Surah Ash-Shu'ara الشعراء

Translation: English Translation - Noor International Center

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

طسٓمٓ ١

Tā Sīn Mīm

Ṭā, Seen, Meem.1043

تِلۡكَ ءَايَٰتُ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ ٱلۡمُبِينِ ٢

Tilka āyātul-kitābil-mubīn

These are the verses of the clear Book.

لَعَلَّكَ بَٰخِعٞ نَّفۡسَكَ أَلَّا يَكُونُواْ مُؤۡمِنِينَ ٣

La'allaka bākhi'un nafsaka allā yakūnū mu'minīn

Perhaps, [O Muḥammad], you would kill yourself with grief that they will not be believers.

إِن نَّشَأۡ نُنَزِّلۡ عَلَيۡهِم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ ءَايَةٗ فَظَلَّتۡ أَعۡنَٰقُهُمۡ لَهَا خَٰضِعِينَ ٤

In nasha' nunazzil 'alayhim minas-samā'i āyatan fazallat a'nāquhum lahā khādi'īn

If We willed, We could send down to them from the sky a sign for which their necks would remain humbled.1044

وَمَا يَأۡتِيهِم مِّن ذِكۡرٖ مِّنَ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ مُحۡدَثٍ إِلَّا كَانُواْ عَنۡهُ مُعۡرِضِينَ ٥

Wamā ya'tīhim min dhikrim minar-rahmāni muhdathin illā kānū 'anhu mu'ridīn

And no mention [i.e., revelation] comes to them anew from the Most Merciful except that they turn away from it.

فَقَدۡ كَذَّبُواْ فَسَيَأۡتِيهِمۡ أَنۢبَٰٓؤُاْ مَا كَانُواْ بِهِۦ يَسۡتَهۡزِءُونَ ٦

Faqad kaddhabū fasaya'tīhim ambā'u mā kānū bihī yastahzi'ūn

For they have already denied, but there will come to them the news of that which they used to ridicule.

أَوَلَمۡ يَرَوۡاْ إِلَى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ كَمۡ أَنۢبَتۡنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ زَوۡجٖ كَرِيمٍ ٧

Awalam yaraw ilal-ardi kam ambatnā fīhā min kulli zawjin karīm

Did they not look at the earth - how much We have produced therein from every noble kind?

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ ٨

Inna fī dhālika la'āyatan wamā kāna aktharuhum mu'minīn

Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ٩

Wa inna rabbaka lahuwal-'azīzur-rahīm

And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.

وَإِذۡ نَادَىٰ رَبُّكَ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنِ ٱئۡتِ ٱلۡقَوۡمَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ١٠

Wa idh nādā rabbuka mūsā ani'til-qawmaz-zālimīn

And [mention] when your Lord called Moses, [saying], "Go to the wrongdoing people -

قَوۡمَ فِرۡعَوۡنَۚ أَلَا يَتَّقُونَ ١١

Qawma fir'awna alā yattaqūn

The people of Pharaoh. Will they not fear Allāh?"

قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّيٓ أَخَافُ أَن يُكَذِّبُونِ ١٢

Qāla rabbi innī akhāfu an yukaddhibūn

He said, "My Lord, indeed I fear that they will deny me

وَيَضِيقُ صَدۡرِي وَلَا يَنطَلِقُ لِسَانِي فَأَرۡسِلۡ إِلَىٰ هَٰرُونَ ١٣

Wayadīqu sadrī walā yantaliqu lisānī fa arsil ilā hārūn

And that my breast will tighten and my tongue will not be fluent, so send for Aaron.

وَلَهُمۡ عَلَيَّ ذَنۢبٞ فَأَخَافُ أَن يَقۡتُلُونِ ١٤

Walahum 'alayya dhambun fa akhāfu an yaqtulūn

And they have upon me a [claim due to] sin, so I fear that they will kill me."

قَالَ كَلَّاۖ فَٱذۡهَبَا بِـَٔايَٰتِنَآۖ إِنَّا مَعَكُم مُّسۡتَمِعُونَ ١٥

Qāla kallā fadhhabā bi'āyātinā innā ma'akum mustami'ūn

[Allāh] said, "No. Go both of you with Our signs; indeed, We are with you, listening.

فَأۡتِيَا فِرۡعَوۡنَ فَقُولَآ إِنَّا رَسُولُ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ١٦

Fa tiyā fir'awna faqūlā innā rasūlu rabbil-'ālamīn

Go to Pharaoh and say, 'We are the messengers1045 of the Lord of the worlds,

أَنۡ أَرۡسِلۡ مَعَنَا بَنِيٓ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ ١٧

An arsil ma'anā banī isrā'īl

[Commanded to say], "Send with us the Children of Israel."'"

قَالَ أَلَمۡ نُرَبِّكَ فِينَا وَلِيدٗا وَلَبِثۡتَ فِينَا مِنۡ عُمُرِكَ سِنِينَ ١٨

Qāla alam nurabbika fīnā walīdan walabithta fīnā min 'umurika sinīn

[Pharaoh] said, "Did we not raise you among us as a child, and you remained among us for years of your life?

وَفَعَلۡتَ فَعۡلَتَكَ ٱلَّتِي فَعَلۡتَ وَأَنتَ مِنَ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ ١٩

Wafa'alta fa'latakal-latī fa'alta wa anta minal-kāfirīn

And [then] you did your deed which you did,1046 and you were of the ungrateful."

قَالَ فَعَلۡتُهَآ إِذٗا وَأَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ ٢٠

Qāla fa'altuhā idhan wa ana minad-dāllīn

[Moses] said, "I did it, then, while I was of those astray [i.e., ignorant].

فَفَرَرۡتُ مِنكُمۡ لَمَّا خِفۡتُكُمۡ فَوَهَبَ لِي رَبِّي حُكۡمٗا وَجَعَلَنِي مِنَ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ ٢١

Fafarartu minkum lammā khiftukum fawahaba lī rabbī hukman waja'alanī minal-mursalīn

So I fled from you when I feared you. Then my Lord granted me judgement [i.e., wisdom and prophethood] and appointed me [as one] of the messengers.

وَتِلۡكَ نِعۡمَةٞ تَمُنُّهَا عَلَيَّ أَنۡ عَبَّدتَّ بَنِيٓ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ ٢٢

Watilka ni'matun tamunnuhā 'alayya an 'abbatta banī isrā'īl

And is this a favor of which you remind me - that you have enslaved the Children of Israel?"

قَالَ فِرۡعَوۡنُ وَمَا رَبُّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٢٣

Qāla fir'awnu wamā rabbul-'ālamīn

Said Pharaoh, "And what is the Lord of the worlds?"

قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَآۖ إِن كُنتُم مُّوقِنِينَ ٢٤

Qāla rabbus-samāwāti wal-ardi wamā baynahumā in kuntum mūqinīn

[Moses] said, "The Lord of the heavens and earth and that between them, if you should be convinced."

قَالَ لِمَنۡ حَوۡلَهُۥٓ أَلَا تَسۡتَمِعُونَ ٢٥

Qāla liman hawlahū alā tastami'ūn

[Pharaoh] said to those around him, "Do you not hear?"

قَالَ رَبُّكُمۡ وَرَبُّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ٢٦

Qāla rabbukum warabbu ābā'ikumul-awwalīn

[Moses] said, "Your Lord and the Lord of your first forefathers."

قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَكُمُ ٱلَّذِيٓ أُرۡسِلَ إِلَيۡكُمۡ لَمَجۡنُونٞ ٢٧

Qāla inna rasūlakumul-ladhī ursila ilaykum lamajnūn

[Pharaoh] said,1047 "Indeed, your 'messenger' who has been sent to you is mad."

قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلۡمَشۡرِقِ وَٱلۡمَغۡرِبِ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَآۖ إِن كُنتُمۡ تَعۡقِلُونَ ٢٨

Qāla rabbul-mashriqi wal-maghribi wamā baynahumā in kuntum ta'qilūn

[Moses] said, "Lord of the east and the west and that between them, if you were to reason."

قَالَ لَئِنِ ٱتَّخَذۡتَ إِلَٰهًا غَيۡرِي لَأَجۡعَلَنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلۡمَسۡجُونِينَ ٢٩

Qāla la init-takhadhta ilāhan ghayrī la aj'alannaka minal-masjūnīn

[Pharaoh] said, "If you take a god other than me, I will surely place you among those imprisoned."

قَالَ أَوَلَوۡ جِئۡتُكَ بِشَيۡءٖ مُّبِينٖ ٣٠

Qāla awalaw ji'tuka bishay'im mubīn

[Moses] said, "Even if I brought you something [i.e., proof] manifest?"

قَالَ فَأۡتِ بِهِۦٓ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ ٣١

Qāla fa ti bihī in kunta minas-sādiqīn

[Pharaoh] said, "Then bring it, if you should be of the truthful."

فَأَلۡقَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِيَ ثُعۡبَانٞ مُّبِينٞ ٣٢

Fa alqā 'asāhu fa idhā hiya thu'bānum mubīn

So [Moses] threw his staff, and suddenly it was a serpent manifest.1048

وَنَزَعَ يَدَهُۥ فَإِذَا هِيَ بَيۡضَآءُ لِلنَّٰظِرِينَ ٣٣

Wanaza'a yadahū fa idhā hiya baydā'u lin-nāzirīn

And he drew out his hand; thereupon it was white for the observers.

قَالَ لِلۡمَلَإِ حَوۡلَهُۥٓ إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَسَٰحِرٌ عَلِيمٞ ٣٤

Qāla lil-mala'i hawlahū inna hādhā lasāhirun 'alīm

[Pharaoh] said to the eminent ones around him, "Indeed, this is a learned magician.

يُرِيدُ أَن يُخۡرِجَكُم مِّنۡ أَرۡضِكُم بِسِحۡرِهِۦ فَمَاذَا تَأۡمُرُونَ ٣٥

Yurīdu an yukhrijakum min ardikum bisihrihī famādhā ta'murūn

He wants to drive you out of your land by his magic, so what do you advise?"

قَالُوٓاْ أَرۡجِهۡ وَأَخَاهُ وَٱبۡعَثۡ فِي ٱلۡمَدَآئِنِ حَٰشِرِينَ ٣٦

Qālū arjih wa akhāhu wab'ath fil-madā'ini hāshirīn

They said, "Postpone [the matter of] him and his brother and send among the cities gatherers

يَأۡتُوكَ بِكُلِّ سَحَّارٍ عَلِيمٖ ٣٧

Ya'tūka bikulli sahhārin 'alīm

Who will bring you every learned, skilled magician."

فَجُمِعَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ لِمِيقَٰتِ يَوۡمٖ مَّعۡلُومٖ ٣٨

Fajumi'as-saharatu limīqāti yawmim ma'lūm

So the magicians were assembled for the appointment of a well-known day.1049

وَقِيلَ لِلنَّاسِ هَلۡ أَنتُم مُّجۡتَمِعُونَ ٣٩

Waqīla lin-nāsi hal antum mujtami'ūn

And it was said to the people, "Will you congregate

لَعَلَّنَا نَتَّبِعُ ٱلسَّحَرَةَ إِن كَانُواْ هُمُ ٱلۡغَٰلِبِينَ ٤٠

La'allanā nattabi'us-saharata in kānū humul-ghālibīn

That we might follow the magicians if they are the predominant?"

فَلَمَّا جَآءَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ قَالُواْ لِفِرۡعَوۡنَ أَئِنَّ لَنَا لَأَجۡرًا إِن كُنَّا نَحۡنُ ٱلۡغَٰلِبِينَ ٤١

Falammā jā'as-saharatu qālū lifir'awna a'inna lanā la ajran in kunnā nahnul-ghālibīn

And when the magicians arrived, they said to Pharaoh, "Is there indeed for us a reward if we are the predominant?"

قَالَ نَعَمۡ وَإِنَّكُمۡ إِذٗا لَّمِنَ ٱلۡمُقَرَّبِينَ ٤٢

Qāla na'am wa innakum idhal laminal-muqarrabīn

He said, "Yes, and indeed, you will then be of those near [to me]."

قَالَ لَهُم مُّوسَىٰٓ أَلۡقُواْ مَآ أَنتُم مُّلۡقُونَ ٤٣

Qāla lahum mūsā alqū mā antum mulqūn

Moses said to them, "Throw whatever you will throw."

فَأَلۡقَوۡاْ حِبَالَهُمۡ وَعِصِيَّهُمۡ وَقَالُواْ بِعِزَّةِ فِرۡعَوۡنَ إِنَّا لَنَحۡنُ ٱلۡغَٰلِبُونَ ٤٤

Fa alqaw hibālahum wa'isiyyahum waqālū bi'izzati fir'awna innā lanahnul-ghālibūn

So they threw their ropes and their staffs and said, "By the might of Pharaoh, indeed it is we who are predominant."

فَأَلۡقَىٰ مُوسَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِيَ تَلۡقَفُ مَا يَأۡفِكُونَ ٤٥

Fa alqā mūsā 'asāhu fa idhā hiya talqafu mā ya'fikūn

Then Moses threw his staff, and at once it devoured what they falsified.

فَأُلۡقِيَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ سَٰجِدِينَ ٤٦

Fa ulqiyas-saharatu sājidīn

So the magicians fell down in prostration [to Allāh].

قَالُوٓاْ ءَامَنَّا بِرَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٤٧

Qālū āmannā birabbil-'ālamīn

They said, "We have believed in the Lord of the worlds,

رَبِّ مُوسَىٰ وَهَٰرُونَ ٤٨

Rabbi mūsā wahārūn

The Lord of Moses and Aaron."

قَالَ ءَامَنتُمۡ لَهُۥ قَبۡلَ أَنۡ ءَاذَنَ لَكُمۡۖ إِنَّهُۥ لَكَبِيرُكُمُ ٱلَّذِي عَلَّمَكُمُ ٱلسِّحۡرَ فَلَسَوۡفَ تَعۡلَمُونَۚ لَأُقَطِّعَنَّ أَيۡدِيَكُمۡ وَأَرۡجُلَكُم مِّنۡ خِلَٰفٖ وَلَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمۡ أَجۡمَعِينَ ٤٩

Qāla āmantum lahū qabla an ādhana lakum innahū lakabīrukumul-ladhī 'allamakumus-sihra falasawfa ta'lamūna la uqatti'anna aydiyakum wa arjulakum min khilāfin wala'usallibannakum ajma'īn

[Pharaoh] said, "You believed him [i.e., Moses] before I gave you permission. Indeed, he is your leader who has taught you magic, but you are going to know. I will surely cut off your hands and your feet on opposite sides, and I will surely crucify you all."

قَالُواْ لَا ضَيۡرَۖ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا مُنقَلِبُونَ ٥٠

Qālū lā dayra innā ilā rabbinā munqalibūn

They said, "No harm. Indeed, to our Lord we will return.

إِنَّا نَطۡمَعُ أَن يَغۡفِرَ لَنَا رَبُّنَا خَطَٰيَٰنَآ أَن كُنَّآ أَوَّلَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ٥١

Innā natma'u an yaghfira lanā rabbunā khatāyānā an kunnā awwalal-mu'minīn

Indeed, we aspire that our Lord will forgive us our sins because we were the first of the believers."

۞ وَأَوۡحَيۡنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنۡ أَسۡرِ بِعِبَادِيٓ إِنَّكُم مُّتَّبَعُونَ ٥٢

Wa awhaynā ilā mūsā an asri bi'ibādī innakum muttaba'ūn

And We inspired to Moses, "Travel by night with My servants; indeed, you will be pursued."

فَأَرۡسَلَ فِرۡعَوۡنُ فِي ٱلۡمَدَآئِنِ حَٰشِرِينَ ٥٣

Fa arsala fir'awnu fil-madā'ini hāshirīn

Then Pharaoh sent among the cities gatherers1050

إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَشِرۡذِمَةٞ قَلِيلُونَ ٥٤

Inna hā'ulā'i lashirdhimatun qalīlūn

[And said], "Indeed, those are but a small band,

وَإِنَّهُمۡ لَنَا لَغَآئِظُونَ ٥٥

Wa innahum lanā laghā'izūn

And indeed, they are enraging us,

وَإِنَّا لَجَمِيعٌ حَٰذِرُونَ ٥٦

Wa innā lajamī'un hādhirūn

And indeed, we are a cautious society..."

فَأَخۡرَجۡنَٰهُم مِّن جَنَّٰتٖ وَعُيُونٖ ٥٧

Fa akhrajnāhum min jannātin wa'uyūn

So We removed them from gardens and springs

وَكُنُوزٖ وَمَقَامٖ كَرِيمٖ ٥٨

Wakunūzin wamaqāmin karīm

And treasures and honorable station1051 -

كَذَٰلِكَۖ وَأَوۡرَثۡنَٰهَا بَنِيٓ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ ٥٩

Kadhālika wa awrathnāhā banī isrā'īl

Thus. And We caused to inherit it the Children of Israel.

فَأَتۡبَعُوهُم مُّشۡرِقِينَ ٦٠

Fa atba'ūhum mushriqīn

So they pursued them at sunrise.

فَلَمَّا تَرَٰٓءَا ٱلۡجَمۡعَانِ قَالَ أَصۡحَٰبُ مُوسَىٰٓ إِنَّا لَمُدۡرَكُونَ ٦١

Falammā tarā'al-jam'āni qāla ashābu mūsā innā lamudrakūn

And when the two companies saw one another, the companions of Moses said, "Indeed, we are to be overtaken!"

قَالَ كَلَّآۖ إِنَّ مَعِيَ رَبِّي سَيَهۡدِينِ ٦٢

Qāla kallā inna ma'iya rabbī sayahdīn

[Moses] said, "No! Indeed, with me is my Lord; He will guide me."

فَأَوۡحَيۡنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنِ ٱضۡرِب بِّعَصَاكَ ٱلۡبَحۡرَۖ فَٱنفَلَقَ فَكَانَ كُلُّ فِرۡقٖ كَٱلطَّوۡدِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ ٦٣

Fa awhaynā ilā mūsā anidrib bi'asākal-bahra fanfalaqa fakāna kullu firqin kat-tawdil-'azīm

Then We inspired to Moses, "Strike with your staff the sea," and it parted, and each portion was like a great towering mountain.

وَأَزۡلَفۡنَا ثَمَّ ٱلۡأٓخَرِينَ ٦٤

Wa azlafnā thammal-ākharīn

And We advanced thereto the others [i.e., the pursuers].

وَأَنجَيۡنَا مُوسَىٰ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥٓ أَجۡمَعِينَ ٦٥

Wa anjaynā mūsā wamam ma'ahū ajma'īn

And We saved Moses and those with him, all together.

ثُمَّ أَغۡرَقۡنَا ٱلۡأٓخَرِينَ ٦٦

Thumma aghraqnal-ākharīn

Then We drowned the others.

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ ٦٧

Inna fī dhālika la'āyatan wamā kāna aktharuhum mu'minīn

Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ٦٨

Wa inna rabbaka lahuwal-'azīzur-rahīm

And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.

وَٱتۡلُ عَلَيۡهِمۡ نَبَأَ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ ٦٩

Watlu 'alayhim naba'a ibrāhīm

And recite to them the news of Abraham,

إِذۡ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوۡمِهِۦ مَا تَعۡبُدُونَ ٧٠

Idh qāla li abīhi waqawmihī mā ta'budūn

When he said to his father and his people, "What do you worship?"

قَالُواْ نَعۡبُدُ أَصۡنَامٗا فَنَظَلُّ لَهَا عَٰكِفِينَ ٧١

Qālū na'budu asnāman fanazallu lahā 'ākifīn

They said, "We worship idols and remain to them devoted."

قَالَ هَلۡ يَسۡمَعُونَكُمۡ إِذۡ تَدۡعُونَ ٧٢

Qāla hal yasma'ūnakum idh tad'ūn

He said, "Do they hear you when you supplicate?

أَوۡ يَنفَعُونَكُمۡ أَوۡ يَضُرُّونَ ٧٣

Aw yanfa'ūnakum aw yadurrūn

Or do they benefit you, or do they harm?"

قَالُواْ بَلۡ وَجَدۡنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا كَذَٰلِكَ يَفۡعَلُونَ ٧٤

Qālū bal wajadnā ābā'anā kadhālika yaf'alūn

They said, "But we found our fathers doing thus."

قَالَ أَفَرَءَيۡتُم مَّا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡبُدُونَ ٧٥

Qāla afara'aytum mā kuntum ta'budūn

He said, "Then do you see what you have been worshipping,

أَنتُمۡ وَءَابَآؤُكُمُ ٱلۡأَقۡدَمُونَ ٧٦

Antum wa ābā'ukumul-aqdamūn

You and your ancient forefathers?

فَإِنَّهُمۡ عَدُوّٞ لِّيٓ إِلَّا رَبَّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٧٧

Fa innahum 'aduwwul lī illā rabbal-'ālamīn

Indeed, they are enemies to me, except the Lord of the worlds,1052

ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَنِي فَهُوَ يَهۡدِينِ ٧٨

Alladhī khalaqanī fahuwa yahdīn

Who created me, and He [it is who] guides me.

وَٱلَّذِي هُوَ يُطۡعِمُنِي وَيَسۡقِينِ ٧٩

Walladhī huwa yut'imunī wayasqīn

And it is He who feeds me and gives me drink.

وَإِذَا مَرِضۡتُ فَهُوَ يَشۡفِينِ ٨٠

Wa idhā maridtu fahuwa yashfīn

And when I am ill, it is He who cures me

وَٱلَّذِي يُمِيتُنِي ثُمَّ يُحۡيِينِ ٨١

Walladhī yumītunī thumma yuhyīn

And who will cause me to die and then bring me to life

وَٱلَّذِيٓ أَطۡمَعُ أَن يَغۡفِرَ لِي خَطِيٓـَٔتِي يَوۡمَ ٱلدِّينِ ٨٢

Walladhī atma'u an yaghfira lī khatī'atī yawmad-dīn

And who I aspire that He will forgive me my sin on the Day of Recompense."

رَبِّ هَبۡ لِي حُكۡمٗا وَأَلۡحِقۡنِي بِٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ ٨٣

Rabbi hab lī hukman wa alhiqnī bis-sālihīn

[And he said], "My Lord, grant me authority and join me with the righteous.

وَٱجۡعَل لِّي لِسَانَ صِدۡقٖ فِي ٱلۡأٓخِرِينَ ٨٤

Waj'al lī lisāna sidqin fil-ākhirīn

And grant me a mention [i.e., reputation] of honor among later generations.

وَٱجۡعَلۡنِي مِن وَرَثَةِ جَنَّةِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ ٨٥

Waj'alnī min warathati jannatin-na'īm

And place me among the inheritors of the Garden of Pleasure.

وَٱغۡفِرۡ لِأَبِيٓ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ ٨٦

Waghfir li abī innahū kāna minad-dāllīn

And forgive my father. Indeed, he has been of those astray.

وَلَا تُخۡزِنِي يَوۡمَ يُبۡعَثُونَ ٨٧

Walā tukhzinī yawma yub'athūn

And do not disgrace me on the Day they are [all] resurrected -

يَوۡمَ لَا يَنفَعُ مَالٞ وَلَا بَنُونَ ٨٨

Yawma lā yanfa'u mālun walā banūn

The Day when there will not benefit [anyone] wealth or children

إِلَّا مَنۡ أَتَى ٱللَّهَ بِقَلۡبٖ سَلِيمٖ ٨٩

Illā man atallāha biqalbin salīm

But only one who comes to Allāh with a sound heart."

وَأُزۡلِفَتِ ٱلۡجَنَّةُ لِلۡمُتَّقِينَ ٩٠

Wa uzlifatil-jannatu lil-muttaqīn

And Paradise will be brought near [that Day] to the righteous.

وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلۡجَحِيمُ لِلۡغَاوِينَ ٩١

Waburrizatil-jahīmu lil-ghāwīn

And Hellfire will be brought forth for the deviators,

وَقِيلَ لَهُمۡ أَيۡنَ مَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡبُدُونَ ٩٢

Waqīla lahum ayna mā kuntum ta'budūn

And it will be said to them, "Where are those you used to worship

مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ هَلۡ يَنصُرُونَكُمۡ أَوۡ يَنتَصِرُونَ ٩٣

Min dūnillāhi hal yansurūnakum aw yantasirūn

Other than Allāh? Can they help you or help themselves?"

فَكُبۡكِبُواْ فِيهَا هُمۡ وَٱلۡغَاوُۥنَ ٩٤

Fakubkibū fīhā hum wal-ghāwūn

So they will be overturned into it [i.e., Hellfire], they and the deviators

وَجُنُودُ إِبۡلِيسَ أَجۡمَعُونَ ٩٥

Wajunūdu iblīsa ajma'ūn

And the soldiers of Iblees, all together.

قَالُواْ وَهُمۡ فِيهَا يَخۡتَصِمُونَ ٩٦

Qālū wahum fīhā yakhtasimūn

They will say while they dispute therein,

تَٱللَّهِ إِن كُنَّا لَفِي ضَلَٰلٖ مُّبِينٍ ٩٧

Tallāhi in kunnā lafī dalālim mubīn

"By Allāh, we were indeed in manifest error

إِذۡ نُسَوِّيكُم بِرَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٩٨

Idh nusawwīkum birabbil-'ālamīn

When we equated you with the Lord of the worlds.

وَمَآ أَضَلَّنَآ إِلَّا ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُونَ ٩٩

Wamā adallanā illal-mujrimūn

And no one misguided us except the criminals.

فَمَا لَنَا مِن شَٰفِعِينَ ١٠٠

Famā lanā min shāfi'īn

So now we have no intercessors

وَلَا صَدِيقٍ حَمِيمٖ ١٠١

Walā sadīqin hamīm

And not a devoted friend.

فَلَوۡ أَنَّ لَنَا كَرَّةٗ فَنَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ١٠٢

Falaw anna lanā karratan fanakūna minal-mu'minīn

Then if we only had a return [to the world] and could be of the believers..."1053

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ ١٠٣

Inna fī dhālika la'āyatan wamā kāna aktharuhum mu'minīn

Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ١٠٤

Wa inna rabbaka lahuwal-'azīzur-rahīm

And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.

كَذَّبَتۡ قَوۡمُ نُوحٍ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ ١٠٥

Kaddhabat qawmu nūhinil-mursalīn

The people of Noah denied the messengers1054

إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ أَخُوهُمۡ نُوحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ١٠٦

Idh qāla lahum akhūhum nūhun alā tattaqūn

When their brother Noah said to them, "Will you not fear Allāh?

إِنِّي لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٞ ١٠٧

Innī lakum rasūlun amīn

Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger.

فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ١٠٨

Fattaqullāha wa atī'ūn

So fear Allāh and obey me.

وَمَآ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٍۖ إِنۡ أَجۡرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ١٠٩

Wamā as'alukum 'alayhi min ajrin in ajriya illā 'alā rabbil-'ālamīn

And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds.

فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ١١٠

Fattaqullāha wa atī'ūn

So fear Allāh and obey me."

۞ قَالُوٓاْ أَنُؤۡمِنُ لَكَ وَٱتَّبَعَكَ ٱلۡأَرۡذَلُونَ ١١١

Qālū anu'minu laka wattaba'akal-ardhalūn

They said, "Should we believe you while you are followed by the lowest [class of people]?"

قَالَ وَمَا عِلۡمِي بِمَا كَانُواْ يَعۡمَلُونَ ١١٢

Qāla wamā 'ilmī bimā kānū ya'malūn

He said, "And what is my knowledge of what they used to do?

إِنۡ حِسَابُهُمۡ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّيۖ لَوۡ تَشۡعُرُونَ ١١٣

In hisābuhum illā 'alā rabbī law tash'urūn

Their account is only upon my Lord, if you [could] perceive.

وَمَآ أَنَا۠ بِطَارِدِ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ١١٤

Wamā ana bitāridil-mu'minīn

And I am not one to drive away the believers.

إِنۡ أَنَا۠ إِلَّا نَذِيرٞ مُّبِينٞ ١١٥

In ana illā nadhīrum mubīn

I am only a clear warner."

قَالُواْ لَئِن لَّمۡ تَنتَهِ يَٰنُوحُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلۡمَرۡجُومِينَ ١١٦

Qālū la il lam tantahi yānūhu latakūnanna minal-marjūmīn

They said, "If you do not desist, O Noah, you will surely be of those who are stoned."

قَالَ رَبِّ إِنَّ قَوۡمِي كَذَّبُونِ ١١٧

Qāla rabbi inna qawmī kaddhabūn

He said, "My Lord, indeed my people have denied me.

فَٱفۡتَحۡ بَيۡنِي وَبَيۡنَهُمۡ فَتۡحٗا وَنَجِّنِي وَمَن مَّعِيَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ١١٨

Faftah baynī wabaynahum fathan wanajjinī wamam ma'iya minal-mu'minīn

Then judge between me and them with decisive judgement and save me and those with me of the believers."

فَأَنجَيۡنَٰهُ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥ فِي ٱلۡفُلۡكِ ٱلۡمَشۡحُونِ ١١٩

Fa anjaynāhu wamam ma'ahū fil-fulkil-mashhūn

So We saved him and those with him in the laden ship.

ثُمَّ أَغۡرَقۡنَا بَعۡدُ ٱلۡبَاقِينَ ١٢٠

Thumma aghraqnā ba'dul-bāqīn

Then We drowned thereafter the remaining ones.

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ ١٢١

Inna fī dhālika la'āyatan wamā kāna aktharuhum mu'minīn

Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ١٢٢

Wa inna rabbaka lahuwal-'azīzur-rahīm

And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.

كَذَّبَتۡ عَادٌ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ ١٢٣

Kaddhabat 'ādunil-mursalīn

ʿAad denied the messengers

إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ أَخُوهُمۡ هُودٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ١٢٤

Idh qāla lahum akhūhum hūdun alā tattaqūn

When their brother Hūd said to them, "Will you not fear Allāh?

إِنِّي لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٞ ١٢٥

Innī lakum rasūlun amīn

Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger.

فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ١٢٦

Fattaqullāha wa atī'ūn

So fear Allāh and obey me.

وَمَآ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٍۖ إِنۡ أَجۡرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ١٢٧

Wamā as'alukum 'alayhi min ajrin in ajriya illā 'alā rabbil-'ālamīn

And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds.

أَتَبۡنُونَ بِكُلِّ رِيعٍ ءَايَةٗ تَعۡبَثُونَ ١٢٨

Atabnūna bikulli rī'in āyatan ta'bathūn

Do you construct on every elevation a sign,1055 amusing yourselves,

وَتَتَّخِذُونَ مَصَانِعَ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَخۡلُدُونَ ١٢٩

Watattakhidhūna masāni'a la'allakum takhludūn

And take for yourselves constructions [i.e., palaces and fortresses] that you might abide eternally?

وَإِذَا بَطَشۡتُم بَطَشۡتُمۡ جَبَّارِينَ ١٣٠

Wa idhā batashtum batashtum jabbārīn

And when you strike, you strike as tyrants.

فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ١٣١

Fattaqullāha wa atī'ūn

So fear Allāh and obey me.

وَٱتَّقُواْ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَمَدَّكُم بِمَا تَعۡلَمُونَ ١٣٢

Wattaqul-ladhī amaddakum bimā ta'lamūn

And fear He who provided you with that which you know,

أَمَدَّكُم بِأَنۡعَٰمٖ وَبَنِينَ ١٣٣

Amaddakum bi an'āmin wabanīn

Provided you with grazing livestock and children

وَجَنَّٰتٖ وَعُيُونٍ ١٣٤

Wajannātin wa'uyūn

And gardens and springs.

إِنِّيٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيۡكُمۡ عَذَابَ يَوۡمٍ عَظِيمٖ ١٣٥

Innī akhāfu 'alaykum 'adhāba yawmin 'azīm

Indeed, I fear for you the punishment of a terrible day."

قَالُواْ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيۡنَآ أَوَعَظۡتَ أَمۡ لَمۡ تَكُن مِّنَ ٱلۡوَٰعِظِينَ ١٣٦

Qālū sawā'un 'alaynā awa'azta am lam takum minal-wā'izīn

They said, "It is all the same to us whether you advise or are not of the advisors.

إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا خُلُقُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ١٣٧

In hādhā illā khuluqul-awwalīn

This is not but the custom of the former peoples,

وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ ١٣٨

Wamā nahnu bimu'addhabīn

And we are not to be punished."

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَهۡلَكۡنَٰهُمۡۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ ١٣٩

Fakaddhabūhu fa ahlaknāhum inna fī dhālika la'āyatan wamā kāna aktharuhum mu'minīn

And they denied him, so We destroyed them. Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ١٤٠

Wa inna rabbaka lahuwal-'azīzur-rahīm

And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.

كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ ١٤١

Kaddhabat thamūdul-mursalīn

Thamūd denied the messengers

إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ أَخُوهُمۡ صَٰلِحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ١٤٢

Idh qāla lahum akhūhum sālihun alā tattaqūn

When their brother Ṣāliḥ said to them, "Will you not fear Allāh?

إِنِّي لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٞ ١٤٣

Innī lakum rasūlun amīn

Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger.

فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ١٤٤

Fattaqullāha wa atī'ūn

So fear Allāh and obey me.

وَمَآ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٍۖ إِنۡ أَجۡرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ١٤٥

Wamā as'alukum 'alayhi min ajrin in ajriya illā 'alā rabbil-'ālamīn

And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds.

أَتُتۡرَكُونَ فِي مَا هَٰهُنَآ ءَامِنِينَ ١٤٦

Atutrakūna fī mā hāhunā āminīn

Will you be left in what is here, secure [from death],

فِي جَنَّٰتٖ وَعُيُونٖ ١٤٧

Fī jannātin wa'uyūn

Within gardens and springs

وَزُرُوعٖ وَنَخۡلٖ طَلۡعُهَا هَضِيمٞ ١٤٨

Wazurū'in wanakhlin tal'uhā hadīm

And fields of crops and palm trees with softened fruit?

وَتَنۡحِتُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡجِبَالِ بُيُوتٗا فَٰرِهِينَ ١٤٩

Watanhitūna minal-jibāli buyūtan fārihīn

And you carve out of the mountains, homes, with skill.

فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ١٥٠

Fattaqullāha wa atī'ūn

So fear Allāh and obey me.

وَلَا تُطِيعُوٓاْ أَمۡرَ ٱلۡمُسۡرِفِينَ ١٥١

Walā tutī'ū amral-musrifīn

And do not obey the order of the transgressors,

ٱلَّذِينَ يُفۡسِدُونَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَلَا يُصۡلِحُونَ ١٥٢

Alladhīna yufsidūna fil-ardi walā yuslihūn

Who cause corruption in the land and do not amend."

قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُسَحَّرِينَ ١٥٣

Qālū innamā anta minal-musahharīn

They said, "You are only of those affected by magic.

مَآ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٞ مِّثۡلُنَا فَأۡتِ بِـَٔايَةٍ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ ١٥٤

Mā anta illā basharum mithlunā fa ti bi'āyatin in kunta minas-sādiqīn

You are but a man like ourselves, so bring a sign, if you should be of the truthful."

قَالَ هَٰذِهِۦ نَاقَةٞ لَّهَا شِرۡبٞ وَلَكُمۡ شِرۡبُ يَوۡمٖ مَّعۡلُومٖ ١٥٥

Qāla hādhihī nāqatul lahā shirbun walakum shirbu yawmim ma'lūm

He said, "This is a she-camel.1056 For her is a [time of] drink, and for you is a [time of] drink, [each] on a known day.

وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوٓءٖ فَيَأۡخُذَكُمۡ عَذَابُ يَوۡمٍ عَظِيمٖ ١٥٦

Walā tamassūhā bisū'in faya'khudhakum 'adhābu yawmin 'azīm

And do not touch her with harm, lest you be seized by the punishment of a terrible day."

فَعَقَرُوهَا فَأَصۡبَحُواْ نَٰدِمِينَ ١٥٧

Fa'aqarūhā fa asbahū nādimīn

But they hamstrung her and so became regretful.

فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱلۡعَذَابُۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ ١٥٨

Fa akhadhahumul-'adhābu inna fī dhālika la'āyatan wamā kāna aktharuhum mu'minīn

And the punishment seized them. Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ١٥٩

Wa inna rabbaka lahuwal-'azīzur-rahīm

And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.

كَذَّبَتۡ قَوۡمُ لُوطٍ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ ١٦٠

Kaddhabat qawmu lūtinil-mursalīn

The people of Lot denied the messengers

إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ أَخُوهُمۡ لُوطٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ١٦١

Idh qāla lahum akhūhum lūtun alā tattaqūn

When their brother Lot said to them, "Will you not fear Allāh?

إِنِّي لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٞ ١٦٢

Innī lakum rasūlun amīn

Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger.

فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ١٦٣

Fattaqullāha wa atī'ūn

So fear Allāh and obey me.

وَمَآ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٍۖ إِنۡ أَجۡرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ١٦٤

Wamā as'alukum 'alayhi min ajrin in ajriya illā 'alā rabbil-'ālamīn

And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds.

أَتَأۡتُونَ ٱلذُّكۡرَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ١٦٥

Ata'tūnadh-dhukrāna minal-'ālamīn

Do you approach males among the worlds1057

وَتَذَرُونَ مَا خَلَقَ لَكُمۡ رَبُّكُم مِّنۡ أَزۡوَٰجِكُمۚ بَلۡ أَنتُمۡ قَوۡمٌ عَادُونَ ١٦٦

Watadharūna mā khalaqa lakum rabbukum min azwājikum bal antum qawmun 'ādūn

And leave what your Lord has created for you as mates? But you are a people transgressing."

قَالُواْ لَئِن لَّمۡ تَنتَهِ يَٰلُوطُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلۡمُخۡرَجِينَ ١٦٧

Qālū la il lam tantahi yālūtu latakūnanna minal-mukhrajīn

They said, "If you do not desist, O Lot, you will surely be of those evicted."

قَالَ إِنِّي لِعَمَلِكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡقَالِينَ ١٦٨

Qāla innī li'amalikum minal-qālīn

He said, "Indeed, I am, toward your deed, of those who detest [it].

رَبِّ نَجِّنِي وَأَهۡلِي مِمَّا يَعۡمَلُونَ ١٦٩

Rabbi najjinī wa ahlī mimmā ya'malūn

My Lord, save me and my family from [the consequence of] what they do."

فَنَجَّيۡنَٰهُ وَأَهۡلَهُۥٓ أَجۡمَعِينَ ١٧٠

Fanajjaynāhu wa ahlahū ajma'īn

So We saved him and his family, all,

إِلَّا عَجُوزٗا فِي ٱلۡغَٰبِرِينَ ١٧١

Illā 'ajūzan fil-ghābirīn

Except an old woman1058 among those who remained behind.

ثُمَّ دَمَّرۡنَا ٱلۡأٓخَرِينَ ١٧٢

Thumma dammarnal-ākharīn

Then We destroyed the others.

وَأَمۡطَرۡنَا عَلَيۡهِم مَّطَرٗاۖ فَسَآءَ مَطَرُ ٱلۡمُنذَرِينَ ١٧٣

Wa amtarnā 'alayhim mataran fasā'a matarul-mundharīn

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

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ ١٧٤

Inna fī dhālika la'āyatan wamā kāna aktharuhum mu'minīn

Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ١٧٥

Wa inna rabbaka lahuwal-'azīzur-rahīm

And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.

كَذَّبَ أَصۡحَٰبُ لۡـَٔيۡكَةِ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ ١٧٦

Kaddhaba ashābu l'aykatil-mursalīn

The companions of the thicket [i.e., the people of Madyan] denied the messengers

إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ شُعَيۡبٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ١٧٧

Idh qāla lahum shu'aybun alā tattaqūn

When Shuʿayb said to them, "Will you not fear Allāh?

إِنِّي لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٞ ١٧٨

Innī lakum rasūlun amīn

Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger.

فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ١٧٩

Fattaqullāha wa atī'ūn

So fear Allāh and obey me.

وَمَآ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٍۖ إِنۡ أَجۡرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ١٨٠

Wamā as'alukum 'alayhi min ajrin in ajriya illā 'alā rabbil-'ālamīn

And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds.

۞ أَوۡفُواْ ٱلۡكَيۡلَ وَلَا تَكُونُواْ مِنَ ٱلۡمُخۡسِرِينَ ١٨١

Awful-kayla walā takūnū minal-mukhsirīn

Give full measure and do not be of those who cause loss.

وَزِنُواْ بِٱلۡقِسۡطَاسِ ٱلۡمُسۡتَقِيمِ ١٨٢

Wazinū bil-qistāsil-mustaqīm

And weigh with an even [i.e., honest] balance.

وَلَا تَبۡخَسُواْ ٱلنَّاسَ أَشۡيَآءَهُمۡ وَلَا تَعۡثَوۡاْ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ مُفۡسِدِينَ ١٨٣

Walā tabkhasun-nāsa ashyā'ahum walā ta'thaw fil-ardi mufsidīn

And do not deprive people of their due and do not commit abuse on earth, spreading corruption.

وَٱتَّقُواْ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَكُمۡ وَٱلۡجِبِلَّةَ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ١٨٤

Wattaqul-ladhī khalaqakum wal-jibillatal-awwalīn

And fear He who created you and the former creation."1059

قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُسَحَّرِينَ ١٨٥

Qālū innamā anta minal-musahharīn

They said, "You are only of those affected by magic.

وَمَآ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٞ مِّثۡلُنَا وَإِن نَّظُنُّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلۡكَٰذِبِينَ ١٨٦

Wamā anta illā basharum mithlunā wa in nazunnuka laminal-kādhibīn

You are but a man like ourselves, and indeed, we think you are among the liars.

فَأَسۡقِطۡ عَلَيۡنَا كِسَفٗا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ ١٨٧

Fa asqit 'alaynā kisafam minas-samā'i in kunta minas-sādiqīn

So cause to fall upon us fragments of the sky, if you should be of the truthful."

قَالَ رَبِّيٓ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ ١٨٨

Qāla rabbī a'lamu bimā ta'malūn

He said, "My Lord is most knowing of what you do."

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمۡ عَذَابُ يَوۡمِ ٱلظُّلَّةِۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَذَابَ يَوۡمٍ عَظِيمٍ ١٨٩

Fakaddhabūhu fa akhadhahum 'adhābu yawmiz-zullati innahū kāna 'adhāba yawmin 'azīm

And they denied him, so the punishment of the day of the black cloud seized them. Indeed, it was the punishment of a terrible day.

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ ١٩٠

Inna fī dhālika la'āyatan wamā kāna aktharuhum mu'minīn

Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ١٩١

Wa inna rabbaka lahuwal-'azīzur-rahīm

And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَنزِيلُ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ١٩٢

Wa innahū latanzīlu rabbil-'ālamīn

And indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is the revelation of the Lord of the worlds.

نَزَلَ بِهِ ٱلرُّوحُ ٱلۡأَمِينُ ١٩٣

Nazala bihir-rūhul-amīn

The Trustworthy Spirit [i.e., Gabriel] has brought it down

عَلَىٰ قَلۡبِكَ لِتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُنذِرِينَ ١٩٤

'Alā qalbika litakūna minal-mundhirīn

Upon your heart, [O Muḥammad] - that you may be of the warners

بِلِسَانٍ عَرَبِيّٖ مُّبِينٖ ١٩٥

Bilisānin 'arabiyyim mubīn

In a clear Arabic language.

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَفِي زُبُرِ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ١٩٦

Wa innahū lafī zuburil-awwalīn

And indeed, it is [mentioned] in the scriptures of former peoples.

أَوَلَمۡ يَكُن لَّهُمۡ ءَايَةً أَن يَعۡلَمَهُۥ عُلَمَٰٓؤُاْ بَنِيٓ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ ١٩٧

Awalam yakul lahum āyatan an ya'lamahū 'ulamā'u banī isrā'īl

And has it not been a sign to them that it is recognized by the scholars of the Children of Israel?

وَلَوۡ نَزَّلۡنَٰهُ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضِ ٱلۡأَعۡجَمِينَ ١٩٨

Walaw nazzalnāhu 'alā ba'dil-a'jamīn

And even if We had revealed it to one among the foreigners1060

فَقَرَأَهُۥ عَلَيۡهِم مَّا كَانُواْ بِهِۦ مُؤۡمِنِينَ ١٩٩

Faqara'ahū 'alayhim mā kānū bihī mu'minīn

And he had recited it to them [perfectly],1061 they would [still] not have been believers in it.

كَذَٰلِكَ سَلَكۡنَٰهُ فِي قُلُوبِ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ ٢٠٠

Kadhālika salaknāhu fī qulūbil-mujrimīn

Thus have We inserted it [i.e., disbelief] into the hearts of the criminals.

لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ بِهِۦ حَتَّىٰ يَرَوُاْ ٱلۡعَذَابَ ٱلۡأَلِيمَ ٢٠١

Lā yu'minūna bihī hattā yarawul-'adhābal-alīm

They will not believe in it until they see the painful punishment.

فَيَأۡتِيَهُم بَغۡتَةٗ وَهُمۡ لَا يَشۡعُرُونَ ٢٠٢

Faya'tiyahum baghtatan wahum lā yash'urūn

And it will come to them suddenly while they perceive [it] not.

فَيَقُولُواْ هَلۡ نَحۡنُ مُنظَرُونَ ٢٠٣

Fayaqūlū hal nahnu munzarūn

And they will say, "May we be reprieved?"

أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا يَسۡتَعۡجِلُونَ ٢٠٤

Afabi'adhābinā yasta'jilūn

So for Our punishment are they impatient?

أَفَرَءَيۡتَ إِن مَّتَّعۡنَٰهُمۡ سِنِينَ ٢٠٥

Afara'ayta im matta'nāhum sinīn

Then have you considered if We gave them enjoyment for years

ثُمَّ جَآءَهُم مَّا كَانُواْ يُوعَدُونَ ٢٠٦

Thumma jā'ahum mā kānū yū'adūn

And then there came to them that which they were promised?

مَآ أَغۡنَىٰ عَنۡهُم مَّا كَانُواْ يُمَتَّعُونَ ٢٠٧

Mā aghnā 'anhum mā kānū yumatta'ūn

They would not be availed by the enjoyment with which they were provided.

وَمَآ أَهۡلَكۡنَا مِن قَرۡيَةٍ إِلَّا لَهَا مُنذِرُونَ ٢٠٨

Wamā ahlaknā min qaryatin illā lahā mundhirūn

And We did not destroy any city except that it had warners

ذِكۡرَىٰ وَمَا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ ٢٠٩

Dhikrā wamā kunnā zālimīn

As a reminder; and never have We been unjust.

وَمَا تَنَزَّلَتۡ بِهِ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينُ ٢١٠

Wamā tanazzalat bihish-shayātīn

And the devils have not brought it [i.e., the revelation] down.1062

وَمَا يَنۢبَغِي لَهُمۡ وَمَا يَسۡتَطِيعُونَ ٢١١

Wamā yambaghī lahum wamā yastatī'ūn

It is not allowable for them, nor would they be able.

إِنَّهُمۡ عَنِ ٱلسَّمۡعِ لَمَعۡزُولُونَ ٢١٢

Innahum 'anis-sam'i lama'zūlūn

Indeed they, from [its] hearing, are removed.1063

فَلَا تَدۡعُ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُعَذَّبِينَ ٢١٣

Falā tad'u ma'allāhi ilāhan ākhara fatakūna minal-mu'addhabīn

So do not invoke1064 with Allāh another deity and [thus] be among the punished.

وَأَنذِرۡ عَشِيرَتَكَ ٱلۡأَقۡرَبِينَ ٢١٤

Wa andhir 'ashīratakal-aqrabīn

And warn, [O Muḥammad], your closest kindred.

وَٱخۡفِضۡ جَنَاحَكَ لِمَنِ ٱتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ٢١٥

Wakhfid janāhaka limanit-taba'aka minal-mu'minīn

And lower your wing [i.e., show kindness] to those who follow you of the believers.

فَإِنۡ عَصَوۡكَ فَقُلۡ إِنِّي بَرِيٓءٞ مِّمَّا تَعۡمَلُونَ ٢١٦

Fa in 'asawka faqul innī barī'um mimmā ta'malūn

And if they disobey you, then say, "Indeed, I am disassociated from what you are doing."

وَتَوَكَّلۡ عَلَى ٱلۡعَزِيزِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ٢١٧

Watawakkal 'alal-'azīzir-rahīm

And rely upon the Exalted in Might, the Merciful,

ٱلَّذِي يَرَىٰكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ ٢١٨

Alladhī yarāka hīna taqūm

Who sees you when you arise1065

وَتَقَلُّبَكَ فِي ٱلسَّٰجِدِينَ ٢١٩

Wataqallubaka fis-sājidīn

And your movement among those who prostrate.1066

إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ ٢٢٠

Innahū huwas-samī'ul-'alīm

Indeed, He is the Hearing, the Knowing.

هَلۡ أُنَبِّئُكُمۡ عَلَىٰ مَن تَنَزَّلُ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينُ ٢٢١

Hal unabbi'ukum 'alā man tanazzalush-shayātīn

Shall I inform you upon whom the devils descend?

تَنَزَّلُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ أَفَّاكٍ أَثِيمٖ ٢٢٢

Tanazzalu 'alā kulli affākin athīm

They descend upon every sinful liar.

يُلۡقُونَ ٱلسَّمۡعَ وَأَكۡثَرُهُمۡ كَٰذِبُونَ ٢٢٣

Yulqūnas-sam'a wa aktharuhum kādhibūn

They pass on what is heard,1067 and most of them are liars.

وَٱلشُّعَرَآءُ يَتَّبِعُهُمُ ٱلۡغَاوُۥنَ ٢٢٤

Wash-shu'arā'u yattabi'uhumul-ghāwūn

And the poets - [only] the deviators follow them.

أَلَمۡ تَرَ أَنَّهُمۡ فِي كُلِّ وَادٖ يَهِيمُونَ ٢٢٥

Alam tara annahum fī kulli wādin yahīmūn

Do you not see that in every valley they roam1068

وَأَنَّهُمۡ يَقُولُونَ مَا لَا يَفۡعَلُونَ ٢٢٦

Wa annahum yaqūlūna mā lā yaf'alūn

And that they say what they do not do? -

إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ وَذَكَرُواْ ٱللَّهَ كَثِيرٗا وَٱنتَصَرُواْ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ مَا ظُلِمُواْۗ وَسَيَعۡلَمُ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوٓاْ أَيَّ مُنقَلَبٖ يَنقَلِبُونَ ٢٢٧

Illal-ladhīna āmanū wa'amilus-sālihāti wadhakarullāha kathīran wantasarū mim ba'di mā zulimū wasaya'lamul-ladhīna zalamū ayya munqalabin yanqalibūn

Except those [poets] who believe and do righteous deeds and remember Allāh often and defend [the Muslims]1069 after they were wronged. And those who have wronged are going to know to what [kind of] return they will be returned.

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Questions

How many ayahs are in Surah Ash-Shu'ara?

Surah Ash-Shu'ara has 227 ayahs. It is surah number 26 of the Quran.

Is Surah Ash-Shu'ara Meccan or Medinan?

Surah Ash-Shu'ara is a Meccan surah.

Which juz is Surah Ash-Shu'ara in?

Surah Ash-Shu'ara is in juz 19.

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