Sourate Al-A'raf (7) unvowelled

In the name of God, the All-Benevolent, the Benevolent. Alif. Lam. Mim. Sad.i 1

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم المص

A Scripture has been revealed to you — let there be no distress in your chest because of it — so that you may warn by it, and [that it be] a reminder for the believers.i 2

كتب انزل اليك فلا يكن في صدرك حرج منه لتنذر به وذكرى للمومنين

Follow what has been revealed to you from your Guardian, 3

اتبعوا ما انزل اليكم من ربكم

and do not follow, besides Him, other allies. 3

ولا تتبعوا من دونه اولياء

How little you take heed! 3

قليلا ما تذكرون

How many a city have We destroyed! Our rigor came upon it by night, or while it was taking its midday rest. 4

وكم من قرية اهلكنها فجاءها باسنا بيتا او هم قايلون

Their only cry, when Our rigor came to them, was to say: "We were indeed unjust." 5

فما كان دعوىهم اذ جاءهم باسنا الا ان قالوا انا كنا ظلمين

We will certainly question those to whom [messengers] were sent, and We will certainly question the envoys, 6

فلنسلن الذين ارسل اليهم ولنسلن المرسلين

and We will relate to them, with full knowledge, 7

فلنقصن عليهم بعلم

for We were not absent. 7

وما كنا غايبين

The weighing, on that day, will be the truth. 8

والوزن يوميذ الحق

Those whose weights are heavy — those are the ones who succeed. 8

فمن ثقلت موزينه فاوليك هم المفلحون

And those whose weights are light — those are the ones who will have caused the loss of their Selves, for having been unjust toward Our signs. 9

ومن خفت موزينه فاوليك الذين خسروا انفسهم بما كانوا بايتنا يظلمون

We have indeed established you on the earth, and We have given you therein means of livelihood. 10

ولقد مكنكم في الارض وجعلنا لكم فيها معيش

How little you are grateful! 10

قليلا ما تشكرون

We indeed created you, then We gave you form, then We said to the Agents: "Prostrate before Adam"; they prostrated,i 11

ولقد خلقنكم ثم صورنكم ثم قلنا للمليكة اسجدوا لءادم فسجدوا

except the Despairing One [Iblis]: he was not among those who prostrated.i 11

الا ابليس لم يكن من السجدين

He said: "What prevented you from prostrating, when I commanded you?" 12

قال ما منعك الا تسجد اذ امرتك

He said: "I am better than him: You created me from fire, and You created him from clay." 12

قال انا خير منه خلقتني من نار وخلقته من طين

He said: "Then descend from here: it is not for you to be arrogant here; go out, then, you are indeed among the humbled." 13

قال فاهبط منها فما يكون لك ان تتكبر فيها فاخرج انك من الصغرين

He said: "Grant me a delay, until the day they are resurrected." 14

قال انظرني الى يوم يبعثون

He said: "You are indeed among those granted a delay." 15

قال انك من المنظرين

He said: "Since You have caused me to fall, I will certainly settle in wait for them on Your straight path, then I will certainly come at them, from before them and from behind them, from their right and from their left,i 17

قال فبما اغويتني لاقعدن لهم صرطك المستقيم ثم لءاتينهم من بين ايديهم ومن خلفهم وعن ايمنهم وعن شمايلهم

and You will not find most of them grateful." 17

ولا تجد اكثرهم شكرين

He said: "Get out of here, disgraced, expelled. 18

قال اخرج منها مذءوما مدحورا

Whoever among them follows you — I will certainly fill Jahannam with all of you." 18

لمن تبعك منهم لاملان جهنم منكم اجمعين

"O Adam! dwell, you and your spouse, in the Garden, and eat from it wherever you wish,i 19

ويادم اسكن انت وزوجك الجنة فكلا من حيث شيتما

but do not approach this tree, lest you be among the unjust." 19

ولا تقربا هذه الشجرة فتكونا من الظلمين

But the Diverter whispered suggestions to them, so as to reveal to them what had been hidden from them of their nakedness,i 20

فوسوس لهما الشيطن ليبدي لهما ما وري عنهما من سوءتهما

and he said: "Your Guardian has forbidden you this tree only to prevent you from becoming Agents, or from being among those who abide eternally."i 20

وقال ما نهىكما ربكما عن هذه الشجرة الا ان تكونا ملكين او تكونا من الخلدين

And he swore to them both: "I am indeed, for you two, among the sincere advisors" — thus he brought them down by deception. 22

وقاسمهما اني لكما لمن النصحين فدلىهما بغرور

When they had tasted the tree, their nakedness became apparent to them, and they both set about covering themselves with leaves from the Garden. 22

فلما ذاقا الشجرة بدت لهما سوءتهما وطفقا يخصفان عليهما من ورق الجنة

And their Guardian called out to them: "Did I not forbid you this tree, and did I not tell you that the Diverter is, for you two, a declared enemy?"i 22

ونادىهما ربهما الم انهكما عن تلكما الشجرة واقل لكما ان الشيطن لكما عدو مبين

They both said: "Our Guardian, we have been unjust to ourselves; if You do not forgive us and have benevolence on us, we will certainly be among the losers." 23

قالا ربنا ظلمنا انفسنا وان لم تغفر لنا وترحمنا لنكونن من الخسرين

He said: "Descend. 24

قال اهبطوا

You will be enemies to one another. 24

بعضكم لبعض عدو

And you will have, on the earth, a dwelling and an enjoyment for a time." 24

ولكم في الارض مستقر ومتع الى حين

He said: "There you will live, there you will die, and from there you will be brought forth." 25

قال فيها تحيون وفيها تموتون ومنها تخرجون

O children of Adam! We have sent down for you a garment that covers your nakedness, as well as an adornment; and the garment of guardedness —i 26

يبني ءادم قد انزلنا عليكم لباسا يوري سوءتكم وريشا ولباس التقوى

that is better. 26

ذلك خير

That is one of the signs of God — perhaps they will take heed. 26

ذلك من ءايت الله لعلهم يذكرون

O children of Adam! let not the Diverter try you as he made your two ancestors go out of the Garden, stripping them of their garment to show them their nakedness.i 27

يبني ءادم لا يفتننكم الشيطن كما اخرج ابويكم من الجنة ينزع عنهما لباسهما ليريهما سوءتهما

He sees you, he and his tribe, from where you do not see them. 27

انه يرىكم هو وقبيله من حيث لا ترونهم

We have made the diverters allies for those who do not believe.i 27

انا جعلنا الشيطين اولياء للذين لا يومنون

And when they commit an indecency, they say: "We found our ancestors doing this, and God ordered it to us." 28

واذا فعلوا فحشة قالوا وجدنا عليها ءاباءنا والله امرنا بها

Say: "God does not order indecency. 28

قل ان الله لا يامر بالفحشاء

Will you say about God what you do not know?" 28

اتقولون على الله ما لا تعلمون

Say: "My Guardian has ordered equity. 29

قل امر ربي بالقسط

Maintain your directions toward Him at every moment of prostration,i 29

واقيموا وجوهكم عند كل مسجد

and invoke Him, devoting your allegiance to Him alone. 29

وادعوه مخلصين له الدين

As He originated you, you will return." 29

كما بداكم تعودون

One group, He has guided; 30

فريقا هدى

and [another] group, error has been verified upon them. 30

وفريقا حق عليهم الضللة

That is because they took the diverters as allies besides God, while thinking themselves rightly guided.i 30

انهم اتخذوا الشيطين اولياء من دون الله ويحسبون انهم مهتدون

O children of Adam! take your adornment at every moment of prostration, and eat and drink,i 31

يبني ءادم خذوا زينتكم عند كل مسجد وكلوا واشربوا

but do not waste: 31

ولا تسرفوا

He does not love the wasteful. 31

انه لا يحب المسرفين

Say: "Who has forbidden God's adornment, which He brought forth for His obedient ones, and the good things of provision?" 32

قل من حرم زينة الله التي اخرج لعباده والطيبت من الرزق

Say: "It is for those who have believed in the present life, exclusive on the Day of Appearance."i 32

قل هي للذين ءامنوا في الحيوة الدنيا خالصة يوم القيمة

Thus do We detail the signs for a people who know. 32

كذلك نفصل الءايت لقوم يعلمون

Say: "My Guardian has forbidden only indecencies, apparent or hidden, transgression, transgression without right, that you associate with God that for which He has sent down no authority, and that you say about God what you do not know." 33

قل انما حرم ربي الفوحش ما ظهر منها وما بطن والاثم والبغي بغير الحق وان تشركوا بالله ما لم ينزل به سلطنا وان تقولوا على الله ما لا تعلمون

And to every community a term. 34

ولكل امة اجل

When their term arrives, they cannot delay it by an hour, 34

فاذا جاء اجلهم لا يستاخرون ساعة

nor advance it. 34

ولا يستقدمون

O children of Adam! if messengers from among yourselves come to you, relating My signs to you — whoever guards himself and reforms, no fear upon them, and they will not grieve.i 35

يبني ءادم اما ياتينكم رسل منكم يقصون عليكم ءايتي فمن اتقى واصلح فلا خوف عليهم ولا هم يحزنون

But those who denied Our signs and were arrogant about them — those are the companions of the Fire, they will abide therein eternally. 36

والذين كذبوا بايتنا واستكبروا عنها اوليك اصحب النار هم فيها خلدون

Who is then more unjust than one who invents a lie against God, or denies His signs? 37

فمن اظلم ممن افترى على الله كذبا او كذب بايته

Those are the ones who will receive their share of the register,i 37

اوليك ينالهم نصيبهم من الكتب

until Our envoys come to take back [their Selves]: "Where are those you used to invoke besides God?" They will say: "They have strayed away from us", 37

حتى اذا جاءتهم رسلنا يتوفونهم قالوا اين ما كنتم تدعون من دون الله قالوا ضلوا عنا

and they will bear witness against themselves that they were denying-disowning. 37

وشهدوا على انفسهم انهم كانوا كفرين

He will say: "Enter among communities that preceded you, of the Occulted and humans, into the Fire."i 38

قال ادخلوا في امم قد خلت من قبلكم من الجن والانس في النار

Every time a community enters, it curses its [preceding] sister, 38

كلما دخلت امة لعنت اختها

until, having all joined therein, the last of them will say of the first: "Our Guardian, these are the ones who led us astray; give them, then, a double punishment from the Fire." 38

حتى اذا اداركوا فيها جميعا قالت اخرىهم لاولىهم ربنا هولاء اضلونا فاتهم عذابا ضعفا من النار

He will say: "To each the double, 38

قال لكل ضعف

but you do not know." 38

ولكن لا تعلمون

And the first of them will say to the last: "You then have no advantage over us; taste, then, the punishment, for what you used to earn." 39

وقالت اولىهم لاخرىهم فما كان لكم علينا من فضل فذوقوا العذاب بما كنتم تكسبون

Those who denied Our signs and were arrogant about them, the gates of heaven will not open for them, and they will not enter the Garden, until the camel passes through the eye of the needle. 40

ان الذين كذبوا بايتنا واستكبروا عنها لا تفتح لهم ابوب السماء ولا يدخلون الجنة حتى يلج الجمل في سم الخياط

Thus do We reward the severed. 40

وكذلك نجزي المجرمين

They will have, from Jahannam, a bed, 41

لهم من جهنم مهاد

and, above them, coverings [of fire]. 41

ومن فوقهم غواش

Thus do We reward the unjust. 41

وكذلك نجزي الظلمين

Those who have believed and done righteous deeds — We do not impose upon any Self except its capacity — 42

والذين ءامنوا وعملوا الصلحت لا نكلف نفسا الا وسعها

those are the companions of the Garden, they will abide therein eternally. 42

اوليك اصحب الجنة هم فيها خلدون

And We will have removed from their chests all rancor; rivers will flow beneath them, 43

ونزعنا ما في صدورهم من غل تجري من تحتهم الانهر

and they will say: "Praise be to God, who guided us to this; 43

وقالوا الحمد لله الذي هدىنا لهذا

we would not have been guided, had God not guided us. 43

وما كنا لنهتدي لولا ان هدىنا الله

The messengers of our Guardian did indeed come with the truth." 43

لقد جاءت رسل ربنا بالحق

And it will be called out to them: "This is the Garden which you have inherited, for what you used to do." 43

ونودوا ان تلكم الجنة اورثتموها بما كنتم تعملون

And the companions of the Garden will call out to the companions of the Fire: "We have found true what our Guardian promised us; have you found true what your Guardian promised you?" 44

ونادى اصحب الجنة اصحب النار ان قد وجدنا ما وعدنا ربنا حقا فهل وجدتم ما وعد ربكم حقا

They will say: "Yes." 44

قالوا نعم

Then a herald will proclaim among them: "The curse of God is upon the unjust, who turn away from the path of God, seeking to make it crooked, and who deny the last life."i 45

فاذن موذن بينهم ان لعنة الله على الظلمين الذين يصدون عن سبيل الله ويبغونها عوجا وهم بالءاخرة كفرون

and between the two, a veil. 46

وبينهما حجاب

And on the Heights [an identification checkpoint], men who recognize each one by his marks,i 46

وعلى الاعراف رجال يعرفون كلا بسيمىهم

and they will call out to the companions of the Garden: "Peace be upon you" — 46

ونادوا اصحب الجنة ان سلم عليكم

they themselves have not entered it, though longing for it. 46

لم يدخلوها وهم يطمعون

And when their gazes are turned toward the companions of the Fire, they will say: "Our Guardian, do not place us with the unjust people." 47

واذا صرفت ابصرهم تلقاء اصحب النار قالوا ربنا لا تجعلنا مع القوم الظلمين

And the companions of the Heights will call out to men whom they recognize by their marks: "Your crowd has availed you nothing, nor your arrogance." 48

ونادى اصحب الاعراف رجالا يعرفونهم بسيمىهم قالوا ما اغنى عنكم جمعكم وما كنتم تستكبرون

"Are these the ones about whom you swore that God would not touch them with any benevolence?" 49

اهولاء الذين اقسمتم لا ينالهم الله برحمة

"Enter the Garden; no fear upon you, and you will not grieve." 49

ادخلوا الجنة لا خوف عليكم ولا انتم تحزنون

And the companions of the Fire will call out to the companions of the Garden: "Pour upon us some water, or of what God has provided you as sustenance." 50

ونادى اصحب النار اصحب الجنة ان افيضوا علينا من الماء او مما رزقكم الله

They will say: "God has forbidden both to those who deny-disown, those who took their Law for amusement and play, and whom the present life deceived. 51

قالوا ان الله حرمهما على الكفرين الذين اتخذوا دينهم لهوا ولعبا وغرتهم الحيوة الدنيا

Today, then, We forget them, as they forgot the meeting of this day of theirs, and because they used to deny Our signs." 51

فاليوم ننسىهم كما نسوا لقاء يومهم هذا وما كانوا بايتنا يجحدون

We indeed brought them a Scripture, which We detailed with full knowledge, a guidance and a benevolence for a people who believe.i 52

ولقد جينهم بكتب فصلنه على علم هدى ورحمة لقوم يومنون

Do they await anything but its fulfillment? 53

هل ينظرون الا تاويله

On the day its fulfillment comes, those who had forgotten it before will say: "The messengers of our Guardian did indeed come with the truth; do we have intercessors, that they might intercede for us, or could we be sent back, so that we might act otherwise than we used to act?" 53

يوم ياتي تاويله يقول الذين نسوه من قبل قد جاءت رسل ربنا بالحق فهل لنا من شفعاء فيشفعوا لنا او نرد فنعمل غير الذي كنا نعمل

They will have caused the loss of their Selves, and what they used to invent will have forsaken them. 53

قد خسروا انفسهم وضل عنهم ما كانوا يفترون

Your Guardian is God, who created the heavens and the earth in six days, then settled upon the Edifice. 54

ان ربكم الله الذي خلق السموت والارض في ستة ايام ثم استوى على العرش

He covers the day with the night, which pursues it relentlessly; the sun, the moon, and the stars are subjected to His command. 54

يغشي اليل النهار يطلبه حثيثا والشمس والقمر والنجوم مسخرت بامره

Is it not to Him that creation and the Order belong? 54

الا له الخلق والامر

Blessed is God, Guardian of all beings.i 54

تبارك الله رب العلمين

Invoke your Guardian, humbly and in secret. 55

ادعوا ربكم تضرعا وخفية

He does not love those who transgress limits. 55

انه لا يحب المعتدين

And do not sow corruption on the earth after its setting right, 56

ولا تفسدوا في الارض بعد اصلحها

and invoke Him with fear and hope. 56

وادعوه خوفا وطمعا

The benevolence of God is indeed near to those who do good. 56

ان رحمت الله قريب من المحسنين

It is He who sends the winds that disperse, before His benevolence,i 57

وهو الذي يرسل الريح بشرا بين يدى رحمته

until, laden with heavy clouds, We drive them toward a dead land: We then send down water from it, and We bring forth by it every kind of fruit. 57

حتى اذا اقلت سحابا ثقالا سقنه لبلد ميت فانزلنا به الماء فاخرجنا به من كل الثمرت

Thus will We bring forth the dead — perhaps you will take heed. 57

كذلك نخرج الموتى لعلكم تذكرون

And the good land, its vegetation comes out with the permission of its Guardian, 58

والبلد الطيب يخرج نباته باذن ربه

while that which is bad brings forth only scantily. 58

والذي خبث لا يخرج الا نكدا

Thus do We diversify the signs for a people who are grateful. 58

كذلك نصرف الءايت لقوم يشكرون

We indeed sent Nuh to his people; he said: "O my people! obey God: you have no other deity than Him.i 59

لقد ارسلنا نوحا الى قومه فقال يقوم اعبدوا الله ما لكم من اله غيره

I fear for you the punishment of a tremendous day." 59

اني اخاف عليكم عذاب يوم عظيم

The court of his people said: "We see you indeed in manifest error." 60

قال الملا من قومه انا لنرىك في ضلل مبين

He said: "O my people! there is no error in me, but I am a messenger from the Guardian of all beings. 61

قال يقوم ليس بي ضللة ولكني رسول من رب العلمين

I convey to you the messages of my Guardian, I advise you sincerely, and I know, from God, what you do not know. 62

ابلغكم رسلت ربي وانصح لكم واعلم من الله ما لا تعلمون

Do you wonder that a reminder from your Guardian should come to you through a man from among yourselves, that he might warn you, that you might guard yourselves, and that, perhaps, benevolence might be shown to you?" 63

اوعجبتم ان جاءكم ذكر من ربكم على رجل منكم لينذركم ولتتقوا ولعلكم ترحمون

They denied him; We saved him, and those with him in the ship, 64

فكذبوه فانجينه والذين معه في الفلك

and We drowned those who had denied Our signs. 64

واغرقنا الذين كذبوا بايتنا

They were indeed a blind people. 64

انهم كانوا قوما عمين

And to the Recidivists [Aad], their brother Hud —i 65

والى عاد اخاهم هودا

he said: "O my people! obey God: you have no other deity than Him. 65

قال يقوم اعبدوا الله ما لكم من اله غيره

Will you not then guard yourselves?" 65

افلا تتقون

The court of his people, those who had denied-disowned, said: "We see you indeed in sheer foolishness, and we think you indeed among the liars." 66

قال الملا الذين كفروا من قومه انا لنرىك في سفاهة وانا لنظنك من الكذبين

He said: "O my people! there is no foolishness in me, but I am a messenger from the Guardian of all beings. 67

قال يقوم ليس بي سفاهة ولكني رسول من رب العلمين

I convey to you the messages of my Guardian, and I am for you a trustworthy advisor. 68

ابلغكم رسلت ربي وانا لكم ناصح امين

Do you wonder that a reminder from your Guardian should come to you through a man from among yourselves, that he might warn you? 69

اوعجبتم ان جاءكم ذكر من ربكم على رجل منكم لينذركم

Remember that He made you successors after the people of Nuh, and gave you an increase of stature in constitution.i 69

واذكروا اذ جعلكم خلفاء من بعد قوم نوح وزادكم في الخلق بصطة

Remember, then, the blessings of God, perhaps you will succeed." 69

فاذكروا ءالاء الله لعلكم تفلحون

They said: "Have you come to us so that we may obey God alone, and abandon what our ancestors used to obey? Bring us then what you threaten us with, if you are among the truthful." 70

قالوا اجيتنا لنعبد الله وحده ونذر ما كان يعبد ءاباونا فاتنا بما تعدنا ان كنت من الصدقين

He said: "A defilement and an anger from your Guardian have already fallen upon you. 71

قال قد وقع عليكم من ربكم رجس وغضب

Do you dispute with me concerning names that you and your ancestors have named, for which God has sent down no authority? 71

اتجدلونني في اسماء سميتموها انتم وءاباوكم ما نزل الله بها من سلطن

Wait then: I am, with you, among those who wait." 71

فانتظروا اني معكم من المنتظرين

So We saved him, and those with him, by a benevolence from Us, and We cut off to the last remnant those who had denied Our signs: they were not believers. 72

فانجينه والذين معه برحمة منا وقطعنا دابر الذين كذبوا بايتنا وما كانوا مومنين

And to the Depleters [Thamud], their brother Salih —i 73

والى ثمود اخاهم صلحا

he said: "O my people! obey God: you have no other deity than Him. 73

قال يقوم اعبدوا الله ما لكم من اله غيره

A clear proof has indeed come to you from your Guardian: 73

قد جاءتكم بينة من ربكم

this is the she-camel of God, a sign for you. 73

هذه ناقة الله لكم ءاية

So leave her to eat on God's earth, 73

فذروها تاكل في ارض الله

and do her no harm, lest a painful punishment seize you." 73

ولا تمسوها بسوء فياخذكم عذاب اليم

And remember that He made you successors after Aad, and settled you on the earth: you take, in its plains, castles, and you carve the mountains into dwellings. 74

واذكروا اذ جعلكم خلفاء من بعد عاد وبواكم في الارض تتخذون من سهولها قصورا وتنحتون الجبال بيوتا

Remember, then, the blessings of God, 74

فاذكروا ءالاء الله

and do not spread disorder on the earth by spreading corruption in it. 74

ولا تعثوا في الارض مفسدين

The court of his people, those who had been arrogant, said to those who had been reduced to weakness, to those among them who had believed: "Do you know that Salih is sent by his Guardian?"i 75

قال الملا الذين استكبروا من قومه للذين استضعفوا لمن ءامن منهم اتعلمون ان صلحا مرسل من ربه

They said: "We indeed believe in what he was sent with." 75

قالوا انا بما ارسل به مومنون

Those who had been arrogant said: "We, for our part, deny-disown what you believe in." 76

قال الذين استكبروا انا بالذي ءامنتم به كفرون

They then hamstrung the she-camel, transgressed the order of their Guardian, 77

فعقروا الناقة وعتوا عن امر ربهم

and said: "O Salih! bring us what you threaten us with, if you are among the envoys."i 77

وقالوا يصلح ايتنا بما تعدنا ان كنت من المرسلين

Then the great tremor seized them, and they found themselves, in their dwelling, lying, still. 78

فاخذتهم الرجفة فاصبحوا في دارهم جثمين

He turned away from them and said: "O my people! I did indeed convey to you the message of my Guardian, and I advised you, 79

فتولى عنهم وقال يقوم لقد ابلغتكم رسالة ربي ونصحت لكم

but you do not love sincere advisors." 79

ولكن لا تحبون النصحين

And Lut, when he said to his people: "Do you commit the indecency that none, among all beings, has committed before you?i 80

ولوطا اذ قال لقومه اتاتون الفحشة ما سبقكم بها من احد من العلمين

You indeed approach men with desire, instead of women. 81

انكم لتاتون الرجال شهوة من دون النساء

You are rather indeed a people of the excessive." 81

بل انتم قوم مسرفون

And the only answer of his people was to say: "Expel them from your city; 82

وما كان جواب قومه الا ان قالوا اخرجوهم من قريتكم

they are people who want to be pure." 82

انهم اناس يتطهرون

So We saved him, and his family, except his wife, who was among those who remained behind. 83

فانجينه واهله الا امراته كانت من الغبرين

And We rained down upon them a rain. 84

وامطرنا عليهم مطرا

So look how the end of the severed was. 84

فانظر كيف كان عقبة المجرمين

And to Madyan, their brother Shu'ayb —i 85

والى مدين اخاهم شعيبا

he said: "O my people! obey God: you have no other deity than Him. 85

قال يقوم اعبدوا الله ما لكم من اله غيره

A clear proof has indeed come to you from your Guardian. 85

قد جاءتكم بينة من ربكم

So give full measure and full weight, 85

فاوفوا الكيل والميزان

and do not wrong people in their possessions, 85

ولا تبخسوا الناس اشياءهم

and do not sow corruption on the earth after its setting right. 85

ولا تفسدوا في الارض بعد اصلحها

That is better for you, if you are believers. 85

ذلكم خير لكم ان كنتم مومنين

And do not sit in wait on every path, threatening and turning away from the path of God whoever believes in Him, and seeking to make it crooked. 86

ولا تقعدوا بكل صرط توعدون وتصدون عن سبيل الله من ءامن به وتبغونها عوجا

And remember that you were few, and He multiplied you. 86

واذكروا اذ كنتم قليلا فكثركم

And look how the end of those who sow corruption was. 86

وانظروا كيف كان عقبة المفسدين

And if a group among you has believed in what I was sent with, and another group has not believed, be patient then until God judges between us: 87

وان كان طايفة منكم ءامنوا بالذي ارسلت به وطايفة لم يومنوا فاصبروا حتى يحكم الله بيننا

He is the best of judges. 87

وهو خير الحكمين

The court of his people, those who had been arrogant, said: "We will certainly expel you from our city, O Shu'ayb, you and those who have believed with you, unless you return to our creed." 88

قال الملا الذين استكبروا من قومه لنخرجنك يشعيب والذين ءامنوا معك من قريتنا او لتعودن في ملتنا

He said: "Even if we were averse to it? 88

قال اولو كنا كرهين

We would indeed have invented a lie against God, if we returned to your creed after God has saved us from it. 89

قد افترينا على الله كذبا ان عدنا في ملتكم بعد اذ نجىنا الله منها

It is not for us to return to it, unless God, our Guardian, wills it. 89

وما يكون لنا ان نعود فيها الا ان يشاء الله ربنا

Our Guardian encompasses all things in His knowledge. 89

وسع ربنا كل شىء علما

It is upon God that we rely. 89

على الله توكلنا

Our Guardian, judge between us and our people, in truth: 89

ربنا افتح بيننا وبين قومنا بالحق

You are the best of those who judge." 89

وانت خير الفتحين

And the court of his people, those who denied-disowned, said: "If you follow Shu'ayb, you will then certainly be losers." 90

وقال الملا الذين كفروا من قومه لين اتبعتم شعيبا انكم اذا لخسرون

Then the great tremor seized them, and they found themselves, in their dwelling, lying, still. 91

فاخذتهم الرجفة فاصبحوا في دارهم جثمين

Those who had denied Shu'ayb became as if they had never dwelt there. 92

الذين كذبوا شعيبا كان لم يغنوا فيها

Those who had denied Shu'ayb, they were the losers. 92

الذين كذبوا شعيبا كانوا هم الخسرين

He turned away from them and said: "O my people! I did indeed convey to you the messages of my Guardian, and I advised you. 93

فتولى عنهم وقال يقوم لقد ابلغتكم رسلت ربي ونصحت لكم

How then should I grieve for a people who deny-disown?" 93

فكيف ءاسى على قوم كفرين

We have not sent, into any city, a prophet without seizing its inhabitants with misfortune and hardship, that they might humble themselves. 94

وما ارسلنا في قرية من نبي الا اخذنا اهلها بالباساء والضراء لعلهم يضرعون

Then We replaced evil with good, until they prospered 95

ثم بدلنا مكان السيية الحسنة حتى عفوا

and said: "Hardship and happiness already touched our ancestors"; We then seized them by surprise, without their perceiving it. 95

وقالوا قد مس ءاباءنا الضراء والسراء فاخذنهم بغتة وهم لا يشعرون

And had the inhabitants of the cities believed and guarded themselves, We would indeed have opened upon them blessings from the sky and the earth; 96

ولو ان اهل القرى ءامنوا واتقوا لفتحنا عليهم بركت من السماء والارض

but they denied, and We then seized them for what they used to earn. 96

ولكن كذبوا فاخذنهم بما كانوا يكسبون

Are the inhabitants of the cities then secure that Our rigor should come upon them by night, while they sleep? Or are the inhabitants of the cities secure that Our rigor should come upon them in broad daylight, while they play? 98

افامن اهل القرى ان ياتيهم باسنا بيتا وهم نايمون اوامن اهل القرى ان ياتيهم باسنا ضحى وهم يلعبون

Do they then feel secure from God's scheming? 99

افامنوا مكر الله

None feels secure from God's scheming, except the people of the losers. 99

فلا يامن مكر الله الا القوم الخسرون

Has it not become clearly apparent to those who inherit the earth after its [past] inhabitants, that, had We willed, We would strike them for their offenses, 100

اولم يهد للذين يرثون الارض من بعد اهلها ان لو نشاء اصبنهم بذنوبهم

and We seal their cores, so that they do not hear? 100

ونطبع على قلوبهم فهم لا يسمعون

Those are the cities of which We relate to you certain information. 101

تلك القرى نقص عليك من انبايها

Their messengers had indeed come to them with clear proofs, but they were not disposed to believe what they had first denied. 101

ولقد جاءتهم رسلهم بالبينت فما كانوا ليومنوا بما كذبوا من قبل

Thus does God seal the cores of those who deny-disown. 101

كذلك يطبع الله على قلوب الكفرين

And We found, in most of them, no engagement kept; 102

وما وجدنا لاكثرهم من عهد

We indeed found most of them to be oversteppers. 102

وان وجدنا اكثرهم لفسقين

Then We sent, after them, Moussa with Our signs, to Fir'awn and his court, but they were unjust toward them.i 103

ثم بعثنا من بعدهم موسى بايتنا الى فرعون وملايه فظلموا بها

So look how the end of those who sow corruption was. 103

فانظر كيف كان عقبة المفسدين

Moussa said: "O Fir'awn! I am a messenger from the Guardian of all beings, in truth,i 105

وقال موسى يفرعون اني رسول من رب العلمين حقيق

bound to say about God nothing but the truth. 105

على ان لا اقول على الله الا الحق

I have come to you with a clear proof from your Guardian; 105

قد جيتكم ببينة من ربكم

so let the Children of Israel go with me." 105

فارسل معي بني اسرءيل

He said: "If you have come with a sign, bring it then, if you are among the truthful." 106

قال ان كنت جيت باية فات بها ان كنت من الصدقين

He then threw down his staff, and behold, it was a manifest serpent; and he drew out his hand, and behold, it was white to those who looked. 108

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

The court of Fir'awn's people said: "This is indeed a knowledgeable illusion-maker, who wants to bring you out of your land."i 110

قال الملا من قوم فرعون ان هذا لسحر عليم يريد ان يخرجكم من ارضكم

"What then do you advise?" 110

فماذا تامرون

They said: "Put him off, him and his brother, and send into the cities gatherers, who will bring you every knowledgeable illusion-maker." 112

قالوا ارجه واخاه وارسل في المداين حشرين ياتوك بكل سحر عليم

And the illusion-makers came to Fir'awn; they said: "Will we indeed have a reward, if we are the victors?"i 113

وجاء السحرة فرعون قالوا ان لنا لاجرا ان كنا نحن الغلبين

He said: "Yes, and you will certainly be among those brought near." 114

قال نعم وانكم لمن المقربين

They said: "O Moussa! either you throw, or we will be the ones who throw."i 115

قالوا يموسى اما ان تلقي واما ان نكون نحن الملقين

He said: "Throw." 116

قال القوا

When they had thrown, they bewitched the eyes of the people by illusion, and filled them with terror, 116

فلما القوا سحروا اعين الناس واسترهبوهم

and they brought a tremendous illusion. 116

وجاءو بسحر عظيم

And We revealed to Moussa: "Throw your staff";i 117

واوحينا الى موسى ان الق عصاك

and behold, it swallowed up what they had forged by falsehood. 117

فاذا هي تلقف ما يافكون

The truth then came to pass, and what they were doing proved vain. 118

فوقع الحق وبطل ما كانوا يعملون

They were defeated, right there, and went away humbled. 119

فغلبوا هنالك وانقلبوا صغرين

And the illusion-makers threw themselves down, prostrate. 120

والقي السحرة سجدين

They said: "We believe in the Guardian of all beings, the Guardian of Moussa and Harun."i 122

قالوا ءامنا برب العلمين رب موسى وهرون

Fir'awn said: "Have you believed in him before I permitted you? This is indeed a scheme you plotted in the city, so as to drive out its inhabitants; you will soon know.i 123

قال فرعون ءامنتم به قبل ان ءاذن لكم ان هذا لمكر مكرتموه في المدينة لتخرجوا منها اهلها فسوف تعلمون

I will certainly cut off your hands and feet, on opposite sides, then I will certainly crucify you all together." 124

لاقطعن ايديكم وارجلكم من خلف ثم لاصلبنكم اجمعين

They said: "It is to our Guardian that we return. 125

قالوا انا الى ربنا منقلبون

And you hold nothing against us, except that we believed in the signs of our Guardian, once they came to us. 126

وما تنقم منا الا ان ءامنا بايت ربنا لما جاءتنا

Our Guardian, pour patience upon us, and take us back to You as those true to God alone." 126

ربنا افرغ علينا صبرا وتوفنا مسلمين

And the court of Fir'awn's people said: "Will you leave Moussa and his people to spread corruption on the earth, and to abandon you and your deities?"i 127

وقال الملا من قوم فرعون اتذر موسى وقومه ليفسدوا في الارض ويذرك وءالهتك

He said: "We will kill their sons and violate the modesty of their women; we hold indeed the upper hand over them."i 127

قال سنقتل ابناءهم ونستحي نساءهم وانا فوقهم قهرون

Moussa said to his people: "Seek help in God, and be patient;i 128

قال موسى لقومه استعينوا بالله واصبروا

the earth belongs to God; He gives it as inheritance to whom He wills among His obedient ones, 128

ان الارض لله يورثها من يشاء من عباده

and the [favorable] outcome is for those who guard themselves." 128

والعقبة للمتقين

They said: "We were mistreated before you came to us, and after you came to us." 129

قالوا اوذينا من قبل ان تاتينا ومن بعد ما جيتنا

He said: "It may be that your Guardian will destroy your enemy and establish you as successors on the earth, so as to see how you would act." 129

قال عسى ربكم ان يهلك عدوكم ويستخلفكم في الارض فينظر كيف تعملون

And We indeed seized the clan of Fir'awn with years [of famine] and a diminution of fruits, that they might take heed.i 130

ولقد اخذنا ءال فرعون بالسنين ونقص من الثمرت لعلهم يذكرون

When happiness comes to them, they say: "This belongs to us"; 131

فاذا جاءتهم الحسنة قالوا لنا هذه

and if misfortune touches them, they attribute it to an ill omen from Moussa and those with him.i 131

وان تصبهم سيية يطيروا بموسى ومن معه

Is it not that in reality their omen is with God? 131

الا انما طيرهم عند الله

But most of them do not know. 131

ولكن اكثرهم لا يعلمون

And they said: "Whatever sign you bring us, to bewitch us with it, we will not believe you." 132

وقالوا مهما تاتنا به من ءاية لتسحرنا بها فما نحن لك بمومنين

We then sent upon them the flood, the locusts, the lice, the frogs, and the blood, detailed signs; but they were arrogant and were a severed people. 133

فارسلنا عليهم الطوفان والجراد والقمل والضفادع والدم ءايت مفصلت فاستكبروا وكانوا قوما مجرمين

And when the defilement fell upon them, they said: "O Moussa! invoke for us your Guardian, by the covenant He has made with you; if you remove the defilement from us, we will certainly believe you, and we will certainly let the Children of Israel go with you."i 134

ولما وقع عليهم الرجز قالوا يموسى ادع لنا ربك بما عهد عندك لين كشفت عنا الرجز لنومنن لك ولنرسلن معك بني اسرءيل

But when We had removed the defilement from them until a term they were to reach, there they were, breaking their engagement. 135

فلما كشفنا عنهم الرجز الى اجل هم بلغوه اذا هم ينكثون

We then took vengeance upon them, and We drowned them in the deep, for having denied Our signs and remained heedless of them. 136

فانتقمنا منهم فاغرقنهم في اليم بانهم كذبوا بايتنا وكانوا عنها غفلين

And We made the people who had been reduced to weakness inherit the easts and the wests of the land which We had blessed. 137

واورثنا القوم الذين كانوا يستضعفون مشرق الارض ومغربها التي بركنا فيها

And the beautiful word of your Guardian was fulfilled toward the Children of Israel, for having been patient; 137

وتمت كلمت ربك الحسنى على بني اسرءيل بما صبروا

and We destroyed what Fir'awn and his people were doing, and what they were building.i 137

ودمرنا ما كان يصنع فرعون وقومه وما كانوا يعرشون

And We made the Children of Israel cross the sea; they came upon a people posted before idols of their own. 138

وجوزنا ببني اسرءيل البحر فاتوا على قوم يعكفون على اصنام لهم

They said: "O Moussa! make for us a deity, as they have deities."i 138

قالوا يموسى اجعل لنا الها كما لهم ءالهة

He said: "You are indeed an ignorant people. 138

قال انكم قوم تجهلون

What these practice is doomed to ruin, 139

ان هولاء متبر ما هم فيه

and vain is what they were doing." 139

وبطل ما كانوا يعملون

He said: "Should I seek for you a deity other than God, while He has favored you above all beings?" 140

قال اغير الله ابغيكم الها وهو فضلكم على العلمين

And remember when We saved you from the clan of Fir'awn, who inflicted upon you the worst of punishments, massacring your sons and violating the modesty of your women —i 141

واذ انجينكم من ءال فرعون يسومونكم سوء العذاب يقتلون ابناءكم ويستحيون نساءكم

and there was in that, for you, an immense trial from your Guardian. 141

وفي ذلكم بلاء من ربكم عظيم

We fixed for Moussa an appointment of thirty nights, which We completed with ten: thus the appointed meeting set by his Guardian was fulfilled, in forty nights.i 142

ووعدنا موسى ثلثين ليلة واتممنها بعشر فتم ميقت ربه اربعين ليلة

And Moussa said to his brother Harun: "Take my place among my people, act rightly, and do not follow the path of those who sow corruption."i 142

وقال موسى لاخيه هرون اخلفني في قومي واصلح ولا تتبع سبيل المفسدين

And when Moussa came to Our appointed meeting, and his Guardian spoke to him, he said: "My Guardian, show Yourself to me, that I may look at You."i 143

ولما جاء موسى لميقتنا وكلمه ربه قال رب ارني انظر اليك

He said: "You will not see Me, but look at the mountain: if it remains in place, then you will see Me." 143

قال لن ترىني ولكن انظر الى الجبل فان استقر مكانه فسوف ترىني

When his Guardian manifested Himself to the mountain, He made it collapse under pressure, and Moussa fell thunderstruck.i 143

فلما تجلى ربه للجبل جعله دكا وخر موسى صعقا

When he came to, he said: "Glory be to You! I turn back to You, and I am the first of the believers." 143

فلما افاق قال سبحنك تبت اليك وانا اول المومنين

He said: "O Moussa! I have chosen you among mankind for My messages and for My speech; take, then, what I have given you, and be among the grateful."i 144

قال يموسى اني اصطفيتك على الناس برسلتي وبكلمي فخذ ما ءاتيتك وكن من الشكرين

And We wrote for him, on the Tablets, an admonition concerning all things, and a detail of all things. 145

وكتبنا له في الالواح من كل شىء موعظة وتفصيلا لكل شىء

Take them, then, with strength, and order your people to take what is best in them. 145

فخذها بقوة وامر قومك ياخذوا باحسنها

I will show you the abode of the oversteppers. 145

ساوريكم دار الفسقين

I will turn away from My signs those who are arrogant on the earth without right; even if they saw every sign, they would not believe in it, and if they saw the path of righteousness, they would not take it as a path, while, if they saw the path of error, they would take it as a path. 146

ساصرف عن ءايتي الذين يتكبرون في الارض بغير الحق وان يروا كل ءاية لا يومنوا بها وان يروا سبيل الرشد لا يتخذوه سبيلا وان يروا سبيل الغى يتخذوه سبيلا

That is because they denied Our signs and remained heedless of them. 146

ذلك بانهم كذبوا بايتنا وكانوا عنها غفلين

And those who denied Our signs and the meeting of the last life, their works have collapsed; are they rewarded except according to what they used to do? 147

والذين كذبوا بايتنا ولقاء الءاخرة حبطت اعملهم هل يجزون الا ما كانوا يعملون

And the people of Moussa took, after him, from their ornaments, a calf, a body that lowed.i 148

واتخذ قوم موسى من بعده من حليهم عجلا جسدا له خوار

Did they not see that it did not speak to them and did not guide them to any path? 148

الم يروا انه لا يكلمهم ولا يهديهم سبيلا

They took it [as a deity], and were unjust. 148

اتخذوه وكانوا ظلمين

And when they were struck with regret, seeing that they had gone astray, they said: "If our Guardian does not have benevolence on us and does not forgive us, we will certainly be among the losers." 149

ولما سقط في ايديهم وراوا انهم قد ضلوا قالوا لين لم يرحمنا ربنا ويغفر لنا لنكونن من الخسرين

When Moussa returned to his people, angry, grieved, he said: "How evil is what you have done in my place, after me!i 150

ولما رجع موسى الى قومه غضبن اسفا قال بيسما خلفتموني من بعدي

Did you want to hasten the command of your Guardian?" 150

اعجلتم امر ربكم

And he threw down the Tablets, and seized his brother by the head, dragging him toward himself. 150

والقى الالواح واخذ براس اخيه يجره اليه

He said: "Son of my mother! the people reduced me to weakness, and almost killed me; do not, then, let the enemies gloat over me, and do not place me with the unjust people." 150

قال ابن ام ان القوم استضعفوني وكادوا يقتلونني فلا تشمت بي الاعداء ولا تجعلني مع القوم الظلمين

He said: "My Guardian, forgive me, and my brother, and admit us into Your benevolence; 151

قال رب اغفر لي ولاخي وادخلنا في رحمتك

You are the most benevolent of the benevolent." 151

وانت ارحم الرحمين

Those who took the calf [as a deity], an anger from their Guardian will reach them, as well as a humiliation in the present life. 152

ان الذين اتخذوا العجل سينالهم غضب من ربهم وذلة في الحيوة الدنيا

Thus do We reward the inventors of lies. 152

وكذلك نجزي المفترين

And those who committed evil deeds, then repented after that and believed — your Guardian, after that, is indeed Most-Forgiving, full of benevolence. 153

والذين عملوا السيات ثم تابوا من بعدها وءامنوا ان ربك من بعدها لغفور رحيم

And when Moussa's anger had subsided, he took the Tablets; in their inscription, there was guidance and benevolence for those who dread their Guardian.i 154

ولما سكت عن موسى الغضب اخذ الالواح وفي نسختها هدى ورحمة للذين هم لربهم يرهبون

And Moussa chose, from among his people, seventy men for Our appointed meeting.i 155

واختار موسى قومه سبعين رجلا لميقتنا

When the great tremor had seized them, he said: "My Guardian, had You willed, You would have destroyed them before, and me as well. 155

فلما اخذتهم الرجفة قال رب لو شيت اهلكتهم من قبل وايي

Would You destroy us for what the foolish among us have done? 155

اتهلكنا بما فعل السفهاء منا

This is nothing but Your trial, by which You lead astray whom You will, and guide whom You will. 155

ان هي الا فتنتك تضل بها من تشاء وتهدي من تشاء

You are our Protector; forgive us, then, and have benevolence on us; You are the best of those who forgive. 155

انت ولينا فاغفر لنا وارحمنا وانت خير الغفرين

And inscribe for us, in the present life, a good, as well as in the last life; 156

واكتب لنا في هذه الدنيا حسنة وفي الءاخرة

we return to You." 156

انا هدنا اليك

He said: "My punishment, I strike with it whom I will, 156

قال عذابي اصيب به من اشاء

and My benevolence embraces all things. 156

ورحمتي وسعت كل شىء

I will inscribe it, then, for those who guard themselves, give the purifying alms, and who believe in Our signs, those who follow the messenger, the prophet without a prior Scripture, whom they find written down with them in the Tawrah and the Injil, who orders them what is recognized and forbids them what is disavowed, makes lawful for them the good things and forbids them the vile things, and removes from them their burden and the shackles that were upon them.i 157

فساكتبها للذين يتقون ويوتون الزكوة والذين هم بايتنا يومنون الذين يتبعون الرسول النبي الامي الذي يجدونه مكتوبا عندهم في التورىة والانجيل يامرهم بالمعروف وينهىهم عن المنكر ويحل لهم الطيبت ويحرم عليهم الخبيث ويضع عنهم اصرهم والاغلل التي كانت عليهم

Those who believe in him, support him, help him, and follow the light sent down with him — those are the ones who succeed. 157

فالذين ءامنوا به وعزروه ونصروه واتبعوا النور الذي انزل معه اوليك هم المفلحون

Say: "O mankind! I am the messenger of God to all of you, [God] to whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. 158

قل يايها الناس اني رسول الله اليكم جميعا الذي له ملك السموت والارض

There is no deity but Him. 158

لا اله الا هو

He gives life and causes death. 158

يحي ويميت

So believe in God and His Messenger, the prophet without a prior Scripture, who believes in God and His words,i 158

فامنوا بالله ورسوله النبي الامي الذي يومن بالله وكلمته

and follow him, perhaps you will be rightly guided." 158

واتبعوه لعلكم تهتدون

And among the people of Moussa, there is a community that guides according to the truth and that, by it, acts with equity.i 159

ومن قوم موسى امة يهدون بالحق وبه يعدلون

And We divided them into twelve tribes, into communities, 160

وقطعنهم اثنتى عشرة اسباطا امما

and We revealed to Moussa, when his people asked him for water: "Strike the rock with your staff";i 160

واوحينا الى موسى اذ استسقىه قومه ان اضرب بعصاك الحجر

and behold, twelve springs gushed forth from it: 160

فانبجست منه اثنتا عشرة عينا

each group of people knew its drinking place. 160

قد علم كل اناس مشربهم

And We spread over them the shade of the cloud, and We sent down upon them manna and quails: 160

وظللنا عليهم الغمم وانزلنا عليهم المن والسلوى

"Eat of the good things We have provided you as sustenance." 160

كلوا من طيبت ما رزقنكم

They did not wrong Us, 160

وما ظلمونا

but it was to themselves that they did wrong.i 160

ولكن كانوا انفسهم يظلمون

And remember when it was said to them: "Dwell in this city, eat from it wherever you wish, say: Relieve us [of our faults], and enter by the gate bowing down: We will forgive you your faults. 161

واذ قيل لهم اسكنوا هذه القرية وكلوا منها حيث شيتم وقولوا حطة وادخلوا الباب سجدا نغفر لكم خطيتكم

We will increase [the reward] of those who do good." 161

سنزيد المحسنين

But those among them who were unjust substituted a saying other than what had been said to them; We then sent down upon them a defilement from the sky, for having been unjust. 162

فبدل الذين ظلموا منهم قولا غير الذي قيل لهم فارسلنا عليهم رجزا من السماء بما كانوا يظلمون

And ask them about the city that was near the sea: when they transgressed by practicing as-sabt [the act of rest/inaction], their fish came to them, breaking the surface; and on the day they did not practice as-sabt, they did not come to them.i 163

وسلهم عن القرية التي كانت حاضرة البحر اذ يعدون في السبت اذ تاتيهم حيتانهم يوم سبتهم شرعا ويوم لا يسبتون لا تاتيهم

Thus did We test them, for having overstepped [through this theological transgression]. 163

كذلك نبلوهم بما كانوا يفسقون

And remember when a community among them said: "Why do you exhort a people whom God is going to destroy, or punish with a severe punishment?" 164

واذ قالت امة منهم لم تعظون قوما الله مهلكهم او معذبهم عذابا شديدا

They said: "For an excuse before your Guardian, and perhaps they will guard themselves." 164

قالوا معذرة الى ربكم ولعلهم يتقون

When they forgot what they had been reminded of, We saved those who forbade evil, and We seized the unjust with a harsh punishment, for having overstepped. 165

فلما نسوا ما ذكروا به انجينا الذين ينهون عن السوء واخذنا الذين ظلموا بعذاب بيس بما كانوا يفسقون

Then, when they persisted arrogantly in what had been forbidden them, We said to them: "Be apes, rejected." 166

فلما عتوا عن ما نهوا عنه قلنا لهم كونوا قردة خسين

And remember when your Guardian proclaimed that He would certainly send against them, until the Day of Appearance, one who would inflict upon them the worst of punishments. 167

واذ تاذن ربك ليبعثن عليهم الى يوم القيمة من يسومهم سوء العذاب

Your Guardian is indeed swift in punishment, 167

ان ربك لسريع العقاب

and He is indeed Most-Forgiving, full of benevolence. 167

وانه لغفور رحيم

And We divided them on the earth into communities: 168

وقطعنهم في الارض امما

there are among them the righteous, and there are those who are less so. 168

منهم الصلحون ومنهم دون ذلك

And We tried them with good things and bad things, that they might return. 168

وبلونهم بالحسنت والسيات لعلهم يرجعون

Then a posterity succeeded them, who inherited the Scripture, taking the fleeting goods of this lower world, and saying: "It will be forgiven us"; and if a similar good comes to them again, they take it [just the same].i 169

فخلف من بعدهم خلف ورثوا الكتب ياخذون عرض هذا الادنى ويقولون سيغفر لنا وان ياتهم عرض مثله ياخذوه

Was not the covenant of the Scripture taken from them, that they would say about God nothing but the truth?i 169

الم يوخذ عليهم ميثق الكتب ان لا يقولوا على الله الا الحق

And they have studied what is in it. 169

ودرسوا ما فيه

But the last abode is better for those who guard themselves. 169

والدار الءاخرة خير للذين يتقون

Will you not then reason? 169

افلا تعقلون

And those who hold firmly to the Scripture and maintain the Contact — We do not let the reward of those who set things right be lost.i 170

والذين يمسكون بالكتب واقاموا الصلوة انا لا نضيع اجر المصلحين

And recall, when We tore the mountain out above them, as though it were a canopy, and they thought it was going to fall upon them: 171

واذ نتقنا الجبل فوقهم كانه ظلة وظنوا انه واقع بهم

"Take with strength what We have given you, and remember what is in it, perhaps you will guard yourselves." 171

خذوا ما ءاتينكم بقوة واذكروا ما فيه لعلكم تتقون

And remember when your Guardian drew forth from the children of Adam their descendants after them, and made them bear witness concerning themselves: "Am I not your Guardian?" They said: "Yes indeed, we bear witness!"i 172

واذ اخذ ربك من بني ءادم من ظهورهم ذريتهم واشهدهم على انفسهم الست بربكم قالوا بلى

[This,] lest you say, on the Day of Appearance: "We were indeed heedless of this", or that you say: "It was our ancestors who, before, associated, and we were only a descendance after them. 173

شهدنا ان تقولوا يوم القيمة انا كنا عن هذا غفلين او تقولوا انما اشرك ءاباونا من قبل وكنا ذرية من بعدهم

Would You destroy us for what the workers of falsehood have done?" 173

افتهلكنا بما فعل المبطلون

Thus do We detail the signs, and perhaps they will return. 174

وكذلك نفصل الءايت ولعلهم يرجعون

And recite to them the information concerning him to whom We gave Our signs, and who divested himself of them, so that the Diverter pursued him, and he was among those led astray.i 175

واتل عليهم نبا الذي ءاتينه ءايتنا فانسلخ منها فاتبعه الشيطن فكان من الغاوين

Had We willed, We would have raised him by these; but he clung to the earth and followed his emotion. 176

ولو شينا لرفعنه بها ولكنه اخلد الى الارض واتبع هوىه

His likeness is that of the dog: if you burden it, it pants, and if you leave it, it pants [still]. 176

فمثله كمثل الكلب ان تحمل عليه يلهث او تتركه يلهث

That is the likeness of the people who denied Our signs. 176

ذلك مثل القوم الذين كذبوا بايتنا

Relate, then, the account, perhaps they will reflect. 176

فاقصص القصص لعلهم يتفكرون

Evil is the likeness of the people who denied Our signs, and who wronged themselves. 177

ساء مثلا القوم الذين كذبوا بايتنا وانفسهم كانوا يظلمون

Whoever God guides, that is the rightly guided; 178

من يهد الله فهو المهتدي

and whoever He leads astray, those are the losers. 178

ومن يضلل فاوليك هم الخسرون

And We have created, for Jahannam, many of the Occulted and humans;i 179

ولقد ذرانا لجهنم كثيرا من الجن والانس

they have cores with which they do not understand, 179

لهم قلوب لا يفقهون بها

they have eyes with which they do not see, 179

ولهم اعين لا يبصرون بها

and they have ears with which they do not hear. 179

ولهم ءاذان لا يسمعون بها

Those are the ones who are like cattle — no, they are even more astray. 179

اوليك كالانعم بل هم اضل

Those are the heedless. 179

اوليك هم الغفلون

And to God belong the most beautiful attributes; invoke Him, then, by them,i 180

ولله الاسماء الحسنى فادعوه بها

and leave those who blaspheme [by distorting] His attributes. 180

وذروا الذين يلحدون في اسميه

They will be rewarded according to what they used to do. 180

سيجزون ما كانوا يعملون

And among those We have created, there is a community that guides according to the truth and that, by it, acts with equity. 181

وممن خلقنا امة يهدون بالحق وبه يعدلون

And those who deny Our signs, We will gradually lead them [to ruin], from where they do not know, and I grant them a respite. 183

والذين كذبوا بايتنا سنستدرجهم من حيث لا يعلمون واملي لهم

My scheme is indeed solid. 183

ان كيدي متين

Do they not then reflect? 184

اولم يتفكروا

There is no derangement in their companion. 184

ما بصاحبهم من جنة

He is nothing but a manifest warner. 184

ان هو الا نذير مبين

Have they not looked into the sovereign dominion of the heavens and the earth, and into everything God has created, and [considered] that it may be that their term has already drawn near? 185

اولم ينظروا في ملكوت السموت والارض وما خلق الله من شىء وان عسى ان يكون قد اقترب اجلهم

In what discourse, after this one, will they then believe? 185

فباى حديث بعده يومنون

Whoever God leads astray, no guide for him, 186

من يضلل الله فلا هادي له

and He leaves them, in their tyranny, to wander blindly. 186

ويذرهم في طغينهم يعمهون

They ask you about the Hour: when will it drop anchor? 187

يسلونك عن الساعة ايان مرسىها

Say: "Knowledge of it is only with my Guardian; 187

قل انما علمها عند ربي

none but Him will unveil it in its time. 187

لا يجليها لوقتها الا هو

It weighs heavily in the heavens and on the earth; 187

ثقلت في السموت والارض

it will come to you only unexpectedly." 187

لا تاتيكم الا بغتة

They ask you as if you were well informed about it. 187

يسلونك كانك حفي عنها

Say: "Knowledge of it is only with God, 187

قل انما علمها عند الله

but most people do not know." 187

ولكن اكثر الناس لا يعلمون

Say: "I hold, for myself, neither benefit nor harm, except what God wills. 188

قل لا املك لنفسي نفعا ولا ضرا الا ما شاء الله

And if I knew what escapes the senses, I would indeed have amassed abundant good things,i 188

ولو كنت اعلم الغيب لاستكثرت من الخير

and evil would not have touched me. 188

وما مسني السوء

I am nothing but a warner, 188

ان انا الا نذير

and a bearer of good tidings for a people who believe." 188

وبشير لقوم يومنون

It is He who created you from a single Self, and made from it its spouse, so that he might find rest with it. 189

هو الذي خلقكم من نفس وحدة وجعل منها زوجها ليسكن اليها

And when he had covered her, she carried a light burden, with which she could move about; 189

فلما تغشىها حملت حملا خفيفا فمرت به

and when she became heavy with it, they both invoked God, their Guardian: "If You give us a righteous [child], we will certainly be among the grateful." 189

فلما اثقلت دعوا الله ربهما لين ءاتيتنا صلحا لنكونن من الشكرين

But when He had given them a righteous [child], they attributed to Him associates in what He had given them. 190

فلما ءاتىهما صلحا جعلا له شركاء فيما ءاتىهما

But God is far above what they associate with Him. 190

فتعلى الله عما يشركون

Do they associate with Him what creates nothing, and is [itself] created, 191

ايشركون ما لا يخلق شيا وهم يخلقون

and can neither help them, nor help itself? 192

ولا يستطيعون لهم نصرا ولا انفسهم ينصرون

And if you call them to guidance, they do not follow you. 193

وان تدعوهم الى الهدى لا يتبعوكم

It is the same to you, whether you call them, or remain silent. 193

سواء عليكم ادعوتموهم ام انتم صمتون

Those you invoke besides God are obedient ones like yourselves; 194

ان الذين تدعون من دون الله عباد امثالكم

invoke them, then, and let them answer you, if you are truthful. 194

فادعوهم فليستجيبوا لكم ان كنتم صدقين

Do they have feet with which they walk? 195

الهم ارجل يمشون بها

Or do they have hands with which they seize? 195

ام لهم ايد يبطشون بها

Or do they have eyes with which they see? 195

ام لهم اعين يبصرون بها

Or do they have ears with which they hear? 195

ام لهم ءاذان يسمعون بها

Say: "Invoke your associates, then scheme against me, and grant me no respite. 195

قل ادعوا شركاءكم ثم كيدون فلا تنظرون

My protector is God, who sent down the Scripture,i 196

ان ولي الله الذي نزل الكتب

and it is He who protects the righteous. 196

وهو يتولى الصلحين

And those you invoke besides Him can neither help you, nor help themselves." 197

والذين تدعون من دونه لا يستطيعون نصركم ولا انفسهم ينصرون

And if you call them to guidance, they do not hear; 198

وان تدعوهم الى الهدى لا يسمعوا

and you see them looking at you, without seeing. 198

وترىهم ينظرون اليك وهم لا يبصرون

Take what is easy, 199

خذ العفو

order what is recognized, 199

وامر بالعرف

and turn away from the ignorant. 199

واعرض عن الجهلين

And if an incitement from the Diverter incites you [to evil], seek refuge in God.i 200

واما ينزغنك من الشيطن نزغ فاستعذ بالله

He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing. 200

انه سميع عليم

Those who guard themselves, when a procession [of suggestions] from the Diverter touches them, take heed, and there they are, clear-sighted;i 201

ان الذين اتقوا اذا مسهم طيف من الشيطن تذكروا فاذا هم مبصرون

while their brothers [the deniers] draw them ever further into error, 202

واخونهم يمدونهم في الغى

then they do not stop. 202

ثم لا يقصرون

And when you do not bring them a sign, they say: "Why did you not invent it yourself?" 203

واذا لم تاتهم باية قالوا لولا اجتبيتها

Say: "I only follow what is revealed to me from my Guardian; 203

قل انما اتبع ما يوحى الى من ربي

these are insights from your Guardian, a guidance and a benevolence for a people who believe." 203

هذا بصاير من ربكم وهدى ورحمة لقوم يومنون

And when this Recitation is recited, listen to it and keep silent, perhaps benevolence will be shown to you. 204

واذا قري القرءان فاستمعوا له وانصتوا لعلكم ترحمون

And remember your Guardian, within yourself, humbly and with fear, without raising your voice in speech, in the morning and in the evening, and do not be among the heedless. 205

واذكر ربك في نفسك تضرعا وخيفة ودون الجهر من القول بالغدو والءاصال ولا تكن من الغفلين

Those who are with your Guardian are not arrogant about obeying Him, they glorify Him, and it is before Him that they prostrate. 206

ان الذين عند ربك لا يستكبرون عن عبادته ويسبحونه وله يسجدون