Ash-Shu'ara

Ṭa. Sin. Mim.

طسم

These are the signs of the explicit Scripture.

تلك ءايت الكتب المبين

Perhaps you will consume yourself because they are not believers.

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 bent.

ان نشا ننزل عليهم من السماء ءاية فظلت اعنقهم لها خضعين

And no recent reminder comes to them from the All-Benevolent without their turning away from it.

وما ياتيهم من ذكر من الرحمن محدث الا كانوا عنه معرضين

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

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 pair?

اولم يروا الى الارض كم انبتنا فيها من كل زوج كريم

But most of them are not believers.

وما كان اكثرهم مومنين

And your Guardian is surely the All-Powerful, the Benevolent.

وان ربك لهو العزيز الرحيم

Will they not guard themselves?"

الا يتقون

He said: "My Guardian, I fear they will deny me; and my chest tightens, and my tongue does not loosen: so send to Harun. They hold an offense against me, and I fear they will kill me."

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

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

فاذهبا بايتنا انا معكم مستمعون

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

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

He said: "Did we not bring you up among us as a child, and did you not remain among us for years of your life? You committed the act you committed, and you are among those who disown."

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

He said: "I did it then, while I was among the astray.

قال فعلتها اذا وانا من الضالين

So I fled from you when I feared you; then my Guardian bestowed on me judgment and made me one of the envoys.

ففررت منكم لما خفتكم فوهب لي ربي حكما وجعلني من المرسلين

And this blessing with which you think you grace me is that you enslaved the Sons of Israel!"

وتلك نعمة تمنها على ان عبدت بني اسرءيل

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

قال فرعون وما رب العلمين

He said: "The Guardian of the heavens and the earth and what is between them, if you are of those who know with certainty."

قال رب السموت والارض وما بينهما ان كنتم موقنين

He said to those around him: "Do you not listen?"

قال لمن حوله الا تستمعون

He said: "Your Guardian and the Guardian of your earliest forefathers."

قال ربكم ورب ءابايكم الاولين

He said: "Your messenger who has been sent to you is surely deranged."

قال ان رسولكم الذي ارسل اليكم لمجنون

He said: "The Guardian of the east and the west and what is between them, if you would reason."

قال رب المشرق والمغرب وما بينهما ان كنتم تعقلون

He said: "If you take a deity other than me, I will surely put you among the imprisoned."

قال لين اتخذت الها غيري لاجعلنك من المسجونين

He said: "Even if I brought you something explicit?"

قال اولو جيتك بشىء مبين

He said: "Bring it then, if you are among the veracious."

قال فات به 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.

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

He said to the court around him: "This one is surely a knowing worker of illusion, who wants to drive you out of your land by his illusion. What then do you advise?"

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

They said: "Put him off, him and his brother, and raise up gatherers into the capitals, who will bring you every great, knowing worker of illusion."

قالوا ارجه واخاه وابعث في المداين حشرين ياتوك بكل سحار عليم

The workers of illusion were brought together for the appointed time of a known day.

فجمع السحرة لميقت يوم معلوم

And it was said to the people: "Will you come together, in the hope that we may follow the workers of illusion, if they are the victors?"

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 really be a reward for us, if we are the victors?"

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

He said: "Yes, and you will then surely be among those brought near."

قال نعم وانكم اذا لمن المقربين

Moussa said to them: "Throw what you have to throw."

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, surely, who will be the victors!"

فالقوا حبالهم وعصيهم وقالوا بعزة فرعون انا لنحن الغلبون

Then Moussa threw his staff, and behold, it snapped up what they distorted.

فالقى موسى عصاه فاذا هي تلقف ما يافكون

The workers of illusion were then cast down, prostrate.

فالقي السحرة سجدين

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

قالوا ءامنا برب العلمين رب موسى وهرون

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

لاقطعن ايديكم وارجلكم من خلف ولاصلبنكم اجمعين

It is to our Guardian that we turn.

انا الى ربنا منقلبون

We long for our Guardian to forgive us our faults, since we are the first of the believers."

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."

واوحينا الى موسى ان اسر بعبادي انكم متبعون

Fir'awn then sent gatherers into the capitals:

فارسل فرعون في المداين حشرين

"These are surely a small band, and they surely enrage us, and we are surely, all together, a vigilant force."

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.

فاخرجنهم من جنت وعيون وكنوز ومقام كريم

Thus.

كذلك

And We made the Sons of Israel inherit them, and they pursued them at daybreak.

واورثنها بني اسرءيل فاتبعوهم مشرقين

And when the two forces saw each other, the companions of Moussa said: "We are surely overtaken!"

فلما ترءا الجمعان قال اصحب موسى انا لمدركون

My Guardian is indeed with me; He will guide me."

ان معي ربي سيهدين

We then revealed to Moussa: "Strike the sea with your staff." It split, and each part was like an immense peak.

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

And We brought the others close there.

وازلفنا ثم الءاخرين

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

وانجينا موسى ومن معه اجمعين ثم اغرقنا الءاخرين

But most of them are not believers.

وما كان اكثرهم مومنين

And your Guardian is surely the All-Powerful, the Benevolent.

وان ربك لهو العزيز الرحيم

And recite to them the information concerning Ibrahim, when he said to his father and his people: "What do you obey?"

واتل عليهم نبا ابرهيم اذ قال لابيه وقومه ما تعبدون

They said: "We obey idols, and we stay posted by them."

قالوا نعبد اصناما فنظل لها عكفين

He said: "Do they hear you when you call upon them, or do they benefit you, or do they harm you?"

قال هل يسمعونكم اذ تدعون او ينفعونكم او يضرون

They said: "No, but we found our ancestors acting thus."

قالوا بل وجدنا ءاباءنا كذلك يفعلون

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

قال افرءيتم ما كنتم تعبدون انتم وءاباوكم الاقدمون فانهم عدو لي

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

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,

والذي هو يطعمني ويسقين واذا مرضت فهو يشفين

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

والذي يميتني ثم يحيين

and the One from whom I long for forgiveness for my fault on the Day of the Due.

والذي اطمع ان يغفر لي خطيتي يوم الدين

My Guardian, bestow on me judgment and join me with those who are sound,

رب هب لي حكما والحقني بالصلحين

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

واجعل لي لسان صدق في الءاخرين

and make me one of the heirs of the garden of bliss,

واجعلني من ورثة جنة النعيم

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

واغفر لابي انه كان من الضالين

and do not disgrace me on the day they are raised, the day when neither goods nor sons will be of use, except to one who comes to God with an intact core."

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,

وازلفت الجنة للمتقين

and the Blaze will be shown to the errant.

وبرزت الجحيم للغاوين

do they help you, or do they help themselves?"

هل ينصرونكم او ينتصرون

They will be flung into it, they, the errant, and the armies of Iblis, all together.

فكبكبوا فيها هم والغاون وجنود ابليس اجمعون

They will say, quarreling there: "By God, we were indeed in manifest error, when we set you on the same level as the Guardian of all beings.

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

And it was only the severed who led us astray.

وما اضلنا الا المجرمون

So we have neither intercessors, nor a warm friend.

فما لنا من شفعين ولا صديق حميم

If only we had a comeback, we would be among the believers!"

فلو ان لنا كرة فنكون من المومنين

But most of them are not believers.

وما كان اكثرهم مومنين

And your Guardian is surely the All-Powerful, the Benevolent.

وان ربك لهو العزيز الرحيم

The people of Nuh denied the envoys, when their brother Nuh said to them: "Will you not guard yourselves? I am indeed for you a trustworthy messenger.

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

So guard yourselves toward God and defer to me.

فاتقوا الله واطيعون

my reward is incumbent only upon the Guardian of all beings.

ان اجري الا على رب العلمين

So guard yourselves toward God and defer to me."

فاتقوا الله واطيعون

They said: "Shall we give you credit while it is the lowliest who have followed you?"

قالوا انومن لك واتبعك الارذلون

He said: "What do I know of what they used to do?

قال وما علمي بما كانوا يعملون

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

ان حسابهم الا على ربي لو تشعرون

And I am not one to chase away the believers; I am only an explicit warner."

وما انا بطارد المومنين ان انا الا نذير مبين

They said: "If you do not stop, O Nuh, you will surely be among the banished."

قالوا لين لم تنته ينوح لتكونن من المرجومين

He said: "My Guardian, my people have indeed denied me. Open then between me and them an opening, and save me and those of the believers who are with me."

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

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

فانجينه ومن معه في الفلك المشحون

Then We drowned afterward those who remained.

ثم اغرقنا بعد الباقين

But most of them are not believers.

وما كان اكثرهم مومنين

And your Guardian is surely the All-Powerful, the Benevolent.

وان ربك لهو العزيز الرحيم

The Aad denied the envoys, when their brother Hud said to them: "Will you not guard yourselves? I am indeed for you a trustworthy messenger.

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

So guard yourselves toward God and defer to me.

فاتقوا الله واطيعون

my reward is incumbent only upon the Guardian of all beings.

ان اجري الا على رب العلمين

Do you build on every hill a sign, in play, and take for yourselves factories in hope of abiding eternally, and when you grip, you grip as tyrants?

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

So guard yourselves toward God and defer to me.

فاتقوا الله واطيعون

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

واتقوا الذي امدكم بما تعلمون امدكم بانعم وبنين وجنت وعيون

I indeed fear for you the punishment of an immense day."

اني اخاف عليكم عذاب يوم عظيم

They said: "It is the same to us whether you exhort or are not among those who exhort; this is only the character of the ancients, and we shall not be punished."

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

But most of them are not believers.

وما كان اكثرهم مومنين

And your Guardian is surely the All-Powerful, the Benevolent.

وان ربك لهو العزيز الرحيم

The Thamud denied the envoys, when their brother Salih said to them: "Will you not guard yourselves? I am indeed for you a trustworthy messenger.

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

So guard yourselves toward God and defer to me.

فاتقوا الله واطيعون

my reward is incumbent only upon the Guardian of all beings.

ان اجري الا على رب العلمين

Will you be left secure here, amid gardens and springs, and crops and date-palms with melting spathes, while you carve houses out of the mountains, skilled and expert?

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

So guard yourselves toward God and defer to me.

فاتقوا الله واطيعون

And do not defer to the command of the excessive, who sow corruption on the earth and make nothing sound."

ولا تطيعوا امر المسرفين الذين يفسدون في الارض ولا يصلحون

They said: "You are only among those abused by illusion; you are only a human like us; bring then a sign, if you are among the veracious."

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

and you have a turn to drink on a known day.

ولكم شرب يوم معلوم

And touch her with no evil, or the punishment of an immense day will seize you."

ولا تمسوها بسوء فياخذكم عذاب يوم عظيم

But most of them are not believers.

وما كان اكثرهم مومنين

And your Guardian is surely the All-Powerful, the Benevolent.

وان ربك لهو العزيز الرحيم

The people of Lut denied the envoys, when their brother Lut said to them: "Will you not guard yourselves? I am indeed for you a trustworthy messenger.

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

So guard yourselves toward God and defer to me.

فاتقوا الله واطيعون

my reward is incumbent only upon the Guardian of all beings.

ان اجري الا على رب العلمين

You are rather a people who cross the limits."

بل انتم قوم عادون

They said: "If you do not stop, O Lut, you will surely be among those expelled."

قالوا لين لم تنته يلوط لتكونن من المخرجين

He said: "I am indeed among those who loathe your conduct.

قال اني لعملكم من القالين

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

رب نجني واهلي مما يعملون

So We saved him and his household, all of them, except an old woman among those who lingered behind; then We destroyed the others.

فنجينه واهله اجمعين الا عجوزا في الغبرين ثم دمرنا الءاخرين

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

فساء مطر المنذرين

But most of them are not believers.

وما كان اكثرهم مومنين

And your Guardian is surely the All-Powerful, the Benevolent.

وان ربك لهو العزيز الرحيم

The companions of the Thicket denied the envoys, when Shu'ayb said to them: "Will you not guard yourselves? I am indeed for you a trustworthy messenger.

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

So guard yourselves toward God and defer to me.

فاتقوا الله واطيعون

my reward is incumbent only upon the Guardian of all beings.

ان اجري الا على رب العلمين

and do not be among those who cause loss.

ولا تكونوا من المخسرين

And weigh with the straight scale,

وزنوا بالقسطاس المستقيم

and do not spread disorder on the earth as corrupters.

ولا تعثوا في الارض مفسدين

And guard yourselves before the One who created you, and the multitude of the earlier ones."

واتقوا الذي خلقكم والجبلة الاولين

They said: "You are only among those abused by illusion; you are only a human like us, and we certainly presume you to be among the liars. So make a fragment of the sky tumble upon us, if you are among the veracious."

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: "My Guardian knows best what you do."

قال ربي اعلم بما تعملون

It was the punishment of an immense day.

انه كان عذاب يوم عظيم

But most of them are not believers.

وما كان اكثرهم مومنين

And your Guardian is surely the All-Powerful, the Benevolent.

وان ربك لهو العزيز الرحيم

And this is surely a descent from the Guardian of all beings.

وانه لتنزيل رب العلمين

The trustworthy Influx came down with it, upon your core, so that you may be among the warners, in a flawless, explicit tongue.

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

And this is surely found in the Formularies of the ancients.

وانه لفي زبر الاولين

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

اولم يكن لهم ءاية ان يعلمه علموا بني اسرءيل

And if We had sent it down upon one of those whose tongue is not flawless, and he had read it to them, they would not have believed in it.

ولو نزلنه على بعض الاعجمين فقراه عليهم ما كانوا به مومنين

Thus We have inserted it into the cores of the severed; they will not believe in it until they see the painful punishment, which will come to them unexpectedly, without their sensing it, and they will say then: "Will we be granted a delay?"

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

Is it then Our punishment that they seek to hasten?

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?

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

and We have never been wrongdoers.

وما كنا ظلمين

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

وما تنزلت به الشيطين وما ينبغي لهم وما يستطيعون

They are surely kept away from all listening.

انهم عن السمع لمعزولون

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

فلا تدع مع الله الها ءاخر فتكون من المعذبين

And warn your closest kinsmen, and lower your wing for those who follow you, among the believers.

وانذر عشيرتك الاقربين واخفض جناحك لمن اتبعك من المومنين

If they disobey you, say then: "I am indeed quit of what you do."

فان عصوك فقل اني بريء مما تعملون

And entrust yourself to the All-Powerful, the Benevolent, the One who sees you when you stand, and your comings and goings among those who prostrate.

وتوكل على العزيز الرحيم الذي يرىك حين تقوم وتقلبك في السجدين

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

انه هو السميع العليم

Shall I inform you upon whom the Diverters descend? They descend upon every inveterate distorter, laden with transgressions. They lend an ear, and most of them are liars.

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

And the seductive orators, it is the errant who follow them.

والشعراء يتبعهم الغاون

Have you not seen that they ramble in every valley, and that they say what they never do?

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

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

وسيعلم الذين ظلموا اى منقلب ينقلبون