الۤرۚ تِلۡكَ ءَایَـٰتُ ٱلۡكِتَـٰبِ وَقُرۡءَانࣲ مُّبِینࣲ ﴿١﴾
A. L. R. These are the Ayats of Revelation,- of a Qur'an that makes things clear.
رُّبَمَا یَوَدُّ ٱلَّذِینَ كَفَرُواْ لَوۡ كَانُواْ مُسۡلِمِینَ ﴿٢﴾
Again and again will those who disbelieve, wish that they had bowed (to Allah's will) in Islam.
ذَرۡهُمۡ یَأۡكُلُواْ وَیَتَمَتَّعُواْ وَیُلۡهِهِمُ ٱلۡأَمَلُۖ فَسَوۡفَ یَعۡلَمُونَ ﴿٣﴾
Leave them alone, to enjoy (the good things of this life) and to please themselves: let (false) hope amuse them: soon will knowledge (undeceive them).
وَمَاۤ أَهۡلَكۡنَا مِن قَرۡیَةٍ إِلَّا وَلَهَا كِتَابࣱ مَّعۡلُومࣱ ﴿٤﴾
Never did We destroy a population that had not a term decreed and assigned beforehand.
مَّا تَسۡبِقُ مِنۡ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلَهَا وَمَا یَسۡتَـٔۡخِرُونَ ﴿٥﴾
Neither can a people anticipate its term, nor delay it.
وَقَالُواْ یَـٰۤأَیُّهَا ٱلَّذِی نُزِّلَ عَلَیۡهِ ٱلذِّكۡرُ إِنَّكَ لَمَجۡنُونࣱ ﴿٦﴾
They say: "O thou to whom the Message is being revealed! truly thou art mad (or possessed)!
لَّوۡ مَا تَأۡتِینَا بِٱلۡمَلَـٰۤىِٕكَةِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِینَ ﴿٧﴾
"Why bringest thou not angels to us if it be that thou hast the Truth?"
مَا نُنَزِّلُ ٱلۡمَلَـٰۤىِٕكَةَ إِلَّا بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَمَا كَانُوۤاْ إِذࣰا مُّنظَرِینَ ﴿٨﴾
We send not the angels down except for just cause: if they came (to the ungodly), behold! no respite would they have!
إِنَّا نَحۡنُ نَزَّلۡنَا ٱلذِّكۡرَ وَإِنَّا لَهُۥ لَحَـٰفِظُونَ ﴿٩﴾
We have, without doubt, sent down the Message; and We will assuredly guard it (from corruption).
وَلَقَدۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا مِن قَبۡلِكَ فِی شِیَعِ ٱلۡأَوَّلِینَ ﴿١٠﴾
We did send messengers before thee amongst the religious sects of old:
وَمَا یَأۡتِیهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا كَانُواْ بِهِۦ یَسۡتَهۡزِءُونَ ﴿١١﴾
But never came a messenger to them but they mocked him.
كَذَ ٰلِكَ نَسۡلُكُهُۥ فِی قُلُوبِ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِینَ ﴿١٢﴾
Even so do we let it creep into the hearts of the sinners -
لَا یُؤۡمِنُونَ بِهِۦ وَقَدۡ خَلَتۡ سُنَّةُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِینَ ﴿١٣﴾
That they should not believe in the (Message); but the ways of the ancients have passed away.
وَلَوۡ فَتَحۡنَا عَلَیۡهِم بَابࣰا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَاۤءِ فَظَلُّواْ فِیهِ یَعۡرُجُونَ ﴿١٤﴾
Even if We opened out to them a gate from heaven, and they were to continue (all day) ascending therein,
لَقَالُوۤاْ إِنَّمَا سُكِّرَتۡ أَبۡصَـٰرُنَا بَلۡ نَحۡنُ قَوۡمࣱ مَّسۡحُورُونَ ﴿١٥﴾
They would only say: "Our eyes have been intoxicated: Nay, we have been bewitched by sorcery."
وَلَقَدۡ جَعَلۡنَا فِی ٱلسَّمَاۤءِ بُرُوجࣰا وَزَیَّنَّـٰهَا لِلنَّـٰظِرِینَ ﴿١٦﴾
It is We Who have set out the zodiacal signs in the heavens, and made them fair-seeming to (all) beholders;
وَحَفِظۡنَـٰهَا مِن كُلِّ شَیۡطَـٰنࣲ رَّجِیمٍ ﴿١٧﴾
And (moreover) We have guarded them from every cursed devil:
إِلَّا مَنِ ٱسۡتَرَقَ ٱلسَّمۡعَ فَأَتۡبَعَهُۥ شِهَابࣱ مُّبِینࣱ ﴿١٨﴾
But any that gains a hearing by stealth, is pursued by a flaming fire, bright (to see).
وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ مَدَدۡنَـٰهَا وَأَلۡقَیۡنَا فِیهَا رَوَ ٰسِیَ وَأَنۢبَتۡنَا فِیهَا مِن كُلِّ شَیۡءࣲ مَّوۡزُونࣲ ﴿١٩﴾
And the earth We have spread out (like a carpet); set thereon mountains firm and immovable; and produced therein all kinds of things in due balance.
وَجَعَلۡنَا لَكُمۡ فِیهَا مَعَـٰیِشَ وَمَن لَّسۡتُمۡ لَهُۥ بِرَ ٰزِقِینَ ﴿٢٠﴾
And We have provided therein means of subsistence,- for you and for those for whose sustenance ye are not responsible.
وَإِن مِّن شَیۡءٍ إِلَّا عِندَنَا خَزَاۤىِٕنُهُۥ وَمَا نُنَزِّلُهُۥۤ إِلَّا بِقَدَرࣲ مَّعۡلُومࣲ ﴿٢١﴾
And there is not a thing but its (sources and) treasures (inexhaustible) are with Us; but We only send down thereof in due and ascertainable measures.
وَأَرۡسَلۡنَا ٱلرِّیَـٰحَ لَوَ ٰقِحَ فَأَنزَلۡنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَاۤءِ مَاۤءࣰ فَأَسۡقَیۡنَـٰكُمُوهُ وَمَاۤ أَنتُمۡ لَهُۥ بِخَـٰزِنِینَ ﴿٢٢﴾
And We send the fecundating winds, then cause the rain to descend from the sky, therewith providing you with water (in abundance), though ye are not the guardians of its stores.
وَإِنَّا لَنَحۡنُ نُحۡیِۦ وَنُمِیتُ وَنَحۡنُ ٱلۡوَ ٰرِثُونَ ﴿٢٣﴾
And verily, it is We Who give life, and Who give death: it is We Who remain inheritors (after all else passes away).
وَلَقَدۡ عَلِمۡنَا ٱلۡمُسۡتَقۡدِمِینَ مِنكُمۡ وَلَقَدۡ عَلِمۡنَا ٱلۡمُسۡتَـٔۡخِرِینَ ﴿٢٤﴾
To Us are known those of you who hasten forward, and those who lag behind.
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ یَحۡشُرُهُمۡۚ إِنَّهُۥ حَكِیمٌ عَلِیمࣱ ﴿٢٥﴾
Assuredly it is thy Lord Who will gather them together: for He is perfect in Wisdom and Knowledge.
وَلَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنَ مِن صَلۡصَـٰلࣲ مِّنۡ حَمَإࣲ مَّسۡنُونࣲ ﴿٢٦﴾
We created man from sounding clay, from mud moulded into shape;
وَٱلۡجَاۤنَّ خَلَقۡنَـٰهُ مِن قَبۡلُ مِن نَّارِ ٱلسَّمُومِ ﴿٢٧﴾
And the Jinn race, We had created before, from the fire of a scorching wind.
وَإِذۡ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلۡمَلَـٰۤىِٕكَةِ إِنِّی خَـٰلِقُۢ بَشَرࣰا مِّن صَلۡصَـٰلࣲ مِّنۡ حَمَإࣲ مَّسۡنُونࣲ ﴿٢٨﴾
Behold! thy Lord said to the angels: "I am about to create man, from sounding clay from mud moulded into shape;
فَإِذَا سَوَّیۡتُهُۥ وَنَفَخۡتُ فِیهِ مِن رُّوحِی فَقَعُواْ لَهُۥ سَـٰجِدِینَ ﴿٢٩﴾
"When I have fashioned him (in due proportion) and breathed into him of My spirit, fall ye down in obeisance unto him."
فَسَجَدَ ٱلۡمَلَـٰۤىِٕكَةُ كُلُّهُمۡ أَجۡمَعُونَ ﴿٣٠﴾
So the angels prostrated themselves, all of them together:
إِلَّاۤ إِبۡلِیسَ أَبَىٰۤ أَن یَكُونَ مَعَ ٱلسَّـٰجِدِینَ ﴿٣١﴾
Not so Iblis: he refused to be among those who prostrated themselves.
قَالَ یَـٰۤإِبۡلِیسُ مَا لَكَ أَلَّا تَكُونَ مَعَ ٱلسَّـٰجِدِینَ ﴿٣٢﴾
(Allah) said: "O Iblis! what is your reason for not being among those who prostrated themselves?"
قَالَ لَمۡ أَكُن لِّأَسۡجُدَ لِبَشَرٍ خَلَقۡتَهُۥ مِن صَلۡصَـٰلࣲ مِّنۡ حَمَإࣲ مَّسۡنُونࣲ ﴿٣٣﴾
(Iblis) said: "I am not one to prostrate myself to man, whom Thou didst create from sounding clay, from mud moulded into shape."
قَالَ فَٱخۡرُجۡ مِنۡهَا فَإِنَّكَ رَجِیمࣱ ﴿٣٤﴾
(Allah) said: "Then get thee out from here; for thou art rejected, accursed.
وَإِنَّ عَلَیۡكَ ٱللَّعۡنَةَ إِلَىٰ یَوۡمِ ٱلدِّینِ ﴿٣٥﴾
"And the curse shall be on thee till the day of Judgment."
قَالَ رَبِّ فَأَنظِرۡنِیۤ إِلَىٰ یَوۡمِ یُبۡعَثُونَ ﴿٣٦﴾
(Iblis) said: "O my Lord! give me then respite till the Day the (dead) are raised."
قَالَ رَبِّ بِمَاۤ أَغۡوَیۡتَنِی لَأُزَیِّنَنَّ لَهُمۡ فِی ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَلَأُغۡوِیَنَّهُمۡ أَجۡمَعِینَ ﴿٣٩﴾
(Iblis) said: "O my Lord! because Thou hast put me in the wrong, I will make (wrong) fair-seeming to them on the earth, and I will put them all in the wrong,-
إِلَّا عِبَادَكَ مِنۡهُمُ ٱلۡمُخۡلَصِینَ ﴿٤٠﴾
"Except Thy servants among them, sincere and purified (by Thy Grace)."
قَالَ هَـٰذَا صِرَ ٰطٌ عَلَیَّ مُسۡتَقِیمٌ ﴿٤١﴾
(Allah) said: "This (way of My sincere servants) is indeed a way that leads straight to Me.
إِنَّ عِبَادِی لَیۡسَ لَكَ عَلَیۡهِمۡ سُلۡطَـٰنٌ إِلَّا مَنِ ٱتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ ٱلۡغَاوِینَ ﴿٤٢﴾
"For over My servants no authority shalt thou have, except such as put themselves in the wrong and follow thee."
وَإِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ لَمَوۡعِدُهُمۡ أَجۡمَعِینَ ﴿٤٣﴾
And verily, Hell is the promised abode for them all!
لَهَا سَبۡعَةُ أَبۡوَ ٰبࣲ لِّكُلِّ بَابࣲ مِّنۡهُمۡ جُزۡءࣱ مَّقۡسُومٌ ﴿٤٤﴾
To it are seven gates: for each of those gates is a (special) class (of sinners) assigned.
إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِینَ فِی جَنَّـٰتࣲ وَعُیُونٍ ﴿٤٥﴾
The righteous (will be) amid gardens and fountains (of clear-flowing water).
ٱدۡخُلُوهَا بِسَلَـٰمٍ ءَامِنِینَ ﴿٤٦﴾
(Their greeting will be): "Enter ye here in peace and security."
وَنَزَعۡنَا مَا فِی صُدُورِهِم مِّنۡ غِلٍّ إِخۡوَ ٰنًا عَلَىٰ سُرُرࣲ مُّتَقَـٰبِلِینَ ﴿٤٧﴾
And We shall remove from their hearts any lurking sense of injury: (they will be) brothers (joyfully) facing each other on thrones (of dignity).
لَا یَمَسُّهُمۡ فِیهَا نَصَبࣱ وَمَا هُم مِّنۡهَا بِمُخۡرَجِینَ ﴿٤٨﴾
There no sense of fatigue shall touch them, nor shall they (ever) be asked to leave.
۞ نَبِّئۡ عِبَادِیۤ أَنِّیۤ أَنَا ٱلۡغَفُورُ ٱلرَّحِیمُ ﴿٤٩﴾
Tell My servants that I am indeed the Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful;
وَأَنَّ عَذَابِی هُوَ ٱلۡعَذَابُ ٱلۡأَلِیمُ ﴿٥٠﴾
And that My Penalty will be indeed the most grievous Penalty.
إِذۡ دَخَلُواْ عَلَیۡهِ فَقَالُواْ سَلَـٰمࣰا قَالَ إِنَّا مِنكُمۡ وَجِلُونَ ﴿٥٢﴾
When they entered his presence and said, "Peace!" He said, "We feel afraid of you!"
قَالُواْ لَا تَوۡجَلۡ إِنَّا نُبَشِّرُكَ بِغُلَـٰمٍ عَلِیمࣲ ﴿٥٣﴾
They said: "Fear not! We give thee glad tidings of a son endowed with wisdom."
قَالَ أَبَشَّرۡتُمُونِی عَلَىٰۤ أَن مَّسَّنِیَ ٱلۡكِبَرُ فَبِمَ تُبَشِّرُونَ ﴿٥٤﴾
He said: "Do ye give me glad tidings that old age has seized me? Of what, then, is your good news?"
قَالُواْ بَشَّرۡنَـٰكَ بِٱلۡحَقِّ فَلَا تَكُن مِّنَ ٱلۡقَـٰنِطِینَ ﴿٥٥﴾
They said: "We give thee glad tidings in truth: be not then in despair!"
قَالَ وَمَن یَقۡنَطُ مِن رَّحۡمَةِ رَبِّهِۦۤ إِلَّا ٱلضَّاۤلُّونَ ﴿٥٦﴾
He said: "And who despairs of the mercy of his Lord, but such as go astray?"
قَالَ فَمَا خَطۡبُكُمۡ أَیُّهَا ٱلۡمُرۡسَلُونَ ﴿٥٧﴾
Abraham said: "What then is the business on which ye (have come), O ye messengers (of Allah)?"
قَالُوۤاْ إِنَّاۤ أُرۡسِلۡنَاۤ إِلَىٰ قَوۡمࣲ مُّجۡرِمِینَ ﴿٥٨﴾
They said: "We have been sent to a people (deep) in sin,
إِلَّاۤ ءَالَ لُوطٍ إِنَّا لَمُنَجُّوهُمۡ أَجۡمَعِینَ ﴿٥٩﴾
"Excepting the adherents of Lut: them we are certainly (charged) to save (from harm),- All -
إِلَّا ٱمۡرَأَتَهُۥ قَدَّرۡنَاۤ إِنَّهَا لَمِنَ ٱلۡغَـٰبِرِینَ ﴿٦٠﴾
"Except his wife, who, We have ascertained, will be among those who will lag behind."
فَلَمَّا جَاۤءَ ءَالَ لُوطٍ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلُونَ ﴿٦١﴾
At length when the messengers arrived among the adherents of Lut,
قَالُواْ بَلۡ جِئۡنَـٰكَ بِمَا كَانُواْ فِیهِ یَمۡتَرُونَ ﴿٦٣﴾
They said: "Yea, we have come to thee to accomplish that of which they doubt.
وَأَتَیۡنَـٰكَ بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَإِنَّا لَصَـٰدِقُونَ ﴿٦٤﴾
"We have brought to thee that which is inevitably due, and assuredly we tell the truth.
فَأَسۡرِ بِأَهۡلِكَ بِقِطۡعࣲ مِّنَ ٱلَّیۡلِ وَٱتَّبِعۡ أَدۡبَـٰرَهُمۡ وَلَا یَلۡتَفِتۡ مِنكُمۡ أَحَدࣱ وَٱمۡضُواْ حَیۡثُ تُؤۡمَرُونَ ﴿٦٥﴾
"Then travel by night with thy household, when a portion of the night (yet remains), and do thou bring up the rear: let no one amongst you look back, but pass on whither ye are ordered."
وَقَضَیۡنَاۤ إِلَیۡهِ ذَ ٰلِكَ ٱلۡأَمۡرَ أَنَّ دَابِرَ هَـٰۤؤُلَاۤءِ مَقۡطُوعࣱ مُّصۡبِحِینَ ﴿٦٦﴾
And We made known this decree to him, that the last remnants of those (sinners) should be cut off by the morning.
وَجَاۤءَ أَهۡلُ ٱلۡمَدِینَةِ یَسۡتَبۡشِرُونَ ﴿٦٧﴾
The inhabitants of the city came in (mad) joy (at news of the young men).
قَالَ إِنَّ هَـٰۤؤُلَاۤءِ ضَیۡفِی فَلَا تَفۡضَحُونِ ﴿٦٨﴾
Lut said: "These are my guests: disgrace me not:
قَالُوۤاْ أَوَلَمۡ نَنۡهَكَ عَنِ ٱلۡعَـٰلَمِینَ ﴿٧٠﴾
They said: "Did we not forbid thee (to speak) for all and sundry?"
قَالَ هَـٰۤؤُلَاۤءِ بَنَاتِیۤ إِن كُنتُمۡ فَـٰعِلِینَ ﴿٧١﴾
He said: "There are my daughters (to marry), if ye must act (so)."
لَعَمۡرُكَ إِنَّهُمۡ لَفِی سَكۡرَتِهِمۡ یَعۡمَهُونَ ﴿٧٢﴾
Verily, by thy life (O Prophet), in their wild intoxication, they wander in distraction, to and fro.
فَجَعَلۡنَا عَـٰلِیَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَأَمۡطَرۡنَا عَلَیۡهِمۡ حِجَارَةࣰ مِّن سِجِّیلٍ ﴿٧٤﴾
And We turned (the cities) upside down, and rained down on them brimstones hard as baked clay.
إِنَّ فِی ذَ ٰلِكَ لَـَٔایَـٰتࣲ لِّلۡمُتَوَسِّمِینَ ﴿٧٥﴾
Behold! in this are Signs for those who by tokens do understand.
إِنَّ فِی ذَ ٰلِكَ لَـَٔایَةࣰ لِّلۡمُؤۡمِنِینَ ﴿٧٧﴾
Behold! in this is a sign for those who believed.
وَإِن كَانَ أَصۡحَـٰبُ ٱلۡأَیۡكَةِ لَظَـٰلِمِینَ ﴿٧٨﴾
And the Companions of the Wood were also wrong-doers;
فَٱنتَقَمۡنَا مِنۡهُمۡ وَإِنَّهُمَا لَبِإِمَامࣲ مُّبِینࣲ ﴿٧٩﴾
So We exacted retribution from them. They were both on an open highway, plain to see.
وَلَقَدۡ كَذَّبَ أَصۡحَـٰبُ ٱلۡحِجۡرِ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِینَ ﴿٨٠﴾
The Companions of the Rocky Tract also rejected the messengers:
وَءَاتَیۡنَـٰهُمۡ ءَایَـٰتِنَا فَكَانُواْ عَنۡهَا مُعۡرِضِینَ ﴿٨١﴾
We sent them Our Signs, but they persisted in turning away from them.
وَكَانُواْ یَنۡحِتُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡجِبَالِ بُیُوتًا ءَامِنِینَ ﴿٨٢﴾
Out of the mountains did they hew (their) edifices, (feeling themselves) secure.
فَمَاۤ أَغۡنَىٰ عَنۡهُم مَّا كَانُواْ یَكۡسِبُونَ ﴿٨٤﴾
And of no avail to them was all that they did (with such art and care)!
وَمَا خَلَقۡنَا ٱلسَّمَـٰوَ ٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَمَا بَیۡنَهُمَاۤ إِلَّا بِٱلۡحَقِّۗ وَإِنَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ لَـَٔاتِیَةࣱۖ فَٱصۡفَحِ ٱلصَّفۡحَ ٱلۡجَمِیلَ ﴿٨٥﴾
We created not the heavens, the earth, and all between them, but for just ends. And the Hour is surely coming (when this will be manifest). So overlook (any human faults) with gracious forgiveness.
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ ٱلۡخَلَّـٰقُ ٱلۡعَلِیمُ ﴿٨٦﴾
For verily it is thy Lord who is the Master-Creator, knowing all things.
وَلَقَدۡ ءَاتَیۡنَـٰكَ سَبۡعࣰا مِّنَ ٱلۡمَثَانِی وَٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ ٱلۡعَظِیمَ ﴿٨٧﴾
And We have bestowed upon thee the Seven Oft-repeated (verses) and the Grand Qur'an.
لَا تَمُدَّنَّ عَیۡنَیۡكَ إِلَىٰ مَا مَتَّعۡنَا بِهِۦۤ أَزۡوَ ٰجࣰا مِّنۡهُمۡ وَلَا تَحۡزَنۡ عَلَیۡهِمۡ وَٱخۡفِضۡ جَنَاحَكَ لِلۡمُؤۡمِنِینَ ﴿٨٨﴾
Strain not thine eyes. (Wistfully) at what We have bestowed on certain classes of them, nor grieve over them: but lower thy wing (in gentleness) to the believers.
وَقُلۡ إِنِّیۤ أَنَا ٱلنَّذِیرُ ٱلۡمُبِینُ ﴿٨٩﴾
And say: "I am indeed he that warneth openly and without ambiguity,"-
كَمَاۤ أَنزَلۡنَا عَلَى ٱلۡمُقۡتَسِمِینَ ﴿٩٠﴾
(Of just such wrath) as We sent down on those who divided (Scripture into arbitrary parts),-
ٱلَّذِینَ جَعَلُواْ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ عِضِینَ ﴿٩١﴾
(So also on such) as have made Qur'an into shreds (as they please).
فَوَرَبِّكَ لَنَسۡـَٔلَنَّهُمۡ أَجۡمَعِینَ ﴿٩٢﴾
Therefore, by the Lord, We will, of a surety, call them to account,
فَٱصۡدَعۡ بِمَا تُؤۡمَرُ وَأَعۡرِضۡ عَنِ ٱلۡمُشۡرِكِینَ ﴿٩٤﴾
Therefore expound openly what thou art commanded, and turn away from those who join false gods with Allah.
إِنَّا كَفَیۡنَـٰكَ ٱلۡمُسۡتَهۡزِءِینَ ﴿٩٥﴾
For sufficient are We unto thee against those who scoff,-
ٱلَّذِینَ یَجۡعَلُونَ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَـٰهًا ءَاخَرَۚ فَسَوۡفَ یَعۡلَمُونَ ﴿٩٦﴾
Those who adopt, with Allah, another god: but soon will they come to know.
وَلَقَدۡ نَعۡلَمُ أَنَّكَ یَضِیقُ صَدۡرُكَ بِمَا یَقُولُونَ ﴿٩٧﴾
We do indeed know how thy heart is distressed at what they say.
فَسَبِّحۡ بِحَمۡدِ رَبِّكَ وَكُن مِّنَ ٱلسَّـٰجِدِینَ ﴿٩٨﴾
But celebrate the praises of thy Lord, and be of those who prostrate themselves in adoration.