Juz 30 عم

عَمَّ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ ١

'Amma yatasā'alūn

About what are they asking one another?

عَنِ ٱلنَّبَإِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ ٢

'Anin-naba'il-'azīm

About the great news¹⁸²¹ -

ٱلَّذِي هُمۡ فِيهِ مُخۡتَلِفُونَ ٣

Alladhī hum fīhi mukhtalifūn

That over which they are in disagreement.

كَلَّا سَيَعۡلَمُونَ ٤

Kallā saya'lamūn

No! They are going to know.

ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعۡلَمُونَ ٥

Thumma kallā saya'lamūn

Then, no! They are going to know.

أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَلِ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ مِهَٰدٗا ٦

Alam naj'alil-arda mihādā

Have We not made the earth a resting place?

وَٱلۡجِبَالَ أَوۡتَادٗا ٧

Wal-jibāla awtādā

And the mountains as stakes?¹⁸²²

وَخَلَقۡنَٰكُمۡ أَزۡوَٰجٗا ٨

Wakhalaqnākum azwājā

And We created you in pairs

وَجَعَلۡنَا نَوۡمَكُمۡ سُبَاتٗا ٩

Waja'alnā nawmakum subātā

And made your sleep [a means for] rest

وَجَعَلۡنَا ٱلَّيۡلَ لِبَاسٗا ١٠

Waja'alnal-layla libāsā

And made the night as clothing¹⁸²³

وَجَعَلۡنَا ٱلنَّهَارَ مَعَاشٗا ١١

Waja'alnan-nahāra ma'āshā

And made the day for livelihood

وَبَنَيۡنَا فَوۡقَكُمۡ سَبۡعٗا شِدَادٗا ١٢

Wabanaynā fawqakum sab'an shidādā

And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]

وَجَعَلۡنَا سِرَاجٗا وَهَّاجٗا ١٣

Waja'alnā sirājan wahhājā

And made [therein] a burning lamp

وَأَنزَلۡنَا مِنَ ٱلۡمُعۡصِرَٰتِ مَآءٗ ثَجَّاجٗا ١٤

Wa anzalnā minal-mu'sirāti mā'an thajjājā

And sent down from the rain clouds pouring water

لِّنُخۡرِجَ بِهِۦ حَبّٗا وَنَبَاتٗا ١٥

Llinukhrija bihī habban wanabātā

That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation

وَجَنَّٰتٍ أَلۡفَافًا ١٦

Wajannātin alfāfā

And gardens of entwined growth.

إِنَّ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡفَصۡلِ كَانَ مِيقَٰتٗا ١٧

Inna yawmal-fasli kāna mīqātā

Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed time -

يَوۡمَ يُنفَخُ فِي ٱلصُّورِ فَتَأۡتُونَ أَفۡوَاجٗا ١٨

Yawma yunfakhu fis-sūri fata'tūna afwājā

The Day the Horn is blown and you will come forth in multitudes

وَفُتِحَتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتۡ أَبۡوَٰبٗا ١٩

Wafutihatis-samā'u fakānat abwābā

And the heaven is opened and will become gateways

وَسُيِّرَتِ ٱلۡجِبَالُ فَكَانَتۡ سَرَابًا ٢٠

Wasuyyiratil-jibālu fakānat sarābā

And the mountains are removed and will be [but] a mirage.

إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتۡ مِرۡصَادٗا ٢١

Inna jahannama kānat mirsādā

Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait

لِّلطَّٰغِينَ مَـَٔابٗا ٢٢

Llit-tāghīna ma'ābā

For the transgressors, a place of return,

لَّٰبِثِينَ فِيهَآ أَحۡقَابٗا ٢٣

Llābithīna fīhā ahqābā

In which they will remain for ages [unending].

لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرۡدٗا وَلَا شَرَابًا ٢٤

Llā yadhūqūna fīhā bardan walā sharābā

They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink.

إِلَّا حَمِيمٗا وَغَسَّاقٗا ٢٥

Illā hamīman waghassāqā

Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -

جَزَآءٗ وِفَاقًا ٢٦

Jazā'an wifāqā

An appropriate recompense.¹⁸²⁴

إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ لَا يَرۡجُونَ حِسَابٗا ٢٧

Innahum kānū lā yarjūna hisābā

Indeed, they were not expecting an account

وَكَذَّبُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا كِذَّابٗا ٢٨

Wakaddhabū bi'āyātinā kiddhābā

And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.

وَكُلَّ شَيۡءٍ أَحۡصَيۡنَٰهُ كِتَٰبٗا ٢٩

Wakulla shay'in ahsaynāhu kitābā

But all things We have enumerated in writing.

فَذُوقُواْ فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمۡ إِلَّا عَذَابًا ٣٠

Fadhūqū falan nazīdakum illā 'adhābā

"So taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment."¹⁸²⁵

إِنَّ لِلۡمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا ٣١

Inna lil-muttaqīna mafāzā

Indeed, for the righteous is attainment¹⁸²⁶ -

حَدَآئِقَ وَأَعۡنَٰبٗا ٣٢

Hadā'iqa wa a'nābā

Gardens and grapevines

وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتۡرَابٗا ٣٣

Wakawā'iba atrābā

And young women [companions] of equal age.

وَكَأۡسٗا دِهَاقٗا ٣٤

Waka'san dihāqā

And a full cup.¹⁸²⁷

لَّا يَسۡمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغۡوٗا وَلَا كِذَّٰبٗا ٣٥

Llā yasma'ūna fīhā laghwan walā kiddhābā

No ill speech will they hear therein or any falsehood -

جَزَآءٗ مِّن رَّبِّكَ عَطَآءً حِسَابٗا ٣٦

Jazā'am mir rabbika 'atā'an hisābā

[As] reward from your Lord, [a generous] gift [made due by] account,¹⁸²⁸

رَّبِّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَا ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِۖ لَا يَمۡلِكُونَ مِنۡهُ خِطَابٗا ٣٧

Rrabbis-samāwāti wal-ardi wamā baynahumar-rahmāni lā yamlikūna minhu khitābā

[From] the Lord of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them, the Most Merciful. They possess not from Him [authority for] speech.¹⁸²⁹

يَوۡمَ يَقُومُ ٱلرُّوحُ وَٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ صَفّٗاۖ لَّا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ إِلَّا مَنۡ أَذِنَ لَهُ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ وَقَالَ صَوَابٗا ٣٨

Yawma yaqūmur-rūhu wal-malā'ikatu saffal lā yatakallamūna illā man adhina lahur-rahmānu waqāla sawābā

The Day that the Spirit [i.e., Gabriel] and the angels will stand in rows, they will not speak except for one whom the Most Merciful permits, and he will say what is correct.

ذَٰلِكَ ٱلۡيَوۡمُ ٱلۡحَقُّۖ فَمَن شَآءَ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ مَـَٔابًا ٣٩

Dhālikal-yawmul-haqqu faman shā'at-takhadha ilā rabbihī ma'ābā

That is the True [i.e., certain] Day; so he who wills may take to his Lord a [way of] return.¹⁸³⁰

إِنَّآ أَنذَرۡنَٰكُمۡ عَذَابٗا قَرِيبٗا يَوۡمَ يَنظُرُ ٱلۡمَرۡءُ مَا قَدَّمَتۡ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُولُ ٱلۡكَافِرُ يَٰلَيۡتَنِي كُنتُ تُرَٰبَۢا ٤٠

Innā andharnākum 'adhāban qarīban yawma yanzurul-mar'u mā qaddamat yadāhu wayaqūlul-kāfiru yālaytanī kuntu turābā

Indeed, We have warned you of an impending punishment on the Day when a man will observe what his hands have put forth¹⁸³¹ and the disbeliever will say, "Oh, I wish that I were dust!"

وَٱلنَّٰزِعَٰتِ غَرۡقٗا ١

Wan-nāzi'āti gharqā

By those [angels] who extract with violence¹⁸³³

وَٱلنَّٰشِطَٰتِ نَشۡطٗا ٢

Wan-nāshitāti nashtā

And [by] those who remove with ease¹⁸³⁴

وَٱلسَّٰبِحَٰتِ سَبۡحٗا ٣

Was-sābihāti sabhā

And [by] those who glide [as if] swimming¹⁸³⁵

فَٱلسَّٰبِقَٰتِ سَبۡقٗا ٤

Fas-sābiqāti sabqā

And those who race each other in a race¹⁸³⁶

فَٱلۡمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمۡرٗا ٥

Fal-mudabbirāti amrā

And those who arrange [each] matter,¹⁸³⁷

يَوۡمَ تَرۡجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ ٦

Yawma tarjufur-rājifah

On the Day the blast [of the Horn] will convulse [creation],

تَتۡبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ ٧

Tatba'uhar-rādifah

There will follow it the subsequent [one].

قُلُوبٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ وَاجِفَةٌ ٨

Qulūbun yawma'idhin wājifah

Hearts,¹⁸³⁸ that Day, will tremble,

أَبۡصَٰرُهَا خَٰشِعَةٞ ٩

Absāruhā khāshi'ah

Their eyes¹⁸³⁹ humbled.

يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرۡدُودُونَ فِي ٱلۡحَافِرَةِ ١٠

Yaqūlūna a'innā lamardūdūna fil-hāfirah

They are [presently] saying, "Will we indeed be returned to [our] former state [of life]?

أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمٗا نَّخِرَةٗ ١١

A'idhā kunnā 'izāman nakhirah

Even if we should be decayed bones?"¹⁸⁴⁰

قَالُواْ تِلۡكَ إِذٗا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٞ ١٢

Qālū tilka idhan karratun khāsirah

They say, "That, then, would be a losing return."¹⁸⁴¹

فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجۡرَةٞ وَٰحِدَةٞ ١٣

Fa innamā hiya zajratun wāhidah

Indeed, it will be but one shout,

فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ ١٤

Fa idhā hum bis-sāhirah

And suddenly they will be [alert] upon the earth's surface.

هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ ١٥

Hal atāka hadīthu mūsā

Has there reached you the story of Moses? -

إِذۡ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلۡوَادِ ٱلۡمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى ١٦

Idh nādāhu rabbuhū bil-wādil-muqaddasi tuwā

When his Lord called to him in the sacred valley of Ṭuwā,

ٱذۡهَبۡ إِلَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ ١٧

Idhhab ilā fir'awna innahū taghā

"Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.

فَقُلۡ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ ١٨

Faqul hal laka ilā an tazakkā

And say to him, 'Would you [be willing to] purify yourself

وَأَهۡدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخۡشَىٰ ١٩

Wa ahdiyaka ilā rabbika fatakhshā

And let me guide you to your Lord so you would fear [Him]?'"

فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلۡأٓيَةَ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰ ٢٠

Fa arāhul-āyatal-kubrā

And he showed him the greatest sign,¹⁸⁴²

فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ ٢١

Fakaddhaba wa'asā

But he [i.e., Pharaoh] denied and disobeyed.

ثُمَّ أَدۡبَرَ يَسۡعَىٰ ٢٢

Thumma adbara yas'ā

Then he turned his back, striving [i.e., plotting].¹⁸⁴³

فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ ٢٣

Fahashara fanādā

And he gathered [his people] and called out

فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلۡأَعۡلَىٰ ٢٤

Faqāla ana rabbukumul-a'lā

And said, "I am your most exalted lord."

فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ وَٱلۡأُولَىٰٓ ٢٥

Fa akhadhahullāhu nakālal-ākhirati wal-ūlā

So Allāh seized him in exemplary punishment for the last and the first [transgression].¹⁸⁴⁴.

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبۡرَةٗ لِّمَن يَخۡشَىٰٓ ٢٦

Inna fī dhālika la'ibratal liman yakhshā

Indeed in that is a lesson [i.e., warning] for whoever would fear [Allāh].

ءَأَنتُمۡ أَشَدُّ خَلۡقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُۚ بَنَىٰهَا ٢٧

A'antum ashaddu khalqan amis-samā'u banāhā

Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? He [i.e., Allāh] constructed it.

رَفَعَ سَمۡكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا ٢٨

Rafa'a samkahā fasawwāhā

He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.

وَأَغۡطَشَ لَيۡلَهَا وَأَخۡرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا ٢٩

Wa aghtasha laylahā wa akhraja duhāhā

And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.¹⁸⁴⁵

وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ بَعۡدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ ٣٠

Wal-arda ba'da dhālika dahāhā

And after that He spread the earth.

أَخۡرَجَ مِنۡهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرۡعَىٰهَا ٣١

Akhraja minhā mā'ahā wamar'āhā

He extracted from it its water and its pasture,

وَٱلۡجِبَالَ أَرۡسَىٰهَا ٣٢

Wal-jibāla arsāhā

And the mountains He set firmly

مَتَٰعٗا لَّكُمۡ وَلِأَنۡعَٰمِكُمۡ ٣٣

Matā'al lakum wali'an'āmikum

As enjoyment [i.e., provision] for you and your grazing livestock.

فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰ ٣٤

Fa idhā jā'atit-tāmmatul-kubrā

But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity¹⁸⁴⁶ -

يَوۡمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ ٣٥

Yawma yatadhakkarul-insānu mā sa'ā

The Day when man will remember that for which he strove,

وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلۡجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ ٣٦

Waburrizatil-jahīmu liman yarā

And Hellfire will be exposed for [all] those who see -

فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ ٣٧

Fa ammā man taghā

So as for he who transgressed

وَءَاثَرَ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا ٣٨

Wa ātharal-hayawātad-dunyā

And preferred the life of the world,

فَإِنَّ ٱلۡجَحِيمَ هِيَ ٱلۡمَأۡوَىٰ ٣٩

Fa innal-jahīma hiyal-ma'wā

Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge.

وَأَمَّا مَنۡ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفۡسَ عَنِ ٱلۡهَوَىٰ ٤٠

Wa ammā man khāfa maqāma rabbihī wanahan-nafsa 'anil-hawā

But as for he who feared the position of his Lord¹⁸⁴⁷ and prevented the soul from [unlawful] inclination,

فَإِنَّ ٱلۡجَنَّةَ هِيَ ٱلۡمَأۡوَىٰ ٤١

Fa innal-jannata hiyal-ma'wā

Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge.

يَسۡـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرۡسَىٰهَا ٤٢

Yas'alūnaka 'anis-sā'ati ayyāna mursāhā

They ask you, [O Muḥammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival?¹⁸⁴⁸

فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكۡرَىٰهَآ ٤٣

Fīma anta min dhikrāhā

In what [position] are you that you should mention it?¹⁸⁴⁹

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَىٰهَآ ٤٤

Ilā rabbika muntahāhā

To your Lord is its finality.¹⁸⁵⁰

إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخۡشَىٰهَا ٤٥

Innamā anta mundhiru man yakhshāhā

You are only a warner for those who fear it.

كَأَنَّهُمۡ يَوۡمَ يَرَوۡنَهَا لَمۡ يَلۡبَثُوٓاْ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوۡ ضُحَىٰهَا ٤٦

Ka annahum yawma yarawnahā lam yalbathū illā 'ashiyyatan aw duhāhā

It will be, on the Day they see it,¹⁸⁵¹ as though they had not remained [in the world] except for an afternoon or a morning thereof.

عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ ١

'Abasa watawallā

He [i.e., the Prophet (ﷺ) ] frowned and turned away

أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلۡأَعۡمَىٰ ٢

An jā'ahul-a'mā

Because there came to him the blind man,¹⁸⁵³ [interrupting].

وَمَا يُدۡرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ ٣

Wamā yudrīka la'allahū yazzakkā

But what would make you perceive, [O Muḥammad], that perhaps he might be purified¹⁸⁵⁴

أَوۡ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰٓ ٤

Aw yaddhakkaru fatanfa'ahudh-dhikrā

Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?

أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسۡتَغۡنَىٰ ٥

Ammā manistaghnā

As for he who thinks himself without need,¹⁸⁵⁵

فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ ٦

Fa anta lahū tasaddā

To him you give attention.

وَمَا عَلَيۡكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ ٧

Wamā 'alayka allā yazzakkā

And not upon you [is any blame] if he will not be purified.¹⁸⁵⁶

وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسۡعَىٰ ٨

Wa ammā man jā'aka yas'ā

But as for he who came to you striving [for knowledge]

وَهُوَ يَخۡشَىٰ ٩

Wahuwa yakhshā

While he fears [Allāh],

فَأَنتَ عَنۡهُ تَلَهَّىٰ ١٠

Fa anta 'anhu talahhā

From him you are distracted.

كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذۡكِرَةٞ ١١

Kallā innahā tadhkirah

No! Indeed, they [i.e., these verses] are a reminder;

فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ ١٢

Faman shā'a dhakarah

So whoever wills may remember it.¹⁸⁵⁷

فِي صُحُفٖ مُّكَرَّمَةٖ ١٣

Fī suhufim mukarramah

[It is recorded] in honored sheets,

مَّرۡفُوعَةٖ مُّطَهَّرَةِۭ ١٤

Mmarfū'atim mutahharah

Exalted and purified,

بِأَيۡدِي سَفَرَةٖ ١٥

Bi aydī safarah

[Carried] by the hands of messenger-angels,

كِرَامِۭ بَرَرَةٖ ١٦

Kirāmi bararah

Noble and dutiful.

قُتِلَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَآ أَكۡفَرَهُۥ ١٧

Qutilal-insānu mā akfarah

Destroyed [i.e., cursed] is man;¹⁸⁵⁸ how disbelieving is he.

مِنۡ أَيِّ شَيۡءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ ١٨

Min ayyi shay'in khalaqah

From what thing [i.e., substance] did He create him?

مِن نُّطۡفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ ١٩

Min nutfatin khalaqahū faqaddarah

From a sperm-drop He created him and destined for him;¹⁸⁵⁹

ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ ٢٠

Thummas-sabīla yassarah

Then He eased the way for him;¹⁸⁶⁰

ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقۡبَرَهُۥ ٢١

Thumma amātahū fa aqbarah

Then He causes his death and provides a grave for him.¹⁸⁶¹

ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ ٢٢

Thumma idhā shā'a ansharah

Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.

كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقۡضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ ٢٣

Kallā lammā yaqdi mā amarah

No! He [i.e., man] has not yet accomplished what He commanded him.

فَلۡيَنظُرِ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ ٢٤

Falyanzuril-insānu ilā ta'āmih

Then let mankind look at his food -

أَنَّا صَبَبۡنَا ٱلۡمَآءَ صَبّٗا ٢٥

Annā sababnal-mā'a sabbā

How We poured down water in torrents,

ثُمَّ شَقَقۡنَا ٱلۡأَرۡضَ شَقّٗا ٢٦

Thumma shaqaqnal-arda shaqqā

Then We broke open the earth, splitting [it with sprouts],

فَأَنۢبَتۡنَا فِيهَا حَبّٗا ٢٧

Fa ambatnā fīhā habbā

And caused to grow within it grain

وَعِنَبٗا وَقَضۡبٗا ٢٨

Wa'inaban waqadbā

And grapes and herbage

وَزَيۡتُونٗا وَنَخۡلٗا ٢٩

Wazaytūnan wanakhlā

And olive and palm trees

وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلۡبٗا ٣٠

Wahadā'iqa ghulbā

And gardens of dense shrubbery

وَفَٰكِهَةٗ وَأَبّٗا ٣١

Wafākihatan wa abbā

And fruit and grass -

مَّتَٰعٗا لَّكُمۡ وَلِأَنۡعَٰمِكُمۡ ٣٢

Mmatā'al lakum wali'an'āmikum

[As] enjoyment [i.e., provision] for you and your grazing livestock.

فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ ٣٣

Fa idhā jā'atis-sākkhah

But when there comes the Deafening Blast¹⁸⁶²

يَوۡمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلۡمَرۡءُ مِنۡ أَخِيهِ ٣٤

Yawma yafirrul-mar'u min akhīh

On the Day a man will flee from his brother

وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ ٣٥

Wa ummihī wa abīh

And his mother and his father

وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ ٣٦

Wasāhibatihī wabanīh

And his wife and his children,

لِكُلِّ ٱمۡرِيٕٖ مِّنۡهُمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٖ شَأۡنٞ يُغۡنِيهِ ٣٧

Likullimriy'im minhum yawma'idhin sha'nun yughnīh

For every man, that Day, will be a matter adequate for him.¹⁸⁶³

وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ مُّسۡفِرَةٞ ٣٨

Wujūhun yawma'idhim musfirah

[Some] faces, that Day, will be bright -

ضَاحِكَةٞ مُّسۡتَبۡشِرَةٞ ٣٩

Dāhikatum mustabshirah

Laughing, rejoicing at good news.

وَوُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٍ عَلَيۡهَا غَبَرَةٞ ٤٠

Wawujūhun yawma'idhin 'alayhā ghabarah

And [other] faces, that Day, will have upon them dust.

تَرۡهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ ٤١

Tarhaquhā qatarah

Blackness will cover them.

أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡكَفَرَةُ ٱلۡفَجَرَةُ ٤٢

Ulā'ika humul-kafaratul-fajarah

Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.

إِذَا ٱلشَّمۡسُ كُوِّرَتۡ ١

Idhash-shamsu kuwwirat

When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتۡ ٢

Wa idhan-nujūmunkadarat

And when the stars fall, dispersing,

وَإِذَا ٱلۡجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتۡ ٣

Wa idhal-jibālu suyyirat

And when the mountains are removed

وَإِذَا ٱلۡعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتۡ ٤

Wa idhal-'ishāru 'uttilat

And when full-term she-camels¹⁸⁶⁵ are neglected

وَإِذَا ٱلۡوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتۡ ٥

Wa idhal-wuhūshu hushirat

And when the wild beasts are gathered

وَإِذَا ٱلۡبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتۡ ٦

Wa idhal-bihāru sujjirat

And when the seas are filled with flame¹⁸⁶⁶

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتۡ ٧

Wa idhan-nufūsu zuwwijat

And when the souls are paired¹⁸⁶⁷

وَإِذَا ٱلۡمَوۡءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتۡ ٨

Wa idhal-maw'ūdatu su'ilat

And when the girl [who was] buried alive is asked

بِأَيِّ ذَنۢبٖ قُتِلَتۡ ٩

Bi ayyi dhambin qutilat

For what sin she was killed

وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتۡ ١٠

Wa idhas-suhufu nushirat

And when the pages¹⁸⁶⁸ are spread [i.e., made public]

وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتۡ ١١

Wa idhas-samā'u kushitat

And when the sky is stripped away

وَإِذَا ٱلۡجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتۡ ١٢

Wa idhal-jahīmu su''irat

And when Hellfire is set ablaze

وَإِذَا ٱلۡجَنَّةُ أُزۡلِفَتۡ ١٣

Wa idhal-jannatu uzlifat

And when Paradise is brought near,

عَلِمَتۡ نَفۡسٞ مَّآ أَحۡضَرَتۡ ١٤

'Alimat nafsum mā ahdarat

A soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it].¹⁸⁶⁹

فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلۡخُنَّسِ ١٥

Falā uqsimu bil-khunnas

So I swear by the retreating stars -

ٱلۡجَوَارِ ٱلۡكُنَّسِ ١٦

Al-jawāril-kunnas

Those that run [their courses] and disappear [i.e., set]

وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا عَسۡعَسَ ١٧

Wallayli idhā 'as'as

And by the night as it closes in¹⁸⁷⁰

وَٱلصُّبۡحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ ١٨

Was-subhi idhā tanaffas

And by the dawn when it breathes [i.e., stirs]

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوۡلُ رَسُولٖ كَرِيمٖ ١٩

Innahū laqawlu rasūlin karīm

[That] indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is a word [conveyed by] a noble messenger [i.e., Gabriel]

ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِي ٱلۡعَرۡشِ مَكِينٖ ٢٠

Dhī quwwatin 'inda dhil-'arshi makīn

[Who is] possessed of power and with the Owner of the Throne, secure [in position],

مُّطَاعٖ ثَمَّ أَمِينٖ ٢١

Mmutā'in thamma amīn

Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.

وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجۡنُونٖ ٢٢

Wamā sāhibukum bimajnūn

And your companion [i.e., Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ) ] is not [at all] mad.¹⁸⁷¹

وَلَقَدۡ رَءَاهُ بِٱلۡأُفُقِ ٱلۡمُبِينِ ٢٣

Walaqad ra'āhu bil-ufuqil-mubīn

And he has already seen him [i.e., Gabriel] in the clear horizon.¹⁸⁷²

وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلۡغَيۡبِ بِضَنِينٖ ٢٤

Wamā huwa 'alal-ghaybi bidanīn

And he [i.e., Muḥammad (ﷺ)] is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen.¹⁸⁷³

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوۡلِ شَيۡطَٰنٖ رَّجِيمٖ ٢٥

Wamā huwa biqawli shaytānir rajīm

And it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens].

فَأَيۡنَ تَذۡهَبُونَ ٢٦

Fa ayna tadhhabūn

So where are you going?¹⁸⁷⁴

إِنۡ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكۡرٞ لِّلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٢٧

In huwa illā dhikrul lil-'ālamīn

It is not except a reminder to the worlds

لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمۡ أَن يَسۡتَقِيمَ ٢٨

Liman shā'a minkum an yastaqīm

For whoever wills among you to take a right course.

وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٢٩

Wamā tashā'ūna illā an yashā'allāhu rabbul-'ālamīn

And you do not will except that Allāh wills - Lord of the worlds.

إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنفَطَرَتۡ ١

Idhas-samā'unfatarat

When the sky breaks apart

وَإِذَا ٱلۡكَوَاكِبُ ٱنتَثَرَتۡ ٢

Wa idhal-kawākibuntatharat

And when the stars fall, scattering,

وَإِذَا ٱلۡبِحَارُ فُجِّرَتۡ ٣

Wa idhal-bihāru fujjirat

And when the seas are erupted

وَإِذَا ٱلۡقُبُورُ بُعۡثِرَتۡ ٤

Wa idhal-qubūru bu'thirat

And when the [contents of] graves are scattered [i.e., exposed],

عَلِمَتۡ نَفۡسٞ مَّا قَدَّمَتۡ وَأَخَّرَتۡ ٥

'Alimat nafsum mā qaddamat wa akkharat

A soul will [then] know what it has put forth and kept back.

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَا غَرَّكَ بِرَبِّكَ ٱلۡكَرِيمِ ٦

Yā'ayyuhal-insānu mā gharraka birabbikal-karīm

O mankind, what has deceived you concerning your Lord, the Generous,

ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَكَ فَسَوَّىٰكَ فَعَدَلَكَ ٧

Alladhī khalaqaka fasawwāka fa'adalak

Who created you, proportioned you, and balanced you?

فِيٓ أَيِّ صُورَةٖ مَّا شَآءَ رَكَّبَكَ ٨

Fī ayyi sūratim mā shā'a rakkabak

In whatever form He willed has He assembled you.

كَلَّا بَلۡ تُكَذِّبُونَ بِٱلدِّينِ ٩

Kallā bal tukaddhibūna bid-dīn

No! But you deny the Recompense.

وَإِنَّ عَلَيۡكُمۡ لَحَٰفِظِينَ ١٠

Wa inna 'alaykum lahāfizīn

And indeed, [appointed] over you are keepers,¹⁸⁷⁶

كِرَامٗا كَٰتِبِينَ ١١

Kirāman kātibīn

Noble and recording;

يَعۡلَمُونَ مَا تَفۡعَلُونَ ١٢

Ya'lamūna mā taf'alūn

They know whatever you do.

إِنَّ ٱلۡأَبۡرَارَ لَفِي نَعِيمٖ ١٣

Innal-abrāra lafī na'īm

Indeed, the righteous will be in pleasure,

وَإِنَّ ٱلۡفُجَّارَ لَفِي جَحِيمٖ ١٤

Wa innal-fujjāra lafī jahīm

And indeed, the wicked will be in Hellfire.

يَصۡلَوۡنَهَا يَوۡمَ ٱلدِّينِ ١٥

Yaslawnahā yawmad-dīn

They will [enter to] burn therein on the Day of Recompense,

وَمَا هُمۡ عَنۡهَا بِغَآئِبِينَ ١٦

Wamā hum 'anhā bighā'ibīn

And never therefrom will they be absent.

وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا يَوۡمُ ٱلدِّينِ ١٧

Wamā adrāka mā yawmud-dīn

And what can make you know what is the Day of Recompense?

ثُمَّ مَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا يَوۡمُ ٱلدِّينِ ١٨

Thumma mā adrāka mā yawmud-dīn

Then, what can make you know what is the Day of Recompense?

يَوۡمَ لَا تَمۡلِكُ نَفۡسٞ لِّنَفۡسٖ شَيۡـٔٗاۖ وَٱلۡأَمۡرُ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلَّهِ ١٩

Yawma lā tamliku nafsul linafsin shay'an wal-amru yawma'idhi lillāh

It is the Day when a soul will not possess for another soul [power to do] a thing; and the command, that Day, is [entirely] with Allāh.

وَيۡلٞ لِّلۡمُطَفِّفِينَ ١

Waylul lil-mutaffifīn

Woe to those who give less [than due],¹⁸⁷⁸

ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ٱكۡتَالُواْ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ يَسۡتَوۡفُونَ ٢

Alladhīna idhaktālū 'alan-nāsi yastawfūn

Who, when they take a measure from people, take in full.

وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمۡ أَو وَّزَنُوهُمۡ يُخۡسِرُونَ ٣

Wa idhā kālūhum aw wazanūhum yukhsirūn

But if they give by measure or by weight to them, they cause loss.

أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ أَنَّهُم مَّبۡعُوثُونَ ٤

Alā yazunnu ulā'ika annahum mab'ūthūn

Do they not think that they will be resurrected

لِيَوۡمٍ عَظِيمٖ ٥

Liyawmin 'azīm

For a tremendous Day -

يَوۡمَ يَقُومُ ٱلنَّاسُ لِرَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٦

Yawma yaqūmun-nāsu lirabbil-'ālamīn

The Day when mankind will stand before the Lord of the worlds?

كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَٰبَ ٱلۡفُجَّارِ لَفِي سِجِّينٖ ٧

Kallā inna kitābal-fujjāri lafī sijjīn

No! Indeed, the record of the wicked is in sijjeen.

وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا سِجِّينٞ ٨

Wamā adrāka mā sijjīn

And what can make you know what is sijjeen?

كِتَٰبٞ مَّرۡقُومٞ ٩

Kitābum marqūm

It is [their destination¹⁸⁷⁹ recorded in] a register inscribed.

وَيۡلٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ ١٠

Waylun yawma'idhil lil-mukaddhibīn

Woe, that Day, to the deniers,

ٱلَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِيَوۡمِ ٱلدِّينِ ١١

Alladhīna yukaddhibūna biyawmid-dīn

Who deny the Day of Recompense.

وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِۦٓ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعۡتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ ١٢

Wamā yukaddhibu bihī illā kullu mu'tadin athīm

And none deny it except every sinful transgressor.

إِذَا تُتۡلَىٰ عَلَيۡهِ ءَايَٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ١٣

Idhā tutlā 'alayhi āyātunā qāla asātīrul-awwalīn

When Our verses are recited to him, he says, "Legends of the former peoples."

كَلَّاۖ بَلۡۜ رَانَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِم مَّا كَانُواْ يَكۡسِبُونَ ١٤

Kallā bal rāna 'alā qulūbihim mā kānū yaksibūn

No! Rather, the stain has covered their hearts of that which they were earning.¹⁸⁸⁰

كَلَّآ إِنَّهُمۡ عَن رَّبِّهِمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لَّمَحۡجُوبُونَ ١٥

Kallā innahum 'ar rabbihim yawma'idhil lamahjūbūn

No! Indeed, from their Lord, that Day, they will be partitioned.¹⁸⁸¹

ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمۡ لَصَالُواْ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ ١٦

Thumma innahum lasālul-jahīm

Then indeed, they will [enter and] burn in Hellfire.

ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِي كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ ١٧

Thumma yuqālu hādhal-ladhī kuntum bihī tukaddhibūn

Then it will be said [to them], "This is what you used to deny."

كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَٰبَ ٱلۡأَبۡرَارِ لَفِي عِلِّيِّينَ ١٨

Kallā inna kitābal-abrāri lafī 'illiyyīn

No! Indeed, the record of the righteous is in ʿilliyyūn.

وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ ١٩

Wamā adrāka mā 'illiyyūn

And what can make you know what is ʿilliyyūn?

كِتَٰبٞ مَّرۡقُومٞ ٢٠

Kitābum marqūm

It is [their destination¹⁸⁸² recorded in] a register inscribed

يَشۡهَدُهُ ٱلۡمُقَرَّبُونَ ٢١

Yashhaduhul-muqarrabūn

Which is witnessed by those brought near [to Allāh].

إِنَّ ٱلۡأَبۡرَارَ لَفِي نَعِيمٍ ٢٢

Innal-abrāra lafī na'īm

Indeed, the righteous will be in pleasure

عَلَى ٱلۡأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ ٢٣

'Alal-arā'iki yanzurūn

On adorned couches, observing.

تَعۡرِفُ فِي وُجُوهِهِمۡ نَضۡرَةَ ٱلنَّعِيمِ ٢٤

Ta'rifu fī wujūhihim nadratan-na'īm

You will recognize in their faces the radiance of pleasure.

يُسۡقَوۡنَ مِن رَّحِيقٖ مَّخۡتُومٍ ٢٥

Yusqawna mir rahīqim makhtūm

They will be given to drink [pure] wine¹⁸⁸³ [which was] sealed.

خِتَٰمُهُۥ مِسۡكٞۚ وَفِي ذَٰلِكَ فَلۡيَتَنَافَسِ ٱلۡمُتَنَٰفِسُونَ ٢٦

Khitāmuhū miskun wafī dhālika falyatanāfasil-mutanāfisūn

The last of it¹⁸⁸⁴ is musk. So for this let the competitors compete.

وَمِزَاجُهُۥ مِن تَسۡنِيمٍ ٢٧

Wamizājuhū min tasnīm

And its mixture is of Tasneem,¹⁸⁸⁵

عَيۡنٗا يَشۡرَبُ بِهَا ٱلۡمُقَرَّبُونَ ٢٨

'Aynan yashrabu bihal-muqarrabūn

A spring from which those near [to Allāh] drink.

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أَجۡرَمُواْ كَانُواْ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ يَضۡحَكُونَ ٢٩

Innal-ladhīna ajramū kānū minal-ladhīna āmanū yadhakūn

Indeed, those who committed crimes used to laugh at those who believed.

وَإِذَا مَرُّواْ بِهِمۡ يَتَغَامَزُونَ ٣٠

Wa idhā marrū bihim yataghāmazūn

And when they passed by them, they would exchange derisive glances.

وَإِذَا ٱنقَلَبُوٓاْ إِلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِهِمُ ٱنقَلَبُواْ فَكِهِينَ ٣١

Wa idhanqalabū ilā ahlihimunqalabū fakihīn

And when they returned to their people, they would return jesting.

وَإِذَا رَأَوۡهُمۡ قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَضَآلُّونَ ٣٢

Wa idhā ra'awhum qālū inna hā'ulā'i ladāllūn

And when they saw them, they would say, "Indeed, those are truly lost."

وَمَآ أُرۡسِلُواْ عَلَيۡهِمۡ حَٰفِظِينَ ٣٣

Wamā ursilū 'alayhim hāfizīn

But they had not been sent as guardians over them.

فَٱلۡيَوۡمَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ مِنَ ٱلۡكُفَّارِ يَضۡحَكُونَ ٣٤

Fal-yawmal-ladhīna āmanū minal-kuffāri yadhakūn

So Today¹⁸⁸⁶ those who believed are laughing at the disbelievers,

عَلَى ٱلۡأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ ٣٥

'Alal-arā'iki yanzurūn

On adorned couches, observing.

هَلۡ ثُوِّبَ ٱلۡكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُواْ يَفۡعَلُونَ ٣٦

Hal thuwwibal-kuffāru mā kānū yaf'alūn

Have the disbelievers [not] been rewarded [this Day] for what they used to do?

إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنشَقَّتۡ ١

Idhas-samā'unshaqqat

When the sky has split [open]

وَأَذِنَتۡ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتۡ ٢

Wa adhinat lirabbihā wahuqqat

And has listened [i.e., responded]¹⁸⁸⁸ to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]

وَإِذَا ٱلۡأَرۡضُ مُدَّتۡ ٣

Wa idhal-ardu muddat

And when the earth has been extended¹⁸⁸⁹

وَأَلۡقَتۡ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتۡ ٤

Wa alqat mā fīhā watakhallat

And has cast out that within it¹⁸⁹⁰ and relinquished [it]

وَأَذِنَتۡ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتۡ ٥

Wa adhinat lirabbihā wahuqqat

And has listened [i.e., responded] to its Lord and was obligated [to do so] –

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدۡحٗا فَمُلَٰقِيهِ ٦

Yā'ayyuhal-insānu innaka kādihun ilā rabbika kadhan famulāqīh

O mankind, indeed you are laboring toward your Lord with [great] exertion¹⁸⁹¹ and will meet it.¹⁸⁹²

فَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِيَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ ٧

Fa ammā man ūtiya kitābahū biyamīnih

Then as for he who is given his record in his right hand,

فَسَوۡفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابٗا يَسِيرٗا ٨

Fasawfa yuhāsabu hisāban yasīrā

He will be judged with an easy account

وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِهِۦ مَسۡرُورٗا ٩

Wayanqalibu ilā ahlihī masrūrā

And return to his people in happiness.

وَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِيَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ وَرَآءَ ظَهۡرِهِۦ ١٠

Wa ammā man ūtiya kitābahū warā'a zahrih

But as for he who is given his record behind his back,

فَسَوۡفَ يَدۡعُواْ ثُبُورٗا ١١

Fasawfa yad'ū thubūrā

He will cry out for destruction

وَيَصۡلَىٰ سَعِيرًا ١٢

Wayaslā sa'īrā

And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.

إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فِيٓ أَهۡلِهِۦ مَسۡرُورًا ١٣

Innahū kāna fī ahlihī masrūrā

Indeed, he had [once] been among his people in happiness;

إِنَّهُۥ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ ١٤

Innahū zanna al lan yahūr

Indeed, he had thought he would never return [to Allāh].

بَلَىٰٓۚ إِنَّ رَبَّهُۥ كَانَ بِهِۦ بَصِيرٗا ١٥

Balā inna rabbahū kāna bihī basīrā

But yes! Indeed, his Lord was ever, of him, Seeing.

فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلشَّفَقِ ١٦

Falā uqsimu bish-shafaq

So I swear by the twilight glow

وَٱلَّيۡلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ ١٧

Wallayli wamā wasaq

And [by] the night and what it envelops

وَٱلۡقَمَرِ إِذَا ٱتَّسَقَ ١٨

Wal-qamari idhat-tasaq

And [by] the moon when it becomes full

لَتَرۡكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٖ ١٩

Latarkabunna tabaqan 'an tabaq

[That] you will surely embark upon [i.e., experience] state after state.¹⁸⁹³

فَمَا لَهُمۡ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ ٢٠

Famā lahum lā yu'minūn

So what is [the matter] with them [that] they do not believe,

وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانُ لَا يَسۡجُدُونَۤ۩ ٢١

Wa idhā quri'a 'alayhimul-qur'ānu lā yasjudūn

And when the Qur’ān is recited to them, they do not prostrate [to Allāh]?

بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ يُكَذِّبُونَ ٢٢

Balil-ladhīna kafarū yukaddhibūn

But those who have disbelieved deny,

وَٱللَّهُ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ ٢٣

Wallāhu a'lamu bimā yū'ūn

And Allāh is most knowing of what they keep within themselves.

فَبَشِّرۡهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ ٢٤

Fabasshirhum bi'adhābin alīm

So give them tidings of a painful punishment,

إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمۡ أَجۡرٌ غَيۡرُ مَمۡنُونِۭ ٢٥

Illal-ladhīna āmanū wa'amilus-sālihāti lahum ajrun ghayru mamnūn

Except for those who believe and do righteous deeds. For them is a reward uninterrupted.

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلۡبُرُوجِ ١

Was-samā'i dhātil-burūj

By the sky containing great stars

وَٱلۡيَوۡمِ ٱلۡمَوۡعُودِ ٢

Wal-yawmil-maw'ūd

And [by] the promised Day

وَشَاهِدٖ وَمَشۡهُودٖ ٣

Washāhidin wamashhūd

And [by] the witness and what is witnessed,

قُتِلَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡأُخۡدُودِ ٤

Qutila ashābul-ukhdūd

Destroyed [i.e., cursed] were the companions of the trench¹⁸⁹⁵

ٱلنَّارِ ذَاتِ ٱلۡوَقُودِ ٥

An-nāri dhātil-waqūd

[Containing] the fire full of fuel,

إِذۡ هُمۡ عَلَيۡهَا قُعُودٞ ٦

Idh hum 'alayhā qu'ūd

When they were sitting near it.

وَهُمۡ عَلَىٰ مَا يَفۡعَلُونَ بِٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ شُهُودٞ ٧

Wahum 'alā mā yaf'alūna bil-mu'minīna shuhūd

And they, to what they were doing against the believers, were witnesses. ¹⁸⁹⁶

وَمَا نَقَمُواْ مِنۡهُمۡ إِلَّآ أَن يُؤۡمِنُواْ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلۡعَزِيزِ ٱلۡحَمِيدِ ٨

Wamā naqamū minhum illā an yu'minū billāhil-'azīzil-hamīd

And they resented them not except because they believed in Allāh, the Exalted in Might, the Praiseworthy,

ٱلَّذِي لَهُۥ مُلۡكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ شَهِيدٌ ٩

Alladhī lahū mulkus-samāwāti wal-ardi wallāhu 'alā kulli shay'in shahīd

To whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. And Allāh, over all things, is Witness.¹⁸⁹⁷

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ فَتَنُواْ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ وَٱلۡمُؤۡمِنَٰتِ ثُمَّ لَمۡ يَتُوبُواْ فَلَهُمۡ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَلَهُمۡ عَذَابُ ٱلۡحَرِيقِ ١٠

Innal-ladhīna fatanul-mu'minīna wal-mu'mināti thumma lam yatūbū falahum 'adhābu jahannama walahum 'adhābul-harīq

Indeed, those who have tortured¹⁸⁹⁸ the believing men and believing women and then have not repented will have the punishment of Hell, and they will have the punishment of the Burning Fire.

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمۡ جَنَّٰتٞ تَجۡرِي مِن تَحۡتِهَا ٱلۡأَنۡهَٰرُۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلۡفَوۡزُ ٱلۡكَبِيرُ ١١

Innal-ladhīna āmanū wa'amilus-sālihāti lahum jannātun tajrī min tahtihal-anhāru dhālikal-fawzul-kabīr

Indeed, those who have believed and done righteous deeds will have gardens beneath which rivers flow. That is the great attainment.

إِنَّ بَطۡشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَدِيدٌ ١٢

Inna batsha rabbika lashadīd

Indeed, the assault [i.e., vengeance] of your Lord is severe.

إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ يُبۡدِئُ وَيُعِيدُ ١٣

Innahū huwa yubdi'u wayu'īd

Indeed, it is He who originates [creation] and repeats.

وَهُوَ ٱلۡغَفُورُ ٱلۡوَدُودُ ١٤

Wahuwal-ghafūrul-wadūd

And He is the Forgiving, the Affectionate,

ذُو ٱلۡعَرۡشِ ٱلۡمَجِيدُ ١٥

Dhul-'arshil-majīd

Honorable Owner of the Throne,

فَعَّالٞ لِّمَا يُرِيدُ ١٦

Fa''ālul limā yurīd

Effecter of what He intends.

هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلۡجُنُودِ ١٧

Hal atāka hadīthul-junūd

Has there reached you the story of the soldiers -

فِرۡعَوۡنَ وَثَمُودَ ١٨

Fir'awna wathamūd

[Those of] Pharaoh and Thamūd?

بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ فِي تَكۡذِيبٖ ١٩

Balil-ladhīna kafarū fī takdhīb

But they who disbelieve are in [persistent] denial,

وَٱللَّهُ مِن وَرَآئِهِم مُّحِيطُۢ ٢٠

Wallāhu min warā'ihim muhīt

While Allāh encompasses them from behind.¹⁸⁹⁹

بَلۡ هُوَ قُرۡءَانٞ مَّجِيدٞ ٢١

Bal huwa qur'ānum majīd

But this is an honored Qur’ān

فِي لَوۡحٖ مَّحۡفُوظِۭ ٢٢

Fī lawhim mahfūz

[Inscribed] in a Preserved Slate.

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلطَّارِقِ ١

Was-samā'i wat-tāriq

By the sky and the knocker

وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلطَّارِقُ ٢

Wamā adrāka mat-tāriq

And what can make you know what is the knocker?

ٱلنَّجۡمُ ٱلثَّاقِبُ ٣

An-najmuth-thāqib

It is the piercing star¹⁹⁰¹.

إِن كُلُّ نَفۡسٖ لَّمَّا عَلَيۡهَا حَافِظٞ ٤

In kullu nafsil lammā 'alayhā hāfiz

There is no soul but that it has over it a protector.

فَلۡيَنظُرِ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ ٥

Falyanzuril-insānu mimma khuliq

So let man observe from what he was created.

خُلِقَ مِن مَّآءٖ دَافِقٖ ٦

Khuliqa mim mā'in dāfiq

He was created from a fluid, ejected,

يَخۡرُجُ مِنۢ بَيۡنِ ٱلصُّلۡبِ وَٱلتَّرَآئِبِ ٧

Yakhruju mim baynis-sulbi wat-tarā'ib

Emerging from between the backbone and the ribs.

إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ رَجۡعِهِۦ لَقَادِرٞ ٨

Innahū 'alā raj'ihī laqādir

Indeed, He [i.e., Allāh], to return him [to life], is Able.

يَوۡمَ تُبۡلَى ٱلسَّرَآئِرُ ٩

Yawma tublas-sarā'ir

The Day when secrets will be put on trial,¹⁹⁰²

فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن قُوَّةٖ وَلَا نَاصِرٖ ١٠

Famā lahū min quwwatin walā nāsir

Then he [i.e., man] will have no power or any helper.

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلرَّجۡعِ ١١

Was-samā'i dhātir-raj'

By the sky which sends back¹⁹⁰³

وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ ذَاتِ ٱلصَّدۡعِ ١٢

Wal-ardi dhātis-sad'

And [by] the earth which splits,¹⁹⁰⁴

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوۡلٞ فَصۡلٞ ١٣

Innahū laqawlun fasl

Indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is a decisive statement,

وَمَا هُوَ بِٱلۡهَزۡلِ ١٤

Wamā huwa bil-hazl

And it is not amusement.

إِنَّهُمۡ يَكِيدُونَ كَيۡدٗا ١٥

Innahum yakīdūna kaydā

Indeed, they are planning a plan,

وَأَكِيدُ كَيۡدٗا ١٦

Wa akīdu kaydā

But I am planning a plan.

فَمَهِّلِ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ أَمۡهِلۡهُمۡ رُوَيۡدَۢا ١٧

Famahhilil-kāfirīna amhilhum ruwaydā

So allow time for the disbelievers. Leave them awhile.¹⁹⁰⁵

سَبِّحِ ٱسۡمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلۡأَعۡلَى ١

Sabbihisma rabbikal-a'lā

Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,

ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ ٢

Alladhī khalaqa fasawwā

Who created and proportioned

وَٱلَّذِي قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ ٣

Walladhī qaddara fahadā

And who destined and [then] guided

وَٱلَّذِيٓ أَخۡرَجَ ٱلۡمَرۡعَىٰ ٤

Walladhī akhrajal-mar'ā

And who brings out the pasture

فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحۡوَىٰ ٥

Faja'alahū ghuthā'an ahwā

And [then] makes it black stubble.

سَنُقۡرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ ٦

Sanuqri'uka falā tansā

We will make you recite, [O Muḥammad], and you will not forget,

إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُۚ إِنَّهُۥ يَعۡلَمُ ٱلۡجَهۡرَ وَمَا يَخۡفَىٰ ٧

Illā mā shā'allāhu innahū ya'lamul-jahra wamā yakhfā

Except what Allāh should will. Indeed, He knows what is declared and what is hidden.

وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلۡيُسۡرَىٰ ٨

Wanuyassiruka lil-yusrā

And We will ease you toward ease.¹⁹⁰⁷

فَذَكِّرۡ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ ٩

Fadhakkir in nafa'atidh-dhikrā

So remind, if the reminder should benefit;¹⁹⁰⁸

سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخۡشَىٰ ١٠

Sayaddhakkaru man yakhshā

He who fears [Allāh] will be reminded.

وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلۡأَشۡقَى ١١

Wayatajannabuhal-ashqā

But the wretched one will avoid it –

ٱلَّذِي يَصۡلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰ ١٢

Alladhī yaslan-nāral-kubrā

[He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire,

ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحۡيَىٰ ١٣

Thumma lā yamūtu fīhā walā yahyā

Neither dying therein nor living.

قَدۡ أَفۡلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ ١٤

Qad aflaha man tazakkā

He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself

وَذَكَرَ ٱسۡمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ ١٥

Wadhakarasma rabbihī fasallā

And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.

بَلۡ تُؤۡثِرُونَ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا ١٦

Bal tu'thirūnal-hayawātad-dunyā

But you prefer the worldly life,

وَٱلۡأٓخِرَةُ خَيۡرٞ وَأَبۡقَىٰٓ ١٧

Wal-ākhiratu khayrun wa abqā

While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.

إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِي ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلۡأُولَىٰ ١٨

Inna hādhā lafis-suhufil-ūlā

Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,

صُحُفِ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ ١٩

Suhufi ibrāhīma wamūsā

The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.

هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلۡغَٰشِيَةِ ١

Hal atāka hadīthul-ghāshiyah

Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]?

وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٍ خَٰشِعَةٌ ٢

Wujūhun yawma'idhin khāshi'ah

[Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled,

عَامِلَةٞ نَّاصِبَةٞ ٣

'Āmilatun nāsibah

Working [hard] and exhausted.¹⁹¹⁰

تَصۡلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةٗ ٤

Taslā nāran hāmiyah

They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire.

تُسۡقَىٰ مِنۡ عَيۡنٍ ءَانِيَةٖ ٥

Tusqā min 'aynin āniyah

They will be given drink from a boiling spring.

لَّيۡسَ لَهُمۡ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٖ ٦

Llaysa lahum ta'āmun illā min darī'

For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant

لَّا يُسۡمِنُ وَلَا يُغۡنِي مِن جُوعٖ ٧

Llā yusminu walā yughnī min jū'

Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.

وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ نَّاعِمَةٞ ٨

Wujūhun yawma'idhin nā'imah

[Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure.

لِّسَعۡيِهَا رَاضِيَةٞ ٩

Llisa'yihā rādiyah

With their effort [they are] satisfied

فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٖ ١٠

Fī jannatin 'āliyah

In an elevated garden,

لَّا تَسۡمَعُ فِيهَا لَٰغِيَةٗ ١١

Llā tasma'u fīhā lāghiyah

Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.¹⁹¹¹

فِيهَا عَيۡنٞ جَارِيَةٞ ١٢

Fīhā 'aynun jāriyah

Within it is a flowing spring.

فِيهَا سُرُرٞ مَّرۡفُوعَةٞ ١٣

Fīhā sururum marfū'ah

Within it are couches raised high

وَأَكۡوَابٞ مَّوۡضُوعَةٞ ١٤

Wa akwābum mawdū'ah

And cups put in place

وَنَمَارِقُ مَصۡفُوفَةٞ ١٥

Wanamāriqu masfūfah

And cushions lined up

وَزَرَابِيُّ مَبۡثُوثَةٌ ١٦

Wazarābiyyu mabthūthah

And carpets spread around.

أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلۡإِبِلِ كَيۡفَ خُلِقَتۡ ١٧

Afalā yanzurūna ilal-ibili kayfa khuliqat

Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created?

وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيۡفَ رُفِعَتۡ ١٨

Wa ilas-samā'i kayfa rufi'at

And at the sky - how it is raised?

وَإِلَى ٱلۡجِبَالِ كَيۡفَ نُصِبَتۡ ١٩

Wa ilal-jibāli kayfa nusibat

And at the mountains - how they are erected?

وَإِلَى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ كَيۡفَ سُطِحَتۡ ٢٠

Wa ilal-ardi kayfa sutihat

And at the earth - how it is spread out?

فَذَكِّرۡ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٞ ٢١

Fadhakkir innamā anta mudhakkir

So remind, [O Muḥammad]; you are only a reminder.

لَّسۡتَ عَلَيۡهِم بِمُصَيۡطِرٍ ٢٢

Llasta 'alayhim bimusaytir

You are not over them a controller.

إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ ٢٣

Illā man tawallā wakafar

However, he who turns away and disbelieves –

فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡعَذَابَ ٱلۡأَكۡبَرَ ٢٤

Fayu'addhibuhullāhul-'adhābal-akbar

Then Allāh will punish him with the greatest punishment.

إِنَّ إِلَيۡنَآ إِيَابَهُمۡ ٢٥

Inna ilaynā iyābahum

Indeed, to Us is their return.

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيۡنَا حِسَابَهُم ٢٦

Thumma inna 'alaynā hisābahum

Then indeed, upon Us is their account.

وَٱلۡفَجۡرِ ١

Wal-fajr

By the dawn

وَلَيَالٍ عَشۡرٖ ٢

Walayālin 'ashr

And [by] ten nights¹⁹¹³

وَٱلشَّفۡعِ وَٱلۡوَتۡرِ ٣

Wash-shaf'i wal-watr

And [by] the even [number] and the odd

وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا يَسۡرِ ٤

Wallayli idhā yasr

And [by] the night when it passes,

هَلۡ فِي ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٞ لِّذِي حِجۡرٍ ٥

Hal fī dhālika qasamul lidhī hijr

Is there [not] in [all] that an oath [sufficient] for one of perception?¹⁹¹⁴

أَلَمۡ تَرَ كَيۡفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ ٦

Alam tara kayfa fa'ala rabbuka bi'ād

Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with ʿAad -

إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلۡعِمَادِ ٧

Irama dhātil-'imād

[With] Iram¹⁹¹⁵ - who had lofty pillars,¹⁹¹⁶

ٱلَّتِي لَمۡ يُخۡلَقۡ مِثۡلُهَا فِي ٱلۡبِلَٰدِ ٨

Allatī lam yukhlaq mithluhā fil-bilād

The likes of whom had never been created in the land?

وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُواْ ٱلصَّخۡرَ بِٱلۡوَادِ ٩

Wathamūdal-ladhīna jābus-sakhra bil-wād

And [with] Thamūd, who carved out the rocks in the valley?

وَفِرۡعَوۡنَ ذِي ٱلۡأَوۡتَادِ ١٠

Wafir'awna dhil-awtād

And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes?¹⁹¹⁷

ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوۡاْ فِي ٱلۡبِلَٰدِ ١١

Alladhīna taghaw fil-bilād

[All of] whom oppressed within the lands

فَأَكۡثَرُواْ فِيهَا ٱلۡفَسَادَ ١٢

Fa aktharū fīhal-fasād

And increased therein the corruption.

فَصَبَّ عَلَيۡهِمۡ رَبُّكَ سَوۡطَ عَذَابٍ ١٣

Fasabba 'alayhim rabbuka sawta 'adhāb

So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلۡمِرۡصَادِ ١٤

Inna rabbaka labil-mirsād

Indeed, your Lord is in observation.

فَأَمَّا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبۡتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكۡرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّيٓ أَكۡرَمَنِ ١٥

Fa ammal-insānu idhā mabtalāhu rabbuhū fa akramahū wana''amahū fayaqūlu rabbī akraman

And as for man, when his Lord tries him and [thus] is generous to him and favors him, he says, "My Lord has honored me."¹⁹¹⁸

وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبۡتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيۡهِ رِزۡقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّيٓ أَهَٰنَنِ ١٦

Wa ammā idhā mabtalāhu faqadara 'alayhi rizqahū fayaqūlu rabbī ahānan

But when He tries him and restricts his provision, he says, "My Lord has humiliated me."

كَلَّاۖ بَل لَّا تُكۡرِمُونَ ٱلۡيَتِيمَ ١٧

Kallā bal lā tukrimūnal-yatīm

No!¹⁹¹⁹ But you do not honor the orphan

وَلَا تَحَٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلۡمِسۡكِينِ ١٨

Walā tahāddūna 'alā ta'āmil-miskīn

And you do not encourage one another to feed the poor.

وَتَأۡكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكۡلٗا لَّمّٗا ١٩

Wata'kulūnat-turātha aklal lammā

And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,¹⁹²⁰

وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلۡمَالَ حُبّٗا جَمّٗا ٢٠

Watuhibbūnal-māla hubban jammā

And you love wealth with immense love.

كَلَّآۖ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ دَكّٗا دَكّٗا ٢١

Kallā idhā dukkatil-ardu dakkan dakkā

No! When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushed

وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلۡمَلَكُ صَفّٗا صَفّٗا ٢٢

Wajā'a rabbuka wal-malaku saffan saffā

And your Lord has come¹⁹²¹ and the angels, rank upon rank,

وَجِاْيٓءَ يَوۡمَئِذِۭ بِجَهَنَّمَۚ يَوۡمَئِذٖ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ ٢٣

Wajiy'a yawma'idhi bijahannama yawma'idhin yatadhakkarul-insānu wa annā lahudh-dhikrā

And brought [within view], that Day, is Hell - that Day, man will remember, but how [i.e., what good] to him will be the remembrance?

يَقُولُ يَٰلَيۡتَنِي قَدَّمۡتُ لِحَيَاتِي ٢٤

Yaqūlu yālaytanī qaddamtu lihayātī

He will say, "Oh, I wish I had sent ahead [some good] for my life."¹⁹²²

فَيَوۡمَئِذٖ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٞ ٢٥

Fayawma'idhil lā yu'addhibu 'adhābahū ahad

So on that Day, none will punish [as severely] as His punishment,

وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٞ ٢٦

Walā yūthiqu wathāqahū ahad

And none will bind [as severely] as His binding [of the evildoers].

يَٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفۡسُ ٱلۡمُطۡمَئِنَّةُ ٢٧

Yā'ayyatuhan-nafsul-mutma'innah

[To the righteous it will be said], "O reassured soul,

ٱرۡجِعِيٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةٗ مَّرۡضِيَّةٗ ٢٨

Irji'ī ilā rabbiki rādiyatam mardiyyah

Return to your Lord, well-pleased and pleasing [to Him],

فَٱدۡخُلِي فِي عِبَٰدِي ٢٩

Fadkhulī fī 'ibādī

And enter among My [righteous] servants

وَٱدۡخُلِي جَنَّتِي ٣٠

Wadkhulī jannatī

And enter My Paradise."

لَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ ١

Lā uqsimu bihādhal-balad

I swear by this city [i.e., Makkah] –

وَأَنتَ حِلُّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ ٢

Wa anta hillu bihādhal-balad

And you, [O Muḥammad], are free of restriction in this city –

وَوَالِدٖ وَمَا وَلَدَ ٣

Wawālidin wamā walad

And [by] the father¹⁹²⁴ and that which was born [of him],

لَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ فِي كَبَدٍ ٤

Laqad khalaqnal-insāna fī kabad

We have certainly created man into hardship.

أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقۡدِرَ عَلَيۡهِ أَحَدٞ ٥

Ayahsabu al lan yaqdira 'alayhi ahad

Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?

يَقُولُ أَهۡلَكۡتُ مَالٗا لُّبَدًا ٦

Yaqūlu ahlaktu mālal lubadā

He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."

أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّمۡ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ ٧

Ayahsabu al lam yarahū ahad

Does he think that no one has seen him?

أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَل لَّهُۥ عَيۡنَيۡنِ ٨

Alam naj'al lahū 'aynayn

Have We not made for him two eyes?

وَلِسَانٗا وَشَفَتَيۡنِ ٩

Walisānan washafatayn

And a tongue and two lips?

وَهَدَيۡنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجۡدَيۡنِ ١٠

Wahadaynāhun-najdayn

And have shown him the two ways?¹⁹²⁵

فَلَا ٱقۡتَحَمَ ٱلۡعَقَبَةَ ١١

Falaqtahamal-'aqabah

But he has not broken through the difficult pass.¹⁹²⁶

وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡعَقَبَةُ ١٢

Wamā adrāka mal-'aqabah

And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?

فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ ١٣

Fakku raqabah

It is the freeing of a slave

أَوۡ إِطۡعَٰمٞ فِي يَوۡمٖ ذِي مَسۡغَبَةٖ ١٤

Aw it'āmun fī yawmin dhī masghabah

Or feeding on a day of severe hunger

يَتِيمٗا ذَا مَقۡرَبَةٍ ١٥

Yatīman dhā maqrabah

An orphan of near relationship

أَوۡ مِسۡكِينٗا ذَا مَتۡرَبَةٖ ١٦

Aw miskīnan dhā matrabah

Or a needy person in misery

ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلصَّبۡرِ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلۡمَرۡحَمَةِ ١٧

Thumma kāna minal-ladhīna āmanū watawāsaw bis-sabri watawāsaw bil-marhamah

And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion.

أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَيۡمَنَةِ ١٨

Ulā'ika ashābul-maymanah

Those are the companions of the right.¹⁹²⁷

وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمۡ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَشۡـَٔمَةِ ١٩

Walladhīna kafarū bi'āyātinā hum ashābul-mash'amah

But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.¹⁹²⁸

عَلَيۡهِمۡ نَارٞ مُّؤۡصَدَةُۢ ٢٠

'Alayhim nārum mu'sadah

Over them will be fire closed in.¹⁹²⁹

وَٱلشَّمۡسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا ١

Wash-shamsi waduhāhā

By the sun and its brightness

وَٱلۡقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا ٢

Wal-qamari idhā talāhā

And [by] the moon when it follows it

وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا ٣

Wan-nahāri idhā jallāhā

And [by] the day when it displays it¹⁹³¹

وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا يَغۡشَىٰهَا ٤

Wallayli idhā yaghshāhā

And [by] the night when it covers [i.e., conceals] it

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا ٥

Was-samā'i wamā banāhā

And [by] the sky and He who constructed it

وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا ٦

Wal-ardi wamā tahāhā

And [by] the earth and He who spread it

وَنَفۡسٖ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا ٧

Wanafsin wamā sawwāhā

And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it¹⁹³²

فَأَلۡهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقۡوَىٰهَا ٨

Fa alhamahā fujūrahā wataqwāhā

And inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness,

قَدۡ أَفۡلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا ٩

Qad aflaha man zakkāhā

He has succeeded who purifies it,

وَقَدۡ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا ١٠

Waqad khāba man dassāhā

And he has failed who instills it [with corruption].

كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ بِطَغۡوَىٰهَآ ١١

Kaddhabat thamūdu bitaghwāhā

Thamūd denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression,

إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشۡقَىٰهَا ١٢

Idhimba'atha ashqāhā

When the most wretched of them was sent forth.¹⁹³³

فَقَالَ لَهُمۡ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقۡيَٰهَا ١٣

Faqāla lahum rasūlullāhi nāqatallāhi wasuqyāhā

And the messenger of Allāh [i.e., Ṣāliḥ] said to them, "[Do not harm] the she-camel of Allāh or [prevent her from] her drink."

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمۡدَمَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمۡ فَسَوَّىٰهَا ١٤

Fakaddhabūhu fa'aqarūhā fadamdama 'alayhim rabbuhum bidhambihim fasawwāhā

But they denied him and hamstrung¹⁹³⁴ her. So their Lord brought down upon them destruction for their sin and made it equal [upon all of them].

وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقۡبَٰهَا ١٥

Walā yakhāfu 'uqbāhā

And He does not fear the consequence thereof.¹⁹³⁵

وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا يَغۡشَىٰ ١

Wallayli idhā yaghshā

By the night when it covers¹⁹³⁷

وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا تَجَلَّىٰ ٢

Wan-nahāri idhā tajallā

And [by] the day when it appears

وَمَا خَلَقَ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلۡأُنثَىٰٓ ٣

Wamā khalaqadh-dhakara wal-unthā

And [by] He who created the male and female,

إِنَّ سَعۡيَكُمۡ لَشَتَّىٰ ٤

Inna sa'yakum lashattā

Indeed, your efforts are diverse.

فَأَمَّا مَنۡ أَعۡطَىٰ وَٱتَّقَىٰ ٥

Fa ammā man a'tā wattaqā

As for he who gives and fears Allāh

وَصَدَّقَ بِٱلۡحُسۡنَىٰ ٦

Wasaddaqa bil-husnā

And believes in the best [reward].

فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُۥ لِلۡيُسۡرَىٰ ٧

Fasanuyassiruhū lil-yusrā

We will ease him toward ease.

وَأَمَّا مَنۢ بَخِلَ وَٱسۡتَغۡنَىٰ ٨

Wa ammā mam bakhila wastaghnā

But as for he who withholds and considers himself free of need

وَكَذَّبَ بِٱلۡحُسۡنَىٰ ٩

Wakaddhaba bil-husnā

And denies the best [reward],

فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُۥ لِلۡعُسۡرَىٰ ١٠

Fasanuyassiruhū lil-'usrā

We will ease him toward difficulty.

وَمَا يُغۡنِي عَنۡهُ مَالُهُۥٓ إِذَا تَرَدَّىٰٓ ١١

Wamā yughnī 'anhu māluhū idhā taraddā

And what will his wealth avail him when he falls?¹⁹³⁸

إِنَّ عَلَيۡنَا لَلۡهُدَىٰ ١٢

Inna 'alaynā lalhudā

Indeed, [incumbent] upon Us is guidance.

وَإِنَّ لَنَا لَلۡأٓخِرَةَ وَٱلۡأُولَىٰ ١٣

Wa inna lanā lal'ākhirata wal-ūlā

And indeed, to us belongs the Hereafter and the first [life].

فَأَنذَرۡتُكُمۡ نَارٗا تَلَظَّىٰ ١٤

Fa andhartukum nāran talazzā

So I have warned you of a Fire which is blazing.

لَا يَصۡلَىٰهَآ إِلَّا ٱلۡأَشۡقَى ١٥

Lā yaslāhā illal-ashqā

None will [enter to] burn therein except the most wretched one

ٱلَّذِي كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ ١٦

Alladhī kaddhaba watawallā

Who had denied and turned away.

وَسَيُجَنَّبُهَا ٱلۡأَتۡقَى ١٧

Wasayujannabuhal-atqā

But the righteous one will avoid it –

ٱلَّذِي يُؤۡتِي مَالَهُۥ يَتَزَكَّىٰ ١٨

Alladhī yu'tī mālahū yatazakkā

[He] who gives [from] his wealth to purify himself

وَمَا لِأَحَدٍ عِندَهُۥ مِن نِّعۡمَةٖ تُجۡزَىٰٓ ١٩

Wamā li ahadin 'indahū min ni'matin tujzā

And not [giving] for anyone who has [done him] a favor to be rewarded¹⁹³⁹ –

إِلَّا ٱبۡتِغَآءَ وَجۡهِ رَبِّهِ ٱلۡأَعۡلَىٰ ٢٠

Illabtighā'a wajhi rabbihil-a'lā

But only seeking the face [i.e., acceptance] of his Lord, Most High.

وَلَسَوۡفَ يَرۡضَىٰ ٢١

Walasawfa yardā

And he is going to be satisfied.

وَٱلضُّحَىٰ ١

Wad-duhā

By the morning brightness

وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا سَجَىٰ ٢

Wallayli idhā sajā

And [by] the night when it covers with darkness,¹⁹⁴¹

مَا وَدَّعَكَ رَبُّكَ وَمَا قَلَىٰ ٣

Mā wadda'aka rabbuka wamā qalā

Your Lord has not taken leave of you, [O Muḥammad], nor has He detested [you].

وَلَلۡأٓخِرَةُ خَيۡرٞ لَّكَ مِنَ ٱلۡأُولَىٰ ٤

Walal'ākhiratu khayrul laka minal-ūlā

And the Hereafter is better for you than the first [life].

وَلَسَوۡفَ يُعۡطِيكَ رَبُّكَ فَتَرۡضَىٰٓ ٥

Walasawfa yu'tīka rabbuka fatardā

And your Lord is going to give you, and you will be satisfied.

أَلَمۡ يَجِدۡكَ يَتِيمٗا فَـَٔاوَىٰ ٦

Alam yajidka yatīman fa'āwā

Did He not find you an orphan and give [you] refuge?

وَوَجَدَكَ ضَآلّٗا فَهَدَىٰ ٧

Wawajadaka dāllan fahadā

And He found you lost and guided [you],

وَوَجَدَكَ عَآئِلٗا فَأَغۡنَىٰ ٨

Wawajadaka 'ā'ilan fa aghnā

And He found you poor and made [you] self-sufficient.

فَأَمَّا ٱلۡيَتِيمَ فَلَا تَقۡهَرۡ ٩

Fa ammal-yatīma falā taqhar

So as for the orphan, do not oppress [him].

وَأَمَّا ٱلسَّآئِلَ فَلَا تَنۡهَرۡ ١٠

Wa ammas-sā'ila falā tanhar

And as for the petitioner,¹⁹⁴² do not repel [him].

وَأَمَّا بِنِعۡمَةِ رَبِّكَ فَحَدِّثۡ ١١

Wa ammā bini'mati rabbika fahaddith

But as for the favor of your Lord, report [it].

أَلَمۡ نَشۡرَحۡ لَكَ صَدۡرَكَ ١

Alam nashrah laka sadrak

Did We not expand for you, [O Muḥammad], your breast?¹⁹⁴⁴

وَوَضَعۡنَا عَنكَ وِزۡرَكَ ٢

Wawada'nā 'anka wizrak

And We removed from you your burden¹⁹⁴⁵

ٱلَّذِيٓ أَنقَضَ ظَهۡرَكَ ٣

Alladhī anqada zahrak

Which had weighed upon your back

وَرَفَعۡنَا لَكَ ذِكۡرَكَ ٤

Warafa'nā laka dhikrak

And raised high for you your repute.

فَإِنَّ مَعَ ٱلۡعُسۡرِ يُسۡرًا ٥

Fa inna ma'al-'usri yusrā

For indeed, with hardship [will be] ease [i.e., relief].

إِنَّ مَعَ ٱلۡعُسۡرِ يُسۡرٗا ٦

Inna ma'al-'usri yusrā

Indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.

فَإِذَا فَرَغۡتَ فَٱنصَبۡ ٧

Fa idhā faraghta fansab

So when you have finished [your duties], then stand up [for worship].

وَإِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَٱرۡغَب ٨

Wa ilā rabbika farghab

And to your Lord direct [your] longing.

وَٱلتِّينِ وَٱلزَّيۡتُونِ ١

Wat-tīni waz-zaytūn

By the fig and the olive¹⁹⁴⁷

وَطُورِ سِينِينَ ٢

Watūri sīnīn

And [by] Mount Sinai

وَهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ ٱلۡأَمِينِ ٣

Wahādhal-baladil-amīn

And [by] this secure city [i.e., Makkah],

لَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ فِيٓ أَحۡسَنِ تَقۡوِيمٖ ٤

Laqad khalaqnal-insāna fī ahsani taqwīm

We have certainly created man in the best of stature;¹⁹⁴⁸

ثُمَّ رَدَدۡنَٰهُ أَسۡفَلَ سَٰفِلِينَ ٥

Thumma radadnāhu asfala sāfilīn

Then We return him to the lowest of the low,¹⁹⁴⁹

إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ فَلَهُمۡ أَجۡرٌ غَيۡرُ مَمۡنُونٖ ٦

Illal-ladhīna āmanū wa'amilus-sālihāti falahum ajrun ghayru mamnūn

Except for those who believe and do righteous deeds, for they will have a reward uninterrupted.

فَمَا يُكَذِّبُكَ بَعۡدُ بِٱلدِّينِ ٧

Famā yukaddhibuka ba'du bid-dīn

So what yet causes you to deny the Recompense?¹⁹⁵⁰

أَلَيۡسَ ٱللَّهُ بِأَحۡكَمِ ٱلۡحَٰكِمِينَ ٨

Alaysallāhu bi ahkamil-hākimīn

Is not Allāh the most just of judges?

ٱقۡرَأۡ بِٱسۡمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ ١

Iqra' bismi rabbikal-ladhī khalaq

Recite in the name of your Lord who created –

خَلَقَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ مِنۡ عَلَقٍ ٢

Khalaqal-insāna min 'alaq

Created man from a clinging substance.

ٱقۡرَأۡ وَرَبُّكَ ٱلۡأَكۡرَمُ ٣

Iqra' warabbukal-akram

Recite, and your Lord is the most Generous -

ٱلَّذِي عَلَّمَ بِٱلۡقَلَمِ ٤

Alladhī 'allama bil-qalam

Who taught by the pen –

عَلَّمَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ مَا لَمۡ يَعۡلَمۡ ٥

'Allamal-insāna mā lam ya'lam

Taught man that which he knew not.

كَلَّآ إِنَّ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ لَيَطۡغَىٰٓ ٦

Kallā innal-insāna layatghā

No! [But] indeed, man transgresses

أَن رَّءَاهُ ٱسۡتَغۡنَىٰٓ ٧

Ar ra'āhustaghnā

Because he sees himself self-sufficient.

إِنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ٱلرُّجۡعَىٰٓ ٨

Inna ilā rabbikar-ruj'ā

Indeed, to your Lord is the return.

أَرَءَيۡتَ ٱلَّذِي يَنۡهَىٰ ٩

Ara'aytal-ladhī yanhā

Have you seen the one who forbids

عَبۡدًا إِذَا صَلَّىٰٓ ١٠

'Abdan idhā sallā

A servant when he prays?

أَرَءَيۡتَ إِن كَانَ عَلَى ٱلۡهُدَىٰٓ ١١

Ara'ayta in kāna 'alal-hudā

Have you seen if he is upon guidance

أَوۡ أَمَرَ بِٱلتَّقۡوَىٰٓ ١٢

Aw amara bit-taqwā

Or enjoins righteousness?

أَرَءَيۡتَ إِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ ١٣

Ara'ayta in kaddhaba watawallā

Have you seen if he denies and turns away -

أَلَمۡ يَعۡلَم بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَرَىٰ ١٤

Alam ya'lam bi annallāha yarā

Does he not know that Allāh sees?

كَلَّا لَئِن لَّمۡ يَنتَهِ لَنَسۡفَعَۢا بِٱلنَّاصِيَةِ ١٥

Kallā la il lam yantahi lanasfa'ā bin-nāsiyah

No! If he does not desist, We will surely drag him by the forelock¹⁹⁵² –

نَاصِيَةٖ كَٰذِبَةٍ خَاطِئَةٖ ١٦

Nāsiyatin kādhibatin khāti'ah

A lying, sinning forelock.

فَلۡيَدۡعُ نَادِيَهُۥ ١٧

Falyad'u nādiyah

Then let him call his associates;

سَنَدۡعُ ٱلزَّبَانِيَةَ ١٨

Sanad'uz-zabāniyah

We will call the angels of Hell.¹⁹⁵³

كَلَّا لَا تُطِعۡهُ وَٱسۡجُدۡۤ وَٱقۡتَرِب۩ ١٩

Kallā lā tuti'hu wasjud waqtarib

No! Do not obey him. But prostrate and draw near [to Allāh].

إِنَّآ أَنزَلۡنَٰهُ فِي لَيۡلَةِ ٱلۡقَدۡرِ ١

Innā anzalnāhu fī laylatil-qadr

Indeed, We sent it [i.e., the Qur’ān] down during the Night of Decree.

وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا لَيۡلَةُ ٱلۡقَدۡرِ ٢

Wamā adrāka mā laylatul-qadr

And what can make you know what is the Night of Decree?

لَيۡلَةُ ٱلۡقَدۡرِ خَيۡرٞ مِّنۡ أَلۡفِ شَهۡرٖ ٣

Laylatul-qadri khayrum min alfi shahr

The Night of Decree is better than a thousand months.

تَنَزَّلُ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ فِيهَا بِإِذۡنِ رَبِّهِم مِّن كُلِّ أَمۡرٖ ٤

Tanazzalul-malā'ikatu war-rūhu fīhā bi idhni rabbihim min kulli amr

The angels and the Spirit [i.e., Gabriel] descend therein by permission of their Lord for every matter.¹⁹⁵⁵

سَلَٰمٌ هِيَ حَتَّىٰ مَطۡلَعِ ٱلۡفَجۡرِ ٥

Salāmun hiya hattā matla'il-fajr

Peace it is¹⁹⁵⁶ until the emergence of dawn.

لَمۡ يَكُنِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ مِنۡ أَهۡلِ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ وَٱلۡمُشۡرِكِينَ مُنفَكِّينَ حَتَّىٰ تَأۡتِيَهُمُ ٱلۡبَيِّنَةُ ١

Lam yakunil-ladhīna kafarū min ahlil-kitābi wal-mushrikīna munfakkīna hattā ta'tiyahumul-bayyinah

Those who disbelieved among the People of the Scripture and the polytheists were not to be parted [from misbelief]¹⁹⁵⁸ until there came to them clear evidence –

رَسُولٞ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ يَتۡلُواْ صُحُفٗا مُّطَهَّرَةٗ ٢

Rasūlum minallāhi yatlū suhufam mutahharah

A Messenger from Allāh, reciting purified¹⁹⁵⁹ scriptures

فِيهَا كُتُبٞ قَيِّمَةٞ ٣

Fīhā kutubun qayyimah

Within which are correct writings [i.e., rulings and laws].

وَمَا تَفَرَّقَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ إِلَّا مِنۢ بَعۡدِ مَا جَآءَتۡهُمُ ٱلۡبَيِّنَةُ ٤

Wamā tafarraqal-ladhīna ūtul-kitāba illā mim ba'di mā jā'athumul-bayyinah

Nor did those who were given the Scripture become divided¹⁹⁶⁰ until after there had come to them clear evidence.

وَمَآ أُمِرُوٓاْ إِلَّا لِيَعۡبُدُواْ ٱللَّهَ مُخۡلِصِينَ لَهُ ٱلدِّينَ حُنَفَآءَ وَيُقِيمُواْ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَيُؤۡتُواْ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَۚ وَذَٰلِكَ دِينُ ٱلۡقَيِّمَةِ ٥

Wamā umirū illā liya'budullāha mukhlisīna lahud-dīna hunafā'a wayuqīmus-salawāta wayu'tuz-zakawāta wadhālika dīnul-qayyimah

And they were not commanded except to worship Allāh, [being] sincere to Him in religion, inclining to truth, and to establish prayer and to give zakāh. And that is the correct religion.

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ مِنۡ أَهۡلِ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ وَٱلۡمُشۡرِكِينَ فِي نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَآۚ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمۡ شَرُّ ٱلۡبَرِيَّةِ ٦

Innal-ladhīna kafarū min ahlil-kitābi wal-mushrikīna fī nāri jahannama khālidīna fīhā ulā'ika hum sharrul-bariyyah

Indeed, they who disbelieved among the People of the Scripture and the polytheists will be in the fire of Hell, abiding eternally therein. Those are the worst of creatures.

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمۡ خَيۡرُ ٱلۡبَرِيَّةِ ٧

Innal-ladhīna āmanū wa'amilus-sālihāti ulā'ika hum khayrul-bariyyah

Indeed, they who have believed and done righteous deeds - those are the best of creatures.

جَزَآؤُهُمۡ عِندَ رَبِّهِمۡ جَنَّٰتُ عَدۡنٖ تَجۡرِي مِن تَحۡتِهَا ٱلۡأَنۡهَٰرُ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَآ أَبَدٗاۖ رَّضِيَ ٱللَّهُ عَنۡهُمۡ وَرَضُواْ عَنۡهُۚ ذَٰلِكَ لِمَنۡ خَشِيَ رَبَّهُۥ ٨

Jazā'uhum 'inda rabbihim jannātu 'adnin tajrī min tahtihal-anhāru khālidīna fīhā abadar radiyallāhu 'anhum waradū 'anhu dhālika liman khashiya rabbah

Their reward with their Lord will be gardens of perpetual residence beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide forever, Allāh being pleased with them and they with Him. That is for whoever has feared his Lord.

إِذَا زُلۡزِلَتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ زِلۡزَالَهَا ١

Idhā zulzilatil-ardu zilzālahā

When the earth is shaken with its [final] earthquake

وَأَخۡرَجَتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ أَثۡقَالَهَا ٢

Wa akhrajatil-ardu athqālahā

And the earth discharges its burdens¹⁹⁶²

وَقَالَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَا لَهَا ٣

Waqālal-insānu mā lahā

And man says,¹⁹⁶³ "What is [wrong] with it?" -

يَوۡمَئِذٖ تُحَدِّثُ أَخۡبَارَهَا ٤

Yawma'idhin tuhaddithu akhbārahā

That Day, it will report its news

بِأَنَّ رَبَّكَ أَوۡحَىٰ لَهَا ٥

Bi anna rabbaka awhā lahā

Because your Lord has inspired [i.e., commanded] it.

يَوۡمَئِذٖ يَصۡدُرُ ٱلنَّاسُ أَشۡتَاتٗا لِّيُرَوۡاْ أَعۡمَٰلَهُمۡ ٦

Yawma'idhin yasdurun-nāsu ashtātal liyuraw a'mālahum

That Day, the people will depart¹⁹⁶⁴ separated [into categories] to be shown [the result of] their deeds.

فَمَن يَعۡمَلۡ مِثۡقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ خَيۡرٗا يَرَهُۥ ٧

Faman ya'mal mithqāla dharratin khayran yarah

So whoever does an atom's weight¹⁹⁶⁵ of good will see it,

وَمَن يَعۡمَلۡ مِثۡقَالَ ذَرَّةٖ شَرّٗا يَرَهُۥ ٨

Waman ya'mal mithqāla dharratin sharran yarah

And whoever does an atom's weight of evil will see it.

وَٱلۡعَٰدِيَٰتِ ضَبۡحٗا ١

Wal-'ādiyāti dabhā

By the racers, panting,¹⁹⁶⁷

فَٱلۡمُورِيَٰتِ قَدۡحٗا ٢

Fal-mūriyāti qadhā

And the producers of sparks [when] striking¹⁹⁶⁸

فَٱلۡمُغِيرَٰتِ صُبۡحٗا ٣

Fal-mughīrāti subhā

And the chargers at dawn,¹⁹⁶⁹

فَأَثَرۡنَ بِهِۦ نَقۡعٗا ٤

Fa atharna bihī naq'ā

Stirring up thereby [clouds of] dust,

فَوَسَطۡنَ بِهِۦ جَمۡعًا ٥

Fawasatna bihī jam'ā

Arriving thereby in the center¹⁹⁷⁰ collectively,

إِنَّ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ لِرَبِّهِۦ لَكَنُودٞ ٦

Innal-insāna lirabbihī lakanūd

Indeed mankind, to his Lord, is ungrateful.

وَإِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ ذَٰلِكَ لَشَهِيدٞ ٧

Wa innahū 'alā dhālika lashahīd

And indeed, he is to that a witness.¹⁹⁷¹

وَإِنَّهُۥ لِحُبِّ ٱلۡخَيۡرِ لَشَدِيدٌ ٨

Wa innahū lihubbil-khayri lashadīd

And indeed he is, in love of wealth, intense.

۞ أَفَلَا يَعۡلَمُ إِذَا بُعۡثِرَ مَا فِي ٱلۡقُبُورِ ٩

Afalā ya'lamu idhā bu'thira mā fil-qubūr

But does he not know that when the contents of the graves are scattered

وَحُصِّلَ مَا فِي ٱلصُّدُورِ ١٠

Wahussila mā fis-sudūr

And that within the breasts is obtained,¹⁹⁷²

إِنَّ رَبَّهُم بِهِمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لَّخَبِيرُۢ ١١

Inna rabbahum bihim yawma'idhil lakhabīr

Indeed, their Lord with them, that Day, is [fully] Aware.¹⁹⁷³

ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ ١

Al-qāri'ah

The Striking Calamity -

مَا ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ ٢

Mal-qāri'ah

What is the Striking Calamity?

وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ ٣

Wamā adrāka mal-qāri'ah

And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?

يَوۡمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلۡفَرَاشِ ٱلۡمَبۡثُوثِ ٤

Yawma yakūnun-nāsu kal-farāshil-mabthūth

It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,¹⁹⁷⁵

وَتَكُونُ ٱلۡجِبَالُ كَٱلۡعِهۡنِ ٱلۡمَنفُوشِ ٥

Watakūnul-jibālu kal-'ihnil-manfūsh

And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.¹⁹⁷⁶

فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتۡ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ ٦

Fa ammā man thaqulat mawāzīnuh

Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],

فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةٖ رَّاضِيَةٖ ٧

Fahuwa fī 'īshatir rādiyah

He will be in a pleasant life.

وَأَمَّا مَنۡ خَفَّتۡ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ ٨

Wa ammā man khaffat mawāzīnuh

But as for one whose scales are light,

فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٞ ٩

Fa ummuhū hāwiyah

His refuge¹⁹⁷⁷ will be an abyss.¹⁹⁷⁸

وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهۡ ١٠

Wamā adrāka mā hiyah

And what can make you know what that is?

نَارٌ حَامِيَةُۢ ١١

Nārun hāmiyah

It is a Fire, intensely hot.

أَلۡهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ ١

Alhākumut-takāthur

Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you

حَتَّىٰ زُرۡتُمُ ٱلۡمَقَابِرَ ٢

Hattā zurtumul-maqābir

Until you visit the graveyards.¹⁹⁸⁰

كَلَّا سَوۡفَ تَعۡلَمُونَ ٣

Kallā sawfa ta'lamūn

No! You are going to know.

ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوۡفَ تَعۡلَمُونَ ٤

Thumma kallā sawfa ta'lamūn

Then, no! You are going to know.

كَلَّا لَوۡ تَعۡلَمُونَ عِلۡمَ ٱلۡيَقِينِ ٥

Kallā law ta'lamūna 'ilmal-yaqīn

No! If you only knew with knowledge of certainty...¹⁹⁸¹

لَتَرَوُنَّ ٱلۡجَحِيمَ ٦

Latarawunnal-jahīm

You will surely see the Hellfire.

ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيۡنَ ٱلۡيَقِينِ ٧

Thumma latarawunnahā 'aynal-yaqīn

Then you will surely see it with the eye of certainty.¹⁹⁸²

ثُمَّ لَتُسۡـَٔلُنَّ يَوۡمَئِذٍ عَنِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ ٨

Thumma latus'alunna yawma'idhin 'anin-na'īm

Then you will surely be asked that Day about pleasure.¹⁹⁸³

وَٱلۡعَصۡرِ ١

Wal-'asr

By time,¹⁹⁸⁵

إِنَّ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ لَفِي خُسۡرٍ ٢

Innal-insāna lafī khusr

Indeed, mankind is in loss,

إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلصَّبۡرِ ٣

Illal-ladhīna āmanū wa'amilus-sālihāti watawāsaw bil-haqqi watawāsaw bis-sabr

Except for those who have believed and done righteous deeds and advised each other to truth and advised each other to patience.

وَيۡلٞ لِّكُلِّ هُمَزَةٖ لُّمَزَةٍ ١

Waylul likulli humazatil lumazah

Woe to every scorner and mocker

ٱلَّذِي جَمَعَ مَالٗا وَعَدَّدَهُۥ ٢

Alladhī jama'a mālan wa'addadah

Who collects wealth and [continuously] counts it.¹⁹⁸⁷

يَحۡسَبُ أَنَّ مَالَهُۥٓ أَخۡلَدَهُۥ ٣

Yahsabu anna mālahū akhladah

He thinks that his wealth will make him immortal.

كَلَّاۖ لَيُنۢبَذَنَّ فِي ٱلۡحُطَمَةِ ٤

Kallā layumbadhanna fil-hutamah

No! He will surely be thrown into the Crusher.¹⁹⁸⁸

وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡحُطَمَةُ ٥

Wamā adrāka mal-hutamah

And what can make you know what is the Crusher?

نَارُ ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡمُوقَدَةُ ٦

Nārullāhil-mūqadah

It is the fire of Allāh, [eternally] fueled,

ٱلَّتِي تَطَّلِعُ عَلَى ٱلۡأَفۡـِٔدَةِ ٧

Allatī tattali'u 'alal-af'idah

Which mounts directed at the hearts.¹⁹⁸⁹

إِنَّهَا عَلَيۡهِم مُّؤۡصَدَةٞ ٨

Innahā 'alayhim mu'sadah

Indeed, it [i.e., Hellfire] will be closed down upon them

فِي عَمَدٖ مُّمَدَّدَةِۭ ٩

Fī 'amadim mumaddadah

In extended columns.¹⁹⁹⁰

أَلَمۡ تَرَ كَيۡفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصۡحَٰبِ ٱلۡفِيلِ ١

Alam tara kayfa fa'ala rabbuka bi ashābil-fīl

Have you not considered, [O Muḥammad], how your Lord dealt with the companions of the elephant?¹⁹⁹²

أَلَمۡ يَجۡعَلۡ كَيۡدَهُمۡ فِي تَضۡلِيلٖ ٢

Alam yaj'al kaydahum fī tadlīl

Did He not make their plan into misguidance?¹⁹⁹³

وَأَرۡسَلَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ طَيۡرًا أَبَابِيلَ ٣

Wa arsala 'alayhim tayran abābīl

And He sent against them birds in flocks,

تَرۡمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةٖ مِّن سِجِّيلٖ ٤

Tarmīhim bihijāratim min sijjīl

Striking them with stones of hard clay,

فَجَعَلَهُمۡ كَعَصۡفٖ مَّأۡكُولِۭ ٥

Faja'alahum ka'asfim ma'kūl

And He made them like eaten straw.¹⁹⁹⁴

لِإِيلَٰفِ قُرَيۡشٍ ١

Li īlāfi quraysh

For the accustomed security of the Quraysh¹⁹⁹⁶ -

إِۦلَٰفِهِمۡ رِحۡلَةَ ٱلشِّتَآءِ وَٱلصَّيۡفِ ٢

Īlāfihim rihlatash-shitā'i was-sayf

Their accustomed security [in] the caravan of winter and summer¹⁹⁹⁷ -

فَلۡيَعۡبُدُواْ رَبَّ هَٰذَا ٱلۡبَيۡتِ ٣

Falya'budū rabba hādhal-bayt

Let them worship the Lord of this House,¹⁹⁹⁸

ٱلَّذِيٓ أَطۡعَمَهُم مِّن جُوعٖ وَءَامَنَهُم مِّنۡ خَوۡفِۭ ٤

Alladhī at'amahum min jū'in wa āmanahum min khawf

Who has fed them, [saving them] from hunger and made them safe, [saving them] from fear.

أَرَءَيۡتَ ٱلَّذِي يُكَذِّبُ بِٱلدِّينِ ١

Ara'aytal-ladhī yukaddhibu bid-dīn

Have you seen the one who denies the Recompense?

فَذَٰلِكَ ٱلَّذِي يَدُعُّ ٱلۡيَتِيمَ ٢

Fadhālikal-ladhī yadu''ul-yatīm

For that is the one who drives away the orphan

وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلۡمِسۡكِينِ ٣

Walā yahuddu 'alā ta'āmil-miskīn

And does not encourage the feeding of the poor.

فَوَيۡلٞ لِّلۡمُصَلِّينَ ٤

Fawaylul lil-musallīn

So woe to those who pray

ٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ عَن صَلَاتِهِمۡ سَاهُونَ ٥

Alladhīna hum 'an salātihim sāhūn

[But] who are heedless of their prayer²⁰⁰⁰ -

ٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ يُرَآءُونَ ٦

Alladhīna hum yurā'ūn

Those who make show [of their deeds]

وَيَمۡنَعُونَ ٱلۡمَاعُونَ ٧

Wayamna'ūnal-mā'ūn

And withhold [simple] assistance.

إِنَّآ أَعۡطَيۡنَٰكَ ٱلۡكَوۡثَرَ ١

Innā a'taynākal-kawthar

Indeed, We have granted you, [O Muḥammad], al-Kawthar.

فَصَلِّ لِرَبِّكَ وَٱنۡحَرۡ ٢

Fasalli lirabbika wanhar

So pray to your Lord and offer sacrifice [to Him alone].

إِنَّ شَانِئَكَ هُوَ ٱلۡأَبۡتَرُ ٣

Inna shāni'aka huwal-abtar

Indeed, your enemy is the one cut off.²⁰⁰²

قُلۡ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلۡكَٰفِرُونَ ١

Qul yā'ayyuhal-kāfirūn

Say, "O disbelievers,

لَآ أَعۡبُدُ مَا تَعۡبُدُونَ ٢

Lā a'budu mā ta'budūn

I do not worship what you worship.

وَلَآ أَنتُمۡ عَٰبِدُونَ مَآ أَعۡبُدُ ٣

Walā antum 'ābidūna mā a'bud

Nor are you worshippers of what I worship.

وَلَآ أَنَا۠ عَابِدٞ مَّا عَبَدتُّمۡ ٤

Walā ana 'ābidum mā 'abattum

Nor will I be a worshipper of what you worship.

وَلَآ أَنتُمۡ عَٰبِدُونَ مَآ أَعۡبُدُ ٥

Walā antum 'ābidūna mā a'bud

Nor will you be worshippers of what I worship.

لَكُمۡ دِينُكُمۡ وَلِيَ دِينِ ٦

Lakum dīnukum waliya dīn

For you is your religion, and for me is my religion."

إِذَا جَآءَ نَصۡرُ ٱللَّهِ وَٱلۡفَتۡحُ ١

Idhā jā'a nasrullāhi wal-fath

When the victory of Allāh has come and the conquest,²⁰⁰⁵

وَرَأَيۡتَ ٱلنَّاسَ يَدۡخُلُونَ فِي دِينِ ٱللَّهِ أَفۡوَاجٗا ٢

Wara'aytan-nāsa yadkhulūna fī dīnillāhi afwājā

And you see the people entering into the religion of Allāh in multitudes,

فَسَبِّحۡ بِحَمۡدِ رَبِّكَ وَٱسۡتَغۡفِرۡهُۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ تَوَّابَۢا ٣

Fasabbih bihamdi rabbika wastaghfirhu innahū kāna tawwābā

Then exalt [Him] with praise of your Lord and ask forgiveness of Him. Indeed, He is ever Accepting of Repentance.²⁰⁰⁶

تَبَّتۡ يَدَآ أَبِي لَهَبٖ وَتَبَّ ١

Tabbat yadā abī lahabin watabb

May the hands of Abū Lahab be ruined, and ruined is he.²⁰⁰⁸

مَآ أَغۡنَىٰ عَنۡهُ مَالُهُۥ وَمَا كَسَبَ ٢

Mā aghnā 'anhu māluhū wamā kasab

His wealth will not avail him or that which he gained.

سَيَصۡلَىٰ نَارٗا ذَاتَ لَهَبٖ ٣

Sayaslā nāran dhāta lahab

He will [enter to] burn in a Fire of [blazing] flame

وَٱمۡرَأَتُهُۥ حَمَّالَةَ ٱلۡحَطَبِ ٤

Wamra'atuhū hammālatal-hatab

And his wife [as well] - the carrier of firewood.²⁰⁰⁹

فِي جِيدِهَا حَبۡلٞ مِّن مَّسَدِۭ ٥

Fī jīdihā hablum mim masad

Around her neck is a rope of [twisted] fiber.

قُلۡ هُوَ ٱللَّهُ أَحَدٌ ١

Qul huwallāhu ahad

Say, "He is Allāh, [who is] One,²⁰¹¹

ٱللَّهُ ٱلصَّمَدُ ٢

Allāhus-samad

Allāh, the Eternal Refuge.²⁰¹²

لَمۡ يَلِدۡ وَلَمۡ يُولَدۡ ٣

Lam yalid walam yūlad

He neither begets nor is born,

وَلَمۡ يَكُن لَّهُۥ كُفُوًا أَحَدُۢ ٤

Walam yakul lahū kufuwan ahad

Nor is there to Him any equivalent."

قُلۡ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ ٱلۡفَلَقِ ١

Qul a'ūdhu birabbil-falaq

Say, "I seek refuge in the Lord of daybreak

مِن شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ ٢

Min sharri mā khalaq

From the evil of that which He created

وَمِن شَرِّ غَاسِقٍ إِذَا وَقَبَ ٣

Wamin sharri ghāsiqin idhā waqab

And from the evil of darkness when it settles

وَمِن شَرِّ ٱلنَّفَّٰثَٰتِ فِي ٱلۡعُقَدِ ٤

Wamin sharrin-naffāthāti fil-'uqad

And from the evil of the blowers in knots²⁰¹⁴

وَمِن شَرِّ حَاسِدٍ إِذَا حَسَدَ ٥

Wamin sharri hāsidin idhā hasad

And from the evil of an envier when he envies."

قُلۡ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ ٱلنَّاسِ ١

Qul a'ūdhu birabbin-nās

Say, "I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind,

مَلِكِ ٱلنَّاسِ ٢

Malikin-nās

The Sovereign of mankind,

إِلَٰهِ ٱلنَّاسِ ٣

Ilāhin-nās

The God of mankind,

مِن شَرِّ ٱلۡوَسۡوَاسِ ٱلۡخَنَّاسِ ٤

Min sharril-waswāsil-khannās

From the evil of the retreating whisperer²⁰¹⁶ -

ٱلَّذِي يُوَسۡوِسُ فِي صُدُورِ ٱلنَّاسِ ٥

Alladhī yuwaswisu fī sudūrin-nās

Who whispers [evil] into the breasts of mankind -

مِنَ ٱلۡجِنَّةِ وَٱلنَّاسِ ٦

Minal-jinnati wan-nās

From among the jinn and mankind."²⁰¹⁷