Al Zukhruf

1 Hameem

1 Ha Mim.

2 Waalkitabi almubeeni

2 I swear by the Book that makes things clear:

3 Inna jaAAalnahu quranan AAarabiyyan laAAallakum taAAqiloona

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

4 Wainnahu fee ommi alkitabi ladayna laAAaliyyun hakeemun

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

5 Afanadribu AAankumu alththikra safhan an kuntum qawman musrifeena

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

6 Wakam arsalna min nabiyyin fee alawwaleena

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

7 Wama yateehim min nabiyyin illa kanoo bihi yastahzioona

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

8 Faahlakna ashadda minhum batshan wamada mathalu alawwaleena

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

9 Walain saaltahum man khalaqa alssamawati waalarda layaqoolunna khalaqahunna alAAazeezu alAAaleemu

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;

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

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

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

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;

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

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

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

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

14 Wainna ila rabbina lamunqaliboona

14 And surely to our Lord we must return.

15 WajaAAaloo lahu min AAibadihi juzan inna alinsana lakafoorun mubeenun

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

16 Ami ittakhatha mimma yakhluqu banatin waasfakum bialbaneena

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

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

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.

18 Awaman yunashshao fee alhilyati wahuwa fee alkhisami ghayru mubeenin

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

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

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.

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

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.

21 Am ataynahum kitaban min qablihi fahum bihi mustamsikoona

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

25 Faintaqamna minhum faonthur kayfa kana AAaqibatu almukaththibeena

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

26 Waith qala ibraheemu liabeehi waqawmihi innanee baraon mimma taAAbudoona

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

27 Illa allathee fataranee fainnahu sayahdeeni

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

28 WajaAAalaha kalimatan baqiyatan fee AAaqibihi laAAallahum yarjiAAoona

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

29 Bal mattaAAtu haolai waabaahum hatta jaahumu alhaqqu warasoolun mubeenun

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

30 Walamma jaahumu alhaqqu qaloo hatha sihrun wainna bihi kafiroona

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

31 Waqaloo lawla nuzzila hatha alquranu AAala rajulin mina alqaryatayni AAatheemun

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

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

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.

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

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.

34 Walibuyootihim abwaban wasururan AAalayha yattakioona

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

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

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).

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

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

37 Wainnahum layasuddoonahum AAani alssabeeli wayahsaboona annahum muhtadoona

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

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

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!

39 Walan yanfaAAakumu alyawma ith thalamtum annakum fee alAAathabi mushtarikoona

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

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

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

41 Faimma nathhabanna bika fainna minhum muntaqimoona

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

42 Aw nuriyannaka allathee waAAadnahum fainna AAalayhim muqtadiroona

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

43 Faistamsik biallathee oohiya ilayka innaka AAala siratin mustaqeemin

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

44 Wainnahu lathikrun laka waliqawmika wasawfa tusaloona

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

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

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

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

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.

47 Falamma jaahum biayatina itha hum minha yadhakoona

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

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

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.

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

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.

50 Falamma kashafna AAanhumu alAAathaba itha hum yankuthoona

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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

54 Faistakhaffa qawmahu faataAAoohu innahum kanoo qawman fasiqeena

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

55 Falamma asafoona intaqamna minhum faaghraqnahum ajmaAAeena

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

56 FajaAAalnahum salafan wamathalan lilakhireena

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

57 Walamma duriba ibnu maryama mathalan itha qawmuka minhu yasiddoona

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

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

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.

59 In huwa illa AAabdun anAAamna AAalayhi wajaAAalnahu mathalan libanee israeela

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

60 Walaw nashao lajaAAalna minkum malaikatan fee alardi yakhlufoona

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

61 Wainnahu laAAilmun lilssaAAati fala tamtarunna biha waittabiAAooni hatha siratun mustaqeemun

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.

62 Wala yasuddannakumu alshshaytanu innahu lakum AAaduwwun mubeenun

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

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

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:

64 Inna Allaha huwa rabbee warabbukum faoAAbudoohu hatha siratun mustaqeemun

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

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

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

66 Hal yanthuroona illa alssaAAata an tatiyahum baghtatan wahum la yashAAuroona

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

67 Alakhillao yawmaithin baAAduhum libaAAdin AAaduwwun illa almuttaqeena

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

68 Ya AAibadi la khawfun AAalaykumu alyawma wala antum tahzanoona

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

69 Allatheena amanoo biayatina wakanoo muslimeena

69 Those who believed in Our communications and were submissive:

70 Odkhuloo aljannata antum waazwajukum tuhbaroona

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

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

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.

72 Watilka aljannatu allatee oorithtumooha bima kuntum taAAmaloona

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

73 Lakum feeha fakihatun katheeratun minha takuloona

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

74 Inna almujrimeena fee AAathabi jahannama khalidoona

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

75 La yufattaru AAanhum wahum feehi mublisoona

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

76 Wama thalamnahum walakin kanoo humu alththalimeena

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

77 Wanadaw ya maliku liyaqdi AAalayna rabbuka qala innakum makithoona

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

78 Laqad jinakum bialhaqqi walakinna aktharakum lilhaqqi karihoona

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

79 Am abramoo amran fainna mubrimoona

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

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

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.

81 Qul in kana lilrrahmani waladun faana awwalu alAAabideena

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

82 Subhana rabbi alssamawati waalardi rabbi alAAarshi AAamma yasifoona

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

83 Fatharhum yakhoodoo wayalAAaboo hatta yulaqoo yawmahumu allathee yooAAadoona

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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).

87 Walain saaltahum man khalaqahum layaqoolunna Allahu faanna yufakoona

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

88 Waqeelihi yarabbi inna haolai qawmun la yuminoona

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

89 Faisfah AAanhum waqul salamun fasawfa yaAAlamoona

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