رَّبُّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَ ٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا بَیۡنَهُمَا وَرَبُّ ٱلۡمَشَـٰرِقِ ﴿٥﴾
Lord of the heavens and of the earth and all between them, and Lord of every point at the rising of the sun!
إِنَّا زَیَّنَّا ٱلسَّمَاۤءَ ٱلدُّنۡیَا بِزِینَةٍ ٱلۡكَوَاكِبِ ﴿٦﴾
We have indeed decked the lower heaven with beauty (in) the stars,-
وَحِفۡظࣰا مِّن كُلِّ شَیۡطَـٰنࣲ مَّارِدࣲ ﴿٧﴾
(For beauty) and for guard against all obstinate rebellious evil spirits,
لَّا یَسَّمَّعُونَ إِلَى ٱلۡمَلَإِ ٱلۡأَعۡلَىٰ وَیُقۡذَفُونَ مِن كُلِّ جَانِبࣲ ﴿٨﴾
(So) they should not strain their ears in the direction of the Exalted Assembly but be cast away from every side,
إِلَّا مَنۡ خَطِفَ ٱلۡخَطۡفَةَ فَأَتۡبَعَهُۥ شِهَابࣱ ثَاقِبࣱ ﴿١٠﴾
Except such as snatch away something by stealth, and they are pursued by a flaming fire, of piercing brightness.
فَٱسۡتَفۡتِهِمۡ أَهُمۡ أَشَدُّ خَلۡقًا أَم مَّنۡ خَلَقۡنَاۤۚ إِنَّا خَلَقۡنَـٰهُم مِّن طِینࣲ لَّازِبِۭ ﴿١١﴾
Just ask their opinion: are they the more difficult to create, or the (other) beings We have created? Them have We created out of a sticky clay!
وَقَالُوۤاْ إِنۡ هَـٰذَاۤ إِلَّا سِحۡرࣱ مُّبِینٌ ﴿١٥﴾
And say, "This is nothing but evident sorcery!
أَءِذَا مِتۡنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابࣰا وَعِظَـٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبۡعُوثُونَ ﴿١٦﴾
"What! when we die, and become dust and bones, shall we (then) be raised up (again)
قُلۡ نَعَمۡ وَأَنتُمۡ دَ ٰخِرُونَ ﴿١٨﴾
Say thou: "Yea, and ye shall then be humiliated (on account of your evil)."
فَإِنَّمَا هِیَ زَجۡرَةࣱ وَ ٰحِدَةࣱ فَإِذَا هُمۡ یَنظُرُونَ ﴿١٩﴾
Then it will be a single (compelling) cry; and behold, they will begin to see!
وَقَالُواْ یَـٰوَیۡلَنَا هَـٰذَا یَوۡمُ ٱلدِّینِ ﴿٢٠﴾
They will say, "Ah! Woe to us! This is the Day of Judgment!"
هَـٰذَا یَوۡمُ ٱلۡفَصۡلِ ٱلَّذِی كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ ﴿٢١﴾
(A voice will say,) "This is the Day of Sorting Out, whose truth ye (once) denied!"
۞ ٱحۡشُرُواْ ٱلَّذِینَ ظَلَمُواْ وَأَزۡوَ ٰجَهُمۡ وَمَا كَانُواْ یَعۡبُدُونَ ﴿٢٢﴾
"Bring ye up", it shall be said, "The wrong-doers and their wives, and the things they worshipped-
مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ فَٱهۡدُوهُمۡ إِلَىٰ صِرَ ٰطِ ٱلۡجَحِیمِ ﴿٢٣﴾
"Besides Allah, and lead them to the Way to the (Fierce) Fire!
وَأَقۡبَلَ بَعۡضُهُمۡ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضࣲ یَتَسَاۤءَلُونَ ﴿٢٧﴾
And they will turn to one another, and question one another.
قَالُوۤاْ إِنَّكُمۡ كُنتُمۡ تَأۡتُونَنَا عَنِ ٱلۡیَمِینِ ﴿٢٨﴾
They will say: "It was ye who used to come to us from the right hand (of power and authority)!"
وَمَا كَانَ لَنَا عَلَیۡكُم مِّن سُلۡطَـٰنِۭۖ بَلۡ كُنتُمۡ قَوۡمࣰا طَـٰغِینَ ﴿٣٠﴾
"Nor had we any authority over you. Nay, it was ye who were a people in obstinate rebellion!
فَحَقَّ عَلَیۡنَا قَوۡلُ رَبِّنَاۤۖ إِنَّا لَذَاۤىِٕقُونَ ﴿٣١﴾
"So now has been proved true, against us, the word of our Lord that we shall indeed (have to) taste (the punishment of our sins).
فَأَغۡوَیۡنَـٰكُمۡ إِنَّا كُنَّا غَـٰوِینَ ﴿٣٢﴾
"We led you astray: for truly we were ourselves astray."
فَإِنَّهُمۡ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ فِی ٱلۡعَذَابِ مُشۡتَرِكُونَ ﴿٣٣﴾
Truly, that Day, they will (all) share in the Penalty.
إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُوۤاْ إِذَا قِیلَ لَهُمۡ لَاۤ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ یَسۡتَكۡبِرُونَ ﴿٣٥﴾
For they, when they were told that there is no god except Allah, would puff themselves up with Pride,
وَیَقُولُونَ أَىِٕنَّا لَتَارِكُوۤاْ ءَالِهَتِنَا لِشَاعِرࣲ مَّجۡنُونِۭ ﴿٣٦﴾
And say: "What! shall we give up our gods for the sake of a Poet possessed?"
بَلۡ جَاۤءَ بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَصَدَّقَ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِینَ ﴿٣٧﴾
Nay! he has come with the (very) Truth, and he confirms (the Message of) the messengers (before him).
وَمَا تُجۡزَوۡنَ إِلَّا مَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ ﴿٣٩﴾
But it will be no more than the retribution of (the Evil) that ye have wrought;-
یُطَافُ عَلَیۡهِم بِكَأۡسࣲ مِّن مَّعِینِۭ ﴿٤٥﴾
Round will be passed to them a Cup from a clear-flowing fountain,
بَیۡضَاۤءَ لَذَّةࣲ لِّلشَّـٰرِبِینَ ﴿٤٦﴾
Crystal-white, of a taste delicious to those who drink (thereof),
لَا فِیهَا غَوۡلࣱ وَلَا هُمۡ عَنۡهَا یُنزَفُونَ ﴿٤٧﴾
Free from headiness; nor will they suffer intoxication therefrom.
وَعِندَهُمۡ قَـٰصِرَ ٰتُ ٱلطَّرۡفِ عِینࣱ ﴿٤٨﴾
And besides them will be chaste women, restraining their glances, with big eyes (of wonder and beauty).
فَأَقۡبَلَ بَعۡضُهُمۡ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضࣲ یَتَسَاۤءَلُونَ ﴿٥٠﴾
Then they will turn to one another and question one another.
قَالَ قَاۤىِٕلࣱ مِّنۡهُمۡ إِنِّی كَانَ لِی قَرِینࣱ ﴿٥١﴾
One of them will start the talk and say: "I had an intimate companion (on the earth),
یَقُولُ أَءِنَّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلۡمُصَدِّقِینَ ﴿٥٢﴾
"Who used to say, 'what! art thou amongst those who bear witness to the Truth (of the Message)?
أَءِذَا مِتۡنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابࣰا وَعِظَـٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَدِینُونَ ﴿٥٣﴾
"'When we die and become dust and bones, shall we indeed receive rewards and punishments?'"
فَٱطَّلَعَ فَرَءَاهُ فِی سَوَاۤءِ ٱلۡجَحِیمِ ﴿٥٥﴾
He looked down and saw him in the midst of the Fire.
قَالَ تَٱللَّهِ إِن كِدتَّ لَتُرۡدِینِ ﴿٥٦﴾
He said: "By Allah! thou wast little short of bringing me to perdition!
وَلَوۡلَا نِعۡمَةُ رَبِّی لَكُنتُ مِنَ ٱلۡمُحۡضَرِینَ ﴿٥٧﴾
"Had it not been for the Grace of my Lord, I should certainly have been among those brought (there)!
إِلَّا مَوۡتَتَنَا ٱلۡأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمُعَذَّبِینَ ﴿٥٩﴾
"Except our first death, and that we shall not be punished?"
لِمِثۡلِ هَـٰذَا فَلۡیَعۡمَلِ ٱلۡعَـٰمِلُونَ ﴿٦١﴾
For the like of this let all strive, who wish to strive.
أَذَ ٰلِكَ خَیۡرࣱ نُّزُلًا أَمۡ شَجَرَةُ ٱلزَّقُّومِ ﴿٦٢﴾
Is that the better entertainment or the Tree of Zaqqum?
إِنَّا جَعَلۡنَـٰهَا فِتۡنَةࣰ لِّلظَّـٰلِمِینَ ﴿٦٣﴾
For We have truly made it (as) a trial for the wrong-doers.
إِنَّهَا شَجَرَةࣱ تَخۡرُجُ فِیۤ أَصۡلِ ٱلۡجَحِیمِ ﴿٦٤﴾
For it is a tree that springs out of the bottom of Hell-Fire:
طَلۡعُهَا كَأَنَّهُۥ رُءُوسُ ٱلشَّیَـٰطِینِ ﴿٦٥﴾
The shoots of its fruit-stalks are like the heads of devils:
فَإِنَّهُمۡ لَـَٔاكِلُونَ مِنۡهَا فَمَالِـُٔونَ مِنۡهَا ٱلۡبُطُونَ ﴿٦٦﴾
Truly they will eat thereof and fill their bellies therewith.
ثُمَّ إِنَّ لَهُمۡ عَلَیۡهَا لَشَوۡبࣰا مِّنۡ حَمِیمࣲ ﴿٦٧﴾
Then on top of that they will be given a mixture made of boiling water.
إِنَّهُمۡ أَلۡفَوۡاْ ءَابَاۤءَهُمۡ ضَاۤلِّینَ ﴿٦٩﴾
Truly they found their fathers on the wrong Path;
وَلَقَدۡ ضَلَّ قَبۡلَهُمۡ أَكۡثَرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِینَ ﴿٧١﴾
And truly before them, many of the ancients went astray;-
وَلَقَدۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا فِیهِم مُّنذِرِینَ ﴿٧٢﴾
But We sent aforetime, among them, (messengers) to admonish them;-
فَٱنظُرۡ كَیۡفَ كَانَ عَـٰقِبَةُ ٱلۡمُنذَرِینَ ﴿٧٣﴾
Then see what was the end of those who were admonished (but heeded not),-
وَلَقَدۡ نَادَىٰنَا نُوحࣱ فَلَنِعۡمَ ٱلۡمُجِیبُونَ ﴿٧٥﴾
(In the days of old), Noah cried to Us, and We are the best to hear prayer.
وَنَجَّیۡنَـٰهُ وَأَهۡلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلۡكَرۡبِ ٱلۡعَظِیمِ ﴿٧٦﴾
And We delivered him and his people from the Great Calamity,
وَتَرَكۡنَا عَلَیۡهِ فِی ٱلۡـَٔاخِرِینَ ﴿٧٨﴾
And We left (this blessing) for him among generations to come in later times:
إِذۡ قَالَ لِأَبِیهِ وَقَوۡمِهِۦ مَاذَا تَعۡبُدُونَ ﴿٨٥﴾
Behold! he said to his father and to his people, "What is that which ye worship?
أَىِٕفۡكًا ءَالِهَةࣰ دُونَ ٱللَّهِ تُرِیدُونَ ﴿٨٦﴾
"Is it a falsehood- gods other than Allah- that ye desire?
فَرَاغَ إِلَىٰۤ ءَالِهَتِهِمۡ فَقَالَ أَلَا تَأۡكُلُونَ ﴿٩١﴾
Then did he turn to their gods and said, "will ye not eat (of the offerings before you)?...
فَرَاغَ عَلَیۡهِمۡ ضَرۡبَۢا بِٱلۡیَمِینِ ﴿٩٣﴾
Then did he turn upon them, striking (them) with the right hand.
فَأَقۡبَلُوۤاْ إِلَیۡهِ یَزِفُّونَ ﴿٩٤﴾
Then came (the worshippers) with hurried steps, and faced (him).
قَالَ أَتَعۡبُدُونَ مَا تَنۡحِتُونَ ﴿٩٥﴾
He said: "Worship ye that which ye have (yourselves) carved?
قَالُواْ ٱبۡنُواْ لَهُۥ بُنۡیَـٰنࣰا فَأَلۡقُوهُ فِی ٱلۡجَحِیمِ ﴿٩٧﴾
They said, "Build him a furnace, and throw him into the blazing fire!"
فَأَرَادُواْ بِهِۦ كَیۡدࣰا فَجَعَلۡنَـٰهُمُ ٱلۡأَسۡفَلِینَ ﴿٩٨﴾
(This failing), they then sought a stratagem against him, but We made them the ones most humiliated!
وَقَالَ إِنِّی ذَاهِبٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّی سَیَهۡدِینِ ﴿٩٩﴾
He said: "I will go to my Lord! He will surely guide me!
فَبَشَّرۡنَـٰهُ بِغُلَـٰمٍ حَلِیمࣲ ﴿١٠١﴾
So We gave him the good news of a boy ready to suffer and forbear.
فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ مَعَهُ ٱلسَّعۡیَ قَالَ یَـٰبُنَیَّ إِنِّیۤ أَرَىٰ فِی ٱلۡمَنَامِ أَنِّیۤ أَذۡبَحُكَ فَٱنظُرۡ مَاذَا تَرَىٰۚ قَالَ یَـٰۤأَبَتِ ٱفۡعَلۡ مَا تُؤۡمَرُۖ سَتَجِدُنِیۤ إِن شَاۤءَ ٱللَّهُ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰبِرِینَ ﴿١٠٢﴾
Then, when (the son) reached (the age of) (serious) work with him, he said: "O my son! I see in vision that I offer thee in sacrifice: Now see what is thy view!" (The son) said: "O my father! Do as thou art commanded: thou will find me, if Allah so wills one practising Patience and Constancy!"
فَلَمَّاۤ أَسۡلَمَا وَتَلَّهُۥ لِلۡجَبِینِ ﴿١٠٣﴾
So when they had both submitted their wills (to Allah), and he had laid him prostrate on his forehead (for sacrifice),
قَدۡ صَدَّقۡتَ ٱلرُّءۡیَاۤۚ إِنَّا كَذَ ٰلِكَ نَجۡزِی ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِینَ ﴿١٠٥﴾
"Thou hast already fulfilled the vision!" - thus indeed do We reward those who do right.
وَتَرَكۡنَا عَلَیۡهِ فِی ٱلۡـَٔاخِرِینَ ﴿١٠٨﴾
And We left (this blessing) for him among generations (to come) in later times:
وَبَشَّرۡنَـٰهُ بِإِسۡحَـٰقَ نَبِیࣰّا مِّنَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحِینَ ﴿١١٢﴾
And We gave him the good news of Isaac - a prophet,- one of the Righteous.
وَبَـٰرَكۡنَا عَلَیۡهِ وَعَلَىٰۤ إِسۡحَـٰقَۚ وَمِن ذُرِّیَّتِهِمَا مُحۡسِنࣱ وَظَالِمࣱ لِّنَفۡسِهِۦ مُبِینࣱ ﴿١١٣﴾
We blessed him and Isaac: but of their progeny are (some) that do right, and (some) that obviously do wrong, to their own souls.
وَلَقَدۡ مَنَنَّا عَلَىٰ مُوسَىٰ وَهَـٰرُونَ ﴿١١٤﴾
Again (of old) We bestowed Our favour on Moses and Aaron,
وَنَجَّیۡنَـٰهُمَا وَقَوۡمَهُمَا مِنَ ٱلۡكَرۡبِ ٱلۡعَظِیمِ ﴿١١٥﴾
And We delivered them and their people from (their) Great Calamity;
وَنَصَرۡنَـٰهُمۡ فَكَانُواْ هُمُ ٱلۡغَـٰلِبِینَ ﴿١١٦﴾
And We helped them, so they overcame (their troubles);
وَءَاتَیۡنَـٰهُمَا ٱلۡكِتَـٰبَ ٱلۡمُسۡتَبِینَ ﴿١١٧﴾
And We gave them the Book which helps to make things clear;
وَتَرَكۡنَا عَلَیۡهِمَا فِی ٱلۡـَٔاخِرِینَ ﴿١١٩﴾
And We left (this blessing) for them among generations (to come) in later times:
إِذۡ قَالَ لِقَوۡمِهِۦۤ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ﴿١٢٤﴾
Behold, he said to his people, "Will ye not fear (Allah)?
أَتَدۡعُونَ بَعۡلࣰا وَتَذَرُونَ أَحۡسَنَ ٱلۡخَـٰلِقِینَ ﴿١٢٥﴾
"Will ye call upon Baal and forsake the Best of Creators,-
ٱللَّهَ رَبَّكُمۡ وَرَبَّ ءَابَاۤىِٕكُمُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِینَ ﴿١٢٦﴾
"Allah, your Lord and Cherisher and the Lord and Cherisher of your fathers of old?"
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَإِنَّهُمۡ لَمُحۡضَرُونَ ﴿١٢٧﴾
But they rejected him, and they will certainly be called up (for punishment),-
إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡمُخۡلَصِینَ ﴿١٢٨﴾
Except the sincere and devoted Servants of Allah (among them).
وَتَرَكۡنَا عَلَیۡهِ فِی ٱلۡـَٔاخِرِینَ ﴿١٢٩﴾
And We left (this blessing) for him among generations (to come) in later times:
إِذۡ أَبَقَ إِلَى ٱلۡفُلۡكِ ٱلۡمَشۡحُونِ ﴿١٤٠﴾
When he ran away (like a slave from captivity) to the ship (fully) laden,
فَٱلۡتَقَمَهُ ٱلۡحُوتُ وَهُوَ مُلِیمࣱ ﴿١٤٢﴾
Then the big Fish did swallow him, and he had done acts worthy of blame.
فَلَوۡلَاۤ أَنَّهُۥ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُسَبِّحِینَ ﴿١٤٣﴾
Had it not been that he (repented and) glorified Allah,
لَلَبِثَ فِی بَطۡنِهِۦۤ إِلَىٰ یَوۡمِ یُبۡعَثُونَ ﴿١٤٤﴾
He would certainly have remained inside the Fish till the Day of Resurrection.
۞ فَنَبَذۡنَـٰهُ بِٱلۡعَرَاۤءِ وَهُوَ سَقِیمࣱ ﴿١٤٥﴾
But We cast him forth on the naked shore in a state of sickness,
وَأَنۢبَتۡنَا عَلَیۡهِ شَجَرَةࣰ مِّن یَقۡطِینࣲ ﴿١٤٦﴾
And We caused to grow, over him, a spreading plant of the gourd kind.
وَأَرۡسَلۡنَـٰهُ إِلَىٰ مِاْئَةِ أَلۡفٍ أَوۡ یَزِیدُونَ ﴿١٤٧﴾
And We sent him (on a mission) to a hundred thousand (men) or more.
فَـَٔامَنُواْ فَمَتَّعۡنَـٰهُمۡ إِلَىٰ حِینࣲ ﴿١٤٨﴾
And they believed; so We permitted them to enjoy (their life) for a while.
فَٱسۡتَفۡتِهِمۡ أَلِرَبِّكَ ٱلۡبَنَاتُ وَلَهُمُ ٱلۡبَنُونَ ﴿١٤٩﴾
Now ask them their opinion: Is it that thy Lord has (only) daughters, and they have sons?-
أَمۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡمَلَـٰۤىِٕكَةَ إِنَـٰثࣰا وَهُمۡ شَـٰهِدُونَ ﴿١٥٠﴾
Or that We created the angels female, and they are witnesses (thereto)?
أَلَاۤ إِنَّهُم مِّنۡ إِفۡكِهِمۡ لَیَقُولُونَ ﴿١٥١﴾
Is it not that they say, from their own invention,
فَأۡتُواْ بِكِتَـٰبِكُمۡ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَـٰدِقِینَ ﴿١٥٧﴾
Then bring ye your Book (of authority) if ye be truthful!
وَجَعَلُواْ بَیۡنَهُۥ وَبَیۡنَ ٱلۡجِنَّةِ نَسَبࣰاۚ وَلَقَدۡ عَلِمَتِ ٱلۡجِنَّةُ إِنَّهُمۡ لَمُحۡضَرُونَ ﴿١٥٨﴾
And they have invented a blood-relationship between Him and the Jinns: but the Jinns know (quite well) that they have indeed to appear (before his Judgment-Seat)!
سُبۡحَـٰنَ ٱللَّهِ عَمَّا یَصِفُونَ ﴿١٥٩﴾
Glory to Allah! (He is free) from the things they ascribe (to Him)!
وَمَا مِنَّاۤ إِلَّا لَهُۥ مَقَامࣱ مَّعۡلُومࣱ ﴿١٦٤﴾
(Those ranged in ranks say): "Not one of us but has a place appointed;
لَوۡ أَنَّ عِندَنَا ذِكۡرࣰا مِّنَ ٱلۡأَوَّلِینَ ﴿١٦٨﴾
"If only we had had before us a Message from those of old,
لَكُنَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡمُخۡلَصِینَ ﴿١٦٩﴾
"We should certainly have been Servants of Allah, sincere (and devoted)!"
فَكَفَرُواْ بِهِۦۖ فَسَوۡفَ یَعۡلَمُونَ ﴿١٧٠﴾
But (now that the Qur'an has come), they reject it: But soon will they know!
وَلَقَدۡ سَبَقَتۡ كَلِمَتُنَا لِعِبَادِنَا ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِینَ ﴿١٧١﴾
Already has Our Word been passed before (this) to our Servants sent (by Us),
وَأَبۡصِرۡهُمۡ فَسَوۡفَ یُبۡصِرُونَ ﴿١٧٥﴾
And watch them (how they fare), and they soon shall see (how thou farest)!
فَإِذَا نَزَلَ بِسَاحَتِهِمۡ فَسَاۤءَ صَبَاحُ ٱلۡمُنذَرِینَ ﴿١٧٧﴾
But when it descends into the open space before them, evil will be the morning for those who were warned (and heeded not)!
وَأَبۡصِرۡ فَسَوۡفَ یُبۡصِرُونَ ﴿١٧٩﴾
And watch (how they fare) and they soon shall see (how thou farest)!
سُبۡحَـٰنَ رَبِّكَ رَبِّ ٱلۡعِزَّةِ عَمَّا یَصِفُونَ ﴿١٨٠﴾
Glory to thy Lord, the Lord of Honour and Power! (He is free) from what they ascribe (to Him)!