فصلت
Fussilat
Their Skins Will Testify
بسم ٱلله ٱلرحمن ٱلرحيم
In the name of God, the All-Benevolent, the Benevolent.
Ḥa. Mim.
حم
A descent from the All-Benevolent, the Benevolent: a Scripture whose signs are detailed, a flawless Recitation for a people who know, bearing good tidings and warning,
تنزيل من ٱلرحمن ٱلرحيم كتب فصلت ءايته قرءانا عربيا لقوم يعلمون بشيرا ونذيرا
yet most of them turn away, so that they do not hear.
فأعرض أكثرهم فهم لا يسمعون
And they say: "Our cores are under coverings against what you call us to, and there is a deafness in our ears, and between us and you a veil. So act, for we too are acting."
وقالوا قلوبنا في أكنة مما تدعونآ إليه وفي ءاذاننا وقر ومن بيننا وبينك حجاب فٱعمل إننا عملون
Say: "I am only a human like you; it is revealed to me that your deity is a single deity. So stand straight toward Him and ask His forgiveness."
قل إنمآ أنا بشر مثلكم يوحى إلى أنمآ إلهكم إله وحد فٱستقيموا إليه وٱستغفروه
And woe to those who associate, who do not give pure liberality and who disown the last life!
وويل للمشركين ٱلذين لا يؤتون ٱلزكوة وهم بٱلءاخرة هم كفرون
Those who have believed and done sound deeds will indeed have a reward never held over them.
إن ٱلذين ءامنوا وعملوا ٱلصلحت لهم أجر غير ممنون
Say: "Do you really disown the One who created the earth in two days, and assign equals to Him?"
قل أئنكم لتكفرون بٱلذي خلق ٱلأرض في يومين وتجعلون له أندادا
That is the Guardian of all beings.
ذلك رب ٱلعلمين
And He placed firm anchors upon it, blessed it, and determined its rations in it, in four equal days, for those who ask.
وجعل فيها روسي من فوقها وبرك فيها وقدر فيهآ أقوتها في أربعة أيام سوآء للسآئلين
Then He proceeded toward the sky, which was smoke, and said to it and to the earth: "Come, both of you, willingly or unwillingly."
ثم ٱستوى إلى ٱلسمآء وهي دخان فقال لها وللأرض ٱئتيا طوعا أو كرها
They said: "We come in deference."
قالتآ أتينا طآئعين
So He completed them as seven heavens in two days, and inspired to each heaven its command.
فقضىهن سبع سموات في يومين وأوحى في كل سمآء أمرها
And We adorned the nearest heaven with lamps,
وزينا ٱلسمآء ٱلدنيا بمصبيح
and preserved it.
وحفظا
That is the measure set by the All-Powerful, the All-Knowing.
ذلك تقدير ٱلعزيز ٱلعليم
If they turn away, say: "I warn you of a thunderbolt like the thunderbolt of the Aad and the Thamud", when the messengers came to them, from before them and from behind them: "Obey none but God."
فإن أعرضوا فقل أنذرتكم صعقة مثل صعقة عاد وثمود إذ جآءتهم ٱلرسل من بين أيديهم ومن خلفهم ألا تعبدوا إلا ٱلله
They said: "Had our Guardian willed, He would have sent down Agents. So we indeed disown what you have been sent with."
قالوا لو شآء ربنا لأنزل ملئكة فإنا بمآ أرسلتم به كفرون
As for the Aad, they grew proud on the earth without right, and said: "Who is superior to us in strength?"
فأما عاد فٱستكبروا في ٱلأرض بغير ٱلحق وقالوا من أشد منا قوة
Did they not see that God, who created them, is superior to them in strength?
أولم يروا أن ٱلله ٱلذي خلقهم هو أشد منهم قوة
And they used to stubbornly reject Our signs.
وكانوا بايتنا يجحدون
So We sent upon them an icy wind, during ill-omened days, to make them taste the punishment of disgrace in the present life;
فأرسلنا عليهم ريحا صرصرا في أيام نحسات لنذيقهم عذاب ٱلخزي في ٱلحيوة ٱلدنيا
and the punishment of the last life is more disgraceful still, and they will not be helped.
ولعذاب ٱلءاخرة أخزى وهم لا ينصرون
And as for the Thamud, We guided them, but they loved blindness more than guidance, so the thunderbolt of the degrading punishment seized them for what they used to earn.
وأما ثمود فهدينهم فٱستحبوا ٱلعمى على ٱلهدى فأخذتهم صعقة ٱلعذاب ٱلهون بما كانوا يكسبون
And We saved those who believed and guarded themselves.
ونجينا ٱلذين ءامنوا وكانوا يتقون
And the day We gather the enemies of God toward the Fire, they will be arranged in columns,
ويوم يحشر أعدآء ٱلله إلى ٱلنار فهم يوزعون
until, when they reach it, their hearing, their sights, and their skins will testify against them about what they used to do.
حتى إذا ما جآءوها شهد عليهم سمعهم وأبصرهم وجلودهم بما كانوا يعملون
And they will say to their skins: "Why did you testify against us?"
وقالوا لجلودهم لم شهدتم علينا
They will say: "God, who makes everything utter, made us utter. It is He who created you the first time, and to Him you will be returned."
قالوا أنطقنا ٱلله ٱلذي أنطق كل شىء وهو خلقكم أول مرة وإليه ترجعون
You did not hide yourselves from your hearing, your sights, and your skins testifying against you;
وما كنتم تستترون أن يشهد عليكم سمعكم ولآ أبصركم ولا جلودكم
but you presumed that God did not know much of what you were doing.
ولكن ظننتم أن ٱلله لا يعلم كثيرا مما تعملون
And that is the presumption you formed about your Guardian; it has caused your fall, and you have found yourselves among the losers.
وذلكم ظنكم ٱلذي ظننتم بربكم أردىكم فأصبحتم من ٱلخسرين
If they endure, the Fire is their sojourn;
فإن يصبروا فٱلنار مثوى لهم
and if they ask to be readmitted, they will not be among those readmitted.
وإن يستعتبوا فما هم من ٱلمعتبين
And We detailed to them acolytes who made attractive to them what was before them and what was behind them,
وقيضنا لهم قرنآء فزينوا لهم ما بين أيديهم وما خلفهم
and the saying proved true against them, among communities that had already passed before them, of the Occulted and humans;
وحق عليهم ٱلقول في أمم قد خلت من قبلهم من ٱلجن وٱلإنس
for they were losers.
إنهم كانوا خسرين
And those who disown said: "Do not listen to this Recitation, and talk idly over it, perhaps you will win out."
وقال ٱلذين كفروا لا تسمعوا لهذا ٱلقرءان وٱلغوا فيه لعلكم تغلبون
We will surely make those who disown taste a severe punishment, and We will surely recompense them according to the worst of what they used to do.
فلنذيقن ٱلذين كفروا عذابا شديدا ولنجزينهم أسوأ ٱلذي كانوا يعملون
That is the recompense of the enemies of God: the Fire;
ذلك جزآء أعدآء ٱلله ٱلنار
they have therein the abode of eternity,
لهم فيها دار ٱلخلد
as a recompense for their stubbornly rejecting Our signs.
جزآء بما كانوا بايتنا يجحدون
And those who disown will say: "Our Guardian, show us those who misled us among the Occulted and humans, that we may put them beneath our feet, so that they may be among the lowest."
وقال ٱلذين كفروا ربنآ أرنا ٱلذين أضلانا من ٱلجن وٱلإنس نجعلهما تحت أقدامنا ليكونا من ٱلأسفلين
Indeed, those who say: "Our Guardian is God," then stand straight — the Agents descend upon them: "Do not fear and do not grieve; receive the good tidings of the Garden that you were promised.
إن ٱلذين قالوا ربنا ٱلله ثم ٱستقموا تتنزل عليهم ٱلملئكة ألا تخافوا ولا تحزنوا وأبشروا بٱلجنة ٱلتي كنتم توعدون
We are your allies in the present life and in the last life;
نحن أوليآؤكم في ٱلحيوة ٱلدنيا وفي ٱلءاخرة
and you will have therein whatever your Selves desire, and you will have therein whatever you ask for, as a welcome from One Most-Forgiving, Benevolent."
ولكم فيها ما تشتهي أنفسكم ولكم فيها ما تدعون نزلا من غفور رحيم
And who has a more beautiful saying than one who calls to God, does a sound deed, and says: "I am among those true to God alone"?
ومن أحسن قولا ممن دعآ إلى ٱلله وعمل صلحا وقال إنني من ٱلمسلمين
And the good deed and the bad deed are not equal.
ولا تستوي ٱلحسنة ولا ٱلسيئة
Repel with what is more beautiful; then the one between you and whom there was hostility will be like a warm friend.
ٱدفع بٱلتي هي أحسن فإذا ٱلذي بينك وبينه عدوة كأنه ولي حميم
But this is received only by those who are patient,
وما يلقىهآ إلا ٱلذين صبروا
and it is received only by one who has an immense share.
وما يلقىهآ إلا ذو حظ عظيم
And if a goad from the Diverter goads you, seek refuge in God;
وإما ينزغنك من ٱلشيطن نزغ فٱستعذ بٱلله
for it is He, the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.
إنه هو ٱلسميع ٱلعليم
And among His signs are the night and the day, and the sun and the moon.
ومن ءايته ٱليل وٱلنهار وٱلشمس وٱلقمر
Do not prostrate to the sun or to the moon,
لا تسجدوا للشمس ولا للقمر
but prostrate to God, who created them, if it is Him that you obey.
وٱسجدوا لله ٱلذي خلقهن إن كنتم إياه تعبدون
If they grow proud, then those who are with your Guardian glorify Him night and day, without tiring.
فإن ٱستكبروا فٱلذين عند ربك يسبحون له بٱليل وٱلنهار وهم لا يسمون
And among His signs: you see the earth humble; then, when We send down water upon it, it quivers and swells.
ومن ءايته أنك ترى ٱلأرض خشعة فإذآ أنزلنا عليها ٱلمآء ٱهتزت وربت
He who brought it back to life is surely the One who brings the dead back to life;
إن ٱلذي أحياها لمحي ٱلموتى
for He is capable of all things.
إنه على كل شىء قدير
Those who pervert Our signs are indeed not hidden from Us.
إن ٱلذين يلحدون في ءايتنا لا يخفون علينآ
Is one who is thrown into the Fire better, or one who comes secure on the Day of Appearance?
أفمن يلقى في ٱلنار خير أم من يأتي ءامنا يوم ٱلقيمة
Act as you will,
ٱعملوا ما شئتم
for He is All-Seeing of what you do.
إنه بما تعملون بصير
Those who disown the Reminder when it has come to them… And it is surely an impregnable Scripture, which falsehood cannot reach from before it or from behind it,
إن ٱلذين كفروا بٱلذكر لما جآءهم وإنه لكتب عزيز لا يأتيه ٱلبطل من بين يديه ولا من خلفه
a descent from One Wise, Praiseworthy.
تنزيل من حكيم حميد
Nothing is said to you except what was already said to the messengers before you;
ما يقال لك إلا ما قد قيل للرسل من قبلك
your Guardian is surely possessor of forgiveness and possessor of a painful sanction.
إن ربك لذو مغفرة وذو عقاب أليم
And had We made it a garbled Recitation, they would have said: "Why were its signs not detailed?"
ولو جعلنه قرءانا أعجميا لقالوا لولا فصلت ءايته
Garbled and flawless at once?
ءاعجمي وعربي
Say: "It is, for those who believe, guidance and healing;
قل هو للذين ءامنوا هدى وشفآء
and those who do not believe have a deafness in their ears, and it is upon them a blindness;
وٱلذين لا يؤمنون في ءاذانهم وقر وهو عليهم عمى
those are called from a distant place."
أولئك ينادون من مكان بعيد
We have indeed given Moussa the Scripture, and there was divergence about it;
ولقد ءاتينا موسى ٱلكتب فٱختلف فيه
and had it not been for a word that preceded from your Guardian, it would have been decided between them;
ولولا كلمة سبقت من ربك لقضي بينهم
and they are surely, about it, in a troubling doubt.
وإنهم لفي شك منه مريب
Whoever does a sound deed, it is for himself;
من عمل صلحا فلنفسه
and whoever does ill, it is against himself;
ومن أسآء فعليها
and your Guardian is not one to wrong the constrained under compulsion.
وما ربك بظلم للعبيد
To Him is referred the knowledge of the Hour;
إليه يرد علم ٱلساعة
no fruit comes out of its sheath, no female carries nor gives birth, except with His knowledge;
وما تخرج من ثمرت من أكمامها وما تحمل من أنثى ولا تضع إلا بعلمه
and the day He calls out to them: "Where are My associates?", they will say: "We inform You that there is not among us any witness."
ويوم يناديهم أين شركآءي قالوا ءاذنك ما منا من شهيد
And what they used to invoke before will stray away from them, and they will presume that they have no escape.
وضل عنهم ما كانوا يدعون من قبل وظنوا ما لهم من محيص
The human being does not tire of calling for good;
لا يسم ٱلإنسن من دعآء ٱلخير
but if ill touches him, he becomes hopeless, disheartened.
وإن مسه ٱلشر فيوس قنوط
And if We let him taste benevolence from Us after hardship that touched him, he will surely say: "This is mine by right, and I do not presume the Hour will rise; and if I am returned to my Guardian, I will surely have the most beautiful with Him."
ولئن أذقنه رحمة منا من بعد ضرآء مسته ليقولن هذا لي ومآ أظن ٱلساعة قآئمة ولئن رجعت إلى ربي إن لي عنده للحسنى
We will surely inform those who disown of what they did, and We will surely make them taste a harsh punishment.
فلننبئن ٱلذين كفروا بما عملوا ولنذيقنهم من عذاب غليظ
And when We favor the human being with blessings, he turns away and draws away to his side;
وإذآ أنعمنا على ٱلإنسن أعرض ونا بجانبه
and when ill touches him, he is given to endless calling.
وإذا مسه ٱلشر فذو دعآء عريض
Say: "Do you see? If this is from God and you disown it, who is more astray than one who is in a far rupture?"
قل أرءيتم إن كان من عند ٱلله ثم كفرتم به من أضل ممن هو في شقاق بعيد
We will show them Our signs in the horizons and in themselves, until it becomes clear to them that it is the truth.
سنريهم ءايتنا في ٱلءافاق وفي أنفسهم حتى يتبين لهم أنه ٱلحق
Is it not enough that your Guardian is witness over all things?
أولم يكف بربك أنه على كل شىء شهيد
Is it not so: they are indeed in contention about the meeting with their Guardian;
ألآ إنهم في مرية من لقآء ربهم
is it not so: He indeed encompasses all things perfectly.
ألآ إنه بكل شىء محيط