Juz 20

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

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

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

2. فَأَنجَيۡنَٰهُ وَأَهۡلَهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱمۡرَأَتَهُۥ قَدَّرۡنَٰهَا مِنَ ٱلۡغَٰبِرِينَ ٥٧

   Fa anjaynāhu wa ahlahū illamraʾatahū qaddarnāhā minal-ghābirīn.

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

3. وَأَمۡطَرۡنَا عَلَيۡهِم مَّطَرٗاۖ فَسَآءَ مَطَرُ ٱلۡمُنذَرِينَ ٥٨

   Wa amṭarnā ʿalayhim maṭarā, fasāʾa maṭarul-mundharīn.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

   Footnotes (1)

   1. Three meanings are implied: "Is there another god who did all of this with Allāh?" or "Is there any deity worthy to be worshipped along with Allāh?" or "Is there a deity to be compared with Allāh?"

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

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

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

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

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

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

   Footnotes (1)

   1. Generation after generation.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓاْ أَءِذَا كُنَّا تُرَٰبٗا وَءَابَآؤُنَآ أَئِنَّا لَمُخۡرَجُونَ ٦٧

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

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

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

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

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

14. قُلۡ سِيرُواْ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ فَٱنظُرُواْ كَيۡفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ ٦٩

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

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

15. وَلَا تَحۡزَنۡ عَلَيۡهِمۡ وَلَا تَكُن فِي ضَيۡقٖ مِّمَّا يَمۡكُرُونَ ٧٠

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

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

16. وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هَٰذَا ٱلۡوَعۡدُ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰدِقِينَ ٧١

    Wa yaqūlūna matā hādhal-waʿdu in kuntum ṣādiqīn.

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

17. قُلۡ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَكُونَ رَدِفَ لَكُم بَعۡضُ ٱلَّذِي تَسۡتَعۡجِلُونَ ٧٢

    Qul ʿasā ay yakūna radifa lakum baʿḍul-ladhī tastaʿjilūn.

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

18. وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَذُو فَضۡلٍ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَهُمۡ لَا يَشۡكُرُونَ ٧٣

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

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

19. وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَيَعۡلَمُ مَا تُكِنُّ صُدُورُهُمۡ وَمَا يُعۡلِنُونَ ٧٤

    Wa inna rabbaka layaʿlamu mā tukinnu ṣudūruhum wa mā yuʿlinūn.

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

20. وَمَا مِنۡ غَآئِبَةٖ فِي ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ إِلَّا فِي كِتَٰبٖ مُّبِينٍ ٧٥

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

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

    Footnotes (2)

    1. Literally, "absent [from the senses]."
    2. The Preserved Slate (al-Lawḥ al-Maḥfūẓ), which is with Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā).

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

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

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

22. وَإِنَّهُۥ لَهُدٗى وَرَحۡمَةٞ لِّلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ٧٧

    Wa innahū lahudaw wa raḥmatul lil-muʾminīn.

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

23. إِنَّ رَبَّكَ يَقۡضِي بَيۡنَهُم بِحُكۡمِهِۦۚ وَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ ٧٨

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

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

24. فَتَوَكَّلۡ عَلَى ٱللَّهِۖ إِنَّكَ عَلَى ٱلۡحَقِّ ٱلۡمُبِينِ ٧٩

    Fatawakkal ʿalallāh, innaka ʿalal-ḥaqqil-mubīn.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Footnotes (1)

    1. At the approach of the Hour.

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

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

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

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

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

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

30. وَوَقَعَ ٱلۡقَوۡلُ عَلَيۡهِم بِمَا ظَلَمُواْ فَهُمۡ لَا يَنطِقُونَ ٨٥

    Wa waqaʿal-qawlu ʿalayhim bimā ẓalamū fahum lā yanṭiqūn.

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

    Footnotes (1)

    1. Allāh's decree will come into effect upon them, and His promise will be fulfilled.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Footnotes (1)

    1. Or "solid and rigid."

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Footnotes (1)

    1. Without having repented. It may refer generally to any sin or more specifically to association of another with Allāh.

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

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

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

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    1. Or region, meaning Makkah and its surroundings.

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

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

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

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

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

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

﷽بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. طسٓمٓ ١

   Ṭā Sīn Mīm.

   Ṭā, Seen, Meem.¹

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   1. See footnote to 2:1.

2. تِلۡكَ ءَايَٰتُ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ ٱلۡمُبِينِ ٢

   Tilka āyātul-kitābil-mubīn.

   These are verses of the clear Book.

3. نَتۡلُواْ عَلَيۡكَ مِن نَّبَإِ مُوسَىٰ وَفِرۡعَوۡنَ بِٱلۡحَقِّ لِقَوۡمٖ يُؤۡمِنُونَ ٣

   Natlū ʿalayka min nabaʾi mūsā wa firʿawna bil-ḥaqqi liqawmiy yuʾminūn.

   We recite to you from the news of Moses and Pharaoh in truth for a people who believe.

4. إِنَّ فِرۡعَوۡنَ عَلَا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَجَعَلَ أَهۡلَهَا شِيَعٗا يَسۡتَضۡعِفُ طَآئِفَةٗ مِّنۡهُمۡ يُذَبِّحُ أَبۡنَآءَهُمۡ وَيَسۡتَحۡيِۦ نِسَآءَهُمۡۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُفۡسِدِينَ ٤

   Inna firʿawna ʿalā fil-arḍi wa jaʿala ahlahā shiyaʿay yastaḍʿifu ṭāʾifatam minhum yudhabbiḥu abnāʾahum wa yastaḥyī nisāʾahum, innahū kāna minal-mufsidīn.

   Indeed, Pharaoh exalted himself in the land and made its people into factions, oppressing a sector among them, slaughtering their [newborn] sons and keeping their females alive. Indeed, he was of the corrupters.

5. وَنُرِيدُ أَن نَّمُنَّ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسۡتُضۡعِفُواْ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَنَجۡعَلَهُمۡ أَئِمَّةٗ وَنَجۡعَلَهُمُ ٱلۡوَٰرِثِينَ ٥

   Wa nurīdu an namunna ʿalal-ladhīnastuḍʿifū fil-arḍi wa najʿalahum aʾimmataw wa najʿalahumul-wārithīn.

   And We wanted to confer favor upon those who were oppressed in the land and make them leaders and make them inheritors

6. وَنُمَكِّنَ لَهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَنُرِيَ فِرۡعَوۡنَ وَهَٰمَٰنَ وَجُنُودَهُمَا مِنۡهُم مَّا كَانُواْ يَحۡذَرُونَ ٦

   Wa numakkina lahum fil-arḍi wa nuriya firʿawna wa hāmāna wa junūdahumā minhum mā kānū yaḥdharūn.

   And establish them in the land and show Pharaoh and [his minister] Hāmān and their soldiers through them¹ that which they had feared.

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   1. By means of those whom they had oppressed and enslaved.

7. وَأَوۡحَيۡنَآ إِلَىٰٓ أُمِّ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنۡ أَرۡضِعِيهِۖ فَإِذَا خِفۡتِ عَلَيۡهِ فَأَلۡقِيهِ فِي ٱلۡيَمِّ وَلَا تَخَافِي وَلَا تَحۡزَنِيٓۖ إِنَّا رَآدُّوهُ إِلَيۡكِ وَجَاعِلُوهُ مِنَ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ ٧

   Wa awḥaynā ilā ummi mūsā an arḍiʿīh, fa idhā khifti ʿalayhi fa alqīhi fil-yammi wa lā takhāfī wa lā taḥzanī, innā rāddūhu ilayki wa jāʿilūhu minal-mursalīn.

   And We inspired to the mother of Moses, "Suckle him; but when you fear for him, cast him into the river and do not fear and do not grieve. Indeed, We will return him to you and will make him [one] of the messengers."

8. فَٱلۡتَقَطَهُۥٓ ءَالُ فِرۡعَوۡنَ لِيَكُونَ لَهُمۡ عَدُوّٗا وَحَزَنًاۗ إِنَّ فِرۡعَوۡنَ وَهَٰمَٰنَ وَجُنُودَهُمَا كَانُواْ خَٰطِـِٔينَ ٨

   Fal-taqaṭahū ālu firʿawna liyakūna lahum ʿaduwwaw wa ḥazanā, inna firʿawna wa hāmāna wa junūdahumā kānū khāṭiʾīn.

   And the family of Pharaoh picked him up [out of the river] so that he would become to them an enemy and a [cause of] grief. Indeed, Pharaoh and Hāmān and their soldiers were deliberate sinners.

9. وَقَالَتِ ٱمۡرَأَتُ فِرۡعَوۡنَ قُرَّتُ عَيۡنٖ لِّي وَلَكَۖ لَا تَقۡتُلُوهُ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَنفَعَنَآ أَوۡ نَتَّخِذَهُۥ وَلَدٗا وَهُمۡ لَا يَشۡعُرُونَ ٩

   Wa qālatimraʾatu firʿawna qurratu ʿaynil lī wa lak, lā taqtulūhu ʿasā ay yanfaʿanā aw nattakhidhahū waladaw wa hum lā yashʿurūn.

   And the wife of Pharaoh said, "[He will be] a comfort of the eye [i.e., pleasure] for me and for you. Do not kill him; perhaps he may benefit us, or we may adopt him as a son." And they perceived not.¹

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   1. What would be the result of that.

10. وَأَصۡبَحَ فُؤَادُ أُمِّ مُوسَىٰ فَٰرِغًاۖ إِن كَادَتۡ لَتُبۡدِي بِهِۦ لَوۡلَآ أَن رَّبَطۡنَا عَلَىٰ قَلۡبِهَا لِتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ١٠

    Wa aṣbaḥa fuʾādu ummi mūsā fārighā, in kādat latubdī bihī lawlā ar rabaṭnā ʿalā qalbihā litakūna minal-muʾminīn.

    And the heart of Moses' mother became empty [of all else]. She was about to disclose [the matter concerning] him had We not bound fast her heart that she would be of the believers.

11. وَقَالَتۡ لِأُخۡتِهِۦ قُصِّيهِۖ فَبَصُرَتۡ بِهِۦ عَن جُنُبٖ وَهُمۡ لَا يَشۡعُرُونَ ١١

    Wa qālat liʾukhtihī quṣṣīh, fabaṣurat bihī ʿan junubiw wa hum lā yashʿurūn.

    And she said to his sister, "Follow him"; so she watched him from a distance while they perceived not.

12. ۞ وَحَرَّمۡنَا عَلَيۡهِ ٱلۡمَرَاضِعَ مِن قَبۡلُ فَقَالَتۡ هَلۡ أَدُلُّكُمۡ عَلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِ بَيۡتٖ يَكۡفُلُونَهُۥ لَكُمۡ وَهُمۡ لَهُۥ نَٰصِحُونَ ١٢

    Wa ḥarramnā ʿalayhil-marāḍiʿa min qablu faqālat hal adullukum ʿalā ahli baytiy yakfulūnahū lakum wa hum lahū nāṣiḥūn.

    And We had prevented from him [all] wet nurses before,¹ so she said, "Shall I direct you to a household that will be responsible for him for you while they are to him [for his upbringing] sincere?"

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    1. Prior to that, Moses had refused to nurse from any other woman.

13. فَرَدَدۡنَٰهُ إِلَىٰٓ أُمِّهِۦ كَيۡ تَقَرَّ عَيۡنُهَا وَلَا تَحۡزَنَ وَلِتَعۡلَمَ أَنَّ وَعۡدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقّٞ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَهُمۡ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ ١٣

    Faradadnāhu ilā ummihī kay taqarra ʿaynuhā wa lā taḥzana walitaʿlama anna waʿdallāhi ḥaqquw wa lākinna aktharahum lā yaʿlamūn.

    So We restored him to his mother that she might be content and not grieve and that she would know that the promise of Allāh is true. But most of them [i.e., the people] do not know.

14. وَلَمَّا بَلَغَ أَشُدَّهُۥ وَٱسۡتَوَىٰٓ ءَاتَيۡنَٰهُ حُكۡمٗا وَعِلۡمٗاۚ وَكَذَٰلِكَ نَجۡزِي ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ ١٤

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

    And when he attained his full strength and was [mentally] mature, We bestowed upon him judgement and knowledge. And thus do We reward the doers of good.

15. وَدَخَلَ ٱلۡمَدِينَةَ عَلَىٰ حِينِ غَفۡلَةٖ مِّنۡ أَهۡلِهَا فَوَجَدَ فِيهَا رَجُلَيۡنِ يَقۡتَتِلَانِ هَٰذَا مِن شِيعَتِهِۦ وَهَٰذَا مِنۡ عَدُوِّهِۦۖ فَٱسۡتَغَٰثَهُ ٱلَّذِي مِن شِيعَتِهِۦ عَلَى ٱلَّذِي مِنۡ عَدُوِّهِۦ فَوَكَزَهُۥ مُوسَىٰ فَقَضَىٰ عَلَيۡهِۖ قَالَ هَٰذَا مِنۡ عَمَلِ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنِۖ إِنَّهُۥ عَدُوّٞ مُّضِلّٞ مُّبِينٞ ١٥

    Wa dakhalal-madīnata ʿalā ḥīni ghaflatim min ahlihā fawajada fīhā rajulayni yaqtatilāni hādhā min shīʿatihī wa hādhā min ʿaduwwih, fastaghāthahul-ladhī min shīʿatihī ʿalal-ladhī min ʿaduwwihī fawakazahū mūsā faqaḍā ʿalayh, qāla hādhā min ʿamalish-shayṭān, innahū ʿaduwwum muḍillum mubīn.

    And he entered the city at a time of inattention by its people¹ and found therein two men fighting: one from his faction and one from among his enemy. And the one from his faction called for help to him against the one from his enemy, so Moses struck him and [unintentionally] killed him. [Moses] said, "This is from the work of Satan. Indeed, he is a manifest, misleading enemy."

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    1. i.e., during the noon period of rest.

16. قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّي ظَلَمۡتُ نَفۡسِي فَٱغۡفِرۡ لِي فَغَفَرَ لَهُۥٓۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلۡغَفُورُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ١٦

    Qāla rabbi innī ẓalamtu nafsī faghfir lī faghafara lah, innahū huwal-ghafūrur-raḥīm.

    He said, "My Lord, indeed I have wronged myself, so forgive me," and He forgave him. Indeed, He is the Forgiving, the Merciful.

17. قَالَ رَبِّ بِمَآ أَنۡعَمۡتَ عَلَيَّ فَلَنۡ أَكُونَ ظَهِيرٗا لِّلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ ١٧

    Qāla rabbi bimā anʿamta ʿalayya falan akūna ẓahīral lil-mujrimīn.

    He said, "My Lord, for the favor You bestowed upon me, I will never be an assistant to the criminals."

18. فَأَصۡبَحَ فِي ٱلۡمَدِينَةِ خَآئِفٗا يَتَرَقَّبُ فَإِذَا ٱلَّذِي ٱسۡتَنصَرَهُۥ بِٱلۡأَمۡسِ يَسۡتَصۡرِخُهُۥۚ قَالَ لَهُۥ مُوسَىٰٓ إِنَّكَ لَغَوِيّٞ مُّبِينٞ ١٨

    Fa aṣbaḥa fil-madīnati khāʾifay yataraqqabu fa idhal-ladhistanṣarahū bil-amsi yastaṣrikhuh, qāla lahū mūsā innaka laghawiyyum mubīn.

    And he became inside the city fearful and anticipating [exposure], when suddenly the one who sought his help the previous day cried out to him [once again]. Moses said to him, "Indeed, you are an evident, [persistent] deviator."

19. فَلَمَّآ أَنۡ أَرَادَ أَن يَبۡطِشَ بِٱلَّذِي هُوَ عَدُوّٞ لَّهُمَا قَالَ يَٰمُوسَىٰٓ أَتُرِيدُ أَن تَقۡتُلَنِي كَمَا قَتَلۡتَ نَفۡسَۢا بِٱلۡأَمۡسِۖ إِن تُرِيدُ إِلَّآ أَن تَكُونَ جَبَّارٗا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا تُرِيدُ أَن تَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُصۡلِحِينَ ١٩

    Falammā an arāda ay yabṭisha bil-ladhī huwa ʿaduwwul lahumā qāla yāmūsā aturīdu an taqtulanī kamā qatalta nafsam bil-ams, in turīdu illā an takūna jabbāran fil-arḍi wa mā turīdu an takūna minal-muṣliḥīn.

    And when he wanted to strike the one who was an enemy to both of them, he¹ said, "O Moses, do you intend to kill me as you killed someone yesterday? You only want to be a tyrant in the land and do not want to be of the amenders."

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    1. i.e., the Israelite, thinking that Moses meant to strike him. Some commentators have attributed the words to the Copt; however, the Israelite was the only one who knew of the previous occurrence.

20. وَجَآءَ رَجُلٞ مِّنۡ أَقۡصَا ٱلۡمَدِينَةِ يَسۡعَىٰ قَالَ يَٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِنَّ ٱلۡمَلَأَ يَأۡتَمِرُونَ بِكَ لِيَقۡتُلُوكَ فَٱخۡرُجۡ إِنِّي لَكَ مِنَ ٱلنَّٰصِحِينَ ٢٠

    Wa jāʾa rajulum min aqṣal-madīnati yasʿā qāla yāmūsā innal-malaʾa yaʾtamirūna bika liyaqtulūka fakhruj innī laka minan-nāṣiḥīn.

    And a man came from the farthest end of the city, running. He said, "O Moses, indeed the eminent ones are conferring over you [intending] to kill you, so leave [the city]; indeed, I am to you of the sincere advisors."

21. فَخَرَجَ مِنۡهَا خَآئِفٗا يَتَرَقَّبُۖ قَالَ رَبِّ نَجِّنِي مِنَ ٱلۡقَوۡمِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ٢١

    Fakharaja minhā khāʾifay yataraqqab, qāla rabbi najjinī minal-qawmiẓ-ẓālimīn.

    So he left it, fearful and anticipating [apprehension]. He said, "My Lord, save me from the wrongdoing people."

22. وَلَمَّا تَوَجَّهَ تِلۡقَآءَ مَدۡيَنَ قَالَ عَسَىٰ رَبِّيٓ أَن يَهۡدِيَنِي سَوَآءَ ٱلسَّبِيلِ ٢٢

    Wa lammā tawajjaha tilqāʾa madyana qāla ʿasā rabbī ay yahdiyanī sawāʾas-sabīl.

    And when he directed himself toward Madyan, he said, "Perhaps my Lord will guide me to the sound way."

23. وَلَمَّا وَرَدَ مَآءَ مَدۡيَنَ وَجَدَ عَلَيۡهِ أُمَّةٗ مِّنَ ٱلنَّاسِ يَسۡقُونَ وَوَجَدَ مِن دُونِهِمُ ٱمۡرَأَتَيۡنِ تَذُودَانِۖ قَالَ مَا خَطۡبُكُمَاۖ قَالَتَا لَا نَسۡقِي حَتَّىٰ يُصۡدِرَ ٱلرِّعَآءُۖ وَأَبُونَا شَيۡخٞ كَبِيرٞ ٢٣

    Wa lammā warada māʾa madyana wajada ʿalayhi ummatam minan-nāsi yasqūna wa wajada min dūnihimumraʾatayni tadhūdān, qāla mā khaṭbukumā, qālatā lā nasqī ḥattā yuṣdirar-riʿāʾ, wa abūnā shaykhun kabīr.

    And when he came to the water [i.e., well] of Madyan, he found there a crowd of people watering [their flocks], and he found aside from them two women holding back [their flocks]. He said, "What is your circumstance?" They said, "We do not water until the shepherds dispatch [their flocks]; and our father is an old man."

24. فَسَقَىٰ لَهُمَا ثُمَّ تَوَلَّىٰٓ إِلَى ٱلظِّلِّ فَقَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّي لِمَآ أَنزَلۡتَ إِلَيَّ مِنۡ خَيۡرٖ فَقِيرٞ ٢٤

    Fasaqā lahumā thumma tawallā ilaẓ-ẓilli faqāla rabbi innī limā anzalta ilayya min khayrin faqīr.

    So he watered [their flocks] for them; then he went back to the shade and said, "My Lord, indeed I am, for whatever good You would send down to me, in need."

25. فَجَآءَتۡهُ إِحۡدَىٰهُمَا تَمۡشِي عَلَى ٱسۡتِحۡيَآءٖ قَالَتۡ إِنَّ أَبِي يَدۡعُوكَ لِيَجۡزِيَكَ أَجۡرَ مَا سَقَيۡتَ لَنَاۚ فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُۥ وَقَصَّ عَلَيۡهِ ٱلۡقَصَصَ قَالَ لَا تَخَفۡۖ نَجَوۡتَ مِنَ ٱلۡقَوۡمِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ٢٥

    Fajāʾathu iḥdāhumā tamshī ʿalastiḥyāʾin qālat inna abī yadʿūka liyajziyaka ajra mā saqayta lanā, falammā jāʾahū wa qaṣṣa ʿalayhil-qaṣaṣa qāla lā takhaf, najawta minal-qawmiẓ-ẓālimīn.

    Then one of the two women came to him walking with shyness. She said, "Indeed, my father invites you that he may reward you for having watered for us." So when he came to him¹ and related to him the story, he said, "Fear not. You have escaped from the wrongdoing people."

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    1. Prophet Shuʿayb, the father of the two women.

26. قَالَتۡ إِحۡدَىٰهُمَا يَٰٓأَبَتِ ٱسۡتَـٔۡجِرۡهُۖ إِنَّ خَيۡرَ مَنِ ٱسۡتَـٔۡجَرۡتَ ٱلۡقَوِيُّ ٱلۡأَمِينُ ٢٦

    Qālat iḥdāhumā yāʾabatistaʾjirh, inna khayra manistaʾjartal-qawiyyul-amīn.

    One of the women said, "O my father, hire him. Indeed, the best one you can hire is the strong and the trustworthy."

27. قَالَ إِنِّيٓ أُرِيدُ أَنۡ أُنكِحَكَ إِحۡدَى ٱبۡنَتَيَّ هَٰتَيۡنِ عَلَىٰٓ أَن تَأۡجُرَنِي ثَمَٰنِيَ حِجَجٖۖ فَإِنۡ أَتۡمَمۡتَ عَشۡرٗا فَمِنۡ عِندِكَۖ وَمَآ أُرِيدُ أَنۡ أَشُقَّ عَلَيۡكَۚ سَتَجِدُنِيٓ إِن شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ ٢٧

    Qāla innī urīdu an unkiḥaka iḥdabnatayya hātayni ʿalā an taʾjuranī thamāniya ḥijaj, fa in atmamta ʿashran famin ʿindik, wa mā urīdu an ashuqqa ʿalayk, satajidunī in shāʾallāhu minaṣ-ṣāliḥīn.

    He said, "Indeed, I wish to wed you one of these, my two daughters, on [the condition] that you serve me for eight years; but if you complete ten, it will be [as a favor] from you. And I do not wish to put you in difficulty. You will find me, if Allāh wills, from among the righteous."

28. قَالَ ذَٰلِكَ بَيۡنِي وَبَيۡنَكَۖ أَيَّمَا ٱلۡأَجَلَيۡنِ قَضَيۡتُ فَلَا عُدۡوَٰنَ عَلَيَّۖ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ مَا نَقُولُ وَكِيلٞ ٢٨

    Qāla dhālika baynī wa baynak, ayyamal-ajalayni qaḍaytu falā ʿudwāna ʿalayy, wallāhu ʿalā mā naqūlu wakīl.

    [Moses] said, "That is [established] between me and you. Whichever of the two terms I complete - there is no injustice to me, and Allāh, over what we say, is Witness."

29. ۞ فَلَمَّا قَضَىٰ مُوسَى ٱلۡأَجَلَ وَسَارَ بِأَهۡلِهِۦٓ ءَانَسَ مِن جَانِبِ ٱلطُّورِ نَارٗاۖ قَالَ لِأَهۡلِهِ ٱمۡكُثُوٓاْ إِنِّيٓ ءَانَسۡتُ نَارٗا لَّعَلِّيٓ ءَاتِيكُم مِّنۡهَا بِخَبَرٍ أَوۡ جَذۡوَةٖ مِّنَ ٱلنَّارِ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَصۡطَلُونَ ٢٩

    Falammā qaḍā mūsal-ajala wa sāra biʾahlihī ānasa min jānibiṭ-ṭūri nārā, qāla liʾahlihimkuthū innī ānastu nāral laʿallī ātīkum minhā bikhabarin aw jadhwatim minan-nāri laʿallakum taṣṭalūn.

    And when Moses had completed the term and was traveling with his family, he perceived from the direction of the mount a fire. He said to his family, "Stay here; indeed, I have perceived a fire. Perhaps I will bring you from there [some] information or burning wood from the fire that you may warm yourselves."

30. فَلَمَّآ أَتَىٰهَا نُودِيَ مِن شَٰطِيِٕ ٱلۡوَادِ ٱلۡأَيۡمَنِ فِي ٱلۡبُقۡعَةِ ٱلۡمُبَٰرَكَةِ مِنَ ٱلشَّجَرَةِ أَن يَٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِنِّيٓ أَنَا ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٣٠

    Falammā atāhā nūdiya min shāṭiʾil-wādil-aymani fil-buqʿatil-mubārakati minash-shajarati ay yāmūsā innī anallāhu rabbul-ʿālamīn.

    But when he came to it, he was called from the right side of the valley in a blessed spot - from the tree,¹ "O Moses, indeed I am Allāh, Lord of the worlds."

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    1. Which was within the fire.

31. وَأَنۡ أَلۡقِ عَصَاكَۚ فَلَمَّا رَءَاهَا تَهۡتَزُّ كَأَنَّهَا جَآنّٞ وَلَّىٰ مُدۡبِرٗا وَلَمۡ يُعَقِّبۡۚ يَٰمُوسَىٰٓ أَقۡبِلۡ وَلَا تَخَفۡۖ إِنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلۡأٓمِنِينَ ٣١

    Wa an alqi ʿaṣāk, falammā raʾāhā tahtazzu kaʾannahā jānnuw wallā mudbiraw wa lam yuʿaqqib, yāmūsā aqbil wa lā takhaf, innaka minal-āminīn.

    And [he was told], "Throw down your staff." But when he saw it writhing as if it was a snake, he turned in flight and did not return.¹ [Allāh said], "O Moses, approach and fear not. Indeed, you are of the secure.

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    1. Or "did not look back."

32. ٱسۡلُكۡ يَدَكَ فِي جَيۡبِكَ تَخۡرُجۡ بَيۡضَآءَ مِنۡ غَيۡرِ سُوٓءٖ وَٱضۡمُمۡ إِلَيۡكَ جَنَاحَكَ مِنَ ٱلرَّهۡبِۖ فَذَٰنِكَ بُرۡهَٰنَانِ مِن رَّبِّكَ إِلَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنَ وَمَلَإِيْهِۦٓۚ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ قَوۡمٗا فَٰسِقِينَ ٣٢

    Usluk yadaka fī jaybika takhruj bayḍāʾa min ghayri sūʾiw waḍmum ilayka janāḥaka minar-rahb, fadhānika burhānāni mir rabbika ilā firʿawna wa malaʾih, innahum kānū qawman fāsiqīn.

    Insert your hand into the opening of your garment; it will come out white, without disease. And draw in your arm close to you [as prevention] from fear, for those are two proofs from your Lord to Pharaoh and his establishment. Indeed, they have been a people defiantly disobedient."

33. قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّي قَتَلۡتُ مِنۡهُمۡ نَفۡسٗا فَأَخَافُ أَن يَقۡتُلُونِ ٣٣

    Qāla rabbi innī qataltu minhum nafsan fa akhāfu ay yaqtulūn.

    He said, "My Lord, indeed I killed from among them someone, and I fear they will kill me.

34. وَأَخِي هَٰرُونُ هُوَ أَفۡصَحُ مِنِّي لِسَانٗا فَأَرۡسِلۡهُ مَعِيَ رِدۡءٗا يُصَدِّقُنِيٓۖ إِنِّيٓ أَخَافُ أَن يُكَذِّبُونِ ٣٤

    Wa akhī hārūnu huwa afṣaḥu minnī lisānan fa arsilhu maʿiya ridʾay yuṣaddiqunī, innī akhāfu ay yukadhdhibūn.

    And my brother Aaron is more fluent than me in tongue, so send him with me as support, verifying me. Indeed, I fear that they will deny me."

35. قَالَ سَنَشُدُّ عَضُدَكَ بِأَخِيكَ وَنَجۡعَلُ لَكُمَا سُلۡطَٰنٗا فَلَا يَصِلُونَ إِلَيۡكُمَا بِـَٔايَٰتِنَآۚ أَنتُمَا وَمَنِ ٱتَّبَعَكُمَا ٱلۡغَٰلِبُونَ ٣٥

    Qāla sanashuddu ʿaḍudaka biʾakhīka wa najʿalu lakumā sulṭānan falā yaṣilūna ilaykumā biʾāyātinā, antumā wa manittabaʿakumal-ghālibūn.

    [Allāh] said, "We will strengthen your arm through your brother and grant you both supremacy so they will not reach you. [It will be] through Our signs; you and those who follow you will be the predominant."

36. فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُم مُّوسَىٰ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا بَيِّنَٰتٖ قَالُواْ مَا هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحۡرٞ مُّفۡتَرٗى وَمَا سَمِعۡنَا بِهَٰذَا فِيٓ ءَابَآئِنَا ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ٣٦

    Falammā jāʾahum mūsā biʾāyātinā bayyinātin qālū mā hādhā illā siḥrum muftaraw wa mā samiʿnā bihādhā fī ābāʾinal-awwalīn.

    But when Moses came to them with Our signs as clear evidences, they said, "This is not except invented magic, and we have not heard of this [religion] among our forefathers."

37. وَقَالَ مُوسَىٰ رَبِّيٓ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَن جَآءَ بِٱلۡهُدَىٰ مِنۡ عِندِهِۦ وَمَن تَكُونُ لَهُۥ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلدَّارِۚ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُفۡلِحُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ ٣٧

    Wa qāla mūsā rabbī aʿlamu biman jāʾa bil-hudā min ʿindihī wa man takūnu lahū ʿāqibatud-dār, innahū lā yufliḥuẓ-ẓālimūn.

    And Moses said, "My Lord is more knowing [than we or you] of who has come with guidance from Him and to whom will be succession in the home.¹ Indeed, wrongdoers do not succeed."

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    1. i.e., in this world or in the Hereafter.

38. وَقَالَ فِرۡعَوۡنُ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلۡمَلَأُ مَا عَلِمۡتُ لَكُم مِّنۡ إِلَٰهٍ غَيۡرِي فَأَوۡقِدۡ لِي يَٰهَٰمَٰنُ عَلَى ٱلطِّينِ فَٱجۡعَل لِّي صَرۡحٗا لَّعَلِّيٓ أَطَّلِعُ إِلَىٰٓ إِلَٰهِ مُوسَىٰ وَإِنِّي لَأَظُنُّهُۥ مِنَ ٱلۡكَٰذِبِينَ ٣٨

    Wa qāla firʿawnu yāʾayyuhal-malaʾu mā ʿalimtu lakum min ilāhin ghayrī fa awqid lī yāhāmānu ʿalaṭ-ṭīni fajʿal lī ṣarḥal laʿallī aṭṭaliʿu ilā ilāhi mūsā wa innī laʾaẓunnuhū minal-kādhibīn.

    And Pharaoh said, "O eminent ones, I have not known you to have a god other than me. Then ignite for me, O Hāmān, [a fire] upon the clay¹ and make for me a tower that I may look at the God of Moses. And indeed, I do think he is among the liars."

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    1. From which bricks are made.

39. وَٱسۡتَكۡبَرَ هُوَ وَجُنُودُهُۥ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ بِغَيۡرِ ٱلۡحَقِّ وَظَنُّوٓاْ أَنَّهُمۡ إِلَيۡنَا لَا يُرۡجَعُونَ ٣٩

    Wastakbara huwa wa junūduhū fil-arḍi bighayril-ḥaqqi wa ẓannū annahum ilaynā lā yurjaʿūn.

    And he was arrogant, he and his soldiers, in the land, without right, and they thought that they would not be returned to Us.

40. فَأَخَذۡنَٰهُ وَجُنُودَهُۥ فَنَبَذۡنَٰهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡيَمِّۖ فَٱنظُرۡ كَيۡفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ٤٠

    Fa akhadhnāhu wa junūdahū fanabadhnāhum fil-yamm, fanẓur kayfa kāna ʿāqibatuẓ-ẓālimīn.

    So We took him and his soldiers and threw them into the sea.¹ So see how was the end of the wrongdoers.

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    1. Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) caused them to leave all their worldly wealth behind and enter the sea in pursuit of the Children of Israel. See 26:52-66.

41. وَجَعَلۡنَٰهُمۡ أَئِمَّةٗ يَدۡعُونَ إِلَى ٱلنَّارِۖ وَيَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ لَا يُنصَرُونَ ٤١

    Wa jaʿalnāhum aʾimmatay yadʿūna ilan-nār, wa yawmal-qiyāmati lā yunṣarūn.

    And We made them leaders¹ inviting to the Fire, and on the Day of Resurrection they will not be helped.

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    1. i.e., examples or precedents, followed by subsequent tyrants.

42. وَأَتۡبَعۡنَٰهُمۡ فِي هَٰذِهِ ٱلدُّنۡيَا لَعۡنَةٗۖ وَيَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ هُم مِّنَ ٱلۡمَقۡبُوحِينَ ٤٢

    Wa atbaʿnāhum fī hādhihid-dunyā laʿnah, wa yawmal-qiyāmati hum minal-maqbūḥīn.

    And We caused to overtake them in this world a curse, and on the Day of Resurrection they will be of the despised.¹

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    1. Literally, "those made hideous," who will be far removed from all good and mercy.

43. وَلَقَدۡ ءَاتَيۡنَا مُوسَى ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ مَآ أَهۡلَكۡنَا ٱلۡقُرُونَ ٱلۡأُولَىٰ بَصَآئِرَ لِلنَّاسِ وَهُدٗى وَرَحۡمَةٗ لَّعَلَّهُمۡ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ ٤٣

    Wa laqad ātaynā mūsal-kitāba mim baʿdi mā ahlaknal-qurūnal-ūlā baṣāʾira lin-nāsi wa hudaw wa raḥmatal laʿallahum yatadhakkarūn.

    And We gave Moses the Scripture, after We had destroyed the former generations, as enlightenment for the people and guidance and mercy that they might be reminded.

44. وَمَا كُنتَ بِجَانِبِ ٱلۡغَرۡبِيِّ إِذۡ قَضَيۡنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَى ٱلۡأَمۡرَ وَمَا كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلشَّٰهِدِينَ ٤٤

    Wa mā kunta bijānibil-gharbiyyi idh qaḍaynā ilā mūsal-amra wa mā kunta minash-shāhidīn.

    And you, [O Muḥammad], were not on the western side [of the mount] when We revealed to Moses the command, and you were not among the witnesses [to that].

45. وَلَٰكِنَّآ أَنشَأۡنَا قُرُونٗا فَتَطَاوَلَ عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلۡعُمُرُۚ وَمَا كُنتَ ثَاوِيٗا فِيٓ أَهۡلِ مَدۡيَنَ تَتۡلُواْ عَلَيۡهِمۡ ءَايَٰتِنَا وَلَٰكِنَّا كُنَّا مُرۡسِلِينَ ٤٥

    Wa lākinnā anshaʾnā qurūnan fataṭāwala ʿalayhimul-ʿumur, wa mā kunta thāwiyan fī ahli madyana tatlū ʿalayhim āyātinā wa lākinnā kunnā mursilīn.

    But We produced [many] generations [after Moses], and prolonged was their duration.¹ And you were not a resident among the people of Madyan, reciting to them Our verses, but We were senders [of this message].²

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    1. So they forgot and neglected the ordinances of Allāh.
    2. The Prophet (ﷺ) had no way of obtaining this information except through Allāh's revelation.

46. وَمَا كُنتَ بِجَانِبِ ٱلطُّورِ إِذۡ نَادَيۡنَا وَلَٰكِن رَّحۡمَةٗ مِّن رَّبِّكَ لِتُنذِرَ قَوۡمٗا مَّآ أَتَىٰهُم مِّن نَّذِيرٖ مِّن قَبۡلِكَ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ ٤٦

    Wa mā kunta bijānibiṭ-ṭūri idh nādaynā wa lākir raḥmatam mir rabbika litundhira qawmam mā atāhum min nadhīrim min qablika laʿallahum yatadhakkarūn.

    And you were not at the side of the mount when We called [Moses] but [were sent] as a mercy from your Lord to warn a people to whom no warner had come before you that they might be reminded.

47. وَلَوۡلَآ أَن تُصِيبَهُم مُّصِيبَةُۢ بِمَا قَدَّمَتۡ أَيۡدِيهِمۡ فَيَقُولُواْ رَبَّنَا لَوۡلَآ أَرۡسَلۡتَ إِلَيۡنَا رَسُولٗا فَنَتَّبِعَ ءَايَٰتِكَ وَنَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ٤٧

    Wa lawlā an tuṣībahum muṣībatum bimā qaddamat aydīhim fayaqūlū rabbanā lawlā arsalta ilaynā rasūlan fanattabiʿa āyātika wa nakūna minal-muʾminīn.

    And if not that a disaster should strike them for what their hands put forth [of sins] and they would say, "Our Lord, why did You not send us a messenger so we could have followed Your verses and been among the believers?"...¹

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    1. The conclusion of the sentence is understood to be "...We would not have sent messengers," meaning that Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) sent messengers and sent Muḥammad (ﷺ) with the final scripture to mankind so that no one could claim that punishment was imposed unjustly without warning.

48. فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُمُ ٱلۡحَقُّ مِنۡ عِندِنَا قَالُواْ لَوۡلَآ أُوتِيَ مِثۡلَ مَآ أُوتِيَ مُوسَىٰٓۚ أَوَلَمۡ يَكۡفُرُواْ بِمَآ أُوتِيَ مُوسَىٰ مِن قَبۡلُۖ قَالُواْ سِحۡرَانِ تَظَٰهَرَا وَقَالُوٓاْ إِنَّا بِكُلّٖ كَٰفِرُونَ ٤٨

    Falammā jāʾahumul-ḥaqqu min ʿindinā qālū lawlā ūtiya mithla mā ūtiya mūsā, awalam yakfurū bimā ūtiya mūsā min qabl, qālū siḥrāni taẓāharā wa qālū innā bikullin kāfirūn.

    But when the truth came to them from Us, they said, "Why was he not given like that which was given to Moses?" Did they not disbelieve in that which was given to Moses before? They said, "[They are but] two works of magic supporting each other,¹ and indeed we are, in both, disbelievers."

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    1. The reference is by the disbelievers of Quraysh to the Qur’ān and the Torah.

49. قُلۡ فَأۡتُواْ بِكِتَٰبٖ مِّنۡ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ هُوَ أَهۡدَىٰ مِنۡهُمَآ أَتَّبِعۡهُ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰدِقِينَ ٤٩

    Qul faʾtū bikitābim min ʿindillāhi huwa ahdā minhumā attabiʿhu in kuntum ṣādiqīn.

    Say, "Then bring a scripture from Allāh which is more guiding than either of them that I may follow it, if you should be truthful."

50. فَإِن لَّمۡ يَسۡتَجِيبُواْ لَكَ فَٱعۡلَمۡ أَنَّمَا يَتَّبِعُونَ أَهۡوَآءَهُمۡۚ وَمَنۡ أَضَلُّ مِمَّنِ ٱتَّبَعَ هَوَىٰهُ بِغَيۡرِ هُدٗى مِّنَ ٱللَّهِۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَهۡدِي ٱلۡقَوۡمَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ٥٠

    Fa il lam yastajībū laka faʿlam annamā yattabiʿūna ahwāʾahum, wa man aḍallu mimmanittabaʿa hawāhu bighayri hudam minallāh, innallāha lā yahdil-qawmaẓ-ẓālimīn.

    But if they do not respond to you - then know that they only follow their [own] desires. And who is more astray than one who follows his desire without guidance from Allāh? Indeed, Allāh does not guide the wrongdoing people.

51. ۞ وَلَقَدۡ وَصَّلۡنَا لَهُمُ ٱلۡقَوۡلَ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ ٥١

    Wa laqad waṣṣalnā lahumul-qawla laʿallahum yatadhakkarūn.

    And We have [repeatedly] conveyed to them the word [i.e., the Qur’ān] that they might be reminded.

52. ٱلَّذِينَ ءَاتَيۡنَٰهُمُ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ مِن قَبۡلِهِۦ هُم بِهِۦ يُؤۡمِنُونَ ٥٢

    Al-ladhīna ātaynāhumul-kitāba min qablihī hum bihī yuʾminūn.

    Those to whom We gave the Scripture before it - they¹ are believers in it.

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    1. i.e., the sincere believers among them.

53. وَإِذَا يُتۡلَىٰ عَلَيۡهِمۡ قَالُوٓاْ ءَامَنَّا بِهِۦٓ إِنَّهُ ٱلۡحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا مِن قَبۡلِهِۦ مُسۡلِمِينَ ٥٣

    Wa idhā yutlā ʿalayhim qālū āmannā bihī innahul-ḥaqqu mir rabbinā innā kunnā min qablihī muslimīn.

    And when it is recited to them, they say, "We have believed in it; indeed, it is the truth from our Lord. Indeed we were, [even] before it, Muslims [i.e., submitting to Allāh]."

54. أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ يُؤۡتَوۡنَ أَجۡرَهُم مَّرَّتَيۡنِ بِمَا صَبَرُواْ وَيَدۡرَءُونَ بِٱلۡحَسَنَةِ ٱلسَّيِّئَةَ وَمِمَّا رَزَقۡنَٰهُمۡ يُنفِقُونَ ٥٤

    Ulāʾika yuʾtawna ajrahum marratayni bimā ṣabarū wa yadraʾūna bil-ḥasanatis-sayyiʾata wa mimmā razaqnāhum yunfiqūn.

    Those will be given their reward twice for what they patiently endured and [because] they avert evil through good, and from what We have provided them they spend.

55. وَإِذَا سَمِعُواْ ٱللَّغۡوَ أَعۡرَضُواْ عَنۡهُ وَقَالُواْ لَنَآ أَعۡمَٰلُنَا وَلَكُمۡ أَعۡمَٰلُكُمۡ سَلَٰمٌ عَلَيۡكُمۡ لَا نَبۡتَغِي ٱلۡجَٰهِلِينَ ٥٥

    Wa idhā samiʿul-laghwa aʿraḍū ʿanhu wa qālū lanā aʿmālunā wa lakum aʿmālukum salāmun ʿalaykum lā nabtaghil-jāhilīn.

    And when they hear ill speech, they turn away from it and say, "For us are our deeds, and for you are your deeds. Peace will be upon you;¹ we seek not the ignorant."

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    1. This is not the Islāmic greeting of "Peace be upon you." Rather, it means "You are secure from being treated in a like manner by us."

56. إِنَّكَ لَا تَهۡدِي مَنۡ أَحۡبَبۡتَ وَلَٰكِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَهۡدِي مَن يَشَآءُۚ وَهُوَ أَعۡلَمُ بِٱلۡمُهۡتَدِينَ ٥٦

    Innaka lā tahdī man aḥbabta wa lākinnallāha yahdī may yashāʾ, wa huwa aʿlamu bil-muhtadīn.

    Indeed, [O Muḥammad], you do not guide whom you like, but Allāh guides whom He wills. And He is most knowing of the [rightly] guided.

57. وَقَالُوٓاْ إِن نَّتَّبِعِ ٱلۡهُدَىٰ مَعَكَ نُتَخَطَّفۡ مِنۡ أَرۡضِنَآۚ أَوَلَمۡ نُمَكِّن لَّهُمۡ حَرَمًا ءَامِنٗا يُجۡبَىٰٓ إِلَيۡهِ ثَمَرَٰتُ كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ رِّزۡقٗا مِّن لَّدُنَّا وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَهُمۡ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ ٥٧

    Wa qālū in nattabiʿil-hudā maʿaka nutakhaṭṭaf min arḍinā, awalam numakkil lahum ḥaraman āminay yujbā ilayhi thamarātu kulli shayʾir rizqam mil ladunnā wa lākinna aktharahum lā yaʿlamūn.

    And they [i.e., the Quraysh] say, "If we were to follow the guidance with you, we would be swept¹ from our land." Have We not established for them a safe sanctuary to which are brought the fruits of all things as provision from Us? But most of them do not know.

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    1. By the other Arab tribes.

58. وَكَمۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَا مِن قَرۡيَةِۭ بَطِرَتۡ مَعِيشَتَهَاۖ فَتِلۡكَ مَسَٰكِنُهُمۡ لَمۡ تُسۡكَن مِّنۢ بَعۡدِهِمۡ إِلَّا قَلِيلٗاۖ وَكُنَّا نَحۡنُ ٱلۡوَٰرِثِينَ ٥٨

    Wa kam ahlaknā min qaryatim baṭirat maʿīshatahā, fatilka masākinuhum lam tuskam mim baʿdihim illā qalīlā, wa kunnā naḥnul-wārithīn.

    And how many a city have We destroyed that was insolent in its [way of] living, and those are their dwellings which have not been inhabited after them except briefly.¹ And it is We who were the inheritors.

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    1. By travelers seeking temporary shelter. The reference is to the ruins which were visible to the Quraysh during their journeys.

59. وَمَا كَانَ رَبُّكَ مُهۡلِكَ ٱلۡقُرَىٰ حَتَّىٰ يَبۡعَثَ فِيٓ أُمِّهَا رَسُولٗا يَتۡلُواْ عَلَيۡهِمۡ ءَايَٰتِنَاۚ وَمَا كُنَّا مُهۡلِكِي ٱلۡقُرَىٰٓ إِلَّا وَأَهۡلُهَا ظَٰلِمُونَ ٥٩

    Wa mā kāna rabbuka muhlikal-qurā ḥattā yabʿatha fī ummihā rasūlay yatlū ʿalayhim āyātinā, wa mā kunnā muhlikil-qurā illā wa ahluhā ẓālimūn.

    And never would your Lord have destroyed the cities until He had sent to their mother [i.e., principal city] a messenger reciting to them Our verses. And We would not destroy the cities except while their people were wrongdoers.

60. وَمَآ أُوتِيتُم مِّن شَيۡءٖ فَمَتَٰعُ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنۡيَا وَزِينَتُهَاۚ وَمَا عِندَ ٱللَّهِ خَيۡرٞ وَأَبۡقَىٰٓۚ أَفَلَا تَعۡقِلُونَ ٦٠

    Wa mā ūtītum min shayʾin famatāʿul-ḥayātid-dunyā wa zīnatuhā, wa mā ʿindallāhi khayruw wa abqā, afalā taʿqilūn.

    And whatever thing you [people] have been given - it is [only for] the enjoyment of worldly life and its adornment. And what is with Allāh is better and more lasting; so will you not use reason?

61. أَفَمَن وَعَدۡنَٰهُ وَعۡدًا حَسَنٗا فَهُوَ لَٰقِيهِ كَمَن مَّتَّعۡنَٰهُ مَتَٰعَ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنۡيَا ثُمَّ هُوَ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ مِنَ ٱلۡمُحۡضَرِينَ ٦١

    Afamaw waʿadnāhu waʿdan ḥasanan fahuwa lāqīhi kamam mattaʿnāhu matāʿal-ḥayātid-dunyā thumma huwa yawmal-qiyāmati minal-muḥḍarīn.

    Then is he whom We have promised a good promise which he will meet [i.e., obtain] like he for whom We provided enjoyment of worldly life [but] then he is, on the Day of Resurrection, among those presented [for punishment in Hell]?

62. وَيَوۡمَ يُنَادِيهِمۡ فَيَقُولُ أَيۡنَ شُرَكَآءِيَ ٱلَّذِينَ كُنتُمۡ تَزۡعُمُونَ ٦٢

    Wa yawma yunādīhim fayaqūlu ayna shurakāʾiyal-ladhīna kuntum tazʿumūn.

    And [warn of] the Day He will call them and say, "Where are My 'partners' which you used to claim?"

63. قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ حَقَّ عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلۡقَوۡلُ رَبَّنَا هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ ٱلَّذِينَ أَغۡوَيۡنَآ أَغۡوَيۡنَٰهُمۡ كَمَا غَوَيۡنَاۖ تَبَرَّأۡنَآ إِلَيۡكَۖ مَا كَانُوٓاْ إِيَّانَا يَعۡبُدُونَ ٦٣

    Qālal-ladhīna ḥaqqa ʿalayhimul-qawlu rabbanā hāʾulāʾil-ladhīna aghwaynā aghwaynāhum kamā ghawaynā, tabarraʾnā ilayk, mā kānū iyyānā yaʿbudūn.

    Those upon whom the word¹ will have come into effect will say, "Our Lord, these are the ones we led to error. We led them to error just as we were in error. We declare our disassociation [from them] to You. They did not used to worship [i.e., obey] us."²

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    1. The decree for their punishment.
    2. i.e., We did not compel them, and they did not obey us; instead, they obeyed their own desires and inclinations.

64. وَقِيلَ ٱدۡعُواْ شُرَكَآءَكُمۡ فَدَعَوۡهُمۡ فَلَمۡ يَسۡتَجِيبُواْ لَهُمۡ وَرَأَوُاْ ٱلۡعَذَابَۚ لَوۡ أَنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ يَهۡتَدُونَ ٦٤

    Wa qīladʿū shurakāʾakum fadaʿawhum falam yastajībū lahum wa raʾawul-ʿadhāb, law annahum kānū yahtadūn.

    And it will be said, "Invoke your 'partners,'" and they will invoke them; but they will not respond to them, and they will see the punishment. If only they had followed guidance!

65. وَيَوۡمَ يُنَادِيهِمۡ فَيَقُولُ مَاذَآ أَجَبۡتُمُ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ ٦٥

    Wa yawma yunādīhim fayaqūlu mādhā ajabtumul-mursalīn.

    And [mention] the Day He will call them and say, "What did you answer the messengers?"

66. فَعَمِيَتۡ عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلۡأَنۢبَآءُ يَوۡمَئِذٖ فَهُمۡ لَا يَتَسَآءَلُونَ ٦٦

    Faʿamiyat ʿalayhimul-anbāʾu yawmaʾidhin fahum lā yatasāʾalūn.

    But the information¹ will be unapparent to them that Day, so they will not [be able to] ask one another.

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    1. By which they might invent lies or excuses.

67. فَأَمَّا مَن تَابَ وَءَامَنَ وَعَمِلَ صَٰلِحٗا فَعَسَىٰٓ أَن يَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُفۡلِحِينَ ٦٧

    Fa ammā man tāba wa āmana wa ʿamila ṣāliḥan faʿasā ay yakūna minal-mufliḥīn.

    But as for one who had repented, believed, and done righteousness, it is expected [i.e., promised by Allāh] that he will be among the successful.

68. وَرَبُّكَ يَخۡلُقُ مَا يَشَآءُ وَيَخۡتَارُۗ مَا كَانَ لَهُمُ ٱلۡخِيَرَةُۚ سُبۡحَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ وَتَعَٰلَىٰ عَمَّا يُشۡرِكُونَ ٦٨

    Wa rabbuka yakhluqu mā yashāʾu wa yakhtār, mā kāna lahumul-khiyarah, subḥānallāhi wa taʿālā ʿammā yushrikūn.

    And your Lord creates what He wills and chooses; not for them was the choice. Exalted is Allāh and high above what they associate with Him.

69. وَرَبُّكَ يَعۡلَمُ مَا تُكِنُّ صُدُورُهُمۡ وَمَا يُعۡلِنُونَ ٦٩

    Wa rabbuka yaʿlamu mā tukinnu ṣudūruhum wa mā yuʿlinūn.

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

70. وَهُوَ ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَۖ لَهُ ٱلۡحَمۡدُ فِي ٱلۡأُولَىٰ وَٱلۡأٓخِرَةِۖ وَلَهُ ٱلۡحُكۡمُ وَإِلَيۡهِ تُرۡجَعُونَ ٧٠

    Wa huwallāhu lā ilāha illā huw, lahul-ḥamdu fil-ūlā wal-ākhirah, wa lahul-ḥukmu wa ilayhi turjaʿūn.

    And He is Allāh; there is no deity except Him. To Him is [due all] praise in the first [life] and the Hereafter. And His is the [final] decision, and to Him you will be returned.

71. قُلۡ أَرَءَيۡتُمۡ إِن جَعَلَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيۡكُمُ ٱلَّيۡلَ سَرۡمَدًا إِلَىٰ يَوۡمِ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ مَنۡ إِلَٰهٌ غَيۡرُ ٱللَّهِ يَأۡتِيكُم بِضِيَآءٍۚ أَفَلَا تَسۡمَعُونَ ٧١

    Qul araʾaytum in jaʿalallāhu ʿalaykumul-layla sarmadan ilā yawmil-qiyāmati man ilāhun ghayrullāhi yaʾtīkum biḍiyāʾ, afalā tasmaʿūn.

    Say, "Have you considered:¹ if Allāh should make for you the night continuous until the Day of Resurrection, what deity other than Allāh could bring you light? Then will you not hear?"

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    1. Meaning "Inform me if you really know."

72. قُلۡ أَرَءَيۡتُمۡ إِن جَعَلَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيۡكُمُ ٱلنَّهَارَ سَرۡمَدًا إِلَىٰ يَوۡمِ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ مَنۡ إِلَٰهٌ غَيۡرُ ٱللَّهِ يَأۡتِيكُم بِلَيۡلٖ تَسۡكُنُونَ فِيهِۚ أَفَلَا تُبۡصِرُونَ ٧٢

    Qul araʾaytum in jaʿalallāhu ʿalaykumun-nahāra sarmadan ilā yawmil-qiyāmati man ilāhun ghayrullāhi yaʾtīkum bilaylin taskunūna fīh, afalā tubṣirūn.

    Say, "Have you considered: if Allāh should make for you the day continuous until the Day of Resurrection, what deity other than Allāh could bring you a night in which you may rest? Then will you not see?"

73. وَمِن رَّحۡمَتِهِۦ جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلَّيۡلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ لِتَسۡكُنُواْ فِيهِ وَلِتَبۡتَغُواْ مِن فَضۡلِهِۦ وَلَعَلَّكُمۡ تَشۡكُرُونَ ٧٣

    Wa mir raḥmatihī jaʿala lakumul-layla wan-nahāra litaskunū fīhi walitabtaghū min faḍlihī wa laʿallakum tashkurūn.

    And out of His mercy He made for you the night and the day that you may rest therein and [by day] seek from His bounty and [that] perhaps you will be grateful.

74. وَيَوۡمَ يُنَادِيهِمۡ فَيَقُولُ أَيۡنَ شُرَكَآءِيَ ٱلَّذِينَ كُنتُمۡ تَزۡعُمُونَ ٧٤

    Wa yawma yunādīhim fayaqūlu ayna shurakāʾiyal-ladhīna kuntum tazʿumūn.

    And [warn of] the Day He will call them and say, "Where are My 'partners' which you used to claim?"

75. وَنَزَعۡنَا مِن كُلِّ أُمَّةٖ شَهِيدٗا فَقُلۡنَا هَاتُواْ بُرۡهَٰنَكُمۡ فَعَلِمُوٓاْ أَنَّ ٱلۡحَقَّ لِلَّهِ وَضَلَّ عَنۡهُم مَّا كَانُواْ يَفۡتَرُونَ ٧٥

    Wa nazaʿnā min kulli ummatin shahīdan faqulnā hātū burhānakum faʿalimū annal-ḥaqqa lillāhi wa ḍalla ʿanhum mā kānū yaftarūn.

    And We will extract from every nation a witness and say, "Produce your proof," and they will know that the truth belongs to Allāh, and lost from them is that which they used to invent.

76. ۞ إِنَّ قَٰرُونَ كَانَ مِن قَوۡمِ مُوسَىٰ فَبَغَىٰ عَلَيۡهِمۡۖ وَءَاتَيۡنَٰهُ مِنَ ٱلۡكُنُوزِ مَآ إِنَّ مَفَاتِحَهُۥ لَتَنُوٓأُ بِٱلۡعُصۡبَةِ أُوْلِي ٱلۡقُوَّةِ إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُۥ قَوۡمُهُۥ لَا تَفۡرَحۡۖ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلۡفَرِحِينَ ٧٦

    Inna qārūna kāna min qawmi mūsā fabaghā ʿalayhim, wa ātaynāhu minal-kunūzi mā inna mafātiḥahū latanūʾu bil-ʿuṣbati ulil-quwwati idh qāla lahū qawmuhū lā tafraḥ, innallāha lā yuḥibbul-fariḥīn.

    Indeed, Qārūn was from the people of Moses, but he tyrannized them. And We gave him of treasures whose keys would burden a band of strong men; thereupon his people said to him, "Do not exult. Indeed, Allāh does not like the exultant.

77. وَٱبۡتَغِ فِيمَآ ءَاتَىٰكَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلدَّارَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةَۖ وَلَا تَنسَ نَصِيبَكَ مِنَ ٱلدُّنۡيَاۖ وَأَحۡسِن كَمَآ أَحۡسَنَ ٱللَّهُ إِلَيۡكَۖ وَلَا تَبۡغِ ٱلۡفَسَادَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِۖ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلۡمُفۡسِدِينَ ٧٧

    Wabtaghi fīmā ātākallāhud-dāral-ākhirah, wa lā tansa naṣībaka minad-dunyā, wa aḥsin kamā aḥsanallāhu ilayk, wa lā tabghil-fasāda fil-arḍ, innallāha lā yuḥibbul-mufsidīn.

    But seek, through that which Allāh has given you, the home of the Hereafter; and [yet], do not forget your share of the world. And do good as Allāh has done good to you. And desire not corruption in the land. Indeed, Allāh does not like corrupters."

78. قَالَ إِنَّمَآ أُوتِيتُهُۥ عَلَىٰ عِلۡمٍ عِندِيٓۚ أَوَلَمۡ يَعۡلَمۡ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ قَدۡ أَهۡلَكَ مِن قَبۡلِهِۦ مِنَ ٱلۡقُرُونِ مَنۡ هُوَ أَشَدُّ مِنۡهُ قُوَّةٗ وَأَكۡثَرُ جَمۡعٗاۚ وَلَا يُسۡـَٔلُ عَن ذُنُوبِهِمُ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُونَ ٧٨

    Qāla innamā ūtītuhū ʿalā ʿilmin ʿindī, awalam yaʿlam annallāha qad ahlaka min qablihī minal-qurūni man huwa ashaddu minhu quwwataw wa aktharu jamʿā, wa lā yusʾalu ʿan dhunūbihimul-mujrimūn.

    He said, "I was only given it because of knowledge I have." Did he not know that Allāh had destroyed before him of generations those who were greater than him in power and greater in accumulation [of wealth]? But the criminals, about their sins, will not be asked.¹

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    1. There will be no need to enumerate their sins separately, as their quantity is obvious and more than sufficient to warrant punishment in Hell.

79. فَخَرَجَ عَلَىٰ قَوۡمِهِۦ فِي زِينَتِهِۦۖ قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ يُرِيدُونَ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا يَٰلَيۡتَ لَنَا مِثۡلَ مَآ أُوتِيَ قَٰرُونُ إِنَّهُۥ لَذُو حَظٍّ عَظِيمٖ ٧٩

    Fakharaja ʿalā qawmihī fī zīnatih, qālal-ladhīna yurīdūnal-ḥayātad-dunyā yālayta lanā mithla mā ūtiya qārūnu innahū ladhū ḥaẓẓin ʿaẓīm.

    So he came out before his people in his adornment. Those who desired the worldly life said, "Oh, would that we had like what was given to Qārūn. Indeed, he is one of great fortune."

80. وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ ٱلۡعِلۡمَ وَيۡلَكُمۡ ثَوَابُ ٱللَّهِ خَيۡرٞ لِّمَنۡ ءَامَنَ وَعَمِلَ صَٰلِحٗاۚ وَلَا يُلَقَّىٰهَآ إِلَّا ٱلصَّٰبِرُونَ ٨٠

    Wa qālal-ladhīna ūtul-ʿilma waylakum thawābullāhi khayrul liman āmana wa ʿamila ṣāliḥā, wa lā yulaqqāhā illaṣ-ṣābirūn.

    But those who had been given knowledge said, "Woe to you! The reward of Allāh is better for he who believes and does righteousness. And none are granted it except the patient."

81. فَخَسَفۡنَا بِهِۦ وَبِدَارِهِ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ فَمَا كَانَ لَهُۥ مِن فِئَةٖ يَنصُرُونَهُۥ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُنتَصِرِينَ ٨١

    Fakhasafnā bihī wabidārihil-arḍa famā kāna lahū min fiʾatiy yanṣurūnahū min dūnillāhi wa mā kāna minal-muntaṣirīn.

    And We caused the earth to swallow him and his home. And there was for him no company to aid him other than Allāh, nor was he of those who [could] defend themselves.

82. وَأَصۡبَحَ ٱلَّذِينَ تَمَنَّوۡاْ مَكَانَهُۥ بِٱلۡأَمۡسِ يَقُولُونَ وَيۡكَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَبۡسُطُ ٱلرِّزۡقَ لِمَن يَشَآءُ مِنۡ عِبَادِهِۦ وَيَقۡدِرُۖ لَوۡلَآ أَن مَّنَّ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيۡنَا لَخَسَفَ بِنَاۖ وَيۡكَأَنَّهُۥ لَا يُفۡلِحُ ٱلۡكَٰفِرُونَ ٨٢

    Wa aṣbaḥal-ladhīna tamannaw makānahū bil-amsi yaqūlūna waykaʾannallāha yabsuṭur-rizqa limay yashāʾu min ʿibādihī wa yaqdir, lawlā am mannallāhu ʿalaynā lakhasafa binā, waykaʾannahū lā yufliḥul-kāfirūn.

    And those who had wished for his position the previous day began to say, "Oh, how Allāh extends provision to whom He wills of His servants and restricts it! If not that Allāh had conferred favor on us, He would have caused it to swallow us. Oh, how the disbelievers do not succeed!"

83. تِلۡكَ ٱلدَّارُ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةُ نَجۡعَلُهَا لِلَّذِينَ لَا يُرِيدُونَ عُلُوّٗا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَلَا فَسَادٗاۚ وَٱلۡعَٰقِبَةُ لِلۡمُتَّقِينَ ٨٣

    Tilkad-dārul-ākhiratu najʿaluhā lil-ladhīna lā yurīdūna ʿuluwwan fil-arḍi wa lā fasādā, wal-ʿāqibatu lil-muttaqīn.

    That home of the Hereafter We assign to those who do not desire exaltedness upon the earth or corruption. And the [best] outcome is for the righteous.

84. مَن جَآءَ بِٱلۡحَسَنَةِ فَلَهُۥ خَيۡرٞ مِّنۡهَاۖ وَمَن جَآءَ بِٱلسَّيِّئَةِ فَلَا يُجۡزَى ٱلَّذِينَ عَمِلُواْ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ إِلَّا مَا كَانُواْ يَعۡمَلُونَ ٨٤

    Man jāʾa bil-ḥasanati falahū khayrum minhā, wa man jāʾa bis-sayyiʾati falā yujzal-ladhīna ʿamilus-sayyiʾāti illā mā kānū yaʿmalūn.

    Whoever comes [on the Day of Judgement] with a good deed will have better than it; and whoever comes with an evil deed - then those who did evil deeds will not be recompensed except [as much as] what they used to do.

85. إِنَّ ٱلَّذِي فَرَضَ عَلَيۡكَ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لَرَآدُّكَ إِلَىٰ مَعَادٖۚ قُل رَّبِّيٓ أَعۡلَمُ مَن جَآءَ بِٱلۡهُدَىٰ وَمَنۡ هُوَ فِي ضَلَٰلٖ مُّبِينٖ ٨٥

    Innal-ladhī faraḍa ʿalaykal-qurʾāna larādduka ilā maʿād, qul rabbī aʿlamu man jāʾa bil-hudā wa man huwa fī ḍalālim mubīn.

    Indeed, [O Muḥammad], He who imposed upon you the Qur’ān will take you back to a place of return.¹ Say, "My Lord is most knowing of who brings guidance and who is in clear error."

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    1. Meaning to Makkah (in this life) or to Paradise (in the Hereafter).

86. وَمَا كُنتَ تَرۡجُوٓاْ أَن يُلۡقَىٰٓ إِلَيۡكَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبُ إِلَّا رَحۡمَةٗ مِّن رَّبِّكَۖ فَلَا تَكُونَنَّ ظَهِيرٗا لِّلۡكَٰفِرِينَ ٨٦

    Wa mā kunta tarjū ay yulqā ilaykal-kitābu illā raḥmatam mir rabbik, falā takūnanna ẓahīral lil-kāfirīn.

    And you were not expecting that the Book would be conveyed to you, but [it is] a mercy from your Lord. So do not be an assistant to the disbelievers.¹

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    1. In their religion by making any concessions to their beliefs.

87. وَلَا يَصُدُّنَّكَ عَنۡ ءَايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ بَعۡدَ إِذۡ أُنزِلَتۡ إِلَيۡكَۖ وَٱدۡعُ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَۖ وَلَا تَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلۡمُشۡرِكِينَ ٨٧

    Wa lā yaṣuddunnaka ʿan āyātillāhi baʿda idh unzilat ilayk, wadʿu ilā rabbik, wa lā takūnanna minal-mushrikīn.

    And never let them avert you from the verses of Allāh after they have been revealed to you. And invite [people] to your Lord. And never be of those who associate others with Allāh.

88. وَلَا تَدۡعُ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَۘ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَۚ كُلُّ شَيۡءٍ هَالِكٌ إِلَّا وَجۡهَهُۥۚ لَهُ ٱلۡحُكۡمُ وَإِلَيۡهِ تُرۡجَعُونَ ٨٨

    Wa lā tadʿu maʿallāhi ilāhan ākhar, lā ilāha illā huw, kullu shayʾin hālikun illā wajhah, lahul-ḥukmu wa ilayhi turjaʿūn.

    And do not invoke with Allāh another deity. There is no deity except Him. Everything will be destroyed except His Face.¹ His is the judgement, and to Him you will be returned.

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    1. i.e., except Himself.

﷽بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. الٓمٓ ١

   Alif Lām Mīm.

   Alif, Lām, Meem.¹

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   1. See footnote to 2:1.

2. أَحَسِبَ ٱلنَّاسُ أَن يُتۡرَكُوٓاْ أَن يَقُولُوٓاْ ءَامَنَّا وَهُمۡ لَا يُفۡتَنُونَ ٢

   Aḥasiban-nāsu ay yutrakū ay yaqūlū āmannā wa hum lā yuftanūn.

   Do the people think that they will be left to say, "We believe" and they will not be tried?

3. وَلَقَدۡ فَتَنَّا ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِهِمۡۖ فَلَيَعۡلَمَنَّ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ صَدَقُواْ وَلَيَعۡلَمَنَّ ٱلۡكَٰذِبِينَ ٣

   Wa laqad fatannal-ladhīna min qablihim, falayaʿlamannallāhul-ladhīna ṣadaqū wa layaʿlamannal-kādhibīn.

   But We have certainly tried those before them, and Allāh will surely make evident those who are truthful, and He will surely make evident the liars.

4. أَمۡ حَسِبَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَعۡمَلُونَ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ أَن يَسۡبِقُونَاۚ سَآءَ مَا يَحۡكُمُونَ ٤

   Am ḥasibal-ladhīna yaʿmalūnas-sayyiʾāti ay yasbiqūnā, sāʾa mā yaḥkumūn.

   Or do those who do evil deeds think they can outrun [i.e., escape] Us? Evil is what they judge.

5. مَن كَانَ يَرۡجُواْ لِقَآءَ ٱللَّهِ فَإِنَّ أَجَلَ ٱللَّهِ لَأٓتٖۚ وَهُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ ٥

   Man kāna yarjū liqāʾallāhi fa inna ajalallāhi laʾāt, wa huwas-samīʿul-ʿalīm.

   Whoever should hope for the meeting with Allāh - indeed, the term [decreed by] Allāh is coming. And He is the Hearing, the Knowing.

6. وَمَن جَٰهَدَ فَإِنَّمَا يُجَٰهِدُ لِنَفۡسِهِۦٓۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَغَنِيٌّ عَنِ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٦

   Wa man jāhada fa innamā yujāhidu linafsih, innallāha laghaniyyun ʿanil-ʿālamīn.

   And whoever strives only strives for [the benefit of] himself. Indeed, Allāh is Free from need of the worlds.

7. وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَنُكَفِّرَنَّ عَنۡهُمۡ سَيِّـَٔاتِهِمۡ وَلَنَجۡزِيَنَّهُمۡ أَحۡسَنَ ٱلَّذِي كَانُواْ يَعۡمَلُونَ ٧

   Wal-ladhīna āmanū wa ʿamiluṣ-ṣāliḥāti lanukaffiranna ʿanhum sayyiʾātihim wa lanajziyannahum aḥsanal-ladhī kānū yaʿmalūn.

   And those who believe and do righteous deeds - We will surely remove from them their misdeeds and will surely reward them according to the best of what they used to do.

8. وَوَصَّيۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ بِوَٰلِدَيۡهِ حُسۡنٗاۖ وَإِن جَٰهَدَاكَ لِتُشۡرِكَ بِي مَا لَيۡسَ لَكَ بِهِۦ عِلۡمٞ فَلَا تُطِعۡهُمَآۚ إِلَيَّ مَرۡجِعُكُمۡ فَأُنَبِّئُكُم بِمَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ ٨

   Wa waṣṣaynal-insāna biwālidayhi ḥusnā, wa in jāhadāka litushrika bī mā laysa laka bihī ʿilmun falā tuṭiʿhumā, ilayya marjiʿukum fa unabbiʾukum bimā kuntum taʿmalūn.

   And We have enjoined upon man goodness to parents. But if they endeavor to make you associate with Me that of which you have no knowledge,¹ do not obey them. To Me is your return, and I will inform you about what you used to do.

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   1. i.e., no knowledge of its divinity. There can be no knowledge about something which is non-existent or untrue.

9. وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَنُدۡخِلَنَّهُمۡ فِي ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ ٩

   Wal-ladhīna āmanū wa ʿamiluṣ-ṣāliḥāti lanudkhilannahum fiṣ-ṣāliḥīn.

   And those who believe and do righteous deeds - We will surely admit them among the righteous [into Paradise].

10. وَمِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ مَن يَقُولُ ءَامَنَّا بِٱللَّهِ فَإِذَآ أُوذِيَ فِي ٱللَّهِ جَعَلَ فِتۡنَةَ ٱلنَّاسِ كَعَذَابِ ٱللَّهِۖ وَلَئِن جَآءَ نَصۡرٞ مِّن رَّبِّكَ لَيَقُولُنَّ إِنَّا كُنَّا مَعَكُمۡۚ أَوَلَيۡسَ ٱللَّهُ بِأَعۡلَمَ بِمَا فِي صُدُورِ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ١٠

    Wa minan-nāsi may yaqūlu āmannā billāhi fa idhā ūdhiya fillāhi jaʿala fitnatan-nāsi kaʿadhābillāh, wa laʾin jāʾa naṣrum mir rabbika layaqūlunna innā kunnā maʿakum, awalaysallāhu biʾaʿlama bimā fī ṣudūril-ʿālamīn.

    And of the people are some who say, "We believe in Allāh," but when one [of them] is harmed for [the cause of] Allāh, he considers the trial [i.e., harm] of the people as [if it were] the punishment of Allāh. But if victory comes from your Lord, they say, "Indeed, We were with you." Is not Allāh most knowing of what is within the breasts of the worlds [i.e., all creatures]?

11. وَلَيَعۡلَمَنَّ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَلَيَعۡلَمَنَّ ٱلۡمُنَٰفِقِينَ ١١

    Wa layaʿlamannallāhul-ladhīna āmanū wa layaʿlamannal-munāfiqīn.

    And Allāh will surely make evident those who believe, and He will surely make evident the hypocrites.

12. وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ ٱتَّبِعُواْ سَبِيلَنَا وَلۡنَحۡمِلۡ خَطَٰيَٰكُمۡ وَمَا هُم بِحَٰمِلِينَ مِنۡ خَطَٰيَٰهُم مِّن شَيۡءٍۖ إِنَّهُمۡ لَكَٰذِبُونَ ١٢

    Wa qālal-ladhīna kafarū lil-ladhīna āmanuttabiʿū sabīlanā walnaḥmil khaṭāyākum wa mā hum biḥāmilīna min khaṭāyāhum min shayʾ, innahum lakādhibūn.

    And those who disbelieve say to those who believe, "Follow our way, and we will carry your sins."¹ But they will not carry anything of their sins. Indeed, they are liars.

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    1. The phrase may also read: "and let us carry your sins," i.e., the responsibility for your sins.

13. وَلَيَحۡمِلُنَّ أَثۡقَالَهُمۡ وَأَثۡقَالٗا مَّعَ أَثۡقَالِهِمۡۖ وَلَيُسۡـَٔلُنَّ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ عَمَّا كَانُواْ يَفۡتَرُونَ ١٣

    Wa layaḥmilunna athqālahum wa athqālam maʿa athqālihim, wa layusʾalunna yawmal-qiyāmati ʿammā kānū yaftarūn.

    But they will surely carry their [own] burdens and [other] burdens along with their burdens,¹ and they will surely be questioned on the Day of Resurrection about what they used to invent.

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    1. Besides their own sins, they will carry those of the people they misled, although it will not lessen the burden of the latter.

14. وَلَقَدۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا نُوحًا إِلَىٰ قَوۡمِهِۦ فَلَبِثَ فِيهِمۡ أَلۡفَ سَنَةٍ إِلَّا خَمۡسِينَ عَامٗا فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱلطُّوفَانُ وَهُمۡ ظَٰلِمُونَ ١٤

    Wa laqad arsalnā nūḥan ilā qawmihī falabitha fīhim alfa sanatin illā khamsīna ʿāman fa akhadhahumuṭ-ṭūfānu wa hum ẓālimūn.

    And We certainly sent Noah to his people, and he remained among them a thousand years minus fifty years, and the flood seized them while they were wrongdoers.

15. فَأَنجَيۡنَٰهُ وَأَصۡحَٰبَ ٱلسَّفِينَةِ وَجَعَلۡنَٰهَآ ءَايَةٗ لِّلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ١٥

    Fa anjaynāhu wa aṣḥābas-safīnati wa jaʿalnāhā āyatal lil-ʿālamīn.

    But We saved him and the companions of the ship, and We made it¹ a sign for the worlds.

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    1. i.e., the ship, the event or the story.

16. وَإِبۡرَٰهِيمَ إِذۡ قَالَ لِقَوۡمِهِ ٱعۡبُدُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَٱتَّقُوهُۖ ذَٰلِكُمۡ خَيۡرٞ لَّكُمۡ إِن كُنتُمۡ تَعۡلَمُونَ ١٦

    Wa ibrāhīma idh qāla liqawmihiʿbudullāha wattaqūh, dhālikum khayrul lakum in kuntum taʿlamūn.

    And [We sent] Abraham, when he said to his people, "Worship Allāh and fear Him. That is best for you, if you should know.

17. إِنَّمَا تَعۡبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ أَوۡثَٰنٗا وَتَخۡلُقُونَ إِفۡكًاۚ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ تَعۡبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ لَا يَمۡلِكُونَ لَكُمۡ رِزۡقٗا فَٱبۡتَغُواْ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرِّزۡقَ وَٱعۡبُدُوهُ وَٱشۡكُرُواْ لَهُۥٓۖ إِلَيۡهِ تُرۡجَعُونَ ١٧

    Innamā taʿbudūna min dūnillāhi awthānaw wa takhluqūna ifkā, innal-ladhīna taʿbudūna min dūnillāhi lā yamlikūna lakum rizqan fabtaghū ʿindallāhir-rizqa waʿbudūhu washkurū lah, ilayhi turjaʿūn.

    You only worship, besides Allāh, idols, and you produce a falsehood. Indeed, those you worship besides Allāh do not possess for you [the power of] provision. So seek from Allāh provision and worship Him and be grateful to Him. To Him you will be returned."

18. وَإِن تُكَذِّبُواْ فَقَدۡ كَذَّبَ أُمَمٞ مِّن قَبۡلِكُمۡۖ وَمَا عَلَى ٱلرَّسُولِ إِلَّا ٱلۡبَلَٰغُ ٱلۡمُبِينُ ١٨

    Wa in tukadhdhibū faqad kadhdhaba umamum min qablikum, wa mā ʿalar-rasūli illal-balāghul-mubīn.

    And if you [people] deny [the message] - already nations before you have denied. And there is not upon the Messenger except [the duty of] clear notification.¹

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    1. Commentators have differed over this verse - whether it is a continuation of the words of Prophet Abraham or words of comfort given by Allāh to Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ), which according to context seems more likely.

19. أَوَلَمۡ يَرَوۡاْ كَيۡفَ يُبۡدِئُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡخَلۡقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُۥٓۚ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ يَسِيرٞ ١٩

    Awalam yaraw kayfa yubdiʾullāhul-khalqa thumma yuʿīduh, inna dhālika ʿalallāhi yasīr.

    Have they not considered how Allāh begins creation and then repeats it? Indeed that, for Allāh, is easy.

20. قُلۡ سِيرُواْ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ فَٱنظُرُواْ كَيۡفَ بَدَأَ ٱلۡخَلۡقَۚ ثُمَّ ٱللَّهُ يُنشِئُ ٱلنَّشۡأَةَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةَۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ قَدِيرٞ ٢٠

    Qul sīrū fil-arḍi fanẓurū kayfa badaʾal-khalq, thummallāhu yunshiʾun-nashʾatal-ākhirah, innallāha ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīr.

    Say, [O Muḥammad], "Travel through the land and observe how He began creation. Then Allāh will produce the final creation [i.e., development]. Indeed Allāh, over all things, is competent."

21. يُعَذِّبُ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَرۡحَمُ مَن يَشَآءُۖ وَإِلَيۡهِ تُقۡلَبُونَ ٢١

    Yuʿadhdhibu may yashāʾu wa yarḥamu may yashāʾ, wa ilayhi tuqlabūn.

    He punishes whom He wills and has mercy upon whom He wills, and to Him you will be returned.

22. وَمَآ أَنتُم بِمُعۡجِزِينَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَلَا فِي ٱلسَّمَآءِۖ وَمَا لَكُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مِن وَلِيّٖ وَلَا نَصِيرٖ ٢٢

    Wa mā antum bimuʿjizīna fil-arḍi wa lā fis-samāʾ, wa mā lakum min dūnillāhi miw waliyyiw wa lā naṣīr.

    And you will not cause failure [to Allāh] upon the earth or in the heaven. And you have not other than Allāh any protector or any helper.

23. وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ وَلِقَآئِهِۦٓ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ يَئِسُواْ مِن رَّحۡمَتِي وَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ لَهُمۡ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٞ ٢٣

    Wal-ladhīna kafarū biʾāyātillāhi wa liqāʾihī ulāʾika yaʾisū mir raḥmatī wa ulāʾika lahum ʿadhābun alīm.

    And the ones who disbelieve in the signs of Allāh and the meeting with Him - those have despaired of My mercy, and they will have a painful punishment.

24. فَمَا كَانَ جَوَابَ قَوۡمِهِۦٓ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُواْ ٱقۡتُلُوهُ أَوۡ حَرِّقُوهُ فَأَنجَىٰهُ ٱللَّهُ مِنَ ٱلنَّارِۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَٰتٖ لِّقَوۡمٖ يُؤۡمِنُونَ ٢٤

    Famā kāna jawāba qawmihī illā an qāluqtulūhu aw ḥarriqūhu fa anjāhullāhu minan-nār, inna fī dhālika laʾāyātil liqawmiy yuʾminūn.

    And the answer of his [i.e., Abraham's] people was not but that they said, "Kill him or burn him," but Allāh saved him from the fire. Indeed in that are signs for a people who believe.

25. وَقَالَ إِنَّمَا ٱتَّخَذۡتُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ أَوۡثَٰنٗا مَّوَدَّةَ بَيۡنِكُمۡ فِي ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنۡيَاۖ ثُمَّ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ يَكۡفُرُ بَعۡضُكُم بِبَعۡضٖ وَيَلۡعَنُ بَعۡضُكُم بَعۡضٗا وَمَأۡوَىٰكُمُ ٱلنَّارُ وَمَا لَكُم مِّن نَّٰصِرِينَ ٢٥

    Wa qāla innamattakhadhtum min dūnillāhi awthānam mawaddata baynikum fil-ḥayātid-dunyā, thumma yawmal-qiyāmati yakfuru baʿḍukum bibaʿḍiw wa yalʿanu baʿḍukum baʿḍaw wa maʾwākumun-nāru wa mā lakum min nāṣirīn.

    And [Abraham] said, "You have only taken, other than Allāh, idols as [a bond of] affection among you in worldly life. Then on the Day of Resurrection you will deny one another and curse one another, and your refuge will be the Fire, and you will not have any helpers."

26. ۞ فَـَٔامَنَ لَهُۥ لُوطٞۘ وَقَالَ إِنِّي مُهَاجِرٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّيٓۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلۡحَكِيمُ ٢٦

    Fa āmana lahū lūṭ, wa qāla innī muhājirun ilā rabbī, innahū huwal-ʿazīzul-ḥakīm.

    And Lot believed him. [Abraham] said, "Indeed, I will emigrate to [the service of] my Lord. Indeed, He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise."

27. وَوَهَبۡنَا لَهُۥٓ إِسۡحَٰقَ وَيَعۡقُوبَ وَجَعَلۡنَا فِي ذُرِّيَّتِهِ ٱلنُّبُوَّةَ وَٱلۡكِتَٰبَ وَءَاتَيۡنَٰهُ أَجۡرَهُۥ فِي ٱلدُّنۡيَاۖ وَإِنَّهُۥ فِي ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ لَمِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ ٢٧

    Wa wahabnā lahū isḥāqa wa yaʿqūba wa jaʿalnā fī dhurriyyatihin-nubuwwata wal-kitāba wa ātaynāhu ajrahū fid-dunyā, wa innahū fil-ākhirati laminaṣ-ṣāliḥīn.

    And We gave to him Isaac and Jacob and placed in his descendants prophethood and scripture. And We gave him his reward in this world, and indeed, he is in the Hereafter among the righteous.

28. وَلُوطًا إِذۡ قَالَ لِقَوۡمِهِۦٓ إِنَّكُمۡ لَتَأۡتُونَ ٱلۡفَٰحِشَةَ مَا سَبَقَكُم بِهَا مِنۡ أَحَدٖ مِّنَ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٢٨

    Wa lūṭan idh qāla liqawmihī innakum lataʾtūnal-fāḥishata mā sabaqakum bihā min aḥadim minal-ʿālamīn.

    And [mention] Lot, when he said to his people, "Indeed, you commit such immorality as no one has preceded you with from among the worlds.

29. أَئِنَّكُمۡ لَتَأۡتُونَ ٱلرِّجَالَ وَتَقۡطَعُونَ ٱلسَّبِيلَ وَتَأۡتُونَ فِي نَادِيكُمُ ٱلۡمُنكَرَۖ فَمَا كَانَ جَوَابَ قَوۡمِهِۦٓ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُواْ ٱئۡتِنَا بِعَذَابِ ٱللَّهِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ ٢٩

    Aʾinnakum lataʾtūnar-rijāla wa taqṭaʿūnas-sabīla wa taʾtūna fī nādīkumul-munkar, famā kāna jawāba qawmihī illā an qāluʾtinā biʿadhābillāhi in kunta minaṣ-ṣādiqīn.

    Indeed, you approach men and obstruct the road¹ and commit in your meetings [every] evil." And the answer of his people was not but that they said, "Bring us the punishment of Allāh, if you should be of the truthful."

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    1. i.e., commit highway robbery and acts of aggression against travelers.

30. قَالَ رَبِّ ٱنصُرۡنِي عَلَى ٱلۡقَوۡمِ ٱلۡمُفۡسِدِينَ ٣٠

    Qāla rabbinṣurnī ʿalal-qawmil-mufsidīn.

    He said, "My Lord, support me against the corrupting people."

31. وَلَمَّا جَآءَتۡ رُسُلُنَآ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ بِٱلۡبُشۡرَىٰ قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّا مُهۡلِكُوٓاْ أَهۡلِ هَٰذِهِ ٱلۡقَرۡيَةِۖ إِنَّ أَهۡلَهَا كَانُواْ ظَٰلِمِينَ ٣١

    Wa lammā jāʾat rusulunā ibrāhīma bil-bushrā qālū innā muhlikū ahli hādhihil-qaryah, inna ahlahā kānū ẓālimīn.

    And when Our messengers [i.e., angels] came to Abraham with the good tidings,¹ they said, "Indeed, we will destroy the people of that [i.e., Lot's] city. Indeed, its people have been wrongdoers."

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    1. Of the birth of Isaac and his descendant, Jacob.

32. قَالَ إِنَّ فِيهَا لُوطٗاۚ قَالُواْ نَحۡنُ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَن فِيهَاۖ لَنُنَجِّيَنَّهُۥ وَأَهۡلَهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱمۡرَأَتَهُۥ كَانَتۡ مِنَ ٱلۡغَٰبِرِينَ ٣٢

    Qāla inna fīhā lūṭā, qālū naḥnu aʿlamu biman fīhā, lanunajjiyannahū wa ahlahū illamraʾatahū kānat minal-ghābirīn.

    [Abraham] said, "Indeed, within it is Lot." They said, "We are more knowing of who is within it. We will surely save him and his family, except his wife. She is to be of those who remain behind."

33. وَلَمَّآ أَن جَآءَتۡ رُسُلُنَا لُوطٗا سِيٓءَ بِهِمۡ وَضَاقَ بِهِمۡ ذَرۡعٗاۖ وَقَالُواْ لَا تَخَفۡ وَلَا تَحۡزَنۡ إِنَّا مُنَجُّوكَ وَأَهۡلَكَ إِلَّا ٱمۡرَأَتَكَ كَانَتۡ مِنَ ٱلۡغَٰبِرِينَ ٣٣

    Wa lammā an jāʾat rusulunā lūṭan sīʾa bihim wa ḍāqa bihim dharʿā, wa qālū lā takhaf wa lā taḥzan innā munajjūka wa ahlaka illamraʾataka kānat minal-ghābirīn.

    And when Our messengers [i.e., angels] came to Lot, he was distressed for them and felt for them great discomfort.¹ They said, "Fear not, nor grieve. Indeed, we will save you and your family, except your wife; she is to be of those who remain behind.

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    1. See footnote to 11:77.

34. إِنَّا مُنزِلُونَ عَلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِ هَٰذِهِ ٱلۡقَرۡيَةِ رِجۡزٗا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ بِمَا كَانُواْ يَفۡسُقُونَ ٣٤

    Innā munzilūna ʿalā ahli hādhihil-qaryati rijzam minas-samāʾi bimā kānū yafsuqūn.

    Indeed, we will bring down on the people of this city punishment from the sky because they have been defiantly disobedient."

35. وَلَقَد تَّرَكۡنَا مِنۡهَآ ءَايَةَۢ بَيِّنَةٗ لِّقَوۡمٖ يَعۡقِلُونَ ٣٥

    Wa laqad taraknā minhā āyatam bayyinatal liqawmiy yaʿqilūn.

    And We have certainly left of it a sign as clear evidence for a people who use reason.

36. وَإِلَىٰ مَدۡيَنَ أَخَاهُمۡ شُعَيۡبٗا فَقَالَ يَٰقَوۡمِ ٱعۡبُدُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَٱرۡجُواْ ٱلۡيَوۡمَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَ وَلَا تَعۡثَوۡاْ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ مُفۡسِدِينَ ٣٦

    Wa ilā madyana akhāhum shuʿayban faqāla yāqawmiʿbudullāha warjul-yawmal-ākhira wa lā taʿthaw fil-arḍi mufsidīn.

    And to Madyan [We sent] their brother Shuʿayb, and he said, "O my people, worship Allāh and expect the Last Day and do not commit abuse on the earth, spreading corruption."

37. فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَتۡهُمُ ٱلرَّجۡفَةُ فَأَصۡبَحُواْ فِي دَارِهِمۡ جَٰثِمِينَ ٣٧

    Fakadhdhabūhu fa akhadhathumur-rajfatu fa aṣbaḥū fī dārihim jāthimīn.

    But they denied him, so the earthquake seized them, and they became within their home [corpses] fallen prone.

38. وَعَادٗا وَثَمُودَاْ وَقَد تَّبَيَّنَ لَكُم مِّن مَّسَٰكِنِهِمۡۖ وَزَيَّنَ لَهُمُ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُ أَعۡمَٰلَهُمۡ فَصَدَّهُمۡ عَنِ ٱلسَّبِيلِ وَكَانُواْ مُسۡتَبۡصِرِينَ ٣٨

    Wa ʿādaw wa thamūda wa qad tabayyana lakum mim masākinihim, wa zayyana lahumush-shayṭānu aʿmālahum faṣaddahum ʿanis-sabīli wa kānū mustabṣirīn.

    And [We destroyed] ʿAad and Thamūd, and it has become clear to you from their [ruined] dwellings. And Satan had made pleasing to them their deeds and averted them from the path, and they were endowed with perception.

39. وَقَٰرُونَ وَفِرۡعَوۡنَ وَهَٰمَٰنَۖ وَلَقَدۡ جَآءَهُم مُّوسَىٰ بِٱلۡبَيِّنَٰتِ فَٱسۡتَكۡبَرُواْ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا كَانُواْ سَٰبِقِينَ ٣٩

    Wa qārūna wa firʿawna wa hāmān, wa laqad jāʾahum mūsā bil-bayyināti fastakbarū fil-arḍi wa mā kānū sābiqīn.

    And [We destroyed] Qārūn and Pharaoh and Hāmān. And Moses had already come to them with clear evidences, and they were arrogant in the land, but they were not outrunners [of Our punishment].

40. فَكُلًّا أَخَذۡنَا بِذَنۢبِهِۦۖ فَمِنۡهُم مَّنۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهِ حَاصِبٗا وَمِنۡهُم مَّنۡ أَخَذَتۡهُ ٱلصَّيۡحَةُ وَمِنۡهُم مَّنۡ خَسَفۡنَا بِهِ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَمِنۡهُم مَّنۡ أَغۡرَقۡنَاۚ وَمَا كَانَ ٱللَّهُ لِيَظۡلِمَهُمۡ وَلَٰكِن كَانُوٓاْ أَنفُسَهُمۡ يَظۡلِمُونَ ٤٠

    Fakullan akhadhnā bidhanbih, faminhum man arsalnā ʿalayhi ḥāṣibaw wa minhum man akhadhathuṣ-ṣayḥatu wa minhum man khasafnā bihil-arḍa wa minhum man aghraqnā, wa mā kānallāhu liyaẓlimahum wa lākin kānū anfusahum yaẓlimūn.

    So each We seized for his sin; and among them were those upon whom We sent a storm of stones, and among them were those who were seized by the blast [from the sky], and among them were those whom We caused the earth to swallow, and among them were those whom We drowned. And Allāh would not have wronged them, but it was they who were wronging themselves.

41. مَثَلُ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّخَذُواْ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ أَوۡلِيَآءَ كَمَثَلِ ٱلۡعَنكَبُوتِ ٱتَّخَذَتۡ بَيۡتٗاۖ وَإِنَّ أَوۡهَنَ ٱلۡبُيُوتِ لَبَيۡتُ ٱلۡعَنكَبُوتِۚ لَوۡ كَانُواْ يَعۡلَمُونَ ٤١

    Mathalul-ladhīnattakhadhū min dūnillāhi awliyāʾa kamathalil-ʿankabūtittakhadhat baytā, wa inna awhanal-buyūti labaytul-ʿankabūt, law kānū yaʿlamūn.

    The example of those who take allies other than Allāh is like that of the spider who takes [i.e., constructs] a home. And indeed, the weakest of homes is the home of the spider, if they only knew.

42. إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَعۡلَمُ مَا يَدۡعُونَ مِن دُونِهِۦ مِن شَيۡءٖۚ وَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلۡحَكِيمُ ٤٢

    Innallāha yaʿlamu mā yadʿūna min dūnihī min shayʾ, wa huwal-ʿazīzul-ḥakīm.

    Indeed, Allāh knows whatever thing they call upon¹ other than Him. And He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

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    1. In worship.

43. وَتِلۡكَ ٱلۡأَمۡثَٰلُ نَضۡرِبُهَا لِلنَّاسِۖ وَمَا يَعۡقِلُهَآ إِلَّا ٱلۡعَٰلِمُونَ ٤٣

    Wa tilkal-amthālu naḍribuhā lin-nās, wa mā yaʿqiluhā illal-ʿālimūn.

    And these examples We present to the people, but none will understand them except those of knowledge.

44. خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ بِٱلۡحَقِّۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗ لِّلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ٤٤

    Khalaqallāhus-samāwāti wal-arḍa bil-ḥaqq, inna fī dhālika laʾāyatal lil-muʾminīn.

    Allāh created the heavens and the earth in truth. Indeed in that is a sign for the believers.

45. ٱتۡلُ مَآ أُوحِيَ إِلَيۡكَ مِنَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ وَأَقِمِ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَۖ إِنَّ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ تَنۡهَىٰ عَنِ ٱلۡفَحۡشَآءِ وَٱلۡمُنكَرِۗ وَلَذِكۡرُ ٱللَّهِ أَكۡبَرُۗ وَٱللَّهُ يَعۡلَمُ مَا تَصۡنَعُونَ ٤٥

    Utlu mā ūḥiya ilayka minal-kitābi wa aqimiṣ-ṣalāh, innaṣ-ṣalāta tanhā ʿanil-faḥshāʾi wal-munkar, wa ladhikrullāhi akbar, wallāhu yaʿlamu mā taṣnaʿūn.

    Recite, [O Muḥammad], what has been revealed to you of the Book and establish prayer. Indeed, prayer prohibits immorality and wrongdoing, and the remembrance of Allāh is greater. And Allāh knows that which you do.