An-Naml

طسٓۚ تِلۡكَ ءَايَٰتُ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانِ وَكِتَابٖ مُّبِينٍ ١

Ṭā Sīn, tilka āyātul-qurʾāni wa kitābim mubīn.

Ṭā, Seen.¹ These are the verses of the Qur’ān [i.e., recitation] and a clear Book

هُدٗى وَبُشۡرَىٰ لِلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ٢

Hudaw wa bushrā lil-muʾminīn.

As guidance and good tidings for the believers

ٱلَّذِينَ يُقِيمُونَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَيُؤۡتُونَ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَهُم بِٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ هُمۡ يُوقِنُونَ ٣

Al-ladhīna yuqīmūnaṣ-ṣalāta wa yuʾtūnaz-zakāta wa hum bil-ākhirati hum yūqinūn.

Who establish prayer and give zakāh, and of the Hereafter they are certain [in faith].

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ بِٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ زَيَّنَّا لَهُمۡ أَعۡمَٰلَهُمۡ فَهُمۡ يَعۡمَهُونَ ٤

Innal-ladhīna lā yuʾminūna bil-ākhirati zayyannā lahum aʿmālahum fahum yaʿmahūn.

Indeed, for those who do not believe in the Hereafter, We have made pleasing to them their deeds, so they wander blindly.

أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَهُمۡ سُوٓءُ ٱلۡعَذَابِ وَهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ هُمُ ٱلۡأَخۡسَرُونَ ٥

Ulāʾikal-ladhīna lahum sūʾul-ʿadhābi wa hum fil-ākhirati humul-akhsarūn.

Those are the ones for whom there will be the worst of punishment, and in the Hereafter they are the greatest losers.

وَإِنَّكَ لَتُلَقَّى ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ مِن لَّدُنۡ حَكِيمٍ عَلِيمٍ ٦

Wa innaka latulaqqal-qurʾāna mil ladun ḥakīmin ʿalīm.

And indeed, [O Muḥammad], you receive the Qur’ān from one Wise and Knowing.

إِذۡ قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِأَهۡلِهِۦٓ إِنِّيٓ ءَانَسۡتُ نَارٗا سَـَٔاتِيكُم مِّنۡهَا بِخَبَرٍ أَوۡ ءَاتِيكُم بِشِهَابٖ قَبَسٖ لَّعَلَّكُمۡ تَصۡطَلُونَ ٧

Idh qāla mūsā liʾahlihī innī ānastu nāran saʾātīkum minhā bikhabarin aw ātīkum bishihābin qabasil laʿallakum taṣṭalūn.

[Mention] when Moses said to his family, "Indeed, I have perceived a fire. I will bring you from there information or will bring you a burning torch that you may warm yourselves."

فَلَمَّا جَآءَهَا نُودِيَ أَنۢ بُورِكَ مَن فِي ٱلنَّارِ وَمَنۡ حَوۡلَهَا وَسُبۡحَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٨

Falammā jāʾahā nūdiya am būrika man fin-nāri wa man ḥawlahā wa subḥānallāhi rabbil-ʿālamīn.

But when he came to it, he was called, "Blessed is whoever is at the fire and whoever is around it. And exalted is Allāh, Lord of the worlds.

يَٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِنَّهُۥٓ أَنَا ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلۡحَكِيمُ ٩

Yāmūsā innahū anallāhul-ʿazīzul-ḥakīm.

O Moses, indeed it is I - Allāh, the Exalted in Might, the Wise."

وَأَلۡقِ عَصَاكَۚ فَلَمَّا رَءَاهَا تَهۡتَزُّ كَأَنَّهَا جَآنّٞ وَلَّىٰ مُدۡبِرٗا وَلَمۡ يُعَقِّبۡۚ يَٰمُوسَىٰ لَا تَخَفۡ إِنِّي لَا يَخَافُ لَدَيَّ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلُونَ ١٠

Wa alqi ʿaṣāk, falammā raʾāhā tahtazzu kaʾannahā jānnuw wallā mudbiraw wa lam yuʿaqqib, yāmūsā lā takhaf innī lā yakhāfu ladayyal-mursalūn.

And [he was told], "Throw down your staff." But when he saw it writhing as if it were a snake, he turned in flight and did not return.¹ [Allāh said], "O Moses, fear not. Indeed, in My presence the messengers do not fear.

إِلَّا مَن ظَلَمَ ثُمَّ بَدَّلَ حُسۡنَۢا بَعۡدَ سُوٓءٖ فَإِنِّي غَفُورٞ رَّحِيمٞ ١١

Illā man ẓalama thumma baddala ḥusnā baʿda sūʾin fa innī ghafūrur raḥīm.

Otherwise, he who wrongs, then substitutes good after evil - indeed, I am Forgiving and Merciful.

وَأَدۡخِلۡ يَدَكَ فِي جَيۡبِكَ تَخۡرُجۡ بَيۡضَآءَ مِنۡ غَيۡرِ سُوٓءٖۖ فِي تِسۡعِ ءَايَٰتٍ إِلَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنَ وَقَوۡمِهِۦٓۚ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ قَوۡمٗا فَٰسِقِينَ ١٢

Wa adkhil yadaka fī jaybika takhruj bayḍāʾa min ghayri sūʾ, fī tisʿi āyātin ilā firʿawna wa qawmih, innahum kānū qawman fāsiqīn.

And put your hand into the opening of your garment [at the breast]; it will come out white without disease. [These are] among the nine signs [you will take] to Pharaoh and his people. Indeed, they have been a people defiantly disobedient."

فَلَمَّا جَآءَتۡهُمۡ ءَايَٰتُنَا مُبۡصِرَةٗ قَالُواْ هَٰذَا سِحۡرٞ مُّبِينٞ ١٣

Falammā jāʾathum āyātunā mubṣiratan qālū hādhā siḥrum mubīn.

But when there came to them Our visible signs, they said, "This is obvious magic."

وَجَحَدُواْ بِهَا وَٱسۡتَيۡقَنَتۡهَآ أَنفُسُهُمۡ ظُلۡمٗا وَعُلُوّٗاۚ فَٱنظُرۡ كَيۡفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلۡمُفۡسِدِينَ ١٤

Wa jaḥadū bihā wastayqanathā anfusuhum ẓulmaw wa ʿuluwwā, fanẓur kayfa kāna ʿāqibatul-mufsidīn.

And they rejected them, while their [inner] selves were convinced thereof, out of injustice and haughtiness. So see how was the end of the corrupters.

وَلَقَدۡ ءَاتَيۡنَا دَاوُۥدَ وَسُلَيۡمَٰنَ عِلۡمٗاۖ وَقَالَا ٱلۡحَمۡدُ لِلَّهِ ٱلَّذِي فَضَّلَنَا عَلَىٰ كَثِيرٖ مِّنۡ عِبَادِهِ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ١٥

Wa laqad ātaynā dāwūda wa sulaymāna ʿilmā, wa qālal-ḥamdu lillāhil-ladhī faḍḍalanā ʿalā kathīrim min ʿibādihil-muʾminīn.

And We had certainly given to David and Solomon knowledge, and they said, "Praise [is due] to Allāh, who has favored us over many of His believing servants."

وَوَرِثَ سُلَيۡمَٰنُ دَاوُۥدَۖ وَقَالَ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ عُلِّمۡنَا مَنطِقَ ٱلطَّيۡرِ وَأُوتِينَا مِن كُلِّ شَيۡءٍۖ إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَهُوَ ٱلۡفَضۡلُ ٱلۡمُبِينُ ١٦

Wa waritha sulaymānu dāwūd, wa qāla yāʾayyuhan-nāsu ʿullimnā manṭiqaṭ-ṭayri wa ūtīnā min kulli shayʾ, inna hādhā lahuwal-faḍlul-mubīn.

And Solomon inherited David. He said, "O people, we have been taught the language of birds, and we have been given from all things. Indeed, this is evident bounty."

وَحُشِرَ لِسُلَيۡمَٰنَ جُنُودُهُۥ مِنَ ٱلۡجِنِّ وَٱلۡإِنسِ وَٱلطَّيۡرِ فَهُمۡ يُوزَعُونَ ١٧

Wa ḥushira lisulaymāna junūduhū minal-jinni wal-insi waṭ-ṭayri fahum yūzaʿūn.

And gathered for Solomon were his soldiers of the jinn and men and birds, and they were [marching] in rows

حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَآ أَتَوۡاْ عَلَىٰ وَادِ ٱلنَّمۡلِ قَالَتۡ نَمۡلَةٞ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّمۡلُ ٱدۡخُلُواْ مَسَٰكِنَكُمۡ لَا يَحۡطِمَنَّكُمۡ سُلَيۡمَٰنُ وَجُنُودُهُۥ وَهُمۡ لَا يَشۡعُرُونَ ١٨

Ḥattā idhā ataw ʿalā wādin-namli qālat namlatuy yāʾayyuhan-namludkhulū masākinakum lā yaḥṭimannakum sulaymānu wa junūduhū wa hum lā yashʿurūn.

Until, when they came upon the valley of the ants, an ant said, "O ants, enter your dwellings that you not be crushed by Solomon and his soldiers while they perceive not."

فَتَبَسَّمَ ضَاحِكٗا مِّن قَوۡلِهَا وَقَالَ رَبِّ أَوۡزِعۡنِيٓ أَنۡ أَشۡكُرَ نِعۡمَتَكَ ٱلَّتِيٓ أَنۡعَمۡتَ عَلَيَّ وَعَلَىٰ وَٰلِدَيَّ وَأَنۡ أَعۡمَلَ صَٰلِحٗا تَرۡضَىٰهُ وَأَدۡخِلۡنِي بِرَحۡمَتِكَ فِي عِبَادِكَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ ١٩

Fatabassama ḍāḥikam min qawlihā wa qāla rabbi awziʿnī an ashkura niʿmatakal-latī anʿamta ʿalayya wa ʿalā wālidayya wa an aʿmala ṣāliḥan tarḍāhu wa adkhilnī biraḥmatika fī ʿibādikaṣ-ṣāliḥīn.

So [Solomon] smiled, amused at her speech, and said, "My Lord, enable me¹ to be grateful for Your favor which You have bestowed upon me and upon my parents and to do righteousness of which You approve. And admit me by Your mercy into [the ranks of] Your righteous servants."²

وَتَفَقَّدَ ٱلطَّيۡرَ فَقَالَ مَالِيَ لَآ أَرَى ٱلۡهُدۡهُدَ أَمۡ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡغَآئِبِينَ ٢٠

Wa tafaqqadaṭ-ṭayra faqāla mā liya lā aral-hudhuda am kāna minal-ghāʾibīn.

And he took attendance of the birds and said, "Why do I not see the hoopoe - or is he among the absent?

لَأُعَذِّبَنَّهُۥ عَذَابٗا شَدِيدًا أَوۡ لَأَاْذۡبَحَنَّهُۥٓ أَوۡ لَيَأۡتِيَنِّي بِسُلۡطَٰنٖ مُّبِينٖ ٢١

Laʾuʿadhdhibannahū ʿadhāban shadīdan aw laʾadhbaḥannahū aw layaʾtiyannī bisulṭānim mubīn.

I will surely punish him with a severe punishment or slaughter him unless he brings me clear authorization."¹

فَمَكَثَ غَيۡرَ بَعِيدٖ فَقَالَ أَحَطتُ بِمَا لَمۡ تُحِطۡ بِهِۦ وَجِئۡتُكَ مِن سَبَإِۭ بِنَبَإٖ يَقِينٍ ٢٢

Famakatha ghayra baʿīdin faqāla aḥaṭtu bimā lam tuḥiṭ bihī wa jiʾtuka min sabaʾim binabaʾiy yaqīn.

But he [i.e., the hoopoe] stayed not long and said, "I have encompassed [in knowledge] that which you have not encompassed, and I have come to you from Sheba with certain news.

إِنِّي وَجَدتُّ ٱمۡرَأَةٗ تَمۡلِكُهُمۡ وَأُوتِيَتۡ مِن كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ وَلَهَا عَرۡشٌ عَظِيمٞ ٢٣

Innī wajadttumraʾatan tamlikuhum wa ūtiyat min kulli shayʾiw wa lahā ʿarshun ʿaẓīm.

Indeed, I found [there] a woman ruling them, and she has been given of all things, and she has a great throne.

وَجَدتُّهَا وَقَوۡمَهَا يَسۡجُدُونَ لِلشَّمۡسِ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَزَيَّنَ لَهُمُ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُ أَعۡمَٰلَهُمۡ فَصَدَّهُمۡ عَنِ ٱلسَّبِيلِ فَهُمۡ لَا يَهۡتَدُونَ ٢٤

Wajadttuhā wa qawmahā yasjudūna lish-shamsi min dūnillāhi wa zayyana lahumush-shayṭānu aʿmālahum faṣaddahum ʿanis-sabīli fahum lā yahtadūn.

I found her and her people prostrating to the sun instead of Allāh, and Satan has made their deeds pleasing to them and averted them from [His] way, so they are not guided,

أَلَّاۤ يَسۡجُدُواْۤ لِلَّهِ ٱلَّذِي يُخۡرِجُ ٱلۡخَبۡءَ فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَيَعۡلَمُ مَا تُخۡفُونَ وَمَا تُعۡلِنُونَ ٢٥

Allā yasjudū lillāhil-ladhī yukhrijul-khabʾa fis-samāwāti wal-arḍi wa yaʿlamu mā tukhfūna wa mā tuʿlinūn.

[And] so they do not prostrate to Allāh, who brings forth what is hidden within the heavens and the earth and knows what you conceal and what you declare -

ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ رَبُّ ٱلۡعَرۡشِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ۩ ٢٦

Allāhu lā ilāha illā huwa rabbul-ʿarshil-ʿaẓīm.

Allāh - there is no deity except Him, Lord of the Great Throne."

۞ قَالَ سَنَنظُرُ أَصَدَقۡتَ أَمۡ كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلۡكَٰذِبِينَ ٢٧

Qāla sananẓuru aṣadaqta am kunta minal-kādhibīn.

[Solomon] said, "We will see whether you were truthful or were of the liars.

ٱذۡهَب بِّكِتَٰبِي هَٰذَا فَأَلۡقِهۡ إِلَيۡهِمۡ ثُمَّ تَوَلَّ عَنۡهُمۡ فَٱنظُرۡ مَاذَا يَرۡجِعُونَ ٢٨

Idhhab bikitābī hādhā fa alqih ilayhim thumma tawalla ʿanhum fanẓur mādhā yarjiʿūn.

Take this letter of mine and deliver it to them. Then leave them and see what [answer] they will return."

قَالَتۡ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلۡمَلَؤُاْ إِنِّيٓ أُلۡقِيَ إِلَيَّ كِتَٰبٞ كَرِيمٌ ٢٩

Qālat yāʾayyuhal-malaʾu innī ulqiya ilayya kitābun karīm.

She said, "O eminent ones, indeed, to me has been delivered a noble letter.

إِنَّهُۥ مِن سُلَيۡمَٰنَ وَإِنَّهُۥ بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ٣٠

Innahū min sulaymāna wa innahū bismillāhir-raḥmānir-raḥīm.

Indeed, it is from Solomon, and indeed, it is [i.e., reads]: 'In the name of Allāh, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful,

أَلَّا تَعۡلُواْ عَلَيَّ وَأۡتُونِي مُسۡلِمِينَ ٣١

Allā taʿlū ʿalayya waʾtūnī muslimīn.

Be not haughty with me but come to me in submission [as Muslims].'"

قَالَتۡ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلۡمَلَؤُاْ أَفۡتُونِي فِيٓ أَمۡرِي مَا كُنتُ قَاطِعَةً أَمۡرًا حَتَّىٰ تَشۡهَدُونِ ٣٢

Qālat yāʾayyuhal-malaʾu aftūnī fī amrī mā kuntu qāṭiʿatan amran ḥattā tashhadūn.

She said, "O eminent ones, advise me in my affair. I would not decide a matter until you witness [for] me."¹

قَالُواْ نَحۡنُ أُوْلُواْ قُوَّةٖ وَأُوْلُواْ بَأۡسٖ شَدِيدٖ وَٱلۡأَمۡرُ إِلَيۡكِ فَٱنظُرِي مَاذَا تَأۡمُرِينَ ٣٣

Qālū naḥnu ulū quwwatiw wa ulū baʾsin shadīdiw wal-amru ilayki fanẓurī mādhā taʾmurīn.

They said, "We are men of strength and of great military might, but the command is yours, so see what you will command."

قَالَتۡ إِنَّ ٱلۡمُلُوكَ إِذَا دَخَلُواْ قَرۡيَةً أَفۡسَدُوهَا وَجَعَلُوٓاْ أَعِزَّةَ أَهۡلِهَآ أَذِلَّةٗۚ وَكَذَٰلِكَ يَفۡعَلُونَ ٣٤

Qālat innal-mulūka idhā dakhalū qaryatan afsadūhā wa jaʿalū aʿizzata ahlihā adhillah, wa kadhālika yafʿalūn.

She said, "Indeed kings - when they enter a city, they ruin it and render the honored of its people humbled. And thus do they do.

وَإِنِّي مُرۡسِلَةٌ إِلَيۡهِم بِهَدِيَّةٖ فَنَاظِرَةُۢ بِمَ يَرۡجِعُ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلُونَ ٣٥

Wa innī mursilatun ilayhim bihadiyyatin fanāẓiratum bima yarjiʿul-mursalūn.

But indeed, I will send to them a gift and see with what [reply] the messengers will return."

فَلَمَّا جَآءَ سُلَيۡمَٰنَ قَالَ أَتُمِدُّونَنِ بِمَالٖ فَمَآ ءَاتَىٰنِۦَ ٱللَّهُ خَيۡرٞ مِّمَّآ ءَاتَىٰكُمۚ بَلۡ أَنتُم بِهَدِيَّتِكُمۡ تَفۡرَحُونَ ٣٦

Falammā jāʾa sulaymāna qāla atumiddūnani bimālin famā ātānillāhu khayrum mimmā ātākum, bal antum bihadiyyatikum tafraḥūn.

So when they came to Solomon, he said, "Do you provide me with wealth? But what Allāh has given me is better than what He has given you. Rather, it is you who rejoice in your gift.

ٱرۡجِعۡ إِلَيۡهِمۡ فَلَنَأۡتِيَنَّهُم بِجُنُودٖ لَّا قِبَلَ لَهُم بِهَا وَلَنُخۡرِجَنَّهُم مِّنۡهَآ أَذِلَّةٗ وَهُمۡ صَٰغِرُونَ ٣٧

Irjiʿ ilayhim falanaʾtiyannahum bijunūdil lā qibala lahum bihā wa lanukhrijannahum minhā adhillataw wa hum ṣāghirūn.

Return to them, for we will surely come to them with soldiers that they will be powerless to encounter, and we will surely expel them therefrom in humiliation, and they will be debased."

قَالَ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلۡمَلَؤُاْ أَيُّكُمۡ يَأۡتِينِي بِعَرۡشِهَا قَبۡلَ أَن يَأۡتُونِي مُسۡلِمِينَ ٣٨

Qāla yāʾayyuhal-malaʾu ayyukum yaʾtīnī biʿarshihā qabla ay yaʾtūnī muslimīn.

[Solomon] said, "O assembly [of jinn], which of you will bring me her throne before they come to me in submission?"

قَالَ عِفۡرِيتٞ مِّنَ ٱلۡجِنِّ أَنَا۠ ءَاتِيكَ بِهِۦ قَبۡلَ أَن تَقُومَ مِن مَّقَامِكَۖ وَإِنِّي عَلَيۡهِ لَقَوِيٌّ أَمِينٞ ٣٩

Qāla ʿifrītum minal-jinni ana ātīka bihī qabla an taqūma mim maqāmik, wa innī ʿalayhi laqawiyyun amīn.

A powerful one from among the jinn said, "I will bring it to you before you rise from your place, and indeed, I am for this [task] strong and trustworthy."

قَالَ ٱلَّذِي عِندَهُۥ عِلۡمٞ مِّنَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ أَنَا۠ ءَاتِيكَ بِهِۦ قَبۡلَ أَن يَرۡتَدَّ إِلَيۡكَ طَرۡفُكَۚ فَلَمَّا رَءَاهُ مُسۡتَقِرًّا عِندَهُۥ قَالَ هَٰذَا مِن فَضۡلِ رَبِّي لِيَبۡلُوَنِيٓ ءَأَشۡكُرُ أَمۡ أَكۡفُرُۖ وَمَن شَكَرَ فَإِنَّمَا يَشۡكُرُ لِنَفۡسِهِۦۖ وَمَن كَفَرَ فَإِنَّ رَبِّي غَنِيّٞ كَرِيمٞ ٤٠

Qālal-ladhī ʿindahū ʿilmum minal-kitābi ana ātīka bihī qabla ay yartadda ilayka ṭarfuk, falammā raʾāhu mustaqirran ʿindahū qāla hādhā min faḍli rabbī liyabluwanī aʾashkuru am akfur, wa man shakara fa innamā yashkuru linafsih, wa man kafara fa inna rabbī ghaniyyun karīm.

Said one who had knowledge from the Scripture, "I will bring it to you before your glance returns to you." And when [Solomon] saw it placed before him, he said, "This is from the favor of my Lord to test me whether I will be grateful or ungrateful. And whoever is grateful - his gratitude is only for [the benefit of] himself. And whoever is ungrateful - then indeed, my Lord is Free of need and Generous."

قَالَ نَكِّرُواْ لَهَا عَرۡشَهَا نَنظُرۡ أَتَهۡتَدِيٓ أَمۡ تَكُونُ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَهۡتَدُونَ ٤١

Qāla nakkirū lahā ʿarshahā nanẓur atahtadī am takūnu minal-ladhīna lā yahtadūn.

He said, "Disguise for her her throne; we will see whether she will be guided [to truth] or will be of those who is not guided."

فَلَمَّا جَآءَتۡ قِيلَ أَهَٰكَذَا عَرۡشُكِۖ قَالَتۡ كَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَۚ وَأُوتِينَا ٱلۡعِلۡمَ مِن قَبۡلِهَا وَكُنَّا مُسۡلِمِينَ ٤٢

Falammā jāʾat qīla ahākadhā ʿarshuk, qālat kaʾannahū huw, wa ūtīnal-ʿilma min qablihā wa kunnā muslimīn.

So when she arrived, it was said [to her], "Is your throne like this?" She said, "[It is] as though it was it." [Solomon said], "And we were given knowledge before her, and we have been Muslims [in submission to Allāh].

وَصَدَّهَا مَا كَانَت تَّعۡبُدُ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِۖ إِنَّهَا كَانَتۡ مِن قَوۡمٖ كَٰفِرِينَ ٤٣

Wa ṣaddahā mā kānat taʿbudu min dūnillāh, innahā kānat min qawmin kāfirīn.

And that which she was worshipping other than Allāh had averted her [from submission to Him]. Indeed, she was from a disbelieving people."

قِيلَ لَهَا ٱدۡخُلِي ٱلصَّرۡحَۖ فَلَمَّا رَأَتۡهُ حَسِبَتۡهُ لُجَّةٗ وَكَشَفَتۡ عَن سَاقَيۡهَاۚ قَالَ إِنَّهُۥ صَرۡحٞ مُّمَرَّدٞ مِّن قَوَارِيرَۗ قَالَتۡ رَبِّ إِنِّي ظَلَمۡتُ نَفۡسِي وَأَسۡلَمۡتُ مَعَ سُلَيۡمَٰنَ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٤٤

Qīla lahadkhuliṣ-ṣarḥ, falammā raʾathu ḥasibathu lujjataw wa kashafat ʿan sāqayhā, qāla innahū ṣarḥum mumarradum min qawārīr, qālat rabbi innī ẓalamtu nafsī wa aslamtu maʿa sulaymāna lillāhi rabbil-ʿālamīn.

She was told, "Enter the palace." But when she saw it, she thought it was a body of water¹ and uncovered her shins [to wade through]. He said, "Indeed, it is a palace [whose floor is] made smooth with glass." She said, "My Lord, indeed I have wronged myself, and I submit with Solomon to Allāh, Lord of the worlds."

وَلَقَدۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَآ إِلَىٰ ثَمُودَ أَخَاهُمۡ صَٰلِحًا أَنِ ٱعۡبُدُواْ ٱللَّهَ فَإِذَا هُمۡ فَرِيقَانِ يَخۡتَصِمُونَ ٤٥

Wa laqad arsalnā ilā thamūda akhāhum ṣāliḥan aniʿbudullāha fa idhā hum farīqāni yakhtaṣimūn.

And We had certainly sent to Thamūd their brother Ṣāliḥ, [saying], "Worship Allāh," and at once they were two parties conflicting.

قَالَ يَٰقَوۡمِ لِمَ تَسۡتَعۡجِلُونَ بِٱلسَّيِّئَةِ قَبۡلَ ٱلۡحَسَنَةِۖ لَوۡلَا تَسۡتَغۡفِرُونَ ٱللَّهَ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تُرۡحَمُونَ ٤٦

Qāla yāqawmi lima tastaʿjilūna bis-sayyiʾati qablal-ḥasanah, lawlā tastaghfirūnallāha laʿallakum turḥamūn.

He said, "O my people, why are you impatient for evil before [i.e., instead of] good?¹ Why do you not seek forgiveness of Allāh that you may receive mercy?"

قَالُواْ ٱطَّيَّرۡنَا بِكَ وَبِمَن مَّعَكَۚ قَالَ طَٰٓئِرُكُمۡ عِندَ ٱللَّهِۖ بَلۡ أَنتُمۡ قَوۡمٞ تُفۡتَنُونَ ٤٧

Qāluṭṭayyarnā bika wabimam maʿak, qāla ṭāʾirukum ʿindallāh, bal antum qawmun tuftanūn.

They said, "We consider you a bad omen, you and those with you." He said, "Your omen [i.e., fate] is with Allāh. Rather, you are a people being tested."¹

وَكَانَ فِي ٱلۡمَدِينَةِ تِسۡعَةُ رَهۡطٖ يُفۡسِدُونَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَلَا يُصۡلِحُونَ ٤٨

Wa kāna fil-madīnati tisʿatu rahṭiy yufsidūna fil-arḍi wa lā yuṣliḥūn.

And there were in the city nine family heads causing corruption in the land and not amending [its affairs].

قَالُواْ تَقَاسَمُواْ بِٱللَّهِ لَنُبَيِّتَنَّهُۥ وَأَهۡلَهُۥ ثُمَّ لَنَقُولَنَّ لِوَلِيِّهِۦ مَا شَهِدۡنَا مَهۡلِكَ أَهۡلِهِۦ وَإِنَّا لَصَٰدِقُونَ ٤٩

Qālū taqāsamū billāhi lanubayyitannahū wa ahlahū thumma lanaqūlanna liwaliyyihī mā shahidnā mahlika ahlihī wa innā laṣādiqūn.

They said, "Take a mutual oath by Allāh that we will kill him by night, he and his family. Then we will say to his executor,¹ 'We did not witness the destruction of his family, and indeed, we are truthful.'"

وَمَكَرُواْ مَكۡرٗا وَمَكَرۡنَا مَكۡرٗا وَهُمۡ لَا يَشۡعُرُونَ ٥٠

Wa makarū makraw wa makarnā makraw wa hum lā yashʿurūn.

And they planned a plan, and We planned a plan, while they perceived not.

فَٱنظُرۡ كَيۡفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ مَكۡرِهِمۡ أَنَّا دَمَّرۡنَٰهُمۡ وَقَوۡمَهُمۡ أَجۡمَعِينَ ٥١

Fanẓur kayfa kāna ʿāqibatu makrihim annā dammarnāhum wa qawmahum ajmaʿīn.

Then look how was the outcome of their plan - that We destroyed them and their people, all.

فَتِلۡكَ بُيُوتُهُمۡ خَاوِيَةَۢ بِمَا ظَلَمُوٓاْۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗ لِّقَوۡمٖ يَعۡلَمُونَ ٥٢

Fatilka buyūtuhum khāwiyatam bimā ẓalamū, inna fī dhālika laʾāyatal liqawmiy yaʿlamūn.

So those are their houses, desolate because of the wrong they had done. Indeed in that is a sign for people who know.

وَأَنجَيۡنَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَكَانُواْ يَتَّقُونَ ٥٣

Wa anjaynal-ladhīna āmanū wa kānū yattaqūn.

And We saved those who believed and used to fear Allāh.

وَلُوطًا إِذۡ قَالَ لِقَوۡمِهِۦٓ أَتَأۡتُونَ ٱلۡفَٰحِشَةَ وَأَنتُمۡ تُبۡصِرُونَ ٥٤

Wa lūṭan idh qāla liqawmihī ataʾtūnal-fāḥishata wa antum tubṣirūn.

And [mention] Lot, when he said to his people, "Do you commit immorality¹ while you are seeing?²

أَئِنَّكُمۡ لَتَأۡتُونَ ٱلرِّجَالَ شَهۡوَةٗ مِّن دُونِ ٱلنِّسَآءِۚ بَلۡ أَنتُمۡ قَوۡمٞ تَجۡهَلُونَ ٥٥

Aʾinnakum lataʾtūnar-rijāla shahwatam min dūnin-nisāʾ, bal antum qawmun tajhalūn.

Do you indeed approach men with desire instead of women? Rather, you are a people behaving ignorantly."

۞ فَمَا كَانَ جَوَابَ قَوۡمِهِۦٓ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوٓاْ أَخۡرِجُوٓاْ ءَالَ لُوطٖ مِّن قَرۡيَتِكُمۡۖ إِنَّهُمۡ أُنَاسٞ يَتَطَهَّرُونَ ٥٦

Famā kāna jawāba qawmihī illā an qālū akhrijū āla lūṭim min qaryatikum, innahum unāsuy yataṭahharūn.

But the answer of his people was not except that they said, "Expel the family of Lot from your city. Indeed, they are people who keep themselves pure."

فَأَنجَيۡنَٰهُ وَأَهۡلَهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱمۡرَأَتَهُۥ قَدَّرۡنَٰهَا مِنَ ٱلۡغَٰبِرِينَ ٥٧

Fa anjaynāhu wa ahlahū illamraʾatahū qaddarnāhā minal-ghābirīn.

So We saved him and his family, except for his wife; We destined her to be of those who remained behind.

وَأَمۡطَرۡنَا عَلَيۡهِم مَّطَرٗاۖ فَسَآءَ مَطَرُ ٱلۡمُنذَرِينَ ٥٨

Wa amṭarnā ʿalayhim maṭarā, fasāʾa maṭarul-mundharīn.

And We rained upon them a rain [of stones], and evil was the rain of those who were warned.

قُلِ ٱلۡحَمۡدُ لِلَّهِ وَسَلَٰمٌ عَلَىٰ عِبَادِهِ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱصۡطَفَىٰٓۗ ءَآللَّهُ خَيۡرٌ أَمَّا يُشۡرِكُونَ ٥٩

Qulil-ḥamdu lillāhi wa salāmun ʿalā ʿibādihil-ladhīnaṣṭafā, āllāhu khayrun ammā yushrikūn.

Say, [O Muḥammad], "Praise be to Allāh, and peace upon His servants whom He has chosen. Is Allāh better or what they associate with Him?"

أَمَّنۡ خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَأَنزَلَ لَكُم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءٗ فَأَنۢبَتۡنَا بِهِۦ حَدَآئِقَ ذَاتَ بَهۡجَةٖ مَّا كَانَ لَكُمۡ أَن تُنۢبِتُواْ شَجَرَهَآۗ أَءِلَٰهٞ مَّعَ ٱللَّهِۚ بَلۡ هُمۡ قَوۡمٞ يَعۡدِلُونَ ٦٠

Amman khalaqas-samāwāti wal-arḍa wa anzala lakum minas-samāʾi māʾan fa anbatnā bihī ḥadāʾiqa dhāta bahjatim mā kāna lakum an tunbitū shajarahā, aʾilāhum maʿallāh, bal hum qawmuy yaʿdilūn.

[More precisely], is He [not best] who created the heavens and the earth and sent down for you rain from the sky, causing to grow thereby gardens of joyful beauty which you could not [otherwise] have grown the trees thereof? Is there a deity with Allāh?¹ [No], but they are a people who ascribe equals [to Him].

أَمَّن جَعَلَ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ قَرَارٗا وَجَعَلَ خِلَٰلَهَآ أَنۡهَٰرٗا وَجَعَلَ لَهَا رَوَٰسِيَ وَجَعَلَ بَيۡنَ ٱلۡبَحۡرَيۡنِ حَاجِزًاۗ أَءِلَٰهٞ مَّعَ ٱللَّهِۚ بَلۡ أَكۡثَرُهُمۡ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ ٦١

Amman jaʿalal-arḍa qarāraw wa jaʿala khilālahā anhāraw wa jaʿala lahā rawāsiya wa jaʿala baynal-baḥrayni ḥājizā, aʾilāhum maʿallāh, bal aktharuhum lā yaʿlamūn.

Is He [not best] who made the earth a stable ground and placed within it rivers and made for it firmly set mountains and placed between the two seas a barrier? Is there a deity with Allāh? [No], but most of them do not know.

أَمَّن يُجِيبُ ٱلۡمُضۡطَرَّ إِذَا دَعَاهُ وَيَكۡشِفُ ٱلسُّوٓءَ وَيَجۡعَلُكُمۡ خُلَفَآءَ ٱلۡأَرۡضِۗ أَءِلَٰهٞ مَّعَ ٱللَّهِۚ قَلِيلٗا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ ٦٢

Ammay yujībul-muḍṭarra idhā daʿāhu wa yakshifus-sūʾa wa yajʿalukum khulafāʾal-arḍ, aʾilāhum maʿallāh, qalīlam mā tadhakkarūn.

Is He [not best] who responds to the desperate one when he calls upon Him and removes evil and makes you inheritors of the earth?¹ Is there a deity with Allāh? Little do you remember.

أَمَّن يَهۡدِيكُمۡ فِي ظُلُمَٰتِ ٱلۡبَرِّ وَٱلۡبَحۡرِ وَمَن يُرۡسِلُ ٱلرِّيَٰحَ بُشۡرَۢا بَيۡنَ يَدَيۡ رَحۡمَتِهِۦٓۗ أَءِلَٰهٞ مَّعَ ٱللَّهِۚ تَعَٰلَى ٱللَّهُ عَمَّا يُشۡرِكُونَ ٦٣

Ammay yahdīkum fī ẓulumātil-barri wal-baḥri wa may yursilur-riyāḥa bushram bayna yaday raḥmatih, aʾilāhum maʿallāh, taʿālallāhu ʿammā yushrikūn.

Is He [not best] who guides you through the darknesses of the land and sea and who sends the winds as good tidings before His mercy? Is there a deity with Allāh? High is Allāh above whatever they associate with Him.

أَمَّن يَبۡدَؤُاْ ٱلۡخَلۡقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُۥ وَمَن يَرۡزُقُكُم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۗ أَءِلَٰهٞ مَّعَ ٱللَّهِۚ قُلۡ هَاتُواْ بُرۡهَٰنَكُمۡ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰدِقِينَ ٦٤

Ammay yabdaʾul-khalqa thumma yuʿīduhū wa may yarzuqukum minas-samāʾi wal-arḍ, aʾilāhum maʿallāh, qul hātū burhānakum in kuntum ṣādiqīn.

Is He [not best] who begins creation and then repeats it and who provides for you from the heaven and earth? Is there a deity with Allāh? Say, "Produce your proof, if you should be truthful."

قُل لَّا يَعۡلَمُ مَن فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ ٱلۡغَيۡبَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُۚ وَمَا يَشۡعُرُونَ أَيَّانَ يُبۡعَثُونَ ٦٥

Qul lā yaʿlamu man fis-samāwāti wal-arḍil-ghayba illallāh, wa mā yashʿurūna ayyāna yubʿathūn.

Say, "None in the heavens and earth knows the unseen except Allāh, and they do not perceive when they will be resurrected."

بَلِ ٱدَّٰرَكَ عِلۡمُهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِۚ بَلۡ هُمۡ فِي شَكّٖ مِّنۡهَاۖ بَلۡ هُم مِّنۡهَا عَمُونَ ٦٦

Baliddāraka ʿilmuhum fil-ākhirah, bal hum fī shakkim minhā, bal hum minhā ʿamūn.

Rather, their knowledge is arrested concerning the Hereafter. Rather, they are in doubt about it. Rather, they are, concerning it, blind.

وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓاْ أَءِذَا كُنَّا تُرَٰبٗا وَءَابَآؤُنَآ أَئِنَّا لَمُخۡرَجُونَ ٦٧

Wa qālal-ladhīna kafarū aʾidhā kunnā turābaw wa ābāʾunā aʾinnā lamukhrajūn.

And those who disbelieve say, "When we have become dust as well as our forefathers, will we indeed be brought out [of the graves]?

لَقَدۡ وُعِدۡنَا هَٰذَا نَحۡنُ وَءَابَآؤُنَا مِن قَبۡلُ إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّآ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ٦٨

Laqad wuʿidnā hādhā naḥnu wa ābāʾunā min qablu in hādhā illā asāṭīrul-awwalīn.

We have been promised this, we and our forefathers, before. This is not but legends of the former peoples."

قُلۡ سِيرُواْ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ فَٱنظُرُواْ كَيۡفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ ٦٩

Qul sīrū fil-arḍi fanẓurū kayfa kāna ʿāqibatul-mujrimīn.

Say, [O Muḥammad], "Proceed [i.e., travel] through the land and observe how was the end of the criminals."

وَلَا تَحۡزَنۡ عَلَيۡهِمۡ وَلَا تَكُن فِي ضَيۡقٖ مِّمَّا يَمۡكُرُونَ ٧٠

Wa lā taḥzan ʿalayhim wa lā takun fī ḍayqim mimmā yamkurūn.

And grieve not over them or be in distress from what they conspire.

وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هَٰذَا ٱلۡوَعۡدُ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰدِقِينَ ٧١

Wa yaqūlūna matā hādhal-waʿdu in kuntum ṣādiqīn.

And they say, "When is [the fulfillment of] this promise, if you should be truthful?"

قُلۡ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَكُونَ رَدِفَ لَكُم بَعۡضُ ٱلَّذِي تَسۡتَعۡجِلُونَ ٧٢

Qul ʿasā ay yakūna radifa lakum baʿḍul-ladhī tastaʿjilūn.

Say, "Perhaps it is close behind you [i.e., very near] - some of that for which you are impatient.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَذُو فَضۡلٍ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَهُمۡ لَا يَشۡكُرُونَ ٧٣

Wa inna rabbaka ladhū faḍlin ʿalan-nāsi wa lākinna aktharahum lā yashkurūn.

And indeed, your Lord is the possessor of bounty for the people, but most of them are not grateful."

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَيَعۡلَمُ مَا تُكِنُّ صُدُورُهُمۡ وَمَا يُعۡلِنُونَ ٧٤

Wa inna rabbaka layaʿlamu mā tukinnu ṣudūruhum wa mā yuʿlinūn.

And indeed, your Lord knows what their breasts conceal and what they declare.

وَمَا مِنۡ غَآئِبَةٖ فِي ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ إِلَّا فِي كِتَٰبٖ مُّبِينٍ ٧٥

Wa mā min ghāʾibatin fis-samāʾi wal-arḍi illā fī kitābim mubīn.

And there is nothing concealed¹ within the heaven and the earth except that it is in a clear Register.²

إِنَّ هَٰذَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ يَقُصُّ عَلَىٰ بَنِيٓ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ أَكۡثَرَ ٱلَّذِي هُمۡ فِيهِ يَخۡتَلِفُونَ ٧٦

Inna hādhal-qurʾāna yaquṣṣu ʿalā banī isrāʾīla aktharal-ladhī hum fīhi yakhtalifūn.

Indeed, this Qur’ān relates to the Children of Israel most of that over which they disagree.

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَهُدٗى وَرَحۡمَةٞ لِّلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ٧٧

Wa innahū lahudaw wa raḥmatul lil-muʾminīn.

And indeed, it is guidance and mercy for the believers.

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ يَقۡضِي بَيۡنَهُم بِحُكۡمِهِۦۚ وَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ ٧٨

Inna rabbaka yaqḍī baynahum biḥukmih, wa huwal-ʿazīzul-ʿalīm.

Indeed, your Lord will judge between them by His [wise] judgement. And He is the Exalted in Might, the Knowing.

فَتَوَكَّلۡ عَلَى ٱللَّهِۖ إِنَّكَ عَلَى ٱلۡحَقِّ ٱلۡمُبِينِ ٧٩

Fatawakkal ʿalallāh, innaka ʿalal-ḥaqqil-mubīn.

So rely upon Allāh; indeed, you are upon the clear truth.

إِنَّكَ لَا تُسۡمِعُ ٱلۡمَوۡتَىٰ وَلَا تُسۡمِعُ ٱلصُّمَّ ٱلدُّعَآءَ إِذَا وَلَّوۡاْ مُدۡبِرِينَ ٨٠

Innaka lā tusmiʿul-mawtā wa lā tusmiʿuṣ-ṣummad-duʿāʾa idhā wallaw mudbirīn.

Indeed, you will not make the dead hear, nor will you make the deaf hear the call when they have turned their backs retreating.

وَمَآ أَنتَ بِهَٰدِي ٱلۡعُمۡيِ عَن ضَلَٰلَتِهِمۡۖ إِن تُسۡمِعُ إِلَّا مَن يُؤۡمِنُ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا فَهُم مُّسۡلِمُونَ ٨١

Wa mā anta bihādil-ʿumyi ʿan ḍalālatihim, in tusmiʿu illā may yuʾminu biʾāyātinā fahum muslimūn.

And you cannot guide the blind away from their error. You will only make hear those who believe in Our verses so they are Muslims [i.e., submitting to Allāh].

۞ وَإِذَا وَقَعَ ٱلۡقَوۡلُ عَلَيۡهِمۡ أَخۡرَجۡنَا لَهُمۡ دَآبَّةٗ مِّنَ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ تُكَلِّمُهُمۡ أَنَّ ٱلنَّاسَ كَانُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا لَا يُوقِنُونَ ٨٢

Wa idhā waqaʿal-qawlu ʿalayhim akhrajnā lahum dābbatam minal-arḍi tukallimuhum annan-nāsa kānū biʾāyātinā lā yūqinūn.

And when the word [i.e., decree] befalls them,¹ We will bring forth for them a creature from the earth speaking to them, [saying] that the people were, of Our verses, not certain [in faith].

وَيَوۡمَ نَحۡشُرُ مِن كُلِّ أُمَّةٖ فَوۡجٗا مِّمَّن يُكَذِّبُ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا فَهُمۡ يُوزَعُونَ ٨٣

Wa yawma naḥshuru min kulli ummatin fawjam mimmay yukadhdhibu biʾāyātinā fahum yūzaʿūn.

And [warn of] the Day when We will gather from every nation a company of those who deny Our signs, and they will be [driven] in rows

حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءُو قَالَ أَكَذَّبۡتُم بِـَٔايَٰتِي وَلَمۡ تُحِيطُواْ بِهَا عِلۡمًا أَمَّاذَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ ٨٤

Ḥattā idhā jāʾū qāla akadhdhabtum biʾāyātī wa lam tuḥīṭū bihā ʿilman ammādhā kuntum taʿmalūn.

Until, when they arrive [at the place of Judgement], He will say, "Did you deny My signs while you encompassed them not in knowledge, or what [was it that] you were doing?"

وَوَقَعَ ٱلۡقَوۡلُ عَلَيۡهِم بِمَا ظَلَمُواْ فَهُمۡ لَا يَنطِقُونَ ٨٥

Wa waqaʿal-qawlu ʿalayhim bimā ẓalamū fahum lā yanṭiqūn.

And the decree will befall them¹ for the wrong they did, and they will not [be able to] speak.

أَلَمۡ يَرَوۡاْ أَنَّا جَعَلۡنَا ٱلَّيۡلَ لِيَسۡكُنُواْ فِيهِ وَٱلنَّهَارَ مُبۡصِرًاۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَٰتٖ لِّقَوۡمٖ يُؤۡمِنُونَ ٨٦

Alam yaraw annā jaʿalnal-layla liyaskunū fīhi wan-nahāra mubṣirā, inna fī dhālika laʾāyātil liqawmiy yuʾminūn.

Do they not see that We made the night that they may rest therein and the day giving sight? Indeed in that are signs for a people who believe.

وَيَوۡمَ يُنفَخُ فِي ٱلصُّورِ فَفَزِعَ مَن فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَن فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ إِلَّا مَن شَآءَ ٱللَّهُۚ وَكُلٌّ أَتَوۡهُ دَٰخِرِينَ ٨٧

Wa yawma yunfakhu fiṣ-ṣūri fafaziʿa man fis-samāwāti wa man fil-arḍi illā man shāʾallāh, wa kullun atawhu dākhirīn.

And [warn of] the Day the Horn will be blown, and whoever is in the heavens and whoever is on the earth will be terrified except whom Allāh wills. And all will come to Him humbled.

وَتَرَى ٱلۡجِبَالَ تَحۡسَبُهَا جَامِدَةٗ وَهِيَ تَمُرُّ مَرَّ ٱلسَّحَابِۚ صُنۡعَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَتۡقَنَ كُلَّ شَيۡءٍۚ إِنَّهُۥ خَبِيرُۢ بِمَا تَفۡعَلُونَ ٨٨

Wa taral-jibāla taḥsabuhā jāmidataw wa hiya tamurru marras-saḥāb, ṣunʿallāhil-ladhī atqana kulla shayʾ, innahū khabīrum bimā tafʿalūn.

And you see the mountains, thinking them motionless,¹ while they will pass as the passing of clouds. [It is] the work of Allāh, who perfected all things. Indeed, He is Aware of that which you do.

مَن جَآءَ بِٱلۡحَسَنَةِ فَلَهُۥ خَيۡرٞ مِّنۡهَا وَهُم مِّن فَزَعٖ يَوۡمَئِذٍ ءَامِنُونَ ٨٩

Man jāʾa bil-ḥasanati falahū khayrum minhā wa hum min fazaʿiy yawmaʾidhin āminūn.

Whoever comes [at Judgement] with a good deed will have better than it, and they, from the terror of that Day, will be safe.

وَمَن جَآءَ بِٱلسَّيِّئَةِ فَكُبَّتۡ وُجُوهُهُمۡ فِي ٱلنَّارِ هَلۡ تُجۡزَوۡنَ إِلَّا مَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ ٩٠

Wa man jāʾa bis-sayyiʾati fakubbat wujūhuhum fin-nāri hal tujzawna illā mā kuntum taʿmalūn.

And whoever comes with an evil deed¹ - their faces will be overturned into the Fire, [and it will be said], "Are you recompensed except for what you used to do?"

إِنَّمَآ أُمِرۡتُ أَنۡ أَعۡبُدَ رَبَّ هَٰذِهِ ٱلۡبَلۡدَةِ ٱلَّذِي حَرَّمَهَا وَلَهُۥ كُلُّ شَيۡءٖۖ وَأُمِرۡتُ أَنۡ أَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُسۡلِمِينَ ٩١

Innamā umirtu an aʿbuda rabba hādhihil-baldatil-ladhī ḥarramahā wa lahū kullu shayʾ, wa umirtu an akūna minal-muslimīn.

[Say, O Muḥammad], "I have only been commanded to worship the Lord of this city,¹ who made it sacred and to whom [belongs] all things. And I am commanded to be of the Muslims [i.e., those who submit to Allāh]

وَأَنۡ أَتۡلُوَاْ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَۖ فَمَنِ ٱهۡتَدَىٰ فَإِنَّمَا يَهۡتَدِي لِنَفۡسِهِۦۖ وَمَن ضَلَّ فَقُلۡ إِنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلۡمُنذِرِينَ ٩٢

Wa an atluwal-qurʾān, famanihtadā fa innamā yahtadī linafsih, wa man ḍalla faqul innamā ana minal-mundhirīn.

And to recite the Qur’ān." And whoever is guided is only guided for [the benefit of] himself; and whoever strays - say, "I am only [one] of the warners."

وَقُلِ ٱلۡحَمۡدُ لِلَّهِ سَيُرِيكُمۡ ءَايَٰتِهِۦ فَتَعۡرِفُونَهَاۚ وَمَا رَبُّكَ بِغَٰفِلٍ عَمَّا تَعۡمَلُونَ ٩٣

Wa qulil-ḥamdu lillāhi sayurīkum āyātihī fataʿrifūnahā, wa mā rabbuka bighāfilin ʿammā taʿmalūn.

And say, "[All] praise is [due] to Allāh. He will show you His signs, and you will recognize them. And your Lord is not unaware of what you do."