Chapter 15, 99 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Alif. Lam. Ra. These are verses of the Scripture and a plain Reading.
A. L. R. These are the Ayats of Revelation, - of a Qur'an that makes things clear.
الٓر تِلْكَ ءَايَٰتُ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ وَقُرْءَانٍ مُّبِينٍ
It may be that those who disbelieve wish ardently that they were Muslims.
Again and again will those who disbelieve, wish that they had bowed (to Allah's will) in Islam.
رُّبَمَا يَوَدُّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَوْ كَانُوا۟ مُسْلِمِينَ
Let them eat and enjoy life, and let (false) hope beguile them. They will come to know!
Leave them alone, to enjoy (the good things of this life) and to please themselves: let (false) hope amuse them: soon will knowledge (undeceive them).
ذَرْهُمْ يَأْكُلُوا۟ وَيَتَمَتَّعُوا۟ وَيُلْهِهِمُ ٱلْأَمَلُ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ
And We destroyed no township but there was a known decree for it.
Never did We destroy a population that had not a term decreed and assigned beforehand.
وَمَآ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا وَلَهَا كِتَابٌ مَّعْلُومٌ
No nation can outstrip its term nor can they lag behind.
Neither can a people anticipate its term, nor delay it.
مَّا تَسْبِقُ مِنْ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلَهَا وَمَا يَسْتَـْٔخِرُونَ
And they say: O thou unto whom the Reminder is revealed, lo! thou art indeed a madman!
They say: "O thou to whom the Message is being revealed! truly thou art mad (or possessed)!
وَقَالُوا۟ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِى نُزِّلَ عَلَيْهِ ٱلذِّكْرُ إِنَّكَ لَمَجْنُونٌ
Why bringest thou not angels unto us, if thou art of the truthful ?
"Why bringest thou not angels to us if it be that thou hast the Truth?"
لَّوْ مَا تَأْتِينَا بِٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ
We send not down the angels save with the Fact, and in that case (the disbelievers) would not be tolerated.
We send not the angels down except for just cause: if they came (to the ungodly), behold! no respite would they have!
مَا نُنَزِّلُ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَمَا كَانُوٓا۟ إِذًا مُّنظَرِينَ
Lo! We, even We, reveal the Reminder, and lo! We verily are its Guardian.
We have, without doubt, sent down the Message; and We will assuredly guard it (from corruption).
إِنَّا نَحْنُ نَزَّلْنَا ٱلذِّكْرَ وَإِنَّا لَهُۥ لَحَٰفِظُونَ
We verily sent (messengers) before thee among the factions of the men of old.
We did send messengers before thee amongst the religious sects of old:
وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ فِى شِيَعِ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
And never came there unto them a messenger but they did mock him.
But never came a messenger to them but they mocked him.
وَمَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ
Thus do We make it traverse the hearts of the guilty:
Even so do we let it creep into the hearts of the sinners -
كَذَٰلِكَ نَسْلُكُهُۥ فِى قُلُوبِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ
They believe not therein, though the example of the men of old hath gone before.
That they should not believe in the (Message); but the ways of the ancients have passed away.
لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِۦ وَقَدْ خَلَتْ سُنَّةُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
And even if We opened unto them a gate of heaven and they kept mounting through it,
Even if We opened out to them a gate from heaven, and they were to continue (all day) ascending therein,
وَلَوْ فَتَحْنَا عَلَيْهِم بَابًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَظَلُّوا۟ فِيهِ يَعْرُجُونَ
They would say: Our sight is wrong - nay, but we are folk bewitched.
They would only say: "Our eyes have been intoxicated: Nay, we have been bewitched by sorcery."
لَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَا سُكِّرَتْ أَبْصَٰرُنَا بَلْ نَحْنُ قَوْمٌ مَّسْحُورُونَ
And verily in the heaven we have set mansions of the stars, and We have beautified it for beholders.
It is We Who have set out the zodiacal signs in the heavens, and made them fair - seeming to (all) beholders;
وَلَقَدْ جَعَلْنَا فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ بُرُوجًا وَزَيَّنَّٰهَا لِلنَّٰظِرِينَ
And We have guarded it from every outcast devil,
And (moreover) We have guarded them from every cursed devil:
وَحَفِظْنَٰهَا مِن كُلِّ شَيْطَٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ
Save him who stealeth the hearing, and them doth a clear flame pursue.
But any that gains a hearing by stealth, is pursued by a flaming fire, bright (to see).
إِلَّا مَنِ ٱسْتَرَقَ ٱلسَّمْعَ فَأَتْبَعَهُۥ شِهَابٌ مُّبِينٌ
And the earth have We spread out, and placed therein firm hills, and caused each seemly thing to grow therein.
And the earth We have spread out (like a carpet); set thereon mountains firm and immovable; and produced therein all kinds of things in due balance.
وَٱلْأَرْضَ مَدَدْنَٰهَا وَأَلْقَيْنَا فِيهَا رَوَٰسِىَ وَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ شَىْءٍ مَّوْزُونٍ
And we have given unto you livelihoods therein, and unto those for whom ye provide not.
And We have provided therein means of subsistence, - for you and for those for whose sustenance ye are not responsible.
وَجَعَلْنَا لَكُمْ فِيهَا مَعَٰيِشَ وَمَن لَّسْتُمْ لَهُۥ بِرَٰزِقِينَ
And there is not a thing but with Us are the stores thereof. And we send it not down save in appointed measure.
And there is not a thing but its (sources and) treasures (inexhaustible) are with Us; but We only send down thereof in due and ascertainable measures.
وَإِن مِّن شَىْءٍ إِلَّا عِندَنَا خَزَآئِنُهُۥ وَمَا نُنَزِّلُهُۥٓ إِلَّا بِقَدَرٍ مَّعْلُومٍ
And We send the winds fertilising, and cause water to descend from the sky, and give it you to drink. It is not ye who are the holders of the store thereof.
And We send the fecundating winds, then cause the rain to descend from the sky, therewith providing you with water (in abundance), though ye are not the guardians of its stores.
وَأَرْسَلْنَا ٱلرِّيَٰحَ لَوَٰقِحَ فَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً فَأَسْقَيْنَٰكُمُوهُ وَمَآ أَنتُمْ لَهُۥ بِخَٰزِنِينَ
Lo! and it is We, even We, Who quicken and give death, and We are the Inheritor.
And verily, it is We Who give life, and Who give death: it is We Who remain inheritors (after all else passes away).
وَإِنَّا لَنَحْنُ نُحْىِۦ وَنُمِيتُ وَنَحْنُ ٱلْوَٰرِثُونَ
And verily We know the eager among you and verily We know the laggards.
To Us are known those of you who hasten forward, and those who lag behind.
وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْنَا ٱلْمُسْتَقْدِمِينَ مِنكُمْ وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْنَا ٱلْمُسْتَـْٔخِرِينَ
Lo! thy Lord will gather them together. Lo! He is Wise, Aware.
Assuredly it is thy Lord Who will gather them together: for He is perfect in Wisdom and Knowledge.
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ يَحْشُرُهُمْ إِنَّهُۥ حَكِيمٌ عَلِيمٌ
Verily We created man of potter's clay of black mud altered,
We created man from sounding clay, from mud moulded into shape;
وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مِن صَلْصَٰلٍ مِّنْ حَمَإٍ مَّسْنُونٍ
And the jinn did We create aforetime of essential fire.
And the Jinn race, We had created before, from the fire of a scorching wind.
وَٱلْجَآنَّ خَلَقْنَٰهُ مِن قَبْلُ مِن نَّارِ ٱلسَّمُومِ
And (remember) when thy Lord said unto the angels: Lo! I am creating a mortal out of potter's clay of black mud altered,
Behold! thy Lord said to the angels: "I am about to create man, from sounding clay from mud moulded into shape;
وَإِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ إِنِّى خَٰلِقٌۢ بَشَرًا مِّن صَلْصَٰلٍ مِّنْ حَمَإٍ مَّسْنُونٍ
So, when I have made him and have breathed into him of My Spirit, do ye fall down, prostrating yourselves unto him.
"When I have fashioned him (in due proportion) and breathed into him of My spirit, fall ye down in obeisance unto him."
فَإِذَا سَوَّيْتُهُۥ وَنَفَخْتُ فِيهِ مِن رُّوحِى فَقَعُوا۟ لَهُۥ سَٰجِدِينَ
So the angels fell prostrate, all of them together
So the angels prostrated themselves, all of them together:
فَسَجَدَ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ كُلُّهُمْ أَجْمَعُونَ
Save Iblis. He refused to be among the prostrate.
Not so Iblis: he refused to be among those who prostrated themselves.
إِلَّآ إِبْلِيسَ أَبَىٰٓ أَن يَكُونَ مَعَ ٱلسَّٰجِدِينَ
He said: O Iblis! What aileth thee that thou art not among the prostrate ?
(Allah) said: "O Iblis! what is your reason for not being among those who prostrated themselves?"
قَالَ يَٰٓإِبْلِيسُ مَا لَكَ أَلَّا تَكُونَ مَعَ ٱلسَّٰجِدِينَ
He said: I am not one to prostrate myself unto a mortal whom Thou hast created out of potter's clay of black mud altered!
(Iblis) said: "I am not one to prostrate myself to man, whom Thou didst create from sounding clay, from mud moulded into shape."
قَالَ لَمْ أَكُن لِّأَسْجُدَ لِبَشَرٍ خَلَقْتَهُۥ مِن صَلْصَٰلٍ مِّنْ حَمَإٍ مَّسْنُونٍ
He said: Then go thou forth from hence, for lo! thou art outcast.
(Allah) said: "Then get thee out from here; for thou art rejected, accursed.
قَالَ فَٱخْرُجْ مِنْهَا فَإِنَّكَ رَجِيمٌ
And lo! the curse shall be upon thee till the Day of Judgment.
"And the curse shall be on thee till the day of Judgment."
وَإِنَّ عَلَيْكَ ٱللَّعْنَةَ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ
He said: My Lord! Reprieve me till the day when they are raised.
(Iblis) said: "O my Lord! give me then respite till the Day the (dead) are raised."
قَالَ رَبِّ فَأَنظِرْنِىٓ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ
He said: Then lo! thou art of those reprieved
(Allah) said: "Respite is granted thee
قَالَ فَإِنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُنظَرِينَ
Till the Day of appointed time.
"Till the Day of the Time appointed."
إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْوَقْتِ ٱلْمَعْلُومِ
He said: My Lord! Because Thou hast sent me astray, I verily shall adorn the path of error for them in the earth, and shall mislead them every one,
(Iblis) said: "O my Lord! because Thou hast put me in the wrong, I will make (wrong) fair - seeming to them on the earth, and I will put them all in the wrong, -
قَالَ رَبِّ بِمَآ أَغْوَيْتَنِى لَأُزَيِّنَنَّ لَهُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَأُغْوِيَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ
Save such of them as are Thy perfectly devoted slaves.
"Except Thy servants among them, sincere and purified (by Thy Grace)."
إِلَّا عِبَادَكَ مِنْهُمُ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ
He said: This is a right course incumbent upon Me:
(Allah) said: "This (way of My sincere servants) is indeed a way that leads straight to Me.
قَالَ هَٰذَا صِرَٰطٌ عَلَىَّ مُسْتَقِيمٌ
Lo! as for My slaves, thou hast no power over any of them save such of the froward as follow thee,
"For over My servants no authority shalt thou have, except such as put themselves in the wrong and follow thee."
إِنَّ عِبَادِى لَيْسَ لَكَ عَلَيْهِمْ سُلْطَٰنٌ إِلَّا مَنِ ٱتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ ٱلْغَاوِينَ
And lo! for all such, hell will be the promised place.
And verily, Hell is the promised abode for them all!
وَإِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ لَمَوْعِدُهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ
It hath seven gates, and each gate hath an appointed portion.
To it are seven gates: for each of those gates is a (special) class (of sinners) assigned.
لَهَا سَبْعَةُ أَبْوَٰبٍ لِّكُلِّ بَابٍ مِّنْهُمْ جُزْءٌ مَّقْسُومٌ
Lo! those who ward off (evil) are among gardens and watersprings.
The righteous (will be) amid gardens and fountains (of clear - flowing water).
إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى جَنَّٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ
(And it is said unto them): Enter them in peace, secure.
(Their greeting will be): "Enter ye here in peace and security."
ٱدْخُلُوهَا بِسَلَٰمٍ ءَامِنِينَ
And We remove whatever rancour may be in their breasts. As brethren, face to face, (they rest) on couches raised.
And We shall remove from their hearts any lurking sense of injury: (they will be) brothers (joyfully) facing each other on thrones (of dignity).
وَنَزَعْنَا مَا فِى صُدُورِهِم مِّنْ غِلٍّ إِخْوَٰنًا عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍ مُّتَقَٰبِلِينَ
Toil cometh not unto them there, nor will they be expelled from thence.
There no sense of fatigue shall touch them, nor shall they (ever) be asked to leave.
لَا يَمَسُّهُمْ فِيهَا نَصَبٌ وَمَا هُم مِّنْهَا بِمُخْرَجِينَ
Announce, (O Muhammad) unto My slaves that verily I am the Forgiving, the Merciful,
Tell My servants that I am indeed the Oft - forgiving, Most Merciful;
نَبِّئْ عِبَادِىٓ أَنِّىٓ أَنَا ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
And that My doom is the dolorous doom.
And that My Penalty will be indeed the most grievous Penalty.
وَأَنَّ عَذَابِى هُوَ ٱلْعَذَابُ ٱلْأَلِيمُ
And tell them of Abraham's guests,
Tell them about the guests of Abraham.
وَنَبِّئْهُمْ عَن ضَيْفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ
(How) when they came in unto him, and said: Peace. He said: Lo! we are afraid of you.
When they entered his presence and said, "Peace!" He said, "We feel afraid of you!"
إِذْ دَخَلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالُوا۟ سَلَٰمًا قَالَ إِنَّا مِنكُمْ وَجِلُونَ
They said: Be not afraid! Lo! we bring thee good tidings of a boy possessing wisdom.
They said: "Fear not! We give thee glad tidings of a son endowed with wisdom."
قَالُوا۟ لَا تَوْجَلْ إِنَّا نُبَشِّرُكَ بِغُلَٰمٍ عَلِيمٍ
He said: Bring ye me good tidings (of a son) when old age hath overtaken me ? Of what then can ye bring good tidings ?
He said: "Do ye give me glad tidings that old age has seized me? Of what, then, is your good news?"
قَالَ أَبَشَّرْتُمُونِى عَلَىٰٓ أَن مَّسَّنِىَ ٱلْكِبَرُ فَبِمَ تُبَشِّرُونَ
They said: We bring thee good tidings in truth. So be not thou of the despairing.
They said: "We give thee glad tidings in truth: be not then in despair!"
قَالُوا۟ بَشَّرْنَٰكَ بِٱلْحَقِّ فَلَا تَكُن مِّنَ ٱلْقَٰنِطِينَ
He said: And who despaireth of the mercy of his Lord save those who are astray ?
He said: "And who despairs of the mercy of his Lord, but such as go astray?"
قَالَ وَمَن يَقْنَطُ مِن رَّحْمَةِ رَبِّهِۦٓ إِلَّا ٱلضَّآلُّونَ
He said: And afterward what is your business, O ye messengers (of Allah) ?
Abraham said: "What then is the business on which ye (have come), O ye messengers (of Allah)?"
قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ
They said: We have been sent unto a guilty folk,
They said: "We have been sent to a people (deep) in sin,
قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّآ أُرْسِلْنَآ إِلَىٰ قَوْمٍ مُّجْرِمِينَ
(All) save the family of Lot. Them we shall deliver every one,
"Excepting the adherents of Lut: them we are certainly (charged) to save (from harm), - All -
إِلَّآ ءَالَ لُوطٍ إِنَّا لَمُنَجُّوهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ
Except his wife, of whom We had decreed that she should be of those who stay behind.
"Except his wife, who, We have ascertained, will be among those who will lag behind."
إِلَّا ٱمْرَأَتَهُۥ قَدَّرْنَآ إِنَّهَا لَمِنَ ٱلْغَٰبِرِينَ
And when the messengers came unto the family of Lot,
At length when the messengers arrived among the adherents of Lut,
فَلَمَّا جَآءَ ءَالَ لُوطٍ ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ
He said: Lo! ye are folk unknown (to me).
He said: "Ye appear to be uncommon folk."
قَالَ إِنَّكُمْ قَوْمٌ مُّنكَرُونَ
They said: Nay, but we bring thee that concerning which they keep disputing,
They said: "Yea, we have come to thee to accomplish that of which they doubt.
قَالُوا۟ بَلْ جِئْنَٰكَ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ فِيهِ يَمْتَرُونَ
And bring thee the Truth, and lo! we are truth - tellers.
"We have brought to thee that which is inevitably due, and assuredly we tell the truth.
وَأَتَيْنَٰكَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَإِنَّا لَصَٰدِقُونَ
So travel with thy household in a portion of the night, and follow thou their backs. Let none of you turn round, but go whither ye are commanded.
"Then travel by night with thy household, when a portion of the night (yet remains), and do thou bring up the rear: let no one amongst you look back, but pass on whither ye are ordered."
فَأَسْرِ بِأَهْلِكَ بِقِطْعٍ مِّنَ ٱلَّيْلِ وَٱتَّبِعْ أَدْبَٰرَهُمْ وَلَا يَلْتَفِتْ مِنكُمْ أَحَدٌ وَٱمْضُوا۟ حَيْثُ تُؤْمَرُونَ
And We made plain the case to him, that the root of them (who did wrong) was to be cut at early morn.
And We made known this decree to him, that the last remnants of those (sinners) should be cut off by the morning.
وَقَضَيْنَآ إِلَيْهِ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْأَمْرَ أَنَّ دَابِرَ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ مَقْطُوعٌ مُّصْبِحِينَ
And the people of the city came, rejoicing at the news (of new arrivals).
The inhabitants of the city came in (mad) joy (at news of the young men).
وَجَآءَ أَهْلُ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ يَسْتَبْشِرُونَ
He said: Lo! they are my guests. Affront me not!
Lut said: "These are my guests: disgrace me not:
قَالَ إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ ضَيْفِى فَلَا تَفْضَحُونِ
And keep your duty to Allah, and shame me not!
"But fear Allah, and shame me not."
وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَلَا تُخْزُونِ
They said; Have we not forbidden you from (entertaining) anyone ?
They said: "Did we not forbid thee (to speak) for all and sundry?"
قَالُوٓا۟ أَوَلَمْ نَنْهَكَ عَنِ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
He said: Here are my daughters, if ye must be doing (so).
He said: "There are my daughters (to marry), if ye must act (so)."
قَالَ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ بَنَاتِىٓ إِن كُنتُمْ فَٰعِلِينَ
By thy life (O Muhammad) they moved blindly in the frenzy of approaching death.
Verily, by thy life (O Prophet), in their wild intoxication, they wander in distraction, to and fro.
لَعَمْرُكَ إِنَّهُمْ لَفِى سَكْرَتِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ
Then the (Awful) Cry overtook them at the sunrise.
But the (mighty) Blast overtook them before morning,
فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ مُشْرِقِينَ
And We utterly confounded them, and We rained upon them stones of heated clay.
And We turned (the cities) upside down, and rained down on them brimstones hard as baked clay.
فَجَعَلْنَا عَٰلِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ حِجَارَةً مِّن سِجِّيلٍ
Lo! therein verily are portents for those who read the signs.
Behold! in this are Signs for those who by tokens do understand.
إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَٰتٍ لِّلْمُتَوَسِّمِينَ
And lo! it is upon a road still uneffaced.
And the (cities were) right on the high - road.
وَإِنَّهَا لَبِسَبِيلٍ مُّقِيمٍ
Lo! therein is indeed a portent for believers.
Behold! in this is a sign for those who believed.
إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةً لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
And the dwellers in the wood indeed were evil - doers.
And the Companions of the Wood were also wrong - doers;
وَإِن كَانَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْأَيْكَةِ لَظَٰلِمِينَ
So we took vengeance on them; and lo! they both are on a high - road plain to see.
So We exacted retribution from them. They were both on an open highway, plain to see.
فَٱنتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ وَإِنَّهُمَا لَبِإِمَامٍ مُّبِينٍ
And the dwellers in Al - Hijr denied (Our) messengers.
The Companions of the Rocky Tract also rejected the messengers:
وَلَقَدْ كَذَّبَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْحِجْرِ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ
And we gave them Our revelations, but they were averse to them.
We sent them Our Signs, but they persisted in turning away from them.
وَءَاتَيْنَٰهُمْ ءَايَٰتِنَا فَكَانُوا۟ عَنْهَا مُعْرِضِينَ
And they used to hew out dwellings from the hills, (wherein they dwelt) secure.
Out of the mountains did they hew (their) edifices, (feeling themselves) secure.
وَكَانُوا۟ يَنْحِتُونَ مِنَ ٱلْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا ءَامِنِينَ
But the (Awful) Cry overtook them at the morning hour,
But the (mighty) Blast seized them of a morning,
فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ مُصْبِحِينَ
And that which they were wont to count as gain availed them not.
And of no avail to them was all that they did (with such art and care)!
فَمَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ
We created not the heavens and the earth and all that is between them save with truth, and lo! the Hour is surely coming. So forgive, (O Muhammad), with a gracious forgiveness.
We created not the heavens, the earth, and all between them, but for just ends. And the Hour is surely coming (when this will be manifest). So overlook (any human faults) with gracious forgiveness.
وَمَا خَلَقْنَا ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَإِنَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ لَءَاتِيَةٌ فَٱصْفَحِ ٱلصَّفْحَ ٱلْجَمِيلَ
Lo! Thy Lord! He is the All - Wise Creator.
For verily it is thy Lord who is the Master - Creator, knowing all things.
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ ٱلْخَلَّٰقُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ
We have given thee seven of the oft - repeated (verses) and the great Qur'an.
And We have bestowed upon thee the Seven Oft - repeated (verses) and the Grand Qur'an.
وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَٰكَ سَبْعًا مِّنَ ٱلْمَثَانِى وَٱلْقُرْءَانَ ٱلْعَظِيمَ
Strain not thine eyes toward that which We cause some wedded pairs among them to enjoin, and be not grieved on their account, and lower thy wing (in tenderness) for the believers.
Strain not thine eyes. (Wistfully) at what We have bestowed on certain classes of them, nor grieve over them: but lower thy wing (in gentleness) to the believers.
لَا تَمُدَّنَّ عَيْنَيْكَ إِلَىٰ مَا مَتَّعْنَا بِهِۦٓ أَزْوَٰجًا مِّنْهُمْ وَلَا تَحْزَنْ عَلَيْهِمْ وَٱخْفِضْ جَنَاحَكَ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
And say: Lo! I, even I, am a plain warner,
And say: "I am indeed he that warneth openly and without ambiguity," -
وَقُلْ إِنِّىٓ أَنَا ٱلنَّذِيرُ ٱلْمُبِينُ
Such as We send down for those who make division,
(Of just such wrath) as We sent down on those who divided (Scripture into arbitrary parts), -
كَمَآ أَنزَلْنَا عَلَى ٱلْمُقْتَسِمِينَ
Those who break the Qur'an into parts.
(So also on such) as have made Qur'an into shreds (as they please).
ٱلَّذِينَ جَعَلُوا۟ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ عِضِينَ
Them, by thy Lord, We shall question, every one,
Therefore, by the Lord, We will, of a surety, call them to account,
فَوَرَبِّكَ لَنَسْـَٔلَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ
Of what they used to do.
For all their deeds.
عَمَّا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ
So proclaim that which thou art commanded, and withdraw from the idolaters.
Therefore expound openly what thou art commanded, and turn away from those who join false gods with Allah.
فَٱصْدَعْ بِمَا تُؤْمَرُ وَأَعْرِضْ عَنِ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ
Lo! We defend thee from the scoffers,
For sufficient are We unto thee against those who scoff, -
إِنَّا كَفَيْنَٰكَ ٱلْمُسْتَهْزِءِينَ
Who set some other god along with Allah. But they will come to know.
Those who adopt, with Allah, another god: but soon will they come to know.
ٱلَّذِينَ يَجْعَلُونَ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ
Well know We that thy bosom is oppressed by what they say,
We do indeed know how thy heart is distressed at what they say.
وَلَقَدْ نَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ يَضِيقُ صَدْرُكَ بِمَا يَقُولُونَ
But hymn the praise of thy Lord, and be of those who make prostration (unto Him).
But celebrate the praises of thy Lord, and be of those who prostrate themselves in adoration.
فَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ وَكُن مِّنَ ٱلسَّٰجِدِينَ
And serve thy Lord till the Inevitable cometh unto thee.
And serve thy Lord until there come unto thee the Hour that is Certain.
وَٱعْبُدْ رَبَّكَ حَتَّىٰ يَأْتِيَكَ ٱلْيَقِينُ