23. Surah Al-Mu'minun The Believers

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّح۪يمِ

Bismi Allahi arrahmani arraheem

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

قَدْ اَفْلَحَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَۙ

Qad aflaha almu/minoon

It is the muminun who are successful:

اَلَّذ۪ينَ هُمْ ف۪ي صَلَاتِهِمْ خَاشِعُونَۙ

Allatheena hum fee salatihimkhashiAAoon

those who are humble in their salat;

وَالَّذ۪ينَ هُمْ عَنِ اللَّغْوِ مُعْرِضُونَۙ

Wallatheena hum AAani allaghwimuAAridoon

those who turn away from worthless talk;

وَالَّذ۪ينَ هُمْ لِلزَّكٰوةِ فَاعِلُونَۙ

Wallatheena hum lizzakatifaAAiloon

those who pay zakat;

وَالَّذ۪ينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَافِظُونَۙ

Wallatheena hum lifuroojihim hafithoon

those who guard their private parts –

اِلَّا عَلٰٓى اَزْوَاجِهِمْ اَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ اَيْمَانُهُمْ فَاِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُوم۪ينَۚ

Illa AAala azwajihim awma malakat aymanuhum fa-innahum ghayru maloomeen

except from their wives or those they own as slaves, in which case they are not blameworthy;

فَمَنِ ابْتَغٰى وَرَٓاءَ ذٰلِكَ فَاُو۬لٰٓئِكَ هُمُ الْعَادُونَۚ

Famani ibtagha waraa thalikafaola-ika humu alAAadoon

but those who desire anything more than that are people who have gone beyond the limits –

وَالَّذ۪ينَ هُمْ لِاَمَانَاتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَاعُونَۙ

Wallatheena hum li-amanatihimwaAAahdihim raAAoon

those who honour their trusts and their contracts;

وَالَّذ۪ينَ هُمْ عَلٰى صَلَوَاتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَۢ

Wallatheena hum AAala salawatihimyuhafithoon

those who safeguard their salat:

اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ هُمُ الْوَارِثُونَۙ

Ola-ika humu alwarithoon

such people are the inheritors

اَلَّذ۪ينَ يَرِثُونَ الْفِرْدَوْسَۜ هُمْ ف۪يهَا خَالِدُونَ

Allatheena yarithoona alfirdawsa humfeeha khalidoon

who will inherit Firdaws, remaining in it timelessly, for ever.

وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْاِنْسَانَ مِنْ سُلَالَةٍ مِنْ ط۪ينٍۚ

Walaqad khalaqna al-insana minsulalatin min teen

We created man from the purest kind of clay;

ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَاهُ نُطْفَةً ف۪ي قَرَارٍ مَك۪ينٍۖ

Thumma jaAAalnahu nutfatan feeqararin makeen

then made him a drop in a secure receptacle;

ثُمَّ خَلَقْنَا النُّطْفَةَ عَلَقَةً فَخَلَقْنَا الْعَلَقَةَ مُضْغَةً فَخَلَقْنَا الْمُضْغَةَ عِظَاماً فَكَسَوْنَا الْعِظَامَ لَحْماًۗ ثُمَّ اَنْشَأْنَاهُ خَلْقاً اٰخَرَۜ فَتَبَارَكَ اللّٰهُ اَحْسَنُ الْخَالِق۪ينَۜ

Thumma khalaqna annutfataAAalaqatan fakhalaqna alAAalaqata mudghatanfakhalaqna almudghata AAithamanfakasawna alAAithama lahmanthumma ansha/nahu khalqan akhara fatabarakaAllahu ahsanu alkhaliqeen

then formed the drop into a clot and formed the clot into a lump and formed the lump into bones and clothed the bones in flesh; and then brought him into being as another creature. Blessed be Allah, the Best of Creators!

ثُمَّ اِنَّكُمْ بَعْدَ ذٰلِكَ لَمَيِّتُونَۜ

Thumma innakum baAAda thalikalamayyitoon

Then subsequently you will certainly die.

ثُمَّ اِنَّكُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِ تُبْعَثُونَ

Thumma innakum yawma alqiyamatitubAAathoon

Then on the Day of Rising you will be raised again.

وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعَ طَرَٓائِقَۗ وَمَا كُنَّا عَنِ الْخَلْقِ غَافِل۪ينَ

Walaqad khalaqna fawqakum sabAAa tara-iqawama kunna AAani alkhalqi ghafileen

We created above you seven levels and We were not unaware of the creation.

وَاَنْزَلْنَا مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ مَٓاءً بِقَدَرٍ فَاَسْكَنَّاهُ فِي الْاَرْضِۗ وَاِنَّا عَلٰى ذَهَابٍ بِه۪ لَقَادِرُونَۚ

Waanzalna mina assama-imaan biqadarin faaskannahu fee al-ardiwa-inna AAala thahabin bihi laqadiroon

We sent down a measured amount of water from heaven and lodged it firmly in the earth; and We are well able to remove it.

فَاَنْشَأْنَا لَكُمْ بِه۪ جَنَّاتٍ مِنْ نَخ۪يلٍ وَاَعْنَابٍۢ لَكُمْ ف۪يهَا فَوَاكِهُ۬ كَث۪يرَةٌ وَمِنْهَا تَأْكُلُونَۙ

Faansha/na lakum bihi jannatinmin nakheelin waaAAnabin lakum feeha fawakihukatheeratun waminha ta/kuloon

By means of it We produce gardens of dates and grapes for you, in which there are many fruits for you and from which you eat,

وَشَجَرَةً تَخْرُجُ مِنْ طُورِ سَيْنَٓاءَ تَنْبُتُ بِالدُّهْنِ وَصِبْغٍ لِلْاٰكِل۪ينَ

Washajaratan takhruju min toori saynaatanbutu bidduhni wasibghin lilakileen

and a tree springing forth from Mount Sinai yielding oil and a seasoning to those who eat.

وَاِنَّ لَكُمْ فِي الْاَنْعَامِ لَعِبْرَةًۜ نُسْق۪يكُمْ مِمَّا ف۪ي بُطُونِهَا وَلَكُمْ ف۪يهَا مَنَافِعُ كَث۪يرَةٌ وَمِنْهَا تَأْكُلُونَۙ

Wa-inna lakum fee al-anAAamilaAAibratan nusqeekum mimma fee butoonihawalakum feeha manafiAAu katheeratun waminhata/kuloon

And there is certainly a lesson for you in your livestock. We give you to drink from what is in their bellies and there are many ways in which you benefit from them, and some of them you eat;

وَعَلَيْهَا وَعَلَى الْفُلْكِ تُحْمَلُونَ۟

WaAAalayha waAAala alfulki tuhmaloon

and you are conveyed on them and on ships as well.

وَلَقَدْ اَرْسَلْنَا نُوحاً اِلٰى قَوْمِه۪ فَقَالَ يَا قَوْمِ اعْبُدُوا اللّٰهَ مَا لَكُمْ مِنْ اِلٰهٍ غَيْرُهُۜ اَفَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

Walaqad arsalna noohan ilaqawmihi faqala ya qawmi oAAbudoo Allaha malakum min ilahin ghayruhu afala tattaqoon

We sent Nuh to his people and he said, ‘My people, worship Allah. You have no god other than Him. So will you not have taqwa?’

فَقَالَ الْمَلَؤُا الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا مِنْ قَوْمِه۪ مَا هٰذَٓا اِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِثْلُكُمْۙ يُر۪يدُ اَنْ يَتَفَضَّلَ عَلَيْكُمْۜ وَلَوْ شَٓاءَ اللّٰهُ لَاَنْزَلَ مَلٰٓئِكَةًۚ مَا سَمِعْنَا بِهٰذَا ف۪ٓي اٰبَٓائِنَا الْاَوَّل۪ينَۚ

Faqala almalao allatheenakafaroo min qawmihi ma hatha illa basharunmithlukum yureedu an yatafaddala AAalaykum walaw shaaAllahu laanzala mala-ikatan ma samiAAnabihatha fee aba-ina al-awwaleen

The ruling circle of those of his people who were kafir said, ‘This is nothing but a human being like yourselves who simply wants to gain ascendancy over you. If Allah had wanted He would have sent angels down. We never heard of anything like this among our ancestors, the earlier peoples.

اِنْ هُوَ اِلَّا رَجُلٌ بِه۪ جِنَّةٌ فَتَرَبَّصُوا بِه۪ حَتّٰى ح۪ينٍ

In huwa illa rajulun bihi jinnatunfatarabbasoo bihi hatta heen

He is nothing but a man possessed so wait a while and see what happens to him. ’

قَالَ رَبِّ انْصُرْن۪ي بِمَا كَذَّبُونِ

Qala rabbi onsurnee bimakaththaboon

He said, ‘My Lord, help me because of their calling me a liar!’

فَاَوْحَيْنَٓا اِلَيْهِ اَنِ اصْنَعِ الْفُلْكَ بِاَعْيُنِنَا وَوَحْيِنَا فَاِذَا جَٓاءَ اَمْرُنَا وَفَارَ التَّنُّورُۙ فَاسْلُكْ ف۪يهَا مِنْ كُلٍّ زَوْجَيْنِ اثْنَيْنِ وَاَهْلَكَ اِلَّا مَنْ سَبَقَ عَلَيْهِ الْقَوْلُ مِنْهُمْۚ وَلَا تُخَاطِبْن۪ي فِي الَّذ۪ينَ ظَلَمُواۚ اِنَّهُمْ مُغْرَقُونَ

Faawhayna ilayhi ani isnaAAialfulka bi-aAAyunina wawahyina fa-ithajaa amruna wafara attannooru faslukfeeha min kullin zawjayni ithnayni waahlaka illaman sabaqa AAalayhi alqawlu minhum wala tukhatibneefee allatheena thalamoo innahum mughraqoon

We revealed to him: ‘Build the Ship under Our supervision and as We reveal. When Our command comes and water bubbles up from the earth, load into it a pair of every species, and your family – except for those among them against whom the word has already gone ahead. And do not address Me concerning those who do wrong. They shall be drowned.

فَاِذَا اسْتَوَيْتَ اَنْتَ وَمَنْ مَعَكَ عَلَى الْفُلْكِ فَقُلِ الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ الَّذ۪ي نَجّٰينَا مِنَ الْقَوْمِ الظَّالِم۪ينَ

Fa-itha istawayta anta waman maAAakaAAala alfulki faquli alhamdu lillahi allatheenajjana mina alqawmi aththalimeen

When you and those with you are settled in the Ship, then say: "Praise be to Allah who has rescued us from the people of the wrongdoers!"

وَقُلْ رَبِّ اَنْزِلْن۪ي مُنْزَلاً مُبَارَكاً وَاَنْتَ خَيْرُ الْمُنْزِل۪ينَ

Waqul rabbi anzilnee munzalan mubarakanwaanta khayru almunzileen

And say: "My Lord, land me in a blessed landing-place. You are the best Bringer to Land."’

اِنَّ ف۪ي ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَاتٍ وَاِنْ كُنَّا لَمُبْتَل۪ينَ

Inna fee thalika laayatinwa-in kunna lamubtaleen

There are Signs in that. We are always putting people to the test.

ثُمَّ اَنْشَأْنَا مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ قَرْناً اٰخَر۪ينَۚ

Thumma ansha/na min baAAdihim qarnan akhareen

Then We raised up another generation after them

فَاَرْسَلْنَا ف۪يهِمْ رَسُولاً مِنْهُمْ اَنِ اعْبُدُوا اللّٰهَ مَا لَكُمْ مِنْ اِلٰهٍ غَيْرُهُۜ اَفَلَا تَتَّقُونَ۟

Faarsalna feehim rasoolan minhum anioAAbudoo Allaha ma lakum min ilahin ghayruhuafala tattaqoon

and sent a Messenger to them from themselves: ‘Worship Allah. You have no god other than Him! So will you not have taqwa?’

وَقَالَ الْمَلَأُ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا وَكَذَّبُوا بِلِقَٓاءِ الْاٰخِرَةِ وَاَتْرَفْنَاهُمْ فِي الْحَيٰوةِ الدُّنْيَاۙ مَا هٰذَٓا اِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِثْلُكُمْۙ يَأْكُلُ مِمَّا تَأْكُلُونَ مِنْهُ وَيَشْرَبُ مِمَّا تَشْرَبُونَ

Waqala almalao min qawmihi allatheenakafaroo wakaththaboo biliqa-i al-akhiratiwaatrafnahum fee alhayati addunyama hatha illa basharun mithlukum ya/kulumimma ta/kuloona minhu wayashrabu mimma tashraboon

The ruling circle of his people – those who were kafir and denied the encounter of the Next World and whom We had given opulence in this world – said, ‘This is nothing but a human being like yourselves. who eats what you eat and drinks what you drink.

وَلَئِنْ اَطَعْتُمْ بَشَراً مِثْلَكُمْ اِنَّكُمْ اِذاً لَخَاسِرُونَ

Wala-in ataAAtum basharan mithlakuminnakum ithan lakhasiroon

If you were to obey a human being like yourselves, you would, in that case, definitely be the losers.

اَيَعِدُكُمْ اَنَّكُمْ اِذَا مِتُّمْ وَكُنْتُمْ تُرَاباً وَعِظَاماً اَنَّكُمْ مُخْرَجُونَۖ

AyaAAidukum annakum itha mittumwakuntum turaban waAAithaman annakummukhrajoon

Does he promise you that when you have died and become dust and bones you will be brought forth again?

هَيْهَاتَ هَيْهَاتَ لِمَا تُوعَدُونَۖ

Hayhata hayhata limatooAAadoon

What you have been promised is sheer nonsense!

اِنْ هِيَ اِلَّا حَيَاتُنَا الدُّنْيَا نَمُوتُ وَنَحْيَا وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَبْعُوث۪ينَۖ

In hiya illa hayatunaaddunya namootu wanahya wamanahnu bimabAAootheen

What is there but our life in this world? We die and we live and we will not be raised again.

اِنْ هُوَ اِلَّا رَجُلٌۨ افْـتَرٰى عَلَى اللّٰهِ كَذِباً وَمَا نَحْنُ لَهُ بِمُؤْمِن۪ينَ

In huwa illa rajulun iftaraAAala Allahi kathiban wama nahnulahu bimu/mineen

What is he but a man who has invented a lie against Allah? We do not have iman in him. ’

قَالَ رَبِّ انْصُرْن۪ي بِمَا كَذَّبُونِ

Qala rabbi onsurnee bimakaththaboon

He said, ‘My Lord, help me because of their calling me a liar!’

قَالَ عَمَّا قَل۪يلٍ لَيُصْبِحُنَّ نَادِم۪ينَۚ

Qala AAamma qaleelin layusbihunnanadimeen

He said, ‘In a short while they will be full of regret. ’

فَاَخَذَتْهُمُ الصَّيْحَةُ بِالْحَقِّ فَجَعَلْنَاهُمْ غُـثَٓاءًۚ فَبُعْداً لِلْقَوْمِ الظَّالِم۪ينَ

Faakhathat-humu assayhatubilhaqqi fajaAAalnahum ghuthaanfabuAAdan lilqawmi aththalimeen

The Great Blast seized hold of them inexorably and We turned them into dirty scum. Away with the people of the wrongdoers!

ثُمَّ اَنْشَأْنَا مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ قُرُوناً اٰخَر۪ينَۜ

Thumma ansha/na min baAAdihimquroonan akhareen

Then We raised up other generations after them.

مَا تَسْبِقُ مِنْ اُمَّةٍ اَجَلَهَا وَمَا يَسْتَأْخِرُونَۜ

Ma tasbiqu min ommatin ajalahawama yasta/khiroon

No nation can advance its appointed time nor can they delay it.

ثُمَّ اَرْسَلْنَا رُسُلَنَا تَتْرَاۜ كُلَّمَا جَٓاءَ اُمَّةً رَسُولُهَا كَذَّبُوهُ فَاَتْبَعْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ بَعْضاً وَجَعَلْنَاهُمْ اَحَاد۪يثَۚ فَبُعْداً لِقَوْمٍ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

Thumma arsalna rusulana tatrakulla ma jaa ommatan rasooluha kaththaboohufaatbaAAna baAAdahum baAAdan wajaAAalnahumahadeetha fabuAAdan liqawmin la yu/minoon

Then We sent Our Messengers one after another, at intervals. Each time its Messenger came to a community they called him a liar so We made them follow one another too and turned them into myths and legends. Away with the people who have no iman!

ثُمَّ اَرْسَلْنَا مُوسٰى وَاَخَاهُ هٰرُونَ بِاٰيَاتِنَا وَسُلْطَانٍ مُب۪ينٍۙ

Thumma arsalna moosa waakhahuharoona bi-ayatina wasultaninmubeen

Then We sent Musa and his brother Harun with Our Signs and clear authority

اِلٰى فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَلَا۬ئِه۪ فَاسْتَكْـبَرُوا وَكَانُوا قَوْماً عَال۪ينَۚ

Ila firAAawna wamala-ihi fastakbaroowakanoo qawman AAaleen

to Pharaoh and his ruling circle. But they were proud and were a haughty people.

فَقَالُٓوا اَنُؤْمِنُ لِبَشَرَيْنِ مِثْلِنَا وَقَوْمُهُمَا لَنَا عَابِدُونَۚ

Faqaloo anu/minu libasharayni mithlinawaqawmuhuma lana AAabidoon

They said, ‘What! Should we have iman in two human beings like ourselves when their people are our slaves?’

فَكَذَّبُوهُمَا فَكَانُوا مِنَ الْمُهْلَك۪ينَ

Fakaththaboohuma fakanoomina almuhlakeen

They denied them and so they were destroyed.

وَلَقَدْ اٰتَيْنَا مُوسَى الْكِتَابَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَهْتَدُونَ

Walaqad atayna moosaalkitaba laAAallahum yahtadoon

We gave Musa the Book so that perhaps they would be guided.

وَجَعَلْنَا ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ وَاُمَّهُٓ اٰيَةً وَاٰوَيْنَاهُمَٓا اِلٰى رَبْوَةٍ ذَاتِ قَرَارٍ وَمَع۪ينٍ۟

WajaAAalna ibna maryama waommahu ayatanwaawaynahuma ila rabwatin thatiqararin wamaAAeen

And We made the son of Maryam and his mother a Sign and gave them shelter on a mountainside where there was a meadow and a flowing spring.

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الرُّسُلُ كُلُوا مِنَ الطَّيِّبَاتِ وَاعْمَلُوا صَالِحاًۜ اِنّ۪ي بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ عَل۪يمٌۜ

Ya ayyuha arrusulukuloo mina attayyibati waAAmaloo salihaninnee bima taAAmaloona AAaleem

Messengers, eat of the good things and act rightly. I most certainly know what you do.

وَاِنَّ هٰذِه۪ٓ اُمَّتُكُمْ اُمَّةً وَاحِدَةً وَاَنَا۬ رَبُّكُمْ فَاتَّقُونِ

Wa-inna hathihi ommatukum ommatan wahidatanwaana rabbukum fattaqoon

This faith of yours is a single faith and I am your Lord, so have taqwa of Me.

فَـتَقَطَّـعُٓوا اَمْرَهُمْ بَيْنَهُمْ زُبُراًۜ كُلُّ حِزْبٍ بِمَا لَدَيْهِمْ فَرِحُونَ

FataqattaAAoo amrahum baynahumzuburan kullu hizbin bima ladayhim farihoon

But they disagreed and split up, dividing into sects, each party exulting in what it had.

فَذَرْهُمْ ف۪ي غَمْرَتِهِمْ حَتّٰى ح۪ينٍ

Fatharhum fee ghamratihim hattaheen

So leave them in their glut of ignorance for a while.

اَيَحْسَبُونَ اَنَّمَا نُمِدُّهُمْ بِه۪ مِنْ مَالٍ وَبَن۪ينَۙ

Ayahsaboona annama numidduhumbihi min malin wabaneen

Do they imagine that, in the wealth and children We extend to them,

نُسَارِعُ لَهُمْ فِي الْخَيْرَاتِۜ بَلْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

NusariAAu lahum fee alkhayratibal la yashAAuroon

We are hastening to them with good things? No indeed, but they have no awareness!

اِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ هُمْ مِنْ خَشْيَةِ رَبِّهِمْ مُشْفِقُونَۙ

Inna allatheena hum min khashyatirabbihim mushfiqoon

Those who are filled with the fear of their Lord,

وَالَّذ۪ينَ هُمْ بِاٰيَاتِ رَبِّهِمْ يُؤْمِنُونَۙ

Wallatheena hum bi-ayatirabbihim yu/minoon

those who have iman in the Signs of their Lord,

وَالَّذ۪ينَ هُمْ بِرَبِّهِمْ لَا يُشْرِكُونَۙ

Wallatheena hum birabbihim layushrikoon

those who do not associate anything with their Lord,

وَالَّذ۪ينَ يُؤْتُونَ مَٓا اٰتَوْا وَقُلُوبُهُمْ وَجِلَةٌ اَنَّهُمْ اِلٰى رَبِّهِمْ رَاجِعُونَۙ

Wallatheena yu/toona maataw waquloobuhum wajilatun annahum ila rabbihim rajiAAoon

those who give what they have given, their hearts fearful of their return to their Lord,

اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ يُسَارِعُونَ فِي الْخَيْرَاتِ وَهُمْ لَهَا سَابِقُونَ

Ola-ika yusariAAoona feealkhayrati wahum laha sabiqoon

such people are truly racing towards good things, and they are the first to reach them.

وَلَا نُكَلِّفُ نَفْساً اِلَّا وُسْعَهَا وَلَدَيْنَا كِتَابٌ يَنْطِقُ بِالْحَقِّ وَهُمْ لَا يُظْلَمُونَ

Wala nukallifu nafsan illawusAAaha waladayna kitabun yantiqu bilhaqqiwahum la yuthlamoon

We do not impose on any self any more than it can stand. With Us there is a Book which speaks the truth. They will not be wronged.

بَلْ قُلُوبُهُمْ ف۪ي غَمْرَةٍ مِنْ هٰذَا وَلَهُمْ اَعْمَالٌ مِنْ دُونِ ذٰلِكَ هُمْ لَهَا عَامِلُونَ

Bal quloobuhum fee ghamratin min hathawalahum aAAmalun min dooni thalika hum lahaAAamiloon

However, their hearts are overwhelmed by ignorance about this matter and they do other things as well.

حَتّٰٓى اِذَٓا اَخَذْنَا مُتْرَف۪يهِمْ بِالْعَذَابِ اِذَا هُمْ يَجْـَٔرُونَۜ

Hatta itha akhathnamutrafeehim bilAAathabi itha hum yaj-aroon

But then when We seize the affluent among them with the punishment, they will suddenly start praying fervently.

لَا تَجْـَٔرُوا الْيَوْمَ اِنَّكُمْ مِنَّا لَا تُنْصَرُونَ

La taj-aroo alyawma innakum minnala tunsaroon

‘Do not pray fervently today. You will not get any help from Us.

قَدْ كَانَتْ اٰيَات۪ي تُتْلٰى عَلَيْكُمْ فَكُنْتُمْ عَلٰٓى اَعْقَابِكُمْ تَنْكِصُونَۙ

Qad kanat ayatee tutlaAAalaykum fakuntum AAala aAAqabikum tankisoon

My Signs were recited to you and you turned round on your heels,

مُسْتَكْبِر۪ينَ بِه۪ۗ سَامِراً تَهْجُرُونَ

Mustakbireena bihi samiran tahjuroon

arrogant towards it, talking arrant nonsense all night long. ’

اَفَلَمْ يَدَّبَّرُوا الْقَوْلَ اَمْ جَٓاءَهُمْ مَا لَمْ يَأْتِ اٰبَٓاءَهُمُ الْاَوَّل۪ينَۘ

Afalam yaddabbaroo alqawla am jaahumma lam ya/ti abaahumu al-awwaleen

Do they not ponder these words? Has anything come to them that did not come to their ancestors the previous peoples?

اَمْ لَمْ يَعْرِفُوا رَسُولَهُمْ فَهُمْ لَهُ مُنْكِرُونَۘ

Am lam yaAArifoo rasoolahum fahum lahumunkiroon

Or is it that they do not recognise their Messenger and therefore do not acknowledge him?

اَمْ يَقُولُونَ بِه۪ جِنَّةٌۜ بَلْ جَٓاءَهُمْ بِالْحَقِّ وَاَكْثَرُهُمْ لِلْحَقِّ كَارِهُونَ

Am yaqooloona bihi jinnatun bal jaahumbilhaqqi waaktharuhum lilhaqqi karihoon

Or do they say, ‘He is a man possessed,’ when he has brought the truth to them? But most of them hate the truth.

وَلَوِ اتَّبَعَ الْحَقُّ اَهْوَٓاءَهُمْ لَفَسَدَتِ السَّمٰوَاتُ وَالْاَرْضُ وَمَنْ ف۪يهِنَّۜ بَلْ اَتَيْنَاهُمْ بِذِكْرِهِمْ فَهُمْ عَنْ ذِكْرِهِمْ مُعْرِضُونَۜ

Walawi ittabaAAa alhaqqu ahwaahumlafasadati assamawatu wal-arduwaman feehinna bal ataynahum bithikrihim fahum AAanthikrihim muAAridoon

If the truth were to follow their whims and desires, the heavens and the earth and everyone in them would have been brought to ruin. No indeed! We have given them their Reminder, but they have turned away from it.

اَمْ تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ خَرْجاً فَخَرَاجُ رَبِّكَ خَيْرٌۗ وَهُوَ خَيْرُ الرَّازِق۪ينَ

Am tas-aluhum kharjan fakharajurabbika khayrun wahuwa khayru arraziqeen

Are you asking them for payment? Your Lord’s payment is better. He is the Best of Providers.

وَاِنَّكَ لَتَدْعُوهُمْ اِلٰى صِرَاطٍ مُسْتَق۪يمٍ

Wa-innaka latadAAoohum ila siratinmustaqeem

You are calling them to a straight path.

وَاِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْاٰخِرَةِ عَنِ الصِّرَاطِ لَنَاكِبُونَ

Wa-inna allatheena layu/minoona bil-akhirati AAani assiratilanakiboon

But those who do not have iman in the akhira recoil from the path.

وَلَوْ رَحِمْنَاهُمْ وَكَشَفْنَا مَا بِهِمْ مِنْ ضُرٍّ لَلَجُّوا ف۪ي طُغْيَانِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ

Walaw rahimnahum wakashafnama bihim min durrin lalajjoo fee tughyanihimyaAAmahoon

If We did have mercy on them and removed the harm afflicting them, they would still obstinately persist in wandering blindly in their excessive insolence.

وَلَقَدْ اَخَذْنَاهُمْ بِالْعَذَابِ فَمَا اسْتَكَانُوا لِرَبِّهِمْ وَمَا يَتَضَرَّعُونَ

Walaqad akhathnahum bilAAathabifama istakanoo lirabbihim wama yatadarraAAoon

We seized them with the punishment, but they did not go low before their Lord; nor will they humble themselves

حَتّٰٓى اِذَا فَتَحْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ بَاباً ذَا عَذَابٍ شَد۪يدٍ اِذَا هُمْ ف۪يهِ مُبْلِسُونَ۟

Hatta itha fatahnaAAalayhim baban tha AAathabin shadeedin ithahum feehi mublisoon

until We open to them a gate to a harsh punishment in which they will at once be crushed by despair.

وَهُوَ الَّـذ۪ٓي اَنْشَاَ لَكُمُ السَّمْعَ وَالْاَبْصَارَ وَالْاَفْـِٔدَةَۜ قَل۪يلاً مَا تَشْكُرُونَ

Wahuwa allathee anshaa lakumu assamAAawal-absara wal-af-idata qaleelan matashkuroon

It is He who has created hearing, sight and hearts for you. What little thanks you show!

وَهُوَ الَّذ۪ي ذَرَاَكُمْ فِي الْاَرْضِ وَاِلَيْهِ تُحْشَرُونَ

Wahuwa allathee tharaakum feeal-ardi wa-ilayhi tuhsharoon

It is He who dispersed you about the earth and you will be gathered to Him.

وَهُوَ الَّذ۪ي يُحْـي۪ وَيُم۪يتُ وَلَهُ اخْتِلَافُ الَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِۜ اَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ

Wahuwa allathee yuhyeewayumeetu walahu ikhtilafu allayli wannahariafala taAAqiloon

It is He who gives life and causes to die and His is the alternation of the night and day. So will you not use your intellect?

بَلْ قَالُوا مِثْلَ مَا قَالَ الْاَوَّلُونَ

Bal qaloo mithla ma qalaal-awwaloon

However, they say the same as previous peoples said.

قَالُٓوا ءَاِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَاباً وَعِظَاماً ءَاِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ

Qaloo a-itha mitnawakunna turaban waAAithamana-inna lamabAAoothoon

They say, ‘When we are dead and turned to dust and bones, shall we then be raised again?

لَقَدْ وُعِدْنَا نَحْنُ وَاٰبَٓاؤُ۬نَا هٰذَا مِنْ قَبْلُ اِنْ هٰذَٓا اِلَّٓا اَسَاط۪يرُ الْاَوَّل۪ينَ

Laqad wuAAidna nahnu waabaonahatha min qablu in hatha illa asateerual-awwaleen

We and our forefathers were promised this before. This is nothing but the myths of previous peoples!’

قُلْ لِمَنِ الْاَرْضُ وَمَنْ ف۪يهَٓا اِنْ كُنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ

Qul limani al-ardu waman feehain kuntum taAAlamoon

Say: ‘To whom does the earth belong, and everyone in it, if you have any knowledge?’

سَيَقُولُونَ لِلّٰهِۜ قُلْ اَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ

Sayaqooloona lillahi qul afalatathakkaroon

They will say: ‘To Allah. ’ Say: ‘So will you not pay heed?‘

قُلْ مَنْ رَبُّ السَّمٰوَاتِ السَّبْعِ وَرَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظ۪يمِ

Qul man rabbu assamawatiassabAAi warabbu alAAarshi alAAatheem

Say: ‘Who is the Lord of the Seven Heavens and the Lord of the Mighty Throne?’

سَيَقُولُونَ لِلّٰهِۜ قُلْ اَفَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

Sayaqooloona lillahi qul afalatattaqoon

They will say: ‘Allah. ’ Say: ‘So will you not have taqwa?’

قُلْ مَنْ بِيَدِه۪ مَلَكُوتُ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَهُوَ يُج۪يرُ وَلَا يُجَارُ عَلَيْهِ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ

Qul man biyadihi malakootu kulli shay-inwahuwa yujeeru wala yujaru AAalayhi in kuntumtaAAlamoon

Say: ‘In whose hand is the dominion over everything, He who gives protection and from whom no protection can be given, if you have any knowledge?’

سَيَقُولُونَ لِلّٰهِۜ قُلْ فَاَنّٰى تُسْحَرُونَ

Sayaqooloona lillahi qul faannatusharoon

They will say: ‘Allah’s. ’ Say: ‘So how have you been bewitched?’

بَلْ اَتَيْنَاهُمْ بِالْحَقِّ وَاِنَّهُمْ لَكَاذِبُونَ

Bal ataynahum bilhaqqiwa-innahum lakathiboon

The fact is that We have given them the truth and they are liars.

مَا اتَّخَذَ اللّٰهُ مِنْ وَلَدٍ وَمَا كَانَ مَعَهُ مِنْ اِلٰهٍ اِذاً لَذَهَبَ كُلُّ اِلٰهٍ بِمَا خَلَقَ وَلَعَلَا بَعْضُهُمْ عَلٰى بَعْضٍۜ سُبْحَانَ اللّٰهِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَۙ

Ma ittakhatha Allahumin waladin wama kana maAAahu min ilahin ithanlathahaba kullu ilahin bima khalaqa walaAAalabaAAduhum AAala baAAdin subhana AllahiAAamma yasifoon

Allah has no son and there is no other god accompanying Him, for then each god would have gone off with what he created and one of them would have been exalted above the other. Glory be to Allah above what they describe,

عَالِمِ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ فَتَعَالٰى عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ۟

AAalimi alghaybi washshahadatifataAAala AAamma yushrikoon

Knower of the Unseen and the Visible! May He be exalted above all they associate with Him!

قُلْ رَبِّ اِمَّا تُرِيَنّ۪ي مَا يُوعَدُونَۙ

Qul rabbi imma turiyannee mayooAAadoon

Say: ‘My Lord, if You let me see what they have been promised,

رَبِّ فَلَا تَجْعَلْن۪ي فِي الْقَوْمِ الظَّالِم۪ينَ

Rabbi fala tajAAalnee fee alqawmi aththalimeen

do not then, my Lord, put me among the wrongdoing people!’

وَاِنَّا عَلٰٓى اَنْ نُرِيَكَ مَا نَعِدُهُمْ لَقَادِرُونَ

Wa-inna AAala an nuriyaka manaAAiduhum laqadiroon

We are certainly capable of letting you see what We have promised them.

اِدْفَعْ بِالَّت۪ي هِيَ اَحْسَنُ السَّيِّئَةَۜ نَحْنُ اَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَصِفُونَ

IdfaAA billatee hiya ahsanu assayyi-atanahnu aAAlamu bima yasifoon

Ward off evil with what is better. We know very well what they express.

وَقُلْ رَبِّ اَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ هَمَزَاتِ الشَّيَاط۪ينِۙ

Waqul rabbi aAAoothu bika min hamazatiashshayateen

Say: ‘My Lord, I seek refuge with You from the goadings of the shaytans,

وَاَعُوذُ بِكَ رَبِّ اَنْ يَحْضُرُونِ

WaaAAoothu bika rabbi an yahduroon

and I seek refuge with You, my Lord, from their presence. ’

حَتّٰٓى اِذَا جَٓاءَ اَحَدَهُمُ الْمَوْتُ قَالَ رَبِّ ارْجِعُونِۙ

Hatta itha jaa ahadahumualmawtu qala rabbi irjiAAoon

When death comes to one of them, he says, ‘My Lord, send me back again.

لَعَلّ۪ٓي اَعْمَلُ صَالِحاً ف۪يمَا تَرَكْتُ كَلَّاۜ اِنَّهَا كَلِمَةٌ هُوَ قَٓائِلُهَاۜ وَمِنْ وَرَٓائِهِمْ بَرْزَخٌ اِلٰى يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ

LaAAallee aAAmalu salihanfeema taraktu kalla innaha kalimatun huwa qa-iluhawamin wara-ihim barzakhun ila yawmi yubAAathoon

so that perhaps I may act rightly regarding the things I failed to do!’ No indeed! It is just words he utters. Before them there is an interspace until the Day they are raised up.

فَاِذَا نُفِـخَ فِي الصُّورِ فَلَٓا اَنْسَابَ بَيْنَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَلَا يَتَسَٓاءَلُونَ

Fa-itha nufikha fee assoorifala ansaba baynahum yawma-ithin walayatasaaloon

Then when the Trumpet is blown, that Day there will be no family ties between them; they will not be able to question one another.

فَمَنْ ثَقُلَتْ مَوَاز۪ينُهُ فَاُو۬لٰٓئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ

Faman thaqulat mawazeenuhu faola-ikahumu almuflihoon

Those whose scales are heavy, they are the successful.

وَمَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَاز۪ينُهُ فَاُو۬لٰٓئِكَ الَّذ۪ينَ خَسِرُٓوا اَنْفُسَهُمْ ف۪ي جَهَنَّمَ خَالِدُونَۚ

Waman khaffat mawazeenuhu faola-ikaallatheena khasiroo anfusahum fee jahannama khalidoon

Those whose scales are light, they are the losers of their selves, remaining in Hell timelessly, for ever.

تَلْفَحُ وُجُوهَهُمُ النَّارُ وَهُمْ ف۪يهَا كَالِحُونَ

Talfahu wujoohahumu annaruwahum feeha kalihoon

The Fire will sear their faces, making them grimace horribly in it, their lips drawn back from their teeth.

اَلَمْ تَكُنْ اٰيَات۪ي تُتْلٰى عَلَيْكُمْ فَكُنْتُمْ بِهَا تُكَذِّبُونَ

Alam takun ayatee tutlaAAalaykum fakuntum biha tukaththiboon

‘Were My Signs not recited to you and did you not deny them?’

قَالُوا رَبَّـنَا غَلَبَتْ عَلَيْنَا شِقْوَتُنَا وَكُنَّا قَوْماً ضَٓالّ۪ينَ

Qaloo rabbana ghalabatAAalayna shiqwatuna wakunna qawman dalleen

They will say, ‘Our Lord, our miserable destiny overpowered us. We were misguided people.

رَبَّـنَٓا اَخْرِجْنَا مِنْهَا فَاِنْ عُدْنَا فَاِنَّا ظَالِمُونَ

Rabbana akhrijna minhafa-in AAudna fa-inna thalimoon

Our Lord, remove us from it! Then if we revert again, we will definitely be wrongdoers. ’

قَالَ اخْسَؤُ۫ا ف۪يهَا وَلَا تُكَلِّمُونِ

Qala ikhsaoo feeha walatukallimoon

He will say, ‘Slink away into it and do not speak to Me.

اِنَّهُ كَانَ فَر۪يقٌ مِنْ عِبَاد۪ي يَقُولُونَ رَبَّـنَٓا اٰمَنَّا فَاغْفِرْ لَنَا وَارْحَمْنَا وَاَنْتَ خَيْرُ الرَّاحِم۪ينَۚ

Innahu kana fareequn min AAibadeeyaqooloona rabbana amanna faghfirlana warhamna waanta khayru arrahimeen

There was a group of My slaves who said, "Our Lord, we have iman, so forgive us and have mercy on us. You are the Best of the Merciful."

فَاتَّخَذْتُمُوهُمْ سِخْرِياًّ حَتّٰٓى اَنْسَوْكُمْ ذِكْر۪ي وَكُنْتُمْ مِنْهُمْ تَضْحَكُونَ

Fattakhathtumoohumsikhriyyan hatta ansawkum thikree wakuntumminhum tadhakoon

But you made a mockery of them so that they made you forget to remember Me while you were laughing at them.

اِنّ۪ي جَزَيْتُهُمُ الْيَوْمَ بِمَا صَبَرُٓواۙ اَنَّهُمْ هُمُ الْفَٓائِزُونَ

Innee jazaytuhumu alyawma bima sabarooannahum humu alfa-izoon

Today I have rewarded them for being steadfast. They are the ones who are victorious.’

قَالَ كَمْ لَبِثْتُمْ فِي الْاَرْضِ عَدَدَ سِن۪ينَ

Qala kam labithtum fee al-ardiAAadada sineen

He will say, ‘How many years did you tarry on the earth?’

قَالُوا لَبِثْنَا يَوْماً اَوْ بَعْضَ يَوْمٍ فَسْـَٔلِ الْعَٓادّ۪ينَ

Qaloo labithna yawman aw baAAdayawmin fas-ali alAAaddeen

They will say, ‘We tarried there for a day or part of a day. Ask those able to count!’

قَالَ اِنْ لَبِثْتُمْ اِلَّا قَل۪يلاً لَوْ اَنَّكُمْ كُنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ

Qala in labithtum illaqaleelan law annakum kuntum taAAlamoon

He will say, ‘You only tarried there for a little while if you did but know!

اَفَحَسِبْتُمْ اَنَّمَا خَلَقْنَاكُمْ عَبَثاً وَاَنَّكُمْ اِلَيْنَا لَا تُرْجَعُونَ

Afahasibtum annama khalaqnakumAAabathan waannakum ilayna la turjaAAoon

Did you suppose that We created you for amusement and that you would not return to Us?’

فَتَعَالَى اللّٰهُ الْمَلِكُ الْحَقُّۚ لَٓا اِلٰهَ اِلَّا هُوَۚ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْكَر۪يمِ

FataAAala Allahualmaliku alhaqqu la ilaha illa huwarabbu alAAarshi alkareem

Exalted be Allah, the King, the Real. There is no god but Him, Lord of the Noble Throne.

وَمَنْ يَدْعُ مَعَ اللّٰهِ اِلٰهاً اٰخَرَۙ لَا بُرْهَانَ لَهُ بِه۪ۙ فَاِنَّمَا حِسَابُهُ عِنْدَ رَبِّه۪ۜ اِنَّهُ لَا يُفْلِحُ الْكَافِرُونَ

Waman yadAAu maAAa Allahi ilahanakhara la burhana lahu bihi fa-innamahisabuhu AAinda rabbihi innahu la yuflihualkafiroon

Whoever calls on another god together with Allah, has no grounds for doing so at all and his reckoning is with his Lord. Truly the kafirun have no success.

وَقُلْ رَبِّ اغْفِرْ وَارْحَمْ وَاَنْتَ خَيْرُ الرَّاحِم۪ينَ

Waqul rabbi ighfir warhamwaanta khayru arrahimeen

Say: ‘My Lord, forgive and be merciful! You are the Best of the Merciful. ’