Al-Isra
To What Is Most Upright
In the name of God, the All-Benevolent, the Benevolent. Exalted is He 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.
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ سُبْحَٰنَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَسْرَىٰ بِعَبْدِهِۦ لَيْلًۭا مِّنَ ٱلْمَسْجِدِ ٱلْحَرَامِ إِلَى ٱلْمَسْجِدِ ٱلْأَقْصَا ٱلَّذِى بَٰرَكْنَا حَوْلَهُۥ لِنُرِيَهُۥ مِنْ ءَايَٰتِنَآIndeed, He is the All-Hearing, the One who sees perfectly.
إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْبَصِيرُ- 17:3الدوريالسوسي
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 indeed a grateful obedient one.
إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَبْدًۭا شَكُورًۭاAnd We decreed to the Sons of Israel, in the Scripture: "You will surely spread corruption on the earth twice, and you will surely rise to an immense arrogance."
وَقَضَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ فِى ٱلْكِتَٰبِ لَتُفْسِدُنَّ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مَرَّتَيْنِ وَلَتَعْلُنَّ عُلُوًّۭا كَبِيرًۭاWhen 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 ٱلدِّيَارِand it was a fulfilled promise.
وَكَانَ وَعْدًۭا مَّفْعُولًۭاThen We gave you back the upper hand over them, and supported you with goods and children, and made you more numerous in ranks.
ثُمَّ رَدَدْنَا لَكُمُ ٱلْكَرَّةَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَأَمْدَدْنَٰكُم بِأَمْوَٰلٍۢ وَبَنِينَ وَجَعَلْنَٰكُمْ أَكْثَرَ نَفِيرًاIf you do well, you do well for yourselves,
إِنْ أَحْسَنتُمْ أَحْسَنتُمْ لِأَنفُسِكُمْand if you do ill, it is against yourselves.
وَإِنْ أَسَأْتُمْ فَلَهَا- 17:7الدوريالسوسي
Then, when the promise of the second time came, [We raised up obedient ones] to afflict your faces, to enter the place of prostration as they had entered it the first time, and to utterly destroy whatever they 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 يَرْحَمَكُمْbut if you revert, We will revert.
وَإِنْ عُدتُّمْ عُدْنَاAnd We have made Jahannam, for those who disown, an enclosure.
وَجَعَلْنَا جَهَنَّمَ لِلْكَٰفِرِينَ حَصِيرًاThis Recitation guides to what is most upright, and gives the believers who do righteous deeds the glad tidings that they will have a great reward, and that those who do not believe in the last life — We have prepared 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 أَلِيمًۭاThe human being calls for evil with the same haste with which he calls for good,
وَيَدْعُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ بِٱلشَّرِّ دُعَآءَهُۥ بِٱلْخَيْرِfor the human being is hasty.
وَكَانَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ عَجُولًۭاWe have made the night and the day two signs; We effaced the sign of the night and made the sign of the day a time of clarity, so that you might seek a favor from your Guardian and know the count of years and reckoning.
وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلَّيْلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ ءَايَتَيْنِ فَمَحَوْنَآ ءَايَةَ ٱلَّيْلِ وَجَعَلْنَآ ءَايَةَ ٱلنَّهَارِ مُبْصِرَةًۭ لِّتَبْتَغُوا۟ فَضْلًۭا مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ وَلِتَعْلَمُوا۟ عَدَدَ ٱلسِّنِينَ وَٱلْحِسَابَAnd everything, We have set out in detail.
وَكُلَّ شَىْءٍۢ فَصَّلْنَٰهُ تَفْصِيلًۭاAnd 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 find laid open:
وَكُلَّ إِنسَٰنٍ أَلْزَمْنَٰهُ طَٰٓئِرَهُۥ فِى عُنُقِهِۦ وَنُخْرِجُ لَهُۥ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ كِتَٰبًۭا يَلْقَىٰهُ مَنشُورًا"Read your register: today, it suffices that you be your own accountant."
ٱقْرَأْ كِتَٰبَكَ كَفَىٰ بِنَفْسِكَ ٱلْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكَ حَسِيبًۭاWhoever lets himself be guided is guided only for himself,
مَّنِ ٱهْتَدَىٰ فَإِنَّمَا يَهْتَدِى لِنَفْسِهِۦand whoever goes astray does so only against himself.
وَمَن ضَلَّ فَإِنَّمَا يَضِلُّ عَلَيْهَاNo bearer of burden shall bear the burden of another.
وَلَا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٌۭ وِزْرَ أُخْرَىٰAnd We never punish until We have raised up a messenger.
وَمَا كُنَّا مُعَذِّبِينَ حَتَّىٰ نَبْعَثَ رَسُولًۭاAnd when We wish to annihilate a city, We command its affluent ones [to reform], 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 تَدْمِيرًۭاHow many generations have We annihilated after Nuh!
وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا مِنَ ٱلْقُرُونِ مِنۢ بَعْدِ نُوحٍۢYour Guardian suffices, to know the offenses of His obedient ones, as Informed and the One who sees perfectly.
وَكَفَىٰ بِرَبِّكَ بِذُنُوبِ عِبَادِهِۦ خَبِيرًۢا بَصِيرًۭاWhoever wants the immediate life, We hasten for him in it what We will, to whom We will; then We assign him Jahannam, where he will burn, blamed, driven away.
مَّن كَانَ يُرِيدُ ٱلْعَاجِلَةَ عَجَّلْنَا لَهُۥ فِيهَا مَا نَشَآءُ لِمَن نُّرِيدُ ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَا لَهُۥ جَهَنَّمَ يَصْلَىٰهَا مَذْمُومًۭا مَّدْحُورًۭاAnd whoever wants the last [life] and strives 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 مَّشْكُورًۭاTo all, We grant —
كُلًّۭا نُّمِدُّto these as to those — from your Guardian's gift,
هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ وَهَٰٓؤُلَآءِ مِنْ عَطَآءِ رَبِّكَand your Guardian's gift is never restricted.
وَمَا كَانَ عَطَآءُ رَبِّكَ مَحْظُورًاSee how We have favored some over others;
ٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ فَضَّلْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍۢand the last life is indeed greater in degrees, and greater in preference.
وَلَلْءَاخِرَةُ أَكْبَرُ دَرَجَٰتٍۢ وَأَكْبَرُ تَفْضِيلًۭاDo not place, alongside God, another deity, or you would find yourself blamed, abandoned.
لَّا تَجْعَلْ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَتَقْعُدَ مَذْمُومًۭا مَّخْذُولًۭاYour Guardian has decreed that you obey none but Him,
وَقَضَىٰ رَبُّكَ أَلَّا تَعْبُدُوٓا۟ إِلَّآ إِيَّاهُand beneficence toward one's two parents.
وَبِٱلْوَٰلِدَيْنِ إِحْسَٰنًاIf either of them, or both, reach old age with you, do not say to them "ugh!" and do not rebuke them,
إِمَّا يَبْلُغَنَّ عِندَكَ ٱلْكِبَرَ أَحَدُهُمَآ أَوْ كِلَاهُمَا فَلَا تَقُل لَّهُمَآ أُفٍّۢ وَلَا تَنْهَرْهُمَاbut speak to them a noble saying.
وَقُل لَّهُمَا قَوْلًۭا كَرِيمًۭاAnd lower for them the wing of humility, out of tenderness,
وَٱخْفِضْ لَهُمَا جَنَاحَ ٱلذُّلِّ مِنَ ٱلرَّحْمَةِand say: "My Guardian, have benevolence on them as they raised me when I was small."
وَقُل رَّبِّ ٱرْحَمْهُمَا كَمَا رَبَّيَانِى صَغِيرًۭاYour Guardian knows best what is in your Self.
رَّبُّكُمْ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا فِى نُفُوسِكُمْIf you are righteous, He is, toward those who ever turn back to Him, Most-Forgiving.
إِن تَكُونُوا۟ صَٰلِحِينَ فَإِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لِلْأَوَّٰبِينَ غَفُورًۭاAnd give to the close relative his due, and to the destitute and the traveler on the road,
وَءَاتِ ذَا ٱلْقُرْبَىٰ حَقَّهُۥ وَٱلْمِسْكِينَ وَٱبْنَ ٱلسَّبِيلِand do not squander wastefully.
وَلَا تُبَذِّرْ تَبْذِيرًاThose who squander are the brothers of the Diverters,
إِنَّ ٱلْمُبَذِّرِينَ كَانُوٓا۟ إِخْوَٰنَ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينِand the Diverter is, toward his Guardian, a great disowner.
وَكَانَ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ لِرَبِّهِۦ كَفُورًۭاAnd 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 مَّيْسُورًۭاDo not keep your hand chained to your neck, nor stretch it out completely, or you would find yourself blamed, overwhelmed with regret.
وَلَا تَجْعَلْ يَدَكَ مَغْلُولَةً إِلَىٰ عُنُقِكَ وَلَا تَبْسُطْهَا كُلَّ ٱلْبَسْطِ فَتَقْعُدَ مَلُومًۭا مَّحْسُورًاYour Guardian extends provision to whom He wills, and He measures it;
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ يَبْسُطُ ٱلرِّزْقَ لِمَن يَشَآءُ وَيَقْدِرُHe is indeed, toward His obedient ones, Informed and the One who sees perfectly.
إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ بِعِبَادِهِۦ خَبِيرًۢا بَصِيرًۭاDo not kill your children for fear of poverty:
وَلَا تَقْتُلُوٓا۟ أَوْلَٰدَكُمْ خَشْيَةَ إِمْلَٰقٍۢit is We who provide for them, as for you.
نَّحْنُ نَرْزُقُهُمْ وَإِيَّاكُمْKilling them is indeed a great fault.
إِنَّ قَتْلَهُمْ كَانَ خِطْـًۭٔا كَبِيرًۭاDo not approach fornication: it is an indecency, and what a detestable way!
وَلَا تَقْرَبُوا۟ ٱلزِّنَىٰٓ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فَٰحِشَةًۭ وَسَآءَ سَبِيلًۭاAnd do not kill the Self that God has made inviolable, except by right.
وَلَا تَقْتُلُوا۟ ٱلنَّفْسَ ٱلَّتِى حَرَّمَ ٱللَّهُ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّWhoever is killed unjustly, We have granted the legal authority [in charge] an authority; but let him not exceed the bound in taking life,
وَمَن قُتِلَ مَظْلُومًۭا فَقَدْ جَعَلْنَا لِوَلِيِّهِۦ سُلْطَٰنًۭا فَلَا يُسْرِف فِّى ٱلْقَتْلِfor he will indeed be helped.
إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ مَنصُورًۭاDo not approach the orphan's goods, except in the best manner, until he reaches his full maturity,
وَلَا تَقْرَبُوا۟ مَالَ ٱلْيَتِيمِ إِلَّا بِٱلَّتِى هِىَ أَحْسَنُ حَتَّىٰ يَبْلُغَ أَشُدَّهُۥand keep the covenant,
وَأَوْفُوا۟ بِٱلْعَهْدِfor the covenant will be questioned.
إِنَّ ٱلْعَهْدَ كَانَ مَسْـُٔولًۭا- 17:35ورش
Give full measure when you measure, and weigh with the straight balance:
وَأَوْفُوا۟ ٱلْكَيْلَ إِذَا كِلْتُمْ وَزِنُوا۟ بِٱلْقِسْطَاسِ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمِ that is better, and of finer interpretation.
ذَٰلِكَ خَيْرٌۭ وَأَحْسَنُ تَأْوِيلًۭاDo not pursue that of which you have no knowledge:
وَلَا تَقْفُ مَا لَيْسَ لَكَ بِهِۦ عِلْمٌhearing, sight, and the Conscience — of all that, account will be asked.
إِنَّ ٱلسَّمْعَ وَٱلْبَصَرَ وَٱلْفُؤَادَ كُلُّ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ كَانَ عَنْهُ مَسْـُٔولًۭاAnd do not walk upon the earth with insolence:
وَلَا تَمْشِ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مَرَحًاyou will indeed never split the earth, nor reach the mountains in height.
إِنَّكَ لَن تَخْرِقَ ٱلْأَرْضَ وَلَن تَبْلُغَ ٱلْجِبَالَ طُولًۭا- 17:38ورشقالونالبزيقنبلالدوريالسوسي
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 ٱلْحِكْمَةِDo not place, alongside God, another deity, or you would be cast into Jahannam, blamed, driven away.
وَلَا تَجْعَلْ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَتُلْقَىٰ فِى جَهَنَّمَ مَلُومًۭا مَّدْحُورًاHas your Guardian then favored you with sons, and taken, among the Agents, daughters?
أَفَأَصْفَىٰكُمْ رَبُّكُم بِٱلْبَنِينَ وَٱتَّخَذَ مِنَ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ إِنَٰثًاYou are surely uttering an immense saying.
إِنَّكُمْ لَتَقُولُونَ قَوْلًا عَظِيمًۭاWe have indeed diversified, in this Recitation, [Our words] so that they might remember; but it only increases their aversion.
وَلَقَدْ صَرَّفْنَا فِى هَٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانِ لِيَذَّكَّرُوا۟ وَمَا يَزِيدُهُمْ إِلَّا نُفُورًۭا- 17:42ورششعبةقالونالدوريالسوسي
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 exalted, above what they say, in immense exaltation.
سُبْحَٰنَهُۥ وَتَعَٰلَىٰ عَمَّا يَقُولُونَ عُلُوًّۭا كَبِيرًۭا- 17:44ورششعبةقالونالبزيقنبل
The seven heavens glorify Him, as does 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 بِحَمْدِهِۦbut you do not understand their glorification.
وَلَٰكِن لَّا تَفْقَهُونَ تَسْبِيحَهُمْHe is indeed full of patience, Most-Forgiving.
إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ حَلِيمًا غَفُورًۭاAnd when you recite 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 مَّسْتُورًۭاand We place over their cores coverings, [preventing them] from understanding it, and in their ears a deafness.
وَجَعَلْنَا عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ أَكِنَّةً أَن يَفْقَهُوهُ وَفِىٓ ءَاذَانِهِمْ وَقْرًۭاAnd when you mention your Guardian in the Recitation, Him alone, they turn their backs in aversion.
وَإِذَا ذَكَرْتَ رَبَّكَ فِى ٱلْقُرْءَانِ وَحْدَهُۥ وَلَّوْا۟ عَلَىٰٓ أَدْبَٰرِهِمْ نُفُورًۭاWe know best what they listen for, when they listen to you, and when they are in private converse, 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 مَّسْحُورًاSee how they have multiplied examples against you, and so gone astray:
ٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ ضَرَبُوا۟ لَكَ ٱلْأَمْثَالَ فَضَلُّوا۟so they cannot find a way.
فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ سَبِيلًۭا- 17:49ورش
And they said: "When we are bones and fragments, shall we really be resurrected 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 صُدُورِكُمْThey will then say: 'Who will bring us back?'
فَسَيَقُولُونَ مَن يُعِيدُنَاSay: 'He who originated you the first time.'
قُلِ ٱلَّذِى فَطَرَكُمْ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍۢThen they will shake their heads at you and say: 'When will that be?'
فَسَيُنْغِضُونَ إِلَيْكَ رُءُوسَهُمْ وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هُوَSay: 'It may well be near.
قُلْ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَكُونَ قَرِيبًۭاThe Day He calls you, you will respond in praise of Him, and you will think you had stayed only a little [while]."
يَوْمَ يَدْعُوكُمْ فَتَسْتَجِيبُونَ بِحَمْدِهِۦ وَتَظُنُّونَ إِن لَّبِثْتُمْ إِلَّا قَلِيلًۭاAnd tell My obedient ones to say what is best:
وَقُل لِّعِبَادِى يَقُولُوا۟ ٱلَّتِى هِىَ أَحْسَنُthe Diverter sows discord among them;
إِنَّ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنَ يَنزَغُ بَيْنَهُمْthe Diverter is, to the human being, a manifest enemy.
إِنَّ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنَ كَانَ لِلْإِنسَٰنِ عَدُوًّۭا مُّبِينًۭاYour 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 يُعَذِّبْكُمْWe have not sent you to be their trustee.
وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَٰكَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَكِيلًۭاYour Guardian knows best those who are in the heavens and the earth.
وَرَبُّكَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِWe have indeed favored some prophets over others, and We gave Dawud the Formulary.
وَلَقَدْ فَضَّلْنَا بَعْضَ ٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍۢ وَءَاتَيْنَا دَاوُۥدَ زَبُورًۭاSay: "Invoke those you claim [to be divine] besides Him: they have no power to remove harm from you, nor to divert it."
قُلِ ٱدْعُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ زَعَمْتُم مِّن دُونِهِۦ فَلَا يَمْلِكُونَ كَشْفَ ٱلضُّرِّ عَنكُمْ وَلَا تَحْوِيلًاThose very ones they invoke seek, toward their Guardian, the means of approach — 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 عَذَابَهُۥٓfor your Guardian's punishment is indeed to be feared.
إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّكَ كَانَ مَحْذُورًۭاThere 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 شَدِيدًۭاthat is inscribed in the register.
كَانَ ذَٰلِكَ فِى ٱلْكِتَٰبِ مَسْطُورًۭاNothing has kept Us from sending the signs, except that the former peoples denied them.
وَمَا مَنَعَنَآ أَن نُّرْسِلَ بِٱلْءَايَٰتِ إِلَّآ أَن كَذَّبَ بِهَا ٱلْأَوَّلُونَWe gave the Depleters [Thamud] the she-camel, as clear evidence, but they wronged her.
وَءَاتَيْنَا ثَمُودَ ٱلنَّاقَةَ مُبْصِرَةًۭ فَظَلَمُوا۟ بِهَاAnd We send the signs only as a warning.
وَمَا نُرْسِلُ بِٱلْءَايَٰتِ إِلَّا تَخْوِيفًۭاAnd [recall] when We told you that your Guardian encompasses the people [in His knowledge] —
وَإِذْ قُلْنَا لَكَ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ أَحَاطَ بِٱلنَّاسِ- 17:60السوسي
We made the vision that We showed you only a trial for the people, as also the cursed tree in this Recitation.
وَمَا جَعَلْنَا ٱلرُّءْيَا ٱلَّتِىٓ أَرَيْنَٰكَ إِلَّا فِتْنَةًۭ لِّلنَّاسِ وَٱلشَّجَرَةَ ٱلْمَلْعُونَةَ فِى ٱلْقُرْءَانِ And We warn them, but it only increases their immense excess.
وَنُخَوِّفُهُمْ فَمَا يَزِيدُهُمْ إِلَّا طُغْيَٰنًۭا كَبِيرًۭاAnd [recall] when We said to the Agents: "Prostrate before Adam," they prostrated,
وَإِذْ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ ٱسْجُدُوا۟ لِءَادَمَ فَسَجَدُوٓا۟except the Despairing One [Iblis]: he said: "Shall I prostrate before one You created from clay?"
إِلَّآ إِبْلِيسَ قَالَ ءَأَسْجُدُ لِمَنْ خَلَقْتَ طِينًۭاHe 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 قَلِيلًۭاHe said: "Go! Whoever among them follows you — Jahannam will be your recompense, an abundant recompense.
قَالَ ٱذْهَبْ فَمَن تَبِعَكَ مِنْهُمْ فَإِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ جَزَآؤُكُمْ جَزَآءًۭ مَّوْفُورًۭاRouse, by your voice, whomever you can among them; rally 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 وَعِدْهُمْbut the Diverter promises them only deception.
وَمَا يَعِدُهُمُ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ إِلَّا غُرُورًاOver My obedient ones, you have no authority;
إِنَّ عِبَادِى لَيْسَ لَكَ عَلَيْهِمْ سُلْطَٰنٌۭand your Guardian suffices as trustee."
وَكَفَىٰ بِرَبِّكَ وَكِيلًۭاYour 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 فَضْلِهِۦٓHe is indeed, toward you, Benevolent.
إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ بِكُمْ رَحِيمًۭاAnd when harm touches you at sea, those you invoke abandon you, except Him.
وَإِذَا مَسَّكُمُ ٱلضُّرُّ فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ ضَلَّ مَن تَدْعُونَ إِلَّآ إِيَّاهُThen, when He saves you to dry land, you turn away:
فَلَمَّا نَجَّىٰكُمْ إِلَى ٱلْبَرِّ أَعْرَضْتُمْthe human being is a great disowner.
وَكَانَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ كَفُورًا- 17:69البزيقنبلالدوريالسوسي
Are you then sure He 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 He 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 good things, and preferred them, in preference, over many of those We have created.
وَلَقَدْ كَرَّمْنَا بَنِىٓ ءَادَمَ وَحَمَلْنَٰهُمْ فِى ٱلْبَرِّ وَٱلْبَحْرِ وَرَزَقْنَٰهُم مِّنَ ٱلطَّيِّبَٰتِ وَفَضَّلْنَٰهُمْ عَلَىٰ كَثِيرٍۢ مِّمَّنْ خَلَقْنَا تَفْضِيلًۭاThe Day We call every group of people with their reference,
يَوْمَ نَدْعُوا۟ كُلَّ أُنَاسٍۭ بِإِمَٰمِهِمْwhoever 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 فَتِيلًۭاAnd 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 سَبِيلًۭاThey have indeed nearly tried you, [to turn you away] from what We revealed to you, so that you might invent against Us something else;
وَإِن كَادُوا۟ لَيَفْتِنُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْكَ لِتَفْتَرِىَ عَلَيْنَا غَيْرَهُۥand then, they would have taken you as an intimate friend.
وَإِذًۭا لَّٱتَّخَذُوكَ خَلِيلًۭاAnd had We not made you firm, you would well nigh have inclined toward them, a little.
وَلَوْلَآ أَن ثَبَّتْنَٰكَ لَقَدْ كِدتَّ تَرْكَنُ إِلَيْهِمْ شَيْـًۭٔا قَلِيلًاWe would then have made you taste double [the punishment] of life and double [the punishment] of death; then you would have found, against Us, no helper.
إِذًۭا لَّأَذَقْنَٰكَ ضِعْفَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ وَضِعْفَ ٱلْمَمَاتِ ثُمَّ لَا تَجِدُ لَكَ عَلَيْنَا نَصِيرًۭاThey have indeed nearly shaken you out of this land, to drive you out of it —
وَإِن كَادُوا۟ لَيَسْتَفِزُّونَكَ مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ لِيُخْرِجُوكَ مِنْهَا- 17:76ورششعبةقالونالبزيقنبلالدوريالسوسي
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 رُّسُلِنَاand you will find no change to Our norm.
وَلَا تَجِدُ لِسُنَّتِنَا تَحْوِيلًاMaintain 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 ٱلْفَجْرِthe Recitation of dawn is indeed witnessed.
إِنَّ قُرْءَانَ ٱلْفَجْرِ كَانَ مَشْهُودًۭاAnd 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 مَّحْمُودًۭاAnd say: "My Guardian, cause me to enter by an entrance of truth, and cause me to exit by an exit of truth, and grant me, from Yourself, a supporting authority."
وَقُل رَّبِّ أَدْخِلْنِى مُدْخَلَ صِدْقٍۢ وَأَخْرِجْنِى مُخْرَجَ صِدْقٍۢ وَٱجْعَل لِّى مِن لَّدُنكَ سُلْطَٰنًۭا نَّصِيرًۭاAnd say: "The truth has come, and falsehood has vanished:
وَقُلْ جَآءَ ٱلْحَقُّ وَزَهَقَ ٱلْبَٰطِلُfalsehood is bound to vanish."
إِنَّ ٱلْبَٰطِلَ كَانَ زَهُوقًۭاAnd We send down, from this Recitation, that which is healing and benevolence for the believers,
وَنُنَزِّلُ مِنَ ٱلْقُرْءَانِ مَا هُوَ شِفَآءٌۭ وَرَحْمَةٌۭ لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَbut it only increases the wrongdoers in loss.
وَلَا يَزِيدُ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ إِلَّا خَسَارًۭاAnd when We favor the human being with blessings, he turns away and withdraws to his side;
وَإِذَآ أَنْعَمْنَا عَلَى ٱلْإِنسَٰنِ أَعْرَضَ وَنَـَٔا بِجَانِبِهِۦand when harm touches him, he is hopeless.
وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ كَانَ يَـُٔوسًۭاSay: "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 سَبِيلًۭاAnd they ask you about the Influx.
وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلرُّوحِSay: "The Influx is of my Guardian's affair; and you have been given of knowledge only a little."
قُلِ ٱلرُّوحُ مِنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّى وَمَآ أُوتِيتُم مِّنَ ٱلْعِلْمِ إِلَّا قَلِيلًۭاAnd 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 رَّبِّكَHis favor toward you is indeed immense.
إِنَّ فَضْلَهُۥ كَانَ عَلَيْكَ كَبِيرًۭاSay: "If humans and the Occulted united to produce the equal of this Recitation, they would not produce 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 ظَهِيرًۭاWe have indeed diversified for the people, in this Recitation, every kind of example; but most people persisted in nothing but disowning.
وَلَقَدْ صَرَّفْنَا لِلنَّاسِ فِى هَٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانِ مِن كُلِّ مَثَلٍۢ فَأَبَىٰٓ أَكْثَرُ ٱلنَّاسِ إِلَّا كُفُورًۭا- 17:93ورش
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 fall upon us in pieces as you claim, or you bring God and the Agents before us, or you have a house of ornament, 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 - 17:93البزيقنبل
Say: "Exalted is my Guardian! Am I anything but a human, a messenger?"
قُلْ سُبْحَانَ رَبِّى هَلْ كُنتُ إِلَّا بَشَرًۭا رَّسُولًۭا And nothing kept the people from believing, when guidance came to them, except that they said: "Would God have sent a human as a messenger?"
وَمَا مَنَعَ ٱلنَّاسَ أَن يُؤْمِنُوٓا۟ إِذْ جَآءَهُمُ ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوٓا۟ أَبَعَثَ ٱللَّهُ بَشَرًۭا رَّسُولًۭاSay: "Had there been on earth Agents walking about in tranquility, 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 رَّسُولًۭاSay: "God suffices as witness between me and you:
قُلْ كَفَىٰ بِٱللَّهِ شَهِيدًۢا بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَكُمْHe is indeed, toward His obedient ones, Informed and the One who sees perfectly."
إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ بِعِبَادِهِۦ خَبِيرًۢا بَصِيرًۭاWhoever God guides, he is the one who lets himself be guided,
وَمَن يَهْدِ ٱللَّهُ فَهُوَ ٱلْمُهْتَدِand whoever He lets go astray, you will never find for them allies besides Him.
وَمَن يُضْلِلْ فَلَن تَجِدَ لَهُمْ أَوْلِيَآءَ مِن دُونِهِۦAnd We shall gather them, on the Day of Appearance, upon their faces, blind, dumb, and deaf:
وَنَحْشُرُهُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِهِمْ عُمْيًۭا وَبُكْمًۭا وَصُمًّۭاtheir refuge will be Jahannam:
مَّأْوَىٰهُمْ جَهَنَّمُevery time it dies down, We revive for them the inferno.
كُلَّمَا خَبَتْ زِدْنَٰهُمْ سَعِيرًۭا- 17:98ورش
That is their recompense, for having disowned Our signs and said: "When we are bones and fragments, shall we really be resurrected in a new creation?"
ذَٰلِكَ جَزَآؤُهُم بِأَنَّهُمْ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا وَقَالُوٓا۟ أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمًۭا وَرُفَٰتًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ خَلْقًۭا جَدِيدًا - 17:99السوسي
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 persisted in nothing but disowning.
فَأَبَى ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ إِلَّا كُفُورًۭاSay: "If you possessed the treasures of my Guardian's benevolence, you would then hold them back, for fear of spending."
قُل لَّوْ أَنتُمْ تَمْلِكُونَ خَزَآئِنَ رَحْمَةِ رَبِّىٓ إِذًۭا لَّأَمْسَكْتُمْ خَشْيَةَ ٱلْإِنفَاقِThe human being is stingy.
وَكَانَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ قَتُورًۭاWe have indeed given Moussa nine clear signs:
وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَىٰ تِسْعَ ءَايَٰتٍۭ بَيِّنَٰتٍۢso ask the Sons of Israel: when he came to them, Fir'awn said to him: "I think you are indeed abused by illusion, O Moussa."
فَسْـَٔلْ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ إِذْ جَآءَهُمْ فَقَالَ لَهُۥ فِرْعَوْنُ إِنِّى لَأَظُنُّكَ يَٰمُوسَىٰ مَسْحُورًۭاHe 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 بَصَآئِرَand I think you are indeed ruined, O Fir'awn."
وَإِنِّى لَأَظُنُّكَ يَٰفِرْعَوْنُ مَثْبُورًۭاHe 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 جَمِيعًۭاAnd We said after him to the Sons of Israel: "Dwell in this land,"
وَقُلْنَا مِنۢ بَعْدِهِۦ لِبَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ ٱسْكُنُوا۟ ٱلْأَرْضَthen, when the promise of the second time comes, We shall bring you all together, mingled.
فَإِذَا جَآءَ وَعْدُ ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ جِئْنَا بِكُمْ لَفِيفًۭاWith truth We sent it down,
وَبِٱلْحَقِّ أَنزَلْنَٰهُand with truth it descended;
وَبِٱلْحَقِّ نَزَلَand We have sent you only as a bearer of good tidings and a warner.
وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَٰكَ إِلَّا مُبَشِّرًۭا وَنَذِيرًۭاAnd a Recitation that We have divided, so that you recite it to the people gradually,
وَقُرْءَانًۭا فَرَقْنَٰهُ لِتَقْرَأَهُۥ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ عَلَىٰ مُكْثٍۢand We have sent it down by successive stages.
وَنَزَّلْنَٰهُ تَنزِيلًۭاSay: "Believe in it, or do not believe:
قُلْ ءَامِنُوا۟ بِهِۦٓ أَوْ لَا تُؤْمِنُوٓا۟those to whom knowledge was given before it, when it is recited to them, fall prostrate on their chins, saying: 'Glory to our Guardian! Our Guardian's promise is surely fulfilled.'
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْعِلْمَ مِن قَبْلِهِۦٓ إِذَا يُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ يَخِرُّونَ لِلْأَذْقَانِ سُجَّدًۭا وَيَقُولُونَ سُبْحَٰنَ رَبِّنَآ إِن كَانَ وَعْدُ رَبِّنَا لَمَفْعُولًۭاAnd they fall on their chins, weeping, and it increases their humility.
وَيَخِرُّونَ لِلْأَذْقَانِ يَبْكُونَ وَيَزِيدُهُمْ خُشُوعًۭاSay: "Invoke God, or invoke the All-Benevolent:
قُلِ ٱدْعُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ أَوِ ٱدْعُوا۟ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنَwhichever [name] you invoke, to Him belong the most beautiful attributes."
أَيًّۭا مَّا تَدْعُوا۟ فَلَهُ ٱلْأَسْمَآءُ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰDo not raise your voice too much in your Contact, nor whisper it either: seek, between the two, a way.
وَلَا تَجْهَرْ بِصَلَاتِكَ وَلَا تُخَافِتْ بِهَا وَٱبْتَغِ بَيْنَ ذَٰلِكَ سَبِيلًۭاAnd say: "Praise be to God, who has not taken a child, who has no associate in sovereignty, and who needs no protector out of any weakness,"
وَقُلِ ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ٱلَّذِى لَمْ يَتَّخِذْ وَلَدًۭا وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُۥ شَرِيكٌۭ فِى ٱلْمُلْكِ وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُۥ وَلِىٌّۭ مِّنَ ٱلذُّلِّand proclaim His greatness, fully.
وَكَبِّرْهُ تَكْبِيرًۢا