Ash-Shu'araa

Ta Sin Mim

طسم

tta-seen-meem

These are the verses of the Scripture that makes things clear:

تِلْكَ آيَاتُ الْكِتَابِ الْمُبِينِ

til'ka āyātu l-kitābi l-mubīni

[Prophet], are you going to worry yourself to death because they will not believe?

لَعَلَّكَ بَاخِعٌ نَفْسَكَ أَلَّا يَكُونُوا مُؤْمِنِينَ

laʿallaka bākhiʿun nafsaka allā yakūnū mu'minīna

If We had wished, We could have sent them down a sign from heaven, at which their necks would stay bowed in utter humility.

إِنْ نَشَأْ نُنَزِّلْ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ آيَةً فَظَلَّتْ أَعْنَاقُهُمْ لَهَا خَاضِعِينَ

in nasha nunazzil ʿalayhim mina l-samāi āyatan faẓallat aʿnāquhum lahā khāḍiʿīna

Whenever they are brought a new revelation from the Lord of Mercy, they turn away:

وَمَا يَأْتِيهِمْ مِنْ ذِكْرٍ مِنَ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ مُحْدَثٍ إِلَّا كَانُوا عَنْهُ مُعْرِضِينَ

wamā yatīhim min dhik'rin mina l-raḥmāni muḥ'dathin illā kānū ʿanhu muʿ'riḍīna

they deny it, but the truth of what they scorned will soon hit them.

فَقَدْ كَذَّبُوا فَسَيَأْتِيهِمْ أَنْبَاءُ مَا كَانُوا بِهِ يَسْتَهْزِئُونَ

faqad kadhabū fasayatīhim anbāu mā kānū bihi yastahziūna

Do they not see the earth, and what noble kinds of thing We grow in it?

أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا إِلَى الْأَرْضِ كَمْ أَنْبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِنْ كُلِّ زَوْجٍ كَرِيمٍ

awalam yaraw ilā l-arḍi kam anbatnā fīhā min kulli zawjin karīmin

There truly is a sign in this, though most of them do not believe:

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ

inna fī dhālika laāyatan wamā kāna aktharuhum mu'minīna

your Lord alone is the Almighty, the Merciful.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ

wa-inna rabbaka lahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-raḥīmu

Your Lord called to Moses: ‘Go to those wrongdoers,

وَإِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبُّكَ مُوسَىٰ أَنِ ائْتِ الْقَوْمَ الظَّالِمِينَ

wa-idh nādā rabbuka mūsā ani i'ti l-qawma l-ẓālimīna

the people of Pharaoh. Will they not take heed?’

قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ ۚ أَلَا يَتَّقُونَ

qawma fir'ʿawna alā yattaqūna

Moses said, ‘My Lord, I fear they will call me a liar,

قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّي أَخَافُ أَنْ يُكَذِّبُونِ

qāla rabbi innī akhāfu an yukadhibūni

and I will feel stressed and tongue-tied, so send Aaron too;

وَيَضِيقُ صَدْرِي وَلَا يَنْطَلِقُ لِسَانِي فَأَرْسِلْ إِلَىٰ هَارُونَ

wayaḍīqu ṣadrī walā yanṭaliqu lisānī fa-arsil ilā hārūna

besides, they have a chargeagainst me, and I fear they may kill me.’

وَلَهُمْ عَلَيَّ ذَنْبٌ فَأَخَافُ أَنْ يَقْتُلُونِ

walahum ʿalayya dhanbun fa-akhāfu an yaqtulūni

God said, ‘No [they will not]. Go, both of you, with Our signs––We shall be with you, listen-ing.

قَالَ كَلَّا ۖ فَاذْهَبَا بِآيَاتِنَا ۖ إِنَّا مَعَكُمْ مُسْتَمِعُونَ

qāla kallā fa-idh'habā biāyātinā innā maʿakum mus'tamiʿūna

Go, both of you, to Pharaoh and say, “We bring a message from the Lord of the Worlds:

فَأْتِيَا فِرْعَوْنَ فَقُولَا إِنَّا رَسُولُ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

fatiyā fir'ʿawna faqūlā innā rasūlu rabbi l-ʿālamīna

let the Children of Israel leave with us.” ’

أَنْ أَرْسِلْ مَعَنَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ

an arsil maʿanā banī is'rāīla

Pharaoh said, ‘Did we not bring you up as a child among us? Did you not stay with us for many years?

قَالَ أَلَمْ نُرَبِّكَ فِينَا وَلِيدًا وَلَبِثْتَ فِينَا مِنْ عُمُرِكَ سِنِينَ

qāla alam nurabbika fīnā walīdan walabith'ta fīnā min ʿumurika sinīna

And then you committed that crime of yours: you were so ungrateful.’

وَفَعَلْتَ فَعْلَتَكَ الَّتِي فَعَلْتَ وَأَنْتَ مِنَ الْكَافِرِينَ

wafaʿalta faʿlataka allatī faʿalta wa-anta mina l-kāfirīna

Moses replied, ‘I was misguided when I did it

قَالَ فَعَلْتُهَا إِذًا وَأَنَا مِنَ الضَّالِّينَ

qāla faʿaltuhā idhan wa-anā mina l-ḍālīna

and I fled from you in fear; later my Lord gave me wisdom and made me one of His messengers.

فَفَرَرْتُ مِنْكُمْ لَمَّا خِفْتُكُمْ فَوَهَبَ لِي رَبِّي حُكْمًا وَجَعَلَنِي مِنَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ

fafarartu minkum lammā khif'tukum fawahaba lī rabbī ḥuk'man wajaʿalanī mina l-mur'salīna

And is this- that you have enslaved the Children of Israel- the favour with which you reproach me?’

وَتِلْكَ نِعْمَةٌ تَمُنُّهَا عَلَيَّ أَنْ عَبَّدْتَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ

watil'ka niʿ'matun tamunnuhā ʿalayya an ʿabbadtta banī is'rāīla

Pharaoh asked, ‘What is this “Lord of the Worlds”?’

قَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَا رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ

qāla fir'ʿawnu wamā rabbu l-ʿālamīna

Moses replied, ‘He is the Lord of the heavens and earth and everything between them. If you would only have faith!’

قَالَ رَبُّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ۖ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ مُوقِنِينَ

qāla rabbu l-samāwāti wal-arḍi wamā baynahumā in kuntum mūqinīna

Pharaoh said to those present, ‘Do you hear what he says?’

قَالَ لِمَنْ حَوْلَهُ أَلَا تَسْتَمِعُونَ

qāla liman ḥawlahu alā tastamiʿūna

Moses said, ‘He is your Lord and the Lord of your forefathers.’

قَالَ رَبُّكُمْ وَرَبُّ آبَائِكُمُ الْأَوَّلِينَ

qāla rabbukum warabbu ābāikumu l-awalīna

Pharaoh said, ‘This messenger who has been sent to you is truly possessed.’

قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَكُمُ الَّذِي أُرْسِلَ إِلَيْكُمْ لَمَجْنُونٌ

qāla inna rasūlakumu alladhī ur'sila ilaykum lamajnūnun

Moses continued, ‘Lord of the East and West and everything between them. If you would only use your reason!’

قَالَ رَبُّ الْمَشْرِقِ وَالْمَغْرِبِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ۖ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ

qāla rabbu l-mashriqi wal-maghribi wamā baynahumā in kuntum taʿqilūna

But Pharaoh said [to him], ‘If you take any god other than me, I will throw you into prison,’

قَالَ لَئِنِ اتَّخَذْتَ إِلَـٰهًا غَيْرِي لَأَجْعَلَنَّكَ مِنَ الْمَسْجُونِينَ

qāla la-ini ittakhadhta ilāhan ghayrī la-ajʿalannaka mina l-masjūnīna

and Moses asked, ‘Even if I show you something convincing?’

قَالَ أَوَلَوْ جِئْتُكَ بِشَيْءٍ مُبِينٍ

qāla awalaw ji'tuka bishayin mubīnin

‘Show it then,’ said Pharaoh, ‘if you are telling the truth.’

قَالَ فَأْتِ بِهِ إِنْ كُنْتَ مِنَ الصَّادِقِينَ

qāla fati bihi in kunta mina l-ṣādiqīna

So Moses threw down his staff and- lo and behold!- it became a snake for everyone to see.

فَأَلْقَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِيَ ثُعْبَانٌ مُبِينٌ

fa-alqā ʿaṣāhu fa-idhā hiya thuʿ'bānun mubīnun

Then he drew out his hand and- lo and behold!- it was white for the onlookers to see.

وَنَزَعَ يَدَهُ فَإِذَا هِيَ بَيْضَاءُ لِلنَّاظِرِينَ

wanazaʿa yadahu fa-idhā hiya bayḍāu lilnnāẓirīna

Pharaoh said to the counsellors around him, ‘This man is a learned sorcerer!

قَالَ لِلْمَلَإِ حَوْلَهُ إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَسَاحِرٌ عَلِيمٌ

qāla lil'mala-i ḥawlahu inna hādhā lasāḥirun ʿalīmun

He means to use his sorcery to drive you out of your land! What do you suggest?’

يُرِيدُ أَنْ يُخْرِجَكُمْ مِنْ أَرْضِكُمْ بِسِحْرِهِ فَمَاذَا تَأْمُرُونَ

yurīdu an yukh'rijakum min arḍikum bisiḥ'rihi famādhā tamurūna

They answered, ‘Delay him and his brother for a while, and send messengers to all the cities

قَالُوا أَرْجِهْ وَأَخَاهُ وَابْعَثْ فِي الْمَدَائِنِ حَاشِرِينَ

qālū arjih wa-akhāhu wa-ib'ʿath fī l-madāini ḥāshirīna

to bring every accomplished sorcerer to you.’

يَأْتُوكَ بِكُلِّ سَحَّارٍ عَلِيمٍ

yatūka bikulli saḥḥārin ʿalīmin

The sorcerers were [to be] assembled at the appointed time on a certain day

فَجُمِعَ السَّحَرَةُ لِمِيقَاتِ يَوْمٍ مَعْلُومٍ

fajumiʿa l-saḥaratu limīqāti yawmin maʿlūmin

and the people were asked, "Are you all coming?

وَقِيلَ لِلنَّاسِ هَلْ أَنْتُمْ مُجْتَمِعُونَ

waqīla lilnnāsi hal antum muj'tamiʿūna

We may follow the sorcerers if they win!"

لَعَلَّنَا نَتَّبِعُ السَّحَرَةَ إِنْ كَانُوا هُمُ الْغَالِبِينَ

laʿallanā nattabiʿu l-saḥarata in kānū humu l-ghālibīna

When the sorcerers came, they said to Pharaoh, ‘Shall we be rewarded if we win?’

فَلَمَّا جَاءَ السَّحَرَةُ قَالُوا لِفِرْعَوْنَ أَئِنَّ لَنَا لَأَجْرًا إِنْ كُنَّا نَحْنُ الْغَالِبِينَ

falammā jāa l-saḥaratu qālū lifir'ʿawna a-inna lanā la-ajran in kunnā naḥnu l-ghālibīna

and he said, ‘Yes, and you will join my inner court.’

قَالَ نَعَمْ وَإِنَّكُمْ إِذًا لَمِنَ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ

qāla naʿam wa-innakum idhan lamina l-muqarabīna

Moses said to them, ‘Throw down whatever you will.’

قَالَ لَهُمْ مُوسَىٰ أَلْقُوا مَا أَنْتُمْ مُلْقُونَ

qāla lahum mūsā alqū mā antum mul'qūna

They threw their ropes and staffs, saying, ‘By Pharaoh’s might, we shall be victorious.’

فَأَلْقَوْا حِبَالَهُمْ وَعِصِيَّهُمْ وَقَالُوا بِعِزَّةِ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّا لَنَحْنُ الْغَالِبُونَ

fa-alqaw ḥibālahum waʿiṣiyyahum waqālū biʿizzati fir'ʿawna innā lanaḥnu l-ghālibūna

But Moses threw his staff and- lo and behold!- it swallowed up their trickery

فَأَلْقَىٰ مُوسَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِيَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُونَ

fa-alqā mūsā ʿaṣāhu fa-idhā hiya talqafu mā yafikūna

and the sorcerers fell down on their knees,

فَأُلْقِيَ السَّحَرَةُ سَاجِدِينَ

fa-ul'qiya l-saḥaratu sājidīna

exclaiming, ‘We believe in the Lord of the Worlds,

قَالُوا آمَنَّا بِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

qālū āmannā birabbi l-ʿālamīna

the Lord of Moses and Aaron.’

رَبِّ مُوسَىٰ وَهَارُونَ

rabbi mūsā wahārūna

Pharaoh said, ‘How dare you believe in him before I have given you permission? He must be the master who taught you sorcery! Soon you will see: I will cut off your alternate hands and feet and then crucify the lot of you!’

قَالَ آمَنْتُمْ لَهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ آذَنَ لَكُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُ لَكَبِيرُكُمُ الَّذِي عَلَّمَكُمُ السِّحْرَ فَلَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ ۚ لَأُقَطِّعَنَّ أَيْدِيَكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُمْ مِنْ خِلَافٍ وَلَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

qāla āmantum lahu qabla an ādhana lakum innahu lakabīrukumu alladhī ʿallamakumu l-siḥ'ra falasawfa taʿlamūna la-uqaṭṭiʿanna aydiyakum wa-arjulakum min khilāfin wala-uṣallibannakum ajmaʿīna

‘That will do us no harm,’ they said, ‘for we are sure to return to our Lord.

قَالُوا لَا ضَيْرَ ۖ إِنَّا إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا مُنْقَلِبُونَ

qālū lā ḍayra innā ilā rabbinā munqalibūna

We hope that our Lord will forgive us our sins, as we were the first to believe.’

إِنَّا نَطْمَعُ أَنْ يَغْفِرَ لَنَا رَبُّنَا خَطَايَانَا أَنْ كُنَّا أَوَّلَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ

innā naṭmaʿu an yaghfira lanā rabbunā khaṭāyānā an kunnā awwala l-mu'minīna

Then We revealed Our will to Moses, ‘Leave with My servants by night, for you will be pursued!’

وَأَوْحَيْنَا إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰ أَنْ أَسْرِ بِعِبَادِي إِنَّكُمْ مُتَّبَعُونَ

wa-awḥaynā ilā mūsā an asri biʿibādī innakum muttabaʿūna

Pharaoh sent messengers into the cities, proclaiming,

فَأَرْسَلَ فِرْعَوْنُ فِي الْمَدَائِنِ حَاشِرِينَ

fa-arsala fir'ʿawnu fī l-madāini ḥāshirīna

‘These people are a puny band––

إِنَّ هَـٰؤُلَاءِ لَشِرْذِمَةٌ قَلِيلُونَ

inna hāulāi lashir'dhimatun qalīlūna

they have enraged us-

وَإِنَّهُمْ لَنَا لَغَائِظُونَ

wa-innahum lanā laghāiẓūna

and we are a large army, on the alert.’

وَإِنَّا لَجَمِيعٌ حَاذِرُونَ

wa-innā lajamīʿun ḥādhirūna

So it was that We made them leave their gardens and their springs,

فَأَخْرَجْنَاهُمْ مِنْ جَنَّاتٍ وَعُيُونٍ

fa-akhrajnāhum min jannātin waʿuyūnin

their treasures and their noble dwellings-

وَكُنُوزٍ وَمَقَامٍ كَرِيمٍ

wakunūzin wamaqāmin karīmin

We gave [such] things [later]to the Children of Israel.

كَذَٰلِكَ وَأَوْرَثْنَاهَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ

kadhālika wa-awrathnāhā banī is'rāīla

Pharaoh and his people pursued them at sunrise,

فَأَتْبَعُوهُمْ مُشْرِقِينَ

fa-atbaʿūhum mush'riqīna

and as soon as the two sides came within sight of one another, Moses’ followers said, ‘We shall definitely be caught.’

فَلَمَّا تَرَاءَى الْجَمْعَانِ قَالَ أَصْحَابُ مُوسَىٰ إِنَّا لَمُدْرَكُونَ

falammā tarāā l-jamʿāni qāla aṣḥābu mūsā innā lamud'rakūna

Moses said, ‘No, my Lord is with me: He will guide me,’

قَالَ كَلَّا ۖ إِنَّ مَعِيَ رَبِّي سَيَهْدِينِ

qāla kallā inna maʿiya rabbī sayahdīni

and We revealed to Moses: ‘Strike the sea with your staff.’ It parted- each side like a mighty mountain-

فَأَوْحَيْنَا إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰ أَنِ اضْرِبْ بِعَصَاكَ الْبَحْرَ ۖ فَانْفَلَقَ فَكَانَ كُلُّ فِرْقٍ كَالطَّوْدِ الْعَظِيمِ

fa-awḥaynā ilā mūsā ani iḍ'rib biʿaṣāka l-baḥra fa-infalaqa fakāna kullu fir'qin kal-ṭawdi l-ʿaẓīmi

and We brought the others to that place:

وَأَزْلَفْنَا ثَمَّ الْآخَرِينَ

wa-azlafnā thamma l-ākharīna

We saved Moses and all his companions,

وَأَنْجَيْنَا مُوسَىٰ وَمَنْ مَعَهُ أَجْمَعِينَ

wa-anjaynā mūsā waman maʿahu ajmaʿīna

and drowned the rest.

ثُمَّ أَغْرَقْنَا الْآخَرِينَ

thumma aghraqnā l-ākharīna

There truly is a sign in this, though most of them do not believe:

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ

inna fī dhālika laāyatan wamā kāna aktharuhum mu'minīna

your Lord alone is the Almighty, the Merciful.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ

wa-inna rabbaka lahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-raḥīmu

Tell them the story of Abraham,

وَاتْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ نَبَأَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ

wa-ut'lu ʿalayhim naba-a ib'rāhīma

when he asked his father and his people, ‘What do you worship?’

إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِ مَا تَعْبُدُونَ

idh qāla li-abīhi waqawmihi mā taʿbudūna

They said, ‘We worship idols, and are constantly in attendance on them.’

قَالُوا نَعْبُدُ أَصْنَامًا فَنَظَلُّ لَهَا عَاكِفِينَ

qālū naʿbudu aṣnāman fanaẓallu lahā ʿākifīna

He asked, ‘Do they hear you when you call?

قَالَ هَلْ يَسْمَعُونَكُمْ إِذْ تَدْعُونَ

qāla hal yasmaʿūnakum idh tadʿūna

Do they help or harm you?’

أَوْ يَنْفَعُونَكُمْ أَوْ يَضُرُّونَ

aw yanfaʿūnakum aw yaḍurrūna

They replied, ‘No, but this is what we saw our fathers doing.’

قَالُوا بَلْ وَجَدْنَا آبَاءَنَا كَذَٰلِكَ يَفْعَلُونَ

qālū bal wajadnā ābāanā kadhālika yafʿalūna

Abraham said, ‘Those idols you have worshipped,

قَالَ أَفَرَأَيْتُمْ مَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَ

qāla afara-aytum mā kuntum taʿbudūna

you and your forefathers,

أَنْتُمْ وَآبَاؤُكُمُ الْأَقْدَمُونَ

antum waābāukumu l-aqdamūna

are my enemies; not so the Lord of the Worlds,

فَإِنَّهُمْ عَدُوٌّ لِي إِلَّا رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ

fa-innahum ʿaduwwun lī illā rabba l-ʿālamīna

who created me. It is He who guides me;

الَّذِي خَلَقَنِي فَهُوَ يَهْدِينِ

alladhī khalaqanī fahuwa yahdīni

He who gives me food and drink;

وَالَّذِي هُوَ يُطْعِمُنِي وَيَسْقِينِ

wa-alladhī huwa yuṭ'ʿimunī wayasqīni

He who cures me when I am ill;

وَإِذَا مَرِضْتُ فَهُوَ يَشْفِينِ

wa-idhā mariḍ'tu fahuwa yashfīni

He who will make me die and then give me life again;

وَالَّذِي يُمِيتُنِي ثُمَّ يُحْيِينِ

wa-alladhī yumītunī thumma yuḥ'yīni

and He who will, I hope, forgive my faults on the Day of Judgement.

وَالَّذِي أَطْمَعُ أَنْ يَغْفِرَ لِي خَطِيئَتِي يَوْمَ الدِّينِ

wa-alladhī aṭmaʿu an yaghfira lī khaṭīatī yawma l-dīni

My Lord, grant me wisdom; join me with the righteous;

رَبِّ هَبْ لِي حُكْمًا وَأَلْحِقْنِي بِالصَّالِحِينَ

rabbi hab lī ḥuk'man wa-alḥiq'nī bil-ṣāliḥīna

give me a good name among later generations;

وَاجْعَلْ لِي لِسَانَ صِدْقٍ فِي الْآخِرِينَ

wa-ij'ʿal lī lisāna ṣid'qin fī l-ākhirīna

make me one of those given the Garden of Bliss-

وَاجْعَلْنِي مِنْ وَرَثَةِ جَنَّةِ النَّعِيمِ

wa-ij'ʿalnī min warathati jannati l-naʿīmi

forgive my father, for he is one of those who have gone astray-

وَاغْفِرْ لِأَبِي إِنَّهُ كَانَ مِنَ الضَّالِّينَ

wa-igh'fir li-abī innahu kāna mina l-ḍālīna

and do not disgrace me on the Day when all people are resurrected:

وَلَا تُخْزِنِي يَوْمَ يُبْعَثُونَ

walā tukh'zinī yawma yub'ʿathūna

the Day when neither wealth nor children can help,

يَوْمَ لَا يَنْفَعُ مَالٌ وَلَا بَنُونَ

yawma lā yanfaʿu mālun walā banūna

when the only one who will be saved is the one who comes before God with a heart devoted to Him.’

إِلَّا مَنْ أَتَى اللَّهَ بِقَلْبٍ سَلِيمٍ

illā man atā l-laha biqalbin salīmin

When the Garden is brought near to the righteous

وَأُزْلِفَتِ الْجَنَّةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ

wa-uz'lifati l-janatu lil'muttaqīna

and the Fire is placed in full view of the misguided,

وَبُرِّزَتِ الْجَحِيمُ لِلْغَاوِينَ

waburrizati l-jaḥīmu lil'ghāwīna

it will be said to them, ‘Where are those you worshipped

وَقِيلَ لَهُمْ أَيْنَ مَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَ

waqīla lahum ayna mā kuntum taʿbudūna

beside God? Can they help you now, or even help themselves?’

مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ هَلْ يَنْصُرُونَكُمْ أَوْ يَنْتَصِرُونَ

min dūni l-lahi hal yanṣurūnakum aw yantaṣirūna

and then they will all be hurled into Hell, together with those that misled them,

فَكُبْكِبُوا فِيهَا هُمْ وَالْغَاوُونَ

fakub'kibū fīhā hum wal-ghāwūna

and all Iblis’s supporters.

وَجُنُودُ إِبْلِيسَ أَجْمَعُونَ

wajunūdu ib'līsa ajmaʿūna

There they will say to their gods, as they bicker among themselves,

قَالُوا وَهُمْ فِيهَا يَخْتَصِمُونَ

qālū wahum fīhā yakhtaṣimūna

‘We were clearly misguided

تَاللَّهِ إِنْ كُنَّا لَفِي ضَلَالٍ مُبِينٍ

tal-lahi in kunnā lafī ḍalālin mubīnin

when we made you equal with the Lord of the Worlds.

إِذْ نُسَوِّيكُمْ بِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

idh nusawwīkum birabbi l-ʿālamīna

It was the evildoers who led us astray,

وَمَا أَضَلَّنَا إِلَّا الْمُجْرِمُونَ

wamā aḍallanā illā l-muj'rimūna

and now we have no intercessor

فَمَا لَنَا مِنْ شَافِعِينَ

famā lanā min shāfiʿīna

and no true friend.

وَلَا صَدِيقٍ حَمِيمٍ

walā ṣadīqin ḥamīmin

If only we could live our lives again, we would be true believers!’

فَلَوْ أَنَّ لَنَا كَرَّةً فَنَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ

falaw anna lanā karratan fanakūna mina l-mu'minīna

There truly is a sign in this, though most of them do not believe:

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ

inna fī dhālika laāyatan wamā kāna aktharuhum mu'minīna

your Lord alone is the Almighty, the Merciful.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ

wa-inna rabbaka lahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-raḥīmu

The people of Noah, too, called the messengers liars.

كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ الْمُرْسَلِينَ

kadhabat qawmu nūḥin l-mur'salīna

Their brother Noah said to them, ‘Will you not be mindful of God?

إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ نُوحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

idh qāla lahum akhūhum nūḥun alā tattaqūna

I am a faithful messenger sent to you:

إِنِّي لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ

innī lakum rasūlun amīnun

be mindful of God and obey me.

فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

fa-ittaqū l-laha wa-aṭīʿūni

I ask no reward of you, for my only reward is with the Lord of the Worlds:

وَمَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

wamā asalukum ʿalayhi min ajrin in ajriya illā ʿalā rabbi l-ʿālamīna

be mindful of God and obey me.’

فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

fa-ittaqū l-laha wa-aṭīʿūni

They answered, ‘Why should we believe you when the worst sort of people follow you?’

قَالُوا أَنُؤْمِنُ لَكَ وَاتَّبَعَكَ الْأَرْذَلُونَ

qālū anu'minu laka wa-ittabaʿaka l-ardhalūna

He said, ‘What knowledge do I have of what they used to do?

قَالَ وَمَا عِلْمِي بِمَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ

qāla wamā ʿil'mī bimā kānū yaʿmalūna

It is for my Lord alone to bring them to account- if only you could see-

إِنْ حِسَابُهُمْ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّي ۖ لَوْ تَشْعُرُونَ

in ḥisābuhum illā ʿalā rabbī law tashʿurūna

I will not drive believers away.

وَمَا أَنَا بِطَارِدِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ

wamā anā biṭāridi l-mu'minīna

I am here only to give people a clear warning.’

إِنْ أَنَا إِلَّا نَذِيرٌ مُبِينٌ

in anā illā nadhīrun mubīnun

So they said, ‘Noah, if you do not stop this, you will be stoned.’

قَالُوا لَئِنْ لَمْ تَنْتَهِ يَا نُوحُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْمَرْجُومِينَ

qālū la-in lam tantahi yānūḥu latakūnanna mina l-marjūmīna

He said, ‘My Lord, my people have rejected me,

قَالَ رَبِّ إِنَّ قَوْمِي كَذَّبُونِ

qāla rabbi inna qawmī kadhabūni

so make a firm judgement between me and them, and save me and my believing followers.’

فَافْتَحْ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُمْ فَتْحًا وَنَجِّنِي وَمَنْ مَعِيَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ

fa-if'taḥ baynī wabaynahum fatḥan wanajjinī waman maʿiya mina l-mu'minīna

So We saved him and his followers in the fully laden ship,

فَأَنْجَيْنَاهُ وَمَنْ مَعَهُ فِي الْفُلْكِ الْمَشْحُونِ

fa-anjaynāhu waman maʿahu fī l-ful'ki l-mashḥūni

and drowned the rest.

ثُمَّ أَغْرَقْنَا بَعْدُ الْبَاقِينَ

thumma aghraqnā baʿdu l-bāqīna

There truly is a sign in this, though most of them do not believe:

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ

inna fī dhālika laāyatan wamā kāna aktharuhum mu'minīna

your Lord alone is the Almighty, the Merciful.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ

wa-inna rabbaka lahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-raḥīmu

The people of Ad, too, called the messengers liars.

كَذَّبَتْ عَادٌ الْمُرْسَلِينَ

kadhabat ʿādun l-mur'salīna

Their brother Hud said to them, ‘Will you not be mindful of God?

إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ هُودٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

idh qāla lahum akhūhum hūdun alā tattaqūna

I am a faithful messenger sent to you:

إِنِّي لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ

innī lakum rasūlun amīnun

be mindful of God and obey me.

فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

fa-ittaqū l-laha wa-aṭīʿūni

I ask no reward of you, for my only reward is with the Lord of the Worlds.

وَمَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

wamā asalukum ʿalayhi min ajrin in ajriya illā ʿalā rabbi l-ʿālamīna

How can you be so vain that you set up monuments on every high place?

أَتَبْنُونَ بِكُلِّ رِيعٍ آيَةً تَعْبَثُونَ

atabnūna bikulli rīʿin āyatan taʿbathūna

Do you build fortresses because you hope to be immortal?

وَتَتَّخِذُونَ مَصَانِعَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَخْلُدُونَ

watattakhidhūna maṣāniʿa laʿallakum takhludūna

Why do you act like tyrants whenever you attack someone?

وَإِذَا بَطَشْتُمْ بَطَشْتُمْ جَبَّارِينَ

wa-idhā baṭashtum baṭashtum jabbārīna

Be mindful of God and obey me;

فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

fa-ittaqū l-laha wa-aṭīʿūni

be mindful of Him who has provided you with everything you know-

وَاتَّقُوا الَّذِي أَمَدَّكُمْ بِمَا تَعْلَمُونَ

wa-ittaqū alladhī amaddakum bimā taʿlamūna

He has given you livestock, sons,

أَمَدَّكُمْ بِأَنْعَامٍ وَبَنِينَ

amaddakum bi-anʿāmin wabanīna

gardens, springs-

وَجَنَّاتٍ وَعُيُونٍ

wajannātin waʿuyūnin

for I truly fear that the torment of a grievous day will overtake you.’

إِنِّي أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ

innī akhāfu ʿalaykum ʿadhāba yawmin ʿaẓīmin

They replied, ‘It makes no difference to us whether you warn us or not,

قَالُوا سَوَاءٌ عَلَيْنَا أَوَعَظْتَ أَمْ لَمْ تَكُنْ مِنَ الْوَاعِظِينَ

qālū sawāon ʿalaynā awaʿaẓta am lam takun mina l-wāʿiẓīna

for we only do what our forefathers used to do:

إِنْ هَـٰذَا إِلَّا خُلُقُ الْأَوَّلِينَ

in hādhā illā khuluqu l-awalīna

we shall not be punished.’

وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ

wamā naḥnu bimuʿadhabīna

They denounced him as a liar, and so We destroyed them. There truly is a sign in this, though most of them do not believe:

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَهْلَكْنَاهُمْ ۗ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ

fakadhabūhu fa-ahlaknāhum inna fī dhālika laāyatan wamā kāna aktharuhum mu'minīna

your Lord alone is the Almighty, the Merciful.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ

wa-inna rabbaka lahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-raḥīmu

The people of Thamud, too, called the messengers liars.

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ الْمُرْسَلِينَ

kadhabat thamūdu l-mur'salīna

Their brother Salih said to them, ‘Will you not be mindful of God?

إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ صَالِحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

idh qāla lahum akhūhum ṣāliḥun alā tattaqūna

I am a faithful messenger to you:

إِنِّي لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ

innī lakum rasūlun amīnun

be mindful of God and obey me.

فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

fa-ittaqū l-laha wa-aṭīʿūni

I ask no reward from you, for my only reward is with the Lord of the Worlds.

وَمَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

wamā asalukum ʿalayhi min ajrin in ajriya illā ʿalā rabbi l-ʿālamīna

[Do you think] you will be left secure for ever in what you have here-

أَتُتْرَكُونَ فِي مَا هَاهُنَا آمِنِينَ

atut'rakūna fī mā hāhunā āminīna

gardens, springs,

فِي جَنَّاتٍ وَعُيُونٍ

fī jannātin waʿuyūnin

fields, palm trees laden with fruit-

وَزُرُوعٍ وَنَخْلٍ طَلْعُهَا هَضِيمٌ

wazurūʿin wanakhlin ṭalʿuhā haḍīmun

carving your fine houses from the mountains?

وَتَنْحِتُونَ مِنَ الْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا فَارِهِينَ

watanḥitūna mina l-jibāli buyūtan fārihīna

Be mindful of God and obey me:

فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

fa-ittaqū l-laha wa-aṭīʿūni

do not obey those who are given to excess

وَلَا تُطِيعُوا أَمْرَ الْمُسْرِفِينَ

walā tuṭīʿū amra l-mus'rifīna

and who spread corruption in the land instead of doing what is right.’

الَّذِينَ يُفْسِدُونَ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا يُصْلِحُونَ

alladhīna yuf'sidūna fī l-arḍi walā yuṣ'liḥūna

They said, ‘You are bewitched!

قَالُوا إِنَّمَا أَنْتَ مِنَ الْمُسَحَّرِينَ

qālū innamā anta mina l-musaḥarīna

You are nothing but a man like us. Show us a sign, if you are telling the truth.’

مَا أَنْتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِثْلُنَا فَأْتِ بِآيَةٍ إِنْ كُنْتَ مِنَ الصَّادِقِينَ

mā anta illā basharun mith'lunā fati biāyatin in kunta mina l-ṣādiqīna

He said, ‘Here is a camel. She should have her turn to drink and so should you, each on a specified day,

قَالَ هَـٰذِهِ نَاقَةٌ لَهَا شِرْبٌ وَلَكُمْ شِرْبُ يَوْمٍ مَعْلُومٍ

qāla hādhihi nāqatun lahā shir'bun walakum shir'bu yawmin maʿlūmin

so do not harm her, or the punishment of a terrible day will befall you.’

وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوءٍ فَيَأْخُذَكُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ

walā tamassūhā bisūin fayakhudhakum ʿadhābu yawmin ʿaẓīmin

But they hamstrung her. In the morning they had cause to regret it:

فَعَقَرُوهَا فَأَصْبَحُوا نَادِمِينَ

faʿaqarūhā fa-aṣbaḥū nādimīna

the punishment fell upon them. There truly is a sign in this, though most of them will not believe:

فَأَخَذَهُمُ الْعَذَابُ ۗ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ

fa-akhadhahumu l-ʿadhābu inna fī dhālika laāyatan wamā kāna aktharuhum mu'minīna

your Lord alone is the Almighty, the Merciful.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ

wa-inna rabbaka lahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-raḥīmu

The people of Lot, too, called the messengers liars.

كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ لُوطٍ الْمُرْسَلِينَ

kadhabat qawmu lūṭin l-mur'salīna

Their brother Lot said to them, ‘Will you not be mindful of God?

إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ لُوطٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

idh qāla lahum akhūhum lūṭun alā tattaqūna

I am a faithful messenger to you:

إِنِّي لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ

innī lakum rasūlun amīnun

be mindful of God and obey me.

فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

fa-ittaqū l-laha wa-aṭīʿūni

I ask no reward from you, for my only reward is with the Lord of the Worlds.

وَمَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

wamā asalukum ʿalayhi min ajrin in ajriya illā ʿalā rabbi l-ʿālamīna

Must you, unlike [other] people, lust after males

أَتَأْتُونَ الذُّكْرَانَ مِنَ الْعَالَمِينَ

atatūna l-dhuk'rāna mina l-ʿālamīna

and abandon the wives that God has created for you? You are exceeding all bounds,’

وَتَذَرُونَ مَا خَلَقَ لَكُمْ رَبُّكُمْ مِنْ أَزْوَاجِكُمْ ۚ بَلْ أَنْتُمْ قَوْمٌ عَادُونَ

watadharūna mā khalaqa lakum rabbukum min azwājikum bal antum qawmun ʿādūna

but they replied, ‘Lot! If you do not stop this, you will be driven away.’

قَالُوا لَئِنْ لَمْ تَنْتَهِ يَا لُوطُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْمُخْرَجِينَ

qālū la-in lam tantahi yālūṭu latakūnanna mina l-mukh'rajīna

So he said, ‘I loathe what you do:

قَالَ إِنِّي لِعَمَلِكُمْ مِنَ الْقَالِينَ

qāla innī liʿamalikum mina l-qālīna

Lord, save me and my family from what they are doing.’

رَبِّ نَجِّنِي وَأَهْلِي مِمَّا يَعْمَلُونَ

rabbi najjinī wa-ahlī mimmā yaʿmalūna

We saved him and all his family,

فَنَجَّيْنَاهُ وَأَهْلَهُ أَجْمَعِينَ

fanajjaynāhu wa-ahlahu ajmaʿīna

except for an old woman who stayed behind,

إِلَّا عَجُوزًا فِي الْغَابِرِينَ

illā ʿajūzan fī l-ghābirīna

then We destroyed the others,

ثُمَّ دَمَّرْنَا الْآخَرِينَ

thumma dammarnā l-ākharīna

and poured a rain of destruction down upon them. How dreadful that rain was for those who had been forewarned!

وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ مَطَرًا ۖ فَسَاءَ مَطَرُ الْمُنْذَرِينَ

wa-amṭarnā ʿalayhim maṭaran fasāa maṭaru l-mundharīna

There truly is a sign in this, though most of them will not believe:

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ

inna fī dhālika laāyatan wamā kāna aktharuhum mu'minīna

your Lord alone is the Almighty, the Merciful.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ

wa-inna rabbaka lahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-raḥīmu

The forest-dwellers, too, called the messengers liars.

كَذَّبَ أَصْحَابُ الْأَيْكَةِ الْمُرْسَلِينَ

kadhaba aṣḥābu al'aykati l-mur'salīna

Shuayb said to them, ‘Will you not be mindful of God?

إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ شُعَيْبٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

idh qāla lahum shuʿaybun alā tattaqūna

I am a faithful messenger to you:

إِنِّي لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ

innī lakum rasūlun amīnun

be mindful of God and obey me.

فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

fa-ittaqū l-laha wa-aṭīʿūni

I ask no reward of you, for my only reward is with the Lord of the Worlds.

وَمَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

wamā asalukum ʿalayhi min ajrin in ajriya illā ʿalā rabbi l-ʿālamīna

Give full measure: do not sell others short.

أَوْفُوا الْكَيْلَ وَلَا تَكُونُوا مِنَ الْمُخْسِرِينَ

awfū l-kayla walā takūnū mina l-mukh'sirīna

Weigh with correct scales:

وَزِنُوا بِالْقِسْطَاسِ الْمُسْتَقِيمِ

wazinū bil-qis'ṭāsi l-mus'taqīmi

do not deprive people of what is theirs. Do not spread corruption on earth.

وَلَا تَبْخَسُوا النَّاسَ أَشْيَاءَهُمْ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا فِي الْأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ

walā tabkhasū l-nāsa ashyāahum walā taʿthaw fī l-arḍi muf'sidīna

Be mindful of God who created you and former generations,’

وَاتَّقُوا الَّذِي خَلَقَكُمْ وَالْجِبِلَّةَ الْأَوَّلِينَ

wa-ittaqū alladhī khalaqakum wal-jibilata l-awalīna

but they replied, ‘You are bewitched!

قَالُوا إِنَّمَا أَنْتَ مِنَ الْمُسَحَّرِينَ

qālū innamā anta mina l-musaḥarīna

You are nothing but a man like us. In fact we think you are a liar.

وَمَا أَنْتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِثْلُنَا وَإِنْ نَظُنُّكَ لَمِنَ الْكَاذِبِينَ

wamā anta illā basharun mith'lunā wa-in naẓunnuka lamina l-kādhibīna

Make bits of the heavens fall down on us, if you are telling the truth.’

فَأَسْقِطْ عَلَيْنَا كِسَفًا مِنَ السَّمَاءِ إِنْ كُنْتَ مِنَ الصَّادِقِينَ

fa-asqiṭ ʿalaynā kisafan mina l-samāi in kunta mina l-ṣādiqīna

He said, ‘My Lord knows best what you do.’

قَالَ رَبِّي أَعْلَمُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ

qāla rabbī aʿlamu bimā taʿmalūna

They called him a liar, and so the torment of the Day of Shadow came upon them- it was the torment of a terrible day.

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمِ الظُّلَّةِ ۚ إِنَّهُ كَانَ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ

fakadhabūhu fa-akhadhahum ʿadhābu yawmi l-ẓulati innahu kāna ʿadhāba yawmin ʿaẓīmin

There truly is a sign in this, though most of them will not believe:

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ

inna fī dhālika laāyatan wamā kāna aktharuhum mu'minīna

your Lord alone is the Almighty, the Merciful.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ

wa-inna rabbaka lahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-raḥīmu

Truly, this Quran has been sent down by the Lord of the Worlds:

وَإِنَّهُ لَتَنْزِيلُ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

wa-innahu latanzīlu rabbi l-ʿālamīna

the Trustworthy Spirit brought it down

نَزَلَ بِهِ الرُّوحُ الْأَمِينُ

nazala bihi l-rūḥu l-amīnu

to your heart [Prophet], so that you could bring warning

عَلَىٰ قَلْبِكَ لِتَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُنْذِرِينَ

ʿalā qalbika litakūna mina l-mundhirīna

in a clear Arabic tongue.

بِلِسَانٍ عَرَبِيٍّ مُبِينٍ

bilisānin ʿarabiyyin mubīnin

This was foretold in the scriptures of earlier religions.

وَإِنَّهُ لَفِي زُبُرِ الْأَوَّلِينَ

wa-innahu lafī zuburi l-awalīna

Is it not proof enough for them that the learned men of the Children of Israel have recognized it?

أَوَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُمْ آيَةً أَنْ يَعْلَمَهُ عُلَمَاءُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ

awalam yakun lahum āyatan an yaʿlamahu ʿulamāu banī is'rāīla

If We had sent it down to someone who was not an Arab,

وَلَوْ نَزَّلْنَاهُ عَلَىٰ بَعْضِ الْأَعْجَمِينَ

walaw nazzalnāhu ʿalā baʿḍi l-aʿjamīna

and he had recited it to them, they still would not have believed in it.

فَقَرَأَهُ عَلَيْهِمْ مَا كَانُوا بِهِ مُؤْمِنِينَ

faqara-ahu ʿalayhim mā kānū bihi mu'minīna

So We make it pass straight through the hearts of the guilty:

كَذَٰلِكَ سَلَكْنَاهُ فِي قُلُوبِ الْمُجْرِمِينَ

kadhālika salaknāhu fī qulūbi l-muj'rimīna

they will not believe in it until they see the grievous torment,

لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِ حَتَّىٰ يَرَوُا الْعَذَابَ الْأَلِيمَ

lā yu'minūna bihi ḥattā yarawū l-ʿadhāba l-alīma

which will suddenly hit them when they are not expecting it,

فَيَأْتِيَهُمْ بَغْتَةً وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

fayatiyahum baghtatan wahum lā yashʿurūna

and then they will say, ‘Can we have more time?’

فَيَقُولُوا هَلْ نَحْنُ مُنْظَرُونَ

fayaqūlū hal naḥnu munẓarūna

How can they ask that Our punishment be brought to them sooner?

أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا يَسْتَعْجِلُونَ

afabiʿadhābinā yastaʿjilūna

Think, if we let them enjoy this life for some years

أَفَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ مَتَّعْنَاهُمْ سِنِينَ

afara-ayta in mattaʿnāhum sinīna

and then the promised torment came upon them,

ثُمَّ جَاءَهُمْ مَا كَانُوا يُوعَدُونَ

thumma jāahum mā kānū yūʿadūna

what good would their past enjoyment be to them?

مَا أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُمْ مَا كَانُوا يُمَتَّعُونَ

mā aghnā ʿanhum mā kānū yumattaʿūna

Never have We destroyed a town without sending down messengers to warn it,

وَمَا أَهْلَكْنَا مِنْ قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا لَهَا مُنْذِرُونَ

wamā ahlaknā min qaryatin illā lahā mundhirūna

as a reminder from Us: We are never unjust.

ذِكْرَىٰ وَمَا كُنَّا ظَالِمِينَ

dhik'rā wamā kunnā ẓālimīna

It was not the jinn who brought down this Quran:

وَمَا تَنَزَّلَتْ بِهِ الشَّيَاطِينُ

wamā tanazzalat bihi l-shayāṭīnu

it is neither in their interests nor in their power,

وَمَا يَنْبَغِي لَهُمْ وَمَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ

wamā yanbaghī lahum wamā yastaṭīʿūna

indeed they are prevented from overhearing it.

إِنَّهُمْ عَنِ السَّمْعِ لَمَعْزُولُونَ

innahum ʿani l-samʿi lamaʿzūlūna

So [Prophet] do not invoke any gods beside God, or you will incur punishment.

فَلَا تَدْعُ مَعَ اللَّهِ إِلَـٰهًا آخَرَ فَتَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُعَذَّبِينَ

falā tadʿu maʿa l-lahi ilāhan ākhara fatakūna mina l-muʿadhabīna

Warn your nearest kinsfolk

وَأَنْذِرْ عَشِيرَتَكَ الْأَقْرَبِينَ

wa-andhir ʿashīrataka l-aqrabīna

and lower your wing tenderly over the believers who follow you.

وَاخْفِضْ جَنَاحَكَ لِمَنِ اتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ

wa-ikh'fiḍ janāḥaka limani ittabaʿaka mina l-mu'minīna

If they disobey you, say, ‘I bear no responsibility for your actions.’

فَإِنْ عَصَوْكَ فَقُلْ إِنِّي بَرِيءٌ مِمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ

fa-in ʿaṣawka faqul innī barīon mimmā taʿmalūna

Put your trust in the Almighty, the Merciful,

وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى الْعَزِيزِ الرَّحِيمِ

watawakkal ʿalā l-ʿazīzi l-raḥīmi

who sees you when you stand up [for prayer]

الَّذِي يَرَاكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ

alladhī yarāka ḥīna taqūmu

and sees your movements among the worshippers:

وَتَقَلُّبَكَ فِي السَّاجِدِينَ

wataqallubaka fī l-sājidīna

He is the All Hearing, the All Knowing.

إِنَّهُ هُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ

innahu huwa l-samīʿu l-ʿalīmu

Shall I tell you who the jinn come down to?

هَلْ أُنَبِّئُكُمْ عَلَىٰ مَنْ تَنَزَّلُ الشَّيَاطِينُ

hal unabbi-ukum ʿalā man tanazzalu l-shayāṭīnu

They come down to every lying sinner

تَنَزَّلُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ أَفَّاكٍ أَثِيمٍ

tanazzalu ʿalā kulli affākin athīmin

who readily lends an ear to them, and most of them are liars:

يُلْقُونَ السَّمْعَ وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ كَاذِبُونَ

yul'qūna l-samʿa wa-aktharuhum kādhibūna

only those who are lost in error follow the poets.

وَالشُّعَرَاءُ يَتَّبِعُهُمُ الْغَاوُونَ

wal-shuʿarāu yattabiʿuhumu l-ghāwūna

Do you not see how they rove aimlessly in every valley;

أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّهُمْ فِي كُلِّ وَادٍ يَهِيمُونَ

alam tara annahum fī kulli wādin yahīmūna

how they say what they do not do?

وَأَنَّهُمْ يَقُولُونَ مَا لَا يَفْعَلُونَ

wa-annahum yaqūlūna mā lā yafʿalūna

Not so those [poets] who believe, do good deeds, remember God often, and defend themselves after they have been wronged. The evildoers will find out what they will return to.

إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ وَذَكَرُوا اللَّهَ كَثِيرًا وَانْتَصَرُوا مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا ظُلِمُوا ۗ وَسَيَعْلَمُ الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا أَيَّ مُنْقَلَبٍ يَنْقَلِبُونَ

illā alladhīna āmanū waʿamilū l-ṣāliḥāti wadhakarū l-laha kathīran wa-intaṣarū min baʿdi mā ẓulimū wasayaʿlamu alladhīna ẓalamū ayya munqalabin yanqalibūna