26Ash-Shu'araa

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ طسم

Ta Sin Mim

تِلْكَ آيَاتُ الْكِتَابِ الْمُبِينِ

Those are the signs of the Manifest Book.

لَعَلَّكَ بَاخِعٌ نَفْسَكَ أَلَّا يَكُونُوا مُؤْمِنِينَ

Perchance thou consumest thyself that they are not believers.

إِنْ نَشَأْ نُنَزِّلْ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ آيَةً فَظَلَّتْ أَعْنَاقُهُمْ لَهَا خَاضِعِينَ

If We will, We shall send down on them out of heaven a sign, so their necks will stay humbled to it.

وَمَا يَأْتِيهِمْ مِنْ ذِكْرٍ مِنَ الرَّحْمَٰنِ مُحْدَثٍ إِلَّا كَانُوا عَنْهُ مُعْرِضِينَ

But never fresh remembrance comes to them from the All-merciful, except they turn away from it.

فَقَدْ كَذَّبُوا فَسَيَأْتِيهِمْ أَنْبَاءُ مَا كَانُوا بِهِ يَسْتَهْزِئُونَ

So they have cried lies; therefore assuredly tidings will come to them of that they mocked at.

أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا إِلَى الْأَرْضِ كَمْ أَنْبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِنْ كُلِّ زَوْجٍ كَرِيمٍ

What, have they not regarded the earth, how many therein We have caused to grow of every generous kind?

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ

Surely in that is a sign, yet most of them are not believers.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ

Surely thy Lord, He is the All-mighty, the All-compassionate.

وَإِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبُّكَ مُوسَىٰ أَنِ ائْتِ الْقَوْمَ الظَّالِمِينَ

And when thy Lord called to Moses, 'Go to the people of the evildoers,

قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ ۚ أَلَا يَتَّقُونَ

the people of Pharaoh; will they not be godfearing?'

قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّي أَخَافُ أَنْ يُكَذِّبُونِ

He said, 'My Lord, I fear they will cry me lies,

وَيَضِيقُ صَدْرِي وَلَا يَنْطَلِقُ لِسَانِي فَأَرْسِلْ إِلَىٰ هَارُونَ

and my breast will be straitened, and my tongue will not be loosed; so send to Aaron.

وَلَهُمْ عَلَيَّ ذَنْبٌ فَأَخَافُ أَنْ يَقْتُلُونِ

They also have a sin against me, and I fear they will slay me.'

قَالَ كَلَّا ۖ فَاذْهَبَا بِآيَاتِنَا ۖ إِنَّا مَعَكُمْ مُسْتَمِعُونَ

Said He, 'No indeed; but go, both of you, with Our signs, and We assuredly shall be with you, listening.

فَأْتِيَا فِرْعَوْنَ فَقُولَا إِنَّا رَسُولُ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

So go you to Pharaoh, and say, "Verily, I am the Messenger of the Lord of all Being;

أَنْ أَرْسِلْ مَعَنَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ

so send forth with us the Children of Israel."

قَالَ أَلَمْ نُرَبِّكَ فِينَا وَلِيدًا وَلَبِثْتَ فِينَا مِنْ عُمُرِكَ سِنِينَ

He said, 'Did we not raise thee amongst us as a child? Didst thou not tarry among us years of thy life?

وَفَعَلْتَ فَعْلَتَكَ الَّتِي فَعَلْتَ وَأَنْتَ مِنَ الْكَافِرِينَ

And thou didst the deed thou didst, being one of the ungrateful!'

قَالَ فَعَلْتُهَا إِذًا وَأَنَا مِنَ الضَّالِّينَ

Said he, 'Indeed I did it then, being one of those that stray;

فَفَرَرْتُ مِنْكُمْ لَمَّا خِفْتُكُمْ فَوَهَبَ لِي رَبِّي حُكْمًا وَجَعَلَنِي مِنَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ

so I fled from you, fearing you. But my Lord gave me Judgment and made me one of the Envoys.

وَتِلْكَ نِعْمَةٌ تَمُنُّهَا عَلَيَّ أَنْ عَبَّدْتَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ

That is a blessing thou reproachest me with, having enslaved the Children of Israel.'

قَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَا رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ

Pharaoh said, 'And what is the Lord of all Being?'

قَالَ رَبُّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ۖ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ مُوقِنِينَ

He said, 'The Lord of the heavens and earth, and what between them is, if you have faith.'

قَالَ لِمَنْ حَوْلَهُ أَلَا تَسْتَمِعُونَ

Said he to those about him, 'Do you not hear?'

قَالَ رَبُّكُمْ وَرَبُّ آبَائِكُمُ الْأَوَّلِينَ

He said, 'Your Lord and the Lord of your fathers, the ancients.'

قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَكُمُ الَّذِي أُرْسِلَ إِلَيْكُمْ لَمَجْنُونٌ

Said he, 'Surely your Messenger who was sent to you is possessed!'

قَالَ رَبُّ الْمَشْرِقِ وَالْمَغْرِبِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ۖ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ

He said, 'The Lord of the East and West, and what between them is, if you have understanding,'

قَالَ لَئِنِ اتَّخَذْتَ إِلَٰهًا غَيْرِي لَأَجْعَلَنَّكَ مِنَ الْمَسْجُونِينَ

Said he, 'If thou takest a god other than me, I shall surely make thee one of the imprisoned.'

قَالَ أَوَلَوْ جِئْتُكَ بِشَيْءٍ مُبِينٍ

He said, 'What, even though I brought thee something so manifest?'

قَالَ فَأْتِ بِهِ إِنْ كُنْتَ مِنَ الصَّادِقِينَ

Said he, 'Bring it then, if thou art of the truthful.'

فَأَلْقَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِيَ ثُعْبَانٌ مُبِينٌ

So he cast his staff, and behold, it was a serpent manifest.

وَنَزَعَ يَدَهُ فَإِذَا هِيَ بَيْضَاءُ لِلنَّاظِرِينَ

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

قَالَ لِلْمَلَإِ حَوْلَهُ إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَسَاحِرٌ عَلِيمٌ

Said he to the Council about him, 'Surely this man is a cunning sorcerer

يُرِيدُ أَنْ يُخْرِجَكُمْ مِنْ أَرْضِكُمْ بِسِحْرِهِ فَمَاذَا تَأْمُرُونَ

who desires to expel you from your land by his sorcery; what do you command?'

قَالُوا أَرْجِهْ وَأَخَاهُ وَابْعَثْ فِي الْمَدَائِنِ حَاشِرِينَ

They said, 'Put him and his brother off a while, and send among the cities musterers,

يَأْتُوكَ بِكُلِّ سَحَّارٍ عَلِيمٍ

to bring thee every cunning sorcerer.

فَجُمِعَ السَّحَرَةُ لِمِيقَاتِ يَوْمٍ مَعْلُومٍ

So the sorcerers were assembled for the appointed time of a fixed day.

وَقِيلَ لِلنَّاسِ هَلْ أَنْتُمْ مُجْتَمِعُونَ

The people were asked, 'Will you assemble?

لَعَلَّنَا نَتَّبِعُ السَّحَرَةَ إِنْ كَانُوا هُمُ الْغَالِبِينَ

Haply we shall follow the sorcerers if it should be they are the victors.'

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

Then, when the sorcerers came, they said to Pharaoh, 'Shall we indeed have a wage, if we should be the victors?'

قَالَ نَعَمْ وَإِنَّكُمْ إِذًا لَمِنَ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ

He said, 'Yes indeed; and you shall then be among the near-stationed.'

قَالَ لَهُمْ مُوسَىٰ أَلْقُوا مَا أَنْتُمْ مُلْقُونَ

Moses said to them, 'Cast you down what you will cast.'

فَأَلْقَوْا حِبَالَهُمْ وَعِصِيَّهُمْ وَقَالُوا بِعِزَّةِ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّا لَنَحْنُ الْغَالِبُونَ

So they cast their ropes and their staffs, and said, 'By the might of Pharaoh we shall be the victors.'

فَأَلْقَىٰ مُوسَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِيَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُونَ

Then Moses cast his staff and lo, it forthwith swallowed up their lying invention;

فَأُلْقِيَ السَّحَرَةُ سَاجِدِينَ

so the sorcerers were cast down, bowing themselves.

قَالُوا آمَنَّا بِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

They said, 'We believe in the Lord of all Being,

رَبِّ مُوسَىٰ وَهَارُونَ

the Lord of Moses and Aaron.'

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

Said Pharaoh, 'You have believed him before I gave you leave. Why, he is the chief of you, the same that taught you sorcery; now you shall know! I shall assuredly cut off alternately your hands and feet, then I shall crucify you all together.'

قَالُوا لَا ضَيْرَ ۖ إِنَّا إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا مُنْقَلِبُونَ

They said, 'There is no harm; surely unto our Lord we are turning.

إِنَّا نَطْمَعُ أَنْ يَغْفِرَ لَنَا رَبُّنَا خَطَايَانَا أَنْ كُنَّا أَوَّلَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ

We are eager that our Lord should forgive us our offences, for that we are the first of the believers.'

۞ وَأَوْحَيْنَا إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰ أَنْ أَسْرِ بِعِبَادِي إِنَّكُمْ مُتَّبَعُونَ

Also We revealed unto Moses, 'Go with My servants by night; surely you will be followed.'

فَأَرْسَلَ فِرْعَوْنُ فِي الْمَدَائِنِ حَاشِرِينَ

Then Pharaoh sent among the cities musterers:

إِنَّ هَٰؤُلَاءِ لَشِرْذِمَةٌ قَلِيلُونَ

'Behold, these are a small troop,

وَإِنَّهُمْ لَنَا لَغَائِظُونَ

and indeed they are enraging us;

وَإِنَّا لَجَمِيعٌ حَاذِرُونَ

and we are a host on our guard.'

فَأَخْرَجْنَاهُمْ مِنْ جَنَّاتٍ وَعُيُونٍ

So We expelled them from gardens and fountains,

وَكُنُوزٍ وَمَقَامٍ كَرِيمٍ

and treasures and a noble station;

كَذَٰلِكَ وَأَوْرَثْنَاهَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ

even so, and We bequeathed them upon the Children of Israel.

فَأَتْبَعُوهُمْ مُشْرِقِينَ

Then they followed them at the sunrise;

فَلَمَّا تَرَاءَى الْجَمْعَانِ قَالَ أَصْحَابُ مُوسَىٰ إِنَّا لَمُدْرَكُونَ

and, when the two hosts sighted each other, the companions of Moses said, 'We are overtaken!'

قَالَ كَلَّا ۖ إِنَّ مَعِيَ رَبِّي سَيَهْدِينِ

Said he, 'No indeed; surely my Lord is with me; He will guide me.'

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

Then We revealed to Moses, 'Strike with thy staff the sea'; and it clave, and each part was as a mighty mount.

وَأَزْلَفْنَا ثَمَّ الْآخَرِينَ

And there We brought the others on,

وَأَنْجَيْنَا مُوسَىٰ وَمَنْ مَعَهُ أَجْمَعِينَ

and We delivered Moses and those with him all together;

ثُمَّ أَغْرَقْنَا الْآخَرِينَ

then We drowned the others.

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ

Surely in that is a sign, yet most of them are not believers.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ

Surely thy Lord, He is the All-mighty, the All-compassionate.

وَاتْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ نَبَأَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ

And recite to them the tiding of Abraham

إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِ مَا تَعْبُدُونَ

when he said to his father and his people, 'What do you serve?'

قَالُوا نَعْبُدُ أَصْنَامًا فَنَظَلُّ لَهَا عَاكِفِينَ

They said, 'We serve idols, and continue cleaving to them.

قَالَ هَلْ يَسْمَعُونَكُمْ إِذْ تَدْعُونَ

He said, 'Do they hear you when you call,

أَوْ يَنْفَعُونَكُمْ أَوْ يَضُرُّونَ

or do they profit you, or harm?'

قَالُوا بَلْ وَجَدْنَا آبَاءَنَا كَذَٰلِكَ يَفْعَلُونَ

They said, 'Nay, but we found our fathers so doing.'

قَالَ أَفَرَأَيْتُمْ مَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَ

He said, 'And have you considered what you have been serving,

أَنْتُمْ وَآبَاؤُكُمُ الْأَقْدَمُونَ

you and your fathers, the elders?

فَإِنَّهُمْ عَدُوٌّ لِي إِلَّا رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ

They are an enemy to me, except the Lord of all Being

الَّذِي خَلَقَنِي فَهُوَ يَهْدِينِ

who created me, and Himself guides me,

وَالَّذِي هُوَ يُطْعِمُنِي وَيَسْقِينِ

and Himself gives me to eat and drink,

وَإِذَا مَرِضْتُ فَهُوَ يَشْفِينِ

and, whenever I am sick, heals me,

وَالَّذِي يُمِيتُنِي ثُمَّ يُحْيِينِ

who makes me to die, then gives me life,

وَالَّذِي أَطْمَعُ أَنْ يَغْفِرَ لِي خَطِيئَتِي يَوْمَ الدِّينِ

and who I am eager shall forgive me my offence on the Day of Doom.

رَبِّ هَبْ لِي حُكْمًا وَأَلْحِقْنِي بِالصَّالِحِينَ

My Lord, give me Judgment, and join me with the righteous,

وَاجْعَلْ لِي لِسَانَ صِدْقٍ فِي الْآخِرِينَ

and appoint me a tongue of truthfulness among the others.

وَاجْعَلْنِي مِنْ وَرَثَةِ جَنَّةِ النَّعِيمِ

Make me one of the inheritors of the Garden of Bliss

وَاغْفِرْ لِأَبِي إِنَّهُ كَانَ مِنَ الضَّالِّينَ

and forgive my father, for he is one of those astray.

وَلَا تُخْزِنِي يَوْمَ يُبْعَثُونَ

Degrade me not upon the day when they are raised up,

يَوْمَ لَا يَنْفَعُ مَالٌ وَلَا بَنُونَ

the day when neither wealth nor sons shall profit

إِلَّا مَنْ أَتَى اللَّهَ بِقَلْبٍ سَلِيمٍ

except for him who comes to God with a pure heart.

وَأُزْلِفَتِ الْجَنَّةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ

And Paradise shall be brought forward for the godfearing,

وَبُرِّزَتِ الْجَحِيمُ لِلْغَاوِينَ

and Hell advanced for the perverse.

وَقِيلَ لَهُمْ أَيْنَ مَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَ

It shall be said to them, 'Where is that you were serving

مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ هَلْ يَنْصُرُونَكُمْ أَوْ يَنْتَصِرُونَ

apart from God? Do they help you or help themselves?'

فَكُبْكِبُوا فِيهَا هُمْ وَالْغَاوُونَ

Then they shall be pitched into it, they and the perverse

وَجُنُودُ إِبْلِيسَ أَجْمَعُونَ

and the hosts of Iblis, all together.

قَالُوا وَهُمْ فِيهَا يَخْتَصِمُونَ

They shall say, as they dispute there one with another,

تَاللَّهِ إِنْ كُنَّا لَفِي ضَلَالٍ مُبِينٍ

'By God, we were certainly in manifest error

إِذْ نُسَوِّيكُمْ بِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

when we made you equal with the Lord of all Being.

وَمَا أَضَلَّنَا إِلَّا الْمُجْرِمُونَ

It was naught but the sinners that led us astray;

فَمَا لَنَا مِنْ شَافِعِينَ

so now we have no intercessors,

وَلَا صَدِيقٍ حَمِيمٍ

no loyal friend.

فَلَوْ أَنَّ لَنَا كَرَّةً فَنَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ

O that we might return again, and be among the believers!'

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ

Surely in that is a sign, yet most of them are not believers.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ

Surely thy Lord, He is the All-mighty, the All-compassionate.

كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ الْمُرْسَلِينَ

The people of Noah cried lies to the Envoys

إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ نُوحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

when their brother Noah said to them, 'Will you not be godfearing?

إِنِّي لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ

I am for you a faithful Messenger,

فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

so serve you God, and obey you me.

وَمَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

I ask of you no wage for this; my wage falls only upon the Lord of all Being;

فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

so fear you God, and obey you me.'

۞ قَالُوا أَنُؤْمِنُ لَكَ وَاتَّبَعَكَ الْأَرْذَلُونَ

They said, 'Shall we believe thee, whom the vilest follow?'

قَالَ وَمَا عِلْمِي بِمَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ

He said, 'What knowledge have I of that they have been doing?

إِنْ حِسَابُهُمْ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّي ۖ لَوْ تَشْعُرُونَ

Their account falls only upon my Lord, were you but aware.

وَمَا أَنَا بِطَارِدِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ

I would not drive away the believers;

إِنْ أَنَا إِلَّا نَذِيرٌ مُبِينٌ

'I am naught but a plain warner.'

قَالُوا لَئِنْ لَمْ تَنْتَهِ يَا نُوحُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْمَرْجُومِينَ

They said, 'If thou givest not over, Noah, thou shalt assuredly be one of the stoned.'

قَالَ رَبِّ إِنَّ قَوْمِي كَذَّبُونِ

He said, 'My Lord, my people have cried me lies,

فَافْتَحْ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُمْ فَتْحًا وَنَجِّنِي وَمَنْ مَعِيَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ

so give true deliverance between me and them, and deliver me and the believers that are with me.

فَأَنْجَيْنَاهُ وَمَنْ مَعَهُ فِي الْفُلْكِ الْمَشْحُونِ

So We delivered him, and those with him, in the laden ship,

ثُمَّ أَغْرَقْنَا بَعْدُ الْبَاقِينَ

then afterwards We drowned the rest.

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ

Surely in that is a sign, yet most of them are not believers.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ

Surely thy Lord, He is the All-mighty, the All-compassionate.

كَذَّبَتْ عَادٌ الْمُرْسَلِينَ

Ad cried lies to the Envoys

إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ هُودٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

when their brother Hood said to them, 'Will you not be godfearing?

إِنِّي لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ

I am for you a faithful Messenger,

فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

so fear you God, and obey you me.

وَمَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

I ask of you no wage for this; my wage falls only upon the Lord of all Being.

أَتَبْنُونَ بِكُلِّ رِيعٍ آيَةً تَعْبَثُونَ

What, do you build on every prominence a sign, sporting,

وَتَتَّخِذُونَ مَصَانِعَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَخْلُدُونَ

and do you take to you castles, haply to dwell forever?

وَإِذَا بَطَشْتُمْ بَطَشْتُمْ جَبَّارِينَ

When you assault, you assault like tyrants!

فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

So fear you God, and obey you me;

وَاتَّقُوا الَّذِي أَمَدَّكُمْ بِمَا تَعْلَمُونَ

and fear Him who has succoured you with what you know,

أَمَدَّكُمْ بِأَنْعَامٍ وَبَنِينَ

succoured you with flocks and sons,

وَجَنَّاتٍ وَعُيُونٍ

gardens and fountains.

إِنِّي أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ

'Indeed, I fear for you the chastisement of a dreadful day.'

قَالُوا سَوَاءٌ عَلَيْنَا أَوَعَظْتَ أَمْ لَمْ تَكُنْ مِنَ الْوَاعِظِينَ

They said, 'Alike it is to us, whether thou admonishest, or art not one of the admonishers;

إِنْ هَٰذَا إِلَّا خُلُقُ الْأَوَّلِينَ

this is nothing but the habit of the ancients,

وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ

and we shall not be chastised.'

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَهْلَكْنَاهُمْ ۗ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ

So they cried him lies; then We destroyed them. Surely in that is a sign, yet most of them are not believers.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ

Surely thy Lord, He is the All-mighty, the All-compassionate.

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ الْمُرْسَلِينَ

Thamood cried lies to the Envoys

إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ صَالِحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

when their brother Salih said to them, 'Will you not be godfearing?

إِنِّي لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ

I am for you a faithful Messenger,

فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

so fear you God, and obey you me.'

وَمَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

'I ask of you no wage for this; my wage falls only upon the Lord of all Being.

أَتُتْرَكُونَ فِي مَا هَاهُنَا آمِنِينَ

Will you be left secure in this here,

فِي جَنَّاتٍ وَعُيُونٍ

among gardens and fountains,

وَزُرُوعٍ وَنَخْلٍ طَلْعُهَا هَضِيمٌ

sown fields, and palms with slender spathes?

وَتَنْحِتُونَ مِنَ الْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا فَارِهِينَ

Will you still skilfully hew houses out of the mountains?

فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

So fear you God, and obey you me;

وَلَا تُطِيعُوا أَمْرَ الْمُسْرِفِينَ

and obey not the commandment of the prodigal

الَّذِينَ يُفْسِدُونَ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا يُصْلِحُونَ

who do corruption in the earth, and set not things aright.'

قَالُوا إِنَّمَا أَنْتَ مِنَ الْمُسَحَّرِينَ

They said, 'Thou art merely one of those that are bewitched;

مَا أَنْتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِثْلُنَا فَأْتِ بِآيَةٍ إِنْ كُنْتَ مِنَ الصَّادِقِينَ

thou art naught but a mortal, like us; then produce a sign, if thou art one of the truthful.'

قَالَ هَٰذِهِ نَاقَةٌ لَهَا شِرْبٌ وَلَكُمْ شِرْبُ يَوْمٍ مَعْلُومٍ

He said, 'This is a she-camel; to her a draught and to you a draught, on a day appointed,

وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوءٍ فَيَأْخُذَكُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ

and do not touch her with malice so that there seize you the chastisement of a dreadful day.'

فَعَقَرُوهَا فَأَصْبَحُوا نَادِمِينَ

But they hamstrung her, and in the morning they were remorseful,

فَأَخَذَهُمُ الْعَذَابُ ۗ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ

and the chastisement seized them. Surely in that is a sign, yet most of them are not believers.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ

Surely thy Lord, He is the All-mighty, the All-compassionate.

كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ لُوطٍ الْمُرْسَلِينَ

The people of Lot cried lies to the Envoys

إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ لُوطٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

when their brother Lot said to them, 'Will you not be godfearing?

إِنِّي لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ

I am for you a faithful Messenger,

فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

so fear you God, and obey you me.

وَمَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

I ask of you no wage for this; my wage falls only upon the Lord of all Being.

أَتَأْتُونَ الذُّكْرَانَ مِنَ الْعَالَمِينَ

What, do you come to male beings,

وَتَذَرُونَ مَا خَلَقَ لَكُمْ رَبُّكُمْ مِنْ أَزْوَاجِكُمْ ۚ بَلْ أَنْتُمْ قَوْمٌ عَادُونَ

leaving your wives that your Lord created for you? Nay, but you are a people of transgressors.

قَالُوا لَئِنْ لَمْ تَنْتَهِ يَا لُوطُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْمُخْرَجِينَ

They said, 'If thou givest not over, Lot, thou shalt assuredly be one of the expelled.'

قَالَ إِنِّي لِعَمَلِكُمْ مِنَ الْقَالِينَ

He said, 'Truly I am a detester of what you do.

رَبِّ نَجِّنِي وَأَهْلِي مِمَّا يَعْمَلُونَ

My Lord, deliver me and my people from that they do.'

فَنَجَّيْنَاهُ وَأَهْلَهُ أَجْمَعِينَ

So We delivered him and his people all together,

إِلَّا عَجُوزًا فِي الْغَابِرِينَ

save an old woman among those that tarried;

ثُمَّ دَمَّرْنَا الْآخَرِينَ

then We destroyed the others,

وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ مَطَرًا ۖ فَسَاءَ مَطَرُ الْمُنْذَرِينَ

and We rained on them a rain; and evil is the rain of them that are warned.

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ

Surely in that is a sign, yet most of them are not believers.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ

Surely thy Lord, He is the All-mighty, the All-compassionate.

كَذَّبَ أَصْحَابُ الْأَيْكَةِ الْمُرْسَلِينَ

The men of the Thicket cried lies to the Envoys

إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ شُعَيْبٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

when Shuaib said to them, 'Will you not be godfearing?

إِنِّي لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ

I am for you a faithful Messenger, so fear you God, and obey you me.

فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

I ask of you no wage for this;

وَمَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

my wage falls only upon the Lord of all Being.

۞ أَوْفُوا الْكَيْلَ وَلَا تَكُونُوا مِنَ الْمُخْسِرِينَ

Fill up the measure, and be not cheaters,

وَزِنُوا بِالْقِسْطَاسِ الْمُسْتَقِيمِ

and weigh with the straight balance,

وَلَا تَبْخَسُوا النَّاسَ أَشْيَاءَهُمْ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا فِي الْأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ

and diminish not the goods of the people, and do not mischief in the earth, working corruption.

وَاتَّقُوا الَّذِي خَلَقَكُمْ وَالْجِبِلَّةَ الْأَوَّلِينَ

Fear Him who created you, and the generations of the ancients.'

قَالُوا إِنَّمَا أَنْتَ مِنَ الْمُسَحَّرِينَ

They said, 'Thou art merely one of those that are bewitched;

وَمَا أَنْتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِثْلُنَا وَإِنْ نَظُنُّكَ لَمِنَ الْكَاذِبِينَ

thou art naught but a mortal, like us; indeed, we think that thou art one of the liars.

فَأَسْقِطْ عَلَيْنَا كِسَفًا مِنَ السَّمَاءِ إِنْ كُنْتَ مِنَ الصَّادِقِينَ

Then drop down on us lumps from heaven, if thou art one of the truthful.'

قَالَ رَبِّي أَعْلَمُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ

He said, 'My Lord knows very well what you are doing.'

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمِ الظُّلَّةِ ۚ إِنَّهُ كَانَ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ

But they cried him lies; then there seized them the chastisement of the Day of Shadow; assuredly it was the chastisement of a dreadful day.

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ

Surely in that is a sign, yet most of them are not believers.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ

Surely thy Lord, He is the All-mighty, the All-compassionate.

وَإِنَّهُ لَتَنْزِيلُ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

Truly it is the revelation of the Lord of all Being,

نَزَلَ بِهِ الرُّوحُ الْأَمِينُ

brought down by the Faithful Spirit

عَلَىٰ قَلْبِكَ لِتَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُنْذِرِينَ

upon thy heart, that thou mayest be one of the warners,

بِلِسَانٍ عَرَبِيٍّ مُبِينٍ

in a clear, Arabic tongue.

وَإِنَّهُ لَفِي زُبُرِ الْأَوَّلِينَ

Truly it is in the Scriptures of the ancients.

أَوَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُمْ آيَةً أَنْ يَعْلَمَهُ عُلَمَاءُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ

Was it not a sign for them, that it is known to the learned of the Children of Israel?

وَلَوْ نَزَّلْنَاهُ عَلَىٰ بَعْضِ الْأَعْجَمِينَ

If We had sent it down on a barbarian

فَقَرَأَهُ عَلَيْهِمْ مَا كَانُوا بِهِ مُؤْمِنِينَ

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

كَذَٰلِكَ سَلَكْنَاهُ فِي قُلُوبِ الْمُجْرِمِينَ

Even so We have caused it to enter into the hearts of the sinners,

لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِ حَتَّىٰ يَرَوُا الْعَذَابَ الْأَلِيمَ

who will not believe in it, until they see the painful chastisement

فَيَأْتِيَهُمْ بَغْتَةً وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

so that it will come upon them suddenly, while they are not aware,

فَيَقُولُوا هَلْ نَحْنُ مُنْظَرُونَ

and they will say, 'Shall we be respited?'

أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا يَسْتَعْجِلُونَ

What, do they seek to hasten Our chastisement?

أَفَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ مَتَّعْنَاهُمْ سِنِينَ

What thinkest thou? If We give them enjoyment of days for many years,

ثُمَّ جَاءَهُمْ مَا كَانُوا يُوعَدُونَ

then there comes on them that they were promised,

مَا أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُمْ مَا كَانُوا يُمَتَّعُونَ

what will it then avail them, the enjoyment of days they were given?

وَمَا أَهْلَكْنَا مِنْ قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا لَهَا مُنْذِرُونَ

Never a city We destroyed, but it had warners

ذِكْرَىٰ وَمَا كُنَّا ظَالِمِينَ

for a reminder; and never did We wrong.

وَمَا تَنَزَّلَتْ بِهِ الشَّيَاطِينُ

Not by the Satans has it been brought down;

وَمَا يَنْبَغِي لَهُمْ وَمَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ

it behoves them not, neither are they able.

إِنَّهُمْ عَنِ السَّمْعِ لَمَعْزُولُونَ

Truly, they are expelled from hearing.

فَلَا تَدْعُ مَعَ اللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا آخَرَ فَتَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُعَذَّبِينَ

So call thou not upon another god with God, lest thou shouldst be one of those that are chastised.

وَأَنْذِرْ عَشِيرَتَكَ الْأَقْرَبِينَ

And warn thy clan, thy nearest kin.

وَاخْفِضْ جَنَاحَكَ لِمَنِ اتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ

Lower thy wing to those who follow thee, being believers;

فَإِنْ عَصَوْكَ فَقُلْ إِنِّي بَرِيءٌ مِمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ

then, if they disobey thee, say, 'I am quit of that you do.'

وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى الْعَزِيزِ الرَّحِيمِ

Put thy trust in the All-mighty, the All-compassionate

الَّذِي يَرَاكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ

who sees thee when thou standest

وَتَقَلُّبَكَ فِي السَّاجِدِينَ

and when thou turnest about among those who bow.

إِنَّهُ هُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ

Surely He is the All-hearing, the All-knowing.

هَلْ أُنَبِّئُكُمْ عَلَىٰ مَنْ تَنَزَّلُ الشَّيَاطِينُ

Shall I tell you on whom the Satans come down?

تَنَزَّلُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ أَفَّاكٍ أَثِيمٍ

They come down on every guilty impostor.

يُلْقُونَ السَّمْعَ وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ كَاذِبُونَ

They give ear, but most of them are liars.

وَالشُّعَرَاءُ يَتَّبِعُهُمُ الْغَاوُونَ

And the poets -- the perverse follow them;

أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّهُمْ فِي كُلِّ وَادٍ يَهِيمُونَ

hast thou not seen how they wander in every valley

وَأَنَّهُمْ يَقُولُونَ مَا لَا يَفْعَلُونَ

and how 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 that believe, and do righteous deeds, and remember God oft, and help themselves after being wronged; and those who do wrong shall surely know by what overturning they will he overturned.