Sourate An-Nahl (16) unvowelled

In the name of God, the All-Benevolent, the Benevolent. The command of God has come: so do not seek to hasten it. 1

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم اتى امر الله فلا تستعجلوه

Glory be to Him, and He is exalted above what they associate with Him.i 1

سبحنه وتعلى عما يشركون

He sends down the Agents with the Influx, by His command, upon whom He wills among His obedient ones: "Warn that there is no deity but Me; so guard yourselves before Me."i 2

ينزل المليكة بالروح من امره على من يشاء من عباده ان انذروا انه لا اله الا انا فاتقون

He created the heavens and the earth with truth. 3

خلق السموت والارض بالحق

He is exalted above what they associate with Him. 3

تعلى عما يشركون

He created the human being from a drop, and behold, he is a declared disputant. 4

خلق الانسن من نطفة فاذا هو خصيم مبين

And the cattle, He created them: 5

والانعم خلقها

in them you find warmth and benefits, and from them you eat. 5

لكم فيها دفء ومنفع ومنها تاكلون

And in them you find a beauty, when you bring them back in the evening and when you lead them out to pasture. 6

ولكم فيها جمال حين تريحون وحين تسرحون

And they carry your burdens to a land you would not have reached except with great hardship on yourselves:i 7

وتحمل اثقالكم الى بلد لم تكونوا بلغيه الا بشق الانفس

your Guardian is indeed full of kindness, full of benevolence. 7

ان ربكم لرءوف رحيم

And horses, mules, and donkeys, for you to ride, and as adornment. 8

والخيل والبغال والحمير لتركبوها وزينة

And He creates what you do not know. 8

ويخلق ما لا تعلمون

To God belongs the tracing of the straight path; some of it veers off.i 9

وعلى الله قصد السبيل ومنها جاير

Had He willed, He would have guided you all. 9

ولو شاء لهدىكم اجمعين

It is He who sent down from the sky a water: from it you have a drink, and from it comes vegetation where you graze [your herds]. 10

هو الذي انزل من السماء ماء لكم منه شراب ومنه شجر فيه تسيمون

By it, He causes to grow for you the crops, the olive, the palms, the vines, and every kind of fruit: 11

ينبت لكم به الزرع والزيتون والنخيل والاعنب ومن كل الثمرت

there is indeed in that a sign for a people who reflect. 11

ان في ذلك لءاية لقوم يتفكرون

He has subjected for you the night and the day, the sun and the moon; and the stars are subjected by His command. 12

وسخر لكم اليل والنهار والشمس والقمر والنجوم مسخرت بامره

There are indeed in that signs for a people who reason. 12

ان في ذلك لءايت لقوم يعقلون

And what He has scattered for you on the earth, of varied colors: 13

وما ذرا لكم في الارض مختلفا الونه

there is indeed in that a sign for a people who remember. 13

ان في ذلك لءاية لقوم يذكرون

It is He who has subjected the sea, so that you may eat from it tender flesh and extract from it an ornament that you wear; 14

وهو الذي سخر البحر لتاكلوا منه لحما طريا وتستخرجوا منه حلية تلبسونها

and you see the vessel cleaving through it, so that you may seek His favor, and perhaps you will be grateful. 14

وترى الفلك مواخر فيه ولتبتغوا من فضله ولعلكم تشكرون

And He cast upon the earth firmly-anchored mountains, so that it would not shake beneath you, and rivers and paths, so that you might be guided, and landmarks,i 16

والقى في الارض روسي ان تميد بكم وانهرا وسبلا لعلكم تهتدون وعلمت

and it is by the star that they find their way. 16

وبالنجم هم يهتدون

Is He who creates then like one who creates nothing? 17

افمن يخلق كمن لا يخلق

Will you not then remember? 17

افلا تذكرون

If you were to count God's blessings, you could not enumerate them. 18

وان تعدوا نعمة الله لا تحصوها

God is indeed Most-Forgiving, full of benevolence. 18

ان الله لغفور رحيم

God knows what you keep secret and what you disclose. 19

والله يعلم ما تسرون وما تعلنون

Those they invoke besides God create nothing; it is they who are created.i 20

والذين يدعون من دون الله لا يخلقون شيا وهم يخلقون

Dead, without life, 21

اموت غير احياء

and they do not even know when they will be raised. 21

وما يشعرون ايان يبعثون

Your deity is a single deity. 22

الهكم اله وحد

Those who do not believe in the last life have a denying Core, and they are full of pride.i 22

فالذين لا يومنون بالءاخرة قلوبهم منكرة وهم مستكبرون

There is no doubt that God knows what they keep secret and what they disclose: 23

لا جرم ان الله يعلم ما يسرون وما يعلنون

He does not love those who are puffed up with pride. 23

انه لا يحب المستكبرين

And when it is said to them: "What has your Guardian sent down?" they say: "Legends of the ancients" — so as to bear, on the Day of Appearance, their burdens in full, and a portion of the burdens of those they mislead without knowledge:i 25

واذا قيل لهم ماذا انزل ربكم قالوا اسطير الاولين ليحملوا اوزارهم كاملة يوم القيمة ومن اوزار الذين يضلونهم بغير علم

how detestable is what they bear! 25

الا ساء ما يزرون

Those before them indeed plotted; but God seized their structure from the foundations, so that the roof collapsed upon them from above, and the punishment came to them from where they did not perceive. 26

قد مكر الذين من قبلهم فاتى الله بنينهم من القواعد فخر عليهم السقف من فوقهم واتىهم العذاب من حيث لا يشعرون

Then, on the Day of Appearance, He will cover them with shame and say: "Where are My associates, about whom you were in dissension?"i 27

ثم يوم القيمة يخزيهم ويقول اين شركاءي الذين كنتم تشقون فيهم

Those to whom knowledge was given will say: "Humiliation, today, and misfortune, are upon those who deny" — those the Agents take, wronging themselves.i 28

قال الذين اوتوا العلم ان الخزي اليوم والسوء على الكفرين الذين تتوفىهم المليكة ظالمي انفسهم

They then offer their submission: "We were doing no evil!" — But yes, indeed!i 28

فالقوا السلم ما كنا نعمل من سوء بلى

God knows best what you were doing. 28

ان الله عليم بما كنتم تعملون

So enter through the gates of Jahannam, to remain therein:i 29

فادخلوا ابوب جهنم خلدين فيها

what a detestable abode for those puffed up with pride! 29

فلبيس مثوى المتكبرين

And it is said to those who guarded themselves: "What has your Guardian sent down?" They say: "Something good." 30

وقيل للذين اتقوا ماذا انزل ربكم قالوا خيرا

For those who do good, in the present life, there is good; 30

للذين احسنوا في هذه الدنيا حسنة

but the abode of the last life is better, 30

ولدار الءاخرة خير

and what an excellent abode is that of those who guard themselves! 30

ولنعم دار المتقين

The Gardens of Eden, which they will enter, beneath which rivers flow; they will have therein what they desire. 31

جنت عدن يدخلونها تجري من تحتها الانهر لهم فيها ما يشاءون

Thus God rewards those who guard themselves, those the Agents take in a state of purity,i 32

كذلك يجزي الله المتقين الذين تتوفىهم المليكة طيبين

saying: "Peace be upon you! Enter the Garden, for what you used to do." 32

يقولون سلم عليكم ادخلوا الجنة بما كنتم تعملون

Do they then wait only for the Agents to come to them, or for the command of your Guardian to come?i 33

هل ينظرون الا ان تاتيهم المليكة او ياتي امر ربك

Thus did those before them act. 33

كذلك فعل الذين من قبلهم

God did not wrong them, 33

وما ظلمهم الله

but they were unjust toward themselves. 33

ولكن كانوا انفسهم يظلمون

The evils of what they did overtook them, 34

فاصابهم سيات ما عملوا

and what they used to mock encompassed them. 34

وحاق بهم ما كانوا به يستهزءون

Those who associated said: "Had God willed, we would not have obeyed anything besides Him, neither we nor our ancestors, nor would we have forbidden anything besides Him." 35

وقال الذين اشركوا لو شاء الله ما عبدنا من دونه من شىء نحن ولا ءاباونا ولا حرمنا من دونه من شىء

Thus did those before them act. 35

كذلك فعل الذين من قبلهم

Is anything then incumbent upon the messengers, except clear transmission? 35

فهل على الرسل الا البلغ المبين

We have indeed raised up, in every community, a messenger: "Obey God and avoid the Tyrant,"i 36

ولقد بعثنا في كل امة رسولا ان اعبدوا الله واجتنبوا الطغوت

there are among them those God has guided, 36

فمنهم من هدى الله

and there are those upon whom error has come true. 36

ومنهم من حقت عليه الضللة

So travel the earth and see what was the end of those who denied. 36

فسيروا في الارض فانظروا كيف كان عقبة المكذبين

If you are eager for their guidance, God does not guide him who strays by himself,i 37

ان تحرص على هدىهم فان الله لا يهدي من يضل

and they will have no helpers. 37

وما لهم من نصرين

They swore by God, with their most solemn oaths, that God will not raise up the one who dies. 38

واقسموا بالله جهد ايمنهم لا يبعث الله من يموت

But yes indeed! It is a promise incumbent upon Him, in truth — but most people do not know — so that He may make clear to them that on which they differ, and so that those who deny may know that they were liars.i 39

بلى وعدا عليه حقا ولكن اكثر الناس لا يعلمون ليبين لهم الذي يختلفون فيه وليعلم الذين كفروا انهم كانوا كذبين

Our only word, for a thing, when We will it, is to say to it: "Be," 40

انما قولنا لشىء اذا اردنه ان نقول له كن

and it is. 40

فيكون

And those who emigrated for God, after having suffered injustice, We shall surely establish them in a fine position in the present life; 41

والذين هاجروا في الله من بعد ما ظلموا لنبوينهم في الدنيا حسنة

and the reward of the last life is even greater, if they knew — 41

ولاجر الءاخرة اكبر لو كانوا يعلمون

those who were patient and who place their trust in their Guardian. 42

الذين صبروا وعلى ربهم يتوكلون

And We sent, before you, none but men to whom We revealed: so ask the keepers of the Reminder, if you do not know — with the clear proofs and the Formulary.i 44

وما ارسلنا من قبلك الا رجالا نوحي اليهم فسلوا اهل الذكر ان كنتم لا تعلمون بالبينت والزبر

And We have sent down to you the Reminder, so that you may make clear to the people what has been sent down to them, and perhaps they will reflect.i 44

وانزلنا اليك الذكر لتبين للناس ما نزل اليهم ولعلهم يتفكرون

Are those who plotted the evils then sure that God will not cause the earth to swallow them, or that the punishment will not come to them from where they do not perceive, or that He will not seize them in their comings and goings, without their being able to thwart [Him], or that He will not seize them in a gradual dread? 47

افامن الذين مكروا السيات ان يخسف الله بهم الارض او ياتيهم العذاب من حيث لا يشعرون او ياخذهم في تقلبهم فما هم بمعجزين او ياخذهم على تخوف

Your Guardian is indeed full of kindness, full of benevolence. 47

فان ربكم لرءوف رحيم

Have they not seen that, of everything God has created, the shadows incline to the right and the left, prostrate before God, in utter humility?i 48

اولم يروا الى ما خلق الله من شىء يتفيوا ظلله عن اليمين والشمايل سجدا لله وهم دخرون

And before God prostrates everything in the heavens and on the earth, among living creatures, as well as the Agents, without being puffed up with pride: they fear their Guardian, above them, and do what they are commanded.i 50

ولله يسجد ما في السموت وما في الارض من دابة والمليكة وهم لا يستكبرون يخافون ربهم من فوقهم ويفعلون ما يومرون

And God said: "Do not take two deities. 51

وقال الله لا تتخذوا الهين اثنين

He is but a single deity; 51

انما هو اله وحد

so it is Me you must dread." 51

فايي فارهبون

To Him belongs what is in the heavens and on the earth, 52

وله ما في السموت والارض

and to Him the Law, permanently.i 52

وله الدين واصبا

Would you then fear other than God? 52

افغير الله تتقون

Every blessing that is in you comes from God; 53

وما بكم من نعمة فمن الله

then, when harm touches you, it is to Him that you cry out, imploring.i 53

ثم اذا مسكم الضر فاليه تجرون

Then, when He removes harm from you, behold, a group among you associates [others] with its Guardian, so as to deny what We have given them. 55

ثم اذا كشف الضر عنكم اذا فريق منكم بربهم يشركون ليكفروا بما ءاتينهم

So enjoy yourselves, 55

فتمتعوا

but you will soon know. 55

فسوف تعلمون

And they assign, to what they do not know, a share of what We have provided them. 56

ويجعلون لما لا يعلمون نصيبا مما رزقنهم

By God, you will surely be questioned about what you used to invent. 56

تالله لتسلن عما كنتم تفترون

And they assign to God daughters — Glory be to Him!i 57

ويجعلون لله البنت سبحنه

while for themselves is what they desire. 57

ولهم ما يشتهون

And when one of them receives the news of a daughter, his face darkens, and he is filled with suppressed distress; he hides himself from the people, because of the ill news he was given:i 59

واذا بشر احدهم بالانثى ظل وجهه مسودا وهو كظيم يتورى من القوم من سوء ما بشر به

shall he keep her despite the humiliation, or bury her in the ground?i 59

ايمسكه على هون ام يدسه في التراب

How detestable is what they decide! 59

الا ساء ما يحكمون

To those who do not believe in the last life belongs the example of evil, 60

للذين لا يومنون بالءاخرة مثل السوء

and to God belongs the most exalted example: 60

ولله المثل الاعلى

He is the All-Mighty, the Wise. 60

وهو العزيز الحكيم

If God were to seize the people for their injustice, He would not leave upon it [the earth] a single living creature; 61

ولو يواخذ الله الناس بظلمهم ما ترك عليها من دابة

but He defers them until an appointed term, 61

ولكن يوخرهم الى اجل مسمى

and when their term comes, they will not be able to delay it by an hour,i 61

فاذا جاء اجلهم لا يستخرون ساعة

nor advance it. 61

ولا يستقدمون

And they assign to God what they themselves detest, 62

ويجعلون لله ما يكرهون

and their tongues describe the lie, claiming that to them belongs the best: 62

وتصف السنتهم الكذب ان لهم الحسنى

there is no doubt that to them belongs the Fire, and that they will be sent forth into it first.i 62

لا جرم ان لهم النار وانهم مفرطون

By God, We indeed sent [messengers] to communities before you; but the Diverter made their actions appear pleasing to them, and he is their ally today:i 63

تالله لقد ارسلنا الى امم من قبلك فزين لهم الشيطن اعملهم فهو وليهم اليوم

and they will have a painful punishment. 63

ولهم عذاب اليم

And We have sent down to you the Scripture only so that you may make clear to them that on which they differ, and as guidance and benevolence for a people who believe.i 64

وما انزلنا عليك الكتب الا لتبين لهم الذي اختلفوا فيه وهدى ورحمة لقوم يومنون

And God sent down from the sky a water, by which He revived the earth after its death: 65

والله انزل من السماء ماء فاحيا به الارض بعد موتها

there is indeed in that a sign for a people who hear. 65

ان في ذلك لءاية لقوم يسمعون

And there is indeed, for you, in the cattle, a lesson:i 66

وان لكم في الانعم لعبرة

We provide you drink from what is in their bellies, between chyme and blood, a pure milk, pleasant to drink for those who drink it; and from the fruits of palms and vines, you draw an intoxicating drink and an excellent provision.i 67

نسقيكم مما في بطونه من بين فرث ودم لبنا خالصا سايغا للشربين ومن ثمرت النخيل والاعنب تتخذون منه سكرا ورزقا حسنا

There is indeed in that a sign for a people who reason. 67

ان في ذلك لءاية لقوم يعقلون

And your Guardian inspired the bee: "Take, among the mountains, dwellings, and in the trees and in what they build [the people]; then eat of all the fruits, and follow the paths of your Guardian, made smooth."i 69

واوحى ربك الى النحل ان اتخذي من الجبال بيوتا ومن الشجر ومما يعرشون ثم كلي من كل الثمرت فاسلكي سبل ربك ذللا

From their bellies comes forth a drink of varied colors, in which there is healing for the people:i 69

يخرج من بطونها شراب مختلف الونه فيه شفاء للناس

there is indeed in that a sign for a people who reflect. 69

ان في ذلك لءاية لقوم يتفكرون

God created you, then He causes you to die; 70

والله خلقكم ثم يتوفىكم

and among you are those brought back to the most abject age, so as to know nothing more after having known.i 70

ومنكم من يرد الى ارذل العمر لكى لا يعلم بعد علم شيا

God is Knowing, Able. 70

ان الله عليم قدير

And God has favored some among you over others in provision: 71

والله فضل بعضكم على بعض في الرزق

those who have been favored do not hand back their provision to those bound by pledge among them, so that they would be equal in it: would they then deny God's blessing?i 71

فما الذين فضلوا برادي رزقهم على ما ملكت ايمنهم فهم فيه سواء

Would they then deny the blessing of God?i 71

افبنعمة الله يجحدون

And God has given you, from yourselves, spouses, and given you, from your spouses, children and grandchildren,i 72

والله جعل لكم من انفسكم ازوجا وجعل لكم من ازوجكم بنين وحفدة

and He has provided you with good things. 72

ورزقكم من الطيبت

Would they then believe in falsehood, and deny the blessing of God? 72

افبالبطل يومنون وبنعمت الله هم يكفرون

And they obey, besides God, what holds for them, from the heavens and the earth, no provision at all, and has no power to do so. 73

ويعبدون من دون الله ما لا يملك لهم رزقا من السموت والارض شيا ولا يستطيعون

So do not multiply examples for God:i 74

فلا تضربوا لله الامثال

God knows, 74

ان الله يعلم

and you do not know. 74

وانتم لا تعلمون

God multiplies an example: a constrained one, having no power at all, and one to whom We have granted, from Us, a fine provision, from which he spends secretly and openly — would they be equal?i 75

ضرب الله مثلا عبدا مملوكا لا يقدر على شىء ومن رزقنه منا رزقا حسنا فهو ينفق منه سرا وجهرا هل يستون

Praise be to God! 75

الحمد لله

But most of them do not know. 75

بل اكثرهم لا يعلمون

And God multiplies another example: two men, one of whom is mute, possessing no power at all, an entire burden upon his master; wherever he sends him, he brings back nothing good — is that one the equal of one who commands justice and stands upon a straight path?i 76

وضرب الله مثلا رجلين احدهما ابكم لا يقدر على شىء وهو كل على مولىه اينما يوجهه لا يات بخير هل يستوي هو ومن يامر بالعدل وهو على صرط مستقيم

To God belongs what escapes the senses in the heavens and on the earth.i 77

ولله غيب السموت والارض

The matter of the Hour is only like the twinkling of an eye, or even swifter. 77

وما امر الساعة الا كلمح البصر او هو اقرب

God has power over everything. 77

ان الله على كل شىء قدير

And God brought you out of your mothers' wombs, knowing nothing, 78

والله اخرجكم من بطون امهتكم لا تعلمون شيا

and He gave you hearing, sight, and consciences, perhaps you will be grateful.i 78

وجعل لكم السمع والابصر والافدة لعلكم تشكرون

Have they not seen the birds, subjected in the space of the sky, held by nothing but God? 79

الم يروا الى الطير مسخرت في جو السماء ما يمسكهن الا الله

There are indeed in that signs for a people who believe. 79

ان في ذلك لءايت لقوم يومنون

And God has given you, from your houses, a peaceful abode, and He has given you, from the hides of cattle, dwellings you find light on the day of your departure and the day of your settling, 80

والله جعل لكم من بيوتكم سكنا وجعل لكم من جلود الانعم بيوتا تستخفونها يوم ظعنكم ويوم اقامتكم

and, from their wool, their fur, and their hair, furnishings and use for a time. 80

ومن اصوافها واوبارها واشعارها اثثا ومتعا الى حين

And God has given you, from what He created, shades, and He has given you, from the mountains, shelters, and He has given you garments that protect you from the heat, and garments that protect you from your own violence:i 81

والله جعل لكم مما خلق ظللا وجعل لكم من الجبال اكننا وجعل لكم سربيل تقيكم الحر وسربيل تقيكم باسكم

thus He completes His blessing upon you, perhaps you will be true to Him alone.i 81

كذلك يتم نعمته عليكم لعلكم تسلمون

If they turn away, only clear transmission is incumbent upon you. 82

فان تولوا فانما عليك البلغ المبين

They recognize the blessing of God, then deny it, 83

يعرفون نعمت الله ثم ينكرونها

and most of them deny. 83

واكثرهم الكفرون

And the Day We raise up, from every community, a witness, it will no longer be permitted to those who deny [to excuse themselves], nor will they be asked to make amends.i 84

ويوم نبعث من كل امة شهيدا ثم لا يوذن للذين كفروا ولا هم يستعتبون

And when those who were unjust see the punishment, it will neither be lightened for them, nor will they be granted a reprieve. 85

واذا رءا الذين ظلموا العذاب فلا يخفف عنهم ولا هم ينظرون

And when those who associated see their associates, they will say: "Our Guardian, these are our associates whom we used to invoke besides You." 86

واذا رءا الذين اشركوا شركاءهم قالوا ربنا هولاء شركاونا الذين كنا ندعوا من دونك

These will then address these words to them: "You are indeed liars." 86

فالقوا اليهم القول انكم لكذبون

And they will offer to God, that Day, their submission, 87

والقوا الى الله يوميذ السلم

and what they used to invent will stray away from them. 87

وضل عنهم ما كانوا يفترون

Those who deny and who turned away from God's path — We shall add for them a punishment upon the punishment, for the corruption they spread.i 88

الذين كفروا وصدوا عن سبيل الله زدنهم عذابا فوق العذاب بما كانوا يفسدون

And the Day We raise up, in every community, a witness from among themselves, against it, and We bring you, as a witness against these, 89

ويوم نبعث في كل امة شهيدا عليهم من انفسهم وجينا بك شهيدا على هولاء

And We have sent down to you the Scripture, making everything clear, and as guidance, benevolence, and glad tidings for those who are true to God alone.i 89

ونزلنا عليك الكتب تبينا لكل شىء وهدى ورحمة وبشرى للمسلمين

God commands equity, benevolence, and giving to the close relative, 90

ان الله يامر بالعدل والاحسن وايتاي ذي القربى

and He forbids indecency, the disavowed, and outrage:i 90

وينهى عن الفحشاء والمنكر والبغي

He exhorts you, perhaps you will remember. 90

يعظكم لعلكم تذكرون

And keep God's covenant when you make a covenant, 91

واوفوا بعهد الله اذا عهدتم

and do not break oaths after affirming them, having taken God as a guarantor over you:i 91

ولا تنقضوا الايمن بعد توكيدها وقد جعلتم الله عليكم كفيلا

God knows what you do. 91

ان الله يعلم ما تفعلون

And do not be like her who unravels her thread, after having firmly spun it, reducing it to fibers; you take your oaths as a means of deceit among yourselves, on the pretext that one community is more numerous than another:i 92

ولا تكونوا كالتي نقضت غزلها من بعد قوة انكثا تتخذون ايمنكم دخلا بينكم ان تكون امة هي اربى من امة

God only thereby tests you, 92

انما يبلوكم الله به

and He will surely make clear to you, on the Day of Appearance, that on which you differed.i 92

وليبينن لكم يوم القيمة ما كنتم فيه تختلفون

Had God willed, He would have made you a single community; 93

ولو شاء الله لجعلكم امة وحدة

but He lets go astray whom He wills and guides whom He wills, 93

ولكن يضل من يشاء ويهدي من يشاء

and you will surely be questioned about what you did. 93

ولتسلن عما كنتم تعملون

And do not take your oaths as a means of deceit among yourselves, or a foot would slip after having been firm, and you would taste evil for having turned away from God's path; and you would have an immense punishment. 94

ولا تتخذوا ايمنكم دخلا بينكم فتزل قدم بعد ثبوتها وتذوقوا السوء بما صددتم عن سبيل الله ولكم عذاب عظيم

And do not sell God's covenant for a small price: 95

ولا تشتروا بعهد الله ثمنا قليلا

what is with God is better for you, if you knew. 95

انما عند الله هو خير لكم ان كنتم تعلمون

What is with you is exhausted, 96

ما عندكم ينفد

and what is with God endures. 96

وما عند الله باق

And We shall surely reward those who were patient according to the best of their deeds.i 96

ولنجزين الذين صبروا اجرهم باحسن ما كانوا يعملون

Whoever does good, male or female, while being a believer, We shall surely make him live a good life, and We shall surely reward them according to the best of their deeds. 97

من عمل صلحا من ذكر او انثى وهو مومن فلنحيينه حيوة طيبة ولنجزينهم اجرهم باحسن ما كانوا يعملون

When you recite the Recitation, seek refuge with God from the banished Diverter.i 98

فاذا قرات القرءان فاستعذ بالله من الشيطن الرجيم

He has no authority over those who believe and who place their trust in their Guardian. 99

انه ليس له سلطن على الذين ءامنوا وعلى ربهم يتوكلون

His authority is exercised only over those who take him as ally, and over those who make him an associate. 100

انما سلطنه على الذين يتولونه والذين هم به مشركون

And when We substitute one sign for another sign — God knows best what He sends down — they say: "You are but an inventor." 101

واذا بدلنا ءاية مكان ءاية والله اعلم بما ينزل قالوا انما انت مفتر

But most of them do not know. 101

بل اكثرهم لا يعلمون

Say: "The Influx of holiness has brought it down, from your Guardian, with truth, so as to make firm those who believe, and as guidance and glad tidings for those who are true to God alone."i 102

قل نزله روح القدس من ربك بالحق ليثبت الذين ءامنوا وهدى وبشرى للمسلمين

We indeed know that they say: "It is only a human being who teaches it to him." 103

ولقد نعلم انهم يقولون انما يعلمه بشر

Yet the tongue of the one to whom they allude is confused, whereas this tongue is flawless, clear.i 103

لسان الذي يلحدون اليه اعجمي وهذا لسان عربي مبين

Those who do not believe in God's signs, God does not guide them, 104

ان الذين لا يومنون بايت الله لا يهديهم الله

and they will have a painful punishment. 104

ولهم عذاب اليم

Those who invent falsehood are those who do not believe in God's signs, 105

انما يفتري الكذب الذين لا يومنون بايت الله

and they are the liars. 105

واوليك هم الكذبون

Whoever denies God after having believed — except one who is coerced, while his Core remains at peace in faith —i 106

من كفر بالله من بعد ايمنه الا من اكره وقلبه مطمين بالايمن

but whoever opens his chest to denial, upon them falls a wrath from God, 106

ولكن من شرح بالكفر صدرا فعليهم غضب من الله

and they will have an immense punishment. 106

ولهم عذاب عظيم

That, because they preferred the present life to the last life, and because God does not guide the people who deny. 107

ذلك بانهم استحبوا الحيوة الدنيا على الءاخرة وان الله لا يهدي القوم الكفرين

Those are the ones on whose Core, hearing, and sight God has set a seal,i 108

اوليك الذين طبع الله على قلوبهم وسمعهم وابصرهم

and those are the heedless. 108

واوليك هم الغفلون

There is no doubt that, in the last life, they are the losers. 109

لا جرم انهم في الءاخرة هم الخسرون

Then, your Guardian, toward those who emigrated after having been tried, then strove and were patient — your Guardian, after that, is indeed Most-Forgiving, full of benevolence. 110

ثم ان ربك للذين هاجروا من بعد ما فتنوا ثم جهدوا وصبروا ان ربك من بعدها لغفور رحيم

The Day every Self will come pleading for itself, and every Self will be paid in full for what it did, without being wronged.i 111

يوم تاتي كل نفس تجدل عن نفسها وتوفى كل نفس ما عملت وهم لا يظلمون

And God proposes an example: a city that was secure, at peace, to which its provision came abundantly from everywhere; then it denied God's blessings, and God made it taste the garment of hunger and fear, for what they were fabricating.i 112

وضرب الله مثلا قرية كانت ءامنة مطمينة ياتيها رزقها رغدا من كل مكان فكفرت بانعم الله فاذقها الله لباس الجوع والخوف بما كانوا يصنعون

A messenger, from among them, had indeed come to them, but they denied him; the punishment then seized them, while they were unjust. 113

ولقد جاءهم رسول منهم فكذبوه فاخذهم العذاب وهم ظلمون

So eat of what God has provided you, lawful and good, 114

فكلوا مما رزقكم الله حللا طيبا

and be grateful for God's blessing, if it is Him you obey. 114

واشكروا نعمت الله ان كنتم اياه تعبدون

He has forbidden you only carrion, blood, the flesh of swine, and what has been consecrated to other than God. 115

انما حرم عليكم الميتة والدم ولحم الخنزير وما اهل لغير الله به

But whoever is compelled, without transgression or excess, God is then Most-Forgiving, full of benevolence. 115

فمن اضطر غير باغ ولا عاد فان الله غفور رحيم

And do not say, for what your tongues falsely describe: "This is lawful and this is forbidden," so as to invent falsehood against God: 116

ولا تقولوا لما تصف السنتكم الكذب هذا حلل وهذا حرام لتفتروا على الله الكذب

those who invent falsehood against God will not succeed. 116

ان الذين يفترون على الله الكذب لا يفلحون

A fleeting enjoyment, 117

متع قليل

and they will have a painful punishment. 117

ولهم عذاب اليم

And to the Reoriented, We forbade what We have already set out to you; 118

وعلى الذين هادوا حرمنا ما قصصنا عليك من قبل

We did not wrong them, 118

وما ظلمنهم

but they were unjust toward themselves. 118

ولكن كانوا انفسهم يظلمون

Then, your Guardian, toward those who did evil out of ignorance, then repented after that and reformed — your Guardian, after that, is indeed Most-Forgiving, full of benevolence. 119

ثم ان ربك للذين عملوا السوء بجهلة ثم تابوا من بعد ذلك واصلحوا ان ربك من بعدها لغفور رحيم

Ibrahim was indeed a community unto himself, obedient to God, wholly turned toward Him, and he was not among those who associate,i 120

ان ابرهيم كان امة قانتا لله حنيفا ولم يك من المشركين

grateful for His blessings. 121

شاكرا لانعمه

He elected him and guided him to a straight path. 121

اجتبىه وهدىه الى صرط مستقيم

And We gave him, in the present life, good; 122

وءاتينه في الدنيا حسنة

and in the last life, he is indeed among the righteous. 122

وانه في الءاخرة لمن الصلحين

Then We revealed to you: "Follow the doctrine of Ibrahim, wholly turned toward God,"i 123

ثم اوحينا اليك ان اتبع ملة ابرهيم حنيفا

and he was not among those who associate. 123

وما كان من المشركين

The sabt [the act of rest/inaction] was instituted only for those who differed about it: 124

انما جعل السبت على الذين اختلفوا فيه

your Guardian will surely judge between them, on the Day of Appearance, concerning that in which they differed.i 124

وان ربك ليحكم بينهم يوم القيمة فيما كانوا فيه يختلفون

Call to the path of your Guardian with wisdom and fine exhortation, and debate with them in the finest manner. 125

ادع الى سبيل ربك بالحكمة والموعظة الحسنة وجدلهم بالتي هي احسن

Your Guardian knows best who strays from His path, 125

ان ربك هو اعلم بمن ضل عن سبيله

and He knows best the rightly guided. 125

وهو اعلم بالمهتدين

And if you punish, punish to the exact measure of that with which you were harmed; 126

وان عاقبتم فعاقبوا بمثل ما عوقبتم به

but if you are patient, that is indeed better for those who are patient. 126

ولين صبرتم لهو خير للصبرين

And be patient — 127

واصبر

yet your patience rests only in God. 127

وما صبرك الا بالله

And do not grieve over them, and do not be constrained because of what they scheme. 127

ولا تحزن عليهم ولا تك في ضيق مما يمكرون

God is with those who guard themselves and those who excel [in good]. 128

ان الله مع الذين اتقوا والذين هم محسنون