He, Whose is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth, and Who did not take to Himself a son, and Who has no associate in the kingdom, and Who created everything, then ordained for it a measure.
Arabic
الذي له ملك السماوات والأرض ولم يتخذ ولدا ولم يكن له شريك في الملك وخلق كل شيء فقدره تقديرا
And they have taken besides Him gods, who do not create anything while they are themselves created, and they control not for themselves any harm or profit, and they control not death nor life, nor raising (the dead) to life.
Arabic
واتخذوا من دونه آلهة لا يخلقون شيئا وهم يخلقون ولا يملكون لأنفسهم ضرا ولا نفعا ولا يملكون موتا ولا حياة ولا نشورا
And those who disbelieve say: This is nothing but a lie which he has forged, and other people have helped him at it; so indeed they have done injustice and (uttered) a falsehood.
Arabic
وقال الذين كفروا إن هذا إلا إفك افتراه وأعانه عليه قوم آخرون ۖ فقد جاءوا ظلما وزورا
Transliteration
Waqala allatheena kafaroo in hatha illa ifkun iftarahu waaAAanahu AAalayhi qawmun akharoona faqad jaoo thulman wazooran
Shakir
And they say: The stories of the ancients - - he has got them written - - so these are read out to him morning and evening.
Arabic
وقالوا أساطير الأولين اكتتبها فهي تملى عليه بكرة وأصيلا
And they say: What is the matter with this Apostle that he eats food and goes about in the markets; why has not an angel been sent down to him, so that he should have been a warner with him?
Arabic
وقالوا مال هذا الرسول يأكل الطعام ويمشي في الأسواق ۙ لولا أنزل إليه ملك فيكون معه نذيرا
Or (why is not) a treasure sent down to him, or he is made to have a garden from which he should eat? And the unjust say: You do not follow any but a man deprived of reason.
Arabic
أو يلقى إليه كنز أو تكون له جنة يأكل منها ۚ وقال الظالمون إن تتبعون إلا رجلا مسحورا
Transliteration
Aw yulqa ilayhi kanzun aw takoonu lahu jannatun yakulu minha waqala alththalimoona in tattabiAAoona illa rajulan mashooran
Shakir
See what likenesses do they apply to you, so they have gone astray, therefore they shall not be able to find a way.
Arabic
انظر كيف ضربوا لك الأمثال فضلوا فلا يستطيعون سبيلا
Transliteration
Onthur kayfa daraboo laka alamthala fadalloo fala yastateeAAoona sabeelan
Shakir
Blessed is He Who, if He please, will give you what is better than this, gardens beneath which rivers flow, and He will give you palaces.
Arabic
تبارك الذي إن شاء جعل لك خيرا من ذلك جنات تجري من تحتها الأنهار ويجعل لك قصورا
Transliteration
Tabaraka allathee in shaa jaAAala laka khayran min thalika jannatin tajree min tahtiha alanharu wayajAAal laka qusooran
Shakir
But they reject the hour, and We have prepared a burning fire for him who rejects the hour.
Arabic
بل كذبوا بالساعة ۖ وأعتدنا لمن كذب بالساعة سعيرا
Transliteration
Bal kaththaboo bialssaAAati waaAAtadna liman kaththaba bialssaAAati saAAeeran
Shakir
When it shall come into their sight from a distant place, they shall hear its vehement raging and roaring.
Arabic
إذا رأتهم من مكان بعيد سمعوا لها تغيظا وزفيرا
Transliteration
Itha raathum min makanin baAAeedin samiAAoo laha taghayyuthan wazafeeran
Shakir
And when they are cast into a narrow place in it, bound, they shall there call out for destruction.
Arabic
وإذا ألقوا منها مكانا ضيقا مقرنين دعوا هنالك ثبورا
Transliteration
Waitha olqoo minha makanan dayyiqan muqarraneena daAAaw hunalika thubooran
Shakir
Call not this day for one destruction, but call for destructions many.
Arabic
لا تدعوا اليوم ثبورا واحدا وادعوا ثبورا كثيرا
Transliteration
La tadAAoo alyawma thubooran wahidan waodAAoo thubooran katheeran
Shakir
Say: Is this better or the abiding garden which those who guard (against evil) are promised? That shall be a reward and a resort for them.
Arabic
قل أذلك خير أم جنة الخلد التي وعد المتقون ۚ كانت لهم جزاء ومصيرا
Transliteration
Qul athalika khayrun am jannatu alkhuldi allatee wuAAida almuttaqoona kanat lahum jazaan wamaseeran
Shakir
They shall have therein what they desire abiding (in it); it is a promise which it is proper to be prayed for from your Lord.
Arabic
لهم فيها ما يشاءون خالدين ۚ كان على ربك وعدا مسئولا
Transliteration
Lahum feeha ma yashaoona khalideena kana AAala rabbika waAAdan masoolan
Shakir
And on the day when He shall gather them, and whatever they served besides Allah, He shall say: Was it you who led astray these My servants, or did they themselves go astray from the path?
Arabic
ويوم يحشرهم وما يعبدون من دون الله فيقول أأنتم أضللتم عبادي هؤلاء أم هم ضلوا السبيل
Transliteration
Wayawma yahshuruhum wama yaAAbudoona min dooni Allahi fayaqoolu aantum adlaltum AAibadee haolai am hum dalloo alssabeela
Shakir
They shall say: Glory be to Thee; it was not beseeming for us that we should take any guardians besides Thee, but Thou didst make them and their fathers to enjoy until they forsook the reminder, and they were a people in perdition,
Arabic
قالوا سبحانك ما كان ينبغي لنا أن نتخذ من دونك من أولياء ولكن متعتهم وآباءهم حتى نسوا الذكر وكانوا قوما بورا
Transliteration
Qaloo subhanaka ma kana yanbaghee lana an nattakhitha min doonika min awliyaa walakin mattaAAtahum waabaahum hatta nasoo alththikra wakanoo qawman booran
Shakir
So they shall indeed give you the lie in what you say, then you shall not be able to ward off or help, and whoever among you is unjust, We will make him taste a great chastisement.
Arabic
فقد كذبوكم بما تقولون فما تستطيعون صرفا ولا نصرا ۚ ومن يظلم منكم نذقه عذابا كبيرا
And We have not sent before you any apostles but they most surely ate food and went about in the markets; and We have made some of you a trial for others; will you bear patiently? And your Lord is ever Seeing.
Arabic
وما أرسلنا قبلك من المرسلين إلا إنهم ليأكلون الطعام ويمشون في الأسواق ۗ وجعلنا بعضكم لبعض فتنة أتصبرون ۗ وكان ربك بصيرا
Transliteration
Wama arsalna qablaka mina almursaleena illa innahum layakuloona alttaAAama wayamshoona fee alaswaqi wajaAAalna baAAdakum libaAAdin fitnatan atasbiroona wakana rabbuka baseeran
Shakir
And those who do not hope for Our meeting, say: Why have not angels been sent down upon us, or (why) do we not see our Lord? Now certainly they are too proud of themselves and have revolted in great revolt.
Arabic
۞ وقال الذين لا يرجون لقاءنا لولا أنزل علينا الملائكة أو نرى ربنا ۗ لقد استكبروا في أنفسهم وعتوا عتوا كبيرا
Transliteration
Waqala allatheena la yarjoona liqaana lawla onzila AAalayna almalaikatu aw nara rabbana laqadi istakbaroo fee anfusihim waAAataw AAutuwwan kabeeran
Shakir
On the day when they shall see the angels, there shall be no joy on that day for the guilty, and they shall say: It is a forbidden thing totally prohibited.
Arabic
يوم يرون الملائكة لا بشرى يومئذ للمجرمين ويقولون حجرا محجورا
Transliteration
Yawma yarawna almalaikata la bushra yawmaithin lilmujrimeena wayaqooloona hijran mahjooran
Shakir
And We will proceed to what they have done of deeds, so We shall render them as scattered floating dust.
Arabic
وقدمنا إلى ما عملوا من عمل فجعلناه هباء منثورا
Transliteration
Waqadimna ila ma AAamiloo min AAamalin fajaAAalnahu habaan manthooran
Shakir
The dwellers of the garden shall on that day be in a better abiding - place and a better resting - place.
And those who disbelieve say: Why has not the Quran been revealed to him all at once? Thus, that We may strengthen your heart by it and We have arranged it well in arranging.
Arabic
وقال الذين كفروا لولا نزل عليه القرآن جملة واحدة ۚ كذلك لنثبت به فؤادك ۖ ورتلناه ترتيلا
Then We said: Go you both to the people who rejected Our communications; so We destroyed them with utter destruction.
Arabic
فقلنا اذهبا إلى القوم الذين كذبوا بآياتنا فدمرناهم تدميرا
Transliteration
Faqulna ithhaba ila alqawmi allatheena kaththaboo biayatina fadammarnahum tadmeeran
Shakir
And the people of Nuh, when they rejected the apostles, We drowned them, and made them a sign for men, and We have prepared a painful punishment for the unjust;
And certainly they have (often) passed by the town on which was rained an evil rain; did they not then see it? Nay! they did not hope to be raised again.
Arabic
ولقد أتوا على القرية التي أمطرت مطر السوء ۚ أفلم يكونوا يرونها ۚ بل كانوا لا يرجون نشورا
Transliteration
Walaqad ataw AAala alqaryati allatee omtirat matara alssawi afalam yakoonoo yarawnaha bal kanoo la yarjoona nushooran
Shakir
And when they see you, they do not take you for aught but a mockery: Is this he whom Allah has raised to be an apostle?
Arabic
وإذا رأوك إن يتخذونك إلا هزوا أهذا الذي بعث الله رسولا
Transliteration
Waitha raawka in yattakhithoonaka illa huzuwan ahatha allathee baAAatha Allahu rasoolan
Shakir
He had well - nigh led us astray from our gods had we not adhered to them patiently! And they will know, when they see the punishment, who is straying farther off from the path.
Arabic
إن كاد ليضلنا عن آلهتنا لولا أن صبرنا عليها ۚ وسوف يعلمون حين يرون العذاب من أضل سبيلا
Transliteration
In kada layudilluna AAan alihatina lawla an sabarna AAalayha wasawfa yaAAlamoona heena yarawna alAAathaba man adallu sabeelan
Shakir
Have you seen him who takes his low desires for his god? Will you then be a protector over him?
Or do you think that most of them do hear or understand? They are nothing but as cattle; nay, they are straying farther off from the path.
Arabic
أم تحسب أن أكثرهم يسمعون أو يعقلون ۚ إن هم إلا كالأنعام ۖ بل هم أضل سبيلا
Transliteration
Am tahsabu anna aktharahum yasmaAAoona aw yaAAqiloona in hum illa kaalanAAami bal hum adallu sabeelan
Shakir
Have you not considered (the work of) your Lord, how He extends the shade? And if He had pleased He would certainly have made it stationary; then We have made the sun an indication of it
Arabic
ألم تر إلى ربك كيف مد الظل ولو شاء لجعله ساكنا ثم جعلنا الشمس عليه دليلا
Transliteration
Alam tara ila rabbika kayfa madda alththilla walaw shaa lajaAAalahu sakinan thumma jaAAalna alshshamsa AAalayhi daleelan
Shakir
Then We take it to Ourselves, taking little by little.
Arabic
ثم قبضناه إلينا قبضا يسيرا
Transliteration
Thumma qabadnahu ilayna qabdan yaseeran
Shakir
And He it is Who made the night a covering for you, and the sleep a rest, and He made the day to rise up again.
Arabic
وهو الذي جعل لكم الليل لباسا والنوم سباتا وجعل النهار نشورا
So do not follow the unbelievers, and strive against them a mighty striving with it.
Arabic
فلا تطع الكافرين وجاهدهم به جهادا كبيرا
Transliteration
Fala tutiAAi alkafireena wajahidhum bihi jihadan kabeeran
Shakir
And He it is Who has made two seas to flow freely, the one sweet that subdues thirst by its sweetness, and the other salt that burns by its saltness; and between the two He has made a barrier and inviolable obstruction.
Arabic
۞ وهو الذي مرج البحرين هذا عذب فرات وهذا ملح أجاج وجعل بينهما برزخا وحجرا محجورا
Who created the heavens and the earth and what is between them in six periods, and He is firmly established on the throne of authority; the Beneficent Allah, so ask respecting it one aware.
Arabic
الذي خلق السماوات والأرض وما بينهما في ستة أيام ثم استوى على العرش ۚ الرحمن فاسأل به خبيرا
And when it is said to them: Prostrate to the Beneficent Allah, they say: And what is the Allah of beneficence? Shall we prostrate to what you bid us? And it adds to their aversion.
Arabic
وإذا قيل لهم اسجدوا للرحمن قالوا وما الرحمن أنسجد لما تأمرنا وزادهم نفورا ۩
And they who do not call upon another god with Allah and do not slay the soul, which Allah has forbidden except in the requirements of justice, and (who) do not commit fornication and he who does this shall find a requital of sin;
Arabic
والذين لا يدعون مع الله إلها آخر ولا يقتلون النفس التي حرم الله إلا بالحق ولا يزنون ۚ ومن يفعل ذلك يلق أثاما
Except him who repents and believes and does a good deed; so these are they of whom Allah changes the evil deeds to good ones; and Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
Arabic
إلا من تاب وآمن وعمل عملا صالحا فأولئك يبدل الله سيئاتهم حسنات ۗ وكان الله غفورا رحيما
Transliteration
Illa man taba waamana waAAamila AAamalan salihan faolaika yubaddilu Allahu sayyiatihim hasanatin wakana Allahu ghafooran raheeman
Shakir
And whoever repents and does good, he surely turns to Allah a (goodly) turning.
Arabic
ومن تاب وعمل صالحا فإنه يتوب إلى الله متابا
Transliteration
Waman taba waAAamila salihan fainnahu yatoobu ila Allahi mataban
Shakir
And they who do not bear witness to what is false, and when they pass by what is vain, they pass by nobly.
Arabic
والذين لا يشهدون الزور وإذا مروا باللغو مروا كراما
Transliteration
Waallatheena la yashhadoona alzzoora waitha marroo biallaghwi marroo kiraman
Shakir
And they who, when reminded of the communications of their Lord, do not fall down thereat deaf and blind.
Arabic
والذين إذا ذكروا بآيات ربهم لم يخروا عليها صما وعميانا