Yusuf
The Finest of Accounts
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
In the name of God, the All-Benevolent, the Benevolent.
Alif. Lam. Ra.
الٓر
These are the signs of the explicit Scripture.
تِلْكَ ءَايَٰتُ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ ٱلْمُبِينِ
We have sent it down as a flawless Recitation, perhaps you will reason.
إِنَّآ أَنزَلْنَٰهُ قُرْءَٰنًا عَرَبِيًّۭا لَّعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ
We relate to you the finest of accounts, by revealing to you this Recitation, though you were indeed, before it, among the heedless.
نَحْنُ نَقُصُّ عَلَيْكَ أَحْسَنَ ٱلْقَصَصِ بِمَآ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْكَ هَٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ وَإِن كُنتَ مِن قَبْلِهِۦ لَمِنَ ٱلْغَٰفِلِينَ
When Youssof said to his father: "O my father, I saw eleven heavenly bodies, and the sun and the moon,
إِذْ قَالَ يُوسُفُ لِأَبِيهِ يَٰٓأَبَتِ إِنِّى رَأَيْتُ أَحَدَ عَشَرَ كَوْكَبًۭا وَٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ
I saw them prostrate before me."
رَأَيْتُهُمْ لِى سَٰجِدِينَ
He said: "O my little one, do not relate your vision to your brothers, or they will scheme against you with a scheme:
قَالَ يَٰبُنَىَّ لَا تَقْصُصْ رُءْيَاكَ عَلَىٰٓ إِخْوَتِكَ فَيَكِيدُوا۟ لَكَ كَيْدًا
the Diverter is, to the human being, a manifest enemy.
إِنَّ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنَ لِلْإِنسَٰنِ عَدُوٌّۭ مُّبِينٌۭ
And it is thus that your Guardian will elect you and teach you the prediction of events,
وَكَذَٰلِكَ يَجْتَبِيكَ رَبُّكَ وَيُعَلِّمُكَ مِن تَأْوِيلِ ٱلْأَحَادِيثِ
and He will complete His blessing upon you and upon the clan of Yaacoub, as He completed it before upon your two ancestors, Ibrahim and Ishaq.
وَيُتِمُّ نِعْمَتَهُۥ عَلَيْكَ وَعَلَىٰٓ ءَالِ يَعْقُوبَ كَمَآ أَتَمَّهَا عَلَىٰٓ أَبَوَيْكَ مِن قَبْلُ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَإِسْحَٰقَ
Your Guardian is indeed All-Knowing, Wise."
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌۭ
There were indeed, in Youssof and his brothers, signs for those who ask.
لَّقَدْ كَانَ فِى يُوسُفَ وَإِخْوَتِهِۦٓ ءَايَٰتٌۭ لِّلسَّآئِلِينَ
When they said: "Youssof and his brother are dearer to our father than we, though we are a close-knit group:
إِذْ قَالُوا۟ لَيُوسُفُ وَأَخُوهُ أَحَبُّ إِلَىٰٓ أَبِينَا مِنَّا وَنَحْنُ عُصْبَةٌ
our father is surely in manifest error.
إِنَّ أَبَانَا لَفِى ضَلَٰلٍۢ مُّبِينٍ
Kill Youssof, or deport him to some land, so that your father's face may be freed for you alone, and that you may be, after that, sound people."
ٱقْتُلُوا۟ يُوسُفَ أَوِ ٱطْرَحُوهُ أَرْضًۭا يَخْلُ لَكُمْ وَجْهُ أَبِيكُمْ وَتَكُونُوا۟ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِۦ قَوْمًۭا صَٰلِحِينَ
One of them said: "Do not kill Youssof, but throw him into the depths of the well: some travelers will pick him up, if you must act."
قَالَ قَآئِلٌۭ مِّنْهُمْ لَا تَقْتُلُوا۟ يُوسُفَ وَأَلْقُوهُ فِى غَيَٰبَتِ ٱلْجُبِّ يَلْتَقِطْهُ بَعْضُ ٱلسَّيَّارَةِ إِن كُنتُمْ فَٰعِلِينَ
They said: "O our father, what is it with you, that you do not trust us with Youssof, when we are surely sincere counselors to him?
قَالُوا۟ يَٰٓأَبَانَا مَا لَكَ لَا تَأْمَ۫نَّا عَلَىٰ يُوسُفَ وَإِنَّا لَهُۥ لَنَٰصِحُونَ
Send him with us tomorrow, that he may enjoy himself and play; we will surely be his preservers."
أَرْسِلْهُ مَعَنَا غَدًۭا يَرْتَعْ وَيَلْعَبْ وَإِنَّا لَهُۥ لَحَٰفِظُونَ
He said: "It surely grieves me that you take him, and I fear the wolf may devour him while you are heedless of him."
قَالَ إِنِّى لَيَحْزُنُنِىٓ أَن تَذْهَبُوا۟ بِهِۦ وَأَخَافُ أَن يَأْكُلَهُ ٱلذِّئْبُ وَأَنتُمْ عَنْهُ غَٰفِلُونَ
They said: "If the wolf were to devour him, while we are a close-knit group, we would then surely be losers."
قَالُوا۟ لَئِنْ أَكَلَهُ ٱلذِّئْبُ وَنَحْنُ عُصْبَةٌ إِنَّآ إِذًۭا لَّخَٰسِرُونَ
When they took him away and agreed to put him in the depths of the well — and We revealed to him: "You will surely inform them of this affair, while they do not sense it" —
فَلَمَّا ذَهَبُوا۟ بِهِۦ وَأَجْمَعُوٓا۟ أَن يَجْعَلُوهُ فِى غَيَٰبَتِ ٱلْجُبِّ وَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْهِ لَتُنَبِّئَنَّهُم بِأَمْرِهِمْ هَٰذَا وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ
they came to their father in the evening, weeping, and said: "O our father, we indeed went off racing and left Youssof with our baggage, and the wolf devoured him.
وَجَآءُوٓ أَبَاهُمْ عِشَآءًۭ يَبْكُونَ قَالُوا۟ يَٰٓأَبَانَآ إِنَّا ذَهَبْنَا نَسْتَبِقُ وَتَرَكْنَا يُوسُفَ عِندَ مَتَٰعِنَا فَأَكَلَهُ ٱلذِّئْبُ
But you will not give us credit, even if we are veracious."
وَمَآ أَنتَ بِمُؤْمِنٍۢ لَّنَا وَلَوْ كُنَّا صَٰدِقِينَ
And they brought his shirt stained with lying blood.
وَجَآءُو عَلَىٰ قَمِيصِهِۦ بِدَمٍۢ كَذِبٍۢ
He said: "Rather, your Self has suggested a course to you.
قَالَ بَلْ سَوَّلَتْ لَكُمْ أَنفُسُكُمْ أَمْرًۭا
Gracious patience!
فَصَبْرٌۭ جَمِيلٌۭ
And it is with God that help must be sought against what you describe."
وَٱللَّهُ ٱلْمُسْتَعَانُ عَلَىٰ مَا تَصِفُونَ
And travelers arrived; they sent their water-drawer, who let down his bucket. He said: "Good news! Here is a boy!"
وَجَآءَتْ سَيَّارَةٌۭ فَأَرْسَلُوا۟ وَارِدَهُمْ فَأَدْلَىٰ دَلْوَهُۥ قَالَ يَٰبُشْرَىٰ هَٰذَا غُلَٰمٌۭ
And they kept him secret as merchandise —
وَأَسَرُّوهُ بِضَٰعَةًۭ
but God was All-Knowing of what they were doing.
وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌۢ بِمَا يَعْمَلُونَ
And they sold him for a docked price, a few numbered coins: they attached little importance to him.
وَشَرَوْهُ بِثَمَنٍۭ بَخْسٍۢ دَرَٰهِمَ مَعْدُودَةٍۢ وَكَانُوا۟ فِيهِ مِنَ ٱلزَّٰهِدِينَ
And the one who bought him, in Egypt, said to his wife: "Make his sojourn honorable; it may be that he will be useful to us, or that we adopt him as a son."
وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِى ٱشْتَرَىٰهُ مِن مِّصْرَ لِٱمْرَأَتِهِۦٓ أَكْرِمِى مَثْوَىٰهُ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَنفَعَنَآ أَوْ نَتَّخِذَهُۥ وَلَدًۭا
And thus We established Youssof on that land, and so as to teach him the prediction of events —
وَكَذَٰلِكَ مَكَّنَّا لِيُوسُفَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلِنُعَلِّمَهُۥ مِن تَأْوِيلِ ٱلْأَحَادِيثِ
God is victorious in His purpose,
وَٱللَّهُ غَالِبٌ عَلَىٰٓ أَمْرِهِۦ
but most men do not know.
وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
And when he reached his full maturity, We gave him judgment and knowledge:
وَلَمَّا بَلَغَ أَشُدَّهُۥٓ ءَاتَيْنَٰهُ حُكْمًۭا وَعِلْمًۭا
thus do We recompense those who do good.
وَكَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ
And she in whose house he was sought to obtain him from himself; she bolted the doors and said: "Come here."
وَرَٰوَدَتْهُ ٱلَّتِى هُوَ فِى بَيْتِهَا عَن نَّفْسِهِۦ وَغَلَّقَتِ ٱلْأَبْوَٰبَ وَقَالَتْ هَيْتَ لَكَ
He said: "Refuge in God!
قَالَ مَعَاذَ ٱللَّهِ
He is my master: he has made my sojourn excellent:
إِنَّهُۥ رَبِّىٓ أَحْسَنَ مَثْوَاىَ
the wrongdoers indeed do not succeed."
إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُفْلِحُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ
And she certainly had an intention toward him,
وَلَقَدْ هَمَّتْ بِهِۦ
and he would have had one toward her, had he not seen the demonstration of his Guardian:
وَهَمَّ بِهَا لَوْلَآ أَن رَّءَا بُرْهَٰنَ رَبِّهِۦ
thus it was, so that We might turn away from him evil and indecency:
كَذَٰلِكَ لِنَصْرِفَ عَنْهُ ٱلسُّوٓءَ وَٱلْفَحْشَآءَ
he was indeed among Our refined obedient ones.
إِنَّهُۥ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ
And they both raced to the door, and she tore his shirt from behind, and they found her chief at the door.
وَٱسْتَبَقَا ٱلْبَابَ وَقَدَّتْ قَمِيصَهُۥ مِن دُبُرٍۢ وَأَلْفَيَا سَيِّدَهَا لَدَا ٱلْبَابِ
She said: "What is the recompense of one who intends evil against your family, except prison or a painful punishment?"
قَالَتْ مَا جَزَآءُ مَنْ أَرَادَ بِأَهْلِكَ سُوٓءًا إِلَّآ أَن يُسْجَنَ أَوْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌۭ
He said: "It is she who sought to obtain me from myself."
قَالَ هِىَ رَٰوَدَتْنِى عَن نَّفْسِى
And a witness from her family bore witness: "If his shirt is torn from the front, she speaks truly, and he is among the liars; but if his shirt is torn from behind, she has lied,
وَشَهِدَ شَاهِدٌۭ مِّنْ أَهْلِهَآ إِن كَانَ قَمِيصُهُۥ قُدَّ مِن قُبُلٍۢ فَصَدَقَتْ وَهُوَ مِنَ ٱلْكَٰذِبِينَ وَإِن كَانَ قَمِيصُهُۥ قُدَّ مِن دُبُرٍۢ فَكَذَبَتْ
and he is among the veracious."
وَهُوَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ
When he saw that his shirt was torn from behind, he said: "This is of your scheme: your scheme is indeed immense.
فَلَمَّا رَءَا قَمِيصَهُۥ قُدَّ مِن دُبُرٍۢ قَالَ إِنَّهُۥ مِن كَيْدِكُنَّ إِنَّ كَيْدَكُنَّ عَظِيمٌۭ
Youssof, turn away from this;
يُوسُفُ أَعْرِضْ عَنْ هَٰذَا
and you, ask forgiveness for your offense: you are among those at fault."
وَٱسْتَغْفِرِى لِذَنۢبِكِ إِنَّكِ كُنتِ مِنَ ٱلْخَاطِـِٔينَ
And women, in the Capital, said: "The wife of the Powerful One is seeking to obtain her young man from himself: he has indeed captivated her with love;
وَقَالَ نِسْوَةٌۭ فِى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ ٱمْرَأَتُ ٱلْعَزِيزِ تُرَٰوِدُ فَتَىٰهَا عَن نَّفْسِهِۦ قَدْ شَغَفَهَا حُبًّا
we surely see her in manifest error."
إِنَّا لَنَرَىٰهَا فِى ضَلَٰلٍۢ مُّبِينٍۢ
When she heard of their plot, she invited them and made ready for them something to recline on; she gave each of them a knife, and said: "Come out before them."
فَلَمَّا سَمِعَتْ بِمَكْرِهِنَّ أَرْسَلَتْ إِلَيْهِنَّ وَأَعْتَدَتْ لَهُنَّ مُتَّكَـًۭٔا وَءَاتَتْ كُلَّ وَٰحِدَةٍۢ مِّنْهُنَّ سِكِّينًۭا وَقَالَتِ ٱخْرُجْ عَلَيْهِنَّ
When they saw him, they found him so great that they cut their hands, saying: "Far be it from God! This is no human:
فَلَمَّا رَأَيْنَهُۥٓ أَكْبَرْنَهُۥ وَقَطَّعْنَ أَيْدِيَهُنَّ وَقُلْنَ حَٰشَ لِلَّهِ مَا هَٰذَا بَشَرًا
this is nothing but a noble Agent."
إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا مَلَكٌۭ كَرِيمٌۭ
She said: "This is the one about whom you censured me.
قَالَتْ فَذَٰلِكُنَّ ٱلَّذِى لُمْتُنَّنِى فِيهِ
I indeed sought to obtain him from himself, but he held firmly to his safeguard;
وَلَقَدْ رَٰوَدتُّهُۥ عَن نَّفْسِهِۦ فَٱسْتَعْصَمَ
and if he does not do what I order him, he will surely be imprisoned, and will surely be among the diminished."
وَلَئِن لَّمْ يَفْعَلْ مَآ ءَامُرُهُۥ لَيُسْجَنَنَّ وَلَيَكُونًۭا مِّنَ ٱلصَّٰغِرِينَ
He said: "My Guardian, prison is dearer to me than what they call me to; and if You do not turn their scheme away from me, I will yearn toward them and be among the ignorant."
قَالَ رَبِّ ٱلسِّجْنُ أَحَبُّ إِلَىَّ مِمَّا يَدْعُونَنِىٓ إِلَيْهِ وَإِلَّا تَصْرِفْ عَنِّى كَيْدَهُنَّ أَصْبُ إِلَيْهِنَّ وَأَكُن مِّنَ ٱلْجَٰهِلِينَ
His Guardian answered him and turned their scheme away from him:
فَٱسْتَجَابَ لَهُۥ رَبُّهُۥ فَصَرَفَ عَنْهُ كَيْدَهُنَّ
it is indeed He, the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.
إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ
Then it occurred to them, after seeing the signs, that they should imprison him for a time.
ثُمَّ بَدَا لَهُم مِّنۢ بَعْدِ مَا رَأَوُا۟ ٱلْءَايَٰتِ لَيَسْجُنُنَّهُۥ حَتَّىٰ حِينٍۢ
And two young men entered the prison with him.
وَدَخَلَ مَعَهُ ٱلسِّجْنَ فَتَيَانِ
One of them said: "I saw myself pressing wine."
قَالَ أَحَدُهُمَآ إِنِّىٓ أَرَىٰنِىٓ أَعْصِرُ خَمْرًۭا
And the other said: "I saw myself carrying bread on my head, from which the birds were eating.
وَقَالَ ٱلْءَاخَرُ إِنِّىٓ أَرَىٰنِىٓ أَحْمِلُ فَوْقَ رَأْسِى خُبْزًۭا تَأْكُلُ ٱلطَّيْرُ مِنْهُ
Inform us of its prediction: we see you among those who do good."
نَبِّئْنَا بِتَأْوِيلِهِۦٓ إِنَّا نَرَىٰكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ
He said: "No food with which you are provided will be brought to you without my informing you of its prediction before it reaches you:
قَالَ لَا يَأْتِيكُمَا طَعَامٌۭ تُرْزَقَانِهِۦٓ إِلَّا نَبَّأْتُكُمَا بِتَأْوِيلِهِۦ قَبْلَ أَن يَأْتِيَكُمَا
that is part of what my Guardian has taught me.
ذَٰلِكُمَا مِمَّا عَلَّمَنِى رَبِّىٓ
I have indeed left the doctrine of a people who do not believe in God, and who disown the last life,
إِنِّى تَرَكْتُ مِلَّةَ قَوْمٍۢ لَّا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱللَّهِ وَهُم بِٱلْءَاخِرَةِ هُمْ كَٰفِرُونَ
and I have followed the doctrine of my ancestors, Ibrahim, Ishaq, and Yaacoub:
وَٱتَّبَعْتُ مِلَّةَ ءَابَآءِىٓ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَإِسْحَٰقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ
it is not for us to associate anything with God.
مَا كَانَ لَنَآ أَن نُّشْرِكَ بِٱللَّهِ مِن شَىْءٍۢ
That is part of God's favor upon us and upon mankind,
ذَٰلِكَ مِن فَضْلِ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْنَا وَعَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ
but most men are not grateful.
وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَشْكُرُونَ
O my two prison companions, are divided masters better, or God, the One, the Subjugator?
يَٰصَٰحِبَىِ ٱلسِّجْنِ ءَأَرْبَابٌۭ مُّتَفَرِّقُونَ خَيْرٌ أَمِ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْوَٰحِدُ ٱلْقَهَّارُ
What you obey, besides Him, is nothing but attributes you have named, you and your ancestors, without God having sent down any authority for it:
مَا تَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ إِلَّآ أَسْمَآءًۭ سَمَّيْتُمُوهَآ أَنتُمْ وَءَابَآؤُكُم مَّآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَا مِن سُلْطَٰنٍ
judgment belongs only to God:
إِنِ ٱلْحُكْمُ إِلَّا لِلَّهِ
He has commanded that you obey none but Him:
أَمَرَ أَلَّا تَعْبُدُوٓا۟ إِلَّآ إِيَّاهُ
that is the upright Law,
ذَٰلِكَ ٱلدِّينُ ٱلْقَيِّمُ
but most men do not know.
وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
O my two prison companions, one of you will give his master wine to drink;
يَٰصَٰحِبَىِ ٱلسِّجْنِ أَمَّآ أَحَدُكُمَا فَيَسْقِى رَبَّهُۥ خَمْرًۭا
as for the other, he will be crucified, and the birds will eat from his head.
وَأَمَّا ٱلْءَاخَرُ فَيُصْلَبُ فَتَأْكُلُ ٱلطَّيْرُ مِن رَّأْسِهِۦ
The matter on which you both consulted me is decided."
قُضِىَ ٱلْأَمْرُ ٱلَّذِى فِيهِ تَسْتَفْتِيَانِ
And he said to the one of the two he presumed would be saved: "Remember me to your master."
وَقَالَ لِلَّذِى ظَنَّ أَنَّهُۥ نَاجٍۢ مِّنْهُمَا ٱذْكُرْنِى عِندَ رَبِّكَ
But the Diverter made him forget to mention this to his master, and he remained in prison for some years.
فَأَنسَىٰهُ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ ذِكْرَ رَبِّهِۦ فَلَبِثَ فِى ٱلسِّجْنِ بِضْعَ سِنِينَ
And the king said: "I see seven fat cows being devoured by seven lean ones, and seven green ears of grain and others withered:
وَقَالَ ٱلْمَلِكُ إِنِّىٓ أَرَىٰ سَبْعَ بَقَرَٰتٍۢ سِمَانٍۢ يَأْكُلُهُنَّ سَبْعٌ عِجَافٌۭ وَسَبْعَ سُنۢبُلَٰتٍ خُضْرٍۢ وَأُخَرَ يَابِسَٰتٍۢ
O court, enlighten me about my vision, if you can cross through visions."
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمَلَأُ أَفْتُونِى فِى رُءْيَٰىَ إِن كُنتُمْ لِلرُّءْيَا تَعْبُرُونَ
They said: "A jumble of confused dreams,
قَالُوٓا۟ أَضْغَٰثُ أَحْلَٰمٍۢ
and we are not versed in the prediction of dreams."
وَمَا نَحْنُ بِتَأْوِيلِ ٱلْأَحْلَٰمِ بِعَٰلِمِينَ
And the one of the two who had been saved said, remembering after a long while: "I will inform you of its prediction: so send me forth."
وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِى نَجَا مِنْهُمَا وَٱدَّكَرَ بَعْدَ أُمَّةٍ أَنَا۠ أُنَبِّئُكُم بِتَأْوِيلِهِۦ فَأَرْسِلُونِ
"Youssof, veracious man, enlighten us about the seven fat cows devoured by seven lean ones, and the seven green ears of grain and others withered, perhaps I will return to men, perhaps they will know."
يُوسُفُ أَيُّهَا ٱلصِّدِّيقُ أَفْتِنَا فِى سَبْعِ بَقَرَٰتٍۢ سِمَانٍۢ يَأْكُلُهُنَّ سَبْعٌ عِجَافٌۭ وَسَبْعِ سُنۢبُلَٰتٍ خُضْرٍۢ وَأُخَرَ يَابِسَٰتٍۢ لَّعَلِّىٓ أَرْجِعُ إِلَى ٱلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ
He said: "You shall cultivate for seven years, assiduously;
قَالَ تَزْرَعُونَ سَبْعَ سِنِينَ دَأَبًۭا
and what you have harvested, keep it in its ear, except the little that you eat.
فَمَا حَصَدتُّمْ فَذَرُوهُ فِى سُنۢبُلِهِۦٓ إِلَّا قَلِيلًۭا مِّمَّا تَأْكُلُونَ
Then there will come, after that, seven severe years, which will consume what you had prepared for them, except the little you protect.
ثُمَّ يَأْتِى مِنۢ بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ سَبْعٌۭ شِدَادٌۭ يَأْكُلْنَ مَا قَدَّمْتُمْ لَهُنَّ إِلَّا قَلِيلًۭا مِّمَّا تُحْصِنُونَ
Then there will come, after that, a year in which mankind will receive the saving rain, and in which they will press."
ثُمَّ يَأْتِى مِنۢ بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ عَامٌۭ فِيهِ يُغَاثُ ٱلنَّاسُ وَفِيهِ يَعْصِرُونَ
And the king said: "Bring him to me."
وَقَالَ ٱلْمَلِكُ ٱئْتُونِى بِهِۦ
When the messenger came to him, he said: "Return to your master, and ask him how it stands with the women who cut their hands:
فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُ ٱلرَّسُولُ قَالَ ٱرْجِعْ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَسْـَٔلْهُ مَا بَالُ ٱلنِّسْوَةِ ٱلَّٰتِى قَطَّعْنَ أَيْدِيَهُنَّ
my Guardian is indeed All-Knowing of their scheme."
إِنَّ رَبِّى بِكَيْدِهِنَّ عَلِيمٌۭ
He said: "What was your case, when you sought to obtain Youssof from himself?"
قَالَ مَا خَطْبُكُنَّ إِذْ رَٰوَدتُّنَّ يُوسُفَ عَن نَّفْسِهِۦ
They said: "Far be it from God! We know no evil of him."
قُلْنَ حَٰشَ لِلَّهِ مَا عَلِمْنَا عَلَيْهِ مِن سُوٓءٍۢ
The wife of the Powerful One said: "Now the truth breaks out: it is I who sought to obtain him from himself, and he is surely among the veracious.
قَالَتِ ٱمْرَأَتُ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْـَٰٔنَ حَصْحَصَ ٱلْحَقُّ أَنَا۠ رَٰوَدتُّهُۥ عَن نَّفْسِهِۦ وَإِنَّهُۥ لَمِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ
This, so that he may know that I did not betray him in his absence, and that God does not guide the scheme of traitors.
ذَٰلِكَ لِيَعْلَمَ أَنِّى لَمْ أَخُنْهُ بِٱلْغَيْبِ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِى كَيْدَ ٱلْخَآئِنِينَ
And I do not acquit my Self:
وَمَآ أُبَرِّئُ نَفْسِىٓ
the Self surely incites to evil, except one to whom my Guardian shows benevolence.
إِنَّ ٱلنَّفْسَ لَأَمَّارَةٌۢ بِٱلسُّوٓءِ إِلَّا مَا رَحِمَ رَبِّىٓ
My Guardian is indeed Most-Forgiving, Benevolent."
إِنَّ رَبِّى غَفُورٌۭ رَّحِيمٌۭ
And the king said: "Bring him to me: I shall make him exclusively my own."
وَقَالَ ٱلْمَلِكُ ٱئْتُونِى بِهِۦٓ أَسْتَخْلِصْهُ لِنَفْسِى
When he had spoken to him, he said: "You are, today, with us, in a position of authority, trustworthy."
فَلَمَّا كَلَّمَهُۥ قَالَ إِنَّكَ ٱلْيَوْمَ لَدَيْنَا مَكِينٌ أَمِينٌۭ
He said: "Place me in charge of the treasuries of this land: I am a knowledgeable preserver."
قَالَ ٱجْعَلْنِى عَلَىٰ خَزَآئِنِ ٱلْأَرْضِ إِنِّى حَفِيظٌ عَلِيمٌۭ
And thus We established Youssof on that land, settling there wherever he willed:
وَكَذَٰلِكَ مَكَّنَّا لِيُوسُفَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ يَتَبَوَّأُ مِنْهَا حَيْثُ يَشَآءُ
We grant Our benevolence to whom We will, and We do not let the reward of those who do good dissipate.
نُصِيبُ بِرَحْمَتِنَا مَن نَّشَآءُ وَلَا نُضِيعُ أَجْرَ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ
And the reward of the last life is indeed better for those who believe and guard themselves.
وَلَأَجْرُ ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ خَيْرٌۭ لِّلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَكَانُوا۟ يَتَّقُونَ
And the brothers of Youssof came and entered upon him; he recognized them, but they did not recognize him.
وَجَآءَ إِخْوَةُ يُوسُفَ فَدَخَلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِ فَعَرَفَهُمْ وَهُمْ لَهُۥ مُنكِرُونَ
When he had outfitted them with their supplies, he said: "Bring me a brother of yours from your father's side.
وَلَمَّا جَهَّزَهُم بِجَهَازِهِمْ قَالَ ٱئْتُونِى بِأَخٍۢ لَّكُم مِّنْ أَبِيكُمْ
Do you not see that I give the measure faithfully and am the best of hosts?
أَلَا تَرَوْنَ أَنِّىٓ أُوفِى ٱلْكَيْلَ وَأَنَا۠ خَيْرُ ٱلْمُنزِلِينَ
And if you do not bring him to me, you will have no more measure with me, and you shall not approach me again."
فَإِن لَّمْ تَأْتُونِى بِهِۦ فَلَا كَيْلَ لَكُمْ عِندِى وَلَا تَقْرَبُونِ
They said: "We shall seek to obtain him from his father, we shall surely do it."
قَالُوا۟ سَنُرَٰوِدُ عَنْهُ أَبَاهُ وَإِنَّا لَفَٰعِلُونَ
And he said to his young men: "Put their merchandise back in their saddlebags, perhaps they will recognize it when they get back to their people, perhaps they will return."
وَقَالَ لِفِتْيَٰنِهِ ٱجْعَلُوا۟ بِضَٰعَتَهُمْ فِى رِحَالِهِمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَعْرِفُونَهَآ إِذَا ٱنقَلَبُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ
When they returned to their father, they said: "O our father, measure has been withheld from us; so send our brother with us, we shall obtain measure, and we will surely be his preservers."
فَلَمَّا رَجَعُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰٓ أَبِيهِمْ قَالُوا۟ يَٰٓأَبَانَا مُنِعَ مِنَّا ٱلْكَيْلُ فَأَرْسِلْ مَعَنَآ أَخَانَا نَكْتَلْ وَإِنَّا لَهُۥ لَحَٰفِظُونَ
He said: "Shall I trust you with him otherwise than as I trusted you before with his brother?
قَالَ هَلْ ءَامَنُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا كَمَآ أَمِنتُكُمْ عَلَىٰٓ أَخِيهِ مِن قَبْلُ
God is the best preserver,
فَٱللَّهُ خَيْرٌ حَٰفِظًۭا
and He is the most benevolent of the benevolent."
وَهُوَ أَرْحَمُ ٱلرَّٰحِمِينَ
When they opened their baggage, they found their merchandise, which had been restored to them. They said: "O our father, what more could we seek?
وَلَمَّا فَتَحُوا۟ مَتَٰعَهُمْ وَجَدُوا۟ بِضَٰعَتَهُمْ رُدَّتْ إِلَيْهِمْ قَالُوا۟ يَٰٓأَبَانَا مَا نَبْغِى
Here is our merchandise, restored to us; we shall victual our family, preserve our brother, and obtain an extra camel's measure:
هَٰذِهِۦ بِضَٰعَتُنَا رُدَّتْ إِلَيْنَا وَنَمِيرُ أَهْلَنَا وَنَحْفَظُ أَخَانَا وَنَزْدَادُ كَيْلَ بَعِيرٍۢ
that is an easy measure."
ذَٰلِكَ كَيْلٌۭ يَسِيرٌۭ
He said: "I will not send him with you, until you bring me a solemn engagement before God, that you will bring him back to me, unless you are encompassed."
قَالَ لَنْ أُرْسِلَهُۥ مَعَكُمْ حَتَّىٰ تُؤْتُونِ مَوْثِقًۭا مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ لَتَأْتُنَّنِى بِهِۦٓ إِلَّآ أَن يُحَاطَ بِكُمْ
When they had brought him their solemn engagement, he said: "God is trustee over what we say."
فَلَمَّآ ءَاتَوْهُ مَوْثِقَهُمْ قَالَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ مَا نَقُولُ وَكِيلٌۭ
And he said: "O my sons, do not enter by a single gate, but enter by separate gates;
وَقَالَ يَٰبَنِىَّ لَا تَدْخُلُوا۟ مِنۢ بَابٍۢ وَٰحِدٍۢ وَٱدْخُلُوا۟ مِنْ أَبْوَٰبٍۢ مُّتَفَرِّقَةٍۢ
I can be of no use to you against God:
وَمَآ أُغْنِى عَنكُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ مِن شَىْءٍ
judgment belongs only to God;
إِنِ ٱلْحُكْمُ إِلَّا لِلَّهِ
to Him I entrust myself,
عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ
and let those who entrust themselves entrust themselves to Him."
وَعَلَيْهِ فَلْيَتَوَكَّلِ ٱلْمُتَوَكِّلُونَ
When they entered as their father had commanded them, it was of no use to them against God, except for a need in Yaacoub's Self, which he satisfied;
وَلَمَّا دَخَلُوا۟ مِنْ حَيْثُ أَمَرَهُمْ أَبُوهُم مَّا كَانَ يُغْنِى عَنْهُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ مِن شَىْءٍ إِلَّا حَاجَةًۭ فِى نَفْسِ يَعْقُوبَ قَضَىٰهَا
he surely possessed knowledge We had taught him,
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَذُو عِلْمٍۢ لِّمَا عَلَّمْنَٰهُ
but most men do not know.
وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
When they entered upon Youssof, he took his brother in with him,
وَلَمَّا دَخَلُوا۟ عَلَىٰ يُوسُفَ ءَاوَىٰٓ إِلَيْهِ أَخَاهُ
and said: "I am, indeed, your brother: so do not grieve over what they were doing."
قَالَ إِنِّىٓ أَنَا۠ أَخُوكَ فَلَا تَبْتَئِسْ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ
When he had outfitted them with their supplies, he placed the cup in his brother's saddlebag; then a herald proclaimed: "O caravan, you are surely thieves!"
فَلَمَّا جَهَّزَهُم بِجَهَازِهِمْ جَعَلَ ٱلسِّقَايَةَ فِى رَحْلِ أَخِيهِ ثُمَّ أَذَّنَ مُؤَذِّنٌ أَيَّتُهَا ٱلْعِيرُ إِنَّكُمْ لَسَٰرِقُونَ
They said, turning toward them: "What are you missing?"
قَالُوا۟ وَأَقْبَلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِم مَّاذَا تَفْقِدُونَ
They said: "We are missing the king's measuring vessel;
قَالُوا۟ نَفْقِدُ صُوَاعَ ٱلْمَلِكِ
whoever brings it will have a camel's freight, and I stand guarantor for it."
وَلِمَن جَآءَ بِهِۦ حِمْلُ بَعِيرٍۢ وَأَنَا۠ بِهِۦ زَعِيمٌۭ
They said: "By God, you well know we did not come to sow corruption on this land, and we are not thieves."
قَالُوا۟ تَٱللَّهِ لَقَدْ عَلِمْتُم مَّا جِئْنَا لِنُفْسِدَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا كُنَّا سَٰرِقِينَ
They said: "What then will be his recompense, if you are liars?"
قَالُوا۟ فَمَا جَزَٰٓؤُهُۥٓ إِن كُنتُمْ كَٰذِبِينَ
They said: "His recompense: he in whose saddlebag it is found shall himself be the recompense.
قَالُوا۟ جَزَٰٓؤُهُۥ مَن وُجِدَ فِى رَحْلِهِۦ فَهُوَ جَزَٰٓؤُهُۥ
Thus do we recompense the wrongdoers."
كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ
He began with their bags before his brother's bag, then drew it out of his brother's bag:
فَبَدَأَ بِأَوْعِيَتِهِمْ قَبْلَ وِعَآءِ أَخِيهِ ثُمَّ ٱسْتَخْرَجَهَا مِن وِعَآءِ أَخِيهِ
thus did We scheme for Youssof:
كَذَٰلِكَ كِدْنَا لِيُوسُفَ
he could not, under the king's law, take his brother, unless God willed it.
مَا كَانَ لِيَأْخُذَ أَخَاهُ فِى دِينِ ٱلْمَلِكِ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ
We elevate in degrees whom We will,
نَرْفَعُ دَرَجَٰتٍۢ مَّن نَّشَآءُ
and above every possessor of knowledge, there is one who knows.
وَفَوْقَ كُلِّ ذِى عِلْمٍ عَلِيمٌۭ
They said: "If he has stolen, a brother of his had already stolen before."
قَالُوٓا۟ إِن يَسْرِقْ فَقَدْ سَرَقَ أَخٌۭ لَّهُۥ مِن قَبْلُ
Youssof kept this secret within himself and did not make it appear to them;
فَأَسَرَّهَا يُوسُفُ فِى نَفْسِهِۦ وَلَمْ يُبْدِهَا لَهُمْ
he said: "You have the worst place,
قَالَ أَنتُمْ شَرٌّۭ مَّكَانًۭا
and God knows best what you describe."
وَٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا تَصِفُونَ
They said: "O Powerful One, he has a father, a very old man; so take one of us in his place: we see you among those who do good."
قَالُوا۟ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْعَزِيزُ إِنَّ لَهُۥٓ أَبًۭا شَيْخًۭا كَبِيرًۭا فَخُذْ أَحَدَنَا مَكَانَهُۥٓ إِنَّا نَرَىٰكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ
He said: "Refuge in God from our taking anyone other than the one with whom we found our item: we would then surely be wrongdoers."
قَالَ مَعَاذَ ٱللَّهِ أَن نَّأْخُذَ إِلَّا مَن وَجَدْنَا مَتَٰعَنَا عِندَهُۥٓ إِنَّآ إِذًۭا لَّظَٰلِمُونَ
When they had lost all hope of him, they retired into secret talk.
فَلَمَّا ٱسْتَيْـَٔسُوا۟ مِنْهُ خَلَصُوا۟ نَجِيًّۭا
The eldest among them said: "Do you not know that your father took a solemn engagement from you before God,
قَالَ كَبِيرُهُمْ أَلَمْ تَعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ أَبَاكُمْ قَدْ أَخَذَ عَلَيْكُم مَّوْثِقًۭا مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ
and that before this you neglected your duty toward Youssof?
وَمِن قَبْلُ مَا فَرَّطتُمْ فِى يُوسُفَ
I shall not leave this land, then, until my father gives me permission, or God judges in my favor:
فَلَنْ أَبْرَحَ ٱلْأَرْضَ حَتَّىٰ يَأْذَنَ لِىٓ أَبِىٓ أَوْ يَحْكُمَ ٱللَّهُ لِى
He is the best of judges.
وَهُوَ خَيْرُ ٱلْحَٰكِمِينَ
Return to your father, and say: 'O our father, your son has indeed been declared a thief;
ٱرْجِعُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰٓ أَبِيكُمْ فَقُولُوا۟ يَٰٓأَبَانَآ إِنَّ ٱبْنَكَ سَرَقَ
and we attest only to what we know, and we could not preserve what escaped the senses.
وَمَا شَهِدْنَآ إِلَّا بِمَا عَلِمْنَا وَمَا كُنَّا لِلْغَيْبِ حَٰفِظِينَ
And ask the city where we were, and the caravan with which we returned: we are surely veracious.'"
وَسْـَٔلِ ٱلْقَرْيَةَ ٱلَّتِى كُنَّا فِيهَا وَٱلْعِيرَ ٱلَّتِىٓ أَقْبَلْنَا فِيهَا وَإِنَّا لَصَٰدِقُونَ
He said: "Rather, your Self has suggested a course to you.
قَالَ بَلْ سَوَّلَتْ لَكُمْ أَنفُسُكُمْ أَمْرًۭا
Gracious patience!
فَصَبْرٌۭ جَمِيلٌ
It may be that God will bring them all back to me:
عَسَى ٱللَّهُ أَن يَأْتِيَنِى بِهِمْ جَمِيعًا
it is indeed He, the All-Knowing, the Wise."
إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْعَلِيمُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ
And he turned his back on them and said: "O my bitterness, for Youssof!"
وَتَوَلَّىٰ عَنْهُمْ وَقَالَ يَٰٓأَسَفَىٰ عَلَىٰ يُوسُفَ
And his eyes turned white from grief, while he suppressed his sorrow.
وَٱبْيَضَّتْ عَيْنَاهُ مِنَ ٱلْحُزْنِ فَهُوَ كَظِيمٌۭ
They said: "By God, you will not cease to remember Youssof, until you are worn out or until you perish."
قَالُوا۟ تَٱللَّهِ تَفْتَؤُا۟ تَذْكُرُ يُوسُفَ حَتَّىٰ تَكُونَ حَرَضًا أَوْ تَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْهَٰلِكِينَ
He said: "I complain of my outpouring and my grief only to God,
قَالَ إِنَّمَآ أَشْكُوا۟ بَثِّى وَحُزْنِىٓ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ
and I know, from God, what you do not know.
وَأَعْلَمُ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ
O my sons, go and inquire about Youssof and his brother, and do not lose hope of God's rest:
يَٰبَنِىَّ ٱذْهَبُوا۟ فَتَحَسَّسُوا۟ مِن يُوسُفَ وَأَخِيهِ وَلَا تَا۟يْـَٔسُوا۟ مِن رَّوْحِ ٱللَّهِ
none loses hope of God's rest, except the people who disown."
إِنَّهُۥ لَا يَا۟يْـَٔسُ مِن رَّوْحِ ٱللَّهِ إِلَّا ٱلْقَوْمُ ٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ
When they entered upon him, they said: "O Powerful One, harm has touched us and our family, and we have come with merchandise of little value:
فَلَمَّا دَخَلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِ قَالُوا۟ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْعَزِيزُ مَسَّنَا وَأَهْلَنَا ٱلضُّرُّ وَجِئْنَا بِبِضَٰعَةٍۢ مُّزْجَىٰةٍۢ
so give us the measure faithfully, and give us charity:
فَأَوْفِ لَنَا ٱلْكَيْلَ وَتَصَدَّقْ عَلَيْنَآ
God recompenses those who give in charity."
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَجْزِى ٱلْمُتَصَدِّقِينَ
He said: "Do you know what you did to Youssof and his brother, when you were ignorant?"
قَالَ هَلْ عَلِمْتُم مَّا فَعَلْتُم بِيُوسُفَ وَأَخِيهِ إِذْ أَنتُمْ جَٰهِلُونَ
They said: "Is it really you, Youssof?"
قَالُوٓا۟ أَءِنَّكَ لَأَنتَ يُوسُفُ
He said: "I am Youssof, and this is my brother.
قَالَ أَنَا۠ يُوسُفُ وَهَٰذَآ أَخِى
God has indeed graced us:
قَدْ مَنَّ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْنَآ
whoever guards himself and is patient — God indeed does not let the reward of those who do good dissipate."
إِنَّهُۥ مَن يَتَّقِ وَيَصْبِرْ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُضِيعُ أَجْرَ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ
They said: "By God, God has indeed preferred you over us, and we were indeed at fault."
قَالُوا۟ تَٱللَّهِ لَقَدْ ءَاثَرَكَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْنَا وَإِن كُنَّا لَخَٰطِـِٔينَ
He said: "No reproach upon you:
قَالَ لَا تَثْرِيبَ عَلَيْكُمُ
today, God forgives you,
ٱلْيَوْمَ يَغْفِرُ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمْ
He is the most benevolent of the benevolent.
وَهُوَ أَرْحَمُ ٱلرَّٰحِمِينَ
Go with this shirt of mine, and cast it upon my father's face: he will regain his sight. Then bring me your whole family."
ٱذْهَبُوا۟ بِقَمِيصِى هَٰذَا فَأَلْقُوهُ عَلَىٰ وَجْهِ أَبِى يَأْتِ بَصِيرًۭا وَأْتُونِى بِأَهْلِكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ
When the caravan had set off, their father said: "I surely sense the scent of Youssof, if you do not think me a dotard."
وَلَمَّا فَصَلَتِ ٱلْعِيرُ قَالَ أَبُوهُمْ إِنِّى لَأَجِدُ رِيحَ يُوسُفَ لَوْلَآ أَن تُفَنِّدُونِ
They said: "By God, you are surely in your old error."
قَالُوا۟ تَٱللَّهِ إِنَّكَ لَفِى ضَلَٰلِكَ ٱلْقَدِيمِ
When the bearer of good tidings arrived, he cast it upon his face, and he at once regained his sight.
فَلَمَّآ أَن جَآءَ ٱلْبَشِيرُ أَلْقَىٰهُ عَلَىٰ وَجْهِهِۦ فَٱرْتَدَّ بَصِيرًۭا
He said: "Did I not tell you that I know, from God, what you do not know?"
قَالَ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكُمْ إِنِّىٓ أَعْلَمُ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ
They said: "O our father, ask forgiveness for our offenses: we were indeed at fault."
قَالُوا۟ يَٰٓأَبَانَا ٱسْتَغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا خَٰطِـِٔينَ
He said: "I shall soon ask forgiveness for you from my Guardian:
قَالَ سَوْفَ أَسْتَغْفِرُ لَكُمْ رَبِّىٓ
it is indeed He, the Most-Forgiving, the Benevolent."
إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
When they entered upon Youssof, he took his father and mother in with him, and said: "Enter Egypt, if God wills, in security."
فَلَمَّا دَخَلُوا۟ عَلَىٰ يُوسُفَ ءَاوَىٰٓ إِلَيْهِ أَبَوَيْهِ وَقَالَ ٱدْخُلُوا۟ مِصْرَ إِن شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ءَامِنِينَ
And he elevated his father and mother upon the edifice, and they fell down before him in prostration.
وَرَفَعَ أَبَوَيْهِ عَلَى ٱلْعَرْشِ وَخَرُّوا۟ لَهُۥ سُجَّدًۭا
And he said: "O my father, this is the prediction of my vision of old: my Guardian has made it true.
وَقَالَ يَٰٓأَبَتِ هَٰذَا تَأْوِيلُ رُءْيَٰىَ مِن قَبْلُ قَدْ جَعَلَهَا رَبِّى حَقًّۭا
And He has been bountiful to me, when He brought me out of prison, and brought you from the countryside, after the Diverter had sown discord between me and my brothers.
وَقَدْ أَحْسَنَ بِىٓ إِذْ أَخْرَجَنِى مِنَ ٱلسِّجْنِ وَجَآءَ بِكُم مِّنَ ٱلْبَدْوِ مِنۢ بَعْدِ أَن نَّزَغَ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَ إِخْوَتِىٓ
My Guardian is Subtle in what He wills:
إِنَّ رَبِّى لَطِيفٌۭ لِّمَا يَشَآءُ
it is indeed He, the All-Knowing, the Wise.
إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْعَلِيمُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ
My Guardian, You have granted me a share of the dominion, and taught me the prediction of events.
رَبِّ قَدْ ءَاتَيْتَنِى مِنَ ٱلْمُلْكِ وَعَلَّمْتَنِى مِن تَأْوِيلِ ٱلْأَحَادِيثِ
Originator of the heavens and the earth, You are my protector in the present life and in the last life: keep me faithfully, true to You alone, and join me with those who are sound."
فَاطِرَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ أَنتَ وَلِىِّۦ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱلْءَاخِرَةِ تَوَفَّنِى مُسْلِمًۭا وَأَلْحِقْنِى بِٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ
That is part of the information about what escapes the senses, which We reveal to you:
ذَٰلِكَ مِنْ أَنۢبَآءِ ٱلْغَيْبِ نُوحِيهِ إِلَيْكَ
you were not with them when they agreed on their affair while plotting.
وَمَا كُنتَ لَدَيْهِمْ إِذْ أَجْمَعُوٓا۟ أَمْرَهُمْ وَهُمْ يَمْكُرُونَ
And most men, however keen you may be, are not believers.
وَمَآ أَكْثَرُ ٱلنَّاسِ وَلَوْ حَرَصْتَ بِمُؤْمِنِينَ
And you ask of them, for this, no reward:
وَمَا تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ
it is only a reminder for all beings.
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌۭ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ
How many signs, in the heavens and on the earth, do they pass by, turning away from them!
وَكَأَيِّن مِّنْ ءَايَةٍۢ فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ يَمُرُّونَ عَلَيْهَا وَهُمْ عَنْهَا مُعْرِضُونَ
And most of them do not believe in God without associating with Him.
وَمَا يُؤْمِنُ أَكْثَرُهُم بِٱللَّهِ إِلَّا وَهُم مُّشْرِكُونَ
Are they then sure that a cover of God's punishment will not come to them, or that the Hour will not come to them unexpectedly, without their sensing it?
أَفَأَمِنُوٓا۟ أَن تَأْتِيَهُمْ غَٰشِيَةٌۭ مِّنْ عَذَابِ ٱللَّهِ أَوْ تَأْتِيَهُمُ ٱلسَّاعَةُ بَغْتَةًۭ وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ
Say: "This is my way: I call to God.
قُلْ هَٰذِهِۦ سَبِيلِىٓ أَدْعُوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ
With full clear-sightedness, myself and those who follow me.
عَلَىٰ بَصِيرَةٍ أَنَا۠ وَمَنِ ٱتَّبَعَنِى
And glory be to God!
وَسُبْحَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ
And I am not among those who associate."
وَمَآ أَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ
And We sent, before you, none but men to whom We revealed, from among the people of the cities.
وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ إِلَّا رِجَالًۭا نُّوحِىٓ إِلَيْهِم مِّنْ أَهْلِ ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ
Have they not traveled through the earth and looked at what was the end of those before them?
أَفَلَمْ يَسِيرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَيَنظُرُوا۟ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ
And the abode of the last life is indeed better for those who guarded themselves:
وَلَدَارُ ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ خَيْرٌۭ لِّلَّذِينَ ٱتَّقَوْا۟
will you not then reason?
أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ
Until, when the messengers had lost all hope and presumed they had been denied, Our help came to them, and whom We willed was saved,
حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا ٱسْتَيْـَٔسَ ٱلرُّسُلُ وَظَنُّوٓا۟ أَنَّهُمْ قَدْ كُذِبُوا۟ جَآءَهُمْ نَصْرُنَا فَنُجِّىَ مَن نَّشَآءُ
and Our rigor is not turned away from the severed people.
وَلَا يُرَدُّ بَأْسُنَا عَنِ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ
There was indeed, in their account, a lesson for the possessors of intelligence:
لَقَدْ كَانَ فِى قَصَصِهِمْ عِبْرَةٌۭ لِّأُو۟لِى ٱلْأَلْبَٰبِ
it was not an invented discourse,
مَا كَانَ حَدِيثًۭا يُفْتَرَىٰ
but the confirmation of what precedes it, the detail of everything, and a guidance and a benevolence for a people who believe.
وَلَٰكِن تَصْدِيقَ ٱلَّذِى بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَتَفْصِيلَ كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ وَهُدًۭى وَرَحْمَةًۭ لِّقَوْمٍۢ يُؤْمِنُونَ