سورة النمل
Surah An-Naml
The Ant
Surah An-Naml (The Ant) is the 27th surah of the Quran. It has 93 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
طسٓ ۚ تِلۡكَ ءَايَٰتُ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانِ وَ كِتَابࣲ مُّبِينٍ﴿١﴾
Taseen tilka ayatu alqurani wakitabin mubeenin
Ṭā, Seen. These are the verses of the Qur’ān [i.e., recitation] and a clear Book
هُدࣰى وَ بُشۡرَىٰ لِلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ﴿٢﴾
Hudan wabushra lilmumineena
As guidance and good tidings for the believers
ٱلَّذِينَ يُقِيمُونَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَ يُؤۡتُونَ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَ هُم بِٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ هُمۡ يُوقِنُونَ﴿٣﴾
Allatheena yuqeemoona alssalata wayutoona alzzakata wahum bialakhirati hum yooqinoona
Who establish prayer and give zakāh, and of the Hereafter they are certain [in faith].
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ بِٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ زَيَّنَّا لَهُمۡ أَعۡمَٰلَهُمۡ فَهُمۡ يَعۡمَهُونَ﴿٤﴾
Inna allatheena la yuminoona bialakhirati zayyanna lahum aʿmalahum fahum yaʿmahoona
Indeed, for those who do not believe in the Hereafter, We have made pleasing to them their deeds, so they wander blindly.
أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَهُمۡ سُوٓءُ ٱلۡعَذَابِ وَ هُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ هُمُ ٱلۡأَخۡسَرُونَ﴿٥﴾
Olaika allatheena lahum sooo alʿathabi wahum fee alakhirati humu alakhsaroona
Those are the ones for whom there will be the worst of punishment, and in the Hereafter they are the greatest losers.
وَ إِنَّكَ لَتُلَقَّى ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ مِن لَّدُنۡ حَكِيمٍ عَلِيمٍ﴿٦﴾
Wainnaka latulaqqa alqurana min ladun hakeemin ʿaleemin
And indeed, [O Muḥammad], you receive the Qur’ān from one Wise and Knowing.
إِذۡ قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِأَهۡلِهِۦٓ إِنِّيٓ ءَانَسۡتُ نَارࣰا سَـَٔاتِيكُم مِّنۡهَا بِخَبَرٍ أَوۡ ءَاتِيكُم بِشِهَابࣲ قَبَسࣲ لَّعَلَّكُمۡ تَصۡطَلُونَ﴿٧﴾
Ith qala moosa liahlihi innee anastu naran saateekum minha bikhabarin aw ateekum bishihabin qabasin laʿallakum tastaloona
[Mention] when Moses said to his family, "Indeed, I have perceived a fire. I will bring you from there information or will bring you a burning torch that you may warm yourselves."
فَلَمَّا جَآءَهَا نُودِيَ أَنۢ بُورِكَ مَن فِي ٱلنَّارِ وَ مَنۡ حَوۡلَهَا وَ سُبۡحَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ﴿٨﴾
Falamma jaaha noodiya an boorika man fee alnnari waman hawlaha wasubhana Allahi rabbi alʿalameena
But when he came to it, he was called, "Blessed is whoever is at the fire and whoever is around it. And exalted is Allāh, Lord of the worlds.
يَٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِنَّهُۥٓ أَنَا ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلۡحَكِيمُ﴿٩﴾
Ya moosa innahu ana Allahu alʿazeezu alhakeemu
O Moses, indeed it is I - Allāh, the Exalted in Might, the Wise."
وَ أَلۡقِ عَصَاكَ ۚ فَلَمَّا رَءَاهَا تَهۡتَزُّ كَأَنَّهَا جَآنࣱّ وَلَّىٰ مُدۡبِرࣰا وَ لَمۡ يُعَقِّبۡ ۚ يَٰمُوسَىٰ لَا تَخَفۡ إِنِّي لَا يَخَافُ لَدَيَّ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلُونَ﴿١٠﴾
Waalqi ʿasaka falamma raaha tahtazzu kaannaha jannun walla mudbiran walam yuʿaqqib ya moosa la takhaf innee la yakhafu ladayya almursaloona
And [he was told], "Throw down your staff." But when he saw it writhing as if it were a snake, he turned in flight and did not return. [Allāh said], "O Moses, fear not. Indeed, in My presence the messengers do not fear.
إِلَّا مَن ظَلَمَ ثُمَّ بَدَّلَ حُسۡنَۢا بَعۡدَ سُوٓءࣲ فَإِنِّي غَفُورࣱ رَّحِيمࣱ﴿١١﴾
Illa man thalama thumma baddala husnan baʿda sooin fainnee ghafoorun raheemun
Otherwise, he who wrongs, then substitutes good after evil - indeed, I am Forgiving and Merciful.
وَ أَدۡخِلۡ يَدَكَ فِي جَيۡبِكَ تَخۡرُجۡ بَيۡضَآءَ مِنۡ غَيۡرِ سُوٓءࣲ ۖ فِي تِسۡعِ ءَايَٰتٍ إِلَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنَ وَ قَوۡمِهِۦٓ ۚ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ قَوۡمࣰا فَٰسِقِينَ﴿١٢﴾
Waadkhil yadaka fee jaybika takhruj baydaa min ghayri sooin fee tisʿi ayatin ila firʿawna waqawmihi innahum kanoo qawman fasiqeena
And put your hand into the opening of your garment [at the breast]; it will come out white without disease. [These are] among the nine signs [you will take] to Pharaoh and his people. Indeed, they have been a people defiantly disobedient."
فَلَمَّا جَآءَتۡهُمۡ ءَايَٰتُنَا مُبۡصِرَةࣰ قَالُواْ هَٰذَا سِحۡرࣱ مُّبِينࣱ﴿١٣﴾
Falamma jaathum ayatuna mubsiratan qaloo hatha sihrun mubeenun
But when there came to them Our visible signs, they said, "This is obvious magic."
وَ جَحَدُواْ بِهَا وَ ٱسۡتَيۡقَنَتۡهَآ أَنفُسُهُمۡ ظُلۡمࣰا وَ عُلُوࣰّا ۚ فَٱنظُرۡ كَيۡفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلۡمُفۡسِدِينَ﴿١٤﴾
Wajahadoo biha waistayqanatha anfusuhum thulman waʿuluwwan faonthur kayfa kana ʿaqibatu almufsideena
And they rejected them, while their [inner] selves were convinced thereof, out of injustice and haughtiness. So see how was the end of the corrupters.
وَ لَقَدۡ ءَاتَيۡنَا دَاوُۥدَ وَ سُلَيۡمَٰنَ عِلۡمࣰا ۖ وَ قَالَا ٱلۡحَمۡدُ لِلَّهِ ٱلَّذِي فَضَّلَنَا عَلَىٰ كَثِيرࣲ مِّنۡ عِبَادِهِ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ﴿١٥﴾
Walaqad atayna dawooda wasulaymana ʿilman waqala alhamdu lillahi allathee faddalana ʿala katheerin min ʿibadihi almumineena
And We had certainly given to David and Solomon knowledge, and they said, "Praise [is due] to Allāh, who has favored us over many of His believing servants."
وَ وَرِثَ سُلَيۡمَٰنُ دَاوُۥدَ ۖ وَ قَالَ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ عُلِّمۡنَا مَنطِقَ ٱلطَّيۡرِ وَ أُوتِينَا مِن كُلِّ شَيۡءٍ ۖ إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَهُوَ ٱلۡفَضۡلُ ٱلۡمُبِينُ﴿١٦﴾
Wawaritha sulaymanu dawooda waqala ya ayyuha alnnasu ʿullimna mantiqa alttayri waooteena min kulli shayin inna hatha lahuwa alfadlu almubeenu
And Solomon inherited David. He said, "O people, we have been taught the language of birds, and we have been given from all things. Indeed, this is evident bounty."
وَ حُشِرَ لِسُلَيۡمَٰنَ جُنُودُهُۥ مِنَ ٱلۡجِنِّ وَ ٱلۡإِنسِ وَ ٱلطَّيۡرِ فَهُمۡ يُوزَعُونَ﴿١٧﴾
Wahushira lisulaymana junooduhu mina aljinni waalinsi waalttayri fahum yoozaʿoona
And gathered for Solomon were his soldiers of the jinn and men and birds, and they were [marching] in rows
حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَآ أَتَوۡاْ عَلَىٰ وَادِ ٱلنَّمۡلِ قَالَتۡ نَمۡلَةࣱ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّمۡلُ ٱدۡخُلُواْ مَسَٰكِنَكُمۡ لَا يَحۡطِمَنَّكُمۡ سُلَيۡمَٰنُ وَ جُنُودُهُۥ وَ هُمۡ لَا يَشۡعُرُونَ﴿١٨﴾
Hatta itha ataw ʿala wadi alnnamli qalat namlatun ya ayyuha alnnamlu odkhuloo masakinakum la yahtimannakum sulaymanu wajunooduhu wahum la yashʿuroona
Until, when they came upon the valley of the ants, an ant said, "O ants, enter your dwellings that you not be crushed by Solomon and his soldiers while they perceive not."
فَتَبَسَّمَ ضَاحِكࣰا مِّن قَوۡلِهَا وَ قَالَ رَبِّ أَوۡزِعۡنِيٓ أَنۡ أَشۡكُرَ نِعۡمَتَكَ ٱلَّتِيٓ أَنۡعَمۡتَ عَلَيَّ وَ عَلَىٰ وَٰلِدَيَّ وَ أَنۡ أَعۡمَلَ صَٰلِحࣰا تَرۡضَىٰهُ وَ أَدۡخِلۡنِي بِرَحۡمَتِكَ فِي عِبَادِكَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ﴿١٩﴾
Fatabassama dahikan min qawliha waqala rabbi awziʿnee an ashkura niʿmataka allatee anʿamta ʿalayya waʿala walidayya waan aʿmala salihan tardahu waadkhilnee birahmatika fee ʿibadika alssaliheena
So [Solomon] smiled, amused at her speech, and said, "My Lord, enable me to be grateful for Your favor which You have bestowed upon me and upon my parents and to do righteousness of which You approve. And admit me by Your mercy into [the ranks of] Your righteous servants."
وَ تَفَقَّدَ ٱلطَّيۡرَ فَقَالَ مَا لِيَ لَآ أَرَى ٱلۡهُدۡهُدَ أَمۡ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡغَآئِبِينَ﴿٢٠﴾
Watafaqqada alttayra faqala ma liya la ara alhudhuda am kana mina alghaibeena
And he took attendance of the birds and said, "Why do I not see the hoopoe - or is he among the absent?
لَأُعَذِّبَنَّهُۥ عَذَابࣰا شَدِيدًا أَوۡ لَأَاْذۡبَحَنَّهُۥٓ أَوۡ لَيَأۡتِيَنِّي بِسُلۡطَٰنࣲ مُّبِينࣲ﴿٢١﴾
Laoʿaththibannahu ʿathaban shadeedan aw laathbahannahu aw layatiyannee bisultanin mubeenin
I will surely punish him with a severe punishment or slaughter him unless he brings me clear authorization."
فَمَكَثَ غَيۡرَ بَعِيدࣲ فَقَالَ أَحَطتُ بِمَا لَمۡ تُحِطۡ بِهِۦ وَ جِئۡتُكَ مِن سَبَإِۭ بِنَبَإࣲ يَقِينٍ﴿٢٢﴾
Famakatha ghayra baʿeedin faqala ahattu bima lam tuhit bihi wajituka min sabain binabain yaqeenin
But he [i.e., the hoopoe] stayed not long and said, "I have encompassed [in knowledge] that which you have not encompassed, and I have come to you from Sheba with certain news.
إِنِّي وَجَدتُّ ٱمۡرَأَةࣰ تَمۡلِكُهُمۡ وَ أُوتِيَتۡ مِن كُلِّ شَيۡءࣲ وَ لَهَا عَرۡشٌ عَظِيمࣱ﴿٢٣﴾
Innee wajadtu imraatan tamlikuhum waootiyat min kulli shayin walaha ʿarshun ʿatheemun
Indeed, I found [there] a woman ruling them, and she has been given of all things, and she has a great throne.
وَجَدتُّهَا وَ قَوۡمَهَا يَسۡجُدُونَ لِلشَّمۡسِ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَ زَيَّنَ لَهُمُ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُ أَعۡمَٰلَهُمۡ فَصَدَّهُمۡ عَنِ ٱلسَّبِيلِ فَهُمۡ لَا يَهۡتَدُونَ﴿٢٤﴾
Wajadtuha waqawmaha yasjudoona lilshshamsi min dooni Allahi wazayyana lahumu alshshaytanu aʿmalahum fasaddahum ʿani alssabeeli fahum la yahtadoona
I found her and her people prostrating to the sun instead of Allāh, and Satan has made their deeds pleasing to them and averted them from [His] way, so they are not guided,
أَلَّاۤ يَسۡجُدُواْۤ لِلَّهِ ٱلَّذِي يُخۡرِجُ ٱلۡخَبۡءَ فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَ يَعۡلَمُ مَا تُخۡفُونَ وَ مَا تُعۡلِنُونَ﴿٢٥﴾
Alla yasjudoo lillahi allathee yukhriju alkhabaa fee alssamawati waalardi wayaʿlamu ma tukhfoona wama tuʿlinoona
[And] so they do not prostrate to Allāh, who brings forth what is hidden within the heavens and the earth and knows what you conceal and what you declare -
ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ رَبُّ ٱلۡعَرۡشِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ ۩﴿٢٦﴾
Allahu la ilaha illa huwa rabbu alʿarshi alʿatheemi
Allāh - there is no deity except Him, Lord of the Great Throne."
قَالَ سَنَنظُرُ أَصَدَقۡتَ أَمۡ كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلۡكَٰذِبِينَ﴿٢٧﴾
Qala sananthuru asadaqta am kunta mina alkathibeena
[Solomon] said, "We will see whether you were truthful or were of the liars.
ٱذۡهَب بِّكِتَٰبِي هَٰذَا فَأَلۡقِهۡ إِلَيۡهِمۡ ثُمَّ تَوَلَّ عَنۡهُمۡ فَٱنظُرۡ مَاذَا يَرۡجِعُونَ﴿٢٨﴾
Ithhab bikitabee hatha faalqih ilayhim thumma tawalla ʿanhum faonthur matha yarjiʿoona
Take this letter of mine and deliver it to them. Then leave them and see what [answer] they will return."
قَالَتۡ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلۡمَلَؤُاْ إِنِّيٓ أُلۡقِيَ إِلَيَّ كِتَٰبࣱ كَرِيمٌ﴿٢٩﴾
Qalat ya ayyuha almalao innee olqiya ilayya kitabun kareemun
She said, "O eminent ones, indeed, to me has been delivered a noble letter.
إِنَّهُۥ مِن سُلَيۡمَٰنَ وَ إِنَّهُۥ بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ﴿٣٠﴾
Innahu min sulaymana wainnahu bismi Allahi alrrahmani alrraheemi
Indeed, it is from Solomon, and indeed, it is [i.e., reads]: 'In the name of Allāh, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful,
أَلَّا تَعۡلُواْ عَلَيَّ وَ أۡتُونِي مُسۡلِمِينَ﴿٣١﴾
Alla taʿloo ʿalayya watoonee muslimeena
Be not haughty with me but come to me in submission [as Muslims].'"
قَالَتۡ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلۡمَلَؤُاْ أَفۡتُونِي فِيٓ أَمۡرِي مَا كُنتُ قَاطِعَةً أَمۡرًا حَتَّىٰ تَشۡهَدُونِ﴿٣٢﴾
Qalat ya ayyuha almalao aftoonee fee amree ma kuntu qatiʿatan amran hatta tashhadoona
She said, "O eminent ones, advise me in my affair. I would not decide a matter until you witness [for] me."
قَالُواْ نَحۡنُ أُوْلُواْ قُوَّةࣲ وَ أُوْلُواْ بَأۡسࣲ شَدِيدࣲ وَ ٱلۡأَمۡرُ إِلَيۡكِ فَٱنظُرِي مَاذَا تَأۡمُرِينَ﴿٣٣﴾
Qaloo nahnu oloo quwwatin waoloo basin shadeedin waalamru ilayki faonthuree matha tamureena
They said, "We are men of strength and of great military might, but the command is yours, so see what you will command."
قَالَتۡ إِنَّ ٱلۡمُلُوكَ إِذَا دَخَلُواْ قَرۡيَةً أَفۡسَدُوهَا وَ جَعَلُوٓاْ أَعِزَّةَ أَهۡلِهَآ أَذِلَّةࣰ ۚ وَ كَذَٰلِكَ يَفۡعَلُونَ﴿٣٤﴾
Qalat inna almulooka itha dakhaloo qaryatan afsadooha wajaʿaloo aʿizzata ahliha athillatan wakathalika yafʿaloona
She said, "Indeed kings - when they enter a city, they ruin it and render the honored of its people humbled. And thus do they do.
وَ إِنِّي مُرۡسِلَةٌ إِلَيۡهِم بِهَدِيَّةࣲ فَنَاظِرَةُۢ بِمَ يَرۡجِعُ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلُونَ﴿٣٥﴾
Wainnee mursilatun ilayhim bihadiyyatin fanathiratun bima yarjiʿu almursaloona
But indeed, I will send to them a gift and see with what [reply] the messengers will return."
فَلَمَّا جَآءَ سُلَيۡمَٰنَ قَالَ أَتُمِدُّونَنِ بِمَالࣲ فَمَآ ءَاتَىٰنِۦَ ٱللَّهُ خَيۡرࣱ مِّمَّآ ءَاتَىٰكُم ۚ بَلۡ أَنتُم بِهَدِيَّتِكُمۡ تَفۡرَحُونَ﴿٣٦﴾
Falamma jaa sulaymana qala atumiddoonani bimalin fama ataniya Allahu khayrun mimma atakum bal antum bihadiyyatikum tafrahoona
So when they came to Solomon, he said, "Do you provide me with wealth? But what Allāh has given me is better than what He has given you. Rather, it is you who rejoice in your gift.
ٱرۡجِعۡ إِلَيۡهِمۡ فَلَنَأۡتِيَنَّهُم بِجُنُودࣲ لَّا قِبَلَ لَهُم بِهَا وَ لَنُخۡرِجَنَّهُم مِّنۡهَآ أَذِلَّةࣰ وَ هُمۡ صَٰغِرُونَ﴿٣٧﴾
Irjiʿ ilayhim falanatiyannahum bijunoodin la qibala lahum biha walanukhrijannahum minha athillatan wahum saghiroona
Return to them, for we will surely come to them with soldiers that they will be powerless to encounter, and we will surely expel them therefrom in humiliation, and they will be debased."
قَالَ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلۡمَلَؤُاْ أَيُّكُمۡ يَأۡتِينِي بِعَرۡشِهَا قَبۡلَ أَن يَأۡتُونِي مُسۡلِمِينَ﴿٣٨﴾
Qala ya ayyuha almalao ayyukum yateenee biʿarshiha qabla an yatoonee muslimeena
[Solomon] said, "O assembly [of jinn], which of you will bring me her throne before they come to me in submission?"
قَالَ عِفۡرِيتࣱ مِّنَ ٱلۡجِنِّ أَنَا۠ ءَاتِيكَ بِهِۦ قَبۡلَ أَن تَقُومَ مِن مَّقَامِكَ ۖ وَ إِنِّي عَلَيۡهِ لَقَوِيٌّ أَمِينࣱ﴿٣٩﴾
Qala ʿifreetun mina aljinni ana ateeka bihi qabla an taqooma min maqamika wainne ʿalayhi laqawiyyun ameenun
A powerful one from among the jinn said, "I will bring it to you before you rise from your place, and indeed, I am for this [task] strong and trustworthy."
قَالَ ٱلَّذِي عِندَهُۥ عِلۡمࣱ مِّنَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ أَنَا۠ ءَاتِيكَ بِهِۦ قَبۡلَ أَن يَرۡتَدَّ إِلَيۡكَ طَرۡفُكَ ۚ فَلَمَّا رَءَاهُ مُسۡتَقِرًّا عِندَهُۥ قَالَ هَٰذَا مِن فَضۡلِ رَبِّي لِيَبۡلُوَنِيٓ ءَأَشۡكُرُ أَمۡ أَكۡفُرُ ۖ وَ مَن شَكَرَ فَإِنَّمَا يَشۡكُرُ لِنَفۡسِهِۦ ۖ وَ مَن كَفَرَ فَإِنَّ رَبِّي غَنِيࣱّ كَرِيمࣱ﴿٤٠﴾
Qala allathee ʿindahu ʿilmun mina alkitabi ana ateeka bihi qabla an yartadda ilayka tarfuka falamma raahu mustaqirran ʿindahu qala hatha min fadli rabbee liyabluwanee aashkuru am akfuru waman shakara fainnama yashkuru linafsihi waman kafara fainna rabbee ghaniyyun kareemun
Said one who had knowledge from the Scripture, "I will bring it to you before your glance returns to you." And when [Solomon] saw it placed before him, he said, "This is from the favor of my Lord to test me whether I will be grateful or ungrateful. And whoever is grateful - his gratitude is only for [the benefit of] himself. And whoever is ungrateful - then indeed, my Lord is Free of need and Generous."
قَالَ نَكِّرُواْ لَهَا عَرۡشَهَا نَنظُرۡ أَتَهۡتَدِيٓ أَمۡ تَكُونُ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَهۡتَدُونَ﴿٤١﴾
Qala nakkiroo laha ʿarshaha nanthur atahtadee am takoonu mina allatheena la yahtadoona
He said, "Disguise for her her throne; we will see whether she will be guided [to truth] or will be of those who is not guided."
فَلَمَّا جَآءَتۡ قِيلَ أَهَٰكَذَا عَرۡشُكِ ۖ قَالَتۡ كَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ ۚ وَ أُوتِينَا ٱلۡعِلۡمَ مِن قَبۡلِهَا وَ كُنَّا مُسۡلِمِينَ﴿٤٢﴾
Falamma jaat qeela ahakatha ʿarshuki qalat kaannahu huwa waooteena alʿilma min qabliha wakunna muslimeena
So when she arrived, it was said [to her], "Is your throne like this?" She said, "[It is] as though it was it." [Solomon said], "And we were given knowledge before her, and we have been Muslims [in submission to Allāh].
وَ صَدَّهَا مَا كَانَت تَّعۡبُدُ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ إِنَّهَا كَانَتۡ مِن قَوۡمࣲ كَٰفِرِينَ﴿٤٣﴾
Wasaddaha ma kanat taʿbudu min dooni Allahi innaha kanat min qawmin kafireena
And that which she was worshipping other than Allāh had averted her [from submission to Him]. Indeed, she was from a disbelieving people."
قِيلَ لَهَا ٱدۡخُلِي ٱلصَّرۡحَ ۖ فَلَمَّا رَأَتۡهُ حَسِبَتۡهُ لُجَّةࣰ وَ كَشَفَتۡ عَن سَاقَيۡهَا ۚ قَالَ إِنَّهُۥ صَرۡحࣱ مُّمَرَّدࣱ مِّن قَوَارِيرَ ۗ قَالَتۡ رَبِّ إِنِّي ظَلَمۡتُ نَفۡسِي وَ أَسۡلَمۡتُ مَعَ سُلَيۡمَٰنَ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ﴿٤٤﴾
Qeela laha odkhulee alssarha falamma raathu hasibathu lujjatan wakashafat ʿan saqayha qala innahu sarhun mumarradun min qawareera qalat rabbi innee thalamtu nafsee waaslamtu maʿa sulaymana lillahi rabbi alʿalameena
She was told, "Enter the palace." But when she saw it, she thought it was a body of water and uncovered her shins [to wade through]. He said, "Indeed, it is a palace [whose floor is] made smooth with glass." She said, "My Lord, indeed I have wronged myself, and I submit with Solomon to Allāh, Lord of the worlds."
وَ لَقَدۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَآ إِلَىٰ ثَمُودَ أَخَاهُمۡ صَٰلِحًا أَنِ ٱعۡبُدُواْ ٱللَّهَ فَإِذَا هُمۡ فَرِيقَانِ يَخۡتَصِمُونَ﴿٤٥﴾
Walaqad arsalna ila thamooda akhahum salihan ani oʿbudoo Allaha faitha hum fareeqani yakhtasimoona
And We had certainly sent to Thamūd their brother Ṣāliḥ, [saying], "Worship Allāh," and at once they were two parties conflicting.
قَالَ يَٰقَوۡمِ لِمَ تَسۡتَعۡجِلُونَ بِٱلسَّيِّئَةِ قَبۡلَ ٱلۡحَسَنَةِ ۖ لَوۡلَا تَسۡتَغۡفِرُونَ ٱللَّهَ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تُرۡحَمُونَ﴿٤٦﴾
Qala ya qawmi lima tastaʿjiloona bialssayyiati qabla alhasanati lawla tastaghfiroona Allaha laʿallakum turhamoona
He said, "O my people, why are you impatient for evil before [i.e., instead of] good? Why do you not seek forgiveness of Allāh that you may receive mercy?"
قَالُواْ ٱطَّيَّرۡنَا بِكَ وَ بِمَن مَّعَكَ ۚ قَالَ طَٰٓئِرُكُمۡ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ ۖ بَلۡ أَنتُمۡ قَوۡمࣱ تُفۡتَنُونَ﴿٤٧﴾
Qaloo ittayyarna bika wabiman maʿaka qala tairukum ʿinda Allahi bal antum qawmun tuftanoona
They said, "We consider you a bad omen, you and those with you." He said, "Your omen [i.e., fate] is with Allāh. Rather, you are a people being tested."
وَ كَانَ فِي ٱلۡمَدِينَةِ تِسۡعَةُ رَهۡطࣲ يُفۡسِدُونَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَ لَا يُصۡلِحُونَ﴿٤٨﴾
Wakana fee almadeenati tisʿatu rahtin yufsidoona fee alardi wala yuslihoona
And there were in the city nine family heads causing corruption in the land and not amending [its affairs].
قَالُواْ تَقَاسَمُواْ بِٱللَّهِ لَنُبَيِّتَنَّهُۥ وَ أَهۡلَهُۥ ثُمَّ لَنَقُولَنَّ لِوَلِيِّهِۦ مَا شَهِدۡنَا مَهۡلِكَ أَهۡلِهِۦ وَ إِنَّا لَصَٰدِقُونَ﴿٤٩﴾
Qaloo taqasamoo biAllahi lanubayyitannahu waahlahu thumma lanaqoolanna liwaliyyihi ma shahidna mahlika ahlihi wainna lasadiqoona
They said, "Take a mutual oath by Allāh that we will kill him by night, he and his family. Then we will say to his executor, 'We did not witness the destruction of his family, and indeed, we are truthful.'"
وَ مَكَرُواْ مَكۡرࣰا وَ مَكَرۡنَا مَكۡرࣰا وَ هُمۡ لَا يَشۡعُرُونَ﴿٥٠﴾
Wamakaroo makran wamakarna makran wahum la yashʿuroona
And they planned a plan, and We planned a plan, while they perceived not.
فَٱنظُرۡ كَيۡفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ مَكۡرِهِمۡ أَنَّا دَمَّرۡنَٰهُمۡ وَ قَوۡمَهُمۡ أَجۡمَعِينَ﴿٥١﴾
Faonthur kayfa kana ʿaqibatu makrihim anna dammarnahum waqawmahum ajmaʿeena
Then look how was the outcome of their plan - that We destroyed them and their people, all.
فَتِلۡكَ بُيُوتُهُمۡ خَاوِيَةَۢ بِمَا ظَلَمُوٓاْ ۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةࣰ لِّقَوۡمࣲ يَعۡلَمُونَ﴿٥٢﴾
Fatilka buyootuhum khawiyatan bima thalamoo inna fee thalika laayatan liqawmin yaʿlamoona
So those are their houses, desolate because of the wrong they had done. Indeed in that is a sign for people who know.
وَ أَنجَيۡنَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَ كَانُواْ يَتَّقُونَ﴿٥٣﴾
Waanjayna allatheena amanoo wakanoo yattaqoona
And We saved those who believed and used to fear Allāh.
وَ لُوطًا إِذۡ قَالَ لِقَوۡمِهِۦٓ أَتَأۡتُونَ ٱلۡفَٰحِشَةَ وَ أَنتُمۡ تُبۡصِرُونَ﴿٥٤﴾
Walootan ith qala liqawmihi atatoona alfahishata waantum tubsiroona
And [mention] Lot, when he said to his people, "Do you commit immorality while you are seeing?
أَئِنَّكُمۡ لَتَأۡتُونَ ٱلرِّجَالَ شَهۡوَةࣰ مِّن دُونِ ٱلنِّسَآءِ ۚ بَلۡ أَنتُمۡ قَوۡمࣱ تَجۡهَلُونَ﴿٥٥﴾
Ainnakum latatoona alrrijala shahwatan min dooni alnnisai bal antum qawmun tajhaloona
Do you indeed approach men with desire instead of women? Rather, you are a people behaving ignorantly."
فَمَا كَانَ جَوَابَ قَوۡمِهِۦٓ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوٓاْ أَخۡرِجُوٓاْ ءَالَ لُوطࣲ مِّن قَرۡيَتِكُمۡ ۖ إِنَّهُمۡ أُنَاسࣱ يَتَطَهَّرُونَ﴿٥٦﴾
Fama kana jawaba qawmihi illa an qaloo akhrijoo ala lootin min qaryatikum innahum onasun yatatahharoona
But the answer of his people was not except that they said, "Expel the family of Lot from your city. Indeed, they are people who keep themselves pure."
فَأَنجَيۡنَٰهُ وَ أَهۡلَهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱمۡرَأَتَهُۥ قَدَّرۡنَٰهَا مِنَ ٱلۡغَٰبِرِينَ﴿٥٧﴾
Faanjaynahu waahlahu illa imraatahu qaddarnaha mina alghabireena
So We saved him and his family, except for his wife; We destined her to be of those who remained behind.
وَ أَمۡطَرۡنَا عَلَيۡهِم مَّطَرࣰا ۖ فَسَآءَ مَطَرُ ٱلۡمُنذَرِينَ﴿٥٨﴾
Waamtarna ʿalayhim mataran fasaa mataru almunthareena
And We rained upon them a rain [of stones], and evil was the rain of those who were warned.
قُلِ ٱلۡحَمۡدُ لِلَّهِ وَ سَلَٰمٌ عَلَىٰ عِبَادِهِ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱصۡطَفَىٰٓ ۗ ءَآللَّهُ خَيۡرٌ أَمَّا يُشۡرِكُونَ﴿٥٩﴾
Quli alhamdu lillahi wasalamun ʿala ʿibadihi allatheena istafa allahu khayrun amma yushrikoona
Say, [O Muḥammad], "Praise be to Allāh, and peace upon His servants whom He has chosen. Is Allāh better or what they associate with Him?"
أَمَّنۡ خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَ أَنزَلَ لَكُم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءࣰ فَأَنۢبَتۡنَا بِهِۦ حَدَآئِقَ ذَاتَ بَهۡجَةࣲ مَّا كَانَ لَكُمۡ أَن تُنۢبِتُواْ شَجَرَهَآ ۗ أَءِلَٰهࣱ مَّعَ ٱللَّهِ ۚ بَلۡ هُمۡ قَوۡمࣱ يَعۡدِلُونَ﴿٦٠﴾
Amman khalaqa alssamawati waalarda waanzala lakum mina alssamai maan faanbatna bihi hadaiqa thata bahjatin ma kana lakum an tunbitoo shajaraha ailahun maʿa Allahi bal hum qawmun yaʿdiloona
[More precisely], is He [not best] who created the heavens and the earth and sent down for you rain from the sky, causing to grow thereby gardens of joyful beauty which you could not [otherwise] have grown the trees thereof? Is there a deity with Allāh? [No], but they are a people who ascribe equals [to Him].
أَمَّن جَعَلَ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ قَرَارࣰا وَ جَعَلَ خِلَٰلَهَآ أَنۡهَٰرࣰا وَ جَعَلَ لَهَا رَوَٰسِيَ وَ جَعَلَ بَيۡنَ ٱلۡبَحۡرَيۡنِ حَاجِزًا ۗ أَءِلَٰهࣱ مَّعَ ٱللَّهِ ۚ بَلۡ أَكۡثَرُهُمۡ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ﴿٦١﴾
Amman jaʿala alarda qararan wajaʿala khilalaha anharan wajaʿala laha rawasiya wajaʿala bayna albahrayni hajizan ailahun maʿa Allahi bal aktharuhum la yaʿlamoona
Is He [not best] who made the earth a stable ground and placed within it rivers and made for it firmly set mountains and placed between the two seas a barrier? Is there a deity with Allāh? [No], but most of them do not know.
أَمَّن يُجِيبُ ٱلۡمُضۡطَرَّ إِذَا دَعَاهُ وَ يَكۡشِفُ ٱلسُّوٓءَ وَ يَجۡعَلُكُمۡ خُلَفَآءَ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ ۗ أَءِلَٰهࣱ مَّعَ ٱللَّهِ ۚ قَلِيلࣰا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ﴿٦٢﴾
Amman yujeebu almudtarra itha daʿahu wayakshifu alssooa wayajʿalukum khulafaa alardi ailahun maʿa Allahi qaleelan ma tathakkaroona
Is He [not best] who responds to the desperate one when he calls upon Him and removes evil and makes you inheritors of the earth? Is there a deity with Allāh? Little do you remember.
أَمَّن يَهۡدِيكُمۡ فِي ظُلُمَٰتِ ٱلۡبَرِّ وَ ٱلۡبَحۡرِ وَ مَن يُرۡسِلُ ٱلرِّيَٰحَ بُشۡرَۢا بَيۡنَ يَدَيۡ رَحۡمَتِهِۦٓ ۗ أَءِلَٰهࣱ مَّعَ ٱللَّهِ ۚ تَعَٰلَى ٱللَّهُ عَمَّا يُشۡرِكُونَ﴿٦٣﴾
Amman yahdeekum fee thulumati albarri waalbahri waman yursilu alrriyaha bushran bayna yaday rahmatihi ailahun maʿa Allahi taʿala Allahu ʿamma yushrikoona
Is He [not best] who guides you through the darknesses of the land and sea and who sends the winds as good tidings before His mercy? Is there a deity with Allāh? High is Allāh above whatever they associate with Him.
أَمَّن يَبۡدَؤُاْ ٱلۡخَلۡقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُۥ وَ مَن يَرۡزُقُكُم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ ۗ أَءِلَٰهࣱ مَّعَ ٱللَّهِ ۚ قُلۡ هَاتُواْ بُرۡهَٰنَكُمۡ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰدِقِينَ﴿٦٤﴾
Amman yabdao alkhalqa thumma yuʿeeduhu waman yarzuqukum mina alssamai waalardi ailahun maʿa Allahi qul hatoo burhanakum in kuntum sadiqeena
Is He [not best] who begins creation and then repeats it and who provides for you from the heaven and earth? Is there a deity with Allāh? Say, "Produce your proof, if you should be truthful."
قُل لَّا يَعۡلَمُ مَن فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ ٱلۡغَيۡبَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ ۚ وَ مَا يَشۡعُرُونَ أَيَّانَ يُبۡعَثُونَ﴿٦٥﴾
Qul la yaʿlamu man fee alssamawati waalardi alghayba illa Allahu wama yashʿuroona ayyana yubʿathoona
Say, "None in the heavens and earth knows the unseen except Allāh, and they do not perceive when they will be resurrected."
بَلِ ٱدَّٰرَكَ عِلۡمُهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ ۚ بَلۡ هُمۡ فِي شَكࣲّ مِّنۡهَا ۖ بَلۡ هُم مِّنۡهَا عَمُونَ﴿٦٦﴾
Bali iddaraka ʿilmuhum fee alakhirati bal hum fee shakkin minha bal hum minha ʿamoona
Rather, their knowledge is arrested concerning the Hereafter. Rather, they are in doubt about it. Rather, they are, concerning it, blind.
وَ قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓاْ أَءِذَا كُنَّا تُرَٰبࣰا وَ ءَابَآؤُنَآ أَئِنَّا لَمُخۡرَجُونَ﴿٦٧﴾
Waqala allatheena kafaroo aitha kunna turaban waabaona ainna lamukhrajoona
And those who disbelieve say, "When we have become dust as well as our forefathers, will we indeed be brought out [of the graves]?
لَقَدۡ وُعِدۡنَا هَٰذَا نَحۡنُ وَ ءَابَآؤُنَا مِن قَبۡلُ إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّآ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ﴿٦٨﴾
Laqad wuʿidna hatha nahnu waabaona min qablu in hatha illa asateeru alawwaleena
We have been promised this, we and our forefathers, before. This is not but legends of the former peoples."
قُلۡ سِيرُواْ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ فَٱنظُرُواْ كَيۡفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ﴿٦٩﴾
Qul seeroo fee alardi faonthuroo kayfa kana ʿaqibatu almujrimeena
Say, [O Muḥammad], "Proceed [i.e., travel] through the land and observe how was the end of the criminals."
وَ لَا تَحۡزَنۡ عَلَيۡهِمۡ وَ لَا تَكُن فِي ضَيۡقࣲ مِّمَّا يَمۡكُرُونَ﴿٧٠﴾
Wala tahzan ʿalayhim wala takun fee dayqin mimma yamkuroona
And grieve not over them or be in distress from what they conspire.
وَ يَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هَٰذَا ٱلۡوَعۡدُ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰدِقِينَ﴿٧١﴾
Wayaqooloona mata hatha alwaʿdu in kuntum sadiqeena
And they say, "When is [the fulfillment of] this promise, if you should be truthful?"
قُلۡ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَكُونَ رَدِفَ لَكُم بَعۡضُ ٱلَّذِي تَسۡتَعۡجِلُونَ﴿٧٢﴾
Qul ʿasa an yakoona radifa lakum baʿdu allathee tastaʿjiloona
Say, "Perhaps it is close behind you [i.e., very near] - some of that for which you are impatient.
وَ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَذُو فَضۡلٍ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ وَ لَٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَهُمۡ لَا يَشۡكُرُونَ﴿٧٣﴾
Wainna rabbaka lathoo fadlin ʿala alnnasi walakinna aktharahum la yashkuroona
And indeed, your Lord is the possessor of bounty for the people, but most of them are not grateful."
وَ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَيَعۡلَمُ مَا تُكِنُّ صُدُورُهُمۡ وَ مَا يُعۡلِنُونَ﴿٧٤﴾
Wainna rabbaka layaʿlamu ma tukinnu sudooruhum wama yuʿlinoona
And indeed, your Lord knows what their breasts conceal and what they declare.
وَ مَا مِنۡ غَآئِبَةࣲ فِي ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ إِلَّا فِي كِتَٰبࣲ مُّبِينٍ﴿٧٥﴾
Wama min ghaibatin fee alssamai waalardi illa fee kitabin mubeenin
And there is nothing concealed within the heaven and the earth except that it is in a clear Register.
إِنَّ هَٰذَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ يَقُصُّ عَلَىٰ بَنِيٓ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ أَكۡثَرَ ٱلَّذِي هُمۡ فِيهِ يَخۡتَلِفُونَ﴿٧٦﴾
Inna hatha alqurana yaqussu ʿala banee israeela akthara allathee hum feehi yakhtalifoona
Indeed, this Qur’ān relates to the Children of Israel most of that over which they disagree.
وَ إِنَّهُۥ لَهُدࣰى وَ رَحۡمَةࣱ لِّلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ﴿٧٧﴾
Wainnahu lahudan warahmatun lilmumineena
And indeed, it is guidance and mercy for the believers.
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ يَقۡضِي بَيۡنَهُم بِحُكۡمِهِۦ ۚ وَ هُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ﴿٧٨﴾
Inna rabbaka yaqdee baynahum bihukmihi wahuwa alʿazeezu alʿaleemu
Indeed, your Lord will judge between them by His [wise] judgement. And He is the Exalted in Might, the Knowing.
فَتَوَكَّلۡ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ۖ إِنَّكَ عَلَى ٱلۡحَقِّ ٱلۡمُبِينِ﴿٧٩﴾
Fatawakkal ʿala Allahi innaka ʿala alhaqqi almubeeni
So rely upon Allāh; indeed, you are upon the clear truth.
إِنَّكَ لَا تُسۡمِعُ ٱلۡمَوۡتَىٰ وَ لَا تُسۡمِعُ ٱلصُّمَّ ٱلدُّعَآءَ إِذَا وَلَّوۡاْ مُدۡبِرِينَ﴿٨٠﴾
Innaka la tusmiʿu almawta wala tusmiʿu alssumma aldduʿaa itha wallaw mudbireena
Indeed, you will not make the dead hear, nor will you make the deaf hear the call when they have turned their backs retreating.
وَ مَآ أَنتَ بِهَٰدِي ٱلۡعُمۡيِ عَن ضَلَٰلَتِهِمۡ ۖ إِن تُسۡمِعُ إِلَّا مَن يُؤۡمِنُ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا فَهُم مُّسۡلِمُونَ﴿٨١﴾
Wama anta bihadee alʿumyi ʿan dalalatihim in tusmiʿu illa man yuminu biayatina fahum muslimoona
And you cannot guide the blind away from their error. You will only make hear those who believe in Our verses so they are Muslims [i.e., submitting to Allāh].
وَ إِذَا وَقَعَ ٱلۡقَوۡلُ عَلَيۡهِمۡ أَخۡرَجۡنَا لَهُمۡ دَآبَّةࣰ مِّنَ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ تُكَلِّمُهُمۡ أَنَّ ٱلنَّاسَ كَانُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا لَا يُوقِنُونَ﴿٨٢﴾
Waitha waqaʿa alqawlu ʿalayhim akhrajna lahum dabbatan mina alardi tukallimuhum anna alnnasa kanoo biayatina la yooqinoona
And when the word [i.e., decree] befalls them, We will bring forth for them a creature from the earth speaking to them, [saying] that the people were, of Our verses, not certain [in faith].
وَ يَوۡمَ نَحۡشُرُ مِن كُلِّ أُمَّةࣲ فَوۡجࣰا مِّمَّن يُكَذِّبُ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا فَهُمۡ يُوزَعُونَ﴿٨٣﴾
Wayawma nahshuru min kulli ommatin fawjan mimman yukaththibu biayatina fahum yoozaʿoona
And [warn of] the Day when We will gather from every nation a company of those who deny Our signs, and they will be [driven] in rows
حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءُو قَالَ أَكَذَّبۡتُم بِـَٔايَٰتِي وَ لَمۡ تُحِيطُواْ بِهَا عِلۡمًا أَمَّاذَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ﴿٨٤﴾
Hatta itha jaoo qala akaththabtum biayatee walam tuheetoo biha ʿilman ammatha kuntum taʿmaloona
Until, when they arrive [at the place of Judgement], He will say, "Did you deny My signs while you encompassed them not in knowledge, or what [was it that] you were doing?"
وَ وَقَعَ ٱلۡقَوۡلُ عَلَيۡهِم بِمَا ظَلَمُواْ فَهُمۡ لَا يَنطِقُونَ﴿٨٥﴾
Wawaqaʿa alqawlu ʿalayhim bima thalamoo fahum la yantiqoona
And the decree will befall them for the wrong they did, and they will not [be able to] speak.
أَلَمۡ يَرَوۡاْ أَنَّا جَعَلۡنَا ٱلَّيۡلَ لِيَسۡكُنُواْ فِيهِ وَ ٱلنَّهَارَ مُبۡصِرًا ۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَٰتࣲ لِّقَوۡمࣲ يُؤۡمِنُونَ﴿٨٦﴾
Alam yaraw anna jaʿalna allayla liyaskunoo feehi waalnnahara mubsiran inna fee thalika laayatin liqawmin yuminoona
Do they not see that We made the night that they may rest therein and the day giving sight? Indeed in that are signs for a people who believe.
وَ يَوۡمَ يُنفَخُ فِي ٱلصُّورِ فَفَزِعَ مَن فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَ مَن فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ إِلَّا مَن شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ وَ كُلٌّ أَتَوۡهُ دَٰخِرِينَ﴿٨٧﴾
Wayawma yunfakhu fee alssoori fafaziʿa man fee alssamawati waman fee alardi illa man shaa Allahu wakullun atawhu dakhireena
And [warn of] the Day the Horn will be blown, and whoever is in the heavens and whoever is on the earth will be terrified except whom Allāh wills. And all will come to Him humbled.
وَ تَرَى ٱلۡجِبَالَ تَحۡسَبُهَا جَامِدَةࣰ وَ هِيَ تَمُرُّ مَرَّ ٱلسَّحَابِ ۚ صُنۡعَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَتۡقَنَ كُلَّ شَيۡءٍ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ خَبِيرُۢ بِمَا تَفۡعَلُونَ﴿٨٨﴾
Watara aljibala tahsabuha jamidatan wahiya tamurru marra alssahabi sunʿa Allahi allathee atqana kulla shayin innahu khabeerun bima tafʿaloona
And you see the mountains, thinking them motionless, while they will pass as the passing of clouds. [It is] the work of Allāh, who perfected all things. Indeed, He is Aware of that which you do.
مَن جَآءَ بِٱلۡحَسَنَةِ فَلَهُۥ خَيۡرࣱ مِّنۡهَا وَ هُم مِّن فَزَعࣲ يَوۡمَئِذٍ ءَامِنُونَ﴿٨٩﴾
Man jaa bialhasanati falahu khayrun minha wahum min fazaʿin yawmaithin aminoona
Whoever comes [at Judgement] with a good deed will have better than it, and they, from the terror of that Day, will be safe.
وَ مَن جَآءَ بِٱلسَّيِّئَةِ فَكُبَّتۡ وُجُوهُهُمۡ فِي ٱلنَّارِ هَلۡ تُجۡزَوۡنَ إِلَّا مَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ﴿٩٠﴾
Waman jaa bialssayyiati fakubbat wujoohuhum fee alnnari hal tujzawna illa ma kuntum taʿmaloona
And whoever comes with an evil deed - their faces will be overturned into the Fire, [and it will be said], "Are you recompensed except for what you used to do?"
إِنَّمَآ أُمِرۡتُ أَنۡ أَعۡبُدَ رَبَّ هَٰذِهِ ٱلۡبَلۡدَةِ ٱلَّذِي حَرَّمَهَا وَ لَهُۥ كُلُّ شَيۡءࣲ ۖ وَ أُمِرۡتُ أَنۡ أَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُسۡلِمِينَ﴿٩١﴾
Innama omirtu an aʿbuda rabba hathihi albaldati allathee harramaha walahu kullu shayin waomirtu an akoona mina almuslimeena
[Say, O Muḥammad], "I have only been commanded to worship the Lord of this city, who made it sacred and to whom [belongs] all things. And I am commanded to be of the Muslims [i.e., those who submit to Allāh]
وَ أَنۡ أَتۡلُوَاْ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ ۖ فَمَنِ ٱهۡتَدَىٰ فَإِنَّمَا يَهۡتَدِي لِنَفۡسِهِۦ ۖ وَ مَن ضَلَّ فَقُلۡ إِنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلۡمُنذِرِينَ﴿٩٢﴾
Waan atluwa alqurana famani ihtada fainnama yahtadee linafsihi waman dalla faqul innama ana mina almunthireena
And to recite the Qur’ān." And whoever is guided is only guided for [the benefit of] himself; and whoever strays - say, "I am only [one] of the warners."
وَ قُلِ ٱلۡحَمۡدُ لِلَّهِ سَيُرِيكُمۡ ءَايَٰتِهِۦ فَتَعۡرِفُونَهَا ۚ وَ مَا رَبُّكَ بِغَٰفِلٍ عَمَّا تَعۡمَلُونَ﴿٩٣﴾
Waquli alhamdu lillahi sayureekum ayatihi fataʿrifoonaha wama rabbuka bighafilin ʿamma taʿmaloona
And say, "[All] praise is [due] to Allāh. He will show you His signs, and you will recognize them. And your Lord is not unaware of what you do."
Translation: Saheeh International · Transliteration
About this surah
Name
The Surah takes its name from the phrase wad-in-naml which occurs in verse 18, implying that it is a Surah in which the story of An-Naml (the Ant) has been related.
Period of Revelation
The subject matter and the style bear full resemblance with the Surahs of the middle Makkan period and this is supported by traditions as well. According to Ibn Abbas and Jabir bin Zaid, "First the Surah Ash-Shu\`araa' was sent down, then the Surah An Naml and then Al-Qasas."
Theme and Topics
The Surah consists of two discourses, the first from the beginning of the Surah to the end of verse 58, and the second from verse 59 to the end of the Surah.
The theme of the first discourse is that the only people who benefit from the guidance of the Quran and become worthy of the promises made in it, are those who accept the realities which this Book presents and follow up their belief with obedience and submission in their practical lives. The greatest impediment for man to follow this way is the denial of the Hereafter, for it makes him irresponsible, selfish and given to worldly life, which makes it impossible for him to submit himself before God and to accept the moral restrictions on his lusts and desires. Following this introduction, three types of character have been presented.
The first type is characterized by Pharaoh, the Chiefs of Thamud and the rebels of the people of Lot, who were all heedless of the accountability of the Hereafter and had consequently become the slaves of the world. These people did not believe even after seeing the miracles, but instead turned against those who invited them to goodness and piety. They persisted in their evil ways which are held in abhorrence by every sensible person. They did not heed the admonition until they were overtaken by the scourge of Allah.
The second type of character is that of Prophet Solomon (peace be upon him), who had been blessed by God with wealth, kingdom and grandeur to an extent unimagined by the chiefs of the disbelievers of Makkah. Since Prophet Solomon regarded himself as answerable only to God and that his wealth and status was only due to Allah's bounty, he had adopted the attitude of obedience before Him and there was no vanity in his character.
The third type is of the queen of Sheba, who ruled over a vastly wealthy and well known people in the history of Arabia. She possessed all those means of life, which could cause a person to become vain and conceited. Her wealth and possessions far exceeded the wealth and possessions of the Quraish. She professed shirk, as it was her ancestral way of life and needed to follow it in order to maintain her position as a ruler. Therefore, it was much more difficult for her to give up shirk and adopt the way of Tauhid than it could be for a common disbeliever. When the Truth became evident, nothing could prevent her from accepting it. Her deviation was, in fact, due to her being born and brought up in a polytheistic environment and not because of her being a slave to her lusts and desires. Her conscience was not devoid of the sense of accountability before God.
In the second discourse, attention has been drawn to some of the most glaring and visible realities of the universe, and the disbelievers of Makkah have been asked one question after the other to the effect : "Do these realities testify to the creed of shirk which you are following, or to the truth of Tauhid to which the Qur'an invites you?" After this the real malady of the disbelievers has been pointed out, saying, "The thing which has blinded them and made them insensitive to every glaring reality is their denial of the Hereafter. This same thing has rendered every matter and affair of life non-serious for them. For, when according to them, everything has to become dust ultimately, and the whole struggle of life is meaningless and without an object before it, the truth and falsehood are equal and alike. Therefore, the question whether one's system of life is based on the right or wrong foundations, becomes meaningless for him."
But the discourse, as outlined above, is not meant to dissuade the Prophet and the Muslims from calling the obdurate and heedless people to the way of Tauhid ; it is, in fact, intended to arouse them from their slumber. That is why in vv. 67-93 certain things have been said repeatedly in order to produce in the people a sense of the Hereafter, to warn them of the consequences of being heedless of it, and to convince them of its coining, like an eye witness of something, who convinces the other person of it, who has not seen it.
In conclusion, the real invitation of the Quran that is, the invitation to serve One Allah alone, has been presented in a concise and forceful manner, and the people warned that accepting it would be to their own advantage and rejecting it to their disadvantage. For if they deferred their faith until they saw those Signs of God after the appearance of which they would be left with no choice but to believe and submit, they should bear in mind the fact that that would be the time of judgment and believing then would be of no avail.
Source: Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi - Tafhim al-Qur'an - The Meaning of the Quran