Az-Zukhruf

حمٓ ١

Ḥā Mīm.

Ḥā, Meem.¹

وَٱلۡكِتَٰبِ ٱلۡمُبِينِ ٢

Wal-kitābil-mubīn.

By the clear Book,

إِنَّا جَعَلۡنَٰهُ قُرۡءَٰنًا عَرَبِيّٗا لَّعَلَّكُمۡ تَعۡقِلُونَ ٣

Innā jaʿalnāhu qurʾānan ʿarabiyyal laʿallakum taʿqilūn.

Indeed, We have made it an Arabic Qur’ān that you might understand.

وَإِنَّهُۥ فِيٓ أُمِّ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ لَدَيۡنَا لَعَلِيٌّ حَكِيمٌ ٤

Wa innahū fī ummil-kitābi ladaynā laʿaliyyun ḥakīm.

And indeed it is, in the Mother of the Book¹ with Us, exalted and full of wisdom.²

أَفَنَضۡرِبُ عَنكُمُ ٱلذِّكۡرَ صَفۡحًا أَن كُنتُمۡ قَوۡمٗا مُّسۡرِفِينَ ٥

Afanaḍribu ʿankumudh-dhikra ṣafḥan an kuntum qawmam musrifīn.

Then should We turn the message away, disregarding you, because you are a transgressing people?

وَكَمۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا مِن نَّبِيّٖ فِي ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ٦

Wa kam arsalnā min nabiyyin fil-awwalīn.

And how many a prophet We sent among the former peoples,

وَمَا يَأۡتِيهِم مِّن نَّبِيٍّ إِلَّا كَانُواْ بِهِۦ يَسۡتَهۡزِءُونَ ٧

Wa mā yaʾtīhim min nabiyyin illā kānū bihī yastahziʾūn.

But there would not come to them a prophet except that they used to ridicule him.

فَأَهۡلَكۡنَآ أَشَدَّ مِنۡهُم بَطۡشٗا وَمَضَىٰ مَثَلُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ٨

Fa ahlaknā ashadda minhum baṭshaw wa maḍā mathalul-awwalīn.

And We destroyed greater than them¹ in [striking] power, and the example of the former peoples has preceded.

وَلَئِن سَأَلۡتَهُم مَّنۡ خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ لَيَقُولُنَّ خَلَقَهُنَّ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ ٩

Wa laʾin saʾaltahum man khalaqas-samāwāti wal-arḍa layaqūlunna khalaqahunnal-ʿazīzul-ʿalīm.

And if you should ask them, "Who has created the heavens and the earth?" they would surely say, "They were created by the Exalted in Might, the Knowing,"

ٱلَّذِي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ مَهۡدٗا وَجَعَلَ لَكُمۡ فِيهَا سُبُلٗا لَّعَلَّكُمۡ تَهۡتَدُونَ ١٠

Al-ladhī jaʿala lakumul-arḍa mahdaw wa jaʿala lakum fīhā subulal laʿallakum tahtadūn.

[The one] who has made for you the earth a bed and made for you upon it roads that you might be guided

وَٱلَّذِي نَزَّلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءَۢ بِقَدَرٖ فَأَنشَرۡنَا بِهِۦ بَلۡدَةٗ مَّيۡتٗاۚ كَذَٰلِكَ تُخۡرَجُونَ ١١

Wal-ladhī nazzala minas-samāʾi māʾam biqadarin fa ansharnā bihī baldatam maytā, kadhālika tukhrajūn.

And who sends down rain from the sky in measured amounts, and We revive thereby a dead land - thus will you be brought forth -

وَٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ ٱلۡأَزۡوَٰجَ كُلَّهَا وَجَعَلَ لَكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡفُلۡكِ وَٱلۡأَنۡعَٰمِ مَا تَرۡكَبُونَ ١٢

Wal-ladhī khalaqal-azwāja kullahā wa jaʿala lakum minal-fulki wal-anʿāmi mā tarkabūn.

And who created the species, all of them, and has made for you of ships and animals those which you mount

لِتَسۡتَوُۥاْ عَلَىٰ ظُهُورِهِۦ ثُمَّ تَذۡكُرُواْ نِعۡمَةَ رَبِّكُمۡ إِذَا ٱسۡتَوَيۡتُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ وَتَقُولُواْ سُبۡحَٰنَ ٱلَّذِي سَخَّرَ لَنَا هَٰذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لَهُۥ مُقۡرِنِينَ ١٣

Litastawū ʿalā ẓuhūrihī thumma tadhkurū niʿmata rabbikum idhastawaytum ʿalayhi wa taqūlū subḥānal-ladhī sakhkhara lanā hādhā wa mā kunnā lahū muqrinīn.

That you may settle yourselves upon their backs and then remember the favor of your Lord when you have settled upon them and say, "Exalted is He who has subjected this to us, and we could not have [otherwise] subdued it.¹

وَإِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا لَمُنقَلِبُونَ ١٤

Wa innā ilā rabbinā lamunqalibūn.

And indeed we, to our Lord, will [surely] return."

وَجَعَلُواْ لَهُۥ مِنۡ عِبَادِهِۦ جُزۡءًاۚ إِنَّ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ لَكَفُورٞ مُّبِينٌ ١٥

Wa jaʿalū lahū min ʿibādihī juzʾā, innal-insāna lakafūrum mubīn.

But they have attributed to Him from His servants a portion.¹ Indeed, man is clearly ungrateful.

أَمِ ٱتَّخَذَ مِمَّا يَخۡلُقُ بَنَاتٖ وَأَصۡفَىٰكُم بِٱلۡبَنِينَ ١٦

Amittakhadha mimmā yakhluqu banātiw wa aṣfākum bil-banīn.

Or has He taken, out of what He has created, daughters and chosen you for [having] sons?

وَإِذَا بُشِّرَ أَحَدُهُم بِمَا ضَرَبَ لِلرَّحۡمَٰنِ مَثَلٗا ظَلَّ وَجۡهُهُۥ مُسۡوَدّٗا وَهُوَ كَظِيمٌ ١٧

Wa idhā bushshira aḥaduhum bimā ḍaraba lir-raḥmāni mathalan ẓalla wajhuhū muswaddaw wa huwa kaẓīm.

And when one of them is given good tidings of that which he attributes to the Most Merciful in comparison [i.e., a daughter], his face becomes dark, and he suppresses grief.

أَوَمَن يُنَشَّؤُاْ فِي ٱلۡحِلۡيَةِ وَهُوَ فِي ٱلۡخِصَامِ غَيۡرُ مُبِينٖ ١٨

Awamay yunashshaʾu fil-ḥilyati wa huwa fil-khiṣāmi ghayru mubīn.

So is one brought up in ornaments while being during conflict unevident¹ [attributed to Allāh]?

وَجَعَلُواْ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ ٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ عِبَٰدُ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ إِنَٰثًاۚ أَشَهِدُواْ خَلۡقَهُمۡۚ سَتُكۡتَبُ شَهَٰدَتُهُمۡ وَيُسۡـَٔلُونَ ١٩

Wa jaʿalul-malāʾikatal-ladhīna hum ʿibādur-raḥmāni ināthā, ashahidū khalqahum, satuktabu shahādatuhum wa yusʾalūn.

And they described the angels, who are servants of the Most Merciful, as females. Did they witness their creation? Their testimony will be recorded, and they will be questioned.

وَقَالُواْ لَوۡ شَآءَ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ مَا عَبَدۡنَٰهُمۗ مَّا لَهُم بِذَٰلِكَ مِنۡ عِلۡمٍۖ إِنۡ هُمۡ إِلَّا يَخۡرُصُونَ ٢٠

Wa qālū law shāʾar-raḥmānu mā ʿabadnāhum, mā lahum bidhālika min ʿilm, in hum illā yakhruṣūn.

And they said, "If the Most Merciful had willed, we would not have worshipped them." They have of that no knowledge. They are not but misjudging.

أَمۡ ءَاتَيۡنَٰهُمۡ كِتَٰبٗا مِّن قَبۡلِهِۦ فَهُم بِهِۦ مُسۡتَمۡسِكُونَ ٢١

Am ātaynāhum kitābam min qablihī fahum bihī mustamsikūn.

Or have We given them a book before it [i.e., the Qur’ān] to which they are adhering?

بَلۡ قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّا وَجَدۡنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا عَلَىٰٓ أُمَّةٖ وَإِنَّا عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَٰرِهِم مُّهۡتَدُونَ ٢٢

Bal qālū innā wajadnā ābāʾanā ʿalā ummatiw wa innā ʿalā āthārihim muhtadūn.

Rather, they say, "Indeed, we found our fathers upon a religion, and we are in their footsteps [rightly] guided."

وَكَذَٰلِكَ مَآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا مِن قَبۡلِكَ فِي قَرۡيَةٖ مِّن نَّذِيرٍ إِلَّا قَالَ مُتۡرَفُوهَآ إِنَّا وَجَدۡنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا عَلَىٰٓ أُمَّةٖ وَإِنَّا عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَٰرِهِم مُّقۡتَدُونَ ٢٣

Wa kadhālika mā arsalnā min qablika fī qaryatim min nadhīrin illā qāla mutrafūhā innā wajadnā ābāʾanā ʿalā ummatiw wa innā ʿalā āthārihim muqtadūn.

And similarly, We did not send before you any warner into a city except that its affluent said, "Indeed, we found our fathers upon a religion, and we are, in their footsteps, following."

۞ قَٰلَ أَوَلَوۡ جِئۡتُكُم بِأَهۡدَىٰ مِمَّا وَجَدتُّمۡ عَلَيۡهِ ءَابَآءَكُمۡۖ قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّا بِمَآ أُرۡسِلۡتُم بِهِۦ كَٰفِرُونَ ٢٤

Qāla awalaw jiʾtukum biʾahdā mimmā wajadttum ʿalayhi ābāʾakum, qālū innā bimā ursiltum bihī kāfirūn.

[Each warner] said, "Even if I brought you better guidance than that [religion] upon which you found your fathers?" They said, "Indeed we, in that with which you were sent, are disbelievers."

فَٱنتَقَمۡنَا مِنۡهُمۡۖ فَٱنظُرۡ كَيۡفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ ٢٥

Fantaqamnā minhum, fanẓur kayfa kāna ʿāqibatul-mukadhdhibīn.

So We took retribution from them; then see how was the end of the deniers.

وَإِذۡ قَالَ إِبۡرَٰهِيمُ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوۡمِهِۦٓ إِنَّنِي بَرَآءٞ مِّمَّا تَعۡبُدُونَ ٢٦

Wa idh qāla ibrāhīmu liʾabīhi wa qawmihī innanī barāʾum mimmā taʿbudūn.

And [mention, O Muḥammad], when Abraham said to his father and his people, "Indeed, I am disassociated from that which you worship

إِلَّا ٱلَّذِي فَطَرَنِي فَإِنَّهُۥ سَيَهۡدِينِ ٢٧

Illal-ladhī faṭaranī fa innahū sayahdīn.

Except for He who created me; and indeed, He will guide me."

وَجَعَلَهَا كَلِمَةَۢ بَاقِيَةٗ فِي عَقِبِهِۦ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَرۡجِعُونَ ٢٨

Wa jaʿalahā kalimatam bāqiyatan fī ʿaqibihī laʿallahum yarjiʿūn.

And he made it¹ a word remaining among his descendants that they might return [to it].

بَلۡ مَتَّعۡتُ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ وَءَابَآءَهُمۡ حَتَّىٰ جَآءَهُمُ ٱلۡحَقُّ وَرَسُولٞ مُّبِينٞ ٢٩

Bal mattaʿtu hāʾulāʾi wa ābāʾahum ḥattā jāʾahumul-ḥaqqu wa rasūlum mubīn.

However, I gave enjoyment to these [people of Makkah] and their fathers¹ until there came to them the truth and a clear Messenger.²

وَلَمَّا جَآءَهُمُ ٱلۡحَقُّ قَالُواْ هَٰذَا سِحۡرٞ وَإِنَّا بِهِۦ كَٰفِرُونَ ٣٠

Wa lammā jāʾahumul-ḥaqqu qālū hādhā siḥruw wa innā bihī kāfirūn.

But when the truth came to them, they said, "This is magic, and indeed we are, concerning it, disbelievers."

وَقَالُواْ لَوۡلَا نُزِّلَ هَٰذَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانُ عَلَىٰ رَجُلٖ مِّنَ ٱلۡقَرۡيَتَيۡنِ عَظِيمٍ ٣١

Wa qālū lawlā nuzzila hādhal-qurʾānu ʿalā rajulim minal-qaryatayni ʿaẓīm.

And they said, "Why was this Qur’ān not sent down upon a great man from [one of] the two cities?"¹

أَهُمۡ يَقۡسِمُونَ رَحۡمَتَ رَبِّكَۚ نَحۡنُ قَسَمۡنَا بَيۡنَهُم مَّعِيشَتَهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنۡيَاۚ وَرَفَعۡنَا بَعۡضَهُمۡ فَوۡقَ بَعۡضٖ دَرَجَٰتٖ لِّيَتَّخِذَ بَعۡضُهُم بَعۡضٗا سُخۡرِيّٗاۗ وَرَحۡمَتُ رَبِّكَ خَيۡرٞ مِّمَّا يَجۡمَعُونَ ٣٢

Ahum yaqsimūna raḥmata rabbik, naḥnu qasamnā baynahum maʿīshatahum fil-ḥayātid-dunyā, wa rafaʿnā baʿḍahum fawqa baʿḍin darajātil liyattakhidha baʿḍuhum baʿḍan sukhriyyā, wa raḥmatu rabbika khayrum mimmā yajmaʿūn.

Do they distribute the mercy of your Lord? It is We who have apportioned among them their livelihood in the life of this world and have raised some of them above others in degrees [of rank] that they may make use of one another for service. But the mercy of your Lord is better than whatever they accumulate.

وَلَوۡلَآ أَن يَكُونَ ٱلنَّاسُ أُمَّةٗ وَٰحِدَةٗ لَّجَعَلۡنَا لِمَن يَكۡفُرُ بِٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ لِبُيُوتِهِمۡ سُقُفٗا مِّن فِضَّةٖ وَمَعَارِجَ عَلَيۡهَا يَظۡهَرُونَ ٣٣

Wa lawlā ay yakūnan-nāsu ummataw wāḥidatal lajaʿalnā limay yakfuru bir-raḥmāni libuyūtihim suqufam min fiḍḍatiw wa maʿārija ʿalayhā yaẓharūn.

And if it were not that the people would become one community [of disbelievers],¹ We would have made for those who disbelieve in the Most Merciful - for their houses - ceilings and stairways of silver upon which to mount.

وَلِبُيُوتِهِمۡ أَبۡوَٰبٗا وَسُرُرًا عَلَيۡهَا يَتَّكِـُٔونَ ٣٤

Walibuyūtihim abwābaw wa sururan ʿalayhā yattakiʾūn.

And for their houses - doors and couches [of silver] upon which to recline

وَزُخۡرُفٗاۚ وَإِن كُلُّ ذَٰلِكَ لَمَّا مَتَٰعُ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنۡيَاۚ وَٱلۡأٓخِرَةُ عِندَ رَبِّكَ لِلۡمُتَّقِينَ ٣٥

Wa zukhrufā, wa in kullu dhālika lammā matāʿul-ḥayātid-dunyā, wal-ākhiratu ʿinda rabbika lil-muttaqīn.

And gold ornament. But all that is not but the enjoyment of worldly life. And the Hereafter with your Lord is for the righteous.

وَمَن يَعۡشُ عَن ذِكۡرِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ نُقَيِّضۡ لَهُۥ شَيۡطَٰنٗا فَهُوَ لَهُۥ قَرِينٞ ٣٦

Wa may yaʿshu ʿan dhikrir-raḥmāni nuqayyiḍ lahū shayṭānan fahuwa lahū qarīn.

And whoever is blinded from remembrance of the Most Merciful - We appoint for him a devil, and he is to him a companion.

وَإِنَّهُمۡ لَيَصُدُّونَهُمۡ عَنِ ٱلسَّبِيلِ وَيَحۡسَبُونَ أَنَّهُم مُّهۡتَدُونَ ٣٧

Wa innahum layaṣuddūnahum ʿanis-sabīli wa yaḥsabūna annahum muhtadūn.

And indeed, they [i.e., the devils] avert them from the way [of guidance] while they think that they are [rightly] guided

حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَنَا قَالَ يَٰلَيۡتَ بَيۡنِي وَبَيۡنَكَ بُعۡدَ ٱلۡمَشۡرِقَيۡنِ فَبِئۡسَ ٱلۡقَرِينُ ٣٨

Ḥattā idhā jāʾanā qāla yālayta baynī wa baynaka buʿdal-mashriqayni fabiʾsal-qarīn.

Until, when he comes to Us [at Judgement], he says [to his companion], "How I wish there was between me and you the distance between the east and west; and what a wretched companion."

وَلَن يَنفَعَكُمُ ٱلۡيَوۡمَ إِذ ظَّلَمۡتُمۡ أَنَّكُمۡ فِي ٱلۡعَذَابِ مُشۡتَرِكُونَ ٣٩

Wa lay yanfaʿakumul-yawma idh ẓalamtum annakum fil-ʿadhābi mushtarikūn.

And never will it benefit you that Day, when you have wronged, that you are [all] sharing in the punishment.

أَفَأَنتَ تُسۡمِعُ ٱلصُّمَّ أَوۡ تَهۡدِي ٱلۡعُمۡيَ وَمَن كَانَ فِي ضَلَٰلٖ مُّبِينٖ ٤٠

Afaʾanta tusmiʿuṣ-ṣumma aw tahdil-ʿumya wa man kāna fī ḍalālim mubīn.

Then will you make the deaf hear, [O Muḥammad], or guide the blind or he who is in clear error?

فَإِمَّا نَذۡهَبَنَّ بِكَ فَإِنَّا مِنۡهُم مُّنتَقِمُونَ ٤١

Fa immā nadhhabanna bika fa innā minhum muntaqimūn.

And whether [or not] We take you away [in death], indeed, We will take retribution upon them.

أَوۡ نُرِيَنَّكَ ٱلَّذِي وَعَدۡنَٰهُمۡ فَإِنَّا عَلَيۡهِم مُّقۡتَدِرُونَ ٤٢

Aw nuriyannakal-ladhī waʿadnāhum fa innā ʿalayhim muqtadirūn.

Or whether [or not] We show you that which We have promised them, indeed, We are Perfect in Ability.

فَٱسۡتَمۡسِكۡ بِٱلَّذِيٓ أُوحِيَ إِلَيۡكَۖ إِنَّكَ عَلَىٰ صِرَٰطٖ مُّسۡتَقِيمٖ ٤٣

Fastamsik bil-ladhī ūḥiya ilayk, innaka ʿalā ṣirāṭim mustaqīm.

So adhere to that which is revealed to you. Indeed, you are on a straight path.

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَذِكۡرٞ لَّكَ وَلِقَوۡمِكَۖ وَسَوۡفَ تُسۡـَٔلُونَ ٤٤

Wa innahū ladhikrul laka waliqawmik, wa sawfa tusʾalūn.

And indeed, it is a remembrance¹ for you and your people, and you [all] are going to be questioned.

وَسۡـَٔلۡ مَنۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا مِن قَبۡلِكَ مِن رُّسُلِنَآ أَجَعَلۡنَا مِن دُونِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ءَالِهَةٗ يُعۡبَدُونَ ٤٥

Wasʾal man arsalnā min qablika mir rusulinā ajaʿalnā min dūnir-raḥmāni ālihatay yuʿbadūn.

And ask those We sent before you of Our messengers; have We made besides the Most Merciful deities to be worshipped?

وَلَقَدۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا مُوسَىٰ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَآ إِلَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنَ وَمَلَإِيْهِۦ فَقَالَ إِنِّي رَسُولُ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٤٦

Wa laqad arsalnā mūsā biʾāyātinā ilā firʿawna wa malaʾihī faqāla innī rasūlu rabbil-ʿālamīn.

And certainly did We send Moses with Our signs to Pharaoh and his establishment, and he said, "Indeed, I am the messenger of the Lord of the worlds."

فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُم بِـَٔايَٰتِنَآ إِذَا هُم مِّنۡهَا يَضۡحَكُونَ ٤٧

Falammā jāʾahum biʾāyātinā idhā hum minhā yaḍḥakūn.

But when he brought them Our signs, at once they laughed at them.

وَمَا نُرِيهِم مِّنۡ ءَايَةٍ إِلَّا هِيَ أَكۡبَرُ مِنۡ أُخۡتِهَاۖ وَأَخَذۡنَٰهُم بِٱلۡعَذَابِ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَرۡجِعُونَ ٤٨

Wa mā nurīhim min āyatin illā hiya akbaru min ukhtihā, wa akhadhnāhum bil-ʿadhābi laʿallahum yarjiʿūn.

And We showed them not a sign except that it was greater than its sister, and We seized them with affliction that perhaps they might return [to faith].

وَقَالُواْ يَٰٓأَيُّهَ ٱلسَّاحِرُ ٱدۡعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ بِمَا عَهِدَ عِندَكَ إِنَّنَا لَمُهۡتَدُونَ ٤٩

Wa qālū yāʾayyuhas-sāḥirudʿu lanā rabbaka bimā ʿahida ʿindaka innanā lamuhtadūn.

And they said [to Moses], "O magician, invoke for us your Lord by what He has promised you. Indeed, we will be guided."

فَلَمَّا كَشَفۡنَا عَنۡهُمُ ٱلۡعَذَابَ إِذَا هُمۡ يَنكُثُونَ ٥٠

Falammā kashafnā ʿanhumul-ʿadhāba idhā hum yankuthūn.

But when We removed from them the affliction, at once they broke their word.

وَنَادَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنُ فِي قَوۡمِهِۦ قَالَ يَٰقَوۡمِ أَلَيۡسَ لِي مُلۡكُ مِصۡرَ وَهَٰذِهِ ٱلۡأَنۡهَٰرُ تَجۡرِي مِن تَحۡتِيٓۚ أَفَلَا تُبۡصِرُونَ ٥١

Wa nādā firʿawnu fī qawmihī qāla yāqawmi alaysa lī mulku miṣra wa hādhihil-anhāru tajrī min taḥtī, afalā tubṣirūn.

And Pharaoh called out among his people; he said, "O my people, does not the kingdom of Egypt belong to me, and these rivers flowing beneath me; then do you not see?

أَمۡ أَنَا۠ خَيۡرٞ مِّنۡ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِي هُوَ مَهِينٞ وَلَا يَكَادُ يُبِينُ ٥٢

Am ana khayrum min hādhal-ladhī huwa mahīnuw wa lā yakādu yubīn.

Or am I [not] better than this one [i.e., Moses] who is insignificant and hardly makes himself clear?¹

فَلَوۡلَآ أُلۡقِيَ عَلَيۡهِ أَسۡوِرَةٞ مِّن ذَهَبٍ أَوۡ جَآءَ مَعَهُ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ مُقۡتَرِنِينَ ٥٣

Falawlā ulqiya ʿalayhi aswiratum min dhahabin aw jāʾa maʿahul-malāʾikatu muqtarinīn.

Then why have there not been placed upon him bracelets of gold or come with him the angels in conjunction?"

فَٱسۡتَخَفَّ قَوۡمَهُۥ فَأَطَاعُوهُۚ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ قَوۡمٗا فَٰسِقِينَ ٥٤

Fastakhaffa qawmahū fa aṭāʿūh, innahum kānū qawman fāsiqīn.

So he bluffed his people, and they obeyed him. Indeed, they were [themselves] a people defiantly disobedient [of Allāh].

فَلَمَّآ ءَاسَفُونَا ٱنتَقَمۡنَا مِنۡهُمۡ فَأَغۡرَقۡنَٰهُمۡ أَجۡمَعِينَ ٥٥

Falammā āsafūnantaqamnā minhum fa aghraqnāhum ajmaʿīn.

And when they angered Us, We took retribution from them and drowned them all.

فَجَعَلۡنَٰهُمۡ سَلَفٗا وَمَثَلٗا لِّلۡأٓخِرِينَ ٥٦

Fajaʿalnāhum salafaw wa mathalal lil-ākhirīn.

And We made them a precedent and an example for the later peoples.

۞ وَلَمَّا ضُرِبَ ٱبۡنُ مَرۡيَمَ مَثَلًا إِذَا قَوۡمُكَ مِنۡهُ يَصِدُّونَ ٥٧

Wa lammā ḍuribabnu maryama mathalan idhā qawmuka minhu yaṣiddūn.

And when the son of Mary was presented as an example,¹ immediately your people laughed aloud.

وَقَالُوٓاْ ءَأَٰلِهَتُنَا خَيۡرٌ أَمۡ هُوَۚ مَا ضَرَبُوهُ لَكَ إِلَّا جَدَلَۢاۚ بَلۡ هُمۡ قَوۡمٌ خَصِمُونَ ٥٨

Wa qālū aʾālihatunā khayrun am huw, mā ḍarabūhu laka illā jadalā, bal hum qawmun khaṣimūn.

And they said, "Are our gods better, or is he?"¹ They did not present it [i.e., the comparison] except for [mere] argument. But, [in fact], they are a people prone to dispute.

إِنۡ هُوَ إِلَّا عَبۡدٌ أَنۡعَمۡنَا عَلَيۡهِ وَجَعَلۡنَٰهُ مَثَلٗا لِّبَنِيٓ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ ٥٩

In huwa illā ʿabdun anʿamnā ʿalayhi wa jaʿalnāhu mathalal libanī isrāʾīl.

He [i.e., Jesus] was not but a servant upon whom We bestowed favor, and We made him an example for the Children of Israel.

وَلَوۡ نَشَآءُ لَجَعَلۡنَا مِنكُم مَّلَٰٓئِكَةٗ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ يَخۡلُفُونَ ٦٠

Wa law nashāʾu lajaʿalnā minkum malāʾikatan fil-arḍi yakhlufūn.

And if We willed, We could have made [instead] of you angels succeeding [one another]¹ on the earth.

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَعِلۡمٞ لِّلسَّاعَةِ فَلَا تَمۡتَرُنَّ بِهَا وَٱتَّبِعُونِۚ هَٰذَا صِرَٰطٞ مُّسۡتَقِيمٞ ٦١

Wa innahū laʿilmul lis-sāʿati falā tamtarunna bihā wattabiʿūn, hādhā ṣirāṭum mustaqīm.

And indeed, he [i.e., Jesus] will be [a sign for] knowledge of the Hour, so be not in doubt of it, and follow Me.¹ This is a straight path.

وَلَا يَصُدَّنَّكُمُ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُۖ إِنَّهُۥ لَكُمۡ عَدُوّٞ مُّبِينٞ ٦٢

Wa lā yaṣuddannakumush-shayṭān, innahū lakum ʿaduwwum mubīn.

And never let Satan avert you. Indeed, he is to you a clear enemy.

وَلَمَّا جَآءَ عِيسَىٰ بِٱلۡبَيِّنَٰتِ قَالَ قَدۡ جِئۡتُكُم بِٱلۡحِكۡمَةِ وَلِأُبَيِّنَ لَكُم بَعۡضَ ٱلَّذِي تَخۡتَلِفُونَ فِيهِۖ فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ٦٣

Wa lammā jāʾa ʿīsā bil-bayyināti qāla qad jiʾtukum bil-ḥikmati waliʾubayyina lakum baʿḍal-ladhī takhtalifūna fīh, fattaqullāha wa aṭīʿūn.

And when Jesus brought clear proofs, he said, "I have come to you with wisdom [i.e., prophethood] and to make clear to you some of that over which you differ, so fear Allāh and obey me.

إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ رَبِّي وَرَبُّكُمۡ فَٱعۡبُدُوهُۚ هَٰذَا صِرَٰطٞ مُّسۡتَقِيمٞ ٦٤

Innallāha huwa rabbī wa rabbukum faʿbudūh, hādhā ṣirāṭum mustaqīm.

Indeed, Allāh is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him. This is a straight path."

فَٱخۡتَلَفَ ٱلۡأَحۡزَابُ مِنۢ بَيۡنِهِمۡۖ فَوَيۡلٞ لِّلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ مِنۡ عَذَابِ يَوۡمٍ أَلِيمٍ ٦٥

Fakhtalafal-aḥzābu mim baynihim, fawaylul lil-ladhīna ẓalamū min ʿadhābi yawmin alīm.

But the denominations from among them differed [and separated], so woe to those who have wronged from the punishment of a painful Day.

هَلۡ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّا ٱلسَّاعَةَ أَن تَأۡتِيَهُم بَغۡتَةٗ وَهُمۡ لَا يَشۡعُرُونَ ٦٦

Hal yanẓurūna illas-sāʿata an taʾtiyahum baghtataw wa hum lā yashʿurūn.

Are they waiting except for the Hour to come upon them suddenly while they perceive not?

ٱلۡأَخِلَّآءُ يَوۡمَئِذِۭ بَعۡضُهُمۡ لِبَعۡضٍ عَدُوٌّ إِلَّا ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ ٦٧

Al-akhillāʾu yawmaʾidhim baʿḍuhum libaʿḍin ʿaduwwun illal-muttaqīn.

Close friends, that Day, will be enemies to each other, except for the righteous

يَٰعِبَادِ لَا خَوۡفٌ عَلَيۡكُمُ ٱلۡيَوۡمَ وَلَآ أَنتُمۡ تَحۡزَنُونَ ٦٨

Yāʿibādi lā khawfun ʿalaykumul-yawma wa lā antum taḥzanūn.

[To whom Allāh will say], "O My servants, no fear will there be concerning you this Day, nor will you grieve,

ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا وَكَانُواْ مُسۡلِمِينَ ٦٩

Al-ladhīna āmanū biʾāyātinā wa kānū muslimīn.

[You] who believed in Our verses and were Muslims.

ٱدۡخُلُواْ ٱلۡجَنَّةَ أَنتُمۡ وَأَزۡوَٰجُكُمۡ تُحۡبَرُونَ ٧٠

Udkhulul-jannata antum wa azwājukum tuḥbarūn.

Enter Paradise, you and your kinds,¹ delighted."

يُطَافُ عَلَيۡهِم بِصِحَافٖ مِّن ذَهَبٖ وَأَكۡوَابٖۖ وَفِيهَا مَا تَشۡتَهِيهِ ٱلۡأَنفُسُ وَتَلَذُّ ٱلۡأَعۡيُنُۖ وَأَنتُمۡ فِيهَا خَٰلِدُونَ ٧١

Yuṭāfu ʿalayhim biṣiḥāfim min dhahabiw wa akwāb, wa fīhā mā tashtahīhil-anfusu wa taladhdhul-aʿyun, wa antum fīhā khālidūn.

Circulated among them will be plates and vessels of gold. And therein is whatever the souls desire and [what] delights the eyes, and you will abide therein eternally.

وَتِلۡكَ ٱلۡجَنَّةُ ٱلَّتِيٓ أُورِثۡتُمُوهَا بِمَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ ٧٢

Wa tilkal-jannatul-latī ūrithtumūhā bimā kuntum taʿmalūn.

And that is Paradise which you are made to inherit for what you used to do.

لَكُمۡ فِيهَا فَٰكِهَةٞ كَثِيرَةٞ مِّنۡهَا تَأۡكُلُونَ ٧٣

Lakum fīhā fākihatun kathīratum minhā taʾkulūn.

For you therein is much fruit¹ from which you will eat.

إِنَّ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ فِي عَذَابِ جَهَنَّمَ خَٰلِدُونَ ٧٤

Innal-mujrimīna fī ʿadhābi jahannama khālidūn.

Indeed, the criminals will be in the punishment of Hell, abiding eternally.

لَا يُفَتَّرُ عَنۡهُمۡ وَهُمۡ فِيهِ مُبۡلِسُونَ ٧٥

Lā yufattaru ʿanhum wa hum fīhi mublisūn.

It will not be allowed to subside for them, and they, therein, are in despair.

وَمَا ظَلَمۡنَٰهُمۡ وَلَٰكِن كَانُواْ هُمُ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ٧٦

Wa mā ẓalamnāhum wa lākin kānū humuẓ-ẓālimīn.

And We did not wrong them, but it was they who were the wrongdoers.

وَنَادَوۡاْ يَٰمَٰلِكُ لِيَقۡضِ عَلَيۡنَا رَبُّكَۖ قَالَ إِنَّكُم مَّٰكِثُونَ ٧٧

Wa nādaw yāmāliku liyaqḍi ʿalaynā rabbuk, qāla innakum mākithūn.

And they will call, "O Mālik,¹ let your Lord put an end to us!" He will say, "Indeed, you will remain."

لَقَدۡ جِئۡنَٰكُم بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَكُمۡ لِلۡحَقِّ كَٰرِهُونَ ٧٨

Laqad jiʾnākum bil-ḥaqqi wa lākinna aktharakum lil-ḥaqqi kārihūn.

We had certainly brought you the truth, but most of you, to the truth, were averse.

أَمۡ أَبۡرَمُوٓاْ أَمۡرٗا فَإِنَّا مُبۡرِمُونَ ٧٩

Am abramū amran fa innā mubrimūn.

Or have they devised [some] affair?¹ But indeed, We are devising [a plan].

أَمۡ يَحۡسَبُونَ أَنَّا لَا نَسۡمَعُ سِرَّهُمۡ وَنَجۡوَىٰهُمۚ بَلَىٰ وَرُسُلُنَا لَدَيۡهِمۡ يَكۡتُبُونَ ٨٠

Am yaḥsabūna annā lā nasmaʿu sirrahum wa najwāhum, balā wa rusulunā ladayhim yaktubūn.

Or do they think that We hear not their secrets and their private conversations? Yes, [We do], and Our messengers [i.e., angels] are with them recording.

قُلۡ إِن كَانَ لِلرَّحۡمَٰنِ وَلَدٞ فَأَنَا۠ أَوَّلُ ٱلۡعَٰبِدِينَ ٨١

Qul in kāna lir-raḥmāni waladun fa ana awwalul-ʿābidīn.

Say, [O Muḥammad], "If the Most Merciful had a son, then I would be the first of [his] worshippers."¹

سُبۡحَٰنَ رَبِّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَرۡشِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ ٨٢

Subḥāna rabbis-samāwāti wal-arḍi rabbil-ʿarshi ʿammā yaṣifūn.

Exalted is the Lord of the heavens and the earth, Lord of the Throne, above what they describe.

فَذَرۡهُمۡ يَخُوضُواْ وَيَلۡعَبُواْ حَتَّىٰ يُلَٰقُواْ يَوۡمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِي يُوعَدُونَ ٨٣

Fadharhum yakhūḍū wa yalʿabū ḥattā yulāqū yawmahumul-ladhī yūʿadūn.

So leave them to converse vainly and amuse themselves until they meet their Day which they are promised.

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِي فِي ٱلسَّمَآءِ إِلَٰهٞ وَفِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ إِلَٰهٞۚ وَهُوَ ٱلۡحَكِيمُ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ ٨٤

Wa huwal-ladhī fis-samāʾi ilāhuw wa fil-arḍi ilāh, wa huwal-ḥakīmul-ʿalīm.

And it is He [i.e., Allāh] who is [the only] deity in the heaven, and on the earth [the only] deity. And He is the Wise, the Knowing.

وَتَبَارَكَ ٱلَّذِي لَهُۥ مُلۡكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَا وَعِندَهُۥ عِلۡمُ ٱلسَّاعَةِ وَإِلَيۡهِ تُرۡجَعُونَ ٨٥

Wa tabārakal-ladhī lahū mulkus-samāwāti wal-arḍi wa mā baynahumā wa ʿindahū ʿilmus-sāʿati wa ilayhi turjaʿūn.

And blessed is He to whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them and with whom is knowledge of the Hour and to whom you will be returned.

وَلَا يَمۡلِكُ ٱلَّذِينَ يَدۡعُونَ مِن دُونِهِ ٱلشَّفَٰعَةَ إِلَّا مَن شَهِدَ بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَهُمۡ يَعۡلَمُونَ ٨٦

Wa lā yamlikul-ladhīna yadʿūna min dūnihish-shafāʿata illā man shahida bil-ḥaqqi wa hum yaʿlamūn.

And those they invoke¹ besides Him do not possess [power of] intercession; but only those who testify to the truth [can benefit], and they know.²

وَلَئِن سَأَلۡتَهُم مَّنۡ خَلَقَهُمۡ لَيَقُولُنَّ ٱللَّهُۖ فَأَنَّىٰ يُؤۡفَكُونَ ٨٧

Wa laʾin saʾaltahum man khalaqahum layaqūlunnallāh, fa annā yuʾfakūn.

And if you asked them¹ who created them, they would surely say, "Allāh." So how are they deluded?

وَقِيلِهِۦ يَٰرَبِّ إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ قَوۡمٞ لَّا يُؤۡمِنُونَ ٨٨

Wa qīlihī yārabbi inna hāʾulāʾi qawmul lā yuʾminūn.

And [Allāh acknowledges] his saying,¹ "O my Lord, indeed these are a people who do not believe."

فَٱصۡفَحۡ عَنۡهُمۡ وَقُلۡ سَلَٰمٞۚ فَسَوۡفَ يَعۡلَمُونَ ٨٩

Faṣfaḥ ʿanhum wa qul salām, fasawfa yaʿlamūn.

So turn aside from them and say, "Peace."¹ But they are going to know.