Saad

Sad By the Quran with its reminding . . .!

ص ۚ وَالْقُرْآنِ ذِي الذِّكْرِ

sad wal-qur'āni dhī l-dhik'ri

Yet the disbelievers are steeped in arrogance and hostility.

بَلِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا فِي عِزَّةٍ وَشِقَاقٍ

bali alladhīna kafarū fī ʿizzatin washiqāqin

How many generations We have destroyed before them! They all cried out, once it was too late, for escape.

كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ مِنْ قَرْنٍ فَنَادَوْا وَلَاتَ حِينَ مَنَاصٍ

kam ahlaknā min qablihim min qarnin fanādaw walāta ḥīna manāṣin

The disbelievers think it strange that a prophet of their own people has come to warn them: they say, ‘He is just a lying sorcerer.

وَعَجِبُوا أَنْ جَاءَهُمْ مُنْذِرٌ مِنْهُمْ ۖ وَقَالَ الْكَافِرُونَ هَـٰذَا سَاحِرٌ كَذَّابٌ

waʿajibū an jāahum mundhirun min'hum waqāla l-kāfirūna hādhā sāḥirun kadhābun

How can he claim that all the gods are but one God? What an astonishing thing [to claim]!’

أَجَعَلَ الْآلِهَةَ إِلَـٰهًا وَاحِدًا ۖ إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَشَيْءٌ عُجَابٌ

ajaʿala l-ālihata ilāhan wāḥidan inna hādhā lashayon ʿujābun

Their leaders depart, saying, ‘Walk away! Stay faithful to your gods! That is what you must do.

وَانْطَلَقَ الْمَلَأُ مِنْهُمْ أَنِ امْشُوا وَاصْبِرُوا عَلَىٰ آلِهَتِكُمْ ۖ إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَشَيْءٌ يُرَادُ

wa-inṭalaqa l-mala-u min'hum ani im'shū wa-iṣ'birū ʿalā ālihatikum inna hādhā lashayon yurādu

We did not hear any such claim in the last religion: it is all an invention.

مَا سَمِعْنَا بِهَـٰذَا فِي الْمِلَّةِ الْآخِرَةِ إِنْ هَـٰذَا إِلَّا اخْتِلَاقٌ

mā samiʿ'nā bihādhā fī l-milati l-ākhirati in hādhā illā ikh'tilāqun

Was the message sent only to him out of all of us?’ In fact they doubt My warning; in fact they have not tasted My punishment yet.

أَأُنْزِلَ عَلَيْهِ الذِّكْرُ مِنْ بَيْنِنَا ۚ بَلْ هُمْ فِي شَكٍّ مِنْ ذِكْرِي ۖ بَلْ لَمَّا يَذُوقُوا عَذَابِ

a-unzila ʿalayhi l-dhik'ru min bayninā bal hum fī shakkin min dhik'rī bal lammā yadhūqū ʿadhābi

Do they possess the treasures of your Lord’s bounty, the Mighty, the All Giving?

أَمْ عِنْدَهُمْ خَزَائِنُ رَحْمَةِ رَبِّكَ الْعَزِيزِ الْوَهَّابِ

am ʿindahum khazāinu raḥmati rabbika l-ʿazīzi l-wahābi

Do they control the heavens and earth and everything between? Let them climb their ropes:

أَمْ لَهُمْ مُلْكُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ۖ فَلْيَرْتَقُوا فِي الْأَسْبَابِ

am lahum mul'ku l-samāwāti wal-arḍi wamā baynahumā falyartaqū fī l-asbābi

their armed alliance is weak and will be crushed.

جُنْدٌ مَا هُنَالِكَ مَهْزُومٌ مِنَ الْأَحْزَابِ

jundun mā hunālika mahzūmun mina l-aḥzābi

The people of Noah, Ad, and firmly-supported Pharaoh rejected their prophets before them.

كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ وَعَادٌ وَفِرْعَوْنُ ذُو الْأَوْتَادِ

kadhabat qablahum qawmu nūḥin waʿādun wafir'ʿawnu dhū l-awtādi

Thamud, the people of Lot, and the Forest-Dwellers each formed opposition [against theirs].

وَثَمُودُ وَقَوْمُ لُوطٍ وَأَصْحَابُ الْأَيْكَةِ ۚ أُولَـٰئِكَ الْأَحْزَابُ

wathamūdu waqawmu lūṭin wa-aṣḥābu al'aykati ulāika l-aḥzābu

They all rejected the mes-sengers and they were deservedly struck by My punishment:

إِنْ كُلٌّ إِلَّا كَذَّبَ الرُّسُلَ فَحَقَّ عِقَابِ

in kullun illā kadhaba l-rusula faḥaqqa ʿiqābi

all the disbelievers here are waiting for is a single blast that cannot be postponed.

وَمَا يَنْظُرُ هَـٰؤُلَاءِ إِلَّا صَيْحَةً وَاحِدَةً مَا لَهَا مِنْ فَوَاقٍ

wamā yanẓuru hāulāi illā ṣayḥatan wāḥidatan mā lahā min fawāqin

They say, ‘Our Lord! Advance us our share of punishment before the Day of Reckoning!’

وَقَالُوا رَبَّنَا عَجِّلْ لَنَا قِطَّنَا قَبْلَ يَوْمِ الْحِسَابِ

waqālū rabbanā ʿajjil lanā qiṭṭanā qabla yawmi l-ḥisābi

Bear their words patiently [Prophet]. Remember Our servant David, a man of strength who always turned to Us:

اصْبِرْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَقُولُونَ وَاذْكُرْ عَبْدَنَا دَاوُودَ ذَا الْأَيْدِ ۖ إِنَّهُ أَوَّابٌ

iṣ'bir ʿalā mā yaqūlūna wa-udh'kur ʿabdanā dāwūda dhā l-aydi innahu awwābun

We made the mountains join him in glorifying Us at sunset and sunrise;

إِنَّا سَخَّرْنَا الْجِبَالَ مَعَهُ يُسَبِّحْنَ بِالْعَشِيِّ وَالْإِشْرَاقِ

innā sakharnā l-jibāla maʿahu yusabbiḥ'na bil-ʿashiyi wal-ish'rāqi

and the birds, too, in flocks, all echoed his praise.

وَالطَّيْرَ مَحْشُورَةً ۖ كُلٌّ لَهُ أَوَّابٌ

wal-ṭayra maḥshūratan kullun lahu awwābun

We strengthened his kingdom; We gave him wisdom and a decisive way of speaking.

وَشَدَدْنَا مُلْكَهُ وَآتَيْنَاهُ الْحِكْمَةَ وَفَصْلَ الْخِطَابِ

washadadnā mul'kahu waātaynāhu l-ḥik'mata wafaṣla l-khiṭābi

Have you heard the story of the two litigants who climbed into his private quarters?

وَهَلْ أَتَاكَ نَبَأُ الْخَصْمِ إِذْ تَسَوَّرُوا الْمِحْرَابَ

wahal atāka naba-u l-khaṣmi idh tasawwarū l-miḥ'rāba

When they reached David, he took fright, but they said, ‘Do not be afraid. We are two litigants, one of whom has wronged the other: judge between us fairly- do not be unjust- and guide us to the right path.

إِذْ دَخَلُوا عَلَىٰ دَاوُودَ فَفَزِعَ مِنْهُمْ ۖ قَالُوا لَا تَخَفْ ۖ خَصْمَانِ بَغَىٰ بَعْضُنَا عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ فَاحْكُمْ بَيْنَنَا بِالْحَقِّ وَلَا تُشْطِطْ وَاهْدِنَا إِلَىٰ سَوَاءِ الصِّرَاطِ

idh dakhalū ʿalā dāwūda fafaziʿa min'hum qālū lā takhaf khaṣmāni baghā baʿḍunā ʿalā baʿḍin fa-uḥ'kum baynanā bil-ḥaqi walā tush'ṭiṭ wa-ih'dinā ilā sawāi l-ṣirāṭi

This is my brother. He had ninety-nine ewes and I just the one, and he said, “Let me take charge of her,” and overpowered me with his words.’

إِنَّ هَـٰذَا أَخِي لَهُ تِسْعٌ وَتِسْعُونَ نَعْجَةً وَلِيَ نَعْجَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ فَقَالَ أَكْفِلْنِيهَا وَعَزَّنِي فِي الْخِطَابِ

inna hādhā akhī lahu tis'ʿun watis'ʿūna naʿjatan waliya naʿjatun wāḥidatun faqāla akfil'nīhā waʿazzanī fī l-khiṭābi

David said, ‘He has done you wrong by demanding to add your ewe to his flock. Many partners treat each other unfairly. Those who sincerely believe and do good deeds do not do this, but these are very few.’ [Then] David realized that We had been testing him, so he asked his Lord for forgiveness, fell down on his knees, and repented:

قَالَ لَقَدْ ظَلَمَكَ بِسُؤَالِ نَعْجَتِكَ إِلَىٰ نِعَاجِهِ ۖ وَإِنَّ كَثِيرًا مِنَ الْخُلَطَاءِ لَيَبْغِي بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ وَقَلِيلٌ مَا هُمْ ۗ وَظَنَّ دَاوُودُ أَنَّمَا فَتَنَّاهُ فَاسْتَغْفَرَ رَبَّهُ وَخَرَّ رَاكِعًا وَأَنَابَ

qāla laqad ẓalamaka bisuāli naʿjatika ilā niʿājihi wa-inna kathīran mina l-khulaṭāi layabghī baʿḍuhum ʿalā baʿḍin illā alladhīna āmanū waʿamilū l-ṣāliḥāti waqalīlun mā hum waẓanna dāwūdu annamā fatannāhu fa-is'taghfara rabbahu wakharra rākiʿan wa-anāba

We forgave him [his misdeed]. His reward will be nearness to Us, a good place to return to.

فَغَفَرْنَا لَهُ ذَٰلِكَ ۖ وَإِنَّ لَهُ عِنْدَنَا لَزُلْفَىٰ وَحُسْنَ مَآبٍ

faghafarnā lahu dhālika wa-inna lahu ʿindanā lazul'fā waḥus'na maābin

‘David, We have given you mastery over the land. Judge fairly between people. Do not follow your desires, lest they divert you from God’s path: those who wander from His path will have a painful torment because they ignore the Day of Reckoning.’

يَا دَاوُودُ إِنَّا جَعَلْنَاكَ خَلِيفَةً فِي الْأَرْضِ فَاحْكُمْ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ بِالْحَقِّ وَلَا تَتَّبِعِ الْهَوَىٰ فَيُضِلَّكَ عَنْ سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ ۚ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَضِلُّونَ عَنْ سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ شَدِيدٌ بِمَا نَسُوا يَوْمَ الْحِسَابِ

yādāwūdu innā jaʿalnāka khalīfatan fī l-arḍi fa-uḥ'kum bayna l-nāsi bil-ḥaqi walā tattabiʿi l-hawā fayuḍillaka ʿan sabīli l-lahi inna alladhīna yaḍillūna ʿan sabīli l-lahi lahum ʿadhābun shadīdun bimā nasū yawma l-ḥisābi

It was not without purpose that We created the heavens and the earth and everything in between. That may be what the disbelievers assume- how they will suffer from the Fire!-

وَمَا خَلَقْنَا السَّمَاءَ وَالْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا بَاطِلًا ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ظَنُّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا ۚ فَوَيْلٌ لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا مِنَ النَّارِ

wamā khalaqnā l-samāa wal-arḍa wamā baynahumā bāṭilan dhālika ẓannu alladhīna kafarū fawaylun lilladhīna kafarū mina l-nāri

but would We treat those who believe and do good deeds and those who spread corruption on earth as equal? Would We treat those who are aware of God and those who recklessly break all bounds in the same way?

أَمْ نَجْعَلُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ كَالْمُفْسِدِينَ فِي الْأَرْضِ أَمْ نَجْعَلُ الْمُتَّقِينَ كَالْفُجَّارِ

am najʿalu alladhīna āmanū waʿamilū l-ṣāliḥāti kal-muf'sidīna fī l-arḍi am najʿalu l-mutaqīna kal-fujāri

This is a blessed Scripture which We sent down to you [Muhammad], for people to think about its messages, and for those with understanding to take heed.

كِتَابٌ أَنْزَلْنَاهُ إِلَيْكَ مُبَارَكٌ لِيَدَّبَّرُوا آيَاتِهِ وَلِيَتَذَكَّرَ أُولُو الْأَلْبَابِ

kitābun anzalnāhu ilayka mubārakun liyaddabbarū āyātihi waliyatadhakkara ulū l-albābi

We gave David Solomon. He was an excellent servant who always turned to God.

وَوَهَبْنَا لِدَاوُودَ سُلَيْمَانَ ۚ نِعْمَ الْعَبْدُ ۖ إِنَّهُ أَوَّابٌ

wawahabnā lidāwūda sulaymāna niʿ'ma l-ʿabdu innahu awwābun

When well-bred light-footed horses were paraded before him near the close of day,

إِذْ عُرِضَ عَلَيْهِ بِالْعَشِيِّ الصَّافِنَاتُ الْجِيَادُ

idh ʿuriḍa ʿalayhi bil-ʿashiyi l-ṣāfinātu l-jiyādu

he kept saying, ‘My love of fine things is part of my remembering my Lord!’ until [the horses] disappeared from sight-

فَقَالَ إِنِّي أَحْبَبْتُ حُبَّ الْخَيْرِ عَنْ ذِكْرِ رَبِّي حَتَّىٰ تَوَارَتْ بِالْحِجَابِ

faqāla innī aḥbabtu ḥubba l-khayri ʿan dhik'ri rabbī ḥattā tawārat bil-ḥijābi

‘Bring them back!’ [he said] and started to stroke their legs and necks.

رُدُّوهَا عَلَيَّ ۖ فَطَفِقَ مَسْحًا بِالسُّوقِ وَالْأَعْنَاقِ

ruddūhā ʿalayya faṭafiqa masḥan bil-sūqi wal-aʿnāqi

We certainly tested Solomon, reducing him to a mere skeleton on his throne.

وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا سُلَيْمَانَ وَأَلْقَيْنَا عَلَىٰ كُرْسِيِّهِ جَسَدًا ثُمَّ أَنَابَ

walaqad fatannā sulaymāna wa-alqaynā ʿalā kur'siyyihi jasadan thumma anāba

He turned to Us and prayed: ‘Lord forgive me! Grant me such power as no one after me will have- You are the Most Generous Provider.’

قَالَ رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَهَبْ لِي مُلْكًا لَا يَنْبَغِي لِأَحَدٍ مِنْ بَعْدِي ۖ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْوَهَّابُ

qāla rabbi igh'fir lī wahab lī mul'kan lā yanbaghī li-aḥadin min baʿdī innaka anta l-wahābu

So We gave him power over the wind, which at his request ran gently wherever he willed,

فَسَخَّرْنَا لَهُ الرِّيحَ تَجْرِي بِأَمْرِهِ رُخَاءً حَيْثُ أَصَابَ

fasakharnā lahu l-rīḥa tajrī bi-amrihi rukhāan ḥaythu aṣāba

and the jinn––every kind of builder and diver

وَالشَّيَاطِينَ كُلَّ بَنَّاءٍ وَغَوَّاصٍ

wal-shayāṭīna kulla bannāin waghawwāṣin

and others chained in fetters.

وَآخَرِينَ مُقَرَّنِينَ فِي الْأَصْفَادِ

waākharīna muqarranīna fī l-aṣfādi

‘This is Our gift, so give or withhold as you wish without account.’

هَـٰذَا عَطَاؤُنَا فَامْنُنْ أَوْ أَمْسِكْ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ

hādhā ʿaṭāunā fa-um'nun aw amsik bighayri ḥisābin

His reward will be nearness to Us, and a good place to return to.

وَإِنَّ لَهُ عِنْدَنَا لَزُلْفَىٰ وَحُسْنَ مَآبٍ

wa-inna lahu ʿindanā lazul'fā waḥus'na maābin

Bring to mind Our servant Job who cried to his Lord, ‘Satan has afflicted me with weariness and suffering.’

وَاذْكُرْ عَبْدَنَا أَيُّوبَ إِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُ أَنِّي مَسَّنِيَ الشَّيْطَانُ بِنُصْبٍ وَعَذَابٍ

wa-udh'kur ʿabdanā ayyūba idh nādā rabbahu annī massaniya l-shayṭānu binuṣ'bin waʿadhābin

‘Stamp your foot! Here is cool water for you to wash in and drink,’

ارْكُضْ بِرِجْلِكَ ۖ هَـٰذَا مُغْتَسَلٌ بَارِدٌ وَشَرَابٌ

ur'kuḍ birij'lika hādhā mugh'tasalun bāridun washarābun

and We restored his family to him, with many more like them: a sign of Our mercy and a lesson to all who understand.

وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُ أَهْلَهُ وَمِثْلَهُمْ مَعَهُمْ رَحْمَةً مِنَّا وَذِكْرَىٰ لِأُولِي الْأَلْبَابِ

wawahabnā lahu ahlahu wamith'lahum maʿahum raḥmatan minnā wadhik'rā li-ulī l-albābi

‘Take a small bunch of grass in your hand, and strike [her] with that so as not to break your oath.’ We found him patient in adversity; an excellent servant! He, too, always turned to God.

وَخُذْ بِيَدِكَ ضِغْثًا فَاضْرِبْ بِهِ وَلَا تَحْنَثْ ۗ إِنَّا وَجَدْنَاهُ صَابِرًا ۚ نِعْمَ الْعَبْدُ ۖ إِنَّهُ أَوَّابٌ

wakhudh biyadika ḍigh'than fa-iḍ'rib bihi walā taḥnath innā wajadnāhu ṣābiran niʿ'ma l-ʿabdu innahu awwābun

Remember Our servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, all men of strength and vision.

وَاذْكُرْ عِبَادَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْحَاقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ أُولِي الْأَيْدِي وَالْأَبْصَارِ

wa-udh'kur ʿibādanā ib'rāhīma wa-is'ḥāqa wayaʿqūba ulī l-aydī wal-abṣāri

We caused them to be devoted to Us through their sincere remembrance of the Final Home:

إِنَّا أَخْلَصْنَاهُمْ بِخَالِصَةٍ ذِكْرَى الدَّارِ

innā akhlaṣnāhum bikhāliṣatin dhik'rā l-dāri

with Us they will be among the elect, the truly good.

وَإِنَّهُمْ عِنْدَنَا لَمِنَ الْمُصْطَفَيْنَ الْأَخْيَارِ

wa-innahum ʿindanā lamina l-muṣ'ṭafayna l-akhyāri

And remember Our servants Ishmael, Elisha, and Dhu ’l-Kifl, each of them truly good.

وَاذْكُرْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ وَالْيَسَعَ وَذَا الْكِفْلِ ۖ وَكُلٌّ مِنَ الْأَخْيَارِ

wa-udh'kur is'māʿīla wal-yasaʿa wadhā l-kif'li wakullun mina l-akhyāri

This is a lesson. The devout will have a good place to return to:

هَـٰذَا ذِكْرٌ ۚ وَإِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ لَحُسْنَ مَآبٍ

hādhā dhik'run wa-inna lil'muttaqīna laḥus'na maābin

Gardens of lasting bliss with gates wide open.

جَنَّاتِ عَدْنٍ مُفَتَّحَةً لَهُمُ الْأَبْوَابُ

jannāti ʿadnin mufattaḥatan lahumu l-abwābu

They will be comfortably seated; they will call for abundant fruit and drink;

مُتَّكِئِينَ فِيهَا يَدْعُونَ فِيهَا بِفَاكِهَةٍ كَثِيرَةٍ وَشَرَابٍ

muttakiīna fīhā yadʿūna fīhā bifākihatin kathīratin washarābin

they will have well-matched [wives] with modest gaze.

وَعِنْدَهُمْ قَاصِرَاتُ الطَّرْفِ أَتْرَابٌ

waʿindahum qāṣirātu l-ṭarfi atrābun

‘This is what you are promised for the Day of Reckoning:

هَـٰذَا مَا تُوعَدُونَ لِيَوْمِ الْحِسَابِ

hādhā mā tūʿadūna liyawmi l-ḥisābi

Our provision for you will never end.’

إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَرِزْقُنَا مَا لَهُ مِنْ نَفَادٍ

inna hādhā lariz'qunā mā lahu min nafādin

But the evildoers will have the worst place to return to:

هَـٰذَا ۚ وَإِنَّ لِلطَّاغِينَ لَشَرَّ مَآبٍ

hādhā wa-inna lilṭṭāghīna lasharra maābin

Hell to burn in, an evil place to stay-

جَهَنَّمَ يَصْلَوْنَهَا فَبِئْسَ الْمِهَادُ

jahannama yaṣlawnahā fabi'sa l-mihādu

all this will be theirs: let them taste it- a scalding, dark, foul fluid,

هَـٰذَا فَلْيَذُوقُوهُ حَمِيمٌ وَغَسَّاقٌ

hādhā falyadhūqūhu ḥamīmun waghassāqun

and other such torments.

وَآخَرُ مِنْ شَكْلِهِ أَزْوَاجٌ

waākharu min shaklihi azwājun

[It will be said], ‘Here is another crowd of people rushing headlong to join you.’ [The response will be], ‘They are not welcome! They will burn in the Fire.’

هَـٰذَا فَوْجٌ مُقْتَحِمٌ مَعَكُمْ ۖ لَا مَرْحَبًا بِهِمْ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ صَالُو النَّارِ

hādhā fawjun muq'taḥimun maʿakum lā marḥaban bihim innahum ṣālū l-nāri

They will say to them, ‘You are not welcome! It was you who brought this on us, an evil place to stay,’

قَالُوا بَلْ أَنْتُمْ لَا مَرْحَبًا بِكُمْ ۖ أَنْتُمْ قَدَّمْتُمُوهُ لَنَا ۖ فَبِئْسَ الْقَرَارُ

qālū bal antum lā marḥaban bikum antum qaddamtumūhu lanā fabi'sa l-qarāru

adding, ‘Our Lord, give double punishment to those who brought this upon us.’

قَالُوا رَبَّنَا مَنْ قَدَّمَ لَنَا هَـٰذَا فَزِدْهُ عَذَابًا ضِعْفًا فِي النَّارِ

qālū rabbanā man qaddama lanā hādhā fazid'hu ʿadhāban ḍiʿ'fan fī l-nāri

They will say, ‘Why do we not see those we thought were bad

وَقَالُوا مَا لَنَا لَا نَرَىٰ رِجَالًا كُنَّا نَعُدُّهُمْ مِنَ الْأَشْرَارِ

waqālū mā lanā lā narā rijālan kunnā naʿudduhum mina l-ashrāri

and took as a laughing-stock? Have our eyes missed them?’

أَتَّخَذْنَاهُمْ سِخْرِيًّا أَمْ زَاغَتْ عَنْهُمُ الْأَبْصَارُ

attakhadhnāhum sikh'riyyan am zāghat ʿanhumu l-abṣāru

This is how it will really be: the inhabitants of the Fire will blame one another in this way.

إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ لَحَقٌّ تَخَاصُمُ أَهْلِ النَّارِ

inna dhālika laḥaqqun takhāṣumu ahli l-nāri

[Prophet] say, ‘I am only here to give warning. There is no god but God the One, the All Powerful,

قُلْ إِنَّمَا أَنَا مُنْذِرٌ ۖ وَمَا مِنْ إِلَـٰهٍ إِلَّا اللَّهُ الْوَاحِدُ الْقَهَّارُ

qul innamā anā mundhirun wamā min ilāhin illā l-lahu l-wāḥidu l-qahāru

Lord of the heavens and earth and everything between, the Almighty, the Most Forgiving.’

رَبُّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا الْعَزِيزُ الْغَفَّارُ

rabbu l-samāwāti wal-arḍi wamā baynahumā l-ʿazīzu l-ghafāru

Say, ‘This message is a mighty one,

قُلْ هُوَ نَبَأٌ عَظِيمٌ

qul huwa naba-on ʿaẓīmun

yet you ignore it.

أَنْتُمْ عَنْهُ مُعْرِضُونَ

antum ʿanhu muʿ'riḍūna

I have no knowledge of what those on high discuss:

مَا كَانَ لِيَ مِنْ عِلْمٍ بِالْمَلَإِ الْأَعْلَىٰ إِذْ يَخْتَصِمُونَ

mā kāna liya min ʿil'min bil-mala-i l-aʿlā idh yakhtaṣimūna

it is only revealed to me that I am here to give clear warning.’

إِنْ يُوحَىٰ إِلَيَّ إِلَّا أَنَّمَا أَنَا نَذِيرٌ مُبِينٌ

in yūḥā ilayya illā annamā anā nadhīrun mubīnun

Your Lord said to the angels, ‘I will create a man from clay.

إِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلَائِكَةِ إِنِّي خَالِقٌ بَشَرًا مِنْ طِينٍ

idh qāla rabbuka lil'malāikati innī khāliqun basharan min ṭīnin

When I have shaped him and breathed from My Spirit into him, bow down before him.’

فَإِذَا سَوَّيْتُهُ وَنَفَخْتُ فِيهِ مِنْ رُوحِي فَقَعُوا لَهُ سَاجِدِينَ

fa-idhā sawwaytuhu wanafakhtu fīhi min rūḥī faqaʿū lahu sājidīna

The angels all bowed down together,

فَسَجَدَ الْمَلَائِكَةُ كُلُّهُمْ أَجْمَعُونَ

fasajada l-malāikatu kulluhum ajmaʿūna

but not Iblis, who was too proud. He became a rebel.

إِلَّا إِبْلِيسَ اسْتَكْبَرَ وَكَانَ مِنَ الْكَافِرِينَ

illā ib'līsa is'takbara wakāna mina l-kāfirīna

God said, ‘Iblis, what prevents you from bowing down to the man I have made with My own hands? Are you too high and mighty?’

قَالَ يَا إِبْلِيسُ مَا مَنَعَكَ أَنْ تَسْجُدَ لِمَا خَلَقْتُ بِيَدَيَّ ۖ أَسْتَكْبَرْتَ أَمْ كُنْتَ مِنَ الْعَالِينَ

qāla yāib'līsu mā manaʿaka an tasjuda limā khalaqtu biyadayya astakbarta am kunta mina l-ʿālīna

Iblis said, ‘I am better than him: You made me from fire, and him from clay.’

قَالَ أَنَا خَيْرٌ مِنْهُ ۖ خَلَقْتَنِي مِنْ نَارٍ وَخَلَقْتَهُ مِنْ طِينٍ

qāla anā khayrun min'hu khalaqtanī min nārin wakhalaqtahu min ṭīnin

‘Get out of here! You are rejected:

قَالَ فَاخْرُجْ مِنْهَا فَإِنَّكَ رَجِيمٌ

qāla fa-ukh'ruj min'hā fa-innaka rajīmun

My rejection will follow you till the Day of Judgement!’

وَإِنَّ عَلَيْكَ لَعْنَتِي إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ

wa-inna ʿalayka laʿnatī ilā yawmi l-dīni

but Iblis said, ‘My Lord, grant me respite until the Day when they are raised from the dead,’

قَالَ رَبِّ فَأَنْظِرْنِي إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ

qāla rabbi fa-anẓir'nī ilā yawmi yub'ʿathūna

so He said, ‘You have respite

قَالَ فَإِنَّكَ مِنَ الْمُنْظَرِينَ

qāla fa-innaka mina l-munẓarīna

till the Appointed Day.’

إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ الْوَقْتِ الْمَعْلُومِ

ilā yawmi l-waqti l-maʿlūmi

Iblis said, ‘I swear by Your might! I will tempt all

قَالَ فَبِعِزَّتِكَ لَأُغْوِيَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

qāla fabiʿizzatika la-ugh'wiyannahum ajmaʿīna

but Your true servants.’

إِلَّا عِبَادَكَ مِنْهُمُ الْمُخْلَصِينَ

illā ʿibādaka min'humu l-mukh'laṣīna

God said, ‘This is the truth- I speak only the truth-

قَالَ فَالْحَقُّ وَالْحَقَّ أَقُولُ

qāla fal-ḥaqu wal-ḥaqa aqūlu

I will fill Hell with you and all those that follow you.’

لَأَمْلَأَنَّ جَهَنَّمَ مِنْكَ وَمِمَّنْ تَبِعَكَ مِنْهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

la-amla-anna jahannama minka wamimman tabiʿaka min'hum ajmaʿīna

[Prophet], say, ‘I ask no reward from you for this, nor do I claim to be what I am not:

قُلْ مَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ وَمَا أَنَا مِنَ الْمُتَكَلِّفِينَ

qul mā asalukum ʿalayhi min ajrin wamā anā mina l-mutakalifīna

this is only a warning for all people.

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِلْعَالَمِينَ

in huwa illā dhik'run lil'ʿālamīna

In time you will certainly come to know its truth.’

وَلَتَعْلَمُنَّ نَبَأَهُ بَعْدَ حِينٍ

walataʿlamunna naba-ahu baʿda ḥīnin