34. Surah Saba Sheba

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّح۪يمِ

Bismi Allahi arrahmani arraheem

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

اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ الَّذ۪ي لَهُ مَا فِي السَّمٰوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْاَرْضِ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ فِي الْاٰخِرَةِۜ وَهُوَ الْحَك۪يمُ الْخَب۪يرُ

Alhamdu lillahi allatheelahu ma fee assamawati wamafee al-ardi walahu alhamdu fee al-akhiratiwahuwa alhakeemu alkhabeer

Praise be to Allah, to Whom everything in the heavens and everything in the earth belongs, and praise be to Him in the Next World. He is the All-Wise, the All-Aware.

يَعْلَمُ مَا يَلِجُ فِي الْاَرْضِ وَمَا يَخْرُجُ مِنْهَا وَمَا يَنْزِلُ مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ وَمَا يَعْرُجُ ف۪يهَاۜ وَهُوَ الرَّح۪يمُ الْغَفُورُ

YaAAlamu ma yaliju fee al-ardiwama yakhruju minha wama yanzilu mina assama-iwama yaAAruju feeha wahuwa arraheemualghafoor

He knows what goes into the earth and what comes out of it, and what comes down from heaven and what goes up into it. And He is the Most Merciful, the Ever-Forgiving.

وَقَالَ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا لَا تَأْت۪ينَا السَّاعَةُۜ قُلْ بَلٰى وَرَبّ۪ي لَتَأْتِيَنَّكُمْ عَالِمِ الْغَيْبِۚ لَا يَعْزُبُ عَنْهُ مِثْقَالُ ذَرَّةٍ فِي السَّمٰوَاتِ وَلَا فِي الْاَرْضِ وَلَٓا اَصْغَرُ مِنْ ذٰلِكَ وَلَٓا اَكْبَرُ اِلَّا ف۪ي كِتَابٍ مُب۪ينٍۙ

Waqala allatheena kafaroo lata/teena assaAAatu qul bala warabbeelata/tiyannakum AAalimi alghaybi la yaAAzubu AAanhumithqalu tharratin fee assamawatiwala fee al-ardi wala asgharu min thalikawala akbaru illa fee kitabin mubeen

Those who are kafir say, ‘The Hour will never come. ’ Say: ‘Yes, by my Lord, it certainly will come!’ He is the Knower of the Unseen, Whom not even the weight of the smallest particle eludes, either in the heavens or in the earth; nor is there anything smaller or larger than that which is not in a Clear Book.

لِيَجْزِيَ الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِۜ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ مَغْفِرَةٌ وَرِزْقٌ كَر۪يمٌ

Liyajziya allatheena amanoowaAAamiloo assalihati ola-ika lahummaghfiratun warizqun kareem

This is so that He may recompense those who have iman and do right actions. They will have forgiveness and generous provision.

وَالَّذ۪ينَ سَعَوْ ف۪ٓي اٰيَاتِنَا مُعَاجِز۪ينَ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ مِنْ رِجْزٍ اَل۪يمٌۗ

Wallatheena saAAaw fee ayatinamuAAajizeena ola-ika lahum AAathabun minrijzin aleem

But those who strive against Our Signs, trying to nullify them, will have a punishment of agonising pain.

وَيَرَى الَّذ۪ينَ اُو۫تُوا الْعِلْمَ الَّـذ۪ٓي اُنْزِلَ اِلَيْكَ مِنْ رَبِّكَ هُوَ الْحَقَّۙ وَيَهْد۪ٓي اِلٰى صِرَاطِ الْعَز۪يزِ الْحَم۪يدِ

Wayara allatheena ootooalAAilma allathee onzila ilayka min rabbika huwa alhaqqawayahdee ila sirati alAAazeezi alhameed

Those who have been given knowledge see that what has been sent down to you from your Lord is the truth and that it guides to the Path of the Almighty, the Praiseworthy.

وَقَالَ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا هَلْ نَدُلُّكُمْ عَلٰى رَجُلٍ يُنَبِّئُكُمْ اِذَا مُزِّقْتُمْ كُلَّ مُمَزَّقٍۙ اِنَّكُمْ لَف۪ي خَلْقٍ جَد۪يدٍۚ

Waqala allatheena kafaroo halnadullukum AAala rajulin yunabbi-okum ithamuzziqtum kulla mumazzaqin innakum lafee khalqin jadeed

Those who are kafir say, ‘Shall we show you to a man who will tell you that when you have completely disintegrated, you will then be recreated all anew?

اَفْتَرٰى عَلَى اللّٰهِ كَذِباً اَمْ بِه۪ جِنَّةٌۜ بَلِ الَّذ۪ينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْاٰخِرَةِ فِي الْعَذَابِ وَالضَّلَالِ الْبَع۪يدِ

Aftara AAala Allahi kathibanam bihi jinnatun bali allatheena la yu/minoona bil-akhiratifee alAAathabi waddalali albaAAeed

Has he invented a lie against Allah or is he possessed?’ No indeed! Those who do not believe in the Next World are in punishment and deeply misguided.

اَفَلَمْ يَرَوْا اِلٰى مَا بَيْنَ اَيْد۪يهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ وَالْاَرْضِۜ اِنْ نَشَأْ نَخْسِفْ بِهِمُ الْاَرْضَ اَوْ نُسْقِطْ عَلَيْهِمْ كِسَفاً مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِۜ اِنَّ ف۪ي ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَةً لِكُلِّ عَبْدٍ مُن۪يبٍ۟

Afalam yaraw ila ma baynaaydeehim wama khalfahum mina assama-i wal-ardiin nasha/ nakhsif bihimu al-arda aw nusqitAAalayhim kisafan mina assama-i inna fee thalikalaayatan likulli AAabdin muneeb

Have they not looked at the sky and the earth in front of them and behind them? If We willed We would cause the earth to swallow them up or make great lumps fall down on them from the sky. There is certainly a Sign in that for every remorseful slave.

وَلَقَدْ اٰتَيْنَا دَاوُ۫دَ مِنَّا فَضْلاًۜ يَا جِبَالُ اَوِّب۪ي مَعَهُ وَالطَّيْرَۚ وَاَلَنَّا لَهُ الْحَد۪يدَۙ

Walaqad atayna dawoodaminna fadlan ya jibalu awwibeemaAAahu wattayra waalanna lahu alhadeed

We gave Dawud great favour from Us: ‘O mountains and birds! echo with him in his praise!’ And We made iron malleable for him:

اَنِ اعْمَلْ سَابِغَاتٍ وَقَدِّرْ فِي السَّرْدِ وَاعْمَلُوا صَالِحاًۜ اِنّ۪ي بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَص۪يرٌ

Ani iAAmal sabighatin waqaddirfee assardi waAAmaloo salihan inneebima taAAmaloona baseer

‘Make full-length coats of mail, measuring the links with care. And act rightly, all of you, for I see what you do.’

وَلِسُلَيْمٰنَ الرّ۪يحَ غُدُوُّهَا شَهْرٌ وَرَوَاحُهَا شَهْرٌۚ وَاَسَلْنَا لَهُ عَيْنَ الْقِطْرِۜ وَمِنَ الْجِنِّ مَنْ يَعْمَلُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ بِاِذْنِ رَبِّه۪ۜ وَمَنْ يَزِغْ مِنْهُمْ عَنْ اَمْرِنَا نُذِقْهُ مِنْ عَذَابِ السَّع۪يرِ

Walisulaymana arreehaghuduwwuha shahrun warawahuha shahrunwaasalna lahu AAayna alqitri wamina aljinni manyaAAmalu bayna yadayhi bi-ithni rabbihi waman yazighminhum AAan amrina nuthiqhu min AAathabi assaAAeer

And We gave Sulayman power over the wind – a month’s journey in the morning and a month in the afternoon. And We made a fount of molten brass flow out for him. And some of the jinn worked in front of him by his Lord’s permission. And if a single one of them deviates at all from Our command, We let him taste the punishment of the Searing Blaze.

يَعْمَلُونَ لَهُ مَا يَشَٓاءُ مِنْ مَحَار۪يبَ وَتَمَاث۪يلَ وَجِفَانٍ كَالْجَوَابِ وَقُدُورٍ رَاسِيَاتٍۜ اِعْمَلُٓوا اٰلَ دَاوُ۫دَ شُكْراًۜ وَقَل۪يلٌ مِنْ عِبَادِيَ الشَّكُورُ

YaAAmaloona lahu ma yashao minmahareeba watamatheela wajifanin kaljawabiwaqudoorin rasiyatin iAAmaloo ala dawoodashukran waqaleelun min AAibadiya ashshakoor

They made for him anything he wished: high arches and statues, huge dishes like cisterns, great built-in cooking vats. ‘Work, family of Dawud, in thankfulness!’ But very few of My slaves are thankful.

فَلَمَّا قَضَيْنَا عَلَيْهِ الْمَوْتَ مَا دَلَّهُمْ عَلٰى مَوْتِه۪ٓ اِلَّا دَٓابَّةُ الْاَرْضِ تَأْكُلُ مِنْسَاَتَهُۚ فَلَمَّا خَرَّ تَبَيَّنَتِ الْجِنُّ اَنْ لَوْ كَانُوا يَعْلَمُونَ الْغَيْبَ مَا لَبِثُوا فِي الْعَذَابِ الْمُه۪ينِ

Falamma qadaynaAAalayhi almawta ma dallahum AAala mawtihi illadabbatu al-ardi ta/kulu minsaatahu falammakharra tabayyanati aljinnu an law kanoo yaAAlamoonaalghayba ma labithoo fee alAAathabi almuheen

Then when We decreed that he should die, nothing divulged his death to them except the worm which ate his staff; so that when he fell down it was made clear to the jinn that if they had truly had knowledge of the Unseen they need not have stayed there suffering humiliating punishment.

لَقَدْ كَانَ لِسَبَأٍ ف۪ي مَسْكَنِهِمْ اٰيَةٌۚ جَنَّتَانِ عَنْ يَم۪ينٍ وَشِمَالٍۜ كُلُوا مِنْ رِزْقِ رَبِّكُمْ وَاشْكُرُوا لَهُۜ بَلْدَةٌ طَيِّبَةٌ وَرَبٌّ غَفُورٌ

Laqad kana lisaba-in fee maskanihim ayatunjannatani AAan yameenin washimalin kuloo min rizqirabbikum washkuroo lahu baldatun tayyibatunwarabbun ghafoor

There was also a sign for Saba in their dwelling place: two gardens – one to the right and one to the left. ‘Eat of your Lord’s provision and give thanks to Him: a bountiful land and a forgiving Lord.’

فَاَعْرَضُوا فَاَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَيْلَ الْعَرِمِ وَبَدَّلْنَاهُمْ بِجَنَّتَيْهِمْ جَنَّتَيْنِ ذَوَاتَيْ اُكُلٍ خَمْطٍ وَاَثْلٍ وَشَيْءٍ مِنْ سِدْرٍ قَل۪يلٍ

FaaAAradoo faarsalna AAalayhimsayla alAAarimi wabaddalnahum bijannatayhim jannatayni thawatayokulin khamtin waathlin washay-in min sidrin qaleel

But they turned away so We unleashed against them the flood from the great dam and exchanged their two gardens for two others containing bitter-tasting plants and tamarisk and a few lote trees.

ذٰلِكَ جَزَيْنَاهُمْ بِمَا كَفَرُواۜ وَهَلْ نُجَاز۪ٓي اِلَّا الْكَفُورَ

Thalika jazaynahum bimakafaroo wahal nujazee illa alkafoor

That is how We repaid them for their ingratitude. Are any but the ungrateful repaid like this?

وَجَعَلْنَا بَيْنَهُمْ وَبَيْنَ الْقُرَى الَّت۪ي بَارَكْنَا ف۪يهَا قُرًى ظَاهِرَةً وَقَدَّرْنَا ف۪يهَا السَّيْرَۜ س۪يرُوا ف۪يهَا لَيَالِيَ وَاَيَّاماً اٰمِن۪ينَ

WajaAAalna baynahum wabayna alquraallatee barakna feeha quran thahiratanwaqaddarna feeha assayra seeroo feehalayaliya waayyaman amineen

We placed between them and the cities We had blessed other clearly conspicuous cities, making them measured stages on the way: ‘Travel between them in safety by night and day. ’

فَقَالُوا رَبَّنَا بَاعِدْ بَيْنَ اَسْفَارِنَا وَظَلَمُٓوا اَنْفُسَهُمْ فَجَعَلْنَاهُمْ اَحَاد۪يثَ وَمَزَّقْنَاهُمْ كُلَّ مُمَزَّقٍۜ اِنَّ ف۪ي ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَاتٍ لِكُلِّ صَبَّارٍ شَكُورٍ

Faqaloo rabbana baAAidbayna asfarina wathalamoo anfusahumfajaAAalnahum ahadeetha wamazzaqnahum kullamumazzaqin inna fee thalika laayatin likullisabbarin shakoor

They said, ‘Our Lord, put more distance between our staging posts. ’ They wronged themselves so We made legends of them and scattered them without a trace. There are certainly Signs in that for everyone who is steadfast and thankful.

وَلَقَدْ صَدَّقَ عَلَيْهِمْ اِبْل۪يسُ ظَنَّهُ فَاتَّبَعُوهُ اِلَّا فَر۪يقاً مِنَ الْمُؤْمِن۪ينَ

Walaqad saddaqa AAalayhim ibleesu thannahufattabaAAoohu illa fareeqan mina almu/mineen

Iblis was correct in his assessment of them and they followed him, except for a group of the muminun.

وَمَا كَانَ لَهُ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ سُلْطَانٍ اِلَّا لِنَعْلَمَ مَنْ يُؤْمِنُ بِالْاٰخِرَةِ مِمَّنْ هُوَ مِنْهَا ف۪ي شَكٍّۜ وَرَبُّكَ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ حَف۪يظٌ۟

Wama kana lahu AAalayhim minsultanin illa linaAAlama man yu/minu bil-akhiratimimman huwa minha fee shakkin warabbuka AAala kullishay-in hafeeth

He had no authority over them except to enable Us to know those who have iman in the Next World from those who are in doubt about it. Your Lord is the Preserver of all things.

قُلِ ادْعُوا الَّذ۪ينَ زَعَمْتُمْ مِنْ دُونِ اللّٰهِۚ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ فِي السَّمٰوَاتِ وَلَا فِي الْاَرْضِ وَمَا لَهُمْ ف۪يهِمَا مِنْ شِرْكٍ وَمَا لَهُ مِنْهُمْ مِنْ ظَه۪يرٍ

Quli odAAoo allatheena zaAAamtum mindooni Allahi la yamlikoona mithqala tharratinfee assamawati wala fee al-ardiwama lahum feehima min shirkin wama lahuminhum min thaheer

Say: ‘Call on those you make claims for besides Allah. They have no power over even the smallest particle, either in the heavens or in the earth. They have no share in them. He has no need of their support.’

وَلَا تَنْفَعُ الشَّفَاعَةُ عِنْدَهُٓ اِلَّا لِمَنْ اَذِنَ لَهُۜ حَتّٰٓى اِذَا فُزِّعَ عَنْ قُلُوبِهِمْ قَالُوا مَاذَاۙ قَالَ رَبُّكُمْۜ قَالُوا الْحَقَّۚ وَهُوَ الْعَلِيُّ الْكَب۪يرُ

Wala tanfaAAu ashshafaAAatuAAindahu illa liman athina lahu hattaitha fuzziAAa AAan quloobihim qaloo matha qalarabbukum qaloo alhaqqa wahuwa alAAaliyyu alkabeer

Intercession with Him will be of no benefit except from someone who has His permission. So that when the terror has left their hearts they will say, ‘What did your Lord say?’ They will say, ‘The truth. He is the All-High, the Most Great.’

قُلْ مَنْ يَرْزُقُكُمْ مِنَ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِۜ قُلِ اللّٰهُۙ وَاِنَّٓا اَوْ اِيَّاكُمْ لَعَلٰى هُدًى اَوْ ف۪ي ضَلَالٍ مُب۪ينٍ

Qul man yarzuqukum mina assamawatiwal-ardi quli Allahu wa-inna aw iyyakumlaAAala hudan aw fee dalalin mubeen

Say: ‘Who provides for you from the heavens and earth?’ Say: ‘Allah. It is certain that one or the other of us, either we or you, is following guidance or else clearly astray.’

قُلْ لَا تُسْـَٔلُونَ عَمَّٓا اَجْرَمْنَا وَلَا نُسْـَٔلُ عَمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ

Qul la tus-aloona AAammaajramna wala nus-alu AAamma taAAmaloon

Say: ‘You will not be asked about any evil we committed and we will not be asked about what you did. ’

قُلْ يَجْمَعُ بَيْنَنَا رَبُّنَا ثُمَّ يَفْتَحُ بَيْنَنَا بِالْحَقِّۜ وَهُوَ الْفَتَّاحُ الْعَل۪يمُ

Qul yajmaAAu baynana rabbunathumma yaftahu baynana bilhaqqiwahuwa alfattahu alAAaleem

Say: ‘Our Lord will bring us all together and then will judge between us with the truth. He is the Just Decider, the All-Knowing.’

قُلْ اَرُونِيَ الَّذ۪ينَ اَلْحَقْتُمْ بِه۪ شُرَكَٓاءَ كَلَّاۜ بَلْ هُوَ اللّٰهُ الْعَز۪يزُ الْحَك۪يمُ

Qul arooniya allatheena alhaqtumbihi shurakaa kalla bal huwa AllahualAAazeezu alhakeem

Say: ‘Show me those you have joined to Him as associates. No indeed! He is Allah, the Almighty, the All-Wise.’

وَمَٓا اَرْسَلْنَاكَ اِلَّا كَٓافَّةً لِلنَّاسِ بَش۪يراً وَنَذ۪يراً وَلٰكِنَّ اَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

Wama arsalnaka illa kaffatanlinnasi basheeran wanatheeran walakinnaakthara annasi la yaAAlamoon

We only sent you for the whole of mankind, bringing good news and giving warning. But most of mankind do not know it.

وَيَقُولُونَ مَتٰى هٰذَا الْوَعْدُ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِق۪ينَ

Wayaqooloona mata hathaalwaAAdu in kuntum sadiqeen

They say, ‘When will this promise come about if you are telling the truth?’

قُلْ لَكُمْ م۪يعَادُ يَوْمٍ لَا تَسْتَأْخِرُونَ عَنْهُ سَاعَةً وَلَا تَسْتَقْدِمُونَ۟

Qul lakum meeAAadu yawmin latasta/khiroona AAanhu saAAatan wala tastaqdimoon

Say: ‘You have a promised appointment on a Day which you cannot delay or advance a single hour. ’

وَقَالَ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا لَنْ نُؤْمِنَ بِهٰذَا الْقُرْاٰنِ وَلَا بِالَّذ۪ي بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِۜ وَلَوْ تَرٰٓى اِذِ الظَّالِمُونَ مَوْقُوفُونَ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِمْۚ يَرْجِعُ بَعْضُهُمْ اِلٰى بَعْضٍۨ الْقَوْلَۚ يَقُولُ الَّذ۪ينَ اسْتُضْعِفُوا لِلَّذ۪ينَ اسْتَكْبَرُوا لَوْلَٓا اَنْتُمْ لَكُنَّا مُؤْمِن۪ينَ

Waqala allatheena kafaroo lannu/mina bihatha alqur-ani wala billatheebayna yadayhi walaw tara ithi aththalimoonamawqoofoona AAinda rabbihim yarjiAAu baAAduhum ilabaAAdin alqawla yaqoolu allatheena istudAAifoolillatheena istakbaroo lawla antum lakunnamu/mineen

Those who are kafir say, ‘We will never have iman in this Qur’an, nor in what came before it. ’ If only you could see when the wrongdoers, standing in the presence of their Lord, cast accusations back and forth at one another! Those deemed weak will say to those deemed great, ‘Were it not for you, we would have been muminun!’

قَالَ الَّذ۪ينَ اسْتَكْبَرُوا لِلَّذ۪ينَ اسْتُضْعِفُٓوا اَنَحْنُ صَدَدْنَاكُمْ عَنِ الْهُدٰى بَعْدَ اِذْ جَٓاءَكُمْ بَلْ كُنْتُمْ مُجْرِم۪ينَ

Qala allatheena istakbaroolillatheena istudAAifoo anahnu sadadnakumAAani alhuda baAAda ith jaakum bal kuntummujrimeen

Those deemed great will say to those deemed weak, ‘Did we debar you from the guidance when it came to you? No, it is you who were evildoers. ’

وَقَالَ الَّذ۪ينَ اسْتُضْعِفُوا لِلَّذ۪ينَ اسْتَكْبَرُوا بَلْ مَكْرُ الَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ اِذْ تَأْمُرُونَـنَٓا اَنْ نَكْفُرَ بِاللّٰهِ وَنَجْعَلَ لَهُٓ اَنْدَاداًۜ وَاَسَرُّوا النَّدَامَةَ لَمَّا رَاَوُا الْعَذَابَۜ وَجَعَلْنَا الْاَغْلَالَ ف۪ٓي اَعْنَاقِ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُواۜ هَلْ يُجْزَوْنَ اِلَّا مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ

Waqala allatheena istudAAifoolillatheena istakbaroo bal makru allayli wannahariith ta/muroonana an nakfura billahiwanajAAala lahu andadan waasarroo annadamatalamma raawoo alAAathaba wajaAAalna al-aghlalafee aAAnaqi allatheena kafaroo hal yujzawna illama kanoo yaAAmaloon

Those deemed weak will say to those deemed great, ‘No, it was your scheming night and day when you commanded us to reject Allah and assign equals to Him. ’ But they will show their remorse when they see the punishment. We will put iron collars round the necks of those who are kafir. Will they be repaid for anything but what they did?

وَمَٓا اَرْسَلْنَا ف۪ي قَرْيَةٍ مِنْ نَذ۪يرٍ اِلَّا قَالَ مُتْرَفُوهَٓاۙ اِنَّا بِمَٓا اُرْسِلْتُمْ بِه۪ كَافِرُونَ

Wama arsalna fee qaryatin minnatheerin illa qala mutrafooha innabima orsiltum bihi kafiroon

We never sent a warner into any city without the affluent people in it saying, ‘We reject what you have been sent with. ’

وَقَالُوا نَحْنُ اَكْثَرُ اَمْوَالاً وَاَوْلَاداًۙ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّب۪ينَ

Waqaloo nahnu aktharu amwalanwaawladan wama nahnu bimuAAaththabeen

They also said, ‘We have more wealth and children. We are not going to be punished.’

قُلْ اِنَّ رَبّ۪ي يَبْسُطُ الرِّزْقَ لِمَنْ يَشَٓاءُ وَيَقْدِرُ وَلٰكِنَّ اَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ۟

Qul inna rabbee yabsutu arrizqaliman yashao wayaqdiru walakinna akthara annasila yaAAlamoon

Say: ‘My Lord expands the provision of anyone He wills or restricts it. But the majority of mankind do not know it.’

وَمَٓا اَمْوَالُكُمْ وَلَٓا اَوْلَادُكُمْ بِالَّت۪ي تُقَرِّبُكُمْ عِنْدَنَا زُلْفٰٓى اِلَّا مَنْ اٰمَنَ وَعَمِلَ صَالِحاًۘ فَاُو۬لٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ جَزَٓاءُ الضِّعْفِ بِمَا عَمِلُوا وَهُمْ فِي الْغُرُفَاتِ اٰمِنُونَ

Wama amwalukum wala awladukumbillatee tuqarribukum AAindana zulfa illaman amana waAAamila salihan faola-ikalahum jazao addiAAfi bima AAamiloowahum fee alghurufati aminoon

It is not your wealth or your children that will bring you near to Us – only in the case of people who have iman and act rightly; such people will have a double recompense for what they did. They will be safe from all harm in the High Halls of Paradise.

وَالَّذ۪ينَ يَسْعَوْنَ ف۪ٓي اٰيَاتِنَا مُعَاجِز۪ينَ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ فِي الْعَذَابِ مُحْضَرُونَ

Wallatheena yasAAawna fee ayatinamuAAajizeena ola-ika fee alAAathabi muhdaroon

But people who strive against Our Signs, trying to nullify them, such people will be summoned to the punishment.

قُلْ اِنَّ رَبّ۪ي يَبْسُطُ الرِّزْقَ لِمَنْ يَشَٓاءُ مِنْ عِبَادِه۪ وَيَقْدِرُ لَهُۜ وَمَٓا اَنْفَقْتُمْ مِنْ شَيْءٍ فَهُوَ يُخْلِفُهُۚ وَهُوَ خَيْرُ الرَّازِق۪ينَ

Qul inna rabbee yabsutu arrizqaliman yashao min AAibadihi wayaqdiru lahu wamaanfaqtum min shay-in fahuwa yukhlifuhu wahuwa khayru arraziqeen

Say: ‘My Lord expands the provision of any of His slaves He wills or restricts it. But anything you expend will be replaced by Him. He is the Best of Providers.’

وَيَوْمَ يَحْشُرُهُمْ جَم۪يعاً ثُمَّ يَقُولُ لِلْمَلٰٓئِكَةِ اَهٰٓؤُ۬لَٓاءِ اِيَّاكُمْ كَانُوا يَعْبُدُونَ

Wayawma yahshuruhum jameeAAan thummayaqoolu lilmala-ikati ahaola-i iyyakumkanoo yaAAbudoon

On the Day We gather them all together and then say to the angels, ‘Was it you whom these people were worshipping?’

قَالُوا سُبْحَانَكَ اَنْتَ وَلِيُّنَا مِنْ دُونِهِمْۚ بَلْ كَانُوا يَعْبُدُونَ الْجِنَّۚ اَكْثَرُهُمْ بِهِمْ مُؤْمِنُونَ

Qaloo subhanaka anta waliyyunamin doonihim bal kanoo yaAAbudoona aljinna aktharuhumbihim mu/minoon

they will say, ‘Glory be to You! You are our Protector, not them. No, they were worshipping the jinn. They mostly had faith in them.’

فَالْيَوْمَ لَا يَمْلِكُ بَعْضُكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ نَفْعاً وَلَا ضَراًّۜ وَنَقُولُ لِلَّذ۪ينَ ظَلَمُوا ذُوقُوا عَذَابَ النَّارِ الَّت۪ي كُنْتُمْ بِهَا تُكَذِّبُونَ

Falyawma la yamliku baAAdukumlibaAAdin nafAAan wala darran wanaqoolulillatheena thalamoo thooqoo AAathabaannari allatee kuntum biha tukaththiboon

‘Today you possess no power to help or harm one another. ’ And We will say to those who did wrong, ‘Taste the punishment of the Fire which you denied.’

وَاِذَا تُتْلٰى عَلَيْهِمْ اٰيَاتُنَا بَيِّنَاتٍ قَالُوا مَا هٰذَٓا اِلَّا رَجُلٌ يُر۪يدُ اَنْ يَصُدَّكُمْ عَمَّا كَانَ يَعْبُدُ اٰبَٓاؤُ۬كُمْۚ وَقَالُوا مَا هٰذَٓا اِلَّٓا اِفْكٌ مُفْتَرًىۜ وَقَالَ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا لِلْحَقِّ لَمَّا جَٓاءَهُمْۙ اِنْ هٰذَٓا اِلَّا سِحْرٌ مُب۪ينٌ

Wa-itha tutla AAalayhim ayatunabayyinatin qaloo ma hatha illarajulun yureedu an yasuddakum AAamma kanayaAAbudu abaokum waqaloo ma hathailla ifkun muftaran waqala allatheenakafaroo lilhaqqi lamma jaahum in hathailla sihrun mubeen

When Our Clear Signs are recited to them, they say, ‘This is nothing but a man who wants to debar you from what your fathers used to worship. ’ They say, ‘This is nothing but an invented lie.’ Those who are kafir say to the truth when it comes to them, ‘This is nothing but downright magic.’

وَمَٓا اٰتَيْنَاهُمْ مِنْ كُتُبٍ يَدْرُسُونَهَا وَمَٓا اَرْسَلْنَٓا اِلَيْهِمْ قَبْلَكَ مِنْ نَذ۪يرٍۜ

Wama ataynahum minkutubin yadrusoonaha wama arsalna ilayhimqablaka min natheer

We have not given them any books which they are studying nor did We send, before you, any warner to them.

وَكَذَّبَ الَّذ۪ينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْۙ وَمَا بَلَغُوا مِعْشَارَ مَٓا اٰتَيْنَاهُمْ فَكَذَّبُوا رُسُل۪ي۠ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ نَك۪يرِ۟

Wakaththaba allatheena minqablihim wama balaghoo miAAshara ma ataynahumfakaththaboo rusulee fakayfa kana nakeer

Those before them also denied the truth but these people do not have even a tenth of what We gave to them. They denied My Messengers. And how complete was My denial!

قُلْ اِنَّـمَٓا اَعِظُـكُمْ بِوَاحِدَةٍۚ اَنْ تَقُومُوا لِلّٰهِ مَثْنٰى وَفُرَادٰى ثُمَّ تَتَفَكَّرُوا۠ مَا بِصَاحِبِكُمْ مِنْ جِنَّةٍۜ اِنْ هُوَ اِلَّا نَذ۪يرٌ لَكُمْ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ عَذَابٍ شَد۪يدٍ

Qul innama aAAithukumbiwahidatin an taqoomoo lillahi mathna wafuradathumma tatafakkaroo ma bisahibikum min jinnatin inhuwa illa natheerun lakum bayna yaday AAathabinshadeed

Say: ‘I exhort you to do one thing alone: to stand before Allah in pairs and on your own and then reflect. Your companion is not possessed. He is only a warner come to you ahead of a terrible punishment.’

قُلْ مَا سَاَلْتُكُمْ مِنْ اَجْرٍ فَهُوَ لَكُمْۜ اِنْ اَجْرِيَ اِلَّا عَلَى اللّٰهِۚ وَهُوَ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ شَه۪يدٌ

Qul ma saaltukum min ajrin fahuwalakum in ajriya illa AAala Allahi wahuwaAAala kulli shay-in shaheed

Say: ‘I have not asked you for any wage – it is all for you. My wage is the responsibility of Allah alone. He is witness of everything.’

قُلْ اِنَّ رَبّ۪ي يَقْذِفُ بِالْحَقِّۚ عَلَّامُ الْغُيُوبِ

Qul inna rabbee yaqthifu bilhaqqiAAallamu alghuyoob

Say: ‘My Lord hurls forth the Truth – the Knower of all unseen things. ’

قُلْ جَٓاءَ الْحَقُّ وَمَا يُبْدِئُ الْبَاطِلُ وَمَا يُع۪يدُ

Qul jaa alhaqqu wamayubdi-o albatilu wama yuAAeed

Say: ‘The Truth has come. Falsehood cannot originate or regenerate.’

قُلْ اِنْ ضَلَلْتُ فَاِنَّـمَٓا اَضِلُّ عَلٰى نَفْس۪يۚ وَاِنِ اهْتَدَيْتُ فَبِمَا يُوح۪ٓي اِلَيَّ رَبّ۪يۜ اِنَّهُ سَم۪يعٌ قَر۪يبٌ

Qul in dalaltu fa-innama adilluAAala nafsee wa-ini ihtadaytu fabima yooheeilayya rabbee innahu sameeAAun qareeb

Say: ‘If I am misguided, it is only to my detriment. But if I am guided, it is by what my Lord reveals to me. He is All-Hearing, Close-at-hand.’

وَلَوْ تَرٰٓى اِذْ فَزِعُوا فَلَا فَوْتَ وَاُخِذُوا مِنْ مَكَانٍ قَر۪يبٍۙ

Walaw tara ith faziAAoo falafawta waokhithoo min makanin qareeb

If you could only see when they are terrified, and there is no way out, and they are seized from a nearby place.

وَقَالُٓوا اٰمَنَّا بِه۪ۚ وَاَنّٰى لَهُمُ التَّنَاوُشُ مِنْ مَكَانٍ بَع۪يدٍۚ

Waqaloo amanna bihiwaanna lahumu attanawushu min makaninbaAAeed

They will say, ‘We have iman in it,’ but how can they reach out for it from a distant place -

وَقَدْ كَفَرُوا بِه۪ مِنْ قَبْلُۚ وَيَقْذِفُونَ بِالْغَيْبِ مِنْ مَكَانٍ بَع۪يدٍ

Waqad kafaroo bihi min qablu wayaqthifoonabilghaybi min makanin baAAeed

when beforehand they had rejected it, shooting forth about the Unseen from a distant place?

وَح۪يلَ بَيْنَهُمْ وَبَيْنَ مَا يَشْتَهُونَ كَمَا فُعِلَ بِاَشْيَاعِهِمْ مِنْ قَبْلُۜ اِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا ف۪ي شَكٍّ مُر۪يبٍ

Waheela baynahum wabayna mayashtahoona kama fuAAila bi-ashyaAAihim min qabluinnahum kanoo fee shakkin mureeb

A barrier will be set up between them and the thing that they desire, just as was done with their kind before. They too were in a state of crippling doubt.