Juz 27 — Part 27 of 30

Qaala famaa khatbukum ayyuhal mursaloon

Said [Abraham]: “And what [else] may you have in view, O you [heavenly] messengers?”

Qaalooo innaaa ursilnaaa ilaa qawmim mujrimeen

They answered: “Behold, we have been sent unto a people lost in sin,

Linursila 'alaihim hijaa ratam min teen

to let loose upon them stone-hard blows of chastisement,

Musawwamatan 'inda rabbika lilmusrifeen

marked out in thy Sustainer’s sight for [the punishment of] such as have wasted their own selves.”

Fa akhrajnaa man kaana feehaa minal mu'mineen

And in the course of time We brought out [of Lot ’s city] such [few] believers as were there:

Famaa wajadnaa feehaa ghaira baitim minal muslimeen

for apart from one [single] house We did not find there any who had surrendered themselves to Us.

Wa taraknaa feehaaa aayatal lillazeena yakhaafoonal 'azaabal aleem

And so We left therein a message for those who fear the grievous suffering [which awaits all evildoers].

Wa fee Moosaaa iz arsalnaahu ilaa Fir'wna bisultaa nim mubeen

AND IN [the story of Pharaoh and] Moses, too, [We left the same message: for] when We sent him unto Pharaoh with [Our] manifest authority,

Fatawalla biruknihee wa qaala saahirun aw majnoon

and he turned away in [the pride of] his power and said, “A sorcerer [is this Moses], or a madman!” –

Fa akhaznaahu wa junoo dahoo fanabaznaahum fil yammi wa huwa muleem

We seized him and his hosts, and cast them all into the sea: and [none but Pharaoh] himself was to blame [for what happened].

Wa fee 'Aadin iz arsalnaa 'alaihimur reehal'aqeem

And [you have the same message] in [what happened to the tribe of] Ad, when We let loose against them that life-destroying wind

Maa tazaru min shai'in atat 'alaihi illaa ja'alat hu karrameem

which spared nothing of what it came upon, but caused [all of] it to become like bones dead and decayed.

Wa fee Samooda iz qeela lahum tamatta''oo hattaa heen

And in [the story of the tribe of] Thamud, too, when they were told, “You shall enjoy your life for [but] a little while,”

Fa'ataw 'an amri Rabbihim fa akhazal humus saa'iqatu wa hum yanzuroon

after they had turned with disdain from their Sustainer’s commandment - whereupon the thunderbolt of punishment overtook them while they were [helplessly] looking on:

Famas tataa'oo min qiyaaminw wa maa kaanoo muntasireen

for they were unable even to rise, and could not defend themselves.

Wa qawma Noohim min qablu innahum kaano qawman faasiqeen

And [thus, too, We destroyed] Noah’s people aforetime: for they were iniquitous folk.

Wassamaaa'a banainaa haa bi aydinw wa innaa lamoosi'oon

AND IT IS We who have built the universe with [Our creative] power; and, verily, it is We who are steadily expanding it.

Wal arda farashnaahaa fani'mal maahidoon

And the earth have We spread out wide - and how well have We ordered it!

Wa min kulli shai'in khalaqnaa zawjaini la'allakum tazakkaroon

And in everything have We created oppos­ites, so that you might bear in mind [that God alone is One].

Fafirrooo ilal laahi innee lakum minhu nazeerum mubeen

And so, [O Muhammad, say unto them:] “Flee unto God [from all that is false and evil]! Verily, I am a plain warner to you from Him!

Wa laa taj'aloo ma'al laahi ilaahan aakhara innee lakum minhu nazeerum mubeen

And do not ascribe divinity to aught side by side with God: verily, I am a plain warner to you from Him!”

Kazaalika maaa atal lazeena min qablihim mir Rasoolin illaa qaaloo saahirun aw majnoon

[But] thus it is: never yet came any apostle to those who lived before their time but they said, “A spellbinder [Lit., "sorcerer".] [is he], or a madman!”

Atawaasaw bih; bal hum qawmun taaghoon

Have they, perchance, handed down this [way of thinking] as a legacy unto one another? Nay, they are people filled with overweening ar­rogance!

Fatawalla 'anhum famaaa anta bimaloom

Turn, then, away from them, and thou shalt incur no blame;

Wa zakkir fa innaz zikraa tanfa'ul mu'mineen

yet go on reminding [all who would listen]: for, verily, such a reminder will profit the believers.

Wa maa khalaqtul jinna wal insa illaa liya'budoon

And [tell them that] I have not created the invisible beings and men to any end other than that they may [know and] worship Me.

Maaa ureedu minhum mir rizqinw wa maaa ureedu anyyut'imoon

[But withal,] no sustenance do I ever demand of them, nor do I demand that they feed Me:

Innal laaha Huwar Razzaaqu Zul Quwwatil Mateen

for, verily, God Himself is the Provider of all sustenance, the Lord of all might, the Eternal!

Fa inna lillazeena zalamoo zanoobam misla zanoobi ashaabihim falaa yasta'jiloon

And, verily, they who are bent on doing evil shall have their share [of evil] like unto the share of their fellows [of old]: so let them not ask Me to hasten [their doom]!

Fawailul lillazeena kafaroo miny yawmihimul lazee yoo'adoon

For, woe unto those who are bent on denying the truth - [woe] on the Day which they have been promised

Wat-Toor

CONSIDER Mount Sinai!

Wa kitaabim mastoor

Consider [God’s] revelation, inscribed

Fee raqqim manshoor

on wide-open scrolls.

Wal baitil ma'moor

Consider the long-enduring house [of worship]!

Wassaqfil marfoo'

Consider the vault [of heaven] raised high!

Wal bahril masjoor

Consider the surf-swollen sea!

Inna 'azaaba Rabbika lawaaqi'

VERILY, [O man,] the suffering decreed by thy Sustainer [for the sinners] will indeed come to pass:

Maa lahoo min daafi'

there is none who could avert it.

Yawma tamoorus samaaa'u mawraa

[It will come to pass] on the Day when the skies will be convulsed in [a great] convulsion,

Wa taseerul jibaalu sairaa

and the mountains will move with [an awesome] movement.

Fawailuny yawma 'izil lil mukaazzibeen

Woe, then, on that Day to all who give the lie to the truth –

Allazeena hum fee khawdiny yal'aboon

all those who [throughout their lives] but idly played with things vain –

Yawma yuda'-'oona ilaa naari jahannama da'-'aa

on the Day when they shall be thrust into the fire with [an irresistible] thrust, [and will be told:]

Haazihin naarul latee kuntum bihaa tukazziboon

“This is the fire which you were wont to call a lie!

Afasihrun haazaaaa am antum laa tubsiroon

Was it, then, a delusion or is it that you failed to see [its truth]?

Islawhaa fasbirooo aw laa tasbiroo sawaaa'un 'alaikum innamaa tujzawna maa kuntum ta'maloon

Endure it [now]! But [whether you] bear yourselves with patience or without patience, it will be the same to you: you are but being requited for what you were wont to do.”

Innal muttaqeena fee jannaatinw wa na'eem

[But,] verily, the God-conscious will find themselves [on that Day] in gardens and in bliss,

Faakiheena bimaaa aataahum rabbuhum wa waqaahum rabbuhum 'azaabal jaheem

rejoicing in all that their Sustainer will have granted them: for their Sustainer will have warded off from them all suffering through the blazing fire.

Kuloo washraboo haneee 'am bimaa kuntum ta'maloon

[And they will be told:] “Eat and drink with good cheer as an outcome of what you were wont to do,

Muttaki'eena 'alaa sururim masfoofatinw wa zawwaj naahum bihoorin 'een

reclining on couches [of happiness] ranged in rows!” And [in that paradise] We shall mate them with companions pure, most beautiful of eye.

Wallazeena aamanoo wattaba'at hum zurriyyatuhum bieemaanin alhaqnaa bihim zurriyyatahum wa maaa alatnaahum min 'amalihim min shai'; kullum ri'im bimaa kasaba raheen

And as for those who have attained to faith and whose offspring will have followed them in faith, We shall unite them with their offspring; and We shall not let aught of their deeds go to waste: [but] every human being will be held in pledge for whatever he has earned.

Wa amdadnaahum bifaa kihatinw wa lahmim mimmaa yashtahoon

And We shall bestow on them fruit and meat in abundance - whatever they may desire:

Yatanaaza'oona feehaa kaasal laa laghwun feehaa wa laa taaseem

and in that [paradise] they shall pass on to one another a cup which will not give rise to empty talk, and neither incite to sin.

Wa yatoofu 'alaihim ghilmaanul lahum ka annahum lu'lu'um maknoon

And they will be waited upon by [immortal] youths, [as if they were children] of their own, [as pure] as if they were pearls hidden in their shells.

Wa aqbala ba'duhum 'alaa ba'diny yatasaaa'aloon

And they [who are thus blest] will turn to one another, asking each other [about their past lives].

Qaalooo innaa kunnaa qablu feee ahlinaa mushfiqeen

They will say: “Behold, aforetime - when we were [still living] in the midst of our kith and kin - we were full of fear [at the thought of God’s dis­pleasure]:

Famannnal laahu 'alainaa wa waqaanaa 'azaabas samoom

and so God has graced us with His favour, and has warded off from us all suffering through the scorching winds [of frustration].

Innaa kunnaa min qablu nad'oohu innahoo huwal barrur raheem

Verily, we did invoke Him [alone] ere this: [and now He has shown us] that He alone is truly benign, a true dispenser of grace!”

Fazakkir famaaa anta bini'mati rabbika bikaahininw wa laa majnoon

EXHORT, then, [O Prophet, all men:] for, by thy Sustainer’s grace, thou art neither a soothsayer nor a madman.

Am yaqooloona shaa'irun natarabbasu bihee raibal manoon

Or do they say, “[He is but] a poet - let us wait what time will do unto him”?

Qul tarabbasoo fa innee ma'akum minal mutarabbiseen

Say thou: “Wait, [then,] hopefully; behold, I, too, shall hopefully wait with you!”

Am taamuruhum ahlaamuhum bihaazaaa am hum qawmun taaghoon

Is it their minds that bid them [to take] this [attitude] - or are they [simply] people filled with overweening arrogance?

Am yaqooloona taqawwalah; bal laa yu'minoon

Or do they say, “He himself has composed this [message]”? Nay, but they are not willing to believe!

Falyaatoo bihadeesim misliheee in kaanoo saadiqeen

But then, [if they deem it the work of a mere mortal,] let them produce another discourse like it - if what they say be true!

Am khuliqoo min ghairi shai'in am humul khaaliqoon

[Or do they deny the existence of God?] Have they themselves been created without anything [that might have caused their creation]? or were they, perchance, their own creators?

Am khalaqus samaawaati wal ard; bal laa yooqinoon

[And] have they created the heavens and the earth? Nay, but they have no certainty of anything!

Am'indahum khazaaa'inu rabbika am humul musaitiroon

[How could they?] Are thy Sustainer’s treasures with them? Or are they in charge [of destiny]?

Am lahum sullamuny yastami'oona feehi falyaati mustami'uhum bisultaanim mubeen

Or have they a ladder by which they could [ascend to ultimate truths and] listen [to what is beyond the reach of human perception]? Let, then, any of them who have listened [to it] produce a manifest proof [of his knowledge]!

Am lahul banaatu wa lakumul banoon

Or, [if you believe in God, how can you believe that] He has [chosen to have] daughters, whereas you yourselves would have [only] sons?

Am tas'aluhum ajran fahum mim maghramim musqaloon

Or is it that [they who reject thy message, O Muhammad, fear lest] thou ask of them a reward, so that they would be burdened with debt [if they should listen to thee]?

Am 'indahumul ghaibu fahum yaktuboon

Or [do they think] that the hidden reality [of all that exists] is almost within their grasp, so that [in time] they can write it down?

Am yureedoona kaidan fallazeena kafaroo humul makeedoon

Or do they want to entrap [thee in contradic­tions]? But they who are bent on denying the truth - it is they who are truly entrapped!

Am lahum ilaahun ghairul laa; subhaanal laahi 'ammaa yushrikoon

Have they, then, any deity other than God? Utterly remote is God, in His limitless glory, from anything to which men may ascribe a share in His divinity!

Wa iny yaraw kisfam minas samaaa'i saaqitany yaqooloo sahaabum markoom

AND YET, if they [who refuse to see the truth] were to see part of the sky falling down, they would [only] say, “[It is but] a mass of clouds!”

Fazarhum hatta yulaaqoo yawmahumul lazee feehi yus'aqoon

Hence, leave them alone until they face that [Judgment] Day of theirs, when they will be stricken with terror:

Yawma laa yughnee 'anhum kaidumhum shai'anw wa laa hum yunsaroon

the Day when none of their scheming will be of the least avail to them, and they will receive no succour.

Wa inna lillazeena zalamoo 'azaaban doona zalika wa laakinna aksarahum laa ya'lamoon

But, verily, for those who are bent on doing evil, there is suffering in store [even] closer at hand than that [supreme suffering in the hereafter]: but most of them are not aware of it.

Wasbir lihukmi rabbika fa innaka bi-a'yuninaa wa sabbih bihamdi rabbika heena taqoom

And so, await in patience thy Sustainer’s judgment, for thou art well within Our sight. And extol thy Sustainer’s limitless glory and praise whenever thou risest up,

Wa minal laili fasabbihhu wa idbaaran nujoom

and extol His glory at night, and at the time when the stars retreat.

Wannajmi izaa hawaa

CONSIDER this unfolding [of God’s message], as it comes down from on high!

Maa dalla saahibukum wa maa ghawaa

This fellow-man of yours has not gone astray, nor is he deluded,

Wa maa yyantiqu 'anilhawaaa

and neither does he speak out of his own desire:

In huwa illaa Wahyuny yoohaa

that [which he conveys to you] is but [a divine] inspiration with which he is being inspired –

'Allamahoo shadeedul quwaa

something that a very mighty one has imparted to him:

Zoo mirratin fastawaa

[an angel] endowed with sur­passing power, who in time manifested himself in his true shape and nature,

Wa huwa bil ufuqil a'laa

appearing in the horizon’s loftiest part,

Summa danaa fatadalla

and then drew near, and came close,

Fakaana qaaba qawsaini aw adnaa

until he was but two bow-lengths away, or even nearer.

Fa awhaaa ilaa 'abdihee maaa awhaa

And thus did [God] reveal unto His servant whatever He deemed right to reveal.

Maa kazabal fu'aadu maa ra aa

The [servant’s] heart did not give the lie to what he saw:

Afatumaaroonahoo 'alaa maayaraa

will you, then, contend with him as to what he saw?

Wa laqad ra aahu nazlatan ukhraa

And, indeed, he saw him a second time

'Inda sidratil muntaha

by the lote-tree of the farthest limit,

'Indahaa jannatul maawaa

near unto the garden of promise.

Iz yaghshas sidrata maa yaghshaa

with the lote-tree veiled in a veil of nameless splendour….

Maa zaaghal basaru wa maa taghaa

[And withal,] the eye did not waver, nor yet did it stray:

Laqad ra aa min aayaati Rabbihil kubraaa

truly did he see some of the most profound of his Sustainer’s symbols.

Afara'aytumul laata wal 'uzzaa

HAVE YOU, then, ever considered [what you are worshipping in] Al-Lat and Al-Uzza,

Wa manaatas saalisatal ukhraa

as well as [in] Manat, the third and last [of this triad]?

A-lakumuz zakaru wa lahul unsaa

Why - for yourselves [you would choose only] male offspring, whereas to Him [you assign] female:

Tilka izan qismatun deezaa

that, lo and behold, is an unfair division!

In hiya illaaa asmaaa'un sammaitumoohaaa antum wa aabaaa'ukum maaa anzalal laahu bihaa min sultaan; inyyattabi'oona illaz zanna wa maa tahwal anfusu wa laqad jaaa'ahum mir Rabbihimul hudaa

These [allegedly divine beings] are nothing but empty names which you have invented - you and your forefathers - [and] for which God has bestowed no warrant from on high. They [who worship them] follow nothing but surmise and their own wishful thinking - although right guidance has now indeed come unto them from their Sustainer.

Am lil insaani maa taman naa

Does man imagine that it is his due to have all that he might wish for,

Falillaahil aakhiratu wal oolaa

despite the fact that [both] the life to come and this present [one] belong to God [alone]?

Wa kam mim malakin fissamaawaati laa tughnee shafaa'atuhum shai'an illaa mim ba'di anyyaazanal laahu limany yashaaa'u wa yardaa

For, however many angels there be in the heavens, their intercession can be of no least avail [to anyone] - except after God has given leave [to inter­cede] for whomever He wills and with whom He is well-pleased.

innal lazeena laa yu'minoona bil aakhirati la yusammoonal malaaa'ikata tasmiyatal unsaa

Behold, it is [only] such as do not [really] believe in the life to come that regard the angels as female beings;

Wa maa lahum bihee min 'ilmin iny yattabi'oona illaz zanna wa innaz zanna laa yughnee minal haqqi shai'aa

and [since] they have no knowledge whatever thereof, they follow nothing but surmise: yet, behold, never can surmise take the place of truth.

Fa a'rid 'am man tawallaa 'an zikrinaa wa lam yurid illal hayaatad dunyaa

Avoid thou, therefore, those who turn away from all remembrance of Us and care for no more than the life of this world,

Zalika mablaghuhum minal 'ilm; inna rabbaka huwa a'lamu biman dalla 'an sabee lihee wa huwa a'lamu bimanih tadaa

which, to them, is the only thing worth knowing. Behold, thy Sustainer is fully aware as to who has strayed from His path, and fully aware is He as to who follows His guidance.

Wa lillaahi maa fis samaawaati wa maa fil ardi liyajziyal lazeena asaaa'oo bimaa 'amiloo wa yajziyal lazeena ahsanoo bilhusnaa

Indeed, unto God belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is on earth: and so He will reward those who do evil in accordance with what they did, and will reward those who do good with ultimate good.

Allazeena yajtaniboona kabaaa'iral ismi walfawaa hisha illal lamam; inna rabbaka waasi'ul maghfirah; huwa a'lamu bikum iz ansha akum minal ardi wa iz antum ajinnatun fee butooni umma haatikum falaa tuzakkooo anfusakum huwa a'lamu bimanit taqaa

As for those who avoid the [truly] grave sins and shameful deeds - even though they may some­times stumble behold, thy Sustainer is abounding in forgiveness. He is fully aware of you when He brings you into being out of dust, and when you are still hidden in your mothers’ wombs: do not, then, consider your­selves pure - [for] He knows best as to who is conscious of Him.

Afara'ayatal lazee tawallaa

HAST THOU, then, ever considered him who turns away [from remembering Us, and cares for no more than the life of this world],

Wa a'taa qaleelanw wa akdaa

and gives so little [of himself for the good of his soul], and so grudgingly?

A'indahoo 'ilmul ghaibi fahuwa yaraa

Does he [claim to] have knowledge of some­thing that is beyond the reach of human perception, so that he can see [it clearly]?

Am lam yunabbaa bimaa fee suhuhfi Moosa

Or has he never yet been told of what was [said] in the revelations of Moses,

Wa Ibraaheemal lazee waffaaa

and of Abra­ham, who to his trust was true:

Allaa taziru waaziratunw wizra ukhraa

that no bearer of burdens shall be made to bear another’s burden;

Wa al laisa lil insaani illaa maa sa'aa

and that nought shall be accounted unto man but what he is striving for;

Wa anna sa'yahoo sawfa yuraa

and that in time [the nature of] all his striving will be shown [to him in its true light],

Summa yujzaahul jazaaa 'al awfaa

where­upon he shall be requited for it with the fullest requital;

Wa anna ilaa rabbikal muntahaa

and that with thy Sustainer is the beginning and the end [of all that exists];

Wa annahoo huwa adhaka wa abkaa

and that it is He alone who causes [you] to laugh and to weep;

Wa annahoo huwa amaata wa ahyaa

and that it is He alone who deals death and grants life;

Wa annahoo khalaqaz zawjainiz zakara wal unsaa

and that it is He who creates the two kinds - the male and the female –

Min nutfatin izaa tumnaa

out of a [mere] drop of sperm as it is poured forth,

Wa anna 'alaihin nash atal ukhraa

and that [therefore] it is within His power to bring about a second life;

Wa annahoo huwa aghnaa wa aqnaa

and that it is He alone who frees from want and causes to possess;

Wa annahoo huwa rabbush shi'raa

and that it is He alone who sustains the bright­est star;

Wa annahooo ahlak a 'Aadanil oolaa

and that it is He who destroyed the ancient [tribes of] Ad

Wa samooda famaaa abqaa

and Thamud, leaving no trace [of them],

Wa qawma Noohim min qablu innahum kaanoo hum azlama wa atghaa

as well as the people of Noah before them - [since,] verily, they all had been most willful in their evildoing and most overweening –

Wal mu'tafikata ahwaa

just as He thrust into perdition those cities that were overthrown

Faghashshaahaa maa ghashshaa

and then covered them from sight forever.

Fabi ayyi aalaaa'i Rabbika tatamaaraa

About which, then, of thy Sustainer’s powers canst thou [still] remain in doubt?

Haazaa nazeerum minan nuzuril oolaa

THIS IS a warning like those warnings of old:

Azifatil laazifah

that [Last Hour] which is so near draws ever nearer,

Laisa lahaa min doonil laahi kaashifah

[although] none but God can unveil it....

Afamin hazal hadeesi ta'jaboon

Do you, perchance, find this tiding strange?

Wa tadhakoona wa laa tabkoon

And do you laugh instead of weeping,

Wa antum saamidoon

and divert yourselves all the while?

Fasjudoo lillaahi wa'budoo

[Nay,] but prostrate yourselves before God, and worship [Him alone]!

Iqtarabatis Saa'atu wsan shaqqal qamar

THE LAST HOUR draws near, and the moon is split asunder!

Wa iny yaraw aayatany yu'ridoo wa yaqooloo sihrum mustamirr

But if they [who reject all thought of the Last Hour] were to see a sign [of its approach], they would turn aside and say, “An ever-recurring delusion!” –

Wa kazzaboo wattaba'ooo ahwaaa'ahum; wa kullu amrim mustaqirr

for they are bent on giving it the lie, being always wont to follow their own desires. Yet everything reveals its truth in the end.

Wa laqad jaaa'ahum minal ambaaa'i maa feehi muzdajar

And withal, there has come unto them many a tiding that should have restrained [their arrogance]:

Hikmatum baalighatun famaa tughnin nuzur

far-reaching wisdom [was held out to them]: but [since] all warnings have been of no avail,

Fatawalla 'anhum; yawma yad'ud daa'i ilaa shai 'in nukur

turn thou away from them. On the Day when the Summoning Voice will sum­mon [man] unto something that the mind cannot conceive,

khushsha'an absaaruhum yakrujoona minal ajdaasi ka annahum jaraadum muntashir

they will come forth from their graves, with their eyes downcast, [swarming about] like locusts scattered [by the wind],

Muhti'eena ilad daa'i yaqoolul kafiroona haazaa yawmun 'asir

running in con­fusion towards the Summoning Voice; [and] those who [now] deny the truth will exclaim, “Calamitous is this Day!”

Kazzabat qablahum qawmu Noohin fakazzaboo 'abdanaa wa qaaloo majnoo nunw wazdujir

[LONG] BEFORE those [who now deny resurrec­tion] did Noah’s people call it a lie; and they gave the lie to Our servant and said, “Mad is he!” - and he was repulsed.

Fada'aa Rabbahooo annee maghloobun fantasir

Thereupon he called out to his Sustainer, “Verily, I am defeated; come Thou, then, to my succour!”

Fafatahnaaa abwaabas sa maaa'i bimaa'im munhamir

And so We caused the gates of heaven to open with water pouring down in torrents,

Wa fajjamal arda 'uyoonan faltaqal maaa'u 'alaaa amrin qad qudir

and caused the earth to burst forth with springs, so that the waters met for a purpose pre-ordained:

Wa hamalnaahu 'alaa zaati alwaahinw wa dusur

but him We bore on that [vessel] made of [mere] planks and nails,

Tajree bi a'yuninaa jazaaa 'al liman kaana kufir

and it floated under Our eyes: a recom­pense for him who had been rejected with ingratitude.

Wa laqat taraknaahaad aayatan fahal mim muddakir

And, indeed, We have caused such [floating vessels] to remain forever a sign [of Our grace unto man]: who, then, is willing to take it to heart?

Fakaifa kaana 'azaabee wa nuzur

And how severe is the suffering which I inflict when My warnings are disregarded!

Wa laqad yassamal Quraana liz zikri fahal mimmuddakir

Hence, indeed, We made this Qur’an easy to bear in mind: who, then, is willing to take it to heart?

Kazzabat 'Aadun fakaifa kaana 'azaabee wa nuzur

TO THE TRUTH gave the lie [the tribe of] Ad: and how severe was the suffering which I inflicted when My warnings were disregarded!

Innaa arsalnaa 'alaihim reehan sarsaran fee Yawmi nahsim mustamirr

Behold, We let loose upon them a raging storm wind on a day of bitter misfortune:

Tanzi;un naasa ka anna huma'jaazu nakhlim munqa'ir

it swept the people away as though they were palm-trunks uprooted:

'Fakaifa kaana 'azaabee wa nuzur

for, how severe is the suffering which I inflict when My warnings are disregarded!

Wa laqad yassamal Quraana liz zikri fahal mim muddakir

Hence, indeed, We made this Qur’an easy to bear in mind: who, then, is willing to take it to heart?

Kazzabat Samoodu binnuzur

[AND the tribe of] Thamud gave the lie to all [Our] warnings;

Faqaalooo a-basharam minnaa waahidan nattabi'uhooo innaa izal lafee dalaalinw wa su'ur

and they said: “Are we to follow one single mortal, one from among ourselves? In that case, behold, we would certainly sink into error and folly!

'A-ulqiyaz zikru 'alaihi mim baininaa bal huwa kazzaabun ashir

Why - on him alone from among all of us should a [divine] reminder have been bestowed? Nay, but he is a boastful liar!”

Sa-ya'lamoona ghadam manil kazzaabul ashir

[And God said:] “On the morrow they will come to know who the boastful liar is!

Innaa mursilun naaqati fitnatal lahum fartaqibhum wastabir

Behold, [O Salih] We are letting loose this she-camel as a test for them; and thou but watch them, and contain thyself in patience.

Wa nabbi'hum annal maaa'a qismatum bainahum kullu shirbim muhtadar

And let them know that the water [of their wells] is to be divided between them, with each share of water equitably apportioned.”

Fanaadaw saahibahum fata'aataa fa'aqar

But they summoned their [boldest] companion, and he ventured [upon the evil deed], and cruelly slaughtered [the animal]:

Fakaifa kaana 'azaabee wa nuzur

and how severe was the suffering which I inflicted when My warnings were disregarded!

Innaaa arsalnaa 'alaihim saihatanw waahidatan fakaano kahasheemil muhtazir

Behold, We let loose upon them one single blast [of Our punishment], and they became like the dried-up, crumbling twigs of a sheepfold.

Wa laqad yassarnal quraana liz zikri fahal mim muddakir

Hence, indeed, We made this Qur’an easy to bear in mind: who, then, is willing to take it to heart?

Kazzabat qawmu lootim binnuzur

LOT ’S PEOPLE [too] gave the lie to all [Our] warn­ings:

Innaa arsalnaa 'alaihim haasiban illaaa aala Loot najjainaahum bisahar

[and so,] behold, We let loose upon them a deadly tempest; and only Lot ’s kinsfolk did We save at the break of dawn,

Ni'matam min 'indinaa; kazaalika najzee man shakar

as a blessing from Us: thus do We reward all who are grateful.

Wa laqad anzarahum batshatanaa fatamaaraw binnuzur

For he had truly warned them of Our punishing might; but they stubbornly cast doubt on these warn­ings,

Wa laqad raawadoohu 'andaifee fatamasnaaa a'yunahum fazooqoo 'azaabee wa nuzur

and even demanded that he give up his guests [to them]: whereupon We deprived them of their sight [and thus told them, as it were]: “Taste, then, the suffering which I inflict when My warnings are disregarded!”

Wa laqad sabbahahum bukratan 'azaabum mustaqirr

And, indeed, abiding suffering did befall them early on the morrow:

Fazooqoo 'azaabee wa nuzur

“Taste, then, the suffering which I inflict when My warnings are disregarded!”

Wa laqad yassarnal Quraana liz zikri fahal mim muddakir

Hence, indeed, We made this Qur’an easy to bear in mind: who, then, is willing to take it to heart?

Wa laqad jaaa'a Aala Fir'awnan nuzur

Now surely, unto Pharaoh’s folk [too] came such warnings;

Kazzaboo bi Aayaatinaa kullihaa fa akhaznaahum akhza 'azeezim muqtadir

they, too, gave the lie to all Our messages: and thereupon We took them to task as only the Almighty, who determines all things, can take to task.

Akuffaarukum khairum min ulaaa'ikum am lakum baraaa'atun fiz Zubur

ARE, THEN, those of you who [now] deny the truth better than those others - or have you, per­chance, [been promised] immunity in the [ancient] books of [divine] wisdom?

Am yaqooloona nahnu jamee'um muntasir

Or do they say, “We are a group united, [and therefore] bound to prevail”?

Sa yuhzamul jam'u wa yuwalloonad dubur

[Yet] the hosts [of those who deny the truth] shall be routed, and they shall turn their backs [in flight]!

Balis Saa'atu maw'iduhum was Saa'atu adhaa wa amarr

But nay - the Last Hour is the time when they shall truly meet their fate; and that Last Hour will be most calamitous, and most bitter:

Innal mujrimeena fee dalaalinw wa su'ur

for, behold, those who are lost in sin [will at that time come to know that it is they who] were sunk in error and folly!

Yawma yushaboona fin Naari'alaa wujoohimim zooqoo massa saqar

On the Day when they shall be dragged into the fire on their faces, [they will be told:] “Taste now the touch of hell-fire!”

Innaa kulla shai'in khalaqnaahu biqadar

BEHOLD, everything have We created in due measure and proportion;

Wa maaa amrunaaa illaa waahidatun kalamhim bilbasar

and Our ordaining [a thing and its coming into being] is but one [act], like the twinkling of an eye.

Wa laqad ahlaknaaa ashyaa'akum fahal mim muddakir

Thus, indeed, did We destroy people like you [in the past]: who, then, is willing to take it to heart?

Wa kullu shai'in fa'aloohu fiz Zubur

[They were truly guilty] because all [the evil] that they ever did had been [revealed to them as such] in the [ancient] books of [divine] wisdom;

Wa kullu sagheerinw wa kabeerim mustatar

and everything [that man does], be it small or great, is recorded [with God].

Innal muttaqeena fee jannaatinw wa nahar

[Hence, too,] behold, the God-conscious will find themselves in [a paradise of] gardens and running waters,

Fee maq'adi sidqin 'inda Maleekim Muqtadir

in a seat of truth, in the presence of a Sovereign who determines all things.

Ar Rahmaan

THE MOST GRACIOUS

'Allamal Quran

has imparted this Qur’an [unto man].

Khalaqal insaan

He has created man:

'Allamalhul bayaan

He has imparted unto him articulate thought and speech.

Ashshamsu walqamaru bihusbaan

[At His behest] the sun and the moon run their appointed courses;

Wannajmu washshajaru yasjudan

[before Him] prostrate them­selves the stars and the trees.

Wassamaaa'a rafa'ahaa wa wada'al Meezan

And the skies has He raised high, and has devised [for all things] a measure,

Allaa tatghaw fil meezaan

so that you [too, O men,] might never transgress the measure [of what is right]:

Wa aqeemul wazna bilqisti wa laa tukhsirul meezaan

weigh, therefore, [your deeds] with equity, and cut not the measure short!

Wal arda wada'ahaa lilanaame

And the earth has He spread out for all living beings,

Feehaa faakihatunw wan nakhlu zaatul akmaam

with fruit thereon, and palm trees with sheathed clusters [of dates],

Walhabbu zul 'asfi war Raihaanu

and grain growing tall on its stalks, and sweet-smelling plants.

Fabi ayyi aalaaa'i Rabbikumaa tukazzibaan

Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?

Khalaqal insaana min salsaalin kalfakhkhaari

He has created man out of sounding clay, like pottery,

Wa khalaqal jaaan mim maarijim min naar

whereas the invisible beings He has created out of a confusing flame of fire.

Fabi ayyi aalaaa'i Rabbikumaa tukazzibaan

Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?

Rabbul mashriqayni wa Rabbul maghribayni

[He is] the Sustainer of the two farthest points of sunrise, and the Sustainer of the two farthest points of sunset.

Fabi ayyi aalaaa'i Rabbikumaa tukazzibaan

Which, then, of your Sustain­er’s powers can you disavow?

Marajal bahrayni yalta qiyaani

He has given freedom to the two great bodies of water, so that they might meet:

Bainahumaa barzakhul laa yabghiyaan

[yet] between them is a barrier which they may not transgress.

Fabi ayyi aalaaa'i Rabbikumaa tukazzibaan

Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?

Yakhruju minhumal lu 'lu u wal marjaanu

Out of these two [bodies of water] come forth pearls, both great and small.

Fabi ayyi aalaaa'i Rabbikumaa tukazzibaan

Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?

Wa lahul jawaaril mun sha'aatu fil bahri kal a'laam

And His are the lofty ships that sail like [floating] mountains through the seas.

Fabi ayyi aalaaa'i Rabbikumaa tukazzibaan.

Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?

Kullu man 'alaihaa faan

All that lives on earth or in the heavens is bound to pass away:

Wa yabqaa wajhu rabbika zul jalaali wal ikraam

but forever will abide thy Sustainer’s Self, full of majesty and glory.

Fabi ayyi aalaaa'i Rabbikumaa tukazzibaan.

Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?

Yas'aluhoo man fissamaawaati walard; kulla ywmin huwa fee shaan

On Him depends all creatures in the heavens and on earth; [and] every day He manifests Himself in yet another [wondrous] way.

Fabi ayyi aalaaa'i Rabbikumaa tukazzibaan.

Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?

Sanafrughu lakum ayyuhas saqalaan

[ONE DAY] We shall take you to task, O you sin-laden two!

Fabi ayyi aalaaa'i Rabbikumaa tukazzibaan.

Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?

Yaa ma'sharal jinni wal insi inis tata'tum an tanfuzoo min aqtaaris samaawaati wal ardi fanfuzoo; laa tanfuzoona illaa bisultaan

O you who live in close communion with [evil] invisible beings and humans! If you [think that you] can pass beyond the regions of the heavens and the earth, pass beyond them! [But] you cannot pass beyond them, save by a sanction [from God]!

Fabi ayyi aalaaa'i Rabbikumaa tukazzibaan.

Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?

Yursalu 'alaikumaa shuwaazum min naarifiw-wa nuhaasun falaa tantasiraan

A flash of fire will be let loose upon you, and smoke, and you will be left without succour!

Fabi ayyi aalaaa'i Rabbikumaa tukazzibaan.

Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?

Fa-izan shaqqatis samaaa'u fakaanat wardatan kaddihaan

And when the sky is rent asunder and becomes red like [burning] oil

Fabi ayyi aalaaa'i Rabbikumaa tukazzibaan.

which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?

Fa-yawma'izil laa yus'alu 'an zambiheee insunw wa laa jaann

For on that Day neither man nor invisible being will be asked about his sins.

Fabi ayyi aalaaa'i Rabbikumaa tukazzibaan.

Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?

Yu'raful mujrimoona biseemaahum fa'yu'khazu binna waasi wal aqdaam

All who were lost in sin shall by their marks be known, and shall by their forelocks and their feet be seized!

Fabi ayyi aalaaa'i Rabbikumaa tukazzibaan.

Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?

Haazihee jahannamul latee yukazzibu bihal mujrimoon

This will be the hell which those who are lost in sin [now] call a lie:

Yatoofoona bainahaa wa baina hameemim aan

between it and [their own] burning-hot despair will they wander to and fro!

Fabi ayyi aalaaa'i Rabbikumaa tukazzibaan.

Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?

Wa liman khaafa maqaama rabbihee jannataan

BUT FOR THOSE who of their Sustainer’s Presence stand in fear, two gardens [of paradise are readied] -

Fabi ayyi aalaaa'i Rabbikumaa tukazzibaan.

which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow? –

Zawaataaa afnaan

[two gardens] of many wondrous hues.

Fabi ayyi aalaaa'i Rabbikumaa tukazzibaan.

Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?

Feehimaa 'aynaani tajriyaan

In [each of] these two [gardens] two springs will flow.

Fabi ayyi aalaaa'i Rabbikumaa tukazzibaan.

Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?

Feehimaa min kulli faakihatin zawjaan

In [each of] these two will two kinds of every fruit be [found].

Fabi ayyi aalaaa'i Rabbikumaa tukazzibaan.

Which, then, of your Sustainer s powers can you disavow?

Muttaki'eena 'alaa furushim bataaa'inuhaa min istabraq; wajanal jannataini daan

[In such a paradise the blest will dwell,] reclin­ing upon carpets lined with rich brocade; and the fruit of both these gardens will be within easy reach.

Fabi ayyi aalaaa'i Rabbikumaa tukazzibaan.

Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?

Feehinna qaasiratut tarfi lam yatmishunna insun qablahum wa laa jaaann

In these [gardens] will be mates of modest gaze, whom neither man nor invisible being will have touched ere then.

Fabi ayyi aalaaa'i Rabbikumaa tukazzibaan.

Which, then, of your Sus­tainer’s powers can you disavow?

ka annahunnal yaaqootu wal marjaan

[When you are promised splendours] as though [of] rubies and [of] pearls –

Fabi ayyi aalaaa'i Rabbikumaa tukazzibaan.

which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?

Hal jazaaa'ul ihsaani illal ihsaan

Could the reward of good be aught but good?

Fabi ayyi aalaaa'i Rabbikumaa tukazzibaan.

Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?

Wa min doonihimaa jannataan

And besides those two will be yet two [other] gardens -

Fabi ayyi aalaaa'i Rabbikumaa tukazzibaan.

which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow? –

Mudhaaammataan

two [gardens] of the deepest green.

Fabi ayyi aalaaa'i Rabbikumaa tukazzibaan.

Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?

Feehimaa 'aynaani nad daakhataan

In [each of] these two [gardens] will two springs gush forth.

Fabi ayyi aalaaa'i Rabbikumaa tukazzibaan.

Which, then, of your Sus­tainer’s powers can you disavow?

Feehimaa faakihatunw wa nakhlunw wa rummaan

In both of them will be [all kinds of] fruit, and date-palms and pomegranates.

Fabi ayyi aalaaa'i Rabbikumaa tukazzibaan.

Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?

Feehinna khairaatun hisaan

In these [gardens] will be [all] things most excellent and beautiful.

Fabi ayyi aalaaa'i Rabbikumaa tukazzibaan.

Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?

Hoorum maqsooraatun fil khiyaam

[There the blest will live with their] companions pure and modest, in pavilions [splendid] -

Fabi ayyi aalaaa'i Rabbikumaa tukazzibaan.

which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow? –

Lam yatmis hunna insun qablahum wa laa jaaann

[companions] whom neither man nor invisible being will have touched ere then.

Fabi ayyi aalaaa'i Rabbikumaa tukazzibaan.

Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?

Muttaki'eena 'alaa rafratin khudrinw wa 'abqariyyin hisaan

[In such a paradise will they dwell,] reclining upon meadows green and carpets rich in beauty.

Fabi ayyi aalaaa'i Rabbikumaa tukazzibaan.

Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?

Tabaarakasmu Rabbika Zil-Jalaali wal-Ikraam

HALLOWED be thy Sustainer’s name, full of majesty and glory!

Izaa waqa'atil waaqi'ah

WHEN THAT which must come to pass [at last] comes to pass,

Laisa liwaq'atihaa kaazibah

there will be nought that could give the lie to its having come to pass,

Khafidatur raafi'ah

abasing [some], exalting [others]!

Izaa rujjatil ardu rajjaa

When the earth is shaken with a shaking [severe],

Wa bussatil jibaalu bassaa

and the mountains are shattered into [countless] shards,

Fakaanat habaaa'am mumbassaa

so that they become as scat­tered dust –

Wa kuntum azwaajan salaasah

[on that Day,] then, shall you be [divided into] three kinds.

Fa as haabul maimanati maaa as haabul maimanah

Thus, there shall be such as will have attained to what is right: oh, how [happy] will be they who have attained to what is right!

Wa as haabul mash'amati maaa as haabul mash'amah

And there shall be such as will have lost them­selves in evil: oh, how [unhappy] will be they who have lost themselves in evil!

Wassaabiqoonas saabiqoon

But the foremost shall be [they who in life were] the foremost [in faith and good works]:

Ulaaa'ikal muqarraboon

they who were [always] drawn close unto God!

Fee Jannaatin Na'eem

In gardens of bliss [will they dwell] -

Sullatum minal awwaleen

a good many of those of olden times,

Wa qaleelum minal aa khireen

but [only] a few of later times.

'Alaa sururim mawdoonah

[They will be seated] on gold-encrusted thrones of happiness,

Muttaki'eena 'alaihaa mutaqabileen

reclining upon them, facing one another [in love].

Yatoofu 'alaihim wildaa num mukkhalladoon

Immortal youths will wait upon them

Bi akwaabinw wa abaareeq, wa kaasim mim ma'een

with goblets, and ewers, and cups filled with water from unsullied springs

Laa yusadda'oona 'anhaa wa laa yunzifoon

by which their minds will not be clouded and which will not make them drunk;

Wa faakihatim mimmaa yatakhaiyaroon

and with fruit of any kind that they may choose,

Wa lahmi tairim mimmaa yashtahoon

and with the flesh of any fowl that they may desire.

Wa hoorun'een

And [with them will be their] companions pure, most beautiful of eye,

Ka amsaalil lu'lu'il maknoon

like unto pearls [still] hidden in their shells.

Jazaaa'am bimaa kaanoo ya'maloon

[And this will be] a reward for what they did [in life].

Laa yasma'oona feehaa laghwanw wa laa taaseemaa

No empty talk will they hear there, nor any call to sin,

Illaa qeelan salaaman salaamaa

but only the tiding of inner soundness and peace.

Wa as haabul yameeni maaa as haabul Yameen

NOW AS FOR those who have attained to righteous­ness - what of those who have attained to righteous­ness?

Fee sidrim makhdood

[They, too, will find themselves] amidst fruit- laden lote-trees,

Wa talhim mandood

and acacias flower-clad,

Wa zillim mamdood

and shade extended,

Wa maaa'im maskoob

and waters gushing,

Wa faakihatin kaseerah

and fruit abounding,

Laa maqtoo'atinw wa laa mamnoo'ah

never-failing and never out of reach.

Wa furushim marfoo'ah

And [with them will be their] spouses, raised high:

Innaaa anshaanaahunna inshaaa'aa

for, behold, We shall have brought them into being in a life renewed,

Faja'alnaahunna abkaaraa

having resurrected them as virgins,

'Uruban atraabaa

full of love, well-matched

Li as haabil yameen

with those who have attained to righteousness:

Sullatum minal awwa leen

a good many of olden times,

Wa sullatum minal aakhireen

and a good many of later times.

Wa as haabush shimaali maaa as haabush shimaal

BUT AS FOR those who have persevered in evil - what of those who have persevered in evil?

Fee samoominw wa hameem

[They will find themselves] in the midst of scorching winds, and burning despair,

Wa zillim miny yahmoom

and the shadows of black smoke -

Laa baaridinw wa laa kareem

[shadows] neither cooling nor soothing.

Innaahum kaanoo qabla zaalika mutrafeen

For, behold, in times gone by they were wont to abandon themselves wholly to the pursuit of pleasures,

Wa kaanoo yusirroona 'alal hinsil 'azeem

and would persist in heinous sinning,

Wa kaanoo yaqooloona a'izaa mitnaa wa kunnaa turaabanw wa izaaman'ainnaa lamab'oosoon

and would say, “What! After we have died and become mere dust and bones, shall we, forsooth, be raised from the dead? -

Awa aabaaa'unal awwaloon

and perhaps, too, our forebears of old?”

Qul innal awwaleena wal aakhireen

Say: “Verily, those of olden times and those of later times

Lamajmoo'oona ilaa meeqaati yawmim ma'loon

will indeed be gathered together at an appointed time on a Day known [only to God]:

summa innakum ayyuhad daaalloonal mukazziboon

and then, verily, O you who have gone astray and called the truth a lie,

La aakiloona min shaja rim min zaqqoom

you will indeed have to taste of the tree of deadly fruit,

Famaali'oona minhal butoon

and will have to fill your bellies therewith,

Fashaariboona 'alaihi minal hameem

and will thereupon have to drink [many a draught] of burning despair -

Fashaariboona shurbal heem

drink it as the most insatiably thirsty camels drink!”

Haazaa nuzuluhum yawmad deen

Such will be their welcome on Judgment Day!

Nahnu khalaqnaakum falaw laa tusaddiqoon

WE who have created you, [O men:] why, then, do you not accept the truth?

Afara'aytum maa tumnoon

Have you ever considered that [seed] which you emit?

'A-antum takhluqoo nahooo am nahnul khaaliqoon

Is it you who create it - or are We the source of its creation?

Nahnu qaddarnaa baina kumul mawta wa maa nahnu bimasbooqeen

We have [indeed] decreed that death shall be [ever-present] among you: but there is nothing to prevent Us

'Alaaa an nubaddila amsaalakum wa nunshi'akum fee maa laa ta'lamoon

from changing the nature of your existence and bringing you into being [anew] in a manner [as yet] unknown to you.

Wa laqad 'alimtumun nash atal oolaa falaw laa tazakkaroon

And [since] you are indeed aware of the [miracle of your] coming into being in the first instance - why, then, do you not bethink yourselves [of Us]?

Afara'aytum maa tahrusoon

Have you ever considered the seed which you cast upon the soil?

'A-antum tazra'oonahooo am nahnuz zaari'ooon

Is it you who cause it to grow - or are We the cause of its growth?

Law nashaaa'u laja'al naahu hutaaman fazaltum tafakkahoon

[For,] were it Our will, We could indeed turn it into chaff, and you would be left to wonder [and to lament],

Innaa lamughramoon

“Verily, we are ruined!

Bal nahnu mahroomoon

Nay, but we have been deprived [of our livelihood]!”

Afara'aytumul maaa'allazee tashraboon

Have you ever considered the water which you drink?

'A-antum anzaltumoohu minal muzni am nahnul munziloon

Is it you who cause it to come down from the clouds - or are We the cause of its coming down?

Law nashaaa'u ja'alnaahu ujaajan falaw laa tashkuroon

[It comes down sweet - but] were it Our will, We could make it burningly salty and bitter: why, then, do you not give thanks [unto Us]?

Afara'aytumun naaral latee tooroon

Have you ever considered the fire which you kindle?

'A-antum anshaatum shajaratahaaa am nahnul munshi'oon

Is it you who have brought into being the tree that serves as its fuel - or are We the cause of its coming into being?

Nahnu ja'alnaahaa tazkira tanw wa mataa'al lilmuqween

It is We who have made it a means to remind [you of Us], and a comfort for all who are lost and hungry in the wilderness [of their lives].

Fasabbih bismi Rabbikal 'azeem

Extol, then, the limitless glory of thy Sus­tainer’s mighty name!

Falaa uqsimu bimaawaa qi'innujoom

NAY, I call to witness the coming-down in parts [of this Qur’an]

Wa innahoo laqasamul lawta'lamoona'azeem

and, behold, this is indeed a most solemn affirmation, if you but knew it!

Innahoo la quraanun kareem

Behold, it is a truly noble discourse,

Fee kitaabim maknoon

[conveyed unto man] in a well-guarded divine writ

Laa yamassuhooo illal mutahharoon

which none but the pure [of heart] can touch:

Tanzeelum mir Rabbil'aalameen

a revelation from the Sustainer of all the worlds!

Afabihaazal hadeesi antum mudhinoon

Would you, now, look down with disdain on a tiding like this,

Wa taj'aloona rizqakum annakum tukazziboon

and make it your daily bread [as it were] to call the truth a lie?

Falaw laaa izaa balaghatil hulqoom

Why, then, when [the last breath] comes up to the throat [of a dying man],

Wa antum heena'izin tanzuroon

the while you are [helplessly] looking on -

Wa nahnu aqrabu ilaihi minkum wa laakil laa tubsiroon

and while We are closer to him than you, although you see [Us] not -:

Falaw laaa in kuntum ghira madeeneen

why, then, if [you think that] you are not truly dependent [on Us],

Tarji'oonahaaa in kuntum saadiqeen

can you not cause that [ebbing life] to return - if what you claim is true?

Fa ammaaa in kaana minal muqarrabeen

[ALL OF YOU are destined to die.] Now if one happens to be of those who are drawn close unto God,

Farawhunw wa raihaa nunw wa jannatu na'eem

happiness [awaits him in the life to come], and inner fulfillment, and a garden of bliss.

Wa ammaaa in kaana min as haabil yameen

And if one happens to be of those who have attained to righteousness,

Fasalaamul laka min as haabil yameen

[he, too, will be wel­comed into paradise with the words,] “Peace be unto thee [that art] of those who have attained to right­eousness!”

Wa ammaaa in kaana minal mukazzibeenad daaalleen

But if one happens to be of those who are wont to call the truth a lie, and [thus] go astray,

Fanuzulum min hameem

a welcome of burning despair [awaits him in the life to come,]

Wa tasliyatu jaheem

and the heat of a blazing fire!

Inna haaza lahuwa haqqul yaqeen

Verily, this is indeed the truth of truths!

Fasabbih bismi rabbikal 'azeem

Extol, then, the limitless glory of thy Sus­tainer’s mighty name!

Sabbaha lillaahi maa fissamaawaati wal ardi wa Huwal 'Azeezul Hakeem

ALL THAT IS in the heavens and on earth extols God’s limitless glory: for He alone is almighty, truly wise!

Lahoo mulkus samaawaati wal ardi yuhyee wa yumeetu wa Huwa 'alaa kulli shai'in Qadeer

His is the dominion over the heavens and the earth; He grants life and deals death; and He has the power to will anything.

Huwal Awwalu wal'Aakhiru waz Zaahiru wal Baatinu wa huwa bikulli shai'in Aleem

He is the First and the Last, and the Outward as well as the Inward: and He has full knowledge of everything.

Huwal lazee khalaqas samaawaati wal arda fee sittati ayyaamin summas tawaa 'alal 'Arsh; ya'lamu maa yaliju filardi wa maa yakhruju minhaa wa maa yanzilu minas samaaa'i wa maa ya'ruju feeha wa Huwa ma'akum ayna maa kuntum; wallaahu bimaa ta'maloona Baseer

He it is who has created the heavens and the earth in six aeons, and is established on the throne of His almightiness. He knows all that enters the earth, and all that comes out of it, as well as all that descends from the skies, and all that ascends to them. And He is with you wherever you may be; and God sees all that you do.

Lahoo mulkus samaawaati wal ard; wa ilal laahi turja'ul umoor

His is the dominion over the heavens and the earth; and all things go back unto God [as their source].

Yoolijul laila fin nahaari wa yoolijun nahaara fil lail; wa Huwa 'Aleemum bizaatis sudoor

He makes the night grow longer by shortening the day, and makes the day grow longer by shortening the night; and He has full knowledge of what is in the hearts [of men].

Aaaminoo billaahi wa Rasoolihee wa anfiqoo mimmaa ja'alakum mustakh lafeena feehi fallazeena aamanoo minkum wa anfaqoo lahum ajrun kabeer

BELIEVE in God and His Apostle, and spend on others out of that of which He has made you trus­tees: for, those of you who have attained to faith and who spend freely [in God’s cause] shall have a great reward.

Wa maa lakum laa tu'minoona billaahi war Rasoolu yad'ookum lituu'minoo bi Rabbikum wa qad akhaza meesaaqakum in kuntum mu'mineen

And why should you not believe in God, seeing that the Apostle calls you to believe in [Him who is] your Sustainer, and [seeing that] He has taken a pledge from you? [Why should you not believe in Him] if you are able to believe [in anything]?

Huwal lazee yunazzilu 'alaa 'abdiheee Aayaatim baiyinaatil liyukhrijakum minaz zulumaati ilan noor; wa innal laaha bikum la Ra'oofur Raheem

It is He who bestows from on high clear mes­sages unto [this] His servant, to lead you out of the deep darkness into the light: for, behold, God is most compassionate towards you, a dispenser of grace.

Wa maa lakum allaa tunfiqoo fee sabeelil laahi wa lillaahi meeraasus samaawaati wal-ard; laa yastawee minkum man anfaqa min qablil fat-hi wa qaatal; ulaaaika a'zamu darajatam minal lazeena anfaqoo mim ba'du wa qaataloo; wa kullanw wa'adallaahul husnaa; wallaahu bimaa ta'maloona Khabeer

And why should you not spend freely in the cause of God, seeing that God’s [alone] is the heritage of the heavens and the earth? Not equal are those of you who spent and fought [in God’s cause] before the Victory [and those who did not do so]: they are of a higher rank than those who would spend and fight [only] after it - although God has promised the ultimate good to all [who strive in His cause]. and god is aware of that you do.

man zal lazee yuqridul laaha qardan hasanan fa yudaa'ifahoo lahoo wa lahooo ajrun kareem

WHO IS IT that will offer up unto God a goodly loan, which He will amply repay For, such [as do so] shall have a noble reward

Yawma taral mu'mineena walmu'minaati yas'aa nooruhum baina aydeehim wa biaymaanihim bushraakumul yawma jannaatun tajree min tahtihal anhaaru khaalideena feeha; zaalika huwal fawzul 'azeem

on the Day when thou shalt see all believing men and believing women, with their light spreading rapidly before them and on their right, [and with this wel­come awaiting them:] “A glad tiding for you today: gardens through which running waters flow, therein to abide! This, this is the triumph supreme!”

Yawma yaqoolul munaa fiqoona walmunaafiqaatu lillazeena aamanun zuroonaa naqtabis min noorikum qeelarji'oo waraaa'akum faltamisoo nooran faduriba bainahum bisooril lahoo baab, baatinuhoo feehir rahmatu wa zaahiruhoo min qibalihi-'azaab

On that Day shall the hypocrites, both men and women, speak [thus] unto those who have attained to faith: “Wait for us! Let us have a [ray of] light from your light!” [But] they will be told: “Turn back, and seek a light [of your own]!” And thereupon a wall will be raised between them [and the believers], with a gate in it: within it will be grace and mercy, and against the outside thereof, suffering.

Yunaadoonahum alam nakum ma'akum qaaloo balaa wa laakinnakum fatantum anfusakum wa tarabbastum wartabtum wa gharratkumul amaaniyyu hatta jaaa'a amrul laahi wa gharrakum billaahil gharoor

They [who will remain without] will call out to those [within], “Were we not with you?” - [to which] the others will answer: “So it was! But you allowed yourselves to succumb to temptation, and you were hesitant [in your faith], and you were doubtful [of resurrection]; and your wishful thinking beguiled you until God’s command came to pass: for, [indeed, your own] deceptive thoughts about God deluded you

Fal Yawma laa yu'khazu minkum fidyatunw wa laa minal lazeena kafaroo; maawaakumun Naaru hiya maw laakum wa bi'sal maseer

“And so, no ransom shall be accepted today from you, and neither from those who were [openly] bent on denying the truth. Your goal is the fire: it is your [only] refuge - and how evil a journey’s end!”

Alam yaani laillzeena aamanooo an takhsha'a quloo buhum lizikril laahi wa maa nazala minal haqqi wa laa yakoonoo kallazeena ootul Kitaaba min qablu fataala 'alaihimul amadu faqasat quloobuhum wa kaseerum minhum faasiqoon

IS IT NOT time that the hearts of all who have attained to faith should feel humble at the remem­brance of God and of all the truth that has been bestowed [on them] from on high, lest they become like those who were granted revelation aforetime, and whose hearts have hardened with the passing of time so that many of them are [now] depraved?

I'lamooo annal laaha yuhyil arda ba'da mawtihaa; qad baiyannaa lakumul Aayaati la'allakum ta'qiloon

[But] know that God gives life to the earth after it has been lifeless! We have indeed made Our messages clear unto you, so that you might use your reason.

Innal mussaddiqeena wal mussaddiqaati wa aqradul laaha qardan hassanany yudaa'afu lahum wa lahum ajrun kareem

Verily, as for the men and women who accept the truth as true and who [thus] offer up unto God a goodly loan, they will be amply repaid, and shall have a noble reward [in the life to come].

Wallazeena aamanoo billaahi wa Rusuliheee ulaaa'ika humus siddeeqoona wash shuhadaaa'u 'inda Rabbihim lahum ajruhum wa nooruhum wallazeena kafaroo wa kazzaboo bi aayaatinaaa ulaaaika As haabul jaheem

For, they who have attained to faith in God and His Apostle - it is they, they who uphold the truth, and they who bear witness [thereto] before God: [and so] they shall have their reward and their light! But as for those who are bent on denying the truth and on giving the lie to Our messages - it is they who are destined for the blazing fire!

I'lamooo annamal hayaa tud dunyaa la'ibunw wa lahwunw wa zeenatunw wa takaasurun bainakum wa takaasurn fil amwaali wal awlaad, kamasali ghaisin a'jabal kuffaara nabaatuhoo summa yaheeju fataraahu musfaaran summa yakoonu hutaamaa; wa fil aakhirati 'azaabun shadeedunw wa magh firatum minal laahi wa ridwaan; wa mal haiyaa tuddun yaaa illaa mataa'ul ghuroor

KNOW [O men] that the life of this world is but a play and a passing delight, and a beautiful show, and [the cause of] your boastful vying with one another, and [of your] greed for more and more riches and children. Its parable is that of [life-giving] rain: the herbage which it causes to grow delights the tillers of the soil; but then it withers, and thou canst see it turn yellow; and in the end it crumbles into dust. But [the abiding truth of man’s condition will become fully apparent] in the life to come: [either] suffering severe, or God’s forgiveness and His goodly acceptance: for the life of this world is nothing but an enjoyment of self-delusion.

Saabiqooo ilaa maghfiratim mir Rabbikum wa jannatin 'arduhaa ka-'ardis samaaa'i wal ardi u'iddat lillazeena aamanoo billaahi wa Rusulih; zaalika fadlul laahi yu'teehi many yashaaa'; wal laahu zul fadlil 'azeem

[Hence,] vie with one another in seeking to attain to your Sustainer’s forgiveness, and [thus] to a paradise as vast as the heavens and the earth, which has been readied for those who have attained to faith in God and His Apostle: such is the bounty of God which He grants unto whomever He wills - for God is limitless in His great bounty.

Maaa asaaba mim musee batin fil ardi wa laa feee anfusikum illaa fee kitaabim min qabli an nabra ahaa; innaa zaalika 'alal laahi yaseer

NO CALAMITY can ever befall the earth, and nei­ther your own selves, unless it be [laid down] in Our decree before We bring it into being: verily, all this is easy for God.

Likailaa taasaw 'alaa maa faatakum wa laa tafrahoo bimaaa aataakum; wallaahu laa yuhibbu kulla mukhtaalin fakhoor

[Know this,] so that you may not despair over whatever [good] has escaped you nor exult [unduly] over whatever [good] has come to you: for, God does not love any of those who, out of self-conceit, act in a boastful manner –

Allazeeena yabkhaloona wa yaamuroonan naasa bil bukhl; wa many yatawalla fa innal laaha Huwal Ghaniyyul Hameed

those who are niggardly [with God’s bounty] and bid others to be niggardly! And he who turns his back [on this truth ought to know that], verily, God alone is self-sufficient, the One to whom all praise is due!

Laqad arsalnaa Rusulanaa bilbaiyinaati wa anzalnaa ma'ahumul Kitaaba wal Meezaana liyaqooman naasu bilqist, wa anzalnal hadeeda feehi baasun shadeedunw wa manaafi'u linnaasi wa liya'lamal laahu many yansuruhoo wa Rusulahoo bilghaib; innal laaha Qawiyyn 'Azeez

Indeed, [even aforetime] did We send forth Our apostles with all evidence of [this] truth; and through them We bestowed revelation from on high, and [thus gave you] a balance [wherewith to weigh right and wrong], so that men might behave with equity; and We bestowed [upon you] from on high [the ability to make use of] iron, in which there is awesome power as well as [a source of] benefits for man: and [all this was given to you] so that God might mark out those who would stand up for him and His Apostle, even though He [Himself] is beyond the reach of human perception. Verily, God is powerful, almighty!

Wa laqad arsalnaa Noohanw wa Ibraaheema wa ja'alnaa fee zurriyyatihiman nubuwwata wal Kitaaba faminhum muhtad; wa kaseerum minhum faasiqoon

And, indeed, [to the same end] We sent forth Noah and Abraham [as Our message-bearers], and established prophethood and revelation among their descendants; and some of them were on the right way, but many were iniquitous.

Summa qaffainaa 'alaa aasaarihim bi Rusulinaa wa qaffainaa be 'Eesab ni Maryama wa aatainaahul Injeela wa ja'alnaa fee quloobil lazeenat taba' oohu raafatanw wa rahmatanw wa rahbaaniyyatanib tada' oohaa maa katanaahaa 'alaihim illab tighaaa'a ridwaanil laahi famaa ra'awhaa haqqa ri'aayatihaa fa aatainal lazeena aamanoo minhum ajrahum wa kaseerum minhum faasiqoon

And thereupon We caused [other of] Our apostles to follow in their footsteps; and [in the course of time] We caused them to be followed by Jesus, the son of Mary, upon whom We bestowed the Gospel; and in the hearts of those who [truly] followed him We engendered compassion and mercy. But as for monastic asceticism - We did not enjoin it upon them: they invented it themselves out of a desire for God’s goodly acceptance. But then, they did not [always] observe it as it ought to have been observed: and so We granted their recompense unto such of them as had [truly] attained to faith, whereas many of them became iniquitous.

Yaaa ayyuhal lazeena aamaanut taqullaaha wa aaminoo bi Rasoolihee yu'tikum kiflaini mir rahmatihee wa yaj'al lakum nooran tamshoona bihee wa yaghfir lakum; wallaahu Ghafoorur Raheem

O YOU who have attained to faith! Remain con­scious of God, and believe in His Apostle, [and] He will grant you doubly of His grace, and will light for you a light wherein you shall walk, and will forgive you [your past sins]: for God is much-forgiving, a dispenser of grace.

Li'alla ya'lama Ahlul kitaabi allaa yaqdiroona 'alaa shai'im min fadlil laahi wa annal fadla bi Yadil laahi u'teehi many yashaaa'; wallaahu Zul fadilil 'azeem

And the followers of earlier revelation should know that they have no power whatever over any of God’s bounty, seeing that all bounty is in God’s hand [alone]: He grants it unto whomever He wills - for God is limitless in His great bounty.