Al-Ankabut

We have indeed put to the trial those who came before them,

ولقد فتنا الذين من قبلهم

Or do those who commit evil deeds think that they will outrun Us?

ام حسب الذين يعملون السيات ان يسبقونا

Whoever hopes for the meeting with God — the term set by God will surely come;

من كان يرجوا لقا الله فان اجل الله لات

And whoever strives, strives only for himself,

ومن جهد فانما يجهد لنفسه

And We have enjoined upon the human being fine conduct toward his two parents;

ووصينا الانسن بولديه حسنا

but if they strive against you to make you associate with Me that of which you have no knowledge, do not defer to them;

وان جهداك لتشرك بي ما ليس لك به علم فلا تطعهما

And among mankind are some who say, "We believe in God," yet when they are troubled for God's cause, they equate the trial inflicted by men with God's punishment.

ومن الناس من يقول امنا بالله فاذا اوذي في الله جعل فتنه الناس كعذاب الله

But if help comes from your Guardian, they will surely say, "We were indeed with you."

ولين جا نصر من ربك ليقولن انا كنا معكم

And those who disown said to those who believed: "Follow our way, and we will carry your faults" —

وقال الذين كفروا للذين امنوا اتبعوا سبيلنا ولنحمل خطيكم

though they will carry nothing of their faults;

وما هم بحملين من خطيهم من شي

And they will surely carry their own loads, and loads in addition to their loads;

وليحملن اثقالهم واثقالا مع اثقالهم

We saved him, along with the companions of the boat,

فانجينه واصحب السفينه

And Ibrahim, when he said to his people: "Obey God and guard yourselves toward Him;

وابرهيم اذ قال لقومه اعبدوا الله واتقوه

You obey, besides God, only idols, and you create a distortion;

انما تعبدون من دون الله اوثنا وتخلقون افكا

those you obey besides God indeed possess no provision for you —

ان الذين تعبدون من دون الله لا يملكون لكم رزقا

so seek provision with God,

فابتغوا عند الله الرزق

obey Him,

واعبدوه

and be grateful to Him;

واشكروا له

And if you deny, communities before you have already denied;

وان تكذبوا فقد كذب امم من قبلكم

Do they not see how God begins creation,

اولم يروا كيف يبدي الله الخلق

then remakes it?

ثم يعيده

Say: "Travel through the earth and see how He began creation;

قل سيروا في الارض فانظروا كيف بدا الخلق

then God will bring into being the ultimate genesis;

ثم الله ينشي النشاه الاخره

He punishes whom He wills and shows benevolence to whom He wills;

يعذب من يشا ويرحم من يشا

You cannot render Him powerless, neither on earth nor in the sky;

وما انتم بمعجزين في الارض ولا في السما

And those who disown the signs of God and the meeting with Him — those have lost hope of My benevolence,

والذين كفروا بايت الله ولقايه اوليك ييسوا من رحمتي

The only answer of his people was to say: "Kill him, or burn him!"

فما كان جواب قومه الا ان قالوا اقتلوه او حرقوه

But God saved him from the fire;

فانجيه الله من النار

And he said: "You have taken idols, besides God, only out of mutual affection among yourselves in the present life;

وقال انما اتخذتم من دون الله اوثنا موده بينكم في الحيوه الدنيا

then, on the Day of Appearance, you will disown one another and curse one another,

ثم يوم القيمه يكفر بعضكم ببعض ويلعن بعضكم بعضا

Lut gave him credit,

فامن له لوط

and he said: "I am emigrating toward my Guardian;

وقال اني مهاجر الي ربي

And We bestowed on him Ishaq and Yaacoub,

ووهبنا له اسحق ويعقوب

and We placed among his descendants the charge of informing and the Scripture;

وجعلنا في ذريته النبوه والكتب

and We gave him his reward in the present life,

واتينه اجره في الدنيا

And Lut, when he said to his people: "You surely commit indecency in which no one among all beings has raced ahead of you; do you really come to men, cut off the road, and commit, in your circles, what is disavowed?"

ولوطا اذ قال لقومه انكم لتاتون الفحشه ما سبقكم بها من احد من العلمين اينكم لتاتون الرجال وتقطعون السبيل وتاتون في ناديكم المنكر

He said: "Lut is indeed there."

قال ان فيها لوطا

They said: "We know best who is there;

قالوا نحن اعلم بمن فيها

When Our messengers came to Lut, their coming vexed him and he felt helpless on their account;

ولما ان جات رسلنا لوطا سي بهم وضاق بهم ذرعا

And Qaroon, Fir'awn, and Haman —

وقرون وفرعون وهمن

Each of them We seized for his offense;

فكلا اخذنا بذنبه

upon some of them We sent a storm of stones,

فمنهم من ارسلنا عليه حاصبا

some were seized by the Cry,

ومنهم من اخذته الصيحه

some We caused the earth to swallow,

ومنهم من خسفنا به الارض

and still others We drowned.

ومنهم من اغرقنا

God was not going to wrong them;

وما كان الله ليظلمهم

The example of those who take, besides God, allies, is that of the spider that takes for itself a house;

مثل الذين اتخذوا من دون الله اوليا كمثل العنكبوت اتخذت بيتا

God indeed knows all that they invoke besides Him;

ان الله يعلم ما يدعون من دونه من شي

And these are the examples We multiply for mankind,

وتلك الامثل نضربها للناس

God created the heavens and the earth in truth;

خلق الله السموت والارض بالحق

Recite what has been revealed to you of the Scripture, and maintain the Contact;

اتل ما اوحي اليك من الكتب واقم الصلوه

for the Contact forbids indecency and what is disavowed;

ان الصلوه تنهي عن الفحشا والمنكر

and the remembrance of God is greater still;

ولذكر الله اكبر

And do not argue with the people of the Scripture except in the most beautiful way,

ولا تجدلوا اهل الكتب الا بالتي هي احسن

except with those of them who do wrong;

الا الذين ظلموا منهم

Thus have We sent down the Scripture to you;

وكذلك انزلنا اليك الكتب

those to whom We gave the Scripture believe in it, and among these here, some believe in it too;

فالذين اتينهم الكتب يومنون به ومن هولا من يومن به

You did not recite, before it, any scripture, nor did you trace one with your right hand;

وما كنت تتلوا من قبله من كتب ولا تخطه بيمينك

Rather, it is clear signs in the chests of those to whom knowledge has been given;

بل هو ايت بينت في صدور الذين اوتوا العلم

And they said: "Why were signs not sent down to him from his Guardian!"

وقالوا لولا انزل عليه ايت من ربه

Is it not enough for them that We have sent down to you the Scripture, which is recited to them?

اولم يكفهم انا انزلنا عليك الكتب يتلي عليهم

Say: "God suffices as a witness between me and you;

قل كفي بالله بيني وبينكم شهيدا

He knows what is in the heavens and the earth;

يعلم ما في السموت والارض

And they ask you to hasten the punishment;

ويستعجلونك بالعذاب

They ask you to hasten the punishment,

يستعجلونك بالعذاب

Every Self will taste death,

كل نفس ذايقه الموت

And those who have believed and done sound deeds — We will surely settle them in high chambers of the Garden, beneath which rivers flow, abiding therein eternally;

والذين امنوا وعملوا الصلحت لنبوينهم من الجنه غرفا تجري من تحتها الانهر خلدين فيها

How many a living being does not carry its own provision! It is God who provides for it, and for you along with it;

وكاين من دابه لا تحمل رزقها الله يرزقها واياكم

And if you ask them who created the heavens and the earth and subjected the sun and the moon, they will surely say: "God";

ولين سالتهم من خلق السموت والارض وسخر الشمس والقمر ليقولن الله

God extends provision to whom He wills among His obedient ones, and measures it for him;

الله يبسط الرزق لمن يشا من عباده ويقدر له

And if you ask them who sends down water from the sky and by it brings the earth back to life after its death, they will surely say: "God";

ولين سالتهم من نزل من السما ما فاحيا به الارض من بعد موتها ليقولن الله

say: "Praise be to God!"

قل الحمد لله

This present life is nothing but distraction and play;

وما هذه الحيوه الدنيا الا لهو ولعب

but when He saves them to dry land, there they are, associating, so as to disown what We have given them,

فلما نجيهم الي البر اذا هم يشركون ليكفروا بما اتينهم

Do they not see that We have placed an inviolable and secure precinct, while all around them men are being snatched away?

اولم يروا انا جعلنا حرما امنا ويتخطف الناس من حولهم

And who does more wrong than one who invents a lie against God, or denies the truth once it has come to him?

ومن اظلم ممن افتري علي الله كذبا او كذب بالحق لما جاه

And those who have striven for Us — We will surely guide them on Our ways;

والذين جهدوا فينا لنهدينهم سبلنا