26. Ash-Shu'ara

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ طسٓمٓ﴿١﴾

Ta. Sin. Mim

تِلْكَ ءَايَٰتُ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ ٱلْمُبِينِ﴿٢﴾

These are revelations of the Scripture that maketh plain

لَعَلَّكَ بَٰخِعٌ نَّفْسَكَ أَلَّا يَكُونُوا۟ مُؤْمِنِينَ﴿٣﴾

It may be that thou tormentest thyself (O Muhammad) because they believe not

إِن نَّشَأْ نُنَزِّلْ عَلَيْهِم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ ءَايَةً فَظَلَّتْ أَعْنَٰقُهُمْ لَهَا خَٰضِعِينَ﴿٤﴾

If We will, We can send down on them from the sky a portent so that their necks would remain bowed before it

وَمَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن ذِكْرٍ مِّنَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ مُحْدَثٍ إِلَّا كَانُوا۟ عَنْهُ مُعْرِضِينَ﴿٥﴾

Never cometh there unto them a fresh reminder from the Beneficent One, but they turn away from it

فَقَدْ كَذَّبُوا۟ فَسَيَأْتِيهِمْ أَنۢبَٰٓؤُا۟ مَا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ﴿٦﴾

Now they have denied (the Truth); but there will come unto them tidings of that whereat they used to scoff

أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَمْ أَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ زَوْجٍ كَرِيمٍ﴿٧﴾

Have they not seen the earth, how much of every fruitful kind We make to grow therein

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ﴿٨﴾

Lo! herein is indeed a portent; yet most of them are not believers

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ﴿٩﴾

And lo! thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful

وَإِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبُّكَ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنِ ٱئْتِ ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ﴿١٠﴾

And when thy Lord called Moses, saying: Go unto the wrongdoing folk

قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ أَلَا يَتَّقُونَ﴿١١﴾

The folk of Pharaoh. Will they not ward off (evil)

قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ أَن يُكَذِّبُونِ﴿١٢﴾

He said: My Lord! Lo! I fear that they will deny me

وَيَضِيقُ صَدْرِى وَلَا يَنطَلِقُ لِسَانِى فَأَرْسِلْ إِلَىٰ هَٰرُونَ﴿١٣﴾

And I shall be embarrassed, and my tongue will not speak plainly, therefor send for Aaron (to help me)

وَلَهُمْ عَلَىَّ ذَنۢبٌ فَأَخَافُ أَن يَقْتُلُونِ﴿١٤﴾

And they have a crime against me, so I fear that they will kill me

قَالَ كَلَّا فَٱذْهَبَا بِـَٔايَٰتِنَآ إِنَّا مَعَكُم مُّسْتَمِعُونَ﴿١٥﴾

He said: Nay, verily. So go ye twain with Our tokens. Lo! We shall be with you, Hearing

فَأْتِيَا فِرْعَوْنَ فَقُولَآ إِنَّا رَسُولُ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ﴿١٦﴾

And come together unto Pharaoh and say: Lo! we bear a message of the Lord of the Worlds

أَنْ أَرْسِلْ مَعَنَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ﴿١٧﴾

(Saying): Let the Children of Israel go with us

قَالَ أَلَمْ نُرَبِّكَ فِينَا وَلِيدًا وَلَبِثْتَ فِينَا مِنْ عُمُرِكَ سِنِينَ﴿١٨﴾

(Pharaoh) said (unto Moses): Did we not rear thee among us as a child? And thou didst dwell many years of thy life among us

وَفَعَلْتَ فَعْلَتَكَ ٱلَّتِى فَعَلْتَ وَأَنتَ مِنَ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ﴿١٩﴾

And thou didst that thy deed which thou didst, and thou wast one of the ingrates

قَالَ فَعَلْتُهَآ إِذًا وَأَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ﴿٢٠﴾

He said: I did it then, when I was of those who are astray

فَفَرَرْتُ مِنكُمْ لَمَّا خِفْتُكُمْ فَوَهَبَ لِى رَبِّى حُكْمًا وَجَعَلَنِى مِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ﴿٢١﴾

Then I fled from you when I feared you, and my Lord vouchsafed me a command and appointed me (of the number) of those sent (by Him)

وَتِلْكَ نِعْمَةٌ تَمُنُّهَا عَلَىَّ أَنْ عَبَّدتَّ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ﴿٢٢﴾

And this is the past favour wherewith thou reproachest me: that thou hast enslaved the Children of Israel

قَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَا رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ﴿٢٣﴾

Pharaoh said: And what is the Lord of the Worlds

قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ إِن كُنتُم مُّوقِنِينَ﴿٢٤﴾

(Moses) said: Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, if ye had but sure belief

قَالَ لِمَنْ حَوْلَهُۥٓ أَلَا تَسْتَمِعُونَ﴿٢٥﴾

(Pharaoh) said unto those around him: Hear ye not

قَالَ رَبُّكُمْ وَرَبُّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ﴿٢٦﴾

He said: Your Lord and the Lord of your fathers

قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَكُمُ ٱلَّذِىٓ أُرْسِلَ إِلَيْكُمْ لَمَجْنُونٌ﴿٢٧﴾

(Pharaoh) said: Lo! your messenger who hath been sent unto you is indeed a madman

قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلْمَشْرِقِ وَٱلْمَغْرِبِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ﴿٢٨﴾

He said: Lord of the East and the West and all that is between them, if ye did but understand

قَالَ لَئِنِ ٱتَّخَذْتَ إِلَٰهًا غَيْرِى لَأَجْعَلَنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْمَسْجُونِينَ﴿٢٩﴾

(Pharaoh) said: If thou choosest a god other than me, I assuredly shall place thee among the prisoners

قَالَ أَوَلَوْ جِئْتُكَ بِشَىْءٍ مُّبِينٍ﴿٣٠﴾

He said: Even though I show thee something plain

قَالَ فَأْتِ بِهِۦٓ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ﴿٣١﴾

(Pharaoh) said: Produce it then, if thou art of the truthful

فَأَلْقَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِىَ ثُعْبَانٌ مُّبِينٌ﴿٣٢﴾

Then he flung down his staff and it became a serpent manifest

وَنَزَعَ يَدَهُۥ فَإِذَا هِىَ بَيْضَآءُ لِلنَّٰظِرِينَ﴿٣٣﴾

And he drew forth his hand and lo! it was white to the beholders

قَالَ لِلْمَلَإِ حَوْلَهُۥٓ إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَسَٰحِرٌ عَلِيمٌ﴿٣٤﴾

(Pharaoh) said unto the chiefs about him: Lo! this is verily a knowing wizard

يُرِيدُ أَن يُخْرِجَكُم مِّنْ أَرْضِكُم بِسِحْرِهِۦ فَمَاذَا تَأْمُرُونَ﴿٣٥﴾

Who would drive you out of your land by his magic. Now what counsel ye

قَالُوٓا۟ أَرْجِهْ وَأَخَاهُ وَٱبْعَثْ فِى ٱلْمَدَآئِنِ حَٰشِرِينَ﴿٣٦﴾

They said: Put him off, (him) and his brother, and send into the cities summoners

يَأْتُوكَ بِكُلِّ سَحَّارٍ عَلِيمٍ﴿٣٧﴾

Who shall bring unto thee every knowing wizard

فَجُمِعَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ لِمِيقَٰتِ يَوْمٍ مَّعْلُومٍ﴿٣٨﴾

So the wizards were gathered together at a set time on a day appointed

وَقِيلَ لِلنَّاسِ هَلْ أَنتُم مُّجْتَمِعُونَ﴿٣٩﴾

And it was said unto the people: Are ye (also) gathering

لَعَلَّنَا نَتَّبِعُ ٱلسَّحَرَةَ إِن كَانُوا۟ هُمُ ٱلْغَٰلِبِينَ﴿٤٠﴾

(They said): Aye, so that we may follow the wizards if they are the winners

فَلَمَّا جَآءَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ قَالُوا۟ لِفِرْعَوْنَ أَئِنَّ لَنَا لَأَجْرًا إِن كُنَّا نَحْنُ ٱلْغَٰلِبِينَ﴿٤١﴾

And when the wizards came they said unto Pharaoh: Will there surely be a reward for us if we are the winners

قَالَ نَعَمْ وَإِنَّكُمْ إِذًا لَّمِنَ ٱلْمُقَرَّبِينَ﴿٤٢﴾

He said: Aye, and ye will then surely be of those brought near (to me)

قَالَ لَهُم مُّوسَىٰٓ أَلْقُوا۟ مَآ أَنتُم مُّلْقُونَ﴿٤٣﴾

Moses said unto them: Throw what ye are going to throw

فَأَلْقَوْا۟ حِبَالَهُمْ وَعِصِيَّهُمْ وَقَالُوا۟ بِعِزَّةِ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّا لَنَحْنُ ٱلْغَٰلِبُونَ﴿٤٤﴾

Then they threw down their cords and their staves and said: By Pharaoh's might, lo! we verily are the winners

فَأَلْقَىٰ مُوسَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِىَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُونَ﴿٤٥﴾

Then Moses threw his staff and lo! it swallowed that which they did falsely show

فَأُلْقِىَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ سَٰجِدِينَ﴿٤٦﴾

And the wizards were flung prostrate

قَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا بِرَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ﴿٤٧﴾

Crying: We believe in the Lord of the Worlds

رَبِّ مُوسَىٰ وَهَٰرُونَ﴿٤٨﴾

The Lord of Moses and Aaron

قَالَ ءَامَنتُمْ لَهُۥ قَبْلَ أَنْ ءَاذَنَ لَكُمْ إِنَّهُۥ لَكَبِيرُكُمُ ٱلَّذِى عَلَّمَكُمُ ٱلسِّحْرَ فَلَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ لَأُقَطِّعَنَّ أَيْدِيَكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُم مِّنْ خِلَٰفٍ وَلَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ﴿٤٩﴾

(Pharaoh) said: Ye put your faith in him before I give you leave. Lo! he doubtless is your chief who taught you magic! But verily ye shall come to know. Verily I will cut off your hands and your feet alternately, and verily I will crucify you every one

قَالُوا۟ لَا ضَيْرَ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا مُنقَلِبُونَ﴿٥٠﴾

They said: It is no hurt, for lo! unto our Lord we shall return

إِنَّا نَطْمَعُ أَن يَغْفِرَ لَنَا رَبُّنَا خَطَٰيَٰنَآ أَن كُنَّآ أَوَّلَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ﴿٥١﴾

Lo! we ardently hope that our Lord will forgive us our sins because we are the first of the believers

وَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنْ أَسْرِ بِعِبَادِىٓ إِنَّكُم مُّتَّبَعُونَ﴿٥٢﴾

And We inspired Moses, saying: Take away My slaves by night, for ye will be pursued

فَأَرْسَلَ فِرْعَوْنُ فِى ٱلْمَدَآئِنِ حَٰشِرِينَ﴿٥٣﴾

Then Pharaoh sent into the cities summoners

إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَشِرْذِمَةٌ قَلِيلُونَ﴿٥٤﴾

(Who said): Lo! these indeed are but a little troop

وَإِنَّهُمْ لَنَا لَغَآئِظُونَ﴿٥٥﴾

And lo! they are offenders against us

وَإِنَّا لَجَمِيعٌ حَٰذِرُونَ﴿٥٦﴾

And lo! we are a ready host

فَأَخْرَجْنَٰهُم مِّن جَنَّٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ﴿٥٧﴾

Thus did We take them away from gardens and watersprings

وَكُنُوزٍ وَمَقَامٍ كَرِيمٍ﴿٥٨﴾

And treasures and a fair estate

كَذَٰلِكَ وَأَوْرَثْنَٰهَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ﴿٥٩﴾

Thus (were those things taken from them) and We caused the Children of Israel to inherit them

فَأَتْبَعُوهُم مُّشْرِقِينَ﴿٦٠﴾

And they overtook them at sunrise

فَلَمَّا تَرَٰٓءَا ٱلْجَمْعَانِ قَالَ أَصْحَٰبُ مُوسَىٰٓ إِنَّا لَمُدْرَكُونَ﴿٦١﴾

And when the two hosts saw each other, those with Moses said: Lo! we are indeed caught

قَالَ كَلَّآ إِنَّ مَعِىَ رَبِّى سَيَهْدِينِ﴿٦٢﴾

He said: Nay, verily! for lo! my Lord is with me. He will guide me

فَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنِ ٱضْرِب بِّعَصَاكَ ٱلْبَحْرَ فَٱنفَلَقَ فَكَانَ كُلُّ فِرْقٍ كَٱلطَّوْدِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ﴿٦٣﴾

Then We inspired Moses, saying: Smite the sea with thy staff. And it parted, and each part was as a mountain vast

وَأَزْلَفْنَا ثَمَّ ٱلْءَاخَرِينَ﴿٦٤﴾

Then brought We near the others to that place

وَأَنجَيْنَا مُوسَىٰ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥٓ أَجْمَعِينَ﴿٦٥﴾

And We saved Moses and those with him, every one

ثُمَّ أَغْرَقْنَا ٱلْءَاخَرِينَ﴿٦٦﴾

And We drowned the others

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ﴿٦٧﴾

Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ﴿٦٨﴾

And lo, thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful

وَٱتْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ نَبَأَ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ﴿٦٩﴾

Recite unto them the story of Abraham

إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِۦ مَا تَعْبُدُونَ﴿٧٠﴾

When he said unto his father and his folk: What worship ye

قَالُوا۟ نَعْبُدُ أَصْنَامًا فَنَظَلُّ لَهَا عَٰكِفِينَ﴿٧١﴾

They said: We worship idols, and are ever devoted unto them

قَالَ هَلْ يَسْمَعُونَكُمْ إِذْ تَدْعُونَ﴿٧٢﴾

He said: Do they hear you when ye cry

أَوْ يَنفَعُونَكُمْ أَوْ يَضُرُّونَ﴿٧٣﴾

Or do they benefit or harm you

قَالُوا۟ بَلْ وَجَدْنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا كَذَٰلِكَ يَفْعَلُونَ﴿٧٤﴾

They said: Nay, but we found our fathers acting on this wise

قَالَ أَفَرَءَيْتُم مَّا كُنتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَ﴿٧٥﴾

He said: See now that which ye worship

أَنتُمْ وَءَابَآؤُكُمُ ٱلْأَقْدَمُونَ﴿٧٦﴾

Ye and your forefathers

فَإِنَّهُمْ عَدُوٌّ لِّىٓ إِلَّا رَبَّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ﴿٧٧﴾

Lo! they are (all) an enemy unto me, save the Lord of the Worlds

ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَنِى فَهُوَ يَهْدِينِ﴿٧٨﴾

Who created me, and He doth guide me

وَٱلَّذِى هُوَ يُطْعِمُنِى وَيَسْقِينِ﴿٧٩﴾

And Who feedeth me and watereth me

وَإِذَا مَرِضْتُ فَهُوَ يَشْفِينِ﴿٨٠﴾

And when I sicken, then He healeth me

وَٱلَّذِى يُمِيتُنِى ثُمَّ يُحْيِينِ﴿٨١﴾

And Who causeth me to die, then giveth me life (again)

وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَطْمَعُ أَن يَغْفِرَ لِى خَطِيٓـَٔتِى يَوْمَ ٱلدِّينِ﴿٨٢﴾

And Who, I ardently hope, will forgive me my sin on the Day of Judgment

رَبِّ هَبْ لِى حُكْمًا وَأَلْحِقْنِى بِٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ﴿٨٣﴾

My Lord! Vouchsafe me wisdom and unite me to the righteous

وَٱجْعَل لِّى لِسَانَ صِدْقٍ فِى ٱلْءَاخِرِينَ﴿٨٤﴾

And give unto me a good report in later generations

وَٱجْعَلْنِى مِن وَرَثَةِ جَنَّةِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ﴿٨٥﴾

And place me among the inheritors of the Garden of Delight

وَٱغْفِرْ لِأَبِىٓ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ﴿٨٦﴾

And forgive my father. Lo! he is of those who err

وَلَا تُخْزِنِى يَوْمَ يُبْعَثُونَ﴿٨٧﴾

And abase me not on the day when they are raised

يَوْمَ لَا يَنفَعُ مَالٌ وَلَا بَنُونَ﴿٨٨﴾

The day when wealth and sons avail not (any man)

إِلَّا مَنْ أَتَى ٱللَّهَ بِقَلْبٍ سَلِيمٍ﴿٨٩﴾

Save him who bringeth unto Allah a whole heart

وَأُزْلِفَتِ ٱلْجَنَّةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ﴿٩٠﴾

And the Garden will be brought nigh for those who ward off (evil)

وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِلْغَاوِينَ﴿٩١﴾

And hell will appear plainly to the erring

وَقِيلَ لَهُمْ أَيْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَ﴿٩٢﴾

And it will be said unto them: Where is (all) that ye used to worship

مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ هَلْ يَنصُرُونَكُمْ أَوْ يَنتَصِرُونَ﴿٩٣﴾

Instead of Allah? Can they help you or help themselves

فَكُبْكِبُوا۟ فِيهَا هُمْ وَٱلْغَاوُۥنَ﴿٩٤﴾

Then will they be hurled therein, they and the seducers

وَجُنُودُ إِبْلِيسَ أَجْمَعُونَ﴿٩٥﴾

And the hosts of Iblis, together

قَالُوا۟ وَهُمْ فِيهَا يَخْتَصِمُونَ﴿٩٦﴾

And they will say, when they are quarrelling therein

تَٱللَّهِ إِن كُنَّا لَفِى ضَلَٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ﴿٩٧﴾

By Allah, of a truth we were in error manifest

إِذْ نُسَوِّيكُم بِرَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ﴿٩٨﴾

When we made you equal with the Lord of the Worlds

وَمَآ أَضَلَّنَآ إِلَّا ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ﴿٩٩﴾

It was but the guilty who misled us

فَمَا لَنَا مِن شَٰفِعِينَ﴿١٠٠﴾

Now we have no intercessors

وَلَا صَدِيقٍ حَمِيمٍ﴿١٠١﴾

Nor any loving friend

فَلَوْ أَنَّ لَنَا كَرَّةً فَنَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ﴿١٠٢﴾

Oh, that we had another turn (on earth), that we might be of the believers

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ﴿١٠٣﴾

Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ﴿١٠٤﴾

And lo, thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful

كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ﴿١٠٥﴾

Noah's folk denied the messengers (of Allah)

إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ نُوحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ﴿١٠٦﴾

When their brother Noah said unto them: Will ye not ward off (evil)

إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ﴿١٠٧﴾

Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ﴿١٠٨﴾

So keep your duty to Allah, and obey me

وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ﴿١٠٩﴾

And I ask of you no wage therefor; my wage is the concern only of the Lord of the Worlds

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ﴿١١٠﴾

So keep your duty to Allah, and obey me

قَالُوٓا۟ أَنُؤْمِنُ لَكَ وَٱتَّبَعَكَ ٱلْأَرْذَلُونَ﴿١١١﴾

They said: Shall we put faith in thee, when the lowest (of the people) follow thee

قَالَ وَمَا عِلْمِى بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ﴿١١٢﴾

He said: And what knowledge have I of what they may have been doing (in the past)

إِنْ حِسَابُهُمْ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّى لَوْ تَشْعُرُونَ﴿١١٣﴾

Lo! their reckoning is my Lord's concern, if ye but knew

وَمَآ أَنَا۠ بِطَارِدِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ﴿١١٤﴾

And I am not (here) to repulse believers

إِنْ أَنَا۠ إِلَّا نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ﴿١١٥﴾

I am only a plain warner

قَالُوا۟ لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهِ يَٰنُوحُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْمَرْجُومِينَ﴿١١٦﴾

They said: If thou cease not, O Noah, thou wilt surely be among those stoned (to death)

قَالَ رَبِّ إِنَّ قَوْمِى كَذَّبُونِ﴿١١٧﴾

He said: My Lord! Lo! my own folk deny me

فَٱفْتَحْ بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَهُمْ فَتْحًا وَنَجِّنِى وَمَن مَّعِىَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ﴿١١٨﴾

Therefor judge Thou between us, a (conclusive) judgment, and save me and those believers who are with me

فَأَنجَيْنَٰهُ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥ فِى ٱلْفُلْكِ ٱلْمَشْحُونِ﴿١١٩﴾

And We saved him and those with him in the laden ship

ثُمَّ أَغْرَقْنَا بَعْدُ ٱلْبَاقِينَ﴿١٢٠﴾

Then afterward We drowned the others

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ﴿١٢١﴾

Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ﴿١٢٢﴾

And lo, thy Lord, He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful

كَذَّبَتْ عَادٌ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ﴿١٢٣﴾

(The tribe of) A'ad denied the messengers (of Allah)

إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ هُودٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ﴿١٢٤﴾

When their brother Hud said unto them: Will ye not ward off (evil)

إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ﴿١٢٥﴾

Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ﴿١٢٦﴾

So keep your duty to Allah and obey me

وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ﴿١٢٧﴾

And I ask of you no wage therefor; my wage is the concern only of the Lord of the Worlds

أَتَبْنُونَ بِكُلِّ رِيعٍ ءَايَةً تَعْبَثُونَ﴿١٢٨﴾

Build ye on every high place a monument for vain delight

وَتَتَّخِذُونَ مَصَانِعَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَخْلُدُونَ﴿١٢٩﴾

And seek ye out strongholds, that haply ye may last for ever

وَإِذَا بَطَشْتُم بَطَشْتُمْ جَبَّارِينَ﴿١٣٠﴾

And if ye seize by force, seize ye as tyrants

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ﴿١٣١﴾

Rather keep your duty to Allah, and obey me

وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَمَدَّكُم بِمَا تَعْلَمُونَ﴿١٣٢﴾

Keep your duty toward Him Who hath aided you with (the good things) that ye know

أَمَدَّكُم بِأَنْعَٰمٍ وَبَنِينَ﴿١٣٣﴾

Hath aided you with cattle and sons

وَجَنَّٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ﴿١٣٤﴾

And gardens and watersprings

إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ﴿١٣٥﴾

Lo! I fear for you the retribution of an awful day

قَالُوا۟ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيْنَآ أَوَعَظْتَ أَمْ لَمْ تَكُن مِّنَ ٱلْوَٰعِظِينَ﴿١٣٦﴾

They said: It is all one to us whether thou preachest or art not of those who preach

إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا خُلُقُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ﴿١٣٧﴾

This is but a fable of the men of old

وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ﴿١٣٨﴾

And we shall not be doomed

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَهْلَكْنَٰهُمْ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ﴿١٣٩﴾

And they denied him; therefor We destroyed them. Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ﴿١٤٠﴾

And lo! thy Lord, He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ﴿١٤١﴾

(The tribe of) Thamud denied the messengers (of Allah)

إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ صَٰلِحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ﴿١٤٢﴾

When their brother Salih said unto them: Will ye not ward off (evil)

إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ﴿١٤٣﴾

Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ﴿١٤٤﴾

So keep your duty to Allah and obey me

وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ﴿١٤٥﴾

And I ask of you no wage therefor; my wage is the concern only of the Lord of the Worlds

أَتُتْرَكُونَ فِى مَا هَٰهُنَآ ءَامِنِينَ﴿١٤٦﴾

Will ye be left secure in that which is here before us

فِى جَنَّٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ﴿١٤٧﴾

In gardens and watersprings

وَزُرُوعٍ وَنَخْلٍ طَلْعُهَا هَضِيمٌ﴿١٤٨﴾

And tilled fields and heavy-sheathed palm-trees

وَتَنْحِتُونَ مِنَ ٱلْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا فَٰرِهِينَ﴿١٤٩﴾

Though ye hew out dwellings in the mountain, being skilful

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ﴿١٥٠﴾

Therefor keep your duty to Allah and obey me

وَلَا تُطِيعُوٓا۟ أَمْرَ ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ﴿١٥١﴾

And obey not the command of the prodigal

ٱلَّذِينَ يُفْسِدُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا يُصْلِحُونَ﴿١٥٢﴾

Who spread corruption in the earth, and reform not

قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلْمُسَحَّرِينَ﴿١٥٣﴾

They said: Thou art but one of the bewitched

مَآ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُنَا فَأْتِ بِـَٔايَةٍ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ﴿١٥٤﴾

Thou art but a mortal like us. So bring some token if thou art of the truthful

قَالَ هَٰذِهِۦ نَاقَةٌ لَّهَا شِرْبٌ وَلَكُمْ شِرْبُ يَوْمٍ مَّعْلُومٍ﴿١٥٥﴾

He said: (Behold) this she-camel. She hath the right to drink (at the well), and ye have the right to drink, (each) on an appointed day

وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوٓءٍ فَيَأْخُذَكُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ﴿١٥٦﴾

And touch her not with ill lest there come on you the retribution of an awful day

فَعَقَرُوهَا فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ نَٰدِمِينَ﴿١٥٧﴾

But they hamstrung her, and then were penitent

فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ﴿١٥٨﴾

So the retribution came on them. Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ﴿١٥٩﴾

And lo! thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful

كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ لُوطٍ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ﴿١٦٠﴾

The folk of Lot denied the messengers (of Allah)

إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ لُوطٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ﴿١٦١﴾

When their brother Lot said unto them: Will ye not ward off (evil)

إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ﴿١٦٢﴾

Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ﴿١٦٣﴾

So keep your duty to Allah and obey me

وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ﴿١٦٤﴾

And I ask of you no wage therefor; my wage is the concern only of the Lord of the Worlds

أَتَأْتُونَ ٱلذُّكْرَانَ مِنَ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ﴿١٦٥﴾

What! Of all creatures do ye come unto the males

وَتَذَرُونَ مَا خَلَقَ لَكُمْ رَبُّكُم مِّنْ أَزْوَٰجِكُم بَلْ أَنتُمْ قَوْمٌ عَادُونَ﴿١٦٦﴾

And leave the wives your Lord created for you? Nay, but ye are froward folk

قَالُوا۟ لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهِ يَٰلُوطُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْمُخْرَجِينَ﴿١٦٧﴾

They said: If thou cease not, O Lot, thou wilt soon be of the outcast

قَالَ إِنِّى لِعَمَلِكُم مِّنَ ٱلْقَالِينَ﴿١٦٨﴾

He said: I am in truth of those who hate your conduct

رَبِّ نَجِّنِى وَأَهْلِى مِمَّا يَعْمَلُونَ﴿١٦٩﴾

My Lord! Save me and my household from what they do

فَنَجَّيْنَٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥٓ أَجْمَعِينَ﴿١٧٠﴾

So We saved him and his household, every one

إِلَّا عَجُوزًا فِى ٱلْغَٰبِرِينَ﴿١٧١﴾

Save an old woman among those who stayed behind

ثُمَّ دَمَّرْنَا ٱلْءَاخَرِينَ﴿١٧٢﴾

Then afterward We destroyed the others

وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِم مَّطَرًا فَسَآءَ مَطَرُ ٱلْمُنذَرِينَ﴿١٧٣﴾

And We rained on them a rain. And dreadful is the rain of those who have been warned

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ﴿١٧٤﴾

Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ﴿١٧٥﴾

And lo! thy Lord, He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful

كَذَّبَ أَصْحَٰبُ لْـَٔيْكَةِ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ﴿١٧٦﴾

The dwellers in the wood (of Midian) denied the messengers (of Allah)

إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ شُعَيْبٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ﴿١٧٧﴾

When Shu'eyb said unto them: Will ye not ward off (evil)

إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ﴿١٧٨﴾

Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ﴿١٧٩﴾

So keep your duty to Allah and obey me

وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ﴿١٨٠﴾

And I ask of you no wage for it; my wage is the concern only of the Lord of the Worlds

أَوْفُوا۟ ٱلْكَيْلَ وَلَا تَكُونُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْمُخْسِرِينَ﴿١٨١﴾

Give full measure, and be not of those who give less (than the due)

وَزِنُوا۟ بِٱلْقِسْطَاسِ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمِ﴿١٨٢﴾

And weigh with the true balance

وَلَا تَبْخَسُوا۟ ٱلنَّاسَ أَشْيَآءَهُمْ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ﴿١٨٣﴾

Wrong not mankind in their goods, and do not evil, making mischief, in the earth

وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُمْ وَٱلْجِبِلَّةَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ﴿١٨٤﴾

And keep your duty unto Him Who created you and the generations of the men of old

قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلْمُسَحَّرِينَ﴿١٨٥﴾

They said: Thou art but one of the bewitched

وَمَآ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُنَا وَإِن نَّظُنُّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلْكَٰذِبِينَ﴿١٨٦﴾

Thou art but a mortal like us, and lo! we deem thee of the liars

فَأَسْقِطْ عَلَيْنَا كِسَفًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ﴿١٨٧﴾

Then make fragments of the heaven fall upon us, if thou art of the truthful

قَالَ رَبِّىٓ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ﴿١٨٨﴾

He said: My Lord is Best Aware of what ye do

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمِ ٱلظُّلَّةِ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ﴿١٨٩﴾

But they denied him, so there came on them the retribution of the day of gloom. Lo! it was the retribution of an awful day

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ﴿١٩٠﴾

Lo! herein is indeed a portent; yet most of them are not believers

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ﴿١٩١﴾

And lo! thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَنزِيلُ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ﴿١٩٢﴾

And lo! it is a revelation of the Lord of the Worlds

نَزَلَ بِهِ ٱلرُّوحُ ٱلْأَمِينُ﴿١٩٣﴾

Which the True Spirit hath brought down

عَلَىٰ قَلْبِكَ لِتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُنذِرِينَ﴿١٩٤﴾

Upon thy heart, that thou mayst be (one) of the warners

بِلِسَانٍ عَرَبِىٍّ مُّبِينٍ﴿١٩٥﴾

In plain Arabic speech

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَفِى زُبُرِ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ﴿١٩٦﴾

And lo! it is in the Scriptures of the men of old

أَوَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُمْ ءَايَةً أَن يَعْلَمَهُۥ عُلَمَٰٓؤُا۟ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ﴿١٩٧﴾

Is it not a token for them that the doctors of the Children of Israel know it

وَلَوْ نَزَّلْنَٰهُ عَلَىٰ بَعْضِ ٱلْأَعْجَمِينَ﴿١٩٨﴾

And if We had revealed it unto one of any other nation than the Arabs

فَقَرَأَهُۥ عَلَيْهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ مُؤْمِنِينَ﴿١٩٩﴾

And he had read it unto them, they would not have believed in it

كَذَٰلِكَ سَلَكْنَٰهُ فِى قُلُوبِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ﴿٢٠٠﴾

Thus do We make it traverse the hearts of the guilty

لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِۦ حَتَّىٰ يَرَوُا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَلِيمَ﴿٢٠١﴾

They will not believe in it till they behold the painful doom

فَيَأْتِيَهُم بَغْتَةً وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ﴿٢٠٢﴾

So that it will come upon them suddenly, when they perceive not

فَيَقُولُوا۟ هَلْ نَحْنُ مُنظَرُونَ﴿٢٠٣﴾

Then they will say: Are we to be reprieved

أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا يَسْتَعْجِلُونَ﴿٢٠٤﴾

Would they (now) hasten on Our doom

أَفَرَءَيْتَ إِن مَّتَّعْنَٰهُمْ سِنِينَ﴿٢٠٥﴾

Hast thou then seen, if We content them for (long) years

ثُمَّ جَآءَهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يُوعَدُونَ﴿٢٠٦﴾

And then cometh that which they were promised

مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يُمَتَّعُونَ﴿٢٠٧﴾

(How) that wherewith they were contented naught availeth them

وَمَآ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا لَهَا مُنذِرُونَ﴿٢٠٨﴾

And We destroyed no township but it had its warners

ذِكْرَىٰ وَمَا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ﴿٢٠٩﴾

For reminder, for We never were oppressors

وَمَا تَنَزَّلَتْ بِهِ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينُ﴿٢١٠﴾

The devils did not bring it down

وَمَا يَنۢبَغِى لَهُمْ وَمَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ﴿٢١١﴾

It is not meet for them, nor is it in their power

إِنَّهُمْ عَنِ ٱلسَّمْعِ لَمَعْزُولُونَ﴿٢١٢﴾

Lo! verily they are banished from the hearing

فَلَا تَدْعُ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُعَذَّبِينَ﴿٢١٣﴾

Therefor invoke not with Allah another god, lest thou be one of the doomed

وَأَنذِرْ عَشِيرَتَكَ ٱلْأَقْرَبِينَ﴿٢١٤﴾

And warn thy tribe of near kindred

وَٱخْفِضْ جَنَاحَكَ لِمَنِ ٱتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ﴿٢١٥﴾

And lower thy wing (in kindness) unto those believers who follow thee

فَإِنْ عَصَوْكَ فَقُلْ إِنِّى بَرِىٓءٌ مِّمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ﴿٢١٦﴾

And if they (thy kinsfolk) disobey thee, say: Lo! I am innocent of what they do

وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ﴿٢١٧﴾

And put thy trust in the Mighty, the Merciful

ٱلَّذِى يَرَىٰكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ﴿٢١٨﴾

Who seeth thee when thou standest up (to pray)

وَتَقَلُّبَكَ فِى ٱلسَّٰجِدِينَ﴿٢١٩﴾

And (seeth) thine abasement among those who fall prostrate (in worship)

إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ﴿٢٢٠﴾

Lo! He, only He, is the Hearer, the Knower

هَلْ أُنَبِّئُكُمْ عَلَىٰ مَن تَنَزَّلُ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينُ﴿٢٢١﴾

Shall I inform you upon whom the devils descend

تَنَزَّلُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ أَفَّاكٍ أَثِيمٍ﴿٢٢٢﴾

They descend on every sinful, false one

يُلْقُونَ ٱلسَّمْعَ وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ كَٰذِبُونَ﴿٢٢٣﴾

They listen eagerly, but most of them are liars

وَٱلشُّعَرَآءُ يَتَّبِعُهُمُ ٱلْغَاوُۥنَ﴿٢٢٤﴾

As for poets, the erring follow them

أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّهُمْ فِى كُلِّ وَادٍ يَهِيمُونَ﴿٢٢٥﴾

Hast thou not seen how they stray in every valley

وَأَنَّهُمْ يَقُولُونَ مَا لَا يَفْعَلُونَ﴿٢٢٦﴾

And how they say that which they do not

إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ وَذَكَرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ كَثِيرًا وَٱنتَصَرُوا۟ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا ظُلِمُوا۟ وَسَيَعْلَمُ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوٓا۟ أَىَّ مُنقَلَبٍ يَنقَلِبُونَ﴿٢٢٧﴾

Save those who believe and do good works, and remember Allah much, and vindicate themselves after they have been wronged. Those who do wrong will come to know by what a (great) reverse they will be overturned