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