Al-A'raf
Am I Not Your Guardian?
In the name of God, the All-Benevolent, the Benevolent. Alif. Lam. Mim. Ṣad.
بسم ٱلله ٱلرحمن ٱلرحيم المصA 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.
كتب أنزل إليك فلا يكن في صدرك حرج منه لتنذر به وذكرى للمؤمنينFollow what has been revealed to you from your Guardian,
ٱتبعوا مآ أنزل إليكم من ربكمand do not follow, besides Him, other allies.
ولا تتبعوا من دونه أوليآءHow little you remember!
قليلا ما تذكرونHow many a city have We annihilated! Our rigor came upon it by night, or while it was taking its midday rest.
وكم من قرية أهلكنها فجآءها بأسنا بيتا أو هم قآئلونTheir only cry, when Our rigor came to them, was to say: "We have indeed been wrongdoers."
فما كان دعوىهم إذ جآءهم بأسنآ إلآ أن قالوا إنا كنا ظلمينWe will certainly question those to whom [messengers] were sent, and We will certainly question the envoys,
فلنسلن ٱلذين أرسل إليهم ولنسلن ٱلمرسلينand We will relate to them, with full knowledge,
فلنقصن عليهم بعلمfor We were not absent.
وما كنا غآئبينThe weighing, on that day, will be the truth.
وٱلوزن يومئذ ٱلحقThose whose weights are heavy — those are the ones who succeed.
فمن ثقلت موزينه فأولئك هم ٱلمفلحونAnd 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.
ومن خفت موزينه فأولئك ٱلذين خسروا أنفسهم بما كانوا بايتنا يظلمونWe have indeed established you on the earth, and We have given you therein means of livelihood.
ولقد مكنكم في ٱلأرض وجعلنا لكم فيها معيشHow little you are grateful!
قليلا ما تشكرونWe indeed created you, then We gave you form, then We said to the Agents: "Prostrate before Adam"; they prostrated,
ولقد خلقنكم ثم صورنكم ثم قلنا للملئكة ٱسجدوا لءادم فسجدواexcept the Despairing One [Iblis]: he was not among those who prostrated.
إلآ إبليس لم يكن من ٱلسجدينHe said: "What prevented you from prostrating, when I commanded you?"
قال ما منعك ألا تسجد إذ أمرتكHe 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 descend from here: it is not for you to be arrogant here; go out, then, you are indeed among the diminished."
قال فٱهبط منها فما يكون لك أن تتكبر فيها فٱخرج إنك من ٱلصغرينHe said: "Grant me a delay, until the day they are resurrected."
قال أنظرني إلى يوم يبعثونHe said: "You are indeed among those granted a delay."
قال إنك من ٱلمنظرينHe said: "Since You have let me be misled, 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,
قال فبمآ أغويتني لأقعدن لهم صرطك ٱلمستقيم ثم لءاتينهم من بين أيديهم ومن خلفهم وعن أيمنهم وعن شمآئلهمand You will not find most of them grateful."
ولا تجد أكثرهم شكرينHe said: "Get out of here, despised, driven away.
قال ٱخرج منها مذءوما مدحوراWhoever among them follows you — I will certainly fill Jahannam with all of you."
لمن تبعك منهم لأملأن جهنم منكم أجمعين"O Adam! dwell, you and your spouse, in the Garden, and eat from it wherever you wish,
ويادم ٱسكن أنت وزوجك ٱلجنة فكلا من حيث شئتماbut do not approach this tree, lest you be among the wrongdoers."
ولا تقربا هذه ٱلشجرة فتكونا من ٱلظلمينBut the Diverter whispered to them, so as to reveal to them what had been hidden from them of their nakedness,
فوسوس لهما ٱلشيطن ليبدي لهما ما وري عنهما من سوءتهماand he said: "Your Guardian has forbidden you this tree only to prevent you from becoming Agents, or from being among those who abide eternally."
وقال ما نهىكما ربكما عن هذه ٱلشجرة إلآ أن تكونا ملكين أو تكونا من ٱلخلدينAnd he swore to them both: "I am surely, for you two, among the sincere advisors" — thus he brought them down by deception.
وقاسمهمآ إني لكما لمن ٱلنصحين فدلىهما بغرورWhen they had tasted the tree, their nakedness became apparent to them, and they both set about covering themselves with leaves from the Garden.
فلما ذاقا ٱلشجرة بدت لهما سوءتهما وطفقا يخصفان عليهما من ورق ٱلجنةAnd 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 manifest enemy?"
ونادىهما ربهمآ ألم أنهكما عن تلكما ٱلشجرة وأقل لكمآ إن ٱلشيطن لكما عدو مبينThey 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."
قالا ربنا ظلمنآ أنفسنا وإن لم تغفر لنا وترحمنا لنكونن من ٱلخسرينHe said: "Descend.
قال ٱهبطواYou will be enemies to one another.
بعضكم لبعض عدوAnd you will have, on the earth, a dwelling and an enjoyment for a time."
ولكم في ٱلأرض مستقر ومتع إلى حينHe said: "There you will live, there you will die, and from there you will be brought forth."
قال فيها تحيون وفيها تموتون ومنها تخرجونO 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 —
يبني ءادم قد أنزلنا عليكم لباسا يوري سوءتكم وريشا ولباس ٱلتقوىthat is better.
ذلك خيرThat is one of the signs of God — perhaps they will remember.
ذلك من ءايت ٱلله لعلهم يذكرونO 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.
يبني ءادم لا يفتننكم ٱلشيطن كمآ أخرج أبويكم من ٱلجنة ينزع عنهما لباسهما ليريهما سوءتهمآHe sees you, he and his tribe, from where you do not see them.
إنه يرىكم هو وقبيله من حيث لا ترونهمWe have made the diverters allies for those who do not believe.
إنا جعلنا ٱلشيطين أوليآء للذين لا يؤمنونAnd when they commit an indecency, they say: "We found our ancestors doing this, and God ordered it to us."
وإذا فعلوا فحشة قالوا وجدنا عليهآ ءابآءنا وٱلله أمرنا بهاSay: "God does not order indecency.
قل إن ٱلله لا يأمر بٱلفحشآءWill you say about God what you do not know?"
أتقولون على ٱلله ما لا تعلمونSay: "My Guardian has ordered equity.
قل أمر ربي بٱلقسطMaintain your directions toward Him at every moment of prostration,
وأقيموا وجوهكم عند كل مسجدand invoke Him, devoting the Law exclusively to Him.
وٱدعوه مخلصين له ٱلدينAs He originated you, you will return."
كما بدأكم تعودونOne group, He has guided;
فريقا هدىand [another] group, error has proven true upon them.
وفريقا حق عليهم ٱلضللةThat is indeed because they took the diverters as allies besides God, while deeming themselves among those who let themselves be guided.
إنهم ٱتخذوا ٱلشيطين أوليآء من دون ٱلله ويحسبون أنهم مهتدونO children of Adam! take your adornment at every moment of prostration, and eat and drink,
يبني ءادم خذوا زينتكم عند كل مسجد وكلوا وٱشربواbut do not waste:
ولا تسرفواHe indeed does not love the wasteful.
إنه لا يحب ٱلمسرفينSay: "Who has forbidden God's adornment, which He brought forth for His obedient ones, and the good things of provision?"
قل من حرم زينة ٱلله ٱلتي أخرج لعباده وٱلطيبت من ٱلرزقSay: "It is for those who have believed in the present life, exclusive on the Day of Appearance."
قل هي للذين ءامنوا في ٱلحيوة ٱلدنيا خالصة يوم ٱلقيمةThus do We detail the signs for a people who know.
كذلك نفصل ٱلءايت لقوم يعلمونSay: "My Guardian has forbidden only indecencies, apparent or hidden, transgression, aggression 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."
قل إنما حرم ربي ٱلفوحش ما ظهر منها وما بطن وٱلإثم وٱلبغي بغير ٱلحق وأن تشركوا بٱلله ما لم ينزل به سلطنا وأن تقولوا على ٱلله ما لا تعلمونAnd to every community a term.
ولكل أمة أجلWhen their term arrives, they cannot delay it by an hour,
فإذا جآء أجلهم لا يستأخرون ساعةnor advance it.
ولا يستقدمونO 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.
يبني ءادم إما يأتينكم رسل منكم يقصون عليكم ءايتي فمن ٱتقى وأصلح فلا خوف عليهم ولا هم يحزنونBut those who denied Our signs and were arrogant about them — those are the companions of the Fire, they will abide therein eternally.
وٱلذين كذبوا بايتنا وٱستكبروا عنهآ أولئك أصحب ٱلنار هم فيها خلدونWho is then more unjust than one who invents a lie against God, or denies His signs?
فمن أظلم ممن ٱفترى على ٱلله كذبا أو كذب بايتهThose are the ones who will receive their share of the register,
أولئك ينالهم نصيبهم من ٱلكتبuntil 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",
حتى إذا جآءتهم رسلنا يتوفونهم قالوا أين ما كنتم تدعون من دون ٱلله قالوا ضلوا عناand they will bear witness against themselves that they were disowning.
وشهدوا على أنفسهم أنهم كانوا كفرينHe will say: "Enter among communities that preceded you, of the Occulted and humans, into the Fire."
قال ٱدخلوا في أمم قد خلت من قبلكم من ٱلجن وٱلإنس في ٱلنارEvery time a community enters, it curses its [preceding] sister,
كلما دخلت أمة لعنت أختهاuntil, 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."
حتى إذا ٱداركوا فيها جميعا قالت أخرىهم لأولىهم ربنا هؤلآء أضلونا فاتهم عذابا ضعفا من ٱلنارHe will say: "To each the double,
قال لكل ضعفbut you do not know."
ولكن لا تعلمونAnd 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."
وقالت أولىهم لأخرىهم فما كان لكم علينا من فضل فذوقوا ٱلعذاب بما كنتم تكسبونThose 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.
إن ٱلذين كذبوا بايتنا وٱستكبروا عنها لا تفتح لهم أبوب ٱلسمآء ولا يدخلون ٱلجنة حتى يلج ٱلجمل في سم ٱلخياطThus do We recompense the severed.
وكذلك نجزي ٱلمجرمينThey will have, from Jahannam, a bed,
لهم من جهنم مهادand, above them, coverings [of fire].
ومن فوقهم غواشThus do We recompense the wrongdoers.
وكذلك نجزي ٱلظلمينThose who have believed and done righteous deeds — We do not impose upon any Self except its capacity —
وٱلذين ءامنوا وعملوا ٱلصلحت لا نكلف نفسا إلا وسعهآthose are the companions of the Garden, they will abide therein eternally.
أولئك أصحب ٱلجنة هم فيها خلدونAnd We will have removed from their chests all rancor; rivers will flow beneath them,
ونزعنا ما في صدورهم من غل تجري من تحتهم ٱلأنهرand they will say: "Praise be to God, who guided us to this;
وقالوا ٱلحمد لله ٱلذي هدىنا لهذاwe would not have been guided, had God not guided us.
وما كنا لنهتدي لولآ أن هدىنا ٱللهThe messengers of our Guardian did indeed come with the truth."
لقد جآءت رسل ربنا بٱلحقAnd it will be called out to them: "This is the Garden which you have inherited, for what you used to do."
ونودوا أن تلكم ٱلجنة أورثتموها بما كنتم تعملونAnd 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?"
ونادى أصحب ٱلجنة أصحب ٱلنار أن قد وجدنا ما وعدنا ربنا حقا فهل وجدتم ما وعد ربكم حقاThey will say: "Yes."
قالوا نعمThen a herald will proclaim among them: "The curse of God is upon the wrongdoers, who turn [others] away from the path of God, seeking to make it crooked, and who disown the last life."
فأذن مؤذن بينهم أن لعنة ٱلله على ٱلظلمين ٱلذين يصدون عن سبيل ٱلله ويبغونها عوجا وهم بٱلءاخرة كفرونand between the two, a veil.
وبينهما حجابAnd on the Heights [an identification checkpoint], men who recognize each one by his marks,
وعلى ٱلأعراف رجال يعرفون كلا بسيمىهمand they will call out to the companions of the Garden: "Peace be upon you" —
ونادوا أصحب ٱلجنة أن سلم عليكمthey themselves have not entered it, though longing for it.
لم يدخلوها وهم يطمعونAnd when their gazes are turned toward the companions of the Fire, they will say: "Our Guardian, do not place us with the wrongdoing people."
وإذا صرفت أبصرهم تلقآء أصحب ٱلنار قالوا ربنا لا تجعلنا مع ٱلقوم ٱلظلمينAnd 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."
ونادى أصحب ٱلأعراف رجالا يعرفونهم بسيمىهم قالوا مآ أغنى عنكم جمعكم وما كنتم تستكبرون"Are these the ones about whom you swore that God would not touch them with any benevolence?"
أهؤلآء ٱلذين أقسمتم لا ينالهم ٱلله برحمة"Enter the Garden; no fear upon you, and you will not grieve."
ٱدخلوا ٱلجنة لا خوف عليكم ولآ أنتم تحزنونAnd 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."
ونادى أصحب ٱلنار أصحب ٱلجنة أن أفيضوا علينا من ٱلمآء أو مما رزقكم ٱللهThey will indeed say: "God has forbidden both to those who disown, those who took their Law for distraction and play, and whom the present life deceived.
قالوا إن ٱلله حرمهما على ٱلكفرين ٱلذين ٱتخذوا دينهم لهوا ولعبا وغرتهم ٱلحيوة ٱلدنياToday, then, We forget them, as they forgot the meeting of this day of theirs, and because they used to stubbornly reject Our signs."
فٱليوم ننسىهم كما نسوا لقآء يومهم هذا وما كانوا بايتنا يجحدونWe indeed brought them a Scripture, which We detailed with full knowledge, a guidance and a benevolence for a people who believe.
ولقد جئنهم بكتب فصلنه على علم هدى ورحمة لقوم يؤمنونDo they await anything but its interpretation?
هل ينظرون إلا تأويلهOn the day its interpretation 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?"
يوم يأتي تأويله يقول ٱلذين نسوه من قبل قد جآءت رسل ربنا بٱلحق فهل لنا من شفعآء فيشفعوا لنآ أو نرد فنعمل غير ٱلذي كنا نعملThey will have caused the loss of their Selves, and what they used to invent will have strayed away from them.
قد خسروا أنفسهم وضل عنهم ما كانوا يفترونYour Guardian is indeed God, who created the heavens and the earth in six days, then established Himself upon the Edifice.
إن ربكم ٱلله ٱلذي خلق ٱلسموت وٱلأرض في ستة أيام ثم ٱستوى على ٱلعرشHe covers the day with the night, which pursues it relentlessly; the sun, the moon, and the stars are subjected to His command.
يغشي ٱليل ٱلنهار يطلبه حثيثا وٱلشمس وٱلقمر وٱلنجوم مسخرت بأمرهIs it not to Him that creation and the Order belong?
ألا له ٱلخلق وٱلأمرBlessed is God, Guardian of all beings.
تبارك ٱلله رب ٱلعلمينInvoke your Guardian, humbly and in secret.
ٱدعوا ربكم تضرعا وخفيةHe does not love those who cross the limits.
إنه لا يحب ٱلمعتدينAnd do not sow corruption on the earth after its setting right,
ولا تفسدوا في ٱلأرض بعد إصلحهاand invoke Him with fear and hope.
وٱدعوه خوفا وطمعاThe benevolence of God is indeed near to those who do good.
إن رحمت ٱلله قريب من ٱلمحسنينIt is He who sends the winds, which disperse, before His benevolence,
وهو ٱلذي يرسل ٱلريح بشرا بين يدى رحمتهuntil, 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.
حتى إذآ أقلت سحابا ثقالا سقنه لبلد ميت فأنزلنا به ٱلمآء فأخرجنا به من كل ٱلثمرتThus will We bring forth the dead — perhaps you will remember.
كذلك نخرج ٱلموتى لعلكم تذكرونAnd the good land, its vegetation comes out with the permission of its Guardian,
وٱلبلد ٱلطيب يخرج نباته بإذن ربهwhile that which is bad brings forth only scantily.
وٱلذي خبث لا يخرج إلا نكداThus do We diversify the signs for a people who are grateful.
كذلك نصرف ٱلءايت لقوم يشكرونWe indeed sent Nuh to his people; he said: "O my people! obey God: you have no other deity than Him.
لقد أرسلنا نوحا إلى قومه فقال يقوم ٱعبدوا ٱلله ما لكم من إله غيرهI indeed fear for you the punishment of an immense day."
إني أخاف عليكم عذاب يوم عظيمThe court of his people said: "We see you indeed in manifest error."
قال ٱلملأ من قومه إنا لنرىك في ضلل مبينHe said: "O my people! there is no error in me, but I am a messenger from the Guardian of all beings.
قال يقوم ليس بي ضللة ولكني رسول من رب ٱلعلمينI convey to you the messages of my Guardian, I advise you sincerely, and I know, from God, what you do not know.
أبلغكم رسلت ربي وأنصح لكم وأعلم من ٱلله ما لا تعلمونDo 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?"
أوعجبتم أن جآءكم ذكر من ربكم على رجل منكم لينذركم ولتتقوا ولعلكم ترحمونThey denied him; We saved him, and those with him in the ship,
فكذبوه فأنجينه وٱلذين معه في ٱلفلكand We drowned those who had denied Our signs.
وأغرقنا ٱلذين كذبوا بايتنآThey were indeed a blind people.
إنهم كانوا قوما عمينAnd to the Recidivists [Aad], their brother Hud —
وإلى عاد أخاهم هوداhe said: "O my people! obey God: you have no other deity than Him.
قال يقوم ٱعبدوا ٱلله ما لكم من إله غيرهWill you not then guard yourselves?"
أفلا تتقونThe court of his people, those who had disowned, said: "We see you indeed in sheer foolishness, and we think you indeed among the liars."
قال ٱلملأ ٱلذين كفروا من قومه إنا لنرىك في سفاهة وإنا لنظنك من ٱلكذبينHe said: "O my people! there is no foolishness in me, but I am a messenger from the Guardian of all beings.
قال يقوم ليس بي سفاهة ولكني رسول من رب ٱلعلمينI convey to you the messages of my Guardian, and I am for you a trustworthy advisor.
أبلغكم رسلت ربي وأنا لكم ناصح أمينDo you wonder that a reminder from your Guardian should come to you through a man from among yourselves, that he might warn you?
أوعجبتم أن جآءكم ذكر من ربكم على رجل منكم لينذركمRemember that He made you successors after the people of Nuh, and gave you an increase of stature in constitution.
وٱذكروا إذ جعلكم خلفآء من بعد قوم نوح وزادكم في ٱلخلق بصطةRemember, then, the blessings of God, perhaps you will succeed."
فٱذكروا ءالآء ٱلله لعلكم تفلحونThey 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."
قالوا أجئتنا لنعبد ٱلله وحده ونذر ما كان يعبد ءابآؤنا فأتنا بما تعدنآ إن كنت من ٱلصدقينHe said: "A defilement and an anger from your Guardian have already fallen upon you.
قال قد وقع عليكم من ربكم رجس وغضبDo you argue with me concerning attributes that you and your ancestors have named, for which God has sent down no authority?
أتجدلونني في أسمآء سميتموهآ أنتم وءابآؤكم ما نزل ٱلله بها من سلطنWait then: I am, with you, among those who wait."
فٱنتظروا إني معكم من ٱلمنتظرينSo 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.
فأنجينه وٱلذين معه برحمة منا وقطعنا دابر ٱلذين كذبوا بايتنا وما كانوا مؤمنينAnd to the Depleters [Thamud], their brother Salih —
وإلى ثمود أخاهم صلحاhe said: "O my people! obey God: you have no other deity than Him.
قال يقوم ٱعبدوا ٱلله ما لكم من إله غيرهA clear proof has indeed come to you from your Guardian:
قد جآءتكم بينة من ربكمthis is the she-camel of God, a sign for you.
هذه ناقة ٱلله لكم ءايةSo leave her to eat on God's earth,
فذروها تأكل في أرض ٱللهand do her no harm, lest a painful punishment seize you."
ولا تمسوها بسوء فيأخذكم عذاب أليمAnd remember that He made you successors after the Recidivists [Aad], and settled you on the earth: you take, in its plains, castles, and you carve the mountains into dwellings.
وٱذكروا إذ جعلكم خلفآء من بعد عاد وبوأكم في ٱلأرض تتخذون من سهولها قصورا وتنحتون ٱلجبال بيوتاRemember, then, the blessings of God,
فٱذكروا ءالآء ٱللهand do not spread disorder on the earth as corrupters.
ولا تعثوا في ٱلأرض مفسدينThe 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?"
قال ٱلملأ ٱلذين ٱستكبروا من قومه للذين ٱستضعفوا لمن ءامن منهم أتعلمون أن صلحا مرسل من ربهThey said: "We indeed believe in what he was sent with."
قالوا إنا بمآ أرسل به مؤمنونThose who had been arrogant said: "We, for our part, disown what you believe in."
قال ٱلذين ٱستكبروا إنا بٱلذي ءامنتم به كفرونThey then hamstrung the she-camel, insolently defied the order of their Guardian,
فعقروا ٱلناقة وعتوا عن أمر ربهمand said: "O Salih! bring us what you threaten us with, if you are among the envoys."
وقالوا يصلح ٱئتنا بما تعدنآ إن كنت من ٱلمرسلينThen the great tremor seized them, and they found themselves, in their dwelling, lying, still.
فأخذتهم ٱلرجفة فأصبحوا في دارهم جثمينHe turned away from them and said: "O my people! I did indeed convey to you the message of my Guardian, and I advised you,
فتولى عنهم وقال يقوم لقد أبلغتكم رسالة ربي ونصحت لكمbut you do not love sincere advisors."
ولكن لا تحبون ٱلنصحينAnd Lut, when he said to his people: "Do you commit the indecency that none, among all beings, has committed before you?
ولوطا إذ قال لقومه أتأتون ٱلفحشة ما سبقكم بها من أحد من ٱلعلمينYou surely approach men with desire, instead of women.
إنكم لتأتون ٱلرجال شهوة من دون ٱلنسآءRather, you are a people of the excessive."
بل أنتم قوم مسرفونAnd the only answer of his people was to say: "Expel them from your city;
وما كان جواب قومه إلآ أن قالوا أخرجوهم من قريتكمthey are indeed people who want to be pure."
إنهم أناس يتطهرونSo We saved him, and his family, except his wife, who was among those who remained behind.
فأنجينه وأهله إلا ٱمرأته كانت من ٱلغبرينAnd We rained down upon them a rain.
وأمطرنا عليهم مطراSo look how the end of the severed was.
فٱنظر كيف كان عقبة ٱلمجرمينAnd to Madyan, their brother Shu'ayb —
وإلى مدين أخاهم شعيباhe said: "O my people! obey God: you have no other deity than Him.
قال يقوم ٱعبدوا ٱلله ما لكم من إله غيرهA clear proof has indeed come to you from your Guardian.
قد جآءتكم بينة من ربكمSo give full measure and full weight,
فأوفوا ٱلكيل وٱلميزانand do not shortchange people in their things,
ولا تبخسوا ٱلناس أشيآءهمand do not sow corruption on the earth after its setting right.
ولا تفسدوا في ٱلأرض بعد إصلحهاThat is better for you, if you are believers.
ذلكم خير لكم إن كنتم مؤمنينAnd 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.
ولا تقعدوا بكل صرط توعدون وتصدون عن سبيل ٱلله من ءامن به وتبغونها عوجاAnd remember that you were few, and He multiplied you.
وٱذكروا إذ كنتم قليلا فكثركمAnd look how the end of the corrupters was.
وٱنظروا كيف كان عقبة ٱلمفسدينAnd 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:
وإن كان طآئفة منكم ءامنوا بٱلذي أرسلت به وطآئفة لم يؤمنوا فٱصبروا حتى يحكم ٱلله بينناHe is the best of judges.
وهو خير ٱلحكمينThe 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 doctrine."
قال ٱلملأ ٱلذين ٱستكبروا من قومه لنخرجنك يشعيب وٱلذين ءامنوا معك من قريتنآ أو لتعودن في ملتناHe said: "Even if we were averse to it?
قال أولو كنا كرهينWe would indeed have invented a lie against God, if we returned to your doctrine after God has saved us from it.
قد ٱفترينا على ٱلله كذبا إن عدنا في ملتكم بعد إذ نجىنا ٱلله منهاIt is not for us to return to it, unless God, our Guardian, wills it.
وما يكون لنآ أن نعود فيهآ إلآ أن يشآء ٱلله ربناOur Guardian encompasses all things in His knowledge.
وسع ربنا كل شىء علماIt is upon God that we rely.
على ٱلله توكلناOur Guardian, decide between us and our people, in truth:
ربنا ٱفتح بيننا وبين قومنا بٱلحقYou are the best of those who decide."
وأنت خير ٱلفتحينAnd the court of his people, those who disowned, said: "If you follow Shu'ayb, you will then surely be losers."
وقال ٱلملأ ٱلذين كفروا من قومه لئن ٱتبعتم شعيبا إنكم إذا لخسرونThen the great tremor seized them, and they found themselves, in their dwelling, lying, still.
فأخذتهم ٱلرجفة فأصبحوا في دارهم جثمينThose who had denied Shu'ayb became as if they had never dwelt there.
ٱلذين كذبوا شعيبا كأن لم يغنوا فيهاThose who had denied Shu'ayb, they were the losers.
ٱلذين كذبوا شعيبا كانوا هم ٱلخسرينHe turned away from them and said: "O my people! I did indeed convey to you the messages of my Guardian, and I advised you.
فتولى عنهم وقال يقوم لقد أبلغتكم رسلت ربي ونصحت لكمHow then should I lament for a people who disown?"
فكيف ءاسى على قوم كفرينWe have not sent, into any city, a prophet without seizing its inhabitants with misfortune and hardship, that they might humble themselves.
ومآ أرسلنا في قرية من نبي إلآ أخذنآ أهلها بٱلبأسآء وٱلضرآء لعلهم يضرعونThen We replaced evil with good, until they prospered
ثم بدلنا مكان ٱلسيئة ٱلحسنة حتى عفواand said: "Hardship and happiness already touched our ancestors"; We then seized them by surprise, without their perceiving it.
وقالوا قد مس ءابآءنا ٱلضرآء وٱلسرآء فأخذنهم بغتة وهم لا يشعرونAnd had the inhabitants of the cities believed and guarded themselves, We would indeed have opened upon them blessings from the sky and the earth;
ولو أن أهل ٱلقرى ءامنوا وٱتقوا لفتحنا عليهم بركت من ٱلسمآء وٱلأرضbut they denied, and We then seized them for what they used to earn.
ولكن كذبوا فأخذنهم بما كانوا يكسبونAre 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?
أفأمن أهل ٱلقرى أن يأتيهم بأسنا بيتا وهم نآئمون أوأمن أهل ٱلقرى أن يأتيهم بأسنا ضحى وهم يلعبونDo they then feel secure from God's plot?
أفأمنوا مكر ٱللهNone feels secure from God's plot, except the people of the losers.
فلا يأمن مكر ٱلله إلا ٱلقوم ٱلخسرونHas 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,
أولم يهد للذين يرثون ٱلأرض من بعد أهلهآ أن لو نشآء أصبنهم بذنوبهمand We seal their cores, so that they do not hear?
ونطبع على قلوبهم فهم لا يسمعونThose are the cities of which We relate to you certain information.
تلك ٱلقرى نقص عليك من أنبآئهاTheir messengers had indeed come to them with clear proofs, but they were not disposed to believe what they had first denied.
ولقد جآءتهم رسلهم بٱلبينت فما كانوا ليؤمنوا بما كذبوا من قبلThus does God seal the cores of those who disown.
كذلك يطبع ٱلله على قلوب ٱلكفرينAnd We found, in most of them, no engagement kept;
وما وجدنا لأكثرهم من عهدWe indeed found most of them to be oversteppers.
وإن وجدنآ أكثرهم لفسقينThen We sent, after them, Moussa with Our signs, to Fir'awn and his court, but they were unjust toward them.
ثم بعثنا من بعدهم موسى بايتنآ إلى فرعون وملإيه فظلموا بهاSo look how the end of the corrupters was.
فٱنظر كيف كان عقبة ٱلمفسدينMoussa said: "O Fir'awn! I am a messenger from the Guardian of all beings, in truth,
وقال موسى يفرعون إني رسول من رب ٱلعلمين حقيقbound to say about God nothing but the truth.
على أن لآ أقول على ٱلله إلا ٱلحقI have come to you with a clear proof from your Guardian;
قد جئتكم ببينة من ربكمso let the Sons of Israel go with me."
فأرسل معي بني إسرءيلHe said: "If you have come with a sign, bring it then, if you are among the truthful."
قال إن كنت جئت باية فأت بهآ إن كنت من ٱلصدقينHe 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.
فألقى عصاه فإذا هي ثعبان مبين ونزع يده فإذا هي بيضآء للنظرينThe court of Fir'awn's people said: "This is surely a knowledgeable illusion-maker, who wants to bring you out of your land."
قال ٱلملأ من قوم فرعون إن هذا لسحر عليم يريد أن يخرجكم من أرضكم"What then do you advise?"
فماذا تأمرونThey said: "Put him off, him and his brother, and send into the cities gatherers, who will bring you every knowledgeable illusion-maker."
قالوا أرجه وأخاه وأرسل في ٱلمدآئن حشرين يأتوك بكل سحر عليمAnd the illusion-makers came to Fir'awn; they said: "Will we surely have a reward, if we are the victors?"
وجآء ٱلسحرة فرعون قالوا إن لنا لأجرا إن كنا نحن ٱلغلبينHe said: "Yes, and you will surely be among those brought near."
قال نعم وإنكم لمن ٱلمقربينThey said: "O Moussa! either you throw, or we will be the ones who throw."
قالوا يموسى إمآ أن تلقي وإمآ أن نكون نحن ٱلملقينHe said: "Throw."
قال ألقواWhen they had thrown, they bewitched the eyes of the people by illusion, and filled them with terror,
فلمآ ألقوا سحروا أعين ٱلناس وٱسترهبوهمand they brought an immense illusion.
وجآءو بسحر عظيمAnd We revealed to Moussa: "Throw your staff";
وأوحينآ إلى موسى أن ألق عصاكand behold, it swallowed up what they had forged by falsehood.
فإذا هي تلقف ما يأفكونThe truth then came to pass, and what they were doing proved vain.
فوقع ٱلحق وبطل ما كانوا يعملونThey were defeated, right there, and went away diminished.
فغلبوا هنالك وٱنقلبوا صغرينAnd the illusion-makers threw themselves down, prostrate.
وألقي ٱلسحرة سجدينThey said: "We believe in the Guardian of all beings, the Guardian of Moussa and Harun."
قالوا ءامنا برب ٱلعلمين رب موسى وهرونFir'awn said: "Have you believed in him before I permitted you? This is surely a plot you plotted in the city, so as to drive out its inhabitants; you will soon know.
قال فرعون ءامنتم به قبل أن ءاذن لكم إن هذا لمكر مكرتموه في ٱلمدينة لتخرجوا منهآ أهلها فسوف تعلمونI will certainly cut off your hands and feet, on opposite sides, then I will certainly crucify you all together."
لأقطعن أيديكم وأرجلكم من خلف ثم لأصلبنكم أجمعينThey said: "It is to our Guardian that we return.
قالوا إنآ إلى ربنا منقلبونAnd you reproach us for nothing, except that we believed in the signs of our Guardian, once they came to us.
وما تنقم منآ إلآ أن ءامنا بايت ربنا لما جآءتناOur Guardian, pour patience upon us, and take us back to You as those true to God alone."
ربنآ أفرغ علينا صبرا وتوفنا مسلمينAnd 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?"
وقال ٱلملأ من قوم فرعون أتذر موسى وقومه ليفسدوا في ٱلأرض ويذرك وءالهتكHe said: "We will massacre their sons and violate the modesty of their women; we hold indeed the upper hand over them."
قال سنقتل أبنآءهم ونستحي نسآءهم وإنا فوقهم قهرونMoussa said to his people: "Seek help in God, and be patient;
قال موسى لقومه ٱستعينوا بٱلله وٱصبرواthe earth belongs to God; He gives it as inheritance to whom He wills among His obedient ones,
إن ٱلأرض لله يورثها من يشآء من عبادهand the [favorable] outcome is for those who guard themselves."
وٱلعقبة للمتقينThey said: "We were mistreated before you came to us, and after you came to us."
قالوا أوذينا من قبل أن تأتينا ومن بعد ما جئتناHe said: "It may be that your Guardian will annihilate your enemy and establish you as successors on the earth, so as to see how you would act."
قال عسى ربكم أن يهلك عدوكم ويستخلفكم في ٱلأرض فينظر كيف تعملونAnd We indeed seized the clan of Fir'awn with years [of famine] and a diminution of fruits, that they might remember.
ولقد أخذنآ ءال فرعون بٱلسنين ونقص من ٱلثمرت لعلهم يذكرونWhen happiness comes to them, they say: "This belongs to us";
فإذا جآءتهم ٱلحسنة قالوا لنا هذهand if misfortune touches them, they attribute it to an ill omen from Moussa and those with him.
وإن تصبهم سيئة يطيروا بموسى ومن معهIs it not that in reality their omen is with God?
ألآ إنما طئرهم عند ٱللهBut most of them do not know.
ولكن أكثرهم لا يعلمونAnd they said: "Whatever sign you bring us, to bewitch us with it, we will not believe you."
وقالوا مهما تأتنا به من ءاية لتسحرنا بها فما نحن لك بمؤمنينWe 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.
فأرسلنا عليهم ٱلطوفان وٱلجراد وٱلقمل وٱلضفادع وٱلدم ءايت مفصلت فٱستكبروا وكانوا قوما مجرمينAnd 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 give you credit, and we will certainly let the Sons of Israel go with you."
ولما وقع عليهم ٱلرجز قالوا يموسى ٱدع لنا ربك بما عهد عندك لئن كشفت عنا ٱلرجز لنؤمنن لك ولنرسلن معك بني إسرءيلBut when We had removed the defilement from them until a term they were to reach, there they were, breaking their engagement.
فلما كشفنا عنهم ٱلرجز إلى أجل هم بلغوه إذا هم ينكثونWe then took vengeance upon them, and We drowned them in the deep, for having denied Our signs and remained heedless of them.
فٱنتقمنا منهم فأغرقنهم في ٱليم بأنهم كذبوا بايتنا وكانوا عنها غفلينAnd We made the people who had been reduced to weakness inherit the easts and the wests of the land which We had blessed.
وأورثنا ٱلقوم ٱلذين كانوا يستضعفون مشرق ٱلأرض ومغربها ٱلتي بركنا فيهاAnd the beautiful word of your Guardian was fulfilled toward the Sons of Israel, for having been patient;
وتمت كلمت ربك ٱلحسنى على بني إسرءيل بما صبرواand We destroyed what Fir'awn and his people were doing, and what they were building.
ودمرنا ما كان يصنع فرعون وقومه وما كانوا يعرشونAnd We made the Sons of Israel cross the sea; they came upon a people posted before idols of their own.
وجوزنا ببني إسرءيل ٱلبحر فأتوا على قوم يعكفون على أصنام لهمThey said: "O Moussa! make for us a deity, as they have deities."
قالوا يموسى ٱجعل لنآ إلها كما لهم ءالهةHe said: "You are indeed an ignorant people.
قال إنكم قوم تجهلونWhat these practice is doomed to ruin,
إن هؤلآء متبر ما هم فيهand vain is what they were doing."
وبطل ما كانوا يعملونHe said: "Should I seek for you a deity other than God, while He has favored you above all beings?"
قال أغير ٱلله أبغيكم إلها وهو فضلكم على ٱلعلمينAnd 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 —
وإذ أنجينكم من ءال فرعون يسومونكم سوء ٱلعذاب يقتلون أبنآءكم ويستحيون نسآءكمand there was in that, for you, an immense testing from your Guardian.
وفي ذلكم بلآء من ربكم عظيمWe 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.
ووعدنا موسى ثلثين ليلة وأتممنها بعشر فتم ميقت ربه أربعين ليلةAnd 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."
وقال موسى لأخيه هرون ٱخلفني في قومي وأصلح ولا تتبع سبيل ٱلمفسدينAnd 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."
ولما جآء موسى لميقتنا وكلمه ربه قال رب أرني أنظر إليكHe said: "You will not see Me, but look at the mountain: if it remains in place, then you will see Me."
قال لن ترىني ولكن ٱنظر إلى ٱلجبل فإن ٱستقر مكانه فسوف ترىنيWhen his Guardian manifested Himself to the mountain, He made it collapse under pressure, and Moussa fell thunderstruck.
فلما تجلى ربه للجبل جعله دكا وخر موسى صعقاWhen he came to, he said: "Glory be to You! I turn back to You, and I am the first of the believers."
فلمآ أفاق قال سبحنك تبت إليك وأنا أول ٱلمؤمنينHe 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."
قال يموسى إني ٱصطفيتك على ٱلناس برسلتي وبكلمي فخذ مآ ءاتيتك وكن من ٱلشكرينAnd We wrote for him, on the Tablets, an admonition concerning all things, and a detail of all things.
وكتبنا له في ٱلألواح من كل شىء موعظة وتفصيلا لكل شىءTake them, then, with strength, and order your people to take what is best in them.
فخذها بقوة وأمر قومك يأخذوا بأحسنهاI will show you the abode of the oversteppers.
سأوريكم دار ٱلفسقينI 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 rectitude, they would not take it as a path, while, if they saw the path of misguidance, they would take it as a path.
سأصرف عن ءايتي ٱلذين يتكبرون في ٱلأرض بغير ٱلحق وإن يروا كل ءاية لا يؤمنوا بها وإن يروا سبيل ٱلرشد لا يتخذوه سبيلا وإن يروا سبيل ٱلغى يتخذوه سبيلاThat is because they denied Our signs and remained heedless of them.
ذلك بأنهم كذبوا بايتنا وكانوا عنها غفلينAnd those who denied Our signs and the meeting of the last life, their works have collapsed; are they recompensed except according to what they used to do?
وٱلذين كذبوا بايتنا ولقآء ٱلءاخرة حبطت أعملهم هل يجزون إلا ما كانوا يعملونAnd the people of Moussa took, after him, from their ornaments, a calf, a body that lowed.
وٱتخذ قوم موسى من بعده من حليهم عجلا جسدا له خوارDid they not see that it did not speak to them and did not guide them to any path?
ألم يروا أنه لا يكلمهم ولا يهديهم سبيلاThey took it [as a deity], and were wrongdoers.
ٱتخذوه وكانوا ظلمينAnd 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."
ولما سقط في أيديهم ورأوا أنهم قد ضلوا قالوا لئن لم يرحمنا ربنا ويغفر لنا لنكونن من ٱلخسرينWhen Moussa returned to his people, angry, bitter, he said: "How evil is what you have done in my place, after me!
ولما رجع موسى إلى قومه غضبن أسفا قال بئسما خلفتموني من بعديDid you want to hasten the command of your Guardian?"
أعجلتم أمر ربكمAnd he threw down the Tablets, and seized his brother by the head, dragging him toward himself.
وألقى ٱلألواح وأخذ برأس أخيه يجره إليهHe 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 wrongdoing people."
قال ٱبن أم إن ٱلقوم ٱستضعفوني وكادوا يقتلونني فلا تشمت بي ٱلأعدآء ولا تجعلني مع ٱلقوم ٱلظلمينHe said: "My Guardian, forgive me, and my brother, and admit us into Your benevolence;
قال رب ٱغفر لي ولأخي وأدخلنا في رحمتكYou are the most benevolent of the benevolent."
وأنت أرحم ٱلرحمينThose who took the calf [as a deity], an anger from their Guardian will reach them, as well as a humiliation in the present life.
إن ٱلذين ٱتخذوا ٱلعجل سينالهم غضب من ربهم وذلة في ٱلحيوة ٱلدنياThus do We recompense the inventors of lies.
وكذلك نجزي ٱلمفترينAnd those who committed evil deeds, then repented after that and believed — your Guardian, after that, is surely Most-Forgiving, Benevolent.
وٱلذين عملوا ٱلسيات ثم تابوا من بعدها وءامنوا إن ربك من بعدها لغفور رحيمAnd when Moussa's anger had subsided, he took the Tablets; in their inscription, there was guidance and benevolence for those who revere their Guardian.
ولما سكت عن موسى ٱلغضب أخذ ٱلألواح وفي نسختها هدى ورحمة للذين هم لربهم يرهبونAnd Moussa chose, from among his people, seventy men for Our appointed meeting.
وٱختار موسى قومه سبعين رجلا لميقتناWhen the great tremor had seized them, he said: "My Guardian, had You willed, You would have annihilated them before, and me as well.
فلمآ أخذتهم ٱلرجفة قال رب لو شئت أهلكتهم من قبل وإييWould You annihilate us for what the foolish among us have done?
أتهلكنا بما فعل ٱلسفهآء منآThis is nothing but Your trial, by which You lead astray whom You will, and guide whom You will.
إن هي إلا فتنتك تضل بها من تشآء وتهدي من تشآءYou are our protector; forgive us, then, and have benevolence on us; You are the best of those who forgive.
أنت ولينا فٱغفر لنا وٱرحمنا وأنت خير ٱلغفرينAnd inscribe for us, in the present life, a good, as well as in the last life;
وٱكتب لنا في هذه ٱلدنيا حسنة وفي ٱلءاخرةwe return to You."
إنا هدنآ إليكHe said: "My punishment, I strike with it whom I will,
قال عذابي أصيب به من أشآءand My benevolence embraces all things.
ورحمتي وسعت كل شىءI 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.
فسأكتبها للذين يتقون ويؤتون ٱلزكوة وٱلذين هم بايتنا يؤمنون ٱلذين يتبعون ٱلرسول ٱلنبي ٱلأمي ٱلذي يجدونه مكتوبا عندهم في ٱلتورىة وٱلإنجيل يأمرهم بٱلمعروف وينهىهم عن ٱلمنكر ويحل لهم ٱلطيبت ويحرم عليهم ٱلخبئث ويضع عنهم إصرهم وٱلأغلل ٱلتي كانت عليهمThose who believe in him, support him, help him, and follow the light sent down with him — those are the ones who succeed.
فٱلذين ءامنوا به وعزروه ونصروه وٱتبعوا ٱلنور ٱلذي أنزل معه أولئك هم ٱلمفلحونSay: "O mankind! I am the messenger of God to all of you, [God] to whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth.
قل يأيها ٱلناس إني رسول ٱلله إليكم جميعا ٱلذي له ملك ٱلسموت وٱلأرضThere is no deity but Him.
لآ إله إلا هوHe gives life and causes death.
يحي ويميتSo believe in God and His messenger, the prophet without a prior Scripture, who believes in God and His words,
فامنوا بٱلله ورسوله ٱلنبي ٱلأمي ٱلذي يؤمن بٱلله وكلمتهand follow him, perhaps you will be rightly guided."
وٱتبعوه لعلكم تهتدونAnd among the people of Moussa, there is a community that guides according to the truth and that, by it, acts with justice.
ومن قوم موسى أمة يهدون بٱلحق وبه يعدلونAnd We divided them into twelve tribes, into communities,
وقطعنهم ٱثنتى عشرة أسباطا أمماand We revealed to Moussa, when his people asked him for water: "Strike the rock with your staff";
وأوحينآ إلى موسى إذ ٱستسقىه قومه أن ٱضرب بعصاك ٱلحجرand behold, twelve springs gushed forth from it:
فٱنبجست منه ٱثنتا عشرة عيناeach group of people knew its drinking place.
قد علم كل أناس مشربهمAnd We spread over them the shade of the cloud, and We sent down upon them manna and quails:
وظللنا عليهم ٱلغمم وأنزلنا عليهم ٱلمن وٱلسلوى"Eat of the good things We have provided you as sustenance."
كلوا من طيبت ما رزقنكمThey did not wrong Us,
وما ظلموناbut it was to themselves that they did wrong.
ولكن كانوا أنفسهم يظلمونAnd 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.
وإذ قيل لهم ٱسكنوا هذه ٱلقرية وكلوا منها حيث شئتم وقولوا حطة وٱدخلوا ٱلباب سجدا نغفر لكم خطيتكمWe will increase [the reward] of those who do good."
سنزيد ٱلمحسنينBut 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.
فبدل ٱلذين ظلموا منهم قولا غير ٱلذي قيل لهم فأرسلنا عليهم رجزا من ٱلسمآء بما كانوا يظلمونAnd ask them about the city that was near the sea: when they crossed the limits 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.
وسلهم عن ٱلقرية ٱلتي كانت حاضرة ٱلبحر إذ يعدون في ٱلسبت إذ تأتيهم حيتانهم يوم سبتهم شرعا ويوم لا يسبتون لا تأتيهمThus did We test them, for having overstepped.
كذلك نبلوهم بما كانوا يفسقونAnd remember when a community among them said: "Why do you exhort a people whom God is going to annihilate, or punish with a severe punishment?"
وإذ قالت أمة منهم لم تعظون قوما ٱلله مهلكهم أو معذبهم عذابا شديداThey said: "For an excuse before your Guardian, and perhaps they will guard themselves."
قالوا معذرة إلى ربكم ولعلهم يتقونWhen 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.
فلما نسوا ما ذكروا به أنجينا ٱلذين ينهون عن ٱلسوء وأخذنا ٱلذين ظلموا بعذاب بيس بما كانوا يفسقونThen, when they persisted arrogantly in what had been forbidden them, We said to them: "Be apes, rejected."
فلما عتوا عن ما نهوا عنه قلنا لهم كونوا قردة خسينAnd 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.
وإذ تأذن ربك ليبعثن عليهم إلى يوم ٱلقيمة من يسومهم سوء ٱلعذابYour Guardian is surely swift in sanction,
إن ربك لسريع ٱلعقابand He is surely Most-Forgiving, Benevolent.
وإنه لغفور رحيمAnd We divided them on the earth into communities:
وقطعنهم في ٱلأرض أمماthere are among them the righteous, and there are those who are less so.
منهم ٱلصلحون ومنهم دون ذلكAnd We tested them with good things and bad things, that they might return.
وبلونهم بٱلحسنت وٱلسيات لعلهم يرجعونThen 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].
فخلف من بعدهم خلف ورثوا ٱلكتب يأخذون عرض هذا ٱلأدنى ويقولون سيغفر لنا وإن يأتهم عرض مثله يأخذوهWas not the solemn engagement of the Scripture taken from them, that they would say about God nothing but the truth?
ألم يؤخذ عليهم ميثق ٱلكتب أن لا يقولوا على ٱلله إلا ٱلحقAnd they have studied what is in it.
ودرسوا ما فيهBut the last abode is better for those who guard themselves.
وٱلدار ٱلءاخرة خير للذين يتقونWill you not then reason?
أفلا تعقلونAnd 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.
وٱلذين يمسكون بٱلكتب وأقاموا ٱلصلوة إنا لا نضيع أجر ٱلمصلحينAnd 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:
وإذ نتقنا ٱلجبل فوقهم كأنه ظلة وظنوا أنه واقع بهم"Take with strength what We have given you, and remember what is in it, perhaps you will guard yourselves."
خذوا مآ ءاتينكم بقوة وٱذكروا ما فيه لعلكم تتقونAnd 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!"
وإذ أخذ ربك من بني ءادم من ظهورهم ذريتهم وأشهدهم على أنفسهم ألست 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.
شهدنآ أن تقولوا يوم ٱلقيمة إنا كنا عن هذا غفلين أو تقولوا إنمآ أشرك ءابآؤنا من قبل وكنا ذرية من بعدهمWould You annihilate us for what the workers of falsehood have done?"
أفتهلكنا بما فعل ٱلمبطلونThus do We detail the signs, and perhaps they will return.
وكذلك نفصل ٱلءايت ولعلهم يرجعونAnd 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 the misled.
وٱتل عليهم نبأ ٱلذي ءاتينه ءايتنا فٱنسلخ منها فأتبعه ٱلشيطن فكان من ٱلغاوينHad We willed, We would have raised him by these; but he clung to the earth and followed his emotion.
ولو شئنا لرفعنه بها ولكنه أخلد إلى ٱلأرض وٱتبع هوىهHis likeness is that of the dog: if you burden it, it pants, and if you leave it, it pants [still].
فمثله كمثل ٱلكلب إن تحمل عليه يلهث أو تتركه يلهثThat is the likeness of the people who denied Our signs.
ذلك مثل ٱلقوم ٱلذين كذبوا بايتناRelate, then, the account, perhaps they will reflect.
فٱقصص ٱلقصص لعلهم يتفكرونEvil is the likeness of the people who denied Our signs, and who wronged themselves.
سآء مثلا ٱلقوم ٱلذين كذبوا بايتنا وأنفسهم كانوا يظلمونWhoever God guides, that is the one who lets himself be guided;
من يهد ٱلله فهو ٱلمهتديand whoever He leads astray, those are the losers.
ومن يضلل فأولئك هم ٱلخسرونAnd We have scattered, for Jahannam, many of the Occulted and humans;
ولقد ذرأنا لجهنم كثيرا من ٱلجن وٱلإنسthey have cores with which they do not understand,
لهم قلوب لا يفقهون بهاthey have eyes with which they do not see,
ولهم أعين لا يبصرون بهاand they have ears with which they do not hear.
ولهم ءاذان لا يسمعون بهآThose are the ones who are like cattle — no, they are even more astray.
أولئك كٱلأنعم بل هم أضلThose are the heedless.
أولئك هم ٱلغفلونAnd to God belong the most beautiful attributes; invoke Him, then, by them,
ولله ٱلأسمآء ٱلحسنى فٱدعوه بهاand leave those who blaspheme [by distorting] His attributes.
وذروا ٱلذين يلحدون في أسمئهThey will be recompensed according to what they used to do.
سيجزون ما كانوا يعملونAnd among those We have created, there is a community that guides according to the truth and that, by it, acts with justice.
وممن خلقنآ أمة يهدون بٱلحق وبه يعدلونAnd those who deny Our signs, We will gradually lead them [to ruin], from where they do not know, and I grant them a delay.
وٱلذين كذبوا بايتنا سنستدرجهم من حيث لا يعلمون وأملي لهمMy scheme is indeed solid.
إن كيدي متينDo they not then reflect?
أولم يتفكرواThere is no derangement in their companion.
ما بصاحبهم من جنةHe is nothing but a manifest warner.
إن هو إلا نذير مبينHave 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?
أولم ينظروا في ملكوت ٱلسموت وٱلأرض وما خلق ٱلله من شىء وأن عسى أن يكون قد ٱقترب أجلهمIn what discourse, after this one, will they then believe?
فبأى حديث بعده يؤمنونWhoever God leads astray, no guide for him,
من يضلل ٱلله فلا هادي لهand He leaves them, in their excess, to wander blindly.
ويذرهم في طغينهم يعمهونThey ask you about the Hour: when will it drop anchor?
يسلونك عن ٱلساعة أيان مرسىهاSay: "Knowledge of it is only with my Guardian;
قل إنما علمها عند ربيnone but Him will unveil it in its time.
لا يجليها لوقتهآ إلا هوIt weighs heavily in the heavens and on the earth;
ثقلت في ٱلسموت وٱلأرضit will come to you only unexpectedly."
لا تأتيكم إلا بغتةThey ask you as if you were well informed about it.
يسلونك كأنك حفي عنهاSay: "Knowledge of it is only with God,
قل إنما علمها عند ٱللهbut most people do not know."
ولكن أكثر ٱلناس لا يعلمونSay: "I hold, for myself, neither benefit nor harm, except what God wills.
قل لآ أملك لنفسي نفعا ولا ضرا إلا ما شآء ٱللهAnd if I knew what escapes the senses, I would indeed have amassed abundant good things,
ولو كنت أعلم ٱلغيب لٱستكثرت من ٱلخيرand evil would not have touched me.
وما مسني ٱلسوءI am nothing but a warner,
إن أنا إلا نذيرand a bearer of good tidings for a people who believe."
وبشير لقوم يؤمنونIt is He who created you from a single Self, and made from it its spouse, so that he might find rest with it.
هو ٱلذي خلقكم من نفس وحدة وجعل منها زوجها ليسكن إليهاAnd when he had covered her, she carried a light burden, with which she could move about;
فلما تغشىها حملت حملا خفيفا فمرت بهand 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."
فلمآ أثقلت دعوا ٱلله ربهما لئن ءاتيتنا صلحا لنكونن من ٱلشكرينBut when He had given them a righteous [child], they attributed to Him associates in what He had given them.
فلمآ ءاتىهما صلحا جعلا له شركآء فيمآ ءاتىهماBut God is far above what they associate with Him.
فتعلى ٱلله عما يشركونDo they associate with Him what creates nothing, and is [itself] created,
أيشركون ما لا يخلق شيا وهم يخلقونand can neither help them, nor help itself?
ولا يستطيعون لهم نصرا ولآ أنفسهم ينصرونAnd if you call them to guidance, they do not follow you.
وإن تدعوهم إلى ٱلهدى لا يتبعوكمIt is the same to you, whether you call them, or remain silent.
سوآء عليكم أدعوتموهم أم أنتم صمتونThose you invoke besides God are obedient ones like yourselves;
إن ٱلذين تدعون من دون ٱلله عباد أمثالكمinvoke them, then, and let them answer you, if you are truthful.
فٱدعوهم فليستجيبوا لكم إن كنتم صدقينDo they have feet with which they walk?
ألهم أرجل يمشون بهآOr do they have hands with which they seize?
أم لهم أيد يبطشون بهآOr do they have eyes with which they see?
أم لهم أعين يبصرون بهآOr do they have ears with which they hear?
أم لهم ءاذان يسمعون بهاSay: "Invoke your associates, then scheme against me, and grant me no respite.
قل ٱدعوا شركآءكم ثم كيدون فلا تنظرونMy protector is God, who sent down the Scripture,
إن ولي ٱلله ٱلذي نزل ٱلكتبand it is He who protects the righteous.
وهو يتولى ٱلصلحينAnd those you invoke besides Him can neither help you, nor help themselves."
وٱلذين تدعون من دونه لا يستطيعون نصركم ولآ أنفسهم ينصرونAnd if you call them to guidance, they do not hear;
وإن تدعوهم إلى ٱلهدى لا يسمعواand you see them looking at you, without seeing.
وترىهم ينظرون إليك وهم لا يبصرونTake what is easy,
خذ ٱلعفوorder what is recognized,
وأمر بٱلعرفand turn away from the ignorant.
وأعرض عن ٱلجهلينAnd if an incitement from the Diverter incites you [to evil], seek refuge in God.
وإما ينزغنك من ٱلشيطن نزغ فٱستعذ بٱللهHe is indeed the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.
إنه سميع عليمThose who guard themselves, when a procession [of suggestions] from the Diverter touches them, take heed, and there they are, clear-sighted;
إن ٱلذين ٱتقوا إذا مسهم طئف من ٱلشيطن تذكروا فإذا هم مبصرونwhile their brothers [the disowners] draw them ever further into misguidance,
وإخونهم يمدونهم في ٱلغىthen they do not stop.
ثم لا يقصرونAnd when you do not bring them a sign, they say: "Why did you not choose it yourself?"
وإذا لم تأتهم باية قالوا لولا ٱجتبيتهاSay: "I only follow what is revealed to me from my Guardian;
قل إنمآ أتبع ما يوحى إلى من ربيthese are insights from your Guardian, a guidance and a benevolence for a people who believe."
هذا بصآئر من ربكم وهدى ورحمة لقوم يؤمنونAnd when this Recitation is recited, listen to it and keep silent, perhaps benevolence will be shown to you.
وإذا قرئ ٱلقرءان فٱستمعوا له وأنصتوا لعلكم ترحمونAnd 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.
وٱذكر ربك في نفسك تضرعا وخيفة ودون ٱلجهر من ٱلقول بٱلغدو وٱلءاصال ولا تكن من ٱلغفلينThose who are with your Guardian are not arrogant about obeying Him, they glorify Him, and it is before Him that they prostrate.
إن ٱلذين عند ربك لا يستكبرون عن عبادته ويسبحونه وله يسجدون