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2 – Al-Baqara
3 – Aal-i-Imraan
4 – An-Nisaa
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8 – Al-Anfaal
9 – At-Tawba
10 – Yunus
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13 – Ar-Ra'd
14 – Ibrahim
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26 – Ash-Shu'araa
27 – An-Naml
28 – Al-Qasas
29 – Al-Ankaboot
30 – Ar-Room
31 – Luqman
32 – As-Sajda
33 – Al-Ahzaab
34 – Saba
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36 – Yaseen
37 – As-Saaffaat
38 – Saad
39 – Az-Zumar
40 – Ghafir
41 – Fussilat
42 – Ash-Shura
43 – Az-Zukhruf
44 – Ad-Dukhaan
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47 – Muhammad
48 – Al-Fath
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52 – At-Tur
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55 – Ar-Rahmaan
56 – Al-Waaqia
57 – Al-Hadid
58 – Al-Mujaadila
59 – Al-Hashr
60 – Al-Mumtahana
61 – As-Saff
62 – Al-Jumu'a
63 – Al-Munaafiqoon
64 – At-Taghaabun
65 – At-Talaaq
66 – At-Tahrim
67 – Al-Mulk
68 – Al-Qalam
69 – Al-Haaqqa
70 – Al-Ma'aarij
71 – Nooh
72 – Al-Jinn
73 – Al-Muzzammil
74 – Al-Muddaththir
75 – Al-Qiyaama
76 – Al-Insaan
77 – Al-Mursalaat
78 – An-Naba
79 – An-Naazi'aat
80 – Abasa
81 – At-Takwir
82 – Al-Infitaar
83 – Al-Mutaffifin
84 – Al-Inshiqaaq
85 – Al-Burooj
86 – At-Taariq
87 – Al-A'laa
88 – Al-Ghaashiya
89 – Al-Fajr
90 – Al-Balad
91 – Ash-Shams
92 – Al-Lail
93 – Ad-Dhuhaa
94 – Ash-Sharh
95 – At-Tin
96 – Al-Alaq
97 – Al-Qadr
98 – Al-Bayyina
99 – Az-Zalzala
100 – Al-Aadiyaat
101 – Al-Qaari'a
102 – At-Takaathur
103 – Al-Asr
104 – Al-Humaza
105 – Al-Fil
106 – Quraish
107 – Al-Maa'un
108 – Al-Kawthar
109 – Al-Kaafiroon
110 – An-Nasr
111 – Al-Masad
112 – Al-Ikhlaas
113 – Al-Falaq
114 – An-Naas

Holy

Surah Ash-Shu'araa

The Poets

سُورَةُ الشُّعَرَاءِ

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

طسٓمٓ

Ta, Sin, Mim.

تِلْكَ ءَايَٰتُ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ ٱلْمُبِينِ

These are verses of the Book that makes [things] clear.

لَعَلَّكَ بَٰخِعٌۭ نَّفْسَكَ أَلَّا يَكُونُوا۟ مُؤْمِنِينَ

It may be you frettest your soul with grief, that they do not become Believers.

إِن نَّشَأْ نُنَزِّلْ عَلَيْهِم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ ءَايَةًۭ فَظَلَّتْ أَعْنَٰقُهُمْ لَهَا خَٰضِعِينَ

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 يَأْتِيهِم مِّن ذِكْرٍۢ مِّنَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ مُحْدَثٍ إِلَّا كَانُوا۟ عَنْهُ مُعْرِضِينَ

But there comes not to them a newly-revealed Message from [Allah] the Most Merciful, but they turn away therefrom.

فَقَدْ كَذَّبُوا۟ فَسَيَأْتِيهِمْ أَنۢبَٰٓؤُا۟ مَا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

They have indeed rejected [the Message]: so they will know soon [enough] the truth of what they mocked at!

أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَمْ أَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ زَوْجٍۢ كَرِيمٍ

Do they not look at the earth, how many noble things of all kinds We have produced therein?

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةًۭ ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

Indeed, in this is a Sign: but most of them do not believe.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

And indeed, your Lord is He, the Exalted in Might, Most Merciful.

وَإِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبُّكَ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنِ ٱئْتِ ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

And [mention], your Lord called Moses: "Go to the people of iniquity,

قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ ۚ أَلَا يَتَّقُونَ

"The people of the Pharaoh: will they not fear Allah?"

قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ أَن يُكَذِّبُونِ

He said: "O my Lord! I do fear that they will charge me with falsehood:

وَيَضِيقُ صَدْرِى وَلَا يَنطَلِقُ لِسَانِى فَأَرْسِلْ إِلَىٰ هَٰرُونَ

"My breast will be straitened. And my speech may not go [smoothly]: so send to Aaron.

وَلَهُمْ عَلَىَّ ذَنۢبٌۭ فَأَخَافُ أَن يَقْتُلُونِ

"And [further], they have a charge of crime against me; and I fear they may slay me."

قَالَ كَلَّا ۖ فَٱذْهَبَا بِـَٔايَٰتِنَآ ۖ إِنَّا مَعَكُم مُّسْتَمِعُونَ

Allah said: "By no means! proceed then, both of you, with Our verses; We are with you, and will listen [to your call].

فَأْتِيَا فِرْعَوْنَ فَقُولَآ إِنَّا رَسُولُ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

"So go forth, both of you, to Pharaoh, and say: 'We have been sent by the Lord of the worlds;

أَنْ أَرْسِلْ مَعَنَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ

"'Send you with us the Children of Israel.'"

قَالَ أَلَمْ نُرَبِّكَ فِينَا وَلِيدًۭا وَلَبِثْتَ فِينَا مِنْ عُمُرِكَ سِنِينَ

[Pharaoh] said: "Did we not cherish you as a child among us, and did you not stay in our midst many years of your life?

وَفَعَلْتَ فَعْلَتَكَ ٱلَّتِى فَعَلْتَ وَأَنتَ مِنَ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ

"And you did a deed of yours which [you know] you did, and you are an ungrateful [wretch]!"

قَالَ فَعَلْتُهَآ إِذًۭا وَأَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ

Moses said: "I did it then, when I was in error.

فَفَرَرْتُ مِنكُمْ لَمَّا خِفْتُكُمْ فَوَهَبَ لِى رَبِّى حُكْمًۭا وَجَعَلَنِى مِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

"So I fled from you [all] when I feared you; but my Lord has [since] invested me with judgement [and wisdom] and appointed me as one of the messengers.

وَتِلْكَ نِعْمَةٌۭ تَمُنُّهَا عَلَىَّ أَنْ عَبَّدتَّ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ

"And this is the favour with which you do reproach me, that you have enslaved the Children of Israel!"

قَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَا رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

Pharaoh said: "And what is the 'Lord of the worlds'?"

قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ ۖ إِن كُنتُم مُّوقِنِينَ

[Moses] said: "The Lord of the heavens and the earth, and all between, if you want to be quite sure."

قَالَ لِمَنْ حَوْلَهُۥٓ أَلَا تَسْتَمِعُونَ

[Pharaoh] said to those around: "Did you not listen [to what he says]?"

قَالَ رَبُّكُمْ وَرَبُّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

[Moses] said: "Your Lord and the Lord of your fathers from the beginning!"

قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَكُمُ ٱلَّذِىٓ أُرْسِلَ إِلَيْكُمْ لَمَجْنُونٌۭ

[Pharaoh] said: "Truly your messenger who has been sent to you are a veritable madman!"

قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلْمَشْرِقِ وَٱلْمَغْرِبِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ ۖ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ

[Moses] said: "Lord of the East and the West, and all between! if you only had sense!"

قَالَ لَئِنِ ٱتَّخَذْتَ إِلَٰهًا غَيْرِى لَأَجْعَلَنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْمَسْجُونِينَ

[Pharaoh] said: "If you do put forward any god other than me, I will certainly put you in prison!"

قَالَ أَوَلَوْ جِئْتُكَ بِشَىْءٍۢ مُّبِينٍۢ

[Moses] said: "Even if I showed you something clear [and] convincing?"

قَالَ فَأْتِ بِهِۦٓ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ

[Pharaoh] said: "Show it then, if you tellest the truth!"

فَأَلْقَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِىَ ثُعْبَانٌۭ مُّبِينٌۭ

So [Moses] threw his rod, and behold, it was a serpent, plain [for all to see]!

وَنَزَعَ يَدَهُۥ فَإِذَا هِىَ بَيْضَآءُ لِلنَّٰظِرِينَ

And he drew out his hand, and behold, it was white to all beholders!

قَالَ لِلْمَلَإِ حَوْلَهُۥٓ إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَسَٰحِرٌ عَلِيمٌۭ

[Pharaoh] said to the Chiefs around him: "This is indeed a sorcerer well-versed:

يُرِيدُ أَن يُخْرِجَكُم مِّنْ أَرْضِكُم بِسِحْرِهِۦ فَمَاذَا تَأْمُرُونَ

"His plan is to get you out of your land by his sorcery; then what is it you counsel?"

قَالُوٓا۟ أَرْجِهْ وَأَخَاهُ وَٱبْعَثْ فِى ٱلْمَدَآئِنِ حَٰشِرِينَ

They said: "Keep him and his brother in suspense [for a while], and dispatch to the Cities heralds to collect-

يَأْتُوكَ بِكُلِّ سَحَّارٍ عَلِيمٍۢ

"And bring up to you all [our] sorcerers well-versed."

فَجُمِعَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ لِمِيقَٰتِ يَوْمٍۢ مَّعْلُومٍۢ

So the sorcerers were got together for the appointment of a day well-known,

وَقِيلَ لِلنَّاسِ هَلْ أَنتُم مُّجْتَمِعُونَ

And the people were told: "Are you [now] assembled?-

لَعَلَّنَا نَتَّبِعُ ٱلسَّحَرَةَ إِن كَانُوا۟ هُمُ ٱلْغَٰلِبِينَ

"That we may follow the sorcerers [in religion] if they win?"

فَلَمَّا جَآءَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ قَالُوا۟ لِفِرْعَوْنَ أَئِنَّ لَنَا لَأَجْرًا إِن كُنَّا نَحْنُ ٱلْغَٰلِبِينَ

So when the sorcerers arrived, they said to Pharaoh: "Of course - shall we have a [suitable] reward if we win?

قَالَ نَعَمْ وَإِنَّكُمْ إِذًۭا لَّمِنَ ٱلْمُقَرَّبِينَ

He said: "Yea, [and more], for you shall in that case be [raised to posts] nearest [to my person]."

قَالَ لَهُم مُّوسَىٰٓ أَلْقُوا۟ مَآ أَنتُم مُّلْقُونَ

Moses said to them: "Throw you - that which you are about to throw!"

فَأَلْقَوْا۟ حِبَالَهُمْ وَعِصِيَّهُمْ وَقَالُوا۟ بِعِزَّةِ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّا لَنَحْنُ ٱلْغَٰلِبُونَ

So they threw their ropes and their rods, and said: "By the might of Pharaoh, it is we who will certainly win!"

فَأَلْقَىٰ مُوسَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِىَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُونَ

Then Moses threw his rod, when, behold, it straightway swallows up all the falsehoods which they fake!

فَأُلْقِىَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ سَٰجِدِينَ

Then did the sorcerers fall down, prostrate in adoration,

قَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا بِرَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

Saying: "We believe in the Lord of the Worlds,

رَبِّ مُوسَىٰ وَهَٰرُونَ

"The Lord of Moses and Aaron."

قَالَ ءَامَنتُمْ لَهُۥ قَبْلَ أَنْ ءَاذَنَ لَكُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ لَكَبِيرُكُمُ ٱلَّذِى عَلَّمَكُمُ ٱلسِّحْرَ فَلَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ ۚ لَأُقَطِّعَنَّ أَيْدِيَكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُم مِّنْ خِلَٰفٍۢ وَلَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

Said [Pharaoh]: "Believe you in Him before I give you permission? surely he is your leader, who has taught you sorcery! but soon shall you 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!"

قَالُوا۟ لَا ضَيْرَ ۖ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا مُنقَلِبُونَ

They said: "No matter! for us, we shall but return to our Lord!

إِنَّا نَطْمَعُ أَن يَغْفِرَ لَنَا رَبُّنَا خَطَٰيَٰنَآ أَن كُنَّآ أَوَّلَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

"Only, our desire is that our Lord will forgive us our faults, that we may become foremost among the believers!"

۞ وَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنْ أَسْرِ بِعِبَادِىٓ إِنَّكُم مُّتَّبَعُونَ

By inspiration we told Moses: "Travel by night with my servants; for surely you shall be pursued."

فَأَرْسَلَ فِرْعَوْنُ فِى ٱلْمَدَآئِنِ حَٰشِرِينَ

Then Pharaoh sent heralds to [all] the Cities,

إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَشِرْذِمَةٌۭ قَلِيلُونَ

[Saying]: "These [Israelites] are but a small band,

وَإِنَّهُمْ لَنَا لَغَآئِظُونَ

"And they are raging furiously against us;

وَإِنَّا لَجَمِيعٌ حَٰذِرُونَ

"But we are a multitude amply fore-warned."

فَأَخْرَجْنَٰهُم مِّن جَنَّٰتٍۢ وَعُيُونٍۢ

So We expelled them from gardens, springs,

وَكُنُوزٍۢ وَمَقَامٍۢ كَرِيمٍۢ

Treasures, and every kind of honourable position;

كَذَٰلِكَ وَأَوْرَثْنَٰهَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ

Thus it was, but We made the Children of Israel inheritors of such things.

فَأَتْبَعُوهُم مُّشْرِقِينَ

So they pursued them at sunrise.

فَلَمَّا تَرَٰٓءَا ٱلْجَمْعَانِ قَالَ أَصْحَٰبُ مُوسَىٰٓ إِنَّا لَمُدْرَكُونَ

And when the two bodies saw each other, the people of Moses said: "We are sure to be overtaken."

قَالَ كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّ مَعِىَ رَبِّى سَيَهْدِينِ

[Moses] said: "By no means! my Lord is with me! Soon will He guide me!"

فَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنِ ٱضْرِب بِّعَصَاكَ ٱلْبَحْرَ ۖ فَٱنفَلَقَ فَكَانَ كُلُّ فِرْقٍۢ كَٱلطَّوْدِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

Then We told Moses by inspiration: "Strike the sea with your rod." So it divided, and each separate part became like the huge, firm mass of a mountain.

وَأَزْلَفْنَا ثَمَّ ٱلْءَاخَرِينَ

And We made the other party approach thither.

وَأَنجَيْنَا مُوسَىٰ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥٓ أَجْمَعِينَ

We delivered Moses and all who were with him;

ثُمَّ أَغْرَقْنَا ٱلْءَاخَرِينَ

But We drowned the others.

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةًۭ ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

Indeed in this is a Sign: but most of them do not believe.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

And indeed your Lord is He, the Exalted in Might, Most Merciful.

وَٱتْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ نَبَأَ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ

And rehearse to them [something of] Abraham's story.

إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِۦ مَا تَعْبُدُونَ

And [mention], he said to his father and his people: "What worship you?"

قَالُوا۟ نَعْبُدُ أَصْنَامًۭا فَنَظَلُّ لَهَا عَٰكِفِينَ

They said: "We worship idols, and we remain constantly in attendance on them."

قَالَ هَلْ يَسْمَعُونَكُمْ إِذْ تَدْعُونَ

He said: "Do they listen to you when you call [on them]?"

أَوْ يَنفَعُونَكُمْ أَوْ يَضُرُّونَ

"Or do you good or harm?"

قَالُوا۟ بَلْ وَجَدْنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا كَذَٰلِكَ يَفْعَلُونَ

They said: "Rather, but we found our fathers doing thus [what we do]."

قَالَ أَفَرَءَيْتُم مَّا كُنتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَ

He said: "Do you then see whom you have been worshipping,

أَنتُمْ وَءَابَآؤُكُمُ ٱلْأَقْدَمُونَ

"You and your fathers before you?-

فَإِنَّهُمْ عَدُوٌّۭ لِّىٓ إِلَّا رَبَّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

"For they are enemies to me; not so the Lord of the Worlds;

ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَنِى فَهُوَ يَهْدِينِ

"Who created me, and it is He Who guides me;

وَٱلَّذِى هُوَ يُطْعِمُنِى وَيَسْقِينِ

"Who gives me food and drink,

وَإِذَا مَرِضْتُ فَهُوَ يَشْفِينِ

"And when I am ill, it is He Who cures me;

وَٱلَّذِى يُمِيتُنِى ثُمَّ يُحْيِينِ

"Who will cause me to die, and then to life [again];

وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَطْمَعُ أَن يَغْفِرَ لِى خَطِيٓـَٔتِى يَوْمَ ٱلدِّينِ

"And who, I hope, will forgive me my faults on the day of Judgement.

رَبِّ هَبْ لِى حُكْمًۭا وَأَلْحِقْنِى بِٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ

"O my Lord! bestow wisdom on me, and join me with the righteous;

وَٱجْعَل لِّى لِسَانَ صِدْقٍۢ فِى ٱلْءَاخِرِينَ

"Grant me honourable mention on the tongue of truth among the latest [generations];

وَٱجْعَلْنِى مِن وَرَثَةِ جَنَّةِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ

"Make me one of the inheritors of Paradise of Bliss;

وَٱغْفِرْ لِأَبِىٓ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ

"Forgive my father, for that he is among those astray;

وَلَا تُخْزِنِى يَوْمَ يُبْعَثُونَ

"And let me not be in disgrace on the Day when [men] will be raised up;-

يَوْمَ لَا يَنفَعُ مَالٌۭ وَلَا بَنُونَ

"The Day whereon neither wealth nor sons will avail,

إِلَّا مَنْ أَتَى ٱللَّهَ بِقَلْبٍۢ سَلِيمٍۢ

"But only he [will be successful] that brings to Allah a sound heart;

وَأُزْلِفَتِ ٱلْجَنَّةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ

"To the righteous, Paradise will be brought near,

وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِلْغَاوِينَ

"And to those straying in Evil, the Fire will be placed in full view;

وَقِيلَ لَهُمْ أَيْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَ

"And it shall be said to them: 'Where are the [gods] you worshipped-

مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ هَلْ يَنصُرُونَكُمْ أَوْ يَنتَصِرُونَ

"'Besides Allah? Can they help you or help themselves?'

فَكُبْكِبُوا۟ فِيهَا هُمْ وَٱلْغَاوُۥنَ

"Then they will be thrown headlong into the [Fire], they and those straying in Evil,

وَجُنُودُ إِبْلِيسَ أَجْمَعُونَ

"And the whole hosts of Iblis together.

قَالُوا۟ وَهُمْ فِيهَا يَخْتَصِمُونَ

"They will say there in their mutual bickerings:

تَٱللَّهِ إِن كُنَّا لَفِى ضَلَٰلٍۢ مُّبِينٍ

"'By Allah, we were truly in an error manifest,

إِذْ نُسَوِّيكُم بِرَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

"'When we held you as equals with the Lord of the Worlds;

وَمَآ أَضَلَّنَآ إِلَّا ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ

"'And our seducers were only those who were steeped in guilt.

فَمَا لَنَا مِن شَٰفِعِينَ

"'Now, then, we have none to intercede [for us],

وَلَا صَدِيقٍ حَمِيمٍۢ

"'Nor a single friend to feel [for us].

فَلَوْ أَنَّ لَنَا كَرَّةًۭ فَنَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

"'Now if we only had a chance of return we shall truly be of those who believe!'"

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةًۭ ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

Indeed in this is a Sign but most of them do not believe.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

And indeed your Lord is He, the Exalted in Might, Most Merciful.

كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

The people of Noah rejected the messengers.

إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ نُوحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

And [mention], their brother Noah said to them: "Will you not fear [Allah]?

إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌۭ

"I am to you a messenger worthy of all trust:

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

"So fear Allah, and obey me.

وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

"No reward do I ask of you for it: my reward is only from the Lord of the Worlds:

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

"So fear Allah, and obey me."

۞ قَالُوٓا۟ أَنُؤْمِنُ لَكَ وَٱتَّبَعَكَ ٱلْأَرْذَلُونَ

They said: "Shall we believe in you when it is the meanest that follow you?"

قَالَ وَمَا عِلْمِى بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

He said: "And what do I know as to what they do?

إِنْ حِسَابُهُمْ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّى ۖ لَوْ تَشْعُرُونَ

"Their account is only with my Lord, if you could [but] understand.

وَمَآ أَنَا۠ بِطَارِدِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

"I am not one to drive away those who believe.

إِنْ أَنَا۠ إِلَّا نَذِيرٌۭ مُّبِينٌۭ

"I am sent only to warn plainly in public."

قَالُوا۟ لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهِ يَٰنُوحُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْمَرْجُومِينَ

They said: "If you desist not, O Noah! you shall be stoned [to death]."

قَالَ رَبِّ إِنَّ قَوْمِى كَذَّبُونِ

He said: "O my Lord! truly my people have rejected me.

فَٱفْتَحْ بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَهُمْ فَتْحًۭا وَنَجِّنِى وَمَن مَّعِىَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

"Judge You, then, between me and them openly, and deliver me and those of the Believers who are with me."

فَأَنجَيْنَٰهُ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥ فِى ٱلْفُلْكِ ٱلْمَشْحُونِ

So We delivered him and those with him, in the Ark filled [with all creatures].

ثُمَّ أَغْرَقْنَا بَعْدُ ٱلْبَاقِينَ

Thereafter We drowned those who remained behind.

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةًۭ ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

Indeed in this is a Sign: but most of them do not believe.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

And indeed your Lord is He, the Exalted in Might, Most Merciful.

كَذَّبَتْ عَادٌ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

The 'Ad [people] rejected the messengers.

إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ هُودٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

And [mention], their brother Hud said to them: "Will you not fear [Allah]?

إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌۭ

"I am to you a messenger worthy of all trust:

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

"So fear Allah and obey me.

وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

"No reward do I ask of you for it: my reward is only from the Lord of the Worlds.

أَتَبْنُونَ بِكُلِّ رِيعٍ ءَايَةًۭ تَعْبَثُونَ

"Do you build a landmark on every high place to amuse yourselves?

وَتَتَّخِذُونَ مَصَانِعَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَخْلُدُونَ

"And do you get for yourselves fine buildings in the hope of living therein [for ever]?

وَإِذَا بَطَشْتُم بَطَشْتُمْ جَبَّارِينَ

"And when you exert your strong hand, do you do it like men of absolute power?

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

"Now fear Allah, and obey me.

وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَمَدَّكُم بِمَا تَعْلَمُونَ

"Yea, fear Him Who has bestowed on you freely all that you know.

أَمَدَّكُم بِأَنْعَٰمٍۢ وَبَنِينَ

"Freely has He bestowed on you cattle and sons,

وَجَنَّٰتٍۢ وَعُيُونٍ

"And Gardens and Springs.

إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍۢ

"Truly I fear for you the punishment of a Great Day."

قَالُوا۟ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيْنَآ أَوَعَظْتَ أَمْ لَمْ تَكُن مِّنَ ٱلْوَٰعِظِينَ

They said: "It is the same to us whether you admonish us or be not among [our] admonishers!

إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا خُلُقُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

"This is no other than a customary device of the ancients,

وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ

"And we are not the ones to receive Pains and Penalties!"

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَهْلَكْنَٰهُمْ ۗ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةًۭ ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

So they rejected him, and We destroyed them. Indeed in this is a Sign: but most of them do not believe.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

And indeed your Lord is He, the Exalted in Might, Most Merciful.

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

The Thamud [people] rejected the messengers.

إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ صَٰلِحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

And [mention], their brother Salih said to them: "Will you not fear [Allah]?

إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌۭ

"I am to you a messenger worthy of all trust.

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

"So fear Allah, and obey me.

وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

"No reward do I ask of you for it: my reward is only from the Lord of the Worlds.

أَتُتْرَكُونَ فِى مَا هَٰهُنَآ ءَامِنِينَ

"Will you be left secure, in [the enjoyment of] all that you have here?-

فِى جَنَّٰتٍۢ وَعُيُونٍۢ

"Gardens and Springs,

وَزُرُوعٍۢ وَنَخْلٍۢ طَلْعُهَا هَضِيمٌۭ

"And corn-fields and date-palms with spathes near breaking [with the weight of fruit]?

وَتَنْحِتُونَ مِنَ ٱلْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًۭا فَٰرِهِينَ

"And you carve houses out of [rocky] mountains with great skill.

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

"But fear Allah and obey me;

وَلَا تُطِيعُوٓا۟ أَمْرَ ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ

"And follow not the bidding of those who are extravagant,

ٱلَّذِينَ يُفْسِدُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا يُصْلِحُونَ

"Who cause corruption in the land, and mend not [their ways]."

قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلْمُسَحَّرِينَ

They said: "You are only one of those bewitched!

مَآ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٌۭ مِّثْلُنَا فَأْتِ بِـَٔايَةٍ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ

"You are no more than a mortal like us: then bring us a Sign, if you tellest the truth!"

قَالَ هَٰذِهِۦ نَاقَةٌۭ لَّهَا شِرْبٌۭ وَلَكُمْ شِرْبُ يَوْمٍۢ مَّعْلُومٍۢ

He said: "Here is a she-camel: she has a right of watering, and you have a right of watering, [severally] on a day appointed.

وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوٓءٍۢ فَيَأْخُذَكُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍۢ

"Touch her not with harm, lest the punishment of a Great Day seize you."

فَعَقَرُوهَا فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ نَٰدِمِينَ

But they ham-strung her: then did they become full of regrets.

فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ ۗ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةًۭ ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

But the punishment seized them. Indeed in this is a Sign: but most of them do not believe.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

And indeed your Lord is He, the Exalted in Might, Most Merciful.

كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ لُوطٍ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

The people of Lut rejected the messengers.

إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ لُوطٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

And [mention], their brother Lut said to them: "Will you not fear [Allah]?

إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌۭ

"I am to you a messenger worthy of all trust.

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

"So fear Allah and obey me.

وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

"No reward do I ask of you for it: my reward is only from the lord of the Worlds.

أَتَأْتُونَ ٱلذُّكْرَانَ مِنَ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

"Of all the creatures in the world, will you approach males,

وَتَذَرُونَ مَا خَلَقَ لَكُمْ رَبُّكُم مِّنْ أَزْوَٰجِكُم ۚ بَلْ أَنتُمْ قَوْمٌ عَادُونَ

"And leave those whom Allah has created for you to be your mates? Rather, you are a people transgressing [all limits]!"

قَالُوا۟ لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهِ يَٰلُوطُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْمُخْرَجِينَ

They said: "If you desist not, O Lut! you will assuredly be cast out!"

قَالَ إِنِّى لِعَمَلِكُم مِّنَ ٱلْقَالِينَ

He said: "I do detest your doings."

رَبِّ نَجِّنِى وَأَهْلِى مِمَّا يَعْمَلُونَ

"O my Lord! deliver me and my family from such things as they do!"

فَنَجَّيْنَٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥٓ أَجْمَعِينَ

So We delivered him and his family, all

إِلَّا عَجُوزًۭا فِى ٱلْغَٰبِرِينَ

Except an old woman who lingered behind.

ثُمَّ دَمَّرْنَا ٱلْءَاخَرِينَ

But the rest We destroyed utterly.

وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِم مَّطَرًۭا ۖ فَسَآءَ مَطَرُ ٱلْمُنذَرِينَ

We rained down on them a shower [of brimstone]: and evil was the shower on those who were admonished [but heeded not]!

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةًۭ ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

Indeed in this is a Sign: but most of them do not believe.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

And indeed your Lord is He, the Exalted in Might Most Merciful.

كَذَّبَ أَصْحَٰبُ لْـَٔيْكَةِ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

The Companions of the Wood rejected the messengers.

إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ شُعَيْبٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

And [mention], Shu'aib said to them: "Will you not fear [Allah]?

إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌۭ

"I am to you a messenger worthy of all trust.

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

"So fear Allah and obey me.

وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

"No reward do I ask of you for it: my reward is only from the Lord of the Worlds.

۞ أَوْفُوا۟ ٱلْكَيْلَ وَلَا تَكُونُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْمُخْسِرِينَ

"Give just measure, and cause no loss [to others by fraud].

وَزِنُوا۟ بِٱلْقِسْطَاسِ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمِ

"And weigh with scales true and upright.

وَلَا تَبْخَسُوا۟ ٱلنَّاسَ أَشْيَآءَهُمْ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ

"And withhold not things justly due to men, nor do evil in the land, working corruption.

وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُمْ وَٱلْجِبِلَّةَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

"And fear Him Who created you and [who created] the generations before [you]"

قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلْمُسَحَّرِينَ

They said: "You are only one of those bewitched!

وَمَآ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٌۭ مِّثْلُنَا وَإِن نَّظُنُّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلْكَٰذِبِينَ

"You are no more than a mortal like us, and indeed we think you are a liar!

فَأَسْقِطْ عَلَيْنَا كِسَفًۭا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ

"Now cause a piece of the sky to fall on us, if you are truthful!"

قَالَ رَبِّىٓ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ

He said: "My Lord knows best what you do."

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمِ ٱلظُّلَّةِ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ

But they rejected him. Then the punishment of a day of overshadowing gloom seized them, and that was the punishment of a Great Day.

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةًۭ ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

Indeed in that is a Sign: but most of them do not believe.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

And indeed your Lord is He, the Exalted in Might, Most Merciful.

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَنزِيلُ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

Indeed this is a Revelation from the Lord of the Worlds:

نَزَلَ بِهِ ٱلرُّوحُ ٱلْأَمِينُ

With it came down the spirit of Faith and Truth-

عَلَىٰ قَلْبِكَ لِتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُنذِرِينَ

To your heart and mind, that you mayest admonish.

بِلِسَانٍ عَرَبِىٍّۢ مُّبِينٍۢ

In the clear Arabic tongue.

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَفِى زُبُرِ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

Without doubt it is [announced] in the mystic Books of former peoples.

أَوَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُمْ ءَايَةً أَن يَعْلَمَهُۥ عُلَمَٰٓؤُا۟ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ

Is it not a Sign to them that the Learned of the Children of Israel knew it [as true]?

وَلَوْ نَزَّلْنَٰهُ عَلَىٰ بَعْضِ ٱلْأَعْجَمِينَ

Had We revealed it to any of the non-Arabs,

فَقَرَأَهُۥ عَلَيْهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ مُؤْمِنِينَ

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

كَذَٰلِكَ سَلَكْنَٰهُ فِى قُلُوبِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ

Thus have We caused it to enter the hearts of the sinners.

لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِۦ حَتَّىٰ يَرَوُا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَلِيمَ

They will not believe in it until they see the painful punishment;

فَيَأْتِيَهُم بَغْتَةًۭ وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

But the [Punishment] will come to them of a sudden, while they perceive it not;

فَيَقُولُوا۟ هَلْ نَحْنُ مُنظَرُونَ

Then they will say: "Shall we be respited?"

أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا يَسْتَعْجِلُونَ

Do they then ask for Our Punishment to be hastened on?

أَفَرَءَيْتَ إِن مَّتَّعْنَٰهُمْ سِنِينَ

Se you? If We do let them enjoy [this life] for a few years,

ثُمَّ جَآءَهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يُوعَدُونَ

Yet there comes to them at length the [Punishment] which they were promised!

مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يُمَتَّعُونَ

It will profit them not that they enjoyed [this life]!

وَمَآ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا لَهَا مُنذِرُونَ

Never did We destroy a population, but had its warners -

ذِكْرَىٰ وَمَا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ

By way of reminder; and We never are unjust.

وَمَا تَنَزَّلَتْ بِهِ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينُ

No evil ones have brought down this [Revelation]:

وَمَا يَنۢبَغِى لَهُمْ وَمَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ

It would neither suit them nor would they be able [to produce it].

إِنَّهُمْ عَنِ ٱلسَّمْعِ لَمَعْزُولُونَ

Indeed they have been removed far from even [a chance of] hearing it.

فَلَا تَدْعُ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُعَذَّبِينَ

So call not on any other god with Allah, or you will be among those under the punishment.

وَأَنذِرْ عَشِيرَتَكَ ٱلْأَقْرَبِينَ

And admonish your nearest kinsmen,

وَٱخْفِضْ جَنَاحَكَ لِمَنِ ٱتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

And lower your wing to the Believers who follow you.

فَإِنْ عَصَوْكَ فَقُلْ إِنِّى بَرِىٓءٌۭ مِّمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ

Then if they disobey you, say: "I am free [of responsibility] for what you do!"

وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

And put your trust on the Exalted in Might, the Merciful,

ٱلَّذِى يَرَىٰكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ

Who sees you standing forth [in prayer],

وَتَقَلُّبَكَ فِى ٱلسَّٰجِدِينَ

And your movements among those who prostrate themselves,

إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ

For it is He Who hears and knows all things.

هَلْ أُنَبِّئُكُمْ عَلَىٰ مَن تَنَزَّلُ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينُ

Shall I inform you, (O people!), on whom it is that the evil ones descend?

تَنَزَّلُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ أَفَّاكٍ أَثِيمٍۢ

They descend on every lying, wicked person,

يُلْقُونَ ٱلسَّمْعَ وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ كَٰذِبُونَ

[Into whose ears] they pour hearsay vanities, and most of them are liars.

وَٱلشُّعَرَآءُ يَتَّبِعُهُمُ ٱلْغَاوُۥنَ

And the Poets, It is those straying in Evil, who follow them:

أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّهُمْ فِى كُلِّ وَادٍۢ يَهِيمُونَ

Se you not that they wander distracted in every valley?-

وَأَنَّهُمْ يَقُولُونَ مَا لَا يَفْعَلُونَ

And that they say what they practise not?-

إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ وَذَكَرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ كَثِيرًۭا وَٱنتَصَرُوا۟ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا ظُلِمُوا۟ ۗ وَسَيَعْلَمُ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوٓا۟ أَىَّ مُنقَلَبٍۢ يَنقَلِبُونَ

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!