Al Zukhruf

1 Ha Mim.

1 Hameem

2 I swear by the Book that makes things clear:

2 Waalkitabi almubeeni

3 Surely We have made it an Arabic Quran that you may understand.

3 Inna jaAAalnahu quranan AAarabiyyan laAAallakum taAAqiloona

4 And surely it is in the original of the Book with Us, truly elevated, full of wisdom.

4 Wainnahu fee ommi alkitabi ladayna laAAaliyyun hakeemun

5 What! shall We then turn away the reminder from you altogether because you are an extravagant people?

5 Afanadribu AAankumu alththikra safhan an kuntum qawman musrifeena

6 And how many a prophet have We sent among the ancients.

6 Wakam arsalna min nabiyyin fee alawwaleena

7 And there came not to them a prophet but they mocked at him.

7 Wama yateehim min nabiyyin illa kanoo bihi yastahzioona

8 Then We destroyed those who were stronger than these in prowess, and the case of the ancients has gone before,

8 Faahlakna ashadda minhum batshan wamada mathalu alawwaleena

9 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;

9 Walain saaltahum man khalaqa alssamawati waalarda layaqoolunna khalaqahunna alAAazeezu alAAaleemu

10 He Who made the earth a resting - place for you, and made in it ways for you that you may go aright;

10 Allathee jaAAala lakumu alarda mahdan wajaAAala lakum feeha subulan laAAallakum tahtadoona

11 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;

11 Waallathee nazzala mina alssamai maan biqadarin faansharna bihi baldatan maytan kathalika tukhrajoona

12 And He Who created pairs of all things, and made for you of the ships and the cattle what you ride on,

12 Waallathee khalaqa alazwaja kullaha wajaAAala lakum mina alfulki waalanAAami ma tarkaboona

13 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

13 Litastawoo AAala thuhoorihi thumma tathkuroo niAAmata rabbikum itha istawaytum AAalayhi wataqooloo subhana allathee sakhkhara lana hatha wama kunna lahu muqrineena

14 And surely to our Lord we must return.

14 Wainna ila rabbina lamunqaliboona

15 And they assign to Him a part of His servants; man, to be sure, is clearly ungrateful.

15 WajaAAaloo lahu min AAibadihi juzan inna alinsana lakafoorun mubeenun

16 What! has He taken daughters to Himself of what He Himself creates and chosen you to have sons?

16 Ami ittakhatha mimma yakhluqu banatin waasfakum bialbaneena

17 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.

17 Waitha bushshira ahaduhum bima daraba lilrrahmani mathalan thalla wajhuhu muswaddan wahuwa katheemun

18 What! that which is made in ornaments and which in contention is unable to make plain speech!

18 Awaman yunashshao fee alhilyati wahuwa fee alkhisami ghayru mubeenin

19 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.

19 WajaAAaloo almalaikata allatheena hum AAibadu alrrahmani inathan ashahidoo khalqahum satuktabu shahadatuhum wayusaloona

20 And they say: If the Beneficent Allah had pleased, we should never have worshipped them. They have no knowledge of this; they only lie.

20 Waqaloo law shaa alrrahmanu ma AAabadnahum ma lahum bithalika min AAilmin in hum illa yakhrusoona

21 Or have We given them a book before it so that they hold fast to it?

21 Am ataynahum kitaban min qablihi fahum bihi mustamsikoona

22 Nay! they say: We found our fathers on a course, and surely we are guided by their footsteps.

22 Bal qaloo inna wajadna abaana AAala ommatin wainna AAala atharihim muhtadoona

23 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.

23 Wakathalika ma arsalna min qablika fee qaryatin min natheerin illa qala mutrafooha inna wajadna abaana AAala ommatin wainna AAala atharihim muqtadoona

24 (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.

24 Qala awalaw jitukum biahda mimma wajadtum AAalayhi abaakum qaloo inna bima orsiltum bihi kafiroona

25 So We inflicted retribution on them, then see how was the end of the rejecters.

25 Faintaqamna minhum faonthur kayfa kana AAaqibatu almukaththibeena

26 And when Ibrahim said to his father and his people: Surely I am clear of what you worship,

26 Waith qala ibraheemu liabeehi waqawmihi innanee baraon mimma taAAbudoona

27 Save Him Who created me, for surely He will guide me.

27 Illa allathee fataranee fainnahu sayahdeeni

28 And he made it a word to continue in his posterity that they may return.

28 WajaAAalaha kalimatan baqiyatan fee AAaqibihi laAAallahum yarjiAAoona

29 Nay! I gave them and their fathers to enjoy until there came to them the truth and an Apostle making manifest (the truth).

29 Bal mattaAAtu haolai waabaahum hatta jaahumu alhaqqu warasoolun mubeenun

30 And when there came to them the truth they said: This is magic, and surely we are disbelievers in it.

30 Walamma jaahumu alhaqqu qaloo hatha sihrun wainna bihi kafiroona

31 And they say: Why was not this Quran revealed to a man of importance in the two towns?

31 Waqaloo lawla nuzzila hatha alquranu AAala rajulin mina alqaryatayni AAatheemun

32 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.

32 Ahum yaqsimoona rahmata rabbika nahnu qasamna baynahum maAAeeshatahum fee alhayati alddunya warafaAAna baAAdahum fawqa baAAdin darajatin liyattakhitha baAAduhum baAAdan sukhriyyan warahmatu rabbika khayrun mimma yajmaAAoona

33 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.

33 Walawla an yakoona alnnasu ommatan wahidatan lajaAAalna liman yakfuru bialrrahmani libuyootihim suqufan min fiddatin wamaAAarija AAalayha yathharoona

34 And the doors of their houses and the couches on which they recline,

34 Walibuyootihim abwaban wasururan AAalayha yattakioona

35 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).

35 Wazukhrufan wain kullu thalika lamma mataAAu alhayati alddunya waalakhiratu AAinda rabbika lilmuttaqeena

36 And whoever turns himself away from the remembrance of the Beneficent Allah, We appoint for him a Shaitan, so he becomes his associate.

36 Waman yaAAshu AAan thikri alrrahmani nuqayyid lahu shaytanan fahuwa lahu qareenun

37 And most surely they turn them away from the path, and they think that they are guided aright:

37 Wainnahum layasuddoonahum AAani alssabeeli wayahsaboona annahum muhtadoona

38 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!

38 Hatta itha jaana qala ya layta baynee wabaynaka buAAda almashriqayni fabisa alqareenu

39 And since you were unjust, it will not profit you this day that you are sharers in the chastisement.

39 Walan yanfaAAakumu alyawma ith thalamtum annakum fee alAAathabi mushtarikoona

40 What! can you then make the deaf to hear or guide the blind and him who is in clear error?

40 Afaanta tusmiAAu alssumma aw tahdee alAAumya waman kana fee dalalin mubeenin

41 But if We should take you away, still We shall inflict retribution on them;

41 Faimma nathhabanna bika fainna minhum muntaqimoona

42 Rather We will certainly show you that which We have promised them; for surely We are the possessors of full power over them.

42 Aw nuriyannaka allathee waAAadnahum fainna AAalayhim muqtadiroona

43 Therefore hold fast to that which has been revealed to you; surely you are on the right path.

43 Faistamsik biallathee oohiya ilayka innaka AAala siratin mustaqeemin

44 And most surely it is a reminder for you and your people, and you shall soon be questioned.

44 Wainnahu lathikrun laka waliqawmika wasawfa tusaloona

45 And ask those of Our apostles whom We sent before you: Did We ever appoint gods to be worshipped besides the Beneficent Allah?

45 Waisal man arsalna min qablika min rusulina ajaAAalna min dooni alrrahmani alihatan yuAAbadoona

46 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.

46 Walaqad arsalna moosa biayatina ila firAAawna wamalaihi faqala innee rasoolu rabbi alAAalameena

47 But when he came to them with Our signs, lo! they laughed at them.

47 Falamma jaahum biayatina itha hum minha yadhakoona

48 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.

48 Wama nureehim min ayatin illa hiya akbaru min okhtiha waakhathnahum bialAAathabi laAAallahum yarjiAAoona

49 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.

49 Waqaloo ya ayyuha alsahiru odAAu lana rabbaka bima AAahida AAindaka innana lamuhtadoona

50 But when We removed from them the chastisement, lo! they broke the pledge.

50 Falamma kashafna AAanhumu alAAathaba itha hum yankuthoona

51 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?

51 Wanada firAAawnu fee qawmihi qala ya qawmi alaysa lee mulku misra wahathihi alanharu tajree min tahtee afala tubsiroona

52 Nay! I am better than this fellow, who is contemptible, and who can hardly speak distinctly:

52 Am ana khayrun min hatha allathee huwa maheenun wala yakadu yubeenu

53 But why have not bracelets of gold been put upon him, or why have there not come with him angels as companions?

53 Falawla olqiya AAalayhi aswiratun min thahabin aw jaa maAAahu almalaikatu muqtarineena

54 So he incited his people to levity and they obeyed him: surely they were a transgressing people.

54 Faistakhaffa qawmahu faataAAoohu innahum kanoo qawman fasiqeena

55 Then when they displeased Us, We inflicted a retribution on them, so We drowned them all together,

55 Falamma asafoona intaqamna minhum faaghraqnahum ajmaAAeena

56 And We made them a precedent and example to the later generations.

56 FajaAAalnahum salafan wamathalan lilakhireena

57 And when a description of the son of Marium is given, lo! your people raise a clamor thereat.

57 Walamma duriba ibnu maryama mathalan itha qawmuka minhu yasiddoona

58 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.

58 Waqaloo aalihatuna khayrun am huwa ma daraboohu laka illa jadalan bal hum qawmun khasimoona

59 He was naught but a servant on whom We bestowed favor, and We made him an example for the children of Israel.

59 In huwa illa AAabdun anAAamna AAalayhi wajaAAalnahu mathalan libanee israeela

60 And if We please, We could make among you angels to be successors in the land.

60 Walaw nashao lajaAAalna minkum malaikatan fee alardi yakhlufoona

61 And most surely it is a knowledge of the hour, therefore have no doubt about it and follow me: this is the right path.

61 Wainnahu laAAilmun lilssaAAati fala tamtarunna biha waittabiAAooni hatha siratun mustaqeemun

62 And let not the Shaitan prevent you; surely he is your j open enemy.

62 Wala yasuddannakumu alshshaytanu innahu lakum AAaduwwun mubeenun

63 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:

63 Walamma jaa AAeesa bialbayyinati qala qad jitukum bialhikmati waliobayyina lakum baAAda allathee takhtalifoona feehi faittaqoo Allaha waateeAAooni

64 Surely Allah is my Lord and your Lord, therefore serve Him; this is the right path:

64 Inna Allaha huwa rabbee warabbukum faoAAbudoohu hatha siratun mustaqeemun

65 But parties from among them differed, so woe to those who were unjust because of the chastisement of a painful day.

65 Faikhtalafa alahzabu min baynihim fawaylun lillatheena thalamoo min AAathabi yawmin aleemin

66 Do they wait for aught but the hour, that it should come! upon them all of a sudden while they do not perceive?

66 Hal yanthuroona illa alssaAAata an tatiyahum baghtatan wahum la yashAAuroona

67 The friends shall on that day be enemies one to another, except those who guard (against evil).

67 Alakhillao yawmaithin baAAduhum libaAAdin AAaduwwun illa almuttaqeena

68 O My servants! there is no fear for you this day, nor shall you grieve.

68 Ya AAibadi la khawfun AAalaykumu alyawma wala antum tahzanoona

69 Those who believed in Our communications and were submissive:

69 Allatheena amanoo biayatina wakanoo muslimeena

70 Enter the garden, you and your wives; you shall be made happy.

70 Odkhuloo aljannata antum waazwajukum tuhbaroona

71 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.

71 Yutafu AAalayhim bisihafin min thahabin waakwabin wafeeha ma tashtaheehi alanfusu watalaththu alaAAyunu waantum feeha khalidoona

72 And this is the garden which you are given as an inheritance on account of what you did.

72 Watilka aljannatu allatee oorithtumooha bima kuntum taAAmaloona

73 For you therein are many fruits of which you shall eat.

73 Lakum feeha fakihatun katheeratun minha takuloona

74 Surely the guilty shall abide in the chastisement of hell.

74 Inna almujrimeena fee AAathabi jahannama khalidoona

75 It shall not be abated from them and they shall therein be despairing.

75 La yufattaru AAanhum wahum feehi mublisoona

76 And We are not unjust to them, but they themselves were unjust.

76 Wama thalamnahum walakin kanoo humu alththalimeena

77 And they shall call out: O Malik! let your Lord make an end of us. He shall say: Surely you shall tarry.

77 Wanadaw ya maliku liyaqdi AAalayna rabbuka qala innakum makithoona

78 Certainly We have brought you the truth, but most of you are averse to the truth.

78 Laqad jinakum bialhaqqi walakinna aktharakum lilhaqqi karihoona

79 Or have they settled an affair? Then surely We are the settlers.

79 Am abramoo amran fainna mubrimoona

80 Or do they think that We do not hear what they conceal and their secret discourses? Aye! and Our apostles with them write down.

80 Am yahsaboona anna la nasmaAAu sirrahum wanajwahum bala warusuluna ladayhim yaktuboona

81 Say: If the Beneficent Allah has a son, I am the foremost of those who serve.

81 Qul in kana lilrrahmani waladun faana awwalu alAAabideena

82 Glory to the Lord of the heavens and the earth, the Lord of power, from what they describe.

82 Subhana rabbi alssamawati waalardi rabbi alAAarshi AAamma yasifoona

83 So leave them plunging into false discourses and sporting until they meet their day which they are threatened with.

83 Fatharhum yakhoodoo wayalAAaboo hatta yulaqoo yawmahumu allathee yooAAadoona

84 And He it is Who is Allah in the heavens and Allah in the earth; and He is the Wise, the Knowing.

84 Wahuwa allathee fee alssamai ilahun wafee alardi ilahun wahuwa alhakeemu alAAaleemu

85 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.

85 Watabaraka allathee lahu mulku alssamawati waalardi wama baynahuma waAAindahu AAilmu alssaAAati wailayhi turjaAAoona

86 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).

86 Wala yamliku allatheena yadAAoona min doonihi alshshafaAAata illa man shahida bialhaqqi wahum yaAAlamoona

87 And if you should ask them who created them, they would certainly say: Allah. Whence are they then turned back?

87 Walain saaltahum man khalaqahum layaqoolunna Allahu faanna yufakoona

88 Consider his cry: O my Lord! surely they are a people who do not believe.

88 Waqeelihi yarabbi inna haolai qawmun la yuminoona

89 So turn away from them and say, Peace, for they shall soon come to know.

89 Faisfah AAanhum waqul salamun fasawfa yaAAlamoona