Chapter 43, 89 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Ha. Mim.
Ha Mim.
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم حم
By the Scripture which maketh plain,
I swear by the Book that makes things clear:
والكتاب المبين
Lo! We have appointed it a Lecture, in Arabic that haply ye may understand.
Surely We have made it an Arabic Quran that you may understand.
إنا جعلناه قرآنا عربيا لعلكم تعقلون
And Lo! in the Source of Decrees, which We possess, it is indeed sublime, decisive.
And surely it is in the original of the Book with Us, truly elevated, full of wisdom.
وإنه في أم الكتاب لدينا لعلي حكيم
Shall We utterly ignore you because ye are a wanton folk ?
What! shall We then turn away the reminder from you altogether because you are an extravagant people?
أفنضرب عنكم الذكر صفحا أن كنتم قوما مسرفين
How many a prophet did We send among the men of old!
And how many a prophet have We sent among the ancients.
وكم أرسلنا من نبي في الأولين
And never came there unto them a prophet but they used to mock him.
And there came not to them a prophet but they mocked at him.
وما يأتيهم من نبي إلا كانوا به يستهزئون
Then We destroyed men mightier than these in prowess; and the example of the men of old hath gone (before them).
Then We destroyed those who were stronger than these in prowess, and the case of the ancients has gone before,
فأهلكنا أشد منهم بطشا ومضى مثل الأولين
And if thou (Muhammad) ask them: Who created the heavens and the earth, they will surely answer: The Mighty, the Knower created them;
And if you should ask them, Who created the heavens and the earth? they would most certainly say: The Mighty, the Knowing One, has created them;
ولئن سألتهم من خلق السماوات والأرض ليقولن خلقهن العزيز العليم
Who made the earth a resting - place for you, and placed roads for you therein, that haply ye may find your way;
He Who made the earth a resting - place for you, and made in it ways for you that you may go aright;
الذي جعل لكم الأرض مهدا وجعل لكم فيها سبلا لعلكم تهتدون
And Who sendeth down water from the sky in (due) measure, and We revive a dead land therewith. Even so will ye be brought forth;
And He Who sends down water from the cloud according to a measure, then We raise to life thereby a dead country, even thus shall you be brought forth;
والذي نزل من السماء ماء بقدر فأنشرنا به بلدة ميتا ۚ كذلك تخرجون
He Who created all the pairs, and appointed for you ships and cattle whereupon ye ride.
And He Who created pairs of all things, and made for you of the ships and the cattle what you ride on,
والذي خلق الأزواج كلها وجعل لكم من الفلك والأنعام ما تركبون
That ye may mount upon their backs, and may remember your Lord's favour when ye mount thereon, and may say: Glorified be He Who hath subdued these unto us, and we were not capable (of subduing them);
That you may firmly sit on their backs, then remember the favor of your Lord when you are firmly seated thereon, and say: Glory be to Him Who made this subservient to us and we were not able to do it
لتستووا على ظهوره ثم تذكروا نعمة ربكم إذا استويتم عليه وتقولوا سبحان الذي سخر لنا هذا وما كنا له مقرنين
And lo! unto our Lord we surely are returning.
And surely to our Lord we must return.
وإنا إلى ربنا لمنقلبون
And they allot to Him a portion of His bondmen! Lo! man is verily a mere ingrate.
And they assign to Him a part of His servants; man, to be sure, is clearly ungrateful.
وجعلوا له من عباده جزءا ۚ إن الإنسان لكفور مبين
Or chooseth He daughters of all that He hath created, and honoureth He you with sons ?
What! has He taken daughters to Himself of what He Himself creates and chosen you to have sons?
أم اتخذ مما يخلق بنات وأصفاكم بالبنين
And if one of them hath tidings of that which he likeneth to the Beneficent One, his countenance becometh black and he is full of inward rage.
And when one of them is given news of that of which he sets up as a likeness for the Beneficent Allah, his face becomes black and he is full of rage.
وإذا بشر أحدهم بما ضرب للرحمن مثلا ظل وجهه مسودا وهو كظيم
(Liken they then to Allah) that which is bred up in outward show, and in dispute cannot make itself plain ?
What! that which is made in ornaments and which in contention is unable to make plain speech!
أومن ينشأ في الحلية وهو في الخصام غير مبين
And they make the angels, who are the slaves of the Beneficent, females. Did they witness their creation ? Their testimony will be recorded and they will be questioned.
And they make the angels - - them who are the servants of the Beneficent Allah - - female (divinities). What! did they witness their creation? Their evidence shall be written down and they shall be questioned.
وجعلوا الملائكة الذين هم عباد الرحمن إناثا ۚ أشهدوا خلقهم ۚ ستكتب شهادتهم ويسألون
And they say: If the Beneficent One had (so) willed, we should not have worshipped them. They have no knowledge whatsoever of that. They do but guess.
And they say: If the Beneficent Allah had pleased, we should never have worshipped them. They have no knowledge of this; they only lie.
وقالوا لو شاء الرحمن ما عبدناهم ۗ ما لهم بذلك من علم ۖ إن هم إلا يخرصون
Or have We given them any scripture before (this Qur'an) so that they are holding fast thereto ?
Or have We given them a book before it so that they hold fast to it?
أم آتيناهم كتابا من قبله فهم به مستمسكون
Nay, for they say only: Lo! we found our fathers following a religion, and we are guided by their footprints.
Nay! they say: We found our fathers on a course, and surely we are guided by their footsteps.
بل قالوا إنا وجدنا آباءنا على أمة وإنا على آثارهم مهتدون
And even so We sent not a warner before thee (Muhammad) into any township but its luxurious ones said: Lo! we found our fathers following a religion, and we are following their footprints.
And thus, We did not send before you any warner in a town, but those who led easy lives in it said: Surely we found our fathers on a course, and surely we are followers of their footsteps.
وكذلك ما أرسلنا من قبلك في قرية من نذير إلا قال مترفوها إنا وجدنا آباءنا على أمة وإنا على آثارهم مقتدون
(And the warner) said: What! Even though I bring you better guidance than that ye found your fathers following ? They answered: Lo! in what ye bring we are disbelievers.
(The warner) said: What! even if I bring to you a better guide than that on which you found your fathers? They said: Surely we are unbelievers in that with which you are sent.
۞ قال أولو جئتكم بأهدى مما وجدتم عليه آباءكم ۖ قالوا إنا بما أرسلتم به كافرون
So We requited them. Then see the nature of the consequence for the rejecters!
So We inflicted retribution on them, then see how was the end of the rejecters.
فانتقمنا منهم ۖ فانظر كيف كان عاقبة المكذبين
And when Abraham said unto his father and his folk: Lo! I am innocent of what ye worship
And when Ibrahim said to his father and his people: Surely I am clear of what you worship,
وإذ قال إبراهيم لأبيه وقومه إنني براء مما تعبدون
Save Him Who did create me, for He will surely guide me.
Save Him Who created me, for surely He will guide me.
إلا الذي فطرني فإنه سيهدين
And he made it a word enduring among his seed, that haply they might return.
And he made it a word to continue in his posterity that they may return.
وجعلها كلمة باقية في عقبه لعلهم يرجعون
Nay, but I let these and their fathers enjoy life (only) till there should come unto them the Truth and a messenger making plain.
Nay! I gave them and their fathers to enjoy until there came to them the truth and an Apostle making manifest (the truth).
بل متعت هؤلاء وآباءهم حتى جاءهم الحق ورسول مبين
And now that the Truth hath come unto them they say: This is mere magic, and lo! we are disbelievers therein.
And when there came to them the truth they said: This is magic, and surely we are disbelievers in it.
ولما جاءهم الحق قالوا هذا سحر وإنا به كافرون
And they say: If only this Qur'an had been revealed to some great man of the two towns ?
And they say: Why was not this Quran revealed to a man of importance in the two towns?
وقالوا لولا نزل هذا القرآن على رجل من القريتين عظيم
Is it they who apportion thy Lord's mercy ? We have apportioned among them their livelihood in the life of the world, and raised some of them above others in rank that some of them may take labour from others; and the mercy of thy Lord is better than (the wealth) that they amass.
Will they distribute the mercy of your Lord? We distribute among them their livelihood in the life of this world, and We j have exalted some of them above others in degrees, that some of them may take others in subjection; and the mercy of your Lord is better than what they amass.
أهم يقسمون رحمت ربك ۚ نحن قسمنا بينهم معيشتهم في الحياة الدنيا ۚ ورفعنا بعضهم فوق بعض درجات ليتخذ بعضهم بعضا سخريا ۗ ورحمت ربك خير مما يجمعون
And were it not that mankind would have become one community, We might well have appointed, for those who disbelieve in the Beneficent, roofs of silver for their houses and stairs (of silver) whereby to mount,
And were it not that all people had been a single nation, We would certainly have assigned to those who disbelieve in the Beneficent Allah (to make) of silver the roofs of their houses and the stairs by which they ascend.
ولولا أن يكون الناس أمة واحدة لجعلنا لمن يكفر بالرحمن لبيوتهم سقفا من فضة ومعارج عليها يظهرون
And for their houses doors (of silver) and couches of silver whereon to recline,
And the doors of their houses and the couches on which they recline,
ولبيوتهم أبوابا وسررا عليها يتكئون
And ornaments of gold. Yet all that would have been but a provision of the life of the world. And the Hereafter with your Lord would have been for those who keep from evil.
And (other) embellishments of gold; and all this is naught but provision of this world's life, and the hereafter is with your Lord only for those who guard (against evil).
وزخرفا ۚ وإن كل ذلك لما متاع الحياة الدنيا ۚ والآخرة عند ربك للمتقين
And he whose sight is dim to the remembrance of the Beneficent, We assign unto him a devil who becometh his comrade;
And whoever turns himself away from the remembrance of the Beneficent Allah, We appoint for him a Shaitan, so he becomes his associate.
ومن يعش عن ذكر الرحمن نقيض له شيطانا فهو له قرين
And lo! they surely turn them from the way of Allah, and yet they deem that they are rightly guided;
And most surely they turn them away from the path, and they think that they are guided aright:
وإنهم ليصدونهم عن السبيل ويحسبون أنهم مهتدون
Till, when he cometh unto Us, he saith (unto his comrade): Ah, would that between me and thee there were the distance of the two horizons - an evil comrade!
Until when he comes to Us, he says: O would that between me and you there were the distance of the East and the West; so evil is the associate!
حتى إذا جاءنا قال يا ليت بيني وبينك بعد المشرقين فبئس القرين
And it profiteth you not this day, because ye did wrong, that ye will be sharers in the doom.
And since you were unjust, it will not profit you this day that you are sharers in the chastisement.
ولن ينفعكم اليوم إذ ظلمتم أنكم في العذاب مشتركون
Canst thou (Muhammad) make the deaf to hear, or canst thou guide the blind or him who is in error manifest ?
What! can you then make the deaf to hear or guide the blind and him who is in clear error?
أفأنت تسمع الصم أو تهدي العمي ومن كان في ضلال مبين
And if We take thee away, We surely shall take vengeance on them,
But if We should take you away, still We shall inflict retribution on them;
فإما نذهبن بك فإنا منهم منتقمون
Or (if) We show thee that wherewith We threaten them; for lo! We have complete command of them.
Rather We will certainly show you that which We have promised them; for surely We are the possessors of full power over them.
أو نرينك الذي وعدناهم فإنا عليهم مقتدرون
So hold thou fast to that which is inspired in thee. Lo! thou art on a right path.
Therefore hold fast to that which has been revealed to you; surely you are on the right path.
فاستمسك بالذي أوحي إليك ۖ إنك على صراط مستقيم
And lo! it is in truth a Reminder for thee and for thy folk; and ye will be questioned.
And most surely it is a reminder for you and your people, and you shall soon be questioned.
وإنه لذكر لك ولقومك ۖ وسوف تسألون
And ask those of Our messengers whom We sent before thee: Did We ever appoint gods to be worshipped beside the Beneficent ?
And ask those of Our apostles whom We sent before you: Did We ever appoint gods to be worshipped besides the Beneficent Allah?
واسأل من أرسلنا من قبلك من رسلنا أجعلنا من دون الرحمن آلهة يعبدون
And verily We sent Moses with Our revelations unto Pharaoh and his chiefs, and he said: I am a messenger of the Lord of the Worlds.
And certainly We sent Musa with Our communications to Firon and his chiefs, so he said: Surely I am the apostle of the Lord of the worlds.
ولقد أرسلنا موسى بآياتنا إلى فرعون وملئه فقال إني رسول رب العالمين
But when he brought them Our tokens, behold! they laughed at them.
But when he came to them with Our signs, lo! they laughed at them.
فلما جاءهم بآياتنا إذا هم منها يضحكون
And every token that We showed them was greater than its sister (token), and We grasped them with the torment, that haply they might turn again.
And We did not show them a sign but it was greater than its like, and We overtook them with chastisement that they may turn.
وما نريهم من آية إلا هي أكبر من أختها ۖ وأخذناهم بالعذاب لعلهم يرجعون
And they said: O wizard! Entreat thy Lord for us by the pact that He hath made with thee. Lo! we verily will walk aright.
And they said: O magician! call on your Lord for our sake, as He has made the covenant with you; we shall surely be the followers of the right way.
وقالوا يا أيه الساحر ادع لنا ربك بما عهد عندك إننا لمهتدون
But when We eased them of the torment, behold! they broke their word.
But when We removed from them the chastisement, lo! they broke the pledge.
فلما كشفنا عنهم العذاب إذا هم ينكثون
And Pharaoh caused a proclamation to be made among his people saying: O my people! Is not mine the sovereignty of Egypt and these rivers flowing under me ? Can ye not then discern ?
And Firon proclaimed amongst his people: O my people! is not the kingdom of Egypt mine? And these rivers flow beneath me; do you not then see?
ونادى فرعون في قومه قال يا قوم أليس لي ملك مصر وهذه الأنهار تجري من تحتي ۖ أفلا تبصرون
I am surely better than this fellow, who is despicable and can hardly make (his meaning) plain!
Nay! I am better than this fellow, who is contemptible, and who can hardly speak distinctly:
أم أنا خير من هذا الذي هو مهين ولا يكاد يبين
Why, then, have armlets of gold not been set upon him, or angels sent along with him ?
But why have not bracelets of gold been put upon him, or why have there not come with him angels as companions?
فلولا ألقي عليه أسورة من ذهب أو جاء معه الملائكة مقترنين
Thus he persuaded his people to make light (of Moses), and they obeyed him. Lo! they were a wanton folk.
So he incited his people to levity and they obeyed him: surely they were a transgressing people.
فاستخف قومه فأطاعوه ۚ إنهم كانوا قوما فاسقين
So, when they angered Us, We punished them and drowned them every one.
Then when they displeased Us, We inflicted a retribution on them, so We drowned them all together,
فلما آسفونا انتقمنا منهم فأغرقناهم أجمعين
And We made them a thing past, and an example for those after (them).
And We made them a precedent and example to the later generations.
فجعلناهم سلفا ومثلا للآخرين
And when the son of Mary is quoted as an example, behold! the folk laugh out,
And when a description of the son of Marium is given, lo! your people raise a clamor thereat.
۞ ولما ضرب ابن مريم مثلا إذا قومك منه يصدون
And say: Are our gods better, or is he ? They raise not the objection save for argument. Nay! but they are a contentious folk.
And they say: Are our gods better, or is he? They do not set it forth to you save by way of disputation; nay, they are a contentious people.
وقالوا أآلهتنا خير أم هو ۚ ما ضربوه لك إلا جدلا ۚ بل هم قوم خصمون
He is nothing but a slave on whom We bestowed favour, and We made him a pattern for the Children of Israel.
He was naught but a servant on whom We bestowed favor, and We made him an example for the children of Israel.
إن هو إلا عبد أنعمنا عليه وجعلناه مثلا لبني إسرائيل
And had We willed We could have set among you angels to be viceroys in the earth.
And if We please, We could make among you angels to be successors in the land.
ولو نشاء لجعلنا منكم ملائكة في الأرض يخلفون
And lo! verily there is knowledge of the Hour. So doubt ye not concerning it, but follow Me. This is the right path.
And most surely it is a knowledge of the hour, therefore have no doubt about it and follow me: this is the right path.
وإنه لعلم للساعة فلا تمترن بها واتبعون ۚ هذا صراط مستقيم
And let not Satan turn you aside. Lo! he is an open enemy for you.
And let not the Shaitan prevent you; surely he is your j open enemy.
ولا يصدنكم الشيطان ۖ إنه لكم عدو مبين
When Jesus came with clear proofs (of Allah's Sovereignty), he said: I have come unto you with wisdom, and to make plain some of that concerning which ye differ. So keep your duty to Allah, and obey me.
And when Isa came with clear arguments he said: I have come to you indeed with wisdom, and that I may make clear to you part of what you differ in; so be careful of (your duty to) Allah and obey me:
ولما جاء عيسى بالبينات قال قد جئتكم بالحكمة ولأبين لكم بعض الذي تختلفون فيه ۖ فاتقوا الله وأطيعون
Lo! Allah, He is my Lord and your Lord. So worship Him. This is a right path.
Surely Allah is my Lord and your Lord, therefore serve Him; this is the right path:
إن الله هو ربي وربكم فاعبدوه ۚ هذا صراط مستقيم
But the factions among them differed. Then woe unto those who do wrong from the doom of a painful day.
But parties from among them differed, so woe to those who were unjust because of the chastisement of a painful day.
فاختلف الأحزاب من بينهم ۖ فويل للذين ظلموا من عذاب يوم أليم
Await they aught save the Hour, that it shall come upon them suddenly, when they know not ?
Do they wait for aught but the hour, that it should come! upon them all of a sudden while they do not perceive?
هل ينظرون إلا الساعة أن تأتيهم بغتة وهم لا يشعرون
Friends on that day will be foes one to another, save those who kept their duty (to Allah).
The friends shall on that day be enemies one to another, except those who guard (against evil).
الأخلاء يومئذ بعضهم لبعض عدو إلا المتقين
O My slaves! For you there is no fear this day, nor is it ye who grieve;
O My servants! there is no fear for you this day, nor shall you grieve.
يا عباد لا خوف عليكم اليوم ولا أنتم تحزنون
(Ye) who believed Our revelations and were self - surrendered,
Those who believed in Our communications and were submissive:
الذين آمنوا بآياتنا وكانوا مسلمين
Enter the Garden, ye and your wives, to be made glad.
Enter the garden, you and your wives; you shall be made happy.
ادخلوا الجنة أنتم وأزواجكم تحبرون
Therein are brought round for them trays of gold and goblets, and therein is all that souls desire and eyes find sweet. And ye are immortal therein.
There shall be sent round to them golden bowls and drinking - cups and therein shall be what their souls yearn after and (wherein) the eyes shall delight, and you shall abide therein.
يطاف عليهم بصحاف من ذهب وأكواب ۖ وفيها ما تشتهيه الأنفس وتلذ الأعين ۖ وأنتم فيها خالدون
This is the Garden which ye are made to inherit because of what ye used to do.
And this is the garden which you are given as an inheritance on account of what you did.
وتلك الجنة التي أورثتموها بما كنتم تعملون
Therein for you is fruit in plenty whence to eat.
For you therein are many fruits of which you shall eat.
لكم فيها فاكهة كثيرة منها تأكلون
Lo! the guilty are immortal in hell's torment.
Surely the guilty shall abide in the chastisement of hell.
إن المجرمين في عذاب جهنم خالدون
It is not relaxed for them, and they despair therein.
It shall not be abated from them and they shall therein be despairing.
لا يفتر عنهم وهم فيه مبلسون
We wronged them not, but they it was who did the wrong.
And We are not unjust to them, but they themselves were unjust.
وما ظلمناهم ولكن كانوا هم الظالمين
And they cry: O master! Let thy Lord make an end of us. He saith: Lo! here ye must remain.
And they shall call out: O Malik! let your Lord make an end of us. He shall say: Surely you shall tarry.
ونادوا يا مالك ليقض علينا ربك ۖ قال إنكم ماكثون
We verily brought the Truth unto you, but ye were, most of you, averse to the Truth.
Certainly We have brought you the truth, but most of you are averse to the truth.
لقد جئناكم بالحق ولكن أكثركم للحق كارهون
Or do they determine any thing (against the Prophet) ? Lo! We (also) are determining.
Or have they settled an affair? Then surely We are the settlers.
أم أبرموا أمرا فإنا مبرمون
Or deem they that We cannot hear their secret thoughts and private confidences ? Nay, but Our envoys, present with them, do record.
Or do they think that We do not hear what they conceal and their secret discourses? Aye! and Our apostles with them write down.
أم يحسبون أنا لا نسمع سرهم ونجواهم ۚ بلى ورسلنا لديهم يكتبون
Say (O Muhammad): If the Beneficent One hath a son, then, I shall be first among the worshippers. (But there is no son).
Say: If the Beneficent Allah has a son, I am the foremost of those who serve.
قل إن كان للرحمن ولد فأنا أول العابدين
Glorified be the Lord of the heavens and the earth, the Lord of the Throne, from that which they ascribe (unto Him)!
Glory to the Lord of the heavens and the earth, the Lord of power, from what they describe.
سبحان رب السماوات والأرض رب العرش عما يصفون
So let them flounder (in their talk) and play until they meet the Day which they are promised.
So leave them plunging into false discourses and sporting until they meet their day which they are threatened with.
فذرهم يخوضوا ويلعبوا حتى يلاقوا يومهم الذي يوعدون
And He it is Who in the heaven is God, and in the earth God. He is the Wise, the Knower.
And He it is Who is Allah in the heavens and Allah in the earth; and He is the Wise, the Knowing.
وهو الذي في السماء إله وفي الأرض إله ۚ وهو الحكيم العليم
And blessed be He unto Whom belongeth the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, and with Whom is knowledge of the Hour, and unto Whom ye will be returned.
And blessed is He Whose is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth and what is between them, and with Him is the knowledge of the hour, and to Him shall you be brought back.
وتبارك الذي له ملك السماوات والأرض وما بينهما وعنده علم الساعة وإليه ترجعون
And those unto whom they cry instead of Him possess no power of intercession, saving him who beareth witness unto the Truth knowingly.
And those whom they call upon besides Him have no authority for intercession, but he who bears witness of the truth and they know (him).
ولا يملك الذين يدعون من دونه الشفاعة إلا من شهد بالحق وهم يعلمون
And if thou ask them who created them, they will surely say: Allah. How then are they turned away ?
And if you should ask them who created them, they would certainly say: Allah. Whence are they then turned back?
ولئن سألتهم من خلقهم ليقولن الله ۖ فأنى يؤفكون
And he saith: O my Lord! Lo! these are a folk who believe not.
Consider his cry: O my Lord! surely they are a people who do not believe.
وقيله يا رب إن هؤلاء قوم لا يؤمنون
Then bear with them (O Muhammad) and say: Peace. But they will come to know.
So turn away from them and say, Peace, for they shall soon come to know.
فاصفح عنهم وقل سلام ۚ فسوف يعلمون