طسٓمٓ

Ta, Seen, Meem.

تِلْكَ آيَاتُ الْكِتَابِ الْمُبِينِ

These are the signs of the Manifest Book.

لَعَلَّكَ بَاخِعٌ نَّفْسَكَ أَلَّا يَكُونُوا مُؤْمِنِينَ

You are liable to imperil your life [out of distress] that they will not have faith.

إِن نَّشَأْ نُنَزِّلْ عَلَيْهِم مِّنَ السَّمَاءِ آيَةً فَظَلَّتْ أَعْنَاقُهُمْ لَهَا خَاضِعِينَ

If We wish We will send down to them a sign from the sky before which their heads will remain bowed in humility.

وَمَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن ذِكْرٍ مِّنَ الرَّحْمَنِ مُحْدَثٍ إِلَّا كَانُوا عَنْهُ مُعْرِضِينَ

There does not come to them any new reminder from the All-beneficent but that they disregard it.

فَقَدْ كَذَّبُوا فَسَيَأْتِيهِمْ أَنبَاءُ مَا كَانُوا بِهِ يَسْتَهْزِئُونَ

They have already denied [the truth], but soon there will come to them the news of what they have been deriding.

أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا إِلَى الْأَرْضِ كَمْ أَنبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ زَوْجٍ كَرِيمٍ

Have they not regarded the earth, how many of every splendid kind [of vegetation] We have caused to grow in it?

إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لَآيَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

There is indeed a sign in that; but most of them do not have faith.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ

Indeed your Lord is the All-mighty, the All-merciful.

وَإِذْ نَادَى رَبُّكَ مُوسَى أَنِ ائْتِ الْقَوْمَ الظَّالِمِينَ

When your Lord called out to Moses: [saying,] ‘Go to those wrongdoing people,

قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ أَلَا يَتَّقُونَ

the people of Pharaoh. Will they not be wary [of Allah]?’

قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّي أَخَافُ أَن يُكَذِّبُونِ

He said, ‘My Lord! I fear they will impugn me,

وَيَضِيقُ صَدْرِي وَلَا يَنطَلِقُ لِسَانِي فَأَرْسِلْ إِلَى هَارُونَ

and I will become upset and my tongue will fail me. So send for Aaron [to join me].

وَلَهُمْ عَلَيَّ ذَنبٌ فَأَخَافُ أَن يَقْتُلُونِ

Besides, they have a charge against me, and I fear they will kill me.’

قَالَ كَلَّا فَاذْهَبَا بِآيَاتِنَا إِنَّا مَعَكُم مُّسْتَمِعُونَ

He said, ‘Certainly not! Let both of you go with Our signs: We will indeed be with you, hearing [everything].

فَأْتِيَا فِرْعَوْنَ فَقُولَا إِنَّا رَسُولُ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

So approach Pharaoh and say, ‘‘We are indeed envoys of the Lord of the worlds

أَنْ أَرْسِلْ مَعَنَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ

that you let the Children of Israel leave with us.’’ ’

قَالَ أَلَمْ نُرَبِّكَ فِينَا وَلِيدًا وَلَبِثْتَ فِينَا مِنْ عُمُرِكَ سِنِينَ

He [i.e. Pharaoh] said, ‘Did we not rear you as a child among us, and did you not stay with us for years of your life?

وَفَعَلْتَ فَعْلَتَكَ الَّتِي فَعَلْتَ وَأَنتَ مِنَ الْكَافِرِينَ

Then you committed that deed of yours, and you are an ingrate.’

قَالَ فَعَلْتُهَا إِذًا وَأَنَا مِنَ الضَّالِّينَ

He said, ‘I did that when I was astray.

فَفَرَرْتُ مِنكُمْ لَمَّا خِفْتُكُمْ فَوَهَبَ لِي رَبِّي حُكْمًا وَجَعَلَنِي مِنَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ

So I fled from you, as I was afraid of you. Then my Lord gave me sound judgement and made me one of the apostles.

وَتِلْكَ نِعْمَةٌ تَمُنُّهَا عَلَيَّ أَنْ عَبَّدتَّ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ

That you have enslaved the Children of Israel—is that the favour with which you reproach me?’

قَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَا رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ

He said, ‘And what is ‘‘the Lord of all the worlds?’’ ’

قَالَ رَبُّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا إِن كُنتُم مُّوقِنِينَ

He said, ‘The Lord of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them,—should you have conviction.’

قَالَ لِمَنْ حَوْلَهُ أَلَا تَسْتَمِعُونَ

He said to those who were around him, ‘Don’t you hear?!’

قَالَ رَبُّكُمْ وَرَبُّ آبَائِكُمُ الْأَوَّلِينَ

He said, ‘Your Lord, and the Lord of your forefathers!’

قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَكُمُ الَّذِي أُرْسِلَ إِلَيْكُمْ لَمَجْنُونٌ

He said, ‘Indeed your messenger, who has been sent to you, is surely crazy!’

قَالَ رَبُّ الْمَشْرِقِ وَالْمَغْرِبِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ

He said, ‘The Lord of the east and the west and whatever is between them—should you exercise your reason.’

قَالَ لَئِنِ اتَّخَذْتَ إِلَهًا غَيْرِي لَأَجْعَلَنَّكَ مِنَ الْمَسْجُونِينَ

He said, ‘If you take up any god other than me, I will surely make you a prisoner!’

قَالَ أَوَلَوْ جِئْتُكَ بِشَيْءٍ مُّبِينٍ

He said, ‘What if I bring you something [as an] unmistakable [proof]?’

قَالَ فَأْتِ بِهِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ الصَّادِقِينَ

He said, ‘Then bring it, should you be truthful.’

فَأَلْقَى عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِيَ ثُعْبَانٌ مُّبِينٌ

Thereat he threw down his staff, and behold, it was a manifest python.

وَنَزَعَ يَدَهُ فَإِذَا هِيَ بَيْضَاءُ لِلنَّاظِرِينَ

Then he drew out his hand, and behold, it was white and bright to the onlookers.

قَالَ لِلْمَلَإِ حَوْلَهُ إِنَّ هَذَا لَسَاحِرٌ عَلِيمٌ

He said to the elite [who stood] around him, ‘This is indeed an expert magician

يُرِيدُ أَن يُخْرِجَكُم مِّنْ أَرْضِكُم بِسِحْرِهِ فَمَاذَا تَأْمُرُونَ

who seeks to expel you from your land with his magic. So what do you advise?’

قَالُوا أَرْجِهْ وَأَخَاهُ وَابْعَثْ فِي الْمَدَائِنِ حَاشِرِينَ

They said, ‘Put him and his brother off for a while, and send heralds to the cities

يَأْتُوكَ بِكُلِّ سَحَّارٍ عَلِيمٍ

to bring you every expert magician.’

فَجُمِعَ السَّحَرَةُ لِمِيقَاتِ يَوْمٍ مَّعْلُومٍ

So the magicians were gathered for the tryst of a known day,

وَقِيلَ لِلنَّاسِ هَلْ أَنتُم مُّجْتَمِعُونَ

and the people were told: ‘Will you all gather?!’

لَعَلَّنَا نَتَّبِعُ السَّحَرَةَ إِن كَانُوا هُمُ الْغَالِبِينَ

‘Maybe we will follow the magicians, if they are victors!’

فَلَمَّا جَاءَ السَّحَرَةُ قَالُوا لِفِرْعَوْنَ أَئِنَّ لَنَا لَأَجْرًا إِن كُنَّا نَحْنُ الْغَالِبِينَ

So when the magicians came, they said to Pharaoh, ‘Shall we have a reward if we were to be the victors?’

قَالَ نَعَمْ وَإِنَّكُمْ إِذًا لَّمِنَ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ

He said, ‘Of course; and you will be among members of my inner circle.’

قَالَ لَهُم مُّوسَى أَلْقُوا مَا أَنتُم مُّلْقُونَ

Moses said to them, ‘Throw down whatever you have to throw!’

فَأَلْقَوْا حِبَالَهُمْ وَعِصِيَّهُمْ وَقَالُوا بِعِزَّةِ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّا لَنَحْنُ الْغَالِبُونَ

So they threw down their sticks and ropes, and said, ‘By the might of Pharaoh, we shall surely be victorious!’

فَأَلْقَى مُوسَى عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِيَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُونَ

Thereat Moses threw down his staff, and behold, it was swallowing what they had faked.

فَأُلْقِيَ السَّحَرَةُ سَاجِدِينَ

Thereat the magicians fell down prostrating.

قَالُوا آمَنَّا بِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

They said, ‘We believe in the Lord of all the worlds,

رَبِّ مُوسَى وَهَارُونَ

the Lord of Moses and Aaron.’

قَالَ آمَنتُمْ لَهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ آذَنَ لَكُمْ إِنَّهُ لَكَبِيرُكُمُ الَّذِي عَلَّمَكُمُ السِّحْرَ فَلَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ لَأُقَطِّعَنَّ أَيْدِيَكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُم مِّنْ خِلَافٍ وَلَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

He [i.e. Pharaoh] said, ‘Do you profess faith in Him before I should permit you? He is indeed your chief who has taught you magic! Soon you will know! I will cut off your hands and feet from opposite sides, and I will crucify you all.’

قَالُوا لَا ضَيْرَ إِنَّا إِلَى رَبِّنَا مُنقَلِبُونَ

They said, ‘[There is] no harm [in that]! Indeed, we shall return to our Lord.

إِنَّا نَطْمَعُ أَن يَغْفِرَ لَنَا رَبُّنَا خَطَايَانَا أَن كُنَّا أَوَّلَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ

Indeed we hope our Lord will forgive us our offences for being the first to believe.’

وَأَوْحَيْنَا إِلَى مُوسَى أَنْ أَسْرِ بِعِبَادِي إِنَّكُم مُّتَّبَعُونَ

Then We revealed to Moses, [saying],‘Set out with My servants at night, for you will be pursued.’

فَأَرْسَلَ فِرْعَوْنُ فِي الْمَدَائِنِ حَاشِرِينَ

Then Pharaoh sent heralds to the cities,

إِنَّ هَؤُلَاءِ لَشِرْذِمَةٌ قَلِيلُونَ

[proclaiming:] ‘These are indeed a small band.

وَإِنَّهُمْ لَنَا لَغَائِظُونَ

They have aroused our wrath,

وَإِنَّا لَجَمِيعٌ حَاذِرُونَ

and we are alert and fully prepared.’

فَأَخْرَجْنَاهُم مِّن جَنَّاتٍ وَعُيُونٍ

So We took them out of gardens and springs,

وَكُنُوزٍ وَمَقَامٍ كَرِيمٍ

and [made them leave behind] treasures and stately homes.

كَذَلِكَ وَأَوْرَثْنَاهَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ

So it was; and We bequeathed them to the Children of Israel.

فَأَتْبَعُوهُم مُّشْرِقِينَ

Then they pursued them at sunrise.

فَلَمَّا تَرَاءَى الْجَمْعَانِ قَالَ أَصْحَابُ مُوسَى إِنَّا لَمُدْرَكُونَ

When the two hosts sighted each other, the companions of Moses said, ‘Indeed we have been caught up.’

قَالَ كَلَّا إِنَّ مَعِيَ رَبِّي سَيَهْدِينِ

He said, ‘Certainly not! Indeed my Lord is with me. He will guide me.’

فَأَوْحَيْنَا إِلَى مُوسَى أَنِ اضْرِب بِّعَصَاكَ الْبَحْرَ فَانفَلَقَ فَكَانَ كُلُّ فِرْقٍ كَالطَّوْدِ الْعَظِيمِ

Thereupon We revealed to Moses: ‘Strike the sea with your staff!’ Whereupon it parted, and each part was as if it were a great mountain.

وَأَزْلَفْنَا ثَمَّ الْآخَرِينَ

There, We brought the others near,

وَأَنجَيْنَا مُوسَى وَمَن مَّعَهُ أَجْمَعِينَ

and We delivered Moses and all those who were with him.

ثُمَّ أَغْرَقْنَا الْآخَرِينَ

Then We drowned the rest.

إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لَآيَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

There is indeed a sign in that, but most of them do not have faith.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ

Indeed your Lord is the All-mighty, the All-merciful.

وَاتْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ نَبَأَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ

Relate to them the account of Abraham

إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِ مَا تَعْبُدُونَ

when he said to his father and his people, ‘What is it that you are worshiping?!’

قَالُوا نَعْبُدُ أَصْنَامًا فَنَظَلُّ لَهَا عَاكِفِينَ

They said, ‘We worship idols, and are constant in our devotion to them.’

قَالَ هَلْ يَسْمَعُونَكُمْ إِذْ تَدْعُونَ

He said, ‘Do they hear you when you call them?

أَوْ يَنفَعُونَكُمْ أَوْ يَضُرُّونَ

Or do they bring you any benefit, or cause you any harm?’

قَالُوا بَلْ وَجَدْنَا آبَاءَنَا كَذَلِكَ يَفْعَلُونَ

They said, ‘Indeed, we found our fathers doing likewise.’

قَالَ أَفَرَأَيْتُم مَّا كُنتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَ

He said, ‘Have you regarded what you have been worshipping,

أَنتُمْ وَآبَاؤُكُمُ الْأَقْدَمُونَ

you and your ancestors?

فَإِنَّهُمْ عَدُوٌّ لِّي إِلَّا رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ

They are indeed enemies to me, but the Lord of all the worlds,

الَّذِي خَلَقَنِي فَهُوَ يَهْدِينِ

who created me, it is He who guides me,

وَالَّذِي هُوَ يُطْعِمُنِي وَيَسْقِينِ

and provides me with food and drink,

وَإِذَا مَرِضْتُ فَهُوَ يَشْفِينِ

and when I get sick, it is He who cures me;

وَالَّذِي يُمِيتُنِي ثُمَّ يُحْيِينِ

who will make me die, then He will bring me to life,

وَالَّذِي أَطْمَعُ أَن يَغْفِرَ لِي خَطِيئَتِي يَوْمَ الدِّينِ

and who, I hope, will forgive me my faults on the Day of Retribution.’

رَبِّ هَبْ لِي حُكْمًا وَأَلْحِقْنِي بِالصَّالِحِينَ

‘My Lord! Grant me [unerring] judgement, and unite me with the Righteous.

وَاجْعَل لِّي لِسَانَ صِدْقٍ فِي الْآخِرِينَ

Confer on me a worthy repute among the posterity,

وَاجْعَلْنِي مِن وَرَثَةِ جَنَّةِ النَّعِيمِ

and make me one of the heirs to the paradise of bliss.

وَاغْفِرْ لِأَبِي إِنَّهُ كَانَ مِنَ الضَّالِّينَ

Forgive my father, for he is one of those who are astray.

وَلَا تُخْزِنِي يَوْمَ يُبْعَثُونَ

Do not disgrace me on the day that they will be resurrected,

يَوْمَ لَا يَنفَعُ مَالٌ وَلَا بَنُونَ

the day when neither wealth nor children will avail,

إِلَّا مَنْ أَتَى اللَّهَ بِقَلْبٍ سَلِيمٍ

except him who comes to Allah with a sound heart,’

وَأُزْلِفَتِ الْجَنَّةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ

and paradise will be brought near for the Godwary,

وَبُرِّزَتِ الْجَحِيمُ لِلْغَاوِينَ

and hell will be brought into view for the perverse,

وَقِيلَ لَهُمْ أَيْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَ

and they shall be told: ‘Where is that which you used to worship

مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ هَلْ يَنصُرُونَكُمْ أَوْ يَنتَصِرُونَ

besides Allah? Do they help you, or do they help each other?’

فَكُبْكِبُوا فِيهَا هُمْ وَالْغَاوُونَ

Then they will be cast into it on their faces—they and the perverse,

وَجُنُودُ إِبْلِيسَ أَجْمَعُونَ

and the hosts of Iblis all together.

قَالُوا وَهُمْ فِيهَا يَخْتَصِمُونَ

They will say, as they wrangle in it [together],

تَاللَّهِ إِن كُنَّا لَفِي ضَلَالٍ مُّبِينٍ

‘By Allah, we had indeed been in manifest error

إِذْ نُسَوِّيكُم بِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

when we equated you with the Lord of all the worlds!

وَمَا أَضَلَّنَا إِلَّا الْمُجْرِمُونَ

No one led us astray except the guilty.

فَمَا لَنَا مِن شَافِعِينَ

Now we have no intercessors,

وَلَا صَدِيقٍ حَمِيمٍ

nor do we have any sympathetic friend.

فَلَوْ أَنَّ لَنَا كَرَّةً فَنَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ

Had there been another turn for us, we would be among the faithful.’

إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لَآيَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

There is indeed a sign in that; but most of them do not have faith.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ

Indeed your Lord is the All-mighty, the All-merciful.

كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ الْمُرْسَلِينَ

The people of Noah impugned the apostles

إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ نُوحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

when Noah, their brother, said to them, ‘Will you not be wary [of Allah]?

إِنِّي لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ

Indeed I am a trusted apostle [sent] to you.

فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

So be wary of Allah and obey me.

وَمَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ إِنْ أَجْرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَى رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

I do not ask you any reward for it; my reward lies only with the Lord of all the worlds.

فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

So be wary of Allah and obey me.’

قَالُوا أَنُؤْمِنُ لَكَ وَاتَّبَعَكَ الْأَرْذَلُونَ

They said, ‘Shall we believe in you, when it is the riffraff who follow you?’

قَالَ وَمَا عِلْمِي بِمَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ

He said, ‘What do I know as to what they used to do?

إِنْ حِسَابُهُمْ إِلَّا عَلَى رَبِّي لَوْ تَشْعُرُونَ

Their reckoning is only with my Lord, should you be aware.

وَمَا أَنَا بِطَارِدِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ

I will not drive away the faithful.

إِنْ أَنَا إِلَّا نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ

I am just a manifest warner.’

قَالُوا لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهِ يَانُوحُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْمَرْجُومِينَ

They said, ‘Noah, if you do not desist, you will certainly be stoned [to death].’

قَالَ رَبِّ إِنَّ قَوْمِي كَذَّبُونِ

He said, ‘My Lord! Indeed my people have impugned me.

فَافْتَحْ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُمْ فَتْحًا وَنَجِّنِي وَمَن مَّعِيَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ

So judge conclusively between me and them, and deliver me and the faithful who are with me.’

فَأَنجَيْنَاهُ وَمَن مَّعَهُ فِي الْفُلْكِ الْمَشْحُونِ

Thereupon We delivered him and those who were with him in the laden ark.

ثُمَّ أَغْرَقْنَا بَعْدُ الْبَاقِينَ

Then We drowned the rest.

إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لَآيَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

There is indeed a sign in that; but most of them do not have faith.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ

Indeed your Lord is the All-mighty, the All-merciful.

كَذَّبَتْ عَادٌ الْمُرْسَلِينَ

[The people of] ‘Ad impugned the apostles,

إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ هُودٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

when Hud, their brother, said to them, ‘Will you not be wary [of Allah]?

إِنِّي لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ

Indeed I am a trusted apostle [sent] to you.

فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

So be wary of Allah and obey me.

وَمَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ إِنْ أَجْرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَى رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

I do not ask you any reward for it; my reward lies only with the Lord of all the worlds.

أَتَبْنُونَ بِكُلِّ رِيعٍ آيَةً تَعْبَثُونَ

Do you build futile a sign on every prominence?

وَتَتَّخِذُونَ مَصَانِعَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَخْلُدُونَ

You set up structures as if you will be immortal,

وَإِذَا بَطَشْتُم بَطَشْتُمْ جَبَّارِينَ

and when you seize [someone for punishment], you seize [him] like tyrants.

فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

So be wary of Allah and obey me.

وَاتَّقُوا الَّذِي أَمَدَّكُم بِمَا تَعْلَمُونَ

Be wary of Him who has provided you with whatever you know,

أَمَدَّكُم بِأَنْعَامٍ وَبَنِينَ

and aided you with sons and with cattle,

وَجَنَّاتٍ وَعُيُونٍ

gardens and springs.

إِنِّي أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ

Indeed I fear for you the punishment of a tremendous day.’

قَالُوا سَوَاءٌ عَلَيْنَا أَوَعَظْتَ أَمْ لَمْ تَكُن مِّنَ الْوَاعِظِينَ

They said, ‘It is the same to us whether you exhort us or not.

إِنْ هَذَا إِلَّا خُلُقُ الْأَوَّلِينَ

These are nothing but the traditions of the ancients,

وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ

and we will not be punished.’

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَهْلَكْنَاهُمْ إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لَآيَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

So they impugned him, whereupon We destroyed them. There is indeed a sign in that; but most of them do not have faith.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ

Indeed your Lord is the All-mighty, the All-merciful.

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ الْمُرْسَلِينَ

[The people of] Thamud impugned the apostles

إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ صَالِحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

when Salih, their brother, said to them, ‘Will you not be wary [of Allah]?

إِنِّي لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ

Indeed I am a trusted apostle [sent] to you.

فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

So be wary of Allah and obey me.

وَمَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ إِنْ أَجْرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَى رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

I do not ask you any reward for it; my reward lies only with the Lord of all the worlds.

أَتُتْرَكُونَ فِي مَا هَاهُنَا آمِنِينَ

Will you be left secure in that which is here

فِي جَنَّاتٍ وَعُيُونٍ

—amid gardens and springs,

وَزُرُوعٍ وَنَخْلٍ طَلْعُهَا هَضِيمٌ

farms and date palms with dainty spathes

وَتَنْحِتُونَ مِنَ الْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا فَارِهِينَ

—while you skillfully hew out houses from the mountains?

فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

So be wary of Allah and obey me,

وَلَا تُطِيعُوا أَمْرَ الْمُسْرِفِينَ

and do not obey the dictates of the transgressors,

الَّذِينَ يُفْسِدُونَ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا يُصْلِحُونَ

who cause corruption in the land and do not bring about reform.’

قَالُوا إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مِنَ الْمُسَحَّرِينَ

They said, ‘Indeed you are one of the bewitched.

مَا أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُنَا فَأْتِ بِآيَةٍ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ الصَّادِقِينَ

You are just a human being like us. So bring us a sign, should you be truthful.’

قَالَ هَذِهِ نَاقَةٌ لَّهَا شِرْبٌ وَلَكُمْ شِرْبُ يَوْمٍ مَّعْلُومٍ

He said, ‘This is a she-camel; she shall drink and you shall drink on known days.

وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوءٍ فَيَأْخُذَكُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ

Do not cause her any harm, for then you shall be seized by the punishment of a terrible day.’

فَعَقَرُوهَا فَأَصْبَحُوا نَادِمِينَ

But they hamstrung her, whereupon they became regretful.

فَأَخَذَهُمُ الْعَذَابُ إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لَآيَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

So the punishment seized them. There is indeed a sign in that; but most of them do not have faith.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ

Indeed your Lord is the All-mighty, the All-merciful.

كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ لُوطٍ الْمُرْسَلِينَ

The people of Lot impugned the apostles

إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ لُوطٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

when Lot, their brother, said to them, ‘Will you not be wary [of Allah]?

إِنِّي لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ

Indeed I am a trusted apostle [sent] to you.

فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

So be wary of Allah and obey me.

وَمَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ إِنْ أَجْرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَى رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

I do not ask you any reward for it; my reward lies only with the Lord of all the worlds.

أَتَأْتُونَ الذُّكْرَانَ مِنَ الْعَالَمِينَ

What! Of all people do you come to males,

وَتَذَرُونَ مَا خَلَقَ لَكُمْ رَبُّكُم مِّنْ أَزْوَاجِكُم بَلْ أَنتُمْ قَوْمٌ عَادُونَ

abandoning your wives your Lord has created for you? Indeed, you are a transgressing lot.’

قَالُوا لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهِ يَالُوطُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْمُخْرَجِينَ

They said, ‘Lot, if you do not desist, you will surely be banished.’

قَالَ إِنِّي لِعَمَلِكُم مِّنَ الْقَالِينَ

He said, ‘Indeed I detest your conduct.’

رَبِّ نَجِّنِي وَأَهْلِي مِمَّا يَعْمَلُونَ

‘My Lord! Deliver me and my family from what they do.’

فَنَجَّيْنَاهُ وَأَهْلَهُ أَجْمَعِينَ

So We delivered him and all his family,

إِلَّا عَجُوزًا فِي الْغَابِرِينَ

except an old woman who remained behind.

ثُمَّ دَمَّرْنَا الْآخَرِينَ

Then We destroyed [all] the rest,

وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِم مَّطَرًا فَسَاءَ مَطَرُ الْمُنذَرِينَ

and rained down upon them a rain [of stones]. Evil was the rain of those who were warned!

إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لَآيَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

There is indeed a sign in that; but most of them do not have faith.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ

Indeed your Lord is the All-mighty, the All-merciful.

كَذَّبَ أَصْحَابُ الْأَيْكَةِ الْمُرْسَلِينَ

The inhabitants of Aykah impugned the apostles,

إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ شُعَيْبٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

when Shu‘ayb said to them, ‘Will you not be wary [of Allah]?

إِنِّي لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ

Indeed I am a trusted apostle [sent] to you.

فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

So be wary of Allah and obey me.

وَمَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ إِنْ أَجْرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَى رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

I do not ask you any reward for it; my reward lies only with the Lord of all the worlds.

أَوْفُوا الْكَيْلَ وَلَا تَكُونُوا مِنَ الْمُخْسِرِينَ

Observe the full measure, and do not be of those who give short measure.

وَزِنُوا بِالْقِسْطَاسِ الْمُسْتَقِيمِ

Weigh with an even balance,

وَلَا تَبْخَسُوا النَّاسَ أَشْيَاءَهُمْ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا فِي الْأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ

and do not cheat the people of their goods. Do not act wickedly on the earth, causing corruption.

وَاتَّقُوا الَّذِي خَلَقَكُمْ وَالْجِبِلَّةَ الْأَوَّلِينَ

Be wary of Him who created you and the earlier generations.’

قَالُوا إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مِنَ الْمُسَحَّرِينَ

They said, ‘Indeed you are one of the bewitched.

وَمَا أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُنَا وَإِن نَّظُنُّكَ لَمِنَ الْكَاذِبِينَ

You are just a human being like us, and we indeed consider you to be a liar.

فَأَسْقِطْ عَلَيْنَا كِسَفًا مِّنَ السَّمَاءِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ الصَّادِقِينَ

Make a fragment of the sky falls upon us, should you be truthful.’

قَالَ رَبِّي أَعْلَمُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ

He said, ‘My Lord knows best what you are doing.’

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمِ الظُّلَّةِ إِنَّهُ كَانَ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ

So they impugned him, and then they were overtaken by the punishment of the day of the overshadowing cloud. It was indeed the punishment of a terrible day.

إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لَآيَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

There is indeed a sign in that; but most of them do not have faith.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ

Indeed your Lord is the All-mighty, the All-merciful.

وَإِنَّهُ لَتَنزِيلُ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

This is indeed [a Book] sent down by the Lord of all the worlds,

نَزَلَ بِهِ الرُّوحُ الْأَمِينُ

brought down by the Trustworthy Spirit

عَلَى قَلْبِكَ لِتَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُنذِرِينَ

upon your heart (so that you may be one of the warners),

بِلِسَانٍ عَرَبِيٍّ مُّبِينٍ

in a clear Arabic language.

وَإِنَّهُ لَفِي زُبُرِ الْأَوَّلِينَ

It is indeed [foretold] in the scriptures of the ancients.

أَوَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُمْ آيَةً أَن يَعْلَمَهُ عُلَمَاءُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ

Is it not a sign for them that the learned of the Children of Israel recognize it?

وَلَوْ نَزَّلْنَاهُ عَلَى بَعْضِ الْأَعْجَمِينَ

Had We sent it down upon some non-Arab

فَقَرَأَهُ عَلَيْهِم مَّا كَانُوا بِهِ مُؤْمِنِينَ

and had he recited it to them, they would not have believed in it.

كَذَلِكَ سَلَكْنَاهُ فِي قُلُوبِ الْمُجْرِمِينَ

This is how We let it pass through the hearts of the guilty:

لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِ حَتَّى يَرَوُا الْعَذَابَ الْأَلِيمَ

they do not believe in it until they sight the painful punishment.

فَيَأْتِيَهُم بَغْتَةً وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

It will overtake them suddenly while they are unaware.

فَيَقُولُوا هَلْ نَحْنُ مُنظَرُونَ

Thereupon they will say, ‘Shall we be granted any respite?’

أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا يَسْتَعْجِلُونَ

So do they seek to hasten on Our punishment?

أَفَرَأَيْتَ إِن مَّتَّعْنَاهُمْ سِنِينَ

Tell me, should We let them enjoy for some years,

ثُمَّ جَاءَهُم مَّا كَانُوا يُوعَدُونَ

then there comes to them what they have been promised,

مَا أَغْنَى عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا يُمَتَّعُونَ

of what avail to them will be that which they were given to enjoy?

وَمَا أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا لَهَا مُنذِرُونَ

We have not destroyed any town without its having warners,

ذِكْرَى وَمَا كُنَّا ظَالِمِينَ

for the sake of admonition, and We were not unjust.

وَمَا تَنَزَّلَتْ بِهِ الشَّيَاطِينُ

It has not been brought down by the devils.

وَمَا يَنبَغِي لَهُمْ وَمَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ

Neither does it behoove them, nor are they capable [of doing that].

إِنَّهُمْ عَنِ السَّمْعِ لَمَعْزُولُونَ

Indeed, they are kept at bay [even] from hearing it.

فَلَا تَدْعُ مَعَ اللَّهِ إِلَهًا آخَرَ فَتَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُعَذَّبِينَ

So do not invoke any god besides Allah, lest you should be among the punished.

وَأَنذِرْ عَشِيرَتَكَ الْأَقْرَبِينَ

Warn the nearest of your kinsfolk,

وَاخْفِضْ جَنَاحَكَ لِمَنِ اتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ

and lower your wing to the faithful who follow you.

فَإِنْ عَصَوْكَ فَقُلْ إِنِّي بَرِيءٌ مِّمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ

But if they disobey you, say, ‘I am absolved of what you do.’

وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى الْعَزِيزِ الرَّحِيمِ

And put your trust in the All-mighty, the All-merciful,

الَّذِي يَرَاكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ

who sees you when you stand [for prayer],

وَتَقَلُّبَكَ فِي السَّاجِدِينَ

and your going about among those who prostrate.

إِنَّهُ هُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ

Indeed He is the All-hearing, the All-knowing.

هَلْ أُنَبِّئُكُمْ عَلَى مَن تَنَزَّلُ الشَّيَاطِينُ

Should I inform you on whom the devils descend?

تَنَزَّلُ عَلَى كُلِّ أَفَّاكٍ أَثِيمٍ

They descend on every sinful liar.

يُلْقُونَ السَّمْعَ وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ كَاذِبُونَ

They eavesdrop, and most of them are liars.

وَالشُّعَرَاءُ يَتَّبِعُهُمُ الْغَاوُونَ

As for the poets, [only] the perverse follow them.

أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّهُمْ فِي كُلِّ وَادٍ يَهِيمُونَ

Have you not regarded that they rove in every valley,

وَأَنَّهُمْ يَقُولُونَ مَا لَا يَفْعَلُونَ

and that they say what they do not do?

إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ وَذَكَرُوا اللَّهَ كَثِيرًا وَانتَصَرُوا مِن بَعْدِ مَا ظُلِمُوا وَسَيَعْلَمُ الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا أَيَّ مُنقَلَبٍ يَنقَلِبُونَ

Barring those who have faith, do righteous deeds, and remember Allah much often, and vindicate themselves after they have been wronged. And the wrongdoers will soon know at what goal they will end up.