26Ash-Shu'araa

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ طسم

Ta. Sin Mim.

تِلْكَ آيَاتُ الْكِتَابِ الْمُبِينِ

These are the verses of a Book luminous.

لَعَلَّكَ بَاخِعٌ نَفْسَكَ أَلَّا يَكُونُوا مُؤْمِنِينَ

Belike thou shalt kill thyself with grief because they become not believers.

إِنْ نَشَأْ نُنَزِّلْ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ آيَةً فَظَلَّتْ أَعْنَاقُهُمْ لَهَا خَاضِعِينَ

If We list, We can send down unto them a sign from the heaven so that their necks would became to it submissive.

وَمَا يَأْتِيهِمْ مِنْ ذِكْرٍ مِنَ الرَّحْمَٰنِ مُحْدَثٍ إِلَّا كَانُوا عَنْهُ مُعْرِضِينَ

And there cometh not unto them any fresh admonition from the Compassionate but they are wont to be there from backsliders.

فَقَدْ كَذَّبُوا فَسَيَأْتِيهِمْ أَنْبَاءُ مَا كَانُوا بِهِ يَسْتَهْزِئُونَ

So they have surely belied; wherefore anon there shall come unto them the truth of that whereat they were wont to mock.

أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا إِلَى الْأَرْضِ كَمْ أَنْبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِنْ كُلِّ زَوْجٍ كَرِيمٍ

Observe they not the earth, how much We make to grow therein of every fruitful kind?

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ

Verily therein is a sign; yet most of them are not believers.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ

And verily thy Lord! He is the Mighty, the Merciful.

وَإِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبُّكَ مُوسَىٰ أَنِ ائْتِ الْقَوْمَ الظَّالِمِينَ

And recall what time thy Lord called unto Musa, saying: go thou unto the wrong-doing people.

قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ ۚ أَلَا يَتَّقُونَ

The people of Fir'awn; fear they Me not?

قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّي أَخَافُ أَنْ يُكَذِّبُونِ

He said: my Lord! verily I fear they shall belie me.

وَيَضِيقُ صَدْرِي وَلَا يَنْطَلِقُ لِسَانِي فَأَرْسِلْ إِلَىٰ هَارُونَ

And my breast straiteneth, and my tongue moveth not quickly: so send for Harun.

وَلَهُمْ عَلَيَّ ذَنْبٌ فَأَخَافُ أَنْ يَقْتُلُونِ

And they have a crime against me, so I fear that they shall slay me.

قَالَ كَلَّا ۖ فَاذْهَبَا بِآيَاتِنَا ۖ إِنَّا مَعَكُمْ مُسْتَمِعُونَ

He said: by no means. so go ye twain with Our signs; verily We shall be with you listening.

فَأْتِيَا فِرْعَوْنَ فَقُولَا إِنَّا رَسُولُ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

So go ye twain unto Fir'awn and say: verily we are the apostles of the Lord of the Worlds,

أَنْ أَرْسِلْ مَعَنَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ

Send with us the Children of Isra'il?

قَالَ أَلَمْ نُرَبِّكَ فِينَا وَلِيدًا وَلَبِثْتَ فِينَا مِنْ عُمُرِكَ سِنِينَ

Fir'awn said: brought we not thee up amongst us as a child? And thou tarriedst amongst us for many years of thy life?

وَفَعَلْتَ فَعْلَتَكَ الَّتِي فَعَلْتَ وَأَنْتَ مِنَ الْكَافِرِينَ

And thou didst that thy deed which thou didst; and thou art of the ingrates.

قَالَ فَعَلْتُهَا إِذًا وَأَنَا مِنَ الضَّالِّينَ

He said: I did it then when I was mistaken.

فَفَرَرْتُ مِنْكُمْ لَمَّا خِفْتُكُمْ فَوَهَبَ لِي رَبِّي حُكْمًا وَجَعَلَنِي مِنَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ

Then I fled from you when I feared you, and my Lord bestowed on me wisdom and made me one of the sent ones.

وَتِلْكَ نِعْمَةٌ تَمُنُّهَا عَلَيَّ أَنْ عَبَّدْتَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ

And that favour wherewith thou didst oblige me was that thou hadst enslaved the Children of Isra'il?

قَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَا رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ

Fir'awn said. and what is the Lord of the worlds?

قَالَ رَبُّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ۖ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ مُوقِنِينَ

He said: Lord of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever is in-between, if ye seek to be convinced.

قَالَ لِمَنْ حَوْلَهُ أَلَا تَسْتَمِعُونَ

Fir'awn said unto those around him: hear ye not?

قَالَ رَبُّكُمْ وَرَبُّ آبَائِكُمُ الْأَوَّلِينَ

He said: your Lord and the Lord of your ancient fathers.

قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَكُمُ الَّذِي أُرْسِلَ إِلَيْكُمْ لَمَجْنُونٌ

Fir'awn said: verily your apostle who hath been sent unto you is mad.

قَالَ رَبُّ الْمَشْرِقِ وَالْمَغْرِبِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ۖ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ

He said: Lord of the east and the west and whatsoever is in-between, if ye understand.

قَالَ لَئِنِ اتَّخَذْتَ إِلَٰهًا غَيْرِي لَأَجْعَلَنَّكَ مِنَ الْمَسْجُونِينَ

Fir'awn said: if thou wilt take a god other than me, I shall surely place thee among the prisoners.

قَالَ أَوَلَوْ جِئْتُكَ بِشَيْءٍ مُبِينٍ

He said: even though I bring unto thee something manifest?

قَالَ فَأْتِ بِهِ إِنْ كُنْتَ مِنَ الصَّادِقِينَ

Fir'awn said: forth with it then, if thou art of the truth- tellers.

فَأَلْقَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِيَ ثُعْبَانٌ مُبِينٌ

Then he cast down his staff, and lo! it was a serpent manifest.

وَنَزَعَ يَدَهُ فَإِذَا هِيَ بَيْضَاءُ لِلنَّاظِرِينَ

And he drew forth his hand, and lo! it was white unto the beholders.

قَالَ لِلْمَلَإِ حَوْلَهُ إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَسَاحِرٌ عَلِيمٌ

Fir'awn said unto the chiefs around him: verily this is a magician knowing.

يُرِيدُ أَنْ يُخْرِجَكُمْ مِنْ أَرْضِكُمْ بِسِحْرِهِ فَمَاذَا تَأْمُرُونَ

He would drive you out of your land through his magic; what then is it ye command?

قَالُوا أَرْجِهْ وَأَخَاهُ وَابْعَثْ فِي الْمَدَائِنِ حَاشِرِينَ

They said: put off him and his brother, and send unto the cities callers.

يَأْتُوكَ بِكُلِّ سَحَّارٍ عَلِيمٍ

Thot they may bring to thee every magician knowing.

فَجُمِعَ السَّحَرَةُ لِمِيقَاتِ يَوْمٍ مَعْلُومٍ

So the magicians were assembled at a set time on a day made known.

وَقِيلَ لِلنَّاسِ هَلْ أَنْتُمْ مُجْتَمِعُونَ

And it was said unto the people: are ye going to assemble.

لَعَلَّنَا نَتَّبِعُ السَّحَرَةَ إِنْ كَانُوا هُمُ الْغَالِبِينَ

Belike we may follow the magicians if they are the winners?

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

Then when the magicians came, they said unto Fir'awn: will there surely be a big hire for us if we are the winners?

قَالَ نَعَمْ وَإِنَّكُمْ إِذًا لَمِنَ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ

He said: yea; and ye shall verily then be of those brought nigh.

قَالَ لَهُمْ مُوسَىٰ أَلْقُوا مَا أَنْتُمْ مُلْقُونَ

Musa said unto them: cast whatsoever ye have to cast.

فَأَلْقَوْا حِبَالَهُمْ وَعِصِيَّهُمْ وَقَالُوا بِعِزَّةِ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّا لَنَحْنُ الْغَالِبُونَ

Then they cast their cords and their staves, and said: by the might of Fir'awn, verily we! we shall be the winners.

فَأَلْقَىٰ مُوسَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِيَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُونَ

Then Musa cast down his staff, and lo! it swallowed up that which they had devised.

فَأُلْقِيَ السَّحَرَةُ سَاجِدِينَ

Then the magicians flung themselves prostrate.

قَالُوا آمَنَّا بِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

They said: we believe in the Lord of the worlds.

رَبِّ مُوسَىٰ وَهَارُونَ

The Lord of Musa and Harun.

قَالَ آمَنْتُمْ لَهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ آذَنَ لَكُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُ لَكَبِيرُكُمُ الَّذِي عَلَّمَكُمُ السِّحْرَ فَلَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ ۚ لَأُقَطِّعَنَّ أَيْدِيَكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُمْ مِنْ خِلَافٍ وَلَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

Fir'awn said: ye believed in him ere I gave you leave. Verily he is your chief who hath taught you magic, so ye shall surely come to know. Surely I shall cut off your hands and feet on opposite sides and surely I shall crucify you all.

قَالُوا لَا ضَيْرَ ۖ إِنَّا إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا مُنْقَلِبُونَ

They said: no harm! verily unto our Lord we are to return.

إِنَّا نَطْمَعُ أَنْ يَغْفِرَ لَنَا رَبُّنَا خَطَايَانَا أَنْ كُنَّا أَوَّلَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ

Verily we long that our Lord shall forgive us our faults because we have been the first of the believers

۞ وَأَوْحَيْنَا إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰ أَنْ أَسْرِ بِعِبَادِي إِنَّكُمْ مُتَّبَعُونَ

And We revealed unto Musa saying: go by night with My bondmen verily ye shall be pursued.

فَأَرْسَلَ فِرْعَوْنُ فِي الْمَدَائِنِ حَاشِرِينَ

Then Fir'awn sent unto the cities callers:

إِنَّ هَٰؤُلَاءِ لَشِرْذِمَةٌ قَلِيلُونَ

Verily these are but a band small.

وَإِنَّهُمْ لَنَا لَغَائِظُونَ

And verily they have enraged US.

وَإِنَّا لَجَمِيعٌ حَاذِرُونَ

And verily we are host well-provided.

فَأَخْرَجْنَاهُمْ مِنْ جَنَّاتٍ وَعُيُونٍ

Then We drave them forth from gardens and springs.

وَكُنُوزٍ وَمَقَامٍ كَرِيمٍ

And treasures and a station noble.

كَذَٰلِكَ وَأَوْرَثْنَاهَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ

Even so. And We caused the Children of Isra'il to inherit them.

فَأَتْبَعُوهُمْ مُشْرِقِينَ

Then they pursued them at sunrise.

فَلَمَّا تَرَاءَى الْجَمْعَانِ قَالَ أَصْحَابُ مُوسَىٰ إِنَّا لَمُدْرَكُونَ

And when the two parties saw each other, the companions of Musa said: verily we are overtaken.

قَالَ كَلَّا ۖ إِنَّ مَعِيَ رَبِّي سَيَهْدِينِ

Musa said: by no means; verily with me is my Lord; He shall guide me.

فَأَوْحَيْنَا إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰ أَنِ اضْرِبْ بِعَصَاكَ الْبَحْرَ ۖ فَانْفَلَقَ فَكَانَ كُلُّ فِرْقٍ كَالطَّوْدِ الْعَظِيمِ

Then We revealed unto Musa, saying: smite thou the sea with thy staff. So it became separated, and each part was like unto a cliff mighty.

وَأَزْلَفْنَا ثَمَّ الْآخَرِينَ

And We brought near thither the others.

وَأَنْجَيْنَا مُوسَىٰ وَمَنْ مَعَهُ أَجْمَعِينَ

And We delivered Musa and those with him together.

ثُمَّ أَغْرَقْنَا الْآخَرِينَ

Then We drowned the others.

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ

Verily herein is a sign; but most of them are not believers.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ

And verily thy Lord! He is the Mighty, the Merciful.

وَاتْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ نَبَأَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ

And recite unto them the story of Ibrahim.

إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِ مَا تَعْبُدُونَ

When he said unto his father and his people: what worship ye?

قَالُوا نَعْبُدُ أَصْنَامًا فَنَظَلُّ لَهَا عَاكِفِينَ

They said: we worship idols, and we are unto them ever devoted

قَالَ هَلْ يَسْمَعُونَكُمْ إِذْ تَدْعُونَ

He said: hearken they unto you when ye cry?

أَوْ يَنْفَعُونَكُمْ أَوْ يَضُرُّونَ

Or, benefit they you or hurt they you?

قَالُوا بَلْ وَجَدْنَا آبَاءَنَا كَذَٰلِكَ يَفْعَلُونَ

They said: nay; but we found our fathers doing in this wise.

قَالَ أَفَرَأَيْتُمْ مَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَ

He said: have ye observed that which ye worship

أَنْتُمْ وَآبَاؤُكُمُ الْأَقْدَمُونَ

Ye and your fathers of old?

فَإِنَّهُمْ عَدُوٌّ لِي إِلَّا رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ

Verily they are an enemy unto me, save the Lord of the worlds.

الَّذِي خَلَقَنِي فَهُوَ يَهْدِينِ

Who hath created me, and He guideth me.

وَالَّذِي هُوَ يُطْعِمُنِي وَيَسْقِينِ

He Who feedeth me and giveth me to drink.

وَإِذَا مَرِضْتُ فَهُوَ يَشْفِينِ

And when I sicken, then He healeth me.

وَالَّذِي يُمِيتُنِي ثُمَّ يُحْيِينِ

And He Who shall cause me to die, and then shall quicken me.

وَالَّذِي أَطْمَعُ أَنْ يَغْفِرَ لِي خَطِيئَتِي يَوْمَ الدِّينِ

And He Who, long, shall forgive me my faults, on the Day of Requital.

رَبِّ هَبْ لِي حُكْمًا وَأَلْحِقْنِي بِالصَّالِحِينَ

My Lord! bestow on me wisdom and join me with the righteous.

وَاجْعَلْ لِي لِسَانَ صِدْقٍ فِي الْآخِرِينَ

And appoint for me an honourable mention among the posterity

وَاجْعَلْنِي مِنْ وَرَثَةِ جَنَّةِ النَّعِيمِ

And make me one of the inheritors of the Garden of Delight.

وَاغْفِرْ لِأَبِي إِنَّهُ كَانَ مِنَ الضَّالِّينَ

And forgive my father; verily he is of the erring.

وَلَا تُخْزِنِي يَوْمَ يُبْعَثُونَ

And humiliate me not on the Day whereon people shall be raised.

يَوْمَ لَا يَنْفَعُ مَالٌ وَلَا بَنُونَ

The Day whereon will profit neither substance nor sons.

إِلَّا مَنْ أَتَى اللَّهَ بِقَلْبٍ سَلِيمٍ

Unless it be he, who shall bring unto Allah a whole heart,

وَأُزْلِفَتِ الْجَنَّةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ

And the Garden shall be brought nigh to the God, fearing.

وَبُرِّزَتِ الْجَحِيمُ لِلْغَاوِينَ

And the Fierce Fire shall be made apparent unto the seduced ones.

وَقِيلَ لَهُمْ أَيْنَ مَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَ

And it shall be said unto them where is that which ye were wont to worship?

مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ هَلْ يَنْصُرُونَكُمْ أَوْ يَنْتَصِرُونَ

Beside Allah? Can they succour you or succour themselves?

فَكُبْكِبُوا فِيهَا هُمْ وَالْغَاوُونَ

Then they shall be hurled therein, they and the seduced ones.

وَجُنُودُ إِبْلِيسَ أَجْمَعُونَ

And the hosts of Iblis together.

قَالُوا وَهُمْ فِيهَا يَخْتَصِمُونَ

And they, While contending therein, shall say:

تَاللَّهِ إِنْ كُنَّا لَفِي ضَلَالٍ مُبِينٍ

By Allah, we have indeed been in an error manifest.

إِذْ نُسَوِّيكُمْ بِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

When we equalled you with the Lord of the worlds.

وَمَا أَضَلَّنَا إِلَّا الْمُجْرِمُونَ

And none led us astray except the Culprits.

فَمَا لَنَا مِنْ شَافِعِينَ

So none we have as intercessors.

وَلَا صَدِيقٍ حَمِيمٍ

Nor any loving friend.

فَلَوْ أَنَّ لَنَا كَرَّةً فَنَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ

Were there for us a return, we would be of the believers.

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ

Verily herein is a sign, but most of them are not believers.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ

And verily thy Lord! He is the Mighty, the Merciful.

كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ الْمُرْسَلِينَ

And Nuh's people belied the sent ones.

إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ نُوحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

When their brother Nuh said Unto them: fear ye not?

إِنِّي لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ

Verily I am unto you an apostle trusted.

فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

So fear Allah and obey me.

وَمَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

And I ask of you no hire therefor; my hire is but with the Lord of the worlds.

فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

So fear Allah and obey me.

۞ قَالُوا أَنُؤْمِنُ لَكَ وَاتَّبَعَكَ الْأَرْذَلُونَ

They said: shall We believe in thee when the meanest follow thee?

قَالَ وَمَا عِلْمِي بِمَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ

He said: I have no knowledge of that which they have been Working.

إِنْ حِسَابُهُمْ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّي ۖ لَوْ تَشْعُرُونَ

Their reckoning is upon my Lord, if ye but knew.

وَمَا أَنَا بِطَارِدِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ

And I am not to drive away the believers.

إِنْ أَنَا إِلَّا نَذِيرٌ مُبِينٌ

I am naught but a warner manifest.

قَالُوا لَئِنْ لَمْ تَنْتَهِ يَا نُوحُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْمَرْجُومِينَ

They said: if thou desistest not, thou shalt surely be of those stoned.

قَالَ رَبِّ إِنَّ قَوْمِي كَذَّبُونِ

He said: my Lord! verily my people have belied me.

فَافْتَحْ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُمْ فَتْحًا وَنَجِّنِي وَمَنْ مَعِيَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ

So decide Thou between me and them with a decision, and deliver me and those who are with me of the believers.

فَأَنْجَيْنَاهُ وَمَنْ مَعَهُ فِي الْفُلْكِ الْمَشْحُونِ

Wherefore We delivered him and those with him in the laden ark.

ثُمَّ أَغْرَقْنَا بَعْدُ الْبَاقِينَ

Then We drowned the rest thereafter.

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ

Verily herein is a sign, yet most of them are not believers.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ

And thy Lord! He is the Mighty, the Merciful.

كَذَّبَتْ عَادٌ الْمُرْسَلِينَ

The'Aad belied the sent ones.

إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ هُودٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

When their brother Hud said Unto them: fear ye not?

إِنِّي لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ

Verily I am unto you an apostle trusted.

فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

So fear Allah and obey me.

وَمَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

And I ask of you no hire therefor: my hire is but with the Lord of the worlds.

أَتَبْنُونَ بِكُلِّ رِيعٍ آيَةً تَعْبَثُونَ

Build ye on every eminence a landmark in vanity?

وَتَتَّخِذُونَ مَصَانِعَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَخْلُدُونَ

And take ye for yourselves castles that haply ye may abide.

وَإِذَا بَطَشْتُمْ بَطَشْتُمْ جَبَّارِينَ

And when ye seize, ye seize like unto tyrants.

فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

So fear Allah, and obey me.

وَاتَّقُوا الَّذِي أَمَدَّكُمْ بِمَا تَعْلَمُونَ

And fear Him Who hath aided you with that which ye know.

أَمَدَّكُمْ بِأَنْعَامٍ وَبَنِينَ

He hath aided you With Cattle and sons.

وَجَنَّاتٍ وَعُيُونٍ

And gardens and springs.

إِنِّي أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ

Verily I fear for you the torment of a Mighty Day.

قَالُوا سَوَاءٌ عَلَيْنَا أَوَعَظْتَ أَمْ لَمْ تَكُنْ مِنَ الْوَاعِظِينَ

They said: it is equal unto us whether thou admonishest or art not of the admonishers.

إِنْ هَٰذَا إِلَّا خُلُقُ الْأَوَّلِينَ

This in but a custom of the ancients.

وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ

And we are not going to be tormented.

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَهْلَكْنَاهُمْ ۗ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ

And they belied him; so We destroyed them. Verily herein is a sign, yet most of them are not believers.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ

And verily thy Lord? He is the Mighty, the Merciful.

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ الْمُرْسَلِينَ

The Thamud belied the sent ones

إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ صَالِحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

When their brother Salih said unto them: fear ye not?

إِنِّي لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ

Verily I am unto you an apostle trusted.

فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

So fear Allah, and obey me.

وَمَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

And I ask of you no hire therefor; MY hire is but with the Lord of the worlds.

أَتُتْرَكُونَ فِي مَا هَاهُنَا آمِنِينَ

Shall ye be left secure in that which is here before us.

فِي جَنَّاتٍ وَعُيُونٍ

In gardens and springs.

وَزُرُوعٍ وَنَخْلٍ طَلْعُهَا هَضِيمٌ

And corn-fields and palm-trees whereof the spathes are fine?

وَتَنْحِتُونَ مِنَ الْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا فَارِهِينَ

And hew ye out houses in the mountains skilfully! g

فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

So fear Allah, and obey me.

وَلَا تُطِيعُوا أَمْرَ الْمُسْرِفِينَ

And obey not the command of the extravagant.

الَّذِينَ يُفْسِدُونَ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا يُصْلِحُونَ

Who work corruption in the land and rectify not.

قَالُوا إِنَّمَا أَنْتَ مِنَ الْمُسَحَّرِينَ

They said: thou art but one of the bewitched;

مَا أَنْتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِثْلُنَا فَأْتِ بِآيَةٍ إِنْ كُنْتَ مِنَ الصَّادِقِينَ

Thou art but a human being like unto us. So bring thou a sign if thou art of the truth-tellers.

قَالَ هَٰذِهِ نَاقَةٌ لَهَا شِرْبٌ وَلَكُمْ شِرْبُ يَوْمٍ مَعْلُومٍ

He said: yonder is a she-camel; to her a drink, and to you a drink, each on a day known.

وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوءٍ فَيَأْخُذَكُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ

And touch her not with ill, lest there take hold of you the torment of a Mighty Day.

فَعَقَرُوهَا فَأَصْبَحُوا نَادِمِينَ

Then they hamstrung her; and then they became regretful.

فَأَخَذَهُمُ الْعَذَابُ ۗ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ

So the torment took hold of them: verily herein is a sign, but most of them are not believers.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ

And verily thy Lord! He is the Mighty, the Merciful.

كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ لُوطٍ الْمُرْسَلِينَ

The people of Lut belied the sent ones.

إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ لُوطٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

When their brother Lut said unto them: fear ye not?

إِنِّي لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ

Verily I am unto you an apostle trusted.

فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

So fear Allah, and obey me.

وَمَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

And I ask of you no hire there for; my hire is but with the Lord of the worlds.

أَتَأْتُونَ الذُّكْرَانَ مِنَ الْعَالَمِينَ

Go ye in, of all creatures, unto the males?

وَتَذَرُونَ مَا خَلَقَ لَكُمْ رَبُّكُمْ مِنْ أَزْوَاجِكُمْ ۚ بَلْ أَنْتُمْ قَوْمٌ عَادُونَ

And leave ye your spouses your Lord hath created for you? Aye! ye are a people trespassing.

قَالُوا لَئِنْ لَمْ تَنْتَهِ يَا لُوطُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْمُخْرَجِينَ

They said: if thou desistest not, O Lut! thou shalt surely be of those driven forth.

قَالَ إِنِّي لِعَمَلِكُمْ مِنَ الْقَالِينَ

He said: verily I am of those who abhor your work.

رَبِّ نَجِّنِي وَأَهْلِي مِمَّا يَعْمَلُونَ

My Lord! deliver me and my household from that which they work.

فَنَجَّيْنَاهُ وَأَهْلَهُ أَجْمَعِينَ

So We delivered him and his household all.

إِلَّا عَجُوزًا فِي الْغَابِرِينَ

Save an old woman among the lingerers.

ثُمَّ دَمَّرْنَا الْآخَرِينَ

Thereafter We annihilated the rest.

وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ مَطَرًا ۖ فَسَاءَ مَطَرُ الْمُنْذَرِينَ

And We rained on them a rain. So ill was the rain on those warned?

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ

Verily herein is a sign, yet most of them are not believers.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ

And verily thy Lord! He is the Mighty, the Merciful.

كَذَّبَ أَصْحَابُ الْأَيْكَةِ الْمُرْسَلِينَ

The dwellers of the wood belied the sent ones.

إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ شُعَيْبٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

What time Shu'aib, said unto them: fear ye not?

إِنِّي لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ

Verily I am unto you an apostle trusted.

فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

So fear Allah, and obey me.

وَمَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

And ask of you no hire therefor; and my hire is but with the Lord of the worlds.

۞ أَوْفُوا الْكَيْلَ وَلَا تَكُونُوا مِنَ الْمُخْسِرِينَ

Give full measure, and be not of those who cause others to lose.

وَزِنُوا بِالْقِسْطَاسِ الْمُسْتَقِيمِ

And weigh with a balance straight.

وَلَا تَبْخَسُوا النَّاسَ أَشْيَاءَهُمْ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا فِي الْأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ

And defraud not people of their things, and commit not corruption on the earth.

وَاتَّقُوا الَّذِي خَلَقَكُمْ وَالْجِبِلَّةَ الْأَوَّلِينَ

So fear Him Who created you and the former generations.

قَالُوا إِنَّمَا أَنْتَ مِنَ الْمُسَحَّرِينَ

They said: thou art but of the bewitched;

وَمَا أَنْتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِثْلُنَا وَإِنْ نَظُنُّكَ لَمِنَ الْكَاذِبِينَ

And thou art but a human being like unto us, and we deem thee to be of the liars.

فَأَسْقِطْ عَلَيْنَا كِسَفًا مِنَ السَّمَاءِ إِنْ كُنْتَ مِنَ الصَّادِقِينَ

So cause thou a fragment of the heaven to fall upon us, if thou art of the truth-tellers.

قَالَ رَبِّي أَعْلَمُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ

He. said: My Lord is the Best Knower of that which ye work.

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمِ الظُّلَّةِ ۚ إِنَّهُ كَانَ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ

Thenn they belied him; wherefore there laid hold of -them the torment of day of shadow. Verily it was the torment of a Mighty Day.

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ

Verily herein is a sign; but most of them are not believers.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ

And verily thy Lord! He is the Mighty, the Merciful.

وَإِنَّهُ لَتَنْزِيلُ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

And verily it is a revelation of the Lord of the worlds.

نَزَلَ بِهِ الرُّوحُ الْأَمِينُ

The Trusted spirit hath brought it down.

عَلَىٰ قَلْبِكَ لِتَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُنْذِرِينَ

Upon thy heart, that thou mayest be of the warners,

بِلِسَانٍ عَرَبِيٍّ مُبِينٍ

In plain Arabic speech.

وَإِنَّهُ لَفِي زُبُرِ الْأَوَّلِينَ

And verily it is in the Scriptures of the ancients.

أَوَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُمْ آيَةً أَنْ يَعْلَمَهُ عُلَمَاءُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ

Is it not a sign unto them that the learned among the Children of Isra'il know it?

وَلَوْ نَزَّلْنَاهُ عَلَىٰ بَعْضِ الْأَعْجَمِينَ

And had We revealed it unto any of the ncn-Arabs,

فَقَرَأَهُ عَلَيْهِمْ مَا كَانُوا بِهِ مُؤْمِنِينَ

And he had-read it unto them, even then they would not have been believers therein.

كَذَٰلِكَ سَلَكْنَاهُ فِي قُلُوبِ الْمُجْرِمِينَ

In this wise have We made way for it into the hearts of the culprits.

لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِ حَتَّىٰ يَرَوُا الْعَذَابَ الْأَلِيمَ

They will not believe therein until they behold the torment afflictive.

فَيَأْتِيَهُمْ بَغْتَةً وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

It shall come unto them on a sudden, and they shall not perceive.

فَيَقُولُوا هَلْ نَحْنُ مُنْظَرُونَ

Then they will say: are we to be respited?

أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا يَسْتَعْجِلُونَ

Seek haste then they with our torment?

أَفَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ مَتَّعْنَاهُمْ سِنِينَ

Beholdest thou? - if We let them enjoy for years.

ثُمَّ جَاءَهُمْ مَا كَانُوا يُوعَدُونَ

And then there cometh unto them that which they had been promised.

مَا أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُمْ مَا كَانُوا يُمَتَّعُونَ

What shall that which they enjoyed avail them?

وَمَا أَهْلَكْنَا مِنْ قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا لَهَا مُنْذِرُونَ

And We destroyed not a city but it had its warners.

ذِكْرَىٰ وَمَا كُنَّا ظَالِمِينَ

By way of admonition, and We have never been oppressors.

وَمَا تَنَزَّلَتْ بِهِ الشَّيَاطِينُ

And the satans have not brought it down.

وَمَا يَنْبَغِي لَهُمْ وَمَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ

It behoveth them not, nor they can.

إِنَّهُمْ عَنِ السَّمْعِ لَمَعْزُولُونَ

Verily far from hearing are they removed.

فَلَا تَدْعُ مَعَ اللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا آخَرَ فَتَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُعَذَّبِينَ

So call not thou unto anot her god along with Allah, lest thou be of the doomed.

وَأَنْذِرْ عَشِيرَتَكَ الْأَقْرَبِينَ

And warn thou thy clan, the nearest ones.

وَاخْفِضْ جَنَاحَكَ لِمَنِ اتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ

And lower thou thy Wlng Unto those who follow thee as believers.

فَإِنْ عَصَوْكَ فَقُلْ إِنِّي بَرِيءٌ مِمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ

And if they disobey thee, say thou: verily I am quit of that which ye work.

وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى الْعَزِيزِ الرَّحِيمِ

And rely thou upon the Mighty, the Merciful.

الَّذِي يَرَاكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ

Who seeth thee when thou standest up

وَتَقَلُّبَكَ فِي السَّاجِدِينَ

And thy movements among those who fall prostrate.

إِنَّهُ هُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ

Verily He! He is the Hearer, the Knower.

هَلْ أُنَبِّئُكُمْ عَلَىٰ مَنْ تَنَزَّلُ الشَّيَاطِينُ

Shall declare unto you upon whom the satans descend!

تَنَزَّلُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ أَفَّاكٍ أَثِيمٍ

They descend upon every calumniator, sinner.

يُلْقُونَ السَّمْعَ وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ كَاذِبُونَ

Who give ear, and most of them are liars.

وَالشُّعَرَاءُ يَتَّبِعُهُمُ الْغَاوُونَ

As for the poets -it is the seduced who follow them.

أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّهُمْ فِي كُلِّ وَادٍ يَهِيمُونَ

Observest thou not, that they Wander about every vale.

وَأَنَّهُمْ يَقُولُونَ مَا لَا يَفْعَلُونَ

And that they say that which they do not?

إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ وَذَكَرُوا اللَّهَ كَثِيرًا وَانْتَصَرُوا مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا ظُلِمُوا ۗ وَسَيَعْلَمُ الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا أَيَّ مُنْقَلَبٍ يَنْقَلِبُونَ

Save those who believed and worked righteous works and remembered Allah much, and vindicated themselves after they had been wronged. And anon those who do wrong shall come to know with what a translating they shall be translated.