18. Surah Al-Kahf The Cave

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّح۪يمِ

Bismi Allahi arrahmani arraheem

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

اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ الَّـذ۪ٓي اَنْزَلَ عَلٰى عَبْدِهِ الْـكِتَابَ وَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ لَهُ عِـوَجا۔ًۜ

Alhamdu lillahi allatheeanzala AAala AAabdihi alkitaba walam yajAAal lahuAAiwaja

Praise belongs to Allah Who has sent down the Book to His slave and has put no crookedness in it.

قَيِّماً لِيُنْذِرَ بَأْساً شَد۪يداً مِنْ لَدُنْـهُ وَيُبَشِّرَ الْمُؤْمِن۪ينَ الَّذ۪ينَ يَعْمَلُونَ الصَّالِحَاتِ اَنَّ لَهُمْ اَجْراً حَسَناًۙ

Qayyiman liyunthira ba/san shadeedanmin ladunhu wayubashshira almu/mineena allatheenayaAAmaloona assalihati anna lahum ajran hasana

It is straight, to warn of violent force direct from Him, and to give the good news to the muminun, those who do right actions, that for them there is an excellent reward,

مَاكِث۪ينَ ف۪يهِ اَبَداًۙ

Makitheena feehi abada

a place in which they will remain for ever,

وَيُنْذِرَ الَّذ۪ينَ قَالُوا اتَّخَذَ اللّٰهُ وَلَداًۗ

Wayunthira allatheena qalooittakhatha Allahu walada

and to warn those who say ‘Allah has a son. ’

مَا لَهُمْ بِه۪ مِنْ عِلْمٍ وَلَا لِاٰبَٓائِهِمْۜ كَبُرَتْ كَلِمَةً تَخْرُجُ مِنْ اَفْوَاهِهِمْۜ اِنْ يَقُولُونَ اِلَّا كَذِباً

Ma lahum bihi min AAilmin walali-aba-ihim kaburat kalimatan takhruju min afwahihimin yaqooloona illa kathiba

They have no knowledge of this, neither they nor their fathers. It is a monstrous utterance which has issued from their mouths. What they say is nothing but a lie.

فَلَعَلَّكَ بَاخِـعٌ نَفْسَكَ عَلٰٓى اٰثَارِهِمْ اِنْ لَمْ يُؤْمِنُوا بِهٰذَا الْحَد۪يثِ اَسَفاً

FalaAAallaka bakhiAAun nafsaka AAalaatharihim in lam yu/minoo bihatha alhadeethiasafa

Perhaps you may destroy yourself with grief, chasing after them, if they do not have iman in these words.

اِنَّا جَعَلْنَا مَا عَلَى الْاَرْضِ ز۪ينَةً لَهَا لِنَبْلُوَهُمْ اَيُّهُمْ اَحْسَنُ عَمَلاً

Inna jaAAalna ma AAalaal-ardi zeenatan laha linabluwahum ayyuhum ahsanuAAamala

We made everything on the earth adornment for it so that We could test them to see whose actions are the best.

وَاِنَّا لَجَاعِلُونَ مَا عَلَيْهَا صَع۪يداً جُرُزاًۜ

Wa-inna lajaAAiloona maAAalayha saAAeedan juruza

We will certainly make everything on it a barren wasteland.

اَمْ حَسِبْتَ اَنَّ اَصْحَابَ الْكَهْفِ وَالرَّق۪يمِ كَانُوا مِنْ اٰيَاتِنَا عَجَباً

Am hasibta anna as-habaalkahfi warraqeemi kanoo min ayatinaAAajaba

Do you consider that the Companions of the Cave and Ar-Raqim were one of the most remarkable of Our Signs?

اِذْ اَوَى الْفِتْيَةُ اِلَى الْكَهْفِ فَقَالُوا رَبَّنَٓا اٰتِنَا مِنْ لَدُنْكَ رَحْمَةً وَهَيِّئْ لَنَا مِنْ اَمْرِنَا رَشَداً

Ith awa alfityatu ilaalkahfi faqaloo rabbana atina minladunka rahmatan wahayyi/ lana min amrinarashada

When the young men took refuge in the cave and said, ‘Our Lord, give us mercy directly from You and open the way for us to right guidance in our situation. ’

فَضَرَبْنَا عَلٰٓى اٰذَانِهِمْ فِي الْكَهْفِ سِن۪ينَ عَدَداًۙ

Fadarabna AAala athanihimfee alkahfi sineena AAadada

So We sealed their ears with sleep in the cave for a number of years.

ثُمَّ بَعَثْنَاهُمْ لِنَعْلَمَ اَيُّ الْحِزْبَيْنِ اَحْصٰى لِمَا لَبِثُٓوا اَمَداً۟

Thumma baAAathnahum linaAAlama ayyualhizbayni ahsa lima labithoo amada

Then We woke them up again so that We might see which of the two groups would better calculate the time they had stayed there.

نَحْنُ نَقُصُّ عَلَيْكَ نَبَاَهُمْ بِالْحَقِّۜ اِنَّهُمْ فِتْيَةٌ اٰمَنُوا بِرَبِّهِمْ وَزِدْنَاهُمْ هُدًىۗ

Nahnu naqussu AAalaykanabaahum bilhaqqi innahum fityatun amanoobirabbihim wazidnahum huda

We will relate their story to you with truth. They were young men who had iman in their Lord and We increased them in guidance.

وَرَبَطْنَا عَلٰى قُلُوبِهِمْ اِذْ قَامُوا فَقَالُوا رَبُّنَا رَبُّ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِ لَنْ نَدْعُوَ۬ا مِنْ دُونِه۪ٓ اِلٰهاً لَقَدْ قُلْـنَٓا اِذاً شَطَطاً

Warabatna AAalaquloobihim ith qamoo faqaloo rabbunarabbu assamawati wal-ardilan nadAAuwa min doonihi ilahan laqad qulna ithanshatata

We fortified their hearts when they stood up and said, ‘Our Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth and We will not call on any god apart from Him. We would in that case have uttered an abomination.

هٰٓؤُ۬لَٓاءِ قَوْمُنَا اتَّخَذُوا مِنْ دُونِه۪ٓ اٰلِهَةًۜ لَوْلَا يَأْتُونَ عَلَيْهِمْ بِسُلْطَانٍ بَيِّنٍۜ فَمَنْ اَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ افْتَرٰى عَلَى اللّٰهِ كَذِباًۜ

Haola-i qawmuna ittakhathoomin doonihi alihatan lawla ya/toona AAalayhim bisultaninbayyinin faman athlamu mimmani iftara AAalaAllahi kathiba

These people of ours have taken gods apart from Him. Why do they not produce a clear authority concerning them? Who could do greater wrong than someone who invents a lie against Allah?

وَاِذِ اعْتَزَلْتُمُوهُمْ وَمَا يَعْبُدُونَ اِلَّا اللّٰهَ فَأْوُٓ۫ا اِلَى الْكَهْفِ يَنْشُرْ لَكُمْ رَبُّكُمْ مِنْ رَحْمَتِه۪ وَيُهَيِّئْ لَكُمْ مِنْ اَمْرِكُمْ مِرْفَقاً

Wa-ithi iAAtazaltumoohum wamayaAAbudoona illa Allaha fa/woo ila alkahfiyanshur lakum rabbukum min rahmatihi wayuhayyi/ lakum minamrikum mirfaqa

When you have separated yourselves from them and everything they worship except Allah, take refuge in the cave and your Lord will unfold His mercy to you and open the way to the best for you in your situation. ’

وَتَرَى الشَّمْسَ اِذَا طَلَعَتْ تَزَاوَرُ عَنْ كَهْفِهِمْ ذَاتَ الْيَم۪ينِ وَاِذَا غَرَبَتْ تَقْرِضُهُمْ ذَاتَ الشِّمَالِ وَهُمْ ف۪ي فَجْوَةٍ مِنْهُۜ ذٰلِكَ مِنْ اٰيَاتِ اللّٰهِۜ مَنْ يَهْدِ اللّٰهُ فَهُوَ الْمُهْتَدِۚ وَمَنْ يُضْلِلْ فَلَنْ تَجِدَ لَهُ وَلِياًّ مُرْشِداً۟

Watara ashshamsa itha talaAAattazawaru AAan kahfihim thata alyameeni wa-ithagharabat taqriduhum thata ashshimaliwahum fee fajwatin minhu thalika min ayatiAllahi man yahdi Allahu fahuwa almuhtadi waman yudlilfalan tajida lahu waliyyan murshida

You would have seen the sun, when it rose, inclining away from their cave towards the right, and, when it set, leaving them behind on the left, while they were lying in an open part of it. That was one of Allah’s Signs. Whoever Allah guides is truly guided. But if He misguides someone, you will find no protector for them to guide them rightly.

وَتَحْسَبُهُمْ اَيْقَاظاً وَهُمْ رُقُودٌۗ وَنُقَلِّبُهُمْ ذَاتَ الْيَم۪ينِ وَذَاتَ الشِّمَالِۗ وَكَلْبُهُمْ بَاسِطٌ ذِرَاعَيْهِ بِالْوَص۪يدِۜ لَوِ اطَّـلَعْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ لَوَلَّيْتَ مِنْهُمْ فِرَاراً وَلَمُلِئْتَ مِنْهُمْ رُعْباً

Watahsabuhum ayqathanwahum ruqoodun wanuqallibuhum thata alyameeni wathataashshimali wakalbuhum basitun thiraAAayhibilwaseedi lawi ittalaAAta AAalayhimlawallayta minhum firaran walamuli/ta minhum ruAAba

You would have supposed them to be awake whereas in fact they were asleep. We turned them to the right and to the left, and, at the entrance, their dog stretched out its paws. If you had looked down and seen them, you would have turned from them and run and have been filled with terror at the sight of them.

وَكَذٰلِكَ بَعَثْنَاهُمْ لِيَتَسَٓاءَلُوا بَيْنَهُمْۜ قَالَ قَٓائِلٌ مِنْهُمْ كَمْ لَبِثْتُمْۜ قَالُوا لَبِثْنَا يَوْماً اَوْ بَعْضَ يَوْمٍۜ قَالُوا رَبُّكُمْ اَعْلَمُ بِمَا لَبِثْتُمْ فَابْعَثُٓوا اَحَدَكُمْ بِوَرِقِكُمْ هٰذِه۪ٓ اِلَى الْمَد۪ينَةِ فَلْيَنْظُرْ اَيُّهَٓا اَزْكٰى طَعَاماً فَلْيَأْتِكُمْ بِرِزْقٍ مِنْهُ وَلْيَتَلَطَّفْ وَلَا يُشْعِرَنَّ بِكُمْ اَحَداً

Wakathalika baAAathnahumliyatasaaloo baynahum qala qa-ilun minhumkam labithtum qaloo labithna yawman aw baAAdayawmin qaloo rabbukum aAAlamu bima labithtum fabAAathooahadakum biwariqikum hathihi ila almadeenatifalyanthur ayyuha azka taAAamanfalya/tikum birizqin minhu walyatalattaf walayushAAiranna bikum ahada

That was the situation when we woke them up so they could question one another. One of them asked, ‘How long have you been here?’ They replied, ‘We have been here for a day or part of a day.’ They said, ‘Your Lord knows best how long you have been here. Send one of your number into the city with this silver you have, so he can see which food is purest and bring you some of it to eat. But he should go about with caution so that no one is aware of you,

اِنَّهُمْ اِنْ يَظْهَرُوا عَلَيْكُمْ يَرْجُمُوكُمْ اَوْ يُع۪يدُوكُمْ ف۪ي مِلَّتِهِمْ وَلَنْ تُفْلِحُٓوا اِذاً اَبَداً

Innahum in yathharoo AAalaykumyarjumookum aw yuAAeedookum fee millatihim walan tuflihooithan abada

for if they find out about you they will stone you or make you revert to their religion and then you will never have success. ’

وَكَذٰلِكَ اَعْثَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ لِيَعْلَمُٓوا اَنَّ وَعْدَ اللّٰهِ حَقٌّ وَاَنَّ السَّاعَةَ لَا رَيْبَ ف۪يهَاۚ اِذْ يَتَنَازَعُونَ بَيْنَهُمْ اَمْرَهُمْ فَقَالُوا ابْنُوا عَلَيْهِمْ بُنْيَاناًۜ رَبُّهُمْ اَعْلَمُ بِهِمْۜ قَالَ الَّذ۪ينَ غَلَبُوا عَلٰٓى اَمْرِهِمْ لَنَتَّخِذَنَّ عَلَيْهِمْ مَسْجِداً

Wakathalika aAAtharnaAAalayhim liyaAAlamoo anna waAAda Allahi haqqunwaanna asaAAata la rayba feeha ithyatanazaAAoona baynahum amrahum faqaloo ibnooAAalayhim bunyanan rabbuhum aAAlamu bihim qala allatheenaghalaboo AAala amrihim lanattakhithanna AAalayhimmasjida

Accordingly We made them chance upon them unexpectedly so they might know that Allah’s promise is true and that there is no doubt about the Hour. When they were arguing among themselves about the matter, they said, ‘Wall up their cave, their Lord knows best about them.’ But those who got the better of the argument concerning them said, ‘We will build a place of worship over them.’

سَيَقُولُونَ ثَلٰثَةٌ رَابِعُهُمْ كَلْبُهُمْۚ وَيَقُولُونَ خَمْسَةٌ سَادِسُهُمْ كَلْبُهُمْ رَجْماً بِالْغَيْبِۚ وَيَقُولُونَ سَبْعَةٌ وَثَامِنُهُمْ كَلْبُهُمْۜ قُلْ رَبّ۪ٓي اَعْلَمُ بِعِدَّتِهِمْ مَا يَعْلَمُهُمْ اِلَّا قَل۪يلٌ۠ فَلَا تُمَارِ ف۪يهِمْ اِلَّا مِرَٓاءً ظَاهِراًۖ وَلَا تَسْتَفْتِ ف۪يهِمْ مِنْهُمْ اَحَداً۟

Sayaqooloona thalathatun rabiAAuhumkalbuhum wayaqooloona khamsatun sadisuhum kalbuhum rajmanbilghaybi wayaqooloona sabAAatun wathaminuhumkalbuhum qul rabbee aAAlamu biAAiddatihim ma yaAAlamuhumilla qaleelun fala tumari feehim illamiraan thahiran wala tastaftifeehim minhum ahada

They will say, ‘There were three of them, their dog being the fourth. ’ They will say, ‘There were five of them, their dog being the sixth,’ guessing at the Unseen. And they will say, ‘There were seven of them, their dog being the eighth.’ Say: ‘My Lord knows best their number. Those who know about them are very few.’ So do not enter into any argument concerning them, except in relation to what is clearly known. And do not seek the opinion of any of them regarding them.

وَلَا تَقُولَنَّ لِشَايْءٍ اِنّ۪ي فَاعِلٌ ذٰلِكَ غَداًۙ

Wala taqoolanna lishay-in innee faAAilunthalika ghada

Never say about anything, ‘I will do that tomorrow,’ -

اِلَّٓا اَنْ يَشَٓاءَ اللّٰهُۘ وَاذْكُرْ رَبَّكَ اِذَا نَس۪يتَ وَقُلْ عَسٰٓى اَنْ يَهْدِيَنِ رَبّ۪ي لِاَقْرَبَ مِنْ هٰذَا رَشَداً

Illa an yashaa Allahuwathkur rabbaka itha naseeta waqul AAasaan yahdiyani rabbee li-aqraba min hatha rashada

Without adding ‘If Allah wills. ’ Remember your Lord when you forget, and say, ‘Hopefully my Lord will guide me to something closer to right guidance than this.’

وَلَبِثُوا ف۪ي كَـهْفِهِمْ ثَلٰثَ مِائَةٍ سِن۪ينَ وَازْدَادُوا تِسْعاً

Walabithoo fee kahfihim thalathami-atin sineena wazdadoo tisAAa

They stayed in their Cave for three hundred years and added nine.

قُلِ اللّٰهُ اَعْلَمُ بِمَا لَبِثُواۚ لَهُ غَيْبُ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِۜ اَبْصِرْ بِه۪ وَاَسْمِـعْۜ مَا لَهُمْ مِنْ دُونِه۪ مِنْ وَلِيٍّۘ وَلَا يُشْرِكُ ف۪ي حُكْمِه۪ٓ اَحَداً

Quli Allahu aAAlamu bimalabithoo lahu ghaybu assamawati wal-ardiabsir bihi waasmiAA ma lahum min doonihi minwaliyyin wala yushriku fee hukmihi ahada

Say: ‘Allah knows best how long they stayed. The Unseen of the heavens and the earth belongs to Him. How perfectly He sees, how well He hears! They have no protector apart from Him. Nor does He share His rule with anyone.’

وَاتْلُ مَٓا اُو۫حِيَ اِلَيْكَ مِنْ كِتَابِ رَبِّكَۚ لَا مُبَدِّلَ لِكَلِمَاتِه۪ وَلَنْ تَجِدَ مِنْ دُونِه۪ مُلْتَحَداً

Watlu ma oohiya ilaykamin kitabi rabbika la mubaddila likalimatihiwalan tajida min doonihi multahada

Recite what has been revealed to you of your Lord’s Book. No one can change His Words. You will never find any safe haven apart from Him.

وَاصْبِرْ نَفْسَكَ مَعَ الَّذ۪ينَ يَدْعُونَ رَبَّهُمْ بِالْغَدٰوةِ وَالْعَشِيِّ يُر۪يدُونَ وَجْهَهُ وَلَا تَعْدُ عَيْنَاكَ عَنْهُمْۚ تُر۪يدُ ز۪ينَةَ الْحَيٰوةِ الدُّنْيَا وَلَا تُطِـعْ مَنْ اَغْفَلْنَا قَلْبَهُ عَنْ ذِكْرِنَا وَاتَّبَعَ هَوٰيهُ وَكَانَ اَمْرُهُ فُرُطاً

Wasbir nafsaka maAAa allatheenayadAAoona rabbahum bilghadati walAAashiyyiyureedoona wajhahu wala taAAdu AAaynaka AAanhumtureedu zeenata alhayati addunya walatutiAA man aghfalna qalbahu AAan thikrinawattabaAAa hawahu wakana amruhu furuta

Restrain yourself patiently with those who call on their Lord morning and evening, desiring His face. Do not turn your eyes from them, desiring the attractions of this world. And do not obey someone whose heart We have made neglectful of Our remembrance and who follows his own whims and desires and whose life has transgressed all bounds.

وَقُلِ الْحَقُّ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ فَمَنْ شَٓاءَ فَلْيُؤْمِنْ وَمَنْ شَٓاءَ فَلْيَكْفُرْۙ اِنَّٓا اَعْتَدْنَا لِلظَّالِم۪ينَ نَاراًۙ اَحَاطَ بِهِمْ سُرَادِقُهَاۜ وَاِنْ يَسْتَغ۪يثُوا يُغَاثُوا بِمَٓاءٍ كَالْمُهْلِ يَشْوِي الْوُجُوهَۜ بِئْسَ الشَّرَابُۜ وَسَٓاءَتْ مُرْتَفَقاً

Waquli alhaqqu min rabbikum faman shaafalyu/min waman shaa falyakfur inna aAAtadnaliththalimeena naran ahatabihim suradiquha wa-in yastagheethoo yughathoobima-in kalmuhli yashwee alwujooha bi/sa ashsharabuwasaat murtafaqa

Say: ‘It is the truth from your Lord; so let whoever wishes have iman and whoever wishes be kafir. ’ We have prepared for the wrongdoers a Fire whose billowing walls of smoke will hem them in. If they call for help, they will be helped with water like seething molten brass, frying their faces. What a noxious drink! What an evil repose!

اِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ اِنَّا لَا نُض۪يعُ اَجْرَ مَنْ اَحْسَنَ عَمَلاًۚ

Inna allatheena amanoowaAAamiloo assalihati inna lanudeeAAu ajra man ahsana AAamala

But as for those who have iman and do right actions, We will not let the wage of good-doers go to waste.

اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ جَنَّاتُ عَدْنٍ تَجْر۪ي مِنْ تَحْتِهِمُ الْاَنْهَارُ يُحَلَّوْنَ ف۪يهَا مِنْ اَسَاوِرَ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ وَيَلْبَسُونَ ثِيَاباً خُضْراً مِنْ سُنْدُسٍ وَاِسْتَبْرَقٍ مُتَّكِـ۪ٔينَ ف۪يهَا عَلَى الْاَرَٓائِكِۜ نِعْمَ الثَّوَابُۜ وَحَسُنَتْ مُرْتَفَقاً۟

Ola-ika lahum jannatu AAadnintajree min tahtihimu al-anharu yuhallawnafeeha min asawira min thahabin waylbasoonathiyaban khudran min sundusin wa-istabraqinmuttaki-eena feeha AAala al-ara-iki niAAma aththawabuwahasunat murtafaqa

They will have Gardens of Eden with rivers flowing under them. They will be adorned in them with bracelets made of gold and wear green garments made of the finest silk and rich brocade, reclining there on couches under canopies. What an excellent reward! What a wonderful repose!

وَاضْرِبْ لَهُمْ مَثَلاً رَجُلَيْنِ جَعَلْنَا لِاَحَدِهِمَا جَنَّتَيْنِ مِنْ اَعْنَابٍ وَحَفَفْنَاهُمَا بِنَخْلٍ وَجَعَلْنَا بَيْنَهُمَا زَرْعاًۜ

Wadrib lahum mathalanrajulayni jaAAalna li-ahadihima jannataynimin aAAnabin wahafafnahuma binakhlinwajaAAalna baynahuma zarAAa

Make an example for them of two men. To one of them We gave two gardens of grape-vines and surrounded them with date-palms, putting between them some cultivated land.

كِلْتَا الْجَنَّتَيْنِ اٰتَتْ اُكُلَهَا وَلَمْ تَظْلِمْ مِنْهُ شَيْـٔاًۙ وَفَجَّرْنَا خِلَالَهُمَا نَهَراًۙ

Kilta aljannatayni atat okulahawalam tathlim minhu shay-an wafajjarna khilalahumanahara

Both gardens yielded their crops and did not suffer any loss, and We made a river flow right through the middle of them.

وَكَانَ لَهُ ثَمَرٌۚ فَقَالَ لِصَاحِبِه۪ وَهُوَ يُحَاوِرُهُٓ اَنَا۬ اَكْثَرُ مِنْكَ مَالاً وَاَعَزُّ نَفَراً

Wakana lahu thamarun faqala lisahibihiwahuwa yuhawiruhu ana aktharu minka malanwaaAAazzu nafara

He was a man of wealth and property and he said to his companion, debating with him, ‘I have more wealth than you and more people under me. ’

وَدَخَلَ جَنَّتَهُ وَهُوَ ظَالِمٌ لِنَفْسِه۪ۚ قَالَ مَٓا اَظُنُّ اَنْ تَب۪يدَ هٰذِه۪ٓ اَبَداًۙ

Wadakhala jannatahu wahuwa thalimunlinafsihi qala ma athunnu an tabeedahathihi abada

He entered his garden and wronged himself by saying, ‘I do not think that this will ever end.

وَمَٓا اَظُنُّ السَّاعَةَ قَٓائِمَةًۙ وَلَئِنْ رُدِدْتُ اِلٰى رَبّ۪ي لَاَجِدَنَّ خَيْراً مِنْهَا مُنْقَلَباً

Wama athunnu assaAAataqa-imatan wala-in rudidtu ila rabbee laajidannakhayran minha munqalaba

I do not think the Hour will ever come. But if I should be sent back to my Lord, I will definitely get something better in return.’

قَالَ لَهُ صَاحِبُهُ وَهُوَ يُحَاوِرُهُٓ اَكَفَرْتَ بِالَّذ۪ي خَلَقَكَ مِنْ تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ مِنْ نُطْفَةٍ ثُمَّ سَوّٰيكَ رَجُلاًۜ

Qala lahu sahibuhu wahuwa yuhawiruhuakafarta billathee khalaqaka min turabinthumma min nutfatin thumma sawwaka rajula

His companion, with whom he was debating, said to him, ‘Do you then disbelieve in Him who created you from dust, then from a drop of sperm, and then formed you as a man?

لٰكِنَّا۬ هُوَ اللّٰهُ رَبّ۪ي وَلَٓا اُشْرِكُ بِرَبّ۪ٓي اَحَداً

Lakinna huwa Allahu rabbee walaoshriku birabbee ahada

He is, however, Allah, my Lord, and I will not associate anyone with my Lord.

وَلَوْلَٓا اِذْ دَخَلْتَ جَنَّتَكَ قُلْتَ مَا شَٓاءَ اللّٰهُۙ لَا قُوَّةَ اِلَّا بِاللّٰهِۚ اِنْ تَرَنِ اَنَا۬ اَقَلَّ مِنْكَ مَالاً وَوَلَداًۚ

Walawla ith dakhalta jannatakaqulta ma shaa Allahu la quwwata illabillahi in tarani ana aqalla minka malanwawalada

Why, when you entered your garden, did you not say, "It is as Allah wills, there is no strength but in Allah"? Though you see me with less wealth and children than you possess,

فَعَسٰى رَبّ۪ٓي اَنْ يُؤْتِيَنِ خَيْراً مِنْ جَنَّتِكَ وَيُرْسِلَ عَلَيْهَا حُسْبَاناً مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ فَتُصْبِحَ صَع۪يداً زَلَقاًۙ

FaAAasa rabbee an yu/tiyani khayranmin jannatika wayursila AAalayha husbananmina assama-i fatusbiha saAAeedanzalaqa

it may well be that my Lord will give me something better than your garden and send down on it a fireball from the sky so that morning finds it a shifting heap of dust,

اَوْ يُصْبِحَ مَٓاؤُ۬هَا غَوْراً فَلَنْ تَسْتَط۪يعَ لَهُ طَلَباً

Aw yusbiha maohaghawran falan tastateeAAa lahu talaba

or morning finds its water drained into the earth so that you cannot get at it. ’

وَاُح۪يطَ بِثَمَرِه۪ فَاَصْبَحَ يُقَلِّبُ كَفَّيْهِ عَلٰى مَٓا اَنْفَقَ ف۪يهَا وَهِيَ خَاوِيَةٌ عَلٰى عُرُوشِهَا وَيَقُولُ يَا لَيْتَن۪ي لَمْ اُشْرِكْ بِرَبّ۪ٓي اَحَداً

Waoheeta bithamarihi faasbahayuqallibu kaffayhi AAala ma anfaqa feehawahiya khawiyatun AAala AAurooshihawayaqoolu ya laytanee lam oshrik birabbee ahada

The fruits of his labour were completely destroyed and he woke up wringing his hands in grief, rueing everything that he had spent on it. It was a ruin with all its trellises fallen in. He said, ‘Oh, if only I had not associated anyone with my Lord!’

وَلَمْ تَكُنْ لَهُ فِئَةٌ يَنْصُرُونَهُ مِنْ دُونِ اللّٰهِ وَمَا كَانَ مُنْتَصِراًۜ

Walam takun lahu fi-atun yansuroonahumin dooni Allahi wama kana muntasira

There was no group to come to his aid, besides Allah, and he was not given any help.

هُنَالِكَ الْوَلَايَةُ لِلّٰهِ الْحَقِّۜ هُوَ خَيْرٌ ثَوَاباً وَخَيْرٌ عُقْباً۟

Hunalika alwalayatu lillahialhaqqi huwa khayrun thawaban wakhayrun AAuqba

In that situation the only protection is from Allah, the Real. He gives the best reward and the best outcome.

وَاضْرِبْ لَهُمْ مَثَلَ الْحَيٰوةِ الدُّنْيَا كَمَٓاءٍ اَنْزَلْنَاهُ مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ فَاخْتَلَطَ بِه۪ نَبَاتُ الْاَرْضِ فَاَصْبَحَ هَش۪يماً تَذْرُوهُ الرِّيَاحُۜ وَكَانَ اللّٰهُ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ مُقْتَدِراً

Wadrib lahum mathala alhayatiaddunya kama-in anzalnahu mina assama-ifakhtalata bihi nabatu al-ardi faasbahahasheeman tathroohu arriyahu wakanaAllahu AAala kulli shay-in muqtadira

Make a metaphor for them of the life of this world. It is like water which We send down from the sky and the plants of the earth combine with it but then become dry chaff scattered by the winds. Allah has absolute power over everything.

اَلْمَالُ وَالْبَنُونَ ز۪ينَةُ الْحَيٰوةِ الدُّنْيَاۚ وَالْبَاقِيَاتُ الصَّالِحَاتُ خَيْرٌ عِنْدَ رَبِّكَ ثَوَاباً وَخَيْرٌ اَمَلاً

Almalu walbanoona zeenatu alhayatiaddunya walbaqiyatu assalihatukhayrun AAinda rabbika thawaban wakhayrun amala

Wealth and sons are the embellishment of the life of this world. But, in your Lord’s sight, right actions which are lasting bring a better reward and are a better basis for hope.

وَيَوْمَ نُسَيِّرُ الْجِبَالَ وَتَرَى الْاَرْضَ بَارِزَةًۙ وَحَشَرْنَاهُمْ فَلَمْ نُغَادِرْ مِنْهُمْ اَحَداًۚ

Wayawma nusayyiru aljibala wataraal-arda barizatan wahasharnahum falamnughadir minhum ahada

On the Day We make the mountains move and you see the earth laid bare and We gather them together, not leaving out a single one of them,

وَعُرِضُوا عَلٰى رَبِّكَ صَفاًّۜ لَقَدْ جِئْتُمُونَا كَمَا خَلَقْنَاكُمْ اَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍۘ بَلْ زَعَمْتُمْ اَلَّنْ نَجْعَلَ لَكُمْ مَوْعِداً

WaAAuridoo AAala rabbika saffanlaqad ji/tumoona kama khalaqnakum awwalamarratin bal zaAAamtum allan najAAala lakum mawAAida

they will be paraded before your Lord in ranks: ‘You have come to Us just as We created you at first. Yes indeed! Even though you claimed that We would not fix a time with you.’

وَوُضِعَ الْكِتَابُ فَتَرَى الْمُجْرِم۪ينَ مُشْفِق۪ينَ مِمَّا ف۪يهِ وَيَقُولُونَ يَا وَيْلَتَنَا مَالِ هٰذَا الْكِتَابِ لَا يُغَادِرُ صَغ۪يرَةً وَلَا كَب۪يرَةً اِلَّٓا اَحْصٰيهَاۚ وَوَجَدُوا مَا عَمِلُوا حَاضِراًۜ وَلَا يَظْلِمُ رَبُّكَ اَحَداً۟

WawudiAAa alkitabu fataraalmujrimeena mushfiqeena mimma feehi wayaqooloona yawaylatana ma lihatha alkitabi layughadiru sagheeratan wala kabeeratan illaahsaha wawajadoo ma AAamiloo hadiranwala yathlimu rabbuka ahada

The Book will be set in place and you will see the evildoers fearful of what is in it. They will say, ‘Alas for us! What is this Book which does not pass over any action, small or great, without recording it?’ They will find there everything they did and your Lord will not wrong anyone at all.

وَاِذْ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلٰٓئِكَةِ اسْجُدُوا لِاٰدَمَ فَسَجَدُٓوا اِلَّٓا اِبْل۪يسَۜ كَانَ مِنَ الْجِنِّ فَفَسَقَ عَنْ اَمْرِ رَبِّه۪ۜ اَفَتَتَّخِذُونَهُ وَذُرِّيَّتَهُٓ اَوْلِيَٓاءَ مِنْ دُون۪ي وَهُمْ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّۜ بِئْسَ لِلظَّالِم۪ينَ بَدَلاً

Wa-ith qulna lilmala-ikatiosjudoo li-adama fasajadoo illa ibleesa kanamina aljinni fafasaqa AAan amri rabbihi afatattakhithoonahuwathurriyyatahu awliyaa min doonee wahum lakumAAaduwwun bi/sa liththalimeena badala

When We said to the angels, ‘Prostrate yourselves to Adam,’ they prostrated with the exception of Iblis. He was one of the jinn and wantonly deviated from his Lord’s command. Do you take him and his offspring as protectors apart from Me when they are your enemy? How evil is the exchange the wrongdoers make!

مَٓا اَشْهَدْتُهُمْ خَلْقَ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِ وَلَا خَلْقَ اَنْفُسِهِمْۖ وَمَا كُنْتُ مُتَّخِذَ الْمُضِلّ۪ينَ عَضُداً

Ma ashhadtuhum khalqa assamawatiwal-ardi wala khalqa anfusihim wamakuntu muttakhitha almudilleena AAaduda

I did not make them witnesses of the creation of the heavens and the earth nor of their own creation. I would not take as assistants those who lead astray!

وَيَوْمَ يَقُولُ نَادُوا شُرَكَٓاءِيَ الَّذ۪ينَ زَعَمْتُمْ فَدَعَوْهُمْ فَلَمْ يَسْتَج۪يبُوا لَهُمْ وَجَعَلْنَا بَيْنَهُمْ مَوْبِقاً

Wayawma yaqoolu nadoo shuraka-iyaallatheena zaAAamtum fadaAAawhum falam yastajeeboo lahumwajaAAalna baynahum mawbiqa

On the Day He says, ‘Call My partner-gods, those for whom you made such claims,’ they will call on them but they will not respond to them. We will place between them an unbridgeable gulf.

وَرَاَ الْمُجْرِمُونَ النَّارَ فَظَنُّٓوا اَنَّهُمْ مُوَاقِعُوهَا وَلَمْ يَجِدُوا عَنْهَا مَصْرِفاً۟

Waraa almujrimoona annarafathannoo annahum muwaqiAAooha walamyajidoo AAanha masrifa

The evildoers will see the Fire and realise they are going to fall into it and find no way of escaping from it.

وَلَقَدْ صَرَّفْنَا ف۪ي هٰذَا الْقُرْاٰنِ لِلنَّاسِ مِنْ كُلِّ مَثَلٍۜ وَكَانَ الْاِنْسَانُ اَكْثَرَ شَيْءٍ جَدَلاً

Walaqad sarrafna fee hathaalqur-ani linnasi min kulli mathalin wakanaal-insanu akthara shay-in jadala

We have variegated throughout this Qur’an all kinds of examples for people, but, more than anything else, man is argumentative!

وَمَا مَنَعَ النَّاسَ اَنْ يُؤْمِنُٓوا اِذْ جَٓاءَهُمُ الْهُدٰى وَيَسْتَغْفِرُوا رَبَّهُمْ اِلَّٓا اَنْ تَأْتِيَهُمْ سُنَّةُ الْاَوَّل۪ينَ اَوْ يَأْتِيَهُمُ الْعَذَابُ قُبُلاً

Wama manaAAa annasa anyu/minoo ith jaahumu alhuda wayastaghfiroorabbahum illa an ta/tiyahum sunnatu al-awwaleena awya/tiyahumu alAAathabu qubula

When guidance came to the people nothing prevented them from having iman and asking for forgiveness from their Lord but the fact that the pattern of previous peoples did not happen to them or that the punishment did not appear before their eyes.

وَمَا نُرْسِلُ الْمُرْسَل۪ينَ اِلَّا مُبَشِّر۪ينَ وَمُنْذِر۪ينَۚ وَيُجَادِلُ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا بِالْبَاطِلِ لِيُدْحِضُوا بِهِ الْحَقَّ وَاتَّخَذُٓوا اٰيَات۪ي وَمَٓا اُنْذِرُوا هُزُواً

Wama nursilu almursaleena illamubashshireena wamunthireena wayujadilu allatheenakafaroo bilbatili liyudhidoo bihi alhaqqawattakhathoo ayatee wama onthiroohuzuwa

We only send the Messengers to bring good news and to give warning. Those who are kafir use fallacious arguments to deny the truth. They make a mockery of My Signs and also of the warning they were given.

وَمَنْ اَظْلَمُ مِمَّنْ ذُكِّرَ بِاٰيَاتِ رَبِّه۪ فَاَعْرَضَ عَنْهَا وَنَسِيَ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُۜ اِنَّا جَعَلْنَا عَلٰى قُلُوبِهِمْ اَكِنَّةً اَنْ يَفْقَهُوهُ وَف۪ٓي اٰذَانِهِمْ وَقْراًۜ وَاِنْ تَدْعُهُمْ اِلَى الْهُدٰى فَلَنْ يَهْتَدُٓوا اِذاً اَبَداً

Waman athlamu mimman thukkirabi-ayati rabbihi faaAArada AAanhawanasiya ma qaddamat yadahu inna jaAAalnaAAala quloobihim akinnatan an yafqahoohu wafee athanihimwaqran wa-in tadAAuhum ila alhuda falan yahtadoo ithanabada

Who could do greater wrong than someone who is reminded of the Signs of his Lord and then turns away from them, forgetting all that he has done before? We have placed covers on their hearts, preventing them from understanding it, and heaviness in their ears. Though you call them to guidance, they will nonetheless never be guided.

وَرَبُّكَ الْغَفُورُ ذُوالرَّحْمَةِۜ لَوْ يُؤَاخِذُهُمْ بِمَا كَسَبُوا لَعَجَّلَ لَهُمُ الْعَذَابَۜ بَلْ لَهُمْ مَوْعِدٌ لَنْ يَجِدُوا مِنْ دُونِه۪ مَوْئِلاً

Warabbuka alghafooru thoo arrahmatilaw yu-akhithuhum bima kasaboo laAAajjalalahumu alAAathaba bal lahum mawAAidun lan yajidoo mindoonihi maw-ila

Your Lord is the Ever-Forgiving, the Possessor of Mercy. If He had taken them to task for what they have earned, He would have hastened their punishment. Instead, they have a promised appointment and they will not find any refuge from it.

وَتِلْكَ الْقُرٰٓى اَهْلَكْنَاهُمْ لَمَّا ظَلَمُوا وَجَعَلْنَا لِمَهْلِكِهِمْ مَوْعِداً۟

Watilka alqura ahlaknahum lammathalamoo wajaAAalna limahlikihim mawAAida

Those cities: We destroyed them when they did wrong and fixed a promised time for their destruction.

وَاِذْ قَالَ مُوسٰى لِفَتٰيهُ لَٓا اَبْرَحُ حَتّٰٓى اَبْلُغَ مَجْمَعَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ اَوْ اَمْضِيَ حُقُباً

Wa-ith qala moosa lifatahula abrahu hatta ablugha majmaAAa albahrayniaw amdiya huquba

Remember when Musa said to his servant, ‘I will not give up until I reach the meeting-place of the two seas, even if I must press on for many years. ’

فَلَمَّا بَلَغَا مَجْمَعَ بَيْنِهِمَا نَسِيَا حُوتَهُمَا فَاتَّخَذَ سَب۪يلَهُ فِي الْبَحْرِ سَرَباً

Falamma balagha majmaAAabaynihima nasiya hootahuma fattakhathasabeelahu fee albahri saraba

But when they reached their meeting-place, they forgot their fish which quickly burrowed its way into the sea.

فَلَمَّا جَاوَزَا قَالَ لِفَتٰيهُ اٰتِنَا غَدَٓاءَنَاۘ لَقَدْ لَق۪ينَا مِنْ سَفَرِنَا هٰذَا نَصَباً

Falamma jawaza qalalifatahu atina ghadaana laqadlaqeena min safarina hatha nasaba

When they had gone a distance further on, he said to his servant, ‘Bring us our morning meal. Truly this journey of ours has made us tired.’

قَالَ اَرَاَيْتَ اِذْ اَوَيْنَٓا اِلَى الصَّخْرَةِ فَاِنّ۪ي نَس۪يتُ الْحُوتَۘ وَمَٓا اَنْسَان۪يهُ اِلَّا الشَّيْطَانُ اَنْ اَذْكُرَهُۚ وَاتَّخَذَ سَب۪يلَهُ فِي الْبَحْرِۗ عَجَباً

Qala araayta ith awaynaila assakhrati fa-innee naseetu alhootawama ansaneehu illa ashshaytanuan athkurahu wattakhatha sabeelahu fee albahriAAajaba

He said, ‘Do you see what has happened? When we went to find shelter at the rock, I forgot the fish. No one made me forget to remember it except Shaytan. It found its way into the sea in an amazing way.’

قَالَ ذٰلِكَ مَا كُنَّا نَبْغِۗ فَارْتَدَّا عَلٰٓى اٰثَارِهِمَا قَصَصاًۙ

Qala thalika ma kunnanabghi fartadda AAala atharihimaqasasa

He said, ‘That is the very thing that we were looking for!’ So, following their footsteps, they retraced their route.

فَوَجَدَا عَبْداً مِنْ عِبَادِنَٓا اٰتَيْنَاهُ رَحْمَةً مِنْ عِنْدِنَا وَعَلَّمْنَاهُ مِنْ لَدُنَّا عِلْماً

Fawajada AAabdan min AAibadinaataynahu rahmatan min AAindinawaAAallamnahu min ladunna AAilma

They found a slave of Ours whom We had granted mercy from Us and whom We had also given knowledge direct from Us.

قَالَ لَهُ مُوسٰى هَلْ اَتَّبِعُكَ عَلٰٓى اَنْ تُعَلِّمَنِ مِمَّا عُلِّمْتَ رُشْداً

Qala lahu moosa halattabiAAuka AAala an tuAAallimani mimma AAullimtarushda

Musa said to him, ‘May I follow you on condition that you teach me some of the right guidance you have been taught?’

قَالَ اِنَّكَ لَنْ تَسْتَط۪يعَ مَعِيَ صَبْراً

Qala innaka lan tastateeAAamaAAiya sabra

He said, ‘You will not be able to bear with me.

وَكَيْفَ تَصْبِرُ عَلٰى مَا لَمْ تُحِطْ بِه۪ خُبْراً

Wakayfa tasbiru AAala malam tuhit bihi khubra

How indeed could you bear with patience something you have not encompassed in your knowledge?’

قَالَ سَتَجِدُن۪ٓي اِنْ شَٓاءَ اللّٰهُ صَابِراً وَلَٓا اَعْص۪ي لَكَ اَمْراً

Qala satajidunee in shaa Allahusabiran wala aAAsee laka amra

Musa said, ‘You will find me patient, if Allah wills, and I will not disobey you in any matter. ’

قَالَ فَاِنِ اتَّبَعْتَن۪ي فَلَا تَسْـَٔلْن۪ي عَنْ شَيْءٍ حَتّٰٓى اُحْدِثَ لَكَ مِنْهُ ذِكْراً۟

Qala fa-ini ittabaAAtanee falatas-alnee AAan shay-in hatta ohditha lakaminhu thikra

He said, ‘Then if you follow me, do not question me about anything until I myself make mention of it to you. ’

فَانْطَلَقَا۠ حَتّٰٓى اِذَا رَكِبَا فِي السَّف۪ينَةِ خَرَقَهَاۜ قَالَ اَخَرَقْتَهَا لِتُغْرِقَ اَهْلَهَاۚ لَقَدْ جِئْتَ شَيْـٔاً اِمْراً

Fantalaqa hattaitha rakiba fee assafeenati kharaqahaqala akharaqtaha litughriqa ahlaha laqadji/ta shay-an imra

They continued until they boarded a boat and he scuppered it. Then Musa said, ‘Did you scupper it so that its owners would be drowned? This is truly a dreadful thing that you have done!’

قَالَ اَلَمْ اَقُلْ اِنَّكَ لَنْ تَسْتَط۪يعَ مَعِيَ صَبْراً

Qala alam aqul innaka lan tastateeAAamaAAiya sabra

He said, ‘Did I not say that you would not be able to bear with me?’

قَالَ لَا تُؤَاخِذْن۪ي بِمَا نَس۪يتُ وَلَا تُرْهِقْن۪ي مِنْ اَمْر۪ي عُسْراً

Qala la tu-akhithneebima naseetu wala turhiqnee min amree AAusra

Musa said, ‘Do not take me to task because I forgot. Do not demand of me something which is too difficult.’

فَانْطَلَقَا۠ حَتّٰٓى اِذَا لَقِيَا غُلَاماً فَقَتَلَهُۙ قَالَ اَقَتَلْتَ نَفْساً زَكِيَّةً بِغَيْرِ نَفْسٍۜ لَقَدْ جِئْتَ شَيْـٔاً نُكْراً

Fantalaqa hattaitha laqiya ghulaman faqatalahu qalaaqatalta nafsan zakiyyatan bighayri nafsin laqad ji/ta shay-annukra

So they went on until they met a youngster whom he killed. Musa said, ‘Have you killed a boy who has done no wrong, without it being in retaliation for someone else? This is truly an appalling thing that you have done!’

قَالَ اَلَمْ اَقُلْ لَكَ اِنَّكَ لَنْ تَسْتَط۪يعَ مَعِيَ صَبْراً

Qala alam aqul laka innaka lan tastateeAAamaAAiya sabra

He said, ‘Did I not tell you that you would not be able to bear with me?’

قَالَ اِنْ سَاَلْتُكَ عَنْ شَيْءٍ بَعْدَهَا فَلَا تُصَاحِبْن۪يۚ قَدْ بَلَغْتَ مِنْ لَدُنّ۪ي عُذْراً

Qala in saaltuka AAan shay-in baAAdahafala tusahibnee qad balaghta min ladunnee AAuthra

Musa said, ‘If I ask you about anything after this, then you should no longer keep me company. I will have given you excuse enough.’

فَانْطَلَقَا۠ حَتّٰٓى اِذَٓا اَتَيَٓا اَهْلَ قَرْيَةٍۨ اسْتَطْعَمَٓا اَهْلَهَا فَاَبَوْا اَنْ يُضَيِّفُوهُمَا فَوَجَدَا ف۪يهَا جِدَاراً يُر۪يدُ اَنْ يَنْقَضَّ فَاَقَامَهُۜ قَالَ لَوْ شِئْتَ لَتَّخَذْتَ عَلَيْهِ اَجْراً

Fantalaqa hattaitha ataya ahla qaryatin istatAAamaahlaha faabaw an yudayyifoohuma fawajadafeeha jidaran yureedu an yanqadda faaqamahuqala law shi/ta lattakhathta AAalayhi ajra

So they went on until they reached the inhabitants of a town. They asked them for food but they refused them hospitality. They found there a wall about to fall down and he built it up. Musa said, ‘If you had wanted, you could have taken a wage for doing that.’

قَالَ هٰذَا فِرَاقُ بَيْن۪ي وَبَيْنِكَۚ سَاُنَبِّئُكَ بِتَأْو۪يلِ مَا لَمْ تَسْتَطِـعْ عَلَيْهِ صَبْراً

Qala hatha firaqubaynee wabaynika saonabbi-oka bita/weeli ma lam tastatiAAAAalayhi sabra

He said, ‘This is where you and I part company. I will let you know the explanation of those things about which you were not able to restrain yourself.

اَمَّا السَّف۪ينَةُ فَكَانَتْ لِمَسَاك۪ينَ يَعْمَلُونَ فِي الْبَحْرِ فَاَرَدْتُ اَنْ اَع۪يبَهَا وَكَانَ وَرَٓاءَهُمْ مَلِكٌ يَأْخُذُ كُلَّ سَف۪ينَةٍ غَصْباً

Amma assafeenatu fakanatlimasakeena yaAAmaloona fee albahri faaradtu anaAAeebaha wakana waraahum malikun ya/khuthukulla safeenatin ghasba

As for the boat, it belonged to some poor people who worked on the sea. I wanted to damage it because a king was coming behind them, commandeering every boat.

وَاَمَّا الْغُلَامُ فَكَانَ اَبَوَاهُ مُؤْمِنَيْنِ فَخَش۪ينَٓا اَنْ يُرْهِقَهُمَا طُغْيَاناً وَكُفْراًۚ

Waamma alghulamu fakanaabawahu mu/minayni fakhasheena an yurhiqahumatughyanan wakufra

As for the boy, his parents were muminun and we feared that he would darken their days with excessive insolence and kufr.

فَاَرَدْنَٓا اَنْ يُبْدِلَهُمَا رَبُّهُمَا خَيْراً مِنْهُ زَكٰوةً وَاَقْرَبَ رُحْماً

Faaradna an yubdilahumarabbuhuma khayran minhu zakatan waaqraba ruhma

We wanted their Lord to give them in exchange a purer son than him, one more compassionate.

وَاَمَّا الْجِدَارُ فَكَانَ لِغُلَامَيْنِ يَت۪يمَيْنِ فِي الْمَد۪ينَةِ وَكَانَ تَحْتَهُ كَنْزٌ لَهُمَا وَكَانَ اَبُوهُمَا صَالِحاًۚ فَاَرَادَ رَبُّكَ اَنْ يَبْلُغَٓا اَشُدَّهُمَا وَيَسْتَخْرِجَا كَنْزَهُمَاۗ رَحْمَةً مِنْ رَبِّكَۚ وَمَا فَعَلْتُهُ عَنْ اَمْر۪يۜ ذٰلِكَ تَأْو۪يلُ مَا لَمْ تَسْطِـعْ عَلَيْهِ صَبْراًۜ۟

Waamma aljidaru fakanalighulamayni yateemayni fee almadeenati wakana tahtahukanzun lahuma wakana aboohuma salihanfaarada rabbuka an yablugha ashuddahumawayastakhrija kanzahuma rahmatan min rabbikawama faAAaltuhu AAan amree thalika ta/weelu malam tastiAA AAalayhi sabra

As for the wall, it belonged to two young orphans in the town and there was a treasure underneath it, belonging to them. Their father was one of the righteous and your Lord wanted them to come of age and then to unearth their treasure as a mercy from your Lord. I did not do it of my own volition. That is the explanation of the things about which you were not able to restrain yourself.’

وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنْ ذِي الْقَرْنَيْنِۜ قُلْ سَاَتْلُوا عَلَيْكُمْ مِنْهُ ذِكْراًۜ

Wayas-aloonaka AAan thee alqarnayniqul saatloo AAalaykum minhu thikra

They will ask you about Dhu’l-Qarnayn. Say: ‘I will tell you something about him.’

اِنَّا مَكَّنَّا لَهُ فِي الْاَرْضِ وَاٰتَيْنَاهُ مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ سَبَباًۙ

Inna makkanna lahu fee al-ardiwaataynahu min kulli shay-in sababa

We gave him power and authority on the earth and granted him a way to everything.

فَاَتْبَعَ سَبَباً

FaatbaAAa sababa

So he followed a way

حَتّٰٓى اِذَا بَلَغَ مَغْرِبَ الشَّمْسِ وَجَدَهَا تَغْرُبُ ف۪ي عَيْنٍ حَمِئَةٍ وَوَجَدَ عِنْدَهَا قَوْماًۜ قُلْنَا يَا ذَا الْقَرْنَيْنِ اِمَّٓا اَنْ تُعَذِّبَ وَاِمَّٓا اَنْ تَتَّخِذَ ف۪يهِمْ حُسْناً

Hatta itha balaghamaghriba ashshamsi wajadaha taghrubu fee AAaynin hami-atinwawajada AAindaha qawman qulna ya thaalqarnayni imma an tuAAaththiba wa-imma antattakhitha feehim husna

until he reached the setting of the sun and found it setting in a muddy spring and found a people by it. We said, ‘Dhu’l-Qarnayn! You can either punish them or else you can treat them with gentleness.’

قَالَ اَمَّا مَنْ ظَلَمَ فَسَوْفَ نُعَذِّبُهُ ثُمَّ يُرَدُّ اِلٰى رَبِّه۪ فَيُعَذِّبُهُ عَذَاباً نُكْراً

Qala amma man thalamafasawfa nuAAaththibuhu thumma yuraddu ila rabbihifayuAAaththibuhu AAathaban nukra

He said, ‘As for those who do wrong, we will punish them and then they will be returned to their Lord and He will punish them with a dreadful punishment.

وَاَمَّا مَنْ اٰمَنَ وَعَمِلَ صَالِحاً فَلَهُ جَزَٓاءًۨ الْحُسْنٰىۚ وَسَنَقُولُ لَهُ مِنْ اَمْرِنَا يُسْراًۜ

Waamma man amana waAAamila salihanfalahu jazaan alhusna wasanaqoolu lahu minamrina yusra

But as for him who has iman and acts rightly, he will receive the best of rewards and we will issue a command, making things easy for him. ’

ثُمَّ اَتْـبَعَ سَبَباً

Thumma atbaAAa sababa

Then he followed a way

حَتّٰٓى اِذَا بَلَغَ مَطْلِعَ الشَّمْسِ وَجَدَهَا تَطْلُعُ عَلٰى قَوْمٍ لَمْ نَجْعَلْ لَهُمْ مِنْ دُونِهَا سِتْراًۙ

Hatta itha balagha matliAAaashshamsi wajadaha tatluAAu AAalaqawmin lam najAAal lahum min dooniha sitra

until he reached the rising of the sun and found it rising on a people to whom We had not given any shelter from it.

كَذٰلِكَۜ وَقَدْ اَحَطْنَا بِمَا لَدَيْهِ خُبْراً

Kathalika waqad ahatnabima ladayhi khubra

Our knowledge encompasses all that happened to him.

ثُمَّ اَتْبَعَ سَبَباً

Thumma atbaAAa sababa

Then he followed a path

حَتّٰٓى اِذَا بَلَغَ بَيْنَ السَّدَّيْنِ وَجَدَ مِنْ دُونِهِمَا قَوْماًۙ لَا يَكَادُونَ يَفْقَهُونَ قَوْلاً

Hatta itha balaghabayna assaddayni wajada min doonihima qawman layakadoona yafqahoona qawla

until he arrived between the two mountains where he found a people scarcely able to understand speech.

قَالُوا يَا ذَا الْقَرْنَيْنِ اِنَّ يَأْجُوجَ وَمَأْجُوجَ مُفْسِدُونَ فِي الْاَرْضِ فَهَلْ نَجْعَلُ لَكَ خَرْجاً عَلٰٓى اَنْ تَجْعَلَ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَهُمْ سَداًّ

Qaloo ya tha alqarnayniinna ya/jooja wama/jooja mufsidoona fee al-ardi fahalnajAAalu laka kharjan AAala an tajAAala baynanawabaynahum sadda

They said, ‘Dhu’l-Qarnayn! Yajuj and Majuj are causing corruption in the land. Can we, therefore, pay tribute to you in return for your constructing a barrier between us and them?’

قَالَ مَا مَكَّنّ۪ي ف۪يهِ رَبّ۪ي خَيْرٌ فَاَع۪ينُون۪ي بِقُوَّةٍ اَجْعَلْ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَهُمْ رَدْماًۙ

Qala ma makkannee feehi rabbeekhayrun faaAAeenoonee biquwwatin ajAAal baynakum wabaynahum radma

He said, ‘The power my Lord has granted me is better than that. Just give me a strong helping hand and I will build a solid barrier between you and them.

اٰتُون۪ي زُبَرَ الْحَد۪يدِۜ حَتّٰٓى اِذَا سَاوٰى بَيْنَ الصَّدَفَيْنِ قَالَ انْفُخُواۜ حَتّٰٓى اِذَا جَعَلَهُ نَاراًۙ قَالَ اٰتُون۪ٓي اُفْرِ غْ عَلَيْهِ قِطْراًۜ

Atoonee zubara alhadeedi hattaitha sawa bayna asadafayni qalaonfukhoo hatta itha jaAAalahu naran qalaatoonee ofrigh AAalayhi qitra

Bring me ingots of iron!’ Then, when he had made it level between the two high mountain-sides, he said,‘Blow!’ and when he had made it a red hot fire, he said, ‘Bring me molten brass to pour over it. ’

فَمَا اسْطَاعُٓوا اَنْ يَظْهَرُوهُ وَمَا اسْتَطَاعُوا لَهُ نَقْباً

Fama istaAAoo an yathharoohuwama istataAAoo lahu naqba

They were, therefore, unable to climb over it nor were they able to make a breach in it.

قَالَ هٰذَا رَحْمَةٌ مِنْ رَبّ۪يۚ فَاِذَا جَٓاءَ وَعْدُ رَبّ۪ي جَعَلَهُ دَكَّٓاءَۚ وَكَانَ وَعْدُ رَبّ۪ي حَقاًّۜ

Qala hatha rahmatun minrabbee fa-itha jaa waAAdu rabbee jaAAalahu dakkaawakana waAAdu rabbee haqqa

He said, ‘This is a mercy from my Lord. But when my Lord’s promise comes about, He will crush it flat. The promise of my Lord is surely true.’

وَتَرَكْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَمُوجُ ف۪ي بَعْضٍ وَنُفِخَ فِي الصُّورِ فَجَمَعْنَاهُمْ جَمْعاًۙ

Watarakna baAAdahum yawma-ithinyamooju fee baAAdin wanufikha fee assoorifajamaAAnahum jamAAa

We will abandon them, that Day, to pound against each other in surging waves and the Trumpet will be blown and We will gather them all together.

وَعَرَضْنَا جَهَنَّمَ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِلْكَافِر۪ينَ عَرْضاًۙ

WaAAaradna jahannama yawma-ithinlilkafireena AAarda

That Day We will display Hell in its totality to the kafirun,

اَلَّذ۪ينَ كَانَتْ اَعْيُنُهُمْ ف۪ي غِطَٓاءٍ عَنْ ذِكْر۪ي وَكَانُوا لَا يَسْتَط۪يعُونَ سَمْعاً۟

Allatheena kanat aAAyunuhumfee ghita-in AAan thikree wakanoo layastateeAAoona samAAa

those whose eyes were blind to My remembrance and whose ears were unable to hear.

اَفَحَسِبَ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُٓوا اَنْ يَتَّخِذُوا عِبَاد۪ي مِنْ دُون۪ٓي اَوْلِيَٓاءَۜ اِنَّٓا اَعْتَدْنَا جَهَنَّمَ لِلْكَافِر۪ينَ نُزُلاً

Afahasiba allatheena kafarooan yattakhithoo AAibadee min doonee awliyaainna aAAtadna jahannama lilkafireena nuzula

Do those who are kafir imagine that they can take My slaves as protectors instead of Me? We have prepared Hell as hospitality for the kuffar!

قُلْ هَلْ نُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِالْاَخْسَر۪ينَ اَعْمَالاًۜ

Qul hal nunabbi-okum bil-akhsareenaaAAmala

Say: ‘Shall I inform you of the greatest losers in their actions?

اَلَّذ۪ينَ ضَلَّ سَعْيُهُمْ فِي الْحَيٰوةِ الدُّنْيَا وَهُمْ يَحْسَبُونَ اَنَّهُمْ يُحْسِنُونَ صُنْعاً

Allatheena dalla saAAyuhumfee alhayati addunya wahum yahsaboonaannahum yuhsinoona sunAAa

People whose efforts in the life of the dunya are misguided while they suppose that they are doing good. ’

اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا بِاٰيَاتِ رَبِّهِمْ وَلِقَٓائِه۪ فَحَبِطَتْ اَعْمَالُهُمْ فَلَا نُق۪يمُ لَهُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِ وَزْناً

Ola-ika allatheena kafaroobi-ayati rabbihim waliqa-ihi fahabitataAAmaluhum fala nuqeemu lahum yawma alqiyamatiwazna

Those are the people who reject their Lord’s Signs and the meeting with Him. Their actions will come to nothing and, on the Day of Rising, We will not assign them any weight.

ذٰلِكَ جَزَٓاؤُ۬هُمْ جَهَنَّمُ بِمَا كَفَرُوا وَاتَّخَذُٓوا اٰيَات۪ي وَرُسُل۪ي هُزُواً

Thalika jazaohum jahannamubima kafaroo wattakhathoo ayateewarusulee huzuwa

That is their repayment – Hell – because they were kafir and made a mockery of My Signs and of My Messengers.

اِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ كَانَتْ لَهُمْ جَنَّاتُ الْفِرْدَوْسِ نُزُلاًۙ

Inna allatheena amanoowaAAamiloo assalihati kanat lahumjannatu alfirdawsi nuzula

Those who have iman and do right actions will have the Gardens of Firdaws as hospitality,

خَالِد۪ينَ ف۪يهَا لَا يَبْغُونَ عَنْهَا حِوَلاً

Khalideena feeha layabghoona AAanha hiwala

remaining in them timelessly, for ever, with no desire to move away from them.

قُلْ لَوْ كَانَ الْبَحْرُ مِدَاداً لِكَلِمَاتِ رَبّ۪ي لَنَفِدَ الْبَحْرُ قَبْلَ اَنْ تَنْفَدَ كَلِمَاتُ رَبّ۪ي وَلَوْ جِئْنَا بِمِثْلِه۪ مَدَداً

Qul law kana albahru midadanlikalimati rabbee lanafida albahru qabla an tanfadakalimatu rabbee walaw ji/na bimithlihi madada

Say: ‘If all the sea was ink to write down the Words of my Lord, it would run out long before the Words of my Lord ran out,’ even if We were to bring the same amount of ink again.

قُلْ اِنَّـمَٓا اَنَا۬ بَشَرٌ مِثْلُكُمْ يُوحٰٓى اِلَيَّ اَنَّـمَٓا اِلٰهُكُمْ اِلٰهٌ وَاحِدٌۚ فَمَنْ كَانَ يَرْجُوا لِقَٓاءَ رَبِّه۪ فَلْيَعْمَلْ عَمَلاً صَالِحاً وَلَا يُشْرِكْ بِعِبَادَةِ رَبِّه۪ٓ اَحَداً

Qul innama ana basharunmithlukum yooha ilayya annama ilahukum ilahunwahidun faman kana yarjoo liqaa rabbihifalyaAAmal AAamalan salihan wala yushrikbiAAibadati rabbihi ahada

Say: ‘I am only a human being like yourselves who has received revelation. Your god is One God. So let him who hopes to meet his Lord act rightly and not associate anyone in the worship of his Lord.’