A. L. R. (This is) a Book, with verses basic or fundamental (of established meaning), further explained in detail, - from One Who is Wise and Well - acquainted (with all things):
"(And to preach thus), 'Seek ye the forgiveness of your Lord, and turn to Him in repentance; that He may grant you enjoyment, good (and true), for a term appointed, and bestow His abounding grace on all who abound in merit! But if ye turn away, then I fear for you the penalty of a great day:
Behold! they fold up their hearts, that they may lie hid from Him! Ah even when they cover themselves with their garments, He knoweth what they conceal, and what they reveal: for He knoweth well the (inmost secrets) of the hearts.
Arabic
۞ وما من دابة في الأرض إلا على الله رزقها ويعلم مستقرها ومستودعها ۚ كل في كتاب مبين
There is no moving creature on earth but its sustenance dependeth on Allah: He knoweth the time and place of its definite abode and its temporary deposit: All is in a clear Record.
Arabic
وهو الذي خلق السماوات والأرض في ستة أيام وكان عرشه على الماء ليبلوكم أيكم أحسن عملا ۗ ولئن قلت إنكم مبعوثون من بعد الموت ليقولن الذين كفروا إن هذا إلا سحر مبين
He it is Who created the heavens and the earth in six Days - and His Throne was over the waters - that He might try you, which of you is best in conduct. But if thou wert to say to them, "Ye shall indeed be raised up after death", the Unbelievers would be sure to say, "This is nothing but obvious sorcery!"
Arabic
ولئن أخرنا عنهم العذاب إلى أمة معدودة ليقولن ما يحبسه ۗ ألا يوم يأتيهم ليس مصروفا عنهم وحاق بهم ما كانوا به يستهزئون
If We delay the penalty for them for a definite term, they are sure to say, "What keeps it back?" Ah! On the day it (actually) reaches them, nothing will turn it away from them, and they will be completely encircled by that which they used to mock at!
Arabic
ولئن أذقنا الإنسان منا رحمة ثم نزعناها منه إنه ليئوس كفور
But if We give him a taste of (Our) favours after adversity hath touched him, he is sure to say, "All evil has departed from me:" Behold! he falls into exultation and pride.
Arabic
إلا الذين صبروا وعملوا الصالحات أولئك لهم مغفرة وأجر كبير
Perchance thou mayest (feel the inclination) to give up a part of what is revealed unto thee, and thy heart feeleth straitened lest they say, "Why is not a treasure sent down unto him, or why does not an angel come down with him?" But thou art there only to warn! It is Allah that arrangeth all affairs!
Arabic
أم يقولون افتراه ۖ قل فأتوا بعشر سور مثله مفتريات وادعوا من استطعتم من دون الله إن كنتم صادقين
Or they may say, "He forged it," Say, "Bring ye then ten suras forged, like unto it, and call (to your aid) whomsoever ye can, other than Allah! - If ye speak the truth!
Arabic
فإلم يستجيبوا لكم فاعلموا أنما أنزل بعلم الله وأن لا إله إلا هو ۖ فهل أنتم مسلمون
"If then they (your false gods) answer not your (call), know ye that this revelation is sent down (replete) with the knowledge of Allah, and that there is no god but He! will ye even then submit (to Islam)?"
Arabic
من كان يريد الحياة الدنيا وزينتها نوف إليهم أعمالهم فيها وهم فيها لا يبخسون
They are those for whom there is nothing in the Hereafter but the Fire: vain are the designs they frame therein, and of no effect and the deeds that they do!
Arabic
أفمن كان على بينة من ربه ويتلوه شاهد منه ومن قبله كتاب موسى إماما ورحمة ۚ أولئك يؤمنون به ۚ ومن يكفر به من الأحزاب فالنار موعده ۚ فلا تك في مرية منه ۚ إنه الحق من ربك ولكن أكثر الناس لا يؤمنون
Can they be (like) those who accept a Clear (Sign) from their Lord, and whom a witness from Himself doth teach, as did the Book of Moses before it, - a guide and a mercy? They believe therein; but those of the Sects that reject it, - the Fire will be their promised meeting - place. Be not then in doubt thereon: for it is the truth from thy Lord: yet many among men do not believe!
Arabic
ومن أظلم ممن افترى على الله كذبا ۚ أولئك يعرضون على ربهم ويقول الأشهاد هؤلاء الذين كذبوا على ربهم ۚ ألا لعنة الله على الظالمين
Who doth more wrong than those who invent a life against Allah? They will be turned back to the presence of their Lord, and the witnesses will say, "These are the ones who lied against their Lord! Behold! the Curse of Allah is on those who do wrong! -
Arabic
الذين يصدون عن سبيل الله ويبغونها عوجا وهم بالآخرة هم كافرون
They will in no wise frustrate (His design) on earth, nor have they protectors besides Allah! Their penalty will be doubled! They lost the power to hear, and they did not see!
But those who believe and work righteousness, and humble themselves before their Lord, - They will be companions of the gardens, to dwell therein for aye!
Arabic
۞ مثل الفريقين كالأعمى والأصم والبصير والسميع ۚ هل يستويان مثلا ۚ أفلا تذكرون
These two kinds (of men) may be compared to the blind and deaf, and those who can see and hear well. Are they equal when compared? Will ye not then take heed?
But the chiefs of the Unbelievers among his people said: "We see (in) thee nothing but a man like ourselves: Nor do we see that any follow thee but the meanest among us, in judgment immature: Nor do we see in you (all) any merit above us: in fact we think ye are liars!"
Arabic
قال يا قوم أرأيتم إن كنت على بينة من ربي وآتاني رحمة من عنده فعميت عليكم أنلزمكموها وأنتم لها كارهون
He said: "O my people! See ye if (it be that) I have a Clear Sign from my Lord, and that He hath sent Mercy unto me from His own presence, but that the Mercy hath been obscured from your sight? shall we compel you to accept it when ye are averse to it?
Arabic
ويا قوم لا أسألكم عليه مالا ۖ إن أجري إلا على الله ۚ وما أنا بطارد الذين آمنوا ۚ إنهم ملاقو ربهم ولكني أراكم قوما تجهلون
"And O my people! I ask you for no wealth in return: my reward is from none but Allah: But I will not drive away (in contempt) those who believe: for verily they are to meet their Lord, and ye I see are the ignorant ones!
"And O my people! who would help me against Allah if I drove them away? Will ye not then take heed?
Arabic
ولا أقول لكم عندي خزائن الله ولا أعلم الغيب ولا أقول إني ملك ولا أقول للذين تزدري أعينكم لن يؤتيهم الله خيرا ۖ الله أعلم بما في أنفسهم ۖ إني إذا لمن الظالمين
"I tell you not that with me are the treasures of Allah, nor do I know what is hidden, nor claim I to be an angel. Nor yet do I say, of those whom your eyes do despise that Allah will not grant them (all) that is good: Allah knoweth best what is in their souls: I should, if I did, indeed be a wrong - doer."
Arabic
قالوا يا نوح قد جادلتنا فأكثرت جدالنا فأتنا بما تعدنا إن كنت من الصادقين
They said: "O Noah! thou hast disputed with us, and (much) hast thou prolonged the dispute with us: now bring upon us what thou threatenest us with, if thou speakest the truth!?"
"Of no profit will be my counsel to you, much as I desire to give you (good) counsel, if it be that Allah willeth to leave you astray: He is your Lord! and to Him will ye return!"
Arabic
أم يقولون افتراه ۖ قل إن افتريته فعلي إجرامي وأنا بريء مما تجرمون
"But construct an Ark under Our eyes and Our inspiration, and address Me no (further) on behalf of those who are in sin: for they are about to be overwhelmed (in the Flood)."
Arabic
ويصنع الفلك وكلما مر عليه ملأ من قومه سخروا منه ۚ قال إن تسخروا منا فإنا نسخر منكم كما تسخرون
Forthwith he (starts) constructing the Ark: Every time that the chiefs of his people passed by him, they threw ridicule on him. He said: "If ye ridicule us now, we (in our turn) can look down on you with ridicule likewise!
Arabic
فسوف تعلمون من يأتيه عذاب يخزيه ويحل عليه عذاب مقيم
At length, behold! there came Our command, and the fountains of the earth gushed forth! We said: "Embark therein, of each kind two, male and female, and your family - except those against whom the word has already gone forth, - and the Believers." but only a few believed with him.
Arabic
۞ وقال اركبوا فيها بسم الله مجراها ومرساها ۚ إن ربي لغفور رحيم
So the Ark floated with them on the waves (towering) like mountains, and Noah called out to his son, who had separated himself (from the rest): "O my son! embark with us, and be not with the unbelievers!"
Arabic
قال سآوي إلى جبل يعصمني من الماء ۚ قال لا عاصم اليوم من أمر الله إلا من رحم ۚ وحال بينهما الموج فكان من المغرقين
The son replied: "I will betake myself to some mountain: it will save me from the water." Noah said: "This day nothing can save, from the command of Allah, any but those on whom He hath mercy! "And the waves came between them, and the son was among those overwhelmed in the Flood.
Arabic
وقيل يا أرض ابلعي ماءك ويا سماء أقلعي وغيض الماء وقضي الأمر واستوت على الجودي ۖ وقيل بعدا للقوم الظالمين
Then the word went forth: "O earth! swallow up thy water, and O sky! Withhold (thy rain)!" and the water abated, and the matter was ended. The Ark rested on Mount Judi, and the word went forth: "Away with those who do wrong!"
Arabic
ونادى نوح ربه فقال رب إن ابني من أهلي وإن وعدك الحق وأنت أحكم الحاكمين
He said: "O Noah! He is not of thy family: For his conduct is unrighteous. So ask not of Me that of which thou hast no knowledge! I give thee counsel, lest thou act like the ignorant!"
Arabic
قال رب إني أعوذ بك أن أسألك ما ليس لي به علم ۖ وإلا تغفر لي وترحمني أكن من الخاسرين
Noah said: "O my Lord! I do seek refuge with Thee, lest I ask Thee for that of which I have no knowledge. And unless thou forgive me and have Mercy on me, I should indeed be lost!"
Arabic
قيل يا نوح اهبط بسلام منا وبركات عليك وعلى أمم ممن معك ۚ وأمم سنمتعهم ثم يمسهم منا عذاب أليم
The word came: "O Noah! Come down (from the Ark) with peace from Us, and blessing on thee and on some of the peoples (who will spring) from those with thee: but (there will be other) peoples to whom We shall grant their pleasures (for a time), but in the end will a grievous penalty reach them from Us."
Arabic
تلك من أنباء الغيب نوحيها إليك ۖ ما كنت تعلمها أنت ولا قومك من قبل هذا ۖ فاصبر ۖ إن العاقبة للمتقين
Such are some of the stories of the unseen, which We have revealed unto thee: before this, neither thou nor thy people knew them. So persevere patiently: for the End is for those who are righteous.
Arabic
وإلى عاد أخاهم هودا ۚ قال يا قوم اعبدوا الله ما لكم من إله غيره ۖ إن أنتم إلا مفترون
To the 'Ad People (We sent) Hud, one of their own brethren. He said: "O my people! worship Allah! ye have no other god but Him. (Your other gods) ye do nothing but invent!
Arabic
يا قوم لا أسألكم عليه أجرا ۖ إن أجري إلا على الذي فطرني ۚ أفلا تعقلون
"And O my people! Ask forgiveness of your Lord, and turn to Him (in repentance): He will send you the skies pouring abundant rain, and add strength to your strength: so turn ye not back in sin!"
Arabic
قالوا يا هود ما جئتنا ببينة وما نحن بتاركي آلهتنا عن قولك وما نحن لك بمؤمنين
"We say nothing but that (perhaps) some of our gods may have seized thee with imbecility." He said: "I call Allah to witness, and do ye bear witness, that I am free from the sin of ascribing, to Him,
"I put my trust in Allah, My Lord and your Lord! There is not a moving creature, but He hath grasp of its fore - lock. Verily, it is my Lord that is on a straight Path.
Arabic
فإن تولوا فقد أبلغتكم ما أرسلت به إليكم ۚ ويستخلف ربي قوما غيركم ولا تضرونه شيئا ۚ إن ربي على كل شيء حفيظ
"If ye turn away, - I (at least) have conveyed the Message with which I was sent to you. My Lord will make another people to succeed you, and you will not harm Him in the least. For my Lord hath care and watch over all things."
Arabic
ولما جاء أمرنا نجينا هودا والذين آمنوا معه برحمة منا ونجيناهم من عذاب غليظ
Such were the 'Ad People: they rejected the Signs of their Lord and Cherisher; disobeyed His messengers; And followed the command of every powerful, obstinate transgressor.
Arabic
وأتبعوا في هذه الدنيا لعنة ويوم القيامة ۗ ألا إن عادا كفروا ربهم ۗ ألا بعدا لعاد قوم هود
And they were pursued by a Curse in this life, - and on the Day of Judgment. Ah! Behold! for the 'Ad rejected their Lord and Cherisher! Ah! Behold! removed (from sight) were 'Ad the people of Hud!
Arabic
۞ وإلى ثمود أخاهم صالحا ۚ قال يا قوم اعبدوا الله ما لكم من إله غيره ۖ هو أنشأكم من الأرض واستعمركم فيها فاستغفروه ثم توبوا إليه ۚ إن ربي قريب مجيب
To the Thamud People (We sent) Salih, one of their own brethren. He said: "O my people! Worship Allah: ye have no other god but Him. It is He Who hath produced you from the earth and settled you therein: then ask forgiveness of Him, and turn to Him (in repentance): for my Lord is (always) near, ready to answer."
Arabic
قالوا يا صالح قد كنت فينا مرجوا قبل هذا ۖ أتنهانا أن نعبد ما يعبد آباؤنا وإننا لفي شك مما تدعونا إليه مريب
They said: "O Salih! thou hast been of us! a centre of our hopes hitherto! dost thou (now) forbid us the worship of what our fathers worshipped? But we are really in suspicious (disquieting) doubt as to that to which thou invitest us."
Arabic
قال يا قوم أرأيتم إن كنت على بينة من ربي وآتاني منه رحمة فمن ينصرني من الله إن عصيته ۖ فما تزيدونني غير تخسير
He said: "O my people! do ye see? if I have a Clear (Sign) from my Lord and He hath sent Mercy unto me from Himself, - who then can help me against Allah if I were to disobey Him? What then would ye add to my (portion) but perdition?
Arabic
ويا قوم هذه ناقة الله لكم آية فذروها تأكل في أرض الله ولا تمسوها بسوء فيأخذكم عذاب قريب
"And O my people! This she - camel of Allah is a symbol to you: leave her to feed on Allah's (free) earth, and inflict no harm on her, or a swift penalty will seize you!"
Arabic
فعقروها فقال تمتعوا في داركم ثلاثة أيام ۖ ذلك وعد غير مكذوب
But they did ham - string her. So he said: "Enjoy yourselves in your homes for three days: (Then will be your ruin): (Behold) there a promise not to be belied!"
Arabic
فلما جاء أمرنا نجينا صالحا والذين آمنوا معه برحمة منا ومن خزي يومئذ ۗ إن ربك هو القوي العزيز
When Our Decree issued, We saved Salih and those who believed with him, by (special) Grace from Ourselves - and from the Ignominy of that day. For thy Lord - He is the Strong One, and able to enforce His Will.
As if they had never dwelt and flourished there. Ah! Behold! for the Thamud rejected their Lord and Cherisher! Ah! Behold! removed (from sight) were the Thamud!
Arabic
ولقد جاءت رسلنا إبراهيم بالبشرى قالوا سلاما ۖ قال سلام ۖ فما لبث أن جاء بعجل حنيذ
But when he saw their hands went not towards the (meal), he felt some mistrust of them, and conceived a fear of them. They said: "Fear not: We have been sent against the people of Lut."
Arabic
وامرأته قائمة فضحكت فبشرناها بإسحاق ومن وراء إسحاق يعقوب
They said: "Dost thou wonder at Allah's decree? The grace of Allah and His blessings on you, o ye people of the house! for He is indeed worthy of all praise, full of all glory!"
Arabic
فلما ذهب عن إبراهيم الروع وجاءته البشرى يجادلنا في قوم لوط
And his people came rushing towards him, and they had been long in the habit of practising abominations. He said: "O my people! Here are my daughters: they are purer for you (if ye marry)! Now fear Allah, and cover me not with shame about my guests! Is there not among you a single right - minded man?"
Arabic
قالوا لقد علمت ما لنا في بناتك من حق وإنك لتعلم ما نريد
He said: "Would that I had power to suppress you or that I could betake myself to some powerful support."
Arabic
قالوا يا لوط إنا رسل ربك لن يصلوا إليك ۖ فأسر بأهلك بقطع من الليل ولا يلتفت منكم أحد إلا امرأتك ۖ إنه مصيبها ما أصابهم ۚ إن موعدهم الصبح ۚ أليس الصبح بقريب
(The Messengers) said: "O Lut! We are Messengers from thy Lord! By no means shall they reach thee! now travel with thy family while yet a part of the night remains, and let not any of you look back: but thy wife (will remain behind): To her will happen what happens to the people. Morning is their time appointed: Is not the morning nigh?"
Arabic
فلما جاء أمرنا جعلنا عاليها سافلها وأمطرنا عليها حجارة من سجيل منضود
To the Madyan People (We sent) Shu'aib, one of their own brethren: he said: "O my people! worship Allah: Ye have no other god but Him. And give not short measure or weight: I see you in prosperity, but I fear for you the penalty of a day that will compass (you) all round.
Arabic
ويا قوم أوفوا المكيال والميزان بالقسط ۖ ولا تبخسوا الناس أشياءهم ولا تعثوا في الأرض مفسدين
"And O my people! give just measure and weight, nor withhold from the people the things that are their due: commit not evil in the land with intent to do mischief.
Arabic
بقيت الله خير لكم إن كنتم مؤمنين ۚ وما أنا عليكم بحفيظ
They said: "O Shu'aib! Does thy (religion of) prayer command thee that we leave off the worship which our fathers practised, or that we leave off doing what we like with our property? truly, thou art the one that forbeareth with faults and is right - minded!"
Arabic
قال يا قوم أرأيتم إن كنت على بينة من ربي ورزقني منه رزقا حسنا ۚ وما أريد أن أخالفكم إلى ما أنهاكم عنه ۚ إن أريد إلا الإصلاح ما استطعت ۚ وما توفيقي إلا بالله ۚ عليه توكلت وإليه أنيب
He said: "O my people! see ye whether I have a Clear (Sign) from my Lord, and He hath given me sustenance (pure and) good as from Himself? I wish not, in opposition to you, to do that which I forbid you to do. I only desire (your) betterment to the best of my power; and my success (in my task) can only come from Allah. In Him I trust, and unto Him I look.
Arabic
ويا قوم لا يجرمنكم شقاقي أن يصيبكم مثل ما أصاب قوم نوح أو قوم هود أو قوم صالح ۚ وما قوم لوط منكم ببعيد
"And O my people! let not my dissent (from you) cause you to sin, lest ye suffer a fate similar to that of the people of Noah or of Hud or of Salih, nor are the people of Lut far off from you!
They said: "O Shu'aib! much of what thou sayest we do not understand! In fact among us we see that thou hast no strength! Were it not for thy family, we should certainly have stoned thee! for thou hast among us no great position!"
Arabic
قال يا قوم أرهطي أعز عليكم من الله واتخذتموه وراءكم ظهريا ۖ إن ربي بما تعملون محيط
He said: "O my people! is then my family of more consideration with you than Allah? For ye cast Him away behind your backs (with contempt). But verily my Lord encompasseth on all sides all that ye do!
Arabic
ويا قوم اعملوا على مكانتكم إني عامل ۖ سوف تعلمون من يأتيه عذاب يخزيه ومن هو كاذب ۖ وارتقبوا إني معكم رقيب
"And O my people! Do whatever ye can: I will do (my part): Soon will ye know who it is on whom descends the penalty of ignominy; and who is a liar! and watch ye! for I too am watching with you!"
Arabic
ولما جاء أمرنا نجينا شعيبا والذين آمنوا معه برحمة منا وأخذت الذين ظلموا الصيحة فأصبحوا في ديارهم جاثمين
When Our decree issued, We saved Shu'aib and those who believed with him, by (special) mercy from Ourselves: But the (mighty) blast did seize the wrong - doers, and they lay prostrate in their homes by the morning, -
He will go before his people on the Day of Judgment, and lead them into the Fire (as cattle are led to water): But woeful indeed will be the place to which they are led!
Arabic
وأتبعوا في هذه لعنة ويوم القيامة ۚ بئس الرفد المرفود
These are some of the stories of communities which We relate unto thee: of them some are standing, and some have been mown down (by the sickle of time).
Arabic
وما ظلمناهم ولكن ظلموا أنفسهم ۖ فما أغنت عنهم آلهتهم التي يدعون من دون الله من شيء لما جاء أمر ربك ۖ وما زادوهم غير تتبيب
It was not We that wronged them: They wronged their own souls: the deities, other than Allah, whom they invoked, profited them no whit when there issued the decree of thy Lord: Nor did they add aught (to their lot) but perdition!
Arabic
وكذلك أخذ ربك إذا أخذ القرى وهي ظالمة ۚ إن أخذه أليم شديد
In that is a Sign for those who fear the penalty of the Hereafter: that is a Day for which mankind will be gathered together: that will be a Day of Testimony.
They will dwell therein for all the time that the heavens and the earth endure, except as thy Lord willeth: for thy Lord is the (sure) accomplisher of what He planneth.
Arabic
۞ وأما الذين سعدوا ففي الجنة خالدين فيها ما دامت السماوات والأرض إلا ما شاء ربك ۖ عطاء غير مجذوذ
And those who are blessed shall be in the Garden: They will dwell therein for all the time that the heavens and the earth endure, except as thy Lord willeth: a gift without break.
Arabic
فلا تك في مرية مما يعبد هؤلاء ۚ ما يعبدون إلا كما يعبد آباؤهم من قبل ۚ وإنا لموفوهم نصيبهم غير منقوص
Be not then in doubt as to what these men worship. They worship nothing but what their fathers worshipped before (them): but verily We shall pay them back (in full) their portion without (the least) abatement.
Arabic
ولقد آتينا موسى الكتاب فاختلف فيه ۚ ولولا كلمة سبقت من ربك لقضي بينهم ۚ وإنهم لفي شك منه مريب
We certainly gave the Book to Moses, but differences arose therein: had it not been that a word had gone forth before from thy Lord, the matter would have been decided between them, but they are in suspicious doubt concerning it.
Arabic
وإن كلا لما ليوفينهم ربك أعمالهم ۚ إنه بما يعملون خبير
Therefore stand firm (in the straight Path) as thou art commanded, - thou and those who with thee turn (unto Allah); and transgress not (from the Path): for He seeth well all that ye do.
Arabic
ولا تركنوا إلى الذين ظلموا فتمسكم النار وما لكم من دون الله من أولياء ثم لا تنصرون
And establish regular prayers at the two ends of the day and at the approaches of the night: For those things, that are good remove those that are evil: Be that the word of remembrance to those who remember (their Lord):
Why were there not, among the generations before you, persons possessed of balanced good sense, prohibiting (men) from mischief in the earth - except a few among them whom We saved (from harm)? But the wrong - doers pursued the enjoyment of the good things of life which were given them, and persisted in sin.
Except those on whom thy Lord hath bestowed His Mercy: and for this did He create them: and the Word of thy Lord shall be fulfilled: "I will fill Hell with jinns and men all together."
Arabic
وكلا نقص عليك من أنباء الرسل ما نثبت به فؤادك ۚ وجاءك في هذه الحق وموعظة وذكرى للمؤمنين
All that we relate to thee of the stories of the messengers, - with it We make firm thy heart: in them there cometh to thee the Truth, as well as an exhortation and a message of remembrance to those who believe.
To Allah do belong the unseen (secrets) of the heavens and the earth, and to Him goeth back every affair (for decision): then worship Him, and put thy trust in Him: and thy Lord is not unmindful of aught that ye do.