Al-Qasas
The Story
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
In the name of God, the All-Benevolent, the Benevolent.
Ṭa. Sin. Mim.
طسٓمٓ
These are the signs of the explicit Scripture.
تِلْكَ ءَايَٰتُ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ ٱلْمُبِينِ
We recite to you, in truth, part of the information concerning Moussa and Fir'awn, for a people who believe.
نَتْلُوا۟ عَلَيْكَ مِن نَّبَإِ مُوسَىٰ وَفِرْعَوْنَ بِٱلْحَقِّ لِقَوْمٍۢ يُؤْمِنُونَ
Fir'awn rose up in the land and split its inhabitants into factions; he kept a group of them weak, slaughtering their sons and violating the modesty of their women,
إِنَّ فِرْعَوْنَ عَلَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَجَعَلَ أَهْلَهَا شِيَعًۭا يَسْتَضْعِفُ طَآئِفَةًۭ مِّنْهُمْ يُذَبِّحُ أَبْنَآءَهُمْ وَيَسْتَحْىِۦ نِسَآءَهُمْ
for he was indeed one of the corrupters.
إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ
And We wanted to grace those who had been kept weak in the land, to make them leaders, to make them the heirs, to establish them firmly in the land, and to show Fir'awn, Haman, and their armies, through them, what they had been wary of.
وَنُرِيدُ أَن نَّمُنَّ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْتُضْعِفُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَنَجْعَلَهُمْ أَئِمَّةًۭ وَنَجْعَلَهُمُ ٱلْوَٰرِثِينَ وَنُمَكِّنَ لَهُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَنُرِىَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَهَٰمَٰنَ وَجُنُودَهُمَا مِنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَحْذَرُونَ
And We inspired Moussa's mother: "Take him into your care; and when you fear for him, cast him into the deep, without fear or grief,
وَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰٓ أُمِّ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنْ أَرْضِعِيهِ فَإِذَا خِفْتِ عَلَيْهِ فَأَلْقِيهِ فِى ٱلْيَمِّ وَلَا تَخَافِى وَلَا تَحْزَنِىٓ
for We will indeed restore him to you and make him one of the envoys."
إِنَّا رَآدُّوهُ إِلَيْكِ وَجَاعِلُوهُ مِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ
Fir'awn's clan picked him up, so that he would become, in the end, an enemy and a source of grief for them —
فَٱلْتَقَطَهُۥٓ ءَالُ فِرْعَوْنَ لِيَكُونَ لَهُمْ عَدُوًّۭا وَحَزَنًا
Indeed, Fir'awn, Haman, and their armies were at fault.
إِنَّ فِرْعَوْنَ وَهَٰمَٰنَ وَجُنُودَهُمَا كَانُوا۟ خَٰطِـِٔينَ
And Fir'awn's wife said: "A rest of the gaze for me and for you; do not kill him;
وَقَالَتِ ٱمْرَأَتُ فِرْعَوْنَ قُرَّتُ عَيْنٍۢ لِّى وَلَكَ لَا تَقْتُلُوهُ
it may be that he will be useful to us, or that we adopt him as a son." They did not sense it.
عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَنفَعَنَآ أَوْ نَتَّخِذَهُۥ وَلَدًۭا وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ
And the Conscience of Moussa's mother became vacant; she nearly made it appear, had We not bound her core, so that she would be among those who believe.
وَأَصْبَحَ فُؤَادُ أُمِّ مُوسَىٰ فَٰرِغًا إِن كَادَتْ لَتُبْدِى بِهِۦ لَوْلَآ أَن رَّبَطْنَا عَلَىٰ قَلْبِهَا لِتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
And she said to his sister: "Follow his trail." She saw him clearly from afar, without their sensing it.
وَقَالَتْ لِأُخْتِهِۦ قُصِّيهِ فَبَصُرَتْ بِهِۦ عَن جُنُبٍۢ وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ
And We had beforehand prohibited him from being taken into care by anyone else; she then said: "Shall I point you to a family who will have custody of him for you, and who will be sincere toward him?"
وَحَرَّمْنَا عَلَيْهِ ٱلْمَرَاضِعَ مِن قَبْلُ فَقَالَتْ هَلْ أَدُلُّكُمْ عَلَىٰٓ أَهْلِ بَيْتٍۢ يَكْفُلُونَهُۥ لَكُمْ وَهُمْ لَهُۥ نَٰصِحُونَ
Thus We restored him to his mother, so that her gaze might find rest, that she might not grieve, and that she would know that God's promise is true —
فَرَدَدْنَٰهُ إِلَىٰٓ أُمِّهِۦ كَىْ تَقَرَّ عَيْنُهَا وَلَا تَحْزَنَ وَلِتَعْلَمَ أَنَّ وَعْدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقٌّۭ
but most of them do not know.
وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
When he reached his full maturity and had become established, We gave him judgment and knowledge —
وَلَمَّا بَلَغَ أَشُدَّهُۥ وَٱسْتَوَىٰٓ ءَاتَيْنَٰهُ حُكْمًۭا وَعِلْمًۭا
thus do We recompense those who do good.
وَكَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ
And he entered the Capital at a moment when its people were inattentive, and found there two men fighting: one from his own camp, the other from his enemies.
وَدَخَلَ ٱلْمَدِينَةَ عَلَىٰ حِينِ غَفْلَةٍۢ مِّنْ أَهْلِهَا فَوَجَدَ فِيهَا رَجُلَيْنِ يَقْتَتِلَانِ هَٰذَا مِن شِيعَتِهِۦ وَهَٰذَا مِنْ عَدُوِّهِۦ
The one from his own camp called on him for rescue against the one from his enemies; Moussa struck him with his fist and put an end to him.
فَٱسْتَغَٰثَهُ ٱلَّذِى مِن شِيعَتِهِۦ عَلَى ٱلَّذِى مِنْ عَدُوِّهِۦ فَوَكَزَهُۥ مُوسَىٰ فَقَضَىٰ عَلَيْهِ
He said: "This is the work of the Diverter;
قَالَ هَٰذَا مِنْ عَمَلِ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنِ
he is indeed an enemy, a manifest misleader."
إِنَّهُۥ عَدُوٌّۭ مُّضِلٌّۭ مُّبِينٌۭ
He said: "My Guardian, I have indeed wronged myself; forgive me."
قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّى ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِى فَٱغْفِرْ لِى
He forgave him,
فَغَفَرَ لَهُۥٓ
for it is indeed He, the Most-Forgiving, the Benevolent.
إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
He said: "My Guardian, by the blessing You have granted me, I will never again be a support for the severed."
قَالَ رَبِّ بِمَآ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَىَّ فَلَنْ أَكُونَ ظَهِيرًۭا لِّلْمُجْرِمِينَ
He found himself in the Capital, fearful, on watch; and there was the one who, the day before, had asked for his help, crying out to him again for aid.
فَأَصْبَحَ فِى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ خَآئِفًۭا يَتَرَقَّبُ فَإِذَا ٱلَّذِى ٱسْتَنصَرَهُۥ بِٱلْأَمْسِ يَسْتَصْرِخُهُۥ
Moussa said to him: "You are surely a clearly errant man."
قَالَ لَهُۥ مُوسَىٰٓ إِنَّكَ لَغَوِىٌّۭ مُّبِينٌۭ
Then, as he wanted to grip the one who was the enemy of the two, he said: "O Moussa, do you want to kill me as you killed a Self yesterday?
فَلَمَّآ أَنْ أَرَادَ أَن يَبْطِشَ بِٱلَّذِى هُوَ عَدُوٌّۭ لَّهُمَا قَالَ يَٰمُوسَىٰٓ أَتُرِيدُ أَن تَقْتُلَنِى كَمَا قَتَلْتَ نَفْسًۢا بِٱلْأَمْسِ
You only want to become a tyrant in the land, and you do not want to be one of those who make things sound."
إِن تُرِيدُ إِلَّآ أَن تَكُونَ جَبَّارًۭا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا تُرِيدُ أَن تَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُصْلِحِينَ
And a man came hurrying from the far end of the Capital.
وَجَآءَ رَجُلٌۭ مِّنْ أَقْصَا ٱلْمَدِينَةِ يَسْعَىٰ
He said: "O Moussa, the court is conspiring against you to kill you; leave — I am indeed a sincere advisor to you."
قَالَ يَٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِنَّ ٱلْمَلَأَ يَأْتَمِرُونَ بِكَ لِيَقْتُلُوكَ فَٱخْرُجْ إِنِّى لَكَ مِنَ ٱلنَّٰصِحِينَ
He left it, fearful, on watch,
فَخَرَجَ مِنْهَا خَآئِفًۭا يَتَرَقَّبُ
and said: "My Guardian, save me from the wrongdoing people."
قَالَ رَبِّ نَجِّنِى مِنَ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ
As he headed toward Madyan, he said: "It may be that my Guardian will guide me to the straight way."
وَلَمَّا تَوَجَّهَ تِلْقَآءَ مَدْيَنَ قَالَ عَسَىٰ رَبِّىٓ أَن يَهْدِيَنِى سَوَآءَ ٱلسَّبِيلِ
When he arrived at the water of Madyan, he found there a community of men watering, and found, apart from them, two women holding back.
وَلَمَّا وَرَدَ مَآءَ مَدْيَنَ وَجَدَ عَلَيْهِ أُمَّةًۭ مِّنَ ٱلنَّاسِ يَسْقُونَ وَوَجَدَ مِن دُونِهِمُ ٱمْرَأَتَيْنِ تَذُودَانِ
He said: "What is your case?"
قَالَ مَا خَطْبُكُمَا
They said: "We do not water until the shepherds have departed; and our father is a very old man."
قَالَتَا لَا نَسْقِى حَتَّىٰ يُصْدِرَ ٱلرِّعَآءُ وَأَبُونَا شَيْخٌۭ كَبِيرٌۭ
He watered for them, then moved off to the shade and said: "My Guardian, I am indeed in great need of whatever good You would send down to me."
فَسَقَىٰ لَهُمَا ثُمَّ تَوَلَّىٰٓ إِلَى ٱلظِّلِّ فَقَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّى لِمَآ أَنزَلْتَ إِلَىَّ مِنْ خَيْرٍۢ فَقِيرٌۭ
One of the two came to him, walking with reserved modesty.
فَجَآءَتْهُ إِحْدَىٰهُمَا تَمْشِى عَلَى ٱسْتِحْيَآءٍۢ
She said: "My father calls you, to recompense you with the reward for having watered for us."
قَالَتْ إِنَّ أَبِى يَدْعُوكَ لِيَجْزِيَكَ أَجْرَ مَا سَقَيْتَ لَنَا
When he came to him and related to him his account, he said: "Do not fear, you have escaped the wrongdoing people."
فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُۥ وَقَصَّ عَلَيْهِ ٱلْقَصَصَ قَالَ لَا تَخَفْ نَجَوْتَ مِنَ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ
One of the two said: "O my father, hire him;
قَالَتْ إِحْدَىٰهُمَا يَٰٓأَبَتِ ٱسْتَـْٔجِرْهُ
the best one you could hire is one who is strong and trustworthy."
إِنَّ خَيْرَ مَنِ ٱسْتَـْٔجَرْتَ ٱلْقَوِىُّ ٱلْأَمِينُ
He said: "I wish to marry you to one of these two daughters of mine, on condition that you serve me for eight years;
قَالَ إِنِّىٓ أُرِيدُ أَنْ أُنكِحَكَ إِحْدَى ٱبْنَتَىَّ هَٰتَيْنِ عَلَىٰٓ أَن تَأْجُرَنِى ثَمَٰنِىَ حِجَجٍۢ
and if you complete ten, that will be of your own accord;
فَإِنْ أَتْمَمْتَ عَشْرًۭا فَمِنْ عِندِكَ
and I do not wish to impose a hardship on you —
وَمَآ أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَشُقَّ عَلَيْكَ
you will find me, if God wills, among those who are sound."
سَتَجِدُنِىٓ إِن شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ
He said: "That is understood between you and me;
قَالَ ذَٰلِكَ بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَكَ
whichever of the two terms I conclude, let there be no hostility against me;
أَيَّمَا ٱلْأَجَلَيْنِ قَضَيْتُ فَلَا عُدْوَٰنَ عَلَىَّ
and God is trustee over what we say."
وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ مَا نَقُولُ وَكِيلٌۭ
When Moussa had concluded the term and set out with his family, he made out a fire on the side of the Mount.
فَلَمَّا قَضَىٰ مُوسَى ٱلْأَجَلَ وَسَارَ بِأَهْلِهِۦٓ ءَانَسَ مِن جَانِبِ ٱلطُّورِ نَارًۭا
He said to his family: "Stay here; I have made out a fire; perhaps I will bring you news from it, or a burning ember, perhaps you can warm yourselves."
قَالَ لِأَهْلِهِ ٱمْكُثُوٓا۟ إِنِّىٓ ءَانَسْتُ نَارًۭا لَّعَلِّىٓ ءَاتِيكُم مِّنْهَا بِخَبَرٍ أَوْ جَذْوَةٍۢ مِّنَ ٱلنَّارِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَصْطَلُونَ
When he reached it, he was called from the right side of the valley, in the blessed place, from the tree: "O Moussa, it is indeed I, God, the Guardian of all beings! And throw down your staff."
فَلَمَّآ أَتَىٰهَا نُودِىَ مِن شَٰطِئِ ٱلْوَادِ ٱلْأَيْمَنِ فِى ٱلْبُقْعَةِ ٱلْمُبَٰرَكَةِ مِنَ ٱلشَّجَرَةِ أَن يَٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِنِّىٓ أَنَا ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ وَأَنْ أَلْقِ عَصَاكَ
When he saw it vibrate as though it were an Occulted, he turned back in flight and did not return.
فَلَمَّا رَءَاهَا تَهْتَزُّ كَأَنَّهَا جَآنٌّۭ وَلَّىٰ مُدْبِرًۭا وَلَمْ يُعَقِّبْ
"O Moussa, come forward and do not fear;
يَٰمُوسَىٰٓ أَقْبِلْ وَلَا تَخَفْ
you are indeed among those who are secure.
إِنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْءَامِنِينَ
Insert your hand into your neckline, it will come out white, without any harm;
ٱسْلُكْ يَدَكَ فِى جَيْبِكَ تَخْرُجْ بَيْضَآءَ مِنْ غَيْرِ سُوٓءٍۢ
and press your wing to yourself, against reverence.
وَٱضْمُمْ إِلَيْكَ جَنَاحَكَ مِنَ ٱلرَّهْبِ
These, then, are two demonstrations from your Guardian, for Fir'awn and his court;
فَذَٰنِكَ بُرْهَٰنَانِ مِن رَّبِّكَ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَلَإِي۟هِۦٓ
they were a people of oversteppers."
إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَوْمًۭا فَٰسِقِينَ
He said: "My Guardian, I indeed killed a Self among them and I fear they will kill me; but my brother Harun has a clearer tongue than mine — send him with me as a reinforcement who declares me veracious;
قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّى قَتَلْتُ مِنْهُمْ نَفْسًۭا فَأَخَافُ أَن يَقْتُلُونِ وَأَخِى هَٰرُونُ هُوَ أَفْصَحُ مِنِّى لِسَانًۭا فَأَرْسِلْهُ مَعِىَ رِدْءًۭا يُصَدِّقُنِىٓ
for I fear they will deny me."
إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ أَن يُكَذِّبُونِ
He said: "We will strengthen your arm through your brother, and We will appoint for you both an authority, so that they will not be able to reach you — through Our signs,
قَالَ سَنَشُدُّ عَضُدَكَ بِأَخِيكَ وَنَجْعَلُ لَكُمَا سُلْطَٰنًۭا فَلَا يَصِلُونَ إِلَيْكُمَا بِـَٔايَٰتِنَآ
you two, and those who follow you, will be the victors."
أَنتُمَا وَمَنِ ٱتَّبَعَكُمَا ٱلْغَٰلِبُونَ
When Moussa brought them Our clear signs, they said: "This is nothing but an invented illusion; we never heard of this among our earliest forefathers."
فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُم مُّوسَىٰ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا بَيِّنَٰتٍۢ قَالُوا۟ مَا هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌۭ مُّفْتَرًۭى وَمَا سَمِعْنَا بِهَٰذَا فِىٓ ءَابَآئِنَا ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
And Moussa said: "My Guardian knows best who comes with guidance from Him, and to whom the outcome of the abode will belong —
وَقَالَ مُوسَىٰ رَبِّىٓ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن جَآءَ بِٱلْهُدَىٰ مِنْ عِندِهِۦ وَمَن تَكُونُ لَهُۥ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلدَّارِ
the wrongdoers indeed do not succeed."
إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُفْلِحُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ
And Fir'awn said: "O court, I know of no deity for you other than myself. So kindle for me a fire upon clay, O Haman, and make me a belvedere, perhaps I will climb up to the deity of Moussa; for I surely presume he is among the liars."
وَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمَلَأُ مَا عَلِمْتُ لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَٰهٍ غَيْرِى فَأَوْقِدْ لِى يَٰهَٰمَٰنُ عَلَى ٱلطِّينِ فَٱجْعَل لِّى صَرْحًۭا لَّعَلِّىٓ أَطَّلِعُ إِلَىٰٓ إِلَٰهِ مُوسَىٰ وَإِنِّى لَأَظُنُّهُۥ مِنَ ٱلْكَٰذِبِينَ
And he grew proud, he and his armies, in the land, without any right, and they presumed they would never be returned to Us.
وَٱسْتَكْبَرَ هُوَ وَجُنُودُهُۥ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ ٱلْحَقِّ وَظَنُّوٓا۟ أَنَّهُمْ إِلَيْنَا لَا يُرْجَعُونَ
So We seized him and his armies, and cast them into the deep —
فَأَخَذْنَٰهُ وَجُنُودَهُۥ فَنَبَذْنَٰهُمْ فِى ٱلْيَمِّ
so look at what was the end of the wrongdoers.
فَٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ
And We made them leaders who call to the Fire,
وَجَعَلْنَٰهُمْ أَئِمَّةًۭ يَدْعُونَ إِلَى ٱلنَّارِ
and on the Day of Appearance, they will not be helped.
وَيَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ لَا يُنصَرُونَ
And We made a curse follow them in the present life,
وَأَتْبَعْنَٰهُمْ فِى هَٰذِهِ ٱلدُّنْيَا لَعْنَةًۭ
and on the Day of Appearance they will be among the disfigured.
وَيَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ هُم مِّنَ ٱلْمَقْبُوحِينَ
We certainly gave Moussa the Scripture, after having annihilated the first generations, as insights for mankind, guidance, and benevolence, perhaps they would remember.
وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَى ٱلْكِتَٰبَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَآ أَهْلَكْنَا ٱلْقُرُونَ ٱلْأُولَىٰ بَصَآئِرَ لِلنَّاسِ وَهُدًۭى وَرَحْمَةًۭ لَّعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ
You were not on the western side when We decreed the command to Moussa,
وَمَا كُنتَ بِجَانِبِ ٱلْغَرْبِىِّ إِذْ قَضَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَى ٱلْأَمْرَ
nor were you among those who witnessed it.
وَمَا كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلشَّٰهِدِينَ
But We caused generations to arise, and life grew long for them;
وَلَٰكِنَّآ أَنشَأْنَا قُرُونًۭا فَتَطَاوَلَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْعُمُرُ
and you did not sojourn among the people of Madyan, reciting Our signs to them,
وَمَا كُنتَ ثَاوِيًۭا فِىٓ أَهْلِ مَدْيَنَ تَتْلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَٰتِنَا
but it is We who sent you.
وَلَٰكِنَّا كُنَّا مُرْسِلِينَ
Nor were you on the side of the Mount when We called;
وَمَا كُنتَ بِجَانِبِ ٱلطُّورِ إِذْ نَادَيْنَا
but it is a benevolence from your Guardian, so that you may warn a people to whom no warner had come before you, in the hope that they will remember.
وَلَٰكِن رَّحْمَةًۭ مِّن رَّبِّكَ لِتُنذِرَ قَوْمًۭا مَّآ أَتَىٰهُم مِّن نَّذِيرٍۢ مِّن قَبْلِكَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ
And were it not that, when a misfortune strikes them for what their hands have prepared, they might say: "Our Guardian, why did You not send us a messenger, that we might have followed Your signs and been among the believers" —
وَلَوْلَآ أَن تُصِيبَهُم مُّصِيبَةٌۢ بِمَا قَدَّمَتْ أَيْدِيهِمْ فَيَقُولُوا۟ رَبَّنَا لَوْلَآ أَرْسَلْتَ إِلَيْنَا رَسُولًۭا فَنَتَّبِعَ ءَايَٰتِكَ وَنَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
when the truth came to them from Us, they said: "Why was he not given the like of what was given to Moussa?"
فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُمُ ٱلْحَقُّ مِنْ عِندِنَا قَالُوا۟ لَوْلَآ أُوتِىَ مِثْلَ مَآ أُوتِىَ مُوسَىٰٓ
Did they not disown what was given to Moussa before?
أَوَلَمْ يَكْفُرُوا۟ بِمَآ أُوتِىَ مُوسَىٰ مِن قَبْلُ
They said: "Two illusions supporting each other!"
قَالُوا۟ سِحْرَانِ تَظَٰهَرَا
and they said: "We indeed disown all of it."
وَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا بِكُلٍّۢ كَٰفِرُونَ
Say: "Bring, then, a scripture from God more guiding than these two, and I will follow it, if you are veracious."
قُلْ فَأْتُوا۟ بِكِتَٰبٍۢ مِّنْ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ هُوَ أَهْدَىٰ مِنْهُمَآ أَتَّبِعْهُ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ
If they do not respond to you, know that they only follow their emotions —
فَإِن لَّمْ يَسْتَجِيبُوا۟ لَكَ فَٱعْلَمْ أَنَّمَا يَتَّبِعُونَ أَهْوَآءَهُمْ
and who is more astray than one who follows his emotion, without guidance from God?
وَمَنْ أَضَلُّ مِمَّنِ ٱتَّبَعَ هَوَىٰهُ بِغَيْرِ هُدًۭى مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ
God indeed does not guide the wrongdoing people.
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ
We made the saying reach them without a break, perhaps they will remember.
وَلَقَدْ وَصَّلْنَا لَهُمُ ٱلْقَوْلَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ
Those to whom We gave the Scripture before it believe in it;
ٱلَّذِينَ ءَاتَيْنَٰهُمُ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ مِن قَبْلِهِۦ هُم بِهِۦ يُؤْمِنُونَ
and when it is recited to them, they say: "We believe in it; it is indeed the truth from our Guardian; we were, even before it, already true to God alone."
وَإِذَا يُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ قَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا بِهِۦٓ إِنَّهُ ٱلْحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا مِن قَبْلِهِۦ مُسْلِمِينَ
These will be given their reward twice over, for having been patient, for having pushed back evil with good, and for having spent from what We provided them.
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ يُؤْتَوْنَ أَجْرَهُم مَّرَّتَيْنِ بِمَا صَبَرُوا۟ وَيَدْرَءُونَ بِٱلْحَسَنَةِ ٱلسَّيِّئَةَ وَمِمَّا رَزَقْنَٰهُمْ يُنفِقُونَ
And when they hear idle talk, they turn away from it and say: "To us our works, to you yours; peace upon you, we do not seek the ignorant."
وَإِذَا سَمِعُوا۟ ٱللَّغْوَ أَعْرَضُوا۟ عَنْهُ وَقَالُوا۟ لَنَآ أَعْمَٰلُنَا وَلَكُمْ أَعْمَٰلُكُمْ سَلَٰمٌ عَلَيْكُمْ لَا نَبْتَغِى ٱلْجَٰهِلِينَ
You indeed do not guide whom you love;
إِنَّكَ لَا تَهْدِى مَنْ أَحْبَبْتَ
but God guides whom He wills,
وَلَٰكِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ
and He knows best those who let themselves be guided.
وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِٱلْمُهْتَدِينَ
And they said: "If we follow the guidance with you, we will be snatched from our land."
وَقَالُوٓا۟ إِن نَّتَّبِعِ ٱلْهُدَىٰ مَعَكَ نُتَخَطَّفْ مِنْ أَرْضِنَآ
Have We not firmly established them in an inviolable and secure precinct, to which the fruits of all things come thronging, as provision from Us?
أَوَلَمْ نُمَكِّن لَّهُمْ حَرَمًا ءَامِنًۭا يُجْبَىٰٓ إِلَيْهِ ثَمَرَٰتُ كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ رِّزْقًۭا مِّن لَّدُنَّا
But most of them do not know.
وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
How many a city have We annihilated, that had grown wanton in its own livelihood!
وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍۭ بَطِرَتْ مَعِيشَتَهَا
There are their dwellings, left uninhabited after them, save for a very few — and it is We who were the heirs.
فَتِلْكَ مَسَٰكِنُهُمْ لَمْ تُسْكَن مِّنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ إِلَّا قَلِيلًۭا وَكُنَّا نَحْنُ ٱلْوَٰرِثِينَ
Your Guardian never annihilates cities before raising up, in their metropolis, a messenger reciting Our signs to them;
وَمَا كَانَ رَبُّكَ مُهْلِكَ ٱلْقُرَىٰ حَتَّىٰ يَبْعَثَ فِىٓ أُمِّهَا رَسُولًۭا يَتْلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَٰتِنَا
nor have We ever annihilated cities except when their people were wrongdoers.
وَمَا كُنَّا مُهْلِكِى ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ إِلَّا وَأَهْلُهَا ظَٰلِمُونَ
Whatever you have been given is but enjoyment of the present life and its adornment;
وَمَآ أُوتِيتُم مِّن شَىْءٍۢ فَمَتَٰعُ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَزِينَتُهَا
what is with God is better and more lasting.
وَمَا عِندَ ٱللَّهِ خَيْرٌۭ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ
Will you not then reason?
أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ
Is one to whom We made a fine promise, which he will meet, comparable to one whom We let enjoy the present life, who will then, on the Day of Appearance, be among those brought forth?
أَفَمَن وَعَدْنَٰهُ وَعْدًا حَسَنًۭا فَهُوَ لَٰقِيهِ كَمَن مَّتَّعْنَٰهُ مَتَٰعَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا ثُمَّ هُوَ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ مِنَ ٱلْمُحْضَرِينَ
And the day He calls them and says: "Where are My associates, whom you used to claim?"
وَيَوْمَ يُنَادِيهِمْ فَيَقُولُ أَيْنَ شُرَكَآءِىَ ٱلَّذِينَ كُنتُمْ تَزْعُمُونَ
Those against whom the saying will have proven true will say: "Our Guardian, these are the ones we made err; we made them err just as we ourselves erred;
قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ حَقَّ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقَوْلُ رَبَّنَا هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ ٱلَّذِينَ أَغْوَيْنَآ أَغْوَيْنَٰهُمْ كَمَا غَوَيْنَا
we declare ourselves quit before You;
تَبَرَّأْنَآ إِلَيْكَ
it was not us that they obeyed."
مَا كَانُوٓا۟ إِيَّانَا يَعْبُدُونَ
And it will be said: "Call your associates." They will call them, but they will not respond to them; and they will see the punishment — if only they had let themselves be guided...
وَقِيلَ ٱدْعُوا۟ شُرَكَآءَكُمْ فَدَعَوْهُمْ فَلَمْ يَسْتَجِيبُوا۟ لَهُمْ وَرَأَوُا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ لَوْ أَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ يَهْتَدُونَ
And the day He calls them and says: "What did you answer the envoys?"
وَيَوْمَ يُنَادِيهِمْ فَيَقُولُ مَاذَآ أَجَبْتُمُ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ
That day, the pieces of information will become obscure to them, and they will not question one another.
فَعَمِيَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْأَنۢبَآءُ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ فَهُمْ لَا يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
As for one who repented, believed, and did sound deeds, it may be that he is among those who succeed.
فَأَمَّا مَن تَابَ وَءَامَنَ وَعَمِلَ صَٰلِحًۭا فَعَسَىٰٓ أَن يَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُفْلِحِينَ
Your Guardian creates what He wills and opts;
وَرَبُّكَ يَخْلُقُ مَا يَشَآءُ وَيَخْتَارُ
the option does not belong to them.
مَا كَانَ لَهُمُ ٱلْخِيَرَةُ
Glory be to God, far above what they associate with Him.
سُبْحَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ وَتَعَٰلَىٰ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ
Your Guardian knows what their chests shelter and what they disclose.
وَرَبُّكَ يَعْلَمُ مَا تُكِنُّ صُدُورُهُمْ وَمَا يُعْلِنُونَ
He is God; there is no deity but Him;
وَهُوَ ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ
to Him belongs praise, in the first as in the last;
لَهُ ٱلْحَمْدُ فِى ٱلْأُولَىٰ وَٱلْءَاخِرَةِ
and to Him belongs the judgment,
وَلَهُ ٱلْحُكْمُ
and to Him you will be returned.
وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ
Say: "Have you considered: if God made the night perpetual for you until the Day of Appearance, what deity, other than God, would bring you brightness?
قُلْ أَرَءَيْتُمْ إِن جَعَلَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلَّيْلَ سَرْمَدًا إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ مَنْ إِلَٰهٌ غَيْرُ ٱللَّهِ يَأْتِيكُم بِضِيَآءٍ
Will you not then hear?"
أَفَلَا تَسْمَعُونَ
Say: "Have you considered: if God made the day perpetual for you until the Day of Appearance, what deity, other than God, would bring you a night in which to rest?
قُلْ أَرَءَيْتُمْ إِن جَعَلَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلنَّهَارَ سَرْمَدًا إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ مَنْ إِلَٰهٌ غَيْرُ ٱللَّهِ يَأْتِيكُم بِلَيْلٍۢ تَسْكُنُونَ فِيهِ
Will you not then see clearly?"
أَفَلَا تُبْصِرُونَ
And it is out of His benevolence that He made for you the night and the day, so that you might rest and seek of His favor, and perhaps you will be grateful.
وَمِن رَّحْمَتِهِۦ جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلَّيْلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ لِتَسْكُنُوا۟ فِيهِ وَلِتَبْتَغُوا۟ مِن فَضْلِهِۦ وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ
And the day He calls them and says: "Where are My associates, whom you used to claim?"
وَيَوْمَ يُنَادِيهِمْ فَيَقُولُ أَيْنَ شُرَكَآءِىَ ٱلَّذِينَ كُنتُمْ تَزْعُمُونَ
And We will draw out from every community a witness, and We will say: "Bring your demonstration." Then they will know that the truth belongs to God, and what they used to invent will stray away from them.
وَنَزَعْنَا مِن كُلِّ أُمَّةٍۢ شَهِيدًۭا فَقُلْنَا هَاتُوا۟ بُرْهَٰنَكُمْ فَعَلِمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱلْحَقَّ لِلَّهِ وَضَلَّ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَفْتَرُونَ
Qaroon was of the people of Moussa; he committed iniquity against them —
إِنَّ قَٰرُونَ كَانَ مِن قَوْمِ مُوسَىٰ فَبَغَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ
and We had given him, among treasures, so much that its very keys surely weighed heavily on a band of men, possessors of strength.
وَءَاتَيْنَٰهُ مِنَ ٱلْكُنُوزِ مَآ إِنَّ مَفَاتِحَهُۥ لَتَنُوٓأُ بِٱلْعُصْبَةِ أُو۟لِى ٱلْقُوَّةِ
His people then said to him: "Do not revel; God does not love those who revel;
إِذْ قَالَ لَهُۥ قَوْمُهُۥ لَا تَفْرَحْ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلْفَرِحِينَ
seek instead, in what God has given you, the last abode,
وَٱبْتَغِ فِيمَآ ءَاتَىٰكَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلدَّارَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةَ
without forgetting your portion of the present life;
وَلَا تَنسَ نَصِيبَكَ مِنَ ٱلدُّنْيَا
and do good as God has done good to you,
وَأَحْسِن كَمَآ أَحْسَنَ ٱللَّهُ إِلَيْكَ
and do not seek corruption in the land;
وَلَا تَبْغِ ٱلْفَسَادَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ
God does not love the corrupters."
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ
He said: "It has only been given to me on account of a knowledge that is mine."
قَالَ إِنَّمَآ أُوتِيتُهُۥ عَلَىٰ عِلْمٍ عِندِىٓ
Did he not know that God had annihilated, before him, generations that were superior to him in strength and amassed more?
أَوَلَمْ يَعْلَمْ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ قَدْ أَهْلَكَ مِن قَبْلِهِۦ مِنَ ٱلْقُرُونِ مَنْ هُوَ أَشَدُّ مِنْهُ قُوَّةًۭ وَأَكْثَرُ جَمْعًۭا
And the severed will not be questioned about their offenses.
وَلَا يُسْـَٔلُ عَن ذُنُوبِهِمُ ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ
He went out before his people in all his adornment.
فَخَرَجَ عَلَىٰ قَوْمِهِۦ فِى زِينَتِهِۦ
Those who wanted the present life said: "Ah, if only we had the like of what has been given to Qaroon! He surely has an immense share."
قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ يُرِيدُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا يَٰلَيْتَ لَنَا مِثْلَ مَآ أُوتِىَ قَٰرُونُ إِنَّهُۥ لَذُو حَظٍّ عَظِيمٍۢ
But those to whom knowledge had been given said: "Woe to you! God's requital is better for one who believes and does a sound deed;
وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْعِلْمَ وَيْلَكُمْ ثَوَابُ ٱللَّهِ خَيْرٌۭ لِّمَنْ ءَامَنَ وَعَمِلَ صَٰلِحًۭا
and that, only the patient receive it."
وَلَا يُلَقَّىٰهَآ إِلَّا ٱلصَّٰبِرُونَ
We caused the earth to swallow him and his abode;
فَخَسَفْنَا بِهِۦ وَبِدَارِهِ ٱلْأَرْضَ
he had no battalion to help him besides God,
فَمَا كَانَ لَهُۥ مِن فِئَةٍۢ يَنصُرُونَهُۥ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ
nor was he among those who help themselves.
وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُنتَصِرِينَ
And those who, the day before, had wished for his position began to say: "Ah! So it is that God extends provision to whom He wills among His obedient ones, and measures it!
وَأَصْبَحَ ٱلَّذِينَ تَمَنَّوْا۟ مَكَانَهُۥ بِٱلْأَمْسِ يَقُولُونَ وَيْكَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَبْسُطُ ٱلرِّزْقَ لِمَن يَشَآءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِۦ وَيَقْدِرُ
Had God not graced us, He would have swallowed us up too.
لَوْلَآ أَن مَّنَّ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْنَا لَخَسَفَ بِنَا
Ah! So it is that those who disown never succeed."
وَيْكَأَنَّهُۥ لَا يُفْلِحُ ٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ
That last abode — We reserve it for those who want, in the land, neither to exalt themselves above others, nor corruption;
تِلْكَ ٱلدَّارُ ٱلْءَاخِرَةُ نَجْعَلُهَا لِلَّذِينَ لَا يُرِيدُونَ عُلُوًّۭا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا فَسَادًۭا
and the outcome belongs to those who guard themselves.
وَٱلْعَٰقِبَةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ
Whoever comes with good will have better than it;
مَن جَآءَ بِٱلْحَسَنَةِ فَلَهُۥ خَيْرٌۭ مِّنْهَا
and whoever comes with an evil deed — those who did evil deeds will be recompensed only for what they used to do.
وَمَن جَآءَ بِٱلسَّيِّئَةِ فَلَا يُجْزَى ٱلَّذِينَ عَمِلُوا۟ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ إِلَّا مَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ
He who made the Recitation an obligation for you will surely bring you back to an already appointed meeting.
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِى فَرَضَ عَلَيْكَ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لَرَآدُّكَ إِلَىٰ مَعَادٍۢ
Say: "My Guardian knows best who comes with guidance and who is in manifest error."
قُل رَّبِّىٓ أَعْلَمُ مَن جَآءَ بِٱلْهُدَىٰ وَمَنْ هُوَ فِى ضَلَٰلٍۢ مُّبِينٍۢ
You were not hoping that the Scripture would be addressed to you; it is only by benevolence from your Guardian —
وَمَا كُنتَ تَرْجُوٓا۟ أَن يُلْقَىٰٓ إِلَيْكَ ٱلْكِتَٰبُ إِلَّا رَحْمَةًۭ مِّن رَّبِّكَ
so never be a support for those who disown.
فَلَا تَكُونَنَّ ظَهِيرًۭا لِّلْكَٰفِرِينَ
And let them not bar you from the signs of God after they have been sent down to you;
وَلَا يَصُدُّنَّكَ عَنْ ءَايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ بَعْدَ إِذْ أُنزِلَتْ إِلَيْكَ
and call to your Guardian,
وَٱدْعُ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ
and never be among those who associate.
وَلَا تَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ
And do not invoke, alongside God, another deity;
وَلَا تَدْعُ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ
there is no deity but Him.
لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ
Everything perishes, except His direction.
كُلُّ شَىْءٍ هَالِكٌ إِلَّا وَجْهَهُۥ
To Him belongs the judgment,
لَهُ ٱلْحُكْمُ
and to Him you will be returned.
وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ