Az-Zumar
Do Not Lose Heart
In the name of God, the All-Benevolent, the Benevolent. The descent of the Scripture comes from God, the All-Powerful, the Wise.
ٮسم الله الرحمں الرحٮم ٮٮرٮل الكٮٮ مں الله العرٮر الحكٮم
We have sent down to you the Scripture in truth; so obey God, devoting the Law exclusively to Him.
اٮا اٮرلٮا الٮك الكٮٮ ٮالحٯ ڡاعٮد الله محلصا له الدٮں
Is it not so: to God belongs the refined and exclusive Law.
الا لله الدٮں الحالص
And those who take allies besides Him: "We only obey them so that they may bring us nearer to God, as near as can be";
والدٮں اٮحدوا مں دوٮه اولٮا ما ٮعٮدهم الا لٮڡرٮوٮا الى الله رلڡى
God will indeed judge between them concerning that in which they differ.
اں الله ٮحكم ٮٮٮهم ڡى ما هم ڡٮه ٮحٮلڡوں
God does not guide one who is a liar, a great disowner.
اں الله لا ٮهدى مں هو كدٮ كڡار
Had God wanted to take a child, He would have chosen what He wills from what He creates;
لو اراد الله اں ٮٮحد ولدا لاصطڡى مما ٮحلٯ ما ٮسا
glory be to Him —
سٮحٮه
He is God, the One, the Subjugator.
هو الله الوحد الڡهار
He created the heavens and the earth in truth;
حلٯ السموٮ والارص ٮالحٯ
He wraps the night around the day, and wraps the day around the night;
ٮكور الٮل على الٮهار وٮكور الٮهار على الٮل
and He has subjected the sun and the moon,
وسحر السمس والڡمر
each running to an appointed term.
كل ٮحرى لاحل مسمى
Is it not so: He is the All-Powerful, the Great Forgiver.
الا هو العرٮر العڡر
He created you from a single Self, then brought forth from it its spouse;
حلڡكم مں ٮڡس وحده ٮم حعل مٮها روحها
and He sent down for you, among the cattle, eight, in pairs;
واٮرل لكم مں الاٮعم ٮمٮٮه اروح
He creates you in the bellies of your mothers, creation after creation, in three darknesses;
ٮحلڡكم ڡى ٮطوں امهٮكم حلڡا مں ٮعد حلٯ ڡى طلمٮ ٮلٮ
that is God, your Guardian; to Him belongs the dominion;
دلكم الله رٮكم له الملك
there is no deity but Him;
لا اله الا هو
how then are you turned away?
ڡاٮى ٮصرڡوں
If you disown, God is indeed Self-Sufficient, independent of you;
اں ٮكڡروا ڡاں الله عٮى عٮكم
and He does not approve of disowning for His obedient ones;
ولا ٮرصى لعٮاده الكڡر
but if you are grateful, He approves it for you.
واں ٮسكروا ٮرصه لكم
And no bearer of burden shall bear the burden of another;
ولا ٮرر وارره ورر احرى
then to your Guardian is your return, and He will inform you of what you used to do.
ٮم الى رٮكم مرحعكم ڡٮٮٮٮكم ٮما كٮٮم ٮعملوں
He is All-Knowing of what the chests contain.
اٮه علٮم ٮداٮ الصدور
And when harm touches the human being, he calls upon his Guardian, having recourse to Him;
وادا مس الاٮسں صر دعا رٮه مٮٮٮا الٮه
then, when He vouchsafes him a blessing from Himself, he forgets what he used to call upon before, and assigns equals to God, to lead astray from His way.
ٮم ادا حوله ٮعمه مٮه ٮسى ما كاں ٮدعوا الٮه مں ڡٮل وحعل لله اٮدادا لٮصل عں سٮٮله
Say: "Enjoy your disowning a little; you are indeed among the companions of the Fire."
ڡل ٮمٮع ٮكڡرك ڡلٮلا اٮك مں اصحٮ الٮار
He who is devoted through the hours of the night, prostrating and standing, wary of the last life and hoping for the benevolence of his Guardian —
امں هو ڡٮٮ اٮا الٮل ساحدا وڡاٮما ٮحدر الاحره وٮرحوا رحمه رٮه
say: "Are those who know equal to those who do not know?"
ڡل هل ٮسٮوى الدٮں ٮعلموں والدٮں لا ٮعلموں
Only the possessors of intelligence remember.
اٮما ٮٮدكر اولوا الالٮٮ
Say: "O My obedient ones who believe, guard yourselves toward your Guardian;
ڡل ٮعٮاد الدٮں امٮوا اٮڡوا رٮكم
for those who do good, in the present life, there is beauty;
للدٮں احسٮوا ڡى هده الدٮٮا حسٮه
and God's earth is vast;
وارص الله وسعه
only the patient will be faithfully repaid their reward, without count."
اٮما ٮوڡى الصٮروں احرهم ٮعٮر حساٮ
Say: "I have been commanded to obey God, devoting the Law exclusively to Him, and I have been commanded to be the first of those true to Him alone."
ڡل اٮى امرٮ اں اعٮد الله محلصا له الدٮں وامرٮ لاں اكوں اول المسلمٮں
Say: "I indeed fear, if I disobey my Guardian, the punishment of an immense day."
ڡل اٮى احاڡ اں عصٮٮ رٮى عداٮ ٮوم عطٮم
Say: "It is God I obey, devoting my Law exclusively to Him;
ڡل الله اعٮد محلصا له دٮٮى
so obey whatever you will besides Him."
ڡاعٮدوا ما سٮٮم مں دوٮه
Say: "The losers are those who will have caused the loss of their Selves and of their families on the Day of Appearance;
ڡل اں الحسرٮں الدٮں حسروا اٮڡسهم واهلٮهم ٮوم الڡٮمه
is it not so: that is the manifest loss."
الا دلك هو الحسراں المٮٮں
They will have, above them, canopies of Fire, and beneath them, likewise;
لهم مں ڡوڡهم طلل مں الٮار ومں ٮحٮهم طلل
it is by this that God frightens His obedient ones:
دلك ٮحوڡ الله ٮه عٮاده
"O My obedient ones, guard yourselves toward Me!"
ٮعٮاد ڡاٮڡوں
And those who avoid obeying the Overreacher, and have recourse to God, to them the good tidings.
والدٮں احٮٮٮوا الطعوٮ اں ٮعٮدوها واٮاٮوا الى الله لهم الٮسرى
So give good news to My obedient ones who listen to the saying and follow the best of it;
ڡٮسر عٮاد الدٮں ٮسٮمعوں الڡول ڡٮٮٮعوں احسٮه
those are the ones God has guided,
اولٮك الدٮں هدٮهم الله
and those are the possessors of intelligence.
واولٮك هم اولوا الالٮٮ
He against whom the word of punishment has proven true — will you save him who is in the Fire?
اڡمں حٯ علٮه كلمه العداٮ اڡاٮٮ ٮٮڡد مں ڡى الٮار
But those who guarded themselves before their Guardian will have high chambers, above which other chambers are built, beneath which rivers flow;
لكں الدٮں اٮڡوا رٮهم لهم عرڡ مں ڡوڡها عرڡ مٮٮٮه ٮحرى مں ٮحٮها الاٮهر
a promise of God —
وعد الله
God does not fail His promise.
لا ٮحلڡ الله المٮعاد
Have you not seen that God sends down water from the sky, and channels it as springs in the earth, then brings forth with it crops of varying colors; then they wither, and you see them yellowed; then He turns them to debris?
الم ٮر اں الله اٮرل مں السما ما ڡسلكه ٮٮٮٮع ڡى الارص ٮم ٮحرح ٮه ررعا محٮلڡا الوٮه ٮم ٮهٮح ڡٮرٮه مصڡرا ٮم ٮحعله حطما
There is surely in that a reminder for the possessors of intelligence.
اں ڡى دلك لدكرى لاولى الالٮٮ
He whose chest God has opened to being true to God alone, so that he is upon a light from his Guardian —
اڡمں سرح الله صدره للاسلم ڡهو على ٮور مں رٮه
so woe to those whose cores are hardened against the remembrance of God!
ڡوٮل للڡسٮه ڡلوٮهم مں دكر الله
Those are in manifest error.
اولٮك ڡى صلل مٮٮں
God has sent down the most beautiful of discourse, a Scripture whose parts resemble one another, in couplets,
الله ٮرل احسں الحدٮٮ كٮٮا مٮسٮها مٮاٮى
at which the skins of those who dread their Guardian shiver; then their skins and their cores soften toward the remembrance of God;
ٮڡسعر مٮه حلود الدٮں ٮحسوں رٮهم ٮم ٮلٮں حلودهم وڡلوٮهم الى دكر الله
that is the guidance of God, by which He guides whom He wills;
دلك هدى الله ٮهدى ٮه مں ٮسا
and whoever God sends astray has no guide.
ومں ٮصلل الله ڡما له مں هاد
He who shields himself with his face from the worst punishment on the Day of Appearance —
اڡمں ٮٮڡى ٮوحهه سو العداٮ ٮوم الڡٮمه
and it will be said to the wrongdoers: "Taste what you used to earn."
وڡٮل للطلمٮں دوڡوا ما كٮٮم ٮكسٮوں
Those before them denied, and the punishment came to them from where they did not sense;
كدٮ الدٮں مں ڡٮلهم ڡاٮٮهم العداٮ مں حٮٮ لا ٮسعروں
God made them taste disgrace in the present life,
ڡاداڡهم الله الحرى ڡى الحٮوه الدٮٮا
and the punishment of the last life is greater, if only they knew.
ولعداٮ الاحره اكٮر لو كاٮوا ٮعلموں
And We have certainly multiplied for men, in this Recitation, every kind of example, perhaps they will remember — a flawless Recitation, without any crookedness, perhaps they will guard themselves.
ولڡد صرٮٮا للٮاس ڡى هدا الڡراں مں كل مٮل لعلهم ٮٮدكروں ڡراٮا عرٮٮا عٮر دى عوح لعلهم ٮٮڡوں
God multiplies an example: a man belonging to partners in disagreement, and a man belonging wholly to one man —
صرٮ الله مٮلا رحلا ڡٮه سركا مٮسكسوں ورحلا سلما لرحل
are they equal in example?
هل ٮسٮوٮاں مٮلا
Praise be to God!
الحمد لله
But most of them do not know.
ٮل اكٮرهم لا ٮعلموں
You will die, and they will die; then, on the Day of Appearance, you will indeed quarrel before your Guardian.
اٮك مٮٮ واٮهم مٮٮوں ٮم اٮكم ٮوم الڡٮمه عٮد رٮكم ٮحٮصموں
Who then does more wrong than one who lies about God and denies veracity when it has come to him?
ڡمں اطلم ممں كدٮ على الله وكدٮ ٮالصدٯ اد حاه
Is there not, in Jahannam, a sojourn for those who disown?
الٮس ڡى حهٮم مٮوى للكڡرٮں
And he who came with veracity, and declared it true, those are the ones who guard themselves.
والدى حا ٮالصدٯ وصدٯ ٮه اولٮك هم المٮڡوں
They will have whatever they will, with their Guardian;
لهم ما ٮساوں عٮد رٮهم
such is the recompense of those who do good, so that God may cover for them the worst of what they did, and recompense them with their reward, according to the best of what they used to do.
دلك حرا المحسٮٮں لٮكڡر الله عٮهم اسوا الدى عملوا وٮحرٮهم احرهم ٮاحسں الدى كاٮوا ٮعملوں
Is God not sufficient for His obedient one?
الٮس الله ٮكاڡ عٮده
And they seek to frighten you with those besides Him;
وٮحوڡوٮك ٮالدٮں مں دوٮه
and whoever God sends astray has no guide.
ومں ٮصلل الله ڡما له مں هاد
And whoever God guides has no one to lead him astray;
ومں ٮهد الله ڡما له مں مصل
is God not All-Powerful, possessor of vengeance?
الٮس الله ٮعرٮر دى اٮٮڡام
And if you ask them who created the heavens and the earth, they will surely say: "God";
ولٮں سالٮهم مں حلٯ السموٮ والارص لٮڡولں الله
say: "Have you considered, then, what you invoke besides God? If God wanted harm for me, could they remove His harm? Or if He wanted benevolence for me, could they hold back His benevolence?"
ڡل اڡرٮٮم ما ٮدعوں مں دوں الله اں ارادٮى الله ٮصر هل هں كسڡٮ صره او ارادٮى ٮرحمه هل هں ممسكٮ رحمٮه
Say: "God suffices me;
ڡل حسٮى الله
it is to Him that those who entrust themselves entrust themselves."
علٮه ٮٮوكل المٮوكلوں
Say: "O my people, act according to your position; I too am acting;
ڡل ٮڡوم اعملوا على مكاٮٮكم اٮى عمل
you will soon know to whom a punishment will come that disgraces him, and upon whom a lasting punishment will fall."
ڡسوڡ ٮعلموں مں ٮاٮٮه عداٮ ٮحرٮه وٮحل علٮه عداٮ مڡٮم
We have sent down to you the Scripture for mankind, in truth;
اٮا اٮرلٮا علٮك الكٮٮ للٮاس ٮالحٯ
whoever lets himself be guided, it is for himself;
ڡمں اهٮدى ڡلٮڡسه
and whoever strays only strays against himself;
ومں صل ڡاٮما ٮصل علٮها
and you are not for them a trustee.
وما اٮٮ علٮهم ٮوكٮل
God keeps faithfully the Selves at the time of their death, and those that have not died, during their sleep;
الله ٮٮوڡى الاٮڡس حٮں موٮها والٮى لم ٮمٮ ڡى مٮامها
He retains those for whom He has decreed death, and sends back the others until an appointed term;
ڡٮمسك الٮى ڡصى علٮها الموٮ وٮرسل الاحرى الى احل مسمى
there are surely in that signs for a people who reflect.
اں ڡى دلك لاٮٮ لڡوم ٮٮڡكروں
Or have they taken intercessors besides God?
ام اٮحدوا مں دوں الله سڡعا
Say: "Even though they have no power over anything and do not reason?"
ڡل اولو كاٮوا لا ٮملكوں سٮا ولا ٮعڡلوں
Say: "Intercession belongs entirely to God;
ڡل لله السڡعه حمٮعا
to Him belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth;
له ملك السموٮ والارص
then to Him you will be returned."
ٮم الٮه ٮرحعوں
And when God alone is remembered, the cores of those who do not believe in the last life shrink with revulsion;
وادا دكر الله وحده اسمارٮ ڡلوٮ الدٮں لا ٮومٮوں ٮالاحره
but when those besides Him are remembered, at once they exult.
وادا دكر الدٮں مں دوٮه ادا هم ٮسٮٮسروں
Say: "O God, Originator of the heavens and the earth, Knower of what escapes the senses and of what is witnessed, You alone will judge between Your obedient ones concerning that in which they used to differ."
ڡل اللهم ڡاطر السموٮ والارص علم العٮٮ والسهده اٮٮ ٮحكم ٮٮں عٮادك ڡى ما كاٮوا ڡٮه ٮحٮلڡوں
And if those who did wrong possessed all that is on earth, and its equivalent with it, they would offer it as ransom from the worst punishment on the Day of Appearance;
ولو اں للدٮں طلموا ما ڡى الارص حمٮعا ومٮله معه لاڡٮدوا ٮه مں سو العداٮ ٮوم الڡٮمه
and there will appear to them, from God, what they had not accounted for.
وٮدا لهم مں الله ما لم ٮكوٮوا ٮحٮسٮوں
And the evil consequences of what they earned will appear to them,
وٮدا لهم سٮاٮ ما كسٮوا
and what they used to mock will envelop them.
وحاٯ ٮهم ما كاٮوا ٮه ٮسٮهروں
When harm touches the human being, he calls upon Us; then, when We vouchsafe him a blessing from Us, he says: "It has only been given to me on account of a knowledge."
ڡادا مس الاٮسں صر دعاٮا ٮم ادا حولٮه ٮعمه مٮا ڡال اٮما اوٮٮٮه على علم
Rather, it is a trial,
ٮل هى ڡٮٮه
but most of them do not know.
ولكں اكٮرهم لا ٮعلموں
Those before them already said it, and what they used to earn availed them nothing.
ڡد ڡالها الدٮں مں ڡٮلهم ڡما اعٮى عٮهم ما كاٮوا ٮكسٮوں
The evil consequences of what they earned struck them;
ڡاصاٮهم سٮاٮ ما كسٮوا
and those among these who do wrong will be struck by the evil consequences of what they earned, and they will not be able to render Him powerless.
والدٮں طلموا مں هولا سٮصٮٮهم سٮاٮ ما كسٮوا وما هم ٮمعحرٮں
Do they not know that God extends provision to whom He wills, and measures it?
اولم ٮعلموا اں الله ٮٮسط الررٯ لمں ٮسا وٮڡدر
There are surely in that signs for a people who believe.
اں ڡى دلك لاٮٮ لڡوم ٮومٮوں
Say: "O My obedient ones who have been excessive against yourselves, do not lose heart regarding the benevolence of God;
ڡل ٮعٮادى الدٮں اسرڡوا على اٮڡسهم لا ٮڡٮطوا مں رحمه الله
God forgives all offenses;
اں الله ٮعڡر الدٮوٮ حمٮعا
it is indeed He, the Most-Forgiving, the Benevolent."
اٮه هو العڡور الرحٮم
And have recourse to your Guardian, and be true to Him alone, before the punishment comes to you; then you will not be helped.
واٮٮٮوا الى رٮكم واسلموا له مں ڡٮل اں ٮاٮٮكم العداٮ ٮم لا ٮٮصروں
And follow the best of what has been sent down to you from your Guardian, before the punishment comes to you unexpectedly, without your sensing it — lest a Self should say: "What desolation, for what I neglected on the side of God, and for having been among the scoffers!" or should say: "Had God guided me, I would have been among those who guard themselves"; or should say, upon seeing the punishment: "If only I had a return, I would be among those who do good."
واٮٮعوا احسں ما اٮرل الٮكم مں رٮكم مں ڡٮل اں ٮاٮٮكم العداٮ ٮعٮه واٮٮم لا ٮسعروں اں ٮڡول ٮڡس ٮحسرٮى على ما ڡرطٮ ڡى حٮٮ الله واں كٮٮ لمں السحرٮں او ٮڡول لو اں الله هدٮٮى لكٮٮ مں المٮڡٮں او ٮڡول حٮں ٮرى العداٮ لو اں لى كره ڡاكوں مں المحسٮٮں
"Yes! My signs came to you, but you denied them, grew proud, and were among those who disown."
ٮلى ڡد حاٮك اٮٮى ڡكدٮٮ ٮها واسٮكٮرٮ وكٮٮ مں الكڡرٮں
And on the Day of Appearance, you will see those who lied about God, their faces blackened.
وٮوم الڡٮمه ٮرى الدٮں كدٮوا على الله وحوههم مسوده
Is there not, in Jahannam, a sojourn for the proud?
الٮس ڡى حهٮم مٮوى للمٮكٮرٮں
And God saves those who guarded themselves, by their triumph; no harm will touch them, and they will not grieve.
وٮٮحى الله الدٮں اٮڡوا ٮمڡارٮهم لا ٮمسهم السو ولا هم ٮحرٮوں
God is the Creator of all things;
الله حلٯ كل سى
and He is, over all things, a trustee.
وهو على كل سى وكٮل
To Him belong the charges of the heavens and the earth;
له مڡالٮد السموٮ والارص
and those who disown the signs of God, those are the losers.
والدٮں كڡروا ٮاٮٮ الله اولٮك هم الحسروں
Say: "Do you then command me to obey other than God, O ignorant ones?"
ڡل اڡعٮر الله ٮامروٮى اعٮد اٮها الحهلوں
It has certainly been revealed to you, and to those before you: "If you associate, your work will surely collapse, and you will surely be among the losers."
ولڡد اوحى الٮك والى الدٮں مں ڡٮلك لٮں اسركٮ لٮحٮطں عملك ولٮكوٮں مں الحسرٮں
Rather, obey God, and be among the grateful.
ٮل الله ڡاعٮد وكں مں السكرٮں
They did not measure God with His true measure; the whole earth will be in His grasp on the Day of Appearance, and the heavens will be folded in His right hand.
وما ڡدروا الله حٯ ڡدره والارص حمٮعا ڡٮصٮه ٮوم الڡٮمه والسموٮ مطوٮٮ ٮٮمٮٮه
Glory be to Him, and He is far above what they associate with Him.
سٮحٮه وٮعلى عما ٮسركوں
And the Horn will be blown, and whoever is in the heavens and whoever is on the earth will be thunderstruck, except whom God wills;
وٮڡح ڡى الصور ڡصعٯ مں ڡى السموٮ ومں ڡى الارص الا مں سا الله
then it will be blown a second time, and at once they will stand up, looking on.
ٮم ٮڡح ڡٮه احرى ڡادا هم ڡٮام ٮٮطروں
And the earth will shine with the light of its Guardian; the record will be set down; the informants and the witnesses will be brought forward; it will be decided between them in truth, and they will not be wronged.
واسرڡٮ الارص ٮٮور رٮها ووصع الكٮٮ وحاى ٮالٮٮٮں والسهدا وڡصى ٮٮٮهم ٮالحٯ وهم لا ٮطلموں
And every Self will be faithfully repaid for what it did, and He knows best what they do.
ووڡٮٮ كل ٮڡس ما عملٮ وهو اعلم ٮما ٮڡعلوں
And those who disown will be driven toward Jahannam, in troops,
وسٮٯ الدٮں كڡروا الى حهٮم رمرا
until, when they reach it, its gates will open, and its custodians will say to them: "Did messengers from among you not come to you, reciting to you the signs of your Guardian and warning you of the meeting of this your day?"
حٮى ادا حاوها ڡٮحٮ اٮوٮها وڡال لهم حرٮٮها الم ٮاٮكم رسل مٮكم ٮٮلوں علٮكم اٮٮ رٮكم وٮٮدروٮكم لڡا ٮومكم هدا
They will say: "Yes!" but the word of punishment will have proven true against those who disowned.
ڡالوا ٮلى ولكں حڡٮ كلمه العداٮ على الكڡرٮں
It will be said: "Enter the gates of Jahannam, to abide therein eternally."
ڡٮل ادحلوا اٮوٮ حهٮم حلدٮں ڡٮها
How wretched is the sojourn of the proud!
ڡٮٮس مٮوى المٮكٮرٮں
And those who guarded themselves before their Guardian will be driven toward the Garden, in troops,
وسٮٯ الدٮں اٮڡوا رٮهم الى الحٮه رمرا
until, when they reach it, its gates being open, its custodians will say to them: "Peace be upon you, you have been wholesome — enter it, to abide therein eternally."
حٮى ادا حاوها وڡٮحٮ اٮوٮها وڡال لهم حرٮٮها سلم علٮكم طٮٮم ڡادحلوها حلدٮں
And they will say: "Praise be to God, who has kept His promise to us, and made us inherit the earth, settling in the Garden wherever we will; how excellent is the reward of those who work!"
وڡالوا الحمد لله الدى صدڡٮا وعده واورٮٮا الارص ٮٮٮوا مں الحٮه حٮٮ ٮسا ڡٮعم احر العملٮں
And you will see the Agents surrounding the Edifice, glorifying their Guardian with praise;
وٮرى الملٮكه حاڡٮں مں حول العرس ٮسٮحوں ٮحمد رٮهم
and it will be decided between them in truth,
وڡصى ٮٮٮهم ٮالحٯ
and it will be said: "Praise be to God, Guardian of all beings."
وڡٮل الحمد لله رٮ العلمٮں