla billatee hiya ahsanu hattayablugha ashuddahu waawfoo bilAAahdi inna alAAahda kanamas-oola

Do not go near the property of orphans before they reach maturity, except in a good way. Fulfil your contracts. Contracts will be asked about.

وَاَوْفُوا الْكَيْلَ اِذَا كِلْتُمْ وَزِنُوا بِالْقِسْطَاسِ الْمُسْتَق۪يمِۜ ذٰلِكَ خَيْرٌ وَاَحْسَنُ تَأْو۪يلاً

Waawfoo alkayla itha kiltum wazinoobilqistasi almustaqeemi thalika khayrun waahsanuta/weela

Give full measure when you measure and weigh with a level balance. That is better and gives the best result.

وَلَا تَقْفُ مَا لَيْسَ لَكَ بِه۪ عِلْمٌۜ اِنَّ السَّمْعَ وَالْبَصَرَ وَالْفُؤٰادَ كُلُّ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ كَانَ عَنْهُ مَسْؤُ۫لاً

Wala taqfu ma laysa laka bihiAAilmun inna assamAAa walbasara walfu-adakullu ola-ika kana AAanhu mas-oola

Do not pursue what you have no knowledge of. Hearing, sight and hearts will all be questioned.

وَلَا تَمْشِ فِي الْاَرْضِ مَرَحاًۚ اِنَّكَ لَنْ تَخْرِقَ الْاَرْضَ وَلَنْ تَبْلُغَ الْجِبَالَ طُولاً

Wala tamshi fee al-ardi marahaninnaka lan takhriqa al-arda walan tablugha aljibalatoola

Do not strut arrogantly about the earth. You will certainly never split the earth apart nor will you ever rival the mountains in height.

كُلُّ ذٰلِكَ كَانَ سَيِّئُهُ عِنْدَ رَبِّكَ مَكْرُوهاً

Kullu thalika kana sayyi-ohuAAinda rabbika makrooha

All of that is evil action and hateful in the sight of your Lord.

ذٰلِكَ مِمَّٓا اَوْحٰٓى اِلَيْكَ رَبُّكَ مِنَ الْحِكْمَةِۜ وَلَا تَجْعَلْ مَعَ اللّٰهِ اِلٰهاً اٰخَرَ فَتُلْقٰى ف۪ي جَهَنَّمَ مَلُوماً مَدْحُوراً

Thalika mimma awhailayka rabbuka mina alhikmati wala tajAAal maAAaAllahi ilahan akhara fatulqa feejahannama malooman madhoora

That is part of the wisdom your Lord has revealed to you. Do not set up another god together with Allah and so be thrown into Hell, blamed and driven out.

اَفَاَصْفٰيكُمْ رَبُّكُمْ بِالْبَن۪ينَ وَاتَّخَذَ مِنَ الْمَلٰٓئِكَةِ اِنَاثاًۜ اِنَّكُمْ لَتَقُولُونَ قَوْلاً عَظ۪يماً۟

Afaasfakum rabbukum bilbaneenawattakhatha mina almala-ikati inathaninnakum lataqooloona qawlan AAatheema

Has your Lord honoured you with sons and Himself taken the angels as daughters? It is truly something terrible that you say!

وَلَقَدْ صَرَّفْنَا ف۪ي هٰذَا الْقُرْاٰنِ لِيَذَّكَّرُواۜ وَمَا يَز۪يدُهُمْ اِلَّا نُفُوراً

Walaqad sarrafna fee hathaalqur-ani liyaththakkaroo wama yazeeduhumilla nufoora

We have made things clear in this Qur’an so that they might pay heed, but it only makes them run away the more!

قُلْ لَوْ كَانَ مَعَهُٓ اٰلِهَةٌ كَمَا يَقُولُونَ اِذاً لَابْتَغَوْا اِلٰى ذِي الْعَرْشِ سَب۪يلاً

Qul law kana maAAahu alihatunkama yaqooloona ithan labtaghaw ila theealAAarshi sabeela

Say: ‘If there had, as you say, been other gods together with Him, they would have sought a way to the Master of the Throne. ’

سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالٰى عَمَّا يَقُولُونَ عُلُواًّ كَب۪يراً

Subhanahu wataAAalaAAamma yaqooloona AAuluwwan kabeera

Glory be to Him! He is exalted above what they say in Greatness and Sublimity!

تُسَبِّحُ لَهُ السَّمٰوَاتُ السَّبْعُ وَالْاَرْضُ وَمَنْ ف۪يهِنَّۜ وَاِنْ مِنْ شَيْءٍ اِلَّا يُسَبِّحُ بِحَمْدِه۪ وَلٰكِنْ لَا تَفْقَهُونَ تَسْب۪يحَهُمْۜ اِنَّهُ كَانَ حَل۪يماً غَفُوراً

Tusabbihu lahu assamawatuassabAAu wal-ardu waman feehinna wa-in minshay-in illa yusabbihu bihamdihi walakinla tafqahoona tasbeehahum innahu kana haleemanghafoora

The seven heavens and the earth and everyone in them glorify Him. There is nothing which does not glorify Him with praise but you do not understand their glorification. He is All-Forbearing, Ever-Forgiving.

وَاِذَا قَرَأْتَ الْقُرْاٰنَ جَعَلْنَا بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَ الَّذ۪ينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْاٰخِرَةِ حِجَاباً مَسْتُوراًۙ

Wa-itha qara/ta alqur-anajaAAalna baynaka wabayna allatheena layu/minoona bil-akhirati hijabanmastoora

When you recite the Qur’an, We place an obscuring veil between you and those who do not believe in the akhira.

وَجَعَلْنَا عَلٰى قُلُوبِهِمْ اَكِنَّةً اَنْ يَفْقَهُوهُ وَف۪ٓي اٰذَانِهِمْ وَقْراًۜ وَاِذَا ذَكَرْتَ رَبَّكَ فِي الْقُرْاٰنِ وَحْدَهُ وَلَّوْا عَلٰٓى اَدْبَارِهِمْ نُفُوراً

WajaAAalna AAala quloobihimakinnatan an yafqahoohu wafee athanihim waqran wa-ithathakarta rabbaka fee alqur-ani wahdahuwallaw AAala adbarihim nufoora

We have placed covers on their hearts, preventing them from understanding it, and heaviness in their ears. When you mention your Lord alone in the Qur’an, they turn their backs and run away.

نَحْنُ اَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَسْتَمِعُونَ بِه۪ٓ اِذْ يَسْتَمِعُونَ اِلَيْكَ وَاِذْ هُمْ نَجْوٰٓى اِذْ يَقُولُ الظَّالِمُونَ اِنْ تَتَّبِعُونَ اِلَّا رَجُلاً مَسْحُوراً

Nahnu aAAlamu bimayastamiAAoona bihi ith yastamiAAoona ilayka wa-ithhum najwa ith yaqoolu aththalimoonain tattabiAAoona illa rajulan mashoora

We know how they listen when they listen to you, and when they confer together secretly, and when the wrongdoers say, ‘You are only following a man who is bewitched!’

اُنْظُرْ كَيْفَ ضَرَبُوا لَكَ الْاَمْثَالَ فَضَلُّوا فَلَا يَسْتَط۪يعُونَ سَب۪يلاً

Onthur kayfa daraboolaka al-amthala fadalloo fala yastateeAAoonasabeela

Look how they make likenesses of you and go astray. They are unable to find their way.

وَقَالُٓوا ءَاِذَا كُنَّا عِظَاماً وَرُفَاتاً ءَاِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ خَلْقاً جَد۪يداً

Waqaloo a-itha kunnaAAithaman warufatan a-innalamabAAoothoona khalqan jadeeda

They say, ‘What! When we are bones and crumbled dust, will we then be raised up as a new creation!’

قُلْ كُونُوا حِجَارَةً اَوْ حَد۪يداًۙ

Qul koonoo hijaratan aw hadeeda

Say: ‘It would not matter if you were rock or iron,

اَوْ خَلْقاً مِمَّا يَكْبُرُ ف۪ي صُدُورِكُمْۚ فَسَيَقُولُونَ مَنْ يُع۪يدُنَاۜ قُلِ الَّذ۪ي فَطَرَكُمْ اَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍۚ فَسَيُنْغِضُونَ اِلَيْكَ رُؤُ۫سَهُمْ وَيَقُولُونَ مَتٰى هُوَۜ قُلْ عَسٰٓى اَنْ يَكُونَ قَر۪يباً

Aw khalqan mimma yakburu fee sudoorikumfasayaqooloona man yuAAeeduna quli allathee fatarakumawwala marratin fasayunghidoona ilayka ruoosahumwayaqooloona mata huwa qul AAasa an yakoona qareeba

Or indeed any created thing that you think is harder still!’ They will say, ‘Who will bring us back again?’ Say: ‘He who brought you into being in the first place. ’ They will shake their heads at you and ask, ‘When will it happen?’ Say: ‘It may well be that it is very near.’

يَوْمَ يَدْعُوكُمْ فَتَسْتَج۪يبُونَ بِحَمْدِه۪ وَتَظُنُّونَ اِنْ لَبِثْتُمْ اِلَّا قَل۪يلاً۟

Yawma yadAAookum fatastajeeboona bihamdihiwatathunnoona in labithtum illa qaleela

On the Day He calls you, you will respond by praising Him and think that you have only tarried a very short time.

وَقُلْ لِعِبَاد۪ي يَقُولُوا الَّت۪ي هِيَ اَحْسَنُۜ اِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ يَنْزَغُ بَيْنَهُمْۜ اِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ كَانَ لِلْاِنْسَانِ عَدُواًّ مُب۪يناً

Waqul liAAibadee yaqooloo allateehiya ahsanu inna ashshaytana yanzaghubaynahum inna ashshaytana kana lil-insaniAAaduwwan mubeena

Say to My slaves that they should only say the best. Shaytan wants to stir up trouble between them. Shaytan is an outright enemy to man.

رَبُّكُمْ اَعْلَمُ بِكُمْۜ اِنْ يَشَأْ يَرْحَمْكُمْ اَوْ اِنْ يَشَأْ يُعَذِّبْكُمْۜ وَمَٓا اَرْسَلْنَاكَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَك۪يلاً

Rabbukum aAAlamu bikum in yasha/ yarhamkumaw in yasha/ yuAAaththibkum wama arsalnakaAAalayhim wakeela

Your Lord knows you best. If He wills, He will have mercy on you, and, if He wills, He will punish you. We did not send you to be their guardian.

وَرَبُّكَ اَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ فِي السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِۜ وَلَقَدْ فَضَّلْنَا بَعْضَ النَّبِيّ۪نَ عَلٰى بَعْضٍ وَاٰتَيْنَا دَاوُ۫دَ زَبُوراً

Warabbuka aAAlamu biman fee assamawatiwal-ardi walaqad faddalna baAAdaannabiyyeena AAala baAAdin waataynadawooda zaboora

My Lord knows best everyone in the heavens and earth. We favoured some of the Prophets over others. And We gave Dawud the Zabur.

قُلِ ادْعُوا الَّذ۪ينَ زَعَمْتُمْ مِنْ دُونِه۪ فَلَا يَمْلِكُونَ كَشْفَ الضُّرِّ عَنْكُمْ وَلَا تَحْو۪يلاً

Quli odAAu allatheena zaAAamtum mindoonihi fala yamlikoona kashfa addurriAAankum wala tahweela

Say: ‘Call on those you make claims for apart from Him. They possess no power to remove any harm from you or to change anything.’

اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ الَّذ۪ينَ يَدْعُونَ يَبْتَغُونَ اِلٰى رَبِّهِمُ الْوَس۪يلَةَ اَيُّهُمْ اَقْرَبُ وَيَرْجُونَ رَحْمَتَهُ وَيَخَافُونَ عَذَابَهُۜ اِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّكَ كَانَ مَحْذُوراً

Ola-ika allatheena yadAAoonayabtaghoona ila rabbihimu alwaseelata ayyuhum aqrabuwayarjoona rahmatahu wayakhafoona AAathabahuinna AAathaba rabbika kana mahthoora

Those they call on are themselves seeking the means by which they might approach their Lord – even those who are the closest to Him – and are hoping for His mercy and fearing his punishment. The punishment of your Lord is truly something to be feared.

وَاِنْ مِنْ قَرْيَةٍ اِلَّا نَحْنُ مُهْلِكُوهَا قَبْلَ يَوْمِ الْقِيٰمَةِ اَوْ مُعَذِّبُوهَا عَذَاباً شَد۪يداًۜ كَانَ ذٰلِكَ فِي الْكِتَابِ مَسْطُوراً

Wa-in min qaryatin illa nahnumuhlikooha qabla yawmi alqiyamati aw muAAaththiboohaAAathaban shadeedan kana thalika fee alkitabimastoora

There is no city We will not destroy before the Day of Rising, or punish with a terrible punishment. That is inscribed in the Book.

وَمَا مَنَعَنَٓا اَنْ نُرْسِلَ بِالْاٰيَاتِ اِلَّٓا اَنْ كَذَّبَ بِهَا الْاَوَّلُونَۜ وَاٰتَيْنَا ثَمُودَ النَّاقَةَ مُبْصِرَةً فَظَلَمُوا بِهَاۜ وَمَا نُرْسِلُ بِالْاٰيَاتِ اِلَّا تَخْو۪يفاً

Wama manaAAana an nursila bil-ayatiilla an kaththaba biha al-awwaloona waataynathamooda annaqata mubsiratan fathalamoobiha wama nursilu bil-ayatiilla takhweefa

Nothing has prevented Us sending you Signs except the fact that the previous peoples denied them. We gave Thamud the she-camel as a visible Sign, and then they mistreated her. We do not send Signs except to frighten people.

وَاِذْ قُلْنَا لَكَ اِنَّ رَبَّكَ اَحَاطَ بِالنَّاسِۜ وَمَا جَعَلْنَا الرُّءْيَا الَّت۪ٓي اَرَيْنَاكَ اِلَّا فِتْنَةً لِلنَّاسِ وَالشَّجَرَةَ الْمَلْعُونَةَ فِي الْقُرْاٰنِۜ وَنُخَوِّفُهُمْۙ فَمَا يَز۪يدُهُمْ اِلَّا طُغْيَاناً كَب۪يراً۟

Wa-ith qulna laka inna rabbakaahata binnasi wama jaAAalnaarru/ya allatee araynaka illafitnatan linnasi washshajarataalmalAAoonata fee alqur-ani wanukhawwifuhum famayazeeduhum illa tughyanan kabeera

When We said to you, ‘Surely your Lord encompasses the people with His knowledge. ’ We only appointed the vision We showed you and the Accursed Tree in the Qur’an as a trial and temptation for the people. We frighten them, but it only increases them in their excessive insolence.

وَاِذْ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلٰٓئِكَةِ اسْجُدُوا لِاٰدَمَ فَسَجَدُٓوا اِلَّٓا اِبْل۪يسَۜ قَالَ ءَاَسْجُدُ لِمَنْ خَلَقْتَ ط۪يناًۚ

Wa-ith qulna lilmala-ikatiosjudoo li-adama fasajadoo illa ibleesa qalaaasjudu liman khalaqta teena

When We said to the angels, ‘Prostrate yourselves to Adam!’ they prostrated, except for Iblis. He said ‘What! Am I to prostrate to one You have created out of clay?’

قَالَ اَرَاَيْتَكَ هٰذَا الَّذ۪ي كَرَّمْتَ عَلَيَّۘ لَئِنْ اَخَّرْتَنِ اِلٰى يَوْمِ الْقِيٰمَةِ لَاَحْتَنِكَنَّ ذُرِّيَّتَهُٓ اِلَّا قَل۪يلاً

Qala araaytaka hatha allatheekarramta AAalayya la-in akhkhartani ila yawmi alqiyamatilaahtanikanna thurriyyatahu illa qaleela

He said, ‘Do You see this creature You have honoured over me? If You reprieve me till the Day of Rising, I will be the master of his descendants except for a very few. ’

قَالَ اذْهَبْ فَمَنْ تَبِعَكَ مِنْهُمْ فَاِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ جَزَٓاؤُ۬كُمْ جَزَٓاءً مَوْفُوراً

Qala ithhab faman tabiAAakaminhum fa-inna jahannama jazaokum jazaan mawfoora

He said, ‘Go! And as for any who follow you, your repayment is Hell, repayment in full!

وَاسْتَفْزِزْ مَنِ اسْتَطَعْتَ مِنْهُمْ بِصَوْتِكَ وَاَجْلِبْ عَلَيْهِمْ بِخَيْلِكَ وَرَجِلِكَ وَشَارِكْهُمْ فِي الْاَمْوَالِ وَالْاَوْلَادِ وَعِدْهُمْۜ وَمَا يَعِدُهُمُ الشَّيْطَانُ اِلَّا غُرُوراً

Wastafziz mani istataAAtaminhum bisawtika waajlib AAalayhim bikhaylika warajlikawasharik-hum fee al-amwali wal-awladiwaAAidhum wama yaAAiduhumu ashshaytanu illaghuroora

Stir up any of them you can with your voice and rally against them your cavalry and your infantry and share with them in their children and their wealth and make them promises! The promise of Shaytan is nothing but delusion.

اِنَّ عِبَاد۪ي لَيْسَ لَكَ عَلَيْهِمْ سُلْطَانٌۜ وَكَفٰى بِرَبِّكَ وَك۪يلاً

Inna AAibadee laysa laka AAalayhimsultanun wakafa birabbika wakeela

But as for My slaves, you will not have any authority over them. ’ Your Lord suffices as a guardian.

رَبُّكُمُ الَّذ۪ي يُزْج۪ي لَكُمُ الْفُلْكَ فِي الْبَحْرِ لِتَبْتَغُوا مِنْ فَضْلِه۪ۜ اِنَّهُ كَانَ بِكُمْ رَح۪يماً

Rabbukumu allathee yuzjee lakumualfulka fee albahri litabtaghoo min fadlihi innahukana bikum raheema

Your Lord is He who propels the ships on the sea for you so that you may seek His bounty. He is indeed Most Merciful to you.

وَاِذَا مَسَّكُمُ الضُّرُّ فِي الْبَحْرِ ضَلَّ مَنْ تَدْعُونَ اِلَّٓا اِيَّاهُۚ فَلَمَّا نَجّٰيكُمْ اِلَى الْبَرِّ اَعْرَضْتُمْۜ وَكَانَ الْاِنْسَانُ كَفُوراً

Wa-itha massakumu addurrufee albahri dalla man tadAAoona illa iyyahufalamma najjakum ila albarri aAAradtumwakana al-insanu kafoora

When harm occurs to you at sea, those you call on vanish – except for Him alone! But when He delivers you to dry land, you turn away. Man truly is ungrateful.

اَفَاَمِنْتُمْ اَنْ يَخْسِفَ بِكُمْ جَانِبَ الْبَرِّ اَوْ يُرْسِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ حَاصِباً ثُمَّ لَا تَجِدُوا لَكُمْ وَك۪يلاًۙ

Afaamintum an yakhsifa bikum janibaalbarri aw yursila AAalaykum hasiban thumma latajidoo lakum wakeela

Do you feel secure against Him causing the shore to swallow you up or sending against you a sudden squall of stones? Then you will find no one to be your guardian.

اَمْ اَمِنْتُمْ اَنْ يُع۪يدَكُمْ ف۪يهِ تَارَةً اُخْرٰى فَيُرْسِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ قَاصِفاً مِنَ الرّ۪يحِ فَيُغْرِقَكُمْ بِمَا كَفَرْتُمْۙ ثُمَّ لَا تَجِدُوا لَكُمْ عَلَيْنَا بِه۪ تَب۪يعاً

Am amintum an yuAAeedakum feehi taratanokhra fayursila AAalaykum qasifan mina arreehifayughriqakum bima kafartum thumma la tajidoo lakumAAalayna bihi tabeeAAa

Or do you feel secure against Him taking you back into it another time and sending a violent storm against you and drowning you for your ingratitude? Then you will find no one to defend you against Us.

وَلَقَدْ كَرَّمْنَا بَن۪ٓي اٰدَمَ وَحَمَلْنَاهُمْ فِي الْبَرِّ وَالْبَحْرِ وَرَزَقْنَاهُمْ مِنَ الطَّيِّبَاتِ وَفَضَّلْنَاهُمْ عَلٰى كَث۪يرٍ مِمَّنْ خَلَقْنَا تَفْض۪يلاً۟

Walaqad karramna banee adamawahamalnahum fee albarri walbahriwarazaqnahum mina attayyibati wafaddalnahumAAala katheerin mimman khalaqna tafdeela

We have honoured the sons of Adam and conveyed them on land and sea and provided them with good things and favoured them greatly over many We have created.

يَوْمَ نَدْعُوا كُلَّ اُنَاسٍ بِاِمَامِهِمْۚ فَمَنْ اُو۫تِيَ كِتَابَهُ بِيَم۪ينِه۪ فَاُو۬لٰٓئِكَ يَقْرَؤُ۫نَ كِتَابَهُمْ وَلَا يُظْلَمُونَ فَت۪يلاً

Yawma nadAAoo kulla onasin bi-imamihimfaman ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi faola-ikayaqraoona kitabahum wala yuthlamoonafateela

On the Day We summon every people with their records, those who are given their Book in their right hand will read their Book and they will not be wronged by even the smallest speck.

وَمَنْ كَانَ ف۪ي هٰذِه۪ٓ اَعْمٰى فَهُوَ فِي الْاٰخِرَةِ اَعْمٰى وَاَضَلُّ سَب۪يلاً

Waman kana fee hathihi aAAmafahuwa fee al-akhirati aAAma waadallu sabeela

Those who are blind in this world will be blind in the Next World and even further off the Path.

وَاِنْ كَادُوا لَيَفْتِنُونَكَ عَنِ الَّـذ۪ٓي اَوْحَيْنَٓا اِلَيْكَ لِتَفْتَرِيَ عَلَيْنَا غَيْرَهُۗ وَاِذاً لَاتَّخَذُوكَ خَل۪يلاً

Wa-in kadoo layaftinoonaka AAani allatheeawhayna ilayka litaftariya AAalayna ghayrahuwa-ithan lattakhathooka khaleela

They were very near to enticing you away from some of what We have revealed to you, hoping that you would invent something against Us. Then they would have taken you as their intimate.

وَلَوْلَٓا اَنْ ثَبَّتْنَاكَ لَقَدْ كِدْتَ تَرْكَنُ اِلَيْهِمْ شَيْـٔاً قَل۪يلاًۗ

Walawla an thabbatnaka laqadkidta tarkanu ilayhim shay-an qaleela

If We had not made you firm, you would have leaned towards them a little.

اِذاً لَاَذَقْنَاكَ ضِعْفَ الْحَيٰوةِ وَضِعْفَ الْمَمَاتِ ثُمَّ لَا تَجِدُ لَكَ عَلَيْنَا نَص۪يراً

Ithan laathaqnaka diAAfaalhayati wadiAAfa almamati thumma latajidu laka AAalayna naseera

Then We would have let you taste a double punishment in life and a double punishment in death. You would not have found any helper against Us.

وَاِنْ كَادُوا لَيَسْتَفِزُّونَكَ مِنَ الْاَرْضِ لِيُخْرِجُوكَ مِنْهَا وَاِذاً لَا يَلْبَثُونَ خِلَافَكَ اِلَّا قَل۪يلاً

Wa-in kadoo layastafizzoonaka minaal-ardi liyukhrijooka minha wa-ithan layalbathoona khilafaka illa qaleela

They were very near to scaring you from the land with the object of expelling you from it. But had they done so they would only have remained there a short time after you.

سُنَّةَ مَنْ قَدْ اَرْسَلْنَا قَبْلَكَ مِنْ رُسُلِنَا وَلَا تَجِدُ لِسُنَّتِنَا تَحْو۪يلاً۟

Sunnata man qad arsalna qablaka minrusulina wala tajidu lisunnatina tahweela

That was the pattern with those We sent before you as Our Messengers. You will not find any changing of Our pattern.

اَقِمِ الصَّلٰوةَ لِدُلُوكِ الشَّمْسِ اِلٰى غَسَقِ الَّيْلِ وَقُرْاٰنَ الْفَجْرِۜ اِنَّ قُرْاٰنَ الْفَجْرِ كَانَ مَشْهُوداً

Aqimi assalatalidulooki ashshamsi ila ghasaqi allayli waqur-anaalfajri inna qur-ana alfajri kana mashhooda

Establish salat from the time the sun declines until the darkening of the night, and also the recitation at dawn. The dawn recitation is certainly witnessed.

وَمِنَ الَّيْلِ فَـتَهَجَّدْ بِه۪ نَافِلَةً لَكَۗ عَسٰٓى اَنْ يَبْعَثَكَ رَبُّكَ مَقَاماً مَحْمُوداً

Wamina allayli fatahajjad bihi nafilatanlaka AAasa an yabAAathaka rabbuka maqaman mahmooda

And stay awake for prayer during part of the night as a supererogatory action for yourself. It may well be that your Lord will raise you to a Praiseworthy Station.

وَقُلْ رَبِّ اَدْخِلْن۪ي مُدْخَلَ صِدْقٍ وَاَخْرِجْن۪ي مُخْرَجَ صِدْقٍ وَاجْعَلْ ل۪ي مِنْ لَدُنْكَ سُلْطَاناً نَص۪يراً

Waqul rabbi adkhilnee mudkhala sidqinwaakhrijnee mukhraja sidqin wajAAal lee minladunka sultanan naseera

Say: ‘My Lord, make my entry sincere and make my leaving sincere and grant me supporting authority direct from Your Presence. ’

وَقُلْ جَٓاءَ الْحَقُّ وَزَهَقَ الْبَاطِلُۜ اِنَّ الْبَاطِلَ كَانَ زَهُوقاً

Waqul jaa alhaqqu wazahaqa albatiluinna albatila kana zahooqa

Say: ‘Truth has come and falsehood has vanished. Falsehood is always bound to vanish.’

وَنُنَزِّلُ مِنَ الْقُرْاٰنِ مَا هُوَ شِفَٓاءٌ وَرَحْمَةٌ لِلْمُؤْمِن۪ينَۙ وَلَا يَز۪يدُ الظَّالِم۪ينَ اِلَّا خَسَاراً

Wanunazzilu mina alqur-ani mahuwa shifaon warahmatun lilmu/mineena walayazeedu aththalimeena illakhasara

We send down in the Qur’an that which is a healing and a mercy to the muminun, but it only increases the wrongdoers in loss.

وَاِذَٓا اَنْعَمْنَا عَلَى الْاِنْسَانِ اَعْرَضَ وَنَاٰ بِجَانِبِه۪ۚ وَاِذَا مَسَّهُ الشَّرُّ كَانَ يَؤُ۫ساً

Wa-itha anAAamna AAalaal-insani aAArada wanaa bijanibihiwa-itha massahu ashsharru kana yaoosa

When We bless man, he turns away and draws aside. When evil touches him, he despairs.

قُلْ كُلٌّ يَعْمَلُ عَلٰى شَاكِلَتِه۪ۜ فَرَبُّكُمْ اَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ هُوَ اَهْدٰى سَب۪يلاً۟

Qul kullun yaAAmalu AAala shakilatihifarabbukum aAAlamu biman huwa ahda sabeela

Say: ‘Each man acts according to his nature, but your Lord knows best who is best guided on the Path. ’

وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ الرُّوحِۜ قُلِ الرُّوحُ مِنْ اَمْرِ رَبّ۪ي وَمَٓا اُو۫ت۪يتُمْ مِنَ الْعِلْمِ اِلَّا قَل۪يلاً

Wayas-aloonaka AAani arroohiquli arroohu min amri rabbee wama ooteetummina alAAilmi illa qaleela

They will ask you about the Ruh. Say: ‘The Ruh is my Lord’s concern. You have only been given a little knowledge.’

وَلَئِنْ شِئْنَا لَنَذْهَبَنَّ بِالَّـذ۪ٓي اَوْحَيْنَٓا اِلَيْكَ ثُمَّ لَا تَجِدُ لَكَ بِه۪ عَلَيْنَا وَك۪يلاًۙ

Wala-in shi/na lanathhabannabillathee awhayna ilayka thumma latajidu laka bihi AAalayna wakeela

If We wished We could take away what We have revealed to you and then you would not find any to guard you from Us –

اِلَّا رَحْمَةً مِنْ رَبِّكَۜ اِنَّ فَضْلَهُ كَانَ عَلَيْكَ كَب۪يراً

Illa rahmatan min rabbika innafadlahu kana AAalayka kabeera

but for a mercy from your Lord. His favour to you is indeed immense.

قُلْ لَئِنِ اجْتَمَعَتِ الْاِنْسُ وَالْجِنُّ عَلٰٓى اَنْ يَأْتُوا بِمِثْلِ هٰذَا الْقُرْاٰنِ لَا يَأْتُونَ بِمِثْلِه۪ وَلَوْ كَانَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ ظَه۪يراً

Qul la-ini ijtamaAAati al-insu waljinnuAAala an ya/too bimithli hatha alqur-ani laya/toona bimithlihi walaw kana baAAduhum libaAAdinthaheera

Say: ‘If both men and jinn banded together to produce the like of this Qur’an, they could never produce anything like it, even if they backed each other up. ’

وَلَقَدْ صَرَّفْنَا لِلنَّاسِ ف۪ي هٰذَا الْقُرْاٰنِ مِنْ كُلِّ مَثَلٍۘ فَاَبٰٓى اَكْثَرُ النَّاسِ اِلَّا كُفُوراً

Walaqad sarrafna linnasifee hatha alqur-ani min kulli mathalin faabaaktharu annasi illa kufoora

We have variegated throughout this Qur’an all kinds of examples for people, but most people spurn anything but kufr.

وَقَالُوا لَنْ نُؤْمِنَ لَكَ حَتّٰى تَفْجُرَ لَنَا مِنَ الْاَرْضِ يَنْبُوعاًۙ

Waqaloo lan nu/mina laka hattatafjura lana mina al-ardi yanbooAAa

They say, ‘We will not believe you until you make a spring gush out from the earth for us;

اَوْ تَكُونَ لَكَ جَنَّةٌ مِنْ نَخ۪يلٍ وَعِنَبٍ فَتُفَجِّرَ الْاَنْهَارَ خِلَالَهَا تَفْج۪يراًۙ

Aw takoona laka jannatun min nakheelinwaAAinabin fatufajjira al-anhara khilalahatafjeera

or have a garden of dates and grapes which you make rivers come pouring through;

اَوْ تُسْقِطَ السَّمَٓاءَ كَمَا زَعَمْتَ عَلَيْنَا كِسَفاً اَوْ تَأْتِيَ بِاللّٰهِ وَالْمَلٰٓئِكَةِ قَب۪يلاًۙ

Aw tusqita assamaa kamazaAAamta AAalayna kisafan aw ta/tiya billahiwalmala-ikati qabeela

or make the sky, as you claim, fall down on us in lumps; or bring Allah and the angels here as a guarantee;

اَوْ يَكُونَ لَكَ بَيْتٌ مِنْ زُخْرُفٍ اَوْ تَرْقٰى فِي السَّمَٓاءِۜ وَلَنْ نُؤْمِنَ لِرُقِيِّكَ حَتّٰى تُنَزِّلَ عَلَيْنَا كِتَاباً نَقْرَؤُ۬هُۜ قُلْ سُبْحَانَ رَبّ۪ي هَلْ كُنْتُ اِلَّا بَشَراً رَسُولاً۟

Aw yakoona laka baytun min zukhrufin aw tarqafee assama-i walan nu/mina liruqiyyika hattatunazzila AAalayna kitaban naqraohu qul subhanarabbee hal kuntu illa basharan rasoola

or possess a house built out of gleaming gold; or ascend up into heaven – and even then we will not believe in your ascent unless you bring us down a book to read!’ Say: ‘Glory be to my Lord! Am I anything but a human messenger?’

وَمَا مَنَعَ النَّاسَ اَنْ يُؤْمِنُٓوا اِذْ جَٓاءَهُمُ الْهُدٰٓى اِلَّٓا اَنْ قَالُٓوا اَبَعَثَ اللّٰهُ بَشَراً رَسُولاً

Wama manaAAa annasa anyu/minoo ith jaahumu alhuda illa an qalooabaAAatha Allahu basharan rasoola

Nothing prevents people from having iman when guidance comes to them but the fact that they say, ‘Has Allah sent a human being as Messenger?’

قُلْ لَوْ كَانَ فِي الْاَرْضِ مَلٰٓئِكَةٌ يَمْشُونَ مُطْمَئِنّ۪ينَ لَنَزَّلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ مَلَكاً رَسُولاً

Qul law kana fee al-ardi mala-ikatunyamshoona mutma-inneena lanazzalna AAalayhim mina assama-imalakan rasoola

Say: ‘If there had been angels on the earth going about in peace, We would have sent down to them an angel from heaven as Messenger. ’

قُلْ كَفٰى بِاللّٰهِ شَه۪يداً بَيْن۪ي وَبَيْنَكُمْۜ اِنَّهُ كَانَ بِعِبَادِه۪ خَب۪يراً بَص۪يراً

Qul kafa billahishaheedan baynee wabaynakum innahu kana biAAibadihikhabeeran baseera

Say: ‘Allah is a sufficient witness between me and you. He is certainly aware of and sees His slaves.’

وَمَنْ يَهْدِ اللّٰهُ فَهُوَ الْمُهْتَدِۚ وَمَنْ يُضْلِلْ فَلَنْ تَجِدَ لَهُمْ اَوْلِيَٓاءَ مِنْ دُونِه۪ۜ وَنَحْشُرُهُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِ عَلٰى وُجُوهِهِمْ عُمْياً وَبُكْماً وَصُماًّۜ مَأْوٰيهُمْ جَهَنَّمُۜ كُلَّمَا خَبَتْ زِدْنَاهُمْ سَع۪يراً

Waman yahdi Allahu fahuwa almuhtadiwaman yudlil falan tajida lahum awliyaa min doonihiwanahshuruhum yawma alqiyamati AAalawujoohihim AAumyan wabukman wasumman ma/wahumjahannamu kullama khabat zidnahum saAAeera

Whoever Allah guides is truly guided. But as for those He leads astray, you will not find any protectors for them apart from Him. We will gather them on the Day of Rising, flat on their faces, blind, dumb and deaf. Their shelter will be Hell. Whenever the Blaze dies down, We will increase it for them.

ذٰلِكَ جَزَٓاؤُ۬هُمْ بِاَنَّهُمْ كَفَرُوا بِاٰيَاتِنَا وَقَالُٓوا ءَاِذَا كُنَّا عِظَاماً وَرُفَاتاً ءَاِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ خَلْقاً جَد۪يداً

Thalika jazaohum bi-annahumkafaroo bi-ayatina waqaloo a-ithakunna AAithaman warufatana-inna lamabAAoothoona khalqan jadeeda

That is their repayment for rejecting Our Signs and saying, ‘What, when we are bones and crumbled dust, will we then be raised up as a new creation?’

اَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا اَنَّ اللّٰهَ الَّذ۪ي خَلَقَ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضَ قَادِرٌ عَلٰٓى اَنْ يَخْلُقَ مِثْلَهُمْ وَجَعَلَ لَهُمْ اَجَلاً لَا رَيْبَ ف۪يهِۜ فَاَبَى الظَّالِمُونَ اِلَّا كُفُوراً

Awa lam yaraw anna Allaha allatheekhalaqa assamawati wal-ardaqadirun AAala an yakhluqa mithlahum wajaAAala lahumajalan la rayba feehi faaba aththalimoonailla kufoora

Do they not see that Allah, Who created the heavens and earth, has the power to create the like of them, and has appointed fixed terms for them of which there is no doubt? But the wrongdoers still spurn anything but kufr.

قُلْ لَوْ اَنْتُمْ تَمْلِكُونَ خَزَٓائِنَ رَحْمَةِ رَبّ۪ٓي اِذاً لَاَمْسَكْتُمْ خَشْيَةَ الْاِنْفَاقِۜ وَكَانَ الْاِنْسَانُ قَتُوراً۟

Qul law antum tamlikoona khaza-inarahmati rabbee ithan laamsaktum khashyata al-infaqiwakana al-insanu qatoora

Say: ‘Even if you possessed the vast storehouses of my Lord’s mercy, you would still hold back, fearing they would run out. ’

وَلَقَدْ اٰتَيْنَا مُوسٰى تِسْعَ اٰيَاتٍ بَيِّنَاتٍ فَسْـَٔلْ بَن۪ٓي اِسْرَٓائ۪لَ اِذْ جَٓاءَهُمْ فَقَالَ لَهُ فِرْعَوْنُ اِنّ۪ي لَاَظُنُّكَ يَا مُوسٰى مَسْحُوراً

Walaqad atayna moosatisAAa ayatin bayyinatin fas-albanee isra-eela ith jaahum faqalalahu firAAawnu innee laathunnuka ya moosamashoora

We gave Musa nine Clear Signs. Ask the tribe of Israel about when he came to them and Pharaoh said to him, ‘Musa, I think you are bewitched.’

قَالَ لَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ مَٓا اَنْزَلَ هٰٓؤُ۬لَٓاءِ اِلَّا رَبُّ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِ بَصَٓائِرَۚ وَاِنّ۪ي لَاَظُنُّكَ يَا فِرْعَوْنُ مَثْبُوراً

Qala laqad AAalimta ma anzalahaola-i illa rabbu assamawatiwal-ardi basa-ira wa-innee laathunnukaya firAAawnu mathboora

He said, ‘You know that no one sent these down but the Lord of the heavens and earth to be clear proofs. Pharaoh, I think you are destroyed.’

فَاَرَادَ اَنْ يَسْتَفِزَّهُمْ مِنَ الْاَرْضِ فَاَغْرَقْنَاهُ وَمَنْ مَعَهُ جَم۪يعاًۙ

Faarada an yastafizzahum mina al-ardifaaghraqnahu waman maAAahu jameeAAa

He wanted to scare them from the land but We drowned him and every one of those with him.

وَقُلْنَا مِنْ بَعْدِه۪ لِبَن۪ٓي اِسْرَٓائ۪لَ اسْكُنُوا الْاَرْضَ فَاِذَا جَٓاءَ وَعْدُ الْاٰخِرَةِ جِئْنَا بِكُمْ لَف۪يفاًۜ

Waqulna min baAAdihi libanee isra-eelaoskunoo al-arda fa-itha jaa waAAdu al-akhiratiji/na bikum lafeefa

We said to the tribe of Israel after that, ‘Inhabit the land and, when the promise of the Next World comes, We will produce you as a motley crowd. ’

وَبِالْحَقِّ اَنْزَلْنَاهُ وَبِالْحَقِّ نَزَلَۜ وَمَٓا اَرْسَلْنَاكَ اِلَّا مُبَشِّراً وَنَذ۪يراًۢ

Wabilhaqqi anzalnahuwabilhaqqi nazala wama arsalnaka illamubashshiran wanatheera

We have sent it down with truth and with truth it has come down. We only sent you to bring good news and to give warning.

وَقُرْاٰناً فَرَقْنَاهُ لِتَقْرَاَهُ۫ عَلَى النَّاسِ عَلٰى مُكْثٍ وَنَزَّلْنَاهُ تَنْز۪يلاً

Waqur-anan faraqnahulitaqraahu AAala annasi AAalamukthin wanazzalnahu tanzeela

We have divided up the Qur’an, so you can recite it to mankind at intervals, and We have sent it down little by little.

قُلْ اٰمِنُوا بِه۪ٓ اَوْ لَا تُؤْمِنُواۜ اِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ اُو۫تُوا الْعِلْمَ مِنْ قَبْلِه۪ٓ اِذَا يُتْلٰى عَلَيْهِمْ يَخِرُّونَ لِلْاَذْقَانِ سُجَّداًۙ

Qul aminoo bihi aw latu/minoo inna allatheena ootoo alAAilma min qablihi ithayutla AAalayhim yakhirroona lil-athqanisujjada

Say: ‘Have iman in it or do not have iman in it. ’ Certainly, when it is recited to them, those who were given knowledge before it fall on their faces in prostration,

وَيَقُولُونَ سُبْحَانَ رَبِّنَٓا اِنْ كَانَ وَعْدُ رَبِّنَا لَمَفْعُولاً

Wayaqooloona subhana rabbinain kana waAAdu rabbina lamafAAoola

saying, ‘Glory be to our Lord! The promise of our Lord is truly fulfilled!’ Weeping,

وَيَخِرُّونَ لِلْاَذْقَانِ يَبْكُونَ وَيَز۪يدُهُمْ خُشُوعاً

Wayakhirroona lil-athqaniyabkoona wayazeeduhum khushooAAa

they fall to the ground in prostration, and it increases them in humility.

قُلِ ادْعُوا اللّٰهَ اَوِ ادْعُوا الرَّحْمٰنَۜ اَياًّ مَا تَدْعُوا فَلَهُ الْاَسْمَٓاءُ الْحُسْنٰىۚ وَلَا تَجْهَرْ بِصَلَاتِكَ وَلَا تُخَافِتْ بِهَا وَابْتَغِ بَيْنَ ذٰلِكَ سَب۪يلاً

Quli odAAoo Allaha awi odAAoo arrahmanaayyan ma tadAAoo falahu al-asmao alhusnawala tajhar bisalatika wala tukhafitbiha wabtaghi bayna thalika sabeela

Say: ‘Call on Allah or call on the All-Merciful, whichever you call upon, the Most Beautiful Names are His. ’ Do not be too loud in your salat or too quiet in it, but try to find a way between the two.

وَقُلِ الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ الَّذ۪ي لَمْ يَتَّخِذْ وَلَداً وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ شَر۪يكٌ فِي الْمُلْكِ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ وَلِيٌّ مِنَ الذُّلِّ وَكَبِّرْهُ تَكْب۪يراً

Waquli alhamdu lillahi allatheelam yattakhith waladan walam yakun lahu shareekun feealmulki walam yakun lahu waliyyun mina aththulliwakabbirhu takbeera

And say: ‘Praise be to Allah Who has had no son and Who has no partner in His Kingdom and Who needs no one to protect Him from abasement. ’ And proclaim His Greatness repeatedly!