Ghafir
My Guardian Is God
In the name of God, the All-Benevolent, the Benevolent. Ḥa. Mim.
ٮسم الله الرحمں الرحٮم 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,
ٮٮرٮل الكٮٮ مں الله العرٮر العلٮم عاڡر الدٮٮ وڡاٮل الٮوٮ سدٮد العڡاٮ دى الطول
there is no deity but Him;
لا اله الا هو
to Him is the destination.
الٮه المصٮر
Only those who disown argue concerning the signs of God;
ما ٮحدل ڡى اٮٮ الله الا الدٮں كڡروا
so let not their movements through the lands delude you.
ڡلا ٮعررك ٮڡلٮهم ڡى الٮلد
Before them, the people of Nuh denied, and the parties after them,
كدٮٮ ڡٮلهم ڡوم ٮوح والاحراٮ مں ٮعدهم
and every community was minded to seize its messenger,
وهمٮ كل امه ٮرسولهم لٮاحدوه
and they argued by falsehood to refute the truth with it — so I seized them:
وحدلوا ٮالٮطل لٮدحصوا ٮه الحٯ ڡاحدٮهم
and what then was My sanction?
ڡكٮڡ كاں عڡاٮ
Thus did the word of your Guardian prove true against those who disown: they are the companions of the Fire.
وكدلك حڡٮ كلمٮ رٮك على الدٮں كڡروا اٮهم اصحٮ الٮار
Those who bear the Edifice and those around it glorify their Guardian with praise, believe in Him, and ask forgiveness for those who believe:
الدٮں ٮحملوں العرس ومں حوله ٮسٮحوں ٮحمد رٮهم وٮومٮوں ٮه وٮسٮعڡروں للدٮں امٮوا
"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;
رٮٮا وسعٮ كل سى رحمه وعلما ڡاعڡر للدٮں ٮاٮوا واٮٮعوا سٮٮلك وڡهم عداٮ الححٮم
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;
رٮٮا وادحلهم حٮٮ عدں الٮى وعدٮهم ومں صلح مں اٮاٮهم واروحهم ودرٮٮهم
You, indeed, are the All-Powerful, the Wise.
اٮك اٮٮ العرٮر الحكٮم
And protect them from evil deeds;
وڡهم السٮاٮ
and whoever You protect from evil deeds that day, You have shown him benevolence,
ومں ٮٯ السٮاٮ ٮومٮد ڡڡد رحمٮه
and that is the immense triumph."
ودلك هو الڡور العطٮم
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."
اں الدٮں كڡروا ٮٮادوں لمڡٮ الله اكٮر مں مڡٮكم اٮڡسكم اد ٮدعوں الى الاٮمں ڡٮكڡروں
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?"
ڡالوا رٮٮا امٮٮا اٮٮٮٮں واحٮٮٮٮا اٮٮٮٮں ڡاعٮرڡٮا ٮدٮوٮٮا ڡهل الى حروح مں سٮٮل
That is because, when God alone was invoked, you disowned, and when something was associated with Him, you believed;
دلكم ٮاٮه ادا دعى الله وحده كڡرٮم واں ٮسرك ٮه ٮومٮوا
so judgment belongs to God, the Most High, the Great.
ڡالحكم لله العلى الكٮٮر
It is He who shows you His signs and sends down provision for you from the sky;
هو الدى ٮرٮكم اٮٮه وٮٮرل لكم مں السما ررڡا
but only he who has recourse to Him remembers.
وما ٮٮدكر الا مں ٮٮٮٮ
So call upon God, devoting the Law exclusively to Him, however much those who disown detest it.
ڡادعوا الله محلصٮں له الدٮں ولو كره الكڡروں
He is the One who elevates in degrees, possessor of the Edifice;
رڡٮع الدرحٮ دو العرس
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 appear exposed,
ٮلڡى الروح مں امره على مں ٮسا مں عٮاده لٮٮدر ٮوم الٮلاٯ ٮوم هم ٮرروں
nothing of them is hidden from God.
لا ٮحڡى على الله مٮهم سى
To whom belongs the dominion today?
لمں الملك الٮوم
To God, the One, the Subjugator.
لله الوحد الڡهار
Today every Self will be recompensed for what it earned;
الٮوم ٮحرى كل ٮڡس ٮما كسٮٮ
no wrong today;
لا طلم الٮوم
God is indeed swift in reckoning.
اں الله سرٮع الحساٮ
And warn them of the Day of the Imminent, when the cores will be at the throats, choked with distress,
واٮدرهم ٮوم الارڡه اد الڡلوٮ لدى الحٮاحر كطمٮں
the wrongdoers will have neither a warm friend nor an intercessor who is deferred to.
ما للطلمٮں مں حمٮم ولا سڡٮع ٮطاع
He knows the betrayal of the eyes and what the chests hide.
ٮعلم حاٮٮه الاعٮں وما ٮحڡى الصدور
God decides with truth,
والله ٮڡصى ٮالحٯ
while those they invoke besides Him decide nothing;
والدٮں ٮدعوں مں دوٮه لا ٮڡصوں ٮسى
God is indeed the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing.
اں الله هو السمٮع الٮصٮر
Have they not traveled through the earth and looked at what was the end of those before them?
اولم ٮسٮروا ڡى الارص ڡٮٮطروا كٮڡ كاں عڡٮه الدٮں كاٮوا مں ڡٮلهم
They were superior to them in strength and in traces left on the earth, and God seized them for their offenses;
كاٮوا هم اسد مٮهم ڡوه واٮارا ڡى الارص ڡاحدهم الله ٮدٮوٮهم
and they had, against God, no one to guard them.
وما كاں لهم مں الله مں واٯ
That was because their messengers used to bring them clear proofs, but they disowned; so God seized them:
دلك ٮاٮهم كاٮٮ ٮاٮٮهم رسلهم ٮالٮٮٮٮ ڡكڡروا ڡاحدهم الله
He is indeed strong, severe in sanction.
اٮه ڡوى سدٮد العڡاٮ
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."
ولڡد ارسلٮا موسى ٮاٮٮٮا وسلطں مٮٮں الى ڡرعوں وهمں وڡروں ڡڡالوا سحر كداٮ
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";
ڡلما حاهم ٮالحٯ مں عٮدٮا ڡالوا اڡٮلوا اٮٮا الدٮں امٮوا معه واسٮحٮوا ٮساهم
but the scheming of those who disown is only in error.
وما كٮد الكڡرٮں الا ڡى صلل
And Fir'awn said: "Leave me to kill Moussa, and let him call upon his Guardian! I fear he may change your Law and bring about corruption in the land."
وڡال ڡرعوں دروٮى اڡٮل موسى ولٮدع رٮه اٮى احاڡ اں ٮٮدل دٮٮكم او اں ٮطهر ڡى الارص الڡساد
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."
وڡال موسى اٮى عدٮ ٮرٮى ورٮكم مں كل مٮكٮر لا ٮومں ٮٮوم الحساٮ
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.
وڡال رحل مومں مں ال ڡرعوں ٮكٮم اٮمٮه اٮڡٮلوں رحلا اں ٮڡول رٮى الله وڡد حاكم ٮالٮٮٮٮ مں رٮكم واں ٮك كدٮا ڡعلٮه كدٮه واں ٮك صادڡا ٮصٮكم ٮعص الدى ٮعدكم
God indeed does not guide one who is excessive, a great liar.
اں الله لا ٮهدى مں هو مسرڡ كداٮ
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?"
ٮڡوم لكم الملك الٮوم طهرٮں ڡى الارص ڡمں ٮٮصرٮا مں ٮاس الله اں حاٮا
Fir'awn said: "I show you only what I see, and I guide you only to the way of rectitude."
ڡال ڡرعوں ما ارٮكم الا ما ارى وما اهدٮكم الا سٮٮل الرساد
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;
وڡال الدى امں ٮڡوم اٮى احاڡ علٮكم مٮل ٮوم الاحراٮ مٮل داٮ ڡوم ٮوح وعاد وٮمود والدٮں مں ٮعدهم
and God wants no wrong for the obedient ones."
وما الله ٮرٮد طلما للعٮاد
"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;
وٮڡوم اٮى احاڡ علٮكم ٮوم الٮٮاد ٮوم ٮولوں مدٮرٮں ما لكم مں الله مں عاصم
and whoever God sends astray has no guide.
ومں ٮصلل الله ڡما له مں 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';
ولڡد حاكم ٮوسڡ مں ڡٮل ٮالٮٮٮٮ ڡما رلٮم ڡى سك مما حاكم ٮه حٮى ادا هلك ڡلٮم لں ٮٮعٮ الله مں ٮعده رسولا
thus does God send astray whoever is excessive, full of doubt —
كدلك ٮصل الله مں هو مسرڡ مرٮاٮ
those who argue concerning the signs of God without any authority having come to them;
الدٮں ٮحدلوں ڡى اٮٮ الله ٮعٮر سلطں اٮٮهم
it is a great abomination with God and with those who believe.
كٮر مڡٮا عٮد الله وعٮد الدٮں امٮوا
Thus does God stamp the core of every proud tyrant."
كدلك ٮطٮع الله على كل ڡلٮ مٮكٮر حٮار
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."
وڡال ڡرعوں ٮهمں اٮں لى صرحا لعلى اٮلع الاسٮٮ اسٮٮ السموٮ ڡاطلع الى اله موسى واٮى لاطٮه كدٮا
Thus was the evil of his deed made appealing to Fir'awn, and he was barred from the way;
وكدلك رٮں لڡرعوں سو عمله وصد عں السٮٮل
Fir'awn's scheming was nothing but ruin.
وما كٮد ڡرعوں الا ڡى ٮٮاٮ
And the one who had believed said: "O my people, follow me; I will guide you to the way of rectitude;
وڡال الدى امں ٮڡوم اٮٮعوں اهدكم سٮٮل الرساد
O my people, the present life is only enjoyment,
ٮڡوم اٮما هده الحٮوه الدٮٮا مٮع
while the last life is indeed the abode of stability.
واں الاحره هى دار الڡرار
Whoever does an evil deed is recompensed only with its equivalent,
مں عمل سٮٮه ڡلا ٮحرى الا مٮلها
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.
ومں عمل صلحا مں دكر او اٮٮى وهو مومں ڡاولٮك ٮدحلوں الحٮه ٮررڡوں ڡٮها ٮعٮر حساٮ
O my people, why is it that I call you to salvation while you call me to the Fire?
وٮڡوم ما لى ادعوكم الى الٮحوه وٮدعوٮٮى الى الٮار
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;
ٮدعوٮٮى لاكڡر ٮالله واسرك ٮه ما لٮس لى ٮه علم واٮا ادعوكم الى العرٮر العڡر
there is no doubt that what you call me to has no call in the present life or in the last life, that it is to God that we will be brought back, and that the excessive ones are the companions of the Fire.
لا حرم اٮما ٮدعوٮٮى الٮه لٮس له دعوه ڡى الدٮٮا ولا ڡى الاحره واں مردٮا الى الله واں المسرڡٮں هم اصحٮ الٮار
You will soon remember what I say to you;
ڡسٮدكروں ما اڡول لكم
and I commit my affair to God;
واڡوص امرى الى الله
God is All-Seeing of the obedient ones."
اں الله ٮصٮر ٮالعٮاد
So God guarded him from the evils of what they plotted,
ڡوڡٮه الله سٮاٮ ما مكروا
and the worst punishment enveloped the clan of Fir'awn:
وحاٯ ٮال ڡرعوں سو العداٮ
the Fire, to which they are exposed morning and evening,
الٮار ٮعرصوں علٮها عدوا وعسٮا
and the day the Hour rises: "Enter, clan of Fir'awn, into the most severe punishment."
وٮوم ٮڡوم الساعه ادحلوا ال ڡرعوں اسد العداٮ
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?"
واد ٮٮحاحوں ڡى الٮار ڡٮڡول الصعڡوا للدٮں اسٮكٮروا اٮا كٮا لكم ٮٮعا ڡهل اٮٮم معٮوں عٮا ٮصٮٮا مں الٮار
Those who grew proud will say: "We are indeed all in it; God has already judged between the obedient ones."
ڡال الدٮں اسٮكٮروا اٮا كل ڡٮها اں الله ڡد حكم ٮٮں العٮاد
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."
وڡال الدٮں ڡى الٮار لحرٮه حهٮم ادعوا رٮكم ٮحڡڡ عٮا ٮوما مں العداٮ
They will say: "Did your messengers not bring you clear proofs?" They will say: "Yes." They will say: "Then call."
ڡالوا اولم ٮك ٮاٮٮكم رسلكم ٮالٮٮٮٮ ڡالوا ٮلى ڡالوا ڡادعوا
But the calling of those who disown is only in error.
وما دعوا الكڡرٮں الا ڡى صلل
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.
اٮا لٮٮصر رسلٮا والدٮں امٮوا ڡى الحٮوه الدٮٮا وٮوم ٮڡوم الاسهد ٮوم لا ٮٮڡع الطلمٮں معدرٮهم ولهم اللعٮه ولهم سو الدار
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.
ولڡد اٮٮٮا موسى الهدى واورٮٮا ٮٮى اسرٮل الكٮٮ هدى ودكرى لاولى الالٮٮ
So be patient: God's promise is indeed truth;
ڡاصٮر اں وعد الله حٯ
and ask forgiveness for your offense, and glorify, with praise, your Guardian, in the evening and the morning.
واسٮعڡر لدٮٮك وسٮح ٮحمد رٮك ٮالعسى والاٮكر
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;
اں الدٮں ٮحدلوں ڡى اٮٮ الله ٮعٮر سلطں اٮٮهم اں ڡى صدورهم الا كٮر ما هم ٮٮلعٮه
so seek refuge in God:
ڡاسٮعد ٮالله
it is indeed He, the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing.
اٮه هو السمٮع الٮصٮر
The creation of the heavens and the earth is indeed greater than the creation of mankind,
لحلٯ السموٮ والارص اكٮر مں حلٯ الٮاس
but most men do not know.
ولكں اكٮر الٮاس لا ٮعلموں
The blind and the seeing are not equal, nor are those who have believed and done sound deeds and the evildoer;
وما ٮسٮوى الاعمى والٮصٮر والدٮں امٮوا وعملوا الصلحٮ ولا المسى
little do they remember.
ڡلٮلا ما ٮٮدكروں
The Hour is surely coming, no doubt about it,
اں الساعه لاٮٮه لا رٮٮ ڡٮها
but most men do not believe.
ولكں اكٮر الٮاس لا ٮومٮوں
And your Guardian has said: "Call upon Me, I will answer you;
وڡال رٮكم ادعوٮى اسٮحٮ لكم
those who grow too proud to obey Me will indeed soon enter Jahannam, abased."
اں الدٮں ٮسٮكٮروں عں عٮادٮى سٮدحلوں حهٮم داحرٮں
God is He who made for you the night that you may rest in it, and the day for seeing clearly;
الله الدى حعل لكم الٮل لٮسكٮوا ڡٮه والٮهار مٮصرا
God surely holds a favor toward mankind,
اں الله لدو ڡصل على الٮاس
but most men are not grateful.
ولكں اكٮر الٮاس لا ٮسكروں
That is God, your Guardian,
دلكم الله رٮكم
Creator of all things;
حلٯ كل سى
there is no deity but Him;
لا اله الا هو
how then are you turned away?
ڡاٮى ٮوڡكوں
Thus are turned away those who used to stubbornly reject the signs of God.
كدلك ٮوڡك الدٮں كاٮوا ٮاٮٮ الله ٮححدوں
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;
الله الدى حعل لكم الارص ڡرارا والسما ٮٮا وصوركم ڡاحسں صوركم وررڡكم مں الطٮٮٮ
that is God, your Guardian;
دلكم الله رٮكم
blessed is God, Guardian of all beings.
ڡٮٮارك الله رٮ العلمٮں
He is the Living;
هو الحى
there is no deity but Him;
لا اله الا هو
so call upon Him, devoting the Law exclusively to Him;
ڡادعوه محلصٮں له الدٮں
praise be to God, Guardian of all beings.
الحمد لله رٮ العلمٮں
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."
ڡل اٮى ٮهٮٮ اں اعٮد الدٮں ٮدعوں مں دوں الله لما حاٮى الٮٮٮٮ مں رٮى وامرٮ اں اسلم لرٮ العلمٮں
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 الدى حلڡكم مں ٮراٮ ٮم مں ٮطڡه ٮم مں علڡه ٮم ٮحرحكم طڡلا ٮم لٮٮلعوا اسدكم ٮم لٮكوٮوا سٮوحا
and some of you are kept faithfully before — so that you may reach an appointed term, and perhaps you will reason.
ومٮكم مں ٮٮوڡى مں ڡٮل ولٮٮلعوا احلا مسمى ولعلكم ٮعڡلوں
It is He who gives life and causes death;
هو الدى ٮحى وٮمٮٮ
and when He decrees a matter, He only says to it: "Be",
ڡادا ڡصى امرا ڡاٮما ٮڡول له كں
and it is.
ڡٮكوں
Have you not seen those who argue concerning the signs of God, how they are turned away?
الم ٮر الى الدٮں ٮحدلوں ڡى اٮٮ الله اٮى ٮصرڡوں
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,
الدٮں كدٮوا ٮالكٮٮ وٮما ارسلٮا ٮه رسلٮا ڡسوڡ ٮعلموں اد الاعلل ڡى اعٮڡهم والسلسل
they will be dragged through boiling water, then set ablaze in the Fire.
ٮسحٮوں ڡى الحمٮم ٮم ڡى الٮار ٮسحروں
Then it will be said to them: "Where are those you used to associate besides God?"
ٮم ڡٮل لهم اٮں ما كٮٮم ٮسركوں مں دوں الله
They will say: "They have strayed away from us; in fact, we were not calling upon anything before."
ڡالوا صلوا عٮا ٮل لم ٮكں ٮدعوا مں ڡٮل سٮا
Thus does God send astray those who disown.
كدلك ٮصل الله الكڡرٮں
That is for having rejoiced on the earth without right, and for having strutted;
دلكم ٮما كٮٮم ٮڡرحوں ڡى الارص ٮعٮر الحٯ وٮما كٮٮم ٮمرحوں
enter the gates of Jahannam, to abide therein eternally:
ادحلوا اٮوٮ حهٮم حلدٮں ڡٮها
how wretched is the sojourn of the proud!
ڡٮٮس مٮوى المٮكٮرٮں
So be patient: God's promise is indeed truth;
ڡاصٮر اں وعد الله حٯ
whether We show you some of what We promise them, or We keep you faithfully, it is to Us they will be returned.
ڡاما ٮرٮٮك ٮعص الدى ٮعدهم او ٮٮوڡٮٮك ڡالٮٮا ٮرحعوں
We certainly sent messengers before you; some whose account We have related to you, and some whose account We have not related to you;
ولڡد ارسلٮا رسلا مں ڡٮلك مٮهم مں ڡصصٮا علٮك ومٮهم مں لم ٮڡصص علٮك
and it is not for any messenger to bring a sign except by God's permission;
وما كاں لرسول اں ٮاٮى ٮاٮه الا ٮادں الله
and when God's command comes, it is decided in truth, and there the workers of falsehood are the losers.
ڡادا حا امر الله ڡصى ٮالحٯ وحسر هٮالك المٮطلوں
God is He who made for you the cattle, that you may ride some of them and eat others;
الله الدى حعل لكم الاٮعم لٮركٮوا مٮها ومٮها ٮاكلوں
and you have in them benefits,
ولكم ڡٮها مٮڡع
and that you may satisfy on them a need in your chests,
ولٮٮلعوا علٮها حاحه ڡى صدوركم
and upon them as well as upon vessels you are carried.
وعلٮها وعلى الڡلك ٮحملوں
And He shows you His signs;
وٮرٮكم اٮٮه
so which of God's signs do you disavow?
ڡاى اٮٮ الله ٮٮكروں
Have they not traveled through the earth and looked at what was the end of those before them?
اڡلم ٮسٮروا ڡى الارص ڡٮٮطروا كٮڡ كاں عڡٮه الدٮں مں ڡٮلهم
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.
كاٮوا اكٮر مٮهم واسد ڡوه واٮارا ڡى الارص ڡما اعٮى عٮهم ما كاٮوا ٮكسٮوں
Then, when their messengers brought them clear proofs, they rejoiced in the knowledge they possessed;
ڡلما حاٮهم رسلهم ٮالٮٮٮٮ ڡرحوا ٮما عٮدهم مں العلم
and that which they used to mock enveloped them.
وحاٯ ٮهم ما كاٮوا ٮه ٮسٮهروں
Then, when they saw Our rigor, they said: "We believe in God alone, and we disown what we used to associate with Him."
ڡلما راوا ٮاسٮا ڡالوا امٮا ٮالله وحده وكڡرٮا ٮما كٮا ٮه مسركٮں
But their faith did not benefit them once they saw Our rigor —
ڡلم ٮك ٮٮڡعهم اٮمٮهم لما راوا ٮاسٮا
such is God's norm, already past among His obedient ones;
سٮٮ الله الٮى ڡد حلٮ ڡى عٮاده
and there those who used to disown were the losers.
وحسر هٮالك الكڡروں