لَعَلَّكَ بَـٰخِعࣱ نَّفۡسَكَ أَلَّا یَكُونُواْ مُؤۡمِنِینَ ﴿٣﴾
It may be thou frettest thy soul with grief, that they do not become Believers.
إِن نَّشَأۡ نُنَزِّلۡ عَلَیۡهِم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَاۤءِ ءَایَةࣰ فَظَلَّتۡ أَعۡنَـٰقُهُمۡ لَهَا خَـٰضِعِینَ ﴿٤﴾
If (such) were Our Will, We could send down to them from the sky a Sign, to which they would bend their necks in humility.
وَمَا یَأۡتِیهِم مِّن ذِكۡرࣲ مِّنَ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ مُحۡدَثٍ إِلَّا كَانُواْ عَنۡهُ مُعۡرِضِینَ ﴿٥﴾
But there comes not to them a newly-revealed Message from (Allah) Most Gracious, but they turn away therefrom.
فَقَدۡ كَذَّبُواْ فَسَیَأۡتِیهِمۡ أَنۢبَـٰۤؤُاْ مَا كَانُواْ بِهِۦ یَسۡتَهۡزِءُونَ ﴿٦﴾
They have indeed rejected (the Message): so they will know soon (enough) the truth of what they mocked at!
أَوَلَمۡ یَرَوۡاْ إِلَى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ كَمۡ أَنۢبَتۡنَا فِیهَا مِن كُلِّ زَوۡجࣲ كَرِیمٍ ﴿٧﴾
Do they not look at the earth,- how many noble things of all kinds We have produced therein?
إِنَّ فِی ذَ ٰلِكَ لَـَٔایَةࣰۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِینَ ﴿٨﴾
Verily, in this is a Sign: but most of them do not believe.
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِیزُ ٱلرَّحِیمُ ﴿٩﴾
And verily, thy Lord is He, the Exalted in Might, Most Merciful.
وَإِذۡ نَادَىٰ رَبُّكَ مُوسَىٰۤ أَنِ ٱئۡتِ ٱلۡقَوۡمَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِینَ ﴿١٠﴾
Behold, thy Lord called Moses: "Go to the people of iniquity,-
قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّیۤ أَخَافُ أَن یُكَذِّبُونِ ﴿١٢﴾
He said: "O my Lord! I do fear that they will charge me with falsehood:
وَیَضِیقُ صَدۡرِی وَلَا یَنطَلِقُ لِسَانِی فَأَرۡسِلۡ إِلَىٰ هَـٰرُونَ ﴿١٣﴾
"My breast will be straitened. And my speech may not go (smoothly): so send unto Aaron.
وَلَهُمۡ عَلَیَّ ذَنۢبࣱ فَأَخَافُ أَن یَقۡتُلُونِ ﴿١٤﴾
"And (further), they have a charge of crime against me; and I fear they may slay me."
قَالَ كَلَّاۖ فَٱذۡهَبَا بِـَٔایَـٰتِنَاۤۖ إِنَّا مَعَكُم مُّسۡتَمِعُونَ ﴿١٥﴾
Allah said: "By no means! proceed then, both of you, with Our Signs; We are with you, and will listen (to your call).
فَأۡتِیَا فِرۡعَوۡنَ فَقُولَاۤ إِنَّا رَسُولُ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَـٰلَمِینَ ﴿١٦﴾
"So go forth, both of you, to Pharaoh, and say: 'We have been sent by the Lord and Cherisher of the worlds;
قَالَ أَلَمۡ نُرَبِّكَ فِینَا وَلِیدࣰا وَلَبِثۡتَ فِینَا مِنۡ عُمُرِكَ سِنِینَ ﴿١٨﴾
(Pharaoh) said: "Did we not cherish thee as a child among us, and didst thou not stay in our midst many years of thy life?
وَفَعَلۡتَ فَعۡلَتَكَ ٱلَّتِی فَعَلۡتَ وَأَنتَ مِنَ ٱلۡكَـٰفِرِینَ ﴿١٩﴾
"And thou didst a deed of thine which (thou knowest) thou didst, and thou art an ungrateful (wretch)!"
قَالَ فَعَلۡتُهَاۤ إِذࣰا وَأَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلضَّاۤلِّینَ ﴿٢٠﴾
Moses said: "I did it then, when I was in error.
فَفَرَرۡتُ مِنكُمۡ لَمَّا خِفۡتُكُمۡ فَوَهَبَ لِی رَبِّی حُكۡمࣰا وَجَعَلَنِی مِنَ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِینَ ﴿٢١﴾
"So I fled from you (all) when I feared you; but my Lord has (since) invested me with judgment (and wisdom) and appointed me as one of the messengers.
وَتِلۡكَ نِعۡمَةࣱ تَمُنُّهَا عَلَیَّ أَنۡ عَبَّدتَّ بَنِیۤ إِسۡرَ ٰۤءِیلَ ﴿٢٢﴾
"And this is the favour with which thou dost reproach me,- that thou hast enslaved the Children of Israel!"
قَالَ فِرۡعَوۡنُ وَمَا رَبُّ ٱلۡعَـٰلَمِینَ ﴿٢٣﴾
Pharaoh said: "And what is the 'Lord and Cherisher of the worlds'?"
قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَ ٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا بَیۡنَهُمَاۤۖ إِن كُنتُم مُّوقِنِینَ ﴿٢٤﴾
(Moses) said: "The Lord and Cherisher of the heavens and the earth, and all between,- if ye want to be quite sure."
قَالَ لِمَنۡ حَوۡلَهُۥۤ أَلَا تَسۡتَمِعُونَ ﴿٢٥﴾
(Pharaoh) said to those around: "Did ye not listen (to what he says)?"
قَالَ رَبُّكُمۡ وَرَبُّ ءَابَاۤىِٕكُمُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِینَ ﴿٢٦﴾
(Moses) said: "Your Lord and the Lord of your fathers from the beginning!"
قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَكُمُ ٱلَّذِیۤ أُرۡسِلَ إِلَیۡكُمۡ لَمَجۡنُونࣱ ﴿٢٧﴾
(Pharaoh) said: "Truly your messenger who has been sent to you is a veritable madman!"
قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلۡمَشۡرِقِ وَٱلۡمَغۡرِبِ وَمَا بَیۡنَهُمَاۤۖ إِن كُنتُمۡ تَعۡقِلُونَ ﴿٢٨﴾
(Moses) said: "Lord of the East and the West, and all between! if ye only had sense!"
قَالَ لَىِٕنِ ٱتَّخَذۡتَ إِلَـٰهًا غَیۡرِی لَأَجۡعَلَنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلۡمَسۡجُونِینَ ﴿٢٩﴾
(Pharaoh) said: "If thou dost put forward any god other than me, I will certainly put thee in prison!"
قَالَ أَوَلَوۡ جِئۡتُكَ بِشَیۡءࣲ مُّبِینࣲ ﴿٣٠﴾
(Moses) said: "Even if I showed you something clear (and) convincing?"
قَالَ فَأۡتِ بِهِۦۤ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِینَ ﴿٣١﴾
(Pharaoh) said: "Show it then, if thou tellest the truth!"
فَأَلۡقَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِیَ ثُعۡبَانࣱ مُّبِینࣱ ﴿٣٢﴾
So (Moses) threw his rod, and behold, it was a serpent, plain (for all to see)!
وَنَزَعَ یَدَهُۥ فَإِذَا هِیَ بَیۡضَاۤءُ لِلنَّـٰظِرِینَ ﴿٣٣﴾
And he drew out his hand, and behold, it was white to all beholders!
قَالَ لِلۡمَلَإِ حَوۡلَهُۥۤ إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَسَـٰحِرٌ عَلِیمࣱ ﴿٣٤﴾
(Pharaoh) said to the Chiefs around him: "This is indeed a sorcerer well-versed:
یُرِیدُ أَن یُخۡرِجَكُم مِّنۡ أَرۡضِكُم بِسِحۡرِهِۦ فَمَاذَا تَأۡمُرُونَ ﴿٣٥﴾
"His plan is to get you out of your land by his sorcery; then what is it ye counsel?"
قَالُوۤاْ أَرۡجِهۡ وَأَخَاهُ وَٱبۡعَثۡ فِی ٱلۡمَدَاۤىِٕنِ حَـٰشِرِینَ ﴿٣٦﴾
They said: "Keep him and his brother in suspense (for a while), and dispatch to the Cities heralds to collect-
فَجُمِعَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ لِمِیقَـٰتِ یَوۡمࣲ مَّعۡلُومࣲ ﴿٣٨﴾
So the sorcerers were got together for the appointment of a day well-known,
وَقِیلَ لِلنَّاسِ هَلۡ أَنتُم مُّجۡتَمِعُونَ ﴿٣٩﴾
And the people were told: "Are ye (now) assembled?-
لَعَلَّنَا نَتَّبِعُ ٱلسَّحَرَةَ إِن كَانُواْ هُمُ ٱلۡغَـٰلِبِینَ ﴿٤٠﴾
"That we may follow the sorcerers (in religion) if they win?"
فَلَمَّا جَاۤءَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ قَالُواْ لِفِرۡعَوۡنَ أَىِٕنَّ لَنَا لَأَجۡرًا إِن كُنَّا نَحۡنُ ٱلۡغَـٰلِبِینَ ﴿٤١﴾
So when the sorcerers arrived, they said to Pharaoh: "Of course - shall we have a (suitable) reward if we win?
قَالَ نَعَمۡ وَإِنَّكُمۡ إِذࣰا لَّمِنَ ٱلۡمُقَرَّبِینَ ﴿٤٢﴾
He said: "Yea, (and more),- for ye shall in that case be (raised to posts) nearest (to my person)."
قَالَ لَهُم مُّوسَىٰۤ أَلۡقُواْ مَاۤ أَنتُم مُّلۡقُونَ ﴿٤٣﴾
Moses said to them: "Throw ye - that which ye are about to throw!"
فَأَلۡقَوۡاْ حِبَالَهُمۡ وَعِصِیَّهُمۡ وَقَالُواْ بِعِزَّةِ فِرۡعَوۡنَ إِنَّا لَنَحۡنُ ٱلۡغَـٰلِبُونَ ﴿٤٤﴾
So they threw their ropes and their rods, and said: "By the might of Pharaoh, it is we who will certainly win!"
فَأَلۡقَىٰ مُوسَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِیَ تَلۡقَفُ مَا یَأۡفِكُونَ ﴿٤٥﴾
Then Moses threw his rod, when, behold, it straightway swallows up all the falsehoods which they fake!
قَالَ ءَامَنتُمۡ لَهُۥ قَبۡلَ أَنۡ ءَاذَنَ لَكُمۡۖ إِنَّهُۥ لَكَبِیرُكُمُ ٱلَّذِی عَلَّمَكُمُ ٱلسِّحۡرَ فَلَسَوۡفَ تَعۡلَمُونَۚ لَأُقَطِّعَنَّ أَیۡدِیَكُمۡ وَأَرۡجُلَكُم مِّنۡ خِلَـٰفࣲ وَلَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمۡ أَجۡمَعِینَ ﴿٤٩﴾
Said (Pharaoh): "Believe ye in Him before I give you permission? surely he is your leader, who has taught you sorcery! but soon shall ye know! Be sure I will cut off your hands and your feet on opposite sides, and I will cause you all to die on the cross!"
قَالُواْ لَا ضَیۡرَۖ إِنَّاۤ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا مُنقَلِبُونَ ﴿٥٠﴾
They said: "No matter! for us, we shall but return to our Lord!
إِنَّا نَطۡمَعُ أَن یَغۡفِرَ لَنَا رَبُّنَا خَطَـٰیَـٰنَاۤ أَن كُنَّاۤ أَوَّلَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِینَ ﴿٥١﴾
"Only, our desire is that our Lord will forgive us our faults, that we may become foremost among the believers!"
۞ وَأَوۡحَیۡنَاۤ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰۤ أَنۡ أَسۡرِ بِعِبَادِیۤ إِنَّكُم مُّتَّبَعُونَ ﴿٥٢﴾
By inspiration we told Moses: "Travel by night with my servants; for surely ye shall be pursued."
فَأَرۡسَلَ فِرۡعَوۡنُ فِی ٱلۡمَدَاۤىِٕنِ حَـٰشِرِینَ ﴿٥٣﴾
Then Pharaoh sent heralds to (all) the Cities,
إِنَّ هَـٰۤؤُلَاۤءِ لَشِرۡذِمَةࣱ قَلِیلُونَ ﴿٥٤﴾
(Saying): "These (Israelites) are but a small band,
كَذَ ٰلِكَۖ وَأَوۡرَثۡنَـٰهَا بَنِیۤ إِسۡرَ ٰۤءِیلَ ﴿٥٩﴾
Thus it was, but We made the Children of Israel inheritors of such things.
فَلَمَّا تَرَ ٰۤءَا ٱلۡجَمۡعَانِ قَالَ أَصۡحَـٰبُ مُوسَىٰۤ إِنَّا لَمُدۡرَكُونَ ﴿٦١﴾
And when the two bodies saw each other, the people of Moses said: "We are sure to be overtaken."
قَالَ كَلَّاۤۖ إِنَّ مَعِیَ رَبِّی سَیَهۡدِینِ ﴿٦٢﴾
(Moses) said: "By no means! my Lord is with me! Soon will He guide me!"
فَأَوۡحَیۡنَاۤ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰۤ أَنِ ٱضۡرِب بِّعَصَاكَ ٱلۡبَحۡرَۖ فَٱنفَلَقَ فَكَانَ كُلُّ فِرۡقࣲ كَٱلطَّوۡدِ ٱلۡعَظِیمِ ﴿٦٣﴾
Then We told Moses by inspiration: "Strike the sea with thy rod." So it divided, and each separate part became like the huge, firm mass of a mountain.
إِنَّ فِی ذَ ٰلِكَ لَـَٔایَةࣰۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِینَ ﴿٦٧﴾
Verily in this is a Sign: but most of them do not believe.
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِیزُ ٱلرَّحِیمُ ﴿٦٨﴾
And verily thy Lord is He, the Exalted in Might, Most Merciful.
إِذۡ قَالَ لِأَبِیهِ وَقَوۡمِهِۦ مَا تَعۡبُدُونَ ﴿٧٠﴾
Behold, he said to his father and his people: "What worship ye?"
قَالُواْ نَعۡبُدُ أَصۡنَامࣰا فَنَظَلُّ لَهَا عَـٰكِفِینَ ﴿٧١﴾
They said: "We worship idols, and we remain constantly in attendance on them."
قَالَ هَلۡ یَسۡمَعُونَكُمۡ إِذۡ تَدۡعُونَ ﴿٧٢﴾
He said: "Do they listen to you when ye call (on them)?"
قَالُواْ بَلۡ وَجَدۡنَاۤ ءَابَاۤءَنَا كَذَ ٰلِكَ یَفۡعَلُونَ ﴿٧٤﴾
They said: "Nay, but we found our fathers doing thus (what we do)."
قَالَ أَفَرَءَیۡتُم مَّا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡبُدُونَ ﴿٧٥﴾
He said: "Do ye then see whom ye have been worshipping,-
فَإِنَّهُمۡ عَدُوࣱّ لِّیۤ إِلَّا رَبَّ ٱلۡعَـٰلَمِینَ ﴿٧٧﴾
"For they are enemies to me; not so the Lord and Cherisher of the Worlds;
وَٱلَّذِیۤ أَطۡمَعُ أَن یَغۡفِرَ لِی خَطِیۤـَٔتِی یَوۡمَ ٱلدِّینِ ﴿٨٢﴾
"And who, I hope, will forgive me my faults on the day of Judgment.
رَبِّ هَبۡ لِی حُكۡمࣰا وَأَلۡحِقۡنِی بِٱلصَّـٰلِحِینَ ﴿٨٣﴾
"O my Lord! bestow wisdom on me, and join me with the righteous;
وَٱجۡعَل لِّی لِسَانَ صِدۡقࣲ فِی ٱلۡـَٔاخِرِینَ ﴿٨٤﴾
"Grant me honourable mention on the tongue of truth among the latest (generations);
وَٱجۡعَلۡنِی مِن وَرَثَةِ جَنَّةِ ٱلنَّعِیمِ ﴿٨٥﴾
"Make me one of the inheritors of the Garden of Bliss;
وَٱغۡفِرۡ لِأَبِیۤ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلضَّاۤلِّینَ ﴿٨٦﴾
"Forgive my father, for that he is among those astray;
وَلَا تُخۡزِنِی یَوۡمَ یُبۡعَثُونَ ﴿٨٧﴾
"And let me not be in disgrace on the Day when (men) will be raised up;-
إِلَّا مَنۡ أَتَى ٱللَّهَ بِقَلۡبࣲ سَلِیمࣲ ﴿٨٩﴾
"But only he (will prosper) that brings to Allah a sound heart;
وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلۡجَحِیمُ لِلۡغَاوِینَ ﴿٩١﴾
"And to those straying in Evil, the Fire will be placed in full view;
وَقِیلَ لَهُمۡ أَیۡنَ مَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡبُدُونَ ﴿٩٢﴾
"And it shall be said to them: 'Where are the (gods) ye worshipped-
مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ هَلۡ یَنصُرُونَكُمۡ أَوۡ یَنتَصِرُونَ ﴿٩٣﴾
"'Besides Allah? Can they help you or help themselves?'
فَكُبۡكِبُواْ فِیهَا هُمۡ وَٱلۡغَاوُۥنَ ﴿٩٤﴾
"Then they will be thrown headlong into the (Fire),- they and those straying in Evil,
إِذۡ نُسَوِّیكُم بِرَبِّ ٱلۡعَـٰلَمِینَ ﴿٩٨﴾
"'When we held you as equals with the Lord of the Worlds;
وَمَاۤ أَضَلَّنَاۤ إِلَّا ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُونَ ﴿٩٩﴾
"'And our seducers were only those who were steeped in guilt.
فَلَوۡ أَنَّ لَنَا كَرَّةࣰ فَنَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِینَ ﴿١٠٢﴾
"'Now if we only had a chance of return we shall truly be of those who believe!'"
إِنَّ فِی ذَ ٰلِكَ لَـَٔایَةࣰۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِینَ ﴿١٠٣﴾
Verily in this is a Sign but most of them do not believe.
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِیزُ ٱلرَّحِیمُ ﴿١٠٤﴾
And verily thy Lord is He, the Exalted in Might, Most Merciful.
إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ أَخُوهُمۡ نُوحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ﴿١٠٦﴾
Behold, their brother Noah said to them: "Will ye not fear (Allah)?
وَمَاۤ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَیۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٍۖ إِنۡ أَجۡرِیَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَـٰلَمِینَ ﴿١٠٩﴾
"No reward do I ask of you for it: my reward is only from the Lord of the Worlds:
۞ قَالُوۤاْ أَنُؤۡمِنُ لَكَ وَٱتَّبَعَكَ ٱلۡأَرۡذَلُونَ ﴿١١١﴾
They said: "Shall we believe in thee when it is the meanest that follow thee?"
قَالَ وَمَا عِلۡمِی بِمَا كَانُواْ یَعۡمَلُونَ ﴿١١٢﴾
He said: "And what do I know as to what they do?
إِنۡ حِسَابُهُمۡ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّیۖ لَوۡ تَشۡعُرُونَ ﴿١١٣﴾
"Their account is only with my Lord, if ye could (but) understand.
قَالُواْ لَىِٕن لَّمۡ تَنتَهِ یَـٰنُوحُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلۡمَرۡجُومِینَ ﴿١١٦﴾
They said: "If thou desist not, O Noah! thou shalt be stoned (to death)."
فَٱفۡتَحۡ بَیۡنِی وَبَیۡنَهُمۡ فَتۡحࣰا وَنَجِّنِی وَمَن مَّعِیَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِینَ ﴿١١٨﴾
"Judge Thou, then, between me and them openly, and deliver me and those of the Believers who are with me."
فَأَنجَیۡنَـٰهُ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥ فِی ٱلۡفُلۡكِ ٱلۡمَشۡحُونِ ﴿١١٩﴾
So We delivered him and those with him, in the Ark filled (with all creatures).
إِنَّ فِی ذَ ٰلِكَ لَـَٔایَةࣰۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِینَ ﴿١٢١﴾
Verily in this is a Sign: but most of them do not believe.
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِیزُ ٱلرَّحِیمُ ﴿١٢٢﴾
And verily thy Lord is He, the Exalted in Might, Most Merciful.
إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ أَخُوهُمۡ هُودٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ﴿١٢٤﴾
Behold, their brother Hud said to them: "Will ye not fear (Allah)?
وَمَاۤ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَیۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٍۖ إِنۡ أَجۡرِیَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَـٰلَمِینَ ﴿١٢٧﴾
"No reward do I ask of you for it: my reward is only from the Lord of the Worlds.
أَتَبۡنُونَ بِكُلِّ رِیعٍ ءَایَةࣰ تَعۡبَثُونَ ﴿١٢٨﴾
"Do ye build a landmark on every high place to amuse yourselves?
وَتَتَّخِذُونَ مَصَانِعَ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَخۡلُدُونَ ﴿١٢٩﴾
"And do ye get for yourselves fine buildings in the hope of living therein (for ever)?
وَإِذَا بَطَشۡتُم بَطَشۡتُمۡ جَبَّارِینَ ﴿١٣٠﴾
"And when ye exert your strong hand, do ye do it like men of absolute power?
وَٱتَّقُواْ ٱلَّذِیۤ أَمَدَّكُم بِمَا تَعۡلَمُونَ ﴿١٣٢﴾
"Yea, fear Him Who has bestowed on you freely all that ye know.
إِنِّیۤ أَخَافُ عَلَیۡكُمۡ عَذَابَ یَوۡمٍ عَظِیمࣲ ﴿١٣٥﴾
"Truly I fear for you the Penalty of a Great Day."
قَالُواْ سَوَاۤءٌ عَلَیۡنَاۤ أَوَعَظۡتَ أَمۡ لَمۡ تَكُن مِّنَ ٱلۡوَ ٰعِظِینَ ﴿١٣٦﴾
They said: "It is the same to us whether thou admonish us or be not among (our) admonishers!
إِنۡ هَـٰذَاۤ إِلَّا خُلُقُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِینَ ﴿١٣٧﴾
"This is no other than a customary device of the ancients,
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَهۡلَكۡنَـٰهُمۡۚ إِنَّ فِی ذَ ٰلِكَ لَـَٔایَةࣰۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِینَ ﴿١٣٩﴾
So they rejected him, and We destroyed them. Verily in this is a Sign: but most of them do not believe.
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِیزُ ٱلرَّحِیمُ ﴿١٤٠﴾
And verily thy Lord is He, the Exalted in Might, Most Merciful.
إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ أَخُوهُمۡ صَـٰلِحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ﴿١٤٢﴾
Behold, their brother Salih said to them: "Will you not fear (Allah)?
وَمَاۤ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَیۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٍۖ إِنۡ أَجۡرِیَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَـٰلَمِینَ ﴿١٤٥﴾
"No reward do I ask of you for it: my reward is only from the Lord of the Worlds.
أَتُتۡرَكُونَ فِی مَا هَـٰهُنَاۤ ءَامِنِینَ ﴿١٤٦﴾
"Will ye be left secure, in (the enjoyment of) all that ye have here?-
وَزُرُوعࣲ وَنَخۡلࣲ طَلۡعُهَا هَضِیمࣱ ﴿١٤٨﴾
"And corn-fields and date-palms with spathes near breaking (with the weight of fruit)?
وَتَنۡحِتُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡجِبَالِ بُیُوتࣰا فَـٰرِهِینَ ﴿١٤٩﴾
"And ye carve houses out of (rocky) mountains with great skill.
وَلَا تُطِیعُوۤاْ أَمۡرَ ٱلۡمُسۡرِفِینَ ﴿١٥١﴾
"And follow not the bidding of those who are extravagant,-
ٱلَّذِینَ یُفۡسِدُونَ فِی ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَلَا یُصۡلِحُونَ ﴿١٥٢﴾
"Who make mischief in the land, and mend not (their ways)."
قَالُوۤاْ إِنَّمَاۤ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُسَحَّرِینَ ﴿١٥٣﴾
They said: "Thou art only one of those bewitched!
مَاۤ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرࣱ مِّثۡلُنَا فَأۡتِ بِـَٔایَةٍ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِینَ ﴿١٥٤﴾
"Thou art no more than a mortal like us: then bring us a Sign, if thou tellest the truth!"
قَالَ هَـٰذِهِۦ نَاقَةࣱ لَّهَا شِرۡبࣱ وَلَكُمۡ شِرۡبُ یَوۡمࣲ مَّعۡلُومࣲ ﴿١٥٥﴾
He said: "Here is a she-camel: she has a right of watering, and ye have a right of watering, (severally) on a day appointed.
وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوۤءࣲ فَیَأۡخُذَكُمۡ عَذَابُ یَوۡمٍ عَظِیمࣲ ﴿١٥٦﴾
"Touch her not with harm, lest the Penalty of a Great Day seize you."
فَعَقَرُوهَا فَأَصۡبَحُواْ نَـٰدِمِینَ ﴿١٥٧﴾
But they ham-strung her: then did they become full of regrets.
فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱلۡعَذَابُۚ إِنَّ فِی ذَ ٰلِكَ لَـَٔایَةࣰۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِینَ ﴿١٥٨﴾
But the Penalty seized them. Verily in this is a Sign: but most of them do not believe.
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِیزُ ٱلرَّحِیمُ ﴿١٥٩﴾
And verily thy Lord is He, the Exalted in Might, Most Merciful.
إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ أَخُوهُمۡ لُوطٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ﴿١٦١﴾
Behold, their brother Lut said to them: "Will ye not fear (Allah)?
وَمَاۤ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَیۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٍۖ إِنۡ أَجۡرِیَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَـٰلَمِینَ ﴿١٦٤﴾
"No reward do I ask of you for it: my reward is only from the lord of the Worlds.
أَتَأۡتُونَ ٱلذُّكۡرَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡعَـٰلَمِینَ ﴿١٦٥﴾
"Of all the creatures in the world, will ye approach males,
وَتَذَرُونَ مَا خَلَقَ لَكُمۡ رَبُّكُم مِّنۡ أَزۡوَ ٰجِكُمۚ بَلۡ أَنتُمۡ قَوۡمٌ عَادُونَ ﴿١٦٦﴾
"And leave those whom Allah has created for you to be your mates? Nay, ye are a people transgressing (all limits)!"
قَالُواْ لَىِٕن لَّمۡ تَنتَهِ یَـٰلُوطُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلۡمُخۡرَجِینَ ﴿١٦٧﴾
They said: "If thou desist not, O Lut! thou wilt assuredly be cast out!"
رَبِّ نَجِّنِی وَأَهۡلِی مِمَّا یَعۡمَلُونَ ﴿١٦٩﴾
"O my Lord! deliver me and my family from such things as they do!"
وَأَمۡطَرۡنَا عَلَیۡهِم مَّطَرࣰاۖ فَسَاۤءَ مَطَرُ ٱلۡمُنذَرِینَ ﴿١٧٣﴾
We rained down on them a shower (of brimstone): and evil was the shower on those who were admonished (but heeded not)!
إِنَّ فِی ذَ ٰلِكَ لَـَٔایَةࣰۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِینَ ﴿١٧٤﴾
Verily in this is a Sign: but most of them do not believe.
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِیزُ ٱلرَّحِیمُ ﴿١٧٥﴾
And verily thy Lord is He, the Exalted in Might Most Merciful.
كَذَّبَ أَصۡحَـٰبُ لۡـَٔیۡكَةِ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِینَ ﴿١٧٦﴾
The Companions of the Wood rejected the messengers.
إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ شُعَیۡبٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ﴿١٧٧﴾
Behold, Shu'aib said to them: "Will ye not fear (Allah)?
وَمَاۤ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَیۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٍۖ إِنۡ أَجۡرِیَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَـٰلَمِینَ ﴿١٨٠﴾
"No reward do I ask of you for it: my reward is only from the Lord of the Worlds.
۞ أَوۡفُواْ ٱلۡكَیۡلَ وَلَا تَكُونُواْ مِنَ ٱلۡمُخۡسِرِینَ ﴿١٨١﴾
"Give just measure, and cause no loss (to others by fraud).
وَلَا تَبۡخَسُواْ ٱلنَّاسَ أَشۡیَاۤءَهُمۡ وَلَا تَعۡثَوۡاْ فِی ٱلۡأَرۡضِ مُفۡسِدِینَ ﴿١٨٣﴾
"And withhold not things justly due to men, nor do evil in the land, working mischief.
وَٱتَّقُواْ ٱلَّذِی خَلَقَكُمۡ وَٱلۡجِبِلَّةَ ٱلۡأَوَّلِینَ ﴿١٨٤﴾
"And fear Him Who created you and (who created) the generations before (you)"
قَالُوۤاْ إِنَّمَاۤ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُسَحَّرِینَ ﴿١٨٥﴾
They said: "Thou art only one of those bewitched!
وَمَاۤ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرࣱ مِّثۡلُنَا وَإِن نَّظُنُّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلۡكَـٰذِبِینَ ﴿١٨٦﴾
"Thou art no more than a mortal like us, and indeed we think thou art a liar!
فَأَسۡقِطۡ عَلَیۡنَا كِسَفࣰا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَاۤءِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِینَ ﴿١٨٧﴾
"Now cause a piece of the sky to fall on us, if thou art truthful!"
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمۡ عَذَابُ یَوۡمِ ٱلظُّلَّةِۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَذَابَ یَوۡمٍ عَظِیمٍ ﴿١٨٩﴾
But they rejected him. Then the punishment of a day of overshadowing gloom seized them, and that was the Penalty of a Great Day.
إِنَّ فِی ذَ ٰلِكَ لَـَٔایَةࣰۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِینَ ﴿١٩٠﴾
Verily in that is a Sign: but most of them do not believe.
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِیزُ ٱلرَّحِیمُ ﴿١٩١﴾
And verily thy Lord is He, the Exalted in Might, Most Merciful.
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَنزِیلُ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَـٰلَمِینَ ﴿١٩٢﴾
Verily this is a Revelation from the Lord of the Worlds:
عَلَىٰ قَلۡبِكَ لِتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُنذِرِینَ ﴿١٩٤﴾
To thy heart and mind, that thou mayest admonish.
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَفِی زُبُرِ ٱلۡأَوَّلِینَ ﴿١٩٦﴾
Without doubt it is (announced) in the mystic Books of former peoples.
أَوَلَمۡ یَكُن لَّهُمۡ ءَایَةً أَن یَعۡلَمَهُۥ عُلَمَـٰۤؤُاْ بَنِیۤ إِسۡرَ ٰۤءِیلَ ﴿١٩٧﴾
Is it not a Sign to them that the Learned of the Children of Israel knew it (as true)?
فَقَرَأَهُۥ عَلَیۡهِم مَّا كَانُواْ بِهِۦ مُؤۡمِنِینَ ﴿١٩٩﴾
And had he recited it to them, they would not have believed in it.
كَذَ ٰلِكَ سَلَكۡنَـٰهُ فِی قُلُوبِ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِینَ ﴿٢٠٠﴾
Thus have We caused it to enter the hearts of the sinners.
لَا یُؤۡمِنُونَ بِهِۦ حَتَّىٰ یَرَوُاْ ٱلۡعَذَابَ ٱلۡأَلِیمَ ﴿٢٠١﴾
They will not believe in it until they see the grievous Penalty;
فَیَأۡتِیَهُم بَغۡتَةࣰ وَهُمۡ لَا یَشۡعُرُونَ ﴿٢٠٢﴾
But the (Penalty) will come to them of a sudden, while they perceive it not;
أَفَرَءَیۡتَ إِن مَّتَّعۡنَـٰهُمۡ سِنِینَ ﴿٢٠٥﴾
Seest thou? If We do let them enjoy (this life) for a few years,
ثُمَّ جَاۤءَهُم مَّا كَانُواْ یُوعَدُونَ ﴿٢٠٦﴾
Yet there comes to them at length the (Punishment) which they were promised!
مَاۤ أَغۡنَىٰ عَنۡهُم مَّا كَانُواْ یُمَتَّعُونَ ﴿٢٠٧﴾
It will profit them not that they enjoyed (this life)!
وَمَاۤ أَهۡلَكۡنَا مِن قَرۡیَةٍ إِلَّا لَهَا مُنذِرُونَ ﴿٢٠٨﴾
Never did We destroy a population, but had its warners -
وَمَا یَنۢبَغِی لَهُمۡ وَمَا یَسۡتَطِیعُونَ ﴿٢١١﴾
It would neither suit them nor would they be able (to produce it).
إِنَّهُمۡ عَنِ ٱلسَّمۡعِ لَمَعۡزُولُونَ ﴿٢١٢﴾
Indeed they have been removed far from even (a chance of) hearing it.
فَلَا تَدۡعُ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَـٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُعَذَّبِینَ ﴿٢١٣﴾
So call not on any other god with Allah, or thou wilt be among those under the Penalty.
وَٱخۡفِضۡ جَنَاحَكَ لِمَنِ ٱتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِینَ ﴿٢١٥﴾
And lower thy wing to the Believers who follow thee.
فَإِنۡ عَصَوۡكَ فَقُلۡ إِنِّی بَرِیۤءࣱ مِّمَّا تَعۡمَلُونَ ﴿٢١٦﴾
Then if they disobey thee, say: "I am free (of responsibility) for what ye do!"
وَتَوَكَّلۡ عَلَى ٱلۡعَزِیزِ ٱلرَّحِیمِ ﴿٢١٧﴾
And put thy trust on the Exalted in Might, the Merciful,-
هَلۡ أُنَبِّئُكُمۡ عَلَىٰ مَن تَنَزَّلُ ٱلشَّیَـٰطِینُ ﴿٢٢١﴾
Shall I inform you, (O people!), on whom it is that the evil ones descend?
یُلۡقُونَ ٱلسَّمۡعَ وَأَكۡثَرُهُمۡ كَـٰذِبُونَ ﴿٢٢٣﴾
(Into whose ears) they pour hearsay vanities, and most of them are liars.
وَٱلشُّعَرَاۤءُ یَتَّبِعُهُمُ ٱلۡغَاوُۥنَ ﴿٢٢٤﴾
And the Poets,- It is those straying in Evil, who follow them:
أَلَمۡ تَرَ أَنَّهُمۡ فِی كُلِّ وَادࣲ یَهِیمُونَ ﴿٢٢٥﴾
Seest thou not that they wander distracted in every valley?-
إِلَّا ٱلَّذِینَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ وَذَكَرُواْ ٱللَّهَ كَثِیرࣰا وَٱنتَصَرُواْ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ مَا ظُلِمُواْۗ وَسَیَعۡلَمُ ٱلَّذِینَ ظَلَمُوۤاْ أَیَّ مُنقَلَبࣲ یَنقَلِبُونَ ﴿٢٢٧﴾
Except those who believe, work righteousness, engage much in the remembrance of Allah, and defend themselves only after they are unjustly attacked. And soon will the unjust assailants know what vicissitudes their affairs will take!