Hud
Stand Straight
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
In the name of God, the All-Benevolent, the Benevolent.
Alif. Lam. Ra.
الٓر
A Scripture whose signs have been made unassailable, then detailed, from a Wise, Intimately Acquainted One: "Obey none but God; I am for you, from Him, a warner and a bearer of good tidings; ask forgiveness of your Guardian, then turn back to Him: He will let you enjoy a fine enjoyment until an appointed term, and grant every possessor of favor his favor.
كِتَٰبٌ أُحْكِمَتْ ءَايَٰتُهُۥ ثُمَّ فُصِّلَتْ مِن لَّدُنْ حَكِيمٍ خَبِيرٍ أَلَّا تَعْبُدُوٓا۟ إِلَّا ٱللَّهَ إِنَّنِى لَكُم مِّنْهُ نَذِيرٌۭ وَبَشِيرٌۭ وَأَنِ ٱسْتَغْفِرُوا۟ رَبَّكُمْ ثُمَّ تُوبُوٓا۟ إِلَيْهِ يُمَتِّعْكُم مَّتَٰعًا حَسَنًا إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٍۢ مُّسَمًّۭى وَيُؤْتِ كُلَّ ذِى فَضْلٍۢ فَضْلَهُۥ
But if you turn your backs, I indeed fear for you the punishment of a great day."
وَإِن تَوَلَّوْا۟ فَإِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍۢ كَبِيرٍ
To God is your return,
إِلَى ٱللَّهِ مَرْجِعُكُمْ
and He is capable of all things.
وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ قَدِيرٌ
Is it not that they fold their chests to hide from Him?
أَلَآ إِنَّهُمْ يَثْنُونَ صُدُورَهُمْ لِيَسْتَخْفُوا۟ مِنْهُ
Is it not that, when they cover themselves with their clothes, He knows what they keep secret and what they disclose?
أَلَا حِينَ يَسْتَغْشُونَ ثِيَابَهُمْ يَعْلَمُ مَا يُسِرُّونَ وَمَا يُعْلِنُونَ
He is All-Knowing of what the chests contain.
إِنَّهُۥ عَلِيمٌۢ بِذَاتِ ٱلصُّدُورِ
There is no living being on earth whose provision does not fall to God; He knows its haven and its repository:
وَمَا مِن دَآبَّةٍۢ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ إِلَّا عَلَى ٱللَّهِ رِزْقُهَا وَيَعْلَمُ مُسْتَقَرَّهَا وَمُسْتَوْدَعَهَا
everything is in an explicit register.
كُلٌّۭ فِى كِتَٰبٍۢ مُّبِينٍۢ
And it is He who created the heavens and the earth in six days, while His Edifice was founded upon the water, so as to test you: which of you acts best.
وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ فِى سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍۢ وَكَانَ عَرْشُهُۥ عَلَى ٱلْمَآءِ لِيَبْلُوَكُمْ أَيُّكُمْ أَحْسَنُ عَمَلًۭا
And if you say: "You will be raised after death," those who disown will surely say: "This is nothing but a manifest illusion."
وَلَئِن قُلْتَ إِنَّكُم مَّبْعُوثُونَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ ٱلْمَوْتِ لَيَقُولَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌۭ مُّبِينٌۭ
And if We delay for them the punishment until a numbered term, they will surely say: "What holds it in suspense?"
وَلَئِنْ أَخَّرْنَا عَنْهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابَ إِلَىٰٓ أُمَّةٍۢ مَّعْدُودَةٍۢ لَّيَقُولُنَّ مَا يَحْبِسُهُۥٓ
Is it not that, the day it comes to them, it will not be turned away from them,
أَلَا يَوْمَ يَأْتِيهِمْ لَيْسَ مَصْرُوفًا عَنْهُمْ
and what they used to mock will envelop them.
وَحَاقَ بِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ
And if We let the human being taste a benevolence from Us, then pull it away from him, he surely becomes hopeless, a great disowner.
وَلَئِنْ أَذَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مِنَّا رَحْمَةًۭ ثُمَّ نَزَعْنَٰهَا مِنْهُ إِنَّهُۥ لَيَـُٔوسٌۭ كَفُورٌۭ
And if We let him taste a blessing after hardship has touched him, he will surely say: "The bad deeds have departed from me":
وَلَئِنْ أَذَقْنَٰهُ نَعْمَآءَ بَعْدَ ضَرَّآءَ مَسَّتْهُ لَيَقُولَنَّ ذَهَبَ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتُ عَنِّىٓ
he surely becomes joyful, boastful.
إِنَّهُۥ لَفَرِحٌۭ فَخُورٌ
Except those who were patient and did sound deeds: those will have forgiveness and a great reward.
إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ صَبَرُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ لَهُم مَّغْفِرَةٌۭ وَأَجْرٌۭ كَبِيرٌۭ
Perhaps you will leave part of what is revealed to you, and your chest will tighten because of it, since they say: "Why has a treasure not been sent down upon him, or why does an Agent not come with him!"
فَلَعَلَّكَ تَارِكٌۢ بَعْضَ مَا يُوحَىٰٓ إِلَيْكَ وَضَآئِقٌۢ بِهِۦ صَدْرُكَ أَن يَقُولُوا۟ لَوْلَآ أُنزِلَ عَلَيْهِ كَنزٌ أَوْ جَآءَ مَعَهُۥ مَلَكٌ
You are, yourself, only a warner;
إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ نَذِيرٌۭ
and God is, over everything, a trustee.
وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ وَكِيلٌ
Or will they say: "He has invented it"?
أَمْ يَقُولُونَ ٱفْتَرَىٰهُ
Say: "Then bring ten invented surahs like it, and call upon whomever you can, besides God, if you are veracious."
قُلْ فَأْتُوا۟ بِعَشْرِ سُوَرٍۢ مِّثْلِهِۦ مُفْتَرَيَٰتٍۢ وَٱدْعُوا۟ مَنِ ٱسْتَطَعْتُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ
If they do not answer you, then know that it has been sent down only with God's knowledge, and that there is no deity but Him.
فَإِلَّمْ يَسْتَجِيبُوا۟ لَكُمْ فَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّمَآ أُنزِلَ بِعِلْمِ ٱللَّهِ وَأَن لَّآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ
Will you then be true to God alone?
فَهَلْ أَنتُم مُّسْلِمُونَ
Whoever wants the present life and its adornment, We faithfully repay him for his works therein, and he will not be shortchanged in it:
مَن كَانَ يُرِيدُ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَزِينَتَهَا نُوَفِّ إِلَيْهِمْ أَعْمَٰلَهُمْ فِيهَا وَهُمْ فِيهَا لَا يُبْخَسُونَ
those are the ones who will have, in the last life, nothing but the Fire;
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُمْ فِى ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ إِلَّا ٱلنَّارُ
what they did therein will have collapsed,
وَحَبِطَ مَا صَنَعُوا۟ فِيهَا
and vain will be what they were doing.
وَبَٰطِلٌۭ مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ
Is he who relies on a clear proof from his Guardian, with a witness from Him coming in his wake?
أَفَمَن كَانَ عَلَىٰ بَيِّنَةٍۢ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ وَيَتْلُوهُ شَاهِدٌۭ مِّنْهُ
And before him, the Scripture of Moussa, as a reference and a benevolence.
وَمِن قَبْلِهِۦ كِتَٰبُ مُوسَىٰٓ إِمَامًۭا وَرَحْمَةً
Those are the ones who believe in it.
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِۦ
And whoever among the parties disowns it has the Fire as his appointment:
وَمَن يَكْفُرْ بِهِۦ مِنَ ٱلْأَحْزَابِ فَٱلنَّارُ مَوْعِدُهُۥ
So do not contend about it:
فَلَا تَكُ فِى مِرْيَةٍۢ مِّنْهُ
it is indeed the truth from your Guardian, but most men do not believe.
إِنَّهُ ٱلْحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّكَ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ
And who does more wrong than one who invents a lie against God?
وَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ ٱفْتَرَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا
Those are the ones who will be presented before their Guardian, and the witnesses will say: "These are the ones who lied against their Guardian!"
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ يُعْرَضُونَ عَلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ وَيَقُولُ ٱلْأَشْهَٰدُ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَبُوا۟ عَلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ
Is it not that God's curse falls upon the wrongdoers, those who bar from God's way and seek to make it crooked, and who disown the last life?
أَلَا لَعْنَةُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَى ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَصُدُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَيَبْغُونَهَا عِوَجًۭا وَهُم بِٱلْءَاخِرَةِ هُمْ كَٰفِرُونَ
Those are the ones who, on earth, will not be able to render Him powerless, and who will have, besides God, no ally:
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ لَمْ يَكُونُوا۟ مُعْجِزِينَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا كَانَ لَهُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مِنْ أَوْلِيَآءَ
the punishment will be doubled for them.
يُضَعَّفُ لَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ
They could neither hear, nor see clearly.
مَا كَانُوا۟ يَسْتَطِيعُونَ ٱلسَّمْعَ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ يُبْصِرُونَ
Those are the ones who have caused the loss of their Selves, and what they invented has strayed away from them.
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ خَسِرُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَضَلَّ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَفْتَرُونَ
There is no doubt that, in the last life, they are the greatest losers.
لَا جَرَمَ أَنَّهُمْ فِى ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ هُمُ ٱلْأَخْسَرُونَ
Those who have believed, done sound deeds, and lowered themselves before their Guardian: those are the companions of the Garden,
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ وَأَخْبَتُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْجَنَّةِ
wherein they will abide eternally.
هُمْ فِيهَا خَٰلِدُونَ
The example of the two fractions is like the blind and the deaf, and the seeing and the hearing:
مَثَلُ ٱلْفَرِيقَيْنِ كَٱلْأَعْمَىٰ وَٱلْأَصَمِّ وَٱلْبَصِيرِ وَٱلسَّمِيعِ
are they equal in example?
هَلْ يَسْتَوِيَانِ مَثَلًا
Will you not then remember?
أَفَلَا تَذَّكَّرُونَ
We have indeed sent Nuh to his people:
وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِۦٓ
"I am for you a clear warner:
أَنِّي لَكُمْ نَذِيرٌۭ مُّبِينٌ
obey none but God;
أَن لَّا تَعْبُدُوٓا۟ إِلَّا ٱللَّهَ
I indeed fear for you the punishment of a painful day."
إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ أَلِيمٍۢ
The court of those who disowned, among his people, said: "We see you only as a human like us, and we see that only those who are, among us, the lowliest, followed you, at first glance.
فَقَالَ ٱلْمَلَأُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِن قَوْمِهِۦ مَا نَرَىٰكَ إِلَّا بَشَرًۭا مِّثْلَنَا وَمَا نَرَىٰكَ ٱتَّبَعَكَ إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ أَرَاذِلُنَا بَادِىَ ٱلرَّأْىِ
And we see in you no favor over us; we rather presume you to be liars."
وَمَا نَرَىٰ لَكُمْ عَلَيْنَا مِن فَضْلٍۭ بَلْ نَظُنُّكُمْ كَٰذِبِينَ
He said: "O my people, do you see? If I rely on a clear proof from my Guardian, and He has granted me a benevolence from Him, and it has become obscured for you, shall we impose it upon you while you are averse to it?
قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ أَرَءَيْتُمْ إِن كُنتُ عَلَىٰ بَيِّنَةٍۢ مِّن رَّبِّى وَءَاتَىٰنِى رَحْمَةًۭ مِّنْ عِندِهِۦ فَعَمِيَتۡ عَلَيْكُمْ أَنُلْزِمُكُمُوهَا وَأَنتُمْ لَهَا كَٰرِهُونَ
O my people, I do not ask you for any goods for this:
وَيَٰقَوْمِ لَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مَالًا
my reward is incumbent only upon God.
إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَى ٱللَّهِ
And I am not of those who chase away those who believe: they will indeed meet their Guardian;
وَمَآ أَنَا۠ بِطَارِدِ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِنَّهُم مُّلَٰقُوا۟ رَبِّهِمْ
but I see you to be an ignorant people.
وَلَٰكِنِّىٓ أَرَىٰكُمْ قَوْمًۭا تَجْهَلُونَ
O my people, who would help me against God, if I chased them away?
وَيَٰقَوْمِ مَن يَنصُرُنِى مِنَ ٱللَّهِ إِن طَرَدتُّهُمْ
Will you not then remember?
أَفَلَا تَذَّكَّرُونَ
And I do not tell you that I hold God's treasuries, nor that I know what escapes the senses, nor that I am an Agent;
وَلَآ أَقُولُ لَكُمْ عِندِى خَزَآئِنُ ٱللَّهِ وَلَآ أَعْلَمُ ٱلْغَيْبَ وَلَآ أَقُولُ إِنِّى مَلَكٌۭ
and I do not say, of those your eyes hold in contempt, that God will grant them no good:
وَلَآ أَقُولُ لِلَّذِينَ تَزْدَرِىٓ أَعْيُنُكُمْ لَن يُؤْتِيَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ خَيْرًا
God knows best what is in their Selves.
ٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا فِىٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ
I would then surely be among the wrongdoers."
إِنِّىٓ إِذًۭا لَّمِنَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ
They said: "O Nuh, you have indeed argued with us, and abounded in arguing; bring us then what you promise us, if you are among the veracious."
قَالُوا۟ يَٰنُوحُ قَدْ جَٰدَلْتَنَا فَأَكْثَرْتَ جِدَٰلَنَا فَأْتِنَا بِمَا تَعِدُنَآ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ
He said: "It is God alone who will bring it to you, if He wills, and you will not be able to render Him powerless.
قَالَ إِنَّمَا يَأْتِيكُم بِهِ ٱللَّهُ إِن شَآءَ وَمَآ أَنتُم بِمُعْجِزِينَ
And my counsel will be of no use to you, even were I to wish to counsel you, if God wants to make you err:
وَلَا يَنفَعُكُمْ نُصْحِىٓ إِنْ أَرَدتُّ أَنْ أَنصَحَ لَكُمْ إِن كَانَ ٱللَّهُ يُرِيدُ أَن يُغْوِيَكُمْ
He is your Guardian,
هُوَ رَبُّكُمْ
and to Him you will be returned."
وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ
Or will they say: "He has invented it"?
أَمْ يَقُولُونَ ٱفْتَرَىٰهُ
Say: "If I have invented it, then my own severance falls upon me, and I am quit of your severance."
قُلْ إِنِ ٱفْتَرَيْتُهُۥ فَعَلَىَّ إِجْرَامِى وَأَنَا۠ بَرِىٓءٌۭ مِّمَّا تُجْرِمُونَ
And it was revealed to Nuh that none of your people will believe anymore, except those who have already believed:
وَأُوحِىَ إِلَىٰ نُوحٍ أَنَّهُۥ لَن يُؤْمِنَ مِن قَوْمِكَ إِلَّا مَن قَدْ ءَامَنَ
so do not grieve over what they were doing.
فَلَا تَبْتَئِسْ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْعَلُونَ
And craft the vessel, under Our eyes and by Our revelation,
وَٱصْنَعِ ٱلْفُلْكَ بِأَعْيُنِنَا وَوَحْيِنَا
and do not address Me about those who have done wrong: they will indeed be drowned.
وَلَا تُخَٰطِبْنِى فِى ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوٓا۟ إِنَّهُم مُّغْرَقُونَ
He was crafting the vessel; and every time a court of his people passed by him, it scoffed at him.
وَيَصْنَعُ ٱلْفُلْكَ وَكُلَّمَا مَرَّ عَلَيْهِ مَلَأٌۭ مِّن قَوْمِهِۦ سَخِرُوا۟ مِنْهُ
He said: "If you scoff at us, we will indeed scoff at you as you scoff."
قَالَ إِن تَسْخَرُوا۟ مِنَّا فَإِنَّا نَسْخَرُ مِنكُمْ كَمَا تَسْخَرُونَ
You will soon know to whom a punishment will come that disgraces him, and upon whom a lasting punishment will fall.
فَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ مَن يَأْتِيهِ عَذَابٌۭ يُخْزِيهِ وَيَحِلُّ عَلَيْهِ عَذَابٌۭ مُّقِيمٌ
Until, when Our command came and the oven began to boil over, We said: "Carry into it, of every kind, two elements of a pair, and your family, except him against whom the saying has already preceded, and those who have believed."
حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَ أَمْرُنَا وَفَارَ ٱلتَّنُّورُ قُلْنَا ٱحْمِلْ فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ زَوْجَيْنِ ٱثْنَيْنِ وَأَهْلَكَ إِلَّا مَن سَبَقَ عَلَيْهِ ٱلْقَوْلُ وَمَنْ ءَامَنَ
And only a few had believed with him.
وَمَآ ءَامَنَ مَعَهُۥٓ إِلَّا قَلِيلٌۭ
And he said: "Embark therein: in the name of God be its course and its mooring.
وَقَالَ ٱرْكَبُوا۟ فِيهَا بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ مُجۡرَىٰهَا وَمُرْسَىٰهَآ
My Guardian is surely Most-Forgiving, Benevolent."
إِنَّ رَبِّى لَغَفُورٌۭ رَّحِيمٌۭ
And it sailed with them amid waves like mountains.
وَهِىَ تَجْرِى بِهِمْ فِى مَوْجٍۢ كَٱلْجِبَالِ
And Nuh called his son, who stood apart: "O my little one, embark with us, and do not be with those who disown."
وَنَادَىٰ نُوحٌ ٱبْنَهُۥ وَكَانَ فِى مَعْزِلٍۢ يَٰبُنَيِّ ٱرْكَب مَّعَنَا وَلَا تَكُن مَّعَ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ
He said: "I shall take refuge on a mountain, which will safeguard me from the water."
قَالَ سَـَٔاوِىٓ إِلَىٰ جَبَلٍۢ يَعْصِمُنِى مِنَ ٱلْمَآءِ
He said: "There is no safeguard today against God's command, except for him to whom He shows benevolence."
قَالَ لَا عَاصِمَ ٱلْيَوْمَ مِنْ أَمْرِ ٱللَّهِ إِلَّا مَن رَّحِمَ
And the wave intervened between them, and he was among the drowned.
وَحَالَ بَيْنَهُمَا ٱلْمَوْجُ فَكَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُغْرَقِينَ
And it was said: "O earth, swallow your water! O sky, hold back!"
وَقِيلَ يَٰٓأَرْضُ ٱبْلَعِى مَآءَكِ وَيَٰسَمَآءُ أَقْلِعِى
And the water subsided, the matter was decided, and it established itself on al-Judi.
وَغِيضَ ٱلْمَآءُ وَقُضِىَ ٱلْأَمْرُ وَٱسْتَوَتْ عَلَى ٱلْجُودِىِّ
And it was said: "Far removed be the wrongdoing people!"
وَقِيلَ بُعْدًۭا لِّلْقَوْمِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ
And Nuh called upon his Guardian and said: "My Guardian, my son is indeed of my family, and Your promise is truth,
وَنَادَىٰ نُوحٌۭ رَّبَّهُۥ فَقَالَ رَبِّ إِنَّ ٱبْنِى مِنْ أَهْلِى وَإِنَّ وَعْدَكَ ٱلْحَقُّ
and You are the most just of judges."
وَأَنتَ أَحْكَمُ ٱلْحَٰكِمِينَ
He said: "O Nuh, he is indeed not of your family:
قَالَ يَٰنُوحُ إِنَّهُۥ لَيْسَ مِنْ أَهْلِكَ
it is an unsound deed.
إِنَّهُۥ عَمَلٌ غَيْرُ صَٰلِحٍۢ
So do not ask Me about what you have no knowledge of:
فَلَا تَسۡـَٔلَنَّ مَا لَيْسَ لَكَ بِهِۦ عِلْمٌ
I exhort you not to be among the ignorant."
إِنِّىٓ أَعِظُكَ أَن تَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْجَٰهِلِينَ
He said: "My Guardian, I indeed take refuge with You from asking You about what I have no knowledge of,
قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّىٓ أَعُوذُ بِكَ أَنْ أَسْـَٔلَكَ مَا لَيْسَ لِى بِهِۦ عِلْمٌۭ
and if You do not forgive me and show me benevolence, I will be among the losers."
وَإِلَّا تَغْفِرْ لِى وَتَرْحَمْنِىٓ أَكُن مِّنَ ٱلْخَٰسِرِينَ
It was said: "O Nuh, descend with a peace from Us, and blessings upon you and upon communities from those who are with you;
قِيلَ يَٰنُوحُ ٱهْبِطْ بِسَلَٰمٍۢ مِّنَّا وَبَرَكَٰتٍ عَلَيْكَ وَعَلَىٰٓ أُمَمٍۢ مِّمَّن مَّعَكَ
and there are communities that We shall let enjoy, then a painful punishment from Us will touch them."
وَأُمَمٌۭ سَنُمَتِّعُهُمْ ثُمَّ يَمَسُّهُم مِّنَّا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌۭ
Those are pieces of information about what escapes the senses, which We reveal to you:
تِلْكَ مِنْ أَنۢبَآءِ ٱلْغَيْبِ نُوحِيهَآ إِلَيْكَ
you did not know them, neither you nor your people, before this.
مَا كُنتَ تَعْلَمُهَآ أَنتَ وَلَا قَوْمُكَ مِن قَبْلِ هَٰذَا
So be patient:
فَٱصْبِرْ
the outcome indeed belongs to those who guard themselves.
إِنَّ ٱلْعَٰقِبَةَ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ
And to the Aad, their brother Hud:
وَإِلَىٰ عَادٍ أَخَاهُمْ هُودًۭا
he said: "O my people, obey God: you have no other deity than Him;
قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَٰهٍ غَيْرُهُۥٓ
you are only inventors."
إِنْ أَنتُمْ إِلَّا مُفْتَرُونَ
O my people, I do not ask you for any reward for this:
يَٰقَوْمِ لَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ أَجْرًا
my reward is incumbent only upon Him who originated me.
إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَى ٱلَّذِى فَطَرَنِىٓ
Will you not then reason?
أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ
O my people, ask forgiveness of your Guardian, then turn back to Him: He will send upon you the sky in copious streams, and add strength to your strength; and do not turn your backs as severed."
وَيَٰقَوْمِ ٱسْتَغْفِرُوا۟ رَبَّكُمْ ثُمَّ تُوبُوٓا۟ إِلَيْهِ يُرْسِلِ ٱلسَّمَآءَ عَلَيْكُم مِّدْرَارًۭا وَيَزِدْكُمْ قُوَّةً إِلَىٰ قُوَّتِكُمْ وَلَا تَتَوَلَّوْا۟ مُجْرِمِينَ
They said: "O Hud, you have not brought us a clear proof, and we will not leave our deities on your saying, and we do not give you credit.
قَالُوا۟ يَٰهُودُ مَا جِئْتَنَا بِبَيِّنَةٍۢ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِتَارِكِىٓ ءَالِهَتِنَا عَن قَوْلِكَ وَمَا نَحْنُ لَكَ بِمُؤْمِنِينَ
We only say that one of our deities has struck you with evil."
إِن نَّقُولُ إِلَّا ٱعْتَرَىٰكَ بَعْضُ ءَالِهَتِنَا بِسُوٓءٍۢ
He said: "I indeed call God to witness,
قَالَ إِنِّىٓ أُشْهِدُ ٱللَّهَ
and bear witness that I am quit of what you associate besides Him:
وَٱشْهَدُوٓا۟ أَنِّى بَرِىٓءٌۭ مِّمَّا تُشْرِكُونَ مِن دُونِهِۦ
so scheme against me all together, and grant me no delay.
فَكِيدُونِى جَمِيعًۭا ثُمَّ لَا تُنظِرُونِ
I indeed rely upon God, my Guardian and yours:
إِنِّى تَوَكَّلْتُ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ رَبِّى وَرَبِّكُم
there is no living being that He does not hold by the forelock.
مَّا مِن دَآبَّةٍ إِلَّا هُوَ ءَاخِذٌۢ بِنَاصِيَتِهَآ
My Guardian is upon a straight path.
إِنَّ رَبِّى عَلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍۢ مُّسْتَقِيمٍۢ
If you turn your backs, I have already conveyed to you that with which I was sent to you;
فَإِن تَوَلَّوْا۟ فَقَدْ أَبْلَغْتُكُم مَّآ أُرْسِلْتُ بِهِۦٓ إِلَيْكُمْ
and my Guardian will substitute in your place another people, without your harming Him in anything:
وَيَسْتَخْلِفُ رَبِّى قَوْمًا غَيْرَكُمْ وَلَا تَضُرُّونَهُۥ شَيْـًٔا
my Guardian indeed preserves everything."
إِنَّ رَبِّى عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ حَفِيظٌۭ
And when Our command came, We saved Hud and those who had believed with him, by a benevolence from Us, and We saved them from a harsh punishment.
وَلَمَّا جَآءَ أَمْرُنَا نَجَّيْنَا هُودًۭا وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مَعَهُۥ بِرَحْمَةٍۢ مِّنَّا وَنَجَّيْنَٰهُم مِّنْ عَذَابٍ غَلِيظٍۢ
And such were the Aad: they stubbornly rejected the signs of their Guardian, disobeyed His messengers, and followed the command of every obstinate tyrant.
وَتِلْكَ عَادٌۭ جَحَدُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِ رَبِّهِمْ وَعَصَوْا۟ رُسُلَهُۥ وَٱتَّبَعُوٓا۟ أَمْرَ كُلِّ جَبَّارٍ عَنِيدٍۢ
And they were pursued, in the present life, by a curse, and on the Day of Appearance too:
وَأُتْبِعُوا۟ فِى هَٰذِهِ ٱلدُّنْيَا لَعْنَةًۭ وَيَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ
Is it not that the Aad disowned their Guardian?
أَلَآ إِنَّ عَادًۭا كَفَرُوا۟ رَبَّهُمْ
Far removed be the Aad, the people of Hud!
أَلَا بُعْدًۭا لِّعَادٍۢ قَوْمِ هُودٍۢ
And to the Thamud, their brother Salih:
وَإِلَىٰ ثَمُودَ أَخَاهُمْ صَٰلِحًۭا
he said: "O my people, obey God: you have no other deity than Him.
قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَٰهٍ غَيْرُهُۥ
It is He who brought you into being from the earth and made you live long therein: so ask His forgiveness, then turn back to Him:
هُوَ أَنشَأَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَٱسْتَعْمَرَكُمْ فِيهَا فَٱسْتَغْفِرُوهُ ثُمَّ تُوبُوٓا۟ إِلَيْهِ
my Guardian is indeed near, and He answers."
إِنَّ رَبِّى قَرِيبٌۭ مُّجِيبٌۭ
They said: "O Salih, you were among us a hope before this; do you forbid us to obey what our ancestors obeyed? We are surely in a troubling doubt about what you call us to."
قَالُوا۟ يَٰصَٰلِحُ قَدْ كُنتَ فِينَا مَرْجُوًّۭا قَبْلَ هَٰذَآ أَتَنْهَىٰنَآ أَن نَّعْبُدَ مَا يَعْبُدُ ءَابَآؤُنَا وَإِنَّنَا لَفِى شَكٍّۢ مِّمَّا تَدْعُونَآ إِلَيْهِ مُرِيبٍۢ
He said: "O my people, do you see? If I rely on a clear proof from my Guardian, and He has granted me, from Him, a benevolence, who then would help me against God if I disobeyed Him?
قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ أَرَءَيْتُمْ إِن كُنتُ عَلَىٰ بَيِّنَةٍۢ مِّن رَّبِّى وَءَاتَىٰنِى مِنْهُ رَحْمَةًۭ فَمَن يَنصُرُنِى مِنَ ٱللَّهِ إِنْ عَصَيْتُهُۥ
You would then only increase my loss.
فَمَا تَزِيدُونَنِى غَيْرَ تَخْسِيرٍۢ
O my people, this is the she-camel of God, a sign for you:
وَيَٰقَوْمِ هَٰذِهِۦ نَاقَةُ ٱللَّهِ لَكُمْ ءَايَةًۭ
so let her be, that she may eat on God's earth,
فَذَرُوهَا تَأْكُلْ فِىٓ أَرْضِ ٱللَّهِ
and touch her with no evil, or a near punishment will seize you."
وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوٓءٍۢ فَيَأْخُذَكُمْ عَذَابٌۭ قَرِيبٌۭ
But they hamstrung her. He then said: "Enjoy yourselves in your abode for three days:
فَعَقَرُوهَا فَقَالَ تَمَتَّعُوا۟ فِى دَارِكُمْ ثَلَٰثَةَ أَيَّامٍۢ
that is a promise that will not be belied."
ذَٰلِكَ وَعْدٌ غَيْرُ مَكْذُوبٍۢ
When Our command came, We saved Salih and those who had believed with him, by a benevolence from Us, and from the disgrace of that day.
فَلَمَّا جَآءَ أَمْرُنَا نَجَّيْنَا صَٰلِحًۭا وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مَعَهُۥ بِرَحْمَةٍۢ مِّنَّا وَمِنْ خِزْىِ يَوْمِئِذٍ
Your Guardian is indeed the Strong, the All-Powerful.
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ ٱلْقَوِىُّ ٱلْعَزِيزُ
And the Cry seized those who had done wrong, so that they found themselves, in their abodes, lying, still, as if they had never dwelt there.
وَأَخَذَ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ فِى دِيَٰرِهِمْ جَٰثِمِينَ كَأَن لَّمْ يَغْنَوْا۟ فِيهَآ
Is it not that the Thamud disowned their Guardian?
أَلَآ إِنَّ ثَمُودٗا كَفَرُوا۟ رَبَّهُمْ
Far removed be the Thamud!
أَلَا بُعْدًۭا لِّثَمُودَ
And Our messengers indeed came to Ibrahim with the good tidings: they said: "Peace!"
وَلَقَدْ جَآءَتْ رُسُلُنَآ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ بِٱلْبُشْرَىٰ قَالُوا۟ سَلَٰمًۭا
He said: "Peace!"
قَالَ سَلَٰمٌۭ
and he did not delay in bringing a roasted calf.
فَمَا لَبِثَ أَن جَآءَ بِعِجْلٍ حَنِيذٍۢ
But when he saw that their hands did not reach it, he found them strange and felt a fear of them.
فَلَمَّا رَءَآ أَيْدِيَهُمْ لَا تَصِلُ إِلَيْهِ نَكِرَهُمْ وَأَوْجَسَ مِنْهُمْ خِيفَةًۭ
They said: "Do not fear:
قَالُوا۟ لَا تَخَفْ
we are sent to the people of Lut."
إِنَّآ أُرْسِلْنَآ إِلَىٰ قَوْمِ لُوطٍۢ
And his wife, standing, began to laugh;
وَٱمْرَأَتُهُۥ قَآئِمَةٌۭ فَضَحِكَتْ
We then gave her the glad tidings of Ishaq,
فَبَشَّرْنَٰهَا بِإِسْحَٰقَ
and, after Ishaq, Yaacoub.
وَمِن وَرَآءِ إِسْحَٰقَ يَعۡقُوبُ
She said: "Woe is me! Shall I bear a child, when I am old, and here is my husband, an old man?
قَالَتْ يَٰوَيْلَتَىٰٓ ءَأَلِدُ وَأَنَا۠ عَجُوزٌۭ وَهَٰذَا بَعْلِى شَيْخًا
That is surely an astonishing thing!"
إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَشَىْءٌ عَجِيبٌۭ
They said: "Do you marvel at God's command?
قَالُوٓا۟ أَتَعْجَبِينَ مِنْ أَمْرِ ٱللَّهِ
God's benevolence and His blessings be upon you, people of the house!
رَحْمَتُ ٱللَّهِ وَبَرَكَٰتُهُۥ عَلَيْكُمْ أَهْلَ ٱلْبَيْتِ
He is indeed Praiseworthy, full of glory."
إِنَّهُۥ حَمِيدٌۭ مَّجِيدٌۭ
When the alarm had left Ibrahim and the good tidings had come to him, he began to argue with Us about the people of Lut:
فَلَمَّا ذَهَبَ عَنْ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ ٱلرَّوْعُ وَجَآءَتْهُ ٱلْبُشْرَىٰ يُجَٰدِلُنَا فِى قَوْمِ لُوطٍ
Ibrahim is surely forbearing, full of sighs, ever having recourse to Him.
إِنَّ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ لَحَلِيمٌ أَوَّٰهٌۭ مُّنِيبٌۭ
"O Ibrahim, turn away from this:
يَٰٓإِبْرَٰهِيمُ أَعْرِضْ عَنْ هَٰذَآ
the command of your Guardian has already come,
إِنَّهُۥ قَدْ جَآءَ أَمْرُ رَبِّكَ
and a punishment that cannot be turned back indeed comes to them."
وَإِنَّهُمْ ءَاتِيهِمْ عَذَابٌ غَيْرُ مَرْدُودٍۢ
And when Our messengers came to Lut, their coming vexed him, and he felt helpless on their account, and said: "This is a hard day."
وَلَمَّا جَآءَتْ رُسُلُنَا لُوطًۭا سِىٓءَ بِهِمْ وَضَاقَ بِهِمْ ذَرْعًۭا وَقَالَ هَٰذَا يَوْمٌ عَصِيبٌۭ
And his people came to him, rushing, though they had previously been committing evil deeds.
وَجَآءَهُۥ قَوْمُهُۥ يُهْرَعُونَ إِلَيْهِ وَمِن قَبْلُ كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ
He said: "O my people, here are my daughters: they are cleaner for you; so guard yourselves toward God, and do not disgrace me concerning my guests:
قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ بَنَاتِى هُنَّ أَطْهَرُ لَكُمْ فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَلَا تُخْزُونِ فِى ضَيْفِىٓ
is there not among you a well-advised man?"
أَلَيْسَ مِنكُمْ رَجُلٌۭ رَّشِيدٌۭ
They said: "You already know what right we have over your daughters, and you surely know what we want."
قَالُوا۟ لَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ مَا لَنَا فِى بَنَاتِكَ مِنْ حَقٍّۢ وَإِنَّكَ لَتَعْلَمُ مَا نُرِيدُ
He said: "Would that I had some strength against you, or could take refuge in a strong support!"
قَالَ لَوْ أَنَّ لِى بِكُمْ قُوَّةً أَوْ ءَاوِىٓ إِلَىٰ رُكْنٍۢ شَدِيدٍۢ
They said: "O Lut, we are indeed the messengers of your Guardian: they will never reach you.
قَالُوا۟ يَٰلُوطُ إِنَّا رُسُلُ رَبِّكَ لَن يَصِلُوٓا۟ إِلَيْكَ
So depart with your family, at a time of the night, and let none of you turn around, except your wife.
فَٱسۡرِ بِأَهْلِكَ بِقِطْعٍۢ مِّنَ ٱلَّيْلِ وَلَا يَلْتَفِتْ مِنكُمْ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا ٱمۡرَأَتُكَ
What strikes them will also strike her.
إِنَّهُۥ مُصِيبُهَا مَآ أَصَابَهُمْ
Their appointment is the morning:
إِنَّ مَوْعِدَهُمُ ٱلصُّبْحُ
is the morning not near?"
أَلَيْسَ ٱلصُّبْحُ بِقَرِيبٍۢ
When Our command came, We made its top its bottom, and rained upon it stones of formed clay, layered, marked with your Guardian:
فَلَمَّا جَآءَ أَمْرُنَا جَعَلْنَا عَٰلِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهَا حِجَارَةًۭ مِّن سِجِّيلٍۢ مَّنضُودٍۢ مُّسَوَّمَةً عِندَ رَبِّكَ
and it is not far from the wrongdoers.
وَمَا هِىَ مِنَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ بِبَعِيدٍۢ
And to Madyan, their brother Shu'ayb:
وَإِلَىٰ مَدْيَنَ أَخَاهُمْ شُعَيْبًۭا
he said: "O my people, obey God: you have no other deity than Him,
قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَٰهٍ غَيْرُهُۥ
and do not diminish the measure nor the balance.
وَلَا تَنقُصُوا۟ ٱلْمِكْيَالَ وَٱلْمِيزَانَ
I indeed see you in prosperity, and I fear for you the punishment of an encompassing day.
إِنِّىٓ أَرَىٰكُم بِخَيْرٍۢ وَإِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍۢ مُّحِيطٍۢ
O my people, give the measure and the balance faithfully, with equity,
وَيَٰقَوْمِ أَوْفُوا۟ ٱلْمِكْيَالَ وَٱلْمِيزَانَ بِٱلْقِسْطِ
and do not shortchange men in their things, and do not spread disorder on the earth as corrupters.
وَلَا تَبْخَسُوا۟ ٱلنَّاسَ أَشْيَآءَهُمْ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ
What remains with God is better for you, if you are believers;
بَقِيَّتُ ٱللَّهِ خَيْرٌۭ لَّكُمْ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ
and I am not, over you, a preserver.
وَمَآ أَنَا۠ عَلَيْكُم بِحَفِيظٍۢ
They said: "O Shu'ayb, does your Contact command you that we leave what our ancestors obeyed, or that we stop doing with our goods what we wish?
قَالُوا۟ يَٰشُعَيْبُ أَصَلَوَٰتُكَ تَأْمُرُكَ أَن نَّتْرُكَ مَا يَعْبُدُ ءَابَآؤُنَآ أَوْ أَن نَّفْعَلَ فِىٓ أَمْوَٰلِنَا مَا نَشَٰٓؤُا۟
You are surely, yourself, the forbearing, the well-advised one!"
إِنَّكَ لَأَنتَ ٱلْحَلِيمُ ٱلرَّشِيدُ
He said: "O my people, do you see? If I rely on a clear proof from my Guardian, and He has provided me, from Him, with a fine provision...
قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ أَرَءَيْتُمْ إِن كُنتُ عَلَىٰ بَيِّنَةٍۢ مِّن رَّبِّى وَرَزَقَنِى مِنْهُ رِزْقًا حَسَنًۭا
And I do not want to contradict you by doing myself what I forbid you:
وَمَآ أُرِيدُ أَنْ أُخَالِفَكُمْ إِلَىٰ مَآ أَنْهَىٰكُمْ عَنْهُ
I only want to make things sound, as much as I can;
إِنْ أُرِيدُ إِلَّا ٱلْإِصْلَٰحَ مَا ٱسْتَطَعْتُ
and my success rests only with God:
وَمَا تَوْفِيقِىٓ إِلَّا بِٱللَّهِ
upon Him I rely,
عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ
and to Him I have recourse.
وَإِلَيْهِ أُنِيبُ
O my people, let not your rupture with me cause what struck the people of Nuh, or the people of Hud, or the people of Salih, to strike you;
وَيَٰقَوْمِ لَا يَجْرِمَنَّكُمْ شِقَاقِىٓ أَن يُصِيبَكُم مِّثْلُ مَآ أَصَابَ قَوْمَ نُوحٍ أَوْ قَوْمَ هُودٍ أَوْ قَوْمَ صَٰلِحٍۢ
and the people of Lut are not far from you.
وَمَا قَوْمُ لُوطٍۢ مِّنكُم بِبَعِيدٍۢ
Ask forgiveness of your Guardian, then turn back to Him:
وَٱسْتَغْفِرُوا۟ رَبَّكُمْ ثُمَّ تُوبُوٓا۟ إِلَيْهِ
my Guardian is indeed Benevolent, Loving.
إِنَّ رَبِّى رَحِيمٌۭ وَدُودٌۭ
They said: "O Shu'ayb, we do not understand much of what you say, and we surely see you weak among us; were it not for your kindred, we would have banished you; and you have no power over us."
قَالُوا۟ يَٰشُعَيْبُ مَا نَفْقَهُ كَثِيرًۭا مِّمَّا تَقُولُ وَإِنَّا لَنَرَىٰكَ فِينَا ضَعِيفًۭا وَلَوْلَا رَهْطُكَ لَرَجَمْنَٰكَ وَمَآ أَنتَ عَلَيْنَا بِعَزِيزٍۢ
He said: "O my people, does my kindred then weigh more with you than God, whom you have relegated behind your back?
قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ أَرَهْطِىٓ أَعَزُّ عَلَيْكُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَٱتَّخَذْتُمُوهُ وَرَآءَكُمْ ظِهْرِيًّا
My Guardian encompasses perfectly what you do.
إِنَّ رَبِّى بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ مُحِيطٌۭ
O my people, act according to your position; I too am acting:
وَيَٰقَوْمِ ٱعْمَلُوا۟ عَلَىٰ مَكَانَتِكُمْ إِنِّى عَٰمِلٌۭ
you will soon know to whom a punishment will come that disgraces him, and who is a liar.
سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ مَن يَأْتِيهِ عَذَابٌۭ يُخْزِيهِ وَمَنْ هُوَ كَٰذِبٌۭ
So watch:
وَٱرْتَقِبُوٓا۟
I indeed watch with you."
إِنِّى مَعَكُمْ رَقِيبٌۭ
And when Our command came, We saved Shu'ayb and those who had believed with him, by a benevolence from Us.
وَلَمَّا جَآءَ أَمْرُنَا نَجَّيْنَا شُعَيْبًۭا وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مَعَهُۥ بِرَحْمَةٍۢ مِّنَّا
And the Cry seized those who had done wrong, so that they found themselves, in their abodes, lying, still, as if they had never dwelt there.
وَأَخَذَتِ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ فِى دِيَٰرِهِمْ جَٰثِمِينَ كَأَن لَّمْ يَغْنَوْا۟ فِيهَآ
Far removed be Madyan, as the Thamud were removed!
أَلَا بُعْدًۭا لِّمَدْيَنَ كَمَا بَعِدَتْ ثَمُودُ
We have indeed sent Moussa with Our signs and manifest authority, to Fir'awn and his court; but they followed the command of Fir'awn,
وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا مُوسَىٰ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا وَسُلْطَٰنٍۢ مُّبِينٍ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَلَإِي۟هِۦ فَٱتَّبَعُوٓا۟ أَمْرَ فِرْعَوْنَ
and the command of Fir'awn was not well-advised.
وَمَآ أَمْرُ فِرْعَوْنَ بِرَشِيدٍۢ
He will advance at the head of his people on the Day of Appearance, and bring them to arrive at the Fire:
يَقْدُمُ قَوْمَهُۥ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ فَأَوْرَدَهُمُ ٱلنَّارَ
what a detestable place of arrival to arrive at!
وَبِئْسَ ٱلْوِرْدُ ٱلْمَوْرُودُ
And they were pursued, here, by a curse, and on the Day of Appearance too:
وَأُتْبِعُوا۟ فِى هَٰذِهِۦ لَعْنَةًۭ وَيَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ
what a detestable gift is that which was made to them!
بِئْسَ ٱلرِّفْدُ ٱلْمَرْفُودُ
Those are pieces of information about the cities which We relate to you: some of them remain standing, and others are mown down.
ذَٰلِكَ مِنْ أَنۢبَآءِ ٱلْقُرَىٰ نَقُصُّهُۥ عَلَيْكَ مِنْهَا قَآئِمٌۭ وَحَصِيدٌۭ
And We did not wrong them, but they wronged themselves:
وَمَا ظَلَمْنَٰهُمْ وَلَٰكِن ظَلَمُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ
their deities, which they invoked besides God, availed them nothing when your Guardian's command came,
فَمَآ أَغْنَتْ عَنْهُمْ ءَالِهَتُهُمُ ٱلَّتِى يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مِن شَىْءٍۢ لَّمَّا جَآءَ أَمْرُ رَبِّكَ
and they only increased their ruin.
وَمَا زَادُوهُمْ غَيْرَ تَتْبِيبٍۢ
Such is the seizure of your Guardian, when He seizes the cities while they are doing wrong:
وَكَذَٰلِكَ أَخْذُ رَبِّكَ إِذَآ أَخَذَ ٱلْقُرَىٰ وَهِىَ ظَٰلِمَةٌ
His seizure is indeed painful, severe.
إِنَّ أَخْذَهُۥٓ أَلِيمٌۭ شَدِيدٌ
There is surely in that a sign for whoever fears the punishment of the last life:
إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةًۭ لِّمَنْ خَافَ عَذَابَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ
that is a day on which mankind will be brought together,
ذَٰلِكَ يَوْمٌۭ مَّجْمُوعٌۭ لَّهُ ٱلنَّاسُ
and that is a witnessed day.
وَذَٰلِكَ يَوْمٌۭ مَّشْهُودٌۭ
And We adjourn it only until a numbered term.
وَمَا نُؤَخِّرُهُۥٓ إِلَّا لِأَجَلٍۢ مَّعْدُودٍۢ
The day it comes, no Self will speak without His permission:
يَوْمَ يَأْتِ لَا تَكَلَّمُ نَفْسٌ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِۦ
there will then be the wretched and the happy.
فَمِنْهُمْ شَقِىٌّۭ وَسَعِيدٌۭ
As for those who will be wretched, they will be in the Fire, wherein they will have rattling and sobbing, wherein they will abide eternally, as long as the heavens and the earth endure, except what your Guardian wills:
فَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ شَقُوا۟ فَفِى ٱلنَّارِ لَهُمْ فِيهَا زَفِيرٌۭ وَشَهِيقٌ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا مَا دَامَتِ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتُ وَٱلْأَرْضُ إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ رَبُّكَ
your Guardian is ever doing what He wants.
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ فَعَّالٌۭ لِّمَا يُرِيدُ
And as for those who will be happy, they will be in the Garden, wherein they will abide eternally, as long as the heavens and the earth endure, except what your Guardian wills:
وَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ سَعِدُواْ فَفِى ٱلْجَنَّةِ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا مَا دَامَتِ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتُ وَٱلْأَرْضُ إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ رَبُّكَ
an endowment that will never be interrupted.
عَطَآءً غَيْرَ مَجْذُوذٍۢ
So do not contend about what those people obey:
فَلَا تَكُ فِى مِرْيَةٍۢ مِّمَّا يَعْبُدُ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ
they obey only as their ancestors obeyed before.
مَا يَعْبُدُونَ إِلَّا كَمَا يَعْبُدُ ءَابَآؤُهُم مِّن قَبْلُ
And We shall surely repay them faithfully their portion, undiminished.
وَإِنَّا لَمُوَفُّوهُمْ نَصِيبَهُمْ غَيْرَ مَنقُوصٍۢ
We have indeed given Moussa the Scripture, and there was divergence about it;
وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَى ٱلْكِتَٰبَ فَٱخْتُلِفَ فِيهِ
and had it not been for a word that preceded from your Guardian, it would have been decided between them;
وَلَوْلَا كَلِمَةٌۭ سَبَقَتْ مِن رَّبِّكَ لَقُضِىَ بَيْنَهُمْ
and they are surely, about it, in a troubling doubt.
وَإِنَّهُمْ لَفِى شَكٍّۢ مِّنْهُ مُرِيبٍۢ
And to each, your Guardian will surely faithfully repay their works:
وَإِن كُلًّۭا لَّمَا لَيُوَفِّيَنَّهُمْ رَبُّكَ أَعْمَٰلَهُمْ
He is Intimately Acquainted with what they do.
إِنَّهُۥ بِمَا يَعْمَلُونَ خَبِيرٌۭ
So stand straight, as you have been commanded, and those who have turned back with you, and do not exceed the measure:
فَٱسْتَقِمْ كَمَآ أُمِرْتَ وَمَن تَابَ مَعَكَ وَلَا تَطْغَوْا۟
He is indeed All-Seeing of what you do.
إِنَّهُۥ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرٌۭ
And do not lean upon those who have done wrong, or the Fire would touch you,
وَلَا تَرْكَنُوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ فَتَمَسَّكُمُ ٱلنَّارُ
and you would have, besides God, no ally,
وَمَا لَكُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مِنْ أَوْلِيَآءَ
then you would not be helped.
ثُمَّ لَا تُنصَرُونَ
And maintain the Contact at the two ends of the day, and at close moments of the night:
وَأَقِمِ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ طَرَفَىِ ٱلنَّهَارِ وَزُلَفًۭا مِّنَ ٱلَّيْلِ
good deeds dispel bad ones:
إِنَّ ٱلْحَسَنَٰتِ يُذْهِبْنَ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ
that is a reminder for those who remember.
ذَٰلِكَ ذِكْرَىٰ لِلذَّٰكِرِينَ
And be patient,
وَٱصْبِرْ
for God does not let the reward of those who do good dissipate.
فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُضِيعُ أَجْرَ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ
Were there not, among the generations before you, possessors of a remnant who forbade corruption on earth, except a few among those We saved?
فَلَوْلَا كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْقُرُونِ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ أُو۟لُوا۟ بَقِيَّةٍۢ يَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ ٱلْفَسَادِ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ إِلَّا قَلِيلًۭا مِّمَّنْ أَنجَيْنَا مِنْهُمْ
And those who did wrong followed the affluence they were given, and became severed.
وَٱتَّبَعَ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ مَآ أُتْرِفُوا۟ فِيهِ وَكَانُوا۟ مُجْرِمِينَ
And it is not in the nature of your Guardian to annihilate the cities wrongfully, while their inhabitants were making things sound.
وَمَا كَانَ رَبُّكَ لِيُهْلِكَ ٱلْقُرَىٰ بِظُلْمٍۢ وَأَهْلُهَا مُصْلِحُونَ
And had your Guardian willed, He would have made mankind a single community;
وَلَوْ شَآءَ رَبُّكَ لَجَعَلَ ٱلنَّاسَ أُمَّةًۭ وَٰحِدَةًۭ
but they do not cease to differ, except those to whom your Guardian shows benevolence,
وَلَا يَزَالُونَ مُخْتَلِفِينَ إِلَّا مَن رَّحِمَ رَبُّكَ
and it is for this that He created them.
وَلِذَٰلِكَ خَلَقَهُمْ
And the word of your Guardian has been completed: "I will surely fill Jahannam with the Occulted and humans, all together."
وَتَمَّتْ كَلِمَةُ رَبِّكَ لَأَمْلَأَنَّ جَهَنَّمَ مِنَ ٱلْجِنَّةِ وَٱلنَّاسِ أَجْمَعِينَ
And all that We relate to you of the pieces of information about the messengers is that by which We make your Conscience firm;
وَكُلًّۭا نَّقُصُّ عَلَيْكَ مِنْ أَنۢبَآءِ ٱلرُّسُلِ مَا نُثَبِّتُ بِهِۦ فُؤَادَكَ
and there has come to you, in this, the truth, an admonition, and a reminder for the believers.
وَجَآءَكَ فِى هَٰذِهِ ٱلْحَقُّ وَمَوْعِظَةٌۭ وَذِكْرَىٰ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
And say to those who do not believe: "Act according to your position; we act; and wait: we too are indeed waiting."
وَقُل لِّلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ ٱعْمَلُوا۟ عَلَىٰ مَكَانَتِكُمْ إِنَّا عَٰمِلُونَ وَٱنتَظِرُوٓا۟ إِنَّا مُنتَظِرُونَ
And to God belongs what escapes the senses in the heavens and on the earth,
وَلِلَّهِ غَيْبُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ
and to Him the whole matter returns:
وَإِلَيْهِ يَرۡجِعُ ٱلْأَمْرُ كُلُّهُۥ
so obey Him, and rely upon Him:
فَٱعْبُدْهُ وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَيْهِ
and your Guardian is not heedless of what you do.
وَمَا رَبُّكَ بِغَٰفِلٍ عَمَّا يَعۡمَلُونَ