غافر
Ghafir
My Guardian Is God
بسم ٱلله ٱلرحمن ٱلرحيم
In the name of God, the All-Benevolent, the Benevolent.
Ḥa. Mim.
حم
The descent of the Scripture comes from God, the All-Powerful, the All-Knowing, He who forgives offense and accepts repentance, severe in sanction, possessor of largesse,
تنزيل ٱلكتب من ٱلله ٱلعزيز ٱلعليم غافر ٱلذنب وقابل ٱلتوب شديد ٱلعقاب ذي ٱلطول
there is no deity but Him;
لآ إله إلا هو
to Him is the destination.
إليه ٱلمصير
Only those who disown argue concerning the signs of God;
ما يجدل في ءايت ٱلله إلا ٱلذين كفروا
so let not their movements through the lands delude you.
فلا يغررك تقلبهم في ٱلبلد
Before them, the people of Nuh denied, and the parties after them,
كذبت قبلهم قوم نوح وٱلأحزاب من بعدهم
and every community was minded to seize its messenger,
وهمت كل أمة برسولهم ليأخذوه
and they argued by falsehood to refute the truth with it — so I seized them:
وجدلوا بٱلبطل ليدحضوا به ٱلحق فأخذتهم
and what then was My sanction?
فكيف كان عقاب
Thus did the word of your Guardian prove true against those who disown: they are the companions of the Fire.
وكذلك حقت كلمت ربك على ٱلذين كفروا أنهم أصحب ٱلنار
Those who bear the Edifice and those around it glorify their Guardian with praise, believe in Him, and ask forgiveness for those who believe:
ٱلذين يحملون ٱلعرش ومن حوله يسبحون بحمد ربهم ويؤمنون به ويستغفرون للذين ءامنوا
"Our Guardian, You embrace all things in benevolence and knowledge; so forgive those who turn back and follow Your way, and protect them from the punishment of the Blaze;
ربنا وسعت كل شىء رحمة وعلما فٱغفر للذين تابوا وٱتبعوا سبيلك وقهم عذاب ٱلجحيم
Our Guardian, admit them into the Gardens of permanence that You have promised them, along with whoever was sound among their fathers, their spouses, and their descendants;
ربنا وأدخلهم جنت عدن ٱلتي وعدتهم ومن صلح من ءابآئهم وأزوجهم وذريتهم
You, indeed, are the All-Powerful, the Wise.
إنك أنت ٱلعزيز ٱلحكيم
And protect them from evil deeds;
وقهم ٱلسيات
and whoever You protect from evil deeds that day, You have shown him benevolence,
ومن تق ٱلسيات يومئذ فقد رحمته
and that is the immense triumph."
وذلك هو ٱلفوز ٱلعظيم
Those who disown will be called out to: "God's loathing is surely greater than your own loathing of yourselves, when you were called to faith and you disowned."
إن ٱلذين كفروا ينادون لمقت ٱلله أكبر من مقتكم أنفسكم إذ تدعون إلى ٱلإيمن فتكفرون
They will say: "Our Guardian, You made us die twice and made us live twice; we acknowledge our offenses — is there then any way out?"
قالوا ربنآ أمتنا ٱثنتين وأحييتنا ٱثنتين فٱعترفنا بذنوبنا فهل إلى خروج من سبيل
That is because, when God alone was invoked, you disowned, and when something was associated with Him, you believed;
ذلكم بأنه إذا دعي ٱلله وحده كفرتم وإن يشرك به تؤمنوا
so judgment belongs to God, the Most High, the Great.
فٱلحكم لله ٱلعلي ٱلكبير
It is He who shows you His signs and sends down provision for you from the sky;
هو ٱلذي يريكم ءايته وينزل لكم من ٱلسمآء رزقا
but only he who has recourse to Him remembers.
وما يتذكر إلا من ينيب
So call upon God, devoting the Law exclusively to Him, however much those who disown detest it.
فٱدعوا ٱلله مخلصين له ٱلدين ولو كره ٱلكفرون
He is the One who elevates in degrees, possessor of the Edifice;
رفيع ٱلدرجت ذو ٱلعرش
He casts the Influx of His command upon whom He wills among His obedient ones, to warn of the Day of Meeting, the day they will come out exposed,
يلقي ٱلروح من أمره على من يشآء من عباده لينذر يوم ٱلتلاق يوم هم برزون
nothing of them is hidden from God.
لا يخفى على ٱلله منهم شىء
To whom belongs the dominion today?
لمن ٱلملك ٱليوم
To God, the One, the Subjugator.
لله ٱلوحد ٱلقهار
Today every Self will be recompensed for what it earned;
ٱليوم تجزى كل نفس بما كسبت
no wrong today;
لا ظلم ٱليوم
God is indeed swift in reckoning.
إن ٱلله سريع ٱلحساب
And warn them of the Day of the Imminent, when the cores will be at the throats, choked with distress,
وأنذرهم يوم ٱلءازفة إذ ٱلقلوب لدى ٱلحناجر كظمين
the wrongdoers will have neither a warm friend nor an intercessor who is deferred to.
ما للظلمين من حميم ولا شفيع يطاع
He knows the betrayal of the eyes and what the chests hide.
يعلم خآئنة ٱلأعين وما تخفي ٱلصدور
God decides with truth,
وٱلله يقضي بٱلحق
while those they invoke besides Him decide nothing;
وٱلذين يدعون من دونه لا يقضون بشىء
God is indeed the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing.
إن ٱلله هو ٱلسميع ٱلبصير
Have they not traveled through the earth and looked at what was the end of those before them?
أولم يسيروا في ٱلأرض فينظروا كيف كان عقبة ٱلذين كانوا من قبلهم
They were superior to them in strength and in traces left on the earth, and God seized them for their offenses;
كانوا هم أشد منهم قوة وءاثارا في ٱلأرض فأخذهم ٱلله بذنوبهم
and they had, against God, no one to guard them.
وما كان لهم من ٱلله من واق
That was because their messengers used to bring them clear proofs, but they disowned; so God seized them:
ذلك بأنهم كانت تأتيهم رسلهم بٱلبينت فكفروا فأخذهم ٱلله
He is indeed strong, severe in sanction.
إنه قوي شديد ٱلعقاب
We certainly sent Moussa with Our signs and a manifest authority, to Fir'awn, Haman, and Qaroon; they said: "A worker of illusion, a great liar."
ولقد أرسلنا موسى بايتنا وسلطن مبين إلى فرعون وهمن وقرون فقالوا سحر كذاب
Then, when he brought them the truth from Us, they said: "Kill the sons of those who believed with him, and violate the modesty of their women";
فلما جآءهم بٱلحق من عندنا قالوا ٱقتلوا أبنآء ٱلذين ءامنوا معه وٱستحيوا نسآءهم
but the scheming of those who disown is only in error.
وما كيد ٱلكفرين إلا في ضلل
And Fir'awn said: "Leave me to kill Moussa, and let him call upon his Guardian! I fear he may change your Law and uncover corruption in the land."
وقال فرعون ذروني أقتل موسى وليدع ربه إني أخاف أن يبدل دينكم أو أن يظهر في ٱلأرض ٱلفساد
And Moussa said: "I indeed take refuge in my Guardian and your Guardian from every proud one who does not believe in the Day of Reckoning."
وقال موسى إني عذت بربي وربكم من كل متكبر لا يؤمن بيوم ٱلحساب
And a believing man from the clan of Fir'awn, who withheld his faith, said: "Will you kill a man for saying, 'My Guardian is God,' when he has brought you clear proofs from your Guardian? If he is lying, his lie is upon him; and if he is veracious, some of what he promises you will strike you.
وقال رجل مؤمن من ءال فرعون يكتم إيمنه أتقتلون رجلا أن يقول ربي ٱلله وقد جآءكم بٱلبينت من ربكم وإن يك كذبا فعليه كذبه وإن يك صادقا يصبكم بعض ٱلذي يعدكم
God indeed does not guide one who is excessive, a great liar.
إن ٱلله لا يهدي من هو مسرف كذاب
O my people, the dominion is yours today, you are dominant in the land; but who will help us against God's rigor if it comes upon us?"
يقوم لكم ٱلملك ٱليوم ظهرين في ٱلأرض فمن ينصرنا من بأس ٱلله إن جآءنا
Fir'awn said: "I show you only what I see, and I guide you only to the way of rectitude."
قال فرعون مآ أريكم إلا مآ أرى ومآ أهديكم إلا سبيل ٱلرشاد
And the one who had believed said: "O my people, I indeed fear for you a day like that of the parties, like the conduct of the people of Nuh, the Aad, the Thamud, and those who came after them;
وقال ٱلذي ءامن يقوم إني أخاف عليكم مثل يوم ٱلأحزاب مثل دأب قوم نوح وعاد وثمود وٱلذين من بعدهم
and God wants no wrong for the obedient ones."
وما ٱلله يريد ظلما للعباد
"O my people, I indeed fear for you the Day of Mutual Calling, the day you will turn your backs fleeing, with no safeguard for you against God;
ويقوم إني أخاف عليكم يوم ٱلتناد يوم تولون مدبرين ما لكم من ٱلله من عاصم
and whoever God sends astray has no guide.
ومن يضلل ٱلله فما له من هاد
Youssof certainly came to you before with clear proofs, and you did not cease to be in doubt about what he brought you, until, when he perished, you said: 'God will not raise up a messenger after him';
ولقد جآءكم يوسف من قبل بٱلبينت فما زلتم في شك مما جآءكم به حتى إذا هلك قلتم لن يبعث ٱلله من بعده رسولا
thus does God send astray whoever is excessive, full of doubt —
كذلك يضل ٱلله من هو مسرف مرتاب
those who argue concerning the signs of God without any authority having come to them;
ٱلذين يجدلون في ءايت ٱلله بغير سلطن أتىهم
it is a great abomination with God and with those who believe.
كبر مقتا عند ٱلله وعند ٱلذين ءامنوا
Thus does God stamp the core of every proud tyrant."
كذلك يطبع ٱلله على كل قلب متكبر جبار
And Fir'awn said: "O Haman, build me a belvedere, that I may reach the means, the means of the heavens, and glimpse the deity of Moussa; I surely presume he is lying."
وقال فرعون يهمن ٱبن لي صرحا لعلي أبلغ ٱلأسبب أسبب ٱلسموت فأطلع إلى إله موسى وإني لأظنه كذبا
Thus was the evil of his deed made appealing to Fir'awn, and he was barred from the way;
وكذلك زين لفرعون سوء عمله وصد عن ٱلسبيل
Fir'awn's scheming was nothing but perdition.
وما كيد فرعون إلا في تباب
And the one who had believed said: "O my people, follow me; I will guide you to the way of rectitude;
وقال ٱلذي ءامن يقوم ٱتبعون أهدكم سبيل ٱلرشاد
O my people, this present life is only enjoyment,
يقوم إنما هذه ٱلحيوة ٱلدنيا متع
while the last life is indeed the abode of stability.
وإن ٱلءاخرة هي دار ٱلقرار
Whoever does an evil deed is recompensed only with its equivalent,
من عمل سيئة فلا يجزى إلا مثلها
and whoever does a sound deed, male or female, while being a believer, those will be admitted into the Garden, provided for therein without account.
ومن عمل صلحا من ذكر أو أنثى وهو مؤمن فأولئك يدخلون ٱلجنة يرزقون فيها بغير حساب
O my people, why is it that I call you to salvation while you call me to the Fire?
ويقوم ما لي أدعوكم إلى ٱلنجوة وتدعونني إلى ٱلنار
You call me to disown God and to associate with Him what I have no knowledge of, while I call you to the All-Powerful, the Great Forgiver;
تدعونني لأكفر بٱلله وأشرك به ما ليس لي به علم وأنا أدعوكم إلى ٱلعزيز ٱلغفر
inevitably, what you call me to has no call in the present life or in the last life; it is to God that we will be brought back, and the excessive ones are the companions of the Fire.
لا جرم أنما تدعونني إليه ليس له دعوة في ٱلدنيا ولا في ٱلءاخرة وأن مردنآ إلى ٱلله وأن ٱلمسرفين هم أصحب ٱلنار
You will soon remember what I say to you;
فستذكرون مآ أقول لكم
and I commit my affair to God;
وأفوض أمري إلى ٱلله
God is All-Seeing of the obedient ones."
إن ٱلله بصير بٱلعباد
So God guarded him from the evils of what they plotted,
فوقىه ٱلله سيات ما مكروا
and the worst punishment enveloped the clan of Fir'awn:
وحاق بال فرعون سوء ٱلعذاب
the Fire, to which they are exposed morning and evening,
ٱلنار يعرضون عليها غدوا وعشيا
and the day the Hour rises: "Enter, clan of Fir'awn, into the most severe punishment."
ويوم تقوم ٱلساعة أدخلوا ءال فرعون أشد ٱلعذاب
And when they dispute with one another in the Fire, the weak will say to those who grew proud: "We were indeed your followers; can you then be of use to us against a portion of the Fire?"
وإذ يتحآجون في ٱلنار فيقول ٱلضعفؤا للذين ٱستكبروا إنا كنا لكم تبعا فهل أنتم مغنون عنا نصيبا من ٱلنار
Those who grew proud will say: "We are indeed all in it; God has already judged between the obedient ones."
قال ٱلذين ٱستكبروا إنا كل فيهآ إن ٱلله قد حكم بين ٱلعباد
And those in the Fire will say to the custodians of Jahannam: "Call upon your Guardian to lighten for us, even for one day, the punishment."
وقال ٱلذين في ٱلنار لخزنة جهنم ٱدعوا ربكم يخفف عنا يوما من ٱلعذاب
They will say: "Did your messengers not bring you clear proofs?" They will say: "Yes." They will say: "Then call."
قالوا أولم تك تأتيكم رسلكم بٱلبينت قالوا بلى قالوا فٱدعوا
But the calling of those who disown is only in error.
وما دعؤا ٱلكفرين إلا في ضلل
We surely help Our messengers and those who believe, in the present life and on the day the witnesses rise, the day the excuse of the wrongdoers will not benefit them; theirs will be the curse, and theirs the worst of abodes.
إنا لننصر رسلنا وٱلذين ءامنوا في ٱلحيوة ٱلدنيا ويوم يقوم ٱلأشهد يوم لا ينفع ٱلظلمين معذرتهم ولهم ٱللعنة ولهم سوء ٱلدار
We certainly gave Moussa the guidance, and made the Sons of Israel inherit the Scripture, a guidance and a reminder for the possessors of intelligence.
ولقد ءاتينا موسى ٱلهدى وأورثنا بني إسرءيل ٱلكتب هدى وذكرى لأولي ٱلألبب
So be patient: God's promise is indeed truth;
فٱصبر إن وعد ٱلله حق
and ask forgiveness for your offense, and glorify, with praise, your Guardian, in the evening and the morning.
وٱستغفر لذنبك وسبح بحمد ربك بٱلعشي وٱلإبكر
Those who argue concerning the signs of God without any authority having come to them have in their chests nothing but pride they will never attain;
إن ٱلذين يجدلون في ءايت ٱلله بغير سلطن أتىهم إن في صدورهم إلا كبر ما هم ببلغيه
so seek refuge in God:
فٱستعذ بٱلله
it is indeed He, the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing.
إنه هو ٱلسميع ٱلبصير
The creation of the heavens and the earth is surely greater than the creation of mankind,
لخلق ٱلسموت وٱلأرض أكبر من خلق ٱلناس
but most men do not know.
ولكن أكثر ٱلناس لا يعلمون
The blind and the seeing are not equal, nor are those who have believed and done sound deeds and the evildoer;
وما يستوي ٱلأعمى وٱلبصير وٱلذين ءامنوا وعملوا ٱلصلحت ولا ٱلمسيء
little do they remember.
قليلا ما تتذكرون
The Hour is surely coming, no doubt about it,
إن ٱلساعة لءاتية لا ريب فيها
but most men do not believe.
ولكن أكثر ٱلناس لا يؤمنون
And your Guardian has said: "Call upon Me, I will answer you;
وقال ربكم ٱدعوني أستجب لكم
those who grow too proud to obey Me will indeed soon enter Jahannam, abased."
إن ٱلذين يستكبرون عن عبادتي سيدخلون جهنم داخرين
God is He who made for you the night that you may rest in it, and the day for seeing clearly;
ٱلله ٱلذي جعل لكم ٱليل لتسكنوا فيه وٱلنهار مبصرا
God surely holds a favor toward mankind,
إن ٱلله لذو فضل على ٱلناس
but most men are not grateful.
ولكن أكثر ٱلناس لا يشكرون
That is God, your Guardian,
ذلكم ٱلله ربكم
Creator of all things;
خلق كل شىء
there is no deity but Him;
لآ إله إلا هو
how then are you turned away?
فأنى تؤفكون
Thus are turned away those who used to stubbornly reject the signs of God.
كذلك يؤفك ٱلذين كانوا بايت ٱلله يجحدون
God is He who made for you the earth a stable place and the sky a structure, who gave you form and made your forms excellent, and provided you with wholesome things;
ٱلله ٱلذي جعل لكم ٱلأرض قرارا وٱلسمآء بنآء وصوركم فأحسن صوركم ورزقكم من ٱلطيبت
that is God, your Guardian;
ذلكم ٱلله ربكم
blessed is God, Guardian of all beings.
فتبارك ٱلله رب ٱلعلمين
He is the Living;
هو ٱلحى
there is no deity but Him;
لآ إله إلا هو
so call upon Him, devoting the Law exclusively to Him;
فٱدعوه مخلصين له ٱلدين
praise be to God, Guardian of all beings.
ٱلحمد لله رب ٱلعلمين
Say: "I have indeed been forbidden to obey those you invoke besides God, since the clear proofs have come to me from my Guardian; and I have been commanded to be true to the Guardian of all beings alone."
قل إني نهيت أن أعبد ٱلذين تدعون من دون ٱلله لما جآءني ٱلبينت من ربي وأمرت أن أسلم لرب ٱلعلمين
It is He who created you from earth, then from a drop, then from a clinging form, then brings you out as a child, then lets you reach your full strength, then become old men —
هو ٱلذي خلقكم من تراب ثم من نطفة ثم من علقة ثم يخرجكم طفلا ثم لتبلغوا أشدكم ثم لتكونوا شيوخا
and some of you are kept faithfully before — so that you may reach an appointed term, and perhaps you will reason.
ومنكم من يتوفى من قبل ولتبلغوا أجلا مسمى ولعلكم تعقلون
It is He who gives life and causes death;
هو ٱلذي يحي ويميت
and when He decrees a matter, He only says to it: "Be",
فإذا قضى أمرا فإنما يقول له كن
and it is.
فيكون
Have you not seen those who argue concerning the signs of God, how they are turned away?
ألم تر إلى ٱلذين يجدلون في ءايت ٱلله أنى يصرفون
Those who denied the Scripture and that with which We sent Our messengers will soon know, when the shackles are on their necks, along with the chains,
ٱلذين كذبوا بٱلكتب وبمآ أرسلنا به رسلنا فسوف يعلمون إذ ٱلأغلل في أعنقهم وٱلسلسل
they will be dragged through boiling water, then set ablaze in the Fire.
يسحبون في ٱلحميم ثم في ٱلنار يسجرون
Then it will be said to them: "Where are those you used to associate besides God?"
ثم قيل لهم أين ما كنتم تشركون من دون ٱلله
They will say: "They have strayed away from us; in fact, we were not calling upon anything before."
قالوا ضلوا عنا بل لم نكن ندعوا من قبل شيا
Thus does God send astray those who disown.
كذلك يضل ٱلله ٱلكفرين
That is for having rejoiced on the earth without right, and for having strutted;
ذلكم بما كنتم تفرحون في ٱلأرض بغير ٱلحق وبما كنتم تمرحون
enter the gates of Jahannam, to abide therein eternally:
ٱدخلوا أبوب جهنم خلدين فيها
how wretched is the sojourn of the proud!
فبئس مثوى ٱلمتكبرين
So be patient: God's promise is indeed truth;
فٱصبر إن وعد ٱلله حق
whether We show you some of what We promise them, or We keep you faithfully, it is to Us they will be returned.
فإما نرينك بعض ٱلذي نعدهم أو نتوفينك فإلينا يرجعون
We certainly sent messengers before you; some whose account We have related to you, and some whose account We have not related to you;
ولقد أرسلنا رسلا من قبلك منهم من قصصنا عليك ومنهم من لم نقصص عليك
and it is not for any messenger to bring a sign except by God's permission;
وما كان لرسول أن يأتي باية إلا بإذن ٱلله
and when God's command comes, it is decided in truth, and there the workers of falsehood are the losers.
فإذا جآء أمر ٱلله قضي بٱلحق وخسر هنالك ٱلمبطلون
God is He who made for you the cattle, that you may ride some of them and eat others;
ٱلله ٱلذي جعل لكم ٱلأنعم لتركبوا منها ومنها تأكلون
and you have in them benefits,
ولكم فيها منفع
and that you may satisfy on them a need in your chests,
ولتبلغوا عليها حاجة في صدوركم
and upon them as well as upon vessels you are carried.
وعليها وعلى ٱلفلك تحملون
And He shows you His signs;
ويريكم ءايته
so which of God's signs do you disavow?
فأى ءايت ٱلله تنكرون
Have they not traveled through the earth and looked at what was the end of those before them?
أفلم يسيروا في ٱلأرض فينظروا كيف كان عقبة ٱلذين من قبلهم
They were more numerous than them and superior in strength and in traces left on the earth; but what they used to earn availed them nothing.
كانوا أكثر منهم وأشد قوة وءاثارا في ٱلأرض فمآ أغنى عنهم ما كانوا يكسبون
Then, when their messengers brought them clear proofs, they rejoiced in the knowledge they possessed;
فلما جآءتهم رسلهم بٱلبينت فرحوا بما عندهم من ٱلعلم
and that which they used to mock enveloped them.
وحاق بهم ما كانوا به يستهزءون
Then, when they saw Our rigor, they said: "We believe in God alone, and we disown what we used to associate with Him."
فلما رأوا بأسنا قالوا ءامنا بٱلله وحده وكفرنا بما كنا به مشركين
But their faith did not benefit them once they saw Our rigor —
فلم يك ينفعهم إيمنهم لما رأوا بأسنا
such is God's norm, already past among His obedient ones;
سنت ٱلله ٱلتي قد خلت في عباده
and there those who used to disown were the losers.
وخسر هنالك ٱلكفرون