سورة الشعراء
Surah Ash-Shu'ara
The Poets
Surah Ash-Shu'ara (The Poets) is the 26th surah of the Quran. It has 227 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
طسٓمٓ﴿١﴾
Taseenmeem
Ṭā, Seen, Meem.
تِلۡكَ ءَايَٰتُ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ ٱلۡمُبِينِ﴿٢﴾
Tilka ayatu alkitabi almubeeni
These are the verses of the clear Book.
لَعَلَّكَ بَٰخِعࣱ نَّفۡسَكَ أَلَّا يَكُونُواْ مُؤۡمِنِينَ﴿٣﴾
Laʿallaka bakhiʿun nafsaka alla yakoonoo mumineena
Perhaps, [O Muḥammad], you would kill yourself with grief that they will not be believers.
إِن نَّشَأۡ نُنَزِّلۡ عَلَيۡهِم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ ءَايَةࣰ فَظَلَّتۡ أَعۡنَٰقُهُمۡ لَهَا خَٰضِعِينَ﴿٤﴾
In nasha nunazzil ʿalayhim mina alssamai ayatan fathallat aʿnaquhum laha khadiʿeena
If We willed, We could send down to them from the sky a sign for which their necks would remain humbled.
وَ مَا يَأۡتِيهِم مِّن ذِكۡرࣲ مِّنَ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ مُحۡدَثٍ إِلَّا كَانُواْ عَنۡهُ مُعۡرِضِينَ﴿٥﴾
Wama yateehim min thikrin mina alrrahmani muhdathin illa kanoo ʿanhu muʿrideena
And no mention [i.e., revelation] comes to them anew from the Most Merciful except that they turn away from it.
فَقَدۡ كَذَّبُواْ فَسَيَأۡتِيهِمۡ أَنۢبَٰٓؤُاْ مَا كَانُواْ بِهِۦ يَسۡتَهۡزِءُونَ﴿٦﴾
Faqad kaththaboo fasayateehim anbao ma kanoo bihi yastahzioona
For they have already denied, but there will come to them the news of that which they used to ridicule.
أَوَلَمۡ يَرَوۡاْ إِلَى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ كَمۡ أَنۢبَتۡنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ زَوۡجࣲ كَرِيمٍ﴿٧﴾
Awalam yaraw ila alardi kam anbatna feeha min kulli zawjin kareemin
Did they not look at the earth - how much We have produced therein from every noble kind?
إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةࣰ ۖ وَ مَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ﴿٨﴾
Inna fee thalika laayatan wama kana aktharuhum mumineena
Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.
وَ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ﴿٩﴾
Wainna rabbaka lahuwa alʿazeezu alrraheemu
And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.
وَ إِذۡ نَادَىٰ رَبُّكَ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنِ ٱئۡتِ ٱلۡقَوۡمَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ﴿١٠﴾
Waith nada rabbuka moosa ani iti alqawma alththalimeena
And [mention] when your Lord called Moses, [saying], "Go to the wrongdoing people -
قَوۡمَ فِرۡعَوۡنَ ۚ أَلَا يَتَّقُونَ﴿١١﴾
Qawma firʿawna ala yattaqoona
The people of Pharaoh. Will they not fear Allāh?"
قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّيٓ أَخَافُ أَن يُكَذِّبُونِ﴿١٢﴾
Qala rabbi innee akhafu an yukaththibooni
He said, "My Lord, indeed I fear that they will deny me
وَ يَضِيقُ صَدۡرِي وَ لَا يَنطَلِقُ لِسَانِي فَأَرۡسِلۡ إِلَىٰ هَٰرُونَ﴿١٣﴾
Wayadeequ sadree wala yantaliqu lisanee faarsil ila haroona
And that my breast will tighten and my tongue will not be fluent, so send for Aaron.
وَ لَهُمۡ عَلَيَّ ذَنۢبࣱ فَأَخَافُ أَن يَقۡتُلُونِ﴿١٤﴾
Walahum ʿalayya thanbun faakhafu an yaqtulooni
And they have upon me a [claim due to] sin, so I fear that they will kill me."
قَالَ كَلَّا ۖ فَٱذۡهَبَا بِـَٔايَٰتِنَآ ۖ إِنَّا مَعَكُم مُّسۡتَمِعُونَ﴿١٥﴾
Qala kalla faithhaba biayatina inna maʿakum mustamiʿoona
[Allāh] said, "No. Go both of you with Our signs; indeed, We are with you, listening.
فَأۡتِيَا فِرۡعَوۡنَ فَقُولَآ إِنَّا رَسُولُ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ﴿١٦﴾
Fatiya firʿawna faqoola inna rasoolu rabbi alʿalameena
Go to Pharaoh and say, 'We are the messengers of the Lord of the worlds,
أَنۡ أَرۡسِلۡ مَعَنَا بَنِيٓ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ﴿١٧﴾
An arsil maʿana banee israeela
[Commanded to say], "Send with us the Children of Israel."'"
قَالَ أَلَمۡ نُرَبِّكَ فِينَا وَلِيدࣰا وَ لَبِثۡتَ فِينَا مِنۡ عُمُرِكَ سِنِينَ﴿١٨﴾
Qala alam nurabbika feena waleedan walabithta feena min ʿumurika sineena
[Pharaoh] said, "Did we not raise you among us as a child, and you remained among us for years of your life?
وَ فَعَلۡتَ فَعۡلَتَكَ ٱلَّتِي فَعَلۡتَ وَ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ﴿١٩﴾
Wafaʿalta faʿlataka allatee faʿalta waanta mina alkafireena
And [then] you did your deed which you did, and you were of the ungrateful."
قَالَ فَعَلۡتُهَآ إِذࣰا وَ أَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ﴿٢٠﴾
Qala faʿaltuha ithan waana mina alddalleena
[Moses] said, "I did it, then, while I was of those astray [i.e., ignorant].
فَفَرَرۡتُ مِنكُمۡ لَمَّا خِفۡتُكُمۡ فَوَهَبَ لِي رَبِّي حُكۡمࣰا وَ جَعَلَنِي مِنَ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ﴿٢١﴾
Fafarartu minkum lamma khiftukum fawahaba lee rabbee hukman wajaʿalanee mina almursaleena
So I fled from you when I feared you. Then my Lord granted me judgement [i.e., wisdom and prophethood] and appointed me [as one] of the messengers.
وَ تِلۡكَ نِعۡمَةࣱ تَمُنُّهَا عَلَيَّ أَنۡ عَبَّدتَّ بَنِيٓ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ﴿٢٢﴾
Watilka niʿmatun tamunnuha ʿalayya an ʿabbadta banee israeela
And is this a favor of which you remind me - that you have enslaved the Children of Israel?"
قَالَ فِرۡعَوۡنُ وَ مَا رَبُّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ﴿٢٣﴾
Qala firʿawnu wama rabbu alʿalameena
Said Pharaoh, "And what is the Lord of the worlds?"
قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَ مَا بَيۡنَهُمَآ ۖ إِن كُنتُم مُّوقِنِينَ﴿٢٤﴾
Qala rabbu alssamawati waalardi wama baynahuma in kuntum mooqineena
[Moses] said, "The Lord of the heavens and earth and that between them, if you should be convinced."
قَالَ لِمَنۡ حَوۡلَهُۥٓ أَلَا تَسۡتَمِعُونَ﴿٢٥﴾
Qala liman hawlahu ala tastamiʿoona
[Pharaoh] said to those around him, "Do you not hear?"
قَالَ رَبُّكُمۡ وَ رَبُّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ﴿٢٦﴾
Qala rabbukum warabbu abaikumu alawwaleena
[Moses] said, "Your Lord and the Lord of your first forefathers."
قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَكُمُ ٱلَّذِيٓ أُرۡسِلَ إِلَيۡكُمۡ لَمَجۡنُونࣱ﴿٢٧﴾
Qala inna rasoolakumu allathee orsila ilaykum lamajnoonun
[Pharaoh] said, "Indeed, your 'messenger' who has been sent to you is mad."
قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلۡمَشۡرِقِ وَ ٱلۡمَغۡرِبِ وَ مَا بَيۡنَهُمَآ ۖ إِن كُنتُمۡ تَعۡقِلُونَ﴿٢٨﴾
Qala rabbu almashriqi waalmaghribi wama baynahuma in kuntum taʿqiloona
[Moses] said, "Lord of the east and the west and that between them, if you were to reason."
قَالَ لَئِنِ ٱتَّخَذۡتَ إِلَٰهًا غَيۡرِي لَأَجۡعَلَنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلۡمَسۡجُونِينَ﴿٢٩﴾
Qala laini ittakhathta ilahan ghayree laajʿalannaka mina almasjooneena
[Pharaoh] said, "If you take a god other than me, I will surely place you among those imprisoned."
قَالَ أَوَلَوۡ جِئۡتُكَ بِشَيۡءࣲ مُّبِينࣲ﴿٣٠﴾
Qala awalaw jituka bishayin mubeenin
[Moses] said, "Even if I brought you something [i.e., proof] manifest?"
قَالَ فَأۡتِ بِهِۦٓ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ﴿٣١﴾
Qala fati bihi in kunta mina alssadiqeena
[Pharaoh] said, "Then bring it, if you should be of the truthful."
فَأَلۡقَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِيَ ثُعۡبَانࣱ مُّبِينࣱ﴿٣٢﴾
Faalqa ʿasahu faitha hiya thuʿbanun mubeenun
So [Moses] threw his staff, and suddenly it was a serpent manifest.
وَ نَزَعَ يَدَهُۥ فَإِذَا هِيَ بَيۡضَآءُ لِلنَّٰظِرِينَ﴿٣٣﴾
Wanazaʿa yadahu faitha hiya baydao lilnnathireena
And he drew out his hand; thereupon it was white for the observers.
قَالَ لِلۡمَلَإِ حَوۡلَهُۥٓ إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَسَٰحِرٌ عَلِيمࣱ﴿٣٤﴾
Qala lilmalai hawlahu inna hatha lasahirun ʿaleemun
[Pharaoh] said to the eminent ones around him, "Indeed, this is a learned magician.
يُرِيدُ أَن يُخۡرِجَكُم مِّنۡ أَرۡضِكُم بِسِحۡرِهِۦ فَمَاذَا تَأۡمُرُونَ﴿٣٥﴾
Yureedu an yukhrijakum min ardikum bisihrihi famatha tamuroona
He wants to drive you out of your land by his magic, so what do you advise?"
قَالُوٓاْ أَرۡجِهۡ وَ أَخَاهُ وَ ٱبۡعَثۡ فِي ٱلۡمَدَآئِنِ حَٰشِرِينَ﴿٣٦﴾
Qaloo arjih waakhahu waibʿath fee almadaini hashireena
They said, "Postpone [the matter of] him and his brother and send among the cities gatherers
يَأۡتُوكَ بِكُلِّ سَحَّارٍ عَلِيمࣲ﴿٣٧﴾
Yatooka bikulli sahharin ʿaleemin
Who will bring you every learned, skilled magician."
فَجُمِعَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ لِمِيقَٰتِ يَوۡمࣲ مَّعۡلُومࣲ﴿٣٨﴾
Fajumiʿa alssaharatu limeeqati yawmin maʿloomin
So the magicians were assembled for the appointment of a well-known day.
وَ قِيلَ لِلنَّاسِ هَلۡ أَنتُم مُّجۡتَمِعُونَ﴿٣٩﴾
Waqeela lilnnasi hal antum mujtamiʿoona
And it was said to the people, "Will you congregate
لَعَلَّنَا نَتَّبِعُ ٱلسَّحَرَةَ إِن كَانُواْ هُمُ ٱلۡغَٰلِبِينَ﴿٤٠﴾
Laʿallana nattabiʿu alssaharata in kanoo humu alghalibeena
That we might follow the magicians if they are the predominant?"
فَلَمَّا جَآءَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ قَالُواْ لِفِرۡعَوۡنَ أَئِنَّ لَنَا لَأَجۡرًا إِن كُنَّا نَحۡنُ ٱلۡغَٰلِبِينَ﴿٤١﴾
Falamma jaa alssaharatu qaloo lifirʿawna ainna lana laajran in kunna nahnu alghalibeena
And when the magicians arrived, they said to Pharaoh, "Is there indeed for us a reward if we are the predominant?"
قَالَ نَعَمۡ وَ إِنَّكُمۡ إِذࣰا لَّمِنَ ٱلۡمُقَرَّبِينَ﴿٤٢﴾
Qala naʿam wainnakum ithan lamina almuqarrabeena
He said, "Yes, and indeed, you will then be of those near [to me]."
قَالَ لَهُم مُّوسَىٰٓ أَلۡقُواْ مَآ أَنتُم مُّلۡقُونَ﴿٤٣﴾
Qala lahum moosa alqoo ma antum mulqoona
Moses said to them, "Throw whatever you will throw."
فَأَلۡقَوۡاْ حِبَالَهُمۡ وَ عِصِيَّهُمۡ وَ قَالُواْ بِعِزَّةِ فِرۡعَوۡنَ إِنَّا لَنَحۡنُ ٱلۡغَٰلِبُونَ﴿٤٤﴾
Faalqaw hibalahum waʿisiyyahum waqaloo biʿizzati firʿawna inna lanahnu alghaliboona
So they threw their ropes and their staffs and said, "By the might of Pharaoh, indeed it is we who are predominant."
فَأَلۡقَىٰ مُوسَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِيَ تَلۡقَفُ مَا يَأۡفِكُونَ﴿٤٥﴾
Faalqa moosa ʿasahu faitha hiya talqafu ma yafikoona
Then Moses threw his staff, and at once it devoured what they falsified.
فَأُلۡقِيَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ سَٰجِدِينَ﴿٤٦﴾
Faolqiya alssaharatu sajideena
So the magicians fell down in prostration [to Allāh].
قَالُوٓاْ ءَامَنَّا بِرَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ﴿٤٧﴾
Qaloo amanna birabbi alʿalameena
They said, "We have believed in the Lord of the worlds,
رَبِّ مُوسَىٰ وَ هَٰرُونَ﴿٤٨﴾
Rabbi moosa waharoona
The Lord of Moses and Aaron."
قَالَ ءَامَنتُمۡ لَهُۥ قَبۡلَ أَنۡ ءَاذَنَ لَكُمۡ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ لَكَبِيرُكُمُ ٱلَّذِي عَلَّمَكُمُ ٱلسِّحۡرَ فَلَسَوۡفَ تَعۡلَمُونَ ۚ لَأُقَطِّعَنَّ أَيۡدِيَكُمۡ وَ أَرۡجُلَكُم مِّنۡ خِلَٰفࣲ وَ لَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمۡ أَجۡمَعِينَ﴿٤٩﴾
Qala amantum lahu qabla an athana lakum innahu lakabeerukumu allathee ʿallamakumu alssihra falasawfa taʿlamoona laoqattiʿanna aydiyakum waarjulakum min khilafin walaosallibannakum ajmaʿeena
[Pharaoh] said, "You believed him [i.e., Moses] before I gave you permission. Indeed, he is your leader who has taught you magic, but you are going to know. I will surely cut off your hands and your feet on opposite sides, and I will surely crucify you all."
قَالُواْ لَا ضَيۡرَ ۖ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا مُنقَلِبُونَ﴿٥٠﴾
Qaloo la dayra inna ila rabbina munqaliboona
They said, "No harm. Indeed, to our Lord we will return.
إِنَّا نَطۡمَعُ أَن يَغۡفِرَ لَنَا رَبُّنَا خَطَٰيَٰنَآ أَن كُنَّآ أَوَّلَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ﴿٥١﴾
Inna natmaʿu an yaghfira lana rabbuna khatayana an kunna awwala almumineena
Indeed, we aspire that our Lord will forgive us our sins because we were the first of the believers."
وَ أَوۡحَيۡنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنۡ أَسۡرِ بِعِبَادِيٓ إِنَّكُم مُّتَّبَعُونَ﴿٥٢﴾
Waawhayna ila moosa an asri biʿibadee innakum muttabaʿoona
And We inspired to Moses, "Travel by night with My servants; indeed, you will be pursued."
فَأَرۡسَلَ فِرۡعَوۡنُ فِي ٱلۡمَدَآئِنِ حَٰشِرِينَ﴿٥٣﴾
Faarsala firʿawnu fee almadaini hashireena
Then Pharaoh sent among the cities gatherers
إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَشِرۡذِمَةࣱ قَلِيلُونَ﴿٥٤﴾
Inna haolai lashirthimatun qaleeloona
[And said], "Indeed, those are but a small band,
وَ إِنَّهُمۡ لَنَا لَغَآئِظُونَ﴿٥٥﴾
Wainnahum lana laghaithoona
And indeed, they are enraging us,
وَ إِنَّا لَجَمِيعٌ حَٰذِرُونَ﴿٥٦﴾
Wainna lajameeʿun hathiroona
And indeed, we are a cautious society..."
فَأَخۡرَجۡنَٰهُم مِّن جَنَّٰتࣲ وَ عُيُونࣲ﴿٥٧﴾
Faakhrajnahum min jannatin waʿuyoonin
So We removed them from gardens and springs
وَ كُنُوزࣲ وَ مَقَامࣲ كَرِيمࣲ﴿٥٨﴾
Wakunoozin wamaqamin kareemin
And treasures and honorable station -
كَذَٰلِكَ ۖ وَ أَوۡرَثۡنَٰهَا بَنِيٓ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ﴿٥٩﴾
Kathalika waawrathnaha banee israeela
Thus. And We caused to inherit it the Children of Israel.
فَأَتۡبَعُوهُم مُّشۡرِقِينَ﴿٦٠﴾
Faatbaʿoohum mushriqeena
So they pursued them at sunrise.
فَلَمَّا تَرَٰٓءَا ٱلۡجَمۡعَانِ قَالَ أَصۡحَٰبُ مُوسَىٰٓ إِنَّا لَمُدۡرَكُونَ﴿٦١﴾
Falamma taraa aljamʿani qala ashabu moosa inna lamudrakoona
And when the two companies saw one another, the companions of Moses said, "Indeed, we are to be overtaken!"
قَالَ كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّ مَعِيَ رَبِّي سَيَهۡدِينِ﴿٦٢﴾
Qala kalla inna maʿiya rabbee sayahdeeni
[Moses] said, "No! Indeed, with me is my Lord; He will guide me."
فَأَوۡحَيۡنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنِ ٱضۡرِب بِّعَصَاكَ ٱلۡبَحۡرَ ۖ فَٱنفَلَقَ فَكَانَ كُلُّ فِرۡقࣲ كَٱلطَّوۡدِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ﴿٦٣﴾
Faawhayna ila moosa ani idrib biʿasaka albahra fainfalaqa fakana kullu firqin kaalttawdi alʿatheemi
Then We inspired to Moses, "Strike with your staff the sea," and it parted, and each portion was like a great towering mountain.
وَ أَزۡلَفۡنَا ثَمَّ ٱلۡأٓخَرِينَ﴿٦٤﴾
Waazlafna thamma alakhareena
And We advanced thereto the others [i.e., the pursuers].
وَ أَنجَيۡنَا مُوسَىٰ وَ مَن مَّعَهُۥٓ أَجۡمَعِينَ﴿٦٥﴾
Waanjayna moosa waman maʿahu ajmaʿeena
And We saved Moses and those with him, all together.
ثُمَّ أَغۡرَقۡنَا ٱلۡأٓخَرِينَ﴿٦٦﴾
Thumma aghraqna alakhareena
Then We drowned the others.
إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةࣰ ۖ وَ مَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ﴿٦٧﴾
Inna fee thalika laayatan wama kana aktharuhum mumineena
Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.
وَ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ﴿٦٨﴾
Wainna rabbaka lahuwa alʿazeezu alrraheemu
And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.
وَ ٱتۡلُ عَلَيۡهِمۡ نَبَأَ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ﴿٦٩﴾
Waotlu ʿalayhim nabaa ibraheema
And recite to them the news of Abraham,
إِذۡ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَ قَوۡمِهِۦ مَا تَعۡبُدُونَ﴿٧٠﴾
Ith qala liabeehi waqawmihi ma taʿbudoona
When he said to his father and his people, "What do you worship?"
قَالُواْ نَعۡبُدُ أَصۡنَامࣰا فَنَظَلُّ لَهَا عَٰكِفِينَ﴿٧١﴾
Qaloo naʿbudu asnaman fanathallu laha ʿakifeena
They said, "We worship idols and remain to them devoted."
قَالَ هَلۡ يَسۡمَعُونَكُمۡ إِذۡ تَدۡعُونَ﴿٧٢﴾
Qala hal yasmaʿoonakum ith tadʿoona
He said, "Do they hear you when you supplicate?
أَوۡ يَنفَعُونَكُمۡ أَوۡ يَضُرُّونَ﴿٧٣﴾
Aw yanfaʿoonakum aw yadurroona
Or do they benefit you, or do they harm?"
قَالُواْ بَلۡ وَجَدۡنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا كَذَٰلِكَ يَفۡعَلُونَ﴿٧٤﴾
Qaloo bal wajadna abaana kathalika yafʿaloona
They said, "But we found our fathers doing thus."
قَالَ أَفَرَءَيۡتُم مَّا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡبُدُونَ﴿٧٥﴾
Qala afaraaytum ma kuntum taʿbudoona
He said, "Then do you see what you have been worshipping,
أَنتُمۡ وَ ءَابَآؤُكُمُ ٱلۡأَقۡدَمُونَ﴿٧٦﴾
Antum waabaokumu alaqdamoona
You and your ancient forefathers?
فَإِنَّهُمۡ عَدُوࣱّ لِّيٓ إِلَّا رَبَّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ﴿٧٧﴾
Fainnahum ʿaduwwun lee illa rabba alʿalameena
Indeed, they are enemies to me, except the Lord of the worlds,
ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَنِي فَهُوَ يَهۡدِينِ﴿٧٨﴾
Allathee khalaqanee fahuwa yahdeeni
Who created me, and He [it is who] guides me.
وَ ٱلَّذِي هُوَ يُطۡعِمُنِي وَ يَسۡقِينِ﴿٧٩﴾
Waallathee huwa yutʿimunee wayasqeeni
And it is He who feeds me and gives me drink.
وَ إِذَا مَرِضۡتُ فَهُوَ يَشۡفِينِ﴿٨٠﴾
Waitha maridtu fahuwa yashfeeni
And when I am ill, it is He who cures me
وَ ٱلَّذِي يُمِيتُنِي ثُمَّ يُحۡيِينِ﴿٨١﴾
Waallathee yumeetunee thumma yuhyeeni
And who will cause me to die and then bring me to life
وَ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَطۡمَعُ أَن يَغۡفِرَ لِي خَطِيٓـَٔتِي يَوۡمَ ٱلدِّينِ﴿٨٢﴾
Waallathee atmaʿu an yaghfira lee khateeatee yawma alddeeni
And who I aspire that He will forgive me my sin on the Day of Recompense."
رَبِّ هَبۡ لِي حُكۡمࣰا وَ أَلۡحِقۡنِي بِٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ﴿٨٣﴾
Rabbi hab lee hukman waalhiqnee bialssaliheena
[And he said], "My Lord, grant me authority and join me with the righteous.
وَ ٱجۡعَل لِّي لِسَانَ صِدۡقࣲ فِي ٱلۡأٓخِرِينَ﴿٨٤﴾
Waijʿal lee lisana sidqin fee alakhireena
And grant me a mention [i.e., reputation] of honor among later generations.
وَ ٱجۡعَلۡنِي مِن وَرَثَةِ جَنَّةِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ﴿٨٥﴾
Waijʿalnee min warathati jannati alnnaʿeemi
And place me among the inheritors of the Garden of Pleasure.
وَ ٱغۡفِرۡ لِأَبِيٓ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ﴿٨٦﴾
Waighfir liabee innahu kana mina alddalleena
And forgive my father. Indeed, he has been of those astray.
وَ لَا تُخۡزِنِي يَوۡمَ يُبۡعَثُونَ﴿٨٧﴾
Wala tukhzinee yawma yubʿathoona
And do not disgrace me on the Day they are [all] resurrected -
يَوۡمَ لَا يَنفَعُ مَالࣱ وَ لَا بَنُونَ﴿٨٨﴾
Yawma la yanfaʿu malun wala banoona
The Day when there will not benefit [anyone] wealth or children
إِلَّا مَنۡ أَتَى ٱللَّهَ بِقَلۡبࣲ سَلِيمࣲ﴿٨٩﴾
Illa man ata Allaha biqalbin saleemin
But only one who comes to Allāh with a sound heart."
وَ أُزۡلِفَتِ ٱلۡجَنَّةُ لِلۡمُتَّقِينَ﴿٩٠﴾
Waozlifati aljannatu lilmuttaqeena
And Paradise will be brought near [that Day] to the righteous.
وَ بُرِّزَتِ ٱلۡجَحِيمُ لِلۡغَاوِينَ﴿٩١﴾
Waburrizati aljaheemu lilghaweena
And Hellfire will be brought forth for the deviators,
وَ قِيلَ لَهُمۡ أَيۡنَ مَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡبُدُونَ﴿٩٢﴾
Waqeela lahum ayna ma kuntum taʿbudoona
And it will be said to them, "Where are those you used to worship
مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ هَلۡ يَنصُرُونَكُمۡ أَوۡ يَنتَصِرُونَ﴿٩٣﴾
Min dooni Allahi hal yansuroonakum aw yantasiroona
Other than Allāh? Can they help you or help themselves?"
فَكُبۡكِبُواْ فِيهَا هُمۡ وَ ٱلۡغَاوُۥنَ﴿٩٤﴾
Fakubkiboo feeha hum waalghawoona
So they will be overturned into it [i.e., Hellfire], they and the deviators
وَ جُنُودُ إِبۡلِيسَ أَجۡمَعُونَ﴿٩٥﴾
Wajunoodu ibleesa ajmaʿoona
And the soldiers of Iblees, all together.
قَالُواْ وَ هُمۡ فِيهَا يَخۡتَصِمُونَ﴿٩٦﴾
Qaloo wahum feeha yakhtasimoona
They will say while they dispute therein,
تَٱللَّهِ إِن كُنَّا لَفِي ضَلَٰلࣲ مُّبِينٍ﴿٩٧﴾
TaAllahi in kunna lafee dalalin mubeenin
"By Allāh, we were indeed in manifest error
إِذۡ نُسَوِّيكُم بِرَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ﴿٩٨﴾
Ith nusawweekum birabbi alʿalameena
When we equated you with the Lord of the worlds.
وَ مَآ أَضَلَّنَآ إِلَّا ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُونَ﴿٩٩﴾
Wama adallana illa almujrimoona
And no one misguided us except the criminals.
فَمَا لَنَا مِن شَٰفِعِينَ﴿١٠٠﴾
Fama lana min shafiʿeena
So now we have no intercessors
وَ لَا صَدِيقٍ حَمِيمࣲ﴿١٠١﴾
Wala sadeeqin hameemin
And not a devoted friend.
فَلَوۡ أَنَّ لَنَا كَرَّةࣰ فَنَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ﴿١٠٢﴾
Falaw anna lana karratan fanakoona mina almumineena
Then if we only had a return [to the world] and could be of the believers..."
إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةࣰ ۖ وَ مَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ﴿١٠٣﴾
Inna fee thalika laayatan wama kana aktharuhum mumineena
Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.
وَ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ﴿١٠٤﴾
Wainna rabbaka lahuwa alʿazeezu alrraheemu
And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.
كَذَّبَتۡ قَوۡمُ نُوحٍ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ﴿١٠٥﴾
Kaththabat qawmu noohin almursaleena
The people of Noah denied the messengers
إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ أَخُوهُمۡ نُوحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ﴿١٠٦﴾
Ith qala lahum akhoohum noohun ala tattaqoona
When their brother Noah said to them, "Will you not fear Allāh?
إِنِّي لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِينࣱ﴿١٠٧﴾
Innee lakum rasoolun ameenun
Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger.
فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَ أَطِيعُونِ﴿١٠٨﴾
Faittaqoo Allaha waateeʿooni
So fear Allāh and obey me.
وَ مَآ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٍ ۖ إِنۡ أَجۡرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ﴿١٠٩﴾
Wama asalukum ʿalayhi min ajrin in ajriya illa ʿala rabbi alʿalameena
And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds.
فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَ أَطِيعُونِ﴿١١٠﴾
Faittaqoo Allaha waateeʿooni
So fear Allāh and obey me."
قَالُوٓاْ أَنُؤۡمِنُ لَكَ وَ ٱتَّبَعَكَ ٱلۡأَرۡذَلُونَ﴿١١١﴾
Qaloo anuminu laka waittabaʿaka alarthaloona
They said, "Should we believe you while you are followed by the lowest [class of people]?"
قَالَ وَ مَا عِلۡمِي بِمَا كَانُواْ يَعۡمَلُونَ﴿١١٢﴾
Qala wama ʿilmee bima kanoo yaʿmaloona
He said, "And what is my knowledge of what they used to do?
إِنۡ حِسَابُهُمۡ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّي ۖ لَوۡ تَشۡعُرُونَ﴿١١٣﴾
In hisabuhum illa ʿala rabbee law tashʿuroona
Their account is only upon my Lord, if you [could] perceive.
وَ مَآ أَنَا۠ بِطَارِدِ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ﴿١١٤﴾
Wama ana bitaridi almumineena
And I am not one to drive away the believers.
إِنۡ أَنَا۠ إِلَّا نَذِيرࣱ مُّبِينࣱ﴿١١٥﴾
In ana illa natheerun mubeenun
I am only a clear warner."
قَالُواْ لَئِن لَّمۡ تَنتَهِ يَٰنُوحُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلۡمَرۡجُومِينَ﴿١١٦﴾
Qaloo lain lam tantahi ya noohu latakoonanna mina almarjoomeena
They said, "If you do not desist, O Noah, you will surely be of those who are stoned."
قَالَ رَبِّ إِنَّ قَوۡمِي كَذَّبُونِ﴿١١٧﴾
Qala rabbi inna qawmee kaththabooni
He said, "My Lord, indeed my people have denied me.
فَٱفۡتَحۡ بَيۡنِي وَ بَيۡنَهُمۡ فَتۡحࣰا وَ نَجِّنِي وَ مَن مَّعِيَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ﴿١١٨﴾
Faiftah baynee wabaynahum fathan wanajjinee waman maʿiya mina almumineena
Then judge between me and them with decisive judgement and save me and those with me of the believers."
فَأَنجَيۡنَٰهُ وَ مَن مَّعَهُۥ فِي ٱلۡفُلۡكِ ٱلۡمَشۡحُونِ﴿١١٩﴾
Faanjaynahu waman maʿahu fee alfulki almashhooni
So We saved him and those with him in the laden ship.
ثُمَّ أَغۡرَقۡنَا بَعۡدُ ٱلۡبَاقِينَ﴿١٢٠﴾
Thumma aghraqna baʿdu albaqeena
Then We drowned thereafter the remaining ones.
إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةࣰ ۖ وَ مَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ﴿١٢١﴾
Inna fee thalika laayatan wama kana aktharuhum mumineena
Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.
وَ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ﴿١٢٢﴾
Wainna rabbaka lahuwa alʿazeezu alrraheemu
And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.
كَذَّبَتۡ عَادٌ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ﴿١٢٣﴾
Kaththabat ʿadun almursaleena
ʿAad denied the messengers
إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ أَخُوهُمۡ هُودٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ﴿١٢٤﴾
Ith qala lahum akhoohum hoodun ala tattaqoona
When their brother Hūd said to them, "Will you not fear Allāh?
إِنِّي لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِينࣱ﴿١٢٥﴾
Innee lakum rasoolun ameenun
Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger.
فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَ أَطِيعُونِ﴿١٢٦﴾
Faittaqoo Allaha waateeʿooni
So fear Allāh and obey me.
وَ مَآ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٍ ۖ إِنۡ أَجۡرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ﴿١٢٧﴾
Wama asalukum ʿalayhi min ajrin in ajriya illa ʿala rabbi alʿalameena
And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds.
أَتَبۡنُونَ بِكُلِّ رِيعٍ ءَايَةࣰ تَعۡبَثُونَ﴿١٢٨﴾
Atabnoona bikulli reeʿin ayatan taʿbathoona
Do you construct on every elevation a sign, amusing yourselves,
وَ تَتَّخِذُونَ مَصَانِعَ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَخۡلُدُونَ﴿١٢٩﴾
Watattakhithoona masaniʿa laʿallakum takhludoona
And take for yourselves constructions [i.e., palaces and fortresses] that you might abide eternally?
وَ إِذَا بَطَشۡتُم بَطَشۡتُمۡ جَبَّارِينَ﴿١٣٠﴾
Waitha batashtum batashtum jabbareena
And when you strike, you strike as tyrants.
فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَ أَطِيعُونِ﴿١٣١﴾
Faittaqoo Allaha waateeʿooni
So fear Allāh and obey me.
وَ ٱتَّقُواْ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَمَدَّكُم بِمَا تَعۡلَمُونَ﴿١٣٢﴾
Waittaqoo allathee amaddakum bima taʿlamoona
And fear He who provided you with that which you know,
أَمَدَّكُم بِأَنۡعَٰمࣲ وَ بَنِينَ﴿١٣٣﴾
Amaddakum bianʿamin wabaneena
Provided you with grazing livestock and children
وَ جَنَّٰتࣲ وَ عُيُونٍ﴿١٣٤﴾
Wajannatin waʿuyoonin
And gardens and springs.
إِنِّيٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيۡكُمۡ عَذَابَ يَوۡمٍ عَظِيمࣲ﴿١٣٥﴾
Innee akhafu ʿalaykum ʿathaba yawmin ʿatheemin
Indeed, I fear for you the punishment of a terrible day."
قَالُواْ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيۡنَآ أَوَعَظۡتَ أَمۡ لَمۡ تَكُن مِّنَ ٱلۡوَٰعِظِينَ﴿١٣٦﴾
Qaloo sawaon ʿalayna awaʿathta am lam takun mina alwaʿitheena
They said, "It is all the same to us whether you advise or are not of the advisors.
إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا خُلُقُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ﴿١٣٧﴾
In hatha illa khuluqu alawwaleena
This is not but the custom of the former peoples,
وَ مَا نَحۡنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ﴿١٣٨﴾
Wama nahnu bimuʿaththabeena
And we are not to be punished."
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَهۡلَكۡنَٰهُمۡ ۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةࣰ ۖ وَ مَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ﴿١٣٩﴾
Fakaththaboohu faahlaknahum inna fee thalika laayatan wama kana aktharuhum mumineena
And they denied him, so We destroyed them. Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.
وَ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ﴿١٤٠﴾
Wainna rabbaka lahuwa alʿazeezu alrraheemu
And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.
كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ﴿١٤١﴾
Kaththabat thamoodu almursaleena
Thamūd denied the messengers
إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ أَخُوهُمۡ صَٰلِحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ﴿١٤٢﴾
Ith qala lahum akhoohum salihun ala tattaqoona
When their brother Ṣāliḥ said to them, "Will you not fear Allāh?
إِنِّي لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِينࣱ﴿١٤٣﴾
Innee lakum rasoolun ameenun
Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger.
فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَ أَطِيعُونِ﴿١٤٤﴾
Faittaqoo Allaha waateeʿooni
So fear Allāh and obey me.
وَ مَآ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٍ ۖ إِنۡ أَجۡرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ﴿١٤٥﴾
Wama asalukum ʿalayhi min ajrin in ajriya illa ʿala rabbi alʿalameena
And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds.
أَتُتۡرَكُونَ فِي مَا هَٰهُنَآ ءَامِنِينَ﴿١٤٦﴾
Atutrakoona fee ma hahuna amineena
Will you be left in what is here, secure [from death],
فِي جَنَّٰتࣲ وَ عُيُونࣲ﴿١٤٧﴾
Fee jannatin waʿuyoonin
Within gardens and springs
وَ زُرُوعࣲ وَ نَخۡلࣲ طَلۡعُهَا هَضِيمࣱ﴿١٤٨﴾
Wazurooʿin wanakhlin talʿuha hadeemun
And fields of crops and palm trees with softened fruit?
وَ تَنۡحِتُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡجِبَالِ بُيُوتࣰا فَٰرِهِينَ﴿١٤٩﴾
Watanhitoona mina aljibali buyootan fariheena
And you carve out of the mountains, homes, with skill.
فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَ أَطِيعُونِ﴿١٥٠﴾
Faittaqoo Allaha waateeʿooni
So fear Allāh and obey me.
وَ لَا تُطِيعُوٓاْ أَمۡرَ ٱلۡمُسۡرِفِينَ﴿١٥١﴾
Wala tuteeʿoo amra almusrifeena
And do not obey the order of the transgressors,
ٱلَّذِينَ يُفۡسِدُونَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَ لَا يُصۡلِحُونَ﴿١٥٢﴾
Allatheena yufsidoona fee alardi wala yuslihoona
Who cause corruption in the land and do not amend."
قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُسَحَّرِينَ﴿١٥٣﴾
Qaloo innama anta mina almusahhareena
They said, "You are only of those affected by magic.
مَآ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرࣱ مِّثۡلُنَا فَأۡتِ بِـَٔايَةٍ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ﴿١٥٤﴾
Ma anta illa basharun mithluna fati biayatin in kunta mina alssadiqeena
You are but a man like ourselves, so bring a sign, if you should be of the truthful."
قَالَ هَٰذِهِۦ نَاقَةࣱ لَّهَا شِرۡبࣱ وَ لَكُمۡ شِرۡبُ يَوۡمࣲ مَّعۡلُومࣲ﴿١٥٥﴾
Qala hathihi naqatun laha shirbun walakum shirbu yawmin maʿloomin
He said, "This is a she-camel. For her is a [time of] drink, and for you is a [time of] drink, [each] on a known day.
وَ لَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوٓءࣲ فَيَأۡخُذَكُمۡ عَذَابُ يَوۡمٍ عَظِيمࣲ﴿١٥٦﴾
Wala tamassooha bisooin fayakhuthakum ʿathabu yawmin ʿatheemin
And do not touch her with harm, lest you be seized by the punishment of a terrible day."
فَعَقَرُوهَا فَأَصۡبَحُواْ نَٰدِمِينَ﴿١٥٧﴾
Faʿaqarooha faasbahoo nadimeena
But they hamstrung her and so became regretful.
فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱلۡعَذَابُ ۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةࣰ ۖ وَ مَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ﴿١٥٨﴾
Faakhathahumu alʿathabu inna fee thalika laayatan wama kana aktharuhum mumineena
And the punishment seized them. Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.
وَ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ﴿١٥٩﴾
Wainna rabbaka lahuwa alʿazeezu alrraheemu
And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.
كَذَّبَتۡ قَوۡمُ لُوطٍ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ﴿١٦٠﴾
Kaththabat qawmu lootin almursaleena
The people of Lot denied the messengers
إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ أَخُوهُمۡ لُوطٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ﴿١٦١﴾
Ith qala lahum akhoohum lootun ala tattaqoona
When their brother Lot said to them, "Will you not fear Allāh?
إِنِّي لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِينࣱ﴿١٦٢﴾
Innee lakum rasoolun ameenun
Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger.
فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَ أَطِيعُونِ﴿١٦٣﴾
Faittaqoo Allaha waateeʿooni
So fear Allāh and obey me.
وَ مَآ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٍ ۖ إِنۡ أَجۡرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ﴿١٦٤﴾
Wama asalukum ʿalayhi min ajrin in ajriya illa ʿala rabbi alʿalameena
And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds.
أَتَأۡتُونَ ٱلذُّكۡرَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ﴿١٦٥﴾
Atatoona alththukrana mina alʿalameena
Do you approach males among the worlds
وَ تَذَرُونَ مَا خَلَقَ لَكُمۡ رَبُّكُم مِّنۡ أَزۡوَٰجِكُم ۚ بَلۡ أَنتُمۡ قَوۡمٌ عَادُونَ﴿١٦٦﴾
Watatharoona ma khalaqa lakum rabbukum min azwajikum bal antum qawmun ʿadoona
And leave what your Lord has created for you as mates? But you are a people transgressing."
قَالُواْ لَئِن لَّمۡ تَنتَهِ يَٰلُوطُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلۡمُخۡرَجِينَ﴿١٦٧﴾
Qaloo lain lam tantahi ya lootu latakoonanna mina almukhrajeena
They said, "If you do not desist, O Lot, you will surely be of those evicted."
قَالَ إِنِّي لِعَمَلِكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡقَالِينَ﴿١٦٨﴾
Qala innee liʿamalikum mina alqaleena
He said, "Indeed, I am, toward your deed, of those who detest [it].
رَبِّ نَجِّنِي وَ أَهۡلِي مِمَّا يَعۡمَلُونَ﴿١٦٩﴾
Rabbi najjinee waahlee mimma yaʿmaloona
My Lord, save me and my family from [the consequence of] what they do."
فَنَجَّيۡنَٰهُ وَ أَهۡلَهُۥٓ أَجۡمَعِينَ﴿١٧٠﴾
Fanajjaynahu waahlahu ajmaʿeena
So We saved him and his family, all,
إِلَّا عَجُوزࣰا فِي ٱلۡغَٰبِرِينَ﴿١٧١﴾
Illa ʿajoozan fee alghabireena
Except an old woman among those who remained behind.
ثُمَّ دَمَّرۡنَا ٱلۡأٓخَرِينَ﴿١٧٢﴾
Thumma dammarna alakhareena
Then We destroyed the others.
وَ أَمۡطَرۡنَا عَلَيۡهِم مَّطَرࣰا ۖ فَسَآءَ مَطَرُ ٱلۡمُنذَرِينَ﴿١٧٣﴾
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.
إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةࣰ ۖ وَ مَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ﴿١٧٤﴾
Inna fee thalika laayatan wama kana aktharuhum mumineena
Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.
وَ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ﴿١٧٥﴾
Wainna rabbaka lahuwa alʿazeezu alrraheemu
And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.
كَذَّبَ أَصۡحَٰبُ لۡـَٔيۡكَةِ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ﴿١٧٦﴾
Kaththaba ashabu alaykati almursaleena
The companions of the thicket [i.e., the people of Madyan] denied the messengers
إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ شُعَيۡبٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ﴿١٧٧﴾
Ith qala lahum shuʿaybun ala tattaqoona
When Shuʿayb said to them, "Will you not fear Allāh?
إِنِّي لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِينࣱ﴿١٧٨﴾
Innee lakum rasoolun ameenun
Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger.
فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَ أَطِيعُونِ﴿١٧٩﴾
Faittaqoo Allaha waateeʿooni
So fear Allāh and obey me.
وَ مَآ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٍ ۖ إِنۡ أَجۡرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ﴿١٨٠﴾
Wama asalukum ʿalayhi min ajrin in ajriya illa ʿala rabbi alʿalameena
And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds.
أَوۡفُواْ ٱلۡكَيۡلَ وَ لَا تَكُونُواْ مِنَ ٱلۡمُخۡسِرِينَ﴿١٨١﴾
Awfoo alkayla wala takoonoo mina almukhsireena
Give full measure and do not be of those who cause loss.
وَ زِنُواْ بِٱلۡقِسۡطَاسِ ٱلۡمُسۡتَقِيمِ﴿١٨٢﴾
Wazinoo bialqistasi almustaqeemi
And weigh with an even [i.e., honest] balance.
وَ لَا تَبۡخَسُواْ ٱلنَّاسَ أَشۡيَآءَهُمۡ وَ لَا تَعۡثَوۡاْ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ مُفۡسِدِينَ﴿١٨٣﴾
Wala tabkhasoo alnnasa ashyaahum wala taʿthaw fee alardi mufsideena
And do not deprive people of their due and do not commit abuse on earth, spreading corruption.
وَ ٱتَّقُواْ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَكُمۡ وَ ٱلۡجِبِلَّةَ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ﴿١٨٤﴾
Waittaqoo allathee khalaqakum waaljibillata alawwaleena
And fear He who created you and the former creation."
قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُسَحَّرِينَ﴿١٨٥﴾
Qaloo innama anta mina almusahhareena
They said, "You are only of those affected by magic.
وَ مَآ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرࣱ مِّثۡلُنَا وَ إِن نَّظُنُّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلۡكَٰذِبِينَ﴿١٨٦﴾
Wama anta illa basharun mithluna wain nathunnuka lamina alkathibeena
You are but a man like ourselves, and indeed, we think you are among the liars.
فَأَسۡقِطۡ عَلَيۡنَا كِسَفࣰا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ﴿١٨٧﴾
Faasqit ʿalayna kisafan mina alssamai in kunta mina alssadiqeena
So cause to fall upon us fragments of the sky, if you should be of the truthful."
قَالَ رَبِّيٓ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ﴿١٨٨﴾
Qala rabbee aʿlamu bima taʿmaloona
He said, "My Lord is most knowing of what you do."
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمۡ عَذَابُ يَوۡمِ ٱلظُّلَّةِ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَذَابَ يَوۡمٍ عَظِيمٍ﴿١٨٩﴾
Fakaththaboohu faakhathahum ʿathabu yawmi alththullati innahu kana ʿathaba yawmin ʿatheemin
And they denied him, so the punishment of the day of the black cloud seized them. Indeed, it was the punishment of a terrible day.
إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةࣰ ۖ وَ مَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ﴿١٩٠﴾
Inna fee thalika laayatan wama kana aktharuhum mumineena
Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.
وَ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ﴿١٩١﴾
Wainna rabbaka lahuwa alʿazeezu alrraheemu
And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.
وَ إِنَّهُۥ لَتَنزِيلُ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ﴿١٩٢﴾
Wainnahu latanzeelu rabbi alʿalameena
And indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is the revelation of the Lord of the worlds.
نَزَلَ بِهِ ٱلرُّوحُ ٱلۡأَمِينُ﴿١٩٣﴾
Nazala bihi alrroohu alameenu
The Trustworthy Spirit [i.e., Gabriel] has brought it down
عَلَىٰ قَلۡبِكَ لِتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُنذِرِينَ﴿١٩٤﴾
ʿala qalbika litakoona mina almunthireena
Upon your heart, [O Muḥammad] - that you may be of the warners
بِلِسَانٍ عَرَبِيࣲّ مُّبِينࣲ﴿١٩٥﴾
Bilisanin ʿarabiyyin mubeenin
In a clear Arabic language.
وَ إِنَّهُۥ لَفِي زُبُرِ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ﴿١٩٦﴾
Wainnahu lafee zuburi alawwaleena
And indeed, it is [mentioned] in the scriptures of former peoples.
أَوَلَمۡ يَكُن لَّهُمۡ ءَايَةً أَن يَعۡلَمَهُۥ عُلَمَٰٓؤُاْ بَنِيٓ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ﴿١٩٧﴾
Awalam yakun lahum ayatan an yaʿlamahu ʿulamao banee israeela
And has it not been a sign to them that it is recognized by the scholars of the Children of Israel?
وَ لَوۡ نَزَّلۡنَٰهُ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضِ ٱلۡأَعۡجَمِينَ﴿١٩٨﴾
Walaw nazzalnahu ʿala baʿdi alaʿjameena
And even if We had revealed it to one among the foreigners
فَقَرَأَهُۥ عَلَيۡهِم مَّا كَانُواْ بِهِۦ مُؤۡمِنِينَ﴿١٩٩﴾
Faqaraahu ʿalayhim ma kanoo bihi mumineena
And he had recited it to them [perfectly], they would [still] not have been believers in it.
كَذَٰلِكَ سَلَكۡنَٰهُ فِي قُلُوبِ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ﴿٢٠٠﴾
Kathalika salaknahu fee quloobi almujrimeena
Thus have We inserted it [i.e., disbelief] into the hearts of the criminals.
لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ بِهِۦ حَتَّىٰ يَرَوُاْ ٱلۡعَذَابَ ٱلۡأَلِيمَ﴿٢٠١﴾
La yuminoona bihi hatta yarawoo alʿathaba alaleema
They will not believe in it until they see the painful punishment.
فَيَأۡتِيَهُم بَغۡتَةࣰ وَ هُمۡ لَا يَشۡعُرُونَ﴿٢٠٢﴾
Fayatiyahum baghtatan wahum la yashʿuroona
And it will come to them suddenly while they perceive [it] not.
فَيَقُولُواْ هَلۡ نَحۡنُ مُنظَرُونَ﴿٢٠٣﴾
Fayaqooloo hal nahnu muntharoona
And they will say, "May we be reprieved?"
أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا يَسۡتَعۡجِلُونَ﴿٢٠٤﴾
Afabiʿathabina yastaʿjiloona
So for Our punishment are they impatient?
أَفَرَءَيۡتَ إِن مَّتَّعۡنَٰهُمۡ سِنِينَ﴿٢٠٥﴾
Afaraayta in mattaʿnahum sineena
Then have you considered if We gave them enjoyment for years
ثُمَّ جَآءَهُم مَّا كَانُواْ يُوعَدُونَ﴿٢٠٦﴾
Thumma jaahum ma kanoo yooʿadoona
And then there came to them that which they were promised?
مَآ أَغۡنَىٰ عَنۡهُم مَّا كَانُواْ يُمَتَّعُونَ﴿٢٠٧﴾
Ma aghna ʿanhum ma kanoo yumattaʿoona
They would not be availed by the enjoyment with which they were provided.
وَ مَآ أَهۡلَكۡنَا مِن قَرۡيَةٍ إِلَّا لَهَا مُنذِرُونَ﴿٢٠٨﴾
Wama ahlakna min qaryatin illa laha munthiroona
And We did not destroy any city except that it had warners
ذِكۡرَىٰ وَ مَا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ﴿٢٠٩﴾
Thikra wama kunna thalimeena
As a reminder; and never have We been unjust.
وَ مَا تَنَزَّلَتۡ بِهِ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينُ﴿٢١٠﴾
Wama tanazzalat bihi alshshayateenu
And the devils have not brought it [i.e., the revelation] down.
وَ مَا يَنۢبَغِي لَهُمۡ وَ مَا يَسۡتَطِيعُونَ﴿٢١١﴾
Wama yanbaghee lahum wama yastateeʿoona
It is not allowable for them, nor would they be able.
إِنَّهُمۡ عَنِ ٱلسَّمۡعِ لَمَعۡزُولُونَ﴿٢١٢﴾
Innahum ʿani alssamʿi lamaʿzooloona
Indeed they, from [its] hearing, are removed.
فَلَا تَدۡعُ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُعَذَّبِينَ﴿٢١٣﴾
Fala tadʿu maʿa Allahi ilahan akhara fatakoona mina almuʿaththabeena
So do not invoke with Allāh another deity and [thus] be among the punished.
وَ أَنذِرۡ عَشِيرَتَكَ ٱلۡأَقۡرَبِينَ﴿٢١٤﴾
Waanthir ʿasheerataka alaqrabeena
And warn, [O Muḥammad], your closest kindred.
وَ ٱخۡفِضۡ جَنَاحَكَ لِمَنِ ٱتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ﴿٢١٥﴾
Waikhfid janahaka limani ittabaʿaka mina almumineena
And lower your wing [i.e., show kindness] to those who follow you of the believers.
فَإِنۡ عَصَوۡكَ فَقُلۡ إِنِّي بَرِيٓءࣱ مِّمَّا تَعۡمَلُونَ﴿٢١٦﴾
Fain ʿasawka faqul innee bareeon mimma taʿmaloona
And if they disobey you, then say, "Indeed, I am disassociated from what you are doing."
وَ تَوَكَّلۡ عَلَى ٱلۡعَزِيزِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ﴿٢١٧﴾
Watawakkal ʿala alʿazeezi alrraheemi
And rely upon the Exalted in Might, the Merciful,
ٱلَّذِي يَرَىٰكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ﴿٢١٨﴾
Allathee yaraka heena taqoomu
Who sees you when you arise
وَ تَقَلُّبَكَ فِي ٱلسَّٰجِدِينَ﴿٢١٩﴾
Wataqallubaka fee alssajideena
And your movement among those who prostrate.
إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ﴿٢٢٠﴾
Innahu huwa alssameeʿu alʿaleemu
Indeed, He is the Hearing, the Knowing.
هَلۡ أُنَبِّئُكُمۡ عَلَىٰ مَن تَنَزَّلُ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينُ﴿٢٢١﴾
Hal onabbiokum ʿala man tanazzalu alshshayateenu
Shall I inform you upon whom the devils descend?
تَنَزَّلُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ أَفَّاكٍ أَثِيمࣲ﴿٢٢٢﴾
Tanazzalu ʿala kulli affakin atheemin
They descend upon every sinful liar.
يُلۡقُونَ ٱلسَّمۡعَ وَ أَكۡثَرُهُمۡ كَٰذِبُونَ﴿٢٢٣﴾
Yulqoona alssamʿa waaktharuhum kathiboona
They pass on what is heard, and most of them are liars.
وَ ٱلشُّعَرَآءُ يَتَّبِعُهُمُ ٱلۡغَاوُۥنَ﴿٢٢٤﴾
Waalshshuʿarao yattabiʿuhumu alghawoona
And the poets - [only] the deviators follow them.
أَلَمۡ تَرَ أَنَّهُمۡ فِي كُلِّ وَادࣲ يَهِيمُونَ﴿٢٢٥﴾
Alam tara annahum fee kulli wadin yaheemoona
Do you not see that in every valley they roam
وَ أَنَّهُمۡ يَقُولُونَ مَا لَا يَفۡعَلُونَ﴿٢٢٦﴾
Waannahum yaqooloona ma la yafʿaloona
And that they say what they do not do? -
إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَ عَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ وَ ذَكَرُواْ ٱللَّهَ كَثِيرࣰا وَ ٱنتَصَرُواْ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ مَا ظُلِمُواْ ۗ وَ سَيَعۡلَمُ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوٓاْ أَيَّ مُنقَلَبࣲ يَنقَلِبُونَ﴿٢٢٧﴾
Illa allatheena amanoo waʿamiloo alssalihati wathakaroo Allaha katheeran waintasaroo min baʿdi ma thulimoo wasayaʿlamu allatheena thalamoo ayya munqalabin yanqaliboona
Except those [poets] who believe and do righteous deeds and remember Allāh often and defend [the Muslims] after they were wronged. And those who have wronged are going to know to what [kind of] return they will be returned.
Translation: Saheeh International · Transliteration
About this surah
Name
The Surah takes its name from verse 224 in which the word Ash-Shu\`araa' occurs.
Period of Revelation
The subject matter and the style show, and the traditions confirms, that it was revealed during the middle Makkan period. According to Ibn Abbas, Surah Ta Ha was revealed first, then Surah Al Waqiah, and then Surah Ash-Shu'araa.(Ruh-ul-Ma'ani, Vol. xx, p. 64). About Surah Ta Ha it is well known that it had been revealed before Hadrat Umar embraced Islam.
Subject Matter and Topics
The background of the Surah is that the disbelievers of Makkah were persistently refusing on various pretexts to reject the message of Islam given by the Holy Prophet. They would argue that he did not show them any signs to convince them of his Prophethood. Furthermore, they would characterize him as a poet or a sorcerer and mock his message, while ridiculing his Mission, and expressing that his followers were either a few foolish youth, salves or the poor people of Makkah, whereas, they argued, if his Mission had really some value then, the nobles and the elders would have accepted it first. The Holy Prophet was becoming wearied by his efforts to show them rationally the errors of their creeds and prove the truth of the Doctrines of Tauhid and the Hereafter, while the disbelievers were unyielding and rejected his advancements . This state of affairs was causing great anguish and grief to the Holy Prophet.
Such were the conditions under which this Surah was revealed. It begins with words of consolation to the Holy Prophet, implying, "Why do you fret for their sake?If these people have not believed in you, it is not because they have not seen any Sign, but because they are obdurate. They will not listen to reason as they want to see a Sign which makes them bow their heads in humility. When this Sign was shown in due course, they will themselves realize that what was being presented to them was the Truth."
After this introduction, till verse 191, the same theme has been presented continuously, and it is said: "The whole earth abounds in such Signs as can guide a seeker after truth to Reality, but the stubborn and misguided have never believed even after seeing the Signs, whether these were the Signs of the natural phenomena or the miracles of the Prophets. These wretched people have stubbornly adhered to their erroneous creeds till the Divine scourge actually overtook them." It is to illustrate this that the history of seven of the ancient tribes has been told, who persisted in disbelief just like the disbelievers of Makkah. In this connection, the following points have been stressed:
- The Signs are of two kinds:(a) Those visible signs presented in front of our eyes, that by seeing them an intelligent humble person can judge for themselves whether the message the Prophet is presenting is the Truth and (b) those which were seen by arrogant and haughty people of the Pharaoh, Noah, Ad, Thamud, Lot and Aiykah. Now it is for the disbelievers to decide which kind of the Signs they are eager to see.
- The mentality of the disbeliever has been the same throughout the ages; their arguments and objections, their excuses and subterfuges for not believing have been similar and ultimately the fates that they met have also been the same. Likewise, the Prophets in every age presented the same messages, their personal character, reasoning and arguments against their opponents were the same, and they were all similarly blessed with mercy of Allah Almighty. Both these patterns of behavior and conduct are found in history, and the disbelievers could themselves see as to which respective patterns they and the Holy Prophet belonged.
- Allah is All Mighty, All Powerful and All Merciful. History contains instances of His Wrath as well as of His Mercy. Now, therefore, it is for the people to decide whether they would like to deserve Allah's Mercy or His Wrath.
- Lastly, the discussion has been summed up, saying "O disbelievers, if at all you want to see the Signs, why should you insist on seeing those horrible Signs that visited the doomed communities of the past? Why don't you see the Qur'an which is being presented in your own language? Why don't you see Muhammad (upon whom be Allah's peace and mercy) and his Companions? Can the revelations of the Qur'an be the work of a shaytan or a jinn? Does the recipient of the Qur'an appear to be a sorcerer? Are Muhammad and his Companions no different from a poet and his admirers? Why don't you give up disbelief and search your hearts for their judgment? When in your hearts you yourselves believe that the Revelations of the Qur'an have nothing in common with sorcery and poetry, then you should know that you are being cruel and unjust, and will certainly meet the doom meant for the cruel and unjust."
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Source: Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi - Tafhim al-Qur'an - The Meaning of the Quran