Maryam
A Remembrance of Benevolence
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
In the name of God, the All-Benevolent, the Benevolent.
Kaf. Ha. Ya. ʿAyn. Ṣad.
كٓهيعٓصٓ
A remembrance of your Guardian's benevolence toward His obedient one Zakariya, when he called upon his Guardian with a hidden call,
ذِكْرُ رَحْمَتِ رَبِّكَ عَبْدَهُۥ زَكَرِيَّآءَ إِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُۥ نِدَآءً خَفِيًّۭا
he said: "My Guardian, the bone has grown frail within me, the head has blazed white, and never, in calling upon You, my Guardian, have I been wretched.
قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّى وَهَنَ ٱلْعَظْمُ مِنِّى وَٱشْتَعَلَ ٱلرَّأْسُ شَيْبًۭا وَلَمْ أَكُنۢ بِدُعَآئِكَ رَبِّ شَقِيًّۭا
I have feared for my kin after me, and my wife is barren. So bestow on me, from Yourself, a protector who will inherit from me and inherit from the clan of Yaacoub,
وَإِنِّى خِفْتُ ٱلْمَوَٰلِىَ مِن وَرَآءِى وَكَانَتِ ٱمْرَأَتِى عَاقِرًۭا فَهَبْ لِى مِن لَّدُنكَ وَلِيًّۭا يَرِثُنِى وَيَرِثُ مِنْ ءَالِ يَعْقُوبَ
and make him, my Guardian, well-pleasing."
وَٱجْعَلْهُ رَبِّ رَضِيًّۭا
"O Zakariya, We indeed give you glad tidings of a boy: his attribute is Yahya, for whom We have made, before him, no one who shares this attribute."
يَٰزَكَرِيَّآءُ إِنَّا نُبَشِّرُكَ بِغُلَٰمٍ ٱسْمُهُۥ يَحْيَىٰ لَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ مِن قَبْلُ سَمِيًّۭا
He said: "My Guardian, how shall I have a boy, when my wife is barren and I have reached, in old age, utter decrepitude?"
قَالَ رَبِّ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لِى غُلَٰمٌۭ وَكَانَتِ ٱمْرَأَتِى عَاقِرًۭا وَقَدْ بَلَغْتُ مِنَ ٱلْكِبَرِ عُتِيّٗا
He said: "So it will be. Your Guardian has said: That is easy for Me, and I created you before, when you were nothing."
قَالَ كَذَٰلِكَ قَالَ رَبُّكَ هُوَ عَلَىَّ هَيِّنٌۭ وَقَدْ خَلَقْتُكَ مِن قَبْلُ وَلَمْ تَكُ شَيْـًۭٔا
He said: "My Guardian, appoint for me a sign."
قَالَ رَبِّ ٱجْعَل لِّىٓ ءَايَةًۭ
He said: "Your sign is that you shall not speak to men for three complete nights."
قَالَ ءَايَتُكَ أَلَّا تُكَلِّمَ ٱلنَّاسَ ثَلَٰثَ لَيَالٍۢ سَوِيًّۭا
He came out to his people, from the oratory, and signaled to them: "Glorify at morning and evening."
فَخَرَجَ عَلَىٰ قَوْمِهِۦ مِنَ ٱلْمِحْرَابِ فَأَوْحَىٰٓ إِلَيْهِمْ أَن سَبِّحُوا۟ بُكْرَةًۭ وَعَشِيًّۭا
"O Yahya, take the Scripture with strength."
يَٰيَحْيَىٰ خُذِ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ بِقُوَّةٍۢ
And We gave him judgment, while he was a young child,
وَءَاتَيْنَٰهُ ٱلْحُكْمَ صَبِيًّۭا
and a tenderness from Us, and a purity;
وَحَنَانًۭا مِّن لَّدُنَّا وَزَكَوٰةًۭ
and he guarded himself.
وَكَانَ تَقِيًّۭا
Virtuous toward his parents, he was neither tyrannical nor disobedient.
وَبَرًّۢا بِوَٰلِدَيْهِ وَلَمْ يَكُن جَبَّارًا عَصِيًّۭا
And peace be upon him the day he was born, the day he dies, and the day he is raised alive.
وَسَلَٰمٌ عَلَيْهِ يَوْمَ وُلِدَ وَيَوْمَ يَمُوتُ وَيَوْمَ يُبْعَثُ حَيًّۭا
And mention, in the Scripture, Maryam, when she secluded herself from her people in a place toward the east and took, apart from them, a veil.
وَٱذْكُرْ فِى ٱلْكِتَٰبِ مَرْيَمَ إِذِ ٱنتَبَذَتْ مِنْ أَهْلِهَا مَكَانًۭا شَرْقِيًّۭا فَٱتَّخَذَتْ مِن دُونِهِمْ حِجَابًۭا
So We sent to her Our Influx, who took before her the form of a well-formed human.
فَأَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَيْهَا رُوحَنَا فَتَمَثَّلَ لَهَا بَشَرًۭا سَوِيًّۭا
She said: "I indeed take refuge from you with the All-Benevolent! If you guard yourself…"
قَالَتْ إِنِّىٓ أَعُوذُ بِٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ مِنكَ إِن كُنتَ تَقِيًّۭا
He said: "I am only the messenger of your Guardian, that He may bestow on you a pure boy."
قَالَ إِنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ رَسُولُ رَبِّكِ لِأَهَبَ لَكِ غُلَٰمًۭا زَكِيًّۭا
She said: "How shall I have a boy, when no human has touched me and I have not been unchaste?"
قَالَتْ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لِى غُلَٰمٌۭ وَلَمْ يَمْسَسْنِى بَشَرٌۭ وَلَمْ أَكُ بَغِيًّۭا
He said: "So it will be. Your Guardian has said: That is easy for Me.
قَالَ كَذَٰلِكِ قَالَ رَبُّكِ هُوَ عَلَىَّ هَيِّنٌۭ
And We shall make him a sign for mankind and a benevolence from Us.
وَلِنَجْعَلَهُۥٓ ءَايَةًۭ لِّلنَّاسِ وَرَحْمَةًۭ مِّنَّا
It is a matter already decreed."
وَكَانَ أَمْرًۭا مَّقْضِيًّۭا
She conceived him, then secluded herself with him in a far-off place.
فَحَمَلَتْهُ فَٱنتَبَذَتْ بِهِۦ مَكَانًۭا قَصِيًّۭا
The pangs of childbirth drove her to the trunk of the palm tree. She said: "Would that I had died before this, and been a thing forgotten, utterly forgotten!"
فَأَجَآءَهَا ٱلْمَخَاضُ إِلَىٰ جِذْعِ ٱلنَّخْلَةِ قَالَتْ يَٰلَيْتَنِى مُتُّ قَبْلَ هَٰذَا وَكُنتُ نِسۡيٗا مَّنسِيًّۭا
He called to her from below her: "Do not grieve! Your Guardian has set beneath you a couch.
فَنَادَىٰهَا مَن تَحۡتَهَا أَلَّا تَحْزَنِى قَدْ جَعَلَ رَبُّكِ تَحْتَكِ سَرِيًّۭا
And shake toward you the trunk of the palm tree: it will let fresh, ripe dates tumble upon you.
وَهُزِّىٓ إِلَيْكِ بِجِذْعِ ٱلنَّخْلَةِ تَسَّٰقَطۡ عَلَيْكِ رُطَبًۭا جَنِيًّۭا
So eat, drink, and let your eye find rest.
فَكُلِى وَٱشْرَبِى وَقَرِّى عَيْنًۭا
If you see anyone among the humans, say: "I have vowed to the All-Benevolent an abstention; so I shall not speak today to any human."
فَإِمَّا تَرَيِنَّ مِنَ ٱلْبَشَرِ أَحَدًۭا فَقُولِىٓ إِنِّى نَذَرْتُ لِلرَّحْمَٰنِ صَوْمًۭا فَلَنْ أُكَلِّمَ ٱلْيَوْمَ إِنسِيًّۭا
Then she came with him to her people, carrying him.
فَأَتَتْ بِهِۦ قَوْمَهَا تَحْمِلُهُۥ
They said: "O Maryam, you have come to a monstrous thing!
قَالُوا۟ يَٰمَرْيَمُ لَقَدْ جِئْتِ شَيْـًۭٔا فَرِيًّۭا
O sister of Harun, your father was not a man of evil, nor your mother unchaste."
يَٰٓأُخْتَ هَٰرُونَ مَا كَانَ أَبُوكِ ٱمْرَأَ سَوْءٍۢ وَمَا كَانَتْ أُمُّكِ بَغِيًّۭا
So she pointed to him.
فَأَشَارَتْ إِلَيْهِ
They said: "How shall we speak to one who is a young child in the cradle?"
قَالُوا۟ كَيْفَ نُكَلِّمُ مَن كَانَ فِى ٱلْمَهْدِ صَبِيًّۭا
The child said: "I am indeed the obedient one of God. He has given me the Scripture and made me an informant; He has made me blessed wherever I may be, and enjoined upon me the Contact and pure liberality as long as I live, and virtue toward my mother.
قَالَ إِنِّى عَبْدُ ٱللَّهِ ءَاتَىٰنِىَ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَجَعَلَنِى نَبِيًّۭا وَجَعَلَنِى مُبَارَكًا أَيْنَ مَا كُنتُ وَأَوْصَٰنِى بِٱلصَّلَوٰةِ وَٱلزَّكَوٰةِ مَا دُمْتُ حَيًّۭا وَبَرًّۢا بِوَٰلِدَتِى
He has not made me tyrannical or wretched.
وَلَمْ يَجْعَلْنِى جَبَّارًۭا شَقِيًّۭا
And peace be upon me the day I was born, the day I die, and the day I am raised alive."
وَٱلسَّلَٰمُ عَلَىَّ يَوْمَ وُلِدتُّ وَيَوْمَ أَمُوتُ وَيَوْمَ أُبْعَثُ حَيًّۭا
Such is Issa, son of Maryam —
ذَٰلِكَ عِيسَى ٱبْنُ مَرْيَمَ
the saying of truth, about which they contend.
قَوۡلُ ٱلْحَقِّ ٱلَّذِى فِيهِ يَمْتَرُونَ
It is not for God to take a child.
مَا كَانَ لِلَّهِ أَن يَتَّخِذَ مِن وَلَدٍۢ
Glory be to Him!
سُبْحَٰنَهُۥٓ
When He decrees a matter, He only says to it: "Be,"
إِذَا قَضَىٰٓ أَمْرًۭا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُۥ كُن
and it is.
فَيَكُونُ
God is indeed my Guardian and your Guardian: so obey Him.
وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ رَبِّى وَرَبُّكُمْ فَٱعْبُدُوهُ
This is a straight path.
هَٰذَا صِرَٰطٌۭ مُّسْتَقِيمٌۭ
But the parties diverged among themselves.
فَٱخْتَلَفَ ٱلْأَحْزَابُ مِنۢ بَيْنِهِمْ
So woe to those who disown, at the witnessing of an immense Day!
فَوَيْلٌۭ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِن مَّشْهَدِ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ
How well they will hear, and how clearly they will see, the Day they come to Us!
أَسْمِعْ بِهِمْ وَأَبْصِرْ يَوْمَ يَأْتُونَنَا
Yet the wrongdoers, today, are in manifest error.
لَٰكِنِ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ ٱلْيَوْمَ فِى ضَلَٰلٍۢ مُّبِينٍۢ
And warn them of the Day of Desolation, when the matter is decided, while they are heedless and do not believe.
وَأَنذِرْهُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْحَسْرَةِ إِذْ قُضِىَ ٱلْأَمْرُ وَهُمْ فِى غَفْلَةٍۢ وَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ
It is We who will inherit the earth and all who are upon it,
إِنَّا نَحْنُ نَرِثُ ٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَنْ عَلَيْهَا
and to Us they will be returned.
وَإِلَيْنَا يُرْجَعُونَ
And mention, in the Scripture, Ibrahim: he was a veracious man, an informant, when he said to his father: "O my father, why do you obey what neither hears nor sees clearly and avails you nothing?
وَٱذْكُرْ فِى ٱلْكِتَٰبِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ صِدِّيقًۭا نَّبِيًّا إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ يَٰٓأَبَتِ لِمَ تَعْبُدُ مَا لَا يَسْمَعُ وَلَا يُبْصِرُ وَلَا يُغْنِى عَنكَ شَيْـًۭٔا
O my father, there has indeed come to me of knowledge what has not come to you; so follow me, I will guide you along an even path.
يَٰٓأَبَتِ إِنِّى قَدْ جَآءَنِى مِنَ ٱلْعِلْمِ مَا لَمْ يَأْتِكَ فَٱتَّبِعْنِىٓ أَهْدِكَ صِرَٰطًۭا سَوِيًّۭا
O my father, do not obey the Diverter:
يَٰٓأَبَتِ لَا تَعْبُدِ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنَ
the Diverter is disobedient toward the All-Benevolent.
إِنَّ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنَ كَانَ لِلرَّحْمَٰنِ عَصِيًّۭا
O my father, I fear that a punishment from the All-Benevolent will touch you, and you become an ally of the Diverter."
يَٰٓأَبَتِ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ أَن يَمَسَّكَ عَذَابٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ فَتَكُونَ لِلشَّيْطَٰنِ وَلِيًّۭا
His father said: "Are you falling away from my deities, O Ibrahim?
قَالَ أَرَاغِبٌ أَنتَ عَنْ ءَالِهَتِى
If you do not desist, I will banish you! Keep away from me for a long time."
يَٰٓإِبْرَٰهِيمُ لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهِ لَأَرْجُمَنَّكَ وَٱهْجُرْنِى مَلِيًّۭا
Ibrahim said: "Peace be upon you. I will ask my Guardian's forgiveness for you: He has ever been attentive to me. I draw apart from you and from what you invoke besides God, and I invoke my Guardian; it may be that, in invoking my Guardian, I shall not be wretched."
قَالَ سَلَٰمٌ عَلَيْكَ سَأَسْتَغْفِرُ لَكَ رَبِّىٓ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ بِى حَفِيًّۭا وَأَعْتَزِلُكُمْ وَمَا تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَأَدْعُوا۟ رَبِّى عَسَىٰٓ أَلَّآ أَكُونَ بِدُعَآءِ رَبِّى شَقِيًّۭا
When he had drawn apart from them and from what they obeyed besides God, We bestowed on him Ishaq and Yaacoub,
فَلَمَّا ٱعْتَزَلَهُمْ وَمَا يَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَهَبْنَا لَهُۥٓ إِسْحَٰقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ
and each We made an informant.
وَكُلًّۭا جَعَلْنَا نَبِيًّۭا
And We bestowed on them of Our benevolence, and gave them a lofty tongue of veracity.
وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُم مِّن رَّحْمَتِنَا وَجَعَلْنَا لَهُمْ لِسَانَ صِدْقٍ عَلِيًّۭا
And mention, in the Scripture, Moussa: he was devoted exclusively to God, and he was a messenger, an informant.
وَٱذْكُرْ فِى ٱلْكِتَٰبِ مُوسَىٰٓ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ مُخۡلِصٗا وَكَانَ رَسُولًۭا نَّبِيًّۭا
We called him from the right side of the Mount, and drew him near in private converse.
وَنَٰدَيْنَٰهُ مِن جَانِبِ ٱلطُّورِ ٱلْأَيْمَنِ وَقَرَّبْنَٰهُ نَجِيًّۭا
And We bestowed on him, out of Our benevolence, his brother Harun, an informant.
وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُۥ مِن رَّحْمَتِنَآ أَخَاهُ هَٰرُونَ نَبِيًّۭا
And mention, in the Scripture, Isma'il: he was true to his promise, and he was a messenger, an informant. He would enjoin upon his people the Contact and pure liberality,
وَٱذْكُرْ فِى ٱلْكِتَٰبِ إِسْمَٰعِيلَ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ صَادِقَ ٱلْوَعْدِ وَكَانَ رَسُولًۭا نَّبِيًّۭا وَكَانَ يَأْمُرُ أَهْلَهُۥ بِٱلصَّلَوٰةِ وَٱلزَّكَوٰةِ
and he was, with his Guardian, well-pleasing.
وَكَانَ عِندَ رَبِّهِۦ مَرْضِيًّۭا
And mention, in the Scripture, Idris: he was a veracious man, an informant.
وَٱذْكُرْ فِى ٱلْكِتَٰبِ إِدْرِيسَ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ صِدِّيقًۭا نَّبِيًّۭا
And We elevated him to a lofty station.
وَرَفَعْنَٰهُ مَكَانًا عَلِيًّا
Those are the ones God has favored among the informants: of the descendants of Adam, of those We carried with Nuh, of the descendants of Ibrahim and of Israel, and of those We guided and elected.
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَنْعَمَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهِم مِّنَ ٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَ مِن ذُرِّيَّةِ ءَادَمَ وَمِمَّنْ حَمَلْنَا مَعَ نُوحٍۢ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّةِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَإِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ وَمِمَّنْ هَدَيْنَا وَٱجْتَبَيْنَآ
When the signs of the All-Benevolent were recited to them, they fell down prostrate, weeping.
إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَٰتُ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ خَرُّوا۟ سُجَّدًۭا وَبُكِيًّۭا
Then there succeeded them a generation who let the Contact dissipate and followed desires: so they will meet with errancy — except one who repents, believes, and does a sound deed; those will enter the Garden and be wronged in nothing: the Gardens of permanence which the All-Benevolent has promised His obedient ones, in what escapes their presence.
فَخَلَفَ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ خَلْفٌ أَضَاعُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَٱتَّبَعُوا۟ ٱلشَّهَوَٰتِ فَسَوْفَ يَلْقَوْنَ غَيًّا إِلَّا مَن تَابَ وَءَامَنَ وَعَمِلَ صَٰلِحًۭا فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ يُدۡخَلُونَ ٱلْجَنَّةَ وَلَا يُظْلَمُونَ شَيْـًۭٔا جَنَّٰتِ عَدْنٍ ٱلَّتِى وَعَدَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ عِبَادَهُۥ بِٱلْغَيْبِ
His promise is indeed to be fulfilled.
إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ وَعْدُهُۥ مَأْتِيًّۭا
They will hear in it no idle talk,
لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا
only: "Peace!"
إِلَّا سَلَٰمًۭا
And they will have their provision there, morning and evening.
وَلَهُمْ رِزْقُهُمْ فِيهَا بُكْرَةًۭ وَعَشِيًّۭا
Such is the Garden that We shall give as inheritance, among Our obedient ones, to whoever guarded himself.
تِلْكَ ٱلْجَنَّةُ ٱلَّتِى نُورِثُ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا مَن كَانَ تَقِيًّۭا
"We do not descend except by the command of your Guardian.
وَمَا نَتَنَزَّلُ إِلَّا بِأَمْرِ رَبِّكَ
To Him belongs what is before us, what is behind us, and what is between the two.
لَهُۥ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِينَا وَمَا خَلْفَنَا وَمَا بَيْنَ ذَٰلِكَ
And your Guardian is never forgetful."
وَمَا كَانَ رَبُّكَ نَسِيًّۭا
The Guardian of the heavens, the earth, and what is between them: so obey Him, and be constant in His obedience.
رَّبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا فَٱعْبُدْهُ وَٱصْطَبِرْ لِعِبَٰدَتِهِۦ
Do you know anyone who shares His attribute?
هَلْ تَعْلَمُ لَهُۥ سَمِيًّۭا
And the human being says: "When I am dead, shall I really be brought forth alive?"
وَيَقُولُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَءِذَا مَا مُتُّ لَسَوْفَ أُخْرَجُ حَيًّا
Does the human being not remember that We created him before, when he was nothing?
أَوَلَا يَذَّكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَنَّا خَلَقْنَٰهُ مِن قَبْلُ وَلَمْ يَكُ شَيْـًۭٔا
By your Guardian, We will surely gather them, along with the Diverters; then We will surely bring them around Jahannam, on their knees.
فَوَرَبِّكَ لَنَحْشُرَنَّهُمْ وَٱلشَّيَٰطِينَ ثُمَّ لَنُحْضِرَنَّهُمْ حَوْلَ جَهَنَّمَ جُثِيّٗا
Then We will pluck out, from every faction, those most insolent toward the All-Benevolent.
ثُمَّ لَنَنزِعَنَّ مِن كُلِّ شِيعَةٍ أَيُّهُمْ أَشَدُّ عَلَى ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ عُتِيّٗا
Then it is We who know best who most deserves to burn in it.
ثُمَّ لَنَحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ أَوْلَىٰ بِهَا صُلِيّٗا
There is none of you but will arrive at it: that is, for your Guardian, an irrevocable sentence.
وَإِن مِّنكُمْ إِلَّا وَارِدُهَا كَانَ عَلَىٰ رَبِّكَ حَتْمًۭا مَّقْضِيًّۭا
Then We will save those who guarded themselves, and forsake the wrongdoers in it, on their knees.
ثُمَّ نُنَجِّى ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّقَوا۟ وَّنَذَرُ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ فِيهَا جُثِيّٗا
And when Our clear signs are recited to them, those who disown say to those who believe: "Which of the two fractions has the better standing and the finer circle?"
وَإِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَٰتُنَا بَيِّنَٰتٍۢ قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ أَىُّ ٱلْفَرِيقَيْنِ خَيْرٌۭ مُّقَامٗا وَأَحْسَنُ نَدِيًّۭا
How many a generation before them We have annihilated, finer in possessions and in looks!
وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّن قَرْنٍ هُمْ أَحْسَنُ أَثَٰثًۭا وَرِءْيًۭا
Say: "Whoever is in error, let the All-Benevolent extend for him a long respite!"
قُلْ مَن كَانَ فِى ٱلضَّلَٰلَةِ فَلْيَمْدُدْ لَهُ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ مَدًّا
until, seeing what they are promised — either the punishment or the Hour — they know who has the worst place and is weaker in army.
حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا رَأَوْا۟ مَا يُوعَدُونَ إِمَّا ٱلْعَذَابَ وَإِمَّا ٱلسَّاعَةَ فَسَيَعْلَمُونَ مَنْ هُوَ شَرٌّۭ مَّكَانًۭا وَأَضْعَفُ جُندًۭا
And God increases in guidance those who let themselves be guided.
وَيَزِيدُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱهْتَدَوْا۟ هُدًۭى
And the enduring, sound deeds are, with your Guardian, better in requital and better in what they yield.
وَٱلْبَٰقِيَٰتُ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتُ خَيْرٌ عِندَ رَبِّكَ ثَوَابًۭا وَخَيْرٌۭ مَّرَدًّا
Have you seen the one who disowned Our signs and said: "I will surely be given goods and children"? Has he pierced what escapes the senses, or taken a pact with the All-Benevolent? By no means!
أَفَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى كَفَرَ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا وَقَالَ لَأُوتَيَنَّ مَالًۭا وَوَلَدًا أَطَّلَعَ ٱلْغَيْبَ أَمِ ٱتَّخَذَ عِندَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ عَهْدًۭا كَلَّا
We will record what he says and extend for him the punishment, at length.
سَنَكْتُبُ مَا يَقُولُ وَنَمُدُّ لَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلْعَذَابِ مَدًّۭا
And We will inherit what he says, and he will come to Us, alone.
وَنَرِثُهُۥ مَا يَقُولُ وَيَأْتِينَا فَرْدًۭا
They have taken, besides God, deities, that they might be a might for them. By no means!
وَٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ ءَالِهَةًۭ لِّيَكُونُوا۟ لَهُمْ عِزًّۭا كَلَّا
They will disown their obedience and stand against them as adversaries.
سَيَكْفُرُونَ بِعِبَادَتِهِمْ وَيَكُونُونَ عَلَيْهِمْ ضِدًّا
Have you not seen that We have loosed the Diverters upon those who disown, inflaming them relentlessly?
أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا ٱلشَّيَٰطِينَ عَلَى ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ تَؤُزُّهُمْ أَزًّۭا
So do not be hasty against them:
فَلَا تَعْجَلْ عَلَيْهِمْ
We only number for them, one by one.
إِنَّمَا نَعُدُّ لَهُمْ عَدًّۭا
The Day We gather those who guarded themselves to the All-Benevolent, as a delegation, and drive the severed to Jahannam, to arrive there.
يَوْمَ نَحْشُرُ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ إِلَى ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ وَفْدًۭا وَنَسُوقُ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ إِلَىٰ جَهَنَّمَ وِرْدًۭا
They will possess no intercession, except one who has taken a pact with the All-Benevolent.
لَّا يَمْلِكُونَ ٱلشَّفَٰعَةَ إِلَّا مَنِ ٱتَّخَذَ عِندَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ عَهْدًۭا
And they have said: "The All-Benevolent has taken a child."
وَقَالُوا۟ ٱتَّخَذَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ وَلَدًۭا
You have put forth an enormity! The heavens are close to being rent asunder by it, the earth to splitting open, and the mountains to falling in rubble — that they have ascribed a child to the All-Benevolent.
لَّقَدْ جِئْتُمْ شَيْـًٔا إِدًّۭا تَكَادُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتُ يَتَفَطَّرْنَ مِنْهُ وَتَنشَقُّ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَتَخِرُّ ٱلْجِبَالُ هَدًّا أَن دَعَوْا۟ لِلرَّحْمَٰنِ وَلَدًۭا
It does not befit the All-Benevolent to take a child.
وَمَا يَنۢبَغِى لِلرَّحْمَٰنِ أَن يَتَّخِذَ وَلَدًا
There is none in the heavens and the earth but comes to the All-Benevolent as an obedient one.
إِن كُلُّ مَن فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ إِلَّآ ءَاتِى ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ عَبْدًۭا
He has enumerated them and numbered them, one by one.
لَّقَدْ أَحْصَىٰهُمْ وَعَدَّهُمْ عَدًّۭا
And each of them will come to Him, on the Day of Appearance, alone.
وَكُلُّهُمْ ءَاتِيهِ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ فَرْدًا
To those who have believed and done sound deeds, the All-Benevolent will indeed grant affection.
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ سَيَجْعَلُ لَهُمُ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ وُدًّۭا
We have made it easy on your tongue only so that you may give glad tidings by it to those who guard themselves and warn by it a fierce people.
فَإِنَّمَا يَسَّرْنَٰهُ بِلِسَانِكَ لِتُبَشِّرَ بِهِ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ وَتُنذِرَ بِهِۦ قَوْمًۭا لُّدًّۭا
How many a generation before them We have annihilated! Do you perceive a single one of them, or hear from them the faintest murmur?
وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّن قَرْنٍ هَلْ تُحِسُّ مِنْهُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ أَوْ تَسْمَعُ لَهُمْ رِكْزًۢا