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The One Who Keeps Turning Back
In the name of God, the All-Benevolent, the Benevolent. Ṣad.
بسم ٱلله ٱلرحمن ٱلرحيم صBy the Recitation charged with the Reminder,
وٱلقرءان ذي ٱلذكرNo! Those who disown are steeped in [claimed] might and rupture.
بل ٱلذين كفروا في عزة وشقاقHow many generations did We annihilate before them! They cried out, but it was no longer time to escape.
كم أهلكنا من قبلهم من قرن فنادوا ولات حين مناصAnd they marveled that a warner should come to them from among themselves,
وعجبوا أن جآءهم منذر منهمand those who disown said: "This is a worker of illusion, a great liar. Has he made the deities a single deity? This is surely a strange thing!"
وقال ٱلكفرون هذا سحر كذاب أجعل ٱلءالهة إلها وحدا إن هذا لشىء عجابAnd the court, among them, set out, saying: "Go, and remain firm toward your deities! This is something intended. We have not heard of this in the most recent doctrine; this is nothing but pure invention. Was the Reminder sent down upon him, out of all of us?"
وٱنطلق ٱلملأ منهم أن ٱمشوا وٱصبروا على ءالهتكم إن هذا لشىء يراد ما سمعنا بهذا في ٱلملة ٱلءاخرة إن هذآ إلا ٱختلق أءنزل عليه ٱلذكر من بينناNo, they are in doubt about My Reminder; no, they have not yet tasted My punishment.
بل هم في شك من ذكري بل لما يذوقوا عذابOr do they hold the treasures of the benevolence of your Guardian, the All-Powerful, the Great Bestower?
أم عندهم خزآئن رحمة ربك ٱلعزيز ٱلوهابOr do they own the dominion of the heavens and the earth, and all that is between them?
أم لهم ملك ٱلسموت وٱلأرض وما بينهماThen let them ascend by the means [of access]!
فليرتقوا في ٱلأسببIt is but an army among the parties, doomed to defeat.
جند ما هنالك مهزوم من ٱلأحزابBefore them, the people of Nuh denied, and the Recidivists [Aad], and Fir'awn of the stakes, the Depleters [Thamud], the people of Lut, and the companions of the Thicket.
كذبت قبلهم قوم نوح وعاد وفرعون ذو ٱلأوتاد وثمود وقوم لوط وأصحب ليكةThose are the parties.
أولئك ٱلأحزابEach of them did nothing but deny the messengers, and so My sanction proved true.
إن كل إلا كذب ٱلرسل فحق عقابAnd these await nothing but a single Cry, with no respite.
وما ينظر هؤلآء إلا صيحة وحدة ما لها من فواقAnd they said: "Our Guardian, hasten for us our share [of punishment], before the Day of Reckoning."
وقالوا ربنا عجل لنا قطنا قبل يوم ٱلحسابBe patient in the face of what they say,
ٱصبر على ما يقولونand remember Our obedient one Dawud, endowed with strength,
وٱذكر عبدنا داود ذا ٱلأيدhe indeed never ceased turning back [to God].
إنه أوابWe subjected the mountains to glorify with him, at dusk and at dawn, and the birds gathered together:
إنا سخرنا ٱلجبال معه يسبحن بٱلعشي وٱلإشراق وٱلطير محشورةeach of them kept turning back [to God].
كل له أوابWe strengthened his rule and gave him wisdom and speech that separates.
وشددنا ملكه وءاتينه ٱلحكمة وفصل ٱلخطابHas the information concerning the opposing parties reached you, when they climbed over the wall into the sanctuary, when they entered upon Dawud, and he was alarmed by them? They said: "Do not be afraid;
وهل أتىك نبؤا ٱلخصم إذ تسوروا ٱلمحراب إذ دخلوا على داود ففزع منهم قالوا لا تخفwe are two opposing parties, one of us has committed aggression against the other; so judge between us with truth, without excess,
خصمان بغى بعضنا على بعض فٱحكم بيننا بٱلحق ولا تشططand guide us to the even path."
وٱهدنآ إلى سوآء ٱلصرط"This is indeed my brother; he has ninety-nine ewes, and I have but one ewe. He said: 'Entrust her to me,' and he overpowered me in speech."
إن هذآ أخي له تسع وتسعون نعجة ولي نعجة وحدة فقال أكفلنيها وعزني في ٱلخطابHe said: "He has certainly wronged you in demanding your ewe to add to his own;
قال لقد ظلمك بسؤال نعجتك إلى نعاجهand surely, many partners commit aggression against one another, except those who have believed and done righteous deeds —
وإن كثيرا من ٱلخلطآء ليبغي بعضهم على بعض إلا ٱلذين ءامنوا وعملوا ٱلصلحتand how few they are."
وقليل ما همAnd Dawud understood that We had [thus] tried him; he sought his Guardian's forgiveness, fell down bowing, and turned back [to Him].
وظن داود أنما فتنه فٱستغفر ربه وخر راكعا وأنابSo We forgave him that;
فغفرنا له ذلكand he surely has, with Us, a place of nearness and a beautiful abode [of return].
وإن له عندنا لزلفى وحسن ماب"O Dawud, We have made you a successor on earth; so judge among the people with truth, and do not follow emotion, lest it lead you astray from the path of God.
يداود إنا جعلنك خليفة في ٱلأرض فٱحكم بين ٱلناس بٱلحق ولا تتبع ٱلهوى فيضلك عن سبيل ٱللهThose who stray from the path of God will have a severe punishment, for having forgotten the Day of Reckoning."
إن ٱلذين يضلون عن سبيل ٱلله لهم عذاب شديد بما نسوا يوم ٱلحسابWe did not create the heaven and the earth and all that is between them in vain.
وما خلقنا ٱلسمآء وٱلأرض وما بينهما بطلاSuch is the conjecture of those who disown;
ذلك ظن ٱلذين كفرواso woe to those who disown, because of the Fire!
فويل للذين كفروا من ٱلنارShould We treat those who have believed and done righteous deeds like those who spread corruption on earth?
أم نجعل ٱلذين ءامنوا وعملوا ٱلصلحت كٱلمفسدين في ٱلأرضShould We treat those who guard themselves like the depraved?
أم نجعل ٱلمتقين كٱلفجارHere is a blessed Scripture that We sent down to you, so that they may reflect on its signs, and so that the possessors of intelligence may remember.
كتب أنزلنه إليك مبرك ليدبروا ءايته وليتذكر أولوا ٱلألببAnd We granted Dawud Sulayman —
ووهبنا لداود سليمنwhat an excellent obedient one!
نعم ٱلعبدHe indeed never ceased turning back [to God].
إنه أوابWhen there were displayed to him, at dusk, the standing, well-bred horses, he said: "I have preferred the love of the good over the remembrance of my Guardian," until they withdrew behind the veil.
إذ عرض عليه بٱلعشي ٱلصفنت ٱلجياد فقال إني أحببت حب ٱلخير عن ذكر ربي حتى توارت بٱلحجاب"Bring them back to me!" And he began to stroke their legs and necks.
ردوها على فطفق مسحا بٱلسوق وٱلأعناقAnd We certainly tried Sulayman: We placed upon his throne-seat a [lifeless] body; then he turned back [to Us].
ولقد فتنا سليمن وألقينا على كرسيه جسدا ثم أنابHe said: "My Guardian, forgive me, and grant me a kingdom that will not befit anyone after me;
قال رب ٱغفر لي وهب لي ملكا لا ينبغي لأحد من بعديYou are indeed the Great Bestower."
إنك أنت ٱلوهابSo We subjected the wind to him, running at his command, gently, wherever he directed it; and the Diverters, every builder and diver, and others bound together in chains.
فسخرنا له ٱلريح تجري بأمره رخآء حيث أصاب وٱلشيطين كل بنآء وغواص وءاخرين مقرنين في ٱلأصفاد"This is Our gift: dispose of it, grant it or withhold it, without account to render."
هذا عطآؤنا فٱمنن أو أمسك بغير حسابHe surely has, with Us, a place of nearness and a beautiful abode [of return].
وإن له عندنا لزلفى وحسن مابAnd remember Our obedient one Ayyub, when he called upon his Guardian: "The Diverter has touched me with hardship and suffering."
وٱذكر عبدنآ أيوب إذ نادى ربه أني مسني ٱلشيطن بنصب وعذاب"Run with your foot:
ٱركض برجلكhere is cool water for washing and for drinking."
هذا مغتسل بارد وشرابAnd We granted him back his family, and as many again with them, as a benevolence from Us, and as a reminder for the possessors of intelligence.
ووهبنا له أهله ومثلهم معهم رحمة منا وذكرى لأولي ٱلألبب"Take in your hand a bundle [of stalks], and strike with it, and do not break your oath."
وخذ بيدك ضغثا فٱضرب به ولا تحنثWe found him patient,
إنا وجدنه صابراwhat an excellent obedient one!
نعم ٱلعبدHe indeed never ceased turning back [to God].
إنه أوابAnd remember Our obedient ones Ibrahim, Ishaq, and Yaacoub, endowed with strength and insight.
وٱذكر عبدنآ إبرهيم وإسحق ويعقوب أولي ٱلأيدي وٱلأبصرWe purified them with a singular purity: the remembrance of the [final] Abode.
إنآ أخلصنهم بخالصة ذكرى ٱلدارAnd they are surely, with Us, among the chosen, the best.
وإنهم عندنا لمن ٱلمصطفين ٱلأخيارAnd remember Ismail, Elisha, and Dhul-Kifl,
وٱذكر إسمعيل وٱليسع وذا ٱلكفلeach among the best.
وكل من ٱلأخيارThis is a reminder.
هذا ذكرAnd those who guard themselves shall surely have a beautiful abode [of return]:
وإن للمتقين لحسن مابGardens of permanent abode, whose gates will be opened for them, reclining therein, calling for abundant fruit and drink.
جنت عدن مفتحة لهم ٱلأبوب متكين فيها يدعون فيها بفكهة كثيرة وشرابAnd beside them will be companions of reserved gaze, fertile and of shared stock.
وعندهم قصرت ٱلطرف أترابThis is what you are promised for the Day of Reckoning.
هذا ما توعدون ليوم ٱلحسابThis is surely Our provision, which knows no end.
إن هذا لرزقنا ما له من نفادThis is surely so. And those who exceed all measure shall have the worst of abodes [of return]: Jahannam, wherein they will burn,
هذا وإن للطغين لشر ماب جهنم يصلونهاwhat an evil bed!
فبئس ٱلمهادThis — let them taste it: scalding water, and fetid discharge, and other [torments] of the same kind, in pairs.
هذا فليذوقوه حميم وغساق وءاخر من شكله أزوج"Here is a crowd rushing in with you [into the Fire],"
هذا فوج مقتحم معكم[it will be said]: "No welcome for them!
لا مرحبا بهمThey will indeed burn in the Fire."
إنهم صالوا ٱلنارThey will say: "Rather it is you! No welcome for you! It is you who went before us into this."
قالوا بل أنتم لا مرحبا بكم أنتم قدمتموه لناWhat a wretched dwelling!
فبئس ٱلقرارThey will say: "Our Guardian, whoever brought this upon us, give him double punishment in the Fire."
قالوا ربنا من قدم لنا هذا فزده عذابا ضعفا في ٱلنارAnd they will say: "Why do we not see men we used to count among the wicked?
وقالوا ما لنا لا نرى رجالا كنا نعدهم من ٱلأشرارDid we take them as objects of mockery, or has our sight simply missed them?"
أتخذنهم سخريا أم زاغت عنهم ٱلأبصرThis is surely true: it is the quarrel of the people of the Fire.
إن ذلك لحق تخاصم أهل ٱلنارSay: "I am only a warner,
قل إنمآ أنا منذرand there is no deity but God, the One, the Overpowering,
وما من إله إلا ٱلله ٱلوحد ٱلقهارGuardian of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them,
رب ٱلسموت وٱلأرض وما بينهماthe All-Powerful, the Great Forgiver."
ٱلعزيز ٱلغفرSay: "This is immense Information, from which you turn away:
قل هو نبؤا عظيم أنتم عنه معرضونI had no knowledge of the sublime assembly when it quarreled;
ما كان لي من علم بٱلملإ ٱلأعلى إذ يختصمونnothing is revealed to me except that I am a clear warner."
إن يوحى إلى إلآ أنمآ أنا نذير مبين[Recall] when your Guardian said to the Agents: "I am about to create a human of clay; when I have shaped him and breathed into him of My Influx, fall down before him, prostrating."
إذ قال ربك للملئكة إني خلق بشرا من طين فإذا سويته ونفخت فيه من روحي فقعوا له سجدينSo the Agents prostrated, all of them together, except the Despairing One [Iblis]: he swelled with arrogance and was among those who disown.
فسجد ٱلملئكة كلهم أجمعون إلآ إبليس ٱستكبر وكان من ٱلكفرينHe said: "O Despairing One [Iblis], what prevented you from prostrating before what I created with My own two hands? Did you swell with arrogance, or were you among the exalted?"
قال يإبليس ما منعك أن تسجد لما خلقت بيدى أستكبرت أم كنت من ٱلعالينHe said: "I am better than him: You created me from fire, and You created him from clay."
قال أنا خير منه خلقتني من نار وخلقته من طينHe said: "Then get out of here; you are indeed banished, and My curse is upon you until the Day of Retribution."
قال فٱخرج منها فإنك رجيم وإن عليك لعنتي إلى يوم ٱلدينHe said: "My Guardian, grant me a delay until the day they are resurrected."
قال رب فأنظرني إلى يوم يبعثونHe said: "You are indeed among those granted a delay, until the day of the known time."
قال فإنك من ٱلمنظرين إلى يوم ٱلوقت ٱلمعلومHe said: "By Your might, I will mislead them all, except Your purified obedient ones among them."
قال فبعزتك لأغوينهم أجمعين إلا عبادك منهم ٱلمخلصين[God] said: "Here then is the truth — and I speak the truth:
قال فٱلحق وٱلحق أقولI will surely fill Jahannam with you and with all of those among them who follow you."
لأملأن جهنم منك وممن تبعك منهم أجمعينSay: "I ask you no reward for this, and I am not one of those who pretend to be what they are not.
قل مآ أسلكم عليه من أجر ومآ أنا من ٱلمتكلفينThis is nothing but a reminder for all beings,
إن هو إلا ذكر للعلمينand you will surely know its information after a time."
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