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The One Who Keeps Turning Back
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
In the name of God, the All-Benevolent, the Benevolent.
Ṣad.
صٓ
By the Recitation charged with the Reminder,
وَٱلْقُرْءَانِ ذِى ٱلذِّكْرِ
no! Those who disown are steeped in might and rupture.
بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فِى عِزَّةٍۢ وَشِقَاقٍۢ
How many generations did We annihilate before them! They cried out, but it was no longer the time for a way out.
كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَبْلِهِم مِّن قَرْنٍۢ فَنَادَوا۟ وَّلَاتَ حِينَ مَنَاصٍۢ
And they marveled that a warner should come to them from among themselves,
وَعَجِبُوٓا۟ أَن جَآءَهُم مُّنذِرٌۭ مِّنْهُمْ
and those who disown said: "This is a worker of illusion, a great liar. Has he made the deities a single deity? This is surely an astonishing thing!"
وَقَالَ ٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ هَٰذَا سَٰحِرٌۭ كَذَّابٌ أَجَعَلَ ٱلْءَالِهَةَ إِلَٰهًۭا وَٰحِدًا إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَشَىْءٌ عُجَابٌۭ
And the court, among them, set out, saying: "Go, and remain firm toward your deities! This is surely something intended. We have not heard of this in the last doctrine; this is nothing but a creation out of whole cloth. Was the Reminder sent down upon him, out of all of us?"
وَٱنطَلَقَ ٱلْمَلَأُ مِنْهُمْ أَنِ ٱمْشُوا۟ وَٱصْبِرُوا۟ عَلَىٰٓ ءَالِهَتِكُمْ إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَشَىْءٌۭ يُرَادُ مَا سَمِعْنَا بِهَٰذَا فِى ٱلْمِلَّةِ ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا ٱخْتِلَٰقٌ أَءُنزِلَ عَلَيْهِ ٱلذِّكْرُ مِنۢ بَيْنِنَا
No, they are in doubt about My Reminder; no, they have not yet tasted My punishment.
بَلْ هُمْ فِى شَكٍّۢ مِّن ذِكْرِى بَل لَّمَّا يَذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابِ
Or do they hold the treasuries of the benevolence of your Guardian, the All-Powerful, the Bestower?
أَمْ عِندَهُمْ خَزَآئِنُ رَحْمَةِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْوَهَّابِ
Or do they own the dominion of the heavens and the earth, and all that is between them?
أَمْ لَهُم مُّلْكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا
Then let them ascend by the means!
فَلْيَرْتَقُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَسْبَٰبِ
It is but an army among the parties, doomed to defeat.
جُندٌۭ مَّا هُنَالِكَ مَهْزُومٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلْأَحْزَابِ
Before them, the people of Nuh denied, and the Aad, and Fir'awn of the stakes, the Thamud, the people of Lut, and the companions of the Thicket.
كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍۢ وَعَادٌۭ وَفِرْعَوْنُ ذُو ٱلْأَوْتَادِ وَثَمُودُ وَقَوْمُ لُوطٍۢ وَأَصْحَٰبُ لْـَٔيْكَةِ
Those are the parties.
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلْأَحْزَابُ
Each of them did nothing but deny the messengers, and so My sanction proved true.
إِن كُلٌّ إِلَّا كَذَّبَ ٱلرُّسُلَ فَحَقَّ عِقَابِ
And these await nothing but a single cry, with no respite.
وَمَا يَنظُرُ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ إِلَّا صَيْحَةًۭ وَٰحِدَةًۭ مَّا لَهَا مِن فَوَاقٍۢ
And they said: "Our Guardian, hasten for us our share, before the Day of Reckoning."
وَقَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَا عَجِّل لَّنَا قِطَّنَا قَبْلَ يَوْمِ ٱلْحِسَابِ
Be patient with what they say,
ٱصْبِرْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَقُولُونَ
and remember Our obedient one Dawud, endowed with strength,
وَٱذْكُرْ عَبْدَنَا دَاوُۥدَ ذَا ٱلْأَيْدِ
he was ever-returning.
إِنَّهُۥٓ أَوَّابٌ
We subjected the mountains to glorify with him, in the evening and at daybreak, and the birds gathered together:
إِنَّا سَخَّرْنَا ٱلْجِبَالَ مَعَهُۥ يُسَبِّحْنَ بِٱلْعَشِىِّ وَٱلْإِشْرَاقِ وَٱلطَّيْرَ مَحْشُورَةًۭ
each of them was ever-returning to Him.
كُلٌّۭ لَّهُۥٓ أَوَّابٌۭ
And We strengthened his dominion and gave him wisdom and the address that separates.
وَشَدَدْنَا مُلْكَهُۥ وَءَاتَيْنَٰهُ ٱلْحِكْمَةَ وَفَصْلَ ٱلْخِطَابِ
And has the information concerning the opposing parties reached you, when they scaled the oratory, when they entered upon Dawud, and he took fright at them? They said: "Do not fear;
وَهَلْ أَتَىٰكَ نَبَؤُا۟ ٱلْخَصْمِ إِذْ تَسَوَّرُوا۟ ٱلْمِحْرَابَ إِذْ دَخَلُوا۟ عَلَىٰ دَاوُۥدَ فَفَزِعَ مِنْهُمْ قَالُوا۟ لَا تَخَفْ
we are two opposing parties, one of us has committed iniquity against the other; so judge between us with truth, without excess,
خَصْمَانِ بَغَىٰ بَعْضُنَا عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍۢ فَٱحْكُم بَيْنَنَا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَلَا تُشْطِطْ
and guide us to the middle of the path."
وَٱهْدِنَآ إِلَىٰ سَوَآءِ ٱلصِّرَٰطِ
"This is my brother; he has ninety-nine ewes, and I have but one ewe. He said: 'Entrust her to me,' and he overpowered me in address."
إِنَّ هَٰذَآ أَخِى لَهُۥ تِسْعٌۭ وَتِسْعُونَ نَعْجَةًۭ وَلِىَ نَعْجَةٌۭ وَٰحِدَةٌۭ فَقَالَ أَكْفِلْنِيهَا وَعَزَّنِى فِى ٱلْخِطَابِ
He said: "He has certainly wronged you in demanding your ewe to add to his own;
قَالَ لَقَدْ ظَلَمَكَ بِسُؤَالِ نَعْجَتِكَ إِلَىٰ نِعَاجِهِۦ
and surely, many of those who mix their affairs commit iniquity against one another, except those who have believed and done sound deeds —
وَإِنَّ كَثِيرًۭا مِّنَ ٱلْخُلَطَآءِ لَيَبْغِى بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ
and how few they are."
وَقَلِيلٌۭ مَّا هُمْ
And Dawud presumed that We had tried him; he sought his Guardian's forgiveness, fell down kneeling, and had recourse to Him.
وَظَنَّ دَاوُۥدُ أَنَّمَا فَتَنَّٰهُ فَٱسْتَغْفَرَ رَبَّهُۥ وَخَرَّ رَاكِعًۭا وَأَنَابَ
So We forgave him that;
فَغَفَرْنَا لَهُۥ ذَٰلِكَ
and he surely has, with Us, closeness and a fine place of resort.
وَإِنَّ لَهُۥ عِندَنَا لَزُلْفَىٰ وَحُسْنَ مَـَٔابٍۢ
"O Dawud, We have made you a successor on earth; so judge among mankind with truth, and do not follow emotion, lest it lead you astray from the way of God.
يَٰدَاوُۥدُ إِنَّا جَعَلْنَٰكَ خَلِيفَةًۭ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَٱحْكُم بَيْنَ ٱلنَّاسِ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَلَا تَتَّبِعِ ٱلْهَوَىٰ فَيُضِلَّكَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ
Indeed, those who stray from the way of God will have a severe punishment, for having forgotten the Day of Reckoning."
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَضِلُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌۭ شَدِيدٌۢ بِمَا نَسُوا۟ يَوْمَ ٱلْحِسَابِ
We did not create the heaven and the earth and all that is between them in vain.
وَمَا خَلَقْنَا ٱلسَّمَآءَ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا بَٰطِلًۭا
Such is the presumption of those who disown;
ذَٰلِكَ ظَنُّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟
so woe to those who disown, because of the Fire!
فَوَيْلٌۭ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلنَّارِ
Or should We treat those who have believed and done sound deeds like the corrupters on earth?
أَمْ نَجْعَلُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ كَٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ
Or should We treat those who guard themselves like the depraved?
أَمْ نَجْعَلُ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ كَٱلْفُجَّارِ
Here is a blessed Scripture that We sent down to you, so that they may ponder its signs, and so that the possessors of intelligence may remember.
كِتَٰبٌ أَنزَلْنَٰهُ إِلَيْكَ مُبَٰرَكٌۭ لِّيَدَّبَّرُوٓا۟ ءَايَٰتِهِۦ وَلِيَتَذَكَّرَ أُو۟لُوا۟ ٱلْأَلْبَٰبِ
And We bestowed Sulayman on Dawud —
وَوَهَبْنَا لِدَاوُۥدَ سُلَيْمَٰنَ
what an excellent obedient one!
نِعْمَ ٱلْعَبْدُ
He was ever-returning.
إِنَّهُۥٓ أَوَّابٌ
When there were displayed to him, in the evening, the standing, well-bred horses, he said: "I have indeed loved the love of the good more than the remembrance of my Guardian," until they were concealed behind the veil.
إِذْ عُرِضَ عَلَيْهِ بِٱلْعَشِىِّ ٱلصَّٰفِنَٰتُ ٱلْجِيَادُ فَقَالَ إِنِّىٓ أَحْبَبْتُ حُبَّ ٱلْخَيْرِ عَن ذِكْرِ رَبِّى حَتَّىٰ تَوَارَتْ بِٱلْحِجَابِ
"Bring them back to me!" And he set about stroking their legs and necks.
رُدُّوهَا عَلَىَّ فَطَفِقَ مَسْحًۢا بِٱلسُّوقِ وَٱلْأَعْنَاقِ
And We certainly tried Sulayman: We cast upon his throne-seat a body; then he had recourse to Us.
وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا سُلَيْمَٰنَ وَأَلْقَيْنَا عَلَىٰ كُرْسِيِّهِۦ جَسَدًۭا ثُمَّ أَنَابَ
He said: "My Guardian, forgive me, and bestow on me a dominion that will not befit anyone after me;
قَالَ رَبِّ ٱغْفِرْ لِى وَهَبْ لِى مُلْكًۭا لَّا يَنۢبَغِى لِأَحَدٍۢ مِّنۢ بَعْدِىٓ
You, indeed, are the Bestower."
إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلْوَهَّابُ
So We subjected the wind to him, running at his command, gently, wherever he aimed; and the Diverters, every builder and diver, and others bound together in fetters.
فَسَخَّرْنَا لَهُ ٱلرِّيحَ تَجْرِى بِأَمْرِهِۦ رُخَآءً حَيْثُ أَصَابَ وَٱلشَّيَٰطِينَ كُلَّ بَنَّآءٍۢ وَغَوَّاصٍۢ وَءَاخَرِينَ مُقَرَّنِينَ فِى ٱلْأَصْفَادِ
"This is Our endowment: grace others with it or retain it, without account to render."
هَٰذَا عَطَآؤُنَا فَٱمْنُنْ أَوْ أَمْسِكْ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍۢ
And he surely has, with Us, closeness and a fine place of resort.
وَإِنَّ لَهُۥ عِندَنَا لَزُلْفَىٰ وَحُسْنَ مَـَٔابٍۢ
And remember Our obedient one Ayyub, when he called upon his Guardian: "The Diverter has touched me with fatigue and suffering."
وَٱذْكُرْ عَبْدَنَآ أَيُّوبَ إِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنِّى مَسَّنِىَ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ بِنُصْبٍۢ وَعَذَابٍ
"Run with your foot:
ٱرْكُضْ بِرِجْلِكَ
here is cool water for washing and for drinking."
هَٰذَا مُغْتَسَلٌۢ بَارِدٌۭ وَشَرَابٌۭ
And We bestowed on him his family, and as many again with them, as a benevolence from Us, and as a reminder for the possessors of intelligence.
وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُۥٓ أَهْلَهُۥ وَمِثْلَهُم مَّعَهُمْ رَحْمَةًۭ مِّنَّا وَذِكْرَىٰ لِأُو۟لِى ٱلْأَلْبَٰبِ
"And take in your hand a bundle, and strike with it, and do not break your oath."
وَخُذْ بِيَدِكَ ضِغْثًۭا فَٱضْرِب بِّهِۦ وَلَا تَحْنَثْ
We found him patient,
إِنَّا وَجَدْنَٰهُ صَابِرًۭا
what an excellent obedient one!
نِّعْمَ ٱلْعَبْدُ
He was ever-returning.
إِنَّهُۥٓ أَوَّابٌۭ
And remember Our obedient ones Ibrahim, Ishaq, and Yaacoub, endowed with strength and insight.
وَٱذْكُرْ عِبَٰدَنَآ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَإِسْحَٰقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ أُو۟لِى ٱلْأَيْدِى وَٱلْأَبْصَٰرِ
We refined them with something refined: the remembrance of the Abode.
إِنَّآ أَخْلَصْنَٰهُم بِخَالِصَةٍۢ ذِكْرَى ٱلدَّارِ
And they are surely, with Us, among the chosen, the best.
وَإِنَّهُمْ عِندَنَا لَمِنَ ٱلْمُصْطَفَيْنَ ٱلْأَخْيَارِ
And remember Isma'il, Al-Yasa', and Dhul-Kifl,
وَٱذْكُرْ إِسْمَٰعِيلَ وَٱلْيَسَعَ وَذَا ٱلْكِفْلِ
and each among the best.
وَكُلٌّۭ مِّنَ ٱلْأَخْيَارِ
This is a reminder.
هَٰذَا ذِكْرٌۭ
And those who guard themselves shall surely have a fine place of resort:
وَإِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ لَحُسْنَ مَـَٔابٍۢ
Gardens of permanence, whose gates will be opened for them, reclining therein, calling for abundant savoury fruit and drink.
جَنَّٰتِ عَدْنٍۢ مُّفَتَّحَةًۭ لَّهُمُ ٱلْأَبْوَٰبُ مُتَّكِـِٔينَ فِيهَا يَدْعُونَ فِيهَا بِفَٰكِهَةٍۢ كَثِيرَةٍۢ وَشَرَابٍۢ
And beside them will be companions of reserved gaze, fertile and of shared stock.
وَعِندَهُمْ قَٰصِرَٰتُ ٱلطَّرْفِ أَتْرَابٌ
This is what they are promised for the Day of Reckoning.
هَٰذَا مَا تُوعَدُونَ لِيَوْمِ ٱلْحِسَابِ
This is surely Our provision, which knows no end.
إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَرِزْقُنَا مَا لَهُۥ مِن نَّفَادٍ
So it is. And those who exceed all measure shall surely have the worst place of resort: Jahannam, wherein they will burn,
هَٰذَا وَإِنَّ لِلطَّٰغِينَ لَشَرَّ مَـَٔابٍۢ جَهَنَّمَ يَصْلَوْنَهَا
what an evil bed!
فَبِئْسَ ٱلْمِهَادُ
This — let them taste it: boiling water, and a foul, dark fluid, and others of the same kind, in pairs.
هَٰذَا فَلْيَذُوقُوهُ حَمِيمٌۭ وَغَسَّاقٌۭ وَءَاخَرُ مِن شَكْلِهِۦٓ أَزْوَٰجٌ
"Here is a crowd rushing in with you."
هَٰذَا فَوْجٌۭ مُّقْتَحِمٌۭ مَّعَكُمْ
"No welcome for them!
لَا مَرْحَبًۢا بِهِمْ
They will indeed burn in the Fire."
إِنَّهُمْ صَالُوا۟ ٱلنَّارِ
They will say: "Rather it is you! No welcome for you! It is you who prepared it for us.
قَالُوا۟ بَلْ أَنتُمْ لَا مَرْحَبًۢا بِكُمْ أَنتُمْ قَدَّمْتُمُوهُ لَنَا
What a wretched haven!"
فَبِئْسَ ٱلْقَرَارُ
They will say: "Our Guardian, whoever prepared this for us, give him double punishment in the Fire."
قَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَا مَن قَدَّمَ لَنَا هَٰذَا فَزِدْهُ عَذَابًۭا ضِعْفًۭا فِى ٱلنَّارِ
And they will say: "Why do we not see men we used to number among the wicked?
وَقَالُوا۟ مَا لَنَا لَا نَرَىٰ رِجَالًۭا كُنَّا نَعُدُّهُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَشْرَارِ
Did we take them as objects of scoffing, or have our sights deviated from them?"
أَتَّخَذْنَٰهُمْ سِخْرِيًّا أَمْ زَاغَتْ عَنْهُمُ ٱلْأَبْصَٰرُ
This is surely true: such is the quarrel of the people of the Fire.
إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ لَحَقٌّۭ تَخَاصُمُ أَهْلِ ٱلنَّارِ
Say: "I am only a warner,
قُلْ إِنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ مُنذِرٌۭ
and there is no deity but God, the One, the Subjugator,
وَمَا مِنْ إِلَٰهٍ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ ٱلْوَٰحِدُ ٱلْقَهَّارُ
Guardian of the heavens and the earth and what is between them,
رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا
the All-Powerful, the Great Forgiver."
ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْغَفَّٰرُ
Say: "This is immense Information, from which you turn away:
قُلْ هُوَ نَبَؤٌا۟ عَظِيمٌ أَنتُمْ عَنْهُ مُعْرِضُونَ
I had no knowledge of the sublime court when it quarreled;
مَا كَانَ لِىَ مِنْ عِلْمٍۭ بِٱلْمَلَإِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰٓ إِذْ يَخْتَصِمُونَ
nothing is revealed to me except that I am a clear warner."
إِن يُوحَىٰٓ إِلَىَّ إِلَّآ أَنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ نَذِيرٌۭ مُّبِينٌ
When your Guardian said to the Agents: "I am about to create a human of clay; when I have proportioned him and breathed into him of My Influx, bow before him, prostrating."
إِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ إِنِّى خَٰلِقٌۢ بَشَرًۭا مِّن طِينٍۢ فَإِذَا سَوَّيْتُهُۥ وَنَفَخْتُ فِيهِ مِن رُّوحِى فَقَعُوا۟ لَهُۥ سَٰجِدِينَ
The Agents then prostrated, all together, except Iblis: he grew proud and was among those who disown.
فَسَجَدَ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ كُلُّهُمْ أَجْمَعُونَ إِلَّآ إِبْلِيسَ ٱسْتَكْبَرَ وَكَانَ مِنَ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ
He said: "O Iblis, what prevented you from prostrating before what I created with My own two hands? Did you grow proud, or were you among the exalted?"
قَالَ يَٰٓإِبْلِيسُ مَا مَنَعَكَ أَن تَسْجُدَ لِمَا خَلَقْتُ بِيَدَىَّ أَسْتَكْبَرْتَ أَمْ كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلْعَالِينَ
He said: "I am better than him: You created me from fire, and You created him from clay."
قَالَ أَنَا۠ خَيْرٌۭ مِّنْهُ خَلَقْتَنِى مِن نَّارٍۢ وَخَلَقْتَهُۥ مِن طِينٍۢ
He said: "Then get out of here, for you are banished, and My curse is indeed upon you until the Day of the Due."
قَالَ فَٱخْرُجْ مِنْهَا فَإِنَّكَ رَجِيمٌۭ وَإِنَّ عَلَيْكَ لَعْنَتِىٓ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ
He said: "My Guardian, grant me then a delay until the day they are raised."
قَالَ رَبِّ فَأَنظِرْنِىٓ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ
He said: "You are among those granted a delay, until the day of the known moment."
قَالَ فَإِنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُنظَرِينَ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْوَقْتِ ٱلْمَعْلُومِ
He said: "By Your might, I will surely make them all err, except Your refined obedient ones among them."
قَالَ فَبِعِزَّتِكَ لَأُغْوِيَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ إِلَّا عِبَادَكَ مِنْهُمُ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ
He said: "Here then is the truth — and I speak the truth:
قَالَ فَٱلْحَقُّ وَٱلْحَقَّ أَقُولُ
I will surely fill Jahannam with you and with all of those among them who follow you."
لَأَمْلَأَنَّ جَهَنَّمَ مِنكَ وَمِمَّن تَبِعَكَ مِنْهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ
Say: "I ask you no reward for this, and I am not one of those who pretend to be what they are not.
قُلْ مَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍۢ وَمَآ أَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلْمُتَكَلِّفِينَ
It is only a reminder for all beings,
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌۭ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ
and you will surely know its information after a time."
وَلَتَعْلَمُنَّ نَبَأَهُۥ بَعْدَ حِينٍۭ