Chapter 43, 89 verses
Ha Mim.
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم حم
Ha, Meem.
I swear by the Book that makes things clear:
والكتاب المبين
By the clear Book,
Surely We have made it an Arabic Quran that you may understand.
إنا جعلناه قرآنا عربيا لعلكم تعقلون
Indeed, We have made it an Arabic Qur'an that you might understand.
And surely it is in the original of the Book with Us, truly elevated, full of wisdom.
وإنه في أم الكتاب لدينا لعلي حكيم
And indeed it is, in the Mother of the Book with Us, exalted and full of wisdom.
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
Then should We turn the message away, disregarding you, because you are a transgressing people?
And how many a prophet have We sent among the ancients.
وكم أرسلنا من نبي في الأولين
And how many a prophet We sent among the former peoples,
And there came not to them a prophet but they mocked at him.
وما يأتيهم من نبي إلا كانوا به يستهزئون
But there would not come to them a prophet except that they used to ridicule him.
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 We destroyed greater than them in [striking] power, and the example of the former peoples has preceded.
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
And if you should ask them, "Who has created the heavens and the earth?" they would surely say, "They were created by the Exalted in Might, the Knowing."
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
[The one] who has made for you the earth a bed and made for you upon it roads that you might be guided
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
And who sends down rain from the sky in measured amounts, and We revive thereby a dead land - thus will you be brought forth -
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
And who created the species, all of them, and has made for you of ships and animals those which you mount.
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
That you may settle yourselves upon their backs and then remember the favor of your Lord when you have settled upon them and say. "Exalted is He who has subjected this to us, and we could not have [otherwise] subdued it.
And surely to our Lord we must return.
وإنا إلى ربنا لمنقلبون
And indeed we, to our Lord, will [surely] return."
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
But they have attributed to Him from His servants a portion. Indeed, man is clearly ungrateful.
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
Or has He taken, out of what He has created, daughters and chosen you for [having] sons?
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
And when one of them is given good tidings of that which he attributes to the Most Merciful in comparison, his face becomes dark, and he suppresses grief.
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
So is one brought up in ornaments while being during conflict unevident [attributed to Allah]?
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 have made the angels, who are servants of the Most Merciful, females. Did they witness their creation? Their testimony will be recorded, and they will be questioned.
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
And they said, "If the Most Merciful had willed, we would not have worshipped them." They have of that no knowledge. They are not but falsifying.
Or have We given them a book before it so that they hold fast to it?
أم آتيناهم كتابا من قبله فهم به مستمسكون
Or have We given them a book before the Qur'an to which they are adhering?
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
Rather, they say, "Indeed, we found our fathers upon a religion, and we are in their footsteps [rightly] guided."
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 similarly, We did not send before you any warner into a city except that its affluent said, "Indeed, we found our fathers upon a religion, and we are, in their footsteps, following."
(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
[Each warner] said, "Even if I brought you better guidance than that [religion] upon which you found your fathers?" They said, "Indeed we, in that with which you were sent, are disbelievers."
So We inflicted retribution on them, then see how was the end of the rejecters.
فانتقمنا منهم ۖ فانظر كيف كان عاقبة المكذبين
So we took retribution from them; then see how was the end of the deniers.
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
And [mention, O Muhammad], when Abraham said to his father and his people, "Indeed, I am disassociated from that which you worship
Save Him Who created me, for surely He will guide me.
إلا الذي فطرني فإنه سيهدين
Except for He who created me; and indeed, He will guide me."
And he made it a word to continue in his posterity that they may return.
وجعلها كلمة باقية في عقبه لعلهم يرجعون
And he made it a word remaining among his descendants that they might return [to it].
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
However, I gave enjoyment to these [people of Makkah] and their fathers until there came to them the truth and a clear Messenger.
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
But when the truth came to them, they said, "This is magic, and indeed we are, concerning it, disbelievers."
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
And they said, "Why was this Qur'an not sent down upon a great man from [one of] the two cities?"
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
Do they distribute the mercy of your Lord? It is We who have apportioned among them their livelihood in the life of this world and have raised some of them above others in degrees [of rank] that they may make use of one another for service. But the mercy of your Lord is better than whatever they accumulate.
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 if it were not that the people would become one community [of disbelievers], We would have made for those who disbelieve in the Most Merciful - for their houses - ceilings and stairways of silver upon which to mount
And the doors of their houses and the couches on which they recline,
ولبيوتهم أبوابا وسررا عليها يتكئون
And for their houses - doors and couches [of silver] upon which to recline
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 gold ornament. But all that is not but the enjoyment of worldly life. And the Hereafter with your Lord is for the righteous.
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 whoever is blinded from remembrance of the Most Merciful - We appoint for him a devil, and he is to him a companion.
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
And indeed, the devils avert them from the way [of guidance] while they think that they are [rightly] guided
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
Until, when he comes to Us [at Judgement], he says [to his companion], "Oh, I wish there was between me and you the distance between the east and west - how wretched a companion."
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
And never will it benefit you that Day, when you have wronged, that you are [all] sharing in the punishment.
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
Then will you make the deaf hear, [O Muhammad], or guide the blind or he who is in clear error?
But if We should take you away, still We shall inflict retribution on them;
فإما نذهبن بك فإنا منهم منتقمون
And whether [or not] We take you away [in death], indeed, We will take retribution upon 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
Or whether [or not] We show you that which We have promised them, indeed, We are Perfect in Ability.
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
So adhere to that which is revealed to you. Indeed, you are on a straight path.
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 indeed, it is a remembrance for you and your people, and you [all] are going to be questioned.
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 ask those We sent before you of Our messengers; have We made besides the Most Merciful deities to be worshipped?
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
And certainly did We send Moses with Our signs to Pharaoh and his establishment, and he said, "Indeed, I am the messenger of the Lord of the worlds."
But when he came to them with Our signs, lo! they laughed at them.
فلما جاءهم بآياتنا إذا هم منها يضحكون
But when he brought them Our signs, at once they laughed at them.
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 We showed them not a sign except that it was greater than its sister, and We seized them with affliction that perhaps they might return [to faith].
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
And they said [to Moses], "O magician, invoke for us your Lord by what He has promised you. Indeed, we will be guided."
But when We removed from them the chastisement, lo! they broke the pledge.
فلما كشفنا عنهم العذاب إذا هم ينكثون
But when We removed from them the affliction, at once they broke their word.
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
And Pharaoh called out among his people; he said, "O my people, does not the kingdom of Egypt belong to me, and these rivers flowing beneath me; then do you not see?
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
Or am I [not] better than this one who is insignificant and hardly makes himself clear?
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
Then why have there not been placed upon him bracelets of gold or come with him the angels in conjunction?"
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 he bluffed his people, and they obeyed him. Indeed, they were [themselves] a people defiantly disobedient [of Allah].
Then when they displeased Us, We inflicted a retribution on them, so We drowned them all together,
فلما آسفونا انتقمنا منهم فأغرقناهم أجمعين
And when they angered Us, We took retribution from them and drowned them all.
And We made them a precedent and example to the later generations.
فجعلناهم سلفا ومثلا للآخرين
And We made them a precedent and an example for the later peoples.
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 when the son of Mary was presented as an example, immediately your people laughed aloud.
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
And they said, "Are your gods better, or is he?" They did not present the comparison except for [mere] argument. But, [in fact], they are a people prone to dispute.
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
Jesus was not but a servant upon whom We bestowed favor, and We made him an example for the Children of Israel.
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 if We willed, We could have made [instead] of you angels succeeding [one another] on the earth.
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 indeed, Jesus will be [a sign for] knowledge of the Hour, so be not in doubt of it, and follow Me. This is a straight path.
And let not the Shaitan prevent you; surely he is your j open enemy.
ولا يصدنكم الشيطان ۖ إنه لكم عدو مبين
And never let Satan avert you. Indeed, he is to you a clear enemy.
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
And when Jesus brought clear proofs, he said, "I have come to you with wisdom and to make clear to you some of that over which you differ, so fear Allah and obey me.
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
Indeed, Allah is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him. This is a straight path."
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
But the denominations from among them differed [and separated], so woe to those who have wronged from the punishment of a painful Day.
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
Are they waiting except for the Hour to come upon them suddenly while they perceive not?
The friends shall on that day be enemies one to another, except those who guard (against evil).
الأخلاء يومئذ بعضهم لبعض عدو إلا المتقين
Close friends, that Day, will be enemies to each other, except for the righteous
O My servants! there is no fear for you this day, nor shall you grieve.
يا عباد لا خوف عليكم اليوم ولا أنتم تحزنون
[To whom Allah will say], "O My servants, no fear will there be concerning you this Day, nor will you grieve,
Those who believed in Our communications and were submissive:
الذين آمنوا بآياتنا وكانوا مسلمين
[You] who believed in Our verses and were Muslims.
Enter the garden, you and your wives; you shall be made happy.
ادخلوا الجنة أنتم وأزواجكم تحبرون
Enter Paradise, you and your kinds, delighted."
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
Circulated among them will be plates and vessels of gold. And therein is whatever the souls desire and [what] delights the eyes, and you will abide therein eternally.
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
And that is Paradise which you are made to inherit for what you used to do.
For you therein are many fruits of which you shall eat.
لكم فيها فاكهة كثيرة منها تأكلون
For you therein is much fruit from which you will eat.
Surely the guilty shall abide in the chastisement of hell.
إن المجرمين في عذاب جهنم خالدون
Indeed, the criminals will be in the punishment of Hell, abiding eternally.
It shall not be abated from them and they shall therein be despairing.
لا يفتر عنهم وهم فيه مبلسون
It will not be allowed to subside for them, and they, therein, are in despair.
And We are not unjust to them, but they themselves were unjust.
وما ظلمناهم ولكن كانوا هم الظالمين
And We did not wrong them, but it was they who were the wrongdoers.
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
And they will call, "O Malik, let your Lord put an end to us!" He will say, "Indeed, you will remain."
Certainly We have brought you the truth, but most of you are averse to the truth.
لقد جئناكم بالحق ولكن أكثركم للحق كارهون
We had certainly brought you the truth, but most of you, to the truth, were averse.
Or have they settled an affair? Then surely We are the settlers.
أم أبرموا أمرا فإنا مبرمون
Or have they devised [some] affair? But indeed, We are devising [a plan].
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
Or do they think that We hear not their secrets and their private conversations? Yes, [We do], and Our messengers are with them recording.
Say: If the Beneficent Allah has a son, I am the foremost of those who serve.
قل إن كان للرحمن ولد فأنا أول العابدين
Say, [O Muhammad], "If the Most Merciful had a son, then I would be the first of [his] worshippers."
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
Exalted is the Lord of the heavens and the earth, Lord of the Throne, above what they describe.
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
So leave them to converse vainly and amuse themselves until they meet their Day which they are promised.
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 it is Allah who is [the only] deity in the heaven, and on the earth [the only] deity. And He is the Wise, the Knowing.
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 blessed is He to whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them and with whom is knowledge of the Hour and to whom you will be returned.
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 those they invoke besides Him do not possess [power of] intercession; but only those who testify to the truth [can benefit], and they know.
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 if you asked them who created them, they would surely say, "Allah." So how are they deluded?
Consider his cry: O my Lord! surely they are a people who do not believe.
وقيله يا رب إن هؤلاء قوم لا يؤمنون
And [Allah acknowledges] his saying, "O my Lord, indeed these are a people who do not believe."
So turn away from them and say, Peace, for they shall soon come to know.
فاصفح عنهم وقل سلام ۚ فسوف يعلمون
So turn aside from them and say, "Peace." But they are going to know.