Sourate Ash-Shu'ara (26) unvowelled

In the name of God, the All-Benevolent, the Benevolent. Ta. Sin. Mim.i 1

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم طسم

These are the signs of the explicit Scripture.i 2

تلك ءايت الكتب المبين

Perhaps you will consume yourself with grief because they are not believers.i 3

لعلك بخع نفسك الا يكونوا مومنين

If We willed, We could send down upon them a sign from the sky before which their necks would stay bowed. 4

ان نشا ننزل عليهم من السماء ءاية فظلت اعنقهم لها خضعين

No new reminder comes to them from the All-Benevolent without them turning away from it. 5

وما ياتيهم من ذكر من الرحمن محدث الا كانوا عنه معرضين

Yet they have denied; the news of what they used to mock will soon reach them. 6

فقد كذبوا فسياتيهم انبوا ما كانوا به يستهزءون

Have they not seen the earth, how much We have made grow in it of every generous kind? 7

اولم يروا الى الارض كم انبتنا فيها من كل زوج كريم

In that, there is indeed a sign. 8

ان في ذلك لءاية

But most of them are not believers. 8

وما كان اكثرهم مومنين

And your Guardian is indeed the All-Powerful, the Benevolent. 9

وان ربك لهو العزيز الرحيم

And recall when your Guardian called out to Moussa: 'Go to the unjust people, the people of Fir'awn.i 11

واذ نادى ربك موسى ان ايت القوم الظلمين قوم فرعون

Will they not become guarded?'i 11

الا يتقون

He 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.'i 14

قال رب اني اخاف ان يكذبون ويضيق صدري ولا ينطلق لساني فارسل الى هرون ولهم على ذنب فاخاف ان يقتلون

He said [God]: 'By no means! 15

قال كلا

Go, both of you, with Our signs; We are with you, listening.' 15

فاذهبا بايتنا انا معكم مستمعون

'Go then to Fir'awn and say: We are the messengers of the Guardian of all beings; let the Children of Israel go with us.'i 17

فاتيا فرعون فقولا انا رسول رب العلمين ان ارسل معنا بني اسرءيل

He 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 deny.'i 19

قال الم نربك فينا وليدا ولبثت فينا من عمرك سنين وفعلت فعلتك التي فعلت وانت من الكفرين

He said [Moussa]: 'I did it then, while I was among the astray.i 20

قال فعلتها اذا وانا من الضالين

So I fled from you when I feared you; then my Guardian granted me judgment and made me one of the messengers. 21

ففررت منكم لما خفتكم فوهب لي ربي حكما وجعلني من المرسلين

And this favor you reproach me with is that you enslaved the Children of Israel!' 22

وتلك نعمة تمنها على ان عبدت بني اسرءيل

Fir'awn said: 'And what is the Guardian of all beings?'i 23

قال فرعون وما رب العلمين

He said [Moussa]: 'The Guardian of the heavens and the earth and what is between them, if you are of those who are certain.'i 24

قال رب السموت والارض وما بينهما ان كنتم موقنين

He said [Fir'awn] to those around him: 'Do you not listen?'i 25

قال لمن حوله الا تستمعون

He said [Moussa]: 'Your Guardian and the Guardian of your earliest forefathers.'i 26

قال ربكم ورب ءابايكم الاولين

He said [Fir'awn]: 'Your messenger who has been sent to you is certainly deranged.'i 27

قال ان رسولكم الذي ارسل اليكم لمجنون

He said [Moussa]: 'The Guardian of the east and the west and what is between them, if you would reason.'i 28

قال رب المشرق والمغرب وما بينهما ان كنتم تعقلون

He said [Fir'awn]: 'If you take a god other than me, I will certainly put you among the imprisoned.'i 29

قال لين اتخذت الها غيري لاجعلنك من المسجونين

He said [Moussa]: 'Even if I brought you something explicit?'i 30

قال اولو جيتك بشىء مبين

He said [Fir'awn]: 'Bring it then, if you are among the truthful.'i 31

قال فات به ان كنت من الصدقين

He 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. 33

فالقى عصاه فاذا هي ثعبان مبين ونزع يده فاذا هي بيضاء للنظرين

He 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?'i 35

قال للملا حوله ان هذا لسحر عليم يريد ان يخرجكم من ارضكم بسحره فماذا تامرون

They 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.'i 37

قالوا ارجه واخاه وابعث في المداين حشرين ياتوك بكل سحار عليم

The workers of illusion were gathered for the appointment of a known day. 38

فجمع السحرة لميقت يوم معلوم

And it was said to the people: 'Will you gather, so that we may follow the workers of illusion, if they are the victors?' 40

وقيل للناس هل انتم مجتمعون لعلنا نتبع السحرة ان كانوا هم الغلبين

When the workers of illusion came, they said to Fir'awn: 'Will there truly be a reward for us, if we are the victors?'i 41

فلما جاء السحرة قالوا لفرعون اين لنا لاجرا ان كنا نحن الغلبين

He said [Fir'awn]: 'Yes, and you will then certainly be among those brought near.'i 42

قال نعم وانكم اذا لمن المقربين

Moussa said to them: 'Throw what you have to throw.'i 43

قال لهم موسى القوا ما انتم ملقون

So they threw their ropes and their staffs and said: 'By the might of Fir'awn, it is we, indeed, who will be the victors!'i 44

فالقوا حبالهم وعصيهم وقالوا بعزة فرعون انا لنحن الغلبون

Then Moussa threw his staff, and behold, it swallowed up what they had fabricated as illusion.i 45

فالقى موسى عصاه فاذا هي تلقف ما يافكون

The workers of illusion then fell down prostrate. 46

فالقي السحرة سجدين

They said [the workers of illusion]: 'We believe in the Guardian of all beings, the Guardian of Moussa and Harun.'i 48

قالوا ءامنا برب العلمين رب موسى وهرون

He said [Fir'awn]: 'Have you believed in him before I gave you permission? He is certainly your chief, who taught you illusion.i 49

قال ءامنتم له قبل ان ءاذن لكم انه لكبيركم الذي علمكم السحر

You will soon know. 49

فلسوف تعلمون

I will certainly cut off your hands and feet on opposite sides, and crucify you all together.'i 49

لاقطعن ايديكم وارجلكم من خلف ولاصلبنكم اجمعين

They said [the workers of illusion]: 'No harm! 50

قالوا لا ضير

It is to our Guardian that we are turning back. 50

انا الى ربنا منقلبون

We hope our Guardian will forgive us our faults, since we are the first of the believers.' 51

انا نطمع ان يغفر لنا ربنا خطينا ان كنا اول المومنين

And We revealed to Moussa: 'Set out by night with My obedient ones; you will be pursued.'i 52

واوحينا الى موسى ان اسر بعبادي انكم متبعون

Fir'awn then sent gatherers into the cities:i 53

فارسل فرعون في المداين حشرين

'These are indeed a small band, and they enrage us, and we are, all together, a vigilant force.'i 56

ان هولاء لشرذمة قليلون وانهم لنا لغايظون وانا لجميع حذرون

So We brought them out of gardens and springs, and treasures and a noble station. 58

فاخرجنهم من جنت وعيون وكنوز ومقام كريم

Thus. 59

كذلك

And We made the Children of Israel inherit them, and they pursued them at sunrise. 60

واورثنها بني اسرءيل فاتبعوهم مشرقين

And when the two groups saw each other, the companions of Moussa said: 'We are certainly overtaken!'i 61

فلما ترءا الجمعان قال اصحب موسى انا لمدركون

He said [Moussa]: 'By no means!i 62

قال كلا

My Guardian is indeed with me; He will guide me.' 62

ان معي ربي سيهدين

We then revealed to Moussa: 'Strike the sea with your staff.' It split, and each part was like an immense mountain.i 63

فاوحينا الى موسى ان اضرب بعصاك البحر فانفلق فكان كل فرق كالطود العظيم

And We brought the others close there. 64

وازلفنا ثم الءاخرين

And We saved Moussa and all those with him, then We drowned the others.i 66

وانجينا موسى ومن معه اجمعين ثم اغرقنا الءاخرين

In that, there is indeed a sign. 67

ان في ذلك لءاية

But most of them are not believers. 67

وما كان اكثرهم مومنين

And your Guardian is indeed the All-Powerful, the Benevolent. 68

وان ربك لهو العزيز الرحيم

And recite to them the account of Ibrahim, when he said to his father and his people: 'What do you obey?'i 70

واتل عليهم نبا ابرهيم اذ قال لابيه وقومه ما تعبدون

They said [Ibrahim's people]: 'We obey idols, and we remain devoted to them.'i 71

قالوا نعبد اصناما فنظل لها عكفين

He said [Ibrahim]: 'Do they hear you when you call upon them, or do they benefit you, or do they harm you?'i 73

قال هل يسمعونكم اذ تدعون او ينفعونكم او يضرون

They said [Ibrahim's people]: 'No, but we found our ancestors acting thus.'i 74

قالوا بل وجدنا ءاباءنا كذلك يفعلون

He said [Ibrahim]: "Have you then seen what you used to obey, you and your most distant forefathers? They are indeed enemies to me,i 77

قال افرءيتم ما كنتم تعبدون انتم وءاباوكم الاقدمون فانهم عدو لي

except the Guardian of all beings, the one who created me and who guides me, 78

الا رب العلمين الذي خلقني فهو يهدين

and the one who feeds me and gives me drink, and who, when I am ill, heals me, 80

والذي هو يطعمني ويسقين واذا مرضت فهو يشفين

and the one who will cause me to die then bring me back to life, 81

والذي يميتني ثم يحيين

and the one from whom I hope forgiveness for my fault on the Day of Retribution.i 82

والذي اطمع ان يغفر لي خطيتي يوم الدين

My Guardian, grant me judgment and join me with the righteous, 83

رب هب لي حكما والحقني بالصلحين

and grant me a tongue of truth among those who come after, 84

واجعل لي لسان صدق في الءاخرين

and make me one of the heirs of the garden of blessing,i 85

واجعلني من ورثة جنة النعيم

and forgive my father, for he was among the astray, 86

واغفر لابي انه كان من الضالين

and do not disgrace me on the day they are resurrected, the day when neither wealth nor sons will be of use, except to one who comes to God with an intact Core.i 89

ولا تخزني يوم يبعثون يوم لا ينفع مال ولا بنون الا من اتى الله بقلب سليم

And the garden will be brought near to those who guard themselves, 90

وازلفت الجنة للمتقين

and the Blaze will be shown to those astray.i 91

وبرزت الجحيم للغاوين

And it will be said to them: 'Where are those you used to obey, besides God, 93

وقيل لهم اين ما كنتم تعبدون من دون الله

do they help you, or do they help themselves?' 93

هل ينصرونكم او ينتصرون

They will be cast into it, they, those astray, and the troops of the Despairing One [Iblis], all together.i 95

فكبكبوا فيها هم والغاون وجنود ابليس اجمعون

They will say, disputing there: 'By God, we were indeed in explicit error, when we set you on the same level as the Guardian of all beings.i 98

قالوا وهم فيها يختصمون تالله ان كنا لفي ضلل مبين اذ نسويكم برب العلمين

And it was only the severed who led us astray. 99

وما اضلنا الا المجرمون

So we have neither intercessors, nor a devoted friend. 101

فما لنا من شفعين ولا صديق حميم

If only we had a return, we would be among the believers!' 102

فلو ان لنا كرة فنكون من المومنين

In that, there is indeed a sign. 103

ان في ذلك لءاية

But most of them are not believers. 103

وما كان اكثرهم مومنين

And your Guardian is indeed the All-Powerful, the Benevolent. 104

وان ربك لهو العزيز الرحيم

The 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.i 107

كذبت قوم نوح المرسلين اذ قال لهم اخوهم نوح الا تتقون اني لكم رسول امين

So guard yourselves before God and obey me. 108

فاتقوا الله واطيعون

I ask you no reward for this; 109

وما اسلكم عليه من اجر

my reward is due only from the Guardian of all beings. 109

ان اجري الا على رب العلمين

So guard yourselves before God and obey me.' 110

فاتقوا الله واطيعون

They said [Nuh's people]: 'Shall we believe in you while it is the most abject who have followed you?'i 111

قالوا انومن لك واتبعك الارذلون

He said [Nuh]: 'What do I know of what they used to do?i 112

قال وما علمي بما كانوا يعملون

Their account is due only to my Guardian, if only you could perceive it. 113

ان حسابهم الا على ربي لو تشعرون

And I am not one to drive away the believers; I am only an explicit warner.' 115

وما انا بطارد المومنين ان انا الا نذير مبين

Nuh's people said: "If you do not stop, O Nuh, you will certainly be among the banished."i 116

قالوا لين لم تنته ينوح لتكونن من المرجومين

He said [Nuh]: 'My Guardian, my people have denied me. Judge then between me and them decisively, and save me and those of the believers who are with me.'i 118

قال رب ان قومي كذبون فافتح بيني وبينهم فتحا ونجني ومن معي من المومنين

So We saved him and those with him, in the laden vessel. 119

فانجينه ومن معه في الفلك المشحون

Then We drowned afterward those who remained. 120

ثم اغرقنا بعد الباقين

In that, there is indeed a sign. 121

ان في ذلك لءاية

But most of them are not believers. 121

وما كان اكثرهم مومنين

And your Guardian is indeed the All-Powerful, the Benevolent. 122

وان ربك لهو العزيز الرحيم

The Recidivists [Aad] denied the messengers, when their brother Hud said to them: 'Will you not guard yourselves? I am for you a trustworthy messenger. 125

كذبت عاد المرسلين اذ قال لهم اخوهم هود الا تتقون اني لكم رسول امين

So guard yourselves before God and obey me. 126

فاتقوا الله واطيعون

I ask you no reward for this; 127

وما اسلكم عليه من اجر

my reward is due only from the Guardian of all beings. 127

ان اجري الا على رب العلمين

Do 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? 130

اتبنون بكل ريع ءاية تعبثون وتتخذون مصانع لعلكم تخلدون واذا بطشتم بطشتم جبارين

So guard yourselves before God and obey me. 131

فاتقوا الله واطيعون

And guard yourselves before the One who has provided you with what you know: He has provided you with livestock, sons, gardens and springs. 134

واتقوا الذي امدكم بما تعلمون امدكم بانعم وبنين وجنت وعيون

I fear for you the punishment of an immense day.' 135

اني اخاف عليكم عذاب يوم عظيم

They 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.' 138

قالوا سواء علينا اوعظت ام لم تكن من الوعظين ان هذا الا خلق الاولين وما نحن بمعذبين

So they denied him, and We destroyed them. 139

فكذبوه فاهلكنهم

In that, there is indeed a sign. 139

ان في ذلك لءاية

But most of them are not believers. 139

وما كان اكثرهم مومنين

And your Guardian is indeed the All-Powerful, the Benevolent. 140

وان ربك لهو العزيز الرحيم

The Depleters [Thamud] denied the messengers, when their brother Salih said to them: 'Will you not guard yourselves? I am for you a trustworthy messenger.i 143

كذبت ثمود المرسلين اذ قال لهم اخوهم صلح الا تتقون اني لكم رسول امين

So guard yourselves before God and obey me. 144

فاتقوا الله واطيعون

I ask you no reward for this; 145

وما اسلكم عليه من اجر

my reward is due only from the Guardian of all beings. 145

ان اجري الا على رب العلمين

Will 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?i 149

اتتركون في ما ههنا ءامنين في جنت وعيون وزروع ونخل طلعها هضيم وتنحتون من الجبال بيوتا فرهين

So guard yourselves before God and obey me. 150

فاتقوا الله واطيعون

And do not obey the command of the excessive, who spread corruption on the earth and set nothing right. 152

ولا تطيعوا امر المسرفين الذين يفسدون في الارض ولا يصلحون

They said [Thamud's people]: 'You are only among the bewitched; you are only a man like us; bring then a sign, if you are among the truthful.' 154

قالوا انما انت من المسحرين ما انت الا بشر مثلنا فات باية ان كنت من الصدقين

He said [Salih]: 'Here is a she-camel; she has a right to drink,i 155

قال هذه ناقة لها شرب

and you have a right to drink on a known day. 155

ولكم شرب يوم معلوم

Do her no harm, or the punishment of an immense day will seize you.' 156

ولا تمسوها بسوء فياخذكم عذاب يوم عظيم

Yet they hamstrung her, then found themselves full of regret, and the punishment seized them. 158

فعقروها فاصبحوا ندمين فاخذهم العذاب

In that, there is indeed a sign. 158

ان في ذلك لءاية

But most of them are not believers. 158

وما كان اكثرهم مومنين

And your Guardian is indeed the All-Powerful, the Benevolent. 159

وان ربك لهو العزيز الرحيم

The 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.i 162

كذبت قوم لوط المرسلين اذ قال لهم اخوهم لوط الا تتقون اني لكم رسول امين

So guard yourselves before God and obey me. 163

فاتقوا الله واطيعون

I ask you no reward for this; 164

وما اسلكم عليه من اجر

my reward is due only from the Guardian of all beings. 164

ان اجري الا على رب العلمين

Do you approach males, among all beings, and leave what your Guardian has created for you as spouses?i 166

اتاتون الذكران من العلمين وتذرون ما خلق لكم ربكم من ازوجكم

You are rather a people who overstep. 166

بل انتم قوم عادون

They said [Lut's people]: 'If you do not stop, O Lut, you will certainly be among those expelled.'i 167

قالوا لين لم تنته يلوط لتكونن من المخرجين

He said [Lut]: 'I am certainly, toward your conduct, among those who abhor.i 168

قال اني لعملكم من القالين

My Guardian, save me, and my family, from what they do.' 169

رب نجني واهلي مما يعملون

So We saved him, and all his family, except an old woman, among those who remained behind; then We destroyed afterward the others. 172

فنجينه واهله اجمعين الا عجوزا في الغبرين ثم دمرنا الءاخرين

And We rained down upon them a rain; 173

وامطرنا عليهم مطرا

how evil was the rain of those who had been warned! 173

فساء مطر المنذرين

In that, there is indeed a sign. 174

ان في ذلك لءاية

But most of them are not believers. 174

وما كان اكثرهم مومنين

And your Guardian is indeed the All-Powerful, the Benevolent. 175

وان ربك لهو العزيز الرحيم

The people of the Thicket denied the messengers, when Shu'ayb said to them: 'Will you not guard yourselves? I am for you a trustworthy messenger.i 178

كذب اصحب ليكة المرسلين اذ قال لهم شعيب الا تتقون اني لكم رسول امين

So guard yourselves before God and obey me. 179

فاتقوا الله واطيعون

I ask you no reward for this; 180

وما اسلكم عليه من اجر

my reward is due only from the Guardian of all beings. 180

ان اجري الا على رب العلمين

Give full measure, 181

اوفوا الكيل

and do not be among those who cause loss. 181

ولا تكونوا من المخسرين

Weigh with the exact scale, 182

وزنوا بالقسطاس المستقيم

and do not deprive people of their possessions, 183

ولا تبخسوا الناس اشياءهم

and do not spread corruption on the earth as troublemakers. 183

ولا تعثوا في الارض مفسدين

Guard yourselves before the One who created you, and the earlier generations. 184

واتقوا الذي خلقكم والجبلة الاولين

They said [the people of the Thicket]: 'You are only among the bewitched; you are only a man 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.' 187

قالوا انما انت من المسحرين وما انت الا بشر مثلنا وان نظنك لمن الكذبين فاسقط علينا كسفا من السماء ان كنت من الصدقين

He said [Shu'ayb]: 'My Guardian knows best what you do.' 188

قال ربي اعلم بما تعملون

So they denied him, and the punishment of the day of shadow seized them. 189

فكذبوه فاخذهم عذاب يوم الظلة

It was certainly the punishment of an immense day. 189

انه كان عذاب يوم عظيم

In that, there is indeed a sign. 190

ان في ذلك لءاية

But most of them are not believers. 190

وما كان اكثرهم مومنين

And your Guardian is indeed the All-Powerful, the Benevolent. 191

وان ربك لهو العزيز الرحيم

And this is indeed a revelation from the Guardian of all beings. 192

وانه لتنزيل رب العلمين

The trustworthy Influx came down with it, upon your Core, so that you may be among the warners, in impeccable, explicit tongue.i 195

نزل به الروح الامين على قلبك لتكون من المنذرين بلسان عربي مبين

And this is indeed found in the Formularies of the ancients.i 196

وانه لفي زبر الاولين

Is it not a sign for them, that the scholars of the Children of Israel know it? 197

اولم يكن لهم ءاية ان يعلمه علموا بني اسرءيل

And 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.i 199

ولو نزلنه على بعض الاعجمين فقراه عليهم ما كانوا به مومنين

Thus 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?'i 203

كذلك سلكنه في قلوب المجرمين لا يومنون به حتى يروا العذاب الاليم فياتيهم بغتة وهم لا يشعرون فيقولوا هل نحن منظرون

Is it then Our punishment that they seek to hasten? 204

افبعذابنا يستعجلون

Do 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? 207

افرءيت ان متعنهم سنين ثم جاءهم ما كانوا يوعدون ما اغنى عنهم ما كانوا يمتعون

And We did not destroy any city without it having had warners, as a reminder; 209

وما اهلكنا من قرية الا لها منذرون ذكرى

and We have never been unjust. 209

وما كنا ظلمين

And it is not the Diverters who descended with it; that does not suit them, and they cannot do it.i 211

وما تنزلت به الشيطين وما ينبغي لهم وما يستطيعون

They are indeed kept away from all listening. 212

انهم عن السمع لمعزولون

So do not invoke, alongside God, another god, or you would be among the punished. 213

فلا تدع مع الله الها ءاخر فتكون من المعذبين

And warn your closest clan, and lower your wing toward those who follow you, among the believers. 215

وانذر عشيرتك الاقربين واخفض جناحك لمن اتبعك من المومنين

If they disobey you, say then: 'I am innocent of what you do.' 216

فان عصوك فقل اني بريء مما تعملون

And take as mandatory the All-Powerful, the Benevolent, the one who sees you when you stand, and your movement among those who prostrate.i 219

وتوكل على العزيز الرحيم الذي يرىك حين تقوم وتقلبك في السجدين

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It is He, indeed, the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing. 220

انه هو السميع العليم

Shall 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.i 223

هل انبيكم على من تنزل الشيطين تنزل على كل افاك اثيم يلقون السمع واكثرهم كذبون

And the beguiling rhetoricians, it is those astray who follow them.i 224

والشعراء يتبعهم الغاون

Do you not see that they ramble on about every subject, and that they say what they never do?i 226

الم تر انهم في كل واد يهيمون وانهم يقولون ما لا يفعلون

except those who have believed, done righteous works, invoked God abundantly, and defended themselves after being wronged; 227

الا الذين ءامنوا وعملوا الصلحت وذكروا الله كثيرا وانتصروا من بعد ما ظلموا

and those who have done injustice will soon know to what turning point they will turn. 227

وسيعلم الذين ظلموا اى منقلب ينقلبون