Al Naml

1 Ta Sin! These are the verses of the Quran and the Book that makes (things) clear

1 Taseen tilka ayatu alqurani wakitabin mubeenin

2 A guidance and good news for the believers,

2 Hudan wabushra lilmumineena

3 Who keep up prayer and pay the poor - rate, and of the hereafter, they are sure.

3 Allatheena yuqeemoona alssalata wayutoona alzzakata wahum bialakhirati hum yooqinoona

4 As to those who do not believe in the hereafter, We have surely made their deeds fair - seeming to them, but they blindly wander on.

4 Inna allatheena la yuminoona bialakhirati zayyanna lahum aAAmalahum fahum yaAAmahoona

5 These are they who shall have an evil punishment, and in the hereafter they shall be the greatest losers.

5 Olaika allatheena lahum sooo alAAathabi wahum fee alakhirati humu alakhsaroona

6 And most surely you are made to receive the Quran from the Wise, the Knowing Allah.

6 Wainnaka latulaqqa alqurana min ladun hakeemin AAaleemin

7 When Musa said to his family: Surely I see fire; I will bring to you from it some news, or I will bring to you therefrom a burning firebrand so that you may warm yourselves.

7 Ith qala moosa liahlihi innee anastu naran saateekum minha bikhabarin aw ateekum bishihabin qabasin laAAallakum tastaloona

8 So when he came to it a voice was uttered saying: Blessed is Whoever is in the fire and whatever is about it; and glory be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds;

8 Falamma jaaha noodiya an boorika man fee alnnari waman hawlaha wasubhana Allahi rabbi alAAalameena

9 O Musa! surely I am Allah, the Mighty, the Wise;

9 Ya moosa innahu ana Allahu alAAazeezu alhakeemu

10 And cast down your staff. So when he saw it in motion as if it were a serpent, he turned back retreating and did not return: O Musa! fear not; surely the apostles shall not fear in My presence;

10 Waalqi AAasaka falamma raaha tahtazzu kaannaha jannun walla mudbiran walam yuAAaqqib ya moosa la takhaf innee la yakhafu ladayya almursaloona

11 Neither he who has been unjust, then he does good instead after evil, for surely I am the Forgiving, the Merciful:

11 Illa man thalama thumma baddala husnan baAAda sooin fainnee ghafoorun raheemun

12 And enter your hand into the opening of your bosom, it shall come forth white without evil; among nine signs to Firon and his people, surely they are a transgressing people.

12 Waadkhil yadaka fee jaybika takhruj baydaa min ghayri sooin fee tisAAi ayatin ila firAAawna waqawmihi innahum kanoo qawman fasiqeena

13 So when Our clear signs came to them, they said: This is clear enchantment.

13 Falamma jaathum ayatuna mubsiratan qaloo hatha sihrun mubeenun

14 And they denied them unjustly and proudly while their soul had been convinced of them; consider, then how was the end of the mischief - makers.

14 Wajahadoo biha waistayqanatha anfusuhum thulman waAAuluwwan faonthur kayfa kana AAaqibatu almufsideena

15 And certainly We gave knowledge to Dawood and Sulaiman, and they both said: Praise be to Allah, Who has made us to excel many of His believing servants.

15 Walaqad atayna dawooda wasulaymana AAilman waqala alhamdu lillahi allathee faddalana AAala katheerin min AAibadihi almumineena

16 And Sulaiman was Dawood's heir, and he said: O men! we have been taught the language of birds, and we have been given all things; most surely this is manifest grace.

16 Wawaritha sulaymanu dawooda waqala ya ayyuha alnnasu AAullimna mantiqa alttayri waooteena min kulli shayin inna hatha lahuwa alfadlu almubeenu

17 And his hosts of the jinn and the men and the birds were gathered to him, and they were formed into groups.

17 Wahushira lisulaymana junooduhu mina aljinni waalinsi waalttayri fahum yoozaAAoona

18 Until when they came to the valley of the Naml, a Namlite said: O Naml! enter your houses, (that) Sulaiman and his hosts may not crush you while they do not know.

18 Hatta itha ataw AAala wadi alnnamli qalat namlatun ya ayyuha alnnamlu odkhuloo masakinakum la yahtimannakum sulaymanu wajunooduhu wahum la yashAAuroona

19 So he smiled, wondering at her word, and said: My Lord! grant me that I should be grateful for Thy favor which Thou hast bestowed on me and on my parents, and that I should do good such as Thou art pleased with, and make me enter, by Thy mercy, into Thy servants, the good ones.

19 Fatabassama dahikan min qawliha waqala rabbi awziAAnee an ashkura niAAmataka allatee anAAamta AAalayya waAAala walidayya waan aAAmala salihan tardahu waadkhilnee birahmatika fee AAibadika alssaliheena

20 And he reviewed the birds, then said: How is it I see not the hoopoe or is it that he is of the absentees?

20 Watafaqqada alttayra faqala ma liya la ara alhudhuda am kana mina alghaibeena

21 I will most certainly punish him with a severe punishment, or kill him, or he shall bring to me a clear plea.

21 LaoAAaththibannahu AAathaban shadeedan aw laathbahannahu aw layatiyannee bisultanin mubeenin

22 And he tarried not long, then said: I comprehend that which you do not comprehend and I have brought to you a sure information from Sheba.

22 Famakatha ghayra baAAeedin faqala ahattu bima lam tuhit bihi wajituka min sabain binabain yaqeenin

23 Surely I found a woman ruling over them, and she has been given abundance and she has a mighty throne:

23 Innee wajadtu imraatan tamlikuhum waootiyat min kulli shayin walaha AAarshun AAatheemun

24 I found her and her people adoring the sun instead of Allah, and the Shaitan has made their deeds fair - seeming to them and thus turned them from the way, so they do not go aright

24 Wajadtuha waqawmaha yasjudoona lilshshamsi min dooni Allahi wazayyana lahumu alshshaytanu aAAmalahum fasaddahum AAani alssabeeli fahum la yahtadoona

25 That they do not make obeisance to Allah, Who brings forth what is hidden in the heavens and the earth and knows what you hide and what you make manifest:

25 Alla yasjudoo lillahi allathee yukhriju alkhabaa fee alssamawati waalardi wayaAAlamu ma tukhfoona wama tuAAlinoona

26 Allah, there is no god but He: He is the Lord of mighty power.

26 Allahu la ilaha illa huwa rabbu alAAarshi alAAatheemi

27 He said: We will see whether you have told the truth or whether you are of the liars:

27 Qala sananthuru asadaqta am kunta mina alkathibeena

28 Take this my letter and hand it over to them, then turn away from them and see what (answer) they return.

28 Ithhab bikitabee hatha faalqih ilayhim thumma tawalla AAanhum faonthur matha yarjiAAoona

29 She said: O chief! surely an honorable letter has been delivered to me

29 Qalat ya ayyuha almalao innee olqiya ilayya kitabun kareemun

30 Surely it is from Sulaiman, and surely it is in the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful;

30 Innahu min sulaymana wainnahu bismi Allahi alrrahmani alrraheemi

31 Saying: exalt not yourselves against me and come to me in submission.

31 Alla taAAloo AAalayya watoonee muslimeena

32 She said: O chiefs! give me advice respecting my affair: I never decide an affair until you are in my presence.

32 Qalat ya ayyuha almalao aftoonee fee amree ma kuntu qatiAAatan amran hatta tashhadoona

33 They said: We are possessors of strength and possessors of mighty prowess, and the command is yours, therefore see what you will command.

33 Qaloo nahnu oloo quwwatin waoloo basin shadeedin waalamru ilayki faonthuree matha tamureena

34 She said: Surely the kings, when they enter a town, ruin it and make the noblest of its people to be low, and thus they (always) do;

34 Qalat inna almulooka itha dakhaloo qaryatan afsadooha wajaAAaloo aAAizzata ahliha athillatan wakathalika yafAAaloona

35 And surely I am going to send a present to them, and shall wait to see what (answer) do the apostles bring back.

35 Wainnee mursilatun ilayhim bihadiyyatin fanathiratun bima yarjiAAu almursaloona

36 So when he came to Sulaiman, he said: What! will you help me with wealth? But what Allah has given me is better than what He has given you. Nay, you are exultant because of your present;

36 Falamma jaa sulaymana qala atumiddoonani bimalin fama ataniya Allahu khayrun mimma atakum bal antum bihadiyyatikum tafrahoona

37 Go back to them, so we will most certainly come to them with hosts which they shall have no power to oppose, and we will most certainly expel them therefrom in abasement, and they shall be in a state of ignominy.

37 IrjiAA ilayhim falanatiyannahum bijunoodin la qibala lahum biha walanukhrijannahum minha athillatan wahum saghiroona

38 He said: O chiefs! which of you can bring to me her throne before they come to me in submission?

38 Qala ya ayyuha almalao ayyukum yateenee biAAarshiha qabla an yatoonee muslimeena

39 One audacious among the jinn said: I will bring it to you before you rise up from your place; and most surely I am strong (and) trusty for it.

39 Qala AAifreetun mina aljinni ana ateeka bihi qabla an taqooma min maqamika wainne AAalayhi laqawiyyun ameenun

40 One who had the knowledge of the Book said: I will bring it to you in the twinkling of an eye. Then when he saw it settled beside him, he said: This is of the grace of my Lord that He may try me whether I am grateful or ungrateful; and whoever is grateful, he is grateful only for his own soul, and whoever is ungrateful, then surely my Lord is Self - sufficient, Honored.

40 Qala allathee AAindahu AAilmun mina alkitabi ana ateeka bihi qabla an yartadda ilayka tarfuka falamma raahu mustaqirran AAindahu qala hatha min fadli rabbee liyabluwanee aashkuru am akfuru waman shakara fainnama yashkuru linafsihi waman kafara fainna rabbee ghaniyyun kareemun

41 He said: Alter her throne for her, we will see whether she follows the right way or is of those who do not go aright.

41 Qala nakkiroo laha AAarshaha nanthur atahtadee am takoonu mina allatheena la yahtadoona

42 So when she came, it was said: Is your throne like this? She said: It is as it were the same, and we were given the knowledge before it, and we were submissive.

42 Falamma jaat qeela ahakatha AAarshuki qalat kaannahu huwa waooteena alAAilma min qabliha wakunna muslimeena

43 And what she worshipped besides Allah prevented her, surely she was of an unbelieving people.

43 Wasaddaha ma kanat taAAbudu min dooni Allahi innaha kanat min qawmin kafireena

44 It was said to her: Enter the palace; but when she saw it she deemed it to be a great expanse of water, and bared her legs. He said: Surely it is a palace made smooth with glass. She said: My Lord! surely I have been unjust to myself, and I submit with Sulaiman to Allah, the Lord of the worlds.

44 Qeela laha odkhulee alssarha falamma raathu hasibathu lujjatan wakashafat AAan saqayha qala innahu sarhun mumarradun min qawareera qalat rabbi innee thalamtu nafsee waaslamtu maAAa sulaymana lillahi rabbi alAAalameena

45 And certainly We sent to Samood their brother Salih, saying: Serve Allah; and lo! they became two sects quarrelling with each other.

45 Walaqad arsalna ila thamooda akhahum salihan ani oAAbudoo Allaha faitha hum fareeqani yakhtasimoona

46 He said: O my people! why do you seek to hasten on the evil before the good? Why do you not ask forgiveness of Allah so that you may be dealt with mercifully?

46 Qala ya qawmi lima tastaAAjiloona bialssayyiati qabla alhasanati lawla tastaghfiroona Allaha laAAallakum turhamoona

47 They said: We have met with ill luck on account of you and on account of those with you. He said: The cause of your evil fortune is with Allah; nay, you are a people who are tried.

47 Qaloo ittayyarna bika wabiman maAAaka qala tairukum AAinda Allahi bal antum qawmun tuftanoona

48 And there were in the city nine persons who made mischief in the land and did not act aright.

48 Wakana fee almadeenati tisAAatu rahtin yufsidoona fee alardi wala yuslihoona

49 They said: Swear to each other by Allah that we will certainly make a sudden attack on him and his family by night, then we will say to his heir: We did not witness the destruction of his family, and we are most surely truthful.

49 Qaloo taqasamoo biAllahi lanubayyitannahu waahlahu thumma lanaqoolanna liwaliyyihi ma shahidna mahlika ahlihi wainna lasadiqoona

50 And they planned a plan, and We planned a plan while they perceived not.

50 Wamakaroo makran wamakarna makran wahum la yashAAuroona

51 See, then, how was the end of their plan that We destroyed them and their people, all (of them).

51 Faonthur kayfa kana AAaqibatu makrihim anna dammarnahum waqawmahum ajmaAAeena

52 So those are their houses fallen down because they were unjust, most surely there is a sign in this for a people who know.

52 Fatilka buyootuhum khawiyatan bima thalamoo inna fee thalika laayatan liqawmin yaAAlamoona

53 And We delivered those who believed and who guarded (against evil).

53 Waanjayna allatheena amanoo wakanoo yattaqoona

54 And (We sent) Lut, when he said to his people: What! do you commit indecency while you see?

54 Walootan ith qala liqawmihi atatoona alfahishata waantum tubsiroona

55 What! do you indeed approach men lustfully rather than women? Nay, you are a people who act ignorantly.

55 Ainnakum latatoona alrrijala shahwatan min dooni alnnisai bal antum qawmun tajhaloona

56 But the answer of his people was no other except that they ~s said: Turn out Lut's followers from your town; surely they are a people who would keep pure!

56 Fama kana jawaba qawmihi illa an qaloo akhrijoo ala lootin min qaryatikum innahum onasun yatatahharoona

57 But We delivered him and his followers except his wife; We ordained her to be of those who remained behind.

57 Faanjaynahu waahlahu illa imraatahu qaddarnaha mina alghabireena

58 And We rained on them a rain, and evil was the rain of those who had been warned.

58 Waamtarna AAalayhim mataran fasaa mataru almunthareena

59 Say: Praise be to Allah and peace on His servants whom He has chosen: is Allah better, or what they associate (with Him)?

59 Quli alhamdu lillahi wasalamun AAala AAibadihi allatheena istafa allahu khayrun amma yushrikoona

60 Nay, He Who created the heavens and the earth, and sent down for you water from the cloud; then We cause to grow thereby beautiful gardens; it is not possible for you that you should make the trees thereof to grow. Is there a god with Allah? Nay! they are people who deviate.

60 Amman khalaqa alssamawati waalarda waanzala lakum mina alssamai maan faanbatna bihi hadaiqa thata bahjatin ma kana lakum an tunbitoo shajaraha ailahun maAAa Allahi bal hum qawmun yaAAdiloona

61 Or, Who made the earth a restingplace, and made in it rivers, and raised on it mountains and placed between the two seas a barrier. Is there a god with Allah? Nay! most of them do not know!

61 Amman jaAAala alarda qararan wajaAAala khilalaha anharan wajaAAala laha rawasiya wajaAAala bayna albahrayni hajizan ailahun maAAa Allahi bal aktharuhum la yaAAlamoona

62 Or, Who answers the distressed one when he calls upon Him and removes the evil, and He will make you successors in the earth. Is there a god with Allah? Little is it that you mind!

62 Amman yujeebu almudtarra itha daAAahu wayakshifu alssooa wayajAAalukum khulafaa alardi ailahun maAAa Allahi qaleelan ma tathakkaroona

63 Or, Who guides you in utter darkness of the land and the sea, and Who sends the winds as good news before His mercy. Is there a god with Allah? Exalted by Allah above what they associate (with Him).

63 Amman yahdeekum fee thulumati albarri waalbahri waman yursilu alrriyaha bushran bayna yaday rahmatihi ailahun maAAa Allahi taAAala Allahu AAamma yushrikoona

64 Or, Who originates the creation, then reproduces it and Who gives you sustenance from the heaven and the earth. Is there a god With Allah? Say: Bring your proof if you are truthful.

64 Amman yabdao alkhalqa thumma yuAAeeduhu waman yarzuqukum mina alssamai waalardi ailahun maAAa Allahi qul hatoo burhanakum in kuntum sadiqeena

65 Say: No one in the heavens and the earth knows the unseen but Allah; and they do not know when they shall be raised.

65 Qul la yaAAlamu man fee alssamawati waalardi alghayba illa Allahu wama yashAAuroona ayyana yubAAathoona

66 Nay, their knowledge respecting the hereafter is slight and hasty; nay, they are in doubt about it; nay, they are quite blind to it

66 Bali iddaraka AAilmuhum fee alakhirati bal hum fee shakkin minha bal hum minha AAamoona

67 And those who disbelieve say: What! when we have become dust and our fathers (too), shall we certainly be brought forth?

67 Waqala allatheena kafaroo aitha kunna turaban waabaona ainna lamukhrajoona

68 We have certainly been promised this, we and our fathers before; these are naught but stories of the ancients

68 Laqad wuAAidna hatha nahnu waabaona min qablu in hatha illa asateeru alawwaleena

69 Say: Travel in the earth, then see how was the end of the guilty.

69 Qul seeroo fee alardi faonthuroo kayfa kana AAaqibatu almujrimeena

70 And grieve not for them and be not distressed because of what they plan.

70 Wala tahzan AAalayhim wala takun fee dayqin mimma yamkuroona

71 And they say: When will this threat come to pass, if you are truthful?

71 Wayaqooloona mata hatha alwaAAdu in kuntum sadiqeena

72 Say: Maybe there may have drawn near to you somewhat of that which you seek to hasten on.

72 Qul AAasa an yakoona radifa lakum baAAdu allathee tastaAAjiloona

73 And surely your Lord is the Lord of grace to men, but most of them are not grateful.

73 Wainna rabbaka lathoo fadlin AAala alnnasi walakinna aktharahum la yashkuroona

74 And most surely your Lord knows what their breasts conceal and what they manifest.

74 Wainna rabbaka layaAAlamu ma tukinnu sudooruhum wama yuAAlinoona

75 And there is nothing concealed in the heaven and the earth but it is in a clear book.

75 Wama min ghaibatin fee alssamai waalardi illa fee kitabin mubeenin

76 Surely this Quran declares to the children of Israel most of what they differ in.

76 Inna hatha alqurana yaqussu AAala banee israeela akthara allathee hum feehi yakhtalifoona

77 And most surely it is a guidance and a mercy for the believers.

77 Wainnahu lahudan warahmatun lilmumineena

78 Surely your Lord will judge between them by his judgment, and He is the Mighty, the knowing.

78 Inna rabbaka yaqdee baynahum bihukmihi wahuwa alAAazeezu alAAaleemu

79 Therefore rely on Allah; surely you are on the clear truth.

79 Fatawakkal AAala Allahi innaka AAala alhaqqi almubeeni

80 Surely you do not make the dead to hear, and you do not make the deaf to hear the call when they go back retreating.

80 Innaka la tusmiAAu almawta wala tusmiAAu alssumma aldduAAaa itha wallaw mudbireena

81 Nor can you be a guide to the blind out of their error; you cannot make to bear (any one) except those who believe in Our communications, so they submit.

81 Wama anta bihadee alAAumyi AAan dalalatihim in tusmiAAu illa man yuminu biayatina fahum muslimoona

82 And when the word shall come to pass against them, We shall bring forth for them a creature from the earth that shall wound them, because people did not believe in Our communications.

82 Waitha waqaAAa alqawlu AAalayhim akhrajna lahum dabbatan mina alardi tukallimuhum anna alnnasa kanoo biayatina la yooqinoona

83 And on the day when We will gather from every nation a party from among those who rejected Our communications, then they shall be formed into groups.

83 Wayawma nahshuru min kulli ommatin fawjan mimman yukaththibu biayatina fahum yoozaAAoona

84 Until when they come, He will say: Did you reject My communications while you had no comprehensive knowledge of them? Or what was it that you did?

84 Hatta itha jaoo qala akaththabtum biayatee walam tuheetoo biha AAilman ammatha kuntum taAAmaloona

85 And the word shall come to pass against them because they were unjust, so they shall not speak.

85 WawaqaAAa alqawlu AAalayhim bima thalamoo fahum la yantiqoona

86 Do they not consider that We have made the night that. they may rest therein, and the day to give light? Most surely there are signs in this for a people who believe.

86 Alam yaraw anna jaAAalna allayla liyaskunoo feehi waalnnahara mubsiran inna fee thalika laayatin liqawmin yuminoona

87 And on the day when the trumpet shall be blown, then those who are in the heavens and those who are in the earth shall be terrified except such as Allah please, and all shall come to him abased.

87 Wayawma yunfakhu fee alssoori fafaziAAa man fee alssamawati waman fee alardi illa man shaa Allahu wakullun atawhu dakhireena

88 And you see the mountains, you think them to be solid, and they shall pass away as the passing away of the cloud - - the handiwork of Allah Who has made every thing thoroughly; surely He is Aware of what you do.

88 Watara aljibala tahsabuha jamidatan wahiya tamurru marra alssahabi sunAAa Allahi allathee atqana kulla shayin innahu khabeerun bima tafAAaloona

89 Whoever brings good, he shall have better than it; and they shall be secure from terror on the day.

89 Man jaa bialhasanati falahu khayrun minha wahum min fazaAAin yawmaithin aminoona

90 And whoever brings evil, these shall be thrown down on their faces into the fire; shall you be rewarded (for) aught except what you did?

90 Waman jaa bialssayyiati fakubbat wujoohuhum fee alnnari hal tujzawna illa ma kuntum taAAmaloona

91 I am commanded only that I should serve the Lord of this city, Who has made it sacred, and His are all things; and I am commanded that I should be of these who submit;

91 Innama omirtu an aAAbuda rabba hathihi albaldati allathee harramaha walahu kullu shayin waomirtu an akoona mina almuslimeena

92 And that I should recite the Quran. Therefore whoever goes aright, he goes aright for his own soul, and whoever goes ' astray, then say: I am only one of the warners.

92 Waan atluwa alqurana famani ihtada fainnama yahtadee linafsihi waman dalla faqul innama ana mina almunthireena

93 And say: Praise be to Allah, He will show you His signs so that you shall recognize them; nor is your Lord heedless of what you do.

93 Waquli alhamdu lillahi sayureekum ayatihi fataAArifoonaha wama rabbuka bighafilin AAamma taAAmaloona