Ash-Shaffat

وَٱلصَّٰٓفَّٰتِ صَفّٗا ١

Waṣ-ṣāffāti ṣaffā.

By those [angels] lined up in rows

فَٱلزَّٰجِرَٰتِ زَجۡرٗا ٢

Faz-zājirāti zajrā.

And those who drive [the clouds]

فَٱلتَّٰلِيَٰتِ ذِكۡرًا ٣

Fat-tāliyāti dhikrā.

And those who recite the message,¹

إِنَّ إِلَٰهَكُمۡ لَوَٰحِدٞ ٤

Inna ilāhakum lawāḥid.

Indeed, your God is One,

رَّبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَا وَرَبُّ ٱلۡمَشَٰرِقِ ٥

Rabbus-samāwāti wal-arḍi wa mā baynahumā wa rabbul-mashāriq.

Lord of the heavens and the earth and that between them and Lord of the sunrises.¹

إِنَّا زَيَّنَّا ٱلسَّمَآءَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا بِزِينَةٍ ٱلۡكَوَاكِبِ ٦

Innā zayyannas-samāʾad-dunyā bizīnatinil-kawākib.

Indeed, We have adorned the nearest heaven with an adornment of stars

وَحِفۡظٗا مِّن كُلِّ شَيۡطَٰنٖ مَّارِدٖ ٧

Wa ḥifẓam min kulli shayṭānim mārid.

And as protection against every rebellious devil

لَّا يَسَّمَّعُونَ إِلَى ٱلۡمَلَإِ ٱلۡأَعۡلَىٰ وَيُقۡذَفُونَ مِن كُلِّ جَانِبٖ ٨

Lā yassammaʿūna ilal-malaʾil-aʿlā wa yuqdhafūna min kulli jānib.

[So] they may not listen to the exalted assembly [of angels] and are pelted from every side,¹

دُحُورٗاۖ وَلَهُمۡ عَذَابٞ وَاصِبٌ ٩

Duḥūrā, wa lahum ʿadhābuw wāṣib.

Repelled; and for them is a constant punishment,

إِلَّا مَنۡ خَطِفَ ٱلۡخَطۡفَةَ فَأَتۡبَعَهُۥ شِهَابٞ ثَاقِبٞ ١٠

Illā man khaṭifal-khaṭfata fa atbaʿahū shihābun thāqib.

Except one who snatches [some words] by theft, but they are pursued by a burning flame, piercing [in brightness].

فَٱسۡتَفۡتِهِمۡ أَهُمۡ أَشَدُّ خَلۡقًا أَم مَّنۡ خَلَقۡنَآۚ إِنَّا خَلَقۡنَٰهُم مِّن طِينٖ لَّازِبِۭ ١١

Fastaftihim ahum ashaddu khalqan am man khalaqnā, innā khalaqnāhum min ṭīnil lāzib.

Then inquire of them, [O Muḥammad], "Are they a stronger [or more difficult] creation or those [others] We have created?" Indeed, We created them [i.e., men] from sticky clay.

بَلۡ عَجِبۡتَ وَيَسۡخَرُونَ ١٢

Bal ʿajibta wa yaskharūn.

But you wonder, while they mock,

وَإِذَا ذُكِّرُواْ لَا يَذۡكُرُونَ ١٣

Wa idhā dhukkirū lā yadhkurūn.

And when they are reminded, they remember not.

وَإِذَا رَأَوۡاْ ءَايَةٗ يَسۡتَسۡخِرُونَ ١٤

Wa idhā raʾaw āyatay yastaskhirūn.

And when they see a sign, they ridicule.

وَقَالُوٓاْ إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحۡرٞ مُّبِينٌ ١٥

Wa qālū in hādhā illā siḥrum mubīn.

And say, "This is not but obvious magic.

أَءِذَا مِتۡنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابٗا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبۡعُوثُونَ ١٦

Aʾidhā mitnā wa kunnā turābaw wa ʿiẓāman aʾinnā lamabʿūthūn.

When we have died and become dust and bones, are we indeed to be resurrected?

أَوَءَابَآؤُنَا ٱلۡأَوَّلُونَ ١٧

Awaʾābāʾunal-awwalūn.

And our forefathers [as well]?"

قُلۡ نَعَمۡ وَأَنتُمۡ دَٰخِرُونَ ١٨

Qul naʿam wa antum dākhirūn.

Say, "Yes, and you will be [rendered] contemptible."

فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجۡرَةٞ وَٰحِدَةٞ فَإِذَا هُمۡ يَنظُرُونَ ١٩

Fa innamā hiya zajratuw wāḥidatun fa idhā hum yanẓurūn.

It will be only one shout, and at once they will be observing.

وَقَالُواْ يَٰوَيۡلَنَا هَٰذَا يَوۡمُ ٱلدِّينِ ٢٠

Wa qālū yāwaylanā hādhā yawmud-dīn.

They will say, "O woe to us! This is the Day of Recompense."

هَٰذَا يَوۡمُ ٱلۡفَصۡلِ ٱلَّذِي كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ ٢١

Hādhā yawmul-faṣlil-ladhī kuntum bihī tukadhdhibūn.

[They will be told], "This is the Day of Judgement which you used to deny."

۞ ٱحۡشُرُواْ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ وَأَزۡوَٰجَهُمۡ وَمَا كَانُواْ يَعۡبُدُونَ ٢٢

Uḥshurul-ladhīna ẓalamū wa azwājahum wa mā kānū yaʿbudūn.

[The angels will be ordered], "Gather those who committed wrong, their kinds,¹ and what they used to worship

مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ فَٱهۡدُوهُمۡ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطِ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ ٢٣

Min dūnillāhi fahdūhum ilā ṣirāṭil-jaḥīm.

Other than Allāh, and guide them to the path of Hellfire

وَقِفُوهُمۡۖ إِنَّهُم مَّسۡـُٔولُونَ ٢٤

Waqifūhum, innahum masʾūlūn.

And stop them; indeed, they are to be questioned."

مَا لَكُمۡ لَا تَنَاصَرُونَ ٢٥

Mā lakum lā tanāṣarūn.

[They will be asked], "What is [wrong] with you? Why do you not help each other?"

بَلۡ هُمُ ٱلۡيَوۡمَ مُسۡتَسۡلِمُونَ ٢٦

Bal humul-yawma mustaslimūn.

But they, that Day, are in surrender.

وَأَقۡبَلَ بَعۡضُهُمۡ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضٖ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ ٢٧

Wa aqbala baʿḍuhum ʿalā baʿḍiy yatasāʾalūn.

And they will approach one another asking [i.e., blaming] each other.

قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّكُمۡ كُنتُمۡ تَأۡتُونَنَا عَنِ ٱلۡيَمِينِ ٢٨

Qālū innakum kuntum taʾtūnanā ʿanil-yamīn.

They will say, "Indeed, you used to come at us from the right."¹

قَالُواْ بَل لَّمۡ تَكُونُواْ مُؤۡمِنِينَ ٢٩

Qālū bal lam takūnū muʾminīn.

They [i.e., the oppressors] will say, "Rather, you [yourselves] were not believers,

وَمَا كَانَ لَنَا عَلَيۡكُم مِّن سُلۡطَٰنِۭۖ بَلۡ كُنتُمۡ قَوۡمٗا طَٰغِينَ ٣٠

Wa mā kāna lanā ʿalaykum min sulṭān, bal kuntum qawman ṭāghīn.

And we had over you no authority, but you were a transgressing people.

فَحَقَّ عَلَيۡنَا قَوۡلُ رَبِّنَآۖ إِنَّا لَذَآئِقُونَ ٣١

Faḥaqqa ʿalaynā qawlu rabbinā, innā ladhāʾiqūn.

So the word [i.e., decree] of our Lord has come into effect upon us; indeed, we will taste [punishment].

فَأَغۡوَيۡنَٰكُمۡ إِنَّا كُنَّا غَٰوِينَ ٣٢

Fa aghwaynākum innā kunnā ghāwīn.

And we led you to deviation; indeed, we were deviators."

فَإِنَّهُمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٖ فِي ٱلۡعَذَابِ مُشۡتَرِكُونَ ٣٣

Fa innahum yawmaʾidhin fil-ʿadhābi mushtarikūn.

So indeed they, that Day, will be sharing in the punishment.

إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَفۡعَلُ بِٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ ٣٤

Innā kadhālika nafʿalu bil-mujrimīn.

Indeed, that is how We deal with the criminals.

إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُوٓاْ إِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمۡ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ يَسۡتَكۡبِرُونَ ٣٥

Innahum kānū idhā qīla lahum lā ilāha illallāhu yastakbirūn.

Indeed they, when it was said to them, "There is no deity but Allāh," were arrogant

وَيَقُولُونَ أَئِنَّا لَتَارِكُوٓاْ ءَالِهَتِنَا لِشَاعِرٖ مَّجۡنُونِۭ ٣٦

Wa yaqūlūna aʾinnā latārikū ālihatinā lishāʿirim majnūn.

And were saying, "Are we to leave our gods for a mad poet?"

بَلۡ جَآءَ بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَصَدَّقَ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ ٣٧

Bal jāʾa bil-ḥaqqi wa ṣaddaqal-mursalīn.

Rather, he [i.e., the Prophet (ﷺ)] has come with the truth and confirmed the [previous] messengers.

إِنَّكُمۡ لَذَآئِقُواْ ٱلۡعَذَابِ ٱلۡأَلِيمِ ٣٨

Innakum ladhāʾiqul-ʿadhābil-alīm.

Indeed, you [disbelievers] will be tasters of the painful punishment,

وَمَا تُجۡزَوۡنَ إِلَّا مَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ ٣٩

Wa mā tujzawna illā mā kuntum taʿmalūn.

And you will not be recompensed except for what you used to do -

إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡمُخۡلَصِينَ ٤٠

Illā ʿibādallāhil-mukhlaṣīn.

But not the chosen servants of Allāh.

أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ لَهُمۡ رِزۡقٞ مَّعۡلُومٞ ٤١

Ulāʾika lahum rizqum maʿlūm.

Those will have a provision determined -

فَوَٰكِهُ وَهُم مُّكۡرَمُونَ ٤٢

Fawākihu wa hum mukramūn.

Fruits;¹ and they will be honored

فِي جَنَّٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ ٤٣

Fī jannātin-naʿīm.

In gardens of pleasure

عَلَىٰ سُرُرٖ مُّتَقَٰبِلِينَ ٤٤

ʿAlā sururim mutaqābilīn.

On thrones facing one another.

يُطَافُ عَلَيۡهِم بِكَأۡسٖ مِّن مَّعِينِۭ ٤٥

Yuṭāfu ʿalayhim bikaʾsim mim maʿīn.

There will be circulated among them a cup [of wine] from a flowing spring,

بَيۡضَآءَ لَذَّةٖ لِّلشَّٰرِبِينَ ٤٦

Bayḍāʾa ladhdhatil lish-shāribīn.

White and delicious to the drinkers;

لَا فِيهَا غَوۡلٞ وَلَا هُمۡ عَنۡهَا يُنزَفُونَ ٤٧

Lā fīhā ghawluw wa lā hum ʿanhā yunzafūn.

No bad effect is there in it, nor from it will they be intoxicated.

وَعِندَهُمۡ قَٰصِرَٰتُ ٱلطَّرۡفِ عِينٞ ٤٨

Wa ʿindahum qāṣirātuṭ-ṭarfi ʿīn.

And with them will be women limiting [their] glances,¹ with large, [beautiful] eyes,

كَأَنَّهُنَّ بَيۡضٞ مَّكۡنُونٞ ٤٩

Kaʾannahunna bayḍum maknūn.

As if they were [delicate] eggs, well-protected.

فَأَقۡبَلَ بَعۡضُهُمۡ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضٖ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ ٥٠

Fa aqbala baʿḍuhum ʿalā baʿḍiy yatasāʾalūn.

And they will approach one another, inquiring of each other.

قَالَ قَآئِلٞ مِّنۡهُمۡ إِنِّي كَانَ لِي قَرِينٞ ٥١

Qāla qāʾilum minhum innī kāna lī qarīn.

A speaker among them will say, "Indeed, I had a companion [on earth].

يَقُولُ أَءِنَّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلۡمُصَدِّقِينَ ٥٢

Yaqūlu aʾinnaka laminal-muṣaddiqīn.

Who would say, 'Are you indeed of those who believe

أَءِذَا مِتۡنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابٗا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَدِينُونَ ٥٣

Aʾidhā mitnā wa kunnā turābaw wa ʿiẓāman aʾinnā lamadīnūn.

That when we have died and become dust and bones, we will indeed be recompensed?'"

قَالَ هَلۡ أَنتُم مُّطَّلِعُونَ ٥٤

Qāla hal antum muṭṭaliʿūn.

He will say,¹ "Would you [care to] look?"

فَٱطَّلَعَ فَرَءَاهُ فِي سَوَآءِ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ ٥٥

Faṭṭalaʿa faraʾāhu fī sawāʾil-jaḥīm.

And he will look and see him¹ in the midst of the Hellfire.

قَالَ تَٱللَّهِ إِن كِدتَّ لَتُرۡدِينِ ٥٦

Qāla tallāhi in kidtta laturdīn.

He will say, "By Allāh, you almost ruined me.

وَلَوۡلَا نِعۡمَةُ رَبِّي لَكُنتُ مِنَ ٱلۡمُحۡضَرِينَ ٥٧

Wa lawlā niʿmatu rabbī lakuntu minal-muḥḍarīn.

If not for the favor of my Lord, I would have been of those brought in [to Hell].

أَفَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمَيِّتِينَ ٥٨

Afamā naḥnu bimayyitīn.

Then, are we not to die

إِلَّا مَوۡتَتَنَا ٱلۡأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ ٥٩

Illā mawtatanal-ūlā wa mā naḥnu bimuʿadhdhabīn.

Except for our first death, and we will not be punished?"

إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَهُوَ ٱلۡفَوۡزُ ٱلۡعَظِيمُ ٦٠

Inna hādhā lahuwal-fawzul-ʿaẓīm.

Indeed, this is the great attainment.

لِمِثۡلِ هَٰذَا فَلۡيَعۡمَلِ ٱلۡعَٰمِلُونَ ٦١

Limithli hādhā falyaʿmalil-ʿāmilūn.

For the like of this let the workers [on earth] work.

أَذَٰلِكَ خَيۡرٞ نُّزُلًا أَمۡ شَجَرَةُ ٱلزَّقُّومِ ٦٢

Adhālika khayrun nuzulan am shajaratuz-zaqqūm.

Is that [i.e., Paradise] a better accommodation or the tree of zaqqūm?

إِنَّا جَعَلۡنَٰهَا فِتۡنَةٗ لِّلظَّٰلِمِينَ ٦٣

Innā jaʿalnāhā fitnatal liẓ-ẓālimīn.

Indeed, We have made it a torment for the wrongdoers.

إِنَّهَا شَجَرَةٞ تَخۡرُجُ فِيٓ أَصۡلِ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ ٦٤

Innahā shajaratun takhruju fī aṣlil-jaḥīm.

Indeed, it is a tree issuing from the bottom of the Hellfire,

طَلۡعُهَا كَأَنَّهُۥ رُءُوسُ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينِ ٦٥

Ṭalʿuhā kaʾannahū ruʾūsush-shayāṭīn.

Its emerging fruit as if it was heads of the devils.

فَإِنَّهُمۡ لَأٓكِلُونَ مِنۡهَا فَمَالِـُٔونَ مِنۡهَا ٱلۡبُطُونَ ٦٦

Fa innahum laʾākilūna minhā famāliʾūna minhal-buṭūn.

And indeed, they will eat from it and fill with it their bellies.

ثُمَّ إِنَّ لَهُمۡ عَلَيۡهَا لَشَوۡبٗا مِّنۡ حَمِيمٖ ٦٧

Thumma inna lahum ʿalayhā lashawbam min ḥamīm.

Then indeed, they will have after it a mixture of scalding water.

ثُمَّ إِنَّ مَرۡجِعَهُمۡ لَإِلَى ٱلۡجَحِيمِ ٦٨

Thumma inna marjiʿahum laʾilal-jaḥīm.

Then indeed, their return will be to the Hellfire.

إِنَّهُمۡ أَلۡفَوۡاْ ءَابَآءَهُمۡ ضَآلِّينَ ٦٩

Innahum alfaw ābāʾahum ḍāllīn.

Indeed they found their fathers astray.

فَهُمۡ عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَٰرِهِمۡ يُهۡرَعُونَ ٧٠

Fahum ʿalā āthārihim yuhraʿūn.

So they hastened [to follow] in their footsteps.

وَلَقَدۡ ضَلَّ قَبۡلَهُمۡ أَكۡثَرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ٧١

Wa laqad ḍalla qablahum aktharul-awwalīn.

And there had already strayed before them most of the former peoples,

وَلَقَدۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا فِيهِم مُّنذِرِينَ ٧٢

Wa laqad arsalnā fīhim mundhirīn.

And We had already sent among them warners.

فَٱنظُرۡ كَيۡفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلۡمُنذَرِينَ ٧٣

Fanẓur kayfa kāna ʿāqibatul-mundharīn.

Then look how was the end of those who were warned -

إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡمُخۡلَصِينَ ٧٤

Illā ʿibādallāhil-mukhlaṣīn.

But not the chosen servants of Allāh.

وَلَقَدۡ نَادَىٰنَا نُوحٞ فَلَنِعۡمَ ٱلۡمُجِيبُونَ ٧٥

Wa laqad nādānā nūḥun falaniʿmal-mujībūn.

And Noah had certainly called Us, and [We are] the best of responders.

وَنَجَّيۡنَٰهُ وَأَهۡلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلۡكَرۡبِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ ٧٦

Wa najjaynāhu wa ahlahū minal-karbil-ʿaẓīm.

And We saved him and his family from the great affliction.

وَجَعَلۡنَا ذُرِّيَّتَهُۥ هُمُ ٱلۡبَاقِينَ ٧٧

Wa jaʿalnā dhurriyyatahū humul-bāqīn.

And We made his descendants those remaining [on the earth]

وَتَرَكۡنَا عَلَيۡهِ فِي ٱلۡأٓخِرِينَ ٧٨

Wa taraknā ʿalayhi fil-ākhirīn.

And left for him [favorable mention] among later generations:

سَلَٰمٌ عَلَىٰ نُوحٖ فِي ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٧٩

Salāmun ʿalā nūḥin fil-ʿālamīn.

"Peace upon Noah among the worlds."

إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجۡزِي ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ ٨٠

Innā kadhālika najzil-muḥsinīn.

Indeed, We thus reward the doers of good.

إِنَّهُۥ مِنۡ عِبَادِنَا ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ٨١

Innahū min ʿibādinal-muʾminīn.

Indeed, he was of Our believing servants.

ثُمَّ أَغۡرَقۡنَا ٱلۡأٓخَرِينَ ٨٢

Thumma aghraqnal-ākharīn.

Then We drowned the others [i.e., disbelievers].

۞ وَإِنَّ مِن شِيعَتِهِۦ لَإِبۡرَٰهِيمَ ٨٣

Wa inna min shīʿatihī laʾibrāhīm.

And indeed, among his kind was Abraham,

إِذۡ جَآءَ رَبَّهُۥ بِقَلۡبٖ سَلِيمٍ ٨٤

Idh jāʾa rabbahū biqalbin salīm.

When he came to his Lord with a sound heart

إِذۡ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوۡمِهِۦ مَاذَا تَعۡبُدُونَ ٨٥

Idh qāla liʾabīhi wa qawmihī mādhā taʿbudūn.

[And] when he said to his father and his people, "What do you worship?

أَئِفۡكًا ءَالِهَةٗ دُونَ ٱللَّهِ تُرِيدُونَ ٨٦

Aʾifkan ālihatan dūnallāhi turīdūn.

Is it falsehood [as] gods other than Allāh you desire?

فَمَا ظَنُّكُم بِرَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٨٧

Famā ẓannukum birabbil-ʿālamīn.

Then what is your thought about the Lord of the worlds?"

فَنَظَرَ نَظۡرَةٗ فِي ٱلنُّجُومِ ٨٨

Fanaẓara naẓratan fin-nujūm.

And he cast a look at the stars

فَقَالَ إِنِّي سَقِيمٞ ٨٩

Faqāla innī saqīm.

And said, "Indeed, I am [about to be] ill."

فَتَوَلَّوۡاْ عَنۡهُ مُدۡبِرِينَ ٩٠

Fatawallaw ʿanhu mudbirīn.

So they turned away from him, departing.

فَرَاغَ إِلَىٰٓ ءَالِهَتِهِمۡ فَقَالَ أَلَا تَأۡكُلُونَ ٩١

Farāgha ilā ālihatihim faqāla alā taʾkulūn.

Then he turned to their gods and said, "Do you not eat?¹

مَا لَكُمۡ لَا تَنطِقُونَ ٩٢

Mā lakum lā tanṭiqūn.

What is [wrong] with you that you do not speak?"

فَرَاغَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ ضَرۡبَۢا بِٱلۡيَمِينِ ٩٣

Farāgha ʿalayhim ḍarbam bil-yamīn.

And he turned upon them a blow with [his] right hand.

فَأَقۡبَلُوٓاْ إِلَيۡهِ يَزِفُّونَ ٩٤

Fa aqbalū ilayhi yaziffūn.

Then they [i.e., the people] came toward him, hastening.

قَالَ أَتَعۡبُدُونَ مَا تَنۡحِتُونَ ٩٥

Qāla ataʿbudūna mā tanḥitūn.

He said, "Do you worship that which you [yourselves] carve,

وَٱللَّهُ خَلَقَكُمۡ وَمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ ٩٦

Wallāhu khalaqakum wa mā taʿmalūn.

While Allāh created you and that which you do?"

قَالُواْ ٱبۡنُواْ لَهُۥ بُنۡيَٰنٗا فَأَلۡقُوهُ فِي ٱلۡجَحِيمِ ٩٧

Qālubnū lahū bunyānan fa alqūhu fil-jaḥīm.

They said, "Construct for him a structure [i.e., furnace] and throw him into the burning fire."

فَأَرَادُواْ بِهِۦ كَيۡدٗا فَجَعَلۡنَٰهُمُ ٱلۡأَسۡفَلِينَ ٩٨

Fa arādū bihī kaydan fajaʿalnāhumul-asfalīn.

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

وَقَالَ إِنِّي ذَاهِبٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّي سَيَهۡدِينِ ٩٩

Wa qāla innī dhāhibun ilā rabbī sayahdīn.

And [then] he said, "Indeed, I will go to [where I am ordered by] my Lord; He will guide me.

رَبِّ هَبۡ لِي مِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ ١٠٠

Rabbi hab lī minaṣ-ṣāliḥīn.

My Lord, grant me [a child] from among the righteous."

فَبَشَّرۡنَٰهُ بِغُلَٰمٍ حَلِيمٖ ١٠١

Fabashsharnāhu bighulāmin ḥalīm.

So We gave him good tidings of a forbearing boy.

فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ مَعَهُ ٱلسَّعۡيَ قَالَ يَٰبُنَيَّ إِنِّيٓ أَرَىٰ فِي ٱلۡمَنَامِ أَنِّيٓ أَذۡبَحُكَ فَٱنظُرۡ مَاذَا تَرَىٰۚ قَالَ يَٰٓأَبَتِ ٱفۡعَلۡ مَا تُؤۡمَرُۖ سَتَجِدُنِيٓ إِن شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰبِرِينَ ١٠٢

Falammā balagha maʿahus-saʿya qāla yābunayya innī arā fil-manāmi annī adhbaḥuka fanẓur mādhā tarā, qāla yāʾabatifʿal mā tuʾmar, satajidunī in shāʾallāhu minaṣ-ṣābirīn.

And when he reached with him [the age of] exertion,¹ he said, "O my son, indeed I have seen in a dream that I [must] sacrifice you, so see what you think." He said, "O my father, do as you are commanded. You will find me, if Allāh wills, of the steadfast."

فَلَمَّآ أَسۡلَمَا وَتَلَّهُۥ لِلۡجَبِينِ ١٠٣

Falammā aslamā wa tallahū lil-jabīn.

And when they had both submitted¹ and he put him down upon his forehead,

وَنَٰدَيۡنَٰهُ أَن يَٰٓإِبۡرَٰهِيمُ ١٠٤

Wa nādaynāhu ay yāʾibrāhīm.

We called to him, "O Abraham,

قَدۡ صَدَّقۡتَ ٱلرُّءۡيَآۚ إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجۡزِي ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ ١٠٥

Qad ṣaddaqtar-ruʾyā, innā kadhālika najzil-muḥsinīn.

You have fulfilled the vision." Indeed, We thus reward the doers of good.

إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَهُوَ ٱلۡبَلَٰٓؤُاْ ٱلۡمُبِينُ ١٠٦

Inna hādhā lahuwal-balāʾul-mubīn.

Indeed, this was the clear trial.

وَفَدَيۡنَٰهُ بِذِبۡحٍ عَظِيمٖ ١٠٧

Wa fadaynāhu bidhibḥin ʿaẓīm.

And We ransomed him with a great sacrifice,¹

وَتَرَكۡنَا عَلَيۡهِ فِي ٱلۡأٓخِرِينَ ١٠٨

Wa taraknā ʿalayhi fil-ākhirīn.

And We left for him [favorable mention] among later generations:

سَلَٰمٌ عَلَىٰٓ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ ١٠٩

Salāmun ʿalā ibrāhīm.

"Peace upon Abraham."

كَذَٰلِكَ نَجۡزِي ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ ١١٠

Kadhālika najzil-muḥsinīn.

Indeed, We thus reward the doers of good.

إِنَّهُۥ مِنۡ عِبَادِنَا ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ١١١

Innahū min ʿibādinal-muʾminīn.

Indeed, he was of Our believing servants.

وَبَشَّرۡنَٰهُ بِإِسۡحَٰقَ نَبِيّٗا مِّنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ ١١٢

Wa bashsharnāhu biʾisḥāqa nabiyyam minaṣ-ṣāliḥīn.

And We gave him good tidings of Isaac, a prophet from among the righteous.¹

وَبَٰرَكۡنَا عَلَيۡهِ وَعَلَىٰٓ إِسۡحَٰقَۚ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِهِمَا مُحۡسِنٞ وَظَالِمٞ لِّنَفۡسِهِۦ مُبِينٞ ١١٣

Wa bāraknā ʿalayhi wa ʿalā isḥāq, wa min dhurriyyatihimā muḥsinuw wa ẓālimul linafsihī mubīn.

And We blessed him and Isaac. But among their descendants is the doer of good and the clearly unjust to himself [i.e., sinner].

وَلَقَدۡ مَنَنَّا عَلَىٰ مُوسَىٰ وَهَٰرُونَ ١١٤

Wa laqad manannā ʿalā mūsā wa hārūn.

And We did certainly confer favor upon Moses and Aaron.

وَنَجَّيۡنَٰهُمَا وَقَوۡمَهُمَا مِنَ ٱلۡكَرۡبِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ ١١٥

Wa najjaynāhumā wa qawmahumā minal-karbil-ʿaẓīm.

And We saved them and their people from the great affliction,

وَنَصَرۡنَٰهُمۡ فَكَانُواْ هُمُ ٱلۡغَٰلِبِينَ ١١٦

Wa naṣarnāhum fakānū humul-ghālibīn.

And We supported them so it was they who overcame.

وَءَاتَيۡنَٰهُمَا ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ ٱلۡمُسۡتَبِينَ ١١٧

Wa ātaynāhumal-kitābal-mustabīn.

And We gave them the explicit Scripture [i.e., the Torah],

وَهَدَيۡنَٰهُمَا ٱلصِّرَٰطَ ٱلۡمُسۡتَقِيمَ ١١٨

Wa hadaynāhumaṣ-ṣirāṭal-mustaqīm.

And We guided them on the straight path.

وَتَرَكۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمَا فِي ٱلۡأٓخِرِينَ ١١٩

Wa taraknā ʿalayhimā fil-ākhirīn.

And We left for them [favorable mention] among later generations:

سَلَٰمٌ عَلَىٰ مُوسَىٰ وَهَٰرُونَ ١٢٠

Salāmun ʿalā mūsā wa hārūn.

"Peace upon Moses and Aaron."

إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجۡزِي ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ ١٢١

Innā kadhālika najzil-muḥsinīn.

Indeed, We thus reward the doers of good.

إِنَّهُمَا مِنۡ عِبَادِنَا ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ١٢٢

Innahumā min ʿibādinal-muʾminīn.

Indeed, they were of Our believing servants.

وَإِنَّ إِلۡيَاسَ لَمِنَ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ ١٢٣

Wa inna ilyāsa laminal-mursalīn.

And indeed, Elias was from among the messengers,

إِذۡ قَالَ لِقَوۡمِهِۦٓ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ١٢٤

Idh qāla liqawmihī alā tattaqūn.

When he said to his people, "Will you not fear Allāh?

أَتَدۡعُونَ بَعۡلٗا وَتَذَرُونَ أَحۡسَنَ ٱلۡخَٰلِقِينَ ١٢٥

Atadʿūna baʿlaw wa tadharūna aḥsanal-khāliqīn.

Do you call upon Baʿl¹ and leave the best of creators -

ٱللَّهَ رَبَّكُمۡ وَرَبَّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ١٢٦

Allāha rabbakum wa rabba ābāʾikumul-awwalīn.

Allāh, your Lord and the Lord of your first forefathers?"

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَإِنَّهُمۡ لَمُحۡضَرُونَ ١٢٧

Fakadhdhabūhu fa innahum lamuḥḍarūn.

And they denied him, so indeed, they will be brought [for punishment],

إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡمُخۡلَصِينَ ١٢٨

Illā ʿibādallāhil-mukhlaṣīn.

Except the chosen servants of Allāh.

وَتَرَكۡنَا عَلَيۡهِ فِي ٱلۡأٓخِرِينَ ١٢٩

Wa taraknā ʿalayhi fil-ākhirīn.

And We left for him [favorable mention] among later generations:

سَلَٰمٌ عَلَىٰٓ إِلۡ يَاسِينَ ١٣٠

Salāmun ʿalā il yāsīn.

"Peace upon Elias."¹

إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجۡزِي ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ ١٣١

Innā kadhālika najzil-muḥsinīn.

Indeed, We thus reward the doers of good.

إِنَّهُۥ مِنۡ عِبَادِنَا ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ١٣٢

Innahū min ʿibādinal-muʾminīn.

Indeed, he was of Our believing servants.

وَإِنَّ لُوطٗا لَّمِنَ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ ١٣٣

Wa inna lūṭal laminal-mursalīn.

And indeed, Lot was among the messengers.

إِذۡ نَجَّيۡنَٰهُ وَأَهۡلَهُۥٓ أَجۡمَعِينَ ١٣٤

Idh najjaynāhu wa ahlahū ajmaʿīn.

[So mention] when We saved him and his family, all,

إِلَّا عَجُوزٗا فِي ٱلۡغَٰبِرِينَ ١٣٥

Illā ʿajūzan fil-ghābirīn.

Except an old woman [i.e., his wife] among those who remained [with the evildoers].

ثُمَّ دَمَّرۡنَا ٱلۡأٓخَرِينَ ١٣٦

Thumma dammarnal-ākharīn.

Then We destroyed the others.

وَإِنَّكُمۡ لَتَمُرُّونَ عَلَيۡهِم مُّصۡبِحِينَ ١٣٧

Wa innakum latamurrūna ʿalayhim muṣbiḥīn.

And indeed, you pass by them in the morning

وَبِٱلَّيۡلِۚ أَفَلَا تَعۡقِلُونَ ١٣٨

Wabil-layl, afalā taʿqilūn.

And at night. Then will you not use reason?

وَإِنَّ يُونُسَ لَمِنَ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ ١٣٩

Wa inna yūnusa laminal-mursalīn.

And indeed, Jonah was among the messengers.

إِذۡ أَبَقَ إِلَى ٱلۡفُلۡكِ ٱلۡمَشۡحُونِ ١٤٠

Idh abaqa ilal-fulkil-mashḥūn.

[Mention] when he ran away to the laden ship.

فَسَاهَمَ فَكَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُدۡحَضِينَ ١٤١

Fasāhama fakāna minal-mudḥaḍīn.

And he drew lots¹ and was among the losers.

فَٱلۡتَقَمَهُ ٱلۡحُوتُ وَهُوَ مُلِيمٞ ١٤٢

Fal-taqamahul-ḥūtu wa huwa mulīm.

Then the fish swallowed him, while he was blameworthy.¹

فَلَوۡلَآ أَنَّهُۥ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُسَبِّحِينَ ١٤٣

Falawlā annahū kāna minal-musabbiḥīn.

And had he not been of those who exalt Allāh,

لَلَبِثَ فِي بَطۡنِهِۦٓ إِلَىٰ يَوۡمِ يُبۡعَثُونَ ١٤٤

Lalabitha fī baṭnihī ilā yawmi yubʿathūn.

He would have remained inside its belly until the Day they are resurrected.¹

۞ فَنَبَذۡنَٰهُ بِٱلۡعَرَآءِ وَهُوَ سَقِيمٞ ١٤٥

Fanabadhnāhu bil-ʿarāʾi wa huwa saqīm.

But We threw him onto the open shore while he was ill.

وَأَنۢبَتۡنَا عَلَيۡهِ شَجَرَةٗ مِّن يَقۡطِينٖ ١٤٦

Wa anbatnā ʿalayhi shajaratam miy yaqṭīn.

And We caused to grow over him a gourd vine.¹

وَأَرۡسَلۡنَٰهُ إِلَىٰ مِاْئَةِ أَلۡفٍ أَوۡ يَزِيدُونَ ١٤٧

Wa arsalnāhu ilā miʾati alfin aw yazīdūn.

And We sent him¹ to [his people of] a hundred thousand or more.

فَـَٔامَنُواْ فَمَتَّعۡنَٰهُمۡ إِلَىٰ حِينٖ ١٤٨

Fa āmanū famattaʿnāhum ilā ḥīn.

And they believed, so We gave them enjoyment [of life] for a time.

فَٱسۡتَفۡتِهِمۡ أَلِرَبِّكَ ٱلۡبَنَاتُ وَلَهُمُ ٱلۡبَنُونَ ١٤٩

Fastaftihim alirabbikal-banātu wa lahumul-banūn.

So inquire of them, [O Muḥammad], "Does your Lord have daughters while they have sons?¹

أَمۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ إِنَٰثٗا وَهُمۡ شَٰهِدُونَ ١٥٠

Am khalaqnal-malāʾikata ināthaw wa hum shāhidūn.

Or did We create the angels as females while they were witnesses?"

أَلَآ إِنَّهُم مِّنۡ إِفۡكِهِمۡ لَيَقُولُونَ ١٥١

Alā innahum min ifkihim layaqūlūn.

Unquestionably, it is out of their [invented] falsehood that they say,

وَلَدَ ٱللَّهُ وَإِنَّهُمۡ لَكَٰذِبُونَ ١٥٢

Waladallāhu wa innahum lakādhibūn.

"Allāh has begotten," and indeed, they are liars.

أَصۡطَفَى ٱلۡبَنَاتِ عَلَى ٱلۡبَنِينَ ١٥٣

Aṣṭafal-banāti ʿalal-banīn.

Has He chosen daughters over sons?

مَا لَكُمۡ كَيۡفَ تَحۡكُمُونَ ١٥٤

Mā lakum kayfa taḥkumūn.

What is [wrong] with you? How do you make judgement?

أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ ١٥٥

Afalā tadhakkarūn.

Then will you not be reminded?

أَمۡ لَكُمۡ سُلۡطَٰنٞ مُّبِينٞ ١٥٦

Am lakum sulṭānum mubīn.

Or do you have a clear authority?¹

فَأۡتُواْ بِكِتَٰبِكُمۡ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰدِقِينَ ١٥٧

Faʾtū bikitābikum in kuntum ṣādiqīn.

Then produce your scripture, if you should be truthful.

وَجَعَلُواْ بَيۡنَهُۥ وَبَيۡنَ ٱلۡجِنَّةِ نَسَبٗاۚ وَلَقَدۡ عَلِمَتِ ٱلۡجِنَّةُ إِنَّهُمۡ لَمُحۡضَرُونَ ١٥٨

Wa jaʿalū baynahū wa baynal-jinnati nasabā, wa laqad ʿalimatil-jinnatu innahum lamuḥḍarūn.

And they have made [i.e., claimed] between Him and the jinn a lineage, but the jinn have already known that they [who made such claims] will be brought [to punishment].

سُبۡحَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ ١٥٩

Subḥānallāhi ʿammā yaṣifūn.

Exalted is Allāh above what they describe,

إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡمُخۡلَصِينَ ١٦٠

Illā ʿibādallāhil-mukhlaṣīn.

Except the chosen servants of Allāh [who do not share in that sin].

فَإِنَّكُمۡ وَمَا تَعۡبُدُونَ ١٦١

Fa innakum wa mā taʿbudūn.

So indeed, you [disbelievers] and whatever you worship,

مَآ أَنتُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ بِفَٰتِنِينَ ١٦٢

Mā antum ʿalayhi bifātinīn.

You cannot tempt [anyone] away from Him

إِلَّا مَنۡ هُوَ صَالِ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ ١٦٣

Illā man huwa ṣālil-jaḥīm.

Except he who is to [enter and] burn in the Hellfire.¹

وَمَا مِنَّآ إِلَّا لَهُۥ مَقَامٞ مَّعۡلُومٞ ١٦٤

Wa mā minnā illā lahū maqāmum maʿlūm.

[The angels say],¹ "There is not among us any except that he has a known position.²

وَإِنَّا لَنَحۡنُ ٱلصَّآفُّونَ ١٦٥

Wa innā lanaḥnuṣ-ṣāffūn.

And indeed, we are those who line up [for prayer].

وَإِنَّا لَنَحۡنُ ٱلۡمُسَبِّحُونَ ١٦٦

Wa innā lanaḥnul-musabbiḥūn.

And indeed, we are those who exalt Allāh."

وَإِن كَانُواْ لَيَقُولُونَ ١٦٧

Wa in kānū layaqūlūn.

And indeed, they [i.e., the disbelievers] used to say,¹

لَوۡ أَنَّ عِندَنَا ذِكۡرٗا مِّنَ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ١٦٨

Law anna ʿindanā dhikram minal-awwalīn.

"If we had a message from [those of] the former peoples,

لَكُنَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡمُخۡلَصِينَ ١٦٩

Lakunnā ʿibādallāhil-mukhlaṣīn.

We would have been the chosen servants of Allāh."

فَكَفَرُواْ بِهِۦۖ فَسَوۡفَ يَعۡلَمُونَ ١٧٠

Fakafarū bih, fasawfa yaʿlamūn.

But they disbelieved in it,¹ so they are going to know.

وَلَقَدۡ سَبَقَتۡ كَلِمَتُنَا لِعِبَادِنَا ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ ١٧١

Wa laqad sabaqat kalimatunā liʿibādinal-mursalīn.

And Our word [i.e., decree] has already preceded for Our servants, the messengers,

إِنَّهُمۡ لَهُمُ ٱلۡمَنصُورُونَ ١٧٢

Innahum lahumul-manṣūrūn.

[That] indeed, they would be those given victory

وَإِنَّ جُندَنَا لَهُمُ ٱلۡغَٰلِبُونَ ١٧٣

Wa inna jundanā lahumul-ghālibūn.

And [that] indeed, Our soldiers [i.e., the believers] will be those who overcome.¹

فَتَوَلَّ عَنۡهُمۡ حَتَّىٰ حِينٖ ١٧٤

Fatawalla ʿanhum ḥattā ḥīn.

So, [O Muḥammad], leave them for a time.

وَأَبۡصِرۡهُمۡ فَسَوۡفَ يُبۡصِرُونَ ١٧٥

Wa abṣirhum fasawfa yubṣirūn.

And see [what will befall] them, for they are going to see.

أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا يَسۡتَعۡجِلُونَ ١٧٦

Afabiʿadhābinā yastaʿjilūn.

Then for Our punishment are they impatient?

فَإِذَا نَزَلَ بِسَاحَتِهِمۡ فَسَآءَ صَبَاحُ ٱلۡمُنذَرِينَ ١٧٧

Fa idhā nazala bisāḥatihim fasāʾa ṣabāḥul-mundharīn.

But when it descends in their territory, then evil is the morning of those who were warned.

وَتَوَلَّ عَنۡهُمۡ حَتَّىٰ حِينٖ ١٧٨

Wa tawalla ʿanhum ḥattā ḥīn.

And leave them for a time.

وَأَبۡصِرۡ فَسَوۡفَ يُبۡصِرُونَ ١٧٩

Wa abṣir fasawfa yubṣirūn.

And see, for they are going to see.

سُبۡحَٰنَ رَبِّكَ رَبِّ ٱلۡعِزَّةِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ ١٨٠

Subḥāna rabbika rabbil-ʿizzati ʿammā yaṣifūn.

Exalted is your Lord, the Lord of might, above what they describe.

وَسَلَٰمٌ عَلَى ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ ١٨١

Wa salāmun ʿalal-mursalīn.

And peace upon the messengers.

وَٱلۡحَمۡدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ١٨٢

Wal-ḥamdu lillāhi rabbil-ʿālamīn.

And praise to Allāh, Lord of the worlds.