Ash-Shu'ara
A Sound Core
In the name of God, the All-Benevolent, the Benevolent. Ṭa. Sin. Mim.
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم طسمThese are the signs of the explicit Scripture.
تلك ءايت الكتب المبينPerhaps you will consume yourself with grief because they are not believers.
لعلك بخع نفسك الا يكونوا مومنينIf We willed, We could send down upon them a sign from the sky before which their necks would stay bowed.
ان نشا ننزل عليهم من السماء ءاية فظلت اعنقهم لها خضعينNo new reminder comes to them from the All-Benevolent without them turning away from it.
وما ياتيهم من ذكر من الرحمن محدث الا كانوا عنه معرضينYet they have denied; the news of what they used to mock will soon reach them.
فقد كذبوا فسياتيهم انبوا ما كانوا به يستهزءونHave they not seen the earth, how much We have made grow in it of every generous pair?
اولم يروا الى الارض كم انبتنا فيها من كل زوج كريمIn that, there is indeed a sign.
ان في ذلك لءايةBut most of them are not believers.
وما كان اكثرهم مومنينAnd your Guardian is indeed the All-Powerful, the Benevolent.
وان ربك لهو العزيز الرحيمAnd recall when your Guardian called out to Moussa: 'Go to the unjust people, the people of Fir'awn.
واذ نادى ربك موسى ان ايت القوم الظلمين قوم فرعونWill they not guard themselves?'
الا يتقونHe said [Moussa]: 'My Guardian, I fear they will deny me, that my chest will tighten and my tongue will not loosen; so send to Harun. They hold a grievance against me, and I fear they will kill me.'
قال رب اني اخاف ان يكذبون ويضيق صدري ولا ينطلق لساني فارسل الى هرون ولهم على ذنب فاخاف ان يقتلونHe said [God]: 'By no means!
قال كلاGo, both of you, with Our signs; We are with you, listening.'
فاذهبا بايتنا انا معكم مستمعون'Go then to Fir'awn and say: We are the messengers of the Guardian of all beings; let the Sons of Israel go with us.'
فاتيا فرعون فقولا انا رسول رب العلمين ان ارسل معنا بني اسرءيلHe said [Fir'awn]: 'Did we not raise you among us as a child, and did you not stay among us for years of your life? You committed the act you committed, and you are among those who disown.'
قال الم نربك فينا وليدا ولبثت فينا من عمرك سنين وفعلت فعلتك التي فعلت وانت من الكفرينHe said [Moussa]: 'I did it then, while I was among the astray.
قال فعلتها اذا وانا من الضالينSo I fled from you when I feared you; then my Guardian granted me judgment and made me one of the messengers.
ففررت منكم لما خفتكم فوهب لي ربي حكما وجعلني من المرسلينAnd this blessing you reproach me with is that you enslaved the Sons of Israel!'
وتلك نعمة تمنها على ان عبدت بني اسرءيلFir'awn said: 'And what is the Guardian of all beings?'
قال فرعون وما رب العلمينHe said [Moussa]: 'The Guardian of the heavens and the earth and what is between them, if you are of those who are certain.'
قال رب السموت والارض وما بينهما ان كنتم موقنينHe said [Fir'awn] to those around him: 'Do you not listen?'
قال لمن حوله الا تستمعونHe said [Moussa]: 'Your Guardian and the Guardian of your earliest forefathers.'
قال ربكم ورب ءابايكم الاولينHe said [Fir'awn]: 'Your messenger who has been sent to you is certainly deranged.'
قال ان رسولكم الذي ارسل اليكم لمجنونHe said [Moussa]: 'The Guardian of the east and the west and what is between them, if you would reason.'
قال رب المشرق والمغرب وما بينهما ان كنتم تعقلونHe said [Fir'awn]: 'If you take a deity other than me, I will certainly put you among the imprisoned.'
قال لين اتخذت الها غيري لاجعلنك من المسجونينHe said [Moussa]: 'Even if I brought you something explicit?'
قال اولو جيتك بشىء مبينHe said [Fir'awn]: 'Bring it then, if you are among the truthful.'
قال فات به ان كنت من الصدقينHe threw down his staff, and behold, it was a clear serpent; and he drew out his hand, and behold, it was white to those who looked.
فالقى عصاه فاذا هي ثعبان مبين ونزع يده فاذا هي بيضاء للنظرينHe said [Fir'awn] to the court around him: 'This one is truly a knowing worker of illusion, who wants to drive you out of your land by his illusion. What do you propose then?'
قال للملا حوله ان هذا لسحر عليم يريد ان يخرجكم من ارضكم بسحره فماذا تامرونThey said [Fir'awn's court]: 'Put him and his brother off, and send gatherers into the cities, who will bring you every great, knowing worker of illusion.'
قالوا ارجه واخاه وابعث في المداين حشرين ياتوك بكل سحار عليمThe workers of illusion were gathered for the appointment of a known day.
فجمع السحرة لميقت يوم معلومAnd it was said to the people: 'Will you gather, so that we may follow the workers of illusion, if they are the victors?'
وقيل للناس هل انتم مجتمعون لعلنا نتبع السحرة ان كانوا هم الغلبينWhen the workers of illusion came, they said to Fir'awn: 'Will there truly be a reward for us, if we are the victors?'
فلما جاء السحرة قالوا لفرعون اين لنا لاجرا ان كنا نحن الغلبينHe said [Fir'awn]: 'Yes, and you will then certainly be among those brought near.'
قال نعم وانكم اذا لمن المقربينMoussa said to them: 'Throw what you have to throw.'
قال لهم موسى القوا ما انتم ملقونSo they threw their ropes and their staffs and said: 'By the might of Fir'awn, it is we, indeed, who will be the victors!'
فالقوا حبالهم وعصيهم وقالوا بعزة فرعون انا لنحن الغلبونThen Moussa threw his staff, and behold, it swallowed up what they had fabricated as illusion.
فالقى موسى عصاه فاذا هي تلقف ما يافكونThe workers of illusion then fell down prostrate.
فالقي السحرة سجدينThey said [the workers of illusion]: 'We believe in the Guardian of all beings, the Guardian of Moussa and Harun.'
قالوا ءامنا برب العلمين رب موسى وهرونHe said [Fir'awn]: 'Have you given him credit before I gave you permission? He is certainly your chief, who taught you illusion.
قال ءامنتم له قبل ان ءاذن لكم انه لكبيركم الذي علمكم السحرYou will soon know.
فلسوف تعلمونI will certainly cut off your hands and feet on opposite sides, and crucify you all together.'
لاقطعن ايديكم وارجلكم من خلف ولاصلبنكم اجمعينThey said [the workers of illusion]: 'No harm!
قالوا لا ضيرIt is to our Guardian that we are turning back.
انا الى ربنا منقلبونWe hope our Guardian will forgive us our faults, since we are the first of the believers.'
انا نطمع ان يغفر لنا ربنا خطينا ان كنا اول المومنينAnd We revealed to Moussa: 'Set out by night with My obedient ones; you will be pursued.'
واوحينا الى موسى ان اسر بعبادي انكم متبعونFir'awn then sent gatherers into the cities:
فارسل فرعون في المداين حشرين'These are indeed a small band, and they enrage us, and we are, all together, a vigilant force.'
ان هولاء لشرذمة قليلون وانهم لنا لغايظون وانا لجميع حذرونSo We brought them out of gardens and springs, and treasures and a noble station.
فاخرجنهم من جنت وعيون وكنوز ومقام كريمThus.
كذلكAnd We made the Sons of Israel inherit them, and they pursued them at sunrise.
واورثنها بني اسرءيل فاتبعوهم مشرقينAnd when the two groups saw each other, the companions of Moussa said: 'We are certainly overtaken!'
فلما ترءا الجمعان قال اصحب موسى انا لمدركونHe said [Moussa]: 'By no means!
قال كلاMy Guardian is indeed with me; He will guide me.'
ان معي ربي سيهدينWe then revealed to Moussa: 'Strike the sea with your staff.' It split, and each part was like an immense mountain.
فاوحينا الى موسى ان اضرب بعصاك البحر فانفلق فكان كل فرق كالطود العظيمAnd We brought the others close there.
وازلفنا ثم الءاخرينAnd We saved Moussa and all those with him, then We drowned the others.
وانجينا موسى ومن معه اجمعين ثم اغرقنا الءاخرينIn that, there is indeed a sign.
ان في ذلك لءايةBut most of them are not believers.
وما كان اكثرهم مومنينAnd your Guardian is indeed the All-Powerful, the Benevolent.
وان ربك لهو العزيز الرحيمAnd recite to them the account of Ibrahim, when he said to his father and his people: 'What do you obey?'
واتل عليهم نبا ابرهيم اذ قال لابيه وقومه ما تعبدونThey said [Ibrahim's people]: 'We obey idols, and we remain posted by them.'
قالوا نعبد اصناما فنظل لها عكفينHe said [Ibrahim]: 'Do they hear you when you call upon them, or do they benefit you, or do they harm you?'
قال هل يسمعونكم اذ تدعون او ينفعونكم او يضرونThey said [Ibrahim's people]: 'No, but we found our ancestors acting thus.'
قالوا بل وجدنا ءاباءنا كذلك يفعلونHe said [Ibrahim]: "Have you then seen what you used to obey, you and your most distant forefathers? They are indeed enemies to me,
قال افرءيتم ما كنتم تعبدون انتم وءاباوكم الاقدمون فانهم عدو ليexcept the Guardian of all beings, the one who created me and who guides me,
الا رب العلمين الذي خلقني فهو يهدينand the one who feeds me and gives me drink, and who, when I am ill, heals me,
والذي هو يطعمني ويسقين واذا مرضت فهو يشفينand the one who will cause me to die then bring me back to life,
والذي يميتني ثم يحيينand the one from whom I hope forgiveness for my fault on the Day of Retribution.
والذي اطمع ان يغفر لي خطيتي يوم الدينMy Guardian, grant me judgment and join me with the righteous,
رب هب لي حكما والحقني بالصلحينand grant me a tongue of truth among those who come after,
واجعل لي لسان صدق في الءاخرينand make me one of the heirs of the garden of bliss,
واجعلني من ورثة جنة النعيمand forgive my father, for he was among the astray,
واغفر لابي انه كان من الضالينand do not disgrace me on the day they are resurrected, the day when neither goods nor sons will be of use, except to one who comes to God with a sound core.
ولا تخزني يوم يبعثون يوم لا ينفع مال ولا بنون الا من اتى الله بقلب سليمAnd the Garden will be brought near to those who guard themselves,
وازلفت الجنة للمتقينand the Blaze will be shown to the misled.
وبرزت الجحيم للغاوينAnd it will be said to them: 'Where are those you used to obey, besides God,
وقيل لهم اين ما كنتم تعبدون من دون اللهdo they help you, or do they help themselves?'
هل ينصرونكم او ينتصرونThey will be cast into it, they, the misled, and the troops of the Despairing One [Iblis], all together.
فكبكبوا فيها هم والغاون وجنود ابليس اجمعونThey will say, quarreling there: 'By God, we were indeed in explicit error, when we set you on the same level as the Guardian of all beings.
قالوا وهم فيها يختصمون تالله ان كنا لفي ضلل مبين اذ نسويكم برب العلمينAnd it was only the severed who led us astray.
وما اضلنا الا المجرمونSo we have neither intercessors, nor a warm friend.
فما لنا من شفعين ولا صديق حميمIf only we had a return, we would be among the believers!'
فلو ان لنا كرة فنكون من المومنينIn that, there is indeed a sign.
ان في ذلك لءايةBut most of them are not believers.
وما كان اكثرهم مومنينAnd your Guardian is indeed the All-Powerful, the Benevolent.
وان ربك لهو العزيز الرحيمThe people of Nuh denied the messengers, when their brother Nuh said to them: 'Will you not guard yourselves? I am for you a trustworthy messenger.
كذبت قوم نوح المرسلين اذ قال لهم اخوهم نوح الا تتقون اني لكم رسول امينSo guard yourselves toward God and obey me.
فاتقوا الله واطيعونI ask you no reward for this;
وما اسلكم عليه من اجرmy reward is incumbent only upon the Guardian of all beings.
ان اجري الا على رب العلمينSo guard yourselves toward God and obey me.'
فاتقوا الله واطيعونThey said [Nuh's people]: 'Shall we give you credit while it is the most abject who have followed you?'
قالوا انومن لك واتبعك الارذلونHe said [Nuh]: 'What do I know of what they used to do?
قال وما علمي بما كانوا يعملونTheir account is due only to my Guardian, if only you could perceive it.
ان حسابهم الا على ربي لو تشعرونAnd I am not one to drive away the believers; I am only an explicit warner.'
وما انا بطارد المومنين ان انا الا نذير مبينNuh's people said: "If you do not stop, O Nuh, you will certainly be among the banished."
قالوا لين لم تنته ينوح لتكونن من المرجومينHe said [Nuh]: 'My Guardian, my people have denied me. Decide then between me and them decisively, and save me and those of the believers who are with me.'
قال رب ان قومي كذبون فافتح بيني وبينهم فتحا ونجني ومن معي من المومنينSo We saved him and those with him, in the laden vessel.
فانجينه ومن معه في الفلك المشحونThen We drowned afterward those who remained.
ثم اغرقنا بعد الباقينIn that, there is indeed a sign.
ان في ذلك لءايةBut most of them are not believers.
وما كان اكثرهم مومنينAnd your Guardian is indeed the All-Powerful, the Benevolent.
وان ربك لهو العزيز الرحيمThe Recidivists [Aad] denied the messengers, when their brother Hud said to them: 'Will you not guard yourselves? I am for you a trustworthy messenger.
كذبت عاد المرسلين اذ قال لهم اخوهم هود الا تتقون اني لكم رسول امينSo guard yourselves toward God and obey me.
فاتقوا الله واطيعونI ask you no reward for this;
وما اسلكم عليه من اجرmy reward is incumbent only upon the Guardian of all beings.
ان اجري الا على رب العلمينDo you build on every height a monument, in play, and take for yourselves works in hope of lasting forever, and when you seize, you seize as tyrants?
اتبنون بكل ريع ءاية تعبثون وتتخذون مصانع لعلكم تخلدون واذا بطشتم بطشتم جبارينSo guard yourselves toward God and obey me.
فاتقوا الله واطيعونAnd guard yourselves before the One who has provided you with what you know: He has provided you with livestock, sons, gardens and springs.
واتقوا الذي امدكم بما تعلمون امدكم بانعم وبنين وجنت وعيونI fear for you the punishment of an immense day.'
اني اخاف عليكم عذاب يوم عظيمThey said [Aad's people]: 'It is the same to us whether you warn or are not among those who warn; this is only the custom of the ancients, and we shall not be punished.'
قالوا سواء علينا اوعظت ام لم تكن من الوعظين ان هذا الا خلق الاولين وما نحن بمعذبينSo they denied him, and We annihilated them.
فكذبوه فاهلكنهمIn that, there is indeed a sign.
ان في ذلك لءايةBut most of them are not believers.
وما كان اكثرهم مومنينAnd your Guardian is indeed the All-Powerful, the Benevolent.
وان ربك لهو العزيز الرحيمThe Depleters [Thamud] denied the messengers, when their brother Salih said to them: 'Will you not guard yourselves? I am for you a trustworthy messenger.
كذبت ثمود المرسلين اذ قال لهم اخوهم صلح الا تتقون اني لكم رسول امينSo guard yourselves toward God and obey me.
فاتقوا الله واطيعونI ask you no reward for this;
وما اسلكم عليه من اجرmy reward is incumbent only upon the Guardian of all beings.
ان اجري الا على رب العلمينWill you be left secure here, amid gardens and springs, and crops and date-palms with tender clusters, while you carve houses out of the mountains, skilled and expert?
اتتركون في ما ههنا ءامنين في جنت وعيون وزروع ونخل طلعها هضيم وتنحتون من الجبال بيوتا فرهينSo guard yourselves toward God and obey me.
فاتقوا الله واطيعونAnd do not obey the command of the excessive, who spread corruption on the earth and set nothing right.
ولا تطيعوا امر المسرفين الذين يفسدون في الارض ولا يصلحونThey said [Thamud's people]: 'You are only among those abused by illusion; you are only a human like us; bring then a sign, if you are among the truthful.'
قالوا انما انت من المسحرين ما انت الا بشر مثلنا فات باية ان كنت من الصدقينHe said [Salih]: 'Here is a she-camel; she has a right to drink,
قال هذه ناقة لها شربand you have a right to drink on a known day.
ولكم شرب يوم معلومDo her no harm, or the punishment of an immense day will seize you.'
ولا تمسوها بسوء فياخذكم عذاب يوم عظيمYet they hamstrung her, then found themselves full of regret, and the punishment seized them.
فعقروها فاصبحوا ندمين فاخذهم العذابIn that, there is indeed a sign.
ان في ذلك لءايةBut most of them are not believers.
وما كان اكثرهم مومنينAnd your Guardian is indeed the All-Powerful, the Benevolent.
وان ربك لهو العزيز الرحيمThe people of Lut denied the messengers, when their brother Lut said to them: 'Will you not guard yourselves? I am for you a trustworthy messenger.
كذبت قوم لوط المرسلين اذ قال لهم اخوهم لوط الا تتقون اني لكم رسول امينSo guard yourselves toward God and obey me.
فاتقوا الله واطيعونI ask you no reward for this;
وما اسلكم عليه من اجرmy reward is incumbent only upon the Guardian of all beings.
ان اجري الا على رب العلمينDo you approach males, among all beings, and leave what your Guardian has created for you as spouses?
اتاتون الذكران من العلمين وتذرون ما خلق لكم ربكم من ازوجكمYou are rather a people who cross the limits.
بل انتم قوم عادونThey said [Lut's people]: 'If you do not stop, O Lut, you will certainly be among those expelled.'
قالوا لين لم تنته يلوط لتكونن من المخرجينHe said [Lut]: 'I am certainly, toward your conduct, among those who abhor.
قال اني لعملكم من القالينMy Guardian, save me, and my family, from what they do.'
رب نجني واهلي مما يعملونSo We saved him, and all his family, except an old woman, among those who remained behind; then We destroyed afterward the others.
فنجينه واهله اجمعين الا عجوزا في الغبرين ثم دمرنا الءاخرينAnd We rained down upon them a rain;
وامطرنا عليهم مطراhow evil was the rain of those who had been warned!
فساء مطر المنذرينIn that, there is indeed a sign.
ان في ذلك لءايةBut most of them are not believers.
وما كان اكثرهم مومنينAnd your Guardian is indeed the All-Powerful, the Benevolent.
وان ربك لهو العزيز الرحيمThe companions of the Thicket denied the messengers, when Shu'ayb said to them: 'Will you not guard yourselves? I am for you a trustworthy messenger.
كذب اصحب ليكة المرسلين اذ قال لهم شعيب الا تتقون اني لكم رسول امينSo guard yourselves toward God and obey me.
فاتقوا الله واطيعونI ask you no reward for this;
وما اسلكم عليه من اجرmy reward is incumbent only upon the Guardian of all beings.
ان اجري الا على رب العلمينGive full measure,
اوفوا الكيلand do not be among those who cause loss.
ولا تكونوا من المخسرينWeigh with the exact scale,
وزنوا بالقسطاس المستقيمand do not deprive people of their things,
ولا تبخسوا الناس اشياءهمand do not spread corruption on the earth as troublemakers.
ولا تعثوا في الارض مفسدينGuard yourselves before the One who created you, and the earlier generations.
واتقوا الذي خلقكم والجبلة الاولينThey said [the people of the Thicket]: 'You are only among those abused by illusion; you are only a human like us, and we certainly consider you among the liars. So cause a fragment of the sky to fall upon us, if you are among the truthful.'
قالوا انما انت من المسحرين وما انت الا بشر مثلنا وان نظنك لمن الكذبين فاسقط علينا كسفا من السماء ان كنت من الصدقينHe said [Shu'ayb]: 'My Guardian knows best what you do.'
قال ربي اعلم بما تعملونSo they denied him, and the punishment of the day of shadow seized them.
فكذبوه فاخذهم عذاب يوم الظلةIt was certainly the punishment of an immense day.
انه كان عذاب يوم عظيمIn that, there is indeed a sign.
ان في ذلك لءايةBut most of them are not believers.
وما كان اكثرهم مومنينAnd your Guardian is indeed the All-Powerful, the Benevolent.
وان ربك لهو العزيز الرحيمAnd this is indeed a revelation from the Guardian of all beings.
وانه لتنزيل رب العلمينThe trustworthy Influx came down with it, upon your core, so that you may be among the warners, in impeccable, explicit tongue.
نزل به الروح الامين على قلبك لتكون من المنذرين بلسان عربي مبينAnd this is indeed found in the Formularies of the ancients.
وانه لفي زبر الاولينIs it not a sign for them, that the scholars of the Sons of Israel know it?
اولم يكن لهم ءاية ان يعلمه علموا بني اسرءيلAnd if We had sent it down upon one of those whose tongue is not impeccable, and he had recited it to them, they would not have believed in it.
ولو نزلنه على بعض الاعجمين فقراه عليهم ما كانوا به مومنينThus We have made it penetrate the cores of the severed; they will not believe in it until they see the painful punishment, which will come to them suddenly, without their perceiving it, and they will say then: 'Will we be granted a delay?'
كذلك سلكنه في قلوب المجرمين لا يومنون به حتى يروا العذاب الاليم فياتيهم بغتة وهم لا يشعرون فيقولوا هل نحن منظرونIs it then Our punishment that they seek to hasten?
افبعذابنا يستعجلونDo you see? If We granted them enjoyment for years, then what they were promised came to them, of what use to them was the enjoyment they were granted?
افرءيت ان متعنهم سنين ثم جاءهم ما كانوا يوعدون ما اغنى عنهم ما كانوا يمتعونAnd We did not annihilate any city without it having had warners, as a reminder;
وما اهلكنا من قرية الا لها منذرون ذكرىand We have never been unjust.
وما كنا ظلمينAnd it is not the Diverters who descended with it; that does not suit them, and they cannot do it.
وما تنزلت به الشيطين وما ينبغي لهم وما يستطيعونThey are indeed kept away from all listening.
انهم عن السمع لمعزولونSo do not invoke, alongside God, another deity, or you would be among the punished.
فلا تدع مع الله الها ءاخر فتكون من المعذبينAnd warn your closest clan, and lower your wing toward those who follow you, among the believers.
وانذر عشيرتك الاقربين واخفض جناحك لمن اتبعك من المومنينIf they disobey you, say then: 'I am clear of what you do.'
فان عصوك فقل اني بريء مما تعملونAnd rely upon the All-Powerful, the Benevolent, the One who sees you when you stand, and your movement among those who prostrate.
وتوكل على العزيز الرحيم الذي يرىك حين تقوم وتقلبك في السجدينIt is He, indeed, the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.
انه هو السميع العليمShall I inform you upon whom the Diverters descend? They descend upon every inveterate liar, laden with transgressions, who lend an ear, and most of them are liars.
هل انبيكم على من تنزل الشيطين تنزل على كل افاك اثيم يلقون السمع واكثرهم كذبونAnd the beguiling rhetoricians, it is the misled who follow them.
والشعراء يتبعهم الغاونHave you not seen that they ramble on about every subject, and that they say what they never do?
الم تر انهم في كل واد يهيمون وانهم يقولون ما لا يفعلونexcept those who have believed, done righteous deeds, remembered God much, and defended themselves after being wronged;
الا الذين ءامنوا وعملوا الصلحت وذكروا الله كثيرا وانتصروا من بعد ما ظلمواand those who have done injustice will soon know to what turning point they will turn.
وسيعلم الذين ظلموا اى منقلب ينقلبون