Surah Az-Zukhruf الزخرف

حمٓ ١

Hā Mīm

Ḥā, Meem.¹⁴²⁹

وَٱلۡكِتَٰبِ ٱلۡمُبِينِ ٢

Wal-kitābil-mubīn

By the clear Book,

إِنَّا جَعَلۡنَٰهُ قُرۡءَٰنًا عَرَبِيّٗا لَّعَلَّكُمۡ تَعۡقِلُونَ ٣

Innā ja'alnāhu qur'ānan 'arabiyyal la'allakum ta'qilūn

Indeed, We have made it an Arabic Qur’ān that you might understand.

وَإِنَّهُۥ فِيٓ أُمِّ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ لَدَيۡنَا لَعَلِيٌّ حَكِيمٌ ٤

Wa innahū fī ummil-kitābi ladaynā la'aliyyun hakīm

And indeed it is, in the Mother of the Book¹⁴³⁰ with Us, exalted and full of wisdom.¹⁴³¹

أَفَنَضۡرِبُ عَنكُمُ ٱلذِّكۡرَ صَفۡحًا أَن كُنتُمۡ قَوۡمٗا مُّسۡرِفِينَ ٥

Afanadribu 'ankumudh-dhikra safhan an kuntum qawmam musrifīn

Then should We turn the message away, disregarding you, because you are a transgressing people?

وَكَمۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا مِن نَّبِيّٖ فِي ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ٦

Wakam arsalnā min nabiyyin fil-awwalīn

And how many a prophet We sent among the former peoples,

وَمَا يَأۡتِيهِم مِّن نَّبِيٍّ إِلَّا كَانُواْ بِهِۦ يَسۡتَهۡزِءُونَ ٧

Wamā ya'tīhim min nabiyyin illā kānū bihī yastahzi'ūn

But there would not come to them a prophet except that they used to ridicule him.

فَأَهۡلَكۡنَآ أَشَدَّ مِنۡهُم بَطۡشٗا وَمَضَىٰ مَثَلُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ٨

Fa ahlaknā ashadda minhum batshan wamadā mathalul-awwalīn

And We destroyed greater than them¹⁴³² in [striking] power, and the example of the former peoples has preceded.

وَلَئِن سَأَلۡتَهُم مَّنۡ خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ لَيَقُولُنَّ خَلَقَهُنَّ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ ٩

Wala'in sa'altahum man khalaqas-samāwāti wal-arda layaqūlunna khalaqahunnal-'azīzul-'alīm

And if you should ask them, "Who has created the heavens and the earth?" they would surely say, "They were created by the Exalted in Might, the Knowing,"

ٱلَّذِي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ مَهۡدٗا وَجَعَلَ لَكُمۡ فِيهَا سُبُلٗا لَّعَلَّكُمۡ تَهۡتَدُونَ ١٠

Alladhī ja'ala lakumul-arda mahdan waja'ala lakum fīhā subulal la'allakum tahtadūn

[The one] who has made for you the earth a bed and made for you upon it roads that you might be guided

وَٱلَّذِي نَزَّلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءَۢ بِقَدَرٖ فَأَنشَرۡنَا بِهِۦ بَلۡدَةٗ مَّيۡتٗاۚ كَذَٰلِكَ تُخۡرَجُونَ ١١

Walladhī nazzala minas-samā'i mā'a biqadarin fa ansharnā bihī baldatam maytan kadhālika tukhrajūn

And who sends down rain from the sky in measured amounts, and We revive thereby a dead land - thus will you be brought forth -

وَٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ ٱلۡأَزۡوَٰجَ كُلَّهَا وَجَعَلَ لَكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡفُلۡكِ وَٱلۡأَنۡعَٰمِ مَا تَرۡكَبُونَ ١٢

Walladhī khalaqal-azwāja kullahā waja'ala lakum minal-fulki wal-an'āmi mā tarkabūn

And who created the species, all of them, and has made for you of ships and animals those which you mount

لِتَسۡتَوُۥاْ عَلَىٰ ظُهُورِهِۦ ثُمَّ تَذۡكُرُواْ نِعۡمَةَ رَبِّكُمۡ إِذَا ٱسۡتَوَيۡتُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ وَتَقُولُواْ سُبۡحَٰنَ ٱلَّذِي سَخَّرَ لَنَا هَٰذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لَهُۥ مُقۡرِنِينَ ١٣

Litastawū 'alā zuhūrihī thumma tadhkurū ni'mata rabbikum idhastawaytum 'alayhi wataqūlū subhānal-ladhī sakkhara lanā hādhā wamā kunnā lahū muqrinīn

That you may settle yourselves upon their backs and then remember the favor of your Lord when you have settled upon them and say, "Exalted is He who has subjected this to us, and we could not have [otherwise] subdued it.¹⁴³³

وَإِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا لَمُنقَلِبُونَ ١٤

Wa innā ilā rabbinā lamunqalibūn

And indeed we, to our Lord, will [surely] return."

وَجَعَلُواْ لَهُۥ مِنۡ عِبَادِهِۦ جُزۡءًاۚ إِنَّ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ لَكَفُورٞ مُّبِينٌ ١٥

Waja'alū lahū min 'ibādihī juz'an innal-insāna lakafūrum mubīn

But they have attributed to Him from His servants a portion.¹⁴³⁴ Indeed, man is clearly ungrateful.

أَمِ ٱتَّخَذَ مِمَّا يَخۡلُقُ بَنَاتٖ وَأَصۡفَىٰكُم بِٱلۡبَنِينَ ١٦

Amit-takhadha mimmā yakhluqu banātin wa asfākum bil-banīn

Or has He taken, out of what He has created, daughters and chosen you for [having] sons?

وَإِذَا بُشِّرَ أَحَدُهُم بِمَا ضَرَبَ لِلرَّحۡمَٰنِ مَثَلٗا ظَلَّ وَجۡهُهُۥ مُسۡوَدّٗا وَهُوَ كَظِيمٌ ١٧

Wa idhā busshira ahaduhum bimā daraba lir-rahmāni mathalan zalla wajhuhū muswaddan wahuwa kazīm

And when one of them is given good tidings of that which he attributes to the Most Merciful in comparison [i.e., a daughter], his face becomes dark, and he suppresses grief.

أَوَمَن يُنَشَّؤُاْ فِي ٱلۡحِلۡيَةِ وَهُوَ فِي ٱلۡخِصَامِ غَيۡرُ مُبِينٖ ١٨

Awaman yunassha'u fil-hilyati wahuwa fil-khisāmi ghayru mubīn

So is one brought up in ornaments while being during conflict unevident¹⁴³⁵ [attributed to Allāh]?

وَجَعَلُواْ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ ٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ عِبَٰدُ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ إِنَٰثًاۚ أَشَهِدُواْ خَلۡقَهُمۡۚ سَتُكۡتَبُ شَهَٰدَتُهُمۡ وَيُسۡـَٔلُونَ ١٩

Waja'alul-malā'ikatal-ladhīna hum 'ibādur-rahmāni ināthan ashahidū khalqahum satuktabu shahādatuhum wayus'alūn

And they described the angels, who are servants of the Most Merciful, as females. Did they witness their creation? Their testimony will be recorded, and they will be questioned.

وَقَالُواْ لَوۡ شَآءَ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ مَا عَبَدۡنَٰهُمۗ مَّا لَهُم بِذَٰلِكَ مِنۡ عِلۡمٍۖ إِنۡ هُمۡ إِلَّا يَخۡرُصُونَ ٢٠

Waqālū law shā'ar-rahmānu mā 'abadnāhum mā lahum bidhālika min 'ilmin in hum illā yakhrusūn

And they said, "If the Most Merciful had willed, we would not have worshipped them." They have of that no knowledge. They are not but misjudging.

أَمۡ ءَاتَيۡنَٰهُمۡ كِتَٰبٗا مِّن قَبۡلِهِۦ فَهُم بِهِۦ مُسۡتَمۡسِكُونَ ٢١

Am ātaynāhum kitābam min qablihī fahum bihī mustamsikūn

Or have We given them a book before it [i.e., the Qur’ān] to which they are adhering?

بَلۡ قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّا وَجَدۡنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا عَلَىٰٓ أُمَّةٖ وَإِنَّا عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَٰرِهِم مُّهۡتَدُونَ ٢٢

Bal qālū innā wajadnā ābā'anā 'alā ummatin wa innā 'alā āthārihim muhtadūn

Rather, they say, "Indeed, we found our fathers upon a religion, and we are in their footsteps [rightly] guided."

وَكَذَٰلِكَ مَآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا مِن قَبۡلِكَ فِي قَرۡيَةٖ مِّن نَّذِيرٍ إِلَّا قَالَ مُتۡرَفُوهَآ إِنَّا وَجَدۡنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا عَلَىٰٓ أُمَّةٖ وَإِنَّا عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَٰرِهِم مُّقۡتَدُونَ ٢٣

Wakadhālika mā arsalnā min qablika fī qaryatim min nadhīrin illā qāla mutrafūhā innā wajadnā ābā'anā 'alā ummatin wa innā 'alā āthārihim muqtadūn

And similarly, We did not send before you any warner into a city except that its affluent said, "Indeed, we found our fathers upon a religion, and we are, in their footsteps, following."

۞ قَٰلَ أَوَلَوۡ جِئۡتُكُم بِأَهۡدَىٰ مِمَّا وَجَدتُّمۡ عَلَيۡهِ ءَابَآءَكُمۡۖ قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّا بِمَآ أُرۡسِلۡتُم بِهِۦ كَٰفِرُونَ ٢٤

Qāla awalaw ji'tukum bi ahdā mimmā wajattum 'alayhi ābā'akum qālū innā bimā ursiltum bihī kāfirūn

[Each warner] said, "Even if I brought you better guidance than that [religion] upon which you found your fathers?" They said, "Indeed we, in that with which you were sent, are disbelievers."

فَٱنتَقَمۡنَا مِنۡهُمۡۖ فَٱنظُرۡ كَيۡفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ ٢٥

Fantaqamnā minhum fanzur kayfa kāna 'āqibatul-mukaddhibīn

So We took retribution from them; then see how was the end of the deniers.

وَإِذۡ قَالَ إِبۡرَٰهِيمُ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوۡمِهِۦٓ إِنَّنِي بَرَآءٞ مِّمَّا تَعۡبُدُونَ ٢٦

Wa idh qāla ibrāhīmu li abīhi waqawmihī innanī barā'um mimmā ta'budūn

And [mention, O Muḥammad], when Abraham said to his father and his people, "Indeed, I am disassociated from that which you worship

إِلَّا ٱلَّذِي فَطَرَنِي فَإِنَّهُۥ سَيَهۡدِينِ ٢٧

Illal-ladhī fataranī fa innahū sayahdīn

Except for He who created me; and indeed, He will guide me."

وَجَعَلَهَا كَلِمَةَۢ بَاقِيَةٗ فِي عَقِبِهِۦ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَرۡجِعُونَ ٢٨

Waja'alahā kalimata bāqiyatan fī 'aqibihī la'allahum yarji'ūn

And he made it¹⁴³⁶ a word remaining among his descendants that they might return [to it].

بَلۡ مَتَّعۡتُ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ وَءَابَآءَهُمۡ حَتَّىٰ جَآءَهُمُ ٱلۡحَقُّ وَرَسُولٞ مُّبِينٞ ٢٩

Bal matta'tu hā'ulā'i wa ābā'ahum hattā jā'ahumul-haqqu warasūlum mubīn

However, I gave enjoyment to these [people of Makkah] and their fathers¹⁴³⁷ until there came to them the truth and a clear Messenger.¹⁴³⁸

وَلَمَّا جَآءَهُمُ ٱلۡحَقُّ قَالُواْ هَٰذَا سِحۡرٞ وَإِنَّا بِهِۦ كَٰفِرُونَ ٣٠

Walammā jā'ahumul-haqqu qālū hādhā sihrun wa innā bihī kāfirūn

But when the truth came to them, they said, "This is magic, and indeed we are, concerning it, disbelievers."

وَقَالُواْ لَوۡلَا نُزِّلَ هَٰذَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانُ عَلَىٰ رَجُلٖ مِّنَ ٱلۡقَرۡيَتَيۡنِ عَظِيمٍ ٣١

Waqālū lawlā nuzzila hādhal-qur'ānu 'alā rajulim minal-qaryatayni 'azīm

And they said, "Why was this Qur’ān not sent down upon a great man from [one of] the two cities?"¹⁴³⁹

أَهُمۡ يَقۡسِمُونَ رَحۡمَتَ رَبِّكَۚ نَحۡنُ قَسَمۡنَا بَيۡنَهُم مَّعِيشَتَهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنۡيَاۚ وَرَفَعۡنَا بَعۡضَهُمۡ فَوۡقَ بَعۡضٖ دَرَجَٰتٖ لِّيَتَّخِذَ بَعۡضُهُم بَعۡضٗا سُخۡرِيّٗاۗ وَرَحۡمَتُ رَبِّكَ خَيۡرٞ مِّمَّا يَجۡمَعُونَ ٣٢

Ahum yaqsimūna rahmata rabbika nahnu qasamnā baynahum ma'īshatahum fil-hayawātid-dunyā warafa'nā ba'dahum fawqa ba'din darajātil liyattakhidha ba'duhum ba'dan sukhriyyan warahmatu rabbika khayrum mimmā yajma'ūn

Do they distribute the mercy of your Lord? It is We who have apportioned among them their livelihood in the life of this world and have raised some of them above others in degrees [of rank] that they may make use of one another for service. But the mercy of your Lord is better than whatever they accumulate.

وَلَوۡلَآ أَن يَكُونَ ٱلنَّاسُ أُمَّةٗ وَٰحِدَةٗ لَّجَعَلۡنَا لِمَن يَكۡفُرُ بِٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ لِبُيُوتِهِمۡ سُقُفٗا مِّن فِضَّةٖ وَمَعَارِجَ عَلَيۡهَا يَظۡهَرُونَ ٣٣

Walawlā an yakūnan-nāsu ummatan wāhidatal laja'alnā liman yakfuru bir-rahmāni libuyūtihim suqufam min fiddatin wama'ārija 'alayhā yazharūn

And if it were not that the people would become one community [of disbelievers],¹⁴⁴⁰ We would have made for those who disbelieve in the Most Merciful - for their houses - ceilings and stairways of silver upon which to mount.

وَلِبُيُوتِهِمۡ أَبۡوَٰبٗا وَسُرُرًا عَلَيۡهَا يَتَّكِـُٔونَ ٣٤

Walibuyūtihim abwāban wasururan 'alayhā yattaki'ūn

And for their houses - doors and couches [of silver] upon which to recline

وَزُخۡرُفٗاۚ وَإِن كُلُّ ذَٰلِكَ لَمَّا مَتَٰعُ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنۡيَاۚ وَٱلۡأٓخِرَةُ عِندَ رَبِّكَ لِلۡمُتَّقِينَ ٣٥

Wazukhrufan wa in kullu dhālika lammā matā'ul-hayawātid-dunyā wal-ākhiratu 'inda rabbika lil-muttaqīn

And gold ornament. But all that is not but the enjoyment of worldly life. And the Hereafter with your Lord is for the righteous.

وَمَن يَعۡشُ عَن ذِكۡرِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ نُقَيِّضۡ لَهُۥ شَيۡطَٰنٗا فَهُوَ لَهُۥ قَرِينٞ ٣٦

Waman ya'shu 'an dhikrir-rahmāni nuqayyid lahū shaytānan fahuwa lahū qarīn

And whoever is blinded from remembrance of the Most Merciful - We appoint for him a devil, and he is to him a companion.

وَإِنَّهُمۡ لَيَصُدُّونَهُمۡ عَنِ ٱلسَّبِيلِ وَيَحۡسَبُونَ أَنَّهُم مُّهۡتَدُونَ ٣٧

Wa innahum layasuddūnahum 'anis-sabīli wayahsabūna annahum muhtadūn

And indeed, they [i.e., the devils] avert them from the way [of guidance] while they think that they are [rightly] guided

حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَنَا قَالَ يَٰلَيۡتَ بَيۡنِي وَبَيۡنَكَ بُعۡدَ ٱلۡمَشۡرِقَيۡنِ فَبِئۡسَ ٱلۡقَرِينُ ٣٨

Hattā idhā jā'anā qāla yālayta baynī wabaynaka bu'dal-mashriqayni fabi'sal-qarīn

Until, when he comes to Us [at Judgement], he says [to his companion], "How I wish there was between me and you the distance between the east and west; and what a wretched companion."

وَلَن يَنفَعَكُمُ ٱلۡيَوۡمَ إِذ ظَّلَمۡتُمۡ أَنَّكُمۡ فِي ٱلۡعَذَابِ مُشۡتَرِكُونَ ٣٩

Walan yanfa'akumul-yawma iz zalamtum annakum fil-'adhābi mushtarikūn

And never will it benefit you that Day, when you have wronged, that you are [all] sharing in the punishment.

أَفَأَنتَ تُسۡمِعُ ٱلصُّمَّ أَوۡ تَهۡدِي ٱلۡعُمۡيَ وَمَن كَانَ فِي ضَلَٰلٖ مُّبِينٖ ٤٠

Afa'anta tusmi'us-summa aw tahdil-'umya waman kāna fī dalālim mubīn

Then will you make the deaf hear, [O Muḥammad], or guide the blind or he who is in clear error?

فَإِمَّا نَذۡهَبَنَّ بِكَ فَإِنَّا مِنۡهُم مُّنتَقِمُونَ ٤١

Fa immā nadhhabanna bika fa innā minhum muntaqimūn

And whether [or not] We take you away [in death], indeed, We will take retribution upon them.

أَوۡ نُرِيَنَّكَ ٱلَّذِي وَعَدۡنَٰهُمۡ فَإِنَّا عَلَيۡهِم مُّقۡتَدِرُونَ ٤٢

Aw nuriyannakal-ladhī wa'adnāhum fa innā 'alayhim muqtadirūn

Or whether [or not] We show you that which We have promised them, indeed, We are Perfect in Ability.

فَٱسۡتَمۡسِكۡ بِٱلَّذِيٓ أُوحِيَ إِلَيۡكَۖ إِنَّكَ عَلَىٰ صِرَٰطٖ مُّسۡتَقِيمٖ ٤٣

Fastamsik billadhī ūhiya ilayka innaka 'alā sirātim mustaqīm

So adhere to that which is revealed to you. Indeed, you are on a straight path.

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَذِكۡرٞ لَّكَ وَلِقَوۡمِكَۖ وَسَوۡفَ تُسۡـَٔلُونَ ٤٤

Wa innahū ladhikrul laka waliqawmika wasawfa tus'alūn

And indeed, it is a remembrance¹⁴⁴¹ for you and your people, and you [all] are going to be questioned.

وَسۡـَٔلۡ مَنۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا مِن قَبۡلِكَ مِن رُّسُلِنَآ أَجَعَلۡنَا مِن دُونِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ءَالِهَةٗ يُعۡبَدُونَ ٤٥

Was'al man arsalnā min qablika mir rusulinā aja'alnā min dūnir-rahmāni ālihatan yu'badūn

And ask those We sent before you of Our messengers; have We made besides the Most Merciful deities to be worshipped?

وَلَقَدۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا مُوسَىٰ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَآ إِلَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنَ وَمَلَإِيْهِۦ فَقَالَ إِنِّي رَسُولُ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٤٦

Walaqad arsalnā mūsā bi'āyātinā ilā fir'awna wamala'ihī faqāla innī rasūlu rabbil-'ālamīn

And certainly did We send Moses with Our signs to Pharaoh and his establishment, and he said, "Indeed, I am the messenger of the Lord of the worlds."

فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُم بِـَٔايَٰتِنَآ إِذَا هُم مِّنۡهَا يَضۡحَكُونَ ٤٧

Falammā jā'ahum bi'āyātinā idhā hum minhā yadhakūn

But when he brought them Our signs, at once they laughed at them.

وَمَا نُرِيهِم مِّنۡ ءَايَةٍ إِلَّا هِيَ أَكۡبَرُ مِنۡ أُخۡتِهَاۖ وَأَخَذۡنَٰهُم بِٱلۡعَذَابِ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَرۡجِعُونَ ٤٨

Wamā nurīhim min āyatin illā hiya akbaru min ukhtihā wa akhadhnāhum bil-'adhābi la'allahum yarji'ūn

And We showed them not a sign except that it was greater than its sister, and We seized them with affliction that perhaps they might return [to faith].

وَقَالُواْ يَٰٓأَيُّهَ ٱلسَّاحِرُ ٱدۡعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ بِمَا عَهِدَ عِندَكَ إِنَّنَا لَمُهۡتَدُونَ ٤٩

Waqālū yā'ayyuhas-sāhirud'u lanā rabbaka bimā 'ahida 'indaka innanā lamuhtadūn

And they said [to Moses], "O magician, invoke for us your Lord by what He has promised you. Indeed, we will be guided."

فَلَمَّا كَشَفۡنَا عَنۡهُمُ ٱلۡعَذَابَ إِذَا هُمۡ يَنكُثُونَ ٥٠

Falammā kashafnā 'anhumul-'adhāba idhā hum yankuthūn

But when We removed from them the affliction, at once they broke their word.

وَنَادَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنُ فِي قَوۡمِهِۦ قَالَ يَٰقَوۡمِ أَلَيۡسَ لِي مُلۡكُ مِصۡرَ وَهَٰذِهِ ٱلۡأَنۡهَٰرُ تَجۡرِي مِن تَحۡتِيٓۚ أَفَلَا تُبۡصِرُونَ ٥١

Wanādā fir'awnu fī qawmihī qāla yāqawmi alaysa lī mulku misra wahādhihil-anhāru tajrī min tahtī afalā tubsirūn

And Pharaoh called out among his people; he said, "O my people, does not the kingdom of Egypt belong to me, and these rivers flowing beneath me; then do you not see?

أَمۡ أَنَا۠ خَيۡرٞ مِّنۡ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِي هُوَ مَهِينٞ وَلَا يَكَادُ يُبِينُ ٥٢

Am ana khayrum min hādhal-ladhī huwa mahīnun walā yakādu yubīn

Or am I [not] better than this one [i.e., Moses] who is insignificant and hardly makes himself clear?¹⁴⁴²

فَلَوۡلَآ أُلۡقِيَ عَلَيۡهِ أَسۡوِرَةٞ مِّن ذَهَبٍ أَوۡ جَآءَ مَعَهُ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ مُقۡتَرِنِينَ ٥٣

Falawlā ulqiya 'alayhi aswiratum min dhahabin aw jā'a ma'ahul-malā'ikatu muqtarinīn

Then why have there not been placed upon him bracelets of gold or come with him the angels in conjunction?"

فَٱسۡتَخَفَّ قَوۡمَهُۥ فَأَطَاعُوهُۚ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ قَوۡمٗا فَٰسِقِينَ ٥٤

Fastakhaffa qawmahū fa atā'ūhu innahum kānū qawman fāsiqīn

So he bluffed his people, and they obeyed him. Indeed, they were [themselves] a people defiantly disobedient [of Allāh].

فَلَمَّآ ءَاسَفُونَا ٱنتَقَمۡنَا مِنۡهُمۡ فَأَغۡرَقۡنَٰهُمۡ أَجۡمَعِينَ ٥٥

Falammā āsafūnantaqamnā minhum fa aghraqnāhum ajma'īn

And when they angered Us, We took retribution from them and drowned them all.

فَجَعَلۡنَٰهُمۡ سَلَفٗا وَمَثَلٗا لِّلۡأٓخِرِينَ ٥٦

Faja'alnāhum salafan wamathalal lil-ākhirīn

And We made them a precedent and an example for the later peoples.

۞ وَلَمَّا ضُرِبَ ٱبۡنُ مَرۡيَمَ مَثَلًا إِذَا قَوۡمُكَ مِنۡهُ يَصِدُّونَ ٥٧

Walammā duribabnu maryama mathalan idhā qawmuka minhu yasiddūn

And when the son of Mary was presented as an example,¹⁴⁴³ immediately your people laughed aloud.

وَقَالُوٓاْ ءَأَٰلِهَتُنَا خَيۡرٌ أَمۡ هُوَۚ مَا ضَرَبُوهُ لَكَ إِلَّا جَدَلَۢاۚ بَلۡ هُمۡ قَوۡمٌ خَصِمُونَ ٥٨

Waqālū a'ālihatunā khayrun am huwa mā darabūhu laka illā jadalā bal hum qawmun khasimūn

And they said, "Are our gods better, or is he?"¹⁴⁴⁴ They did not present it [i.e., the comparison] except for [mere] argument. But, [in fact], they are a people prone to dispute.

إِنۡ هُوَ إِلَّا عَبۡدٌ أَنۡعَمۡنَا عَلَيۡهِ وَجَعَلۡنَٰهُ مَثَلٗا لِّبَنِيٓ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ ٥٩

In huwa illā 'abdun an'amnā 'alayhi waja'alnāhu mathalal libanī isrā'īl

He [i.e., Jesus] was not but a servant upon whom We bestowed favor, and We made him an example for the Children of Israel.

وَلَوۡ نَشَآءُ لَجَعَلۡنَا مِنكُم مَّلَٰٓئِكَةٗ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ يَخۡلُفُونَ ٦٠

Walaw nashā'u laja'alnā minkum malā'ikatan fil-ardi yakhlufūn

And if We willed, We could have made [instead] of you angels succeeding [one another]¹⁴⁴⁵ on the earth.

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَعِلۡمٞ لِّلسَّاعَةِ فَلَا تَمۡتَرُنَّ بِهَا وَٱتَّبِعُونِۚ هَٰذَا صِرَٰطٞ مُّسۡتَقِيمٞ ٦١

Wa innahū la'ilmul lis-sā'ati falā tamtarunna bihā wattabi'ūni hādhā sirātum mustaqīm

And indeed, he [i.e., Jesus] will be [a sign for] knowledge of the Hour, so be not in doubt of it, and follow Me.¹⁴⁴⁶ This is a straight path.

وَلَا يَصُدَّنَّكُمُ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُۖ إِنَّهُۥ لَكُمۡ عَدُوّٞ مُّبِينٞ ٦٢

Walā yasuddannakumush-shaytānu innahū lakum 'aduwwum mubīn

And never let Satan avert you. Indeed, he is to you a clear enemy.

وَلَمَّا جَآءَ عِيسَىٰ بِٱلۡبَيِّنَٰتِ قَالَ قَدۡ جِئۡتُكُم بِٱلۡحِكۡمَةِ وَلِأُبَيِّنَ لَكُم بَعۡضَ ٱلَّذِي تَخۡتَلِفُونَ فِيهِۖ فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ٦٣

Walammā jā'a 'īsā bil-bayyināti qāla qad ji'tukum bil-hikmati wali'ubayyina lakum ba'dal-ladhī takhtalifūna fīhi fattaqullāha wa atī'ūn

And when Jesus brought clear proofs, he said, "I have come to you with wisdom [i.e., prophethood] and to make clear to you some of that over which you differ, so fear Allāh and obey me.

إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ رَبِّي وَرَبُّكُمۡ فَٱعۡبُدُوهُۚ هَٰذَا صِرَٰطٞ مُّسۡتَقِيمٞ ٦٤

Innallāha huwa rabbī warabbukum fa'budūhu hādhā sirātum mustaqīm

Indeed, Allāh is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him. This is a straight path."

فَٱخۡتَلَفَ ٱلۡأَحۡزَابُ مِنۢ بَيۡنِهِمۡۖ فَوَيۡلٞ لِّلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ مِنۡ عَذَابِ يَوۡمٍ أَلِيمٍ ٦٥

Fakhtalafal-ahzābu mim baynihim fawaylul lilladhīna zalamū min 'adhābi yawmin alīm

But the denominations from among them differed [and separated], so woe to those who have wronged from the punishment of a painful Day.

هَلۡ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّا ٱلسَّاعَةَ أَن تَأۡتِيَهُم بَغۡتَةٗ وَهُمۡ لَا يَشۡعُرُونَ ٦٦

Hal yanzurūna illas-sā'ata an ta'tiyahum baghtatan wahum lā yash'urūn

Are they waiting except for the Hour to come upon them suddenly while they perceive not?

ٱلۡأَخِلَّآءُ يَوۡمَئِذِۭ بَعۡضُهُمۡ لِبَعۡضٍ عَدُوٌّ إِلَّا ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ ٦٧

Al-akhillā'u yawma'idhi ba'duhum liba'din 'aduwwun illal-muttaqīn

Close friends, that Day, will be enemies to each other, except for the righteous

يَٰعِبَادِ لَا خَوۡفٌ عَلَيۡكُمُ ٱلۡيَوۡمَ وَلَآ أَنتُمۡ تَحۡزَنُونَ ٦٨

Yā'ibādi lā khawfun 'alaykumul-yawma walā antum tahzanūn

[To whom Allāh will say], "O My servants, no fear will there be concerning you this Day, nor will you grieve,

ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا وَكَانُواْ مُسۡلِمِينَ ٦٩

Alladhīna āmanū bi'āyātinā wakānū muslimīn

[You] who believed in Our verses and were Muslims.

ٱدۡخُلُواْ ٱلۡجَنَّةَ أَنتُمۡ وَأَزۡوَٰجُكُمۡ تُحۡبَرُونَ ٧٠

Udkhulul-jannata antum wa azwājukum tuhbarūn

Enter Paradise, you and your kinds,¹⁴⁴⁷ delighted."

يُطَافُ عَلَيۡهِم بِصِحَافٖ مِّن ذَهَبٖ وَأَكۡوَابٖۖ وَفِيهَا مَا تَشۡتَهِيهِ ٱلۡأَنفُسُ وَتَلَذُّ ٱلۡأَعۡيُنُۖ وَأَنتُمۡ فِيهَا خَٰلِدُونَ ٧١

Yutāfu 'alayhim bisihāfim min dhahabin wa akwābin wafīhā mā tashtahīhil-anfusu wataladdhul-a'yunu wa antum fīhā khālidūn

Circulated among them will be plates and vessels of gold. And therein is whatever the souls desire and [what] delights the eyes, and you will abide therein eternally.

وَتِلۡكَ ٱلۡجَنَّةُ ٱلَّتِيٓ أُورِثۡتُمُوهَا بِمَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ ٧٢

Watilkal-jannatul-latī ūrithtumūhā bimā kuntum ta'malūn

And that is Paradise which you are made to inherit for what you used to do.

لَكُمۡ فِيهَا فَٰكِهَةٞ كَثِيرَةٞ مِّنۡهَا تَأۡكُلُونَ ٧٣

Lakum fīhā fākihatun kathīratum minhā ta'kulūn

For you therein is much fruit¹⁴⁴⁸ from which you will eat.

إِنَّ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ فِي عَذَابِ جَهَنَّمَ خَٰلِدُونَ ٧٤

Innal-mujrimīna fī 'adhābi jahannama khālidūn

Indeed, the criminals will be in the punishment of Hell, abiding eternally.

لَا يُفَتَّرُ عَنۡهُمۡ وَهُمۡ فِيهِ مُبۡلِسُونَ ٧٥

Lā yufattaru 'anhum wahum fīhi mublisūn

It will not be allowed to subside for them, and they, therein, are in despair.

وَمَا ظَلَمۡنَٰهُمۡ وَلَٰكِن كَانُواْ هُمُ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ٧٦

Wamā zalamnāhum walākin kānū humuz-zālimīn

And We did not wrong them, but it was they who were the wrongdoers.

وَنَادَوۡاْ يَٰمَٰلِكُ لِيَقۡضِ عَلَيۡنَا رَبُّكَۖ قَالَ إِنَّكُم مَّٰكِثُونَ ٧٧

Wanādaw yāmāliku liyaqdi 'alaynā rabbuka qāla innakum mākithūn

And they will call, "O Mālik,¹⁴⁴⁹ let your Lord put an end to us!" He will say, "Indeed, you will remain."

لَقَدۡ جِئۡنَٰكُم بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَكُمۡ لِلۡحَقِّ كَٰرِهُونَ ٧٨

Laqad ji'nākum bil-haqqi walākinna aktharakum lil-haqqi kārihūn

We had certainly brought you the truth, but most of you, to the truth, were averse.

أَمۡ أَبۡرَمُوٓاْ أَمۡرٗا فَإِنَّا مُبۡرِمُونَ ٧٩

Am abramū amran fa innā mubrimūn

Or have they devised [some] affair?¹⁴⁵⁰ But indeed, We are devising [a plan].

أَمۡ يَحۡسَبُونَ أَنَّا لَا نَسۡمَعُ سِرَّهُمۡ وَنَجۡوَىٰهُمۚ بَلَىٰ وَرُسُلُنَا لَدَيۡهِمۡ يَكۡتُبُونَ ٨٠

Am yahsabūna annā lā nasma'u sirrahum wanajwāhum balā warusulunā ladayhim yaktubūn

Or do they think that We hear not their secrets and their private conversations? Yes, [We do], and Our messengers [i.e., angels] are with them recording.

قُلۡ إِن كَانَ لِلرَّحۡمَٰنِ وَلَدٞ فَأَنَا۠ أَوَّلُ ٱلۡعَٰبِدِينَ ٨١

Qul in kāna lir-rahmāni waladun fa ana awwalul-'ābidīn

Say, [O Muḥammad], "If the Most Merciful had a son, then I would be the first of [his] worshippers."¹⁴⁵¹

سُبۡحَٰنَ رَبِّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَرۡشِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ ٨٢

Subhāna rabbis-samāwāti wal-ardi rabbil-'arshi 'ammā yasifūn

Exalted is the Lord of the heavens and the earth, Lord of the Throne, above what they describe.

فَذَرۡهُمۡ يَخُوضُواْ وَيَلۡعَبُواْ حَتَّىٰ يُلَٰقُواْ يَوۡمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِي يُوعَدُونَ ٨٣

Fadharhum yakhūdū wayal'abū hattā yulāqū yawmahumul-ladhī yū'adūn

So leave them to converse vainly and amuse themselves until they meet their Day which they are promised.

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِي فِي ٱلسَّمَآءِ إِلَٰهٞ وَفِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ إِلَٰهٞۚ وَهُوَ ٱلۡحَكِيمُ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ ٨٤

Wahuwal-ladhī fis-samā'i ilāhun wafil-ardi ilāhun wahuwal-hakīmul-'alīm

And it is He [i.e., Allāh] who is [the only] deity in the heaven, and on the earth [the only] deity. And He is the Wise, the Knowing.

وَتَبَارَكَ ٱلَّذِي لَهُۥ مُلۡكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَا وَعِندَهُۥ عِلۡمُ ٱلسَّاعَةِ وَإِلَيۡهِ تُرۡجَعُونَ ٨٥

Watabārakal-ladhī lahū mulkus-samāwāti wal-ardi wamā baynahumā wa'indahū 'ilmus-sā'ati wa ilayhi turja'ūn

And blessed is He to whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them and with whom is knowledge of the Hour and to whom you will be returned.

وَلَا يَمۡلِكُ ٱلَّذِينَ يَدۡعُونَ مِن دُونِهِ ٱلشَّفَٰعَةَ إِلَّا مَن شَهِدَ بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَهُمۡ يَعۡلَمُونَ ٨٦

Walā yamlikul-ladhīna yad'ūna min dūnihish-shafā'ata illā man shahida bil-haqqi wahum ya'lamūn

And those they invoke¹⁴⁵² besides Him do not possess [power of] intercession; but only those who testify to the truth [can benefit], and they know.¹⁴⁵³

وَلَئِن سَأَلۡتَهُم مَّنۡ خَلَقَهُمۡ لَيَقُولُنَّ ٱللَّهُۖ فَأَنَّىٰ يُؤۡفَكُونَ ٨٧

Wala'in sa'altahum man khalaqahum layaqūlunnallāhu fa annā yu'fakūn

And if you asked them¹⁴⁵⁴ who created them, they would surely say, "Allāh." So how are they deluded?

وَقِيلِهِۦ يَٰرَبِّ إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ قَوۡمٞ لَّا يُؤۡمِنُونَ ٨٨

Waqīlihī yārabbi inna hā'ulā'i qawmul lā yu'minūn

And [Allāh acknowledges] his saying,¹⁴⁵⁵ "O my Lord, indeed these are a people who do not believe."

فَٱصۡفَحۡ عَنۡهُمۡ وَقُلۡ سَلَٰمٞۚ فَسَوۡفَ يَعۡلَمُونَ ٨٩

Fasfah 'anhum waqul salāmun fasawfa ya'lamūn

So turn aside from them and say, "Peace."¹⁴⁵⁶ But they are going to know.