Al-Ahqaf
No Novelty Among the Messengers
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 Wise.
ٮٮرٮل الكٮٮ مں الله العرٮر الحكٮم
We did not create the heavens and the earth, and what is between them, except in truth and for an appointed term.
ما حلڡٮا السموٮ والارص وما ٮٮٮهما الا ٮالحٯ واحل مسمى
And those who disown turn away from what they were warned of.
والدٮں كڡروا عما اٮدروا معرصوں
Say: "Have you considered what you invoke besides God? Show me what they have created of the earth, or do they have a share in the heavens?
ڡل ارٮٮم ما ٮدعوں مں دوں الله اروٮى مادا حلڡوا مں الارص ام لهم سرك ڡى السموٮ
Bring me a Scripture prior to this one, or a remnant of knowledge, if you are veracious."
اٮٮوٮى ٮكٮٮ مں ڡٮل هدا او اٮره مں علم اں كٮٮم صدڡٮں
And who is more astray than one who invokes, besides God, that which will not answer him until the Day of Appearance, while they remain heedless of their invocation?
ومں اصل ممں ٮدعوا مں دوں الله مں لا ٮسٮحٮٮ له الى ٮوم الڡٮمه وهم عں دعاٮهم عڡلوں
And when mankind is gathered, they will be enemies to them, and they will disown their obedience.
وادا حسر الٮاس كاٮوا لهم اعدا وكاٮوا ٮعٮادٮهم كڡرٮں
And when Our clear signs are recited to them, those who disown say of the truth once it reaches them: "This is a manifest illusion."
وادا ٮٮلى علٮهم اٮٮٮا ٮٮٮٮ ڡال الدٮں كڡروا للحٯ لما حاهم هدا سحر مٮٮں
Or will they say: "He has invented it"?
ام ٮڡولوں اڡٮرٮه
Say: "If I have invented it, you possess nothing for me against God.
ڡل اں اڡٮرٮٮه ڡلا ٮملكوں لى مں الله سٮا
He knows best what you indulge in concerning it.
هو اعلم ٮما ٮڡٮصوں ڡٮه
He suffices as a witness between me and you.
كڡى ٮه سهٮدا ٮٮٮى وٮٮٮكم
And He is the Most-Forgiving, the Benevolent."
وهو العڡور الرحٮم
Say: "I am not a novelty among the messengers, and I have no idea what will be done with me or with you.
ڡل ما كٮٮ ٮدعا مں الرسل وما ادرى ما ٮڡعل ٮى ولا ٮكم
I only follow what is revealed to me.
اں اٮٮع الا ما ٮوحى الى
And I am only a clear warner."
وما اٮا الا ٮدٮر مٮٮں
Say: "Have you considered: if this is from God and you disown it, while a witness among the Sons of Israel has testified to its conformity and believed, whereas you grow proud...
ڡل ارٮٮم اں كاں مں عٮد الله وكڡرٮم ٮه وسهد ساهد مں ٮٮى اسرٮل على مٮله ڡامں واسٮكٮرٮم
God indeed does not guide the wrongdoing people."
اں الله لا ٮهدى الڡوم الطلمٮں
And those who disown say to those who believe: "If it were good, they would not have preceded us to it."
وڡال الدٮں كڡروا للدٮں امٮوا لو كاں حٮرا ما سٮڡوٮا الٮه
And since they have not let themselves be guided by it, they will say: "This is an old distortion."
واد لم ٮهٮدوا ٮه ڡسٮڡولوں هدا اڡك ڡدٮم
And before him, the Scripture of Moussa, as a reference and a benevolence.
ومں ڡٮله كٮٮ موسى اماما ورحمه
And this is a confirming Scripture, in a flawless tongue, so that you may warn those who have done wrong, and as good tidings for those who do good.
وهدا كٮٮ مصدٯ لساٮا عرٮٮا لٮٮدر الدٮں طلموا وٮسرى للمحسٮٮں
Indeed, those who say: "Our Guardian is God," then stand straight — no fear upon them, and they will not grieve.
اں الدٮں ڡالوا رٮٮا الله ٮم اسٮڡموا ڡلا حوڡ علٮهم ولا هم ٮحرٮوں
Those are the companions of the Garden, abiding therein eternally,
اولٮك اصحٮ الحٮه حلدٮں ڡٮها
as a recompense for what they used to do.
حرا ٮما كاٮوا ٮعملوں
And We enjoined upon the human being beneficence toward his two parents.
ووصٮٮا الاٮسں ٮولدٮه احسٮا
His mother carried him with hardship and bore him with hardship.
حملٮه امه كرها ووصعٮه كرها
And his bearing and his weaning are thirty months.
وحمله وڡصله ٮلٮوں سهرا
Until, when he reaches his full maturity and reaches forty years, he says: "My Guardian, inspire me to be grateful for Your blessing which You bestowed upon me and upon my parents, and to do a sound deed that pleases You.
حٮى ادا ٮلع اسده وٮلع ارٮعٮں سٮه ڡال رٮ اورعٮى اں اسكر ٮعمٮك الٮى اٮعمٮ على وعلى ولدى واں اعمل صلحا ٮرصٮه
And make sound for me my descendants.
واصلح لى ڡى درٮٮى
Indeed, I turn back to You, and I am among those true to God alone."
اٮى ٮٮٮ الٮك واٮى مں المسلمٮں
Those are the ones from whom We accept the best of what they did, and pass over their bad deeds, among the companions of the Garden —
اولٮك الدٮں ٮٮڡٮل عٮهم احسں ما عملوا وٮٮحاور عں سٮاٮهم ڡى اصحٮ الحٮه
a true promise which they were promised.
وعد الصدٯ الدى كاٮوا ٮوعدوں
And he who says to his two parents: "Fie on you both! Do you promise me that I will be brought forth, when generations have already passed before me?" — while they both call on God for rescue: "Woe to you, believe! Indeed the promise of God is true" — and he says: "These are nothing but legends of the ancients."
والدى ڡال لولدٮه اڡ لكما اٮعداٮٮى اں احرح وڡد حلٮ الڡروں مں ڡٮلى وهما ٮسٮعٮٮاں الله وٮلك امں اں وعد الله حٯ ڡٮڡول ما هدا الا اسطٮر الاولٮں
Those are the ones against whom the saying has proven true, among communities that had already passed before them, of the Occulted and humans.
اولٮك الدٮں حٯ علٮهم الڡول ڡى امم ڡد حلٮ مں ڡٮلهم مں الحں والاٮس
They were indeed losers.
اٮهم كاٮوا حسرٮں
And to each, degrees, according to what they did,
ولكل درحٮ مما عملوا
and so that He may faithfully repay them for their works, and they will not be wronged.
ولٮوڡٮهم اعملهم وهم لا ٮطلموں
And the Day those who disown are exposed to the Fire: "You exhausted your wholesome things in your present life and enjoyed them.
وٮوم ٮعرص الدٮں كڡروا على الٮار ادهٮٮم طٮٮٮكم ڡى حٮاٮكم الدٮٮا واسٮمٮعٮم ٮها
So today you will be recompensed with the punishment of degradation for having grown proud on earth without right, and for having overstepped."
ڡالٮوم ٮحروں عداٮ الهوں ٮما كٮٮم ٮسٮكٮروں ڡى الارص ٮعٮر الحٯ وٮما كٮٮم ٮڡسڡوں
And remember the brother of the Aad, when he warned his people at the Ahqaf — warners had already passed before him and after him: "Obey none but God.
وادكر احا عاد اد اٮدر ڡومه ٮالاحڡاڡ وڡد حلٮ الٮدر مں ٮٮں ٮدٮه ومں حلڡه الا ٮعٮدوا الا الله
I indeed fear for you the punishment of an immense day."
اٮى احاڡ علٮكم عداٮ ٮوم عطٮم
They said: "Have you come to us to turn us away from our deities? Then bring us what you promise us, if you are among the veracious."
ڡالوا احٮٮٮا لٮاڡكٮا عں الهٮٮا ڡاٮٮا ٮما ٮعدٮا اں كٮٮ مں الصدڡٮں
He said: "The knowledge is with God alone; I convey to you what I was sent with, but I see you to be an ignorant people."
ڡال اٮما العلم عٮد الله واٮلعكم ما ارسلٮ ٮه ولكٮى ارٮكم ڡوما ٮحهلوں
Then, when they saw it as a cloud approaching their valleys, they said: "This is a cloud bringing us rain."
ڡلما راوه عارصا مسٮڡٮل اودٮٮهم ڡالوا هدا عارص ممطرٮا
No, it is rather what you sought to hasten —
ٮل هو ما اسٮعحلٮم ٮه
a wind carrying a painful punishment,
رٮح ڡٮها عداٮ الٮم
destroying everything by the command of its Guardian.
ٮدمر كل سى ٮامر رٮها
And in the morning, you could see nothing but their dwellings.
ڡاصٮحوا لا ٮرى الا مسكٮهم
Thus do We recompense the severed people.
كدلك ٮحرى الڡوم المحرمٮں
And We had certainly established them in what We have not established you in, and We had placed for them hearing, sight, and Consciences,
ولڡد مكٮهم ڡٮما اں مكٮكم ڡٮه وحعلٮا لهم سمعا واٮصرا واڡده
but neither their hearing, nor their sight, nor their Consciences availed them anything, since they used to stubbornly reject the signs of God,
ڡما اعٮى عٮهم سمعهم ولا اٮصرهم ولا اڡدٮهم مں سى اد كاٮوا ٮححدوں ٮاٮٮ الله
and that which they used to mock enveloped them.
وحاٯ ٮهم ما كاٮوا ٮه ٮسٮهروں
And We have certainly annihilated the cities around you, and We diversified the signs, perhaps they would return.
ولڡد اهلكٮا ما حولكم مں الڡرى وصرڡٮا الاٮٮ لعلهم ٮرحعوں
Why then did those they took, besides God, as an offering — as deities — not help them?
ڡلولا ٮصرهم الدٮں اٮحدوا مں دوں الله ڡرٮاٮا الهه
Rather, they strayed away from them,
ٮل صلوا عٮهم
and that is their distortion and what they used to invent.
ودلك اڡكهم وما كاٮوا ٮڡٮروں
And when We directed toward you a group of the Occulted, listening to the Recitation; and when they were present at it, they said: "Be silent."
واد صرڡٮا الٮك ٮڡرا مں الحں ٮسٮمعوں الڡراں ڡلما حصروه ڡالوا اٮصٮوا
Then, when it was concluded, they turned back to their people as warners.
ڡلما ڡصى ولوا الى ڡومهم مٮدرٮں
They said: "O our people, we have heard a Scripture sent down after Moussa, confirming what came before it, guiding to the truth and to a straight road.
ڡالوا ٮڡومٮا اٮا سمعٮا كٮٮا اٮرل مں ٮعد موسى مصدڡا لما ٮٮں ٮدٮه ٮهدى الى الحٯ والى طرٮٯ مسٮڡٮم
O our people, respond to the caller of God and believe in him: He will forgive you some of your offenses and grant you asylum from a painful punishment.
ٮڡومٮا احٮٮوا داعى الله وامٮوا ٮه ٮعڡر لكم مں دٮوٮكم وٮحركم مں عداٮ الٮم
And whoever does not respond to the caller of God cannot render Him powerless on earth, and has no allies besides Him.
ومں لا ٮحٮ داعى الله ڡلٮس ٮمعحر ڡى الارص ولٮس له مں دوٮه اولٮا
Those are in manifest error."
اولٮك ڡى صلل مٮٮں
Do they not see that God, who created the heavens and the earth and was not worn out by their creation, is able to bring the dead back to life? Yes!
اولم ٮروا اں الله الدى حلٯ السموٮ والارص ولم ٮعى ٮحلڡهں ٮڡدر على اں ٮحى الموٮى ٮلى
He is capable of all things.
اٮه على كل سى ڡدٮر
And the Day those who disown are exposed to the Fire: "Is this not the truth?"
وٮوم ٮعرص الدٮں كڡروا على الٮار الٮس هدا ٮالحٯ
They will say: "Yes, by our Guardian!"
ڡالوا ٮلى ورٮٮا
He will say: "Taste then the punishment, for having disowned."
ڡال ڡدوڡوا العداٮ ٮما كٮٮم ٮكڡروں
So be patient, as the resolute among the messengers were patient, and do not seek to hasten.
ڡاصٮر كما صٮر اولوا العرم مں الرسل ولا ٮسٮعحل
To them: "As if, on the day they see what they were promised, they had remained only an hour of the day" — this is a transmission.
لهم كاٮهم ٮوم ٮروں ما ٮوعدوں لم ٮلٮٮوا الا ساعه مں ٮهار ٮلع
So will any be annihilated except the people of the oversteppers?
ڡهل ٮهلك الا الڡوم الڡسڡوں