Q.S Az-Zukhruf (اَلزُّخْرُف) - 89 Number of Verses

حٰمۤ ۚ

Ḥā mīm.

Ha Mim, the clear letters.

وَالْكِتٰبِ الْمُبِيْنِ ۙ

wal-kitābil-mubīn(i).

By the clear Book, Al-Qur'an.

اِنَّا جَعَلْنٰهُ قُرْاٰنًا عَرَبِيًّا لَّعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُوْنَۚ

innā ja‘alnāhu qur'ānan ‘arabiyyal la‘allakum ta‘qilūn(a).

We made Al-Qur'an in Arabic, easily understood.

وَاِنَّهٗ فِيْٓ اُمِّ الْكِتٰبِ لَدَيْنَا لَعَلِيٌّ حَكِيْمٌ ۗ

wa innahū fī ummil-kitābi ladainā la‘aliyyun ḥakīm(un).

It is in the Mother of the Book, with Us, exalted, wise.

اَفَنَضْرِبُ عَنْكُمُ الذِّكْرَ صَفْحًا اَنْ كُنْتُمْ قَوْمًا مُّسْرِفِيْنَ

afa naḍribu ‘ankumuż-żikra ṣafḥan an kuntum qaumam musrifīn(a).

Shall We turn away this Reminder from you, as you are excessive people?

وَكَمْ اَرْسَلْنَا مِنْ نَّبِيٍّ فِى الْاَوَّلِيْنَ

wa kam arsalnā min nabiyyin fil-awwalīn(a).

How many prophets We sent to past nations!

وَمَا يَأْتِيْهِمْ مِّنْ نَّبِيٍّ اِلَّا كَانُوْا بِهٖ يَسْتَهْزِءُوْنَ

wa mā ya'tīhim min nabiyyin illā kānū bihī yastahzi'ūn(a).

No prophet came but they mocked him.

فَاَهْلَكْنَآ اَشَدَّ مِنْهُمْ بَطْشًا وَّمَضٰى مَثَلُ الْاَوَّلِيْنَ

fa ahlaknā asyadda minhum baṭsyaw wa maḍā maṡalul-awwalīn(a).

So We destroyed stronger ones than these; past examples are gone.

وَلَىِٕنْ سَاَلْتَهُمْ مَّنْ خَلَقَ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضَ لَيَقُوْلُنَّ خَلَقَهُنَّ الْعَزِيْزُ الْعَلِيْمُۙ

wa la'in sa'altahum man khalaqas-samāwāti wal-arḍa layaqūlunna khalaqahunnal-‘azīzul-‘alīm(u).

If you ask them who created heavens, earth, they’ll say, 'The Mighty, Knowing.'

الَّذِيْ جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الْاَرْضَ مَهْدًا وَّجَعَلَ لَكُمْ فِيْهَا سُبُلًا لَّعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُوْنَ ۚ

allażī ja‘ala lakumul-arḍa mahdaw wa ja‘ala lakum fīhā subulal la‘allakum tahtadūn(a).

Who made earth a cradle, placed paths for you to be guided.

وَالَّذِيْ نَزَّلَ مِنَ السَّمَاۤءِ مَاۤءًۢ بِقَدَرٍۚ فَاَنْشَرْنَا بِهٖ بَلْدَةً مَّيْتًا ۚ كَذٰلِكَ تُخْرَجُوْنَ

wal-lażī nazzala minas-samā'i mā'am biqadar(in), fa'ansyarnā bihī baldatam maitā(n), każālika tukhrajūn(a).

Who sends down measured water from sky, reviving barren land. Thus, you will rise.

وَالَّذِيْ خَلَقَ الْاَزْوَاجَ كُلَّهَا وَجَعَلَ لَكُمْ مِّنَ الْفُلْكِ وَالْاَنْعَامِ مَا تَرْكَبُوْنَۙ

wal-lażī khalaqal-azwāja kullahā wa ja‘ala lakum minal-fulki wal-an‘āmi mā tarkabūn(a).

Who created all in pairs, made ships, animals for riding.

لِتَسْتَوٗا عَلٰى ظُهُوْرِهٖ ثُمَّ تَذْكُرُوْا نِعْمَةَ رَبِّكُمْ اِذَا اسْتَوَيْتُمْ عَلَيْهِ وَتَقُوْلُوْا سُبْحٰنَ الَّذِيْ سَخَّرَ لَنَا هٰذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لَهٗ مُقْرِنِيْنَۙ

litastawū ‘alā ẓuhūrihī ṡumma tażkurū ni‘mata rabbikum iżastawaitum ‘alaihi wa taqūlū subḥānal-lażī sakhkhara lanā hāżā wa mā kunnā lahū muqrinīn(a).

So you sit on their backs, remembering your Lord's favor, saying, 'Glory to Him who subjected this to us, though we could not control it.'

وَاِنَّآ اِلٰى رَبِّنَا لَمُنْقَلِبُوْنَ

wa innā ilā rabbinā lamunqalibūn(a).

Indeed, to our Lord we shall return.

وَجَعَلُوْا لَهٗ مِنْ عِبَادِهٖ جُزْءًا ۗاِنَّ الْاِنْسَانَ لَكَفُوْرٌ مُّبِيْنٌ ۗ ࣖ

wa ja‘alū lahū min ‘ibādihī juz'ā(n), innal-insāna lakafūrum mubīn(un).

Yet they assign His servants as His parts. Truly, man is clearly ungrateful.

اَمِ اتَّخَذَ مِمَّا يَخْلُقُ بَنٰتٍ وَّاَصْفٰىكُمْ بِالْبَنِيْنَ ۗ

amittakhażū mimmā yakhluqu banātiw wa aṣfākum bil-banīn(a).

Does He take daughters from His creation, giving you sons?

وَاِذَا بُشِّرَ اَحَدُهُمْ بِمَا ضَرَبَ لِلرَّحْمٰنِ مَثَلًا ظَلَّ وَجْهُهٗ مُسْوَدًّا وَّهُوَ كَظِيْمٌ

wa iżā busysyira aḥaduhum bimā ḍaraba lir-raḥmāni maṡalan ẓalla wajhuhū muswaddaw wa huwa kaẓīm(un).

When one is told of a daughter, likened to the Merciful, his face darkens, grieving.

اَوَمَنْ يُّنَشَّؤُا فِى الْحِلْيَةِ وَهُوَ فِى الْخِصَامِ غَيْرُ مُبِيْنٍ

awamay yunasysya'u fil-ḥilyati wa huwa fil-khiṣāmi gairu mubīn(in).

Is one raised in adornment, weak in argument, fit for divinity?

وَجَعَلُوا الْمَلٰۤىِٕكَةَ الَّذِيْنَ هُمْ عِبٰدُ الرَّحْمٰنِ اِنَاثًا ۗ اَشَهِدُوْا خَلْقَهُمْ ۗسَتُكْتَبُ شَهَادَتُهُمْ وَيُسْـَٔلُوْنَ

wa ja‘alul-malā'ikatal-lażīna hum ‘ibādur raḥmāni ināṡā(n), asyahidū khalqahum, satuktabu syahādatuhum wa yus'alūn(a).

They claim angels, servants of the Merciful, are female. Did they witness their creation? Their claim will be recorded, questioned.

وَقَالُوْا لَوْ شَاۤءَ الرَّحْمٰنُ مَا عَبَدْنٰهُمْ ۗمَا لَهُمْ بِذٰلِكَ مِنْ عِلْمٍ اِنْ هُمْ اِلَّا يَخْرُصُوْنَۗ

wa qālū lau syā'ar-raḥmānu mā ‘abadnāhum, mā lahum biżālika min ‘ilm(in), in hum illā yakhruṣūn(a).

They say, 'If the Merciful willed, we’d not worship them.' They lack knowledge, merely guessing.

اَمْ اٰتَيْنٰهُمْ كِتٰبًا مِّنْ قَبْلِهٖ فَهُمْ بِهٖ مُسْتَمْسِكُوْنَ

am ātaināhum kitābam min qablihī fahum bihī mustamsikūn(a).

Or did We give them a book before, which they hold fast?

بَلْ قَالُوْٓا اِنَّا وَجَدْنَآ اٰبَاۤءَنَا عَلٰٓى اُمَّةٍ وَّاِنَّا عَلٰٓى اٰثٰرِهِمْ مُّهْتَدُوْنَ

bal qālū innā wajadnā ābā'anā ‘alā ummatiw wa innā ‘alā āṡārihim muhtadūn(a).

Nay, they say, 'We follow our ancestors' way, guided by their path.'

وَكَذٰلِكَ مَآ اَرْسَلْنَا مِنْ قَبْلِكَ فِيْ قَرْيَةٍ مِّنْ نَّذِيْرٍۙ اِلَّا قَالَ مُتْرَفُوْهَآ ۙاِنَّا وَجَدْنَآ اٰبَاۤءَنَا عَلٰٓى اُمَّةٍ وَّاِنَّا عَلٰٓى اٰثٰرِهِمْ مُّقْتَدُوْنَ

wa każālika mā arsalnā min qablika fī qaryatim min nażīr(in), illā qāla mutrafūhā, innā wajadnā ābā'anā ‘alā ummatiw wa innā ‘alā āṡārihim muqtadūn(a).

So too, before you, in every town, the affluent said, 'We follow our ancestors’ way.'

۞ قٰلَ اَوَلَوْ جِئْتُكُمْ بِاَهْدٰى مِمَّا وَجَدْتُّمْ عَلَيْهِ اٰبَاۤءَكُمْۗ قَالُوْٓا اِنَّا بِمَآ اُرْسِلْتُمْ بِهٖ كٰفِرُوْنَ

qāla awalau ji'tukum bi'ahdā mimmā wajattum ‘alaihi ābā'akum, qālū innā bimā ursiltum bihī kāfirūn(a).

He said, 'Even if I bring better guidance than your ancestors’ way?' They replied, 'We reject your message.'

فَانْتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ فَانْظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الْمُكَذِّبِيْنَ ࣖ

fantaqamnā minhum fanẓur kaifa kāna ‘āqibatul-mukażżibīn(a).

So We destroyed them. See the end of deniers.

وَاِذْ قَالَ اِبْرٰهِيْمُ لِاَبِيْهِ وَقَوْمِهٖٓ اِنَّنِيْ بَرَاۤءٌ مِّمَّا تَعْبُدُوْنَۙ

wa iż qāla ibrāhīmu li'abīhi wa qaumihī innanī barā'um mimmā ta‘budūn(a).

When Abraham said to his father, people, 'I renounce what you worship,'

اِلَّا الَّذِيْ فَطَرَنِيْ فَاِنَّهٗ سَيَهْدِيْنِ

illāl-lażī faṭaranī fa'innahū sayahdīn(i).

except He who created me; He will guide me.

وَجَعَلَهَا كَلِمَةً ۢ بَاقِيَةً فِيْ عَقِبِهٖ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُوْنَۗ

wa ja‘alahā kalimatam bāqiyatan fī ‘aqibihī la‘allahum yarji‘ūn(a).

He left a lasting word for his heirs, that they return to truth.

بَلْ مَتَّعْتُ هٰٓؤُلَاۤءِ وَاٰبَاۤءَهُمْ حَتّٰى جَاۤءَهُمُ الْحَقُّ وَرَسُوْلٌ مُّبِيْنٌ

bal matta‘tu hā'ulā'i wa ābā'ahum ḥattā jā'ahumul-ḥaqqu wa rasūlum mubīn(un).

Yet I let them, their ancestors, enjoy life until truth and a clear messenger came.

وَلَمَّا جَاۤءَهُمُ الْحَقُّ قَالُوْا هٰذَا سِحْرٌ وَّاِنَّا بِهٖ كٰفِرُوْنَ

wa lammā jā'ahumul-ḥaqqu qālū hāżā siḥruw wa innā bihī kāfirūn(a).

When truth came, they said, 'This is magic; we reject it.'

وَقَالُوْا لَوْلَا نُزِّلَ هٰذَا الْقُرْاٰنُ عَلٰى رَجُلٍ مِّنَ الْقَرْيَتَيْنِ عَظِيْمٍ

wa qālū lau lā nuzzila hāżal-qur'ānu ‘alā rajulim minal-qaryataini ‘aẓīm(in).

They said, 'Why wasn’t this Qur’an sent to a great man from these cities?'

اَهُمْ يَقْسِمُوْنَ رَحْمَتَ رَبِّكَۗ نَحْنُ قَسَمْنَا بَيْنَهُمْ مَّعِيْشَتَهُمْ فِى الْحَيٰوةِ الدُّنْيَاۙ وَرَفَعْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ فَوْقَ بَعْضٍ دَرَجٰتٍ لِّيَتَّخِذَ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضًا سُخْرِيًّا ۗوَرَحْمَتُ رَبِّكَ خَيْرٌ مِّمَّا يَجْمَعُوْنَ

ahum yaqsimūna raḥmata rabbik(a), naḥnu qasamnā bainahum ma‘īsyatahum fil-ḥayātid-dun-yā, wa rafa‘nā ba‘ḍahum fauqa ba‘ḍin darajātil liyattakhiża ba‘ḍuhum ba‘ḍan sukhriyyā(n), wa raḥmatu rabbika khairum mimmā yajma‘ūn(a).

Do they divide your Lord’s mercy? We apportion their worldly livelihood, raising some above others, so they serve one another. Your Lord’s mercy surpasses their hoard.

وَلَوْلَآ اَنْ يَّكُوْنَ النَّاسُ اُمَّةً وَّاحِدَةً لَّجَعَلْنَا لِمَنْ يَّكْفُرُ بِالرَّحْمٰنِ لِبُيُوْتِهِمْ سُقُفًا مِّنْ فِضَّةٍ وَّمَعَارِجَ عَلَيْهَا يَظْهَرُوْنَۙ

wa lau lā ay yakūnan-nāsu ummataw wāḥidatal laja‘alnā limay yakfuru bir-raḥmāni libuyūtihim suqufam min fiḍḍatiw wa ma‘ārija ‘alaihā yaẓharūn(a).

Lest mankind unite in disbelief, We’d have given disbelievers silver roofs, stairways.

وَلِبُيُوْتِهِمْ اَبْوَابًا وَّسُرُرًا عَلَيْهَا يَتَّكِـُٔوْنَۙ

wa libuyūtihim abwābaw wa sururan ‘alaihā yattaki'ūn(a).

Silver doors for their homes, couches to recline.

وَزُخْرُفًاۗ وَاِنْ كُلُّ ذٰلِكَ لَمَّا مَتَاعُ الْحَيٰوةِ الدُّنْيَا ۗوَالْاٰخِرَةُ عِنْدَ رَبِّكَ لِلْمُتَّقِيْنَ ࣖ

wa zukhrufā(n), wa in kullu żālika lammā matā‘ul-ḥayātid-dun-yā, wal-ākhiratu ‘inda rabbika lil-muttaqīn(a).

And gold ornaments. Yet these are but worldly pleasures; the Hereafter, with your Lord, is for the righteous.

وَمَنْ يَّعْشُ عَنْ ذِكْرِ الرَّحْمٰنِ نُقَيِّضْ لَهٗ شَيْطٰنًا فَهُوَ لَهٗ قَرِيْنٌ

wa may ya‘syu ‘an żikrir-raḥmāni nuqayyiḍ lahū syaiṭānan fahuwa lahū qarīn(un).

Whoever turns from the Merciful’s reminder, We let a devil mislead him, his close companion.

وَاِنَّهُمْ لَيَصُدُّوْنَهُمْ عَنِ السَّبِيْلِ وَيَحْسَبُوْنَ اَنَّهُمْ مُّهْتَدُوْنَ

wa innahum layaṣuddūnahum ‘anis-sabīli wa yaḥsabūna annahum muhtadūn(a).

Devils block them from the true path, yet they think they’re guided.

حَتّٰىٓ اِذَا جَاۤءَنَا قَالَ يٰلَيْتَ بَيْنِيْ وَبَيْنَكَ بُعْدَ الْمَشْرِقَيْنِ فَبِئْسَ الْقَرِيْنُ

Ḥattā iżā jā'anā qāla yā laita bainī wa bainaka bu‘dal-masyriqaini fa bi'sal-qarīn(u).

When he faces Us, he’ll say, 'If only you were as far as east from west! What a wretched companion!'

وَلَنْ يَّنْفَعَكُمُ الْيَوْمَ اِذْ ظَّلَمْتُمْ اَنَّكُمْ فِى الْعَذَابِ مُشْتَرِكُوْنَ

wa lay yanfa‘akumul-yauma iẓ ẓalamtum annakum fil-‘ażābi musytarikūn(a).

No benefit that day, for your wrongdoings; you share the torment.

اَفَاَنْتَ تُسْمِعُ الصُّمَّ اَوْ تَهْدِى الْعُمْيَ وَمَنْ كَانَ فِيْ ضَلٰلٍ مُّبِيْنٍ

afa anta tusmi‘uṣ-ṣumma au tahdil-‘umya wa man kāna fī ḍalālim mubīn(in).

Can you make the deaf hear, or guide the blind, those in clear error?

فَاِمَّا نَذْهَبَنَّ بِكَ فَاِنَّا مِنْهُمْ مُّنْتَقِمُوْنَۙ

fa immā nażhabanna bika fa innā minhum muntaqimūn(a).

Even if We take you away, We will punish them.

اَوْ نُرِيَنَّكَ الَّذِيْ وَعَدْنٰهُمْ فَاِنَّا عَلَيْهِمْ مُّقْتَدِرُوْنَ

au nuriyannakal-lażī wa‘adnāhum fa'innā ‘alaihim muqtadirūn(a).

Or We show you what We promised them; We have full power over them.

فَاسْتَمْسِكْ بِالَّذِيْٓ اُوْحِيَ اِلَيْكَ ۚاِنَّكَ عَلٰى صِرَاطٍ مُّسْتَقِيْمٍ

fastamsik bil-lażī ūḥiya ilaik(a), innaka ‘alā ṣirāṭim mustaqīm(in).

Hold fast to what’s revealed to you; you’re on a straight path.

وَاِنَّهٗ لَذِكْرٌ لَّكَ وَلِقَوْمِكَ ۚوَسَوْفَ تُسْـَٔلُوْنَ

wa innahū lażikrul laka wa liqaumik(a), wa saufa tus'alūn(a).

This is a Reminder for you, your people; you’ll be questioned.

وَسْـَٔلْ مَنْ اَرْسَلْنَا مِنْ قَبْلِكَ مِنْ رُّسُلِنَآ ۖ اَجَعَلْنَا مِنْ دُوْنِ الرَّحْمٰنِ اٰلِهَةً يُّعْبَدُوْنَ ࣖ

was'al man arsalnā min qablika mir rusulinā, aja‘alnā min dūnir-raḥmāni ālihatay yu‘badūn(a).

Ask those We sent before you among Our messengers: Did We appoint gods besides the Merciful to be worshipped?

وَلَقَدْ اَرْسَلْنَا مُوْسٰى بِاٰيٰتِنَآ اِلٰى فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَلَا۟ىِٕهٖ فَقَالَ اِنِّيْ رَسُوْلُ رَبِّ الْعٰلَمِيْنَ

wa laqad arsalnā mūsā bi'āyātinā ilā fir‘auna wa mala'ihī fa qāla innī rasūlu rabbil-‘ālamīn(a).

We sent Moses with Our signs to Pharaoh, his chiefs. He said, 'I am a messenger of the Lord of all worlds.'

فَلَمَّا جَاۤءَهُمْ بِاٰيٰتِنَآ اِذَا هُمْ مِّنْهَا يَضْحَكُوْنَ

falammā jā'ahum bi'āyātinā iżā hum minhā yaḍḥakūn(a).

When he brought Our signs, they mocked them.

وَمَا نُرِيْهِمْ مِّنْ اٰيَةٍ اِلَّا هِيَ اَكْبَرُ مِنْ اُخْتِهَاۗ وَاَخَذْنٰهُمْ بِالْعَذَابِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُوْنَ

wa mā nurīhim min āyatin illā hiya akbaru min ukhtihā, wa akhażnāhum bil-‘ażābi la‘allahum yarji‘ūn(a).

Each sign We showed was greater than the last. We sent torment, hoping they’d return.

وَقَالُوْا يٰٓاَيُّهَ السَّاحِرُ ادْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ بِمَا عَهِدَ عِنْدَكَۚ اِنَّنَا لَمُهْتَدُوْنَ

wa qālū yā ayyuhas-sāḥirud‘u lanā rabbaka bimā ‘ahida ‘indak(a), innanā lamuhtadūn(a).

They said, 'O magician, pray to your Lord for us, as He promised you; we’ll be guided.'

فَلَمَّا كَشَفْنَا عَنْهُمُ الْعَذَابَ اِذَا هُمْ يَنْكُثُوْنَ

falammā kasyafnā ‘anhumul-‘ażāba iżā hum yankuṡūn(a).

But when We lifted the torment, they broke their word.

وَنَادٰى فِرْعَوْنُ فِيْ قَوْمِهٖ قَالَ يٰقَوْمِ اَلَيْسَ لِيْ مُلْكُ مِصْرَ وَهٰذِهِ الْاَنْهٰرُ تَجْرِيْ مِنْ تَحْتِيْۚ اَفَلَا تُبْصِرُوْنَۗ

wa nādā fir‘aunu fī qaumihī qāla yā qaumi alaisa lī mulku miṣra wa hāżihil-anhāru tajrī min taḥtī, afalā tubṣirūn(a).

Pharaoh called his people, 'Isn’t Egypt’s kingdom mine, with rivers flowing beneath? Don’t you see?'

اَمْ اَنَا۠ خَيْرٌ مِّنْ هٰذَا الَّذِيْ هُوَ مَهِيْنٌ ەۙ وَّلَا يَكَادُ يُبِيْنُ

am ana khairum min hāżal-lażī huwa mahīn(un), wa lā yakādu yubīn(u).

'Am I not better than this lowly man, who barely speaks clearly?'

فَلَوْلَآ اُلْقِيَ عَلَيْهِ اَسْوِرَةٌ مِّنْ ذَهَبٍ اَوْ جَاۤءَ مَعَهُ الْمَلٰۤىِٕكَةُ مُقْتَرِنِيْنَ

falau lā ulqiya ‘alaihi aswiratum min żahabin au jā'a ma‘ahul-malā'ikatu muqtarinīn(a).

'Why no gold bracelets for him, or angels escorting him?'

فَاسْتَخَفَّ قَوْمَهٗ فَاَطَاعُوْهُ ۗاِنَّهُمْ كَانُوْا قَوْمًا فٰسِقِيْنَ

fastakhaffa qaumahū fa aṭā‘ūh(u), innahum kānū qauman fāsiqīn(a).

He swayed his people; they obeyed. They were a rebellious folk.

فَلَمَّآ اٰسَفُوْنَا انْتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ فَاَغْرَقْنٰهُمْ اَجْمَعِيْنَۙ

falammā āsafūnantaqamnā minhum fa agraqnāhum ajma‘īn(a).

When they angered Us, We punished, drowning them all.

فَجَعَلْنٰهُمْ سَلَفًا وَّمَثَلًا لِّلْاٰخِرِيْنَ ࣖ

fa ja‘alnāhum salafaw wa maṡalal lil-ākhirīn(a).

We made them a past lesson for those to come.

۞ وَلَمَّا ضُرِبَ ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ مَثَلًا اِذَا قَوْمُكَ مِنْهُ يَصِدُّوْنَ

wa lammā ḍuribabnu maryama maṡalan iżā qaumuka minhu yaṣiddūn(a).

When Mary’s son was cited, your people clamored.

وَقَالُوْٓا ءَاٰلِهَتُنَا خَيْرٌ اَمْ هُوَ ۗمَا ضَرَبُوْهُ لَكَ اِلَّا جَدَلًا ۗبَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ خَصِمُوْنَ

wa qālū a'ālihatunā khairun am huw(a), mā ḍarabūhu laka illā jadalā(n), bal hum qaumun khaṣimūn(a).

They said, 'Are our gods better, or he?' They argued only to dispute; they love to quarrel.

اِنْ هُوَ اِلَّا عَبْدٌ اَنْعَمْنَا عَلَيْهِ وَجَعَلْنٰهُ مَثَلًا لِّبَنِيْٓ اِسْرَاۤءِيْلَ ۗ

in huwa illā ‘abdun an‘amnā ‘alaihi wa ja‘alnāhu maṡalal libanī isrā'īl(a).

He was but a servant We blessed, made a lesson for Israel’s children.

وَلَوْ نَشَاۤءُ لَجَعَلْنَا مِنْكُمْ مَّلٰۤىِٕكَةً فِى الْاَرْضِ يَخْلُفُوْنَ

wa lau nasyā'u laja‘alnā minkum malā'ikatan fil-arḍi yakhlufūn(a).

Had We willed, We’d have made angels your successors on earth.

وَاِنَّهٗ لَعِلْمٌ لِّلسَّاعَةِ فَلَا تَمْتَرُنَّ بِهَا وَاتَّبِعُوْنِۗ هٰذَا صِرَاطٌ مُّسْتَقِيْمٌ

wa innahū la‘ilmul lis-sā‘ati falā tamtarunna bihā wattabi‘ūn(i), hāżā ṣirāṭum mustaqīm(un).

He is a sign of the Hour. Doubt it not, follow Me; this is the straight path.

وَلَا يَصُدَّنَّكُمُ الشَّيْطٰنُۚ اِنَّهٗ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ مُّبِيْنٌ

wa lā yaṣuddannakumusy-syaiṭān(u), innahū lakum ‘aduwwum mubīn(un).

Let not Satan turn you; he is your clear enemy.

وَلَمَّا جَاۤءَ عِيْسٰى بِالْبَيِّنٰتِ قَالَ قَدْ جِئْتُكُمْ بِالْحِكْمَةِ وَلِاُبَيِّنَ لَكُمْ بَعْضَ الَّذِيْ تَخْتَلِفُوْنَ فِيْهِۚ فَاتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ وَاَطِيْعُوْنِ

wa lammā jā'a ‘īsā bil-bayyināti qāla qad ji'tukum bil-ḥikmati wa li'ubayyina lakum ba‘ḍal-lażī takhtalifūna fīh(i), fattaqullāha wa aṭī‘ūn(i).

When Jesus came with clear proofs, he said, 'I bring wisdom, clarifying disputes. Fear Allah, obey me.'

اِنَّ اللّٰهَ هُوَ رَبِّيْ وَرَبُّكُمْ فَاعْبُدُوْهُۗ هٰذَا صِرَاطٌ مُّسْتَقِيْمٌ

innallāha huwa rabbī wa rabbukum fa‘budūh(u), hāżā ṣirāṭum mustaqīm(un).

'Allah is my Lord and yours; worship Him. This is the straight path.'

فَاخْتَلَفَ الْاَحْزَابُ مِنْۢ بَيْنِهِمْ ۚفَوَيْلٌ لِّلَّذِيْنَ ظَلَمُوْا مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمٍ اَلِيْمٍ

fakhtalafal-aḥzābu mim bainihim, fawailul lil-lażīna ẓalamūmin ‘ażābi yaumin alīm(in).

But their factions disputed. Woe to wrongdoers for the painful Day’s torment.

هَلْ يَنْظُرُوْنَ اِلَّا السَّاعَةَ اَنْ تَأْتِيَهُمْ بَغْتَةً وَّهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُوْنَ

hal yanẓurūna illas-sā‘ata an ta'tiyahum bagtataw wa hum lā yasy‘urūn(a).

Do they await the Hour, coming suddenly, unaware?

اَلْاَخِلَّاۤءُ يَوْمَىِٕذٍۢ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّ اِلَّا الْمُتَّقِيْنَ ۗ ࣖ

al-akhillā'u yauma'iżim ba‘ḍuhum liba‘ḍin ‘aduwwun illal-muttaqīn(a).

Friends that Day will be foes, except the righteous.

يٰعِبَادِ لَاخَوْفٌ عَلَيْكُمُ الْيَوْمَ وَلَآ اَنْتُمْ تَحْزَنُوْنَۚ

yā ‘ibādi lā khaufun ‘alaikumul-yauma wa lā antum taḥzanūn(a).

'My servants, no fear or grief for you today.'

اَلَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوْا بِاٰيٰتِنَا وَكَانُوْا مُسْلِمِيْنَۚ

allażīna āmanū bi'āyātinā wa kānū muslimīn(a).

Those who believed Our signs and surrendered.

اُدْخُلُوا الْجَنَّةَ اَنْتُمْ وَاَزْوَاجُكُمْ تُحْبَرُوْنَ

udkhulul-jannata antum wa azwājukum tuḥbarūn(a).

Enter Paradise, you and your spouses, delighted.

يُطَافُ عَلَيْهِمْ بِصِحَافٍ مِّنْ ذَهَبٍ وَّاَكْوَابٍ ۚوَفِيْهَا مَا تَشْتَهِيْهِ الْاَنْفُسُ وَتَلَذُّ الْاَعْيُنُ ۚوَاَنْتُمْ فِيْهَا خٰلِدُوْنَۚ

yuṭāfu ‘alaihim biṣiḥāfim min żahabiw wa akwāb(in), wa fīhā mā tasytahīhil-anfusu wa talażżul-a‘yun(u), wa antum fīhā khālidūn(a).

Golden trays, cups pass among them; there, hearts desire, eyes delight. You abide forever.

وَتِلْكَ الْجَنَّةُ الَّتِيْٓ اُوْرِثْتُمُوْهَا بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُوْنَ

wa tilkal-jannatul-latī ūriṡtumūhā bimā kuntum ta‘malūn(a).

This is the Paradise you inherit for your deeds.

لَكُمْ فِيْهَا فَاكِهَةٌ كَثِيْرَةٌ مِّنْهَا تَأْكُلُوْنَ

lakum fīhā fākihatun kaṡīratum minhā ta'kulūn(a).

Abundant fruits there, for you to eat.

اِنَّ الْمُجْرِمِيْنَ فِيْ عَذَابِ جَهَنَّمَ خٰلِدُوْنَۖ

innal-mujrimīna fī ‘ażābi jahannama khālidūn(a).

Sinners dwell forever in Hell’s torment.

لَا يُفَتَّرُ عَنْهُمْ وَهُمْ فِيْهِ مُبْلِسُوْنَ ۚ

lā yufattaru ‘anhum wa hum fīhi mublisūn(a).

No relief for them; they despair within.

وَمَا ظَلَمْنٰهُمْ وَلٰكِنْ كَانُوْا هُمُ الظّٰلِمِيْنَ

wa mā ẓalamnāhum wa lākin kānū humuẓ-ẓālimīn(a).

We wronged them not; they wronged themselves.

وَنَادَوْا يٰمٰلِكُ لِيَقْضِ عَلَيْنَا رَبُّكَۗ قَالَ اِنَّكُمْ مّٰكِثُوْنَ

wa nādau yā māliku liyaqḍi ‘alainā rabbuk(a), qāla innakum mākiṡūn(a).

They cry, 'O Malik, let your Lord end us!' He says, 'You will remain.'

لَقَدْ جِئْنٰكُمْ بِالْحَقِّ وَلٰكِنَّ اَكْثَرَكُمْ لِلْحَقِّ كٰرِهُوْنَ

laqad ji'nākum bil-ḥaqqi wa lākinna akṡarakum lil-ḥaqqi kārihūn(a).

We brought you truth, but most hated it.

اَمْ اَبْرَمُوْٓا اَمْرًا فَاِنَّا مُبْرِمُوْنَۚ

am abramū amran fa innā mubrimūn(a).

Have they schemed? We too have planned.

اَمْ يَحْسَبُوْنَ اَنَّا لَا نَسْمَعُ سِرَّهُمْ وَنَجْوٰىهُمْ ۗ بَلٰى وَرُسُلُنَا لَدَيْهِمْ يَكْتُبُوْنَ

am yaḥsabūna annā lā nasma‘u sirrahum wa najwāhum, balā wa rusulunā ladaihim yaktubūn(a).

Do they think We hear not their secrets, whispers? Our messengers record all.

قُلْ اِنْ كَانَ لِلرَّحْمٰنِ وَلَدٌ ۖفَاَنَا۠ اَوَّلُ الْعٰبِدِيْنَ

qul in kāna lir-raḥmāni walad(un), fa ana awwalul-‘ābidīn(a).

Say, 'If the Merciful had a son, I’d be first to honor him.'

سُبْحٰنَ رَبِّ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِ رَبِّ الْعَرْشِ عَمَّا يَصِفُوْنَ

subḥāna rabbis-samāwāti wal-arḍi rabbil-‘arsyi ‘ammā yaṣifūn(a).

Glory to the Lord of heavens, earth, the Throne, above their claims.

فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوْضُوْا وَيَلْعَبُوْا حَتّٰى يُلٰقُوْا يَوْمَهُمُ الَّذِيْ يُوْعَدُوْنَ

fa żarhum yakhūḍū wa yal‘abū ḥattā yulāqū yaumahumul-lażī yū‘adūn(a).

Let them sink in error, play, until they meet their promised Day.

وَهُوَ الَّذِيْ فِى السَّمَاۤءِ اِلٰهٌ وَّ فِى الْاَرْضِ اِلٰهٌ ۗوَهُوَ الْحَكِيْمُ الْعَلِيْمُ

wa huwal-lażī fis-samā'i ilāhuw wa fil-arḍi ilāh(un), wa huwal-ḥakīmul-‘alīm(u).

He is the God in heaven, earth, All-Wise, All-Knowing.

وَتَبٰرَكَ الَّذِيْ لَهٗ مُلْكُ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ۚوَعِنْدَهٗ عِلْمُ السَّاعَةِۚ وَاِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُوْنَ

wa tabārakal-lażī lahū mulkus-samāwāti wal-arḍi wa mā bainahumā, wa ‘indahū ‘ilmus-sā‘ah(ti), wa ilaihi turja‘ūn(a).

Glory to Him who owns heavens, earth, all between; He knows the Hour, to Him you return.

وَلَا يَمْلِكُ الَّذِيْنَ يَدْعُوْنَ مِنْ دُوْنِهِ الشَّفَاعَةَ اِلَّا مَنْ شَهِدَ بِالْحَقِّ وَهُمْ يَعْلَمُوْنَ

wa lā yamlikul-lażīna yad‘ūna min dūnihisy-syafā‘ata illā man syahida bil-ḥaqqi wa hum ya‘lamūn(a).

Those they call besides Allah give no intercession, except those affirming truth, believing.

وَلَىِٕنْ سَاَلْتَهُمْ مَّنْ خَلَقَهُمْ لَيَقُوْلُنَّ اللّٰهُ فَاَنّٰى يُؤْفَكُوْنَۙ

wa la'in sa'altahum man khalaqahum layaqūlunnallāhu fa annā yu'fakūn(a).

If you ask who created them, they’ll say, 'Allah.' Why then are they turned away?

وَقِيْلِهٖ يٰرَبِّ اِنَّ هٰٓؤُلَاۤءِ قَوْمٌ لَّا يُؤْمِنُوْنَۘ

wa qīlihī yā rabbi inna hā'ulā'i qaumul lā yu'minūn(a).

His words: 'My Lord, these are people who believe not.'

فَاصْفَحْ عَنْهُمْ وَقُلْ سَلٰمٌۗ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُوْنَ ࣖ

faṣfaḥ ‘anhum wa qul salām(un), fa saufa ya‘lamūn(a).

Turn from them, say, 'Peace.' Soon they’ll know.