Surah Ash-Shu'araa

طسٓمٓ

Ta Sin Mim.

تِلْكَ ءَايَٰتُ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ ٱلْمُبِينِ

These are the verses of the Book that makes (things) clear.

لَعَلَّكَ بَٰخِعٌ نَّفْسَكَ أَلَّا يَكُونُوا۟ مُؤْمِنِينَ

Perhaps you will kill yourself with grief because they do not believe.

إِن نَّشَأْ نُنَزِّلْ عَلَيْهِم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ ءَايَةً فَظَلَّتْ أَعْنَٰقُهُمْ لَهَا خَٰضِعِينَ

If We please, We should send down upon them a sign from the heaven so that their necks should stoop to it.

وَمَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن ذِكْرٍ مِّنَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ مُحْدَثٍ إِلَّا كَانُوا۟ عَنْهُ مُعْرِضِينَ

And there does not come to them a new reminder from the Beneficent Allah but they turn aside from it.

فَقَدْ كَذَّبُوا۟ فَسَيَأْتِيهِمْ أَنۢبَٰٓؤُا۟ مَا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

So they have indeed rejected (the truth), therefore the news of that which they mock shall soon come to them.

أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَمْ أَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ زَوْجٍ كَرِيمٍ

Do they not see the earth, how many of every noble kind We have caused to grow in it?

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

Most surely there is a sign in that, but most of them will not believe.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

And most surely your Lord is the Mighty, the Merciful.

وَإِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبُّكَ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنِ ٱئْتِ ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

And when your Lord called out to Musa, saying: Go to the unjust people,

قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ أَلَا يَتَّقُونَ

The people of Firon: Will they not guard (against evil)?

قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ أَن يُكَذِّبُونِ

He said: O my Lord! surely I fear that they will reject me;

وَيَضِيقُ صَدْرِى وَلَا يَنطَلِقُ لِسَانِى فَأَرْسِلْ إِلَىٰ هَٰرُونَ

And by breast straitens, and my tongue is not eloquent, therefore send Thou to Haroun (to help me);

وَلَهُمْ عَلَىَّ ذَنۢبٌ فَأَخَافُ أَن يَقْتُلُونِ

And they have a crime against me, therefore I fear that they may slay me.

قَالَ كَلَّا فَٱذْهَبَا بِـَٔايَٰتِنَآ إِنَّا مَعَكُم مُّسْتَمِعُونَ

He said: By no means, so go you both with Our signs; surely We are with you, hearing;

فَأْتِيَا فِرْعَوْنَ فَقُولَآ إِنَّا رَسُولُ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

Then come to Firon and say: Surely we are the apostles of the Lord of the worlds:

أَنْ أَرْسِلْ مَعَنَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ

Then send with us the children of Israel.

قَالَ أَلَمْ نُرَبِّكَ فِينَا وَلِيدًا وَلَبِثْتَ فِينَا مِنْ عُمُرِكَ سِنِينَ

(Firon) said: Did we not bring you up as a child among us, and you tarried among us for (many) years of your life?

وَفَعَلْتَ فَعْلَتَكَ ٱلَّتِى فَعَلْتَ وَأَنتَ مِنَ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ

And you did (that) deed of yours which you did, and you are one of the ungrateful.

قَالَ فَعَلْتُهَآ إِذًا وَأَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ

He said: I did it then while I was of those unable to see the right course;

فَفَرَرْتُ مِنكُمْ لَمَّا خِفْتُكُمْ فَوَهَبَ لِى رَبِّى حُكْمًا وَجَعَلَنِى مِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

So I fled from you when I feared you, then my Lord granted me wisdom and made me of the apostles;

وَتِلْكَ نِعْمَةٌ تَمُنُّهَا عَلَىَّ أَنْ عَبَّدتَّ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ

And is it a favor of which you remind me that you have enslaved the children of Israel?

قَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَا رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

Firon said: And what is the Lord of the worlds?

قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ إِن كُنتُم مُّوقِنِينَ

He said: The Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between them, if you would be sure.

قَالَ لِمَنْ حَوْلَهُۥٓ أَلَا تَسْتَمِعُونَ

(Firon) said to those around him: Do you not hear?

قَالَ رَبُّكُمْ وَرَبُّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

He said: Your Lord and the Lord of your fathers of old.

قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَكُمُ ٱلَّذِىٓ أُرْسِلَ إِلَيْكُمْ لَمَجْنُونٌ

Said he: Most surely your Apostle who is sent to you is mad.

قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلْمَشْرِقِ وَٱلْمَغْرِبِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ

He said: The Lord of the east and the west and what is between them, if you understand.

قَالَ لَئِنِ ٱتَّخَذْتَ إِلَٰهًا غَيْرِى لَأَجْعَلَنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْمَسْجُونِينَ

Said he: If you will take a god besides me, I will most certainly make you one of the imprisoned.

قَالَ أَوَلَوْ جِئْتُكَ بِشَىْءٍ مُّبِينٍ

He said: What! even if I bring to you something manifest?

قَالَ فَأْتِ بِهِۦٓ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ

Said he: Bring it then, if you are of the truthful ones.

فَأَلْقَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِىَ ثُعْبَانٌ مُّبِينٌ

So he cast down his rod, and lo! it was an obvious serpent,

وَنَزَعَ يَدَهُۥ فَإِذَا هِىَ بَيْضَآءُ لِلنَّٰظِرِينَ

And he drew forth his hand, and lo! it appeared white to the onlookers.

قَالَ لِلْمَلَإِ حَوْلَهُۥٓ إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَسَٰحِرٌ عَلِيمٌ

(Firon) said to the chiefs around him: Most surely this is a skillful magician,

يُرِيدُ أَن يُخْرِجَكُم مِّنْ أَرْضِكُم بِسِحْرِهِۦ فَمَاذَا تَأْمُرُونَ

Who desires to turn you out of your land with his magic; what is it then that you advise?

قَالُوٓا۟ أَرْجِهْ وَأَخَاهُ وَٱبْعَثْ فِى ٱلْمَدَآئِنِ حَٰشِرِينَ

They said: Give him and his brother respite and send heralds into the cities

يَأْتُوكَ بِكُلِّ سَحَّارٍ عَلِيمٍ

That they should bring to you every skillful magician.

فَجُمِعَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ لِمِيقَٰتِ يَوْمٍ مَّعْلُومٍ

So the magicians were gathered together at the appointed time on the fixed day,

وَقِيلَ لِلنَّاسِ هَلْ أَنتُم مُّجْتَمِعُونَ

And it was said to the people: Will you gather together?

لَعَلَّنَا نَتَّبِعُ ٱلسَّحَرَةَ إِن كَانُوا۟ هُمُ ٱلْغَٰلِبِينَ

Haply we may follow the magicians, if they are the vanquishers.

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

And when the magicians came, they said to Firon: Shall we get a reward if we are the vanquishers?

قَالَ نَعَمْ وَإِنَّكُمْ إِذًا لَّمِنَ ٱلْمُقَرَّبِينَ

He said: Yes, and surely you will then be of those who are made near.

قَالَ لَهُم مُّوسَىٰٓ أَلْقُوا۟ مَآ أَنتُم مُّلْقُونَ

Musa said to them: Cast what you are going to cast.

فَأَلْقَوْا۟ حِبَالَهُمْ وَعِصِيَّهُمْ وَقَالُوا۟ بِعِزَّةِ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّا لَنَحْنُ ٱلْغَٰلِبُونَ

So they cast down their cords and their rods and said: By Firon's power, we shall most surely be victorious.

فَأَلْقَىٰ مُوسَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِىَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُونَ

Then Musa cast down his staff and lo! it swallowed up the lies they told.

فَأُلْقِىَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ سَٰجِدِينَ

And the magicians were thrown down prostrate;

قَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا بِرَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

They said: We believe in the Lord of the worlds:

رَبِّ مُوسَىٰ وَهَٰرُونَ

The Lord of Musa and Haroun.

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

Said he: You believe in him before I give you permission; most surely he is the chief of you who taught you the magic, so you shall know: certainly I will cut off your hands and your feet on opposite sides, and certainly I will crucify you all.

قَالُوا۟ لَا ضَيْرَ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا مُنقَلِبُونَ

They said: No harm; surely to our Lord we go back;

إِنَّا نَطْمَعُ أَن يَغْفِرَ لَنَا رَبُّنَا خَطَٰيَٰنَآ أَن كُنَّآ أَوَّلَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

Surely we hope that our Lord will forgive us our wrongs because we are the first of the believers.

وَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنْ أَسْرِ بِعِبَادِىٓ إِنَّكُم مُّتَّبَعُونَ

And We revealed to Musa, saying: Go away with My servants travelling by night, surely you will be pursued.

فَأَرْسَلَ فِرْعَوْنُ فِى ٱلْمَدَآئِنِ حَٰشِرِينَ

So Firon sent heralds into the cities;

إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَشِرْذِمَةٌ قَلِيلُونَ

Most surely these are a small company;

وَإِنَّهُمْ لَنَا لَغَآئِظُونَ

And most surely they have enraged us;

وَإِنَّا لَجَمِيعٌ حَٰذِرُونَ

And most surely we are a vigilant multitude.

فَأَخْرَجْنَٰهُم مِّن جَنَّٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ

So We turned them out of gardens and springs,

وَكُنُوزٍ وَمَقَامٍ كَرِيمٍ

And treasures and goodly dwellings,

كَذَٰلِكَ وَأَوْرَثْنَٰهَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ

Even so. And We gave them as a heritage to the children of Israel.

فَأَتْبَعُوهُم مُّشْرِقِينَ

Then they pursued them at sunrise.

فَلَمَّا تَرَٰٓءَا ٱلْجَمْعَانِ قَالَ أَصْحَٰبُ مُوسَىٰٓ إِنَّا لَمُدْرَكُونَ

So when the two hosts saw each other, the companions of Musa cried out: Most surely we are being overtaken.

قَالَ كَلَّآ إِنَّ مَعِىَ رَبِّى سَيَهْدِينِ

He said: By no means; surely my Lord is with me: He will show me a way out.

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

Then We revealed to Musa: Strike the sea with your staff. So it had cloven asunder, and each part was like a huge mound.

وَأَزْلَفْنَا ثَمَّ ٱلْءَاخَرِينَ

And We brought near, there, the others.

وَأَنجَيْنَا مُوسَىٰ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥٓ أَجْمَعِينَ

And We saved Musa and those with him, all of them.

ثُمَّ أَغْرَقْنَا ٱلْءَاخَرِينَ

Then We drowned the others.

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

Most surely there is a sign in this, but most of them do not believe.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

And most surely your Lord is the Mighty, the Merciful.

وَٱتْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ نَبَأَ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ

And recite to them the story of Ibrahim.

إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِۦ مَا تَعْبُدُونَ

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

قَالُوا۟ نَعْبُدُ أَصْنَامًا فَنَظَلُّ لَهَا عَٰكِفِينَ

They said: We worship idols, so we shall be their votaries.

قَالَ هَلْ يَسْمَعُونَكُمْ إِذْ تَدْعُونَ

He said: Do they hear you when you call?

أَوْ يَنفَعُونَكُمْ أَوْ يَضُرُّونَ

Or do they profit you or cause you harm?

قَالُوا۟ بَلْ وَجَدْنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا كَذَٰلِكَ يَفْعَلُونَ

They said: Nay, we found our fathers doing so.

قَالَ أَفَرَءَيْتُم مَّا كُنتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَ

He said: Have you then considered what you have been worshipping:

أَنتُمْ وَءَابَآؤُكُمُ ٱلْأَقْدَمُونَ

You and your ancient sires.

فَإِنَّهُمْ عَدُوٌّ لِّىٓ إِلَّا رَبَّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

Surely they are enemies to me, but not (so) the Lord of the worlds;

ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَنِى فَهُوَ يَهْدِينِ

Who created me, then He has shown me the way:

وَٱلَّذِى هُوَ يُطْعِمُنِى وَيَسْقِينِ

And He Who gives me to eat and gives me to drink:

وَإِذَا مَرِضْتُ فَهُوَ يَشْفِينِ

And when I am sick, then He restores me to health

وَٱلَّذِى يُمِيتُنِى ثُمَّ يُحْيِينِ

And He Who will cause me to die, then give me life;

وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَطْمَعُ أَن يَغْفِرَ لِى خَطِيٓـَٔتِى يَوْمَ ٱلدِّينِ

And Who, I hope, will forgive me my mistakes on the day of judgment.

رَبِّ هَبْ لِى حُكْمًا وَأَلْحِقْنِى بِٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ

My Lord: Grant me wisdom, and join me with the good

وَٱجْعَل لِّى لِسَانَ صِدْقٍ فِى ٱلْءَاخِرِينَ

And ordain for me a goodly mention among posterity

وَٱجْعَلْنِى مِن وَرَثَةِ جَنَّةِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ

And make me of the heirs of the garden of bliss

وَٱغْفِرْ لِأَبِىٓ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ

And forgive my father, for surely he is of those who have gone astray;

وَلَا تُخْزِنِى يَوْمَ يُبْعَثُونَ

And disgrace me not on the day when they are raised

يَوْمَ لَا يَنفَعُ مَالٌ وَلَا بَنُونَ

The day on which property will not avail, nor sons

إِلَّا مَنْ أَتَى ٱللَّهَ بِقَلْبٍ سَلِيمٍ

Except him who comes to Allah with a heart free (from evil).

وَأُزْلِفَتِ ٱلْجَنَّةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ

And the garden shall be brought near for those who guard (against evil),

وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِلْغَاوِينَ

And the hell shall be made manifest to the erring ones,

وَقِيلَ لَهُمْ أَيْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَ

And it shall be said to them: Where are those that you used to worship;

مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ هَلْ يَنصُرُونَكُمْ أَوْ يَنتَصِرُونَ

Besides Allah? Can they help you or yet help themselves?

فَكُبْكِبُوا۟ فِيهَا هُمْ وَٱلْغَاوُۥنَ

So they shall be thrown down into it, they and the erring ones,

وَجُنُودُ إِبْلِيسَ أَجْمَعُونَ

And the hosts of the Shaitan, all.

قَالُوا۟ وَهُمْ فِيهَا يَخْتَصِمُونَ

They shall say while they contend therein:

تَٱللَّهِ إِن كُنَّا لَفِى ضَلَٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ

By Allah! we were certainly in manifest error,

إِذْ نُسَوِّيكُم بِرَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

When we made you equal to the Lord of the worlds;

وَمَآ أَضَلَّنَآ إِلَّا ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ

And none but the guilty led us astray;

فَمَا لَنَا مِن شَٰفِعِينَ

So we have no intercessors,

وَلَا صَدِيقٍ حَمِيمٍ

Nor a true friend;

فَلَوْ أَنَّ لَنَا كَرَّةً فَنَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

But if we could but once return, we would be of the believers.

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

Most surely there is a sign in this, but most of them do not believe.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

And most surely your Lord is the Mighty, the Merciful.

كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

The people of Nuh rejected the apostles.

إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ نُوحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

When their brother Nuh said to them: Will you not guard (against evil)?

إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ

Surely I am a faithful apostle to you;

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

Therefore guard against (the punishment of) Allah and obey me

وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

And I do not ask you any reward for it; my reward is only with the Lord of the worlds:

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

So guard against (the punishment of) Allah and obey me.

قَالُوٓا۟ أَنُؤْمِنُ لَكَ وَٱتَّبَعَكَ ٱلْأَرْذَلُونَ

They said: Shall we believe in you while the meanest follow you?

قَالَ وَمَا عِلْمِى بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

He said: And what knowledge have I of what they do?

إِنْ حِسَابُهُمْ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّى لَوْ تَشْعُرُونَ

Their account is only with my Lord, if you could perceive

وَمَآ أَنَا۠ بِطَارِدِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

And I am not going to drive away the believers;

إِنْ أَنَا۠ إِلَّا نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ

I am naught but a plain warner.

قَالُوا۟ لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهِ يَٰنُوحُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْمَرْجُومِينَ

They said: If you desist not, O Nuh, you shall most certainly be of those stoned to death.

قَالَ رَبِّ إِنَّ قَوْمِى كَذَّبُونِ

He said: My Lord! Surely my people give me the lie!

فَٱفْتَحْ بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَهُمْ فَتْحًا وَنَجِّنِى وَمَن مَّعِىَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

Therefore judge Thou between me and them with a (just) judgment, and deliver me and those who are with me of the believers.

فَأَنجَيْنَٰهُ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥ فِى ٱلْفُلْكِ ٱلْمَشْحُونِ

So We delivered him and those with him in the laden ark.

ثُمَّ أَغْرَقْنَا بَعْدُ ٱلْبَاقِينَ

Then We drowned the rest afterwards

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

Most surely there is a sign in this, but most of them do not believe.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

And most surely your Lord is the Mighty, the Merciful.

كَذَّبَتْ عَادٌ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

Ad gave the lie to the apostles.

إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ هُودٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

When their brother Hud said to them: Will you not guard (against evil)?

إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ

Surely I am a faithful apostle to you;

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

Therefore guard against (the punishment of) Allah and obey me:

وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

And I do not ask you any reward for it; surely my reward is only with the Lord of the worlds

أَتَبْنُونَ بِكُلِّ رِيعٍ ءَايَةً تَعْبَثُونَ

Do you build on every height a monument? Vain is it that you do:

وَتَتَّخِذُونَ مَصَانِعَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَخْلُدُونَ

And you make strong fortresses that perhaps you may

وَإِذَا بَطَشْتُم بَطَشْتُمْ جَبَّارِينَ

And when you lay hands (on men) you lay hands (like) tyrants;

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

So guard against (the punishment of) Allah and obey me

وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَمَدَّكُم بِمَا تَعْلَمُونَ

And be careful of (your duty to) Him Who has given you abundance of what you know.

أَمَدَّكُم بِأَنْعَٰمٍ وَبَنِينَ

He has given you abundance of cattle and children

وَجَنَّٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ

And gardens and fountains;

إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ

Surely I fear for you the chastisement of a grievous day

قَالُوا۟ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيْنَآ أَوَعَظْتَ أَمْ لَمْ تَكُن مِّنَ ٱلْوَٰعِظِينَ

They said: It is the same to us whether you admonish or are not one of the admonishers

إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا خُلُقُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

This is naught but a custom of the ancients;

وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ

And we are not going to be punished.

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَهْلَكْنَٰهُمْ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

So they gave him the lie, then We destroyed them. Most surely there is a sign in this, but most of them do not believe.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

And most surely your Lord is the Mighty, the Merciful.

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

Samood gave the lie to the apostles

إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ صَٰلِحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

When their brother Salih said to them: Will you not guard (against evil)?

إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ

Surely I am a faithful apostle to you

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

Therefore guard against (the punishment of) Allah and obey me:

وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

And I do not ask you any reward for it; my reward is only with the Lord of the worlds:

أَتُتْرَكُونَ فِى مَا هَٰهُنَآ ءَامِنِينَ

Will you be left secure in what is here;

فِى جَنَّٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ

In gardens and fountains,

وَزُرُوعٍ وَنَخْلٍ طَلْعُهَا هَضِيمٌ

And cornfields and palm-trees having fine spadices?

وَتَنْحِتُونَ مِنَ ٱلْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا فَٰرِهِينَ

And you hew houses out of the mountains exultingly;

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

Therefore guard against (the punishment of) Allah and obey me;

وَلَا تُطِيعُوٓا۟ أَمْرَ ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ

And do not obey the bidding of the extravagant,

ٱلَّذِينَ يُفْسِدُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا يُصْلِحُونَ

Who make mischief in the land and do not act aright.

قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلْمُسَحَّرِينَ

They said: You are only of the deluded ones;

مَآ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُنَا فَأْتِ بِـَٔايَةٍ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ

You are naught but a mortal like ourselves; so bring a sign if you are one of the truthful.

قَالَ هَٰذِهِۦ نَاقَةٌ لَّهَا شِرْبٌ وَلَكُمْ شِرْبُ يَوْمٍ مَّعْلُومٍ

He said: This is a she-camel; she shall have her portion of water, and you have your portion of water on an appointed time;

وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوٓءٍ فَيَأْخُذَكُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ

And do not touch her with evil, lest the punishment of a grievous day should overtake you.

فَعَقَرُوهَا فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ نَٰدِمِينَ

But they hamstrung her, then regretted;

فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

So the punishment overtook them. Most surely there is a sign in this, but most of them do not believe.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

And most surely your Lord is the Mighty, the Merciful.

كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ لُوطٍ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

The people of Lut gave the lie to the apostles.

إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ لُوطٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

When their brother Lut said to them: Will you not guard (against evil)?

إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ

Surely I am a faithful apostle to you;

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

Therefore guard against (the punishment of) Allah and obey me:

وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

And I do not ask you any reward for it; my reward is only with the Lord of the worlds;

أَتَأْتُونَ ٱلذُّكْرَانَ مِنَ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

What! do you come to the males from among the creatures

وَتَذَرُونَ مَا خَلَقَ لَكُمْ رَبُّكُم مِّنْ أَزْوَٰجِكُم بَلْ أَنتُمْ قَوْمٌ عَادُونَ

And leave what your Lord has created for you of your wives? Nay, you are a people exceeding limits.

قَالُوا۟ لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهِ يَٰلُوطُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْمُخْرَجِينَ

They said: If you desist not, O Lut! you shall surely be of those who are expelled.

قَالَ إِنِّى لِعَمَلِكُم مِّنَ ٱلْقَالِينَ

He said: Surely I am of those who utterly abhor your doing;

رَبِّ نَجِّنِى وَأَهْلِى مِمَّا يَعْمَلُونَ

My Lord! deliver me and my followers from what they do.

فَنَجَّيْنَٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥٓ أَجْمَعِينَ

So We delivered him and his followers all,

إِلَّا عَجُوزًا فِى ٱلْغَٰبِرِينَ

Except an old woman, among those who remained behind.

ثُمَّ دَمَّرْنَا ٱلْءَاخَرِينَ

Then We utterly destroyed the others.

وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِم مَّطَرًا فَسَآءَ مَطَرُ ٱلْمُنذَرِينَ

And We rained down upon them a rain, and evil was the rain on those warned.

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

Most surely there is a sign in this, but most of them do not believe.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

And most surely your Lord is the Mighty, the Merciful.

كَذَّبَ أَصْحَٰبُ لْـَٔيْكَةِ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

The dwellers of the thicket gave the lie to the apostles.

إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ شُعَيْبٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

When Shu'aib said to them: Will you not guard (against evil)?

إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ

Surely I am a faithful apostle to you;

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

Therefore guard against (the punishment of) Allah and obey me:

وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

And I do not ask you any reward for it, my reward is only with the Lord of the worlds;

أَوْفُوا۟ ٱلْكَيْلَ وَلَا تَكُونُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْمُخْسِرِينَ

Give a full measure and be not of those who diminish;

وَزِنُوا۟ بِٱلْقِسْطَاسِ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمِ

And weigh (things) with a right balance,

وَلَا تَبْخَسُوا۟ ٱلنَّاسَ أَشْيَآءَهُمْ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ

And do not wrong men of their things, and do not act corruptly in the earth, making mischief.

وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُمْ وَٱلْجِبِلَّةَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

And guard against (the punishment of) Him who created you and the former nations.

قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلْمُسَحَّرِينَ

They said: You are only of those deluded;

وَمَآ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُنَا وَإِن نَّظُنُّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلْكَٰذِبِينَ

And you are naught but a mortal like ourselves, and we know you to be certainly of the liars.

فَأَسْقِطْ عَلَيْنَا كِسَفًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ

Therefore cause a portion of the heaven to come down upon us, if you are one of the truthful.

قَالَ رَبِّىٓ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ

He said: My Lord knows best what you do.

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمِ ٱلظُّلَّةِ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ

But they called him a liar, so the punishment of the day of covering overtook them; surely it was the punishment of a grievous day.

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

Most surely there is a sign in this, but most of them do not believe.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

And most surely your Lord is Mighty, the Merciful.

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَنزِيلُ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

And most surely this is a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.

نَزَلَ بِهِ ٱلرُّوحُ ٱلْأَمِينُ

The Faithful Spirit has descended with it,

عَلَىٰ قَلْبِكَ لِتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُنذِرِينَ

Upon your heart that you may be of the warners

بِلِسَانٍ عَرَبِىٍّ مُّبِينٍ

In plain Arabic language.

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَفِى زُبُرِ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

And most surely the same is in the scriptures of the ancients.

أَوَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُمْ ءَايَةً أَن يَعْلَمَهُۥ عُلَمَٰٓؤُا۟ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ

Is it not a sign to them that the learned men of the Israelites know it?

وَلَوْ نَزَّلْنَٰهُ عَلَىٰ بَعْضِ ٱلْأَعْجَمِينَ

And if we had revealed it to any of the foreigners

فَقَرَأَهُۥ عَلَيْهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ مُؤْمِنِينَ

So that he should have recited it to them, they would not have believed therein.

كَذَٰلِكَ سَلَكْنَٰهُ فِى قُلُوبِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ

Thus have We caused it to enter into the hearts of the guilty.

لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِۦ حَتَّىٰ يَرَوُا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَلِيمَ

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

فَيَأْتِيَهُم بَغْتَةً وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

And it shall come to them all of a sudden, while they shall not perceive;

فَيَقُولُوا۟ هَلْ نَحْنُ مُنظَرُونَ

Then they will say: Shall we be respited?

أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا يَسْتَعْجِلُونَ

What! do they still seek to hasten on Our punishment?

أَفَرَءَيْتَ إِن مَّتَّعْنَٰهُمْ سِنِينَ

Have you then considered if We let them enjoy themselves for years,

ثُمَّ جَآءَهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يُوعَدُونَ

Then there comes to them that with which they are threatened,

مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يُمَتَّعُونَ

That which they were made to enjoy shall not avail them?

وَمَآ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا لَهَا مُنذِرُونَ

And We did not destroy any town but it had (its) warners,

ذِكْرَىٰ وَمَا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ

To remind, and We are never unjust.

وَمَا تَنَزَّلَتْ بِهِ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينُ

And the Shaitans have not come down with it.

وَمَا يَنۢبَغِى لَهُمْ وَمَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ

And it behoves them not, and they have not the power to do (it).

إِنَّهُمْ عَنِ ٱلسَّمْعِ لَمَعْزُولُونَ

Most surely they are far removed from the hearing of it.

فَلَا تَدْعُ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُعَذَّبِينَ

So call not upon another god with Allah, lest you be of those who are punished.

وَأَنذِرْ عَشِيرَتَكَ ٱلْأَقْرَبِينَ

And warn your nearest relations,

وَٱخْفِضْ جَنَاحَكَ لِمَنِ ٱتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

And be kind to him who follows you of the believers.

فَإِنْ عَصَوْكَ فَقُلْ إِنِّى بَرِىٓءٌ مِّمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ

But if they disobey you, then say: Surely I am clear of what you do.

وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

And rely on the Mighty, the Merciful,

ٱلَّذِى يَرَىٰكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ

Who sees you when you stand up.

وَتَقَلُّبَكَ فِى ٱلسَّٰجِدِينَ

And your turning over and over among those who prostrate themselves before Allah.

إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ

Surely He is the Hearing, the Knowing.

هَلْ أُنَبِّئُكُمْ عَلَىٰ مَن تَنَزَّلُ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينُ

Shall I inform you (of him) upon whom the Shaitans descend?

تَنَزَّلُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ أَفَّاكٍ أَثِيمٍ

They descend upon every lying, sinful one,

يُلْقُونَ ٱلسَّمْعَ وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ كَٰذِبُونَ

They incline their ears, and most of them are liars.

وَٱلشُّعَرَآءُ يَتَّبِعُهُمُ ٱلْغَاوُۥنَ

And as to the poets, those who go astray follow them.

أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّهُمْ فِى كُلِّ وَادٍ يَهِيمُونَ

Do you not see that they wander about bewildered in every valley?

وَأَنَّهُمْ يَقُولُونَ مَا لَا يَفْعَلُونَ

And that they say that which they do not do,

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

Except those who believe and do good and remember Allah much, and defend themselves after they are oppressed; and they who act unjustly shall know to what final place of turning they shall turn back.