Sourate An-Naml (27) with hamza shown

In the name of God, the All-Benevolent, the Benevolent. Ta. Sin.i 1

بسم ٱلله ٱلرحمن ٱلرحيم طس

These are the signs of the Recitation and an explicit Scripture,i 1

تلك ءايت ٱلقرءان وكتاب مبين

guidance and glad tiding for the believers, those who maintain the Contact and give the alms, and who, as for the hereafter, are certain of it.i 3

هدى وبشرى للمؤمنين ٱلذين يقيمون ٱلصلوة ويؤتون ٱلزكوة وهم بٱلءاخرة هم يوقنون

Those who do not believe in the hereafter, We have made their deeds seem fair to them, and they wander blindly. 4

إن ٱلذين لا يؤمنون بٱلءاخرة زينا لهم أعملهم فهم يعمهون

Those are the ones for whom the worst punishment is due, and it is they, in the hereafter, who will be the greatest losers. 5

أولئك ٱلذين لهم سوء ٱلعذاب وهم في ٱلءاخرة هم ٱلأخسرون

And you, you receive the Recitation from a Wise, a Knowing.i 6

وإنك لتلقى ٱلقرءان من لدن حكيم عليم

When Moussa said to his family: 'I have perceived a fire; I will bring you news of it, or bring you a burning brand, so that you may warm yourselves.'i 7

إذ قال موسى لأهله إني ءانست نارا ساتيكم منها بخبر أو ءاتيكم بشهاب قبس لعلكم تصطلون

When he came to it, he was called: 'Blessed is he who is in the fire, and he who is around it! 8

فلما جآءها نودي أن بورك من في ٱلنار ومن حولها

Glory to God, Guardian of all beings!i 8

وسبحن ٱلله رب ٱلعلمين

O Moussa, it is I, God, the All-Powerful, the Wise. Throw down your staff.'i 10

يموسى إنه أنا ٱلله ٱلعزيز ٱلحكيم وألق عصاك

When he saw it vibrate as though it were an Occulted, he turned back in flight and did not return.i 10

فلما رءاها تهتز كأنها جآن ولى مدبرا ولم يعقب

'O Moussa, do not fear;i 10

يموسى لا تخف

as for Me, the messengers do not fear in My presence, 10

إني لا يخاف لدى ٱلمرسلون

except one who has done wrong, then replaced evil with good; then, indeed, I am forgiving, the Benevolent. 11

إلا من ظلم ثم بدل حسنا بعد سوء فإني غفور رحيم

Put your hand into your collar: it will come out white, without any harm, 12

وأدخل يدك في جيبك تخرج بيضآء من غير سوء

among nine signs, to Fir'awn and his people;i 12

في تسع ءايت إلى فرعون وقومه

they are indeed a people of oversteppers.'i 12

إنهم كانوا قوما فسقين

When Our signs came to them, plainly visible, they said: 'This is an explicit illusion.' 13

فلما جآءتهم ءايتنا مبصرة قالوا هذا سحر مبين

And they rejected them, while their own selves were certain of them, out of injustice and arrogance. 14

وجحدوا بها وٱستيقنتهآ أنفسهم ظلما وعلوا

So look at what was the end of those who spread corruption. 14

فٱنظر كيف كان عقبة ٱلمفسدين

And We certainly gave Dawud and Sulayman knowledge; and both said: 'Praise be to God, who has favored us above many of His believing obedient ones.'i 15

ولقد ءاتينا داود وسليمن علما وقالا ٱلحمد لله ٱلذي فضلنا على كثير من عباده ٱلمؤمنين

And Sulayman inherited from Dawud, and he said: 'O people, we have been taught the language of birds, and we have been given a share of everything;i 16

وورث سليمن داود وقال يأيها ٱلناس علمنا منطق ٱلطير وأوتينا من كل شىء

this is indeed the explicit favor.' 16

إن هذا لهو ٱلفضل ٱلمبين

And Sulayman's troops were gathered for him, among the Occulted, humans and birds, and they were arranged in ranks.i 17

وحشر لسليمن جنوده من ٱلجن وٱلإنس وٱلطير فهم يوزعون

Until, when they came to the valley of the ants, an ant said: 'O ants, enter your dwellings, lest Sulayman and his troops crush you without perceiving it.'i 18

حتى إذآ أتوا على واد ٱلنمل قالت نملة يأيها ٱلنمل ٱدخلوا مسكنكم لا يحطمنكم سليمن وجنوده وهم لا يشعرون

He smiled, amused at her words, and said: 'My Guardian, inspire me to acknowledge the blessing You have granted me and my parents, and to do righteous work that pleases You, and admit me, by Your benevolence, among Your righteous obedient ones.'i 19

فتبسم ضاحكا من قولها وقال رب أوزعني أن أشكر نعمتك ٱلتي أنعمت على وعلى ولدى وأن أعمل صلحا ترضىه وأدخلني برحمتك في عبادك ٱلصلحين

He reviewed the birds, and said: 'Why do I not see the hoopoe? Is she among the absent? 20

وتفقد ٱلطير فقال ما لي لآ أرى ٱلهدهد أم كان من ٱلغآئبين

I will certainly punish her with a severe punishment, or I will slaughter her, unless she brings me an explicit justification.' 21

لأعذبنه عذابا شديدا أو لأاذبحنه أو ليأتيني بسلطن مبين

She did not stay away long, 22

فمكث غير بعيد

and said [the hoopoe]: 'I have grasped what you have not grasped, and I bring you from Saba a certain report. 22

فقال أحطت بما لم تحط به وجئتك من سبإ بنبإ يقين

I found a woman ruling over them, who has been given everything,i 23

إني وجدت ٱمرأة تملكهم وأوتيت من كل شىء

And she has an immense Edifice. 23

ولها عرش عظيم

I found her and her people prostrating before the sun, besides God; and the Diverter has made their deeds seem fair to them, and thus turned them from the path, so that they are not guided, so that they do not prostrate before God, who brings forth what is hidden in the heavens and the earth, and who knows what they conceal and what they disclose.i 25

وجدتها وقومها يسجدون للشمس من دون ٱلله وزين لهم ٱلشيطن أعملهم فصدهم عن ٱلسبيل فهم لا يهتدون ألا يسجدوا لله ٱلذي يخرج ٱلخبء في ٱلسموت وٱلأرض ويعلم ما تخفون وما تعلنون

God, there is no god but Him, the Guardian of the immense Edifice.i 26

ٱلله لآ إله إلا هو رب ٱلعرش ٱلعظيم

He said [Sulayman]: 'We shall see whether you have spoken truly, or are among the liars.i 27

قال سننظر أصدقت أم كنت من ٱلكذبين

Go with this letter of mine, cast it to them, then withdraw from them, and see what they send back.'i 28

ٱذهب بكتبي هذا فألقه إليهم ثم تول عنهم فٱنظر ماذا يرجعون

She said [the Queen of Saba]: 'O court, a noble letter has been cast to me. It is from Sulayman, and it reads: In the name of God, the All-Benevolent, the Benevolent; do not exalt yourselves against me, and come to me as those true to God alone.'i 31

قالت يأيها ٱلملؤا إني ألقي إلى كتب كريم إنه من سليمن وإنه بسم ٱلله ٱلرحمن ٱلرحيم ألا تعلوا على وأتوني مسلمين

She said [the Queen of Saba]: 'O court, advise me on my affair; I do not decide any affair without you bearing witness to it.' 32

قالت يأيها ٱلملؤا أفتوني في أمري ما كنت قاطعة أمرا حتى تشهدون

They said [the queen's court]: 'We are possessors of strength and possessors of formidable might, but the affair is yours to decide; so consider what you command.' 33

قالوا نحن أولوا قوة وأولوا بأس شديد وٱلأمر إليك فٱنظري ماذا تأمرين

She said [the Queen of Saba]: 'Kings, when they enter a city, corrupt it, and reduce the noble among its people to humiliation;i 34

قالت إن ٱلملوك إذا دخلوا قرية أفسدوها وجعلوا أعزة أهلهآ أذلة

and thus they act. 34

وكذلك يفعلون

Now, I am going to send them a gift, and see what the envoys bring back.' 35

وإني مرسلة إليهم بهدية فناظرة بم يرجع ٱلمرسلون

When it came to Sulayman, he said: 'Do you wish to aid me with wealth? What God has given me is better than what He has given you; it is you rather who rejoice in your gift.i 36

فلما جآء سليمن قال أتمدونن بمال فمآ ءاتىن ٱلله خير ممآ ءاتىكم بل أنتم بهديتكم تفرحون

Go back to them: we shall certainly come to them with troops they cannot withstand, and we shall certainly drive them out from it, humbled and diminished.' 37

ٱرجع إليهم فلنأتينهم بجنود لا قبل لهم بها ولنخرجنهم منهآ أذلة وهم صغرون

He said [Sulayman]: 'O court, which of you will bring me her Edifice before they come to me true to God alone?'i 38

قال يأيها ٱلملؤا أيكم يأتيني بعرشها قبل أن يأتوني مسلمين

An ifrit among the Occulted said: 'I will bring it to you before you rise from your place; and I am capable of it, trustworthy.'i 39

قال عفريت من ٱلجن أنا ءاتيك به قبل أن تقوم من مقامك وإني عليه لقوي أمين

The one who possessed knowledge of the Code said: 'I will bring it to you before even your glance returns to you.'i 40

قال ٱلذي عنده علم من ٱلكتب أنا ءاتيك به قبل أن يرتد إليك طرفك

When he saw it placed beside him, he said: 'This is from the favor of my Guardian, to test me: will I acknowledge, or will I deny?i 40

فلما رءاه مستقرا عنده قال هذا من فضل ربي ليبلوني ءأشكر أم أكفر

And whoever acknowledges, does so only for himself, 40

ومن شكر فإنما يشكر لنفسه

and whoever denies, my Guardian is indeed self-sufficient, generous.' 40

ومن كفر فإن ربي غني كريم

He said [Sulayman]: 'Make her Edifice unrecognizable to her; we shall see whether she is guided, or is among those who are not guided.'i 41

قال نكروا لها عرشها ننظر أتهتدي أم تكون من ٱلذين لا يهتدون

When she arrived, it was said: 'Is your Edifice like this?' She said: 'It is as if it were. 42

فلما جآءت قيل أهكذا عرشك قالت كأنه هو

And knowledge had been given to us before her, and we were true to God alone.' 42

وأوتينا ٱلعلم من قبلها وكنا مسلمين

And what she used to obey, besides God, had turned her away; 43

وصدها ما كانت تعبد من دون ٱلله

she indeed belonged to a people who deny. 43

إنها كانت من قوم كفرين

It was said to her [by Sulayman]: 'Enter the palace.'i 44

قيل لها ٱدخلي ٱلصرح

When she saw it, she took it for a pool of water, and bared her legs. 44

فلما رأته حسبته لجة وكشفت عن ساقيها

He said [Sulayman]: 'It is a polished palace, made of crystal.'i 44

قال إنه صرح ممرد من قوارير

She said [the Queen of Saba]: 'My Guardian, I have wronged myself, and I devote myself, with Sulayman, to God, Guardian of all beings.'i 44

قالت رب إني ظلمت نفسي وأسلمت مع سليمن لله رب ٱلعلمين

And We certainly sent to the Depleters [Thamud] their brother Salih: 'Obey God'; and behold, two camps disputing.i 45

ولقد أرسلنآ إلى ثمود أخاهم صلحا أن ٱعبدوا ٱلله فإذا هم فريقان يختصمون

He said [Salih]: 'O my people, why do you hasten evil before good? Will you not seek God's forgiveness, so that He may show you benevolence?'i 46

قال يقوم لم تستعجلون بٱلسيئة قبل ٱلحسنة لولا تستغفرون ٱلله لعلكم ترحمون

They said [Thamud's people]: 'We see an evil omen in you and in those with you.' 47

قالوا ٱطيرنا بك وبمن معك

He said [Salih]: 'Your omen is with God;i 47

قال طئركم عند ٱلله

you are rather a people being tried.' 47

بل أنتم قوم تفتنون

And there were in the Capital nine individuals who spread corruption on the earth and set nothing right.i 48

وكان في ٱلمدينة تسعة رهط يفسدون في ٱلأرض ولا يصلحون

They said: 'Swear to one another by God that we will attack him by night, him and his family, then we will certainly say to his legal guardian: We did not witness the destruction of his family, and we are certainly truthful.'i 49

قالوا تقاسموا بٱلله لنبيتنه وأهله ثم لنقولن لوليه ما شهدنا مهلك أهله وإنا لصدقون

They devised a scheme, and We devised a scheme, without their perceiving it. 50

ومكروا مكرا ومكرنا مكرا وهم لا يشعرون

So look at what was the outcome of their scheme: 51

فٱنظر كيف كان عقبة مكرهم

We destroyed them, and their people, all together. 51

أنا دمرنهم وقومهم أجمعين

So there are their houses, deserted because of their injustice. 52

فتلك بيوتهم خاوية بما ظلموا

In that, there is indeed a sign for a people who know. 52

إن في ذلك لءاية لقوم يعلمون

And We saved those who had believed and guarded themselves. 53

وأنجينا ٱلذين ءامنوا وكانوا يتقون

And Lut, when he said to his people: 'Do you commit indecency while you see clearly?i 54

ولوطا إذ قال لقومه أتأتون ٱلفحشة وأنتم تبصرون

You approach, out of desire, men, instead of women; 55

أئنكم لتأتون ٱلرجال شهوة من دون ٱلنسآء

you are rather a people who persist in ignorance.' 55

بل أنتم قوم تجهلون

The only response of his people was to say: 'Expel the family of Lut from your city;i 56

فما كان جواب قومه إلآ أن قالوا أخرجوا ءال لوط من قريتكم

these are people who want to keep themselves pure.' 56

إنهم أناس يتطهرون

So We saved him, and his family, except his wife; We had determined that she would be among those who stayed behind. 57

فأنجينه وأهله إلا ٱمرأته قدرنها من ٱلغبرين

And We rained down upon them a rain; 58

وأمطرنا عليهم مطرا

how evil was the rain of those who had been warned! 58

فسآء مطر ٱلمنذرين

Say: 'Praise be to God, and peace upon His obedient ones whom He has chosen. 59

قل ٱلحمد لله وسلم على عباده ٱلذين ٱصطفى

Is God better, or what you associate?'i 59

ءآلله خير أما يشركون

Is it not He who created the heavens and the earth, and who sent down for you, from the sky, water by which We caused gardens full of delight to grow, 60

أمن خلق ٱلسموت وٱلأرض وأنزل لكم من ٱلسمآء مآء فأنبتنا به حدآئق ذات بهجة

without it being possible for you to make their trees grow? 60

ما كان لكم أن تنبتوا شجرهآ

Is there a god alongside God? 60

أءله مع ٱلله

They are rather a people who deviate.i 60

بل هم قوم يعدلون

Is it not He who made the earth a stable place, placed rivers within it, gave it firmly anchored mountains, and set between the two seas a barrier? 61

أمن جعل ٱلأرض قرارا وجعل خللهآ أنهرا وجعل لها روسي وجعل بين ٱلبحرين حاجزا

Is there a god alongside God? 61

أءله مع ٱلله

But most of them do not know. 61

بل أكثرهم لا يعلمون

Is it not He who answers the one in distress, when he calls upon Him, who removes evil, and who makes you successors on the earth? 62

أمن يجيب ٱلمضطر إذا دعاه ويكشف ٱلسوء ويجعلكم خلفآء ٱلأرض

Is there a god alongside God? 62

أءله مع ٱلله

How little you remember! 62

قليلا ما تذكرون

Is it not He who guides you in the darknesses of land and sea, and who sends the winds, which disperse, before His benevolence?i 63

أمن يهديكم في ظلمت ٱلبر وٱلبحر ومن يرسل ٱلريح بشرا بين يدى رحمته

Is there a god alongside God? 63

أءله مع ٱلله

How exalted is God above what they associate! 63

تعلى ٱلله عما يشركون

Is it not He who originates creation, then remakes it, and who provides for you from the sky and the earth?i 64

أمن يبدؤا ٱلخلق ثم يعيده ومن يرزقكم من ٱلسمآء وٱلأرض

Is there a god alongside God? 64

أءله مع ٱلله

Say: 'Bring your proof, if you are truthful.' 64

قل هاتوا برهنكم إن كنتم صدقين

Say: 'None, in the heavens and on the earth, knows what escapes the senses, except God;i 65

قل لا يعلم من في ٱلسموت وٱلأرض ٱلغيب إلا ٱلله

and they do not perceive when they will be resurrected. 65

وما يشعرون أيان يبعثون

But rather, their knowledge has reached its limit regarding the hereafter;i 66

بل ٱدرك علمهم في ٱلءاخرة

they are rather in doubt about it, they are rather blind to it. 66

بل هم في شك منها بل هم منها عمون

And those who deny said: "When we are earth, we and our ancestors, will we really be brought out?i 67

وقال ٱلذين كفروا أءذا كنا تربا وءابآؤنآ أئنا لمخرجون

We have indeed been promised this, we and our ancestors, before;i 68

لقد وعدنا هذا نحن وءابآؤنا من قبل

these are nothing but legends of the ancients.' 68

إن هذآ إلآ أسطير ٱلأولين

Say: 'Travel the earth, and see what was the end of the severed.' 69

قل سيروا في ٱلأرض فٱنظروا كيف كان عقبة ٱلمجرمين

And do not grieve for them, and do not be in distress because of what they scheme. 70

ولا تحزن عليهم ولا تكن في ضيق مما يمكرون

And they say: 'When then is this promise, if you are truthful?' 71

ويقولون متى هذا ٱلوعد إن كنتم صدقين

Say: 'It may be that some of what you seek to hasten is very close behind you.' 72

قل عسى أن يكون ردف لكم بعض ٱلذي تستعجلون

And your Guardian is indeed possessed of favor toward people, 73

وإن ربك لذو فضل على ٱلناس

but most of them do not acknowledge.i 73

ولكن أكثرهم لا يشكرون

And your Guardian certainly knows what their chests conceal and what they disclose. 74

وإن ربك ليعلم ما تكن صدورهم وما يعلنون

And there is nothing hidden in the sky and the earth that is not in an explicit record.i 75

وما من غآئبة في ٱلسمآء وٱلأرض إلا في كتب مبين

This Recitation indeed relates to the Children of Israel most of what they differ about.i 76

إن هذا ٱلقرءان يقص على بني إسرءيل أكثر ٱلذي هم فيه يختلفون

And it is indeed guidance and benevolence for the believers. 77

وإنه لهدى ورحمة للمؤمنين

Your Guardian indeed judges between them by His judgment, 78

إن ربك يقضي بينهم بحكمه

and it is He, the All-Powerful, the Knowing. 78

وهو ٱلعزيز ٱلعليم

Take then God as mandatory,i 79

فتوكل على ٱلله

for you are indeed upon the explicit truth. 79

إنك على ٱلحق ٱلمبين

You do not make the dead hear, nor do you make the deaf hear the call, when they turn their backs in retreat. 80

إنك لا تسمع ٱلموتى ولا تسمع ٱلصم ٱلدعآء إذا ولوا مدبرين

Nor are you the one who guides the blind out of their error; 81

ومآ أنت بهدي ٱلعمي عن ضللتهم

you make hear only him who believes in Our signs, and those are true to God alone.i 81

إن تسمع إلا من يؤمن بايتنا فهم مسلمون

And when the word is fulfilled against them, We will bring forth for them a conscious being, from the earth, who will speak to them,i 82

وإذا وقع ٱلقول عليهم أخرجنا لهم دآبة من ٱلأرض تكلمهم

because people had no certainty regarding Our signs. 82

أن ٱلناس كانوا بايتنا لا يوقنون

And the day when We gather, from every community, a group among those who deny Our signs, they will be marshaled in ranks, 83

ويوم نحشر من كل أمة فوجا ممن يكذب بايتنا فهم يوزعون

until, when they arrive, it will be said: 'Did you deny My signs, without having encompassed them in knowledge? 84

حتى إذا جآءو قال أكذبتم بايتي ولم تحيطوا بها علما

Or what then were you doing?' 84

أماذا كنتم تعملون

And the word will be fulfilled against them because of their injustice, and they will not speak. 85

ووقع ٱلقول عليهم بما ظلموا فهم لا ينطقون

Do they not see that We made the night for them to rest in, and the day for them to see clearly? 86

ألم يروا أنا جعلنا ٱليل ليسكنوا فيه وٱلنهار مبصرا

In that, there are indeed signs for a people who believe. 86

إن في ذلك لءايت لقوم يؤمنون

And the day the trumpet is blown, those in the heavens and those on the earth will be seized with terror, except him whom God wills to spare; 87

ويوم ينفخ في ٱلصور ففزع من في ٱلسموت ومن في ٱلأرض إلا من شآء ٱلله

and all will come to Him, humbled. 87

وكل أتوه دخرين

And you see the mountains, you think them fixed, while they pass as the clouds pass: 88

وترى ٱلجبال تحسبها جامدة وهي تمر مر ٱلسحاب

the work of God, who has perfected everything. 88

صنع ٱلله ٱلذي أتقن كل شىء

He is indeed well informed of what you do. 88

إنه خبير بما تفعلون

Whoever comes with good will have better than it, and those will be, that day, safe from terror. 89

من جآء بٱلحسنة فله خير منها وهم من فزع يومئذ ءامنون

And whoever comes with evil, then their faces will be tumbled into the fire. 90

ومن جآء بٱلسيئة فكبت وجوههم في ٱلنار

Will you be recompensed otherwise than according to what you used to do? 90

هل تجزون إلا ما كنتم تعملون

[The Prophet speaks]: 'I have only been ordered to obey the Guardian of this land, which He has made inviolable, and to whom belongs everything; 91

إنمآ أمرت أن أعبد رب هذه ٱلبلدة ٱلذي حرمها وله كل شىء

and I have been ordered to be among those true to God alone, and to recite the Recitation.'i 92

وأمرت أن أكون من ٱلمسلمين وأن أتلوا ٱلقرءان

Whoever is guided, is guided only for himself, 92

فمن ٱهتدى فإنما يهتدي لنفسه

and whoever goes astray, say then: 'I am only one of the warners.' 92

ومن ضل فقل إنمآ أنا من ٱلمنذرين

And say: 'Praise be to God; He will show you His signs, and you will recognize them.' 93

وقل ٱلحمد لله سيريكم ءايته فتعرفونها

And your Guardian is not inattentive to what you do. 93

وما ربك بغفل عما تعملون