سورة الأنبياء
Surah Al-Anbiya
The Prophets
Surah Al-Anbiya (The Prophets) is the 21st surah of the Quran. It has 112 verses and is a Meccan surah. Below is the complete Arabic text with an English translation and transliteration, verse by verse.
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
ٱقۡتَرَبَ لِلنَّاسِ حِسَابُهُمۡ وَ هُمۡ فِي غَفۡلَةࣲ مُّعۡرِضُونَ﴿١﴾
Iqtaraba lilnnasi hisabuhum wahum fee ghaflatin muʿridoona
[The time of] their account has approached for the people, while they are in heedlessness turning away.
مَا يَأۡتِيهِم مِّن ذِكۡرࣲ مِّن رَّبِّهِم مُّحۡدَثٍ إِلَّا ٱسۡتَمَعُوهُ وَ هُمۡ يَلۡعَبُونَ﴿٢﴾
Ma yateehim min thikrin min rabbihim muhdathin illa istamaʿoohu wahum yalʿaboona
No mention [i.e., revelation] comes to them anew from their Lord except that they listen to it while they are at play
لَاهِيَةࣰ قُلُوبُهُمۡ ۗ وَ أَسَرُّواْ ٱلنَّجۡوَى ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ هَلۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا بَشَرࣱ مِّثۡلُكُمۡ ۖ أَفَتَأۡتُونَ ٱلسِّحۡرَ وَ أَنتُمۡ تُبۡصِرُونَ﴿٣﴾
Lahiyatan quloobuhum waasarroo alnnajwa allatheena thalamoo hal hatha illa basharun mithlukum afatatoona alssihra waantum tubsiroona
With their hearts distracted. And those who do wrong conceal their private conversation, [saying], "Is this [Prophet] except a human being like you? So would you approach magic while you are aware [of it]?"
قَالَ رَبِّي يَعۡلَمُ ٱلۡقَوۡلَ فِي ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ ۖ وَ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ﴿٤﴾
Qala rabbee yaʿlamu alqawla fee alssamai waalardi wahuwa alssameeʿu alʿaleemu
He [the Prophet (ﷺ)] said, "My Lord knows whatever is said throughout the heaven and earth, and He is the Hearing, the Knowing."
بَلۡ قَالُوٓاْ أَضۡغَٰثُ أَحۡلَٰمِۭ بَلِ ٱفۡتَرَىٰهُ بَلۡ هُوَ شَاعِرࣱ فَلۡيَأۡتِنَا بِـَٔايَةࣲ كَمَآ أُرۡسِلَ ٱلۡأَوَّلُونَ﴿٥﴾
Bal qaloo adghathu ahlamin bali iftarahu bal huwa shaʿirun falyatina biayatin kama orsila alawwaloona
But they say, "[The revelation is but] a mixture of false dreams; rather, he has invented it; rather, he is a poet. So let him bring us a sign just as the previous [messengers] were sent [with miracles]."
مَآ ءَامَنَتۡ قَبۡلَهُم مِّن قَرۡيَةٍ أَهۡلَكۡنَٰهَآ ۖ أَفَهُمۡ يُؤۡمِنُونَ﴿٦﴾
Ma amanat qablahum min qaryatin ahlaknaha afahum yuminoona
Not a [single] city which We destroyed believed before them, so will they believe?
وَ مَآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا قَبۡلَكَ إِلَّا رِجَالࣰا نُّوحِيٓ إِلَيۡهِمۡ ۖ فَسۡـَٔلُوٓاْ أَهۡلَ ٱلذِّكۡرِ إِن كُنتُمۡ لَا تَعۡلَمُونَ﴿٧﴾
Wama arsalna qablaka illa rijalan noohee ilayhim faisaloo ahla alththikri in kuntum la taʿlamoona
And We sent not before you, [O Muḥammad], except men to whom We revealed [the message], so ask the people of the message [i.e., former scriptures] if you do not know.
وَ مَا جَعَلۡنَٰهُمۡ جَسَدࣰا لَّا يَأۡكُلُونَ ٱلطَّعَامَ وَ مَا كَانُواْ خَٰلِدِينَ﴿٨﴾
Wama jaʿalnahum jasadan la yakuloona alttaʿama wama kanoo khalideena
And We did not make them [i.e., the prophets] forms not eating food, nor were they immortal [on earth].
ثُمَّ صَدَقۡنَٰهُمُ ٱلۡوَعۡدَ فَأَنجَيۡنَٰهُمۡ وَ مَن نَّشَآءُ وَ أَهۡلَكۡنَا ٱلۡمُسۡرِفِينَ﴿٩﴾
Thumma sadaqnahumu alwaʿda faanjaynahum waman nashao waahlakna almusrifeena
Then We fulfilled for them the promise, and We saved them and whom We willed and destroyed the transgressors.
لَقَدۡ أَنزَلۡنَآ إِلَيۡكُمۡ كِتَٰبࣰا فِيهِ ذِكۡرُكُمۡ ۚ أَفَلَا تَعۡقِلُونَ﴿١٠﴾
Laqad anzalna ilaykum kitaban feehi thikrukum afala taʿqiloona
We have certainly sent down to you a Book [i.e., the Qur’ān] in which is your mention. Then will you not reason?
وَ كَمۡ قَصَمۡنَا مِن قَرۡيَةࣲ كَانَتۡ ظَالِمَةࣰ وَ أَنشَأۡنَا بَعۡدَهَا قَوۡمًا ءَاخَرِينَ﴿١١﴾
Wakam qasamna min qaryatin kanat thalimatan waanshana baʿdaha qawman akhareena
And how many a city which was unjust have We shattered and produced after it another people.
فَلَمَّآ أَحَسُّواْ بَأۡسَنَآ إِذَا هُم مِّنۡهَا يَرۡكُضُونَ﴿١٢﴾
Falamma ahassoo basana itha hum minha yarkudoona
And when they [i.e., its inhabitants] perceived Our punishment, at once they fled from it.
لَا تَرۡكُضُواْ وَ ٱرۡجِعُوٓاْ إِلَىٰ مَآ أُتۡرِفۡتُمۡ فِيهِ وَ مَسَٰكِنِكُمۡ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تُسۡـَٔلُونَ﴿١٣﴾
La tarkudoo wairjiʿoo ila ma otriftum feehi wamasakinikum laʿallakum tusaloona
[Some angels said], "Do not flee but return to where you were given luxury and to your homes - perhaps you will be questioned."
قَالُواْ يَٰوَيۡلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ﴿١٤﴾
Qaloo ya waylana inna kunna thalimeena
They said, "O woe to us! Indeed, we were wrongdoers."
فَمَا زَالَت تِّلۡكَ دَعۡوَىٰهُمۡ حَتَّىٰ جَعَلۡنَٰهُمۡ حَصِيدًا خَٰمِدِينَ﴿١٥﴾
Fama zalat tilka daʿwahum hatta jaʿalnahum haseedan khamideena
And that declaration of theirs did not cease until We made them [as] a harvest [mowed down], extinguished [like a fire].
وَ مَا خَلَقۡنَا ٱلسَّمَآءَ وَ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَ مَا بَيۡنَهُمَا لَٰعِبِينَ﴿١٦﴾
Wama khalaqna alssamaa waalarda wama baynahuma laʿibeena
And We did not create the heaven and earth and that between them in play.
لَوۡ أَرَدۡنَآ أَن نَّتَّخِذَ لَهۡوࣰا لَّٱتَّخَذۡنَٰهُ مِن لَّدُنَّآ إِن كُنَّا فَٰعِلِينَ﴿١٧﴾
Law aradna an nattakhitha lahwan laittakhathnahu min ladunna in kunna faʿileena
Had We intended to take a diversion, We could have taken it from [what is] with Us - if [indeed] We were to do so.
بَلۡ نَقۡذِفُ بِٱلۡحَقِّ عَلَى ٱلۡبَٰطِلِ فَيَدۡمَغُهُۥ فَإِذَا هُوَ زَاهِقࣱ ۚ وَ لَكُمُ ٱلۡوَيۡلُ مِمَّا تَصِفُونَ﴿١٨﴾
Bal naqthifu bialhaqqi ʿala albatili fayadmaghuhu faitha huwa zahiqun walakumu alwaylu mimma tasifoona
Rather, We dash the truth upon falsehood, and it destroys it, and thereupon it departs. And for you is destruction from that which you describe.
وَ لَهُۥ مَن فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ ۚ وَ مَنۡ عِندَهُۥ لَا يَسۡتَكۡبِرُونَ عَنۡ عِبَادَتِهِۦ وَ لَا يَسۡتَحۡسِرُونَ﴿١٩﴾
Walahu man fee alssamawati waalardi waman ʿindahu la yastakbiroona ʿan ʿibadatihi wala yastahsiroona
To Him belongs whoever is in the heavens and the earth. And those near Him [i.e., the angels] are not prevented by arrogance from His worship, nor do they tire.
يُسَبِّحُونَ ٱلَّيۡلَ وَ ٱلنَّهَارَ لَا يَفۡتُرُونَ﴿٢٠﴾
Yusabbihoona allayla waalnnahara la yafturoona
They exalt [Him] night and day [and] do not slacken.
أَمِ ٱتَّخَذُوٓاْ ءَالِهَةࣰ مِّنَ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ هُمۡ يُنشِرُونَ﴿٢١﴾
Ami ittakhathoo alihatan mina alardi hum yunshiroona
Or have they [i.e., men] taken for themselves gods from the earth who resurrect [the dead]?
لَوۡ كَانَ فِيهِمَآ ءَالِهَةٌ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ لَفَسَدَتَا ۚ فَسُبۡحَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَرۡشِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ﴿٢٢﴾
Law kana feehima alihatun illa Allahu lafasadata fasubhana Allahi rabbi alʿarshi ʿamma yasifoona
Had there been within them [i.e., the heavens and earth] gods besides Allāh, they both would have been ruined. So exalted is Allāh, Lord of the Throne, above what they describe.
لَا يُسۡـَٔلُ عَمَّا يَفۡعَلُ وَ هُمۡ يُسۡـَٔلُونَ﴿٢٣﴾
La yusalu ʿamma yafʿalu wahum yusaloona
He is not questioned about what He does, but they will be questioned.
أَمِ ٱتَّخَذُواْ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ ءَالِهَةࣰ ۖ قُلۡ هَاتُواْ بُرۡهَٰنَكُمۡ ۖ هَٰذَا ذِكۡرُ مَن مَّعِيَ وَ ذِكۡرُ مَن قَبۡلِي ۚ بَلۡ أَكۡثَرُهُمۡ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ ٱلۡحَقَّ ۖ فَهُم مُّعۡرِضُونَ﴿٢٤﴾
Ami ittakhathoo min doonihi alihatan qul hatoo burhanakum hatha thikru man maʿiya wathikru man qablee bal aktharuhum la yaʿlamoona alhaqqa fahum muʿridoona
Or have they taken gods besides Him? Say, [O Muḥammad], "Produce your proof. This [Qur’ān] is the message for those with me and the message of those before me." But most of them do not know the truth, so they are turning away.
وَ مَآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا مِن قَبۡلِكَ مِن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا نُوحِيٓ إِلَيۡهِ أَنَّهُۥ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّآ أَنَا۠ فَٱعۡبُدُونِ﴿٢٥﴾
Wama arsalna min qablika min rasoolin illa noohee ilayhi annahu la ilaha illa ana faoʿbudooni
And We sent not before you any messenger except We revealed to him that, "There is no deity except Me, so worship Me."
وَ قَالُواْ ٱتَّخَذَ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ وَلَدࣰا ۗ سُبۡحَٰنَهُۥ ۚ بَلۡ عِبَادࣱ مُّكۡرَمُونَ﴿٢٦﴾
Waqaloo ittakhatha alrrahmanu waladan subhanahu bal ʿibadun mukramoona
And they say, "The Most Merciful has taken a son." Exalted is He! Rather, they are [but] honored servants.
لَا يَسۡبِقُونَهُۥ بِٱلۡقَوۡلِ وَ هُم بِأَمۡرِهِۦ يَعۡمَلُونَ﴿٢٧﴾
La yasbiqoonahu bialqawli wahum biamrihi yaʿmaloona
They cannot precede Him in word, and they act by His command.
يَعۡلَمُ مَا بَيۡنَ أَيۡدِيهِمۡ وَ مَا خَلۡفَهُمۡ وَ لَا يَشۡفَعُونَ إِلَّا لِمَنِ ٱرۡتَضَىٰ وَ هُم مِّنۡ خَشۡيَتِهِۦ مُشۡفِقُونَ﴿٢٨﴾
Yaʿlamu ma bayna aydeehim wama khalfahum wala yashfaʿoona illa limani irtada wahum min khashyatihi mushfiqoona
He knows what is [presently] before them and what will be after them, and they cannot intercede except on behalf of one whom He approves. And they, from fear of Him, are apprehensive.
وَ مَن يَقُلۡ مِنۡهُمۡ إِنِّيٓ إِلَٰهࣱ مِّن دُونِهِۦ فَذَٰلِكَ نَجۡزِيهِ جَهَنَّمَ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجۡزِي ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ﴿٢٩﴾
Waman yaqul minhum innee ilahun min doonihi fathalika najzeehi jahannama kathalika najzee alththalimeena
And whoever of them should say, "Indeed, I am a god besides Him" - that one We would recompense with Hell. Thus do We recompense the wrongdoers.
أَوَلَمۡ يَرَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓاْ أَنَّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ كَانَتَا رَتۡقࣰا فَفَتَقۡنَٰهُمَا ۖ وَ جَعَلۡنَا مِنَ ٱلۡمَآءِ كُلَّ شَيۡءٍ حَيٍّ ۚ أَفَلَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ﴿٣٠﴾
Awalam yara allatheena kafaroo anna alssamawati waalarda kanata ratqan fafataqnahuma wajaʿalna mina almai kulla shayin hayyin afala yuminoona
Have those who disbelieved not considered that the heavens and the earth were a joined entity, and then We separated them and made from water every living thing? Then will they not believe?
وَ جَعَلۡنَا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ رَوَٰسِيَ أَن تَمِيدَ بِهِمۡ وَ جَعَلۡنَا فِيهَا فِجَاجࣰا سُبُلࣰا لَّعَلَّهُمۡ يَهۡتَدُونَ﴿٣١﴾
Wajaʿalna fee alardi rawasiya an tameeda bihim wajaʿalna feeha fijajan subulan laʿallahum yahtadoona
And We placed within the earth firmly set mountains, lest it should shift with them, and We made therein [mountain] passes [as] roads that they might be guided.
وَ جَعَلۡنَا ٱلسَّمَآءَ سَقۡفࣰا مَّحۡفُوظࣰا ۖ وَ هُمۡ عَنۡ ءَايَٰتِهَا مُعۡرِضُونَ﴿٣٢﴾
Wajaʿalna alssamaa saqfan mahfoothan wahum ʿan ayatiha muʿridoona
And We made the sky a protected ceiling, but they, from its signs, are turning away.
وَ هُوَ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ ٱلَّيۡلَ وَ ٱلنَّهَارَ وَ ٱلشَّمۡسَ وَ ٱلۡقَمَرَ ۖ كُلࣱّ فِي فَلَكࣲ يَسۡبَحُونَ﴿٣٣﴾
Wahuwa allathee khalaqa allayla waalnnahara waalshshamsa waalqamara kullun fee falakin yasbahoona
And it is He who created the night and the day and the sun and the moon; all [heavenly bodies] in an orbit are swimming.
وَ مَا جَعَلۡنَا لِبَشَرࣲ مِّن قَبۡلِكَ ٱلۡخُلۡدَ ۖ أَفَإِيْن مِّتَّ فَهُمُ ٱلۡخَٰلِدُونَ﴿٣٤﴾
Wama jaʿalna libasharin min qablika alkhulda afain mitta fahumu alkhalidoona
And We did not grant to any man before you eternity [on earth]; so if you die - would they be eternal?
كُلُّ نَفۡسࣲ ذَآئِقَةُ ٱلۡمَوۡتِ ۗ وَ نَبۡلُوكُم بِٱلشَّرِّ وَ ٱلۡخَيۡرِ فِتۡنَةࣰ ۖ وَ إِلَيۡنَا تُرۡجَعُونَ﴿٣٥﴾
Kullu nafsin thaiqatu almawti wanablookum bialshsharri waalkhayri fitnatan wailayna turjaʿoona
Every soul will taste death. And We test you with evil and with good as trial; and to Us you will be returned.
وَ إِذَا رَءَاكَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓاْ إِن يَتَّخِذُونَكَ إِلَّا هُزُوًا أَهَٰذَا ٱلَّذِي يَذۡكُرُ ءَالِهَتَكُمۡ وَ هُم بِذِكۡرِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ هُمۡ كَٰفِرُونَ﴿٣٦﴾
Waitha raaka allatheena kafaroo in yattakhithoonaka illa huzuwan ahatha allathee yathkuru alihatakum wahum bithikri alrrahmani hum kafiroona
And when those who disbelieve see you, [O Muḥammad], they take you not except in ridicule, [saying], "Is this the one who mentions [i.e., insults] your gods?" And they are, at the mention of the Most Merciful, disbelievers.
خُلِقَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مِنۡ عَجَلࣲ ۚ سَأُوْرِيكُمۡ ءَايَٰتِي فَلَا تَسۡتَعۡجِلُونِ﴿٣٧﴾
Khuliqa alinsanu min ʿajalin saoreekum ayatee fala tastaʿjiloona
Man was created of haste [i.e., impatience]. I will show you My signs [i.e., vengeance], so do not impatiently urge Me.
وَ يَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هَٰذَا ٱلۡوَعۡدُ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰدِقِينَ﴿٣٨﴾
Wayaqooloona mata hatha alwaʿdu in kuntum sadiqeena
And they say, "When is this promise, if you should be truthful?"
لَوۡ يَعۡلَمُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ حِينَ لَا يَكُفُّونَ عَن وُجُوهِهِمُ ٱلنَّارَ وَ لَا عَن ظُهُورِهِمۡ وَ لَا هُمۡ يُنصَرُونَ﴿٣٩﴾
Law yaʿlamu allatheena kafaroo heena la yakuffoona ʿan wujoohihimu alnnara wala ʿan thuhoorihim wala hum yunsaroona
If those who disbelieved but knew the time when they will not avert the Fire from their faces or from their backs and they will not be aided...
بَلۡ تَأۡتِيهِم بَغۡتَةࣰ فَتَبۡهَتُهُمۡ فَلَا يَسۡتَطِيعُونَ رَدَّهَا وَ لَا هُمۡ يُنظَرُونَ﴿٤٠﴾
Bal tateehim baghtatan fatabhatuhum fala yastateeʿoona raddaha wala hum yuntharoona
Rather, it will come to them unexpectedly and bewilder them, and they will not be able to repel it, nor will they be reprieved.
وَ لَقَدِ ٱسۡتُهۡزِئَ بِرُسُلࣲ مِّن قَبۡلِكَ فَحَاقَ بِٱلَّذِينَ سَخِرُواْ مِنۡهُم مَّا كَانُواْ بِهِۦ يَسۡتَهۡزِءُونَ﴿٤١﴾
Walaqadi istuhzia birusulin min qablika fahaqa biallatheena sakhiroo minhum ma kanoo bihi yastahzioona
And already were messengers ridiculed before you, but those who mocked them were enveloped by what they used to ridicule.
قُلۡ مَن يَكۡلَؤُكُم بِٱلَّيۡلِ وَ ٱلنَّهَارِ مِنَ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ۚ بَلۡ هُمۡ عَن ذِكۡرِ رَبِّهِم مُّعۡرِضُونَ﴿٤٢﴾
Qul man yaklaokum biallayli waalnnahari mina alrrahmani bal hum ʿan thikri rabbihim muʿridoona
Say, "Who can protect you at night or by day from the Most Merciful?" But they are, from the remembrance of their Lord, turning away.
أَمۡ لَهُمۡ ءَالِهَةࣱ تَمۡنَعُهُم مِّن دُونِنَا ۚ لَا يَسۡتَطِيعُونَ نَصۡرَ أَنفُسِهِمۡ وَ لَا هُم مِّنَّا يُصۡحَبُونَ﴿٤٣﴾
Am lahum alihatun tamnaʿuhum min doonina la yastateeʿoona nasra anfusihim wala hum minna yushaboona
Or do they have gods to defend them other than Us? They are unable [even] to help themselves, nor can they be protected from Us.
بَلۡ مَتَّعۡنَا هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ وَ ءَابَآءَهُمۡ حَتَّىٰ طَالَ عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلۡعُمُرُ ۗ أَفَلَا يَرَوۡنَ أَنَّا نَأۡتِي ٱلۡأَرۡضَ نَنقُصُهَا مِنۡ أَطۡرَافِهَآ ۚ أَفَهُمُ ٱلۡغَٰلِبُونَ﴿٤٤﴾
Bal mattaʿna haolai waabaahum hatta tala ʿalayhimu alʿumuru afala yarawna anna natee alarda nanqusuha min atrafiha afahumu alghaliboona
But, [on the contrary], We have provided good things for these [disbelievers] and their fathers until life was prolonged for them. Then do they not see that We set upon the land, reducing it from its borders? Is it they who will overcome?
قُلۡ إِنَّمَآ أُنذِرُكُم بِٱلۡوَحۡيِ ۚ وَ لَا يَسۡمَعُ ٱلصُّمُّ ٱلدُّعَآءَ إِذَا مَا يُنذَرُونَ﴿٤٥﴾
Qul innama onthirukum bialwahyi wala yasmaʿu alssummu aldduʿaa itha ma yuntharoona
Say, "I only warn you by revelation." But the deaf do not hear the call when they are warned.
وَ لَئِن مَّسَّتۡهُمۡ نَفۡحَةࣱ مِّنۡ عَذَابِ رَبِّكَ لَيَقُولُنَّ يَٰوَيۡلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ﴿٤٦﴾
Walain massathum nafhatun min ʿathabi rabbika layaqoolunna ya waylana inna kunna thalimeena
And if [as much as] a whiff of the punishment of your Lord should touch them, they would surely say, "O woe to us! Indeed, we have been wrongdoers."
وَ نَضَعُ ٱلۡمَوَٰزِينَ ٱلۡقِسۡطَ لِيَوۡمِ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ فَلَا تُظۡلَمُ نَفۡسࣱ شَيۡـࣰٔا ۖ وَ إِن كَانَ مِثۡقَالَ حَبَّةࣲ مِّنۡ خَرۡدَلٍ أَتَيۡنَا بِهَا ۗ وَ كَفَىٰ بِنَا حَٰسِبِينَ﴿٤٧﴾
Wanadaʿu almawazeena alqista liyawmi alqiyamati fala tuthlamu nafsun shayan wain kana mithqala habbatin min khardalin atayna biha wakafa bina hasibeena
And We place the scales of justice for the Day of Resurrection, so no soul will be treated unjustly at all. And if there is [even] the weight of a mustard seed, We will bring it forth. And sufficient are We as accountant.
وَ لَقَدۡ ءَاتَيۡنَا مُوسَىٰ وَ هَٰرُونَ ٱلۡفُرۡقَانَ وَ ضِيَآءࣰ وَ ذِكۡرࣰا لِّلۡمُتَّقِينَ﴿٤٨﴾
Walaqad atayna moosa waharoona alfurqana wadiyaan wathikran lilmuttaqeena
And We had already given Moses and Aaron the criterion and a light and a reminder for the righteous
ٱلَّذِينَ يَخۡشَوۡنَ رَبَّهُم بِٱلۡغَيۡبِ وَ هُم مِّنَ ٱلسَّاعَةِ مُشۡفِقُونَ﴿٤٩﴾
Allatheena yakhshawna rabbahum bialghaybi wahum mina alssaʿati mushfiqoona
Who fear their Lord unseen, while they are of the Hour apprehensive.
وَ هَٰذَا ذِكۡرࣱ مُّبَارَكٌ أَنزَلۡنَٰهُ ۚ أَفَأَنتُمۡ لَهُۥ مُنكِرُونَ﴿٥٠﴾
Wahatha thikrun mubarakun anzalnahu afaantum lahu munkiroona
And this [Qur’ān] is a blessed message which We have sent down. Then are you with it unacquainted?
وَ لَقَدۡ ءَاتَيۡنَآ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ رُشۡدَهُۥ مِن قَبۡلُ وَ كُنَّا بِهِۦ عَٰلِمِينَ﴿٥١﴾
Walaqad atayna ibraheema rushdahu min qablu wakunna bihi ʿalimeena
And We had certainly given Abraham his sound judgement before, and We were of him well-Knowing
إِذۡ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَ قَوۡمِهِۦ مَا هَٰذِهِ ٱلتَّمَاثِيلُ ٱلَّتِيٓ أَنتُمۡ لَهَا عَٰكِفُونَ﴿٥٢﴾
Ith qala liabeehi waqawmihi ma hathihi alttamatheelu allatee antum laha ʿakifoona
When he said to his father and his people, "What are these statues to which you are devoted?"
قَالُواْ وَجَدۡنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا لَهَا عَٰبِدِينَ﴿٥٣﴾
Qaloo wajadna abaana laha ʿabideena
They said, "We found our fathers worshippers of them."
قَالَ لَقَدۡ كُنتُمۡ أَنتُمۡ وَ ءَابَآؤُكُمۡ فِي ضَلَٰلࣲ مُّبِينࣲ﴿٥٤﴾
Qala laqad kuntum antum waabaokum fee dalalin mubeenin
He said, "You were certainly, you and your fathers, in manifest error."
قَالُوٓاْ أَجِئۡتَنَا بِٱلۡحَقِّ أَمۡ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱللَّٰعِبِينَ﴿٥٥﴾
Qaloo ajitana bialhaqqi am anta mina allaʿibeena
They said, "Have you come to us with truth, or are you of those who jest?"
قَالَ بَل رَّبُّكُمۡ رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ ٱلَّذِي فَطَرَهُنَّ وَ أَنَا۠ عَلَىٰ ذَٰلِكُم مِّنَ ٱلشَّٰهِدِينَ﴿٥٦﴾
Qala bal rabbukum rabbu alssamawati waalardi allathee fatarahunna waana ʿala thalikum mina alshshahideena
He said, "[No], rather, your Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth who created them, and I, to that, am of those who testify.
وَ تَٱللَّهِ لَأَكِيدَنَّ أَصۡنَٰمَكُم بَعۡدَ أَن تُوَلُّواْ مُدۡبِرِينَ﴿٥٧﴾
WataAllahi laakeedanna asnamakum baʿda an tuwalloo mudbireena
And [I swear] by Allāh, I will surely plan against your idols after you have turned and gone away."
فَجَعَلَهُمۡ جُذَٰذًا إِلَّا كَبِيرࣰا لَّهُمۡ لَعَلَّهُمۡ إِلَيۡهِ يَرۡجِعُونَ﴿٥٨﴾
Fajaʿalahum juthathan illa kabeeran lahum laʿallahum ilayhi yarjiʿoona
So he made them into fragments, except a large one among them, that they might return to it [and question].
قَالُواْ مَن فَعَلَ هَٰذَا بِـَٔالِهَتِنَآ إِنَّهُۥ لَمِنَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ﴿٥٩﴾
Qaloo man faʿala hatha bialihatina innahu lamina alththalimeena
They said, "Who has done this to our gods? Indeed, he is of the wrongdoers."
قَالُواْ سَمِعۡنَا فَتࣰى يَذۡكُرُهُمۡ يُقَالُ لَهُۥٓ إِبۡرَٰهِيمُ﴿٦٠﴾
Qaloo samiʿna fatan yathkuruhum yuqalu lahu ibraheemu
They said, "We heard a young man mention them who is called Abraham."
قَالُواْ فَأۡتُواْ بِهِۦ عَلَىٰٓ أَعۡيُنِ ٱلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَشۡهَدُونَ﴿٦١﴾
Qaloo fatoo bihi ʿala aʿyuni alnnasi laʿallahum yashhadoona
They said, "Then bring him before the eyes of the people that they may testify."
قَالُوٓاْ ءَأَنتَ فَعَلۡتَ هَٰذَا بِـَٔالِهَتِنَا يَٰٓإِبۡرَٰهِيمُ﴿٦٢﴾
Qaloo aanta faʿalta hatha bialihatina ya ibraheemu
They said, "Have you done this to our gods, O Abraham?"
قَالَ بَلۡ فَعَلَهُۥ كَبِيرُهُمۡ هَٰذَا فَسۡـَٔلُوهُمۡ إِن كَانُواْ يَنطِقُونَ﴿٦٣﴾
Qala bal faʿalahu kabeeruhum hatha faisaloohum in kanoo yantiqoona
He said, "Rather, this - the largest of them - did it, so ask them, if they should [be able to] speak."
فَرَجَعُوٓاْ إِلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِهِمۡ فَقَالُوٓاْ إِنَّكُمۡ أَنتُمُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ﴿٦٤﴾
Farajaʿoo ila anfusihim faqaloo innakum antumu alththalimoona
So they returned to [blaming] themselves and said [to each other], "Indeed, you are the wrongdoers."
ثُمَّ نُكِسُواْ عَلَىٰ رُءُوسِهِمۡ لَقَدۡ عَلِمۡتَ مَا هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ يَنطِقُونَ﴿٦٥﴾
Thumma nukisoo ʿala ruoosihim laqad ʿalimta ma haolai yantiqoona
Then they reversed themselves, [saying], "You have already known that these do not speak!"
قَالَ أَفَتَعۡبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَنفَعُكُمۡ شَيۡـࣰٔا وَ لَا يَضُرُّكُمۡ﴿٦٦﴾
Qala afataʿbudoona min dooni Allahi ma la yanfaʿukum shayan wala yadurrukum
He said, "Then do you worship instead of Allāh that which does not benefit you at all or harm you?
أُفࣲّ لَّكُمۡ وَ لِمَا تَعۡبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ أَفَلَا تَعۡقِلُونَ﴿٦٧﴾
Offin lakum walima taʿbudoona min dooni Allahi afala taʿqiloona
Uff to you and to what you worship instead of Allāh. Then will you not use reason?"
قَالُواْ حَرِّقُوهُ وَ ٱنصُرُوٓاْ ءَالِهَتَكُمۡ إِن كُنتُمۡ فَٰعِلِينَ﴿٦٨﴾
Qaloo harriqoohu waonsuroo alihatakum in kuntum faʿileena
They said, "Burn him and support your gods - if you are to act."
قُلۡنَا يَٰنَارُ كُونِي بَرۡدࣰا وَ سَلَٰمًا عَلَىٰٓ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ﴿٦٩﴾
Qulna ya naru koonee bardan wasalaman ʿala ibraheema
We [i.e., Allāh] said, "O fire, be coolness and safety upon Abraham."
وَ أَرَادُواْ بِهِۦ كَيۡدࣰا فَجَعَلۡنَٰهُمُ ٱلۡأَخۡسَرِينَ﴿٧٠﴾
Waaradoo bihi kaydan fajaʿalnahumu alakhsareena
And they intended for him a plan [i.e., harm], but We made them the greatest losers.
وَ نَجَّيۡنَٰهُ وَ لُوطًا إِلَى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ ٱلَّتِي بَٰرَكۡنَا فِيهَا لِلۡعَٰلَمِينَ﴿٧١﴾
Wanajjaynahu walootan ila alardi allatee barakna feeha lilʿalameena
And We delivered him and Lot to the land which We had blessed for the worlds [i.e., peoples].
وَ وَهَبۡنَا لَهُۥٓ إِسۡحَٰقَ وَ يَعۡقُوبَ نَافِلَةࣰ ۖ وَ كُلࣰّا جَعَلۡنَا صَٰلِحِينَ﴿٧٢﴾
Wawahabna lahu ishaqa wayaʿqooba nafilatan wakullan jaʿalna saliheena
And We gave him Isaac and Jacob in addition, and all [of them] We made righteous.
وَ جَعَلۡنَٰهُمۡ أَئِمَّةࣰ يَهۡدُونَ بِأَمۡرِنَا وَ أَوۡحَيۡنَآ إِلَيۡهِمۡ فِعۡلَ ٱلۡخَيۡرَٰتِ وَ إِقَامَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ وَ إِيتَآءَ ٱلزَّكَوٰةِ ۖ وَ كَانُواْ لَنَا عَٰبِدِينَ﴿٧٣﴾
Wajaʿalnahum aimmatan yahdoona biamrina waawhayna ilayhim fiʿla alkhayrati waiqama alssalati waeetaa alzzakati wakanoo lana ʿabideena
And We made them leaders guiding by Our command. And We inspired to them the doing of good deeds, establishment of prayer, and giving of zakāh; and they were worshippers of Us.
وَ لُوطًا ءَاتَيۡنَٰهُ حُكۡمࣰا وَ عِلۡمࣰا وَ نَجَّيۡنَٰهُ مِنَ ٱلۡقَرۡيَةِ ٱلَّتِي كَانَت تَّعۡمَلُ ٱلۡخَبَٰٓئِثَ ۚ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ قَوۡمَ سَوۡءࣲ فَٰسِقِينَ﴿٧٤﴾
Walootan ataynahu hukman waʿilman wanajjaynahu mina alqaryati allatee kanat taʿmalu alkhabaitha innahum kanoo qawma sawin fasiqeena
And to Lot We gave judgement and knowledge, and We saved him from the city that was committing wicked deeds. Indeed, they were a people of evil, defiantly disobedient.
وَ أَدۡخَلۡنَٰهُ فِي رَحۡمَتِنَآ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ﴿٧٥﴾
Waadkhalnahu fee rahmatina innahu mina alssaliheena
And We admitted him into Our mercy. Indeed, he was of the righteous.
وَ نُوحًا إِذۡ نَادَىٰ مِن قَبۡلُ فَٱسۡتَجَبۡنَا لَهُۥ فَنَجَّيۡنَٰهُ وَ أَهۡلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلۡكَرۡبِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ﴿٧٦﴾
Wanoohan ith nada min qablu faistajabna lahu fanajjaynahu waahlahu mina alkarbi alʿatheemi
And [mention] Noah, when he called [to Allāh] before [that time], so We responded to him and saved him and his family from the great affliction [i.e., the flood].
وَ نَصَرۡنَٰهُ مِنَ ٱلۡقَوۡمِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَآ ۚ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ قَوۡمَ سَوۡءࣲ فَأَغۡرَقۡنَٰهُمۡ أَجۡمَعِينَ﴿٧٧﴾
Wanasarnahu mina alqawmi allatheena kaththaboo biayatina innahum kanoo qawma sawin faaghraqnahum ajmaʿeena
And We aided [i.e., saved] him from the people who denied Our signs. Indeed, they were a people of evil, so We drowned them, all together.
وَ دَاوُۥدَ وَ سُلَيۡمَٰنَ إِذۡ يَحۡكُمَانِ فِي ٱلۡحَرۡثِ إِذۡ نَفَشَتۡ فِيهِ غَنَمُ ٱلۡقَوۡمِ وَ كُنَّا لِحُكۡمِهِمۡ شَٰهِدِينَ﴿٧٨﴾
Wadawooda wasulaymana ith yahkumani fee alharthi ith nafashat feehi ghanamu alqawmi wakunna lihukmihim shahideena
And [mention] David and Solomon, when they judged concerning the field - when the sheep of a people overran it [at night], and We were witness to their judgement.
فَفَهَّمۡنَٰهَا سُلَيۡمَٰنَ ۚ وَ كُلًّا ءَاتَيۡنَا حُكۡمࣰا وَ عِلۡمࣰا ۚ وَ سَخَّرۡنَا مَعَ دَاوُۥدَ ٱلۡجِبَالَ يُسَبِّحۡنَ وَ ٱلطَّيۡرَ ۚ وَ كُنَّا فَٰعِلِينَ﴿٧٩﴾
Fafahhamnaha sulaymana wakullan atayna hukman waʿilman wasakhkharna maʿa dawooda aljibala yusabbihna waalttayra wakunna faʿileena
And We gave understanding of it [i.e., the case] to Solomon, and to each [of them] We gave judgement and knowledge. And We subjected the mountains to exalt [Us], along with David and [also] the birds. And We were doing [that].
وَ عَلَّمۡنَٰهُ صَنۡعَةَ لَبُوسࣲ لَّكُمۡ لِتُحۡصِنَكُم مِّنۢ بَأۡسِكُمۡ ۖ فَهَلۡ أَنتُمۡ شَٰكِرُونَ﴿٨٠﴾
Waʿallamnahu sanʿata laboosin lakum lituhsinakum min basikum fahal antum shakiroona
And We taught him the fashioning of coats of armor to protect you from your [enemy in] battle. So will you then be grateful?
وَ لِسُلَيۡمَٰنَ ٱلرِّيحَ عَاصِفَةࣰ تَجۡرِي بِأَمۡرِهِۦٓ إِلَى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ ٱلَّتِي بَٰرَكۡنَا فِيهَا ۚ وَ كُنَّا بِكُلِّ شَيۡءٍ عَٰلِمِينَ﴿٨١﴾
Walisulaymana alrreeha ʿasifatan tajree biamrihi ila alardi allatee barakna feeha wakunna bikulli shayin ʿalimeena
And to Solomon [We subjected] the wind, blowing forcefully, proceeding by his command toward the land which We had blessed. And We are ever, of all things, Knowing.
وَ مِنَ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينِ مَن يَغُوصُونَ لَهُۥ وَ يَعۡمَلُونَ عَمَلࣰا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ ۖ وَ كُنَّا لَهُمۡ حَٰفِظِينَ﴿٨٢﴾
Wamina alshshayateeni man yaghoosoona lahu wayaʿmaloona ʿamalan doona thalika wakunna lahum hafitheena
And of the devils [i.e., jinn] were those who dived for him and did work other than that. And We were of them a guardian.
وَ أَيُّوبَ إِذۡ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنِّي مَسَّنِيَ ٱلضُّرُّ وَ أَنتَ أَرۡحَمُ ٱلرَّٰحِمِينَ﴿٨٣﴾
Waayyooba ith nada rabbahu annee massaniya alddurru waanta arhamu alrrahimeena
And [mention] Job, when he called to his Lord, "Indeed, adversity has touched me, and You are the most merciful of the merciful."
فَٱسۡتَجَبۡنَا لَهُۥ فَكَشَفۡنَا مَا بِهِۦ مِن ضُرࣲّ ۖ وَ ءَاتَيۡنَٰهُ أَهۡلَهُۥ وَ مِثۡلَهُم مَّعَهُمۡ رَحۡمَةࣰ مِّنۡ عِندِنَا وَ ذِكۡرَىٰ لِلۡعَٰبِدِينَ﴿٨٤﴾
Faistajabna lahu fakashafna ma bihi min durrin waataynahu ahlahu wamithlahum maʿahum rahmatan min ʿindina wathikra lilʿabideena
So We responded to him and removed what afflicted him of adversity. And We gave him [back] his family and the like thereof with them as mercy from Us and a reminder for the worshippers [of Allāh].
وَ إِسۡمَٰعِيلَ وَ إِدۡرِيسَ وَ ذَا ٱلۡكِفۡلِ ۖ كُلࣱّ مِّنَ ٱلصَّٰبِرِينَ﴿٨٥﴾
Waismaʿeela waidreesa watha alkifli kullun mina alssabireena
And [mention] Ishmael and Idrees and Dhul-Kifl; all were of the patient.
وَ أَدۡخَلۡنَٰهُمۡ فِي رَحۡمَتِنَآ ۖ إِنَّهُم مِّنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ﴿٨٦﴾
Waadkhalnahum fee rahmatina innahum mina alssaliheena
And We admitted them into Our mercy. Indeed, they were of the righteous.
وَ ذَا ٱلنُّونِ إِذ ذَّهَبَ مُغَٰضِبࣰا فَظَنَّ أَن لَّن نَّقۡدِرَ عَلَيۡهِ فَنَادَىٰ فِي ٱلظُّلُمَٰتِ أَن لَّآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّآ أَنتَ سُبۡحَٰنَكَ إِنِّي كُنتُ مِنَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ﴿٨٧﴾
Watha alnnooni ith thahaba mughadiban fathanna an lan naqdira ʿalayhi fanada fee alththulumati an la ilaha illa anta subhanaka innee kuntu mina alththalimeena
And [mention] the man of the fish [i.e., Jonah], when he went off in anger and thought that We would not decree [anything] upon him. And he called out within the darknesses, "There is no deity except You; exalted are You. Indeed, I have been of the wrongdoers."
فَٱسۡتَجَبۡنَا لَهُۥ وَ نَجَّيۡنَٰهُ مِنَ ٱلۡغَمِّ ۚ وَ كَذَٰلِكَ نُـۨجِي ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ﴿٨٨﴾
Faistajabna lahu wanajjaynahu mina alghammi wakathalika nunjee almumineena
So We responded to him and saved him from the distress. And thus do We save the believers.
وَ زَكَرِيَّآ إِذۡ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُۥ رَبِّ لَا تَذَرۡنِي فَرۡدࣰا وَ أَنتَ خَيۡرُ ٱلۡوَٰرِثِينَ﴿٨٩﴾
Wazakariyya ith nada rabbahu rabbi la tatharnee fardan waanta khayru alwaritheena
And [mention] Zechariah, when he called to his Lord, "My Lord, do not leave me alone [with no heir], while You are the best of inheritors."
فَٱسۡتَجَبۡنَا لَهُۥ وَ وَهَبۡنَا لَهُۥ يَحۡيَىٰ وَ أَصۡلَحۡنَا لَهُۥ زَوۡجَهُۥٓ ۚ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ يُسَٰرِعُونَ فِي ٱلۡخَيۡرَٰتِ وَ يَدۡعُونَنَا رَغَبࣰا وَ رَهَبࣰا ۖ وَ كَانُواْ لَنَا خَٰشِعِينَ﴿٩٠﴾
Faistajabna lahu wawahabna lahu yahya waaslahna lahu zawjahu innahum kanoo yusariʿoona fee alkhayrati wayadʿoonana raghaban warahaban wakanoo lana khashiʿeena
So We responded to him, and We gave to him John, and amended for him his wife. Indeed, they used to hasten to good deeds and supplicate Us in hope and fear, and they were to Us humbly submissive.
وَ ٱلَّتِيٓ أَحۡصَنَتۡ فَرۡجَهَا فَنَفَخۡنَا فِيهَا مِن رُّوحِنَا وَ جَعَلۡنَٰهَا وَ ٱبۡنَهَآ ءَايَةࣰ لِّلۡعَٰلَمِينَ﴿٩١﴾
Waallatee ahsanat farjaha fanafakhna feeha min roohina wajaʿalnaha waibnaha ayatan lilʿalameena
And [mention] the one who guarded her chastity [i.e., Mary], so We blew into her [garment] through Our angel [i.e., Gabriel], and We made her and her son a sign for the worlds.
إِنَّ هَٰذِهِۦٓ أُمَّتُكُمۡ أُمَّةࣰ وَٰحِدَةࣰ وَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمۡ فَٱعۡبُدُونِ﴿٩٢﴾
Inna hathihi ommatukum ommatan wahidatan waana rabbukum faoʿbudooni
Indeed this, your religion, is one religion, and I am your Lord, so worship Me.
وَ تَقَطَّعُوٓاْ أَمۡرَهُم بَيۡنَهُمۡ ۖ كُلٌّ إِلَيۡنَا رَٰجِعُونَ﴿٩٣﴾
Wataqattaʿoo amrahum baynahum kullun ilayna rajiʿoona
And [yet] they divided their affair [i.e., that of their religion] among themselves, [but] all to Us will return.
فَمَن يَعۡمَلۡ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ وَ هُوَ مُؤۡمِنࣱ فَلَا كُفۡرَانَ لِسَعۡيِهِۦ وَ إِنَّا لَهُۥ كَٰتِبُونَ﴿٩٤﴾
Faman yaʿmal mina alssalihati wahuwa muminun fala kufrana lisaʿyihi wainna lahu katiboona
So whoever does righteous deeds while he is a believer - no denial will there be for his effort, and indeed We [i.e., Our angels], of it, are recorders.
وَ حَرَٰمٌ عَلَىٰ قَرۡيَةٍ أَهۡلَكۡنَٰهَآ أَنَّهُمۡ لَا يَرۡجِعُونَ﴿٩٥﴾
Waharamun ʿala qaryatin ahlaknaha annahum la yarjiʿoona
And it is prohibited to [the people of] a city which We have destroyed that they will [ever] return
حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا فُتِحَتۡ يَأۡجُوجُ وَ مَأۡجُوجُ وَ هُم مِّن كُلِّ حَدَبࣲ يَنسِلُونَ﴿٩٦﴾
Hatta itha futihat yajooju wamajooju wahum min kulli hadabin yansiloona
Until when [the dam of] Gog and Magog has been opened and they, from every elevation, descend
وَ ٱقۡتَرَبَ ٱلۡوَعۡدُ ٱلۡحَقُّ فَإِذَا هِيَ شَٰخِصَةٌ أَبۡصَٰرُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ يَٰوَيۡلَنَا قَدۡ كُنَّا فِي غَفۡلَةࣲ مِّنۡ هَٰذَا بَلۡ كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ﴿٩٧﴾
Waiqtaraba alwaʿdu alhaqqu faitha hiya shakhisatun absaru allatheena kafaroo ya waylana qad kunna fee ghaflatin min hatha bal kunna thalimeena
And [when] the true promise [i.e., the resurrection] has approached; then suddenly the eyes of those who disbelieved will be staring [in horror, while they say], "O woe to us; we had been unmindful of this; rather, we were wrongdoers."
إِنَّكُمۡ وَ مَا تَعۡبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ حَصَبُ جَهَنَّمَ أَنتُمۡ لَهَا وَٰرِدُونَ﴿٩٨﴾
Innakum wama taʿbudoona min dooni Allahi hasabu jahannama antum laha waridoona
Indeed, you [disbelievers] and what you worship other than Allāh are the firewood of Hell. You will be coming to [enter] it.
لَوۡ كَانَ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ ءَالِهَةࣰ مَّا وَرَدُوهَا ۖ وَ كُلࣱّ فِيهَا خَٰلِدُونَ﴿٩٩﴾
Law kana haolai alihatan ma waradooha wakullun feeha khalidoona
Had these [false deities] been [actual] gods, they would not have come to it, but all are eternal therein.
لَهُمۡ فِيهَا زَفِيرࣱ وَ هُمۡ فِيهَا لَا يَسۡمَعُونَ﴿١٠٠﴾
Lahum feeha zafeerun wahum feeha la yasmaʿoona
For them therein is heavy sighing, and they therein will not hear.
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ سَبَقَتۡ لَهُم مِّنَّا ٱلۡحُسۡنَىٰٓ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ عَنۡهَا مُبۡعَدُونَ﴿١٠١﴾
Inna allatheena sabaqat lahum minna alhusna olaika ʿanha mubʿadoona
Indeed, those for whom the best [reward] has preceded from Us - they are from it far removed.
لَا يَسۡمَعُونَ حَسِيسَهَا ۖ وَ هُمۡ فِي مَا ٱشۡتَهَتۡ أَنفُسُهُمۡ خَٰلِدُونَ﴿١٠٢﴾
La yasmaʿoona haseesaha wahum fee ma ishtahat anfusuhum khalidoona
They will not hear its sound, while they are, in that which their souls desire, abiding eternally.
لَا يَحۡزُنُهُمُ ٱلۡفَزَعُ ٱلۡأَكۡبَرُ وَ تَتَلَقَّىٰهُمُ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ هَٰذَا يَوۡمُكُمُ ٱلَّذِي كُنتُمۡ تُوعَدُونَ﴿١٠٣﴾
La yahzunuhumu alfazaʿu alakbaru watatalaqqahumu almalaikatu hatha yawmukumu allathee kuntum tooʿadoona
They will not be grieved by the greatest terror, and the angels will meet them, [saying], "This is your Day which you have been promised" -
يَوۡمَ نَطۡوِي ٱلسَّمَآءَ كَطَيِّ ٱلسِّجِلِّ لِلۡكُتُبِ ۚ كَمَا بَدَأۡنَآ أَوَّلَ خَلۡقࣲ نُّعِيدُهُۥ ۚ وَعۡدًا عَلَيۡنَآ ۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا فَٰعِلِينَ﴿١٠٤﴾
Yawma natwee alssamaa katayyi alssijlli lilkutubi kama badana awwala khalqin nuʿeeduhu waʿdan ʿalayna inna kunna faʿileena
The Day when We will fold the heaven like the folding of a [written] sheet for the records. As We began the first creation, We will repeat it. [That is] a promise binding upon Us. Indeed, We will do it.
وَ لَقَدۡ كَتَبۡنَا فِي ٱلزَّبُورِ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ ٱلذِّكۡرِ أَنَّ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ يَرِثُهَا عِبَادِيَ ٱلصَّٰلِحُونَ﴿١٠٥﴾
Walaqad katabna fee alzzaboori min baʿdi alththikri anna alarda yarithuha ʿibadiya alssalihoona
And We have already written in the book [of Psalms] after the [previous] mention that the land [of Paradise] is inherited by My righteous servants.
إِنَّ فِي هَٰذَا لَبَلَٰغࣰا لِّقَوۡمٍ عَٰبِدِينَ﴿١٠٦﴾
Inna fee hatha labalaghan liqawmin ʿabideena
Indeed, in this [Qur’ān] is notification for a worshipping people.
وَ مَآ أَرۡسَلۡنَٰكَ إِلَّا رَحۡمَةࣰ لِّلۡعَٰلَمِينَ﴿١٠٧﴾
Wama arsalnaka illa rahmatan lilʿalameena
And We have not sent you, [O Muḥammad], except as a mercy to the worlds.
قُلۡ إِنَّمَا يُوحَىٰٓ إِلَيَّ أَنَّمَآ إِلَٰهُكُمۡ إِلَٰهࣱ وَٰحِدࣱ ۖ فَهَلۡ أَنتُم مُّسۡلِمُونَ﴿١٠٨﴾
Qul innama yooha ilayya annama ilahukum ilahun wahidun fahal antum muslimoona
Say, "It is only revealed to me that your god is but one God; so will you be Muslims [in submission to Him]?"
فَإِن تَوَلَّوۡاْ فَقُلۡ ءَاذَنتُكُمۡ عَلَىٰ سَوَآءࣲ ۖ وَ إِنۡ أَدۡرِيٓ أَقَرِيبٌ أَم بَعِيدࣱ مَّا تُوعَدُونَ﴿١٠٩﴾
Fain tawallaw faqul athantukum ʿala sawain wain adree aqareebun am baʿeedun ma tooʿadoona
But if they turn away, then say, "I have announced to [all of] you equally. And I know not whether near or far is that which you are promised.
إِنَّهُۥ يَعۡلَمُ ٱلۡجَهۡرَ مِنَ ٱلۡقَوۡلِ وَ يَعۡلَمُ مَا تَكۡتُمُونَ﴿١١٠﴾
Innahu yaʿlamu aljahra mina alqawli wayaʿlamu ma taktumoona
Indeed, He knows what is declared of speech, and He knows what you conceal.
وَ إِنۡ أَدۡرِي لَعَلَّهُۥ فِتۡنَةࣱ لَّكُمۡ وَ مَتَٰعٌ إِلَىٰ حِينࣲ﴿١١١﴾
Wain adree laʿallahu fitnatun lakum wamataʿun ila heenin
And I know not; perhaps it is a trial for you and enjoyment for a time."
قَٰلَ رَبِّ ٱحۡكُم بِٱلۡحَقِّ ۗ وَ رَبُّنَا ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ ٱلۡمُسۡتَعَانُ عَلَىٰ مَا تَصِفُونَ﴿١١٢﴾
Qala rabbi ohkum bialhaqqi warabbuna alrrahmanu almustaʿanu ʿala ma tasifoona
[The Prophet (ﷺ)] has said, "My Lord, judge [between us] in truth. And our Lord is the Most Merciful, the one whose help is sought against that which you describe."
Translation: Saheeh International · Transliteration
About this surah
Name
The name of this Surah has not been taken from any verse but it has been called Al-Anbiyaa because it contains a continuous account of many Anbiyaa (Prophets). Nevertheless, it is a symbolic name and not a title.
Period of Revelation
Both the subject matter and the style of the Surah indicate that it was sent down in the third stage of the life of the Holy Prophet at Makkah.(Sea Introduction to Chapter VI).
Subject and Topics
This Surah discusses the conflict between the Holy Prophet and the chiefs of Makkah, which was rampant at the time of its Revelation and answers those objections and doubts which were being put forward concerning his Prophethood and the Doctrines of Tauhid and the Hereafter. The chiefs of Makkah have also been rebuked for their treachery against the Holy Prophet and warned of the evil consequences of their wicked ways. They have been admonished to give up their indifference and heedlessness that they were showing about the Message. At the end of the Surah, they have been told that the person whom they considered to be a "distress and affliction" had in reality come to them as a blessing.
Main Themes
In vv. 1-47, the following themes have been discussed in particular :
- The objection of the disbelievers that a human being could not be a Messenger and therefore they could not accept Muhammad (peace be upon him) as a Prophet, has been refuted.
- They have been taken to task for raising multifarious and contradictory objections against the Holy Prophet and the Qur'an.
- Their wrong conception of life has been proved to be false because it was responsible for their indifferent and heedless attitude towards the Message of the Holy Prophet. They believed that life was merely a sport and pastime and had no purpose behind or before it and there was no accountability or reward or punishment.
- The main cause of the conflict between the disbelievers and the Holy Prophet was their insistence on the doctrine of shirk and antagonism to the Doctrine of Tauhid. So the doctrine of shirk has been refuted and the Doctrine of Tauhid reinforced by weighty and impressive though brief arguments.
- Arguments and admonitions have been used to remove another misunderstanding of theirs. They presumed that Muhammad (peace be upon him) was a false prophet and his warnings of a scourge from God were empty threats, just because no scourge was visiting them in spite of their persistent rejection of the Prophet.
In vv. 48-91, examples have been cited from the important events of the life stories of the Prophets to show that all the Prophets, who were sent by God, were human beings and had all the characteristics of a man except those which were exclusive to Prophethood. They had no share in Godhead and they had to implore Allah to fulfill each and every necessity of theirs.
Along with these two other things have also been mentioned:
- All the Prophets had to pass through distress and affliction; their opponents did their worst to thwart their mission, but in spite of it they came out successful by the extraordinary succor from Allah.
- All the Prophets had one and the same "way of life', the same as was being presented by Muhammad (Allah's peace be upon him), and that was the only Right Way of Life and all other ways invented and introduced by mischievous people were utterly wrong.
In vv. 92-106, it has been declared that only those who follow the Right Way, will come out successful in the final judgment of God and those who discard it shall meet with the worst consequences.
In vv. 107-112, the people have been told that it is a great favor of Allah that He has sent His Messenger to inform them beforehand of this Reality and that those, who consider his coming to be an affliction instead of a blessing, are foolish people.
Source: Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi - Tafhim al-Qur'an - The Meaning of the Quran