An-Naml
Will I Acknowledge, or Disown?
In the name of God, the All-Benevolent, the Benevolent. Ṭa. Sin.
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم طسThese are the signs of the Recitation and an explicit Scripture,
تلك ايت القران وكتاب مبينguidance and glad tiding for the believers, those who maintain the Contact and give the purifying alms, and who, as for the last life, are certain of it.
هدي وبشري للمومنين الذين يقيمون الصلوه ويوتون الزكوه وهم بالاخره هم يوقنونThose who do not believe in the last life, We have made their deeds seem fair to them, and they wander blindly.
ان الذين لا يومنون بالاخره زينا لهم اعملهم فهم يعمهونThose are the ones for whom the worst punishment is due, and it is they, in the last life, who will be the greatest losers.
اوليك الذين لهم سو العذاب وهم في الاخره هم الاخسرونAnd you, you receive the Recitation from a Wise, an All-Knowing.
وانك لتلقي القران من لدن حكيم عليمWhen Moussa said to his family: 'I have perceived a fire; I will bring you news of it, or bring you a burning brand, so that you may warm yourselves.'
اذ قال موسي لاهله اني انست نارا ساتيكم منها بخبر او اتيكم بشهاب قبس لعلكم تصطلونWhen he came to it, he was called: 'Blessed is he who is in the fire, and he who is around it!
فلما جاها نودي ان بورك من في النار ومن حولهاGlory to God, Guardian of all beings!
وسبحن الله رب العلمينO Moussa, it is I, God, the All-Powerful, the Wise. Throw down your staff.'
يموسي انه انا الله العزيز الحكيم والق عصاكWhen he saw it vibrate as though it were an Occulted, he turned back in flight and did not return.
فلما راها تهتز كانها جان ولي مدبرا ولم يعقب'O Moussa, do not fear;
يموسي لا تخفas for Me, the envoys do not fear in My presence,
اني لا يخاف لدي المرسلونexcept one who has done wrong, then replaced evil with good; then, indeed, I am Most-Forgiving, Benevolent.
الا من ظلم ثم بدل حسنا بعد سو فاني غفور رحيمPut your hand into your collar: it will come out white, without any harm,
وادخل يدك في جيبك تخرج بيضا من غير سوamong nine signs, to Fir'awn and his people;
في تسع ايت الي فرعون وقومهthey are indeed a people of oversteppers.'
انهم كانوا قوما فسقينWhen Our signs came to them, plainly visible, they said: 'This is an explicit illusion.'
فلما جاتهم ايتنا مبصره قالوا هذا سحر مبينAnd they stubbornly rejected them, while their own selves were certain of them, out of injustice and arrogance.
وجحدوا بها واستيقنتها انفسهم ظلما وعلواSo look at what was the end of the corrupters.
فانظر كيف كان عقبه المفسدينAnd We certainly gave Dawud and Sulayman knowledge; and both said: 'Praise be to God, who has favored us above many of His believing obedient ones.'
ولقد اتينا داود وسليمن علما وقالا الحمد لله الذي فضلنا علي كثير من عباده المومنينAnd Sulayman inherited from Dawud, and he said: 'O people, we have been taught the language of birds, and we have been given a share of everything;
وورث سليمن داود وقال يايها الناس علمنا منطق الطير واوتينا من كل شيthis is surely the explicit favor.'
ان هذا لهو الفضل المبينAnd Sulayman's troops were gathered for him, among the Occulted, humans and birds, and they were arranged in ranks.
وحشر لسليمن جنوده من الجن والانس والطير فهم يوزعونUntil, when they came to the valley of the ants, an ant said: 'O ants, enter your dwellings, lest Sulayman and his troops crush you without perceiving it.'
حتي اذا اتوا علي واد النمل قالت نمله يايها النمل ادخلوا مسكنكم لا يحطمنكم سليمن وجنوده وهم لا يشعرونHe smiled, amused at her words, and said: 'My Guardian, inspire me to acknowledge the blessing You have granted me and my parents, and to do righteous work that pleases You, and admit me, by Your benevolence, among Your righteous obedient ones.'
فتبسم ضاحكا من قولها وقال رب اوزعني ان اشكر نعمتك التي انعمت علي وعلي ولدي وان اعمل صلحا ترضيه وادخلني برحمتك في عبادك الصلحينHe reviewed the birds, and said: 'Why do I not see the hoopoe? Is she among the absent?
وتفقد الطير فقال ما لي لا اري الهدهد ام كان من الغايبينI will certainly punish her with a severe punishment, or I will slaughter her, unless she brings me a clear authority.'
لاعذبنه عذابا شديدا او لااذبحنه او لياتيني بسلطن مبينShe did not stay away long,
فمكث غير بعيدand said [the hoopoe]: 'I have grasped what you have not grasped, and I bring you from Saba a certain piece of information.
فقال احطت بما لم تحط به وجيتك من سبا بنبا يقينI found a woman ruling over them, who has been given everything,
اني وجدت امراه تملكهم واوتيت من كل شيAnd she has an immense Edifice.
ولها عرش عظيمI found her and her people prostrating before the sun, besides God; and the Diverter has made their deeds seem fair to them, and thus turned them from the path, so that they are not guided, so that they do not prostrate before God, who brings forth what is hidden in the heavens and the earth, and who knows what they conceal and what they disclose.
وجدتها وقومها يسجدون للشمس من دون الله وزين لهم الشيطن اعملهم فصدهم عن السبيل فهم لا يهتدون الا يسجدوا لله الذي يخرج الخب في السموت والارض ويعلم ما تخفون وما تعلنونGod, there is no deity but Him, the Guardian of the immense Edifice.
الله لا اله الا هو رب العرش العظيمHe said [Sulayman]: 'We shall see whether you have spoken truly, or are among the liars.
قال سننظر اصدقت ام كنت من الكذبينGo with this letter of mine, cast it to them, then withdraw from them, and see what they send back.'
اذهب بكتبي هذا فالقه اليهم ثم تول عنهم فانظر ماذا يرجعونShe said [the Queen of Saba]: 'O court, a noble letter has been cast to me. It is from Sulayman, and it reads: In the name of God, the All-Benevolent, the Benevolent; do not exalt yourselves against me, and come to me as those true to God alone.'
قالت يايها الملوا اني القي الي كتب كريم انه من سليمن وانه بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الا تعلوا علي واتوني مسلمينShe said [the Queen of Saba]: 'O court, advise me on my affair; I do not decide any affair without you bearing witness to it.'
قالت يايها الملوا افتوني في امري ما كنت قاطعه امرا حتي تشهدونThey said [the queen's court]: 'We are possessors of strength and possessors of severe rigor, but the affair is yours to decide; so consider what you command.'
قالوا نحن اولوا قوه واولوا باس شديد والامر اليك فانظري ماذا تامرينShe said [the Queen of Saba]: 'Kings, when they enter a city, corrupt it, and reduce the noble among its people to humiliation;
قالت ان الملوك اذا دخلوا قريه افسدوها وجعلوا اعزه اهلها اذلهand thus they act.
وكذلك يفعلونNow, I am going to send them a gift, and see what the envoys bring back.'
واني مرسله اليهم بهديه فناظره بم يرجع المرسلونWhen it came to Sulayman, he said: 'Do you wish to aid me with goods? What God has given me is better than what He has given you; it is you rather who rejoice in your gift.
فلما جا سليمن قال اتمدونن بمال فما اتين الله خير مما اتيكم بل انتم بهديتكم تفرحونGo back to them: we shall certainly come to them with troops they cannot withstand, and we shall certainly drive them out from it, humbled and diminished.'
ارجع اليهم فلناتينهم بجنود لا قبل لهم بها ولنخرجنهم منها اذله وهم صغرونHe said [Sulayman]: 'O court, which of you will bring me her Edifice before they come to me true to God alone?'
قال يايها الملوا ايكم ياتيني بعرشها قبل ان ياتوني مسلمينAn ifrit among the Occulted said: 'I will bring it to you before you rise from your place; and I am capable of it, trustworthy.'
قال عفريت من الجن انا اتيك به قبل ان تقوم من مقامك واني عليه لقوي امينThe one who possessed knowledge of the Code said: 'I will bring it to you before even your glance returns to you.'
قال الذي عنده علم من الكتب انا اتيك به قبل ان يرتد اليك طرفكWhen he saw it placed beside him, he said: 'This is from the favor of my Guardian, to test me: will I acknowledge, or will I disown?
فلما راه مستقرا عنده قال هذا من فضل ربي ليبلوني اشكر ام اكفرAnd whoever acknowledges, does so only for himself,
ومن شكر فانما يشكر لنفسهand whoever disowns, my Guardian is indeed Self-Sufficient, generous.'
ومن كفر فان ربي غني كريمHe said [Sulayman]: 'Make her Edifice unrecognizable to her; we shall see whether she is guided, or is among those who are not guided.'
قال نكروا لها عرشها ننظر اتهتدي ام تكون من الذين لا يهتدونWhen she arrived, it was said: 'Is your Edifice like this?' She said: 'It is as if it were.
فلما جات قيل اهكذا عرشك قالت كانه هوAnd knowledge had been given to us before her, and we were true to God alone.'
واوتينا العلم من قبلها وكنا مسلمينAnd what she used to obey, besides God, had turned her away;
وصدها ما كانت تعبد من دون اللهshe indeed belonged to a people who disown.
انها كانت من قوم كفرينIt was said to her [by Sulayman]: 'Enter the palace.'
قيل لها ادخلي الصرحWhen she saw it, she took it for a pool of water, and bared her legs.
فلما راته حسبته لجه وكشفت عن ساقيهاHe said [Sulayman]: 'It is a polished palace, made of crystal.'
قال انه صرح ممرد من قواريرShe said [the Queen of Saba]: 'My Guardian, I have wronged myself, and I am true, with Sulayman, to God, Guardian of all beings.'
قالت رب اني ظلمت نفسي واسلمت مع سليمن لله رب العلمينAnd We certainly sent to the Depleters [Thamud] their brother Salih: 'Obey God'; and behold, two camps quarreling.
ولقد ارسلنا الي ثمود اخاهم صلحا ان اعبدوا الله فاذا هم فريقان يختصمونHe said [Salih]: 'O my people, why do you hasten evil before good? Will you not seek God's forgiveness, so that He may show you benevolence?'
قال يقوم لم تستعجلون بالسييه قبل الحسنه لولا تستغفرون الله لعلكم ترحمونThey said [Thamud's people]: 'We see an evil omen in you and in those with you.'
قالوا اطيرنا بك وبمن معكHe said [Salih]: 'Your omen is with God;
قال طيركم عند اللهyou are rather a people being tried.'
بل انتم قوم تفتنونAnd there were in the Capital nine individuals who spread corruption on the earth and set nothing right.
وكان في المدينه تسعه رهط يفسدون في الارض ولا يصلحونThey said: 'Swear to one another by God that we will attack him by night, him and his family, then we will certainly say to his legal guardian: We did not witness the annihilation of his family, and we are certainly truthful.'
قالوا تقاسموا بالله لنبيتنه واهله ثم لنقولن لوليه ما شهدنا مهلك اهله وانا لصدقونThey plotted a plot, and We plotted a plot, without their perceiving it.
ومكروا مكرا ومكرنا مكرا وهم لا يشعرونSo look at what was the outcome of their plot:
فانظر كيف كان عقبه مكرهمWe destroyed them, and their people, all together.
انا دمرنهم وقومهم اجمعينSo there are their houses, deserted because of their injustice.
فتلك بيوتهم خاويه بما ظلمواThere is surely in that a sign for a people who know.
ان في ذلك لايه لقوم يعلمونAnd We saved those who had believed and guarded themselves.
وانجينا الذين امنوا وكانوا يتقونAnd Lut, when he said to his people: 'Do you commit indecency while you see clearly?
ولوطا اذ قال لقومه اتاتون الفحشه وانتم تبصرونYou approach, out of desire, men, instead of women;
اينكم لتاتون الرجال شهوه من دون النساyou are rather a people who persist in ignorance.'
بل انتم قوم تجهلونThe only response of his people was to say: 'Expel the family of Lut from your city;
فما كان جواب قومه الا ان قالوا اخرجوا ال لوط من قريتكمthey are indeed people who want to be pure.'
انهم اناس يتطهرونSo We saved him, and his family, except his wife; We had determined that she would be among those who stayed behind.
فانجينه واهله الا امراته قدرنها من الغبرينAnd We rained down upon them a rain;
وامطرنا عليهم مطراhow evil was the rain of those who had been warned!
فسا مطر المنذرينSay: 'Praise be to God, and peace upon His obedient ones whom He has chosen.
قل الحمد لله وسلم علي عباده الذين اصطفيIs God better, or what you associate?'
الله خير اما يشركونIs it not He who created the heavens and the earth, and who sent down for you, from the sky, water by which We caused enclosed gardens full of delight to grow,
امن خلق السموت والارض وانزل لكم من السما ما فانبتنا به حدايق ذات بهجهwithout it being possible for you to make their trees grow?
ما كان لكم ان تنبتوا شجرهاIs there a deity alongside God?
اله مع اللهThey are rather a people who deviate.
بل هم قوم يعدلونIs it not He who made the earth a stable place, placed rivers within it, gave it firmly anchored mountains, and set between the two seas a barrier?
امن جعل الارض قرارا وجعل خللها انهرا وجعل لها روسي وجعل بين البحرين حاجزاIs there a deity alongside God?
اله مع اللهBut most of them do not know.
بل اكثرهم لا يعلمونIs it not He who answers the one in distress, when he calls upon Him, who removes evil, and who makes you successors on the earth?
امن يجيب المضطر اذا دعاه ويكشف السو ويجعلكم خلفا الارضIs there a deity alongside God?
اله مع اللهHow little you remember!
قليلا ما تذكرونIs it not He who guides you in the darknesses of land and sea, and who sends the winds, which disperse, before His benevolence?
امن يهديكم في ظلمت البر والبحر ومن يرسل الريح بشرا بين يدي رحمتهIs there a deity alongside God?
اله مع اللهGod is far above what they associate with Him!
تعلي الله عما يشركونIs it not He who originates creation, then remakes it, and who provides for you from the sky and the earth?
امن يبدوا الخلق ثم يعيده ومن يرزقكم من السما والارضIs there a deity alongside God?
اله مع اللهSay: 'Bring your proof, if you are truthful.'
قل هاتوا برهنكم ان كنتم صدقينSay: 'None, in the heavens and on the earth, knows what escapes the senses, except God;
قل لا يعلم من في السموت والارض الغيب الا اللهand they do not perceive when they will be resurrected.
وما يشعرون ايان يبعثونBut rather, their knowledge has reached its limit regarding the last life;
بل ادرك علمهم في الاخرهthey are rather in doubt about it, they are rather blind to it.
بل هم في شك منها بل هم منها عمونAnd those who disown said: "When we are earth, we and our ancestors, will we really be brought out?
وقال الذين كفروا اذا كنا تربا واباونا اينا لمخرجونWe have indeed been promised this, we and our ancestors, before;
لقد وعدنا هذا نحن واباونا من قبلthese are nothing but legends of the ancients.'
ان هذا الا اسطير الاولينSay: 'Travel the earth, and see what was the end of the severed.'
قل سيروا في الارض فانظروا كيف كان عقبه المجرمينAnd do not grieve for them, and do not be in distress because of what they plot.
ولا تحزن عليهم ولا تكن في ضيق مما يمكرونAnd they say: 'When then is this promise, if you are truthful?'
ويقولون متي هذا الوعد ان كنتم صدقينSay: 'It may be that some of what you seek to hasten is very close behind you.'
قل عسي ان يكون ردف لكم بعض الذي تستعجلونAnd your Guardian surely holds a favor toward mankind,
وان ربك لذو فضل علي الناسbut most of them are not grateful.
ولكن اكثرهم لا يشكرونAnd your Guardian certainly knows what their chests conceal and what they disclose.
وان ربك ليعلم ما تكن صدورهم وما يعلنونAnd there is nothing hidden in the sky and the earth that is not in an explicit record.
وما من غايبه في السما والارض الا في كتب مبينThis Recitation indeed relates to the Sons of Israel most of what they differ about.
ان هذا القران يقص علي بني اسريل اكثر الذي هم فيه يختلفونAnd it is surely guidance and benevolence for the believers.
وانه لهدي ورحمه للمومنينYour Guardian indeed judges between them by His judgment,
ان ربك يقضي بينهم بحكمهand it is He, the All-Powerful, the All-Knowing.
وهو العزيز العليمSo rely upon God,
فتوكل علي اللهfor you are indeed upon the explicit truth.
انك علي الحق المبينYou do not make the dead hear, nor do you make the deaf hear the call, when they turn their backs in retreat.
انك لا تسمع الموتي ولا تسمع الصم الدعا اذا ولوا مدبرينNor are you the one who guides the blind out of their error;
وما انت بهدي العمي عن ضللتهمyou make hear only him who believes in Our signs, and those are true to God alone.
ان تسمع الا من يومن بايتنا فهم مسلمونAnd when the word is fulfilled against them, We will bring forth for them a conscious being, from the earth, who will speak to them,
واذا وقع القول عليهم اخرجنا لهم دابه من الارض تكلمهمbecause people had no certainty regarding Our signs.
ان الناس كانوا بايتنا لا يوقنونAnd the day when We gather, from every community, a crowd among those who deny Our signs, they will be marshaled in ranks,
ويوم نحشر من كل امه فوجا ممن يكذب بايتنا فهم يوزعونuntil, when they arrive, it will be said: 'Did you deny My signs, without having encompassed them in knowledge?
حتي اذا جاو قال اكذبتم بايتي ولم تحيطوا بها علماOr what then were you doing?'
اماذا كنتم تعملونAnd the word will be fulfilled against them because of their injustice, and they will not speak.
ووقع القول عليهم بما ظلموا فهم لا ينطقونDo they not see that We made the night for them to rest in, and the day for them to see clearly?
الم يروا انا جعلنا اليل ليسكنوا فيه والنهار مبصراThere are surely in that signs for a people who believe.
ان في ذلك لايت لقوم يومنونAnd the day the Horn is blown, those in the heavens and those on the earth will be seized with terror, except him whom God wills to spare;
ويوم ينفخ في الصور ففزع من في السموت ومن في الارض الا من شا اللهand all will come to Him, humbled.
وكل اتوه دخرينAnd you see the mountains, you think them fixed, while they pass as the clouds pass:
وتري الجبال تحسبها جامده وهي تمر مر السحابthe work of God, who has perfected everything.
صنع الله الذي اتقن كل شيHe is indeed Informed of what you do.
انه خبير بما تفعلونWhoever comes with good will have better than it, and those will be, that day, safe from terror.
من جا بالحسنه فله خير منها وهم من فزع يوميذ امنونAnd whoever comes with evil, then their faces will be tumbled into the Fire.
ومن جا بالسييه فكبت وجوههم في النارWill you be recompensed otherwise than according to what you used to do?
هل تجزون الا ما كنتم تعملون[The Prophet speaks]: 'I have only been ordered to obey the Guardian of this land, which He has made inviolable, and to whom belongs everything;
انما امرت ان اعبد رب هذه البلده الذي حرمها وله كل شيand I have been ordered to be among those true to God alone, and to recite the Recitation.'
وامرت ان اكون من المسلمين وان اتلوا القرانWhoever is guided, is guided only for himself,
فمن اهتدي فانما يهتدي لنفسهand whoever goes astray, say then: 'I am only one of the warners.'
ومن ضل فقل انما انا من المنذرينAnd say: 'Praise be to God; He will show you His signs, and you will recognize them.'
وقل الحمد لله سيريكم ايته فتعرفونهاAnd your Guardian is not heedless of what you do.
وما ربك بغفل عما تعملون