Fussilat
Their Skins Will Testify
In the name of God, the All-Benevolent, the Benevolent. Ḥa. Mim.
بسم ٱلله ٱلرحمن ٱلرحيم حمA revealed descent from the All-Benevolent, the Benevolent: a Scripture whose signs are made distinct, a flawless recitation for a people who know, bearing good tidings and warning,
تنزيل من ٱلرحمن ٱلرحيم كتب فصلت ءايته قرءانا عربيا لقوم يعلمون بشيرا ونذيراyet most of them turn away, so that they do not hear.
فأعرض أكثرهم فهم لا يسمعونThey say: "Our cores are under coverings against what you call us to, and there is a deafness in our ears, and between us and you a veil. So act — we too are acting [on our side]."
وقالوا قلوبنا في أكنة مما تدعونآ إليه وفي ءاذاننا وقر ومن بيننا وبينك حجاب فٱعمل إننا عملونSay: "I am only a human like you; it is revealed to me that your deity is a single deity. So stand straight toward Him and ask His forgiveness."
قل إنمآ أنا بشر مثلكم يوحى إلى أنمآ إلهكم إله وحد فٱستقيموا إليه وٱستغفروهWoe to those who associate, who do not give the purifying alms and who disown the last life!
وويل للمشركين ٱلذين لا يؤتون ٱلزكوة وهم بٱلءاخرة هم كفرونThose who have believed and done righteous deeds will have a reward never interrupted.
إن ٱلذين ءامنوا وعملوا ٱلصلحت لهم أجر غير ممنونSay: "Do you then disown the One who created the earth in two days, and set up equals to Him?"
قل أئنكم لتكفرون بٱلذي خلق ٱلأرض في يومين وتجعلون له أنداداThat is the Guardian of all beings.
ذلك رب ٱلعلمينHe placed firmly-set mountains upon it, blessed it, and apportioned its provisions in it, in four equal days, for those who ask.
وجعل فيها روسي من فوقها وبرك فيها وقدر فيهآ أقوتها في أربعة أيام سوآء للسآئلينThen He established Himself toward the sky, which was smoke, and said to it and to the earth: "Come, both of you, willingly or unwillingly."
ثم ٱستوى إلى ٱلسمآء وهي دخان فقال لها وللأرض ٱئتيا طوعا أو كرهاThey said: "We come obediently."
قالتآ أتينا طآئعينSo He completed them as seven skies in two days, and inspired to each sky its command.
فقضىهن سبع سموات في يومين وأوحى في كل سمآء أمرهاAnd We adorned the nearest sky with lamps,
وزينا ٱلسمآء ٱلدنيا بمصبيحand with protection.
وحفظاThat is the measure of the All-Powerful, the All-Knowing.
ذلك تقدير ٱلعزيز ٱلعليمIf they turn away, say: "I warn you of a thunderbolt like the thunderbolt of the Recidivists [Aad] and the Depleters [Thamud]", when the messengers came to them, from before them and from behind them: "Obey none but God."
فإن أعرضوا فقل أنذرتكم صعقة مثل صعقة عاد وثمود إذ جآءتهم ٱلرسل من بين أيديهم ومن خلفهم ألا تعبدوا إلا ٱللهThey said: "Had our Guardian willed, He would have sent down Agents. So we disown what you have been sent with."
قالوا لو شآء ربنا لأنزل ملئكة فإنا بمآ أرسلتم به كفرونAs for the Recidivists [Aad], they were arrogant on the earth without right, and said: "Who is stronger than us in might?"
فأما عاد فٱستكبروا في ٱلأرض بغير ٱلحق وقالوا من أشد منا قوةDid they not see that God, who created them, is stronger than them in might?
أولم يروا أن ٱلله ٱلذي خلقهم هو أشد منهم قوةAnd they used to stubbornly reject Our signs.
وكانوا بايتنا يجحدونSo We sent upon them an icy wind, during ill-omened days, to make them taste the punishment of disgrace in the present life;
فأرسلنا عليهم ريحا صرصرا في أيام نحسات لنذيقهم عذاب ٱلخزي في ٱلحيوة ٱلدنياand the punishment of the last life is more disgraceful still, and they will not be helped.
ولعذاب ٱلءاخرة أخزى وهم لا ينصرونAs for the Depleters [Thamud], We guided them, but they preferred blindness over guidance, so the thunderbolt of the humiliating punishment seized them for what they used to earn.
وأما ثمود فهدينهم فٱستحبوا ٱلعمى على ٱلهدى فأخذتهم صعقة ٱلعذاب ٱلهون بما كانوا يكسبونAnd We saved those who believed and guarded themselves.
ونجينا ٱلذين ءامنوا وكانوا يتقونThe day We gather the enemies of God toward the Fire, they will be arranged in ranks,
ويوم يحشر أعدآء ٱلله إلى ٱلنار فهم يوزعونuntil, when they reach it, their hearing, their sights, and their skins will testify against them about what they used to do.
حتى إذا ما جآءوها شهد عليهم سمعهم وأبصرهم وجلودهم بما كانوا يعملونThey will say to their skins: "Why did you testify against us?"
وقالوا لجلودهم لم شهدتم عليناThey will say: "God, who makes everything speak, made us speak. It is He who created you the first time, and to Him you are returned."
قالوا أنطقنا ٱلله ٱلذي أنطق كل شىء وهو خلقكم أول مرة وإليه ترجعونYou were not hiding [in thinking] that your hearing, your sights, and your skins would not testify against you;
وما كنتم تستترون أن يشهد عليكم سمعكم ولآ أبصركم ولا جلودكمbut you thought that God did not know much of what you were doing.
ولكن ظننتم أن ٱلله لا يعلم كثيرا مما تعملونThat is the thought you had of your Guardian; it has ruined you, and you have become among the losers.
وذلكم ظنكم ٱلذي ظننتم بربكم أردىكم فأصبحتم من ٱلخسرينIf they endure, the Fire is their dwelling;
فإن يصبروا فٱلنار مثوى لهمand if they ask to be accepted again, they will not be among those accepted again.
وإن يستعتبوا فما هم من ٱلمعتبينAnd We assigned to them companions who made attractive to them what was before them and what was behind them,
وقيضنا لهم قرنآء فزينوا لهم ما بين أيديهم وما خلفهمand the word proved true against them, among communities of the Occulted and humans that had already passed away before them;
وحق عليهم ٱلقول في أمم قد خلت من قبلهم من ٱلجن وٱلإنسthey were indeed losers.
إنهم كانوا خسرينThose who disown said: "Do not listen to this recitation, and drown it out, so that you may prevail."
وقال ٱلذين كفروا لا تسمعوا لهذا ٱلقرءان وٱلغوا فيه لعلكم تغلبونWe will surely make those who disown taste a severe punishment, and We will surely repay them the worst of what they used to do.
فلنذيقن ٱلذين كفروا عذابا شديدا ولنجزينهم أسوأ ٱلذي كانوا يعملونThat is the recompense of the enemies of God: the Fire;
ذلك جزآء أعدآء ٱلله ٱلنارthey have therein the home of eternity,
لهم فيها دار ٱلخلدa recompense for their stubbornly rejecting Our signs.
جزآء بما كانوا بايتنا يجحدونThose who disown will say: "Our Guardian, show us those who misled us among the Occulted and humans, that we may put them beneath our feet, so that they may be among the lowest."
وقال ٱلذين كفروا ربنآ أرنا ٱلذين أضلانا من ٱلجن وٱلإنس نجعلهما تحت أقدامنا ليكونا من ٱلأسفلينThose who say: "Our Guardian is God," then stand straight — the Agents descend upon them: "Do not fear and do not grieve; rejoice in the Garden that you were promised."
إن ٱلذين قالوا ربنا ٱلله ثم ٱستقموا تتنزل عليهم ٱلملئكة ألا تخافوا ولا تحزنوا وأبشروا بٱلجنة ٱلتي كنتم توعدونWe are your protectors in the present life and in the last life;
نحن أوليآؤكم في ٱلحيوة ٱلدنيا وفي ٱلءاخرةand you will have therein whatever your Selves desire, and you will have therein whatever you ask for, as a welcome from One Most-Forgiving, Benevolent.
ولكم فيها ما تشتهي أنفسكم ولكم فيها ما تدعون نزلا من غفور رحيمAnd who speaks better than one who calls to God, does what is right, and says: "I am indeed among those true to God alone"?
ومن أحسن قولا ممن دعآ إلى ٱلله وعمل صلحا وقال إنني من ٱلمسلمينThe good deed and the bad deed are not equal.
ولا تستوي ٱلحسنة ولا ٱلسيئةRepel with what is better; then the one between you and whom there was enmity will be like a warm friend.
ٱدفع بٱلتي هي أحسن فإذا ٱلذي بينك وبينه عدوة كأنه ولي حميمBut this is received only by those who endure,
وما يلقىهآ إلا ٱلذين صبرواand it is received only by one who has an immense share.
وما يلقىهآ إلا ذو حظ عظيمAnd if an incitement from the Diverter incites you [to evil], seek refuge in God;
وإما ينزغنك من ٱلشيطن نزغ فٱستعذ بٱللهit is indeed He, the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.
إنه هو ٱلسميع ٱلعليمAnd among His signs are the night and the day, and the sun and the moon.
ومن ءايته ٱليل وٱلنهار وٱلشمس وٱلقمرDo not prostrate to the sun or to the moon,
لا تسجدوا للشمس ولا للقمرbut prostrate to God, who created them, if it is Him that you obey.
وٱسجدوا لله ٱلذي خلقهن إن كنتم إياه تعبدونIf they are arrogant, then those who are with your Guardian glorify Him night and day, without growing weary.
فإن ٱستكبروا فٱلذين عند ربك يسبحون له بٱليل وٱلنهار وهم لا يسمونAnd among His signs: you see the earth humble; then, when We send down water upon it, it stirs and swells.
ومن ءايته أنك ترى ٱلأرض خشعة فإذآ أنزلنا عليها ٱلمآء ٱهتزت وربتHe who gave it life is surely the One who gives life to the dead;
إن ٱلذي أحياها لمحي ٱلموتىHe is indeed capable of all things.
إنه على كل شىء قديرThose who deviate concerning Our signs are not hidden from Us.
إن ٱلذين يلحدون في ءايتنا لا يخفون علينآIs one who is thrown into the Fire better, or one who comes secure on the Day of Appearance?
أفمن يلقى في ٱلنار خير أم من يأتي ءامنا يوم ٱلقيمةDo what you wish,
ٱعملوا ما شئتمHe indeed sees perfectly what you do.
إنه بما تعملون بصيرThose who disown the Reminder when it has come to them [will bear the consequences]; and it is indeed an impregnable Scripture, which falsehood cannot reach from before it or from behind it,
إن ٱلذين كفروا بٱلذكر لما جآءهم وإنه لكتب عزيز لا يأتيه ٱلبطل من بين يديه ولا من خلفهa revealed descent from One Wise, Praiseworthy.
تنزيل من حكيم حميدNothing is said to you except what was already said to the messengers before you;
ما يقال لك إلا ما قد قيل للرسل من قبلكyour Guardian is surely possessor of forgiveness and possessor of painful sanction.
إن ربك لذو مغفرة وذو عقاب أليمHad We made it a confused recitation, they would have said: "Why were its signs not made distinct?"
ولو جعلنه قرءانا أعجميا لقالوا لولا فصلت ءايتهConfused and flawless at once?
ءاعجمي وعربيSay: "It is, for those who believe, guidance and healing;
قل هو للذين ءامنوا هدى وشفآءand those who do not believe have a deafness in their ears, and it is upon them a blindness;
وٱلذين لا يؤمنون في ءاذانهم وقر وهو عليهم عمىthose are called from a distant place."
أولئك ينادون من مكان بعيدWe have indeed given Moussa the Scripture, and there was divergence about it;
ولقد ءاتينا موسى ٱلكتب فٱختلف فيهand had it not been for a word that preceded from your Guardian, it would already have been settled between them;
ولولا كلمة سبقت من ربك لقضي بينهمand they are surely, about it, in a troubling doubt.
وإنهم لفي شك منه مريبWhoever does what is right, it is for his own Self;
من عمل صلحا فلنفسهand whoever does wrong, it is against his own Self;
ومن أسآء فعليهاand your Guardian is not unjust to the constrained [under compulsion].
وما ربك بظلم للعبيدTo Him is referred the knowledge of the Hour;
إليه يرد علم ٱلساعةno fruit comes out of its sheath, nor does any female conceive or give birth, except with His knowledge;
وما تخرج من ثمرت من أكمامها وما تحمل من أنثى ولا تضع إلا بعلمهand the day He calls out to them: "Where are My partners?", they will say: "We inform You that there is not among us any witness."
ويوم يناديهم أين شركآءي قالوا ءاذنك ما منا من شهيدWhat they used to invoke before will stray away from them, and they will know that they have no escape.
وضل عنهم ما كانوا يدعون من قبل وظنوا ما لهم من محيصThe human being does not tire of calling for good;
لا يسم ٱلإنسن من دعآء ٱلخيرbut if evil touches him, he becomes hopeless, disheartened.
وإن مسه ٱلشر فيوس قنوطAnd if We let him taste benevolence from Us after hardship that touched him, he will surely say: "This is mine by right, and I do not think the Hour is coming; and if I am returned to my Guardian, I will indeed have the best with Him."
ولئن أذقنه رحمة منا من بعد ضرآء مسته ليقولن هذا لي ومآ أظن ٱلساعة قآئمة ولئن رجعت إلى ربي إن لي عنده للحسنىWe will surely inform those who disown of what they did, and We will surely make them taste a harsh punishment.
فلننبئن ٱلذين كفروا بما عملوا ولنذيقنهم من عذاب غليظAnd when We favor the human being with blessings, he turns away and withdraws to his side;
وإذآ أنعمنا على ٱلإنسن أعرض ونا بجانبهand when evil touches him, he is full of endless calling.
وإذا مسه ٱلشر فذو دعآء عريضSay: "Have you considered? If this is from God and you disown it, who is more astray than one who is in a deep rupture?"
قل أرءيتم إن كان من عند ٱلله ثم كفرتم به من أضل ممن هو في شقاق بعيدWe will show them Our signs in the horizons and in themselves, until it becomes clear to them that it is the truth.
سنريهم ءايتنا في ٱلءافاق وفي أنفسهم حتى يتبين لهم أنه ٱلحقIs it not enough that your Guardian is witness over all things?
أولم يكف بربك أنه على كل شىء شهيدIndeed, they are in doubt about the meeting with their Guardian;
ألآ إنهم في مرية من لقآء ربهمindeed, He encompasses all things.
ألآ إنه بكل شىء محيط