Al-Anbiya'

ٱقۡتَرَبَ لِلنَّاسِ حِسَابُهُمۡ وَهُمۡ فِي غَفۡلَةٖ مُّعۡرِضُونَ ١

Iqtaraba lin-nāsi ḥisābuhum wa hum fī ghaflatim muʿriḍūn.

[The time of] their account has approached for the people, while they are in heedlessness turning away.

مَا يَأۡتِيهِم مِّن ذِكۡرٖ مِّن رَّبِّهِم مُّحۡدَثٍ إِلَّا ٱسۡتَمَعُوهُ وَهُمۡ يَلۡعَبُونَ ٢

Mā yaʾtīhim min dhikrim mir rabbihim muḥdathin illastamaʿūhu wa hum yalʿabūn.

No mention [i.e., revelation] comes to them anew from their Lord except that they listen to it while they are at play

لَاهِيَةٗ قُلُوبُهُمۡۗ وَأَسَرُّواْ ٱلنَّجۡوَى ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ هَلۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا بَشَرٞ مِّثۡلُكُمۡۖ أَفَتَأۡتُونَ ٱلسِّحۡرَ وَأَنتُمۡ تُبۡصِرُونَ ٣

Lāhiyatan qulūbuhum, wa asarrun-najwal-ladhīna ẓalamū hal hādhā illā basharum mithlukum, afataʾtūnas-siḥra wa antum tubṣirūn.

With their hearts distracted. And those who do wrong conceal their private conversation, [saying], "Is this [Prophet] except a human being like you? So would you approach magic while you are aware [of it]?"

قَالَ رَبِّي يَعۡلَمُ ٱلۡقَوۡلَ فِي ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۖ وَهُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ ٤

Qāla rabbī yaʿlamul-qawla fis-samāʾi wal-arḍ, wa huwas-samīʿul-ʿalīm.

He [the Prophet (ﷺ)] said, "My Lord knows whatever is said throughout the heaven and earth, and He is the Hearing, the Knowing."

بَلۡ قَالُوٓاْ أَضۡغَٰثُ أَحۡلَٰمِۭ بَلِ ٱفۡتَرَىٰهُ بَلۡ هُوَ شَاعِرٞ فَلۡيَأۡتِنَا بِـَٔايَةٖ كَمَآ أُرۡسِلَ ٱلۡأَوَّلُونَ ٥

Bal qālū aḍghāthu aḥlāmim baliftarāhu bal huwa shāʿirun falyaʾtinā biʾāyatin kamā ursilal-awwalūn.

But they say, "[The revelation is but] a mixture of false dreams; rather, he has invented it; rather, he is a poet. So let him bring us a sign just as the previous [messengers] were sent [with miracles]."

مَآ ءَامَنَتۡ قَبۡلَهُم مِّن قَرۡيَةٍ أَهۡلَكۡنَٰهَآۖ أَفَهُمۡ يُؤۡمِنُونَ ٦

Mā āmanat qablahum min qaryatin ahlaknāhā, afahum yuʾminūn.

Not a [single] city which We destroyed believed before them,¹ so will they believe?

وَمَآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا قَبۡلَكَ إِلَّا رِجَالٗا نُّوحِيٓ إِلَيۡهِمۡۖ فَسۡـَٔلُوٓاْ أَهۡلَ ٱلذِّكۡرِ إِن كُنتُمۡ لَا تَعۡلَمُونَ ٧

Wa mā arsalnā qablaka illā rijālan nūḥī ilayhim, fasʾalū ahladh-dhikri in kuntum lā taʿlamūn.

And We sent not before you, [O Muḥammad], except men to whom We revealed [the message], so ask the people of the message [i.e., former scriptures] if you do not know.

وَمَا جَعَلۡنَٰهُمۡ جَسَدٗا لَّا يَأۡكُلُونَ ٱلطَّعَامَ وَمَا كَانُواْ خَٰلِدِينَ ٨

Wa mā jaʿalnāhum jasadal lā yaʾkulūnaṭ-ṭaʿāma wa mā kānū khālidīn.

And We did not make them [i.e., the prophets] forms not eating food,¹ nor were they immortal [on earth].

ثُمَّ صَدَقۡنَٰهُمُ ٱلۡوَعۡدَ فَأَنجَيۡنَٰهُمۡ وَمَن نَّشَآءُ وَأَهۡلَكۡنَا ٱلۡمُسۡرِفِينَ ٩

Thumma ṣadaqnāhumul-waʿda fa anjaynāhum wa man nashāʾu wa ahlaknal-musrifīn.

Then¹ We fulfilled for them the promise, and We saved them and whom We willed and destroyed the transgressors.

لَقَدۡ أَنزَلۡنَآ إِلَيۡكُمۡ كِتَٰبٗا فِيهِ ذِكۡرُكُمۡۚ أَفَلَا تَعۡقِلُونَ ١٠

Laqad anzalnā ilaykum kitāban fīhi dhikrukum, afalā taʿqilūn.

We have certainly sent down to you a Book [i.e., the Qur’ān] in which is your mention.¹ Then will you not reason?

وَكَمۡ قَصَمۡنَا مِن قَرۡيَةٖ كَانَتۡ ظَالِمَةٗ وَأَنشَأۡنَا بَعۡدَهَا قَوۡمًا ءَاخَرِينَ ١١

Wa kam qaṣamnā min qaryatin kānat ẓālimataw wa anshaʾnā baʿdahā qawman ākharīn.

And how many a city which was unjust¹ have We shattered and produced after it another people.

فَلَمَّآ أَحَسُّواْ بَأۡسَنَآ إِذَا هُم مِّنۡهَا يَرۡكُضُونَ ١٢

Falammā aḥassū baʾsanā idhā hum minhā yarkuḍūn.

And when they [i.e., its inhabitants] perceived Our punishment, at once they fled from it.

لَا تَرۡكُضُواْ وَٱرۡجِعُوٓاْ إِلَىٰ مَآ أُتۡرِفۡتُمۡ فِيهِ وَمَسَٰكِنِكُمۡ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تُسۡـَٔلُونَ ١٣

Lā tarkuḍū warjiʿū ilā mā utriftum fīhi wa masākinikum laʿallakum tusʾalūn.

[Some angels said], "Do not flee but return to where you were given luxury and to your homes - perhaps you will be questioned."¹

قَالُواْ يَٰوَيۡلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ ١٤

Qālū yāwaylanā innā kunnā ẓālimīn.

They said, "O woe to us! Indeed, we were wrongdoers."

فَمَا زَالَت تِّلۡكَ دَعۡوَىٰهُمۡ حَتَّىٰ جَعَلۡنَٰهُمۡ حَصِيدًا خَٰمِدِينَ ١٥

Famā zālat tilka daʿwāhum ḥattā jaʿalnāhum ḥaṣīdan khāmidīn.

And that declaration of theirs did not cease until We made them [as] a harvest [mowed down], extinguished [like a fire].

وَمَا خَلَقۡنَا ٱلسَّمَآءَ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَا لَٰعِبِينَ ١٦

Wa mā khalaqnas-samāʾa wal-arḍa wa mā baynahumā lāʿibīn.

And We did not create the heaven and earth and that between them in play.

لَوۡ أَرَدۡنَآ أَن نَّتَّخِذَ لَهۡوٗا لَّٱتَّخَذۡنَٰهُ مِن لَّدُنَّآ إِن كُنَّا فَٰعِلِينَ ١٧

Law aradnā an nattakhidha lahwal lattakhadhnāhu mil ladunnā in kunnā fāʿilīn.

Had We intended to take a diversion,¹ We could have taken it from [what is] with Us - if [indeed] We were to do so.

بَلۡ نَقۡذِفُ بِٱلۡحَقِّ عَلَى ٱلۡبَٰطِلِ فَيَدۡمَغُهُۥ فَإِذَا هُوَ زَاهِقٞۚ وَلَكُمُ ٱلۡوَيۡلُ مِمَّا تَصِفُونَ ١٨

Bal naqdhifu bil-ḥaqqi ʿalal-bāṭili fayadmaghuhū fa idhā huwa zāhiq, wa lakumul-waylu mimmā taṣifūn.

Rather, We dash the truth upon falsehood, and it destroys it,¹ and thereupon it departs. And for you is destruction from that which you describe.²

وَلَهُۥ مَن فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ وَمَنۡ عِندَهُۥ لَا يَسۡتَكۡبِرُونَ عَنۡ عِبَادَتِهِۦ وَلَا يَسۡتَحۡسِرُونَ ١٩

Wa lahū man fis-samāwāti wal-arḍ, wa man ʿindahū lā yastakbirūna ʿan ʿibādatihī wa lā yastaḥsirūn.

To Him belongs whoever is in the heavens and the earth. And those near Him [i.e., the angels] are not prevented by arrogance from His worship, nor do they tire.

يُسَبِّحُونَ ٱلَّيۡلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ لَا يَفۡتُرُونَ ٢٠

Yusabbiḥūnal-layla wan-nahāra lā yafturūn.

They exalt [Him] night and day [and] do not slacken.

أَمِ ٱتَّخَذُوٓاْ ءَالِهَةٗ مِّنَ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ هُمۡ يُنشِرُونَ ٢١

Amittakhadhū ālihatam minal-arḍi hum yunshirūn.

Or have they [i.e., men] taken for themselves gods from the earth who resurrect [the dead]?

لَوۡ كَانَ فِيهِمَآ ءَالِهَةٌ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ لَفَسَدَتَاۚ فَسُبۡحَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَرۡشِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ ٢٢

Law kāna fīhimā ālihatun illallāhu lafasadatā, fasubḥānallāhi rabbil-ʿarshi ʿammā yaṣifūn.

Had there been within them [i.e., the heavens and earth] gods besides Allāh, they both would have been ruined. So exalted is Allāh, Lord of the Throne, above what they describe.

لَا يُسۡـَٔلُ عَمَّا يَفۡعَلُ وَهُمۡ يُسۡـَٔلُونَ ٢٣

Lā yusʾalu ʿammā yafʿalu wa hum yusʾalūn.

He is not questioned about what He does, but they will be questioned.

أَمِ ٱتَّخَذُواْ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ ءَالِهَةٗۖ قُلۡ هَاتُواْ بُرۡهَٰنَكُمۡۖ هَٰذَا ذِكۡرُ مَن مَّعِيَ وَذِكۡرُ مَن قَبۡلِيۚ بَلۡ أَكۡثَرُهُمۡ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ ٱلۡحَقَّۖ فَهُم مُّعۡرِضُونَ ٢٤

Amittakhadhū min dūnihī ālihah, qul hātū burhānakum, hādhā dhikru mam maʿiya wa dhikru man qablī, bal aktharuhum lā yaʿlamūnal-ḥaqq, fahum muʿriḍūn.

Or have they taken gods besides Him? Say, [O Muḥammad], "Produce your proof. This [Qur’ān] is the message for those with me and the message of those before me."¹ But most of them do not know the truth, so they are turning away.

وَمَآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا مِن قَبۡلِكَ مِن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا نُوحِيٓ إِلَيۡهِ أَنَّهُۥ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّآ أَنَا۠ فَٱعۡبُدُونِ ٢٥

Wa mā arsalnā min qablika mir rasūlin illā nūḥī ilayhi annahū lā ilāha illā ana faʿbudūn.

And We sent not before you any messenger except We revealed to him that, "There is no deity except Me, so worship Me."

وَقَالُواْ ٱتَّخَذَ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ وَلَدٗاۗ سُبۡحَٰنَهُۥۚ بَلۡ عِبَادٞ مُّكۡرَمُونَ ٢٦

Wa qāluttakhadhar-raḥmānu waladā, subḥānah, bal ʿibādum mukramūn.

And they say, "The Most Merciful has taken a son." Exalted is He! Rather, they¹ are [but] honored servants.

لَا يَسۡبِقُونَهُۥ بِٱلۡقَوۡلِ وَهُم بِأَمۡرِهِۦ يَعۡمَلُونَ ٢٧

Lā yasbiqūnahū bil-qawli wa hum biʾamrihī yaʿmalūn.

They cannot precede Him in word, and they act by His command.

يَعۡلَمُ مَا بَيۡنَ أَيۡدِيهِمۡ وَمَا خَلۡفَهُمۡ وَلَا يَشۡفَعُونَ إِلَّا لِمَنِ ٱرۡتَضَىٰ وَهُم مِّنۡ خَشۡيَتِهِۦ مُشۡفِقُونَ ٢٨

Yaʿlamu mā bayna aydīhim wa mā khalfahum wa lā yashfaʿūna illā limanirtaḍā wa hum min khashyatihī mushfiqūn.

He knows what is [presently] before them and what will be after them,¹ and they cannot intercede except on behalf of one whom He approves. And they, from fear of Him, are apprehensive.

۞ وَمَن يَقُلۡ مِنۡهُمۡ إِنِّيٓ إِلَٰهٞ مِّن دُونِهِۦ فَذَٰلِكَ نَجۡزِيهِ جَهَنَّمَۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجۡزِي ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ٢٩

Wa may yaqul minhum innī ilāhum min dūnihī fadhālika najzīhi jahannam, kadhālika najziẓ-ẓālimīn.

And whoever of them should say, "Indeed, I am a god besides Him" - that one We would recompense with Hell. Thus do We recompense the wrongdoers.

أَوَلَمۡ يَرَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓاْ أَنَّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ كَانَتَا رَتۡقٗا فَفَتَقۡنَٰهُمَاۖ وَجَعَلۡنَا مِنَ ٱلۡمَآءِ كُلَّ شَيۡءٍ حَيٍّۚ أَفَلَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ ٣٠

Awalam yaral-ladhīna kafarū annas-samāwāti wal-arḍa kānatā ratqan fafataqnāhumā, wa jaʿalnā minal-māʾi kulla shayʾin ḥayy, afalā yuʾminūn.

Have those who disbelieved not considered that the heavens and the earth were a joined entity, and then We separated them and made from water every living thing? Then will they not believe?

وَجَعَلۡنَا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ رَوَٰسِيَ أَن تَمِيدَ بِهِمۡ وَجَعَلۡنَا فِيهَا فِجَاجٗا سُبُلٗا لَّعَلَّهُمۡ يَهۡتَدُونَ ٣١

Wa jaʿalnā fil-arḍi rawāsiya an tamīda bihim wa jaʿalnā fīhā fijājan subulal laʿallahum yahtadūn.

And We placed within the earth firmly set mountains, lest it should shift with them, and We made therein [mountain] passes [as] roads that they might be guided.

وَجَعَلۡنَا ٱلسَّمَآءَ سَقۡفٗا مَّحۡفُوظٗاۖ وَهُمۡ عَنۡ ءَايَٰتِهَا مُعۡرِضُونَ ٣٢

Wa jaʿalnas-samāʾa saqfam maḥfūẓā, wa hum ʿan āyātihā muʿriḍūn.

And We made the sky a protected ceiling, but they, from its signs,¹ are turning away.

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ ٱلَّيۡلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ وَٱلشَّمۡسَ وَٱلۡقَمَرَۖ كُلّٞ فِي فَلَكٖ يَسۡبَحُونَ ٣٣

Wa huwal-ladhī khalaqal-layla wan-nahāra wash-shamsa wal-qamar, kullun fī falakiy yasbaḥūn.

And it is He who created the night and the day and the sun and the moon; all [heavenly bodies] in an orbit are swimming.

وَمَا جَعَلۡنَا لِبَشَرٖ مِّن قَبۡلِكَ ٱلۡخُلۡدَۖ أَفَإِيْن مِّتَّ فَهُمُ ٱلۡخَٰلِدُونَ ٣٤

Wa mā jaʿalnā libasharim min qablikal-khuld, afaʾim mitta fahumul-khālidūn.

And We did not grant to any man before you eternity [on earth]; so if you die - would they be eternal?

كُلُّ نَفۡسٖ ذَآئِقَةُ ٱلۡمَوۡتِۗ وَنَبۡلُوكُم بِٱلشَّرِّ وَٱلۡخَيۡرِ فِتۡنَةٗۖ وَإِلَيۡنَا تُرۡجَعُونَ ٣٥

Kullu nafsin dhāʾiqatul-mawt, wa nablūkum bish-sharri wal-khayri fitnah, wa ilaynā turjaʿūn.

Every soul will taste death. And We test you with evil and with good as trial; and to Us you will be returned.

وَإِذَا رَءَاكَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓاْ إِن يَتَّخِذُونَكَ إِلَّا هُزُوًا أَهَٰذَا ٱلَّذِي يَذۡكُرُ ءَالِهَتَكُمۡ وَهُم بِذِكۡرِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ هُمۡ كَٰفِرُونَ ٣٦

Wa idhā raʾākal-ladhīna kafarū iy yattakhidhūnaka illā huzuwan ahādhal-ladhī yadhkuru ālihatakum wa hum bidhikrir-raḥmāni hum kāfirūn.

And when those who disbelieve see you, [O Muḥammad], they take you not except in ridicule, [saying], "Is this the one who mentions [i.e., insults] your gods?" And they are, at the mention of the Most Merciful, disbelievers.

خُلِقَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مِنۡ عَجَلٖۚ سَأُوْرِيكُمۡ ءَايَٰتِي فَلَا تَسۡتَعۡجِلُونِ ٣٧

Khuliqal-insānu min ʿajal, saʾurīkum āyātī falā tastaʿjilūn.

Man was created of haste [i.e., impatience]. I will show you My signs [i.e., vengeance], so do not impatiently urge Me.

وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هَٰذَا ٱلۡوَعۡدُ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰدِقِينَ ٣٨

Wa yaqūlūna matā hādhal-waʿdu in kuntum ṣādiqīn.

And they say, "When is this promise, if you should be truthful?"

لَوۡ يَعۡلَمُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ حِينَ لَا يَكُفُّونَ عَن وُجُوهِهِمُ ٱلنَّارَ وَلَا عَن ظُهُورِهِمۡ وَلَا هُمۡ يُنصَرُونَ ٣٩

Law yaʿlamul-ladhīna kafarū ḥīna lā yakuffūna ʿaw wujūhihimun-nāra wa lā ʿan ẓuhūrihim wa lā hum yunṣarūn.

If those who disbelieved but knew the time when they will not avert the Fire from their faces or from their backs and they will not be aided...¹

بَلۡ تَأۡتِيهِم بَغۡتَةٗ فَتَبۡهَتُهُمۡ فَلَا يَسۡتَطِيعُونَ رَدَّهَا وَلَا هُمۡ يُنظَرُونَ ٤٠

Bal taʾtīhim baghtatan fatabhatuhum falā yastaṭīʿūna raddahā wa lā hum yunẓarūn.

Rather, it will come to them unexpectedly and bewilder them, and they will not be able to repel it, nor will they be reprieved.

وَلَقَدِ ٱسۡتُهۡزِئَ بِرُسُلٖ مِّن قَبۡلِكَ فَحَاقَ بِٱلَّذِينَ سَخِرُواْ مِنۡهُم مَّا كَانُواْ بِهِۦ يَسۡتَهۡزِءُونَ ٤١

Wa laqadistuhziʾa birusulim min qablika faḥāqa bil-ladhīna sakhirū minhum mā kānū bihī yastahziʾūn.

And already were messengers ridiculed before you, but those who mocked them were enveloped by what they used to ridicule.

قُلۡ مَن يَكۡلَؤُكُم بِٱلَّيۡلِ وَٱلنَّهَارِ مِنَ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِۚ بَلۡ هُمۡ عَن ذِكۡرِ رَبِّهِم مُّعۡرِضُونَ ٤٢

Qul may yaklaʾukum bil-layli wan-nahāri minar-raḥmān, bal hum ʿan dhikri rabbihim muʿriḍūn.

Say, "Who can protect you at night or by day from the Most Merciful?" But they are, from the remembrance of their Lord, turning away.

أَمۡ لَهُمۡ ءَالِهَةٞ تَمۡنَعُهُم مِّن دُونِنَاۚ لَا يَسۡتَطِيعُونَ نَصۡرَ أَنفُسِهِمۡ وَلَا هُم مِّنَّا يُصۡحَبُونَ ٤٣

Am lahum ālihatun tamnaʿuhum min dūninā, lā yastaṭīʿūna naṣra anfusihim wa lā hum minnā yuṣḥabūn.

Or do they have gods to defend them other than Us? They are unable [even] to help themselves, nor can they be protected from Us.

بَلۡ مَتَّعۡنَا هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ وَءَابَآءَهُمۡ حَتَّىٰ طَالَ عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلۡعُمُرُۗ أَفَلَا يَرَوۡنَ أَنَّا نَأۡتِي ٱلۡأَرۡضَ نَنقُصُهَا مِنۡ أَطۡرَافِهَآۚ أَفَهُمُ ٱلۡغَٰلِبُونَ ٤٤

Bal mattaʿnā hāʾulāʾi wa ābāʾahum ḥattā ṭāla ʿalayhimul-ʿumur, afalā yarawna annā naʾtil-arḍa nanquṣuhā min aṭrāfihā, afahumul-ghālibūn.

But, [on the contrary], We have provided good things for these [disbelievers] and their fathers until life was prolonged for them. Then do they not see that We set upon the land, reducing it from its borders?¹ Is it they who will overcome?

قُلۡ إِنَّمَآ أُنذِرُكُم بِٱلۡوَحۡيِۚ وَلَا يَسۡمَعُ ٱلصُّمُّ ٱلدُّعَآءَ إِذَا مَا يُنذَرُونَ ٤٥

Qul innamā undhirukum bil-waḥy, wa lā yasmaʿuṣ-ṣummud-duʿāʾa idhā mā yundharūn.

Say, "I only warn you by revelation." But the deaf do not hear the call when they are warned.

وَلَئِن مَّسَّتۡهُمۡ نَفۡحَةٞ مِّنۡ عَذَابِ رَبِّكَ لَيَقُولُنَّ يَٰوَيۡلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ ٤٦

Wa laʾim massathum nafḥatum min ʿadhābi rabbika layaqūlunna yāwaylanā innā kunnā ẓālimīn.

And if [as much as] a whiff of the punishment of your Lord should touch them, they would surely say, "O woe to us! Indeed, we have been wrongdoers."

وَنَضَعُ ٱلۡمَوَٰزِينَ ٱلۡقِسۡطَ لِيَوۡمِ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ فَلَا تُظۡلَمُ نَفۡسٞ شَيۡـٔٗاۖ وَإِن كَانَ مِثۡقَالَ حَبَّةٖ مِّنۡ خَرۡدَلٍ أَتَيۡنَا بِهَاۗ وَكَفَىٰ بِنَا حَٰسِبِينَ ٤٧

Wa naḍaʿul-mawāzīnal-qisṭa liyawmil-qiyāmati falā tuẓlamu nafsun shayʾā, wa in kāna mithqāla ḥabbatim min khardalin ataynā bihā, wa kafā binā ḥāsibīn.

And We place the scales of justice for the Day of Resurrection, so no soul will be treated unjustly at all. And if there is [even] the weight of a mustard seed,¹ We will bring it forth. And sufficient are We as accountant.

وَلَقَدۡ ءَاتَيۡنَا مُوسَىٰ وَهَٰرُونَ ٱلۡفُرۡقَانَ وَضِيَآءٗ وَذِكۡرٗا لِّلۡمُتَّقِينَ ٤٨

Wa laqad ātaynā mūsā wa hārūnal-furqāna wa ḍiyāʾaw wa dhikral lil-muttaqīn.

And We had already given Moses and Aaron the criterion and a light and a reminder¹ for the righteous

ٱلَّذِينَ يَخۡشَوۡنَ رَبَّهُم بِٱلۡغَيۡبِ وَهُم مِّنَ ٱلسَّاعَةِ مُشۡفِقُونَ ٤٩

Al-ladhīna yakhshawna rabbahum bil-ghaybi wa hum minas-sāʿati mushfiqūn.

Who fear their Lord unseen,¹ while they are of the Hour apprehensive.

وَهَٰذَا ذِكۡرٞ مُّبَارَكٌ أَنزَلۡنَٰهُۚ أَفَأَنتُمۡ لَهُۥ مُنكِرُونَ ٥٠

Wa hādhā dhikrum mubārakun anzalnāh, afaʾantum lahū munkirūn.

And this [Qur’ān] is a blessed message which We have sent down. Then are you with it unacquainted?¹

۞ وَلَقَدۡ ءَاتَيۡنَآ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ رُشۡدَهُۥ مِن قَبۡلُ وَكُنَّا بِهِۦ عَٰلِمِينَ ٥١

Wa laqad ātaynā ibrāhīma rushdahū min qablu wa kunnā bihī ʿālimīn.

And We had certainly given Abraham his sound judgement before,¹ and We were of him well-Knowing

إِذۡ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوۡمِهِۦ مَا هَٰذِهِ ٱلتَّمَاثِيلُ ٱلَّتِيٓ أَنتُمۡ لَهَا عَٰكِفُونَ ٥٢

Idh qāla liʾabīhi wa qawmihī mā hādhihit-tamāthīlul-latī antum lahā ʿākifūn.

When he said to his father and his people, "What are these statues to which you are devoted?"

قَالُواْ وَجَدۡنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا لَهَا عَٰبِدِينَ ٥٣

Qālū wajadnā ābāʾanā lahā ʿābidīn.

They said, "We found our fathers worshippers of them."

قَالَ لَقَدۡ كُنتُمۡ أَنتُمۡ وَءَابَآؤُكُمۡ فِي ضَلَٰلٖ مُّبِينٖ ٥٤

Qāla laqad kuntum antum wa ābāʾukum fī ḍalālim mubīn.

He said, "You were certainly, you and your fathers, in manifest error."

قَالُوٓاْ أَجِئۡتَنَا بِٱلۡحَقِّ أَمۡ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱللَّٰعِبِينَ ٥٥

Qālū ajiʾtanā bil-ḥaqqi am anta minal-lāʿibīn.

They said, "Have you come to us with truth, or are you of those who jest?"

قَالَ بَل رَّبُّكُمۡ رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ ٱلَّذِي فَطَرَهُنَّ وَأَنَا۠ عَلَىٰ ذَٰلِكُم مِّنَ ٱلشَّٰهِدِينَ ٥٦

Qāla bal rabbukum rabbus-samāwāti wal-arḍil-ladhī faṭarahunna wa ana ʿalā dhālikum minash-shāhidīn.

He said, "[No], rather, your Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth who created them, and I, to that, am of those who testify.

وَتَٱللَّهِ لَأَكِيدَنَّ أَصۡنَٰمَكُم بَعۡدَ أَن تُوَلُّواْ مُدۡبِرِينَ ٥٧

Watallāhi laʾakīdanna aṣnāmakum baʿda an tuwallū mudbirīn.

And [I swear] by Allāh, I will surely plan against your idols after you have turned and gone away."

فَجَعَلَهُمۡ جُذَٰذًا إِلَّا كَبِيرٗا لَّهُمۡ لَعَلَّهُمۡ إِلَيۡهِ يَرۡجِعُونَ ٥٨

Fajaʿalahum judhādhan illā kabīral lahum laʿallahum ilayhi yarjiʿūn.

So he made them into fragments, except a large one among them, that they might return to it [and question].

قَالُواْ مَن فَعَلَ هَٰذَا بِـَٔالِهَتِنَآ إِنَّهُۥ لَمِنَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ٥٩

Qālū man faʿala hādhā biʾālihatinā innahū laminaẓ-ẓālimīn.

They said, "Who has done this to our gods? Indeed, he is of the wrongdoers."

قَالُواْ سَمِعۡنَا فَتٗى يَذۡكُرُهُمۡ يُقَالُ لَهُۥٓ إِبۡرَٰهِيمُ ٦٠

Qālū samiʿnā fatay yadhkuruhum yuqālu lahū ibrāhīm.

They said, "We heard a young man mention them who is called Abraham."

قَالُواْ فَأۡتُواْ بِهِۦ عَلَىٰٓ أَعۡيُنِ ٱلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَشۡهَدُونَ ٦١

Qālū faʾtū bihī ʿalā aʿyunin-nāsi laʿallahum yashhadūn.

They said, "Then bring him before the eyes of the people that they may testify."¹

قَالُوٓاْ ءَأَنتَ فَعَلۡتَ هَٰذَا بِـَٔالِهَتِنَا يَٰٓإِبۡرَٰهِيمُ ٦٢

Qālū aʾanta faʿalta hādhā biʾālihatinā yāʾibrāhīm.

They said, "Have you done this to our gods, O Abraham?"

قَالَ بَلۡ فَعَلَهُۥ كَبِيرُهُمۡ هَٰذَا فَسۡـَٔلُوهُمۡ إِن كَانُواْ يَنطِقُونَ ٦٣

Qāla bal faʿalahū kabīruhum hādhā fasʾalūhum in kānū yanṭiqūn.

He said, "Rather, this - the largest of them - did it, so ask them, if they should [be able to] speak."

فَرَجَعُوٓاْ إِلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِهِمۡ فَقَالُوٓاْ إِنَّكُمۡ أَنتُمُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ ٦٤

Farajaʿū ilā anfusihim faqālū innakum antumuẓ-ẓālimūn.

So they returned to [blaming] themselves and said [to each other], "Indeed, you are the wrongdoers."

ثُمَّ نُكِسُواْ عَلَىٰ رُءُوسِهِمۡ لَقَدۡ عَلِمۡتَ مَا هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ يَنطِقُونَ ٦٥

Thumma nukisū ʿalā ruʾūsihim laqad ʿalimta mā hāʾulāʾi yanṭiqūn.

Then they reversed themselves,¹ [saying], "You have already known that these do not speak!"

قَالَ أَفَتَعۡبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَنفَعُكُمۡ شَيۡـٔٗا وَلَا يَضُرُّكُمۡ ٦٦

Qāla afataʿbudūna min dūnillāhi mā lā yanfaʿukum shayʾaw wa lā yaḍurrukum.

He said, "Then do you worship instead of Allāh that which does not benefit you at all or harm you?

أُفّٖ لَّكُمۡ وَلِمَا تَعۡبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِۚ أَفَلَا تَعۡقِلُونَ ٦٧

Uffil lakum walimā taʿbudūna min dūnillāh, afalā taʿqilūn.

Uff¹ to you and to what you worship instead of Allāh. Then will you not use reason?"

قَالُواْ حَرِّقُوهُ وَٱنصُرُوٓاْ ءَالِهَتَكُمۡ إِن كُنتُمۡ فَٰعِلِينَ ٦٨

Qālū ḥarriqūhu wanṣurū ālihatakum in kuntum fāʿilīn.

They said, "Burn him and support your gods - if you are to act."

قُلۡنَا يَٰنَارُ كُونِي بَرۡدٗا وَسَلَٰمًا عَلَىٰٓ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ ٦٩

Qulnā yānāru kūnī bardaw wa salāman ʿalā ibrāhīm.

We [i.e., Allāh] said, "O fire, be coolness and safety upon Abraham."

وَأَرَادُواْ بِهِۦ كَيۡدٗا فَجَعَلۡنَٰهُمُ ٱلۡأَخۡسَرِينَ ٧٠

Wa arādū bihī kaydan fajaʿalnāhumul-akhsarīn.

And they intended for him a plan [i.e., harm], but We made them the greatest losers.

وَنَجَّيۡنَٰهُ وَلُوطًا إِلَى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ ٱلَّتِي بَٰرَكۡنَا فِيهَا لِلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٧١

Wa najjaynāhu wa lūṭan ilal-arḍil-latī bāraknā fīhā lil-ʿālamīn.

And We delivered him and Lot to the land which We had blessed for the worlds [i.e., peoples].

وَوَهَبۡنَا لَهُۥٓ إِسۡحَٰقَ وَيَعۡقُوبَ نَافِلَةٗۖ وَكُلّٗا جَعَلۡنَا صَٰلِحِينَ ٧٢

Wa wahabnā lahū isḥāqa wa yaʿqūba nāfilah, wa kullan jaʿalnā ṣāliḥīn.

And We gave him Isaac and Jacob in addition, and all [of them] We made righteous.

وَجَعَلۡنَٰهُمۡ أَئِمَّةٗ يَهۡدُونَ بِأَمۡرِنَا وَأَوۡحَيۡنَآ إِلَيۡهِمۡ فِعۡلَ ٱلۡخَيۡرَٰتِ وَإِقَامَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ وَإِيتَآءَ ٱلزَّكَوٰةِۖ وَكَانُواْ لَنَا عَٰبِدِينَ ٧٣

Wa jaʿalnāhum aʾimmatay yahdūna biʾamrinā wa awḥaynā ilayhim fiʿlal-khayrāti wa iqāmaṣ-ṣalāti wa ītāʾaz-zakāh, wa kānū lanā ʿābidīn.

And We made them leaders guiding by Our command. And We inspired to them the doing of good deeds, establishment of prayer, and giving of zakāh; and they were worshippers of Us.

وَلُوطًا ءَاتَيۡنَٰهُ حُكۡمٗا وَعِلۡمٗا وَنَجَّيۡنَٰهُ مِنَ ٱلۡقَرۡيَةِ ٱلَّتِي كَانَت تَّعۡمَلُ ٱلۡخَبَٰٓئِثَۚ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ قَوۡمَ سَوۡءٖ فَٰسِقِينَ ٧٤

Wa lūṭan ātaynāhu ḥukmaw wa ʿilmaw wa najjaynāhu minal-qaryatil-latī kānat taʿmalul-khabāʾith, innahum kānū qawma sawʾin fāsiqīn.

And to Lot We gave judgement and knowledge, and We saved him from the city that was committing wicked deeds. Indeed, they were a people of evil, defiantly disobedient.

وَأَدۡخَلۡنَٰهُ فِي رَحۡمَتِنَآۖ إِنَّهُۥ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ ٧٥

Wa adkhalnāhu fī raḥmatinā, innahū minaṣ-ṣāliḥīn.

And We admitted him into Our mercy. Indeed, he was of the righteous.

وَنُوحًا إِذۡ نَادَىٰ مِن قَبۡلُ فَٱسۡتَجَبۡنَا لَهُۥ فَنَجَّيۡنَٰهُ وَأَهۡلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلۡكَرۡبِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ ٧٦

Wa nūḥan idh nādā min qablu fastajabnā lahū fanajjaynāhu wa ahlahū minal-karbil-ʿaẓīm.

And [mention] Noah, when he called [to Allāh]¹ before [that time], so We responded to him and saved him and his family from the great affliction [i.e., the flood].

وَنَصَرۡنَٰهُ مِنَ ٱلۡقَوۡمِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَآۚ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ قَوۡمَ سَوۡءٖ فَأَغۡرَقۡنَٰهُمۡ أَجۡمَعِينَ ٧٧

Wa naṣarnāhu minal-qawmil-ladhīna kadhdhabū biʾāyātinā, innahum kānū qawma sawʾin fa aghraqnāhum ajmaʿīn.

And We aided [i.e., saved] him from the people who denied Our signs. Indeed, they were a people of evil, so We drowned them, all together.

وَدَاوُۥدَ وَسُلَيۡمَٰنَ إِذۡ يَحۡكُمَانِ فِي ٱلۡحَرۡثِ إِذۡ نَفَشَتۡ فِيهِ غَنَمُ ٱلۡقَوۡمِ وَكُنَّا لِحُكۡمِهِمۡ شَٰهِدِينَ ٧٨

Wa dāwūda wa sulaymāna idh yaḥkumāni fil-ḥarthi idh nafashat fīhi ghanamul-qawmi wa kunnā liḥukmihim shāhidīn.

And [mention] David and Solomon, when they judged concerning the field - when the sheep of a people overran it [at night],¹ and We were witness to their judgement.

فَفَهَّمۡنَٰهَا سُلَيۡمَٰنَۚ وَكُلًّا ءَاتَيۡنَا حُكۡمٗا وَعِلۡمٗاۚ وَسَخَّرۡنَا مَعَ دَاوُۥدَ ٱلۡجِبَالَ يُسَبِّحۡنَ وَٱلطَّيۡرَۚ وَكُنَّا فَٰعِلِينَ ٧٩

Fafahhamnāhā sulaymān, wa kullan ātaynā ḥukmaw wa ʿilmā, wa sakhkharnā maʿa dāwūdal-jibāla yusabbiḥna waṭ-ṭayr, wa kunnā fāʿilīn.

And We gave understanding of it [i.e., the case] to Solomon, and to each [of them] We gave judgement and knowledge. And We subjected the mountains to exalt [Us], along with David and [also] the birds. And We were doing [that].¹

وَعَلَّمۡنَٰهُ صَنۡعَةَ لَبُوسٖ لَّكُمۡ لِتُحۡصِنَكُم مِّنۢ بَأۡسِكُمۡۖ فَهَلۡ أَنتُمۡ شَٰكِرُونَ ٨٠

Wa ʿallamnāhu ṣanʿata labūsil lakum lituḥṣinakum mim baʾsikum, fahal antum shākirūn.

And We taught him the fashioning of coats of armor to protect you from your [enemy in] battle. So will you then be grateful?

وَلِسُلَيۡمَٰنَ ٱلرِّيحَ عَاصِفَةٗ تَجۡرِي بِأَمۡرِهِۦٓ إِلَى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ ٱلَّتِي بَٰرَكۡنَا فِيهَاۚ وَكُنَّا بِكُلِّ شَيۡءٍ عَٰلِمِينَ ٨١

Walisulaymānar-rīḥa ʿāṣifatan tajrī biʾamrihī ilal-arḍil-latī bāraknā fīhā, wa kunnā bikulli shayʾin ʿālimīn.

And to Solomon [We subjected] the wind, blowing forcefully, proceeding by his command toward the land which We had blessed. And We are ever, of all things, Knowing.

وَمِنَ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينِ مَن يَغُوصُونَ لَهُۥ وَيَعۡمَلُونَ عَمَلٗا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَۖ وَكُنَّا لَهُمۡ حَٰفِظِينَ ٨٢

Wa minash-shayāṭīni may yaghūṣūna lahū wa yaʿmalūna ʿamalan dūna dhālik, wa kunnā lahum ḥāfiẓīn.

And of the devils [i.e., jinn] were those who dived for him and did work other than that. And We were of them a guardian.¹

۞ وَأَيُّوبَ إِذۡ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنِّي مَسَّنِيَ ٱلضُّرُّ وَأَنتَ أَرۡحَمُ ٱلرَّٰحِمِينَ ٨٣

Wa ayyūba idh nādā rabbahū annī massaniyaḍ-ḍurru wa anta arḥamur-rāḥimīn.

And [mention] Job, when he called to his Lord, "Indeed, adversity has touched me, and You are the most merciful of the merciful."

فَٱسۡتَجَبۡنَا لَهُۥ فَكَشَفۡنَا مَا بِهِۦ مِن ضُرّٖۖ وَءَاتَيۡنَٰهُ أَهۡلَهُۥ وَمِثۡلَهُم مَّعَهُمۡ رَحۡمَةٗ مِّنۡ عِندِنَا وَذِكۡرَىٰ لِلۡعَٰبِدِينَ ٨٤

Fastajabnā lahū fakashafnā mā bihī min ḍurr, wa ātaynāhu ahlahū wa mithlahum maʿahum raḥmatam min ʿindinā wa dhikrā lil-ʿābidīn.

So We responded to him and removed what afflicted him of adversity. And We gave him [back] his family and the like thereof with them as mercy from Us and a reminder for the worshippers [of Allāh].

وَإِسۡمَٰعِيلَ وَإِدۡرِيسَ وَذَا ٱلۡكِفۡلِۖ كُلّٞ مِّنَ ٱلصَّٰبِرِينَ ٨٥

Wa ismāʿīla wa idrīsa wa dhal-kifl, kullum minaṣ-ṣābirīn.

And [mention] Ishmael and Idrees and Dhul-Kifl; all were of the patient.

وَأَدۡخَلۡنَٰهُمۡ فِي رَحۡمَتِنَآۖ إِنَّهُم مِّنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ ٨٦

Wa adkhalnāhum fī raḥmatinā, innahum minaṣ-ṣāliḥīn.

And We admitted them into Our mercy. Indeed, they were of the righteous.

وَذَا ٱلنُّونِ إِذ ذَّهَبَ مُغَٰضِبٗا فَظَنَّ أَن لَّن نَّقۡدِرَ عَلَيۡهِ فَنَادَىٰ فِي ٱلظُّلُمَٰتِ أَن لَّآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّآ أَنتَ سُبۡحَٰنَكَ إِنِّي كُنتُ مِنَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ٨٧

Wa dhan-nūni idh dhahaba mughāḍiban faẓanna al lan naqdira ʿalayhi fanādā fiẓ-ẓulumāti al lā ilāha illā anta subḥānaka innī kuntu minaẓ-ẓālimīn.

And [mention] the man of the fish [i.e., Jonah], when he went off in anger¹ and thought that We would not decree [anything] upon him.² And he called out within the darknesses,³ "There is no deity except You; exalted are You. Indeed, I have been of the wrongdoers."

فَٱسۡتَجَبۡنَا لَهُۥ وَنَجَّيۡنَٰهُ مِنَ ٱلۡغَمِّۚ وَكَذَٰلِكَ نُـۨجِي ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ٨٨

Fastajabnā lahū wa najjaynāhu minal-ghamm, wa kadhālika nunjil-muʾminīn.

So We responded to him and saved him from the distress. And thus do We save the believers.

وَزَكَرِيَّآ إِذۡ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُۥ رَبِّ لَا تَذَرۡنِي فَرۡدٗا وَأَنتَ خَيۡرُ ٱلۡوَٰرِثِينَ ٨٩

Wa zakariyyā idh nādā rabbahū rabbi lā tadharnī fardaw wa anta khayrul-wārithīn.

And [mention] Zechariah, when he called to his Lord, "My Lord, do not leave me alone [with no heir], while You are the best of inheritors."

فَٱسۡتَجَبۡنَا لَهُۥ وَوَهَبۡنَا لَهُۥ يَحۡيَىٰ وَأَصۡلَحۡنَا لَهُۥ زَوۡجَهُۥٓۚ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ يُسَٰرِعُونَ فِي ٱلۡخَيۡرَٰتِ وَيَدۡعُونَنَا رَغَبٗا وَرَهَبٗاۖ وَكَانُواْ لَنَا خَٰشِعِينَ ٩٠

Fastajabnā lahū wa wahabnā lahū yaḥyā wa aṣlaḥnā lahū zawjah, innahum kānū yusāriʿūna fil-khayrāti wa yadʿūnanā raghabaw wa rahabā, wa kānū lanā khāshiʿīn.

So We responded to him, and We gave to him John, and amended for him his wife. Indeed, they used to hasten to good deeds and supplicate¹ Us in hope and fear, and they were to Us humbly submissive.

وَٱلَّتِيٓ أَحۡصَنَتۡ فَرۡجَهَا فَنَفَخۡنَا فِيهَا مِن رُّوحِنَا وَجَعَلۡنَٰهَا وَٱبۡنَهَآ ءَايَةٗ لِّلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٩١

Wal-latī aḥṣanat farjahā fanafakhnā fīhā mir rūḥinā wa jaʿalnāhā wabnahā āyatal lil-ʿālamīn.

And [mention] the one who guarded her chastity [i.e., Mary], so We blew into her [garment] through Our angel [i.e., Gabriel], and We made her and her son a sign for the worlds.

إِنَّ هَٰذِهِۦٓ أُمَّتُكُمۡ أُمَّةٗ وَٰحِدَةٗ وَأَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمۡ فَٱعۡبُدُونِ ٩٢

Inna hādhihī ummatukum ummataw wāḥidataw wa ana rabbukum faʿbudūn.

Indeed this, your religion, is one religion,¹ and I am your Lord, so worship Me.

وَتَقَطَّعُوٓاْ أَمۡرَهُم بَيۡنَهُمۡۖ كُلٌّ إِلَيۡنَا رَٰجِعُونَ ٩٣

Wa taqaṭṭaʿū amrahum baynahum, kullun ilaynā rājiʿūn.

And [yet] they divided their affair [i.e., that of their religion] among themselves,¹ [but] all to Us will return.

فَمَن يَعۡمَلۡ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ وَهُوَ مُؤۡمِنٞ فَلَا كُفۡرَانَ لِسَعۡيِهِۦ وَإِنَّا لَهُۥ كَٰتِبُونَ ٩٤

Famay yaʿmal minaṣ-ṣāliḥāti wa huwa muʾminun falā kufrāna lisaʿyihī wa innā lahū kātibūn.

So whoever does righteous deeds while he is a believer - no denial will there be for his effort,¹ and indeed We [i.e., Our angels], of it, are recorders.

وَحَرَٰمٌ عَلَىٰ قَرۡيَةٍ أَهۡلَكۡنَٰهَآ أَنَّهُمۡ لَا يَرۡجِعُونَ ٩٥

Wa ḥarāmun ʿalā qaryatin ahlaknāhā annahum lā yarjiʿūn.

And it is prohibited to [the people of] a city which We have destroyed that they will [ever] return¹

حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا فُتِحَتۡ يَأۡجُوجُ وَمَأۡجُوجُ وَهُم مِّن كُلِّ حَدَبٖ يَنسِلُونَ ٩٦

Ḥattā idhā futiḥat yaʾjūju wa maʾjūju wa hum min kulli ḥadabiy yansilūn.

Until when [the dam of] Gog and Magog has been opened and they, from every elevation, descend

وَٱقۡتَرَبَ ٱلۡوَعۡدُ ٱلۡحَقُّ فَإِذَا هِيَ شَٰخِصَةٌ أَبۡصَٰرُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ يَٰوَيۡلَنَا قَدۡ كُنَّا فِي غَفۡلَةٖ مِّنۡ هَٰذَا بَلۡ كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ ٩٧

Waqtarabal-waʿdul-ḥaqqu fa idhā hiya shākhiṣatun abṣārul-ladhīna kafarū yāwaylanā qad kunnā fī ghaflatim min hādhā bal kunnā ẓālimīn.

And [when] the true promise [i.e., the resurrection] has approached; then suddenly the eyes of those who disbelieved will be staring [in horror, while they say], "O woe to us; we had been unmindful of this; rather, we were wrongdoers."

إِنَّكُمۡ وَمَا تَعۡبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ حَصَبُ جَهَنَّمَ أَنتُمۡ لَهَا وَٰرِدُونَ ٩٨

Innakum wa mā taʿbudūna min dūnillāhi ḥaṣabu jahannama antum lahā wāridūn.

Indeed, you [disbelievers] and what you worship other than Allāh are the firewood of Hell. You will be coming to [enter] it.

لَوۡ كَانَ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ ءَالِهَةٗ مَّا وَرَدُوهَاۖ وَكُلّٞ فِيهَا خَٰلِدُونَ ٩٩

Law kāna hāʾulāʾi ālihatam mā waradūhā, wa kullun fīhā khālidūn.

Had these [false deities] been [actual] gods, they would not have come to it, but all are eternal therein.

لَهُمۡ فِيهَا زَفِيرٞ وَهُمۡ فِيهَا لَا يَسۡمَعُونَ ١٠٠

Lahum fīhā zafīruw wa hum fīhā lā yasmaʿūn.

For them therein is heavy sighing, and they therein will not hear.

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ سَبَقَتۡ لَهُم مِّنَّا ٱلۡحُسۡنَىٰٓ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ عَنۡهَا مُبۡعَدُونَ ١٠١

Innal-ladhīna sabaqat lahum minnal-ḥusnā ulāʾika ʿanhā mubʿadūn.

Indeed, those for whom the best [reward] has preceded from Us - they are from it far removed.

لَا يَسۡمَعُونَ حَسِيسَهَاۖ وَهُمۡ فِي مَا ٱشۡتَهَتۡ أَنفُسُهُمۡ خَٰلِدُونَ ١٠٢

Lā yasmaʿūna ḥasīsahā, wa hum fī mashtahat anfusuhum khālidūn.

They will not hear its sound, while they are, in that which their souls desire, abiding eternally.

لَا يَحۡزُنُهُمُ ٱلۡفَزَعُ ٱلۡأَكۡبَرُ وَتَتَلَقَّىٰهُمُ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ هَٰذَا يَوۡمُكُمُ ٱلَّذِي كُنتُمۡ تُوعَدُونَ ١٠٣

Lā yaḥzunuhumul-fazaʿul-akbaru wa tatalaqqāhumul-malāʾikatu hādhā yawmukumul-ladhī kuntum tūʿadūn.

They will not be grieved by the greatest terror,¹ and the angels will meet them, [saying], "This is your Day which you have been promised" -

يَوۡمَ نَطۡوِي ٱلسَّمَآءَ كَطَيِّ ٱلسِّجِلِّ لِلۡكُتُبِۚ كَمَا بَدَأۡنَآ أَوَّلَ خَلۡقٖ نُّعِيدُهُۥۚ وَعۡدًا عَلَيۡنَآۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا فَٰعِلِينَ ١٠٤

Yawma naṭwis-samāʾa kaṭayyis-sijilli lil-kutub, kamā badaʾnā awwala khalqin nuʿīduh, waʿdan ʿalaynā, innā kunnā fāʿilīn.

The Day when We will fold the heaven like the folding of a [written] sheet for the records. As We began the first creation, We will repeat it. [That is] a promise binding upon Us. Indeed, We will do it.¹

وَلَقَدۡ كَتَبۡنَا فِي ٱلزَّبُورِ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ ٱلذِّكۡرِ أَنَّ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ يَرِثُهَا عِبَادِيَ ٱلصَّٰلِحُونَ ١٠٥

Wa laqad katabnā fiz-zabūri mim baʿdidh-dhikri annal-arḍa yarithuhā ʿibādiyaṣ-ṣāliḥūn.

And We have already written in the book [of Psalms]¹ after the [previous] mention² that the land [of Paradise] is inherited by My righteous servants.

إِنَّ فِي هَٰذَا لَبَلَٰغٗا لِّقَوۡمٍ عَٰبِدِينَ ١٠٦

Inna fī hādhā labalāghal liqawmin ʿābidīn.

Indeed, in this [Qur’ān] is notification for a worshipping people.

وَمَآ أَرۡسَلۡنَٰكَ إِلَّا رَحۡمَةٗ لِّلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ١٠٧

Wa mā arsalnāka illā raḥmatal lil-ʿālamīn.

And We have not sent you, [O Muḥammad], except as a mercy to the worlds.

قُلۡ إِنَّمَا يُوحَىٰٓ إِلَيَّ أَنَّمَآ إِلَٰهُكُمۡ إِلَٰهٞ وَٰحِدٞۖ فَهَلۡ أَنتُم مُّسۡلِمُونَ ١٠٨

Qul innamā yūḥā ilayya annamā ilāhukum ilāhuw wāḥid, fahal antum muslimūn.

Say, "It is only revealed to me that your god is but one God; so will you be Muslims [in submission to Him]?"

فَإِن تَوَلَّوۡاْ فَقُلۡ ءَاذَنتُكُمۡ عَلَىٰ سَوَآءٖۖ وَإِنۡ أَدۡرِيٓ أَقَرِيبٌ أَم بَعِيدٞ مَّا تُوعَدُونَ ١٠٩

Fa in tawallaw faqul ādhantukum ʿalā sawāʾ, wa in adrī aqarībun am baʿīdum mā tūʿadūn.

But if they turn away, then say, "I have announced to [all of] you equally.¹ And I know not whether near or far is that which you are promised.

إِنَّهُۥ يَعۡلَمُ ٱلۡجَهۡرَ مِنَ ٱلۡقَوۡلِ وَيَعۡلَمُ مَا تَكۡتُمُونَ ١١٠

Innahū yaʿlamul-jahra minal-qawli wa yaʿlamu mā taktumūn.

Indeed, He knows what is declared of speech, and He knows what you conceal.

وَإِنۡ أَدۡرِي لَعَلَّهُۥ فِتۡنَةٞ لَّكُمۡ وَمَتَٰعٌ إِلَىٰ حِينٖ ١١١

Wa in adrī laʿallahū fitnatul lakum wa matāʿun ilā ḥīn.

And I know not; perhaps it¹ is a trial for you and enjoyment for a time."

قَٰلَ رَبِّ ٱحۡكُم بِٱلۡحَقِّۗ وَرَبُّنَا ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ ٱلۡمُسۡتَعَانُ عَلَىٰ مَا تَصِفُونَ ١١٢

Qāla rabbiḥkum bil-ḥaqq, wa rabbunar-raḥmānul-mustaʿānu ʿalā mā taṣifūn.

[The Prophet (ﷺ)] has said, "My Lord, judge [between us] in truth. And our Lord is the Most Merciful, the one whose help is sought against that which you describe."¹