Chapter 15, 99 verses
Alif Lam Ra. These are the verses of the Book and (of) a Quran that makes (things) clear.
Aliflamra tilka ayatu alkitabi waquranin mubeenin
A. L. R. These are the Ayats of Revelation, - of a Qur'an that makes things clear.
Often will those who disbelieve wish that they had been Muslims.
Rubama yawaddu allatheena kafaroo law kanoo muslimeena
Again and again will those who disbelieve, wish that they had bowed (to Allah's will) in Islam.
Leave them that they may eat and enjoy themselves and (that) hope may beguile them, for they will soon know.
Tharhum yakuloo wayatamattaAAoo wayulhihimu alamalu fasawfa yaAAlamoona
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).
And never did We destroy a town but it had a term made known.
Wama ahlakna min qaryatin illa walaha kitabun maAAloomun
Never did We destroy a population that had not a term decreed and assigned beforehand.
No people can hasten on their doom nor can they postpone (it).
Ma tasbiqu min ommatin ajalaha wama yastakhiroona
Neither can a people anticipate its term, nor delay it.
And they say: O you to whom the Reminder has been revealed! you are most surely insane:
Waqaloo ya ayyuha allathee nuzzila AAalayhi alththikru innaka lamajnoonun
They say: "O thou to whom the Message is being revealed! truly thou art mad (or possessed)!
Why do you not bring to us the angels if you are of the truthful ones?
Law ma tateena bialmalaikati in kunta mina alssadiqeena
"Why bringest thou not angels to us if it be that thou hast the Truth?"
We do not send the angels but with truth, and then they would not be respited.
Ma nunazzilu almalaikata illa bialhaqqi wama kanoo ithan munthareena
We send not the angels down except for just cause: if they came (to the ungodly), behold! no respite would they have!
Surely We have revealed the Reminder and We will most surely be its guardian.
Inna nahnu nazzalna alththikra wainna lahu lahafithoona
We have, without doubt, sent down the Message; and We will assuredly guard it (from corruption).
And certainly We sent (apostles) before you among the nations of yore.
Walaqad arsalna min qablika fee shiyaAAi alawwaleena
We did send messengers before thee amongst the religious sects of old:
And there never came an apostle to them but they mocked him.
Wama yateehim min rasoolin illa kanoo bihi yastahzioona
But never came a messenger to them but they mocked him.
Thus do We make it to enter into the hearts of the guilty;
Kathalika naslukuhu fee quloobi almujrimeena
Even so do we let it creep into the hearts of the sinners -
They do not believe in it, and indeed the example of the former people has already passed.
La yuminoona bihi waqad khalat sunnatu alawwaleena
That they should not believe in the (Message); but the ways of the ancients have passed away.
And even if We open to them a gateway of heaven, so that they ascend into it all the while,
Walaw fatahna AAalayhim baban mina alssamai fathalloo feehi yaAArujoona
Even if We opened out to them a gate from heaven, and they were to continue (all day) ascending therein,
They would certainly say: Only our eyes have been covered over, rather we are an enchanted people.
Laqaloo innama sukkirat absaruna bal nahnu qawmun mashooroona
They would only say: "Our eyes have been intoxicated: Nay, we have been bewitched by sorcery."
And certainly We have made strongholds in the heaven and We have made it fair seeming to the beholders.
Walaqad jaAAalna fee alssamai buroojan wazayyannaha lilnnathireena
It is We Who have set out the zodiacal signs in the heavens, and made them fair - seeming to (all) beholders;
And We guard it against every accursed Shaitan,
Wahafithnaha min kulli shaytanin rajeemin
And (moreover) We have guarded them from every cursed devil:
But he who steals a hearing, so there follows him a visible flame.
Illa mani istaraqa alssamAAa faatbaAAahu shihabun mubeenun
But any that gains a hearing by stealth, is pursued by a flaming fire, bright (to see).
And the earth - - We have spread it forth and made in it firm mountains and caused to grow in it of every suitable thing.
Waalarda madadnaha waalqayna feeha rawasiya waanbatna feeha min kulli shayin mawzoonin
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.
And We have made in it means of subsistence for you and for him for whom you are not the suppliers.
WajaAAalna lakum feeha maAAayisha waman lastum lahu biraziqeena
And We have provided therein means of subsistence, - for you and for those for whose sustenance ye are not responsible.
And there is not a thing but with Us are the treasures of it, and We do not send it down but in a known measure.
Wain min shayin illa AAindana khazainuhu wama nunazziluhu illa biqadarin maAAloomin
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.
And We send the winds fertilizing, then send down water from the cloud so We give it to you to drink of, nor is it you who store it up.
Waarsalna alrriyaha lawaqiha faanzalna mina alssamai maan faasqaynakumoohu wama antum lahu bikhazineena
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.
And most surely We bring to life and cause to die and We are the heirs.
Wainna lanahnu nuhyee wanumeetu wanahnu alwarithoona
And verily, it is We Who give life, and Who give death: it is We Who remain inheritors (after all else passes away).
And certainly We know those of you who have gone before and We certainly know those who shall come later.
Walaqad AAalimna almustaqdimeena minkum walaqad AAalimna almustakhireena
To Us are known those of you who hasten forward, and those who lag behind.
And surely your Lord will gather them together; surely He is Wise, Knowing.
Wainna rabbaka huwa yahshuruhum innahu hakeemun AAaleemun
Assuredly it is thy Lord Who will gather them together: for He is perfect in Wisdom and Knowledge.
And certainly We created man of clay that gives forth sound, of black mud fashioned in shape.
Walaqad khalaqna alinsana min salsalin min hamain masnoonin
We created man from sounding clay, from mud moulded into shape;
And the jinn We created before, of intensely hot fire.
Waaljanna khalaqnahu min qablu min nari alssamoomi
And the Jinn race, We had created before, from the fire of a scorching wind.
And when your Lord said to the angels: Surely I am going to create a mortal of the essence of black mud fashioned in shape.
Waith qala rabbuka lilmalaikati innee khaliqun basharan min salsalin min hamain masnoonin
Behold! thy Lord said to the angels: "I am about to create man, from sounding clay from mud moulded into shape;
So when I have made him complete and breathed into him of My spirit, fall down making obeisance to him.
Faitha sawwaytuhu wanafakhtu feehi min roohee faqaAAoo lahu sajideena
"When I have fashioned him (in due proportion) and breathed into him of My spirit, fall ye down in obeisance unto him."
So the angels made obeisance, all of them together,
Fasajada almalaikatu kulluhum ajmaAAoona
So the angels prostrated themselves, all of them together:
But Iblis (did it not); he refused to be with those who made obeisance.
Illa ibleesa aba an yakoona maAAa alssajideena
Not so Iblis: he refused to be among those who prostrated themselves.
He said: O Iblis! what excuse have you that you are not with those who make obeisance?
Qala ya ibleesu ma laka alla takoona maAAa alssajideena
(Allah) said: "O Iblis! what is your reason for not being among those who prostrated themselves?"
He said: I am not such that I should make obeisance to a mortal whom Thou hast created of the essence of black mud fashioned in shape.
Qala lam akun liasjuda libasharin khalaqtahu min salsalin min hamain masnoonin
(Iblis) said: "I am not one to prostrate myself to man, whom Thou didst create from sounding clay, from mud moulded into shape."
He said: Then get out of it, for surely you are driven away:
Qala faokhruj minha fainnaka rajeemun
(Allah) said: "Then get thee out from here; for thou art rejected, accursed.
And surely on you is curse until the day of judgment.
Wainna AAalayka allaAAnata ila yawmi alddeeni
"And the curse shall be on thee till the day of Judgment."
He said: My Lord! then respite me till the time when they are raised.
Qala rabbi faanthirnee ila yawmi yubAAathoona
(Iblis) said: "O my Lord! give me then respite till the Day the (dead) are raised."
He said: So surely you are of the respited ones
Qala fainnaka mina almunthareena
(Allah) said: "Respite is granted thee
Till the period of the time made known.
Ila yawmi alwaqti almaAAloomi
"Till the Day of the Time appointed."
He said: My Lord! because Thou hast made life evil to me, I will certainly make (evil) fair - seeming to them on earth, and I will certainly cause them all to deviate
Qala rabbi bima aghwaytanee laozayyinanna lahum fee alardi walaoghwiyannahum ajmaAAeena
(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, -
Except Thy servants from among them, the devoted ones.
Illa AAibadaka minhumu almukhlaseena
"Except Thy servants among them, sincere and purified (by Thy Grace)."
He said: This is a right way with Me:
Qala hatha siratun AAalayya mustaqeemun
(Allah) said: "This (way of My sincere servants) is indeed a way that leads straight to Me.
Surely. as regards My servants, you have no authority, over them except those who follow you of the deviators.
Inna AAibadee laysa laka AAalayhim sultanun illa mani ittabaAAaka mina alghaweena
"For over My servants no authority shalt thou have, except such as put themselves in the wrong and follow thee."
And surely Hell is the promised place of them all:
Wainna jahannama lamawAAiduhum ajmaAAeena
And verily, Hell is the promised abode for them all!
It has seven gates; for every gate there shall be a separate party of them.
Laha sabAAatu abwabin likulli babin minhum juzon maqsoomun
To it are seven gates: for each of those gates is a (special) class (of sinners) assigned.
Surely those who guard (against evil) shall be in the midst of gardens and fountains:
Inna almuttaqeena fee jannatin waAAuyoonin
The righteous (will be) amid gardens and fountains (of clear - flowing water).
Enter them in peace, secure.
Odkhulooha bisalamin amineena
(Their greeting will be): "Enter ye here in peace and security."
And We will root out whatever of rancor is in their breasts - - (they shall be) as brethren, on raised couches, face to face.
WanazaAAna ma fee sudoorihim min ghillin ikhwanan AAala sururin mutaqabileena
And We shall remove from their hearts any lurking sense of injury: (they will be) brothers (joyfully) facing each other on thrones (of dignity).
Toil shall not afflict them in it, nor shall they be ever ejected from it.
La yamassuhum feeha nasabun wama hum minha bimukhrajeena
There no sense of fatigue shall touch them, nor shall they (ever) be asked to leave.
Inform My servants that I am the Forgiving, the Merciful,
Nabbi AAibadee annee ana alghafooru alrraheemu
Tell My servants that I am indeed the Oft - forgiving, Most Merciful;
And that My punishment - - that is the painful punishment.
Wa anna AAathabee huwa alAAathabu alaleemu
And that My Penalty will be indeed the most grievous Penalty.
And inform them of the guests of Ibrahim:
Wanabbihum AAan dayfi ibraheema
Tell them about the guests of Abraham.
When they entered upon him, they said, Peace. He said: Surely we are afraid of you.
Ith dakhaloo AAalayhi faqaloo salaman qala inna minkum wajiloona
When they entered his presence and said, "Peace!" He said, "We feel afraid of you!"
They said: Be not afraid, surely we give you the good news of a boy, possessing knowledge.
Qaloo la tawjal inna nubashshiruka bighulamin AAaleemin
They said: "Fear not! We give thee glad tidings of a son endowed with wisdom."
He said: Do you give me good news (of a son) when old age has come upon me? - - Of what then do you give me good news!
Qala abashshartumoonee AAala an massaniya alkibaru fabima tubashshirooni
He said: "Do ye give me glad tidings that old age has seized me? Of what, then, is your good news?"
They said: We give you good news with truth, therefore be not of the despairing.
Qaloo bashsharnaka bialhaqqi fala takun mina alqaniteena
They said: "We give thee glad tidings in truth: be not then in despair!"
He said: And who despairs of the mercy of his Lord but the erring ones?
Qala waman yaqnatu min rahmati rabbihi illa alddalloona
He said: "And who despairs of the mercy of his Lord, but such as go astray?"
He said: What is your business then, O apostles?
Qala fama khatbukum ayyuha almursaloona
Abraham said: "What then is the business on which ye (have come), O ye messengers (of Allah)?"
They said: Surely we are sent towards a guilty people,
Qaloo inna orsilna ila qawmin mujrimeena
They said: "We have been sent to a people (deep) in sin,
Except Lut's followers: We will most surely deliver them all,
Illa ala lootin inna lamunajjoohum ajmaAAeena
"Excepting the adherents of Lut: them we are certainly (charged) to save (from harm), - All -
Except his wife; We ordained that she shall surely be of those who remain behind.
Illa imraatahu qaddarna innaha lamina alghabireena
"Except his wife, who, We have ascertained, will be among those who will lag behind."
So when the apostles came to Lut's followers,
Falamma jaa ala lootin almursaloona
At length when the messengers arrived among the adherents of Lut,
He said: Surely you are an unknown people.
Qala innakum qawmun munkaroona
He said: "Ye appear to be uncommon folk."
They said: Nay, we have come to you with that about which they disputed.
Qaloo bal jinaka bima kanoo feehi yamtaroona
They said: "Yea, we have come to thee to accomplish that of which they doubt.
And we have come to you with the truth, and we are most surely truthful.
Waataynaka bialhaqqi wainna lasadiqoona
"We have brought to thee that which is inevitably due, and assuredly we tell the truth.
Therefore go forth with your followers in a part of the night and yourself follow their rear, and let not any one of you turn round, and go forth whither you are commanded.
Faasri biahlika biqitAAin mina allayli waittabiAA adbarahum wala yaltafit minkum ahadun waimdoo haythu tumaroona
"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."
And We revealed to him this decree, that the roots of these shall be cut off in the morning.
Waqadayna ilayhi thalika alamra anna dabira haolai maqtooAAun musbiheena
And We made known this decree to him, that the last remnants of those (sinners) should be cut off by the morning.
And the people of the town came rejoicing.
Wajaa ahlu almadeenati yastabshiroona
The inhabitants of the city came in (mad) joy (at news of the young men).
He said: Surely these are my guests, therefore do not disgrace me,
Qala inna haolai dayfee fala tafdahooni
Lut said: "These are my guests: disgrace me not:
And guard against (the punishment of) Allah and do not put me to shame.
Waittaqoo Allaha wala tukhzooni
"But fear Allah, and shame me not."
They said: Have we not forbidden you from (other) people?
Qaloo awalam nanhaka AAani alAAalameena
They said: "Did we not forbid thee (to speak) for all and sundry?"
He said: These are my daughters, if you will do (aught).
Qala haolai banatee in kuntum faAAileena
He said: "There are my daughters (to marry), if ye must act (so)."
By your life! they were blindly wandering on in their intoxication.
LaAAamruka innahum lafee sakratihim yaAAmahoona
Verily, by thy life (O Prophet), in their wild intoxication, they wander in distraction, to and fro.
So the rumbling overtook them (while) entering upon the time of sunrise;
Faakhathathumu alssayhatu mushriqeena
But the (mighty) Blast overtook them before morning,
Thus did We turn it upside down, and rained down upon them stones of what had been decreed.
FajaAAalna AAaliyaha safilaha waamtarna AAalayhim hijaratan min sijjeelin
And We turned (the cities) upside down, and rained down on them brimstones hard as baked clay.
Surely in this are signs for those who examine.
Inna fee thalika laayatin lilmutawassimeena
Behold! in this are Signs for those who by tokens do understand.
And surely it is on a road that still abides.
Wainnaha labisabeelin muqeemin
And the (cities were) right on the high - road.
Most surely there is a sign in this for the believers.
Inna fee thalika laayatan lilmumineena
Behold! in this is a sign for those who believed.
And the dwellers of the thicket also were most surely unjust.
Wain kana ashabu alaykati lathalimeena
And the Companions of the Wood were also wrong - doers;
So We inflicted retribution on them, and they are both, indeed, on an open road (still) pursued.
Faintaqamna minhum wainnahuma labiimamin mubeenin
So We exacted retribution from them. They were both on an open highway, plain to see.
And the dwellers of the Rock certainly rejected the apostles;
Walaqad kaththaba ashabu alhijri almursaleena
The Companions of the Rocky Tract also rejected the messengers:
And We gave them Our communications, but they turned aside from them;
Waataynahum ayatina fakanoo AAanha muAArideena
We sent them Our Signs, but they persisted in turning away from them.
And they hewed houses in the mountains in security.
Wakanoo yanhitoona mina aljibali buyootan amineena
Out of the mountains did they hew (their) edifices, (feeling themselves) secure.
So the rumbling overtook them in the morning;
Faakhathathumu alssayhatu musbiheena
But the (mighty) Blast seized them of a morning,
And what they earned did not avail them.
Fama aghna AAanhum ma kanoo yaksiboona
And of no avail to them was all that they did (with such art and care)!
And We did not create the heavens and the earth and what is between them two but in truth; and the hour is most surely coming, so turn away with kindly forgiveness.
Wama khalaqna alssamawati waalarda wama baynahuma illa bialhaqqi wainna alssaAAata laatiyatun faisfahi alssafha aljameela
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.
Surely your Lord is the Creator of all things, the Knowing.
Inna rabbaka huwa alkhallaqu alAAaleemu
For verily it is thy Lord who is the Master - Creator, knowing all things.
And certainly We have given you seven of the oft - repeated (verses) and the grand Quran.
Walaqad ataynaka sabAAan mina almathanee waalqurana alAAatheema
And We have bestowed upon thee the Seven Oft - repeated (verses) and the Grand Qur'an.
Do not strain your eyes after what We have given certain classes of them to enjoy, and do not grieve for them, and make yourself gentle to the believers.
La tamuddanna AAaynayka ila ma mattaAAna bihi azwajan minhum wala tahzan AAalayhim waikhfid janahaka lilmumineena
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.
And say: Surely I am the plain warner.
Waqul innee ana alnnatheeru almubeenu
And say: "I am indeed he that warneth openly and without ambiguity," -
Like as We sent down on the dividers
Kama anzalna AAala almuqtasimeena
(Of just such wrath) as We sent down on those who divided (Scripture into arbitrary parts), -
Those who made the Quran into shreds.
Allatheena jaAAaloo alqurana AAideena
(So also on such) as have made Qur'an into shreds (as they please).
So, by your Lord, We would most certainly question them all,
Fawarabbika lanasalannahum ajmaAAeena
Therefore, by the Lord, We will, of a surety, call them to account,
As to what they did.
AAamma kanoo yaAAmaloona
For all their deeds.
Therefore declare openly what you are bidden and turn aside from the polytheists.
FaisdaAA bima tumaru waaAArid AAani almushrikeena
Therefore expound openly what thou art commanded, and turn away from those who join false gods with Allah.
Surely We will suffice you against the scoffers
Inna kafaynaka almustahzieena
For sufficient are We unto thee against those who scoff, -
Those who set up another god with Allah; so they shall soon know.
Allatheena yajAAaloona maAAa Allahi ilahan akhara fasawfa yaAAlamoona
Those who adopt, with Allah, another god: but soon will they come to know.
And surely We know that your breast straitens at what they say;
Walaqad naAAlamu annaka yadeequ sadruka bima yaqooloona
We do indeed know how thy heart is distressed at what they say.
Therefore celebrate the praise of your Lord, and be of those who make obeisance.
Fasabbih bihamdi rabbika wakun mina alssajideena
But celebrate the praises of thy Lord, and be of those who prostrate themselves in adoration.
And serve your Lord until there comes to you that which is certain.
WaoAAbud rabbaka hatta yatiyaka alyaqeenu
And serve thy Lord until there come unto thee the Hour that is Certain.