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النحل
Chapter 16, 128 verses
Arabic
Transliteration
Shakir
Arabic
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم أتى أمر الله فلا تستعجلوه ۚ سبحانه وتعالى عما يشركون
Transliteration
Ata amru Allahi fala tastaAAjiloohu subhanahu wataAAala AAamma yushrikoona
Shakir
Allah's commandment has come, therefore do not desire to hasten it; glory be to Him, and highly exalted be He above what they associate (with Him).
Arabic
ينزل الملائكة بالروح من أمره على من يشاء من عباده أن أنذروا أنه لا إله إلا أنا فاتقون
Transliteration
Yunazzilu almalaikata bialrroohi min amrihi AAala man yashao min AAibadihi an anthiroo annahu la ilaha illa ana faittaqooni
Shakir
He sends down the angels with the inspiration by His commandment on whom He pleases of His servants, saying: Give the warning that there is no god but Me, therefore be careful (of your duty) to Me.
He causes to grow for you thereby herbage, and the olives, and the palm trees, and the grapes, and of all the fruits; most surely there is a sign in this for a people who reflect.
Arabic
وسخر لكم الليل والنهار والشمس والقمر ۖ والنجوم مسخرات بأمره ۗ إن في ذلك لآيات لقوم يعقلون
And He has made subservient for you the night and the day and the sun and the moon, and the stars are made subservient by His commandment; most surely there are signs in this for a people who ponder;
Arabic
وما ذرأ لكم في الأرض مختلفا ألوانه ۗ إن في ذلك لآية لقوم يذكرون
And He it is Who has made the sea subservient that you may eat fresh flesh from it and bring forth from it ornaments which you wear, and you see the ships cleaving through it, and that you might seek of His bounty and that you may give thanks.
Arabic
وألقى في الأرض رواسي أن تميد بكم وأنهارا وسبلا لعلكم تهتدون
And when it is said to them, what is it that your Lord has revealed? They say: Stories of the ancients;
Arabic
ليحملوا أوزارهم كاملة يوم القيامة ۙ ومن أوزار الذين يضلونهم بغير علم ۗ ألا ساء ما يزرون
Transliteration
Liyahmiloo awzarahum kamilatan yawma alqiyamati wamin awzari allatheena yudilloonahum bighayri AAilmin ala saa ma yaziroona
Shakir
That they may bear their burdens entirely on the day of resurrection and also of the burdens of those whom they lead astray without knowledge; now surely evil is what they bear.
Arabic
قد مكر الذين من قبلهم فأتى الله بنيانهم من القواعد فخر عليهم السقف من فوقهم وأتاهم العذاب من حيث لا يشعرون
Transliteration
Qad makara allatheena min qablihim faata Allahu bunyanahum mina alqawaAAidi fakharra AAalayhimu alssaqfu min fawqihim waatahumu alAAathabu min haythu la yashAAuroona
Shakir
Those before them did indeed devise plans, but Allah demolished their building from the foundations, so the roof fell down on them from above them, and the punishment came to them from whence they did not perceive.
Arabic
ثم يوم القيامة يخزيهم ويقول أين شركائي الذين كنتم تشاقون فيهم ۚ قال الذين أوتوا العلم إن الخزي اليوم والسوء على الكافرين
Then on the resurrection day He will bring them to disgrace and say: Where are the associates you gave Me, for whose sake you became hostile? Those who are given the knowledge will say: Surely the disgrace and the evil are this day upon the unbelievers:
Arabic
الذين تتوفاهم الملائكة ظالمي أنفسهم ۖ فألقوا السلم ما كنا نعمل من سوء ۚ بلى إن الله عليم بما كنتم تعملون
Transliteration
Allatheena tatawaffahumu almalaikatu thalimee anfusihim faalqawoo alssalama ma kunna naAAmalu min sooin bala inna Allaha AAaleemun bima kuntum taAAmaloona
Shakir
Those whom the angels cause to die while they are unjust to themselves. Then would they offer submission: We used not to do any evil. Aye! surely Allah knows what you did.
Arabic
فادخلوا أبواب جهنم خالدين فيها ۖ فلبئس مثوى المتكبرين
And it is said to those who guard (against evil): What is it that your Lord has revealed? They say, Good. For those who do good in this world is good, and certainly the abode of the hereafter is better; and certainly most excellent is the abode of those who guard (against evil);
Arabic
جنات عدن يدخلونها تجري من تحتها الأنهار ۖ لهم فيها ما يشاءون ۚ كذلك يجزي الله المتقين
Transliteration
Jannatu AAadnin yadkhuloonaha tajree min tahtiha alanharu lahum feeha ma yashaoona kathalika yajzee Allahu almuttaqeena
Shakir
The gardens of perpetuity, they shall enter them, rivers flowing beneath them; they shall have in them what they please. Thus does Allah reward those who guard (against evil),
Arabic
الذين تتوفاهم الملائكة طيبين ۙ يقولون سلام عليكم ادخلوا الجنة بما كنتم تعملون
Those whom the angels cause to die in a good state, saying: Peace be on you: enter the garden for what you did.
Arabic
هل ينظرون إلا أن تأتيهم الملائكة أو يأتي أمر ربك ۚ كذلك فعل الذين من قبلهم ۚ وما ظلمهم الله ولكن كانوا أنفسهم يظلمون
Transliteration
Hal yanthuroona illa an tatiyahumu almalaikatu aw yatiya amru rabbika kathalika faAAala allatheena min qablihim wamathalamahumu Allahu walakin kanoo anfusahum yathlimoona
Shakir
They do not wait aught but that the angels should come to them or that the commandment of your Lord should come to pass. Thus did those before them; and Allah was not unjust to them, but they were unjust to themselves.
Arabic
فأصابهم سيئات ما عملوا وحاق بهم ما كانوا به يستهزئون
Transliteration
Faasabahum sayyiatu ma AAamiloo wahaqa bihim ma kanoo bihi yastahzioona
Shakir
So the evil (consequences) of what they did shall afflict them and that which they mocked shall encompass them.
Arabic
وقال الذين أشركوا لو شاء الله ما عبدنا من دونه من شيء نحن ولا آباؤنا ولا حرمنا من دونه من شيء ۚ كذلك فعل الذين من قبلهم ۚ فهل على الرسل إلا البلاغ المبين
Transliteration
Waqala allatheena ashrakoo law shaa Allahu ma AAabadna min doonihi min shayin nahnu walaabaona walaharramna min doonihi min shayin kathalika faAAala allatheena min qablihim fahal AAala alrrusuli illa albalaghu almubeenu
Shakir
And they who give associates (to Allah) say: If Allah had pleased, we would not have served anything besides Allah, (neither) we nor our fathers, nor would we have prohibited anything without (order from) Him. Thus did those before them; is then aught incumbent upon the apostles except a plain delivery (of the message)?
Arabic
ولقد بعثنا في كل أمة رسولا أن اعبدوا الله واجتنبوا الطاغوت ۖ فمنهم من هدى الله ومنهم من حقت عليه الضلالة ۚ فسيروا في الأرض فانظروا كيف كان عاقبة المكذبين
Transliteration
Walaqad baAAathna fee kulli ommatin rasoolan ani oAAbudoo Allaha waijtaniboo alttaghoota faminhum man hada Allahu waminhum man haqqat AAalayhi alddalalatu faseeroo fee alardi faonthuroo kayfa kana AAaqibatu almukaththibeena
Shakir
And certainly We raised in every nation an apostle saying: Serve Allah and shun the Shaitan. So there were some of them whom Allah guided and there were others against whom error was due; therefore travel in the land, then see what was the end of the rejecters.
Arabic
إن تحرص على هداهم فإن الله لا يهدي من يضل ۖ وما لهم من ناصرين
Transliteration
In tahris AAala hudahum fainna Allaha la yahdee man yudillu wama lahum min nasireena
Shakir
If you desire for their guidance, yet surely Allah does not guide him who leads astray, nor shall they have any helpers.
Arabic
وأقسموا بالله جهد أيمانهم ۙ لا يبعث الله من يموت ۚ بلى وعدا عليه حقا ولكن أكثر الناس لا يعلمون
Transliteration
Waaqsamoo biAllahi jahda aymanihim la yabAAathu Allahu man yamootu bala waAAdan AAalayhi haqqan walakinna akthara alnnasi la yaAAlamoona
Shakir
And they swear by Allah with the most energetic of their oaths: Allah will not raise up him who dies. Yea! it is a promise binding on Him, quite true, but most people do not know;
Arabic
ليبين لهم الذي يختلفون فيه وليعلم الذين كفروا أنهم كانوا كاذبين
So that He might make manifest to them that about which they differ, and that those who disbelieve might know that they were liars.
Arabic
إنما قولنا لشيء إذا أردناه أن نقول له كن فيكون
Transliteration
Innama qawluna lishayin itha aradnahu an naqoola lahu kun fayakoonu
Shakir
Our word for a thing when We intend it, is only that We say to it, Be, and it is.
Arabic
والذين هاجروا في الله من بعد ما ظلموا لنبوئنهم في الدنيا حسنة ۖ ولأجر الآخرة أكبر ۚ لو كانوا يعلمون
Transliteration
Waallatheena hajaroo fee Allahi min baAAdi mathulimoo lanubawwiannahum fee alddunyahasanatan walaajru alakhirati akbaru law kanoo yaAAlamoona
Shakir
And those who fly for Allah's sake after they are oppressed, We will most certainly give them a good abode in the world, and the reward of the hereafter is certainly much greater, did they but know;
With clear arguments and scriptures; and We have revealed to you the Reminder that you may make clear to men what has been revealed to them, and that haply they may reflect.
Arabic
أفأمن الذين مكروا السيئات أن يخسف الله بهم الأرض أو يأتيهم العذاب من حيث لا يشعرون
Transliteration
Afaamina allatheena makaroo alssayyiati an yakhsifa Allahu bihimu alarda aw yatiyahumu alAAathabu min haythu la yashAAuroona
Shakir
Do they then who plan evil (deeds) feel secure (of this) that Allah will not cause the earth to swallow them or that punishment may not overtake them from whence they do not perceive?
Arabic
أو يأخذهم في تقلبهم فما هم بمعجزين
Transliteration
Aw yakhuthahum fee taqallubihim fama hum bimuAAjizeena
Shakir
Or that He may not seize them in the course of their journeys, then shall they not escape;
Arabic
أو يأخذهم على تخوف فإن ربكم لرءوف رحيم
Transliteration
Aw yakhuthahum AAala takhawwufin fainna rabbakum laraoofun raheemun
Shakir
Or that He may not seize them by causing them to suffer gradual loss, for your Lord is most surely Compassionate, Merciful.
Arabic
أولم يروا إلى ما خلق الله من شيء يتفيأ ظلاله عن اليمين والشمائل سجدا لله وهم داخرون
Transliteration
Awa lam yaraw ila ma khalaqa Allahu min shayin yatafayyao thilaluhu AAani alyameeni waalshshamaili sujjadan lillahi wahum dakhiroona
Shakir
Do they not consider every thing that Allah has created? Its (very) shadows return from right and left, making obeisance to Allah while they are in utter abasement.
Arabic
ولله يسجد ما في السماوات وما في الأرض من دابة والملائكة وهم لا يستكبرون
Transliteration
Walillahi yasjudu ma fee alssamawati wama fee alardi min dabbatin waalmalaikatu wahum la yastakbiroona
Shakir
And whatever creature that is in the heavens and that is in the earth makes obeisance to Allah (only), and the angels (too) and they do not show pride.
Arabic
يخافون ربهم من فوقهم ويفعلون ما يؤمرون ۩
Transliteration
Yakhafoona rabbahum min fawqihim wayafAAaloona ma yumaroona
Shakir
They fear their Lord above them and do what they are commanded.
Arabic
۞ وقال الله لا تتخذوا إلهين اثنين ۖ إنما هو إله واحد ۖ فإياي فارهبون
Transliteration
Waqala Allahu la tattakhithoo ilahayni ithnayni innama huwa ilahun wahidun faiyyaya fairhabooni
Shakir
And Allah has said: Take not two gods, He is only one Allah; so of Me alone should you be afraid.
Arabic
وله ما في السماوات والأرض وله الدين واصبا ۚ أفغير الله تتقون
And whatever is in the heavens and the earth is His, and to Him should obedience be (rendered) constantly; will you then guard against other than (the punishment of) Allah?
Arabic
وما بكم من نعمة فمن الله ۖ ثم إذا مسكم الضر فإليه تجأرون
So that they be ungrateful for what We have given them; then enjoy yourselves; for soon will you know
Arabic
ويجعلون لما لا يعلمون نصيبا مما رزقناهم ۗ تالله لتسألن عما كنتم تفترون
Transliteration
WayajAAaloona lima la yaAAlamoona naseeban mimma razaqnahum taAllahi latusalunna AAamma kuntum taftaroona
Shakir
And they set apart for what they do not know a portion of what We have given them. By Allah, you shall most certainly be questioned about that which you forged.
Arabic
ويجعلون لله البنات سبحانه ۙ ولهم ما يشتهون
Transliteration
WayajAAaloona lillahi albanati subhanahu walahum ma yashtahoona
Shakir
And they ascribe daughters to Allah, glory be to Him; and for themselves (they would have) what they desire.
And when a daughter is announced to one of them his face becomes black and he is full of wrath.
Arabic
يتوارى من القوم من سوء ما بشر به ۚ أيمسكه على هون أم يدسه في التراب ۗ ألا ساء ما يحكمون
Transliteration
Yatawara mina alqawmi min sooi ma bushshira bihi ayumsikuhu AAala hoonin am yadussuhu fee altturabi ala saa ma yahkumoona
Shakir
He hides himself from the people because of the evil of that which is announced to him. Shall he keep it with disgrace or bury it (alive) in the dust? Now surely evil is what they judge.
Arabic
للذين لا يؤمنون بالآخرة مثل السوء ۖ ولله المثل الأعلى ۚ وهو العزيز الحكيم
For those who do not believe in the hereafter is an evil attribute, and Allah's is the loftiest attribute; and He is the Mighty, the Wise.
Arabic
ولو يؤاخذ الله الناس بظلمهم ما ترك عليها من دابة ولكن يؤخرهم إلى أجل مسمى ۖ فإذا جاء أجلهم لا يستأخرون ساعة ۖ ولا يستقدمون
Transliteration
Walaw yuakhithu Allahu alnnasa bithulmihim ma taraka AAalayha min dabbatin walakin yuakhkhiruhum ila ajalin musamman faitha jaa ajaluhum la yastakhiroona saAAatan wala yastaqdimoona
Shakir
And if Allah had destroyed men for their iniquity, He would not leave on the earth a single creature, but He respites them till an appointed time; so when their doom will come they shall not be able to delay (it) an hour nor can they bring (it) on (before its time).
Arabic
ويجعلون لله ما يكرهون وتصف ألسنتهم الكذب أن لهم الحسنى ۖ لا جرم أن لهم النار وأنهم مفرطون
Transliteration
WayajAAaloona lillahi ma yakrahoona watasifu alsinatuhumu alkathiba anna lahumu alhusna la jarama anna lahumu alnnara waannahum mufratoona
Shakir
And they ascribe to Allah what they (themselves) hate and their tongues relate the lie that they shall have the good; there is no avoiding it that for them is the fire and that they shall be sent before.
Arabic
تالله لقد أرسلنا إلى أمم من قبلك فزين لهم الشيطان أعمالهم فهو وليهم اليوم ولهم عذاب أليم
Transliteration
TaAllahi laqad arsalna ila omamin min qablika fazayyana lahumu alshshaytanu aAAmalahum fahuwa waliyyuhumu alyawma walahum AAathabun aleemun
Shakir
By Allah, most certainly We sent (apostles) to nations before you, but the Shaitan made their deeds fair - seeming to them, so he is their guardian today, and they shall have a painful punishment.
Arabic
وما أنزلنا عليك الكتاب إلا لتبين لهم الذي اختلفوا فيه ۙ وهدى ورحمة لقوم يؤمنون
And We have not revealed to you the Book except that you may make clear to them that about which they differ, and (as) a guidance and a mercy for a people who believe.
Arabic
والله أنزل من السماء ماء فأحيا به الأرض بعد موتها ۚ إن في ذلك لآية لقوم يسمعون
Transliteration
WaAllahu anzala mina alssamai maan faahya bihi alarda baAAda mawtiha inna fee thalika laayatan liqawmin yasmaAAoona
Shakir
And Allah has sent down water from the cloud and therewith given life to the earth after its death; most surely there is a sign in this for a people who would listen.
Arabic
وإن لكم في الأنعام لعبرة ۖ نسقيكم مما في بطونه من بين فرث ودم لبنا خالصا سائغا للشاربين
And most surely there is a lesson for you in the cattle; We give you to drink of what is in their bellies - - from betwixt the feces and the blood - - pure milk, easy and agreeable to swallow for those who drink.
Arabic
ومن ثمرات النخيل والأعناب تتخذون منه سكرا ورزقا حسنا ۗ إن في ذلك لآية لقوم يعقلون
And of the fruits of the palms and the grapes - - you obtain from them intoxication and goodly provision; most surely there is a sign in this for a people who ponder.
Arabic
وأوحى ربك إلى النحل أن اتخذي من الجبال بيوتا ومن الشجر ومما يعرشون
Transliteration
Waawha rabbuka ila alnnahli ani ittakhithee mina aljibali buyootan wamina alshshajari wamimma yaAArishoona
Shakir
And your Lord revealed to the bee saying: Make hives in the mountains and in the trees and in what they build:
Arabic
ثم كلي من كل الثمرات فاسلكي سبل ربك ذللا ۚ يخرج من بطونها شراب مختلف ألوانه فيه شفاء للناس ۗ إن في ذلك لآية لقوم يتفكرون
Then eat of all the fruits and walk in the ways of your Lord submissively. There comes forth from within it a beverage of many colours, in which there is healing for men; most surely there is a sign in this for a people who reflect.
Arabic
والله خلقكم ثم يتوفاكم ۚ ومنكم من يرد إلى أرذل العمر لكي لا يعلم بعد علم شيئا ۚ إن الله عليم قدير
Transliteration
WaAllahu khalaqakum thumma yatawaffakum waminkum man yuraddu ila arthali alAAumuri likay la yaAAlama baAAda AAilmin shayan inna Allaha AAaleemun qadeerun
Shakir
And Allah has created you, then He causes you to die, and of you is he who is brought back to the worst part of life, so that after having knowledge he does not know anything; surely Allah is Knowing, Powerful.
Arabic
والله فضل بعضكم على بعض في الرزق ۚ فما الذين فضلوا برادي رزقهم على ما ملكت أيمانهم فهم فيه سواء ۚ أفبنعمة الله يجحدون
And Allah has made some of you excel others in the means of subsistence, so those who are made to excel do not give away their sustenance to those whom their right hands possess so that they should be equal therein; is it then the favor of Allah which they deny?
Arabic
والله جعل لكم من أنفسكم أزواجا وجعل لكم من أزواجكم بنين وحفدة ورزقكم من الطيبات ۚ أفبالباطل يؤمنون وبنعمت الله هم يكفرون
Transliteration
WaAllahu jaAAala lakum min anfusikum azwajan wajaAAala lakum min azwajikum baneena wahafadatan warazaqakum mina alttayyibati afabialbatili yuminoona wabiniAAmati Allahi hum yakfuroona
Shakir
And Allah has made wives for you from among yourselves, and has given you sons and grandchildren from your wives, and has given you of the good things; is it then in the falsehood that they believe while it is in the favor of Allah that they disbelieve?
Arabic
ويعبدون من دون الله ما لا يملك لهم رزقا من السماوات والأرض شيئا ولا يستطيعون
Transliteration
WayaAAbudoona min dooni Allahi ma la yamliku lahum rizqan mina alssamawati waalardi shayan wala yastateeAAoona
Shakir
And they serve besides Allah that which does not control for them any sustenance at all from the heavens and the earth, nor have they any power.
Arabic
فلا تضربوا لله الأمثال ۚ إن الله يعلم وأنتم لا تعلمون
Transliteration
Fala tadriboo lillahi alamthala inna Allaha yaAAlamu waantum la taAAlamoona
Shakir
Therefore do not give likenesses to Allah; surely Allah knows and you do not know.
Arabic
۞ ضرب الله مثلا عبدا مملوكا لا يقدر على شيء ومن رزقناه منا رزقا حسنا فهو ينفق منه سرا وجهرا ۖ هل يستوون ۚ الحمد لله ۚ بل أكثرهم لا يعلمون
Transliteration
Daraba Allahu mathalan AAabdan mamlookan la yaqdiru AAala shayin waman razaqnahu minna rizqan hasanan fahuwa yunfiqu minhu sirran wajahran hal yastawoona alhamdu lillahi bal aktharuhum la yaAAlamoona
Shakir
Allah sets forth a parable: (consider) a slave, the property of another, (who) has no power over anything, and one whom We have granted from Ourselves a goodly sustenance so he spends from it secretly and openly; are the two alike? (All) praise is due to Allah! Nay, most of them do not know.
Arabic
وضرب الله مثلا رجلين أحدهما أبكم لا يقدر على شيء وهو كل على مولاه أينما يوجهه لا يأت بخير ۖ هل يستوي هو ومن يأمر بالعدل ۙ وهو على صراط مستقيم
Transliteration
Wadaraba Allahu mathalan rajulayni ahaduhuma abkamu la yaqdiru AAala shayin wahuwa kallun AAala mawlahu aynama yuwajjihhu la yati bikhayrin hal yastawee huwa waman yamuru bialAAadli wahuwa AAalasiratin mustaqeemin
Shakir
And Allah sets forth a parable of two men; one of them is dumb, not able to do anything, and he is a burden to his master; wherever he sends him, he brings no good; can he be held equal with him who enjoins what is just, and he (himself) is on the right path?
Arabic
ولله غيب السماوات والأرض ۚ وما أمر الساعة إلا كلمح البصر أو هو أقرب ۚ إن الله على كل شيء قدير
Transliteration
Walillahi ghaybu alssamawati waalardi wama amru alssaAAati illa kalamhi albasari aw huwa aqrabu inna Allaha AAala kulli shayin qadeerun
Shakir
And Allah's is the unseen of the heavens and the earth; and the matter of the hour is but as the twinkling of an eye or it is higher still; surely Allah has power over all things.
Arabic
والله أخرجكم من بطون أمهاتكم لا تعلمون شيئا وجعل لكم السمع والأبصار والأفئدة ۙ لعلكم تشكرون
Transliteration
WaAllahu akhrajakum min butooni ommahatikum la taAAlamoona shayan wajaAAala lakumu alssamAAa waalabsara waalafidata laAAallakum tashkuroona
Shakir
And Allah has brought you forth from the wombs of your mothers - - you did not know anything - - and He gave you hearing and sight and hearts that you may give thanks.
Arabic
ألم يروا إلى الطير مسخرات في جو السماء ما يمسكهن إلا الله ۗ إن في ذلك لآيات لقوم يؤمنون
Transliteration
Alam yaraw ila alttayri musakhkharatin fee jawwi alssamai ma yumsikuhunna illa Allahu inna fee thalika laayatin liqawmin yuminoona
Shakir
Do they not see the birds, constrained in the middle of the sky? None withholds them but Allah; most surely there are signs in this for a people who believe.
Arabic
والله جعل لكم من بيوتكم سكنا وجعل لكم من جلود الأنعام بيوتا تستخفونها يوم ظعنكم ويوم إقامتكم ۙ ومن أصوافها وأوبارها وأشعارها أثاثا ومتاعا إلى حين
And Allah has given you a place to abide in your houses, and He has given you tents of the skins of cattle which you find light to carry on the day of your march and on the day of your halting, and of their wool and their fur and their hair (He has given you) household stuff and a provision for a time.
Arabic
والله جعل لكم مما خلق ظلالا وجعل لكم من الجبال أكنانا وجعل لكم سرابيل تقيكم الحر وسرابيل تقيكم بأسكم ۚ كذلك يتم نعمته عليكم لعلكم تسلمون
And Allah has made for you of what He has created shelters, and He has given you in the mountains places of retreat, and He has given you garments to preserve you from the heat and coats of mail to preserve you in your fighting; even thus does He complete His favor upon you, that haply you may submit.
They recognize the favor of Allah, yet they deny it, and most of them are ungrateful.
Arabic
ويوم نبعث من كل أمة شهيدا ثم لا يؤذن للذين كفروا ولا هم يستعتبون
Transliteration
Wayawma nabAAathu min kulli ommatin shaheedan thumma la yuthanu lillatheena kafaroo wala hum yustaAAtaboona
Shakir
And on the day when We will raise up a witness out of every nation, then shall no permission be given to those who disbelieve, nor shall they be made to solicit favor.
Arabic
وإذا رأى الذين ظلموا العذاب فلا يخفف عنهم ولا هم ينظرون
And when those who are unjust shall see the chastisement, it shall not be lightened for them, nor shall they be respited.
Arabic
وإذا رأى الذين أشركوا شركاءهم قالوا ربنا هؤلاء شركاؤنا الذين كنا ندعو من دونك ۖ فألقوا إليهم القول إنكم لكاذبون
Transliteration
Waitha raa allatheena ashrakoo shurakaahum qaloo rabbana haolai shurakaona allatheena kunna nadAAoo min doonika faalqaw ilayhimu alqawla innakum lakathiboona
Shakir
And when those who associate (others with Allah) shall see their associate - gods, they shall say: Our Lord, these are our associate - gods on whom we called besides Thee. But they will give them back the reply: Most surely you are liars.
Arabic
وألقوا إلى الله يومئذ السلم ۖ وضل عنهم ما كانوا يفترون
Transliteration
Waalqaw ila Allahi yawmaithin alssalama wadalla AAanhum ma kanoo yaftaroona
Shakir
And they shall tender submission to Allah on that day; and what they used to forge shall depart from them.
Arabic
الذين كفروا وصدوا عن سبيل الله زدناهم عذابا فوق العذاب بما كانوا يفسدون
And on the day when We will raise up in every people a witness against them from among themselves, and bring you as a witness against these - - and We have revealed the Book to you explaining clearly everything, and a guidance and mercy and good news for those who submit.
Arabic
۞ إن الله يأمر بالعدل والإحسان وإيتاء ذي القربى وينهى عن الفحشاء والمنكر والبغي ۚ يعظكم لعلكم تذكرون
Surely Allah enjoins the doing of justice and the doing of good (to others) and the giving to the kindred, and He forbids indecency and evil and rebellion; He admonishes you that you may be mindful.
Arabic
وأوفوا بعهد الله إذا عاهدتم ولا تنقضوا الأيمان بعد توكيدها وقد جعلتم الله عليكم كفيلا ۚ إن الله يعلم ما تفعلون
Transliteration
Waawfoo biAAahdi Allahi itha AAahadtum wala tanqudoo alaymana baAAda tawkeediha waqad jaAAaltumu Allaha AAalaykum kafeelan inna Allaha yaAAlamu ma tafAAaloona
Shakir
And fulfill the covenant of Allah when you have made a covenant, and do not break the oaths after making them fast, and you have indeed made Allah a surety for you; surely Allah knows what you do.
Arabic
ولا تكونوا كالتي نقضت غزلها من بعد قوة أنكاثا تتخذون أيمانكم دخلا بينكم أن تكون أمة هي أربى من أمة ۚ إنما يبلوكم الله به ۚ وليبينن لكم يوم القيامة ما كنتم فيه تختلفون
Transliteration
Wala takoonoo kaallatee naqadat ghazlaha min baAAdi quwwatin ankathan tattakhithoona aymanakum dakhalan baynakum an takoona ommatun hiya arba min ommatin innama yablookumu Allahu bihi walayubayyinanna lakum yawma alqiyamati ma kuntum feehi takhtalifoona
Shakir
And be not like her who unravels her yarn, disintegrating it into pieces after she has spun it strongly. You make your oaths to be means of deceit between you because (one) nation is more numerous than (another) nation. Allah only tries you by this; and He will most certainly make clear to you on the resurrection day that about which you differed.
Arabic
ولو شاء الله لجعلكم أمة واحدة ولكن يضل من يشاء ويهدي من يشاء ۚ ولتسألن عما كنتم تعملون
Transliteration
Walaw shaa Allahu lajaAAalakum ommatan wahidatan walakin yudillu man yashao wayahdee man yashao walatusalunna AAamma kuntum taAAmaloona
Shakir
And if Allah please He would certainly make you a single nation, but He causes to err whom He pleases and guides whom He pleases; and most certainly you will be questioned as to what you did.
Arabic
ولا تتخذوا أيمانكم دخلا بينكم فتزل قدم بعد ثبوتها وتذوقوا السوء بما صددتم عن سبيل الله ۖ ولكم عذاب عظيم
And do not make your oaths a means of deceit between you, lest a foot should slip after its stability and you should taste evil because you turned away from Allah's way and grievous punishment be your (lot).
Arabic
ولا تشتروا بعهد الله ثمنا قليلا ۚ إنما عند الله هو خير لكم إن كنتم تعلمون
Transliteration
Wala tashtaroo biAAahdi Allahi thamanan qaleelan innama AAinda Allahi huwa khayrun lakum in kuntum taAAlamoona
Shakir
And do not take a small price in exchange for Allah's covenant; surely what is with Allah is better for you, did you but know.
Arabic
ما عندكم ينفد ۖ وما عند الله باق ۗ ولنجزين الذين صبروا أجرهم بأحسن ما كانوا يعملون
Transliteration
Ma AAindakum yanfadu wama AAinda Allahi baqin walanajziyanna allatheena sabaroo ajrahum biahsani ma kanoo yaAAmaloona
Shakir
What is with you passes away and what is with Allah is enduring; and We will most certainly give to those who are patient their reward for the best of what they did.
Arabic
من عمل صالحا من ذكر أو أنثى وهو مؤمن فلنحيينه حياة طيبة ۖ ولنجزينهم أجرهم بأحسن ما كانوا يعملون
Transliteration
Man AAamila salihan min thakarin aw ontha wahuwa muminun falanuhyiyannahu hayatan tayyibatan walanajziyannahum ajrahum biahsani ma kanoo yaAAmaloona
Shakir
Whoever does good whether male or female and he is a believer, We will most certainly make him live a happy life, and We will most certainly give them their reward for the best of what they did.
Arabic
فإذا قرأت القرآن فاستعذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيم
Transliteration
Faitha qarata alqurana faistaAAith biAllahi mina alshshaytani alrrajeemi
Shakir
So when you recite the Quran, seek refuge with Allah from the accursed Shaitan,
Arabic
إنه ليس له سلطان على الذين آمنوا وعلى ربهم يتوكلون
His authority is only over those who befriend him and those who associate others with Him.
Arabic
وإذا بدلنا آية مكان آية ۙ والله أعلم بما ينزل قالوا إنما أنت مفتر ۚ بل أكثرهم لا يعلمون
Transliteration
Waitha baddalnaayatan makana ayatin waAllahu aAAlamu bima yunazzilu qaloo innama anta muftarin bal aktharuhum la yaAAlamoona
Shakir
And when We change (one) communication for (another) communication, and Allah knows best what He reveals, they say: You are only a forger. Nay, most of them do not know.
Arabic
قل نزله روح القدس من ربك بالحق ليثبت الذين آمنوا وهدى وبشرى للمسلمين
Say: The Holy spirit has revealed it from your Lord with the truth, that it may establish those who believe and as a guidance and good news for those who submit.
Arabic
ولقد نعلم أنهم يقولون إنما يعلمه بشر ۗ لسان الذي يلحدون إليه أعجمي وهذا لسان عربي مبين
Only they forge the lie who do not believe in Allah's communications, and these are the liars.
Arabic
من كفر بالله من بعد إيمانه إلا من أكره وقلبه مطمئن بالإيمان ولكن من شرح بالكفر صدرا فعليهم غضب من الله ولهم عذاب عظيم
Transliteration
Man kafara biAllahi min baAAdi eemanihi illa man okriha waqalbuhu mutmainnun bialeemani walakin man sharaha bialkufri sadran faAAalayhim ghadabun mina Allahi walahum AAathabun AAatheemun
Shakir
He who disbelieves in Allah after his having believed, not he who is compelled while his heart is at rest on account of faith, but he who opens (his) breast to disbelief - - on these is the wrath of Allah, and they shall have a grievous chastisement.
Arabic
ذلك بأنهم استحبوا الحياة الدنيا على الآخرة وأن الله لا يهدي القوم الكافرين
Transliteration
Thalika biannahumu istahabboo alhayata alddunya AAala alakhirati waanna Allaha la yahdee alqawma alkafireena
Shakir
This is because they love this world's life more than the hereafter, and because Allah does not guide the unbelieving people.
Arabic
أولئك الذين طبع الله على قلوبهم وسمعهم وأبصارهم ۖ وأولئك هم الغافلون
These are they on whose hearts and their hearing and their eyes Allah has set a seal, and these are the heedless ones.
Arabic
لا جرم أنهم في الآخرة هم الخاسرون
Transliteration
La jarama annahum fee alakhirati humu alkhasiroona
Shakir
No doubt that in the hereafter they will be the losers.
Arabic
ثم إن ربك للذين هاجروا من بعد ما فتنوا ثم جاهدوا وصبروا إن ربك من بعدها لغفور رحيم
Transliteration
Thumma inna rabbaka lillatheena hajaroo min baAAdi ma futinoo thumma jahadoo wasabaroo inna rabbaka min baAAdiha laghafoorun raheemun
Shakir
Yet surely your Lord, with respect to those who fly after they are persecuted, then they struggle hard and are patient, most surely your Lord after that is Forgiving, Merciful.
Arabic
۞ يوم تأتي كل نفس تجادل عن نفسها وتوفى كل نفس ما عملت وهم لا يظلمون
Transliteration
Yawma tatee kullu nafsin tujadilu AAan nafsiha watuwaffa kullu nafsin ma AAamilat wahum la yuthlamoona
Shakir
(Remember) the day when every soul shall come, pleading for itself and every soul shall be paid in full what it has done, and they shall not be dealt with unjustly.
Arabic
وضرب الله مثلا قرية كانت آمنة مطمئنة يأتيها رزقها رغدا من كل مكان فكفرت بأنعم الله فأذاقها الله لباس الجوع والخوف بما كانوا يصنعون
And Allah sets forth a parable: (Consider) a town safe and secure to which its means of subsistence come in abundance from every quarter; but it became ungrateful to Allah's favors, therefore Allah made it to taste the utmost degree of hunger and fear because of what they wrought.
Arabic
ولقد جاءهم رسول منهم فكذبوه فأخذهم العذاب وهم ظالمون
He has only forbidden you what dies of itself and blood and flesh of swine and that over which any other name than that of Allah has been invoked, but whoever is driven to necessity, not desiring nor exceeding the limit, then surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
Arabic
ولا تقولوا لما تصف ألسنتكم الكذب هذا حلال وهذا حرام لتفتروا على الله الكذب ۚ إن الذين يفترون على الله الكذب لا يفلحون
Transliteration
Wala taqooloo lima tasifu alsinatukumu alkathiba hathahalalun wahathaharamun litaftaroo AAala Allahi alkathiba inna allatheena yaftaroona AAala Allahi alkathiba la yuflihoona
Shakir
And, for what your tongues describe, do not utter the lie, (saying) This is lawful and this is unlawful, in order to forge a lie against Allah; surely those who forge the lie against Allah shall not prosper.
Arabic
متاع قليل ولهم عذاب أليم
Transliteration
MataAAun qaleelun walahum AAathabun aleemun
Shakir
A little enjoyment and they shall have a painful punishment.
Arabic
وعلى الذين هادوا حرمنا ما قصصنا عليك من قبل ۖ وما ظلمناهم ولكن كانوا أنفسهم يظلمون
Transliteration
WaAAala allatheena hadoo harramna ma qasasna AAalayka min qablu wamathalamnahum walakin kanoo anfusahum yathlimoona
Shakir
And for those who were Jews We prohibited what We have related to you already, and We did them no injustice, but they were unjust to themselves.
Arabic
ثم إن ربك للذين عملوا السوء بجهالة ثم تابوا من بعد ذلك وأصلحوا إن ربك من بعدها لغفور رحيم
Transliteration
Thumma inna rabbaka lillatheena AAamiloo alssooa bijahalatin thumma taboo min baAAdi thalika waaslahoo inna rabbaka min baAAdiha laghafoorun raheemun
Shakir
Yet surely your Lord, with respect to those who do an evil in ignorance, then turn after that and make amends, most surely your Lord after that is Forgiving, Merciful.
Arabic
إن إبراهيم كان أمة قانتا لله حنيفا ولم يك من المشركين
Transliteration
Inna ibraheema kana ommatan qanitan lillahi haneefan walam yaku mina almushrikeena
Shakir
Surely Ibrahim was an exemplar, obedient to Allah, upright, and he was not of the polytheists.
The Sabbath was ordained only for those who differed about it, and most surely your Lord will judge between them on the resurrection day concerning that about which they differed.
Arabic
ادع إلى سبيل ربك بالحكمة والموعظة الحسنة ۖ وجادلهم بالتي هي أحسن ۚ إن ربك هو أعلم بمن ضل عن سبيله ۖ وهو أعلم بالمهتدين
Transliteration
OdAAu ila sabeeli rabbika bialhikmati waalmawAAithati alhasanati wajadilhum biallatee hiya ahsanu inna rabbaka huwa aAAlamu biman dalla AAan sabeelihi wahuwa aAAlamu bialmuhtadeena
Shakir
Call to the way of your Lord with wisdom and goodly exhortation, and have disputations with them in the best manner; surely your Lord best knows those who go astray from His path, and He knows best those who follow the right way.
Arabic
وإن عاقبتم فعاقبوا بمثل ما عوقبتم به ۖ ولئن صبرتم لهو خير للصابرين
And if you take your turn, then retaliate with the like of that with which you were afflicted; but if you are patient, it will certainly be best for those who are patient.
Arabic
واصبر وما صبرك إلا بالله ۚ ولا تحزن عليهم ولا تك في ضيق مما يمكرون