Sourate Hud (11) with hamza shown

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

بسم ٱلله ٱلرحمن ٱلرحيم الر

A Scripture whose signs have been made firm, then made explicit, from a Wise, Informed One: "Obey none but God; I am for you, from Him, a warner and a bearer of glad tidings; ask forgiveness of your Guardian, then turn back to Him: He will let you enjoy a fine enjoyment until an appointed term, and grant every possessor of merit his merit.i 3

كتب أحكمت ءايته ثم فصلت من لدن حكيم خبير ألا تعبدوا إلا ٱلله إنني لكم منه نذير وبشير وأن ٱستغفروا ربكم ثم توبوا إليه يمتعكم متعا حسنا إلى أجل مسمى ويؤت كل ذي فضل فضله

But if you turn away, I fear for you the punishment of an immense day." 3

وإن تولوا فإني أخاف عليكم عذاب يوم كبير

To God is your return, 4

إلى ٱلله مرجعكم

and He has power over everything. 4

وهو على كل شىء قدير

Is it not that they fold their chests to hide from Him?i 5

ألآ إنهم يثنون صدورهم ليستخفوا منه

Is it not that, when they cover themselves with their garments, He knows what they keep secret and what they disclose? 5

ألا حين يستغشون ثيابهم يعلم ما يسرون وما يعلنون

He knows the contents of the chests. 5

إنه عليم بذات ٱلصدور

There is no living creature on earth whose provision does not fall to God; He knows its abode and its resting-place:i 6

وما من دآبة في ٱلأرض إلا على ٱلله رزقها ويعلم مستقرها ومستودعها

everything is in a clear register.i 6

كل في كتب مبين

And it is He who created the heavens and the earth in six days, while His Edifice was founded upon the water [as primary matter], so as to test you: which of you acts best.i 7

وهو ٱلذي خلق ٱلسموت وٱلأرض في ستة أيام وكان عرشه على ٱلمآء ليبلوكم أيكم أحسن عملا

And if you say: "You will be raised after death," those who deny will surely say: "This is nothing but a manifest illusion."i 7

ولئن قلت إنكم مبعوثون من بعد ٱلموت ليقولن ٱلذين كفروا إن هذآ إلا سحر مبين

And if We delay for them the punishment until a counted term, they will surely say: "What holds it back?" 8

ولئن أخرنا عنهم ٱلعذاب إلى أمة معدودة ليقولن ما يحبسه

Is it not that, the day it comes to them, it will not be turned away from them, 8

ألا يوم يأتيهم ليس مصروفا عنهم

and what they used to mock will surround them. 8

وحاق بهم ما كانوا به يستهزءون

And if We let the human being taste a benevolence from Us, then withdraw it from him, he becomes indeed despairing, a great denier.i 9

ولئن أذقنا ٱلإنسن منا رحمة ثم نزعنها منه إنه ليوس كفور

And if We let him taste a blessing after adversity has touched him, he will surely say: "The ills have departed from me": 10

ولئن أذقنه نعمآء بعد ضرآء مسته ليقولن ذهب ٱلسيات عني

he becomes joyful, full of vanity. 10

إنه لفرح فخور

Except those who were patient and did righteous deeds: those will have forgiveness and a great reward. 11

إلا ٱلذين صبروا وعملوا ٱلصلحت أولئك لهم مغفرة وأجر كبير

It may be that you will leave out part of what is revealed to you, and that your chest will tighten because of it, since they say: "Why has a treasure not been sent down upon him, or why does an Agent not come with him!"i 12

فلعلك تارك بعض ما يوحى إليك وضآئق به صدرك أن يقولوا لولآ أنزل عليه كنز أو جآء معه ملك

You are, yourself, only a warner; 12

إنمآ أنت نذير

and God is, over everything, an agent.i 12

وٱلله على كل شىء وكيل

Or will they say: "He has invented it"? 13

أم يقولون ٱفترىه

Say: "Then bring ten invented sûrahs resembling it, and call upon whomever you can, besides God, if you are truthful." 13

قل فأتوا بعشر سور مثله مفتريت وٱدعوا من ٱستطعتم من دون ٱلله إن كنتم صدقين

If they do not answer you, then know that it has been sent down only with God's knowledge, and that there is no deity but Him. 14

فإلم يستجيبوا لكم فٱعلموا أنمآ أنزل بعلم ٱلله وأن لآ إله إلا هو

Will you then be true to God alone?i 14

فهل أنتم مسلمون

Whoever wants the present life and its adornment, We pay him in full for his deeds therein, and he will not be wronged in it: 15

من كان يريد ٱلحيوة ٱلدنيا وزينتها نوف إليهم أعملهم فيها وهم فيها لا يبخسون

those are the ones who will have, in the last life, nothing but the Fire; 16

أولئك ٱلذين ليس لهم في ٱلءاخرة إلا ٱلنار

what they fabricated therein will have collapsed, 16

وحبط ما صنعوا فيها

and what they did will be null and void. 16

وبطل ما كانوا يعملون

Is he who relies on a clear proof from his Guardian, followed by a witness from Him, [like those others]? 17

أفمن كان على بينة من ربه ويتلوه شاهد منه

And before him, the Scripture of Moussa, as a reference and a benevolence.i 17

ومن قبله كتب موسى إماما ورحمة

Those are the ones who believe in it. 17

أولئك يؤمنون به

And whoever, among the factions, denies it, the Fire is his appointment:i 17

ومن يكفر به من ٱلأحزاب فٱلنار موعده

So do not be in doubt about it: 17

فلا تك في مرية منه

it is the truth from your Guardian, but most people do not believe. 17

إنه ٱلحق من ربك ولكن أكثر ٱلناس لا يؤمنون

And who is more unjust than one who invents a lie against God? 18

ومن أظلم ممن ٱفترى على ٱلله كذبا

Those are the ones who will be presented before their Guardian, and the witnesses will say: "These are the ones who lied against their Guardian!" 18

أولئك يعرضون على ربهم ويقول ٱلأشهد هؤلآء ٱلذين كذبوا على ربهم

Is it not that God's curse falls upon the unjust, those who turn away from God's path and seek to make it crooked, and who deny the last life? 19

ألا لعنة ٱلله على ٱلظلمين ٱلذين يصدون عن سبيل ٱلله ويبغونها عوجا وهم بٱلءاخرة هم كفرون

Those are the ones who, on earth, will not be able to thwart [Him], and who will have, besides God, no protector: 20

أولئك لم يكونوا معجزين في ٱلأرض وما كان لهم من دون ٱلله من أوليآء

the punishment will be doubled for them.i 20

يضعف لهم ٱلعذاب

They could neither hear, nor see. 20

ما كانوا يستطيعون ٱلسمع وما كانوا يبصرون

Those are the ones who have lost themselves, and what they invented has strayed away from them. 21

أولئك ٱلذين خسروا أنفسهم وضل عنهم ما كانوا يفترون

There is no doubt that, in the last life, they are the greatest losers. 22

لا جرم أنهم في ٱلءاخرة هم ٱلأخسرون

Those who believe, do righteous deeds, and find peace before their Guardian: those are the companions of the Garden, 23

إن ٱلذين ءامنوا وعملوا ٱلصلحت وأخبتوا إلى ربهم أولئك أصحب ٱلجنة

wherein they will remain. 23

هم فيها خلدون

The example of the two groups is like the blind and the deaf, and the seeing and the hearing:i 24

مثل ٱلفريقين كٱلأعمى وٱلأصم وٱلبصير وٱلسميع

are they equal in example? 24

هل يستويان مثلا

Will you not then remember? 24

أفلا تذكرون

We have indeed sent Nuh to his people:i 25

ولقد أرسلنا نوحا إلى قومه

"I am for you a clear warner: 25

إني لكم نذير مبين

obey none but God; 26

أن لا تعبدوا إلا ٱلله

I fear for you the punishment of a painful day." 26

إني أخاف عليكم عذاب يوم أليم

The court of those who denied, among his people, said: "We see you only as a human being like us, and we see that only those who are, among us, the most abject, followed you, at first glance.i 27

فقال ٱلملأ ٱلذين كفروا من قومه ما نرىك إلا بشرا مثلنا وما نرىك ٱتبعك إلا ٱلذين هم أراذلنا بادي ٱلرأي

And we see in you no merit over us; we rather think you liars." 27

وما نرى لكم علينا من فضل بل نظنكم كذبين

He said: "O my people, do you see? If I rely on a clear proof from my Guardian, and He has granted me a benevolence from Him, which has remained hidden from you, shall We impose it upon you while you detest it? 28

قال يقوم أرءيتم إن كنت على بينة من ربي وءاتىني رحمة من عنده فعميت عليكم أنلزمكموها وأنتم لها كرهون

O my people, I do not ask you for any wealth for this: 29

ويقوم لآ أسلكم عليه مالا

my reward is incumbent only upon God. 29

إن أجري إلا على ٱلله

And I am not of those who drive away those who believe: they will surely meet their Guardian; 29

ومآ أنا بطارد ٱلذين ءامنوا إنهم ملقوا ربهم

but I see you a people given to ignorance. 29

ولكني أرىكم قوما تجهلون

O my people, who would help me against God, if I drove them away? 30

ويقوم من ينصرني من ٱلله إن طردتهم

Will you not then remember? 30

أفلا تذكرون

And I do not tell you that I hold God's treasures, nor that I know what escapes the senses, nor that I am an Agent;i 31

ولآ أقول لكم عندي خزآئن ٱلله ولآ أعلم ٱلغيب ولآ أقول إني ملك

and I do not say, of those your eyes hold in contempt, that God will grant them no good: 31

ولآ أقول للذين تزدري أعينكم لن يؤتيهم ٱلله خيرا

God knows best what is in their souls. 31

ٱلله أعلم بما في أنفسهم

I would then be among the unjust." 31

إني إذا لمن ٱلظلمين

They said: "O Nuh, you have indeed disputed with us, and multiplied the dispute; bring us then what you threaten us with, if you are among the truthful."i 32

قالوا ينوح قد جدلتنا فأكثرت جدلنا فأتنا بما تعدنآ إن كنت من ٱلصدقين

He said: "It is God alone who will bring it to you, if He wills, and you will not be able to thwart anything. 33

قال إنما يأتيكم به ٱلله إن شآء ومآ أنتم بمعجزين

And my counsel will be of no use to you, even were I to wish to counsel you, if God wills to lead you astray:i 34

ولا ينفعكم نصحي إن أردت أن أنصح لكم إن كان ٱلله يريد أن يغويكم

He is your Guardian, 34

هو ربكم

and to Him you will be returned." 34

وإليه ترجعون

Or will they say: "He has invented it"? 35

أم يقولون ٱفترىه

Say: "If I have invented it, then my own severance falls upon me, and I am innocent of your severance." 35

قل إن ٱفتريته فعلى إجرامي وأنا بريء مما تجرمون

And it was revealed to Nuh that none of your people will believe anymore, except those who have already believed:i 36

وأوحي إلى نوح أنه لن يؤمن من قومك إلا من قد ءامن

so do not grieve over what they were doing. 36

فلا تبتئس بما كانوا يفعلون

And build the vessel, under Our eyes and by Our revelation, 37

وٱصنع ٱلفلك بأعيننا ووحينا

and do not speak to Me about those who have been unjust: they will be drowned. 37

ولا تخطبني في ٱلذين ظلموا إنهم مغرقون

He was building the vessel; and every time a court of his people passed by him, it mocked him.i 38

ويصنع ٱلفلك وكلما مر عليه ملأ من قومه سخروا منه

He said: "If you mock us, we will mock you as you mock." 38

قال إن تسخروا منا فإنا نسخر منكم كما تسخرون

You will soon know upon whom a punishment comes that covers him with shame, and upon whom a lasting punishment falls. 39

فسوف تعلمون من يأتيه عذاب يخزيه ويحل عليه عذاب مقيم

Until, when Our command came and the oven began to boil over, We said: "Load into it, of every kind, two elements of a pair, and your family, except him against whom the word has already been pronounced, and those who have believed."i 40

حتى إذا جآء أمرنا وفار ٱلتنور قلنا ٱحمل فيها من كل زوجين ٱثنين وأهلك إلا من سبق عليه ٱلقول ومن ءامن

And only a few had believed with him. 40

ومآ ءامن معه إلا قليل

And he said: "Embark therein: in the name of God be its course and its mooring. 41

وقال ٱركبوا فيها بسم ٱلله مجرىها ومرسىهآ

My Guardian is indeed Most-Forgiving, full of benevolence." 41

إن ربي لغفور رحيم

And it sailed with them amid waves like mountains. 42

وهي تجري بهم في موج كٱلجبال

And Nuh called his son, who stood apart: "O my little one, embark with us, and do not be with those who deny."i 42

ونادى نوح ٱبنه وكان في معزل يبنى ٱركب معنا ولا تكن مع ٱلكفرين

He said: "I shall take refuge on a mountain, which will preserve me from the water." 43

قال ساوي إلى جبل يعصمني من ٱلمآء

He said: "None is preserved today from God's command, except him to whom He shows benevolence." 43

قال لا عاصم ٱليوم من أمر ٱلله إلا من رحم

And the wave came between them, and he was among the drowned. 43

وحال بينهما ٱلموج فكان من ٱلمغرقين

And it was said: "O earth, swallow your water! O sky, hold back!" 44

وقيل يأرض ٱبلعي مآءك ويسمآء أقلعي

And the water subsided, the command was fulfilled, and [the vessel] settled on al-Judi. 44

وغيض ٱلمآء وقضي ٱلأمر وٱستوت على ٱلجودي

And it was said: "Let the unjust people become nothing but a distant memory!"i 44

وقيل بعدا للقوم ٱلظلمين

And Nuh called upon his Guardian and said: "My Guardian, my son is of my family, and Your promise is truth,i 45

ونادى نوح ربه فقال رب إن ٱبني من أهلي وإن وعدك ٱلحق

and You are the most just of judges." 45

وأنت أحكم ٱلحكمين

He said: "O Nuh, he is not of your family:i 46

قال ينوح إنه ليس من أهلك

it is an unrighteous deed. 46

إنه عمل غير صلح

So do not ask Me about what you have no knowledge of: 46

فلا تسلن ما ليس لك به علم

I exhort you not to be among the ignorant." 46

إني أعظك أن تكون من ٱلجهلين

He said: "My Guardian, I take refuge with You from asking You about what I have no knowledge of, 47

قال رب إني أعوذ بك أن أسلك ما ليس لي به علم

and if You do not forgive me and show me benevolence, I will be among the losers." 47

وإلا تغفر لي وترحمني أكن من ٱلخسرين

It was said: "O Nuh, descend with a peace from Us, and blessings upon you and upon communities from those who are with you;i 48

قيل ينوح ٱهبط بسلم منا وبركت عليك وعلى أمم ممن معك

and there are communities that We shall let enjoy [life], then a painful punishment from Us will touch them." 48

وأمم سنمتعهم ثم يمسهم منا عذاب أليم

Those are pieces of information about what escapes the senses, which We reveal to you:i 49

تلك من أنبآء ٱلغيب نوحيهآ إليك

you did not know them, neither you nor your people, before this. 49

ما كنت تعلمهآ أنت ولا قومك من قبل هذا

So be patient: 49

فٱصبر

the favorable outcome belongs to those who guard themselves. 49

إن ٱلعقبة للمتقين

And to the Recidivists [Aad], their brother Hud:i 50

وإلى عاد أخاهم هودا

he said: "O my people, obey God: you have no deity but Him; 50

قال يقوم ٱعبدوا ٱلله ما لكم من إله غيره

you are only inventors [of falsehood]." 50

إن أنتم إلا مفترون

O my people, I do not ask you for any reward for this: 51

يقوم لآ أسلكم عليه أجرا

my reward is incumbent only upon Him who created me. 51

إن أجري إلا على ٱلذي فطرني

Will you not then reason? 51

أفلا تعقلون

O my people, ask forgiveness of your Guardian, then turn back to Him: He will send upon you the sky abundantly, and add strength to your strength; and do not turn away as severed." 52

ويقوم ٱستغفروا ربكم ثم توبوا إليه يرسل ٱلسمآء عليكم مدرارا ويزدكم قوة إلى قوتكم ولا تتولوا مجرمين

They said: "O Hud, you have not brought us a clear proof, and we will not abandon our gods on your word, and we do not believe you.i 53

قالوا يهود ما جئتنا ببينة وما نحن بتاركي ءالهتنا عن قولك وما نحن لك بمؤمنين

We only say that one of our gods has struck you with evil." 54

إن نقول إلا ٱعترىك بعض ءالهتنا بسوء

He said: "I call God to witness, 54

قال إني أشهد ٱلله

And bear witness that I am innocent of what you associate besides Him: 55

وٱشهدوا أني بريء مما تشركون من دونه

so scheme against me all together, and give me no respite. 55

فكيدوني جميعا ثم لا تنظرون

I place my trust in God, my Guardian and yours:i 56

إني توكلت على ٱلله ربي وربكم

there is no living creature that He does not hold by the forelock.i 56

ما من دآبة إلا هو ءاخذ بناصيتهآ

My Guardian is indeed upon a straight path. 56

إن ربي على صرط مستقيم

If you turn away, I have conveyed to you that with which I was sent to you; 57

فإن تولوا فقد أبلغتكم مآ أرسلت به إليكم

and my Guardian will substitute in your place another people, without your harming Him in anything: 57

ويستخلف ربي قوما غيركم ولا تضرونه شيا

my Guardian watches over everything." 57

إن ربي على كل شىء حفيظ

And when Our command came, We saved Hud and those who had believed with him, by a benevolence from Us, and We saved them from a harsh punishment.i 58

ولما جآء أمرنا نجينا هودا وٱلذين ءامنوا معه برحمة منا ونجينهم من عذاب غليظ

And such was Aad: they denied the signs of their Guardian, disobeyed His envoys, and followed the command of every stubborn tyrant.i 59

وتلك عاد جحدوا بايت ربهم وعصوا رسله وٱتبعوا أمر كل جبار عنيد

And they were pursued, in the present life, by a curse, and on the Day of Appearance too:i 60

وأتبعوا في هذه ٱلدنيا لعنة ويوم ٱلقيمة

Is it not that Aad denied their Guardian?i 60

ألآ إن عادا كفروا ربهم

Let Aad, the people of Hud, become nothing but a distant memory!i 60

ألا بعدا لعاد قوم هود

And to the Depleters [Thamud], their brother Salih:i 61

وإلى ثمود أخاهم صلحا

he said: "O my people, obey God: you have no deity but Him. 61

قال يقوم ٱعبدوا ٱلله ما لكم من إله غيره

It is He who brought you forth from the earth and settled you therein to dwell long: so ask His forgiveness, then turn back to Him:i 61

هو أنشأكم من ٱلأرض وٱستعمركم فيها فٱستغفروه ثم توبوا إليه

my Guardian is near, responsive." 61

إن ربي قريب مجيب

They said: "O Salih, you were among us a hope before this; do you forbid us to obey what our ancestors obeyed? We are indeed in a troubling doubt about what you call us to."i 62

قالوا يصلح قد كنت فينا مرجوا قبل هذآ أتنهىنآ أن نعبد ما يعبد ءابآؤنا وإننا لفي شك مما تدعونآ إليه مريب

He said: "O my people, do you see? If I rely on a clear proof from my Guardian, and He has granted me, from Him, a benevolence, who then would help me against God if I disobeyed Him? 63

قال يقوم أرءيتم إن كنت على بينة من ربي وءاتىني منه رحمة فمن ينصرني من ٱلله إن عصيته

You would then only increase my ruin. 63

فما تزيدونني غير تخسير

O my people, this is the she-camel of God, a sign for you: 64

ويقوم هذه ناقة ٱلله لكم ءاية

so let her eat on God's earth, 64

فذروها تأكل في أرض ٱلله

and do her no harm, or a near punishment will seize you." 64

ولا تمسوها بسوء فيأخذكم عذاب قريب

But they hamstrung her. He then said: "Enjoy yourselves in your dwelling for three days: 65

فعقروها فقال تمتعوا في داركم ثلثة أيام

that is a promise that will not be belied." 65

ذلك وعد غير مكذوب

When Our command came, We saved Salih and those who had believed with him, by a benevolence from Us, and from the humiliation of that day.i 66

فلما جآء أمرنا نجينا صلحا وٱلذين ءامنوا معه برحمة منا ومن خزي يومئذ

Your Guardian is indeed the Strong, the All-Mighty. 66

إن ربك هو ٱلقوي ٱلعزيز

And the Cry seized those who had been unjust, so that they became, in their dwellings, prostrate, as if they had never dwelt there.i 68

وأخذ ٱلذين ظلموا ٱلصيحة فأصبحوا في ديرهم جثمين كأن لم يغنوا فيهآ

Is it not that Thamud denied their Guardian?i 68

ألآ إن ثمودا كفروا ربهم

Let Thamud become nothing but a distant memory! 68

ألا بعدا لثمود

And Our envoys indeed came to Ibrahim with the glad tidings: they said: "Peace!"i 69

ولقد جآءت رسلنآ إبرهيم بٱلبشرى قالوا سلما

He said: "Peace!" 69

قال سلم

and he did not delay in bringing a roasted calf. 69

فما لبث أن جآء بعجل حنيذ

But when he saw that their hands did not reach it, he found them strange and felt fear of them.i 70

فلما رءآ أيديهم لا تصل إليه نكرهم وأوجس منهم خيفة

They said: "Do not fear: 70

قالوا لا تخف

we are sent to the people of Lut."i 70

إنآ أرسلنآ إلى قوم لوط

And his wife, standing, began to laugh; 71

وٱمرأته قآئمة فضحكت

We then gave her the glad tidings of Ishaq,i 71

فبشرنها بإسحق

and, after Ishaq, Yaacoub.i 71

ومن ورآء إسحق يعقوب

She said: "Woe is me! Shall I bear a child, when I am old, and here is my husband, an old man? 72

قالت يويلتى ءألد وأنا عجوز وهذا بعلي شيخا

That is indeed an astonishing thing!" 72

إن هذا لشىء عجيب

They said: "Do you marvel at God's command? 73

قالوا أتعجبين من أمر ٱلله

God's benevolence and His blessings be upon you, people of the house! 73

رحمت ٱلله وبركته عليكم أهل ٱلبيت

He is praiseworthy, full of glory." 73

إنه حميد مجيد

When the fright had left Ibrahim and the glad tidings had come to him, he began to argue with Us about the people of Lut:i 74

فلما ذهب عن إبرهيم ٱلروع وجآءته ٱلبشرى يجدلنا في قوم لوط

Ibrahim is indeed thoughtful, full of [repentant] sighs, ever turning back [to God].i 75

إن إبرهيم لحليم أوه منيب

"O Ibrahim, turn away from this:i 76

يإبرهيم أعرض عن هذآ

the command of your Guardian has already come, 76

إنه قد جآء أمر ربك

and an irrevocable punishment surely comes to them." 76

وإنهم ءاتيهم عذاب غير مردود

And when Our envoys came to Lut, he was distressed by it, and felt helpless about them, and said: "This is a hard day."i 77

ولما جآءت رسلنا لوطا سيء بهم وضاق بهم ذرعا وقال هذا يوم عصيب

And his people came to him, rushing, though they had previously been committing evil deeds. 78

وجآءه قومه يهرعون إليه ومن قبل كانوا يعملون ٱلسيات

He said: "O my people, here are my daughters: they are purer for you; so guard yourselves before God, and do not humiliate me concerning my guests:i 78

قال يقوم هؤلآء بناتي هن أطهر لكم فٱتقوا ٱلله ولا تخزون في ضيفي

is there not among you a reasonable man?"i 78

أليس منكم رجل رشيد

They said: "You already know what right we have over your daughters, and you well know, [right now], what we want."i 79

قالوا لقد علمت ما لنا في بناتك من حق وإنك لتعلم ما نريد

He said: "Would that I had some strength against you, or could take refuge in a strong support!" 80

قال لو أن لي بكم قوة أو ءاوي إلى ركن شديد

They said: "O Lut, we are the envoys of your Guardian: they will never reach you.i 81

قالوا يلوط إنا رسل ربك لن يصلوا إليك

So depart with your family, at a time of the night, and let none of you turn around, except your wife.i 81

فأسر بأهلك بقطع من ٱليل ولا يلتفت منكم أحد إلا ٱمرأتك

What befalls them will also befall her. 81

إنه مصيبها مآ أصابهم

Their appointment is the morning: 81

إن موعدهم ٱلصبح

is the morning not near?" 81

أليس ٱلصبح بقريب

When Our command came, We made the top [of their city] its bottom, and rained upon it stones of hardened clay, layered, marked with your Guardian:i 83

فلما جآء أمرنا جعلنا عليها سافلها وأمطرنا عليها حجارة من سجيل منضود مسومة عند ربك

and it is not far from the unjust. 83

وما هي من ٱلظلمين ببعيد

And to Madyan, their brother Shu'ayb:i 84

وإلى مدين أخاهم شعيبا

he said: "O my people, obey God: you have no deity but Him, 84

قال يقوم ٱعبدوا ٱلله ما لكم من إله غيره

and do not diminish the measure nor the weight. 84

ولا تنقصوا ٱلمكيال وٱلميزان

I see you in prosperity, and I fear for you the punishment of a day that encompasses everything. 84

إني أرىكم بخير وإني أخاف عليكم عذاب يوم محيط

O my people, give full measure and full weight, with equity, 85

ويقوم أوفوا ٱلمكيال وٱلميزان بٱلقسط

and do not wrong the people in their possessions, and do not spread corruption on the earth as corrupters. 85

ولا تبخسوا ٱلناس أشيآءهم ولا تعثوا في ٱلأرض مفسدين

What remains [licitly] with God is better for you, if you are believers;i 86

بقيت ٱلله خير لكم إن كنتم مؤمنين

and I am not, over you, a guardian. 86

ومآ أنا عليكم بحفيظ

They said: "O Shu'ayb, does your Contact command you that we abandon what our ancestors obeyed, or that we stop doing with our wealth what we wish?i 87

قالوا يشعيب أصلوتك تأمرك أن نترك ما يعبد ءابآؤنآ أو أن نفعل في أمولنا ما نشؤا

You are indeed, yourself, the thoughtful, the reasonable one!"i 87

إنك لأنت ٱلحليم ٱلرشيد

He said: "O my people, do you see? If I rely on a clear proof from my Guardian, and He has provided me, from Him, with a fine provision... 88

قال يقوم أرءيتم إن كنت على بينة من ربي ورزقني منه رزقا حسنا

And I do not want to contradict you by doing myself what I turn you away from: 88

ومآ أريد أن أخالفكم إلى مآ أنهىكم عنه

I only want reform, as much as I can; 88

إن أريد إلا ٱلإصلح ما ٱستطعت

and my success rests only with God: 88

وما توفيقي إلا بٱلله

in Him I place my trust, 88

عليه توكلت

and to Him I return. 88

وإليه أنيب

O my people, let not my opposition draw upon you what befell the people of Nuh, or the people of Hud, or the people of Salih;i 89

ويقوم لا يجرمنكم شقاقي أن يصيبكم مثل مآ أصاب قوم نوح أو قوم هود أو قوم صلح

and the people of Lut are not far from you.i 89

وما قوم لوط منكم ببعيد

Ask forgiveness of your Guardian, then turn back to Him: 90

وٱستغفروا ربكم ثم توبوا إليه

my Guardian is full of benevolence, full of affection.i 90

إن ربي رحيم ودود

They said: "O Shu'ayb, we do not understand much of what you say, and we indeed see you weak among us; were it not for your clan, we would have banished you; and you have no power over us."i 91

قالوا يشعيب ما نفقه كثيرا مما تقول وإنا لنرىك فينا ضعيفا ولولا رهطك لرجمنك ومآ أنت علينا بعزيز

He said: "O my people, does my clan then weigh more with you than God, whom you have relegated behind your back? 92

قال يقوم أرهطي أعز عليكم من ٱلله وٱتخذتموه ورآءكم ظهريا

My Guardian indeed encompasses what you do. 92

إن ربي بما تعملون محيط

O my people, act according to your position; I, [too], act: 93

ويقوم ٱعملوا على مكانتكم إني عمل

you will soon know upon whom a punishment falls that covers him with shame, and who is a liar. 93

سوف تعلمون من يأتيه عذاب يخزيه ومن هو كذب

So watch: 93

وٱرتقبوا

I watch with you." 93

إني معكم رقيب

And when Our command came, We saved Shu'ayb and those who had believed with him, by a benevolence from Us. 94

ولما جآء أمرنا نجينا شعيبا وٱلذين ءامنوا معه برحمة منا

And the Cry seized those who had been unjust, so that they became, in their dwellings, prostrate, as if they had never dwelt there. 95

وأخذت ٱلذين ظلموا ٱلصيحة فأصبحوا في ديرهم جثمين كأن لم يغنوا فيهآ

Let Madyan become nothing but a distant memory, as Thamud did! 95

ألا بعدا لمدين كما بعدت ثمود

We have indeed sent Moussa with Our signs and manifest authority, to Fir'awn and his court; but they followed the command of Fir'awn,i 97

ولقد أرسلنا موسى بايتنا وسلطن مبين إلى فرعون وملإيه فٱتبعوا أمر فرعون

and the command of Fir'awn was not reasonable.i 97

ومآ أمر فرعون برشيد

He will precede his people on the Day of Appearance, and bring them to arrive at the Fire:i 98

يقدم قومه يوم ٱلقيمة فأوردهم ٱلنار

what a detestable place of arrival to arrive at!i 98

وبئس ٱلورد ٱلمورود

And they were pursued, here, by a curse, and on the Day of Appearance too:i 99

وأتبعوا في هذه لعنة ويوم ٱلقيمة

what a detestable gift is that which was given to them!i 99

بئس ٱلرفد ٱلمرفود

Those are pieces of information about the cities which We relate to you: some of them remain standing, and others are mown down. 100

ذلك من أنبآء ٱلقرى نقصه عليك منها قآئم وحصيد

And We did not wrong them, but they wronged themselves: 101

وما ظلمنهم ولكن ظلموا أنفسهم

their deities, which they invoked besides God, availed them nothing when your Guardian's command came, 101

فمآ أغنت عنهم ءالهتهم ٱلتي يدعون من دون ٱلله من شىء لما جآء أمر ربك

and they only increased their ruin. 101

وما زادوهم غير تتبيب

Such is the seizure of your Guardian, when He seizes the cities while they are unjust: 102

وكذلك أخذ ربك إذآ أخذ ٱلقرى وهي ظلمة

His seizure is indeed painful, severe. 102

إن أخذه أليم شديد

There is indeed in that a sign for whoever fears the punishment of the last life: 103

إن في ذلك لءاية لمن خاف عذاب ٱلءاخرة

that is a day on which the people will be gathered, 103

ذلك يوم مجموع له ٱلناس

and that is a witnessed day. 103

وذلك يوم مشهود

And We defer it only until a counted term. 104

وما نؤخره إلا لأجل معدود

The day it comes, no soul will speak without His permission: 105

يوم يأت لا تكلم نفس إلا بإذنه

there will then be the wretched and the happy. 105

فمنهم شقي وسعيد

As for those who will be wretched, they will be in the Fire, wherein they will have moaning and sobbing, wherein they will remain as long as the heavens and the earth endure, except what your Guardian wills: 107

فأما ٱلذين شقوا ففي ٱلنار لهم فيها زفير وشهيق خلدين فيها ما دامت ٱلسموت وٱلأرض إلا ما شآء ربك

your Guardian indeed does what He wills. 107

إن ربك فعال لما يريد

And as for those who will be happy, they will be in the Garden, wherein they will remain as long as the heavens and the earth endure, except what your Guardian wills: 108

وأما ٱلذين سعدوا ففي ٱلجنة خلدين فيها ما دامت ٱلسموت وٱلأرض إلا ما شآء ربك

a gift that will never be cut off. 108

عطآء غير مجذوذ

So do not be in doubt about what those people obey: 109

فلا تك في مرية مما يعبد هؤلآء

they obey only as their ancestors obeyed before. 109

ما يعبدون إلا كما يعبد ءابآؤهم من قبل

And We shall surely give them their share, without any deduction. 109

وإنا لموفوهم نصيبهم غير منقوص

We have indeed given Moussa the Scripture, and there was divergence about it;i 110

ولقد ءاتينا موسى ٱلكتب فٱختلف فيه

and were it not for a word already pronounced by your Guardian, it would have been decided between them; 110

ولولا كلمة سبقت من ربك لقضي بينهم

and they are indeed, about it, in a troubling doubt. 110

وإنهم لفي شك منه مريب

And to each, your Guardian will surely pay in full for their deeds: 111

وإن كلا لما ليوفينهم ربك أعملهم

He is, of what they do, Informed. 111

إنه بما يعملون خبير

So stand firm, as you have been commanded, and those who have turned back [to God] with you, and do not overstep the bounds:i 112

فٱستقم كمآ أمرت ومن تاب معك ولا تطغوا

He is, of what you do, Seeing. 112

إنه بما تعملون بصير

And do not lean upon those who have been unjust, or the Fire would touch you, 113

ولا تركنوا إلى ٱلذين ظلموا فتمسكم ٱلنار

and you would have, besides God, no protector, 113

وما لكم من دون ٱلله من أوليآء

then you would not be helped. 113

ثم لا تنصرون

And perform the Contact at the two ends of the day, and at close moments of the night:i 114

وأقم ٱلصلوة طرفى ٱلنهار وزلفا من ٱليل

good deeds indeed dispel bad ones: 114

إن ٱلحسنت يذهبن ٱلسيات

that is a reminder for those who remember. 114

ذلك ذكرى للذكرين

And be patient: 115

وٱصبر

God does not let go to waste the reward of those who excel [in good]. 115

فإن ٱلله لا يضيع أجر ٱلمحسنين

Were there not, among the generations before you, possessors of a remnant [of virtue] who forbade corruption on earth, except a few among those We saved?i 116

فلولا كان من ٱلقرون من قبلكم أولوا بقية ينهون عن ٱلفساد في ٱلأرض إلا قليلا ممن أنجينا منهم

And those who were unjust followed what they were indulged in, and became severed. 116

وٱتبع ٱلذين ظلموا مآ أترفوا فيه وكانوا مجرمين

And your Guardian was not one to destroy the cities unjustly, while their inhabitants were reforming. 117

وما كان ربك ليهلك ٱلقرى بظلم وأهلها مصلحون

And had your Guardian willed, He would have made the people a single community; 118

ولو شآء ربك لجعل ٱلناس أمة وحدة

but they do not cease to differ, except those to whom your Guardian shows benevolence, 119

ولا يزالون مختلفين إلا من رحم ربك

and it is for this that He created them. 119

ولذلك خلقهم

And the word of your Guardian shall be fulfilled: "I will surely fill Jahannam with the Occulted and humans, all together."i 119

وتمت كلمة ربك لأملأن جهنم من ٱلجنة وٱلناس أجمعين

And all that We relate to you, among the pieces of information about the envoys, is that by which We make your Conscience firm;i 120

وكلا نقص عليك من أنبآء ٱلرسل ما نثبت به فؤادك

and there has come to you, in this, the truth, an exhortation, and a reminder for the believers. 120

وجآءك في هذه ٱلحق وموعظة وذكرى للمؤمنين

And say to those who do not believe: "Act according to your position; we, [too], act; and wait: we too are waiting." 122

وقل للذين لا يؤمنون ٱعملوا على مكانتكم إنا عملون وٱنتظروا إنا منتظرون

And to God belongs what escapes the senses in the heavens and on the earth,i 123

ولله غيب ٱلسموت وٱلأرض

and to Him the whole matter returns: 123

وإليه يرجع ٱلأمر كله

so obey Him, and place your trust in Him: 123

فٱعبده وتوكل عليه

your Guardian is not at all heedless of what you do. 123

وما ربك بغفل عما تعملون