Juz 12

1. ۞ وَمَا مِن دَآبَّةٖ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ إِلَّا عَلَى ٱللَّهِ رِزۡقُهَا وَيَعۡلَمُ مُسۡتَقَرَّهَا وَمُسۡتَوۡدَعَهَاۚ كُلّٞ فِي كِتَٰبٖ مُّبِينٖ ٦

   Wa mā min dābbatin fil-arḍi illā ʿalallāhi rizquhā wa yaʿlamu mustaqarrahā wa mustawdaʿahā, kullun fī kitābim mubīn.

   And there is no creature on earth but that upon Allāh is its provision, and He knows its place of dwelling and place of storage.¹ All is in a clear register.

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   1. Before birth and after death.

2. وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ فِي سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٖ وَكَانَ عَرۡشُهُۥ عَلَى ٱلۡمَآءِ لِيَبۡلُوَكُمۡ أَيُّكُمۡ أَحۡسَنُ عَمَلٗاۗ وَلَئِن قُلۡتَ إِنَّكُم مَّبۡعُوثُونَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ ٱلۡمَوۡتِ لَيَقُولَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓاْ إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحۡرٞ مُّبِينٞ ٧

   Wa huwal-ladhī khalaqas-samāwāti wal-arḍa fī sittati ayyāmiw wa kāna ʿarshuhū ʿalal-māʾi liyabluwakum ayyukum aḥsanu ʿamalā, wa laʾin qulta innakum mabʿūthūna mim baʿdil-mawti layaqūlannal-ladhīna kafarū in hādhā illā siḥrum mubīn.

   And it is He who created the heavens and the earth in six days - and His Throne had been upon water - that He might test you as to which of you is best in deed. But if you say, "Indeed, you are resurrected after death," those who disbelieve will surely say, "This is not but obvious magic."

3. وَلَئِنۡ أَخَّرۡنَا عَنۡهُمُ ٱلۡعَذَابَ إِلَىٰٓ أُمَّةٖ مَّعۡدُودَةٖ لَّيَقُولُنَّ مَا يَحۡبِسُهُۥٓۗ أَلَا يَوۡمَ يَأۡتِيهِمۡ لَيۡسَ مَصۡرُوفًا عَنۡهُمۡ وَحَاقَ بِهِم مَّا كَانُواْ بِهِۦ يَسۡتَهۡزِءُونَ ٨

   Wa laʾin akhkharnā ʿanhumul-ʿadhāba ilā ummatim maʿdūdatil layaqūlunna mā yaḥbisuh, alā yawma yaʾtīhim laysa maṣrūfan ʿanhum wa ḥāqa bihim mā kānū bihī yastahziʾūn.

   And if We hold back from them the punishment for a limited time, they will surely say,¹ "What detains it?" Unquestionably, on the Day it comes to them, it will not be averted from them, and they will be enveloped by what they used to ridicule.

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   1. In ridicule and disbelief.

4. وَلَئِنۡ أَذَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ مِنَّا رَحۡمَةٗ ثُمَّ نَزَعۡنَٰهَا مِنۡهُ إِنَّهُۥ لَيَـُٔوسٞ كَفُورٞ ٩

   Wa laʾin adhaqnal-insāna minnā raḥmatan thumma nazaʿnāhā minhu innahū layaʾūsun kafūr.

   And if We give man a taste of mercy from Us and then We withdraw it from him, indeed, he is despairing and ungrateful.

5. وَلَئِنۡ أَذَقۡنَٰهُ نَعۡمَآءَ بَعۡدَ ضَرَّآءَ مَسَّتۡهُ لَيَقُولَنَّ ذَهَبَ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتُ عَنِّيٓۚ إِنَّهُۥ لَفَرِحٞ فَخُورٌ ١٠

   Wa laʾin adhaqnāhu naʿmāʾa baʿda ḍarrāʾa massathu layaqūlanna dhahabas-sayyiʾātu ʿannī, innahū lafariḥun fakhūr.

   But if We give him a taste of favor after hardship has touched him, he will surely say, "Bad times have left me." Indeed, he is exultant and boastful -

6. إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ صَبَرُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ لَهُم مَّغۡفِرَةٞ وَأَجۡرٞ كَبِيرٞ ١١

   Illal-ladhīna ṣabarū wa ʿamiluṣ-ṣāliḥāti ulāʾika lahum maghfiratuw wa ajrun kabīr.

   Except for those who are patient and do righteous deeds; those will have forgiveness and great reward.

7. فَلَعَلَّكَ تَارِكُۢ بَعۡضَ مَا يُوحَىٰٓ إِلَيۡكَ وَضَآئِقُۢ بِهِۦ صَدۡرُكَ أَن يَقُولُواْ لَوۡلَآ أُنزِلَ عَلَيۡهِ كَنزٌ أَوۡ جَآءَ مَعَهُۥ مَلَكٌۚ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ نَذِيرٞۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ وَكِيلٌ ١٢

   Falaʿallaka tārikum baʿḍa mā yūḥā ilayka wa ḍāʾiqum bihī ṣadruka ay yaqūlū lawlā unzila ʿalayhi kanzun aw jāʾa maʿahū malak, innamā anta nadhīr, wallāhu ʿalā kulli shayʾiw wakīl.

   Then would you possibly leave [out] some of what is revealed to you,¹ or is your breast constrained by it because they say, "Why has there not been sent down to him a treasure or come with him an angel?" But you are only a warner. And Allāh is Disposer of all things.

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   1. Knowing of the Prophet's difficulties, Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) urges him to patience, certain that he would not fail to convey the message in its entirety.

8. أَمۡ يَقُولُونَ ٱفۡتَرَىٰهُۖ قُلۡ فَأۡتُواْ بِعَشۡرِ سُوَرٖ مِّثۡلِهِۦ مُفۡتَرَيَٰتٖ وَٱدۡعُواْ مَنِ ٱسۡتَطَعۡتُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰدِقِينَ ١٣

   Am yaqūlūnaftarāh, qul faʾtū biʿashri suwarim mithlihī muftarayātiw wadʿū manistaṭaʿtum min dūnillāhi in kuntum ṣādiqīn.

   Or do they say, "He invented it"? Say, "Then bring ten sūrahs like it that have been invented and call upon [for assistance] whomever you can besides Allāh, if you should be truthful."

9. فَإِلَّمۡ يَسۡتَجِيبُواْ لَكُمۡ فَٱعۡلَمُوٓاْ أَنَّمَآ أُنزِلَ بِعِلۡمِ ٱللَّهِ وَأَن لَّآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَۖ فَهَلۡ أَنتُم مُّسۡلِمُونَ ١٤

   Fa illam yastajībū lakum faʿlamū annamā unzila biʿilmillāhi wa al lā ilāha illā huw, fahal antum muslimūn.

   And if they do not respond to you - then know that it [i.e., the Qur’ān] was revealed with the knowledge of Allāh¹ and that there is no deity except Him. Then,² would you [not] be Muslims?

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   1. i.e., that knowledge which no one possesses except Him (subḥānahu wa taʿālā).
   2. After having been convinced by such evidence.

10. مَن كَانَ يُرِيدُ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا وَزِينَتَهَا نُوَفِّ إِلَيۡهِمۡ أَعۡمَٰلَهُمۡ فِيهَا وَهُمۡ فِيهَا لَا يُبۡخَسُونَ ١٥

    Man kāna yurīdul-ḥayātad-dunyā wa zīnatahā nuwaffi ilayhim aʿmālahum fīhā wa hum fīhā lā yubkhasūn.

    Whoever desires the life of this world and its adornments - We fully repay them for their deeds therein,¹ and they therein will not be deprived.

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    1. i.e., during worldly life.

11. أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَيۡسَ لَهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ إِلَّا ٱلنَّارُۖ وَحَبِطَ مَا صَنَعُواْ فِيهَا وَبَٰطِلٞ مَّا كَانُواْ يَعۡمَلُونَ ١٦

    Ulāʾikal-ladhīna laysa lahum fil-ākhirati illan-nār, wa ḥabiṭa mā ṣanaʿū fīhā wa bāṭilum mā kānū yaʿmalūn.

    Those are the ones for whom there is not in the Hereafter but the Fire. And lost is what they did therein,¹ and worthless is what they used to do.

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    1. i.e., during worldly life.

12. أَفَمَن كَانَ عَلَىٰ بَيِّنَةٖ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ وَيَتۡلُوهُ شَاهِدٞ مِّنۡهُ وَمِن قَبۡلِهِۦ كِتَٰبُ مُوسَىٰٓ إِمَامٗا وَرَحۡمَةًۚ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ يُؤۡمِنُونَ بِهِۦۚ وَمَن يَكۡفُرۡ بِهِۦ مِنَ ٱلۡأَحۡزَابِ فَٱلنَّارُ مَوۡعِدُهُۥۚ فَلَا تَكُ فِي مِرۡيَةٖ مِّنۡهُۚ إِنَّهُ ٱلۡحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّكَ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ ١٧

    Afaman kāna ʿalā bayyinatim mir rabbihī wa yatlūhu shāhidum minhu wa min qablihī kitābu mūsā imāmaw wa raḥmah, ulāʾika yuʾminūna bih, wa may yakfur bihī minal-aḥzābi fan-nāru mawʿiduh, falā taku fī miryatim minh, innahul-ḥaqqu mir rabbika wa lākinna aktharan-nāsi lā yuʾminūn.

    So is one who [stands] upon a clear evidence from his Lord [like the aforementioned]? And a witness¹ from Him follows it,² and before it was the Scripture of Moses to lead and as mercy. Those [believers in the former revelations] believe in it [i.e., the Qur’ān]. But whoever disbelieves in it from the [various] factions - the Fire is his promised destination. So be not in doubt about it. Indeed, it is the truth from your Lord, but most of the people do not believe.

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    1. Referring to Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ) or to the angel Gabriel.
    2. Testifying to its truth. Additionally, it can mean "recites it," i.e., the Qur’ān.

13. وَمَنۡ أَظۡلَمُ مِمَّنِ ٱفۡتَرَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًاۚ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ يُعۡرَضُونَ عَلَىٰ رَبِّهِمۡ وَيَقُولُ ٱلۡأَشۡهَٰدُ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَبُواْ عَلَىٰ رَبِّهِمۡۚ أَلَا لَعۡنَةُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَى ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ١٨

    Wa man aẓlamu mimmaniftarā ʿalallāhi kadhibā, ulāʾika yuʿraḍūna ʿalā rabbihim wa yaqūlul-ashhādu hāʾulāʾil-ladhīna kadhabū ʿalā rabbihim, alā laʿnatullāhi ʿalaẓ-ẓālimīn.

    And who is more unjust than he who invents a lie about Allāh? Those will be presented before their Lord, and the witnesses will say, "These are the ones who lied against their Lord." Unquestionably, the curse of Allāh is upon the wrongdoers

14. ٱلَّذِينَ يَصُدُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَيَبۡغُونَهَا عِوَجٗا وَهُم بِٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ هُمۡ كَٰفِرُونَ ١٩

    Al-ladhīna yaṣuddūna ʿan sabīlillāhi wa yabghūnahā ʿiwajaw wa hum bil-ākhirati hum kāfirūn.

    Who averted [people] from the way of Allāh and sought to make it [seem] deviant while they, concerning the Hereafter, were disbelievers.

15. أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ لَمۡ يَكُونُواْ مُعۡجِزِينَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا كَانَ لَهُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مِنۡ أَوۡلِيَآءَۘ يُضَٰعَفُ لَهُمُ ٱلۡعَذَابُۚ مَا كَانُواْ يَسۡتَطِيعُونَ ٱلسَّمۡعَ وَمَا كَانُواْ يُبۡصِرُونَ ٢٠

    Ulāʾika lam yakūnū muʿjizīna fil-arḍi wa mā kāna lahum min dūnillāhi min awliyāʾ, yuḍāʿafu lahumul-ʿadhāb, mā kānū yastaṭīʿūnas-samʿa wa mā kānū yubṣirūn.

    Those were not causing failure [to Allāh] on earth, nor did they have besides Allāh any protectors. For them the punishment will be multiplied. They were not able to hear, nor did they see.¹

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    1. They refused to listen to the truth or to perceive it.

16. أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ خَسِرُوٓاْ أَنفُسَهُمۡ وَضَلَّ عَنۡهُم مَّا كَانُواْ يَفۡتَرُونَ ٢١

    Ulāʾikal-ladhīna khasirū anfusahum wa ḍalla ʿanhum mā kānū yaftarūn.

    Those are the ones who will have lost themselves, and lost from them is what they used to invent.

17. لَا جَرَمَ أَنَّهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ هُمُ ٱلۡأَخۡسَرُونَ ٢٢

    Lā jarama annahum fil-ākhirati humul-akhsarūn.

    Assuredly, it is they in the Hereafter who will be the greatest losers.

18. إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ وَأَخۡبَتُوٓاْ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِمۡ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡجَنَّةِۖ هُمۡ فِيهَا خَٰلِدُونَ ٢٣

    Innal-ladhīna āmanū wa ʿamiluṣ-ṣāliḥāti wa akhbatū ilā rabbihim ulāʾika aṣḥābul-jannah, hum fīhā khālidūn.

    Indeed, they who have believed and done righteous deeds and humbled themselves to their Lord - those are the companions of Paradise; they will abide eternally therein.

19. ۞ مَثَلُ ٱلۡفَرِيقَيۡنِ كَٱلۡأَعۡمَىٰ وَٱلۡأَصَمِّ وَٱلۡبَصِيرِ وَٱلسَّمِيعِۚ هَلۡ يَسۡتَوِيَانِ مَثَلًاۚ أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ ٢٤

    Mathalul-farīqayni kal-aʿmā wal-aṣammi wal-baṣīri was-samīʿ, hal yastawiyāni mathalā, afalā tadhakkarūn.

    The example of the two parties is like the blind and deaf, and the seeing and hearing. Are they equal in comparison? Then, will you not remember?

20. وَلَقَدۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا نُوحًا إِلَىٰ قَوۡمِهِۦٓ إِنِّي لَكُمۡ نَذِيرٞ مُّبِينٌ ٢٥

    Wa laqad arsalnā nūḥan ilā qawmihī innī lakum nadhīrum mubīn.

    And We had certainly sent Noah to his people, [saying], "Indeed, I am to you a clear warner

21. أَن لَّا تَعۡبُدُوٓاْ إِلَّا ٱللَّهَۖ إِنِّيٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيۡكُمۡ عَذَابَ يَوۡمٍ أَلِيمٖ ٢٦

    Al lā taʿbudū illallāh, innī akhāfu ʿalaykum ʿadhāba yawmin alīm.

    That you not worship except Allāh. Indeed, I fear for you the punishment of a painful day."

22. فَقَالَ ٱلۡمَلَأُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ مِن قَوۡمِهِۦ مَا نَرَىٰكَ إِلَّا بَشَرٗا مِّثۡلَنَا وَمَا نَرَىٰكَ ٱتَّبَعَكَ إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ أَرَاذِلُنَا بَادِيَ ٱلرَّأۡيِ وَمَا نَرَىٰ لَكُمۡ عَلَيۡنَا مِن فَضۡلِۭ بَلۡ نَظُنُّكُمۡ كَٰذِبِينَ ٢٧

    Faqālal-malaʾul-ladhīna kafarū min qawmihī mā narāka illā basharam mithlanā wa mā narākattabaʿaka illal-ladhīna hum arādhilunā bādiyar-raʾyi wa mā narā lakum ʿalaynā min faḍlim bal naẓunnukum kādhibīn.

    So the eminent among those who disbelieved from his people said, "We do not see you but as a man like ourselves, and we do not see you followed except by those who are the lowest of us [and] at first suggestion.¹ And we do not see in you over us any merit; rather, we think you are liars."

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    1. i.e., without any thought or hesitation.

23. قَالَ يَٰقَوۡمِ أَرَءَيۡتُمۡ إِن كُنتُ عَلَىٰ بَيِّنَةٖ مِّن رَّبِّي وَءَاتَىٰنِي رَحۡمَةٗ مِّنۡ عِندِهِۦ فَعُمِّيَتۡ عَلَيۡكُمۡ أَنُلۡزِمُكُمُوهَا وَأَنتُمۡ لَهَا كَٰرِهُونَ ٢٨

    Qāla yāqawmi araʾaytum in kuntu ʿalā bayyinatim mir rabbī wa ātānī raḥmatam min ʿindihī faʿummiyat ʿalaykum anulzimukumūhā wa antum lahā kārihūn.

    He said, "O my people, have you considered: if I should be upon clear evidence from my Lord while He has given me mercy from Himself but it has been made unapparent to you, should we force it upon you while you are averse to it?

24. وَيَٰقَوۡمِ لَآ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ مَالًاۖ إِنۡ أَجۡرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَى ٱللَّهِۚ وَمَآ أَنَا۠ بِطَارِدِ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓاْۚ إِنَّهُم مُّلَٰقُواْ رَبِّهِمۡ وَلَٰكِنِّيٓ أَرَىٰكُمۡ قَوۡمٗا تَجۡهَلُونَ ٢٩

    Wa yāqawmi lā asʾalukum ʿalayhi mālā, in ajriya illā ʿalallāh, wa mā ana biṭāridil-ladhīna āmanū, innahum mulāqū rabbihim wa lākinnī arākum qawman tajhalūn.

    And O my people, I ask not of you for it any wealth. My reward is not but from Allāh. And I am not one to drive away those who have believed. Indeed, they will meet their Lord, but I see that you are a people behaving ignorantly.

25. وَيَٰقَوۡمِ مَن يَنصُرُنِي مِنَ ٱللَّهِ إِن طَرَدتُّهُمۡۚ أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ ٣٠

    Wa yāqawmi may yanṣurunī minallāhi in ṭaradttuhum, afalā tadhakkarūn.

    And O my people, who would protect me from Allāh if I drove them away? Then will you not be reminded?

26. وَلَآ أَقُولُ لَكُمۡ عِندِي خَزَآئِنُ ٱللَّهِ وَلَآ أَعۡلَمُ ٱلۡغَيۡبَ وَلَآ أَقُولُ إِنِّي مَلَكٞ وَلَآ أَقُولُ لِلَّذِينَ تَزۡدَرِيٓ أَعۡيُنُكُمۡ لَن يُؤۡتِيَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ خَيۡرًاۖ ٱللَّهُ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَا فِيٓ أَنفُسِهِمۡ إِنِّيٓ إِذٗا لَّمِنَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ٣١

    Wa lā aqūlu lakum ʿindī khazāʾinullāhi wa lā aʿlamul-ghayba wa lā aqūlu innī malakuw wa lā aqūlu lil-ladhīna tazdarī aʿyunukum lay yuʾtiyahumullāhu khayrā, allāhu aʿlamu bimā fī anfusihim innī idhal laminaẓ-ẓālimīn.

    And I do not tell you that I have the depositories [containing the provision] of Allāh or that I know the unseen, nor do I tell you that I am an angel, nor do I say of those upon whom your eyes look down that Allāh will never grant them any good. Allāh is most knowing of what is within their souls. Indeed, I would then be among the wrongdoers [i.e., the unjust]."

27. قَالُواْ يَٰنُوحُ قَدۡ جَٰدَلۡتَنَا فَأَكۡثَرۡتَ جِدَٰلَنَا فَأۡتِنَا بِمَا تَعِدُنَآ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ ٣٢

    Qālū yānūḥu qad jādaltanā fa aktharta jidālanā faʾtinā bimā taʿidunā in kunta minaṣ-ṣādiqīn.

    They said, "O Noah, you have disputed [i.e., opposed] us and been frequent in dispute of us. So bring us what you threaten us, if you should be of the truthful."

28. قَالَ إِنَّمَا يَأۡتِيكُم بِهِ ٱللَّهُ إِن شَآءَ وَمَآ أَنتُم بِمُعۡجِزِينَ ٣٣

    Qāla innamā yaʾtīkum bihillāhu in shāʾa wa mā antum bimuʿjizīn.

    He said, "Allāh will only bring it to you if He wills, and you will not cause [Him] failure.

29. وَلَا يَنفَعُكُمۡ نُصۡحِيٓ إِنۡ أَرَدتُّ أَنۡ أَنصَحَ لَكُمۡ إِن كَانَ ٱللَّهُ يُرِيدُ أَن يُغۡوِيَكُمۡۚ هُوَ رَبُّكُمۡ وَإِلَيۡهِ تُرۡجَعُونَ ٣٤

    Wa lā yanfaʿukum nuṣḥī in aradttu an anṣaḥa lakum in kānallāhu yurīdu ay yughwiyakum, huwa rabbukum wa ilayhi turjaʿūn.

    And my advice will not benefit you - although I wished to advise you - if Allāh should intend to put you in error. He is your Lord, and to Him you will be returned."

30. أَمۡ يَقُولُونَ ٱفۡتَرَىٰهُۖ قُلۡ إِنِ ٱفۡتَرَيۡتُهُۥ فَعَلَيَّ إِجۡرَامِي وَأَنَا۠ بَرِيٓءٞ مِّمَّا تُجۡرِمُونَ ٣٥

    Am yaqūlūnaftarāh, qul iniftaraytuhū faʿalayya ijrāmī wa ana barīʾum mimmā tujrimūn.

    Or do they say [about Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ)], "He invented it"? Say, "If I have invented it, then upon me is [the consequence of] my crime; but I am innocent of what [crimes] you commit."

31. وَأُوحِيَ إِلَىٰ نُوحٍ أَنَّهُۥ لَن يُؤۡمِنَ مِن قَوۡمِكَ إِلَّا مَن قَدۡ ءَامَنَ فَلَا تَبۡتَئِسۡ بِمَا كَانُواْ يَفۡعَلُونَ ٣٦

    Wa ūḥiya ilā nūḥin annahū lay yuʾmina min qawmika illā man qad āmana falā tabtaʾis bimā kānū yafʿalūn.

    And it was revealed to Noah that, "No one will believe from your people except those who have already believed, so do not be distressed by what they have been doing.

32. وَٱصۡنَعِ ٱلۡفُلۡكَ بِأَعۡيُنِنَا وَوَحۡيِنَا وَلَا تُخَٰطِبۡنِي فِي ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوٓاْ إِنَّهُم مُّغۡرَقُونَ ٣٧

    Waṣnaʿil-fulka biʾaʿyuninā wa waḥyinā wa lā tukhāṭibnī fil-ladhīna ẓalamū innahum mughraqūn.

    And construct the ship under Our observation and Our inspiration and do not address Me concerning those who have wronged; indeed, they are [to be] drowned."

33. وَيَصۡنَعُ ٱلۡفُلۡكَ وَكُلَّمَا مَرَّ عَلَيۡهِ مَلَأٞ مِّن قَوۡمِهِۦ سَخِرُواْ مِنۡهُۚ قَالَ إِن تَسۡخَرُواْ مِنَّا فَإِنَّا نَسۡخَرُ مِنكُمۡ كَمَا تَسۡخَرُونَ ٣٨

    Wa yaṣnaʿul-fulka wa kullamā marra ʿalayhi malaʾum min qawmihī sakhirū minh, qāla in taskharū minnā fa innā naskharu minkum kamā taskharūn.

    And he constructed the ship, and whenever an assembly of the eminent of his people passed by him, they ridiculed him. He said, "If you ridicule us, then we will ridicule you just as you ridicule.

34. فَسَوۡفَ تَعۡلَمُونَ مَن يَأۡتِيهِ عَذَابٞ يُخۡزِيهِ وَيَحِلُّ عَلَيۡهِ عَذَابٞ مُّقِيمٌ ٣٩

    Fasawfa taʿlamūna may yaʾtīhi ʿadhābuy yukhzīhi wa yaḥillu ʿalayhi ʿadhābum muqīm.

    And you are going to know who will get a punishment that will disgrace him [on earth] and upon whom will descend an enduring punishment [in the Hereafter]."

35. حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَ أَمۡرُنَا وَفَارَ ٱلتَّنُّورُ قُلۡنَا ٱحۡمِلۡ فِيهَا مِن كُلّٖ زَوۡجَيۡنِ ٱثۡنَيۡنِ وَأَهۡلَكَ إِلَّا مَن سَبَقَ عَلَيۡهِ ٱلۡقَوۡلُ وَمَنۡ ءَامَنَۚ وَمَآ ءَامَنَ مَعَهُۥٓ إِلَّا قَلِيلٞ ٤٠

    Ḥattā idhā jāʾa amrunā wa fārat-tannūru qulnaḥmil fīhā min kullin zawjaynithnayni wa ahlaka illā man sabaqa ʿalayhil-qawlu wa man āman, wa mā āmana maʿahū illā qalīl.

    [So it was], until when Our command came and the oven overflowed,¹ We said, "Load upon it [i.e., the ship] of each [creature] two mates and your family, except those about whom the word [i.e., decree] has preceded, and [include] whoever has believed." But none had believed with him, except a few.

    Footnotes (1)

    1. As a sign to Noah of the imminence of the flood. The tannūr is a large, rounded oven. The word can also mean the earth's lowlands.

36. ۞ وَقَالَ ٱرۡكَبُواْ فِيهَا بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ مَجۡر۪ىٰهَا وَمُرۡسَىٰهَآۚ إِنَّ رَبِّي لَغَفُورٞ رَّحِيمٞ ٤١

    Wa qālarkabū fīhā bismillāhi majrēhā wa mursāhā, inna rabbī laghafūrur raḥīm.

    And [Noah] said, "Embark therein; in the name of Allāh [are] its course and its anchorage. Indeed, my Lord is Forgiving and Merciful."

37. وَهِيَ تَجۡرِي بِهِمۡ فِي مَوۡجٖ كَٱلۡجِبَالِ وَنَادَىٰ نُوحٌ ٱبۡنَهُۥ وَكَانَ فِي مَعۡزِلٖ يَٰبُنَيَّ ٱرۡكَب مَّعَنَا وَلَا تَكُن مَّعَ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ ٤٢

    Wa hiya tajrī bihim fī mawjin kal-jibāli wa nādā nūḥunibnahū wa kāna fī maʿziliy yābunayyarkab maʿanā wa lā takum maʿal-kāfirīn.

    And it sailed with them through waves like mountains, and Noah called to his son who was apart [from them], "O my son, come aboard with us and be not with the disbelievers."

38. قَالَ سَـَٔاوِيٓ إِلَىٰ جَبَلٖ يَعۡصِمُنِي مِنَ ٱلۡمَآءِۚ قَالَ لَا عَاصِمَ ٱلۡيَوۡمَ مِنۡ أَمۡرِ ٱللَّهِ إِلَّا مَن رَّحِمَۚ وَحَالَ بَيۡنَهُمَا ٱلۡمَوۡجُ فَكَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُغۡرَقِينَ ٤٣

    Qāla saʾāwī ilā jabaliy yaʿṣimunī minal-māʾ, qāla lā ʿāṣimal-yawma min amrillāhi illā mar raḥim, wa ḥāla baynahumal-mawju fakāna minal-mughraqīn.

    [But] he said, "I will take refuge on a mountain to protect me from the water." [Noah] said, "There is no protector today from the decree of Allāh, except for whom He gives mercy." And the waves came between them, and he was among the drowned.

39. وَقِيلَ يَٰٓأَرۡضُ ٱبۡلَعِي مَآءَكِ وَيَٰسَمَآءُ أَقۡلِعِي وَغِيضَ ٱلۡمَآءُ وَقُضِيَ ٱلۡأَمۡرُ وَٱسۡتَوَتۡ عَلَى ٱلۡجُودِيِّۖ وَقِيلَ بُعۡدٗا لِّلۡقَوۡمِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ٤٤

    Wa qīla yāʾarḍublaʿī māʾaki wa yāsamāʾu aqliʿī wa ghīḍal-māʾu wa quḍiyal-amru wastawat ʿalal-jūdiyy, wa qīla buʿdal lil-qawmiẓ-ẓālimīn.

    And it was said, "O earth, swallow your water, and O sky, withhold [your rain]." And the water subsided, and the matter was accomplished, and it [i.e., the ship] came to rest on the [mountain of] Jūdiyy. And it was said, "Away with the wrongdoing people."

40. وَنَادَىٰ نُوحٞ رَّبَّهُۥ فَقَالَ رَبِّ إِنَّ ٱبۡنِي مِنۡ أَهۡلِي وَإِنَّ وَعۡدَكَ ٱلۡحَقُّ وَأَنتَ أَحۡكَمُ ٱلۡحَٰكِمِينَ ٤٥

    Wa nādā nūḥur rabbahū faqāla rabbi innabnī min ahlī wa inna waʿdakal-ḥaqqu wa anta aḥkamul-ḥākimīn.

    And Noah called to his Lord and said, "My Lord, indeed my son is of my family; and indeed, Your promise is true; and You are the most just of judges!"

41. قَالَ يَٰنُوحُ إِنَّهُۥ لَيۡسَ مِنۡ أَهۡلِكَۖ إِنَّهُۥ عَمَلٌ غَيۡرُ صَٰلِحٖۖ فَلَا تَسۡـَٔلۡنِ مَا لَيۡسَ لَكَ بِهِۦ عِلۡمٌۖ إِنِّيٓ أَعِظُكَ أَن تَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡجَٰهِلِينَ ٤٦

    Qāla yānūḥu innahū laysa min ahlik, innahū ʿamalun ghayru ṣāliḥ, falā tasʾalni mā laysa laka bihī ʿilm, innī aʿiẓuka an takūna minal-jāhilīn.

    He said, "O Noah, indeed he is not of your family; indeed, he is [one whose] work was other than righteous, so ask Me not for that about which you have no knowledge. Indeed, I advise you, lest you be among the ignorant."

42. قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّيٓ أَعُوذُ بِكَ أَنۡ أَسۡـَٔلَكَ مَا لَيۡسَ لِي بِهِۦ عِلۡمٞۖ وَإِلَّا تَغۡفِرۡ لِي وَتَرۡحَمۡنِيٓ أَكُن مِّنَ ٱلۡخَٰسِرِينَ ٤٧

    Qāla rabbi innī aʿūdhu bika an asʾalaka mā laysa lī bihī ʿilm, wa illā taghfir lī wa tarḥamnī akum minal-khāsirīn.

    [Noah] said, "My Lord, I seek refuge in You from asking that of which I have no knowledge. And unless You forgive me and have mercy upon me, I will be among the losers."

43. قِيلَ يَٰنُوحُ ٱهۡبِطۡ بِسَلَٰمٖ مِّنَّا وَبَرَكَٰتٍ عَلَيۡكَ وَعَلَىٰٓ أُمَمٖ مِّمَّن مَّعَكَۚ وَأُمَمٞ سَنُمَتِّعُهُمۡ ثُمَّ يَمَسُّهُم مِّنَّا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٞ ٤٨

    Qīla yānūḥuhbiṭ bisalāmim minnā wa barakātin ʿalayka wa ʿalā umamim mimmam maʿak, wa umamun sanumattiʿuhum thumma yamassuhum minnā ʿadhābun alīm.

    It was said, "O Noah, disembark in security from Us and blessings upon you and upon nations [descending] from those with you. But other nations [of them] We will grant enjoyment; then there will touch them from Us a painful punishment."

44. تِلۡكَ مِنۡ أَنۢبَآءِ ٱلۡغَيۡبِ نُوحِيهَآ إِلَيۡكَۖ مَا كُنتَ تَعۡلَمُهَآ أَنتَ وَلَا قَوۡمُكَ مِن قَبۡلِ هَٰذَاۖ فَٱصۡبِرۡۖ إِنَّ ٱلۡعَٰقِبَةَ لِلۡمُتَّقِينَ ٤٩

    Tilka min anbāʾil-ghaybi nūḥīhā ilayk, mā kunta taʿlamuhā anta wa lā qawmuka min qabli hādhā, faṣbir, innal-ʿāqibata lil-muttaqīn.

    That is from the news of the unseen which We reveal to you, [O Muḥammad]. You knew it not, neither you nor your people, before this. So be patient; indeed, the [best] outcome is for the righteous.

45. وَإِلَىٰ عَادٍ أَخَاهُمۡ هُودٗاۚ قَالَ يَٰقَوۡمِ ٱعۡبُدُواْ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنۡ إِلَٰهٍ غَيۡرُهُۥٓۖ إِنۡ أَنتُمۡ إِلَّا مُفۡتَرُونَ ٥٠

    Wa ilā ʿādin akhāhum hūdā, qāla yāqawmiʿbudullāha mā lakum min ilāhin ghayruh, in antum illā muftarūn.

    And to ʿAad [We sent] their brother Hūd. He said, "O my people, worship Allāh; you have no deity other than Him. You are not but inventors [of falsehood].

46. يَٰقَوۡمِ لَآ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ أَجۡرًاۖ إِنۡ أَجۡرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَى ٱلَّذِي فَطَرَنِيٓۚ أَفَلَا تَعۡقِلُونَ ٥١

    Yāqawmi lā asʾalukum ʿalayhi ajrā, in ajriya illā ʿalal-ladhī faṭaranī, afalā taʿqilūn.

    O my people, I do not ask you for it [i.e., my advice] any reward. My reward is only from the one who created me. Then will you not reason?

47. وَيَٰقَوۡمِ ٱسۡتَغۡفِرُواْ رَبَّكُمۡ ثُمَّ تُوبُوٓاْ إِلَيۡهِ يُرۡسِلِ ٱلسَّمَآءَ عَلَيۡكُم مِّدۡرَارٗا وَيَزِدۡكُمۡ قُوَّةً إِلَىٰ قُوَّتِكُمۡ وَلَا تَتَوَلَّوۡاْ مُجۡرِمِينَ ٥٢

    Wa yāqawmistaghfirū rabbakum thumma tūbū ilayhi yursilis-samāʾa ʿalaykum midrāraw wa yazidkum quwwatan ilā quwwatikum wa lā tatawallaw mujrimīn.

    And O my people, ask forgiveness of your Lord and then repent to Him. He will send [rain from] the sky upon you in showers and increase you in strength [added] to your strength. And do not turn away, [being] criminals."

48. قَالُواْ يَٰهُودُ مَا جِئۡتَنَا بِبَيِّنَةٖ وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِتَارِكِيٓ ءَالِهَتِنَا عَن قَوۡلِكَ وَمَا نَحۡنُ لَكَ بِمُؤۡمِنِينَ ٥٣

    Qālū yāhūdu mā jiʾtanā bibayyinatiw wa mā naḥnu bitārikī ālihatinā ʿan qawlika wa mā naḥnu laka bimuʾminīn.

    They said, "O Hūd, you have not brought us clear evidence, and we are not ones to leave our gods on your say-so. Nor are we believers in you.

49. إِن نَّقُولُ إِلَّا ٱعۡتَرَىٰكَ بَعۡضُ ءَالِهَتِنَا بِسُوٓءٖۗ قَالَ إِنِّيٓ أُشۡهِدُ ٱللَّهَ وَٱشۡهَدُوٓاْ أَنِّي بَرِيٓءٞ مِّمَّا تُشۡرِكُونَ ٥٤

    In naqūlu illaʿtarāka baʿḍu ālihatinā bisūʾ, qāla innī ushhidullāha washhadū annī barīʾum mimmā tushrikūn.

    We only say that some of our gods have possessed you with evil [i.e., insanity]." He said, "Indeed, I call Allāh to witness, and witness [yourselves] that I am free from whatever you associate with Allāh

50. مِن دُونِهِۦۖ فَكِيدُونِي جَمِيعٗا ثُمَّ لَا تُنظِرُونِ ٥٥

    Min dūnih, fakīdūnī jamīʿan thumma lā tunẓirūn.

    Other than Him. So plot against me all together; then do not give me respite.

51. إِنِّي تَوَكَّلۡتُ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ رَبِّي وَرَبِّكُمۚ مَّا مِن دَآبَّةٍ إِلَّا هُوَ ءَاخِذُۢ بِنَاصِيَتِهَآۚ إِنَّ رَبِّي عَلَىٰ صِرَٰطٖ مُّسۡتَقِيمٖ ٥٦

    Innī tawakkaltu ʿalallāhi rabbī wa rabbikum, mā min dābbatin illā huwa ākhidhum bināṣiyatihā, inna rabbī ʿalā ṣirāṭim mustaqīm.

    Indeed, I have relied upon Allāh, my Lord and your Lord. There is no creature but that He holds it by its forelock [i.e., controls it]. Indeed, my Lord is on a path [that is] straight.

52. فَإِن تَوَلَّوۡاْ فَقَدۡ أَبۡلَغۡتُكُم مَّآ أُرۡسِلۡتُ بِهِۦٓ إِلَيۡكُمۡۚ وَيَسۡتَخۡلِفُ رَبِّي قَوۡمًا غَيۡرَكُمۡ وَلَا تَضُرُّونَهُۥ شَيۡـًٔاۚ إِنَّ رَبِّي عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءٍ حَفِيظٞ ٥٧

    Fa in tawallaw faqad ablaghtukum mā ursiltu bihī ilaykum, wa yastakhlifu rabbī qawman ghayrakum wa lā taḍurrūnahū shayʾā, inna rabbī ʿalā kulli shayʾin ḥafīẓ.

    But if you turn away, then I have already conveyed that with which I was sent to you. My Lord will give succession to a people other than you, and you will not harm Him at all. Indeed my Lord is, over all things, Guardian."¹

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    1. Protecting and preserving the existence and attributes of His creations.

53. وَلَمَّا جَآءَ أَمۡرُنَا نَجَّيۡنَا هُودٗا وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ مَعَهُۥ بِرَحۡمَةٖ مِّنَّا وَنَجَّيۡنَٰهُم مِّنۡ عَذَابٍ غَلِيظٖ ٥٨

    Wa lammā jāʾa amrunā najjaynā hūdaw wal-ladhīna āmanū maʿahū biraḥmatim minnā wa najjaynāhum min ʿadhābin ghalīẓ.

    And when Our command came, We saved Hūd and those who believed with him, by mercy from Us; and We saved them from a harsh punishment.

54. وَتِلۡكَ عَادٞۖ جَحَدُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِ رَبِّهِمۡ وَعَصَوۡاْ رُسُلَهُۥ وَٱتَّبَعُوٓاْ أَمۡرَ كُلِّ جَبَّارٍ عَنِيدٖ ٥٩

    Wa tilka ʿād, jaḥadū biʾāyāti rabbihim wa ʿaṣaw rusulahū wattabaʿū amra kulli jabbārin ʿanīd.

    And that was ʿAad, who rejected the signs of their Lord and disobeyed His messengers and followed the order of every obstinate tyrant.

55. وَأُتۡبِعُواْ فِي هَٰذِهِ ٱلدُّنۡيَا لَعۡنَةٗ وَيَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِۗ أَلَآ إِنَّ عَادٗا كَفَرُواْ رَبَّهُمۡۗ أَلَا بُعۡدٗا لِّعَادٖ قَوۡمِ هُودٖ ٦٠

    Wa utbiʿū fī hādhihid-dunyā laʿnataw wa yawmal-qiyāmah, alā inna ʿādan kafarū rabbahum, alā buʿdal liʿādin qawmi hūd.

    And they were [therefore] followed in this world with a curse and [as well] on the Day of Resurrection. Unquestionably, ʿAad denied their Lord; then away with ʿAad, the people of Hūd.

56. ۞ وَإِلَىٰ ثَمُودَ أَخَاهُمۡ صَٰلِحٗاۚ قَالَ يَٰقَوۡمِ ٱعۡبُدُواْ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنۡ إِلَٰهٍ غَيۡرُهُۥۖ هُوَ أَنشَأَكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَٱسۡتَعۡمَرَكُمۡ فِيهَا فَٱسۡتَغۡفِرُوهُ ثُمَّ تُوبُوٓاْ إِلَيۡهِۚ إِنَّ رَبِّي قَرِيبٞ مُّجِيبٞ ٦١

    Wa ilā thamūda akhāhum ṣāliḥā, qāla yāqawmiʿbudullāha mā lakum min ilāhin ghayruh, huwa anshaʾakum minal-arḍi wastaʿmarakum fīhā fastaghfirūhu thumma tūbū ilayh, inna rabbī qarībum mujīb.

    And to Thamūd [We sent] their brother Ṣāliḥ. He said, "O my people, worship Allāh; you have no deity other than Him. He has produced you from the earth and settled you in it, so ask forgiveness of Him and then repent to Him. Indeed, my Lord is near and responsive."

57. قَالُواْ يَٰصَٰلِحُ قَدۡ كُنتَ فِينَا مَرۡجُوّٗا قَبۡلَ هَٰذَآۖ أَتَنۡهَىٰنَآ أَن نَّعۡبُدَ مَا يَعۡبُدُ ءَابَآؤُنَا وَإِنَّنَا لَفِي شَكّٖ مِّمَّا تَدۡعُونَآ إِلَيۡهِ مُرِيبٖ ٦٢

    Qālū yāṣāliḥu qad kunta fīnā marjuwwan qabla hādhā, atanhānā an naʿbuda mā yaʿbudu ābāʾunā wa innanā lafī shakkim mimmā tadʿūnā ilayhi murīb.

    They said, "O Ṣāliḥ, you were among us a man of promise before this. Do you forbid us to worship what our fathers worshipped? And indeed we are, about that to which you invite us, in disquieting doubt."

58. قَالَ يَٰقَوۡمِ أَرَءَيۡتُمۡ إِن كُنتُ عَلَىٰ بَيِّنَةٖ مِّن رَّبِّي وَءَاتَىٰنِي مِنۡهُ رَحۡمَةٗ فَمَن يَنصُرُنِي مِنَ ٱللَّهِ إِنۡ عَصَيۡتُهُۥۖ فَمَا تَزِيدُونَنِي غَيۡرَ تَخۡسِيرٖ ٦٣

    Qāla yāqawmi araʾaytum in kuntu ʿalā bayyinatim mir rabbī wa ātānī minhu raḥmatan famay yanṣurunī minallāhi in ʿaṣaytuh, famā tazīdūnanī ghayra takhsīr.

    He said, "O my people, have you considered: if I should be upon clear evidence from my Lord and He has given me mercy from Himself, who would protect me from Allāh if I disobeyed Him? So you would not increase me except in loss.

59. وَيَٰقَوۡمِ هَٰذِهِۦ نَاقَةُ ٱللَّهِ لَكُمۡ ءَايَةٗۖ فَذَرُوهَا تَأۡكُلۡ فِيٓ أَرۡضِ ٱللَّهِۖ وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوٓءٖ فَيَأۡخُذَكُمۡ عَذَابٞ قَرِيبٞ ٦٤

    Wa yāqawmi hādhihī nāqatullāhi lakum āyah, fadharūhā taʾkul fī arḍillāh, wa lā tamassūhā bisūʾin fayaʾkhudhakum ʿadhābun qarīb.

    And O my people, this is the she-camel of Allāh - [she is] to you a sign. So let her feed upon Allāh's earth and do not touch her with harm, or you will be taken by an impending punishment."

60. فَعَقَرُوهَا فَقَالَ تَمَتَّعُواْ فِي دَارِكُمۡ ثَلَٰثَةَ أَيَّامٖۖ ذَٰلِكَ وَعۡدٌ غَيۡرُ مَكۡذُوبٖ ٦٥

    Faʿaqarūhā faqāla tamattaʿū fī dārikum thalāthata ayyām, dhālika waʿdun ghayru makdhūb.

    But they hamstrung her, so he said, "Enjoy yourselves in your homes for three days. That is a promise not to be denied [i.e., unfailing]."

61. فَلَمَّا جَآءَ أَمۡرُنَا نَجَّيۡنَا صَٰلِحٗا وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ مَعَهُۥ بِرَحۡمَةٖ مِّنَّا وَمِنۡ خِزۡيِ يَوۡمِئِذٍۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ ٱلۡقَوِيُّ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٦٦

    Falammā jāʾa amrunā najjaynā ṣāliḥaw wal-ladhīna āmanū maʿahū biraḥmatim minnā wa min khizyi yawmiʾidh, inna rabbaka huwal-qawiyyul-ʿazīz.

    So when Our command came, We saved Ṣāliḥ and those who believed with him, by mercy from Us, and [saved them] from the disgrace of that day.¹ Indeed, it is your Lord who is the Powerful, the Exalted in Might.

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    1. The day of Thamūd's destruction.

62. وَأَخَذَ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ ٱلصَّيۡحَةُ فَأَصۡبَحُواْ فِي دِيَٰرِهِمۡ جَٰثِمِينَ ٦٧

    Wa akhadhal-ladhīna ẓalamuṣ-ṣayḥatu fa aṣbaḥū fī diyārihim jāthimīn.

    And the shriek¹ seized those who had wronged, and they became within their homes [corpses] fallen prone

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    1. A piercing cry or blast from the sky.

63. كَأَن لَّمۡ يَغۡنَوۡاْ فِيهَآۗ أَلَآ إِنَّ ثَمُودَاْ كَفَرُواْ رَبَّهُمۡۗ أَلَا بُعۡدٗا لِّثَمُودَ ٦٨

    Kaʾal lam yaghnaw fīhā, alā inna thamūda kafarū rabbahum, alā buʿdal lithamūd.

    As if they had never prospered therein. Unquestionably, Thamūd denied their Lord; then, away with Thamūd.

64. وَلَقَدۡ جَآءَتۡ رُسُلُنَآ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ بِٱلۡبُشۡرَىٰ قَالُواْ سَلَٰمٗاۖ قَالَ سَلَٰمٞۖ فَمَا لَبِثَ أَن جَآءَ بِعِجۡلٍ حَنِيذٖ ٦٩

    Wa laqad jāʾat rusulunā ibrāhīma bil-bushrā qālū salāmā, qāla salām, famā labitha an jāʾa biʿijlin ḥanīdh.

    And certainly did Our messengers [i.e., angels] come to Abraham with good tidings; they said, "Peace." He said, "Peace," and did not delay in bringing [them] a roasted calf.

65. فَلَمَّا رَءَآ أَيۡدِيَهُمۡ لَا تَصِلُ إِلَيۡهِ نَكِرَهُمۡ وَأَوۡجَسَ مِنۡهُمۡ خِيفَةٗۚ قَالُواْ لَا تَخَفۡ إِنَّآ أُرۡسِلۡنَآ إِلَىٰ قَوۡمِ لُوطٖ ٧٠

    Falammā raʾā aydiyahum lā taṣilu ilayhi nakirahum wa awjasa minhum khīfah, qālū lā takhaf innā ursilnā ilā qawmi lūṭ.

    But when he saw their hands not reaching for it, he distrusted them and felt from them apprehension.¹ They said, "Fear not. We have been sent to the people of Lot."

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    1. Traditionally, if a guest refused to eat, it meant that he harbored ill will toward the host or intended him harm.

66. وَٱمۡرَأَتُهُۥ قَآئِمَةٞ فَضَحِكَتۡ فَبَشَّرۡنَٰهَا بِإِسۡحَٰقَ وَمِن وَرَآءِ إِسۡحَٰقَ يَعۡقُوبَ ٧١

    Wamraʾatuhū qāʾimatun faḍaḥikat fabashsharnāhā biʾisḥāqa wa miw warāʾi isḥāqa yaʿqūb.

    And his wife was standing, and she smiled.¹ Then We gave her good tidings of Isaac and after Isaac, Jacob.

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    1. In pleasure at the news of the forthcoming punishment of the evil people who denied Prophet Lot (upon him be peace).

67. قَالَتۡ يَٰوَيۡلَتَىٰٓ ءَأَلِدُ وَأَنَا۠ عَجُوزٞ وَهَٰذَا بَعۡلِي شَيۡخًاۖ إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَشَيۡءٌ عَجِيبٞ ٧٢

    Qālat yāwaylatā aʾalidu wa ana ʿajūzuw wa hādhā baʿlī shaykhā, inna hādhā lashayʾun ʿajīb.

    She said, "Woe to me!¹ Shall I give birth while I am an old woman and this, my husband, is an old man? Indeed, this is an amazing thing!"

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    1. An expression of surprise and amazement.

68. قَالُوٓاْ أَتَعۡجَبِينَ مِنۡ أَمۡرِ ٱللَّهِۖ رَحۡمَتُ ٱللَّهِ وَبَرَكَٰتُهُۥ عَلَيۡكُمۡ أَهۡلَ ٱلۡبَيۡتِۚ إِنَّهُۥ حَمِيدٞ مَّجِيدٞ ٧٣

    Qālū ataʿjabīna min amrillāh, raḥmatullāhi wa barakātuhū ʿalaykum ahlal-bayt, innahū ḥamīdum majīd.

    They said, "Are you amazed at the decree of Allāh? May the mercy of Allāh and His blessings be upon you, people of the house. Indeed, He is Praiseworthy and Honorable."

69. فَلَمَّا ذَهَبَ عَنۡ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ ٱلرَّوۡعُ وَجَآءَتۡهُ ٱلۡبُشۡرَىٰ يُجَٰدِلُنَا فِي قَوۡمِ لُوطٍ ٧٤

    Falammā dhahaba ʿan ibrāhīmar-rawʿu wa jāʾathul-bushrā yujādilunā fī qawmi lūṭ.

    And when the fright had left Abraham and the good tidings had reached him, he began to argue [i.e., plead] with Us¹ concerning the people of Lot.

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    1. i.e., with Our angels.

70. إِنَّ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ لَحَلِيمٌ أَوَّٰهٞ مُّنِيبٞ ٧٥

    Inna ibrāhīma laḥalīmun awwāhum munīb.

    Indeed, Abraham was forbearing, grieving¹ and [frequently] returning [to Allāh].

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    1. i.e., sighing or moaning during supplication out of grief for people and fear of Allāh.

71. يَٰٓإِبۡرَٰهِيمُ أَعۡرِضۡ عَنۡ هَٰذَآۖ إِنَّهُۥ قَدۡ جَآءَ أَمۡرُ رَبِّكَۖ وَإِنَّهُمۡ ءَاتِيهِمۡ عَذَابٌ غَيۡرُ مَرۡدُودٖ ٧٦

    Yāʾibrāhīmu aʿriḍ ʿan hādhā, innahū qad jāʾa amru rabbik, wa innahum ātīhim ʿadhābun ghayru mardūd.

    [The angels said], "O Abraham, give up this [plea]. Indeed, the command of your Lord has come, and indeed, there will reach them a punishment that cannot be repelled."

72. وَلَمَّا جَآءَتۡ رُسُلُنَا لُوطٗا سِيٓءَ بِهِمۡ وَضَاقَ بِهِمۡ ذَرۡعٗا وَقَالَ هَٰذَا يَوۡمٌ عَصِيبٞ ٧٧

    Wa lammā jāʾat rusulunā lūṭan sīʾa bihim wa ḍāqa bihim dharʿaw wa qāla hādhā yawmun ʿaṣīb.

    And when Our messengers, [the angels], came to Lot, he was anguished for them and felt for them great discomfort¹ and said, "This is a trying day."

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    1. Prophet Lot feared for the safety and honor of his guests.

73. وَجَآءَهُۥ قَوۡمُهُۥ يُهۡرَعُونَ إِلَيۡهِ وَمِن قَبۡلُ كَانُواْ يَعۡمَلُونَ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِۚ قَالَ يَٰقَوۡمِ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ بَنَاتِي هُنَّ أَطۡهَرُ لَكُمۡۖ فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَلَا تُخۡزُونِ فِي ضَيۡفِيٓۖ أَلَيۡسَ مِنكُمۡ رَجُلٞ رَّشِيدٞ ٧٨

    Wa jāʾahū qawmuhū yuhraʿūna ilayhi wa min qablu kānū yaʿmalūnas-sayyiʾāt, qāla yāqawmi hāʾulāʾi banātī hunna aṭharu lakum, fattaqullāha wa lā tukhzūni fī ḍayfī, alaysa minkum rajulur rashīd.

    And his people came hastening to him, and before [this] they had been doing evil deeds.¹ He said, "O my people, these are my daughters;² they are purer for you. So fear Allāh and do not disgrace me concerning my guests. Is there not among you a man of reason?"

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    1. Referring to their practice of sodomy and homosexual rape of males.
    2. i.e., the women of his community who were available for marriage.

74. قَالُواْ لَقَدۡ عَلِمۡتَ مَا لَنَا فِي بَنَاتِكَ مِنۡ حَقّٖ وَإِنَّكَ لَتَعۡلَمُ مَا نُرِيدُ ٧٩

    Qālū laqad ʿalimta mā lanā fī banātika min ḥaqqiw wa innaka lataʿlamu mā nurīd.

    They said, "You have already known that we have not concerning your daughters [i.e., women] any claim [i.e., desire], and indeed, you know what we want."

75. قَالَ لَوۡ أَنَّ لِي بِكُمۡ قُوَّةً أَوۡ ءَاوِيٓ إِلَىٰ رُكۡنٖ شَدِيدٖ ٨٠

    Qāla law anna lī bikum quwwatan aw āwī ilā ruknin shadīd.

    He said, "If only I had against you some power or could take refuge in a strong support."

76. قَالُواْ يَٰلُوطُ إِنَّا رُسُلُ رَبِّكَ لَن يَصِلُوٓاْ إِلَيۡكَۖ فَأَسۡرِ بِأَهۡلِكَ بِقِطۡعٖ مِّنَ ٱلَّيۡلِ وَلَا يَلۡتَفِتۡ مِنكُمۡ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا ٱمۡرَأَتَكَۖ إِنَّهُۥ مُصِيبُهَا مَآ أَصَابَهُمۡۚ إِنَّ مَوۡعِدَهُمُ ٱلصُّبۡحُۚ أَلَيۡسَ ٱلصُّبۡحُ بِقَرِيبٖ ٨١

    Qālū yālūṭu innā rusulu rabbika lay yaṣilū ilayk, fa asri biʾahlika biqiṭʿim minal-layli wa lā yaltafit minkum aḥadun illamraʾatak, innahū muṣībuhā mā aṣābahum, inna mawʿidahumuṣ-ṣubḥ, alaysaṣ-ṣubḥu biqarīb.

    They [the angels] said, "O Lot, indeed we are messengers of your Lord; [therefore], they will never reach you. So set out with your family during a portion of the night¹ and let not any among you look back - except your wife; indeed, she will be struck by that which strikes them. Indeed, their appointment is [for] the morning. Is not the morning near?"

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    1. i.e., sometime before dawn.

77. فَلَمَّا جَآءَ أَمۡرُنَا جَعَلۡنَا عَٰلِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَأَمۡطَرۡنَا عَلَيۡهَا حِجَارَةٗ مِّن سِجِّيلٖ مَّنضُودٖ ٨٢

    Falammā jāʾa amrunā jaʿalnā ʿāliyahā sāfilahā wa amṭarnā ʿalayhā ḥijāratam min sijjīlim manḍūd.

    So when Our command came, We made the highest part [of the city] its lowest and rained upon them stones of layered hard clay, [which were]

78. مُّسَوَّمَةً عِندَ رَبِّكَۖ وَمَا هِيَ مِنَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ بِبَعِيدٖ ٨٣

    Musawwamatan ʿinda rabbik, wa mā hiya minaẓ-ẓālimīna bibaʿīd.

    Marked from your Lord. And it [i.e., Allāh's punishment] is not from the wrongdoers [very] far.

79. ۞ وَإِلَىٰ مَدۡيَنَ أَخَاهُمۡ شُعَيۡبٗاۚ قَالَ يَٰقَوۡمِ ٱعۡبُدُواْ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنۡ إِلَٰهٍ غَيۡرُهُۥۖ وَلَا تَنقُصُواْ ٱلۡمِكۡيَالَ وَٱلۡمِيزَانَۖ إِنِّيٓ أَرَىٰكُم بِخَيۡرٖ وَإِنِّيٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيۡكُمۡ عَذَابَ يَوۡمٖ مُّحِيطٖ ٨٤

    Wa ilā madyana akhāhum shuʿaybā, qāla yāqawmiʿbudullāha mā lakum min ilāhin ghayruh, wa lā tanquṣul-mikyāla wal-mīzān, innī arākum bikhayriw wa innī akhāfu ʿalaykum ʿadhāba yawmim muḥīṭ.

    And to Madyan [We sent] their brother Shuʿayb. He said, "O my people, worship Allāh; you have no deity other than Him. And do not decrease from the measure and the scale. Indeed, I see you in prosperity, but indeed, I fear for you the punishment of an all-encompassing Day.

80. وَيَٰقَوۡمِ أَوۡفُواْ ٱلۡمِكۡيَالَ وَٱلۡمِيزَانَ بِٱلۡقِسۡطِۖ وَلَا تَبۡخَسُواْ ٱلنَّاسَ أَشۡيَآءَهُمۡ وَلَا تَعۡثَوۡاْ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ مُفۡسِدِينَ ٨٥

    Wa yāqawmi awful-mikyāla wal-mīzāna bil-qisṭ, wa lā tabkhasun-nāsa ashyāʾahum wa lā taʿthaw fil-arḍi mufsidīn.

    And O my people, give full measure and weight in justice and do not deprive the people of their due and do not commit abuse on the earth, spreading corruption.

81. بَقِيَّتُ ٱللَّهِ خَيۡرٞ لَّكُمۡ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَۚ وَمَآ أَنَا۠ عَلَيۡكُم بِحَفِيظٖ ٨٦

    Baqiyyatullāhi khayrul lakum in kuntum muʾminīn, wa mā ana ʿalaykum biḥafīẓ.

    What remains [lawful] from Allāh is best for you, if you would be believers. But I am not a guardian over you."

82. قَالُواْ يَٰشُعَيۡبُ أَصَلَوٰتُكَ تَأۡمُرُكَ أَن نَّتۡرُكَ مَا يَعۡبُدُ ءَابَآؤُنَآ أَوۡ أَن نَّفۡعَلَ فِيٓ أَمۡوَٰلِنَا مَا نَشَٰٓؤُاْۖ إِنَّكَ لَأَنتَ ٱلۡحَلِيمُ ٱلرَّشِيدُ ٨٧

    Qālū yāshuʿaybu aṣalātuka taʾmuruka an natruka mā yaʿbudu ābāʾunā aw an nafʿala fī amwālinā mā nashāʾ, innaka laʾantal-ḥalīmur-rashīd.

    They said, "O Shuʿayb, does your prayer [i.e., religion] command you that we should leave what our fathers worship or not do with our wealth what we please? Indeed, you are the forbearing, the discerning!"¹

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    1. This is a sarcastic description implying the opposite.

83. قَالَ يَٰقَوۡمِ أَرَءَيۡتُمۡ إِن كُنتُ عَلَىٰ بَيِّنَةٖ مِّن رَّبِّي وَرَزَقَنِي مِنۡهُ رِزۡقًا حَسَنٗاۚ وَمَآ أُرِيدُ أَنۡ أُخَالِفَكُمۡ إِلَىٰ مَآ أَنۡهَىٰكُمۡ عَنۡهُۚ إِنۡ أُرِيدُ إِلَّا ٱلۡإِصۡلَٰحَ مَا ٱسۡتَطَعۡتُۚ وَمَا تَوۡفِيقِيٓ إِلَّا بِٱللَّهِۚ عَلَيۡهِ تَوَكَّلۡتُ وَإِلَيۡهِ أُنِيبُ ٨٨

    Qāla yāqawmi araʾaytum in kuntu ʿalā bayyinatim mir rabbī wa razaqanī minhu rizqan ḥasanā, wa mā urīdu an ukhālifakum ilā mā anhākum ʿanh, in urīdu illal-iṣlāḥa mastaṭaʿt, wa mā tawfīqī illā billāh, ʿalayhi tawakkaltu wa ilayhi unīb.

    He said, "O my people, have you considered: if I am upon clear evidence from my Lord and He has provided me with a good provision from Him...?¹ And I do not intend to differ from you in that which I have forbidden you; I only intend reform as much as I am able. And my success is not but through Allāh. Upon Him I have relied, and to Him I return.²

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    1. The conclusion of the sentence is estimated as "...would it not be my duty to warn you against corruption and disobedience?"
    2. i.e., I turn to Allāh frequently in supplication and repentance.

84. وَيَٰقَوۡمِ لَا يَجۡرِمَنَّكُمۡ شِقَاقِيٓ أَن يُصِيبَكُم مِّثۡلُ مَآ أَصَابَ قَوۡمَ نُوحٍ أَوۡ قَوۡمَ هُودٍ أَوۡ قَوۡمَ صَٰلِحٖۚ وَمَا قَوۡمُ لُوطٖ مِّنكُم بِبَعِيدٖ ٨٩

    Wa yāqawmi lā yajrimannakum shiqāqī ay yuṣībakum mithlu mā aṣāba qawma nūḥin aw qawma hūdin aw qawma ṣāliḥ, wa mā qawmu lūṭim minkum bibaʿīd.

    And O my people, let not [your] dissension from me cause you to be struck by that similar to what struck the people of Noah or the people of Hūd or the people of Ṣāliḥ. And the people of Lot are not from you far away.

85. وَٱسۡتَغۡفِرُواْ رَبَّكُمۡ ثُمَّ تُوبُوٓاْ إِلَيۡهِۚ إِنَّ رَبِّي رَحِيمٞ وَدُودٞ ٩٠

    Wastaghfirū rabbakum thumma tūbū ilayh, inna rabbī raḥīmuw wa dūd.

    And ask forgiveness of your Lord and then repent to Him. Indeed, my Lord is Merciful and Affectionate."

86. قَالُواْ يَٰشُعَيۡبُ مَا نَفۡقَهُ كَثِيرٗا مِّمَّا تَقُولُ وَإِنَّا لَنَرَىٰكَ فِينَا ضَعِيفٗاۖ وَلَوۡلَا رَهۡطُكَ لَرَجَمۡنَٰكَۖ وَمَآ أَنتَ عَلَيۡنَا بِعَزِيزٖ ٩١

    Qālū yāshuʿaybu mā nafqahu kathīram mimmā taqūlu wa innā lanarāka fīnā ḍaʿīfā, wa lawlā rahṭuka larajamnāk, wa mā anta ʿalaynā biʿazīz.

    They said, "O Shuʿayb, we do not understand much of what you say, and indeed, we consider you among us as weak. And if not for your family, we would have stoned you [to death]; and you are not to us one respected."

87. قَالَ يَٰقَوۡمِ أَرَهۡطِيٓ أَعَزُّ عَلَيۡكُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَٱتَّخَذۡتُمُوهُ وَرَآءَكُمۡ ظِهۡرِيًّاۖ إِنَّ رَبِّي بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ مُحِيطٞ ٩٢

    Qāla yāqawmi arahṭī aʿazzu ʿalaykum minallāhi wattakhadhtumūhu warāʾakum ẓihriyyā, inna rabbī bimā taʿmalūna muḥīṭ.

    He said, "O my people, is my family more respected for power by you than Allāh? But you put Him behind your backs [in neglect]. Indeed, my Lord is encompassing of what you do.

88. وَيَٰقَوۡمِ ٱعۡمَلُواْ عَلَىٰ مَكَانَتِكُمۡ إِنِّي عَٰمِلٞۖ سَوۡفَ تَعۡلَمُونَ مَن يَأۡتِيهِ عَذَابٞ يُخۡزِيهِ وَمَنۡ هُوَ كَٰذِبٞۖ وَٱرۡتَقِبُوٓاْ إِنِّي مَعَكُمۡ رَقِيبٞ ٩٣

    Wa yāqawmiʿmalū ʿalā makānatikum innī ʿāmil, sawfa taʿlamūna may yaʾtīhi ʿadhābuy yukhzīhi wa man huwa kādhib, wartaqibū innī maʿakum raqīb.

    And O my people, work according to your position; indeed, I am working. You are going to know to whom will come a punishment that will disgrace him and who is a liar. So watch; indeed, I am with you a watcher, [awaiting the outcome]."

89. وَلَمَّا جَآءَ أَمۡرُنَا نَجَّيۡنَا شُعَيۡبٗا وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ مَعَهُۥ بِرَحۡمَةٖ مِّنَّا وَأَخَذَتِ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ ٱلصَّيۡحَةُ فَأَصۡبَحُواْ فِي دِيَٰرِهِمۡ جَٰثِمِينَ ٩٤

    Wa lammā jāʾa amrunā najjaynā shuʿaybaw wal-ladhīna āmanū maʿahū biraḥmatim minnā wa akhadhatil-ladhīna ẓalamuṣ-ṣayḥatu fa aṣbaḥū fī diyārihim jāthimīn.

    And when Our command came, We saved Shuʿayb and those who believed with him, by mercy from Us. And the shriek seized those who had wronged, and they became within their homes [corpses] fallen prone

90. كَأَن لَّمۡ يَغۡنَوۡاْ فِيهَآۗ أَلَا بُعۡدٗا لِّمَدۡيَنَ كَمَا بَعِدَتۡ ثَمُودُ ٩٥

    Kaʾal lam yaghnaw fīhā, alā buʿdal limadyana kamā baʿidat thamūd.

    As if they had never prospered therein. Then, away with Madyan as Thamūd was taken away.

91. وَلَقَدۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا مُوسَىٰ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا وَسُلۡطَٰنٖ مُّبِينٍ ٩٦

    Wa laqad arsalnā mūsā biʾāyātinā wa sulṭānim mubīn.

    And We did certainly send Moses with Our signs and a clear authority¹

    Footnotes (1)

    1. i.e., evidences from Allāh.

92. إِلَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنَ وَمَلَإِيْهِۦ فَٱتَّبَعُوٓاْ أَمۡرَ فِرۡعَوۡنَۖ وَمَآ أَمۡرُ فِرۡعَوۡنَ بِرَشِيدٖ ٩٧

    Ilā firʿawna wa malaʾihī fattabaʿū amra firʿawn, wa mā amru firʿawna birashīd.

    To Pharaoh and his establishment, but they followed the command of Pharaoh, and the command of Pharaoh was not [at all] discerning.

93. يَقۡدُمُ قَوۡمَهُۥ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ فَأَوۡرَدَهُمُ ٱلنَّارَۖ وَبِئۡسَ ٱلۡوِرۡدُ ٱلۡمَوۡرُودُ ٩٨

    Yaqdumu qawmahū yawmal-qiyāmati fa awradahumun-nār, wa biʾsal-wirdul-mawrūd.

    He will precede his people on the Day of Resurrection and lead them into the Fire; and wretched is the place to which they are led.

94. وَأُتۡبِعُواْ فِي هَٰذِهِۦ لَعۡنَةٗ وَيَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِۚ بِئۡسَ ٱلرِّفۡدُ ٱلۡمَرۡفُودُ ٩٩

    Wa utbiʿū fī hādhihī laʿnataw wa yawmal-qiyāmah, biʾsar-rifdul-marfūd.

    And they were followed in this [world] with a curse and on the Day of Resurrection. And wretched is the gift¹ which is given.

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    1. i.e., the curse which follows them in both worlds.

95. ذَٰلِكَ مِنۡ أَنۢبَآءِ ٱلۡقُرَىٰ نَقُصُّهُۥ عَلَيۡكَۖ مِنۡهَا قَآئِمٞ وَحَصِيدٞ ١٠٠

    Dhālika min anbāʾil-qurā naquṣṣuhū ʿalayk, minhā qāʾimuw wa ḥaṣīd.

    That is from the news of the cities, which We relate to you; of them, some are [still] standing and some are [as] a harvest [mowed down].¹

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    1. Their structures have been completely destroyed.

96. وَمَا ظَلَمۡنَٰهُمۡ وَلَٰكِن ظَلَمُوٓاْ أَنفُسَهُمۡۖ فَمَآ أَغۡنَتۡ عَنۡهُمۡ ءَالِهَتُهُمُ ٱلَّتِي يَدۡعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مِن شَيۡءٖ لَّمَّا جَآءَ أَمۡرُ رَبِّكَۖ وَمَا زَادُوهُمۡ غَيۡرَ تَتۡبِيبٖ ١٠١

    Wa mā ẓalamnāhum wa lākin ẓalamū anfusahum, famā aghnat ʿanhum ālihatuhumul-latī yadʿūna min dūnillāhi min shayʾil lammā jāʾa amru rabbik, wa mā zādūhum ghayra tatbīb.

    And We did not wrong them, but they wronged themselves. And they were not availed at all by their gods which they invoked other than Allāh when there came the command of your Lord. And they did not increase them in other than ruin.

97. وَكَذَٰلِكَ أَخۡذُ رَبِّكَ إِذَآ أَخَذَ ٱلۡقُرَىٰ وَهِيَ ظَٰلِمَةٌۚ إِنَّ أَخۡذَهُۥٓ أَلِيمٞ شَدِيدٌ ١٠٢

    Wa kadhālika akhdhu rabbika idhā akhadhal-qurā wa hiya ẓālimah, inna akhdhahū alīmun shadīd.

    And thus is the seizure of your Lord when He seizes the cities while they are committing wrong. Indeed, His seizure is painful and severe.

98. إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗ لِّمَنۡ خَافَ عَذَابَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِۚ ذَٰلِكَ يَوۡمٞ مَّجۡمُوعٞ لَّهُ ٱلنَّاسُ وَذَٰلِكَ يَوۡمٞ مَّشۡهُودٞ ١٠٣

    Inna fī dhālika laʾāyatal liman khāfa ʿadhābal-ākhirah, dhālika yawmum majmūʿul lahun-nāsu wa dhālika yawmum mashhūd.

    Indeed in that is a sign for those who fear the punishment of the Hereafter. That is a Day for which the people will be collected, and that is a Day [which will be] witnessed.

99. وَمَا نُؤَخِّرُهُۥٓ إِلَّا لِأَجَلٖ مَّعۡدُودٖ ١٠٤

    Wa mā nuʾakhkhiruhū illā liʾajalim maʿdūd.

    And We do not delay it except for a limited term.

100. يَوۡمَ يَأۡتِ لَا تَكَلَّمُ نَفۡسٌ إِلَّا بِإِذۡنِهِۦۚ فَمِنۡهُمۡ شَقِيّٞ وَسَعِيدٞ ١٠٥

     Yawma yaʾti lā takallamu nafsun illā biʾidhnih, faminhum shaqiyyuw wa saʿīd.

     The Day it comes no soul will speak except by His permission. And among them will be the wretched and the prosperous.

101. فَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ شَقُواْ فَفِي ٱلنَّارِ لَهُمۡ فِيهَا زَفِيرٞ وَشَهِيقٌ ١٠٦

     Fa ammal-ladhīna shaqū fafin-nāri lahum fīhā zafīruw wa shahīq.

     As for those who were [destined to be] wretched, they will be in the Fire. For them therein is [violent] exhaling and inhaling.¹

     Footnotes (1)

     1. i.e., their sighs and sobs, resembling the bray of a donkey.

102. خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا مَا دَامَتِ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتُ وَٱلۡأَرۡضُ إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ رَبُّكَۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ فَعَّالٞ لِّمَا يُرِيدُ ١٠٧

     Khālidīna fīhā mā dāmatis-samāwātu wal-arḍu illā mā shāʾa rabbuk, inna rabbaka faʿʿālul limā yurīd.

     [They will be] abiding therein as long as the heavens and the earth endure, except what your Lord should will. Indeed, your Lord is an effecter of what He intends.

103. ۞ وَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ سُعِدُواْ فَفِي ٱلۡجَنَّةِ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا مَا دَامَتِ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتُ وَٱلۡأَرۡضُ إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ رَبُّكَۖ عَطَآءً غَيۡرَ مَجۡذُوذٖ ١٠٨

     Wa ammal-ladhīna suʿidū fafil-jannati khālidīna fīhā mā dāmatis-samāwātu wal-arḍu illā mā shāʾa rabbuk, ʿaṭāʾan ghayra majdhūdh.

     And as for those who were [destined to be] prosperous, they will be in Paradise, abiding therein as long as the heavens and the earth endure, except what your Lord should will - a bestowal uninterrupted.

104. فَلَا تَكُ فِي مِرۡيَةٖ مِّمَّا يَعۡبُدُ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِۚ مَا يَعۡبُدُونَ إِلَّا كَمَا يَعۡبُدُ ءَابَآؤُهُم مِّن قَبۡلُۚ وَإِنَّا لَمُوَفُّوهُمۡ نَصِيبَهُمۡ غَيۡرَ مَنقُوصٖ ١٠٩

     Falā taku fī miryatim mimmā yaʿbudu hāʾulāʾ, mā yaʿbudūna illā kamā yaʿbudu ābāʾuhum min qabl, wa innā lamuwaffūhum naṣībahum ghayra manqūṣ.

     So do not be in doubt, [O Muḥammad], as to what these [polytheists] are worshipping. They worship not except as their fathers worshipped before. And indeed, We will give them their share undiminished.

105. وَلَقَدۡ ءَاتَيۡنَا مُوسَى ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ فَٱخۡتُلِفَ فِيهِۚ وَلَوۡلَا كَلِمَةٞ سَبَقَتۡ مِن رَّبِّكَ لَقُضِيَ بَيۡنَهُمۡۚ وَإِنَّهُمۡ لَفِي شَكّٖ مِّنۡهُ مُرِيبٖ ١١٠

     Wa laqad ātaynā mūsal-kitāba fakhtulifa fīh, wa lawlā kalimatun sabaqat mir rabbika laquḍiya baynahum, wa innahum lafī shakkim minhu murīb.

     And We had certainly given Moses the Scripture, but it came under disagreement. And if not for a word¹ that preceded from your Lord, it would have been judged between them. And indeed they are, concerning it [i.e., the Qur’ān], in disquieting doubt.

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     1. See footnote to 10:19.

106. وَإِنَّ كُلّٗا لَّمَّا لَيُوَفِّيَنَّهُمۡ رَبُّكَ أَعۡمَٰلَهُمۡۚ إِنَّهُۥ بِمَا يَعۡمَلُونَ خَبِيرٞ ١١١

     Wa inna kullal lammā layuwaffiyannahum rabbuka aʿmālahum, innahū bimā yaʿmalūna khabīr.

     And indeed, each [of the believers and disbelievers] - your Lord will fully compensate them for their deeds. Indeed, He is Aware of what they do.

107. فَٱسۡتَقِمۡ كَمَآ أُمِرۡتَ وَمَن تَابَ مَعَكَ وَلَا تَطۡغَوۡاْۚ إِنَّهُۥ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ بَصِيرٞ ١١٢

     Fastaqim kamā umirta wa man tāba maʿaka wa lā taṭghaw, innahū bimā taʿmalūna baṣīr.

     So remain on a right course as you have been commanded, [you] and those who have turned back with you [to Allāh], and do not transgress. Indeed, He is Seeing of what you do.

108. وَلَا تَرۡكَنُوٓاْ إِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ فَتَمَسَّكُمُ ٱلنَّارُ وَمَا لَكُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مِنۡ أَوۡلِيَآءَ ثُمَّ لَا تُنصَرُونَ ١١٣

     Wa lā tarkanū ilal-ladhīna ẓalamū fatamassakumun-nāru wa mā lakum min dūnillāhi min awliyāʾa thumma lā tunṣarūn.

     And do not incline toward those who do wrong, lest you be touched by the Fire, and you would not have other than Allāh any protectors; then you would not be helped.

109. وَأَقِمِ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ طَرَفَيِ ٱلنَّهَارِ وَزُلَفٗا مِّنَ ٱلَّيۡلِۚ إِنَّ ٱلۡحَسَنَٰتِ يُذۡهِبۡنَ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِۚ ذَٰلِكَ ذِكۡرَىٰ لِلذَّٰكِرِينَ ١١٤

     Wa aqimiṣ-ṣalāta ṭarafayin-nahāri wa zulafam minal-layl, innal-ḥasanāti yudhhibnas-sayyiʾāt, dhālika dhikrā lidh-dhākirīn.

     And establish prayer at the two ends of the day and at the approach of the night. Indeed, good deeds do away with misdeeds. That is a reminder for those who remember.

110. وَٱصۡبِرۡ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُضِيعُ أَجۡرَ ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ ١١٥

     Waṣbir fa innallāha lā yuḍīʿu ajral-muḥsinīn.

     And be patient, for indeed, Allāh does not allow to be lost the reward of those who do good.

111. فَلَوۡلَا كَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡقُرُونِ مِن قَبۡلِكُمۡ أُوْلُواْ بَقِيَّةٖ يَنۡهَوۡنَ عَنِ ٱلۡفَسَادِ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ إِلَّا قَلِيلٗا مِّمَّنۡ أَنجَيۡنَا مِنۡهُمۡۗ وَٱتَّبَعَ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ مَآ أُتۡرِفُواْ فِيهِ وَكَانُواْ مُجۡرِمِينَ ١١٦

     Falawlā kāna minal-qurūni min qablikum ulū baqiyyatiy yanhawna ʿanil-fasādi fil-arḍi illā qalīlam mimman anjaynā minhum, wattabaʿal-ladhīna ẓalamū mā utrifū fīhi wa kānū mujrimīn.

     So why were there not¹ among the generations before you those of enduring discrimination forbidding corruption on earth - except a few of those We saved from among them? But those who wronged pursued what luxury they were given therein, and they were criminals.

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     1. Meaning "If only there had been..."

112. وَمَا كَانَ رَبُّكَ لِيُهۡلِكَ ٱلۡقُرَىٰ بِظُلۡمٖ وَأَهۡلُهَا مُصۡلِحُونَ ١١٧

     Wa mā kāna rabbuka liyuhlikal-qurā biẓulmiw wa ahluhā muṣliḥūn.

     And your Lord would not have destroyed the cities unjustly while their people were reformers.

113. وَلَوۡ شَآءَ رَبُّكَ لَجَعَلَ ٱلنَّاسَ أُمَّةٗ وَٰحِدَةٗۖ وَلَا يَزَالُونَ مُخۡتَلِفِينَ ١١٨

     Wa law shāʾa rabbuka lajaʿalan-nāsa ummataw wāḥidah, wa lā yazālūna mukhtalifīn.

     And if your Lord had willed, He could have made mankind one community; but they will not cease to differ,

114. إِلَّا مَن رَّحِمَ رَبُّكَۚ وَلِذَٰلِكَ خَلَقَهُمۡۗ وَتَمَّتۡ كَلِمَةُ رَبِّكَ لَأَمۡلَأَنَّ جَهَنَّمَ مِنَ ٱلۡجِنَّةِ وَٱلنَّاسِ أَجۡمَعِينَ ١١٩

     Illā mar raḥima rabbuk, walidhālika khalaqahum, wa tammat kalimatu rabbika laʾamlaʾanna jahannama minal-jinnati wan-nāsi ajmaʿīn.

     Except whom your Lord has given mercy, and for that He created them. But the word of your Lord is to be fulfilled that, "I will surely fill Hell with jinn and men all together."

115. وَكُلّٗا نَّقُصُّ عَلَيۡكَ مِنۡ أَنۢبَآءِ ٱلرُّسُلِ مَا نُثَبِّتُ بِهِۦ فُؤَادَكَۚ وَجَآءَكَ فِي هَٰذِهِ ٱلۡحَقُّ وَمَوۡعِظَةٞ وَذِكۡرَىٰ لِلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ١٢٠

     Wa kullan naquṣṣu ʿalayka min anbāʾir-rusuli mā nuthabbitu bihī fuʾādak, wa jāʾaka fī hādhihil-ḥaqqu wa mawʿiẓatuw wa dhikrā lil-muʾminīn.

     And each [story] We relate to you from the news of the messengers is that by which We make firm your heart. And there has come to you, in this, the truth and an instruction and a reminder for the believers.

116. وَقُل لِّلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ ٱعۡمَلُواْ عَلَىٰ مَكَانَتِكُمۡ إِنَّا عَٰمِلُونَ ١٢١

     Wa qul lil-ladhīna lā yuʾminūnaʿmalū ʿalā makānatikum innā ʿāmilūn.

     And say to those who do not believe, "Work according to your position; indeed, we are working.

117. وَٱنتَظِرُوٓاْ إِنَّا مُنتَظِرُونَ ١٢٢

     Wantaẓirū innā muntaẓirūn.

     And wait; indeed, we are waiting."

118. وَلِلَّهِ غَيۡبُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَإِلَيۡهِ يُرۡجَعُ ٱلۡأَمۡرُ كُلُّهُۥ فَٱعۡبُدۡهُ وَتَوَكَّلۡ عَلَيۡهِۚ وَمَا رَبُّكَ بِغَٰفِلٍ عَمَّا تَعۡمَلُونَ ١٢٣

     Walillāhi ghaybus-samāwāti wal-arḍi wa ilayhi yurjaʿul-amru kulluhū faʿbudhu wa tawakkal ʿalayh, wa mā rabbuka bighāfilin ʿammā taʿmalūn.

     And to Allāh belong the unseen [aspects] of the heavens and the earth and to Him will be returned the matter, all of it, so worship Him and rely upon Him. And your Lord is not unaware of that which you do.

﷽بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. الٓرۚ تِلۡكَ ءَايَٰتُ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ ٱلۡمُبِينِ ١

   Alif Lām Rā, tilka āyātul-kitābil-mubīn.

   Alif, Lām, Rā.¹ These are the verses of the clear Book.

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   1. See footnote to 2:1.

2. إِنَّآ أَنزَلۡنَٰهُ قُرۡءَٰنًا عَرَبِيّٗا لَّعَلَّكُمۡ تَعۡقِلُونَ ٢

   Innā anzalnāhu qurʾānan ʿarabiyyal laʿallakum taʿqilūn.

   Indeed, We have sent it down as an Arabic Qur’ān¹ that you might understand.

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   1. i.e., revealed in the Arabic language.

3. نَحۡنُ نَقُصُّ عَلَيۡكَ أَحۡسَنَ ٱلۡقَصَصِ بِمَآ أَوۡحَيۡنَآ إِلَيۡكَ هَٰذَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ وَإِن كُنتَ مِن قَبۡلِهِۦ لَمِنَ ٱلۡغَٰفِلِينَ ٣

   Naḥnu naquṣṣu ʿalayka aḥsanal-qaṣaṣi bimā awḥaynā ilayka hādhal-qurʾāna wa in kunta min qablihī laminal-ghāfilīn.

   We relate to you, [O Muḥammad], the best of stories in what We have revealed to you of this Qur’ān although you were, before it, among the unaware.

4. إِذۡ قَالَ يُوسُفُ لِأَبِيهِ يَٰٓأَبَتِ إِنِّي رَأَيۡتُ أَحَدَ عَشَرَ كَوۡكَبٗا وَٱلشَّمۡسَ وَٱلۡقَمَرَ رَأَيۡتُهُمۡ لِي سَٰجِدِينَ ٤

   Idh qāla yūsufu liʾabīhi yāʾabati innī raʾaytu aḥada ʿashara kawkabaw wash-shamsa wal-qamara raʾaytuhum lī sājidīn.

   [Of these stories mention] when Joseph said to his father,¹ "O my father, indeed I have seen [in a dream] eleven stars and the sun and the moon; I saw them prostrating to me."

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   1. The prophet Jacob (upon whom be peace).

5. قَالَ يَٰبُنَيَّ لَا تَقۡصُصۡ رُءۡيَاكَ عَلَىٰٓ إِخۡوَتِكَ فَيَكِيدُواْ لَكَ كَيۡدًاۖ إِنَّ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنَ لِلۡإِنسَٰنِ عَدُوّٞ مُّبِينٞ ٥

   Qāla yābunayya lā taqṣuṣ ruʾyāka ʿalā ikhwatika fayakīdū laka kaydā, innash-shayṭāna lil-insāni ʿaduwwum mubīn.

   He said, "O my son, do not relate your vision to your brothers or they will contrive against you a plan. Indeed Satan, to man, is a manifest enemy.

6. وَكَذَٰلِكَ يَجۡتَبِيكَ رَبُّكَ وَيُعَلِّمُكَ مِن تَأۡوِيلِ ٱلۡأَحَادِيثِ وَيُتِمُّ نِعۡمَتَهُۥ عَلَيۡكَ وَعَلَىٰٓ ءَالِ يَعۡقُوبَ كَمَآ أَتَمَّهَا عَلَىٰٓ أَبَوَيۡكَ مِن قَبۡلُ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ وَإِسۡحَٰقَۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٞ ٦

   Wa kadhālika yajtabīka rabbuka wa yuʿallimuka min taʾwīlil-aḥādīthi wa yutimmu niʿmatahū ʿalayka wa ʿalā āli yaʿqūba kamā atammahā ʿalā abawayka min qablu ibrāhīma wa isḥāq, inna rabbaka ʿalīmun ḥakīm.

   And thus will your Lord choose you and teach you the interpretation of narratives [i.e., events or dreams] and complete His favor upon you and upon the family of Jacob, as He completed it upon your fathers before, Abraham and Isaac. Indeed, your Lord is Knowing and Wise."

7. ۞ لَّقَدۡ كَانَ فِي يُوسُفَ وَإِخۡوَتِهِۦٓ ءَايَٰتٞ لِّلسَّآئِلِينَ ٧

   Laqad kāna fī yūsufa wa ikhwatihī āyātul lis-sāʾilīn.

   Certainly were there in Joseph and his brothers signs for those who ask, [such as]

8. إِذۡ قَالُواْ لَيُوسُفُ وَأَخُوهُ أَحَبُّ إِلَىٰٓ أَبِينَا مِنَّا وَنَحۡنُ عُصۡبَةٌ إِنَّ أَبَانَا لَفِي ضَلَٰلٖ مُّبِينٍ ٨

   Idh qālū layūsufu wa akhūhu aḥabbu ilā abīnā minnā wa naḥnu ʿuṣbatun inna abānā lafī ḍalālim mubīn.

   When they said, "Joseph and his brother¹ are more beloved to our father than we, while we are a clan. Indeed, our father is in clear error.

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   1. Benjamin, who was born of the same mother as Joseph.

9. ٱقۡتُلُواْ يُوسُفَ أَوِ ٱطۡرَحُوهُ أَرۡضٗا يَخۡلُ لَكُمۡ وَجۡهُ أَبِيكُمۡ وَتَكُونُواْ مِنۢ بَعۡدِهِۦ قَوۡمٗا صَٰلِحِينَ ٩

   Uqtulū yūsufa awiṭraḥūhu arḍay yakhlu lakum wajhu abīkum wa takūnū mim baʿdihī qawman ṣāliḥīn.

   Kill Joseph or cast him out to [another] land; the countenance [i.e., attention] of your father will [then] be only for you, and you will be after that a righteous people."¹

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   1. i.e., You can repent thereafter.

10. قَالَ قَآئِلٞ مِّنۡهُمۡ لَا تَقۡتُلُواْ يُوسُفَ وَأَلۡقُوهُ فِي غَيَٰبَتِ ٱلۡجُبِّ يَلۡتَقِطۡهُ بَعۡضُ ٱلسَّيَّارَةِ إِن كُنتُمۡ فَٰعِلِينَ ١٠

    Qāla qāʾilum minhum lā taqtulū yūsufa wa alqūhu fī ghayābatil-jubbi yaltaqiṭhu baʿḍus-sayyārati in kuntum fāʿilīn.

    Said a speaker among them, "Do not kill Joseph but throw him into the bottom of the well; some travelers will pick him up - if you would do [something]."

11. قَالُواْ يَٰٓأَبَانَا مَا لَكَ لَا تَأۡمَ۬نَّا عَلَىٰ يُوسُفَ وَإِنَّا لَهُۥ لَنَٰصِحُونَ ١١

    Qālū yāʾabānā mā laka lā taʾmannā ʿalā yūsufa wa innā lahū lanāṣiḥūn.

    They said, "O our father, why do you not entrust us with Joseph while indeed, we are to him sincere counselors?

12. أَرۡسِلۡهُ مَعَنَا غَدٗا يَرۡتَعۡ وَيَلۡعَبۡ وَإِنَّا لَهُۥ لَحَٰفِظُونَ ١٢

    Arsilhu maʿanā ghaday yartaʿ wa yalʿab wa innā lahū laḥāfiẓūn.

    Send him with us tomorrow that he may eat well and play. And indeed, we will be his guardians."

13. قَالَ إِنِّي لَيَحۡزُنُنِيٓ أَن تَذۡهَبُواْ بِهِۦ وَأَخَافُ أَن يَأۡكُلَهُ ٱلذِّئۡبُ وَأَنتُمۡ عَنۡهُ غَٰفِلُونَ ١٣

    Qāla innī layaḥzununī an tadhhabū bihī wa akhāfu ay yaʾkulahudh-dhiʾbu wa antum ʿanhu ghāfilūn.

    [Jacob] said, "Indeed, it saddens me that you should take him, and I fear that a wolf would eat him while you are of him unaware."

14. قَالُواْ لَئِنۡ أَكَلَهُ ٱلذِّئۡبُ وَنَحۡنُ عُصۡبَةٌ إِنَّآ إِذٗا لَّخَٰسِرُونَ ١٤

    Qālū laʾin akalahudh-dhiʾbu wa naḥnu ʿuṣbatun innā idhal lakhāsirūn.

    They said, "If a wolf should eat him while we are a [strong] clan, indeed, we would then be losers."

15. فَلَمَّا ذَهَبُواْ بِهِۦ وَأَجۡمَعُوٓاْ أَن يَجۡعَلُوهُ فِي غَيَٰبَتِ ٱلۡجُبِّۚ وَأَوۡحَيۡنَآ إِلَيۡهِ لَتُنَبِّئَنَّهُم بِأَمۡرِهِمۡ هَٰذَا وَهُمۡ لَا يَشۡعُرُونَ ١٥

    Falammā dhahabū bihī wa ajmaʿū ay yajʿalūhu fī ghayābatil-jubb, wa awḥaynā ilayhi latunabbiʾannahum biʾamrihim hādhā wa hum lā yashʿurūn.

    So when they took him [out] and agreed to put him into the bottom of the well...¹ But We inspired to him, "You will surely inform them [someday] about this affair of theirs while they do not perceive [your identity]."

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    1. The conclusion of this sentence is estimated to be "...they tormented him."

16. وَجَآءُوٓ أَبَاهُمۡ عِشَآءٗ يَبۡكُونَ ١٦

    Wa jāʾū abāhum ʿishāʾay yabkūn.

    And they came to their father at night, weeping.

17. قَالُواْ يَٰٓأَبَانَآ إِنَّا ذَهَبۡنَا نَسۡتَبِقُ وَتَرَكۡنَا يُوسُفَ عِندَ مَتَٰعِنَا فَأَكَلَهُ ٱلذِّئۡبُۖ وَمَآ أَنتَ بِمُؤۡمِنٖ لَّنَا وَلَوۡ كُنَّا صَٰدِقِينَ ١٧

    Qālū yāʾabānā innā dhahabnā nastabiqu wa taraknā yūsufa ʿinda matāʿinā fa akalahudh-dhiʾb, wa mā anta bimuʾminil lanā wa law kunnā ṣādiqīn.

    They said, "O our father, indeed we went racing each other and left Joseph with our possessions, and a wolf ate him. But you would not believe us, even if we were truthful."

18. وَجَآءُو عَلَىٰ قَمِيصِهِۦ بِدَمٖ كَذِبٖۚ قَالَ بَلۡ سَوَّلَتۡ لَكُمۡ أَنفُسُكُمۡ أَمۡرٗاۖ فَصَبۡرٞ جَمِيلٞۖ وَٱللَّهُ ٱلۡمُسۡتَعَانُ عَلَىٰ مَا تَصِفُونَ ١٨

    Wa jāʾū ʿalā qamīṣihī bidamin kadhib, qāla bal sawwalat lakum anfusukum amrā, faṣabrun jamīl, wallāhul-mustaʿānu ʿalā mā taṣifūn.

    And they brought upon his shirt false blood.¹ [Jacob] said, "Rather, your souls have enticed you to something, so patience is most fitting. And Allāh is the one sought for help against that which you describe."

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    1. They had stained Joseph's shirt with the blood of a lamb but had forgotten to tear it, thereby arousing their father's suspicion.

19. وَجَآءَتۡ سَيَّارَةٞ فَأَرۡسَلُواْ وَارِدَهُمۡ فَأَدۡلَىٰ دَلۡوَهُۥۖ قَالَ يَٰبُشۡرَىٰ هَٰذَا غُلَٰمٞۚ وَأَسَرُّوهُ بِضَٰعَةٗۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمُۢ بِمَا يَعۡمَلُونَ ١٩

    Wa jāʾat sayyāratun fa arsalū wāridahum fa adlā dalwah, qāla yābushrā hādhā ghulām, wa asarrūhu biḍāʿah, wallāhu ʿalīmum bimā yaʿmalūn.

    And there came a company of travelers; then they sent their water drawer, and he let down his bucket. He said, "Good news! Here is a boy." And they concealed him, [taking him] as merchandise;¹ and Allāh was Knowing of what they did.

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    1. To be sold as a slave.

20. وَشَرَوۡهُ بِثَمَنِۭ بَخۡسٖ دَرَٰهِمَ مَعۡدُودَةٖ وَكَانُواْ فِيهِ مِنَ ٱلزَّٰهِدِينَ ٢٠

    Wa sharawhu bithamani bakhsin darāhima maʿdūdatiw wa kānū fīhi minaz-zāhidīn.

    And they sold him for a reduced price - a few dirhams - and they were, concerning him, of those content with little.

21. وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِي ٱشۡتَرَىٰهُ مِن مِّصۡرَ لِٱمۡرَأَتِهِۦٓ أَكۡرِمِي مَثۡوَىٰهُ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَنفَعَنَآ أَوۡ نَتَّخِذَهُۥ وَلَدٗاۚ وَكَذَٰلِكَ مَكَّنَّا لِيُوسُفَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَلِنُعَلِّمَهُۥ مِن تَأۡوِيلِ ٱلۡأَحَادِيثِۚ وَٱللَّهُ غَالِبٌ عَلَىٰٓ أَمۡرِهِۦ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ ٢١

    Wa qālal-ladhishtarāhu mim miṣra limraʾatihī akrimī mathwāhu ʿasā ay yanfaʿanā aw nattakhidhahū waladā, wa kadhālika makkannā liyūsufa fil-arḍi walinuʿallimahū min taʾwīlil-aḥādīth, wallāhu ghālibun ʿalā amrihī wa lākinna aktharan-nāsi lā yaʿlamūn.

    And the one from Egypt¹ who bought him said to his wife, "Make his residence comfortable. Perhaps he will benefit us, or we will adopt him as a son." And thus, We established Joseph in the land that We might teach him the interpretation of events [i.e., dreams]. And Allāh is predominant over His affair, but most of the people do not know.

    Footnotes (1)

    1. The minister in charge of supplies, whose title was al-ʿAzeez.

22. وَلَمَّا بَلَغَ أَشُدَّهُۥٓ ءَاتَيۡنَٰهُ حُكۡمٗا وَعِلۡمٗاۚ وَكَذَٰلِكَ نَجۡزِي ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ ٢٢

    Wa lammā balagha ashuddahū ātaynāhu ḥukmaw wa ʿilmā, wa kadhālika najzil-muḥsinīn.

    And when he [i.e., Joseph] reached maturity, We gave him judgement and knowledge. And thus We reward the doers of good.

23. وَرَٰوَدَتۡهُ ٱلَّتِي هُوَ فِي بَيۡتِهَا عَن نَّفۡسِهِۦ وَغَلَّقَتِ ٱلۡأَبۡوَٰبَ وَقَالَتۡ هَيۡتَ لَكَۚ قَالَ مَعَاذَ ٱللَّهِۖ إِنَّهُۥ رَبِّيٓ أَحۡسَنَ مَثۡوَايَۖ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُفۡلِحُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ ٢٣

    Wa rāwadathul-latī huwa fī baytihā ʿan nafsihī wa ghallaqatil-abwāba wa qālat hayta lak, qāla maʿādhallāh, innahū rabbī aḥsana mathwāy, innahū lā yufliḥuẓ-ẓālimūn.

    And she, in whose house he was, sought to seduce him. She closed the doors and said, "Come, you." He said, "[I seek] the refuge of Allāh. Indeed, he¹ is my master, who has made good my residence. Indeed, wrongdoers will not succeed."

    Footnotes (1)

    1. Her husband, al-ʿAzeez.

24. وَلَقَدۡ هَمَّتۡ بِهِۦۖ وَهَمَّ بِهَا لَوۡلَآ أَن رَّءَا بُرۡهَٰنَ رَبِّهِۦۚ كَذَٰلِكَ لِنَصۡرِفَ عَنۡهُ ٱلسُّوٓءَ وَٱلۡفَحۡشَآءَۚ إِنَّهُۥ مِنۡ عِبَادِنَا ٱلۡمُخۡلَصِينَ ٢٤

    Wa laqad hammat bih, wa hamma bihā lawlā ar raʾā burhāna rabbih, kadhālika linaṣrifa ʿanhus-sūʾa wal-faḥshāʾ, innahū min ʿibādinal-mukhlaṣīn.

    And she certainly determined [to seduce] him, and he would have inclined to her had he not seen the proof [i.e., sign] of his Lord. And thus [it was] that We should avert from him evil and immorality. Indeed, he was of Our chosen servants.

25. وَٱسۡتَبَقَا ٱلۡبَابَ وَقَدَّتۡ قَمِيصَهُۥ مِن دُبُرٖ وَأَلۡفَيَا سَيِّدَهَا لَدَا ٱلۡبَابِۚ قَالَتۡ مَا جَزَآءُ مَنۡ أَرَادَ بِأَهۡلِكَ سُوٓءًا إِلَّآ أَن يُسۡجَنَ أَوۡ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٞ ٢٥

    Wastabaqal-bāba wa qaddat qamīṣahū min duburiw wa alfayā sayyidahā ladal-bāb, qālat mā jazāʾu man arāda biʾahlika sūʾan illā ay yusjana aw ʿadhābun alīm.

    And they both raced to the door, and she tore his shirt from the back, and they found her husband at the door. She said, "What is the recompense of one who intended evil for your wife but that he be imprisoned or a painful punishment?"

26. قَالَ هِيَ رَٰوَدَتۡنِي عَن نَّفۡسِيۚ وَشَهِدَ شَاهِدٞ مِّنۡ أَهۡلِهَآ إِن كَانَ قَمِيصُهُۥ قُدَّ مِن قُبُلٖ فَصَدَقَتۡ وَهُوَ مِنَ ٱلۡكَٰذِبِينَ ٢٦

    Qāla hiya rāwadatnī ʿan nafsī, wa shahida shāhidum min ahlihā in kāna qamīṣuhū qudda min qubulin faṣadaqat wa huwa minal-kādhibīn.

    [Joseph] said, "It was she who sought to seduce me." And a witness from her family testified, "If his shirt is torn from the front, then she has told the truth, and he is of the liars.

27. وَإِن كَانَ قَمِيصُهُۥ قُدَّ مِن دُبُرٖ فَكَذَبَتۡ وَهُوَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ ٢٧

    Wa in kāna qamīṣuhū qudda min duburin fakadhabat wa huwa minaṣ-ṣādiqīn.

    But if his shirt is torn from the back, then she has lied, and he is of the truthful."

28. فَلَمَّا رَءَا قَمِيصَهُۥ قُدَّ مِن دُبُرٖ قَالَ إِنَّهُۥ مِن كَيۡدِكُنَّۖ إِنَّ كَيۡدَكُنَّ عَظِيمٞ ٢٨

    Falammā raʾā qamīṣahū qudda min duburin qāla innahū min kaydikunn, inna kaydakunna ʿaẓīm.

    So when he [i.e., her husband] saw his shirt torn from the back, he said, "Indeed, it is of your [i.e., women's] plan. Indeed, your plan is great [i.e., vehement].

29. يُوسُفُ أَعۡرِضۡ عَنۡ هَٰذَاۚ وَٱسۡتَغۡفِرِي لِذَنۢبِكِۖ إِنَّكِ كُنتِ مِنَ ٱلۡخَاطِـِٔينَ ٢٩

    Yūsufu aʿriḍ ʿan hādhā, wastaghfirī lidhanbik, innaki kunti minal-khāṭiʾīn.

    Joseph, ignore this.¹ And, [my wife], ask forgiveness for your sin. Indeed, you were of the sinful."

    Footnotes (1)

    1. i.e., conceal it and act as if it had not taken place.

30. ۞ وَقَالَ نِسۡوَةٞ فِي ٱلۡمَدِينَةِ ٱمۡرَأَتُ ٱلۡعَزِيزِ تُرَٰوِدُ فَتَىٰهَا عَن نَّفۡسِهِۦۖ قَدۡ شَغَفَهَا حُبًّاۖ إِنَّا لَنَرَىٰهَا فِي ضَلَٰلٖ مُّبِينٖ ٣٠

    Wa qāla niswatun fil-madīnatimraʾatul-ʿazīzi turāwidu fatāhā ʿan nafsih, qad shaghafahā ḥubbā, innā lanarāhā fī ḍalālim mubīn.

    And women in the city said, "The wife of al-ʿAzeez is seeking to seduce her slave boy; he has impassioned her with love. Indeed, we see her [to be] in clear error."

31. فَلَمَّا سَمِعَتۡ بِمَكۡرِهِنَّ أَرۡسَلَتۡ إِلَيۡهِنَّ وَأَعۡتَدَتۡ لَهُنَّ مُتَّكَـٔٗا وَءَاتَتۡ كُلَّ وَٰحِدَةٖ مِّنۡهُنَّ سِكِّينٗا وَقَالَتِ ٱخۡرُجۡ عَلَيۡهِنَّۖ فَلَمَّا رَأَيۡنَهُۥٓ أَكۡبَرۡنَهُۥ وَقَطَّعۡنَ أَيۡدِيَهُنَّ وَقُلۡنَ حَٰشَ لِلَّهِ مَا هَٰذَا بَشَرًا إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا مَلَكٞ كَرِيمٞ ٣١

    Falammā samiʿat bimakrihinna arsalat ilayhinna wa aʿtadat lahunna muttakaʾaw wa ātat kulla wāḥidatim minhunna sikkīnaw wa qālatikhruj ʿalayhinn, falammā raʾaynahū akbarnahū wa qaṭṭaʿna aydiyahunna wa qulna ḥāsha lillāhi mā hādhā basharan in hādhā illā malakun karīm.

    So when she heard of their scheming, she sent for them and prepared for them a banquet and gave each one of them a knife and said [to Joseph], "Come out before them." And when they saw him, they greatly admired him and cut their hands¹ and said, "Perfect is Allāh!² This is not a man; this is none but a noble angel."

    Footnotes (2)

    1. So distracted were they at the sight of him.
    2. In His ability to create such beauty.

32. قَالَتۡ فَذَٰلِكُنَّ ٱلَّذِي لُمۡتُنَّنِي فِيهِۖ وَلَقَدۡ رَٰوَدتُّهُۥ عَن نَّفۡسِهِۦ فَٱسۡتَعۡصَمَۖ وَلَئِن لَّمۡ يَفۡعَلۡ مَآ ءَامُرُهُۥ لَيُسۡجَنَنَّ وَلَيَكُونٗا مِّنَ ٱلصَّٰغِرِينَ ٣٢

    Qālat fadhālikunnal-ladhī lumtunnanī fīh, wa laqad rāwadttuhū ʿan nafsihī fastaʿṣam, wa laʾil lam yafʿal mā āmuruhū layusjananna wa layakūnam minaṣ-ṣāghirīn.

    She said, "That is the one about whom you blamed me. And I certainly sought to seduce him, but he firmly refused; and if he will not do what I order him, he will surely be imprisoned and will be of those debased."

33. قَالَ رَبِّ ٱلسِّجۡنُ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِمَّا يَدۡعُونَنِيٓ إِلَيۡهِۖ وَإِلَّا تَصۡرِفۡ عَنِّي كَيۡدَهُنَّ أَصۡبُ إِلَيۡهِنَّ وَأَكُن مِّنَ ٱلۡجَٰهِلِينَ ٣٣

    Qāla rabbis-sijnu aḥabbu ilayya mimmā yadʿūnanī ilayh, wa illā taṣrif ʿannī kaydahunna aṣbu ilayhinna wa akum minal-jāhilīn.

    He said, "My Lord, prison is more to my liking than that to which they invite me. And if You do not avert from me their plan, I might incline toward them and [thus] be of the ignorant."

34. فَٱسۡتَجَابَ لَهُۥ رَبُّهُۥ فَصَرَفَ عَنۡهُ كَيۡدَهُنَّۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ ٣٤

    Fastajāba lahū rabbuhū faṣarafa ʿanhu kaydahunn, innahū huwas-samīʿul-ʿalīm.

    So his Lord responded to him and averted from him their plan. Indeed, He is the Hearing, the Knowing.

35. ثُمَّ بَدَا لَهُم مِّنۢ بَعۡدِ مَا رَأَوُاْ ٱلۡأٓيَٰتِ لَيَسۡجُنُنَّهُۥ حَتَّىٰ حِينٖ ٣٥

    Thumma badā lahum mim baʿdi mā raʾawul-āyāti layasjununnahū ḥattā ḥīn.

    Then it appeared to them after they had seen the signs¹ that he [i.e., al-ʿAzeez] should surely imprison him for a time.²

    Footnotes (2)

    1. Proofs of his innocence.
    2. Until the scandal be forgotten.

36. وَدَخَلَ مَعَهُ ٱلسِّجۡنَ فَتَيَانِۖ قَالَ أَحَدُهُمَآ إِنِّيٓ أَرَىٰنِيٓ أَعۡصِرُ خَمۡرٗاۖ وَقَالَ ٱلۡأٓخَرُ إِنِّيٓ أَرَىٰنِيٓ أَحۡمِلُ فَوۡقَ رَأۡسِي خُبۡزٗا تَأۡكُلُ ٱلطَّيۡرُ مِنۡهُۖ نَبِّئۡنَا بِتَأۡوِيلِهِۦٓۖ إِنَّا نَرَىٰكَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ ٣٦

    Wa dakhala maʿahus-sijna fatayān, qāla aḥaduhumā innī arānī aʿṣiru khamrā, wa qālal-ākharu innī arānī aḥmilu fawqa raʾsī khubzan taʾkuluṭ-ṭayru minh, nabbiʾnā bitaʾwīlih, innā narāka minal-muḥsinīn.

    And there entered the prison with him two young men. One of them said, "Indeed, I have seen myself [in a dream] pressing [grapes for] wine." The other said, "Indeed, I have seen myself carrying upon my head [some] bread, from which the birds were eating. Inform us of its interpretation; indeed, we see you to be of those who do good."

37. قَالَ لَا يَأۡتِيكُمَا طَعَامٞ تُرۡزَقَانِهِۦٓ إِلَّا نَبَّأۡتُكُمَا بِتَأۡوِيلِهِۦ قَبۡلَ أَن يَأۡتِيَكُمَاۚ ذَٰلِكُمَا مِمَّا عَلَّمَنِي رَبِّيٓۚ إِنِّي تَرَكۡتُ مِلَّةَ قَوۡمٖ لَّا يُؤۡمِنُونَ بِٱللَّهِ وَهُم بِٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ هُمۡ كَٰفِرُونَ ٣٧

    Qāla lā yaʾtīkumā ṭaʿāmun turzaqānihī illā nabbaʾtukumā bitaʾwīlihī qabla ay yaʾtiyakumā, dhālikumā mimmā ʿallamanī rabbī, innī taraktu millata qawmil lā yuʾminūna billāhi wa hum bil-ākhirati hum kāfirūn.

    He said, "You will not receive food that is provided to you except that I will inform you of its interpretation before it comes to you. That is from what my Lord has taught me. Indeed, I have left the religion of a people who do not believe in Allāh, and they, in the Hereafter, are disbelievers.

38. وَٱتَّبَعۡتُ مِلَّةَ ءَابَآءِيٓ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ وَإِسۡحَٰقَ وَيَعۡقُوبَۚ مَا كَانَ لَنَآ أَن نُّشۡرِكَ بِٱللَّهِ مِن شَيۡءٖۚ ذَٰلِكَ مِن فَضۡلِ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيۡنَا وَعَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَشۡكُرُونَ ٣٨

    Wattabaʿtu millata ābāʾī ibrāhīma wa isḥāqa wa yaʿqūb, mā kāna lanā an nushrika billāhi min shayʾ, dhālika min faḍlillāhi ʿalaynā wa ʿalan-nāsi wa lākinna aktharan-nāsi lā yashkurūn.

    And I have followed the religion of my fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. And it was not for us to associate anything with Allāh. That is from the favor of Allāh upon us and upon the people, but most of the people are not grateful.

39. يَٰصَٰحِبَيِ ٱلسِّجۡنِ ءَأَرۡبَابٞ مُّتَفَرِّقُونَ خَيۡرٌ أَمِ ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡوَٰحِدُ ٱلۡقَهَّارُ ٣٩

    Yāṣāḥibayis-sijni aʾarbābum mutafarriqūna khayrun amillāhul-wāḥidul-qahhār.

    O [my] two companions of prison, are separate lords better or Allāh, the One,¹ the Prevailing?²

    Footnotes (2)

    1. Single, individual and unique in His attributes and His deeds.
    2. He who subdues doubts and false arguments with clear evidences and who subdues and imposes His will upon all creation.

40. مَا تَعۡبُدُونَ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ إِلَّآ أَسۡمَآءٗ سَمَّيۡتُمُوهَآ أَنتُمۡ وَءَابَآؤُكُم مَّآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَا مِن سُلۡطَٰنٍۚ إِنِ ٱلۡحُكۡمُ إِلَّا لِلَّهِ أَمَرَ أَلَّا تَعۡبُدُوٓاْ إِلَّآ إِيَّاهُۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلدِّينُ ٱلۡقَيِّمُ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ ٤٠

    Mā taʿbudūna min dūnihī illā asmāʾan sammaytumūhā antum wa ābāʾukum mā anzalallāhu bihā min sulṭān, inil-ḥukmu illā lillāhi amara allā taʿbudū illā iyyāh, dhālikad-dīnul-qayyimu wa lākinna aktharan-nāsi lā yaʿlamūn.

    You worship not besides Him except [mere] names you have named them,¹ you and your fathers, for which Allāh has sent down no evidence. Legislation is not but for Allāh. He has commanded that you worship not except Him. That is the correct religion, but most of the people do not know.

    Footnotes (1)

    1. The false objects of worship which you have called "gods."

41. يَٰصَٰحِبَيِ ٱلسِّجۡنِ أَمَّآ أَحَدُكُمَا فَيَسۡقِي رَبَّهُۥ خَمۡرٗاۖ وَأَمَّا ٱلۡأٓخَرُ فَيُصۡلَبُ فَتَأۡكُلُ ٱلطَّيۡرُ مِن رَّأۡسِهِۦۚ قُضِيَ ٱلۡأَمۡرُ ٱلَّذِي فِيهِ تَسۡتَفۡتِيَانِ ٤١

    Yāṣāḥibayis-sijni ammā aḥadukumā fayasqī rabbahū khamrā, wa ammal-ākharu fayuṣlabu fataʾkuluṭ-ṭayru mir raʾsih, quḍiyal-amrul-ladhī fīhi tastaftiyān.

    O two companions of prison, as for one of you, he will give drink to his master of wine; but as for the other, he will be crucified, and the birds will eat from his head. The matter has been decreed about which you both inquire."

42. وَقَالَ لِلَّذِي ظَنَّ أَنَّهُۥ نَاجٖ مِّنۡهُمَا ٱذۡكُرۡنِي عِندَ رَبِّكَ فَأَنسَىٰهُ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُ ذِكۡرَ رَبِّهِۦ فَلَبِثَ فِي ٱلسِّجۡنِ بِضۡعَ سِنِينَ ٤٢

    Wa qāla lil-ladhī ẓanna annahū nājim minhumadhkurnī ʿinda rabbika fa ansāhush-shayṭānu dhikra rabbihī falabitha fis-sijni biḍʿa sinīn.

    And he said to the one whom he knew would go free, "Mention me before your master." But Satan made him forget the mention [to] his master, and he [i.e., Joseph] remained in prison several years.

43. وَقَالَ ٱلۡمَلِكُ إِنِّيٓ أَرَىٰ سَبۡعَ بَقَرَٰتٖ سِمَانٖ يَأۡكُلُهُنَّ سَبۡعٌ عِجَافٞ وَسَبۡعَ سُنۢبُلَٰتٍ خُضۡرٖ وَأُخَرَ يَابِسَٰتٖۖ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلۡمَلَأُ أَفۡتُونِي فِي رُءۡيَٰيَ إِن كُنتُمۡ لِلرُّءۡيَا تَعۡبُرُونَ ٤٣

    Wa qālal-maliku innī arā sabʿa baqarātin simāniy yaʾkuluhunna sabʿun ʿijāfuw wa sabʿa sunbulātin khuḍriw wa ukhara yābisāt, yāʾayyuhal-malaʾu aftūnī fī ruʾyāya in kuntum lir-ruʾyā taʿburūn.

    And [subsequently] the king said, "Indeed, I have seen [in a dream] seven fat cows being eaten by seven [that were] lean, and seven green spikes [of grain] and others [that were] dry. O eminent ones, explain to me my vision, if you should interpret visions."

44. قَالُوٓاْ أَضۡغَٰثُ أَحۡلَٰمٖۖ وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِتَأۡوِيلِ ٱلۡأَحۡلَٰمِ بِعَٰلِمِينَ ٤٤

    Qālū aḍghāthu aḥlām, wa mā naḥnu bitaʾwīlil-aḥlāmi biʿālimīn.

    They said, "[It is but] a mixture of false dreams, and we are not learned in the interpretation of dreams."

45. وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِي نَجَا مِنۡهُمَا وَٱدَّكَرَ بَعۡدَ أُمَّةٍ أَنَا۠ أُنَبِّئُكُم بِتَأۡوِيلِهِۦ فَأَرۡسِلُونِ ٤٥

    Wa qālal-ladhī najā minhumā waddakara baʿda ummatin ana unabbiʾukum bitaʾwīlihī fa arsilūn.

    But the one who was freed and remembered after a time said, "I will inform you of its interpretation, so send me forth."

46. يُوسُفُ أَيُّهَا ٱلصِّدِّيقُ أَفۡتِنَا فِي سَبۡعِ بَقَرَٰتٖ سِمَانٖ يَأۡكُلُهُنَّ سَبۡعٌ عِجَافٞ وَسَبۡعِ سُنۢبُلَٰتٍ خُضۡرٖ وَأُخَرَ يَابِسَٰتٖ لَّعَلِّيٓ أَرۡجِعُ إِلَى ٱلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَعۡلَمُونَ ٤٦

    Yūsufu ayyuhaṣ-ṣiddīqu aftinā fī sabʿi baqarātin simāniy yaʾkuluhunna sabʿun ʿijāfuw wa sabʿi sunbulātin khuḍriw wa ukhara yābisātil laʿallī arjiʿu ilan-nāsi laʿallahum yaʿlamūn.

    [He said], "Joseph, O man of truth, explain to us about seven fat cows eaten by seven [that were] lean, and seven green spikes [of grain] and others [that were] dry - that I may return to the people [i.e., the king and his court]; perhaps they will know [about you]."

47. قَالَ تَزۡرَعُونَ سَبۡعَ سِنِينَ دَأَبٗا فَمَا حَصَدتُّمۡ فَذَرُوهُ فِي سُنۢبُلِهِۦٓ إِلَّا قَلِيلٗا مِّمَّا تَأۡكُلُونَ ٤٧

    Qāla tazraʿūna sabʿa sinīna daʾaban famā ḥaṣadttum fadharūhu fī sunbulihī illā qalīlam mimmā taʾkulūn.

    [Joseph] said, "You will plant for seven years consecutively; and what you harvest leave in its spikes, except a little from which you will eat.

48. ثُمَّ يَأۡتِي مِنۢ بَعۡدِ ذَٰلِكَ سَبۡعٞ شِدَادٞ يَأۡكُلۡنَ مَا قَدَّمۡتُمۡ لَهُنَّ إِلَّا قَلِيلٗا مِّمَّا تُحۡصِنُونَ ٤٨

    Thumma yaʾtī mim baʿdi dhālika sabʿun shidāduy yaʾkulna mā qaddamtum lahunna illā qalīlam mimmā tuḥṣinūn.

    Then will come after that seven difficult [years] which will consume what you advanced [i.e., saved] for them, except a little from which you will store.

49. ثُمَّ يَأۡتِي مِنۢ بَعۡدِ ذَٰلِكَ عَامٞ فِيهِ يُغَاثُ ٱلنَّاسُ وَفِيهِ يَعۡصِرُونَ ٤٩

    Thumma yaʾtī mim baʿdi dhālika ʿāmun fīhi yughāthun-nāsu wa fīhi yaʿṣirūn.

    Then will come after that a year in which the people will be given rain and in which they will press [olives and grapes]."

50. وَقَالَ ٱلۡمَلِكُ ٱئۡتُونِي بِهِۦۖ فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُ ٱلرَّسُولُ قَالَ ٱرۡجِعۡ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَسۡـَٔلۡهُ مَا بَالُ ٱلنِّسۡوَةِ ٱلَّٰتِي قَطَّعۡنَ أَيۡدِيَهُنَّۚ إِنَّ رَبِّي بِكَيۡدِهِنَّ عَلِيمٞ ٥٠

    Wa qālal-malikuʾtūnī bih, falammā jāʾahur-rasūlu qālarjiʿ ilā rabbika fasʾalhu mā bālun-niswatil-lātī qaṭṭaʿna aydiyahunn, inna rabbī bikaydihinna ʿalīm.

    And the king said, "Bring him to me." But when the messenger came to him, [Joseph] said, "Return to your master and ask him what is the case of the women who cut their hands. Indeed, my Lord is Knowing of their plan."

51. قَالَ مَا خَطۡبُكُنَّ إِذۡ رَٰوَدتُّنَّ يُوسُفَ عَن نَّفۡسِهِۦۚ قُلۡنَ حَٰشَ لِلَّهِ مَا عَلِمۡنَا عَلَيۡهِ مِن سُوٓءٖۚ قَالَتِ ٱمۡرَأَتُ ٱلۡعَزِيزِ ٱلۡـَٰٔنَ حَصۡحَصَ ٱلۡحَقُّ أَنَا۠ رَٰوَدتُّهُۥ عَن نَّفۡسِهِۦ وَإِنَّهُۥ لَمِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ ٥١

    Qāla mā khaṭbukunna idh rāwadttunna yūsufa ʿan nafsih, qulna ḥāsha lillāhi mā ʿalimnā ʿalayhi min sūʾ, qālatimraʾatul-ʿazīzil-āna ḥaṣḥaṣal-ḥaqqu ana rāwadttuhū ʿan nafsihī wa innahū laminaṣ-ṣādiqīn.

    Said [the king to the women], "What was your condition when you sought to seduce Joseph?" They said, "Perfect is Allāh!¹ We know about him no evil." The wife of al-ʿAzeez said, "Now the truth has become evident. It was I who sought to seduce him, and indeed, he is of the truthful.

    Footnotes (1)

    1. In His ability to create such purity of character.

52. ذَٰلِكَ لِيَعۡلَمَ أَنِّي لَمۡ أَخُنۡهُ بِٱلۡغَيۡبِ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَهۡدِي كَيۡدَ ٱلۡخَآئِنِينَ ٥٢

    Dhālika liyaʿlama annī lam akhunhu bil-ghaybi wa annallāha lā yahdī kaydal-khāʾinīn.

    That is so he [i.e., al-ʿAzeez] will know that I did not betray him in [his] absence and that Allāh does not guide the plan of betrayers.