The Sovereignty
تَبَارَكَ الَّذِي بِيَدِهِ الْمُلْكُ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ
Tabaraka allathee biyadihialmulku wahuwa AAala kulli shay-in qadeer
Blessed be He in Whose hands is Dominion; and He over all things hath Power;-
الَّذِي خَلَقَ الْمَوْتَ وَالْحَيَاةَ لِيَبْلُوَكُمْ أَيُّكُمْ أَحْسَنُ عَمَلًا ۚ وَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْغَفُورُ
Allathee khalaqa almawta walhayataliyabluwakum ayyukum ahsanu AAamalan wahuwa alAAazeezualghafoor
He Who created Death and Life, that He may try which of you is best in deed: and He is the Exalted in Might, Oft-Forgiving;-
الَّذِي خَلَقَ سَبْعَ سَمَاوَاتٍ طِبَاقًا ۖ مَا تَرَىٰ فِي خَلْقِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ مِنْ تَفَاوُتٍ ۖ فَارْجِعِ الْبَصَرَ هَلْ تَرَىٰ مِنْ فُطُورٍ
Allathee khalaqa sabAAa samawatintibaqan ma tara fee khalqi arrahmanimin tafawutin farjiAAi albasara hal taramin futoor
He Who created the seven heavens one above another: No want of proportion wilt thou see in the Creation of (Allah) Most Gracious. So turn thy vision again: seest thou any flaw?
ثُمَّ ارْجِعِ الْبَصَرَ كَرَّتَيْنِ يَنْقَلِبْ إِلَيْكَ الْبَصَرُ خَاسِئًا وَهُوَ حَسِيرٌ
Thumma irjiAAi albasara karratayniyanqalib ilayka albasaru khasi-an wahuwa haseer
Again turn thy vision a second time: (thy) vision will come back to thee dull and discomfited, in a state worn out.
وَلَقَدْ زَيَّنَّا السَّمَاءَ الدُّنْيَا بِمَصَابِيحَ وَجَعَلْنَاهَا رُجُومًا لِلشَّيَاطِينِ ۖ وَأَعْتَدْنَا لَهُمْ عَذَابَ السَّعِيرِ
Walaqad zayyanna assamaaaddunya bimasabeeha wajaAAalnaharujooman lishshayateeni waaAAtadna lahumAAathaba assaAAeer
And we have, (from of old), adorned the lowest heaven with Lamps, and We have made such (Lamps) (as) missiles to drive away the Evil Ones, and have prepared for them the Penalty of the Blazing Fire.
وَلِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِرَبِّهِمْ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ ۖ وَبِئْسَ الْمَصِيرُ
Walillatheena kafaroo birabbihim AAathabujahannama wabi/sa almaseer
For those who reject their Lord (and Cherisher) is the Penalty of Hell: and evil is (such), Destination.
إِذَا أُلْقُوا فِيهَا سَمِعُوا لَهَا شَهِيقًا وَهِيَ تَفُورُ
Itha olqoo feeha samiAAoo lahashaheeqan wahiya tafoor
When they are cast therein, they will hear the (terrible) drawing in of its breath even as it blazes forth,
تَكَادُ تَمَيَّزُ مِنَ الْغَيْظِ ۖ كُلَّمَا أُلْقِيَ فِيهَا فَوْجٌ سَأَلَهُمْ خَزَنَتُهَا أَلَمْ يَأْتِكُمْ نَذِيرٌ
Takadu tamayyazu mina alghaythikullama olqiya feeha fawjun saalahum khazanatuhaalam ya/tikum natheer
Almost bursting with fury: Every time a Group is cast therein, its Keepers will ask, "Did no Warner come to you?"
قَالُوا بَلَىٰ قَدْ جَاءَنَا نَذِيرٌ فَكَذَّبْنَا وَقُلْنَا مَا نَزَّلَ اللَّهُ مِنْ شَيْءٍ إِنْ أَنْتُمْ إِلَّا فِي ضَلَالٍ كَبِيرٍ
Qaloo bala qad jaananatheerun fakaththabna waqulna manazzala Allahu min shay-in in antum illa fee dalalinkabeer
They will say: "Yes indeed; a Warner did come to us, but we rejected him and said, 'Allah never sent down any (Message): ye are nothing but an egregious delusion!'"
وَقَالُوا لَوْ كُنَّا نَسْمَعُ أَوْ نَعْقِلُ مَا كُنَّا فِي أَصْحَابِ السَّعِيرِ
Waqaloo law kunna nasmaAAu awnaAAqilu ma kunna fee as-habi assaAAeer
They will further say: "Had we but listened or used our intelligence, we should not (now) be among the Companions of the Blazing Fire!"
فَاعْتَرَفُوا بِذَنْبِهِمْ فَسُحْقًا لِأَصْحَابِ السَّعِيرِ
FaAAtarafoo bithanbihim fasuhqanli-as-habi assaAAeer
They will then confess their sins: but far will be (Forgiveness) from the Companions of the Blazing Fire!
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَخْشَوْنَ رَبَّهُمْ بِالْغَيْبِ لَهُمْ مَغْفِرَةٌ وَأَجْرٌ كَبِيرٌ
Inna allatheena yakhshawna rabbahumbilghaybi lahum maghfiratun waajrun kabeer
As for those who fear their Lord unseen, for them is Forgiveness and a great Reward.
وَأَسِرُّوا قَوْلَكُمْ أَوِ اجْهَرُوا بِهِ ۖ إِنَّهُ عَلِيمٌ بِذَاتِ الصُّدُورِ
Waasirroo qawlakum awi ijharoo bihi innahuAAaleemun bithati assudoor
And whether ye hide your word or publish it, He certainly has (full) knowledge, of the secrets of (all) hearts.
أَلَا يَعْلَمُ مَنْ خَلَقَ وَهُوَ اللَّطِيفُ الْخَبِيرُ
Ala yaAAlamu man khalaqa wahuwa allateefualkhabeer
Should He not know,- He that created? and He is the One that understands the finest mysteries (and) is well-acquainted (with them).
هُوَ الَّذِي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الْأَرْضَ ذَلُولًا فَامْشُوا فِي مَنَاكِبِهَا وَكُلُوا مِنْ رِزْقِهِ ۖ وَإِلَيْهِ النُّشُورُ
Huwa allathee jaAAala lakumu al-ardathaloolan famshoo fee manakibihawakuloo min rizqihi wa-ilayhi annushoor
It is He Who has made the earth manageable for you, so traverse ye through its tracts and enjoy of the Sustenance which He furnishes: but unto Him is the Resurrection.
أَأَمِنْتُمْ مَنْ فِي السَّمَاءِ أَنْ يَخْسِفَ بِكُمُ الْأَرْضَ فَإِذَا هِيَ تَمُورُ
Aamintum man fee assama-i anyakhsifa bikumu al-arda fa-itha hiya tamoor
Do ye feel secure that He Who is in heaven will not cause you to be swallowed up by the earth when it shakes (as in an earthquake)?
أَمْ أَمِنْتُمْ مَنْ فِي السَّمَاءِ أَنْ يُرْسِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ حَاصِبًا ۖ فَسَتَعْلَمُونَ كَيْفَ نَذِيرِ
Am amintum man fee assama-ian yursila AAalaykum hasiban fasataAAlamoona kayfa natheer
Or do ye feel secure that He Who is in Heaven will not send against you a violent tornado (with showers of stones), so that ye shall know how (terrible) was My warning?
وَلَقَدْ كَذَّبَ الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ نَكِيرِ
Walaqad kaththaba allatheenamin qablihim fakayfa kana nakeer
But indeed men before them rejected (My warning): then how (terrible) was My rejection (of them)?
أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا إِلَى الطَّيْرِ فَوْقَهُمْ صَافَّاتٍ وَيَقْبِضْنَ ۚ مَا يُمْسِكُهُنَّ إِلَّا الرَّحْمَٰنُ ۚ إِنَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ بَصِيرٌ
Awa lam yaraw ila attayrifawqahum saffatin wayaqbidna mayumsikuhunna illa arrahmanu innahubikulli shay-in baseer
Do they not observe the birds above them, spreading their wings and folding them in? None can uphold them except (Allah) Most Gracious: Truly (Allah) Most Gracious: Truly it is He that watches over all things.
أَمَّنْ هَٰذَا الَّذِي هُوَ جُنْدٌ لَكُمْ يَنْصُرُكُمْ مِنْ دُونِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ ۚ إِنِ الْكَافِرُونَ إِلَّا فِي غُرُورٍ
Amman hatha allathee huwajundun lakum yansurukum min dooni arrahmaniini alkafiroona illa fee ghuroor
Nay, who is there that can help you, (even as) an army, besides (Allah) Most Merciful? In nothing but delusion are the Unbelievers.
أَمَّنْ هَٰذَا الَّذِي يَرْزُقُكُمْ إِنْ أَمْسَكَ رِزْقَهُ ۚ بَلْ لَجُّوا فِي عُتُوٍّ وَنُفُورٍ
Amman hatha allatheeyarzuqukum in amsaka rizqahu bal lajjoo fee AAutuwwin wanufoor
Or who is there that can provide you with Sustenance if He were to withhold His provision? Nay, they obstinately persist in insolent impiety and flight (from the Truth).
أَفَمَنْ يَمْشِي مُكِبًّا عَلَىٰ وَجْهِهِ أَهْدَىٰ أَمَّنْ يَمْشِي سَوِيًّا عَلَىٰ صِرَاطٍ مُسْتَقِيمٍ
Afaman yamshee mukibban AAala wajhihiahda amman yamshee sawiyyan AAala siratinmustaqeem
Is then one who walks headlong, with his face grovelling, better guided,- or one who walks evenly on a Straight Way?
قُلْ هُوَ الَّذِي أَنْشَأَكُمْ وَجَعَلَ لَكُمُ السَّمْعَ وَالْأَبْصَارَ وَالْأَفْئِدَةَ ۖ قَلِيلًا مَا تَشْكُرُونَ
Qul huwa allathee anshaakum wajaAAalalakumu assamAAa wal-absara wal-af-idataqaleelan ma tashkuroon
Say: "It is He Who has created you (and made you grow), and made for you the faculties of hearing, seeing, feeling and understanding: little thanks it is ye give.
قُلْ هُوَ الَّذِي ذَرَأَكُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَإِلَيْهِ تُحْشَرُونَ
Qul huwa allathee tharaakumfee al-ardi wa-ilayhi tuhsharoon
Say: "It is He Who has multiplied you through the earth, and to Him shall ye be gathered together."
وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هَٰذَا الْوَعْدُ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِقِينَ
Wayaqooloona mata hathaalwaAAdu in kuntum sadiqeen
They ask: When will this promise be (fulfilled)? - If ye are telling the truth.
قُلْ إِنَّمَا الْعِلْمُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ وَإِنَّمَا أَنَا نَذِيرٌ مُبِينٌ
Qul innama alAAilmu AAinda Allahiwa-innama ana natheerun mubeen
Say: "As to the knowledge of the time, it is with Allah alone: I am (sent) only to warn plainly in public."
فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهُ زُلْفَةً سِيئَتْ وُجُوهُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا وَقِيلَ هَٰذَا الَّذِي كُنْتُمْ بِهِ تَدَّعُونَ
Falamma raawhu zulfatan see-atwujoohu allatheena kafaroo waqeela hatha allatheekuntum bihi taddaAAoon
At length, when they see it close at hand, grieved will be the faces of the Unbelievers, and it will be said (to them): "This is (the promise fulfilled), which ye were calling for!"
قُلْ أَرَأَيْتُمْ إِنْ أَهْلَكَنِيَ اللَّهُ وَمَنْ مَعِيَ أَوْ رَحِمَنَا فَمَنْ يُجِيرُ الْكَافِرِينَ مِنْ عَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ
Qul araaytum in ahlakaniya Allahuwaman maAAiya aw rahimana faman yujeeru alkafireenamin AAathabin aleem
Say: "See ye?- If Allah were to destroy me, and those with me, or if He bestows His Mercy on us,- yet who can deliver the Unbelievers from a grievous Penalty?"
قُلْ هُوَ الرَّحْمَٰنُ آمَنَّا بِهِ وَعَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْنَا ۖ فَسَتَعْلَمُونَ مَنْ هُوَ فِي ضَلَالٍ مُبِينٍ
Qul huwa arrahmanu amannabihi waAAalayhi tawakkalna fasataAAlamoona man huwa fee dalalinmubeen
Say: "He is (Allah) Most Gracious: We have believed in Him, and on Him have we put our trust: So, soon will ye know which (of us) it is that is in manifest error."
قُلْ أَرَأَيْتُمْ إِنْ أَصْبَحَ مَاؤُكُمْ غَوْرًا فَمَنْ يَأْتِيكُمْ بِمَاءٍ مَعِينٍ
Qul araaytum in asbaha maokumghawran faman ya/teekum bima-in maAAeen
Say: "See ye?- If your stream be some morning lost (in the underground earth), who then can supply you with clear-flowing water?"
The Pen
ن ۚ وَالْقَلَمِ وَمَا يَسْطُرُونَ
Noon walqalami wama yasturoon
Nun. By the Pen and the (Record) which (men) write,-
مَا أَنْتَ بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ بِمَجْنُونٍ
Ma anta biniAAmati rabbika bimajnoon
Thou art not, by the Grace of thy Lord, mad or possessed.
وَإِنَّ لَكَ لَأَجْرًا غَيْرَ مَمْنُونٍ
Wa-inna laka laajran ghayra mamnoon
Nay, verily for thee is a Reward unfailing:
وَإِنَّكَ لَعَلَىٰ خُلُقٍ عَظِيمٍ
Wa-innaka laAAala khuluqin AAatheem
And thou (standest) on an exalted standard of character.
فَسَتُبْصِرُ وَيُبْصِرُونَ
Fasatubsiru wayubsiroon
Soon wilt thou see, and they will see,
بِأَيْيِكُمُ الْمَفْتُونُ
Bi-ayyikumu almaftoon
Which of you is afflicted with madness.
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ ضَلَّ عَنْ سَبِيلِهِ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِالْمُهْتَدِينَ
Inna rabbaka huwa aAAlamu biman dallaAAan sabeelihi wahuwa aAAlamu bilmuhtadeen
Verily it is thy Lord that knoweth best, which (among men) hath strayed from His Path: and He knoweth best those who receive (true) Guidance.
فَلَا تُطِعِ الْمُكَذِّبِينَ
Fala tutiAAi almukaththibeen
So hearken not to those who deny (the Truth).
وَدُّوا لَوْ تُدْهِنُ فَيُدْهِنُونَ
Waddoo law tudhinu fayudhinoon
Their desire is that thou shouldst be pliant: so would they be pliant.
وَلَا تُطِعْ كُلَّ حَلَّافٍ مَهِينٍ
Wala tutiAA kulla hallafinmaheen
Heed not the type of despicable men,- ready with oaths,
هَمَّازٍ مَشَّاءٍ بِنَمِيمٍ
Hammazin mashsha-in binameem
A slanderer, going about with calumnies,
مَنَّاعٍ لِلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ
MannaAAin lilkhayri muAAtadin atheem
(Habitually) hindering (all) good, transgressing beyond bounds, deep in sin,
عُتُلٍّ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ زَنِيمٍ
AAutullin baAAda thalika zaneem
Violent (and cruel),- with all that, base-born,-
أَنْ كَانَ ذَا مَالٍ وَبَنِينَ
An kana tha malinwabaneen
Because he possesses wealth and (numerous) sons.
إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ آيَاتُنَا قَالَ أَسَاطِيرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ
Itha tutla AAalayhi ayatunaqala asateeru al-awwaleen
When to him are rehearsed Our Signs, "Tales of the ancients", he cries!
سَنَسِمُهُ عَلَى الْخُرْطُومِ
Sanasimuhu AAala alkhurtoom
Soon shall We brand (the beast) on the snout!
إِنَّا بَلَوْنَاهُمْ كَمَا بَلَوْنَا أَصْحَابَ الْجَنَّةِ إِذْ أَقْسَمُوا لَيَصْرِمُنَّهَا مُصْبِحِينَ
Inna balawnahum kamabalawna as-haba aljannati ith aqsamoolayasrimunnaha musbiheen
Verily We have tried them as We tried the People of the Garden, when they resolved to gather the fruits of the (garden) in the morning.
وَلَا يَسْتَثْنُونَ
Wala yastathnoon
But made no reservation, ("If it be Allah's Will").
فَطَافَ عَلَيْهَا طَائِفٌ مِنْ رَبِّكَ وَهُمْ نَائِمُونَ
Fatafa AAalayha ta-ifunmin rabbika wahum na-imoon
Then there came on the (garden) a visitation from thy Lord, (which swept away) all around, while they were asleep.
فَأَصْبَحَتْ كَالصَّرِيمِ
Faasbahat kassareem
So the (garden) became, by the morning, like a dark and desolate spot, (whose fruit had been gathered).
فَتَنَادَوْا مُصْبِحِينَ
Fatanadaw musbiheen
As the morning broke, they called out, one to another,-
أَنِ اغْدُوا عَلَىٰ حَرْثِكُمْ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَارِمِينَ
Ani ighdoo AAala harthikum inkuntum sarimeen
"Go ye to your tilth (betimes) in the morning, if ye would gather the fruits."
فَانْطَلَقُوا وَهُمْ يَتَخَافَتُونَ
Fantalaqoo wahum yatakhafatoon
So they departed, conversing in secret low tones, (saying)-
أَنْ لَا يَدْخُلَنَّهَا الْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكُمْ مِسْكِينٌ
An la yadkhulannaha alyawmaAAalaykum miskeen
"Let not a single indigent person break in upon you into the (garden) this day."
وَغَدَوْا عَلَىٰ حَرْدٍ قَادِرِينَ
Waghadaw AAala hardin qadireen
And they opened the morning, strong in an (unjust) resolve.
فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهَا قَالُوا إِنَّا لَضَالُّونَ
Falamma raawha qalooinna ladalloon
But when they saw the (garden), they said: "We have surely lost our way:
بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُومُونَ
Bal nahnu mahroomoon
"Indeed we are shut out (of the fruits of our labour)!"
قَالَ أَوْسَطُهُمْ أَلَمْ أَقُلْ لَكُمْ لَوْلَا تُسَبِّحُونَ
Qala awsatuhum alam aqul lakumlawla tusabbihoon
Said one of them, more just (than the rest): "Did I not say to you, 'Why not glorify (Allah)?'"
قَالُوا سُبْحَانَ رَبِّنَا إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَالِمِينَ
Qaloo subhana rabbinainna kunna thalimeen
They said: "Glory to our Lord! Verily we have been doing wrong!"
فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَلَاوَمُونَ
Faaqbala baAAduhum AAala baAAdinyatalawamoon
Then they turned, one against another, in reproach.
قَالُوا يَا وَيْلَنَا إِنَّا كُنَّا طَاغِينَ
Qaloo ya waylana innakunna tagheen
They said: "Alas for us! We have indeed transgressed!
عَسَىٰ رَبُّنَا أَنْ يُبْدِلَنَا خَيْرًا مِنْهَا إِنَّا إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا رَاغِبُونَ
AAasa rabbuna an yubdilanakhayran minha inna ila rabbina raghiboon
"It may be that our Lord will give us in exchange a better (garden) than this: for we do turn to Him (in repentance)!"
كَذَٰلِكَ الْعَذَابُ ۖ وَلَعَذَابُ الْآخِرَةِ أَكْبَرُ ۚ لَوْ كَانُوا يَعْلَمُونَ
Kathalika alAAathabu walaAAathabual-akhirati akbaru law kanoo yaAAlamoon
Such is the Punishment (in this life); but greater is the Punishment in the Hereafter,- if only they knew!
إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِمْ جَنَّاتِ النَّعِيمِ
Inna lilmuttaqeena AAinda rabbihim jannatiannaAAeem
Verily, for the Righteous, are Gardens of Delight, in the Presence of their Lord.
أَفَنَجْعَلُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ كَالْمُجْرِمِينَ
AfanajAAalu almuslimeena kalmujrimeen
ShallWe then treat the People of Faith like the People of Sin?
مَا لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَ
Ma lakum kayfa tahkumoon
What is the matter with you? How judge ye?
أَمْ لَكُمْ كِتَابٌ فِيهِ تَدْرُسُونَ
Am lakum kitabun feehi tadrusoon
Or have ye a book through which ye learn-
إِنَّ لَكُمْ فِيهِ لَمَا تَخَيَّرُونَ
Inna lakum feehi lama takhayyaroon
That ye shall have, through it whatever ye choose?
أَمْ لَكُمْ أَيْمَانٌ عَلَيْنَا بَالِغَةٌ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ ۙ إِنَّ لَكُمْ لَمَا تَحْكُمُونَ
Am lakum aymanun AAalayna balighatunila yawmi alqiyamati inna lakum lama tahkumoon
Or have ye Covenants with Us to oath, reaching to the Day of Judgment, (providing) that ye shall have whatever ye shall demand?
سَلْهُمْ أَيُّهُمْ بِذَٰلِكَ زَعِيمٌ
Salhum ayyuhum bithalika zaAAeem
Ask thou of them, which of them will stand surety for that!
أَمْ لَهُمْ شُرَكَاءُ فَلْيَأْتُوا بِشُرَكَائِهِمْ إِنْ كَانُوا صَادِقِينَ
Am lahum shurakao falya/too bishuraka-ihimin kanoo sadiqeen
Or have they some "Partners" (in Allahhead)? Then let them produce their "partners", if they are truthful!
يَوْمَ يُكْشَفُ عَنْ سَاقٍ وَيُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى السُّجُودِ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ
Yawma yukshafu AAan saqin wayudAAawnaila assujoodi fala yastateeAAoon
The Day that the shin shall be laid bare, and they shall be summoned to bow in adoration, but they shall not be able,-
خَاشِعَةً أَبْصَارُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ۖ وَقَدْ كَانُوا يُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى السُّجُودِ وَهُمْ سَالِمُونَ
KhashiAAatan absaruhumtarhaquhum thillatun waqad kanoo yudAAawna ilaassujoodi wahum salimoon
Their eyes will be cast down,- ignominy will cover them; seeing that they had been summoned aforetime to bow in adoration, while they were whole, (and had refused).
فَذَرْنِي وَمَنْ يُكَذِّبُ بِهَٰذَا الْحَدِيثِ ۖ سَنَسْتَدْرِجُهُمْ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
Fatharnee waman yukaththibubihatha alhadeethi sanastadrijuhum min haythula yaAAlamoon
Then leave Me alone with such as reject this Message: by degrees shall We punish them from directions they perceive not.
وَأُمْلِي لَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّ كَيْدِي مَتِينٌ
Waomlee lahum inna kaydee mateen
A (long) respite will I grant them: truly powerful is My Plan.
أَمْ تَسْأَلُهُمْ أَجْرًا فَهُمْ مِنْ مَغْرَمٍ مُثْقَلُونَ
Am tas-aluhum ajran fahum min maghraminmuthqaloon
Or is it that thou dost ask them for a reward, so that they are burdened with a load of debt?-
أَمْ عِنْدَهُمُ الْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ
Am AAindahumu alghaybu fahum yaktuboon
Or that the Unseen is in their hands, so that they can write it down?
فَاصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تَكُنْ كَصَاحِبِ الْحُوتِ إِذْ نَادَىٰ وَهُوَ مَكْظُومٌ
Fasbir lihukmi rabbikawala takun kasahibi alhooti ith nadawahuwa makthoom
So wait with patience for the Command of thy Lord, and be not like the Companion of the Fish,- when he cried out in agony.
لَوْلَا أَنْ تَدَارَكَهُ نِعْمَةٌ مِنْ رَبِّهِ لَنُبِذَ بِالْعَرَاءِ وَهُوَ مَذْمُومٌ
Lawla an tadarakahu niAAmatunmin rabbihi lanubitha bilAAara-i wahuwa mathmoom
Had not Grace from his Lord reached him, he would indeed have been cast off on the naked shore, in disgrace.
فَاجْتَبَاهُ رَبُّهُ فَجَعَلَهُ مِنَ الصَّالِحِينَ
Fajtabahu rabbuhu fajaAAalahumina assaliheen
Thus did his Lord choose him and make him of the Company of the Righteous.
وَإِنْ يَكَادُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَيُزْلِقُونَكَ بِأَبْصَارِهِمْ لَمَّا سَمِعُوا الذِّكْرَ وَيَقُولُونَ إِنَّهُ لَمَجْنُونٌ
Wa-in yakadu allatheenakafaroo layuzliqoonaka bi-absarihim lamma samiAAooaththikra wayaqooloona innahu lamajnoon
And the Unbelievers would almost trip thee up with their eyes when they hear the Message; and they say: "Surely he is possessed!"
وَمَا هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِلْعَالَمِينَ
Wama huwa illa thikrunlilAAalameen
But it is nothing less than a Message to all the worlds.
The Reality
الْحَاقَّةُ
Alhaqqa
The Sure Reality!
مَا الْحَاقَّةُ
Ma alhaqqa
What is the Sure Reality?
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْحَاقَّةُ
Wama adraka ma alhaqqa
And what will make thee realise what the Sure Reality is?
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ وَعَادٌ بِالْقَارِعَةِ
Kaththabat thamoodu waAAadun bilqariAAa
The Thamud and the 'Ad People (branded) as false the Stunning Calamity!
فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهْلِكُوا بِالطَّاغِيَةِ
Faamma thamoodu faohlikoo bittaghiya
But the Thamud,- they were destroyed by a terrible Storm of thunder and lightning!
وَأَمَّا عَادٌ فَأُهْلِكُوا بِرِيحٍ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍ
Waamma AAadun faohlikoo bireehinsarsarin AAatiya
And the 'Ad, they were destroyed by a furious Wind, exceedingly violent;
سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَيَالٍ وَثَمَانِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومًا فَتَرَى الْقَوْمَ فِيهَا صَرْعَىٰ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ خَاوِيَةٍ
Sakhkharaha AAalayhim sabAAa layalinwathamaniyata ayyamin husooman fataraalqawma feeha sarAAa kaannahum aAAjazunakhlin khawiya
He made it rage against them seven nights and eight days in succession: so that thou couldst see the (whole) people lying prostrate in its (path), as they had been roots of hollow palm-trees tumbled down!
فَهَلْ تَرَىٰ لَهُمْ مِنْ بَاقِيَةٍ
Fahal tara lahum min baqiya
Then seest thou any of them left surviving?
وَجَاءَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَنْ قَبْلَهُ وَالْمُؤْتَفِكَاتُ بِالْخَاطِئَةِ
Wajaa firAAawnu waman qablahu walmu/tafikatubilkhati-a
And Pharaoh, and those before him, and the Cities Overthrown, committed habitual Sin.
فَعَصَوْا رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَهُمْ أَخْذَةً رَابِيَةً
FaAAasaw rasoola rabbihim faakhathahumakhthatan rabiya
And disobeyed (each) the messenger of their Lord; so He punished them with an abundant Penalty.
إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَى الْمَاءُ حَمَلْنَاكُمْ فِي الْجَارِيَةِ
Inna lamma taghaalmao hamalnakum fee aljariya
We, when the water (of Noah's Flood) overflowed beyond its limits, carried you (mankind), in the floating (Ark),
لِنَجْعَلَهَا لَكُمْ تَذْكِرَةً وَتَعِيَهَا أُذُنٌ وَاعِيَةٌ
LinajAAalaha lakum tathkiratanwataAAiyaha othunun waAAiya
That We might make it a Message unto you, and that ears (that should hear the tale and) retain its memory should bear its (lessons) in remembrance.
فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِي الصُّورِ نَفْخَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ
Fa-itha nufikha fee assoorinafkhatun wahida
Then, when one blast is sounded on the Trumpet,
وَحُمِلَتِ الْأَرْضُ وَالْجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةً وَاحِدَةً
Wahumilati al-ardu waljibalufadukkata dakkatan wahida
And the earth is moved, and its mountains, and they are crushed to powder at one stroke,-
فَيَوْمَئِذٍ وَقَعَتِ الْوَاقِعَةُ
Fayawma-ithin waqaAAati alwaqiAAa
On that Day shall the (Great) Event come to pass.
وَانْشَقَّتِ السَّمَاءُ فَهِيَ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاهِيَةٌ
Wanshaqqati assamaofahiya yawma-ithin wahiya
And the sky will be rent asunder, for it will that Day be flimsy,
وَالْمَلَكُ عَلَىٰ أَرْجَائِهَا ۚ وَيَحْمِلُ عَرْشَ رَبِّكَ فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ ثَمَانِيَةٌ
Walmalaku AAala arja-ihawayahmilu AAarsha rabbika fawqahum yawma-ithin thamaniya
And the angels will be on its sides, and eight will, that Day, bear the Throne of thy Lord above them.
يَوْمَئِذٍ تُعْرَضُونَ لَا تَخْفَىٰ مِنْكُمْ خَافِيَةٌ
Yawma-ithin tuAAradoona latakhfa minkum khafiya
That Day shall ye be brought to Judgment: not an act of yours that ye hide will be hidden.
فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ فَيَقُولُ هَاؤُمُ اقْرَءُوا كِتَابِيَهْ
Faamma man ootiya kitabahubiyameenihi fayaqoolu haomu iqraoo kitabiyah
Then he that will be given his Record in his right hand will say: "Ah here! Read ye my Record!
إِنِّي ظَنَنْتُ أَنِّي مُلَاقٍ حِسَابِيَهْ
Innee thanantu annee mulaqinhisabiyah
"I did really understand that my Account would (One Day) reach me!"
فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةٍ رَاضِيَةٍ
Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiya
And he will be in a life of Bliss,
فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ
Fee jannatin AAaliya
In a Garden on high,
قُطُوفُهَا دَانِيَةٌ
Qutoofuha daniya
The Fruits whereof (will hang in bunches) low and near.
كُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا هَنِيئًا بِمَا أَسْلَفْتُمْ فِي الْأَيَّامِ الْخَالِيَةِ
Kuloo washraboo hanee-an bimaaslaftum fee al-ayyami alkhaliya
"Eat ye and drink ye, with full satisfaction; because of the (good) that ye sent before you, in the days that are gone!"
وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ بِشِمَالِهِ فَيَقُولُ يَا لَيْتَنِي لَمْ أُوتَ كِتَابِيَهْ
Waamma man ootiya kitabahubishimalihi fayaqoolu ya laytanee lam oota kitabiyah
And he that will be given his Record in his left hand, will say: "Ah! Would that my Record had not been given to me!
وَلَمْ أَدْرِ مَا حِسَابِيَهْ
Walam adri ma hisabiyah
"And that I had never realised how my account (stood)!
يَا لَيْتَهَا كَانَتِ الْقَاضِيَةَ
Ya laytaha kanati alqadiya
"Ah! Would that (Death) had made an end of me!
مَا أَغْنَىٰ عَنِّي مَالِيَهْ
Ma aghna AAannee maliyah
"Of no profit to me has been my wealth!
هَلَكَ عَنِّي سُلْطَانِيَهْ
Halaka AAannee sultaniyah
"My power has perished from me!"...
خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ
Khuthoohu faghullooh
(The stern command will say): "Seize ye him, and bind ye him,
ثُمَّ الْجَحِيمَ صَلُّوهُ
Thumma aljaheema sallooh
"And burn ye him in the Blazing Fire.
ثُمَّ فِي سِلْسِلَةٍ ذَرْعُهَا سَبْعُونَ ذِرَاعًا فَاسْلُكُوهُ
Thumma fee silsilatin tharAAuhasabAAoona thiraAAan faslukooh
"Further, make him march in a chain, whereof the length is seventy cubits!
إِنَّهُ كَانَ لَا يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ
Innahu kana la yu/minu billahialAAatheem
"This was he that would not believe in Allah Most High.
وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ الْمِسْكِينِ
Wala yahuddu AAalataAAami almiskeen
"And would not encourage the feeding of the indigent!
فَلَيْسَ لَهُ الْيَوْمَ هَاهُنَا حَمِيمٌ
Falaysa lahu alyawma hahuna hameem
"So no friend hath he here this Day.
وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنْ غِسْلِينٍ
Wala taAAamun illamin ghisleen
"Nor hath he any food except the corruption from the washing of wounds,
لَا يَأْكُلُهُ إِلَّا الْخَاطِئُونَ
La ya/kuluhu illa alkhati-oon
"Which none do eat but those in sin."
فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِمَا تُبْصِرُونَ
Fala oqsimu bima tubsiroon
So I do call to witness what ye see,
وَمَا لَا تُبْصِرُونَ
Wama la tubsiroon
And what ye see not,
إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ
Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareem
That this is verily the word of an honoured messenger;
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَاعِرٍ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَا تُؤْمِنُونَ
Wama huwa biqawli shaAAirinqaleelan ma tu/minoon
It is not the word of a poet: little it is ye believe!
وَلَا بِقَوْلِ كَاهِنٍ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَا تَذَكَّرُونَ
Wala biqawli kahinin qaleelanma tathakkaroon
Nor is it the word of a soothsayer: little admonition it is ye receive.
تَنْزِيلٌ مِنْ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
Tanzeelun min rabbi alAAalameen
(This is) a Message sent down from the Lord of the Worlds.
وَلَوْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيْنَا بَعْضَ الْأَقَاوِيلِ
Walaw taqawwala AAalayna baAAdaal-aqaweel
And if the messenger were to invent any sayings in Our name,
لَأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُ بِالْيَمِينِ
Laakhathna minhu bilyameen
We should certainly seize him by his right hand,
ثُمَّ لَقَطَعْنَا مِنْهُ الْوَتِينَ
Thumma laqataAAna minhualwateen
And We should certainly then cut off the artery of his heart:
فَمَا مِنْكُمْ مِنْ أَحَدٍ عَنْهُ حَاجِزِينَ
Fama minkum min ahadin AAanhu hajizeen
Nor could any of you withhold him (from Our wrath).
وَإِنَّهُ لَتَذْكِرَةٌ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ
Wa-innahu latathkiratun lilmuttaqeen
But verily this is a Message for the Allah-fearing.
وَإِنَّا لَنَعْلَمُ أَنَّ مِنْكُمْ مُكَذِّبِينَ
Wa-inna lanaAAlamu anna minkum mukaththibeen
And We certainly know that there are amongst you those that reject (it).
وَإِنَّهُ لَحَسْرَةٌ عَلَى الْكَافِرِينَ
Wa-innahu lahasratun AAala alkafireen
But truly (Revelation) is a cause of sorrow for the Unbelievers.
وَإِنَّهُ لَحَقُّ الْيَقِينِ
Wa-innahu lahaqqu alyaqeen
But verily it is Truth of assured certainty.
فَسَبِّحْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الْعَظِيمِ
Fasabbih bismi rabbika alAAatheem
So glorify the name of thy Lord Most High.
The Ascending Stairways
سَأَلَ سَائِلٌ بِعَذَابٍ وَاقِعٍ
Saala sa-ilun biAAathabin waqiAA
A questioner asked about a Penalty to befall-
ل ِلْكَافِرِين َ لَيْسَ لَهُ دَافِعٌ
Lilkafireena laysa lahu dafiAA
The Unbelievers, the which there is none to ward off,-
مِنَ اللَّهِ ذِي الْمَعَارِجِ
Mina Allahi thee almaAAarij
(A Penalty) from Allah, Lord of the Ways of Ascent.
تَعْرُجُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ وَالرُّوحُ إِلَيْهِ فِي يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ
TaAAruju almala-ikatu warroohuilayhi fee yawmin kana miqdaruhu khamseena alfasana
The angels and the spirit ascend unto him in a Day the measure whereof is (as) fifty thousand years:
فَاصْبِرْ صَبْرًا جَمِيلًا
Fasbir sabran jameela
Therefore do thou hold Patience,- a Patience of beautiful (contentment).
إِنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَهُ بَعِيدًا
Innahum yarawnahu baAAeeda
They see the (Day) indeed as a far-off (event):
وَنَرَاهُ قَرِيبًا
Wanarahu qareeba
But We see it (quite) near.
يَوْمَ تَكُونُ السَّمَاءُ كَالْمُهْلِ
Yawma takoonu assamao kalmuhl
The Day that the sky will be like molten brass,
وَتَكُونُ الْجِبَالُ كَالْعِهْنِ
Watakoonu aljibalu kalAAihn
And the mountains will be like wool,
وَلَا يَسْأَلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمًا
Wala yas-alu hameemun hameema
And no friend will ask after a friend,
يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ ۚ يَوَدُّ الْمُجْرِمُ لَوْ يَفْتَدِي مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمِئِذٍ بِبَنِيهِ
Yubassaroonahum yawaddu almujrimu lawyaftadee min AAathabi yawmi-ithin bibaneeh
Though they will be put in sight of each other,- the sinner's desire will be: Would that he could redeem himself from the Penalty of that Day by (sacrificing) his children,
وَصَاحِبَتِهِ وَأَخِيهِ
Wasahibatihi waakheeh
His wife and his brother,
وَفَصِيلَتِهِ الَّتِي تُؤْوِيهِ
Wafaseelatihi allatee tu/weeh
His kindred who sheltered him,
وَمَنْ فِي الْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ يُنْجِيهِ
Waman fee al-ardi jameeAAan thummayunjeeh
And all, all that is on earth,- so it could deliver him:
كَلَّا ۖ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ
Kalla innaha latha
By no means! for it would be the Fire of Hell!-
نَزَّاعَةً لِلشَّوَىٰ
NazzaAAatan lishshawa
Plucking out (his being) right to the skull!-
تَدْعُو مَنْ أَدْبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
TadAAoo man adbara watawalla
Inviting (all) such as turn their backs and turn away their faces (from the Right).
وَجَمَعَ فَأَوْعَىٰ
WajamaAAa faawAAa
And collect (wealth) and hide it (from use)!
۞ إِنَّ الْإِنْسَانَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا
Inna al-insana khuliqa halooAAa
Truly man was created very impatient;-
إِذَا مَسَّهُ الشَّرُّ جَزُوعًا
Itha massahu ashsharrujazooAAa
Fretful when evil touches him;
وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ الْخَيْرُ مَنُوعًا
Wa-itha massahu alkhayru manooAAa
And niggardly when good reaches him;-
إِلَّا الْمُصَلِّينَ
Illa almusalleen
Not so those devoted to Prayer;-
الَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ دَائِمُونَ
Allatheena hum AAala salatihimda-imoon
Those who remain steadfast to their prayer;
وَالَّذِينَ فِي أَمْوَالِهِمْ حَقٌّ مَعْلُومٌ
Wallatheena fee amwalihimhaqqun maAAloom
And those in whose wealth is a recognised right.
لِلسَّائِلِ وَالْمَحْرُومِ
Lissa-ili walmahroom
For the (needy) who asks and him who is prevented (for some reason from asking);
وَالَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوْمِ الدِّينِ
Wallatheena yusaddiqoonabiyawmi addeen
And those who hold to the truth of the Day of Judgment;
وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ مِنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِمْ مُشْفِقُونَ
Wallatheena hum min AAathabirabbihim mushfiqoon
And those who fear the displeasure of their Lord,-
إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمْ غَيْرُ مَأْمُونٍ
Inna AAathaba rabbihim ghayru ma/moon
For their Lord's displeasure is the opposite of Peace and Tranquillity;-
وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَافِظُونَ
Wallatheena hum lifuroojihim hafithoon
And those who guard their chastity,
إِلَّا عَلَىٰ أَزْوَاجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَ
Illa AAala azwajihim awma malakat aymanuhum fa-innahum ghayru maloomeen
Except with their wives and the (captives) whom their right hands possess,- for (then) they are not to be blamed,
فَمَنِ ابْتَغَىٰ وَرَاءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْعَادُونَ
Famani ibtagha waraa thalikafaola-ika humu alAAadoon
But those who trespass beyond this are transgressors;-
وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ لِأَمَانَاتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَاعُونَ
Wallatheena hum li-amanatihimwaAAahdihim raAAoon
And those who respect their trusts and covenants;
وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ بِشَهَادَاتِهِمْ قَائِمُونَ
Wallatheena hum bishahadatihimqa-imoon
And those who stand firm in their testimonies;
وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَ
Wallatheena hum AAala salatihimyuhafithoon
And those who guard (the sacredness) of their worship;-
أُولَٰئِكَ فِي جَنَّاتٍ مُكْرَمُونَ
Ola-ika fee jannatin mukramoon
Such will be the honoured ones in the Gardens (of Bliss).
فَمَالِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا قِبَلَكَ مُهْطِعِينَ
Famali allatheena kafarooqibalaka muhtiAAeen
Now what is the matter with the Unbelievers that they rush madly before thee-
عَنِ الْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ الشِّمَالِ عِزِينَ
AAani alyameeni waAAani ashshimaliAAizeen
From the right and from the left, in crowds?
أَيَطْمَعُ كُلُّ امْرِئٍ مِنْهُمْ أَنْ يُدْخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمٍ
AyatmaAAu kullu imri-in minhum anyudkhala jannata naAAeem
Does every man of them long to enter the Garden of Bliss?
كَلَّا ۖ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَاهُمْ مِمَّا يَعْلَمُونَ
Kalla inna khalaqnahummimma yaAAlamoon
By no means! For We have created them out of the (base matter) they know!
فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِرَبِّ الْمَشَارِقِ وَالْمَغَارِبِ إِنَّا لَقَادِرُونَ
Fala oqsimu birabbi almashariqiwalmagharibi inna laqadiroon
Now I do call to witness the Lord of all points in the East and the West that We can certainly-
عَلَىٰ أَنْ نُبَدِّلَ خَيْرًا مِنْهُمْ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ
AAala an nubaddila khayran minhum wamanahnu bimasbooqeen
Substitute for them better (men) than they; And We are not to be defeated (in Our Plan).
فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوضُوا وَيَلْعَبُوا حَتَّىٰ يُلَاقُوا يَوْمَهُمُ الَّذِي يُوعَدُونَ
Fatharhum yakhoodoowayalAAaboo hatta yulaqoo yawmahumu allatheeyooAAadoon
So leave them to plunge in vain talk and play about, until they encounter that Day of theirs which they have been promised!-
يَوْمَ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ الْأَجْدَاثِ سِرَاعًا كَأَنَّهُمْ إِلَىٰ نُصُبٍ يُوفِضُونَ
Yawma yakhrujoona mina al-ajdathi siraAAankaannahum ila nusubin yoofidoon
The Day whereon they will issue from their sepulchres in sudden haste as if they were rushing to a goal-post (fixed for them),-
خَاشِعَةً أَبْصَارُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ الْيَوْمُ الَّذِي كَانُوا يُوعَدُونَ
KhashiAAatan absaruhumtarhaquhum thillatun thalika alyawmu allatheekanoo yooAAadoon
Their eyes lowered in dejection,- ignominy covering them (all over)! such is the Day the which they are promised!
Noah
إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِ أَنْ أَنْذِرْ قَوْمَكَ مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ يَأْتِيَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ
Inna arsalna noohan ilaqawmihi an anthir qawmaka min qabli an ya/tiyahum AAathabunaleem
We sent Noah to his People (with the Command): "Do thou warn thy People before there comes to them a grievous Penalty."
قَالَ يَا قَوْمِ إِنِّي لَكُمْ نَذِيرٌ مُبِينٌ
Qala ya qawmi innee lakum natheerunmubeen
He said: "O my People! I am to you a Warner, clear and open:
أَنِ اعْبُدُوا اللَّهَ وَاتَّقُوهُ وَأَطِيعُونِ
Ani oAAbudoo Allaha wattaqoohuwaateeAAoon
"That ye should worship Allah, fear Him and obey me:
يَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ مِنْ ذُنُوبِكُمْ وَيُؤَخِّرْكُمْ إِلَىٰ أَجَلٍ مُسَمًّى ۚ إِنَّ أَجَلَ اللَّهِ إِذَا جَاءَ لَا يُؤَخَّرُ ۖ لَوْ كُنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ
Yaghfir lakum min thunoobikumwayu-akhkhirkum ila ajalin musamman inna ajala Allahiitha jaa la yu-akhkharu law kuntumtaAAlamoon
"So He may forgive you your sins and give you respite for a stated Term: for when the Term given by Allah is accomplished, it cannot be put forward: if ye only knew."
قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّي دَعَوْتُ قَوْمِي لَيْلًا وَنَهَارًا
Qala rabbi innee daAAawtu qawmeelaylan wanahara
He said: "O my Lord! I have called to my People night and day:
فَلَمْ يَزِدْهُمْ دُعَائِي إِلَّا فِرَارًا
Falam yazidhum duAAa-ee illafirara
"But my call only increases (their) flight (from the Right).
وَإِنِّي كُلَّمَا دَعَوْتُهُمْ لِتَغْفِرَ لَهُمْ جَعَلُوا أَصَابِعَهُمْ فِي آذَانِهِمْ وَاسْتَغْشَوْا ثِيَابَهُمْ وَأَصَرُّوا وَاسْتَكْبَرُوا اسْتِكْبَارًا
Wa-innee kullama daAAawtuhumlitaghfira lahum jaAAaloo asabiAAahum fee athanihimwastaghshaw thiyabahum waasarroo wastakbarooistikbara
"And every time I have called to them, that Thou mightest forgive them, they have (only) thrust their fingers into their ears, covered themselves up with their garments, grown obstinate, and given themselves up to arrogance.
ثُمَّ إِنِّي دَعَوْتُهُمْ جِهَارًا
Thumma innee daAAawtuhum jihara
"So I have called to them aloud;
ثُمَّ إِنِّي أَعْلَنْتُ لَهُمْ وَأَسْرَرْتُ لَهُمْ إِسْرَارًا
Thumma innee aAAlantu lahum waasrartu lahumisrara
"Further I have spoken to them in public and secretly in private,
فَقُلْتُ اسْتَغْفِرُوا رَبَّكُمْ إِنَّهُ كَانَ غَفَّارًا
Faqultu istaghfiroo rabbakum innahu kanaghaffara
"Saying, 'Ask forgiveness from your Lord; for He is Oft-Forgiving;
يُرْسِلِ السَّمَاءَ عَلَيْكُمْ مِدْرَارًا
Yursili assamaa AAalaykummidrara
"'He will send rain to you in abundance;
وَيُمْدِدْكُمْ بِأَمْوَالٍ وَبَنِينَ وَيَجْعَلْ لَكُمْ جَنَّاتٍ وَيَجْعَلْ لَكُمْ أَنْهَارًا
Wayumdidkum bi-amwalin wabaneenawayajAAal lakum jannatin wayajAAal lakum anhara
"'Give you increase in wealth and sons; and bestow on you gardens and bestow on you rivers (of flowing water).
مَا لَكُمْ لَا تَرْجُونَ لِلَّهِ وَقَارًا
Ma lakum la tarjoona lillahiwaqara
"'What is the matter with you, that ye place not your hope for kindness and long-suffering in Allah,-
وَقَدْ خَلَقَكُمْ أَطْوَارًا
Waqad khalaqakum atwara
"'Seeing that it is He that has created you in diverse stages?
أَلَمْ تَرَوْا كَيْفَ خَلَقَ اللَّهُ سَبْعَ سَمَاوَاتٍ طِبَاقًا
Alam taraw kayfa khalaqa AllahusabAAa samawatin tibaqa
"'See ye not how Allah has created the seven heavens one above another,
وَجَعَلَ الْقَمَرَ فِيهِنَّ نُورًا وَجَعَلَ الشَّمْسَ سِرَاجًا
WajaAAala alqamara feehinna nooran wajaAAalaashshamsa siraja
"'And made the moon a light in their midst, and made the sun as a (Glorious) Lamp?
وَاللَّهُ أَنْبَتَكُمْ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ نَبَاتًا
Wallahu anbatakum mina al-ardinabata
"'And Allah has produced you from the earth growing (gradually),
ثُمَّ يُعِيدُكُمْ فِيهَا وَيُخْرِجُكُمْ إِخْرَاجًا
Thumma yuAAeedukum feehawayukhrijukum ikhraja
"'And in the End He will return you into the (earth), and raise you forth (again at the Resurrection)?
وَاللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الْأَرْضَ بِسَاطًا
Wallahu jaAAala lakumu al-ardabisata
"'And Allah has made the earth for you as a carpet (spread out),
لِتَسْلُكُوا مِنْهَا سُبُلًا فِجَاجًا
Litaslukoo minha subulan fijaja
"'That ye may go about therein, in spacious roads.'"
قَالَ نُوحٌ رَبِّ إِنَّهُمْ عَصَوْنِي وَاتَّبَعُوا مَنْ لَمْ يَزِدْهُ مَالُهُ وَوَلَدُهُ إِلَّا خَسَارًا
Qala noohun rabbi innahum AAasawneewattabaAAoo man lam yazidhu maluhu wawaladuhu illakhasara
Noah said: "O my Lord! They have disobeyed me, but they follow (men) whose wealth and children give them no increase but only Loss.
وَمَكَرُوا مَكْرًا كُبَّارًا
Wamakaroo makran kubbara
"And they have devised a tremendous Plot.
وَقَالُوا لَا تَذَرُنَّ آلِهَتَكُمْ وَلَا تَذَرُنَّ وَدًّا وَلَا سُوَاعًا وَلَا يَغُوثَ وَيَعُوقَ وَنَسْرًا
Waqaloo la tatharunna alihatakumwala tatharunna waddan wala suwaAAanwala yaghootha wayaAAooqa wanasra
"And they have said (to each other), 'Abandon not your gods: Abandon neither Wadd nor Suwa', neither Yaguth nor Ya'uq, nor Nasr';-
وَقَدْ أَضَلُّوا كَثِيرًا ۖ وَلَا تَزِدِ الظَّالِمِينَ إِلَّا ضَلَالًا
Waqad adalloo katheeran walatazidi aththalimeena illa dalala
"They have already misled many; and grant Thou no increase to the wrong-doers but in straying (from their mark)."
مِمَّا خَطِيئَاتِهِمْ أُغْرِقُوا فَأُدْخِلُوا نَارًا فَلَمْ يَجِدُوا لَهُمْ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ أَنْصَارًا
Mimma khatee-atihimoghriqoo faodkhiloo naran falam yajidoo lahum min dooniAllahi ansara
Because of their sins they were drowned (in the flood), and were made to enter the Fire (of Punishment): and they found- in lieu of Allah- none to help them.
وَقَالَ نُوحٌ رَبِّ لَا تَذَرْ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ مِنَ الْكَافِرِينَ دَيَّارًا
Waqala noohun rabbi latathar AAala al-ardi mina alkafireenadayyara
And Noah, said: "O my Lord! Leave not of the Unbelievers, a single one on earth!
إِنَّكَ إِنْ تَذَرْهُمْ يُضِلُّوا عِبَادَكَ وَلَا يَلِدُوا إِلَّا فَاجِرًا كَفَّارًا
Innaka in tatharhum yudillooAAibadaka wala yalidoo illa fajirankaffara
"For, if Thou dost leave (any of) them, they will but mislead Thy devotees, and they will breed none but wicked ungrateful ones.
رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَلِوَالِدَيَّ وَلِمَنْ دَخَلَ بَيْتِيَ مُؤْمِنًا وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ وَلَا تَزِدِ الظَّالِمِينَ إِلَّا تَبَارًا
Rabbi ighfir lee waliwalidayyawaliman dakhala baytiya mu/minan walilmu/mineena walmu/minatiwala tazidi aththalimeena illatabaran
"O my Lord! Forgive me, my parents, all who enter my house in Faith, and (all) believing men and believing women: and to the wrong-doers grant Thou no increase but in perdition!"
The Jinn
قُلْ أُوحِيَ إِلَيَّ أَنَّهُ اسْتَمَعَ نَفَرٌ مِنَ الْجِنِّ فَقَالُوا إِنَّا سَمِعْنَا قُرْآنًا عَجَبًا
Qul oohiya ilayya annahu istamaAAanafarun mina aljinni faqaloo inna samiAAnaqur-anan AAajaba
Say: It has been revealed to me that a company of Jinns listened (to the Qur'an). They said, 'We have really heard a wonderful Recital!
يَهْدِي إِلَى الرُّشْدِ فَآمَنَّا بِهِ ۖ وَلَنْ نُشْرِكَ بِرَبِّنَا أَحَدًا
Yahdee ila arrushdi faamannabihi walan nushrika birabbina ahada
'It gives guidance to the Right, and we have believed therein: we shall not join (in worship) any (gods) with our Lord.
وَأَنَّهُ تَعَالَىٰ جَدُّ رَبِّنَا مَا اتَّخَذَ صَاحِبَةً وَلَا وَلَدًا
Waannahu taAAala jaddu rabbinama ittakhatha sahibatan wala walada
'And Exalted is the Majesty of our Lord: He has taken neither a wife nor a son.
وَأَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ سَفِيهُنَا عَلَى اللَّهِ شَطَطًا
Waannahu kana yaqoolu safeehunaAAala Allahi shatata
'There were some foolish ones among us, who used to utter extravagant lies against Allah;
وَأَنَّا ظَنَنَّا أَنْ لَنْ تَقُولَ الْإِنْسُ وَالْجِنُّ عَلَى اللَّهِ كَذِبًا
Waanna thanannaan lan taqoola al-insu waljinnu AAala Allahikathiba
'But we do think that no man or spirit should say aught that untrue against Allah.
وَأَنَّهُ كَانَ رِجَالٌ مِنَ الْإِنْسِ يَعُوذُونَ بِرِجَالٍ مِنَ الْجِنِّ فَزَادُوهُمْ رَهَقًا
Waannahu kana rijalun minaal-insi yaAAoothoona birijalin mina aljinni fazadoohumrahaqa
'True, there were persons among mankind who took shelter with persons among the Jinns, but they increased them in folly.
وَأَنَّهُمْ ظَنُّوا كَمَا ظَنَنْتُمْ أَنْ لَنْ يَبْعَثَ اللَّهُ أَحَدًا
Waannahum thannoo kama thanantuman lan yabAAatha Allahu ahada
'And they (came to) think as ye thought, that Allah would not raise up any one (to Judgment).
وَأَنَّا لَمَسْنَا السَّمَاءَ فَوَجَدْنَاهَا مُلِئَتْ حَرَسًا شَدِيدًا وَشُهُبًا
Waanna lamasna assamaafawajadnaha muli-at harasan shadeedanwashuhuba
'And we pried into the secrets of heaven; but we found it filled with stern guards and flaming fires.
وَأَنَّا كُنَّا نَقْعُدُ مِنْهَا مَقَاعِدَ لِلسَّمْعِ ۖ فَمَنْ يَسْتَمِعِ الْآنَ يَجِدْ لَهُ شِهَابًا رَصَدًا
Waanna kunna naqAAudu minhamaqaAAida lissamAAi faman yastamiAAi al-anayajid lahu shihaban rasada
'We used, indeed, to sit there in (hidden) stations, to (steal) a hearing; but any who listen now will find a flaming fire watching him in ambush.
وَأَنَّا لَا نَدْرِي أَشَرٌّ أُرِيدَ بِمَنْ فِي الْأَرْضِ أَمْ أَرَادَ بِهِمْ رَبُّهُمْ رَشَدًا
Waanna la nadree asharrunoreeda biman fee al-ardi am arada bihim rabbuhumrashada
'And we understand not whether ill is intended to those on earth, or whether their Lord (really) intends to guide them to right conduct.
وَأَنَّا مِنَّا الصَّالِحُونَ وَمِنَّا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ ۖ كُنَّا طَرَائِقَ قِدَدًا
Waanna minna assalihoonawaminna doona thalika kunna tara-iqaqidada
'There are among us some that are righteous, and some the contrary: we follow divergent paths.
وَأَنَّا ظَنَنَّا أَنْ لَنْ نُعْجِزَ اللَّهَ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَنْ نُعْجِزَهُ هَرَبًا
Wanna thanannaan lan nuAAjiza Allaha fee al-ardi walan nuAAjizahuharaba
'But we think that we can by no means frustrate Allah throughout the earth, nor can we frustrate Him by flight.
وَأَنَّا لَمَّا سَمِعْنَا الْهُدَىٰ آمَنَّا بِهِ ۖ فَمَنْ يُؤْمِنْ بِرَبِّهِ فَلَا يَخَافُ بَخْسًا وَلَا رَهَقًا
Waanna lamma samiAAnaalhuda amanna bihi faman yu/min birabbihifala yakhafu bakhsan wala rahaqa
'And as for us, since we have listened to the Guidance, we have accepted it: and any who believes in his Lord has no fear, either of a short (account) or of any injustice.
وَأَنَّا مِنَّا الْمُسْلِمُونَ وَمِنَّا الْقَاسِطُونَ ۖ فَمَنْ أَسْلَمَ فَأُولَٰئِكَ تَحَرَّوْا رَشَدًا
Waanna minna almuslimoonawaminna alqasitoona faman aslama faola-ikataharraw rashada
'Amongst us are some that submit their wills (to Allah), and some that swerve from justice. Now those who submit their wills - they have sought out (the path) of right conduct:
وَأَمَّا الْقَاسِطُونَ فَكَانُوا لِجَهَنَّمَ حَطَبًا
Waama alqasitoona fakanoolijahannama hataba
'But those who swerve,- they are (but) fuel for Hell-fire'-
وَأَنْ لَوِ اسْتَقَامُوا عَلَى الطَّرِيقَةِ لَأَسْقَيْنَاهُمْ مَاءً غَدَقًا
Waallawi istaqamoo AAala attareeqatilaasqaynahum maan ghadaqa
(And Allah's Message is): "If they (the Pagans) had (only) remained on the (right) Way, We should certainly have bestowed on them Rain in abundance.
لِنَفْتِنَهُمْ فِيهِ ۚ وَمَنْ يُعْرِضْ عَنْ ذِكْرِ رَبِّهِ يَسْلُكْهُ عَذَابًا صَعَدًا
Linaftinahum feehi waman yuAArid AAanthikri rabbihi yasluk-hu AAathaban saAAada
"That We might try them by that (means). But if any turns away from the remembrance of his Lord, He will cause him to undergo a severe Penalty.
وَأَنَّ الْمَسَاجِدَ لِلَّهِ فَلَا تَدْعُوا مَعَ اللَّهِ أَحَدًا
Waanna almasajida lillahi falatadAAoo maAAa Allahi ahada
"And the places of worship are for Allah (alone): So invoke not any one along with Allah;
وَأَنَّهُ لَمَّا قَامَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ يَدْعُوهُ كَادُوا يَكُونُونَ عَلَيْهِ لِبَدًا
Waannahu lamma qama AAabdu AllahiyadAAoohu kadoo yakoonoona AAalayhi libada
"Yet when the Devotee of Allah stands forth to invoke Him, they just make round him a dense crowd."
قُلْ إِنَّمَا أَدْعُو رَبِّي وَلَا أُشْرِكُ بِهِ أَحَدًا
Qul innama adAAoo rabbee walaoshriku bihi ahada
Say: "I do no more than invoke my Lord, and I join not with Him any (false god)."
قُلْ إِنِّي لَا أَمْلِكُ لَكُمْ ضَرًّا وَلَا رَشَدًا
Qul innee la amliku lakum darranwala rashada
Say: "It is not in my power to cause you harm, or to bring you to right conduct."
قُلْ إِنِّي لَنْ يُجِيرَنِي مِنَ اللَّهِ أَحَدٌ وَلَنْ أَجِدَ مِنْ دُونِهِ مُلْتَحَدًا
Qul innee lan yujeeranee mina Allahiahadun walan ajida min doonihi multahada
Say: "No one can deliver me from Allah (If I were to disobey Him), nor should I find refuge except in Him,
إِلَّا بَلَاغًا مِنَ اللَّهِ وَرِسَالَاتِهِ ۚ وَمَنْ يَعْصِ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ فَإِنَّ لَهُ نَارَ جَهَنَّمَ خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا أَبَدًا
Illa balaghan mina Allahiwarisalatihi waman yaAAsi Allahawarasoolahu fa-inna lahu nara jahannama khalideenafeeha abada
"Unless I proclaim what I receive from Allah and His Messages: for any that disobey Allah and His Messenger,- for them is Hell: they shall dwell therein for ever."
حَتَّىٰ إِذَا رَأَوْا مَا يُوعَدُونَ فَسَيَعْلَمُونَ مَنْ أَضْعَفُ نَاصِرًا وَأَقَلُّ عَدَدًا
Hatta itha raaw mayooAAadoona fasayaAAlamoona man adAAafu nasiranwaaqallu AAadada
At length, when they see (with their own eyes) that which they are promised,- then will they know who it is that is weakest in (his) helper and least important in point of numbers.
قُلْ إِنْ أَدْرِي أَقَرِيبٌ مَا تُوعَدُونَ أَمْ يَجْعَلُ لَهُ رَبِّي أَمَدًا
Qul in adree aqareebun ma tooAAadoonaam yajAAalu lahu rabbee amada
Say: "I know not whether the (Punishment) which ye are promised is near, or whether my Lord will appoint for it a distant term.
عَالِمُ الْغَيْبِ فَلَا يُظْهِرُ عَلَىٰ غَيْبِهِ أَحَدًا
AAalimu alghaybi fala yuthhiruAAala ghaybihi ahada
"He (alone) knows the Unseen, nor does He make any one acquainted with His Mysteries,-
إِلَّا مَنِ ارْتَضَىٰ مِنْ رَسُولٍ فَإِنَّهُ يَسْلُكُ مِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِ رَصَدًا
Illa mani irtada min rasoolinfa-innahu yasluku min bayni yadayhi wamin khalfihi rasada
"Except a messenger whom He has chosen: and then He makes a band of watchers march before him and behind him,
لِيَعْلَمَ أَنْ قَدْ أَبْلَغُوا رِسَالَاتِ رَبِّهِمْ وَأَحَاطَ بِمَا لَدَيْهِمْ وَأَحْصَىٰ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ عَدَدًا
LiyaAAlama an qad ablaghoo risalatirabbihim waahata bima ladayhim waahsa kullashay-in AAadada
"That He may know that they have (truly) brought and delivered the Messages of their Lord: and He surrounds (all the mysteries) that are with them, and takes account of every single thing."
The Enshrouded One
يَا أَيُّهَا الْمُزَّمِّلُ
Ya ayyuha almuzzammil
O thou folded in garments!
قُمِ اللَّيْلَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا
Qumi allayla illa qaleela
Stand (to prayer) by night, but not all night,-
نِصْفَهُ أَوِ انْقُصْ مِنْهُ قَلِيلًا
Nisfahu awi onqus minhu qaleela
Half of it,- or a little less,
أَوْ زِدْ عَلَيْهِ وَرَتِّلِ الْقُرْآنَ تَرْتِيلًا
Aw zid AAalayhi warattili alqur-anatarteela
Or a little more; and recite the Qur'an in slow, measured rhythmic tones.
إِنَّا سَنُلْقِي عَلَيْكَ قَوْلًا ثَقِيلًا
Inna sanulqee AAalayka qawlan thaqeela
Soon shall We send down to thee a weighty Message.
إِنَّ نَاشِئَةَ اللَّيْلِ هِيَ أَشَدُّ وَطْئًا وَأَقْوَمُ قِيلًا
Inna nashi-ata allayli hiya ashaddu wat-anwaaqwamu qeela
Truly the rising by night is most potent for governing (the soul), and most suitable for (framing) the Word (of Prayer and Praise).
إِنَّ لَكَ فِي النَّهَارِ سَبْحًا طَوِيلًا
Inna laka fee annahari sabhantaweela
True, there is for thee by day prolonged occupation with ordinary duties:
وَاذْكُرِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ وَتَبَتَّلْ إِلَيْهِ تَبْتِيلًا
Wathkuri isma rabbikawatabattal ilayhi tabteela
But keep in remembrance the name of thy Lord and devote thyself to Him whole-heartedly.
رَبُّ الْمَشْرِقِ وَالْمَغْرِبِ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ فَاتَّخِذْهُ وَكِيلًا
Rabbu almashriqi walmaghribi lailaha illa huwa fattakhithhu wakeela
(He is) Lord of the East and the West: there is no god but He: take Him therefore for (thy) Disposer of Affairs.
وَاصْبِرْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَقُولُونَ وَاهْجُرْهُمْ هَجْرًا جَمِيلًا
Wasbir AAala mayaqooloona wahjurhum hajran jameela
And have patience with what they say, and leave them with noble (dignity).
وَذَرْنِي وَالْمُكَذِّبِينَ أُولِي النَّعْمَةِ وَمَهِّلْهُمْ قَلِيلًا
Watharnee walmukaththibeenaolee annaAAmati wamahhilhum qaleela
And leave Me (alone to deal with) those in possession of the good things of life, who (yet) deny the Truth; and bear with them for a little while.
إِنَّ لَدَيْنَا أَنْكَالًا وَجَحِيمًا
Inna ladayna ankalan wajaheema
With Us are Fetters (to bind them), and a Fire (to burn them),
وَطَعَامًا ذَا غُصَّةٍ وَعَذَابًا أَلِيمًا
WataAAaman tha ghussatinwaAAathaban aleema
And a Food that chokes, and a Penalty Grievous.
يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ الْأَرْضُ وَالْجِبَالُ وَكَانَتِ الْجِبَالُ كَثِيبًا مَهِيلًا
Yawma tarjufu al-ardu waljibaluwakanati aljibalu katheeban maheela
One Day the earth and the mountains will be in violent commotion. And the mountains will be as a heap of sand poured out and flowing down.
إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنَا إِلَيْكُمْ رَسُولًا شَاهِدًا عَلَيْكُمْ كَمَا أَرْسَلْنَا إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ رَسُولًا
Inna arsalna ilaykum rasoolanshahidan AAalaykum kama arsalna ilafirAAawna rasoola
We have sent to you, (O men!) a messenger, to be a witness concerning you, even as We sent a messenger to Pharaoh.
فَعَصَىٰ فِرْعَوْنُ الرَّسُولَ فَأَخَذْنَاهُ أَخْذًا وَبِيلًا
FaAAasa firAAawnu arrasoolafaakhathnahu akhthan wabeela
But Pharaoh disobeyed the messenger; so We seized him with a heavy Punishment.
فَكَيْفَ تَتَّقُونَ إِنْ كَفَرْتُمْ يَوْمًا يَجْعَلُ الْوِلْدَانَ شِيبًا
Fakayfa tattaqoona in kafartum yawmanyajAAalu alwildana sheeba
Then how shall ye, if ye deny (Allah), guard yourselves against a Day that will make children hoary-headed?-
السَّمَاءُ مُنْفَطِرٌ بِهِ ۚ كَانَ وَعْدُهُ مَفْعُولًا
Assamao munfatirunbihi kana waAAduhu mafAAoola
Whereon the sky will be cleft asunder? His Promise needs must be accomplished.
إِنَّ هَٰذِهِ تَذْكِرَةٌ ۖ فَمَنْ شَاءَ اتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِ سَبِيلًا
Inna hathihi tathkiratun famanshaa ittakhatha ila rabbihi sabeela
Verily this is an Admonition: therefore, whoso will, let him take a (straight) path to his Lord!
۞ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ تَقُومُ أَدْنَىٰ مِنْ ثُلُثَيِ اللَّيْلِ وَنِصْفَهُ وَثُلُثَهُ وَطَائِفَةٌ مِنَ الَّذِينَ مَعَكَ ۚ وَاللَّهُ يُقَدِّرُ اللَّيْلَ وَالنَّهَارَ ۚ عَلِمَ أَنْ لَنْ تُحْصُوهُ فَتَابَ عَلَيْكُمْ ۖ فَاقْرَءُوا مَا تَيَسَّرَ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ ۚ عَلِمَ أَنْ سَيَكُونُ مِنْكُمْ مَرْضَىٰ ۙ وَآخَرُونَ يَضْرِبُونَ فِي الْأَرْضِ يَبْتَغُونَ مِنْ فَضْلِ اللَّهِ ۙ وَآخَرُونَ يُقَاتِلُونَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ ۖ فَاقْرَءُوا مَا تَيَسَّرَ مِنْهُ ۚ وَأَقِيمُوا الصَّلَاةَ وَآتُوا الزَّكَاةَ وَأَقْرِضُوا اللَّهَ قَرْضًا حَسَنًا ۚ وَمَا تُقَدِّمُوا لِأَنْفُسِكُمْ مِنْ خَيْرٍ تَجِدُوهُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ هُوَ خَيْرًا وَأَعْظَمَ أَجْرًا ۚ وَاسْتَغْفِرُوا اللَّهَ ۖ إِنَّ اللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ
Inna rabbaka yaAAlamu annaka taqoomu adnamin thuluthayi allayli wanisfahu wathuluthahu wata-ifatunmina allatheena maAAaka wallahu yuqaddiruallayla wannahara AAalima an lan tuhsoohufataba AAalaykum faqraoo ma tayassara minaalqur-ani AAalima an sayakoonu minkum marda waakharoonayadriboona fee al-ardi yabtaghoona min fadliAllahi waakharoona yuqatiloona fee sabeeliAllahi faqraoo ma tayassara minhu waaqeemooassalata waatoo azzakatawaaqridoo Allaha qardan hasanan wamatuqaddimoo li-anfusikum min khayrin tajidoohu AAinda Allahihuwa khayran waaAAthama ajran wastaghfirooAllaha inna Allaha ghafoorun raheem
Thy Lord doth know that thou standest forth (to prayer) nigh two-thirds of the night, or half the night, or a third of the night, and so doth a party of those with thee. But Allah doth appoint night and day in due measure He knoweth that ye are unable to keep count thereof. So He hath turned to you (in mercy): read ye, therefore, of the Qur'an as much as may be easy for you. He knoweth that there may be (some) among you in ill-health; others travelling through the land, seeking of Allah's bounty; yet others fighting in Allah's Cause, read ye, therefore, as much of the Qur'an as may be easy (for you); and establish regular Prayer and give regular Charity; and loan to Allah a Beautiful Loan. And whatever good ye send forth for your souls ye shall find it in Allah's Presence,- yea, better and greater, in Reward and seek ye the Grace of Allah: for Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
The Cloaked One
يَا أَيُّهَا الْمُدَّثِّرُ
Ya ayyuha almuddaththir
O thou wrapped up (in the mantle)!
قُمْ فَأَنْذِرْ
Qum faanthir
Arise and deliver thy warning!
وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرْ
Warabbaka fakabbir
And thy Lord do thou magnify!
وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرْ
Wathiyabaka fatahhir
And thy garments keep free from stain!
وَالرُّجْزَ فَاهْجُرْ
Warrujza fahjur
And all abomination shun!
وَلَا تَمْنُنْ تَسْتَكْثِرُ
Wala tamnun tastakthir
Nor expect, in giving, any increase (for thyself)!
وَلِرَبِّكَ فَاصْبِرْ
Walirabbika fasbir
But, for thy Lord's (Cause), be patient and constant!
فَإِذَا نُقِرَ فِي النَّاقُورِ
Fa-itha nuqira fee annaqoor
Finally, when the Trumpet is sounded,
فَذَٰلِكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَوْمٌ عَسِيرٌ
Fathalika yawma-ithin yawmunAAaseer
That will be- that Day - a Day of Distress,-
عَلَى الْكَافِرِينَ غَيْرُ يَسِيرٍ
AAala alkafireena ghayruyaseer
Far from easy for those without Faith.
ذَرْنِي وَمَنْ خَلَقْتُ وَحِيدًا
Tharnee waman khalaqtu waheeda
Leave Me alone, (to deal) with the (creature) whom I created (bare and) alone!-
وَجَعَلْتُ لَهُ مَالًا مَمْدُودًا
WajaAAaltu lahu malan mamdooda
To whom I granted resources in abundance,
وَبَنِينَ شُهُودًا
Wabaneena shuhooda
And sons to be by his side!-
وَمَهَّدْتُ لَهُ تَمْهِيدًا
Wamahhadtu lahu tamheeda
To whom I made (life) smooth and comfortable!
ثُمَّ يَطْمَعُ أَنْ أَزِيدَ
Thumma yatmaAAu an azeed
Yet is he greedy-that I should add (yet more);-
كَلَّا ۖ إِنَّهُ كَانَ لِآيَاتِنَا عَنِيدًا
Kalla innahu kana li-ayatinaAAaneeda
By no means! For to Our Signs he has been refractory!
سَأُرْهِقُهُ صَعُودًا
Saorhiquhu saAAooda
Soon will I visit him with a mount of calamities!
إِنَّهُ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ
Innahu fakkara waqaddar
For he thought and he plotted;-
فَقُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ
Faqutila kayfa qaddar
And woe to him! How he plotted!-
ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ
Thumma qutila kayfa qaddar
Yea, Woe to him; How he plotted!-
ثُمَّ نَظَرَ
Thumma nathar
Then he looked round;
ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ
Thumma AAabasa wabasar
Then he frowned and he scowled;
ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ وَاسْتَكْبَرَ
Thumma adbara wastakbar
Then he turned back and was haughty;
فَقَالَ إِنْ هَٰذَا إِلَّا سِحْرٌ يُؤْثَرُ
Faqala in hatha illa sihrunyu/thar
Then said he: "This is nothing but magic, derived from of old;
إِنْ هَٰذَا إِلَّا قَوْلُ الْبَشَرِ
In hatha illa qawlu albashar
"This is nothing but the word of a mortal!"
سَأُصْلِيهِ سَقَرَ
Saosleehi saqar
Soon will I cast him into Hell-Fire!
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا سَقَرُ
Wama adraka ma saqar
And what will explain to thee what Hell-Fire is?
لَا تُبْقِي وَلَا تَذَرُ
La tubqee wala tathar
Naught doth it permit to endure, and naught doth it leave alone!-
لَوَّاحَةٌ لِلْبَشَرِ
Lawwahatun lilbashar
Darkening and changing the colour of man!
عَلَيْهَا تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ
AAalayha tisAAata AAashar
Over it are Nineteen.
وَمَا جَعَلْنَا أَصْحَابَ النَّارِ إِلَّا مَلَائِكَةً ۙ وَمَا جَعَلْنَا عِدَّتَهُمْ إِلَّا فِتْنَةً لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لِيَسْتَيْقِنَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ وَيَزْدَادَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِيمَانًا ۙ وَلَا يَرْتَابَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ وَالْمُؤْمِنُونَ ۙ وَلِيَقُولَ الَّذِينَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ مَرَضٌ وَالْكَافِرُونَ مَاذَا أَرَادَ اللَّهُ بِهَٰذَا مَثَلًا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُضِلُّ اللَّهُ مَنْ يَشَاءُ وَيَهْدِي مَنْ يَشَاءُ ۚ وَمَا يَعْلَمُ جُنُودَ رَبِّكَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۚ وَمَا هِيَ إِلَّا ذِكْرَىٰ لِلْبَشَرِ
Wama jaAAalna as-habaannari illa mala-ikatan wamajaAAalna AAiddatahum illa fitnatan lillatheenakafaroo liyastayqina allatheena ootoo alkitabawayazdada allatheena amanoo eemananwala yartaba allatheena ootoo alkitabawalmu/minoona waliyaqoola allatheena feequloobihim maradun walkafiroona mathaarada Allahu bihatha mathalan kathalikayudillu Allahu man yashao wayahdee man yashaowama yaAAlamu junooda rabbika illa huwa wamahiya illa thikra lilbashar
And We have set none but angels as Guardians of the Fire; and We have fixed their number only as a trial for Unbelievers,- in order that the People of the Book may arrive at certainty, and the Believers may increase in Faith,- and that no doubts may be left for the People of the Book and the Believers, and that those in whose hearts is a disease and the Unbelievers may say, "What symbol doth Allah intend by this?" Thus doth Allah leave to stray whom He pleaseth, and guide whom He pleaseth: and none can know the forces of thy Lord, except He and this is no other than a warning to mankind.
كَلَّا وَالْقَمَرِ
Kalla walqamar
Nay, verily: By the Moon,
وَاللَّيْلِ إِذْ أَدْبَرَ
Wallayli ith adbar
And by the Night as it retreateth,
وَالصُّبْحِ إِذَا أَسْفَرَ
Wassubhi ithaasfar
And by the Dawn as it shineth forth,-
إِنَّهَا لَإِحْدَى الْكُبَرِ
Innaha la-ihda alkubar
This is but one of the mighty (portents),
نَذِيرًا لِلْبَشَرِ
Natheeran lilbashar
A warning to mankind,-
لِمَنْ شَاءَ مِنْكُمْ أَنْ يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوْ يَتَأَخَّرَ
Liman shaa minkum an yataqaddama awyataakhkhar
To any of you that chooses to press forward, or to follow behind;-
كُلُّ نَفْسٍ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ
Kullu nafsin bima kasabat raheena
Every soul will be (held) in pledge for its deeds.
إِلَّا أَصْحَابَ الْيَمِينِ
Illa as-haba alyameen
Except the Companions of the Right Hand.
فِي جَنَّاتٍ يَتَسَاءَلُونَ
Fee jannatin yatasaaloon
(They will be) in Gardens (of Delight): they will question each other,
عَنِ الْمُجْرِمِينَ
AAani almujrimeen
And (ask) of the Sinners:
مَا سَلَكَكُمْ فِي سَقَرَ
Ma salakakum fee saqar
"What led you into Hell Fire?"
قَالُوا لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ الْمُصَلِّينَ
Qaloo lam naku mina almusalleen
They will say: "We were not of those who prayed;
وَلَمْ نَكُ نُطْعِمُ الْمِسْكِينَ
Walam naku nutAAimu almiskeen
"Nor were we of those who fed the indigent;
وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ الْخَائِضِينَ
Wakunna nakhoodu maAAa alkha-ideen
"But we used to talk vanities with vain talkers;
وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ الدِّينِ
Wakunna nukaththibu biyawmi addeen
"And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,
حَتَّىٰ أَتَانَا الْيَقِينُ
Hatta atanaalyaqeen
"Until there came to us (the Hour) that is certain."
فَمَا تَنْفَعُهُمْ شَفَاعَةُ الشَّافِعِينَ
Fama tanfaAAuhum shafaAAatu ashshafiAAeen
Then will no intercession of (any) intercessors profit them.
فَمَا لَهُمْ عَنِ التَّذْكِرَةِ مُعْرِضِينَ
Fama lahum AAani attathkiratimuAArideen
Then what is the matter with them that they turn away from admonition?-
كَأَنَّهُمْ حُمُرٌ مُسْتَنْفِرَةٌ
Kaannahum humurun mustanfira
As if they were affrighted asses,
فَرَّتْ مِنْ قَسْوَرَةٍ
Farrat min qaswara
Fleeing from a lion!
بَلْ يُرِيدُ كُلُّ امْرِئٍ مِنْهُمْ أَنْ يُؤْتَىٰ صُحُفًا مُنَشَّرَةً
Bal yureedu kullu imri-in minhum an yu/tasuhufan munashshara
Forsooth, each one of them wants to be given scrolls (of revelation) spread out!
كَلَّا ۖ بَلْ لَا يَخَافُونَ الْآخِرَةَ
Kalla bal la yakhafoonaal-akhira
By no means! But they fear not the Hereafter,
كَلَّا إِنَّهُ تَذْكِرَةٌ
Kalla innahu tathkira
Nay, this surely is an admonition:
فَمَنْ شَاءَ ذَكَرَهُ
Faman shaa thakarah
Let any who will, keep it in remembrance!
وَمَا يَذْكُرُونَ إِلَّا أَنْ يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ ۚ هُوَ أَهْلُ التَّقْوَىٰ وَأَهْلُ الْمَغْفِرَةِ
Wama yathkuroona illaan yashaa Allahu huwa ahlu attaqwawaahlu almaghfirat
But none will keep it in remembrance except as Allah wills: He is the Lord of Righteousness, and the Lord of Forgiveness.
The Resurrection
لَا أُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ
La oqsimu biyawmi alqiyamat
I do call to witness the Resurrection Day;
وَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالنَّفْسِ اللَّوَّامَةِ
Wala oqsimu binnafsi allawwamat
And I do call to witness the self-reproaching spirit: (Eschew Evil).
أَيَحْسَبُ الْإِنْسَانُ أَلَّنْ نَجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُ
Ayahsabu al-insanu allannajmaAAa AAithamah
Does man think that We cannot assemble his bones?
بَلَىٰ قَادِرِينَ عَلَىٰ أَنْ نُسَوِّيَ بَنَانَهُ
Bala qadireena AAala annusawwiya bananah
Nay, We are able to put together in perfect order the very tips of his fingers.
بَلْ يُرِيدُ الْإِنْسَانُ لِيَفْجُرَ أَمَامَهُ
Bal yureedu al-insanu liyafjura amamah
But man wishes to do wrong (even) in the time in front of him.
يَسْأَلُ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ الْقِيَامَةِ
Yas-alu ayyana yawmu alqiyama
He questions: "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
فَإِذَا بَرِقَ الْبَصَرُ
Fa-itha bariqa albasar
At length, when the sight is dazed,
وَخَسَفَ الْقَمَرُ
Wakhasafa alqamar
And the moon is buried in darkness.
وَجُمِعَ الشَّمْسُ وَالْقَمَرُ
WajumiAAa ashshamsu walqamar
And the sun and moon are joined together,-
يَقُولُ الْإِنْسَانُ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَيْنَ الْمَفَرُّ
Yaqoolu al-insanu yawma-ithinayna almafar
That Day will Man say: "Where is the refuge?"
كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ
Kalla la wazar
By no means! No place of safety!
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ الْمُسْتَقَرُّ
Ila rabbika yawma-ithinalmustaqar
Before thy Lord (alone), that Day will be the place of rest.
يُنَبَّأُ الْإِنْسَانُ يَوْمَئِذٍ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ
Yunabbao al-insanu yawma-ithinbima qaddama waakhkhar
That Day will Man be told (all) that he put forward, and all that he put back.
بَلِ الْإِنْسَانُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِ بَصِيرَةٌ
Bali al-insanu AAala nafsihibaseera
Nay, man will be evidence against himself,
وَلَوْ أَلْقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُ
Walaw alqa maAAatheerah
Even though he were to put up his excuses.
لَا تُحَرِّكْ بِهِ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِهِ
La tuharrik bihi lisanakalitaAAjala bih
Move not thy tongue concerning the (Qur'an) to make haste therewith.
إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا جَمْعَهُ وَقُرْآنَهُ
Inna AAalayna jamAAahu waqur-anah
It is for Us to collect it and to promulgate it:
فَإِذَا قَرَأْنَاهُ فَاتَّبِعْ قُرْآنَهُ
Fa-itha qara/nahu fattabiAAqur-anah
But when We have promulgated it, follow thou its recital (as promulgated):
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا بَيَانَهُ
Thumma inna AAalayna bayanah
Nay more, it is for Us to explain it (and make it clear):
كَلَّا بَلْ تُحِبُّونَ الْعَاجِلَةَ
Kalla bal tuhibboona alAAajila
Nay, (ye men!) but ye love the fleeting life,
وَتَذَرُونَ الْآخِرَةَ
Watatharoona al-akhira
And leave alone the Hereafter.
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَاضِرَةٌ
Wujoohun yawma-ithin nadira
Some faces, that Day, will beam (in brightness and beauty);-
إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌ
Ila rabbiha nathira
Looking towards their Lord;
وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ بَاسِرَةٌ
Wawujoohun yawma-ithin basira
And some faces, that Day, will be sad and dismal,
تَظُنُّ أَنْ يُفْعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌ
Tathunnu an yufAAala bihafaqira
In the thought that some back-breaking calamity was about to be inflicted on them;
كَلَّا إِذَا بَلَغَتِ التَّرَاقِيَ
Kalla itha balaghati attaraqiy
Yea, when (the soul) reaches to the collar-bone (in its exit),
وَقِيلَ مَنْ ۜ رَاقٍ
Waqeela man raq
And there will be a cry, "Who is a magician (to restore him)?"
وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ الْفِرَاقُ
Wathanna annahu alfiraq
And he will conclude that it was (the Time) of Parting;
وَالْتَفَّتِ السَّاقُ بِالسَّاقِ
Waltaffati assaqu bilssaq
And one leg will be joined with another:
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ الْمَسَاقُ
Ila rabbika yawma-ithin almasaq
That Day the Drive will be (all) to thy Lord!
فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ
Fala saddaqa wala salla
So he gave nothing in charity, nor did he pray!-
وَلَٰكِنْ كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
Walakin kaththaba watawalla
But on the contrary, he rejected Truth and turned away!
ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰ أَهْلِهِ يَتَمَطَّىٰ
Thumma thahaba ila ahlihiyatamatta
Then did he stalk to his family in full conceit!
أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰ
Awla laka faawla
Woe to thee, (O men!), yea, woe!
ثُمَّ أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰ
Thumma awla laka faawla
Again, Woe to thee, (O men!), yea, woe!
أَيَحْسَبُ الْإِنْسَانُ أَنْ يُتْرَكَ سُدًى
Ayahsabu al-insanu an yutrakasuda
Does man think that he will be left uncontrolled, (without purpose)?
أَلَمْ يَكُ نُطْفَةً مِنْ مَنِيٍّ يُمْنَىٰ
Alam yaku nutfatan min manayyin yumna
Was he not a drop of sperm emitted (in lowly form)?
ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةً فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ
Thumma kana AAalaqatan fakhalaqafasawwa
Then did he become a leech-like clot; then did (Allah) make and fashion (him) in due proportion.
فَجَعَلَ مِنْهُ الزَّوْجَيْنِ الذَّكَرَ وَالْأُنْثَىٰ
FajaAAala minhu azzawjayni aththakarawal-ontha
And of him He made two sexes, male and female.
أَلَيْسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَادِرٍ عَلَىٰ أَنْ يُحْيِيَ الْمَوْتَىٰ
Alaysa thalika biqadirin AAalaan yuhyiya almawta
Has not He, (the same), the power to give life to the dead?
Man
هَلْ أَتَىٰ عَلَى الْإِنْسَانِ حِينٌ مِنَ الدَّهْرِ لَمْ يَكُنْ شَيْئًا مَذْكُورًا
Hal ata AAala al-insani heenunmina addahri lam yakun shay-an mathkoora
Has there not been over Man a long period of Time, when he was nothing - (not even) mentioned?
إِنَّا خَلَقْنَا الْإِنْسَانَ مِنْ نُطْفَةٍ أَمْشَاجٍ نَبْتَلِيهِ فَجَعَلْنَاهُ سَمِيعًا بَصِيرًا
Inna khalaqna al-insanamin nutfatin amshajin nabtaleehi fajaAAalnahusameeAAan baseera
Verily We created Man from a drop of mingled sperm, in order to try him: So We gave him (the gifts), of Hearing and Sight.
إِنَّا هَدَيْنَاهُ السَّبِيلَ إِمَّا شَاكِرًا وَإِمَّا كَفُورًا
Inna hadaynahu assabeelaimma shakiran wa-imma kafoora
We showed him the Way: whether he be grateful or ungrateful (rests on his will).
إِنَّا أَعْتَدْنَا لِلْكَافِرِينَ سَلَاسِلَ وَأَغْلَالًا وَسَعِيرًا
Inna aAAtadna lilkafireenasalasila waaghlalan wasaAAeera
For the Rejecters we have prepared chains, yokes, and a blazing Fire.
إِنَّ الْأَبْرَارَ يَشْرَبُونَ مِنْ كَأْسٍ كَانَ مِزَاجُهَا كَافُورًا
Inna al-abrara yashraboona min ka/sinkana mizajuha kafoora
As to the Righteous, they shall drink of a Cup (of Wine) mixed with Kafur,-
عَيْنًا يَشْرَبُ بِهَا عِبَادُ اللَّهِ يُفَجِّرُونَهَا تَفْجِيرًا
AAaynan yashrabu biha AAibaduAllahi yufajjiroonaha tafjeera
A Fountain where the Devotees of Allah do drink, making it flow in unstinted abundance.
يُوفُونَ بِالنَّذْرِ وَيَخَافُونَ يَوْمًا كَانَ شَرُّهُ مُسْتَطِيرًا
Yoofoona binnathri wayakhafoonayawman kana sharruhu mustateera
They perform (their) vows, and they fear a Day whose evil flies far and wide.
وَيُطْعِمُونَ الطَّعَامَ عَلَىٰ حُبِّهِ مِسْكِينًا وَيَتِيمًا وَأَسِيرًا
WayutAAimona attaAAamaAAala hubbihi miskeenan wayateeman waaseera
And they feed, for the love of Allah, the indigent, the orphan, and the captive,-
إِنَّمَا نُطْعِمُكُمْ لِوَجْهِ اللَّهِ لَا نُرِيدُ مِنْكُمْ جَزَاءً وَلَا شُكُورًا
Innama nutAAimukum liwajhi Allahila nureedu minkum jazaan wala shukoora
(Saying),"We feed you for the sake of Allah alone: no reward do we desire from you, nor thanks.
إِنَّا نَخَافُ مِنْ رَبِّنَا يَوْمًا عَبُوسًا قَمْطَرِيرًا
Inna nakhafu min rabbinayawman AAaboosan qamtareera
"We only fear a Day of distressful Wrath from the side of our Lord."
فَوَقَاهُمُ اللَّهُ شَرَّ ذَٰلِكَ الْيَوْمِ وَلَقَّاهُمْ نَضْرَةً وَسُرُورًا
Fawaqahumu Allahu sharra thalikaalyawmi walaqqahum nadratan wasuroora
But Allah will deliver them from the evil of that Day, and will shed over them a Light of Beauty and (blissful) Joy.
وَجَزَاهُمْ بِمَا صَبَرُوا جَنَّةً وَحَرِيرًا
Wajazahum bima sabaroojannatan wahareera
And because they were patient and constant, He will reward them with a Garden and (garments of) silk.
مُتَّكِئِينَ فِيهَا عَلَى الْأَرَائِكِ ۖ لَا يَرَوْنَ فِيهَا شَمْسًا وَلَا زَمْهَرِيرًا
Muttaki-eena feeha AAala al-ara-ikila yarawna feeha shamsan wala zamhareera
Reclining in the (Garden) on raised thrones, they will see there neither the sun's (excessive heat) nor (the moon's) excessive cold.
وَدَانِيَةً عَلَيْهِمْ ظِلَالُهَا وَذُلِّلَتْ قُطُوفُهَا تَذْلِيلًا
Wadaniyatan AAalayhim thilaluhawathullilat qutoofuha tathleela
And the shades of the (Garden) will come low over them, and the bunches (of fruit), there, will hang low in humility.
وَيُطَافُ عَلَيْهِمْ بِآنِيَةٍ مِنْ فِضَّةٍ وَأَكْوَابٍ كَانَتْ قَوَارِيرَا
Wayutafu AAalayhim bi-aniyatinmin fiddatin waakwabin kanat qawareera
And amongst them will be passedround vessels of silver and goblets of crystal,-
قَوَارِيرَ مِنْ فِضَّةٍ قَدَّرُوهَا تَقْدِيرًا
Qawareera min fiddatinqaddarooha taqdeera
Crystal-clear, made of silver: they will determine the measure thereof (according to their wishes).
وَيُسْقَوْنَ فِيهَا كَأْسًا كَانَ مِزَاجُهَا زَنْجَبِيلًا
Wayusqawna feeha ka/san kanamizajuha zanjabeela
And they will be given to drink there of a Cup (of Wine) mixed with Zanjabil,-
عَيْنًا فِيهَا تُسَمَّىٰ سَلْسَبِيلًا
AAaynan feeha tusammasalsabeela
A fountain there, called Salsabil.
۞ وَيَطُوفُ عَلَيْهِمْ وِلْدَانٌ مُخَلَّدُونَ إِذَا رَأَيْتَهُمْ حَسِبْتَهُمْ لُؤْلُؤًا مَنْثُورًا
Wayatoofu AAalayhim wildanunmukhalladoona itha raaytahum hasibtahum lu/lu-anmanthoora
And round about them will (serve) youths of perpetual (freshness): If thou seest them, thou wouldst think them scattered Pearls.
وَإِذَا رَأَيْتَ ثَمَّ رَأَيْتَ نَعِيمًا وَمُلْكًا كَبِيرًا
Wa-itha raayta thamma raaytanaAAeeman wamulkan kabeera
And when thou lookest, it is there thou wilt see a Bliss and a Realm Magnificent.
عَالِيَهُمْ ثِيَابُ سُنْدُسٍ خُضْرٌ وَإِسْتَبْرَقٌ ۖ وَحُلُّوا أَسَاوِرَ مِنْ فِضَّةٍ وَسَقَاهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ شَرَابًا طَهُورًا
AAaliyahum thiyabu sundusinkhudrun wa-istabraqun wahulloo asawira minfiddatin wasaqahum rabbuhum sharaban tahoora
Upon them will be green Garments of fine silk and heavy brocade, and they will be adorned with Bracelets of silver; and their Lord will give to them to drink of a Wine Pure and Holy.
إِنَّ هَٰذَا كَانَ لَكُمْ جَزَاءً وَكَانَ سَعْيُكُمْ مَشْكُورًا
Inna hatha kana lakum jazaanwakana saAAyukum mashkoora
"Verily this is a Reward for you, and your Endeavour is accepted and recognised."
إِنَّا نَحْنُ نَزَّلْنَا عَلَيْكَ الْقُرْآنَ تَنْزِيلًا
Inna nahnu nazzalnaAAalayka alqur-ana tanzeela
It is We Who have sent down the Qur'an to thee by stages.
فَاصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تُطِعْ مِنْهُمْ آثِمًا أَوْ كَفُورًا
Fasbir lihukmi rabbikawala tutiAA minhum athiman aw kafoora
Therefore be patient with constancy to the Command of thy Lord, and hearken not to the sinner or the ingrate among them.
وَاذْكُرِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ بُكْرَةً وَأَصِيلًا
Wathkuri isma rabbikabukratan waaseela
And celebrate the name of thy Lord morning and evening,
وَمِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَاسْجُدْ لَهُ وَسَبِّحْهُ لَيْلًا طَوِيلًا
Wamina allayli fasjud lahu wasabbihhulaylan taweela
And part of the night, prostrate thyself to Him; and glorify Him a long night through.
إِنَّ هَٰؤُلَاءِ يُحِبُّونَ الْعَاجِلَةَ وَيَذَرُونَ وَرَاءَهُمْ يَوْمًا ثَقِيلًا
Inna haola-i yuhibboonaalAAajilata wayatharoona waraahum yawmanthaqeela
As to these, they love the fleeting life, and put away behind them a Day (that will be) hard.
نَحْنُ خَلَقْنَاهُمْ وَشَدَدْنَا أَسْرَهُمْ ۖ وَإِذَا شِئْنَا بَدَّلْنَا أَمْثَالَهُمْ تَبْدِيلًا
Nahnu khalaqnahum washadadnaasrahum wa-itha shi/na baddalna amthalahumtabdeela
It is We Who created them, and We have made their joints strong; but, when We will, We can substitute the like of them by a complete change.
إِنَّ هَٰذِهِ تَذْكِرَةٌ ۖ فَمَنْ شَاءَ اتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِ سَبِيلًا
Inna hathihi tathkiratun famanshaa ittakhatha ila rabbihi sabeela
This is an admonition: Whosoever will, let him take a (straight) Path to his Lord.
وَمَا تَشَاءُونَ إِلَّا أَنْ يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ عَلِيمًا حَكِيمًا
Wama tashaoona illa anyashaa Allahu inna Allaha kanaAAaleeman hakeema
But ye will not, except as Allah wills; for Allah is full of Knowledge and Wisdom.
يُدْخِلُ مَنْ يَشَاءُ فِي رَحْمَتِهِ ۚ وَالظَّالِمِينَ أَعَدَّ لَهُمْ عَذَابًا أَلِيمًا
Yudkhilu man yashao fee rahmatihiwaththalimeena aAAadda lahum AAathabanaleema
He will admit to His Mercy whom He will; But the wrong-doers,- for them has He prepared a grievous Penalty.
The Emissaries
وَالْمُرْسَلَاتِ عُرْفًا
Walmursalati AAurfa
By the (Winds) sent forth one after another (to man's profit);
فَالْعَاصِفَاتِ عَصْفًا
FalAAasifati AAasfa
Which then blow violently in tempestuous Gusts,
وَالنَّاشِرَاتِ نَشْرًا
Wannashirati nashra
And scatter (things) far and wide;
فَالْفَارِقَاتِ فَرْقًا
Falfariqati farqa
Then separate them, one from another,
فَالْمُلْقِيَاتِ ذِكْرًا
Falmulqiyati thikra
Then spread abroad a Message,
عُذْرًا أَوْ نُذْرًا
AAuthran aw nuthra
Whether of Justification or of Warning;-
إِنَّمَا تُوعَدُونَ لَوَاقِعٌ
Innama tooAAadoona lawaqiAA
Assuredly, what ye are promised must come to pass.
فَإِذَا النُّجُومُ طُمِسَتْ
Fa-itha annujoomu tumisat
Then when the stars become dim;
وَإِذَا السَّمَاءُ فُرِجَتْ
Wa-itha assamao furijat
When the heaven is cleft asunder;
وَإِذَا الْجِبَالُ نُسِفَتْ
Wa-itha aljibalu nusifat
When the mountains are scattered (to the winds) as dust;
وَإِذَا الرُّسُلُ أُقِّتَتْ
Wa-itha arrusulu oqqitat
And when the messengers are (all) appointed a time (to collect);-
لِأَيِّ يَوْمٍ أُجِّلَتْ
Li-ayyi yawmin ojjilat
For what Day are these (portents) deferred?
لِيَوْمِ الْفَصْلِ
Liyawmi alfasl
For the Day of Sorting out.
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا يَوْمُ الْفَصْلِ
Wama adraka ma yawmualfasl
And what will explain to thee what is the Day of Sorting out?
وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
Waylun yawma-ithin lilmukaththibeen
Ah woe, that Day, to the Rejecters of Truth!
أَلَمْ نُهْلِكِ الْأَوَّلِينَ
Alam nuhliki al-awwaleen
Did We not destroy the men of old (for their evil)?
ثُمَّ نُتْبِعُهُمُ الْآخِرِينَ
Thumma nutbiAAuhumu al-akhireen
So shall We make later (generations) follow them.
كَذَٰلِكَ نَفْعَلُ بِالْمُجْرِمِينَ
Kathalika nafAAalu bilmujrimeen
Thus do We deal with men of sin.
وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
Waylun yawma-ithin lilmukaththibeen
Ah woe, that Day, to the Rejecters of Truth!
أَلَمْ نَخْلُقْكُمْ مِنْ مَاءٍ مَهِينٍ
Alam nakhluqkum min ma-in maheen
Have We not created you from a fluid (held) despicable?-
فَجَعَلْنَاهُ فِي قَرَارٍ مَكِينٍ
FajaAAalnahu fee qararinmakeen
The which We placed in a place of rest, firmly fixed,
إِلَىٰ قَدَرٍ مَعْلُومٍ
Ila qadarin maAAloom
For a period (of gestation), determined (according to need)?
فَقَدَرْنَا فَنِعْمَ الْقَادِرُونَ
Faqadarna faniAAma alqadiroon
For We do determine (according to need); for We are the best to determine (things).
وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
Waylun yawma-ithin lilmukaththibeen
Ah woe, that Day! to the Rejecters of Truth!
أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ الْأَرْضَ كِفَاتًا
Alam najAAali al-arda kifata
Have We not made the earth (as a place) to draw together.
أَحْيَاءً وَأَمْوَاتًا
Ahyaan waamwata
The living and the dead,
وَجَعَلْنَا فِيهَا رَوَاسِيَ شَامِخَاتٍ وَأَسْقَيْنَاكُمْ مَاءً فُرَاتًا
WajaAAalna feeha rawasiyashamikhatin waasqaynakum maan furata
And made therein mountains standing firm, lofty (in stature); and provided for you water sweet (and wholesome)?
وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
Waylun yawma-ithin lilmukaththibeen
Ah woe, that Day, to the Rejecters of Truth!
انْطَلِقُوا إِلَىٰ مَا كُنْتُمْ بِهِ تُكَذِّبُونَ
Intaliqoo ila ma kuntumbihi tukaththiboon
(It will be said:) "Depart ye to that which ye used to reject as false!
انْطَلِقُوا إِلَىٰ ظِلٍّ ذِي ثَلَاثِ شُعَبٍ
Intaliqoo ila thillinthee thalathi shuAAab
"Depart ye to a Shadow (of smoke ascending) in three columns,
لَا ظَلِيلٍ وَلَا يُغْنِي مِنَ اللَّهَبِ
La thaleelin walayughnee mina allahab
"(Which yields) no shade of coolness, and is of no use against the fierce Blaze.
إِنَّهَا تَرْمِي بِشَرَرٍ كَالْقَصْرِ
Innaha tarmee bishararin kalqasr
"Indeed it throws about sparks (huge) as Forts,
كَأَنَّهُ جِمَالَتٌ صُفْرٌ
Kaannahu jimalatun sufr
"As if there were (a string of) yellow camels (marching swiftly)."
وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
Waylun yawma-ithin lilmukaththibeen
Ah woe, that Day, to the Rejecters of Truth!
هَٰذَا يَوْمُ لَا يَنْطِقُونَ
Hatha yawmu la yantiqoon
That will be a Day when they shall not be able to speak.
وَلَا يُؤْذَنُ لَهُمْ فَيَعْتَذِرُونَ
Wala yu/thanu lahum fayaAAtathiroon
Nor will it be open to them to put forth please.
وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
Waylun yawma-ithin lilmukaththibeen
Ah woe, that Day, to the Rejecters of Truth!
هَٰذَا يَوْمُ الْفَصْلِ ۖ جَمَعْنَاكُمْ وَالْأَوَّلِينَ
Hatha yawmu alfasli jamaAAnakumwal-awwaleen
That will be a Day of Sorting out! We shall gather you together and those before (you)!
فَإِنْ كَانَ لَكُمْ كَيْدٌ فَكِيدُونِ
Fa-in kana lakum kaydun fakeedoon
Now, if ye have a trick (or plot), use it against Me!
وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
Waylun yawma-ithin lilmukaththibeen
Ah woe, that Day, to the Rejecters of Truth!
إِنَّ الْمُتَّقِينَ فِي ظِلَالٍ وَعُيُونٍ
Inna almuttaqeena fee thilalinwaAAuyoon
As to the Righteous, they shall be amidst (cool) shades and springs (of water).
وَفَوَاكِهَ مِمَّا يَشْتَهُونَ
Wafawakiha mimma yashtahoon
And (they shall have) fruits,- all they desire.
كُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا هَنِيئًا بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
Kuloo washraboo hanee-an bimakuntum taAAmaloon
"Eat ye and drink ye to your heart's content: for that ye worked (Righteousness).
إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِي الْمُحْسِنِينَ
Inna kathalika najzee almuhsineen
Thus do We certainly reward the Doers of Good.
وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
Waylun yawma-ithin lilmukaththibeen
Ah woe, that Day, to the Rejecters of Truth!
كُلُوا وَتَمَتَّعُوا قَلِيلًا إِنَّكُمْ مُجْرِمُونَ
Kuloo watamattaAAoo qaleelan innakummujrimoon
(O ye unjust!) Eat ye and enjoy yourselves (but) a little while, for that ye are Sinners.
وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
Waylun yawma-ithin lilmukaththibeen
Ah woe, that Day, to the Rejecters of Truth!
وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ ارْكَعُوا لَا يَرْكَعُونَ
Wa-itha qeela lahumu irkaAAoo layarkaAAoon
And when it is said to them, "Prostrate yourselves!" they do not so.
وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
Waylun yawma-ithin lilmukaththibeen
Ah woe, that Day, to the Rejecters of Truth!
فَبِأَيِّ حَدِيثٍ بَعْدَهُ يُؤْمِنُونَ
Fabi-ayyi hadeethin baAAdahuyu/minoon
Then what Message, after that, will they believe in?