Sourate Al-A'raf (7) with hamza shown

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

بسم ٱلله ٱلرحمن ٱلرحيم المص

A 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.i 2

كتب أنزل إليك فلا يكن في صدرك حرج منه لتنذر به وذكرى للمؤمنين

Follow what has been revealed to you from your Guardian, 3

ٱتبعوا مآ أنزل إليكم من ربكم

and do not follow, besides Him, other allies. 3

ولا تتبعوا من دونه أوليآء

How little you take heed! 3

قليلا ما تذكرون

How many a city have We destroyed! Our rigor came upon it by night, or while it was taking its midday rest. 4

وكم من قرية أهلكنها فجآءها بأسنا بيتا أو هم قآئلون

Their only cry, when Our rigor came to them, was to say: "We were indeed unjust." 5

فما كان دعوىهم إذ جآءهم بأسنآ إلآ أن قالوا إنا كنا ظلمين

We will certainly question those to whom [messengers] were sent, and We will certainly question the envoys, 6

فلنسلن ٱلذين أرسل إليهم ولنسلن ٱلمرسلين

and We will relate to them, with full knowledge, 7

فلنقصن عليهم بعلم

for We were not absent. 7

وما كنا غآئبين

The weighing, on that day, will be the truth. 8

وٱلوزن يومئذ ٱلحق

Those whose weights are heavy — those are the ones who succeed. 8

فمن ثقلت موزينه فأولئك هم ٱلمفلحون

And 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. 9

ومن خفت موزينه فأولئك ٱلذين خسروا أنفسهم بما كانوا بايتنا يظلمون

We have indeed established you on the earth, and We have given you therein means of livelihood. 10

ولقد مكنكم في ٱلأرض وجعلنا لكم فيها معيش

How little you are grateful! 10

قليلا ما تشكرون

We indeed created you, then We gave you form, then We said to the Agents: "Prostrate before Adam"; they prostrated,i 11

ولقد خلقنكم ثم صورنكم ثم قلنا للملئكة ٱسجدوا لءادم فسجدوا

except the Despairing One [Iblis]: he was not among those who prostrated.i 11

إلآ إبليس لم يكن من ٱلسجدين

He said: "What prevented you from prostrating, when I commanded you?" 12

قال ما منعك ألا تسجد إذ أمرتك

He said: "I am better than him: You created me from fire, and You created him from clay." 12

قال أنا خير منه خلقتني من نار وخلقته من طين

He said: "Then descend from here: it is not for you to be arrogant here; go out, then, you are indeed among the humbled." 13

قال فٱهبط منها فما يكون لك أن تتكبر فيها فٱخرج إنك من ٱلصغرين

He said: "Grant me a delay, until the day they are resurrected." 14

قال أنظرني إلى يوم يبعثون

He said: "You are indeed among those granted a delay." 15

قال إنك من ٱلمنظرين

He said: "Since You have caused me to fall, 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,i 17

قال فبمآ أغويتني لأقعدن لهم صرطك ٱلمستقيم ثم لءاتينهم من بين أيديهم ومن خلفهم وعن أيمنهم وعن شمآئلهم

and You will not find most of them grateful." 17

ولا تجد أكثرهم شكرين

He said: "Get out of here, disgraced, expelled. 18

قال ٱخرج منها مذءوما مدحورا

Whoever among them follows you — I will certainly fill Jahannam with all of you." 18

لمن تبعك منهم لأملأن جهنم منكم أجمعين

"O Adam! dwell, you and your spouse, in the Garden, and eat from it wherever you wish,i 19

ويادم ٱسكن أنت وزوجك ٱلجنة فكلا من حيث شئتما

but do not approach this tree, lest you be among the unjust." 19

ولا تقربا هذه ٱلشجرة فتكونا من ٱلظلمين

But the Diverter whispered suggestions to them, so as to reveal to them what had been hidden from them of their nakedness,i 20

فوسوس لهما ٱلشيطن ليبدي لهما ما وري عنهما من سوءتهما

and he said: "Your Guardian has forbidden you this tree only to prevent you from becoming Agents, or from being among those who abide eternally."i 20

وقال ما نهىكما ربكما عن هذه ٱلشجرة إلآ أن تكونا ملكين أو تكونا من ٱلخلدين

And he swore to them both: "I am indeed, for you two, among the sincere advisors" — thus he brought them down by deception. 22

وقاسمهمآ إني لكما لمن ٱلنصحين فدلىهما بغرور

When they had tasted the tree, their nakedness became apparent to them, and they both set about covering themselves with leaves from the Garden. 22

فلما ذاقا ٱلشجرة بدت لهما سوءتهما وطفقا يخصفان عليهما من ورق ٱلجنة

And 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 declared enemy?"i 22

ونادىهما ربهمآ ألم أنهكما عن تلكما ٱلشجرة وأقل لكمآ إن ٱلشيطن لكما عدو مبين

They 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." 23

قالا ربنا ظلمنآ أنفسنا وإن لم تغفر لنا وترحمنا لنكونن من ٱلخسرين

He said: "Descend. 24

قال ٱهبطوا

You will be enemies to one another. 24

بعضكم لبعض عدو

And you will have, on the earth, a dwelling and an enjoyment for a time." 24

ولكم في ٱلأرض مستقر ومتع إلى حين

He said: "There you will live, there you will die, and from there you will be brought forth." 25

قال فيها تحيون وفيها تموتون ومنها تخرجون

O 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 —i 26

يبني ءادم قد أنزلنا عليكم لباسا يوري سوءتكم وريشا ولباس ٱلتقوى

that is better. 26

ذلك خير

That is one of the signs of God — perhaps they will take heed. 26

ذلك من ءايت ٱلله لعلهم يذكرون

O 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.i 27

يبني ءادم لا يفتننكم ٱلشيطن كمآ أخرج أبويكم من ٱلجنة ينزع عنهما لباسهما ليريهما سوءتهمآ

He sees you, he and his tribe, from where you do not see them. 27

إنه يرىكم هو وقبيله من حيث لا ترونهم

We have made the diverters allies for those who do not believe.i 27

إنا جعلنا ٱلشيطين أوليآء للذين لا يؤمنون

And when they commit an indecency, they say: "We found our ancestors doing this, and God ordered it to us." 28

وإذا فعلوا فحشة قالوا وجدنا عليهآ ءابآءنا وٱلله أمرنا بها

Say: "God does not order indecency. 28

قل إن ٱلله لا يأمر بٱلفحشآء

Will you say about God what you do not know?" 28

أتقولون على ٱلله ما لا تعلمون

Say: "My Guardian has ordered equity. 29

قل أمر ربي بٱلقسط

Maintain your directions toward Him at every moment of prostration,i 29

وأقيموا وجوهكم عند كل مسجد

and invoke Him, devoting your allegiance to Him alone. 29

وٱدعوه مخلصين له ٱلدين

As He originated you, you will return." 29

كما بدأكم تعودون

One group, He has guided; 30

فريقا هدى

and [another] group, error has been verified upon them. 30

وفريقا حق عليهم ٱلضللة

That is because they took the diverters as allies besides God, while thinking themselves rightly guided.i 30

إنهم ٱتخذوا ٱلشيطين أوليآء من دون ٱلله ويحسبون أنهم مهتدون

O children of Adam! take your adornment at every moment of prostration, and eat and drink,i 31

يبني ءادم خذوا زينتكم عند كل مسجد وكلوا وٱشربوا

but do not waste: 31

ولا تسرفوا

He does not love the wasteful. 31

إنه لا يحب ٱلمسرفين

Say: "Who has forbidden God's adornment, which He brought forth for His obedient ones, and the good things of provision?" 32

قل من حرم زينة ٱلله ٱلتي أخرج لعباده وٱلطيبت من ٱلرزق

Say: "It is for those who have believed in the present life, exclusive on the Day of Appearance."i 32

قل هي للذين ءامنوا في ٱلحيوة ٱلدنيا خالصة يوم ٱلقيمة

Thus do We detail the signs for a people who know. 32

كذلك نفصل ٱلءايت لقوم يعلمون

Say: "My Guardian has forbidden only indecencies, apparent or hidden, transgression, transgression 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." 33

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 تعلمون

And to every community a term. 34

ولكل أمة أجل

When their term arrives, they cannot delay it by an hour, 34

فإذا جآء أجلهم لا يستأخرون ساعة

nor advance it. 34

ولا يستقدمون

O 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.i 35

يبني ءادم إما يأتينكم رسل منكم يقصون عليكم ءايتي فمن ٱتقى وأصلح فلا خوف عليهم ولا هم يحزنون

But those who denied Our signs and were arrogant about them — those are the companions of the Fire, they will abide therein eternally. 36

وٱلذين كذبوا بايتنا وٱستكبروا عنهآ أولئك أصحب ٱلنار هم فيها خلدون

Who is then more unjust than one who invents a lie against God, or denies His signs? 37

فمن أظلم ممن ٱفترى على ٱلله كذبا أو كذب بايته

Those are the ones who will receive their share of the register,i 37

أولئك ينالهم نصيبهم من ٱلكتب

until 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", 37

حتى إذا جآءتهم رسلنا يتوفونهم قالوا أين ما كنتم تدعون من دون ٱلله قالوا ضلوا عنا

and they will bear witness against themselves that they were denying-disowning. 37

وشهدوا على أنفسهم أنهم كانوا كفرين

He will say: "Enter among communities that preceded you, of the Occulted and humans, into the Fire."i 38

قال ٱدخلوا في أمم قد خلت من قبلكم من ٱلجن وٱلإنس في ٱلنار

Every time a community enters, it curses its [preceding] sister, 38

كلما دخلت أمة لعنت أختها

until, 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." 38

حتى إذا ٱداركوا فيها جميعا قالت أخرىهم لأولىهم ربنا هؤلآء أضلونا فاتهم عذابا ضعفا من ٱلنار

He will say: "To each the double, 38

قال لكل ضعف

but you do not know." 38

ولكن لا تعلمون

And 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." 39

وقالت أولىهم لأخرىهم فما كان لكم علينا من فضل فذوقوا ٱلعذاب بما كنتم تكسبون

Those 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. 40

إن ٱلذين كذبوا بايتنا وٱستكبروا عنها لا تفتح لهم أبوب ٱلسمآء ولا يدخلون ٱلجنة حتى يلج ٱلجمل في سم ٱلخياط

Thus do We reward the severed. 40

وكذلك نجزي ٱلمجرمين

They will have, from Jahannam, a bed, 41

لهم من جهنم مهاد

and, above them, coverings [of fire]. 41

ومن فوقهم غواش

Thus do We reward the unjust. 41

وكذلك نجزي ٱلظلمين

Those who have believed and done righteous deeds — We do not impose upon any Self except its capacity — 42

وٱلذين ءامنوا وعملوا ٱلصلحت لا نكلف نفسا إلا وسعهآ

those are the companions of the Garden, they will abide therein eternally. 42

أولئك أصحب ٱلجنة هم فيها خلدون

And We will have removed from their chests all rancor; rivers will flow beneath them, 43

ونزعنا ما في صدورهم من غل تجري من تحتهم ٱلأنهر

and they will say: "Praise be to God, who guided us to this; 43

وقالوا ٱلحمد لله ٱلذي هدىنا لهذا

we would not have been guided, had God not guided us. 43

وما كنا لنهتدي لولآ أن هدىنا ٱلله

The messengers of our Guardian did indeed come with the truth." 43

لقد جآءت رسل ربنا بٱلحق

And it will be called out to them: "This is the Garden which you have inherited, for what you used to do." 43

ونودوا أن تلكم ٱلجنة أورثتموها بما كنتم تعملون

And 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?" 44

ونادى أصحب ٱلجنة أصحب ٱلنار أن قد وجدنا ما وعدنا ربنا حقا فهل وجدتم ما وعد ربكم حقا

They will say: "Yes." 44

قالوا نعم

Then a herald will proclaim among them: "The curse of God is upon the unjust, who turn away from the path of God, seeking to make it crooked, and who deny the last life."i 45

فأذن مؤذن بينهم أن لعنة ٱلله على ٱلظلمين ٱلذين يصدون عن سبيل ٱلله ويبغونها عوجا وهم بٱلءاخرة كفرون

and between the two, a veil. 46

وبينهما حجاب

And on the Heights [an identification checkpoint], men who recognize each one by his marks,i 46

وعلى ٱلأعراف رجال يعرفون كلا بسيمىهم

and they will call out to the companions of the Garden: "Peace be upon you" — 46

ونادوا أصحب ٱلجنة أن سلم عليكم

they themselves have not entered it, though longing for it. 46

لم يدخلوها وهم يطمعون

And when their gazes are turned toward the companions of the Fire, they will say: "Our Guardian, do not place us with the unjust people." 47

وإذا صرفت أبصرهم تلقآء أصحب ٱلنار قالوا ربنا لا تجعلنا مع ٱلقوم ٱلظلمين

And 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." 48

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?" 49

أهؤلآء ٱلذين أقسمتم لا ينالهم ٱلله برحمة

"Enter the Garden; no fear upon you, and you will not grieve." 49

ٱدخلوا ٱلجنة لا خوف عليكم ولآ أنتم تحزنون

And 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." 50

ونادى أصحب ٱلنار أصحب ٱلجنة أن أفيضوا علينا من ٱلمآء أو مما رزقكم ٱلله

They will say: "God has forbidden both to those who deny-disown, those who took their Law for amusement and play, and whom the present life deceived. 51

قالوا إن ٱلله حرمهما على ٱلكفرين ٱلذين ٱتخذوا دينهم لهوا ولعبا وغرتهم ٱلحيوة ٱلدنيا

Today, then, We forget them, as they forgot the meeting of this day of theirs, and because they used to deny Our signs." 51

فٱليوم ننسىهم كما نسوا لقآء يومهم هذا وما كانوا بايتنا يجحدون

We indeed brought them a Scripture, which We detailed with full knowledge, a guidance and a benevolence for a people who believe.i 52

ولقد جئنهم بكتب فصلنه على علم هدى ورحمة لقوم يؤمنون

Do they await anything but its fulfillment? 53

هل ينظرون إلا تأويله

On the day its fulfillment 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?" 53

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 نعمل

They will have caused the loss of their Selves, and what they used to invent will have forsaken them. 53

قد خسروا أنفسهم وضل عنهم ما كانوا يفترون

Your Guardian is God, who created the heavens and the earth in six days, then settled upon the Edifice. 54

إن ربكم ٱلله ٱلذي خلق ٱلسموت وٱلأرض في ستة أيام ثم ٱستوى على ٱلعرش

He covers the day with the night, which pursues it relentlessly; the sun, the moon, and the stars are subjected to His command. 54

يغشي ٱليل ٱلنهار يطلبه حثيثا وٱلشمس وٱلقمر وٱلنجوم مسخرت بأمره

Is it not to Him that creation and the Order belong? 54

ألا له ٱلخلق وٱلأمر

Blessed is God, Guardian of all beings.i 54

تبارك ٱلله رب ٱلعلمين

Invoke your Guardian, humbly and in secret. 55

ٱدعوا ربكم تضرعا وخفية

He does not love those who transgress limits. 55

إنه لا يحب ٱلمعتدين

And do not sow corruption on the earth after its setting right, 56

ولا تفسدوا في ٱلأرض بعد إصلحها

and invoke Him with fear and hope. 56

وٱدعوه خوفا وطمعا

The benevolence of God is indeed near to those who do good. 56

إن رحمت ٱلله قريب من ٱلمحسنين

It is He who sends the winds that disperse, before His benevolence,i 57

وهو ٱلذي يرسل ٱلريح بشرا بين يدى رحمته

until, 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. 57

حتى إذآ أقلت سحابا ثقالا سقنه لبلد ميت فأنزلنا به ٱلمآء فأخرجنا به من كل ٱلثمرت

Thus will We bring forth the dead — perhaps you will take heed. 57

كذلك نخرج ٱلموتى لعلكم تذكرون

And the good land, its vegetation comes out with the permission of its Guardian, 58

وٱلبلد ٱلطيب يخرج نباته بإذن ربه

while that which is bad brings forth only scantily. 58

وٱلذي خبث لا يخرج إلا نكدا

Thus do We diversify the signs for a people who are grateful. 58

كذلك نصرف ٱلءايت لقوم يشكرون

We indeed sent Nuh to his people; he said: "O my people! obey God: you have no other deity than Him.i 59

لقد أرسلنا نوحا إلى قومه فقال يقوم ٱعبدوا ٱلله ما لكم من إله غيره

I fear for you the punishment of a tremendous day." 59

إني أخاف عليكم عذاب يوم عظيم

The court of his people said: "We see you indeed in manifest error." 60

قال ٱلملأ من قومه إنا لنرىك في ضلل مبين

He said: "O my people! there is no error in me, but I am a messenger from the Guardian of all beings. 61

قال يقوم ليس بي ضللة ولكني رسول من رب ٱلعلمين

I convey to you the messages of my Guardian, I advise you sincerely, and I know, from God, what you do not know. 62

أبلغكم رسلت ربي وأنصح لكم وأعلم من ٱلله ما لا تعلمون

Do 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?" 63

أوعجبتم أن جآءكم ذكر من ربكم على رجل منكم لينذركم ولتتقوا ولعلكم ترحمون

They denied him; We saved him, and those with him in the ship, 64

فكذبوه فأنجينه وٱلذين معه في ٱلفلك

and We drowned those who had denied Our signs. 64

وأغرقنا ٱلذين كذبوا بايتنآ

They were indeed a blind people. 64

إنهم كانوا قوما عمين

And to the Recidivists [Aad], their brother Hud —i 65

وإلى عاد أخاهم هودا

he said: "O my people! obey God: you have no other deity than Him. 65

قال يقوم ٱعبدوا ٱلله ما لكم من إله غيره

Will you not then guard yourselves?" 65

أفلا تتقون

The court of his people, those who had denied-disowned, said: "We see you indeed in sheer foolishness, and we think you indeed among the liars." 66

قال ٱلملأ ٱلذين كفروا من قومه إنا لنرىك في سفاهة وإنا لنظنك من ٱلكذبين

He said: "O my people! there is no foolishness in me, but I am a messenger from the Guardian of all beings. 67

قال يقوم ليس بي سفاهة ولكني رسول من رب ٱلعلمين

I convey to you the messages of my Guardian, and I am for you a trustworthy advisor. 68

أبلغكم رسلت ربي وأنا لكم ناصح أمين

Do you wonder that a reminder from your Guardian should come to you through a man from among yourselves, that he might warn you? 69

أوعجبتم أن جآءكم ذكر من ربكم على رجل منكم لينذركم

Remember that He made you successors after the people of Nuh, and gave you an increase of stature in constitution.i 69

وٱذكروا إذ جعلكم خلفآء من بعد قوم نوح وزادكم في ٱلخلق بصطة

Remember, then, the blessings of God, perhaps you will succeed." 69

فٱذكروا ءالآء ٱلله لعلكم تفلحون

They 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." 70

قالوا أجئتنا لنعبد ٱلله وحده ونذر ما كان يعبد ءابآؤنا فأتنا بما تعدنآ إن كنت من ٱلصدقين

He said: "A defilement and an anger from your Guardian have already fallen upon you. 71

قال قد وقع عليكم من ربكم رجس وغضب

Do you dispute with me concerning names that you and your ancestors have named, for which God has sent down no authority? 71

أتجدلونني في أسمآء سميتموهآ أنتم وءابآؤكم ما نزل ٱلله بها من سلطن

Wait then: I am, with you, among those who wait." 71

فٱنتظروا إني معكم من ٱلمنتظرين

So 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. 72

فأنجينه وٱلذين معه برحمة منا وقطعنا دابر ٱلذين كذبوا بايتنا وما كانوا مؤمنين

And to the Depleters [Thamud], their brother Salih —i 73

وإلى ثمود أخاهم صلحا

he said: "O my people! obey God: you have no other deity than Him. 73

قال يقوم ٱعبدوا ٱلله ما لكم من إله غيره

A clear proof has indeed come to you from your Guardian: 73

قد جآءتكم بينة من ربكم

this is the she-camel of God, a sign for you. 73

هذه ناقة ٱلله لكم ءاية

So leave her to eat on God's earth, 73

فذروها تأكل في أرض ٱلله

and do her no harm, lest a painful punishment seize you." 73

ولا تمسوها بسوء فيأخذكم عذاب أليم

And remember that He made you successors after Aad, and settled you on the earth: you take, in its plains, castles, and you carve the mountains into dwellings. 74

وٱذكروا إذ جعلكم خلفآء من بعد عاد وبوأكم في ٱلأرض تتخذون من سهولها قصورا وتنحتون ٱلجبال بيوتا

Remember, then, the blessings of God, 74

فٱذكروا ءالآء ٱلله

and do not spread disorder on the earth by spreading corruption in it. 74

ولا تعثوا في ٱلأرض مفسدين

The 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?"i 75

قال ٱلملأ ٱلذين ٱستكبروا من قومه للذين ٱستضعفوا لمن ءامن منهم أتعلمون أن صلحا مرسل من ربه

They said: "We indeed believe in what he was sent with." 75

قالوا إنا بمآ أرسل به مؤمنون

Those who had been arrogant said: "We, for our part, deny-disown what you believe in." 76

قال ٱلذين ٱستكبروا إنا بٱلذي ءامنتم به كفرون

They then hamstrung the she-camel, transgressed the order of their Guardian, 77

فعقروا ٱلناقة وعتوا عن أمر ربهم

and said: "O Salih! bring us what you threaten us with, if you are among the envoys."i 77

وقالوا يصلح ٱئتنا بما تعدنآ إن كنت من ٱلمرسلين

Then the great tremor seized them, and they found themselves, in their dwelling, lying, still. 78

فأخذتهم ٱلرجفة فأصبحوا في دارهم جثمين

He turned away from them and said: "O my people! I did indeed convey to you the message of my Guardian, and I advised you, 79

فتولى عنهم وقال يقوم لقد أبلغتكم رسالة ربي ونصحت لكم

but you do not love sincere advisors." 79

ولكن لا تحبون ٱلنصحين

And Lut, when he said to his people: "Do you commit the indecency that none, among all beings, has committed before you?i 80

ولوطا إذ قال لقومه أتأتون ٱلفحشة ما سبقكم بها من أحد من ٱلعلمين

You indeed approach men with desire, instead of women. 81

إنكم لتأتون ٱلرجال شهوة من دون ٱلنسآء

You are rather indeed a people of the excessive." 81

بل أنتم قوم مسرفون

And the only answer of his people was to say: "Expel them from your city; 82

وما كان جواب قومه إلآ أن قالوا أخرجوهم من قريتكم

they are people who want to be pure." 82

إنهم أناس يتطهرون

So We saved him, and his family, except his wife, who was among those who remained behind. 83

فأنجينه وأهله إلا ٱمرأته كانت من ٱلغبرين

And We rained down upon them a rain. 84

وأمطرنا عليهم مطرا

So look how the end of the severed was. 84

فٱنظر كيف كان عقبة ٱلمجرمين

And to Madyan, their brother Shu'ayb —i 85

وإلى مدين أخاهم شعيبا

he said: "O my people! obey God: you have no other deity than Him. 85

قال يقوم ٱعبدوا ٱلله ما لكم من إله غيره

A clear proof has indeed come to you from your Guardian. 85

قد جآءتكم بينة من ربكم

So give full measure and full weight, 85

فأوفوا ٱلكيل وٱلميزان

and do not wrong people in their possessions, 85

ولا تبخسوا ٱلناس أشيآءهم

and do not sow corruption on the earth after its setting right. 85

ولا تفسدوا في ٱلأرض بعد إصلحها

That is better for you, if you are believers. 85

ذلكم خير لكم إن كنتم مؤمنين

And 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. 86

ولا تقعدوا بكل صرط توعدون وتصدون عن سبيل ٱلله من ءامن به وتبغونها عوجا

And remember that you were few, and He multiplied you. 86

وٱذكروا إذ كنتم قليلا فكثركم

And look how the end of those who sow corruption was. 86

وٱنظروا كيف كان عقبة ٱلمفسدين

And 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: 87

وإن كان طآئفة منكم ءامنوا بٱلذي أرسلت به وطآئفة لم يؤمنوا فٱصبروا حتى يحكم ٱلله بيننا

He is the best of judges. 87

وهو خير ٱلحكمين

The 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 creed." 88

قال ٱلملأ ٱلذين ٱستكبروا من قومه لنخرجنك يشعيب وٱلذين ءامنوا معك من قريتنآ أو لتعودن في ملتنا

He said: "Even if we were averse to it? 88

قال أولو كنا كرهين

We would indeed have invented a lie against God, if we returned to your creed after God has saved us from it. 89

قد ٱفترينا على ٱلله كذبا إن عدنا في ملتكم بعد إذ نجىنا ٱلله منها

It is not for us to return to it, unless God, our Guardian, wills it. 89

وما يكون لنآ أن نعود فيهآ إلآ أن يشآء ٱلله ربنا

Our Guardian encompasses all things in His knowledge. 89

وسع ربنا كل شىء علما

It is upon God that we rely. 89

على ٱلله توكلنا

Our Guardian, judge between us and our people, in truth: 89

ربنا ٱفتح بيننا وبين قومنا بٱلحق

You are the best of those who judge." 89

وأنت خير ٱلفتحين

And the court of his people, those who denied-disowned, said: "If you follow Shu'ayb, you will then certainly be losers." 90

وقال ٱلملأ ٱلذين كفروا من قومه لئن ٱتبعتم شعيبا إنكم إذا لخسرون

Then the great tremor seized them, and they found themselves, in their dwelling, lying, still. 91

فأخذتهم ٱلرجفة فأصبحوا في دارهم جثمين

Those who had denied Shu'ayb became as if they had never dwelt there. 92

ٱلذين كذبوا شعيبا كأن لم يغنوا فيها

Those who had denied Shu'ayb, they were the losers. 92

ٱلذين كذبوا شعيبا كانوا هم ٱلخسرين

He turned away from them and said: "O my people! I did indeed convey to you the messages of my Guardian, and I advised you. 93

فتولى عنهم وقال يقوم لقد أبلغتكم رسلت ربي ونصحت لكم

How then should I grieve for a people who deny-disown?" 93

فكيف ءاسى على قوم كفرين

We have not sent, into any city, a prophet without seizing its inhabitants with misfortune and hardship, that they might humble themselves. 94

ومآ أرسلنا في قرية من نبي إلآ أخذنآ أهلها بٱلبأسآء وٱلضرآء لعلهم يضرعون

Then We replaced evil with good, until they prospered 95

ثم بدلنا مكان ٱلسيئة ٱلحسنة حتى عفوا

and said: "Hardship and happiness already touched our ancestors"; We then seized them by surprise, without their perceiving it. 95

وقالوا قد مس ءابآءنا ٱلضرآء وٱلسرآء فأخذنهم بغتة وهم لا يشعرون

And had the inhabitants of the cities believed and guarded themselves, We would indeed have opened upon them blessings from the sky and the earth; 96

ولو أن أهل ٱلقرى ءامنوا وٱتقوا لفتحنا عليهم بركت من ٱلسمآء وٱلأرض

but they denied, and We then seized them for what they used to earn. 96

ولكن كذبوا فأخذنهم بما كانوا يكسبون

Are 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? 98

أفأمن أهل ٱلقرى أن يأتيهم بأسنا بيتا وهم نآئمون أوأمن أهل ٱلقرى أن يأتيهم بأسنا ضحى وهم يلعبون

Do they then feel secure from God's scheming? 99

أفأمنوا مكر ٱلله

None feels secure from God's scheming, except the people of the losers. 99

فلا يأمن مكر ٱلله إلا ٱلقوم ٱلخسرون

Has 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, 100

أولم يهد للذين يرثون ٱلأرض من بعد أهلهآ أن لو نشآء أصبنهم بذنوبهم

and We seal their cores, so that they do not hear? 100

ونطبع على قلوبهم فهم لا يسمعون

Those are the cities of which We relate to you certain information. 101

تلك ٱلقرى نقص عليك من أنبآئها

Their messengers had indeed come to them with clear proofs, but they were not disposed to believe what they had first denied. 101

ولقد جآءتهم رسلهم بٱلبينت فما كانوا ليؤمنوا بما كذبوا من قبل

Thus does God seal the cores of those who deny-disown. 101

كذلك يطبع ٱلله على قلوب ٱلكفرين

And We found, in most of them, no engagement kept; 102

وما وجدنا لأكثرهم من عهد

We indeed found most of them to be oversteppers. 102

وإن وجدنآ أكثرهم لفسقين

Then We sent, after them, Moussa with Our signs, to Fir'awn and his court, but they were unjust toward them.i 103

ثم بعثنا من بعدهم موسى بايتنآ إلى فرعون وملإيه فظلموا بها

So look how the end of those who sow corruption was. 103

فٱنظر كيف كان عقبة ٱلمفسدين

Moussa said: "O Fir'awn! I am a messenger from the Guardian of all beings, in truth,i 105

وقال موسى يفرعون إني رسول من رب ٱلعلمين حقيق

bound to say about God nothing but the truth. 105

على أن لآ أقول على ٱلله إلا ٱلحق

I have come to you with a clear proof from your Guardian; 105

قد جئتكم ببينة من ربكم

so let the Children of Israel go with me." 105

فأرسل معي بني إسرءيل

He said: "If you have come with a sign, bring it then, if you are among the truthful." 106

قال إن كنت جئت باية فأت بهآ إن كنت من ٱلصدقين

He 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. 108

فألقى عصاه فإذا هي ثعبان مبين ونزع يده فإذا هي بيضآء للنظرين

The court of Fir'awn's people said: "This is indeed a knowledgeable illusion-maker, who wants to bring you out of your land."i 110

قال ٱلملأ من قوم فرعون إن هذا لسحر عليم يريد أن يخرجكم من أرضكم

"What then do you advise?" 110

فماذا تأمرون

They said: "Put him off, him and his brother, and send into the cities gatherers, who will bring you every knowledgeable illusion-maker." 112

قالوا أرجه وأخاه وأرسل في ٱلمدآئن حشرين يأتوك بكل سحر عليم

And the illusion-makers came to Fir'awn; they said: "Will we indeed have a reward, if we are the victors?"i 113

وجآء ٱلسحرة فرعون قالوا إن لنا لأجرا إن كنا نحن ٱلغلبين

He said: "Yes, and you will certainly be among those brought near." 114

قال نعم وإنكم لمن ٱلمقربين

They said: "O Moussa! either you throw, or we will be the ones who throw."i 115

قالوا يموسى إمآ أن تلقي وإمآ أن نكون نحن ٱلملقين

He said: "Throw." 116

قال ألقوا

When they had thrown, they bewitched the eyes of the people by illusion, and filled them with terror, 116

فلمآ ألقوا سحروا أعين ٱلناس وٱسترهبوهم

and they brought a tremendous illusion. 116

وجآءو بسحر عظيم

And We revealed to Moussa: "Throw your staff";i 117

وأوحينآ إلى موسى أن ألق عصاك

and behold, it swallowed up what they had forged by falsehood. 117

فإذا هي تلقف ما يأفكون

The truth then came to pass, and what they were doing proved vain. 118

فوقع ٱلحق وبطل ما كانوا يعملون

They were defeated, right there, and went away humbled. 119

فغلبوا هنالك وٱنقلبوا صغرين

And the illusion-makers threw themselves down, prostrate. 120

وألقي ٱلسحرة سجدين

They said: "We believe in the Guardian of all beings, the Guardian of Moussa and Harun."i 122

قالوا ءامنا برب ٱلعلمين رب موسى وهرون

Fir'awn said: "Have you believed in him before I permitted you? This is indeed a scheme you plotted in the city, so as to drive out its inhabitants; you will soon know.i 123

قال فرعون ءامنتم به قبل أن ءاذن لكم إن هذا لمكر مكرتموه في ٱلمدينة لتخرجوا منهآ أهلها فسوف تعلمون

I will certainly cut off your hands and feet, on opposite sides, then I will certainly crucify you all together." 124

لأقطعن أيديكم وأرجلكم من خلف ثم لأصلبنكم أجمعين

They said: "It is to our Guardian that we return. 125

قالوا إنآ إلى ربنا منقلبون

And you hold nothing against us, except that we believed in the signs of our Guardian, once they came to us. 126

وما تنقم منآ إلآ أن ءامنا بايت ربنا لما جآءتنا

Our Guardian, pour patience upon us, and take us back to You as those true to God alone." 126

ربنآ أفرغ علينا صبرا وتوفنا مسلمين

And 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?"i 127

وقال ٱلملأ من قوم فرعون أتذر موسى وقومه ليفسدوا في ٱلأرض ويذرك وءالهتك

He said: "We will kill their sons and violate the modesty of their women; we hold indeed the upper hand over them."i 127

قال سنقتل أبنآءهم ونستحي نسآءهم وإنا فوقهم قهرون

Moussa said to his people: "Seek help in God, and be patient;i 128

قال موسى لقومه ٱستعينوا بٱلله وٱصبروا

the earth belongs to God; He gives it as inheritance to whom He wills among His obedient ones, 128

إن ٱلأرض لله يورثها من يشآء من عباده

and the [favorable] outcome is for those who guard themselves." 128

وٱلعقبة للمتقين

They said: "We were mistreated before you came to us, and after you came to us." 129

قالوا أوذينا من قبل أن تأتينا ومن بعد ما جئتنا

He said: "It may be that your Guardian will destroy your enemy and establish you as successors on the earth, so as to see how you would act." 129

قال عسى ربكم أن يهلك عدوكم ويستخلفكم في ٱلأرض فينظر كيف تعملون

And We indeed seized the clan of Fir'awn with years [of famine] and a diminution of fruits, that they might take heed.i 130

ولقد أخذنآ ءال فرعون بٱلسنين ونقص من ٱلثمرت لعلهم يذكرون

When happiness comes to them, they say: "This belongs to us"; 131

فإذا جآءتهم ٱلحسنة قالوا لنا هذه

and if misfortune touches them, they attribute it to an ill omen from Moussa and those with him.i 131

وإن تصبهم سيئة يطيروا بموسى ومن معه

Is it not that in reality their omen is with God? 131

ألآ إنما طئرهم عند ٱلله

But most of them do not know. 131

ولكن أكثرهم لا يعلمون

And they said: "Whatever sign you bring us, to bewitch us with it, we will not believe you." 132

وقالوا مهما تأتنا به من ءاية لتسحرنا بها فما نحن لك بمؤمنين

We 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. 133

فأرسلنا عليهم ٱلطوفان وٱلجراد وٱلقمل وٱلضفادع وٱلدم ءايت مفصلت فٱستكبروا وكانوا قوما مجرمين

And 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 believe you, and we will certainly let the Children of Israel go with you."i 134

ولما وقع عليهم ٱلرجز قالوا يموسى ٱدع لنا ربك بما عهد عندك لئن كشفت عنا ٱلرجز لنؤمنن لك ولنرسلن معك بني إسرءيل

But when We had removed the defilement from them until a term they were to reach, there they were, breaking their engagement. 135

فلما كشفنا عنهم ٱلرجز إلى أجل هم بلغوه إذا هم ينكثون

We then took vengeance upon them, and We drowned them in the deep, for having denied Our signs and remained heedless of them. 136

فٱنتقمنا منهم فأغرقنهم في ٱليم بأنهم كذبوا بايتنا وكانوا عنها غفلين

And We made the people who had been reduced to weakness inherit the easts and the wests of the land which We had blessed. 137

وأورثنا ٱلقوم ٱلذين كانوا يستضعفون مشرق ٱلأرض ومغربها ٱلتي بركنا فيها

And the beautiful word of your Guardian was fulfilled toward the Children of Israel, for having been patient; 137

وتمت كلمت ربك ٱلحسنى على بني إسرءيل بما صبروا

and We destroyed what Fir'awn and his people were doing, and what they were building.i 137

ودمرنا ما كان يصنع فرعون وقومه وما كانوا يعرشون

And We made the Children of Israel cross the sea; they came upon a people posted before idols of their own. 138

وجوزنا ببني إسرءيل ٱلبحر فأتوا على قوم يعكفون على أصنام لهم

They said: "O Moussa! make for us a deity, as they have deities."i 138

قالوا يموسى ٱجعل لنآ إلها كما لهم ءالهة

He said: "You are indeed an ignorant people. 138

قال إنكم قوم تجهلون

What these practice is doomed to ruin, 139

إن هؤلآء متبر ما هم فيه

and vain is what they were doing." 139

وبطل ما كانوا يعملون

He said: "Should I seek for you a deity other than God, while He has favored you above all beings?" 140

قال أغير ٱلله أبغيكم إلها وهو فضلكم على ٱلعلمين

And 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 —i 141

وإذ أنجينكم من ءال فرعون يسومونكم سوء ٱلعذاب يقتلون أبنآءكم ويستحيون نسآءكم

and there was in that, for you, an immense trial from your Guardian. 141

وفي ذلكم بلآء من ربكم عظيم

We 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.i 142

ووعدنا موسى ثلثين ليلة وأتممنها بعشر فتم ميقت ربه أربعين ليلة

And 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."i 142

وقال موسى لأخيه هرون ٱخلفني في قومي وأصلح ولا تتبع سبيل ٱلمفسدين

And 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."i 143

ولما جآء موسى لميقتنا وكلمه ربه قال رب أرني أنظر إليك

He said: "You will not see Me, but look at the mountain: if it remains in place, then you will see Me." 143

قال لن ترىني ولكن ٱنظر إلى ٱلجبل فإن ٱستقر مكانه فسوف ترىني

When his Guardian manifested Himself to the mountain, He made it collapse under pressure, and Moussa fell thunderstruck.i 143

فلما تجلى ربه للجبل جعله دكا وخر موسى صعقا

When he came to, he said: "Glory be to You! I turn back to You, and I am the first of the believers." 143

فلمآ أفاق قال سبحنك تبت إليك وأنا أول ٱلمؤمنين

He 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."i 144

قال يموسى إني ٱصطفيتك على ٱلناس برسلتي وبكلمي فخذ مآ ءاتيتك وكن من ٱلشكرين

And We wrote for him, on the Tablets, an admonition concerning all things, and a detail of all things. 145

وكتبنا له في ٱلألواح من كل شىء موعظة وتفصيلا لكل شىء

Take them, then, with strength, and order your people to take what is best in them. 145

فخذها بقوة وأمر قومك يأخذوا بأحسنها

I will show you the abode of the oversteppers. 145

سأوريكم دار ٱلفسقين

I 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 righteousness, they would not take it as a path, while, if they saw the path of error, they would take it as a path. 146

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 سبيلا

That is because they denied Our signs and remained heedless of them. 146

ذلك بأنهم كذبوا بايتنا وكانوا عنها غفلين

And those who denied Our signs and the meeting of the last life, their works have collapsed; are they rewarded except according to what they used to do? 147

وٱلذين كذبوا بايتنا ولقآء ٱلءاخرة حبطت أعملهم هل يجزون إلا ما كانوا يعملون

And the people of Moussa took, after him, from their ornaments, a calf, a body that lowed.i 148

وٱتخذ قوم موسى من بعده من حليهم عجلا جسدا له خوار

Did they not see that it did not speak to them and did not guide them to any path? 148

ألم يروا أنه لا يكلمهم ولا يهديهم سبيلا

They took it [as a deity], and were unjust. 148

ٱتخذوه وكانوا ظلمين

And 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." 149

ولما سقط في أيديهم ورأوا أنهم قد ضلوا قالوا لئن لم يرحمنا ربنا ويغفر لنا لنكونن من ٱلخسرين

When Moussa returned to his people, angry, grieved, he said: "How evil is what you have done in my place, after me!i 150

ولما رجع موسى إلى قومه غضبن أسفا قال بئسما خلفتموني من بعدي

Did you want to hasten the command of your Guardian?" 150

أعجلتم أمر ربكم

And he threw down the Tablets, and seized his brother by the head, dragging him toward himself. 150

وألقى ٱلألواح وأخذ برأس أخيه يجره إليه

He 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 unjust people." 150

قال ٱبن أم إن ٱلقوم ٱستضعفوني وكادوا يقتلونني فلا تشمت بي ٱلأعدآء ولا تجعلني مع ٱلقوم ٱلظلمين

He said: "My Guardian, forgive me, and my brother, and admit us into Your benevolence; 151

قال رب ٱغفر لي ولأخي وأدخلنا في رحمتك

You are the most benevolent of the benevolent." 151

وأنت أرحم ٱلرحمين

Those who took the calf [as a deity], an anger from their Guardian will reach them, as well as a humiliation in the present life. 152

إن ٱلذين ٱتخذوا ٱلعجل سينالهم غضب من ربهم وذلة في ٱلحيوة ٱلدنيا

Thus do We reward the inventors of lies. 152

وكذلك نجزي ٱلمفترين

And those who committed evil deeds, then repented after that and believed — your Guardian, after that, is indeed Most-Forgiving, full of benevolence. 153

وٱلذين عملوا ٱلسيات ثم تابوا من بعدها وءامنوا إن ربك من بعدها لغفور رحيم

And when Moussa's anger had subsided, he took the Tablets; in their inscription, there was guidance and benevolence for those who dread their Guardian.i 154

ولما سكت عن موسى ٱلغضب أخذ ٱلألواح وفي نسختها هدى ورحمة للذين هم لربهم يرهبون

And Moussa chose, from among his people, seventy men for Our appointed meeting.i 155

وٱختار موسى قومه سبعين رجلا لميقتنا

When the great tremor had seized them, he said: "My Guardian, had You willed, You would have destroyed them before, and me as well. 155

فلمآ أخذتهم ٱلرجفة قال رب لو شئت أهلكتهم من قبل وإيي

Would You destroy us for what the foolish among us have done? 155

أتهلكنا بما فعل ٱلسفهآء منآ

This is nothing but Your trial, by which You lead astray whom You will, and guide whom You will. 155

إن هي إلا فتنتك تضل بها من تشآء وتهدي من تشآء

You are our Protector; forgive us, then, and have benevolence on us; You are the best of those who forgive. 155

أنت ولينا فٱغفر لنا وٱرحمنا وأنت خير ٱلغفرين

And inscribe for us, in the present life, a good, as well as in the last life; 156

وٱكتب لنا في هذه ٱلدنيا حسنة وفي ٱلءاخرة

we return to You." 156

إنا هدنآ إليك

He said: "My punishment, I strike with it whom I will, 156

قال عذابي أصيب به من أشآء

and My benevolence embraces all things. 156

ورحمتي وسعت كل شىء

I 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.i 157

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 عليهم

Those who believe in him, support him, help him, and follow the light sent down with him — those are the ones who succeed. 157

فٱلذين ءامنوا به وعزروه ونصروه وٱتبعوا ٱلنور ٱلذي أنزل معه أولئك هم ٱلمفلحون

Say: "O mankind! I am the messenger of God to all of you, [God] to whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. 158

قل يأيها ٱلناس إني رسول ٱلله إليكم جميعا ٱلذي له ملك ٱلسموت وٱلأرض

There is no deity but Him. 158

لآ إله إلا هو

He gives life and causes death. 158

يحي ويميت

So believe in God and His Messenger, the prophet without a prior Scripture, who believes in God and His words,i 158

فامنوا بٱلله ورسوله ٱلنبي ٱلأمي ٱلذي يؤمن بٱلله وكلمته

and follow him, perhaps you will be rightly guided." 158

وٱتبعوه لعلكم تهتدون

And among the people of Moussa, there is a community that guides according to the truth and that, by it, acts with equity.i 159

ومن قوم موسى أمة يهدون بٱلحق وبه يعدلون

And We divided them into twelve tribes, into communities, 160

وقطعنهم ٱثنتى عشرة أسباطا أمما

and We revealed to Moussa, when his people asked him for water: "Strike the rock with your staff";i 160

وأوحينآ إلى موسى إذ ٱستسقىه قومه أن ٱضرب بعصاك ٱلحجر

and behold, twelve springs gushed forth from it: 160

فٱنبجست منه ٱثنتا عشرة عينا

each group of people knew its drinking place. 160

قد علم كل أناس مشربهم

And We spread over them the shade of the cloud, and We sent down upon them manna and quails: 160

وظللنا عليهم ٱلغمم وأنزلنا عليهم ٱلمن وٱلسلوى

"Eat of the good things We have provided you as sustenance." 160

كلوا من طيبت ما رزقنكم

They did not wrong Us, 160

وما ظلمونا

but it was to themselves that they did wrong.i 160

ولكن كانوا أنفسهم يظلمون

And 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. 161

وإذ قيل لهم ٱسكنوا هذه ٱلقرية وكلوا منها حيث شئتم وقولوا حطة وٱدخلوا ٱلباب سجدا نغفر لكم خطيتكم

We will increase [the reward] of those who do good." 161

سنزيد ٱلمحسنين

But 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. 162

فبدل ٱلذين ظلموا منهم قولا غير ٱلذي قيل لهم فأرسلنا عليهم رجزا من ٱلسمآء بما كانوا يظلمون

And ask them about the city that was near the sea: when they transgressed 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.i 163

وسلهم عن ٱلقرية ٱلتي كانت حاضرة ٱلبحر إذ يعدون في ٱلسبت إذ تأتيهم حيتانهم يوم سبتهم شرعا ويوم لا يسبتون لا تأتيهم

Thus did We test them, for having overstepped [through this theological transgression]. 163

كذلك نبلوهم بما كانوا يفسقون

And remember when a community among them said: "Why do you exhort a people whom God is going to destroy, or punish with a severe punishment?" 164

وإذ قالت أمة منهم لم تعظون قوما ٱلله مهلكهم أو معذبهم عذابا شديدا

They said: "For an excuse before your Guardian, and perhaps they will guard themselves." 164

قالوا معذرة إلى ربكم ولعلهم يتقون

When 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. 165

فلما نسوا ما ذكروا به أنجينا ٱلذين ينهون عن ٱلسوء وأخذنا ٱلذين ظلموا بعذاب بيس بما كانوا يفسقون

Then, when they persisted arrogantly in what had been forbidden them, We said to them: "Be apes, rejected." 166

فلما عتوا عن ما نهوا عنه قلنا لهم كونوا قردة خسين

And 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. 167

وإذ تأذن ربك ليبعثن عليهم إلى يوم ٱلقيمة من يسومهم سوء ٱلعذاب

Your Guardian is indeed swift in punishment, 167

إن ربك لسريع ٱلعقاب

and He is indeed Most-Forgiving, full of benevolence. 167

وإنه لغفور رحيم

And We divided them on the earth into communities: 168

وقطعنهم في ٱلأرض أمما

there are among them the righteous, and there are those who are less so. 168

منهم ٱلصلحون ومنهم دون ذلك

And We tried them with good things and bad things, that they might return. 168

وبلونهم بٱلحسنت وٱلسيات لعلهم يرجعون

Then 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].i 169

فخلف من بعدهم خلف ورثوا ٱلكتب يأخذون عرض هذا ٱلأدنى ويقولون سيغفر لنا وإن يأتهم عرض مثله يأخذوه

Was not the covenant of the Scripture taken from them, that they would say about God nothing but the truth?i 169

ألم يؤخذ عليهم ميثق ٱلكتب أن لا يقولوا على ٱلله إلا ٱلحق

And they have studied what is in it. 169

ودرسوا ما فيه

But the last abode is better for those who guard themselves. 169

وٱلدار ٱلءاخرة خير للذين يتقون

Will you not then reason? 169

أفلا تعقلون

And 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.i 170

وٱلذين يمسكون بٱلكتب وأقاموا ٱلصلوة إنا لا نضيع أجر ٱلمصلحين

And 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: 171

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." 171

خذوا مآ ءاتينكم بقوة وٱذكروا ما فيه لعلكم تتقون

And 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!"i 172

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. 173

شهدنآ أن تقولوا يوم ٱلقيمة إنا كنا عن هذا غفلين أو تقولوا إنمآ أشرك ءابآؤنا من قبل وكنا ذرية من بعدهم

Would You destroy us for what the workers of falsehood have done?" 173

أفتهلكنا بما فعل ٱلمبطلون

Thus do We detail the signs, and perhaps they will return. 174

وكذلك نفصل ٱلءايت ولعلهم يرجعون

And 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 those led astray.i 175

وٱتل عليهم نبأ ٱلذي ءاتينه ءايتنا فٱنسلخ منها فأتبعه ٱلشيطن فكان من ٱلغاوين

Had We willed, We would have raised him by these; but he clung to the earth and followed his emotion. 176

ولو شئنا لرفعنه بها ولكنه أخلد إلى ٱلأرض وٱتبع هوىه

His likeness is that of the dog: if you burden it, it pants, and if you leave it, it pants [still]. 176

فمثله كمثل ٱلكلب إن تحمل عليه يلهث أو تتركه يلهث

That is the likeness of the people who denied Our signs. 176

ذلك مثل ٱلقوم ٱلذين كذبوا بايتنا

Relate, then, the account, perhaps they will reflect. 176

فٱقصص ٱلقصص لعلهم يتفكرون

Evil is the likeness of the people who denied Our signs, and who wronged themselves. 177

سآء مثلا ٱلقوم ٱلذين كذبوا بايتنا وأنفسهم كانوا يظلمون

Whoever God guides, that is the rightly guided; 178

من يهد ٱلله فهو ٱلمهتدي

and whoever He leads astray, those are the losers. 178

ومن يضلل فأولئك هم ٱلخسرون

And We have created, for Jahannam, many of the Occulted and humans;i 179

ولقد ذرأنا لجهنم كثيرا من ٱلجن وٱلإنس

they have cores with which they do not understand, 179

لهم قلوب لا يفقهون بها

they have eyes with which they do not see, 179

ولهم أعين لا يبصرون بها

and they have ears with which they do not hear. 179

ولهم ءاذان لا يسمعون بهآ

Those are the ones who are like cattle — no, they are even more astray. 179

أولئك كٱلأنعم بل هم أضل

Those are the heedless. 179

أولئك هم ٱلغفلون

And to God belong the most beautiful attributes; invoke Him, then, by them,i 180

ولله ٱلأسمآء ٱلحسنى فٱدعوه بها

and leave those who blaspheme [by distorting] His attributes. 180

وذروا ٱلذين يلحدون في أسمئه

They will be rewarded according to what they used to do. 180

سيجزون ما كانوا يعملون

And among those We have created, there is a community that guides according to the truth and that, by it, acts with equity. 181

وممن خلقنآ أمة يهدون بٱلحق وبه يعدلون

And those who deny Our signs, We will gradually lead them [to ruin], from where they do not know, and I grant them a respite. 183

وٱلذين كذبوا بايتنا سنستدرجهم من حيث لا يعلمون وأملي لهم

My scheme is indeed solid. 183

إن كيدي متين

Do they not then reflect? 184

أولم يتفكروا

There is no derangement in their companion. 184

ما بصاحبهم من جنة

He is nothing but a manifest warner. 184

إن هو إلا نذير مبين

Have 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? 185

أولم ينظروا في ملكوت ٱلسموت وٱلأرض وما خلق ٱلله من شىء وأن عسى أن يكون قد ٱقترب أجلهم

In what discourse, after this one, will they then believe? 185

فبأى حديث بعده يؤمنون

Whoever God leads astray, no guide for him, 186

من يضلل ٱلله فلا هادي له

and He leaves them, in their tyranny, to wander blindly. 186

ويذرهم في طغينهم يعمهون

They ask you about the Hour: when will it drop anchor? 187

يسلونك عن ٱلساعة أيان مرسىها

Say: "Knowledge of it is only with my Guardian; 187

قل إنما علمها عند ربي

none but Him will unveil it in its time. 187

لا يجليها لوقتهآ إلا هو

It weighs heavily in the heavens and on the earth; 187

ثقلت في ٱلسموت وٱلأرض

it will come to you only unexpectedly." 187

لا تأتيكم إلا بغتة

They ask you as if you were well informed about it. 187

يسلونك كأنك حفي عنها

Say: "Knowledge of it is only with God, 187

قل إنما علمها عند ٱلله

but most people do not know." 187

ولكن أكثر ٱلناس لا يعلمون

Say: "I hold, for myself, neither benefit nor harm, except what God wills. 188

قل لآ أملك لنفسي نفعا ولا ضرا إلا ما شآء ٱلله

And if I knew what escapes the senses, I would indeed have amassed abundant good things,i 188

ولو كنت أعلم ٱلغيب لٱستكثرت من ٱلخير

and evil would not have touched me. 188

وما مسني ٱلسوء

I am nothing but a warner, 188

إن أنا إلا نذير

and a bearer of good tidings for a people who believe." 188

وبشير لقوم يؤمنون

It is He who created you from a single Self, and made from it its spouse, so that he might find rest with it. 189

هو ٱلذي خلقكم من نفس وحدة وجعل منها زوجها ليسكن إليها

And when he had covered her, she carried a light burden, with which she could move about; 189

فلما تغشىها حملت حملا خفيفا فمرت به

and 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." 189

فلمآ أثقلت دعوا ٱلله ربهما لئن ءاتيتنا صلحا لنكونن من ٱلشكرين

But when He had given them a righteous [child], they attributed to Him associates in what He had given them. 190

فلمآ ءاتىهما صلحا جعلا له شركآء فيمآ ءاتىهما

But God is far above what they associate with Him. 190

فتعلى ٱلله عما يشركون

Do they associate with Him what creates nothing, and is [itself] created, 191

أيشركون ما لا يخلق شيا وهم يخلقون

and can neither help them, nor help itself? 192

ولا يستطيعون لهم نصرا ولآ أنفسهم ينصرون

And if you call them to guidance, they do not follow you. 193

وإن تدعوهم إلى ٱلهدى لا يتبعوكم

It is the same to you, whether you call them, or remain silent. 193

سوآء عليكم أدعوتموهم أم أنتم صمتون

Those you invoke besides God are obedient ones like yourselves; 194

إن ٱلذين تدعون من دون ٱلله عباد أمثالكم

invoke them, then, and let them answer you, if you are truthful. 194

فٱدعوهم فليستجيبوا لكم إن كنتم صدقين

Do they have feet with which they walk? 195

ألهم أرجل يمشون بهآ

Or do they have hands with which they seize? 195

أم لهم أيد يبطشون بهآ

Or do they have eyes with which they see? 195

أم لهم أعين يبصرون بهآ

Or do they have ears with which they hear? 195

أم لهم ءاذان يسمعون بها

Say: "Invoke your associates, then scheme against me, and grant me no respite. 195

قل ٱدعوا شركآءكم ثم كيدون فلا تنظرون

My protector is God, who sent down the Scripture,i 196

إن ولي ٱلله ٱلذي نزل ٱلكتب

and it is He who protects the righteous. 196

وهو يتولى ٱلصلحين

And those you invoke besides Him can neither help you, nor help themselves." 197

وٱلذين تدعون من دونه لا يستطيعون نصركم ولآ أنفسهم ينصرون

And if you call them to guidance, they do not hear; 198

وإن تدعوهم إلى ٱلهدى لا يسمعوا

and you see them looking at you, without seeing. 198

وترىهم ينظرون إليك وهم لا يبصرون

Take what is easy, 199

خذ ٱلعفو

order what is recognized, 199

وأمر بٱلعرف

and turn away from the ignorant. 199

وأعرض عن ٱلجهلين

And if an incitement from the Diverter incites you [to evil], seek refuge in God.i 200

وإما ينزغنك من ٱلشيطن نزغ فٱستعذ بٱلله

He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing. 200

إنه سميع عليم

Those who guard themselves, when a procession [of suggestions] from the Diverter touches them, take heed, and there they are, clear-sighted;i 201

إن ٱلذين ٱتقوا إذا مسهم طئف من ٱلشيطن تذكروا فإذا هم مبصرون

while their brothers [the deniers] draw them ever further into error, 202

وإخونهم يمدونهم في ٱلغى

then they do not stop. 202

ثم لا يقصرون

And when you do not bring them a sign, they say: "Why did you not invent it yourself?" 203

وإذا لم تأتهم باية قالوا لولا ٱجتبيتها

Say: "I only follow what is revealed to me from my Guardian; 203

قل إنمآ أتبع ما يوحى إلى من ربي

these are insights from your Guardian, a guidance and a benevolence for a people who believe." 203

هذا بصآئر من ربكم وهدى ورحمة لقوم يؤمنون

And when this Recitation is recited, listen to it and keep silent, perhaps benevolence will be shown to you. 204

وإذا قرئ ٱلقرءان فٱستمعوا له وأنصتوا لعلكم ترحمون

And 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. 205

وٱذكر ربك في نفسك تضرعا وخيفة ودون ٱلجهر من ٱلقول بٱلغدو وٱلءاصال ولا تكن من ٱلغفلين

Those who are with your Guardian are not arrogant about obeying Him, they glorify Him, and it is before Him that they prostrate. 206

إن ٱلذين عند ربك لا يستكبرون عن عبادته ويسبحونه وله يسجدون