Al-Isra
To What Is Most Upright
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
In the name of God, the All-Benevolent, the Benevolent.
Glory be to the One who made His obedient one travel by night, from the inviolable place of prostration to the farthest place of prostration, whose surroundings We have blessed, to show him some of Our signs.
سُبْحَٰنَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَسْرَىٰ بِعَبْدِهِۦ لَيْلًۭا مِّنَ ٱلْمَسْجِدِ ٱلْحَرَامِ إِلَى ٱلْمَسْجِدِ ٱلْأَقْصَا ٱلَّذِى بَٰرَكْنَا حَوْلَهُۥ لِنُرِيَهُۥ مِنْ ءَايَٰتِنَآ
It is indeed He, the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing.
إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْبَصِيرُ
And We gave Moussa the Scripture, and made it a guidance for the Sons of Israel: "Take no one, besides Me, as a trustee" — descendants of those We carried with Nuh.
وَءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَى ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَجَعَلْنَٰهُ هُدًۭى لِّبَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ أَلَّا تَتَّخِذُوا۟ مِن دُونِى وَكِيلًۭا ذُرِّيَّةَ مَنْ حَمَلْنَا مَعَ نُوحٍ
He was a grateful obedient one.
إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَبْدًۭا شَكُورًۭا
And We decreed to the Sons of Israel, in the Scripture: "You will surely sow corruption on the earth twice, and you will surely rise with great haughtiness."
وَقَضَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ فِى ٱلْكِتَٰبِ لَتُفْسِدُنَّ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مَرَّتَيْنِ وَلَتَعْلُنَّ عُلُوًّۭا كَبِيرًۭا
When the promise of the first of these two came, We raised up against you obedient ones of Ours, possessed of severe rigor, who ranged through the abodes in every direction —
فَإِذَا جَآءَ وَعْدُ أُولَىٰهُمَا بَعَثْنَا عَلَيْكُمْ عِبَادًۭا لَّنَآ أُو۟لِى بَأْسٍۢ شَدِيدٍۢ فَجَاسُوا۟ خِلَٰلَ ٱلدِّيَارِ
and it was a promise, a thing done.
وَكَانَ وَعْدًۭا مَّفْعُولًۭا
Then We gave you back the upper hand over them, and reinforced you with goods and sons, and made you more numerous in ranks.
ثُمَّ رَدَدْنَا لَكُمُ ٱلْكَرَّةَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَأَمْدَدْنَٰكُم بِأَمْوَٰلٍۢ وَبَنِينَ وَجَعَلْنَٰكُمْ أَكْثَرَ نَفِيرًا
If you do well, you do well for yourselves,
إِنْ أَحْسَنتُمْ أَحْسَنتُمْ لِأَنفُسِكُمْ
and if you do ill, it is against yourselves.
وَإِنْ أَسَأْتُمْ فَلَهَا
Then, when the promise of the second time came, it was for them to stamp vexation upon your faces, to enter the place of prostration as they had entered it the first time, and to devastate utterly whatever they had seized.
فَإِذَا جَآءَ وَعْدُ ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ لِيَسُۥٓـُٔوا۟ وُجُوهَكُمْ وَلِيَدْخُلُوا۟ ٱلْمَسْجِدَ كَمَا دَخَلُوهُ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍۢ وَلِيُتَبِّرُوا۟ مَا عَلَوْا۟ تَتْبِيرًا
It may be that your Guardian will show you benevolence;
عَسَىٰ رَبُّكُمْ أَن يَرْحَمَكُمْ
but if you repeat it, We will repeat it.
وَإِنْ عُدتُّمْ عُدْنَا
And We have made Jahannam, for those who disown, an enclosure.
وَجَعَلْنَا جَهَنَّمَ لِلْكَٰفِرِينَ حَصِيرًا
This Recitation indeed guides to what is most upright, and gives the believers who do sound deeds the glad tidings that they will have a great reward, and that those who do not believe in the last life — We have made ready for them a painful punishment.
إِنَّ هَٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ يَهْدِى لِلَّتِى هِىَ أَقْوَمُ وَيُبَشِّرُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ أَنَّ لَهُمْ أَجْرًۭا كَبِيرًۭا وَأَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْءَاخِرَةِ أَعْتَدْنَا لَهُمْ عَذَابًا أَلِيمًۭا
And the human being calls for ill as he calls for good,
وَيَدْعُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ بِٱلشَّرِّ دُعَآءَهُۥ بِٱلْخَيْرِ
for the human being is hasty.
وَكَانَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ عَجُولًۭا
And We have made the night and the day two signs; We blotted out the sign of the night and made the sign of the day fit for seeing clearly, so that you might seek a favor from your Guardian and know the number of years and the reckoning.
وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلَّيْلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ ءَايَتَيْنِ فَمَحَوْنَآ ءَايَةَ ٱلَّيْلِ وَجَعَلْنَآ ءَايَةَ ٱلنَّهَارِ مُبْصِرَةًۭ لِّتَبْتَغُوا۟ فَضْلًۭا مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ وَلِتَعْلَمُوا۟ عَدَدَ ٱلسِّنِينَ وَٱلْحِسَابَ
And everything, We have set out in detail.
وَكُلَّ شَىْءٍۢ فَصَّلْنَٰهُ تَفْصِيلًۭا
And to every human being We have fastened his own omen to his neck; and We shall bring forth for him, on the Day of Appearance, a register which he will meet deployed:
وَكُلَّ إِنسَٰنٍ أَلْزَمْنَٰهُ طَٰٓئِرَهُۥ فِى عُنُقِهِۦ وَنُخْرِجُ لَهُۥ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ كِتَٰبًۭا يَلْقَىٰهُ مَنشُورًا
"Read your register: today, it suffices that you be your own reckoner."
ٱقْرَأْ كِتَٰبَكَ كَفَىٰ بِنَفْسِكَ ٱلْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكَ حَسِيبًۭا
Whoever lets himself be guided lets himself be guided only for himself,
مَّنِ ٱهْتَدَىٰ فَإِنَّمَا يَهْتَدِى لِنَفْسِهِۦ
and whoever strays only strays against himself.
وَمَن ضَلَّ فَإِنَّمَا يَضِلُّ عَلَيْهَا
And no bearer of burden shall bear the burden of another.
وَلَا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٌۭ وِزْرَ أُخْرَىٰ
And We never punish until We have raised up a messenger.
وَمَا كُنَّا مُعَذِّبِينَ حَتَّىٰ نَبْعَثَ رَسُولًۭا
And when We wish to annihilate a city, We address Our commands to its affluent ones, but they overstep within it; so the saying proves true against it, and We destroy it utterly.
وَإِذَآ أَرَدْنَآ أَن نُّهْلِكَ قَرْيَةً أَمَرْنَا مُتْرَفِيهَا فَفَسَقُوا۟ فِيهَا فَحَقَّ عَلَيْهَا ٱلْقَوْلُ فَدَمَّرْنَٰهَا تَدْمِيرًۭا
How many generations have We annihilated after Nuh!
وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا مِنَ ٱلْقُرُونِ مِنۢ بَعْدِ نُوحٍۢ
And your Guardian suffices as Intimately Acquainted and All-Seeing regarding the offenses of His obedient ones.
وَكَفَىٰ بِرَبِّكَ بِذُنُوبِ عِبَادِهِۦ خَبِيرًۢا بَصِيرًۭا
Whoever wants the immediate life, We hasten for him in it what We will, to whom We want; then We assign him Jahannam, where he will burn, reproved, driven away.
مَّن كَانَ يُرِيدُ ٱلْعَاجِلَةَ عَجَّلْنَا لَهُۥ فِيهَا مَا نَشَآءُ لِمَن نُّرِيدُ ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَا لَهُۥ جَهَنَّمَ يَصْلَىٰهَا مَذْمُومًۭا مَّدْحُورًۭا
And whoever wants the last life and endeavours for it with the effort it deserves, while being a believer — those are the ones whose effort will be acknowledged.
وَمَنْ أَرَادَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةَ وَسَعَىٰ لَهَا سَعْيَهَا وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌۭ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ كَانَ سَعْيُهُم مَّشْكُورًۭا
To all, We grant —
كُلًّۭا نُّمِدُّ
to these as to those — from your Guardian's endowment,
هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ وَهَٰٓؤُلَآءِ مِنْ عَطَآءِ رَبِّكَ
and your Guardian's endowment is never restricted.
وَمَا كَانَ عَطَآءُ رَبِّكَ مَحْظُورًا
See how We have favored some over others;
ٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ فَضَّلْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍۢ
and the last life is indeed greater in degrees, and greater in favor.
وَلَلْءَاخِرَةُ أَكْبَرُ دَرَجَٰتٍۢ وَأَكْبَرُ تَفْضِيلًۭا
Do not place, alongside God, another deity, or you would find yourself reproved, abandoned.
لَّا تَجْعَلْ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَتَقْعُدَ مَذْمُومًۭا مَّخْذُولًۭا
And your Guardian has decreed that you obey none but Him,
وَقَضَىٰ رَبُّكَ أَلَّا تَعْبُدُوٓا۟ إِلَّآ إِيَّاهُ
and beneficence toward one's two parents.
وَبِٱلْوَٰلِدَيْنِ إِحْسَٰنًا
If either of them, or both, reach old age with you, do not say to them "fie!" and do not rebuke them,
إِمَّا يَبْلُغَنَّ عِندَكَ ٱلْكِبَرَ أَحَدُهُمَآ أَوْ كِلَاهُمَا فَلَا تَقُل لَّهُمَآ أُفٍّۢ وَلَا تَنْهَرْهُمَا
but speak to them a noble saying.
وَقُل لَّهُمَا قَوْلًۭا كَرِيمًۭا
And lower for them the wing of docility, out of benevolence,
وَٱخْفِضْ لَهُمَا جَنَاحَ ٱلذُّلِّ مِنَ ٱلرَّحْمَةِ
and say: "My Guardian, have benevolence on them as they brought me up when I was small."
وَقُل رَّبِّ ٱرْحَمْهُمَا كَمَا رَبَّيَانِى صَغِيرًۭا
Your Guardian knows best what is in your Self.
رَّبُّكُمْ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا فِى نُفُوسِكُمْ
If you are sound, He is indeed, toward those ever-returning to Him, Most-Forgiving.
إِن تَكُونُوا۟ صَٰلِحِينَ فَإِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لِلْأَوَّٰبِينَ غَفُورًۭا
And give to the close relative his due, and to the destitute and the stranded traveler,
وَءَاتِ ذَا ٱلْقُرْبَىٰ حَقَّهُۥ وَٱلْمِسْكِينَ وَٱبْنَ ٱلسَّبِيلِ
and do not squander wastefully.
وَلَا تُبَذِّرْ تَبْذِيرًا
Those who squander are the brothers of the Diverters,
إِنَّ ٱلْمُبَذِّرِينَ كَانُوٓا۟ إِخْوَٰنَ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينِ
and the Diverter is, toward his Guardian, a great disowner.
وَكَانَ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ لِرَبِّهِۦ كَفُورًۭا
And if you must turn away from them, seeking a benevolence from your Guardian that you hope for, then speak to them an easy saying.
وَإِمَّا تُعْرِضَنَّ عَنْهُمُ ٱبْتِغَآءَ رَحْمَةٍۢ مِّن رَّبِّكَ تَرْجُوهَا فَقُل لَّهُمْ قَوْلًۭا مَّيْسُورًۭا
And do not keep your hand shackled to your neck, nor stretch it out completely, or you would find yourself censured, drained by desolation.
وَلَا تَجْعَلْ يَدَكَ مَغْلُولَةً إِلَىٰ عُنُقِكَ وَلَا تَبْسُطْهَا كُلَّ ٱلْبَسْطِ فَتَقْعُدَ مَلُومًۭا مَّحْسُورًا
Your Guardian extends provision to whom He wills, and measures it;
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ يَبْسُطُ ٱلرِّزْقَ لِمَن يَشَآءُ وَيَقْدِرُ
He is indeed, toward His obedient ones, Intimately Acquainted and All-Seeing.
إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ بِعِبَادِهِۦ خَبِيرًۢا بَصِيرًۭا
And do not kill your children for dread of penury:
وَلَا تَقْتُلُوٓا۟ أَوْلَٰدَكُمْ خَشْيَةَ إِمْلَٰقٍۢ
it is We who provide for them, as for you.
نَّحْنُ نَرْزُقُهُمْ وَإِيَّاكُمْ
Killing them is a great fault.
إِنَّ قَتْلَهُمْ كَانَ خِطْـًۭٔا كَبِيرًۭا
And do not approach fornication: it is an indecency, and what an evil way!
وَلَا تَقْرَبُوا۟ ٱلزِّنَىٰٓ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فَٰحِشَةًۭ وَسَآءَ سَبِيلًۭا
And do not kill the Self that God has made inviolable, except by right.
وَلَا تَقْتُلُوا۟ ٱلنَّفْسَ ٱلَّتِى حَرَّمَ ٱللَّهُ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ
And whoever is killed wrongfully, We have appointed for his legal guardian an authority; but let him not be excessive in taking life,
وَمَن قُتِلَ مَظْلُومًۭا فَقَدْ جَعَلْنَا لِوَلِيِّهِۦ سُلْطَٰنًۭا فَلَا يُسْرِف فِّى ٱلْقَتْلِ
for he will be helped.
إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ مَنصُورًۭا
And do not approach the goods of the orphan, except in the best way, until he reaches his full maturity,
وَلَا تَقْرَبُوا۟ مَالَ ٱلْيَتِيمِ إِلَّا بِٱلَّتِى هِىَ أَحْسَنُ حَتَّىٰ يَبْلُغَ أَشُدَّهُۥ
and be faithful to the pact,
وَأَوْفُوا۟ بِٱلْعَهْدِ
for the pact will be questioned.
إِنَّ ٱلْعَهْدَ كَانَ مَسْـُٔولًۭا
And give the measure faithfully when you measure, and weigh with the straight scale:
وَأَوْفُوا۟ ٱلْكَيْلَ إِذَا كِلْتُمْ وَزِنُوا۟ بِٱلْقِسْطَاسِ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمِ
that is better, and of finer interpretation.
ذَٰلِكَ خَيْرٌۭ وَأَحْسَنُ تَأْوِيلًۭا
And do not pursue that of which you have no knowledge:
وَلَا تَقْفُ مَا لَيْسَ لَكَ بِهِۦ عِلْمٌ
hearing, sight, and the Conscience — each of them will be questioned.
إِنَّ ٱلسَّمْعَ وَٱلْبَصَرَ وَٱلْفُؤَادَ كُلُّ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ كَانَ عَنْهُ مَسْـُٔولًۭا
And do not walk upon the earth strutting:
وَلَا تَمْشِ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مَرَحًا
you will never make a hole in the earth, nor reach the mountains in height.
إِنَّكَ لَن تَخْرِقَ ٱلْأَرْضَ وَلَن تَبْلُغَ ٱلْجِبَالَ طُولًۭا
All that, its evil is, with your Guardian, detestable.
كُلُّ ذَٰلِكَ كَانَ سَيِّئُهُۥ عِندَ رَبِّكَ مَكْرُوهًۭا
That is what your Guardian has revealed to you of wisdom.
ذَٰلِكَ مِمَّآ أَوْحَىٰٓ إِلَيْكَ رَبُّكَ مِنَ ٱلْحِكْمَةِ
And do not place, alongside God, another deity, or you would be cast into Jahannam, censured, driven away.
وَلَا تَجْعَلْ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَتُلْقَىٰ فِى جَهَنَّمَ مَلُومًۭا مَّدْحُورًا
Has your Guardian then reserved sons for you, and taken, among the Agents, daughters?
أَفَأَصْفَىٰكُمْ رَبُّكُم بِٱلْبَنِينَ وَٱتَّخَذَ مِنَ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ إِنَٰثًا
You are surely saying an immense saying.
إِنَّكُمْ لَتَقُولُونَ قَوْلًا عَظِيمًۭا
We have indeed diversified the examples in this Recitation, so that they might remember; but it only increases their recoil.
وَلَقَدْ صَرَّفْنَا فِى هَٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانِ لِيَذَّكَّرُوا۟ وَمَا يَزِيدُهُمْ إِلَّا نُفُورًۭا
Say: "If there were, with Him, deities, as they say, they would then have sought a way to the Holder of the Edifice."
قُل لَّوْ كَانَ مَعَهُۥٓ ءَالِهَةٌۭ كَمَا يَقُولُونَ إِذًۭا لَّٱبْتَغَوْا۟ إِلَىٰ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ سَبِيلًۭا
Glory be to Him, and He is far above what they say, in great exaltation.
سُبْحَٰنَهُۥ وَتَعَٰلَىٰ عَمَّا يَقُولُونَ عُلُوًّۭا كَبِيرًۭا
The seven heavens glorify Him, as do the earth and those within it;
تُسَبِّحُ لَهُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتُ ٱلسَّبْعُ وَٱلْأَرْضُ وَمَن فِيهِنَّ
there is nothing that does not glorify Him in praise,
وَإِن مِّن شَىْءٍ إِلَّا يُسَبِّحُ بِحَمْدِهِۦ
but you do not understand their glorification.
وَلَٰكِن لَّا تَفْقَهُونَ تَسْبِيحَهُمْ
He is Forbearing, Most-Forgiving.
إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ حَلِيمًا غَفُورًۭا
And when you read the Recitation, We place between you and those who do not believe in the last life a hidden veil,
وَإِذَا قَرَأْتَ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ جَعَلْنَا بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْءَاخِرَةِ حِجَابًۭا مَّسْتُورًۭا
and We place over their cores coverings, so that they do not understand it, and in their ears a deafness.
وَجَعَلْنَا عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ أَكِنَّةً أَن يَفْقَهُوهُ وَفِىٓ ءَاذَانِهِمْ وَقْرًۭا
And when you mention your Guardian in the Recitation, Him alone, they turn their backs in recoil.
وَإِذَا ذَكَرْتَ رَبَّكَ فِى ٱلْقُرْءَانِ وَحْدَهُۥ وَلَّوْا۟ عَلَىٰٓ أَدْبَٰرِهِمْ نُفُورًۭا
We know best what they listen for, when they listen to you, and when they are in secret talk, when the wrongdoers say: "You follow none but a man abused by illusion."
نَّحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَسْتَمِعُونَ بِهِۦٓ إِذْ يَسْتَمِعُونَ إِلَيْكَ وَإِذْ هُمْ نَجْوَىٰٓ إِذْ يَقُولُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ إِن تَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا رَجُلًۭا مَّسْحُورًا
See how they have multiplied examples about you, and so gone astray:
ٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ ضَرَبُوا۟ لَكَ ٱلْأَمْثَالَ فَضَلُّوا۟
so they cannot find a way.
فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ سَبِيلًۭا
And they said: "When we are bones and crumbled remains, shall we really be raised in a new creation?"
وَقَالُوٓا۟ أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمًۭا وَرُفَٰتًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ خَلْقًۭا جَدِيدًۭا
Say: "Be stone, or iron, or any creation that looms great in your chests."
قُلْ كُونُوا۟ حِجَارَةً أَوْ حَدِيدًا أَوْ خَلْقًۭا مِّمَّا يَكْبُرُ فِى صُدُورِكُمْ
They will then say: "Who will bring us back?"
فَسَيَقُولُونَ مَن يُعِيدُنَا
Say: "He who originated you the first time."
قُلِ ٱلَّذِى فَطَرَكُمْ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍۢ
Then they will shake their heads at you and say: "When will that be?"
فَسَيُنْغِضُونَ إِلَيْكَ رُءُوسَهُمْ وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هُوَ
Say: "It may be that it is near.
قُلْ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَكُونَ قَرِيبًۭا
The Day He calls you, you will respond in praise of Him, and you will presume you had remained only a little while."
يَوْمَ يَدْعُوكُمْ فَتَسْتَجِيبُونَ بِحَمْدِهِۦ وَتَظُنُّونَ إِن لَّبِثْتُمْ إِلَّا قَلِيلًۭا
And tell My obedient ones to say what is best:
وَقُل لِّعِبَادِى يَقُولُوا۟ ٱلَّتِى هِىَ أَحْسَنُ
the Diverter sows discord among them;
إِنَّ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنَ يَنزَغُ بَيْنَهُمْ
the Diverter is indeed, to the human being, a manifest enemy.
إِنَّ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنَ كَانَ لِلْإِنسَٰنِ عَدُوًّۭا مُّبِينًۭا
Your Guardian knows you best; if He wills, He shows you benevolence, and if He wills, He punishes you.
رَّبُّكُمْ أَعْلَمُ بِكُمْ إِن يَشَأْ يَرْحَمْكُمْ أَوْ إِن يَشَأْ يُعَذِّبْكُمْ
We have not sent you to be their trustee.
وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَٰكَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَكِيلًۭا
Your Guardian knows best those who are in the heavens and the earth.
وَرَبُّكَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ
We have indeed favored some informants above others, and We gave Dawud a Formulary.
وَلَقَدْ فَضَّلْنَا بَعْضَ ٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍۢ وَءَاتَيْنَا دَاوُۥدَ زَبُورًۭا
Say: "Invoke those you claim besides Him: they possess no power to remove harm from you, nor to shift it."
قُلِ ٱدْعُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ زَعَمْتُم مِّن دُونِهِۦ فَلَا يَمْلِكُونَ كَشْفَ ٱلضُّرِّ عَنكُمْ وَلَا تَحْوِيلًا
Those very ones they invoke seek, toward their Guardian, the means of nearness — whichever of them is nearest — and hope for His benevolence and fear His punishment,
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ يَبْتَغُونَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِمُ ٱلْوَسِيلَةَ أَيُّهُمْ أَقْرَبُ وَيَرْجُونَ رَحْمَتَهُۥ وَيَخَافُونَ عَذَابَهُۥٓ
for your Guardian's punishment is one to beware of.
إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّكَ كَانَ مَحْذُورًۭا
And there is not a city but We shall annihilate it before the Day of Appearance, or punish it with a severe punishment:
وَإِن مِّن قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا نَحْنُ مُهْلِكُوهَا قَبْلَ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ أَوْ مُعَذِّبُوهَا عَذَابًۭا شَدِيدًۭا
that is inscribed in the register.
كَانَ ذَٰلِكَ فِى ٱلْكِتَٰبِ مَسْطُورًۭا
Nothing has kept Us from sending the signs, except that the former peoples denied them.
وَمَا مَنَعَنَآ أَن نُّرْسِلَ بِٱلْءَايَٰتِ إِلَّآ أَن كَذَّبَ بِهَا ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ
And We gave the Thamud the she-camel, as clear evidence, but they wronged her.
وَءَاتَيْنَا ثَمُودَ ٱلنَّاقَةَ مُبْصِرَةًۭ فَظَلَمُوا۟ بِهَا
And We send the signs only to frighten.
وَمَا نُرْسِلُ بِٱلْءَايَٰتِ إِلَّا تَخْوِيفًۭا
And when We told you that your Guardian encompasses mankind —
وَإِذْ قُلْنَا لَكَ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ أَحَاطَ بِٱلنَّاسِ
We made the vision that We showed you only a trial for mankind, as also the cursed tree in this Recitation.
وَمَا جَعَلْنَا ٱلرُّءْيَا ٱلَّتِىٓ أَرَيْنَٰكَ إِلَّا فِتْنَةًۭ لِّلنَّاسِ وَٱلشَّجَرَةَ ٱلْمَلْعُونَةَ فِى ٱلْقُرْءَانِ
And We frighten them, but it only increases their great immoderation.
وَنُخَوِّفُهُمْ فَمَا يَزِيدُهُمْ إِلَّا طُغْيَٰنًۭا كَبِيرًۭا
And when We said to the Agents: "Prostrate before Adam", they prostrated,
وَإِذْ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ ٱسْجُدُوا۟ لِءَادَمَ فَسَجَدُوٓا۟
except Iblis: he said: "Shall I prostrate before one You created from clay?"
إِلَّآ إِبْلِيسَ قَالَ ءَأَسْجُدُ لِمَنْ خَلَقْتَ طِينًۭا
He said: "Do You see this one You have honored above me? If You give me respite until the Day of Appearance, I shall surely seize his descendants, except a few."
قَالَ أَرَءَيْتَكَ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كَرَّمْتَ عَلَىَّ لَئِنْ أَخَّرْتَنِ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ لَأَحْتَنِكَنَّ ذُرِّيَّتَهُۥٓ إِلَّا قَلِيلًۭا
He said: "Go! Whoever among them follows you — Jahannam will indeed be your recompense, an abundant recompense.
قَالَ ٱذْهَبْ فَمَن تَبِعَكَ مِنْهُمْ فَإِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ جَزَآؤُكُمْ جَزَآءًۭ مَّوْفُورًۭا
And shake, by your voice, whomever you can among them; muster against them your cavalry and your infantry; share with them in goods and children; and make them promises —
وَٱسْتَفْزِزْ مَنِ ٱسْتَطَعْتَ مِنْهُم بِصَوْتِكَ وَأَجْلِبْ عَلَيْهِم بِخَيْلِكَ وَرَجِلِكَ وَشَارِكْهُمْ فِى ٱلْأَمْوَٰلِ وَٱلْأَوْلَٰدِ وَعِدْهُمْ
but the Diverter promises them only delusion.
وَمَا يَعِدُهُمُ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ إِلَّا غُرُورًا
Over My obedient ones, you indeed have no authority;
إِنَّ عِبَادِى لَيْسَ لَكَ عَلَيْهِمْ سُلْطَٰنٌۭ
and your Guardian suffices as trustee."
وَكَفَىٰ بِرَبِّكَ وَكِيلًۭا
Your Guardian is the One who makes the vessel glide for you on the sea, so that you may seek His favor.
رَّبُّكُمُ ٱلَّذِى يُزْجِى لَكُمُ ٱلْفُلْكَ فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ لِتَبْتَغُوا۟ مِن فَضْلِهِۦٓ
He is, toward you, Benevolent.
إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ بِكُمْ رَحِيمًۭا
And when harm touches you at sea, those you invoke stray, except Him.
وَإِذَا مَسَّكُمُ ٱلضُّرُّ فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ ضَلَّ مَن تَدْعُونَ إِلَّآ إِيَّاهُ
Then, when He saves you to dry land, you turn away:
فَلَمَّا نَجَّىٰكُمْ إِلَى ٱلْبَرِّ أَعْرَضْتُمْ
the human being is a great disowner.
وَكَانَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ كَفُورًا
Are you then sure We will not cause a part of the dry land to swallow you, or send upon you a storm of stones, leaving you then to find no trustee? Or are you sure We will not bring you back into it another time, to send upon you a shattering wind that drowns you, for your disowning, leaving you then to find no one to pursue Us on your behalf?
أَفَأَمِنتُمْ أَن يَخْسِفَ بِكُمْ جَانِبَ ٱلْبَرِّ أَوْ يُرْسِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ حَاصِبًۭا ثُمَّ لَا تَجِدُوا۟ لَكُمْ وَكِيلًا أَمْ أَمِنتُمْ أَن يُعِيدَكُمْ فِيهِ تَارَةً أُخْرَىٰ فَيُرْسِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ قَاصِفًۭا مِّنَ ٱلرِّيحِ فَيُغْرِقَكُم بِمَا كَفَرْتُمْ ثُمَّ لَا تَجِدُوا۟ لَكُمْ عَلَيْنَا بِهِۦ تَبِيعًۭا
We have indeed honored the sons of Adam, carried them on land and sea, provided them with wholesome things, and markedly favored them above many of those We have created.
وَلَقَدْ كَرَّمْنَا بَنِىٓ ءَادَمَ وَحَمَلْنَٰهُمْ فِى ٱلْبَرِّ وَٱلْبَحْرِ وَرَزَقْنَٰهُم مِّنَ ٱلطَّيِّبَٰتِ وَفَضَّلْنَٰهُمْ عَلَىٰ كَثِيرٍۢ مِّمَّنْ خَلَقْنَا تَفْضِيلًۭا
The Day We call every group of men with their reference,
يَوْمَ نَدْعُوا۟ كُلَّ أُنَاسٍۭ بِإِمَٰمِهِمْ
whoever is given his register in his right hand — those will read their register, and not be wronged a hair's breadth.
فَمَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ يَقْرَءُونَ كِتَٰبَهُمْ وَلَا يُظْلَمُونَ فَتِيلًۭا
And whoever is blind in this life will be blind in the last life, and further astray as to the way.
وَمَن كَانَ فِى هَٰذِهِۦٓ أَعْمَىٰ فَهُوَ فِى ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ أَعْمَىٰ وَأَضَلُّ سَبِيلًۭا
And they have indeed nearly turned you away, through trial, from what We revealed to you, so that you might invent against Us something else;
وَإِن كَادُوا۟ لَيَفْتِنُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْكَ لِتَفْتَرِىَ عَلَيْنَا غَيْرَهُۥ
and then, they would have taken you as an intimate friend.
وَإِذًۭا لَّٱتَّخَذُوكَ خَلِيلًۭا
And had We not made you firm, you would well nigh have leaned upon them, a little.
وَلَوْلَآ أَن ثَبَّتْنَٰكَ لَقَدْ كِدتَّ تَرْكَنُ إِلَيْهِمْ شَيْـًۭٔا قَلِيلًا
We would then have made you taste the double of life and the double of death; then you would have found, against Us, no help.
إِذًۭا لَّأَذَقْنَٰكَ ضِعْفَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ وَضِعْفَ ٱلْمَمَاتِ ثُمَّ لَا تَجِدُ لَكَ عَلَيْنَا نَصِيرًۭا
And they have indeed nearly shaken you out of this land, to expel you from it —
وَإِن كَادُوا۟ لَيَسْتَفِزُّونَكَ مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ لِيُخْرِجُوكَ مِنْهَا
and then, they would not have remained after you, except a little.
وَإِذًۭا لَّا يَلْبَثُونَ خِلَٰفَكَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًۭا
Such is the norm concerning those We sent before you among Our messengers,
سُنَّةَ مَن قَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا قَبْلَكَ مِن رُّسُلِنَا
and you will find no shift in Our norm.
وَلَا تَجِدُ لِسُنَّتِنَا تَحْوِيلًا
Maintain the Contact from the sun's decline until the darkness of night, and the Recitation of dawn:
أَقِمِ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ لِدُلُوكِ ٱلشَّمْسِ إِلَىٰ غَسَقِ ٱلَّيْلِ وَقُرْءَانَ ٱلْفَجْرِ
the Recitation of dawn is witnessed.
إِنَّ قُرْءَانَ ٱلْفَجْرِ كَانَ مَشْهُودًۭا
And for part of the night, keep vigil with it, as an addition for you: it may be that your Guardian will raise you to a praised station.
وَمِنَ ٱلَّيْلِ فَتَهَجَّدْ بِهِۦ نَافِلَةًۭ لَّكَ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَبْعَثَكَ رَبُّكَ مَقَامًۭا مَّحْمُودًۭا
And say: "My Guardian, cause me to enter by an entrance of veracity, and cause me to exit by an exit of veracity, and appoint for me, from Yourself, a supporting authority."
وَقُل رَّبِّ أَدْخِلْنِى مُدْخَلَ صِدْقٍۢ وَأَخْرِجْنِى مُخْرَجَ صِدْقٍۢ وَٱجْعَل لِّى مِن لَّدُنكَ سُلْطَٰنًۭا نَّصِيرًۭا
And say: "The truth has come, and falsehood has vanished:
وَقُلْ جَآءَ ٱلْحَقُّ وَزَهَقَ ٱلْبَٰطِلُ
falsehood is indeed bound to vanish."
إِنَّ ٱلْبَٰطِلَ كَانَ زَهُوقًۭا
And We send down, from this Recitation, that which is healing and benevolence for the believers,
وَنُنَزِّلُ مِنَ ٱلْقُرْءَانِ مَا هُوَ شِفَآءٌۭ وَرَحْمَةٌۭ لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
but it only increases the wrongdoers in loss.
وَلَا يَزِيدُ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ إِلَّا خَسَارًۭا
And when We favor the human being with blessings, he turns away and draws away to his side;
وَإِذَآ أَنْعَمْنَا عَلَى ٱلْإِنسَٰنِ أَعْرَضَ وَنَـَٔا بِجَانِبِهِۦ
and when ill touches him, he is hopeless.
وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ كَانَ يَـُٔوسًۭا
Say: "Each one acts according to his own manner; your Guardian knows best who is best guided as to the way."
قُلْ كُلٌّۭ يَعْمَلُ عَلَىٰ شَاكِلَتِهِۦ فَرَبُّكُمْ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ هُوَ أَهْدَىٰ سَبِيلًۭا
And they ask you about the Influx.
وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلرُّوحِ
Say: "The Influx is of my Guardian's command; and you have been given of knowledge only a little."
قُلِ ٱلرُّوحُ مِنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّى وَمَآ أُوتِيتُم مِّنَ ٱلْعِلْمِ إِلَّا قَلِيلًۭا
And if We willed, We would surely take away what We have revealed to you; then you would find, against Us, no trustee for it — except a benevolence from your Guardian.
وَلَئِن شِئْنَا لَنَذْهَبَنَّ بِٱلَّذِىٓ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْكَ ثُمَّ لَا تَجِدُ لَكَ بِهِۦ عَلَيْنَا وَكِيلًا إِلَّا رَحْمَةًۭ مِّن رَّبِّكَ
His favor toward you is great.
إِنَّ فَضْلَهُۥ كَانَ عَلَيْكَ كَبِيرًۭا
Say: "If humans and the Occulted united to bring the equal of this Recitation, they would not bring its equal, even were they mutual support to one another."
قُل لَّئِنِ ٱجْتَمَعَتِ ٱلْإِنسُ وَٱلْجِنُّ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يَأْتُوا۟ بِمِثْلِ هَٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانِ لَا يَأْتُونَ بِمِثْلِهِۦ وَلَوْ كَانَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍۢ ظَهِيرًۭا
We have indeed diversified for mankind, in this Recitation, every kind of example; but most men refused everything except disowning.
وَلَقَدْ صَرَّفْنَا لِلنَّاسِ فِى هَٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانِ مِن كُلِّ مَثَلٍۢ فَأَبَىٰٓ أَكْثَرُ ٱلنَّاسِ إِلَّا كُفُورًۭا
And they said: "We will not give you credit until you make a spring gush forth for us from the earth, or you have a garden of palm trees and vines in which you make rivers gush forth abundantly, or you make the sky tumble upon us in pieces as you claim, or you bring God and the Agents before us, or you have a house of gilding, or you ascend to the sky — and we will not give credit even to your ascent until you bring down upon us a register we can read."
وَقَالُوا۟ لَن نُّؤْمِنَ لَكَ حَتَّىٰ تَفْجُرَ لَنَا مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ يَنۢبُوعًا أَوْ تَكُونَ لَكَ جَنَّةٌۭ مِّن نَّخِيلٍۢ وَعِنَبٍۢ فَتُفَجِّرَ ٱلْأَنْهَٰرَ خِلَٰلَهَا تَفْجِيرًا أَوْ تُسْقِطَ ٱلسَّمَآءَ كَمَا زَعَمْتَ عَلَيْنَا كِسَفًا أَوْ تَأْتِىَ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ قَبِيلًا أَوْ يَكُونَ لَكَ بَيْتٌۭ مِّن زُخْرُفٍ أَوْ تَرْقَىٰ فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَلَن نُّؤْمِنَ لِرُقِيِّكَ حَتَّىٰ تُنَزِّلَ عَلَيْنَا كِتَٰبًۭا نَّقْرَؤُهُۥ
Say: "Glory be to my Guardian! Am I anything but a human, a messenger?"
قُلْ سُبْحَانَ رَبِّى هَلْ كُنتُ إِلَّا بَشَرًۭا رَّسُولًۭا
And nothing prevented mankind from believing, when guidance came to them, except that they said: "Would God have raised up a human as a messenger?"
وَمَا مَنَعَ ٱلنَّاسَ أَن يُؤْمِنُوٓا۟ إِذْ جَآءَهُمُ ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوٓا۟ أَبَعَثَ ٱللَّهُ بَشَرًۭا رَّسُولًۭا
Say: "Had there been on earth Agents walking about calmly, We would have sent down to them, from the sky, an Agent, as messenger."
قُل لَّوْ كَانَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مَلَٰٓئِكَةٌۭ يَمْشُونَ مُطْمَئِنِّينَ لَنَزَّلْنَا عَلَيْهِم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَلَكًۭا رَّسُولًۭا
Say: "God suffices as witness between me and you:
قُلْ كَفَىٰ بِٱللَّهِ شَهِيدًۢا بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَكُمْ
He is indeed, toward His obedient ones, Intimately Acquainted and All-Seeing."
إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ بِعِبَادِهِۦ خَبِيرًۢا بَصِيرًۭا
And whoever God guides, he lets himself be guided,
وَمَن يَهْدِ ٱللَّهُ فَهُوَ ٱلْمُهْتَدِ
and whoever He leads astray, you will never find for them allies besides Him.
وَمَن يُضْلِلْ فَلَن تَجِدَ لَهُمْ أَوْلِيَآءَ مِن دُونِهِۦ
And We shall gather them, on the Day of Appearance, upon their faces, blind, mute, and deaf:
وَنَحْشُرُهُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِهِمْ عُمْيًۭا وَبُكْمًۭا وَصُمًّۭا
their refuge will be Jahannam:
مَّأْوَىٰهُمْ جَهَنَّمُ
every time it dies down, We increase for them the inferno.
كُلَّمَا خَبَتْ زِدْنَٰهُمْ سَعِيرًۭا
That is their recompense, for having disowned Our signs and said: "When we are bones and crumbled remains, shall we really be raised in a new creation?"
ذَٰلِكَ جَزَآؤُهُم بِأَنَّهُمْ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا وَقَالُوٓا۟ أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمًۭا وَرُفَٰتًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ خَلْقًۭا جَدِيدًا
Have they not seen that God, who created the heavens and the earth, is able to create their like, and that He has appointed for them a term about which there is no doubt?
أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ قَادِرٌ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يَخْلُقَ مِثْلَهُمْ وَجَعَلَ لَهُمْ أَجَلًۭا لَّا رَيْبَ فِيهِ
But the wrongdoers refused everything except disowning.
فَأَبَى ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ إِلَّا كُفُورًۭا
Say: "If you possessed the treasuries of my Guardian's benevolence, you would then hold them back, for dread of spending."
قُل لَّوْ أَنتُمْ تَمْلِكُونَ خَزَآئِنَ رَحْمَةِ رَبِّىٓ إِذًۭا لَّأَمْسَكْتُمْ خَشْيَةَ ٱلْإِنفَاقِ
The human being is stingy.
وَكَانَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ قَتُورًۭا
We have indeed given Moussa nine clear signs:
وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَىٰ تِسْعَ ءَايَٰتٍۭ بَيِّنَٰتٍۢ
so ask the Sons of Israel: when he came to them, Fir'awn said to him: "I presume you are surely abused by illusion, O Moussa."
فَسْـَٔلْ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ إِذْ جَآءَهُمْ فَقَالَ لَهُۥ فِرْعَوْنُ إِنِّى لَأَظُنُّكَ يَٰمُوسَىٰ مَسْحُورًۭا
He said: "You well know that none but the Guardian of the heavens and the earth has sent down these enlightening proofs,
قَالَ لَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ مَآ أَنزَلَ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ إِلَّا رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ بَصَآئِرَ
and I presume you are surely ruined, O Fir'awn."
وَإِنِّى لَأَظُنُّكَ يَٰفِرْعَوْنُ مَثْبُورًۭا
He then wanted to shake them out of that land; but We drowned him, and all those with him.
فَأَرَادَ أَن يَسْتَفِزَّهُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ فَأَغْرَقْنَٰهُ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥ جَمِيعًۭا
And We said after him to the Sons of Israel: "Dwell in this land,
وَقُلْنَا مِنۢ بَعْدِهِۦ لِبَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ ٱسْكُنُوا۟ ٱلْأَرْضَ
then, when the promise of the second time comes, We shall bring you all together, intertwined."
فَإِذَا جَآءَ وَعْدُ ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ جِئْنَا بِكُمْ لَفِيفًۭا
And with truth We sent it down,
وَبِٱلْحَقِّ أَنزَلْنَٰهُ
and with truth it descended;
وَبِٱلْحَقِّ نَزَلَ
and We have sent you only as a bearer of good tidings and a warner.
وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَٰكَ إِلَّا مُبَشِّرًۭا وَنَذِيرًۭا
And a Recitation that We have divided, so that you read it to mankind gradually,
وَقُرْءَانًۭا فَرَقْنَٰهُ لِتَقْرَأَهُۥ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ عَلَىٰ مُكْثٍۢ
and We have sent it down by successive stages.
وَنَزَّلْنَٰهُ تَنزِيلًۭا
Say: "Believe in it, or do not believe:
قُلْ ءَامِنُوا۟ بِهِۦٓ أَوْ لَا تُؤْمِنُوٓا۟
those to whom knowledge was given before it, when it is recited to them, fall prostrate on their chins, saying: 'Glory be to our Guardian! Our Guardian's promise is surely a thing done.'
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْعِلْمَ مِن قَبْلِهِۦٓ إِذَا يُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ يَخِرُّونَ لِلْأَذْقَانِ سُجَّدًۭا وَيَقُولُونَ سُبْحَٰنَ رَبِّنَآ إِن كَانَ وَعْدُ رَبِّنَا لَمَفْعُولًۭا
And they fall on their chins, weeping, and it increases their humility."
وَيَخِرُّونَ لِلْأَذْقَانِ يَبْكُونَ وَيَزِيدُهُمْ خُشُوعًۭا
Say: "Invoke God, or invoke the All-Benevolent:
قُلِ ٱدْعُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ أَوِ ٱدْعُوا۟ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنَ
whichever you invoke, to Him belong the most beautiful attributes."
أَيًّۭا مَّا تَدْعُوا۟ فَلَهُ ٱلْأَسْمَآءُ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ
And do not speak too loudly in your Contact, nor say it in an undertone either: seek, between the two, a way.
وَلَا تَجْهَرْ بِصَلَاتِكَ وَلَا تُخَافِتْ بِهَا وَٱبْتَغِ بَيْنَ ذَٰلِكَ سَبِيلًۭا
And say: "Praise be to God, who has not taken a child, who has no associate in the dominion, and who has no protector against humiliation,"
وَقُلِ ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ٱلَّذِى لَمْ يَتَّخِذْ وَلَدًۭا وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُۥ شَرِيكٌۭ فِى ٱلْمُلْكِ وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُۥ وَلِىٌّۭ مِّنَ ٱلذُّلِّ
and proclaim His greatness, fully.
وَكَبِّرْهُ تَكْبِيرًۢا