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Al Anabeeh
Chapter 21, 112 verses
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Arabic
Yusuf Ali
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Draws near for mankind their reckoning, while they turn away in heedlessness.
Arabic
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم اقترب للناس حسابهم وهم في غفلة معرضون
Yusuf Ali
Closer and closer to mankind comes their Reckoning: yet they heed not and they turn away.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Comes not unto them an admonition (a chapter of the Qur'an) from their Lord as a recent revelation but they listen to it while they play
Arabic
ما يأتيهم من ذكر من ربهم محدث إلا استمعوه وهم يلعبون
Yusuf Ali
Never comes (aught) to them of a renewed Message from their Lord, but they listen to it as in jest, -
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
With their hearts occupied (with evil things). Those who do wrong, conceal their private counsels, (saying): "Is this (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) more than a human being like you? Will you submit to magic while you see it?"
Arabic
لاهية قلوبهم ۗ وأسروا النجوى الذين ظلموا هل هذا إلا بشر مثلكم ۖ أفتأتون السحر وأنتم تبصرون
Yusuf Ali
Their hearts toying as with trifles. The wrong - doers conceal their private counsels, (saying), "Is this (one) more than a man like yourselves? Will ye go to witchcraft with your eyes open?"
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
He (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) said: "My Lord knows (every) word (spoken) in the heavens and on earth. And He is the All-Hearer, the All-Knower."
Arabic
قال ربي يعلم القول في السماء والأرض ۖ وهو السميع العليم
Yusuf Ali
Say: "My Lord knoweth (every) word (spoken) in the heavens and on earth: He is the One that heareth and knoweth (all things)."
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Nay, they say: "These (revelations of the Qur'an which are revealed to Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) are mixed up false dreams! Nay, he has invented them! - Nay, he is a poet! Let him then bring us an Ayah (sign as a proof) like the ones (Prophets) the former were sent (with)!"
Arabic
بل قالوا أضغاث أحلام بل افتراه بل هو شاعر فليأتنا بآية كما أرسل الأولون
Yusuf Ali
"Nay," they say, "(these are) medleys of dream! - Nay, He forged it! - Nay, He is (but) a poet! Let him then bring us a Sign like the ones that were sent to (Prophets) of old!"
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Not one of the towns (populations), of those which We destroyed, believed before them (though We sent them signs): will they then believe?
Arabic
ما آمنت قبلهم من قرية أهلكناها ۖ أفهم يؤمنون
Yusuf Ali
(As to those) before them, not one of the populations which We destroyed believed: will these believe?
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And We sent not before you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) but men to whom We revealed. So ask the people of the Reminder [Scriptures - the Taurat (Torah), the Injeel (Gospel)] if you do not know.
Arabic
وما أرسلنا قبلك إلا رجالا نوحي إليهم ۖ فاسألوا أهل الذكر إن كنتم لا تعلمون
Yusuf Ali
Before thee, also, the messengers We sent were but men, to whom We granted inspiration: If ye realise this not, ask of those who possess the Message.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And We did not create them (the Messengers, with) bodies that ate not food, nor were they immortals.
Arabic
وما جعلناهم جسدا لا يأكلون الطعام وما كانوا خالدين
Yusuf Ali
Nor did We give them bodies that ate no food, nor were they exempt from death.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Then We fulfilled to them the promise. So We saved them and those whom We willed, but We destroyed Al-Musrifun (i.e. disbelievers in Allah, in His Messengers, extravagants, transgressors of Allah's limits by committing crimes, oppressions, polytheism and sins).
Arabic
ثم صدقناهم الوعد فأنجيناهم ومن نشاء وأهلكنا المسرفين
Yusuf Ali
In the end We fulfilled to them Our Promise, and We saved them and those whom We pleased, but We destroyed those who transgressed beyond bounds.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Indeed, We have sent down for you (O mankind) a Book (the Qur'an) in which there is Dhikrukum,(your Reminder or an honour for you i.e. honour for the one who follows the teaching of the Qur'an and acts on its teachings). Will you not then understand?
Arabic
لقد أنزلنا إليكم كتابا فيه ذكركم ۖ أفلا تعقلون
Yusuf Ali
We have revealed for you (O men!) a book in which is a Message for you: will ye not then understand?
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
How many a town (community) given to wrong-doing, have We destroyed, and raised up after them another people!
Arabic
وكم قصمنا من قرية كانت ظالمة وأنشأنا بعدها قوما آخرين
Yusuf Ali
How many were the populations We utterly destroyed because of their iniquities, setting up in their places other peoples?
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Then, when they perceived (saw) Our Torment (coming), behold, they (tried to) flee from it.
Arabic
فلما أحسوا بأسنا إذا هم منها يركضون
Yusuf Ali
Yet, when they felt Our Punishment (coming), behold, they (tried to) flee from it.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Flee not, but return to that wherein you lived a luxurious life, and to your homes, in order that you may be questioned.
Arabic
لا تركضوا وارجعوا إلى ما أترفتم فيه ومساكنكم لعلكم تسألون
Yusuf Ali
Flee not, but return to the good things of this life which were given you, and to your homes in order that ye may be called to account.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
They cried: "Woe to us! Certainly we have been Zalimun (polytheists, wrong-doers and disbelievers in the Oneness of Allah)."
Arabic
قالوا يا ويلنا إنا كنا ظالمين
Yusuf Ali
They said: "Ah! woe to us! We were indeed wrong - doers!"
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And that cry of theirs ceased not, till We made them as a field that is reaped, extinct (dead).
Arabic
فما زالت تلك دعواهم حتى جعلناهم حصيدا خامدين
Yusuf Ali
And that cry of theirs ceased not, till We made them as a field that is mown, as ashes silent and quenched.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
We created not the heavens and the earth and all that is between them for a (mere) play.
Arabic
وما خلقنا السماء والأرض وما بينهما لاعبين
Yusuf Ali
Not for (idle) sport did We create the heavens and the earth and all that is between!
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Had We intended to take a pastime (i.e. a wife or a son), We could surely have taken it from Us, if We were going to do (that).
Arabic
لو أردنا أن نتخذ لهوا لاتخذناه من لدنا إن كنا فاعلين
Yusuf Ali
If it had been Our wish to take (just) a pastime, We should surely have taken it from the things nearest to Us, if We would do (such a thing)!
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Nay, We fling (send down) the truth (this Qur'an) against the falsehood (disbelief), so it destroys it, and behold, it (falsehood) is vanished. And woe to you for that (lie) which you ascribe (to Allah by uttering that Allah has a wife and a son).
Arabic
بل نقذف بالحق على الباطل فيدمغه فإذا هو زاهق ۚ ولكم الويل مما تصفون
Yusuf Ali
Nay, We hurl the Truth against falsehood, and it knocks out its brain, and behold, falsehood doth perish! Ah! woe be to you for the (false) things ye ascribe (to Us).
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
To Him belongs whosoever is in the heavens and on earth. And those who are near Him (i.e. the angels) are not too proud to worship Him, nor are they weary (of His worship).
Arabic
وله من في السماوات والأرض ۚ ومن عنده لا يستكبرون عن عبادته ولا يستحسرون
Yusuf Ali
To Him belong all (creatures) in the heavens and on earth: Even those who are in His (very) Presence are not too proud to serve Him, nor are they (ever) weary (of His service):
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
They (i.e. the angels) glorify His Praises night and day, (and) they never slacken (to do so).
Arabic
يسبحون الليل والنهار لا يفترون
Yusuf Ali
They celebrate His praises night and day, nor do they ever flag or intermit.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Or have they taken (for worship) alihah (gods) from the earth who raise the dead?
Arabic
أم اتخذوا آلهة من الأرض هم ينشرون
Yusuf Ali
Or have they taken (for worship) gods from the earth who can raise (the dead)?
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Had there been therein (in the heavens and the earth) alihah (gods) besides Allah, then verily both would have been ruined. Glorified be Allah, the Lord of the Throne, (High is He) above all that (evil) they associate with Him!
Arabic
لو كان فيهما آلهة إلا الله لفسدتا ۚ فسبحان الله رب العرش عما يصفون
Yusuf Ali
If there were, in the heavens and the earth, other gods besides Allah, there would have been confusion in both! but glory to Allah, the Lord of the Throne: (High is He) above what they attribute to Him!
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
He cannot be questioned as to what He does, while they will be questioned.
Arabic
لا يسأل عما يفعل وهم يسألون
Yusuf Ali
He cannot be questioned for His acts, but they will be questioned (for theirs).
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Or have they taken for worship (other) alihah (gods) besides Him? Say: "Bring your proof." This (the Qur'an) is the Reminder for those with me and the Reminder for those before me. But most of them know not the Truth, so they are averse.
Arabic
أم اتخذوا من دونه آلهة ۖ قل هاتوا برهانكم ۖ هذا ذكر من معي وذكر من قبلي ۗ بل أكثرهم لا يعلمون الحق ۖ فهم معرضون
Yusuf Ali
Or have they taken for worship (other) gods besides him? Say, "Bring your convincing proof: this is the Message of those with me and the Message of those before me." But most of them know not the Truth, and so turn away.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And We did not send any Messenger before you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) but We revealed to him (saying): La ilaha illa Ana [none has the right to be worshipped but I (Allah)], so worship Me (Alone and none else)."
Arabic
وما أرسلنا من قبلك من رسول إلا نوحي إليه أنه لا إله إلا أنا فاعبدون
Yusuf Ali
Not a messenger did We send before thee without this inspiration sent by Us to him: that there is no god but I; therefore worship and serve Me.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And they say: "The Most Gracious (Allah) has begotten a son (or children)." Glory to Him! They [whom they call children of Allah i.e. the angels, 'Îsa (Jesus) - son of Maryam (Mary), 'Uzair (Ezra)], are but honoured slaves.
Arabic
وقالوا اتخذ الرحمن ولدا ۗ سبحانه ۚ بل عباد مكرمون
Yusuf Ali
And they say: "(Allah) Most Gracious has begotten offspring." Glory to Him! they are (but) servants raised to honour.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
They speak not until He has spoken, and they act on His Command.
Arabic
لا يسبقونه بالقول وهم بأمره يعملون
Yusuf Ali
They speak not before He speaks, and they act (in all things) by His Command.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
He knows what is before them, and what is behind them, and they cannot intercede except for him with whom He is pleased. And they stand in awe for fear of Him.
Arabic
يعلم ما بين أيديهم وما خلفهم ولا يشفعون إلا لمن ارتضى وهم من خشيته مشفقون
Yusuf Ali
He knows what is before them, and what is behind them, and they offer no intercession except for those who are acceptable, and they stand in awe and reverence of His (Glory).
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And if any of them should say: "Verily, I am an ilah (a god) besides Him (Allah)," such a one We should recompense with Hell. Thus We recompense the Zalimun (polytheists and wrong-doers).
Arabic
۞ ومن يقل منهم إني إله من دونه فذلك نجزيه جهنم ۚ كذلك نجزي الظالمين
Yusuf Ali
If any of them should say, "I am a god besides Him", such a one We should reward with Hell: thus do We reward those who do wrong.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Have not those who disbelieve known that the heavens and the earth were joined together as one united piece, then We parted them? And We have made from water every living thing. Will they not then believe?
Arabic
أولم ير الذين كفروا أن السماوات والأرض كانتا رتقا ففتقناهما ۖ وجعلنا من الماء كل شيء حي ۖ أفلا يؤمنون
Yusuf Ali
Do not the Unbelievers see that the heavens and the earth were joined together (as one unit of creation), before we clove them asunder? We made from water every living thing. Will they not then believe?
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And We have placed on the earth firm mountains, lest it should shake with them, and We placed therein broad highways for them to pass through, that they may be guided.
Arabic
وجعلنا في الأرض رواسي أن تميد بهم وجعلنا فيها فجاجا سبلا لعلهم يهتدون
Yusuf Ali
And We have set on the earth mountains standing firm, lest it should shake with them, and We have made therein broad highways (between mountains) for them to pass through: that they may receive Guidance.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And We have made the heaven a roof, safe and well guarded. Yet they turn away from its signs (i.e. sun, moon, winds, clouds, etc.).
Arabic
وجعلنا السماء سقفا محفوظا ۖ وهم عن آياتها معرضون
Yusuf Ali
And We have made the heavens as a canopy well guarded: yet do they turn away from the Signs which these things (point to)!
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And He it is Who has created the night and the day, and the sun and the moon, each in an orbit floating.
Arabic
وهو الذي خلق الليل والنهار والشمس والقمر ۖ كل في فلك يسبحون
Yusuf Ali
It is He Who created the Night and the Day, and the sun and the moon: all (the celestial bodies) swim along, each in its rounded course.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And We granted not to any human being immortality before you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم): then if you die, would they live forever?
Arabic
وما جعلنا لبشر من قبلك الخلد ۖ أفإن مت فهم الخالدون
Yusuf Ali
We granted not to any man before thee permanent life (here): if then thou shouldst die, would they live permanently?
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Everyone is going to taste death, and We shall make a trial of you with evil and with good. And to Us you will be returned.
Arabic
كل نفس ذائقة الموت ۗ ونبلوكم بالشر والخير فتنة ۖ وإلينا ترجعون
Yusuf Ali
Every soul shall have a taste of death: and We test you by evil and by good by way of trial. to Us must ye return.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And when those who disbelieved (in the Oneness of Allah) see you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم), they take you not except for mockery (saying): "Is this the one who talks (badly) about your gods?" While they disbelieve at the mention of the Most Gracious (Allah). [Tafsir Al-Qurtubi].
Arabic
وإذا رآك الذين كفروا إن يتخذونك إلا هزوا أهذا الذي يذكر آلهتكم وهم بذكر الرحمن هم كافرون
Yusuf Ali
When the Unbelievers see thee, they treat thee not except with ridicule. "Is this," (they say), "the one who talks of your gods?" and they blaspheme at the mention of (Allah) Most Gracious!
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Man is created of haste. I will show you My Ayat (torments, proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.). So ask Me not to hasten (them).
Arabic
خلق الإنسان من عجل ۚ سأريكم آياتي فلا تستعجلون
Yusuf Ali
Man is a creature of haste: soon (enough) will I show you My Signs; then ye will not ask Me to hasten them!
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And they say: "When will this promise (come to pass), if you are truthful."
Arabic
ويقولون متى هذا الوعد إن كنتم صادقين
Yusuf Ali
They say: "When will this promise come to pass, if ye are telling the truth?"
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
If only those who disbelieved knew (the time) when they will not be able to ward off the Fire from their faces, nor from their backs, and they will not be helped.
Arabic
لو يعلم الذين كفروا حين لا يكفون عن وجوههم النار ولا عن ظهورهم ولا هم ينصرون
Yusuf Ali
If only the Unbelievers knew (the time) when they will not be able to ward off the fire from their faces, nor yet from their backs, and (when) no help can reach them!
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Nay, it (the Fire or the Day of Resurrection) will come upon them all of a sudden and will perplex them, and they will have no power to avert it nor will they get respite.
Arabic
بل تأتيهم بغتة فتبهتهم فلا يستطيعون ردها ولا هم ينظرون
Yusuf Ali
Nay, it may come to them all of a sudden and confound them: no power will they have then to avert it, nor will they (then) get respite.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Indeed, (many) Messengers were mocked before you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم), but the scoffers were surrounded by that, whereat they used to mock.
Arabic
ولقد استهزئ برسل من قبلك فحاق بالذين سخروا منهم ما كانوا به يستهزئون
Yusuf Ali
Mocked were (many) messenger before thee; But their scoffers were hemmed in by the thing that they mocked.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Say: "Who can guard and protect you in the night or in the day from the (punishment of the) Most Gracious (Allah)?" Nay, but they turn away from the remembrance of their Lord.
Arabic
قل من يكلؤكم بالليل والنهار من الرحمن ۗ بل هم عن ذكر ربهم معرضون
Yusuf Ali
Say: "Who can keep you safe by night and by day from (the Wrath of) (Allah) Most Gracious?" Yet they turn away from the mention of their Lord.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Or have they alihah (gods) who can guard them from Us? They have no power to help themselves, nor can they be protected from Us (i.e. from Our Torment).
Arabic
أم لهم آلهة تمنعهم من دوننا ۚ لا يستطيعون نصر أنفسهم ولا هم منا يصحبون
Yusuf Ali
Or have they gods that can guard them from Us? They have no power to aid themselves, nor can they be defended from Us.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Nay, We gave the luxuries of this life to these men and their fathers until the period grew long for them. See they not that We gradually reduce the land (in their control) from its outlying borders? Is it then they who will overcome?
Arabic
بل متعنا هؤلاء وآباءهم حتى طال عليهم العمر ۗ أفلا يرون أنا نأتي الأرض ننقصها من أطرافها ۚ أفهم الغالبون
Yusuf Ali
Nay, We gave the good things of this life to these men and their fathers until the period grew long for them; See they not that We gradually reduce the land (in their control) from its outlying borders? Is it then they who will win?
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم): "I warn you only by the revelation (from Allah and not by the opinion of the religious scholars and others). But the deaf (who follow the religious scholars and others blindly) will not hear the call, (even) when they are warned [i.e. one should follow only the Qur'an and the Sunnah (legal ways, orders, acts of worship, and the statements of Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم, as the companions of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم did)] .
Arabic
قل إنما أنذركم بالوحي ۚ ولا يسمع الصم الدعاء إذا ما ينذرون
Yusuf Ali
Say, "I do but warn you according to revelation": But the deaf will not hear the call, (even) when they are warned!
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And if a breath (minor calamity) of the Torment of your Lord touches them, they will surely cry: "Woe unto us! Indeed we have been Zalimun (polytheists and wrong-doers)."
Arabic
ولئن مستهم نفحة من عذاب ربك ليقولن يا ويلنا إنا كنا ظالمين
Yusuf Ali
If but a breath of the Wrath of thy Lord do touch them, they will then say, "Woe to us! we did wrong indeed!"
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And We shall set up balances of justice on the Day of Resurrection, then none will be dealt with unjustly in anything. And if there be the weight of a mustard seed, We will bring it. And Sufficient are We to take account.
Arabic
ونضع الموازين القسط ليوم القيامة فلا تظلم نفس شيئا ۖ وإن كان مثقال حبة من خردل أتينا بها ۗ وكفى بنا حاسبين
Yusuf Ali
We shall set up scales of justice for the Day of Judgment, so that not a soul will be dealt with unjustly in the least, and if there be (no more than) the weight of a mustard seed, We will bring it (to account): and enough are We to take account.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And indeed We granted to Musa (Moses) and Harun (Aaron) the criterion (of right and wrong), and a shining light [i.e. the Taurat (Torah)] and a Reminder for Al-Muttaqun (the pious - See V.2:2).
Arabic
ولقد آتينا موسى وهارون الفرقان وضياء وذكرا للمتقين
Yusuf Ali
In the past We granted to Moses and Aaron the criterion (for judgment), and a Light and a Message for those who would do right, -
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Those who fear their Lord without seeing Him, and they are afraid of the Hour.
Arabic
الذين يخشون ربهم بالغيب وهم من الساعة مشفقون
Yusuf Ali
Those who fear their Lord in their most secret thoughts, and who hold the Hour (of Judgment) in awe.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And this is a blessed Reminder (the Qur'an) which We have sent down: will you then (dare to) deny it?
Arabic
وهذا ذكر مبارك أنزلناه ۚ أفأنتم له منكرون
Yusuf Ali
And this is a blessed Message which We have sent down: will ye then reject it?
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And indeed We bestowed aforetime on Ibrahim (Abraham) his (portion of) guidance, and We were Well-Acquainted with him (as to his Belief in the Oneness of Allah).
Arabic
۞ ولقد آتينا إبراهيم رشده من قبل وكنا به عالمين
Yusuf Ali
We bestowed aforetime on Abraham his rectitude of conduct, and well were We acquainted with him.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
When he said to his father and his people: "What are these images, to which you are devoted?"
Arabic
إذ قال لأبيه وقومه ما هذه التماثيل التي أنتم لها عاكفون
Yusuf Ali
Behold! he said to his father and his people, "What are these images, to which ye are (so assiduously) devoted?"
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
They said: "We found our fathers worshipping them."
Arabic
قالوا وجدنا آباءنا لها عابدين
Yusuf Ali
They said, "We found our fathers worshipping them."
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
He said: "Indeed, you and your fathers have been in manifest error."
Arabic
قال لقد كنتم أنتم وآباؤكم في ضلال مبين
Yusuf Ali
He said, "Indeed ye have been in manifest error - ye and your fathers."
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
They said: "Have you brought us the truth, or are you one of those who play about?"
Arabic
قالوا أجئتنا بالحق أم أنت من اللاعبين
Yusuf Ali
They said, "Have you brought us the Truth, or are you one of those who jest?"
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
He said: "Nay, your Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth, Who created them and to that I am one of the witnesses.
Arabic
قال بل ربكم رب السماوات والأرض الذي فطرهن وأنا على ذلكم من الشاهدين
Yusuf Ali
He said, "Nay, your Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth, He Who created them (from nothing): and I am a witness to this (Truth).
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
"And by Allah, I shall plot a plan (to destroy) your idols after you have gone away and turned your backs."
Arabic
وتالله لأكيدن أصنامكم بعد أن تولوا مدبرين
Yusuf Ali
"And by Allah, I have a plan for your idols - after ye go away and turn your backs"..
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
So he broke them to pieces, (all) except the biggest of them, that they might turn to it.
Arabic
فجعلهم جذاذا إلا كبيرا لهم لعلهم إليه يرجعون
Yusuf Ali
So he broke them to pieces, (all) but the biggest of them, that they might turn (and address themselves) to it.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
They said: "Who has done this to our alihah (gods)? He must indeed be one of the Zalimun (wrong-doers)."
Arabic
قالوا من فعل هذا بآلهتنا إنه لمن الظالمين
Yusuf Ali
They said, "Who has done this to our gods? He must indeed be some man of impiety!"
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
They said: "We heard a young man talking against them, who is called Ibrahim (Abraham)."
Arabic
قالوا سمعنا فتى يذكرهم يقال له إبراهيم
Yusuf Ali
They said, "We heard a youth talk of them: He is called Abraham."
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
They said: "Then bring him before the eyes of the people, that they may testify."
Arabic
قالوا فأتوا به على أعين الناس لعلهم يشهدون
Yusuf Ali
They said, "Then bring him before the eyes of the people, that they may bear witness."
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
They said: "Are you the one who has done this to our gods, O Ibrahim (Abraham)?"
Arabic
قالوا أأنت فعلت هذا بآلهتنا يا إبراهيم
Yusuf Ali
They said, "Art thou the one that did this with our gods, O Abraham?"
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
[Ibrahim (Abraham)] said: "Nay, this one, the biggest of them (idols) did it. Ask them, if they can speak!"
Arabic
قال بل فعله كبيرهم هذا فاسألوهم إن كانوا ينطقون
Yusuf Ali
He said: "Nay, this was done by - this is their biggest one! ask them, if they can speak intelligently!"
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
So they turned to themselves and said: "Verily, you are the Zalimun (polytheists and wrong-doers)."
Arabic
فرجعوا إلى أنفسهم فقالوا إنكم أنتم الظالمون
Yusuf Ali
So they turned to themselves and said, "Surely ye are the ones in the wrong!"
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Then they turned to themselves (their first thought and said): "Indeed you [Ibrahim (Abraham)] know well that these (idols) speak not!"
Arabic
ثم نكسوا على رءوسهم لقد علمت ما هؤلاء ينطقون
Yusuf Ali
Then were they confounded with shame: (they said), "Thou knowest full well that these (idols) do not speak!"
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
[Ibrahim (Abraham)] said: "Do you then worship besides Allah, things that can neither profit you, nor harm you?
Arabic
قال أفتعبدون من دون الله ما لا ينفعكم شيئا ولا يضركم
Yusuf Ali
(Abraham) said, "Do ye then worship, besides Allah, things that can neither be of any good to you nor do you harm?
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
"Fie upon you, and upon that which you worship besides Allah! Have you then no sense?"
Arabic
أف لكم ولما تعبدون من دون الله ۖ أفلا تعقلون
Yusuf Ali
"Fie upon you, and upon the things that ye worship besides Allah! Have ye no sense?"..
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
They said: "Burn him and help your alihah (gods), if you will be doing."
Arabic
قالوا حرقوه وانصروا آلهتكم إن كنتم فاعلين
Yusuf Ali
They said, "Burn him and protect your gods, If ye do (anything at all)!"
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
We (Allah) said: "O fire! Be you coolness and safety for Ibrahim (Abraham)!"
Arabic
قلنا يا نار كوني بردا وسلاما على إبراهيم
Yusuf Ali
We said, "O Fire! be thou cool, and (a means of) safety for Abraham!"
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And they wanted to harm him, but We made them the worst losers.
Arabic
وأرادوا به كيدا فجعلناهم الأخسرين
Yusuf Ali
Then they sought a stratagem against him: but We made them the ones that lost most!
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And We rescued him and Lut (Lot) to the land which We have blessed for the 'Alamin (mankind and jinn).
Arabic
ونجيناه ولوطا إلى الأرض التي باركنا فيها للعالمين
Yusuf Ali
But We delivered him and (his nephew) Lut (and directed them) to the land which We have blessed for the nations.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And We bestowed upon him Ishaq (Isaac), and (a grandson) Ya'qub (Jacob). Each one We made righteous.
Arabic
ووهبنا له إسحاق ويعقوب نافلة ۖ وكلا جعلنا صالحين
Yusuf Ali
And We bestowed on him Isaac and, as an additional gift, (a grandson), Jacob, and We made righteous men of every one (of them).
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And We made them leaders, guiding (mankind) by Our Command, and We revealed to them the doing of good deeds, performing Salat (Iqamat-as-Salat), and the giving of Zakat and of Us (Alone) they were the worshippers.
Arabic
وجعلناهم أئمة يهدون بأمرنا وأوحينا إليهم فعل الخيرات وإقام الصلاة وإيتاء الزكاة ۖ وكانوا لنا عابدين
Yusuf Ali
And We made them leaders, guiding (men) by Our Command, and We sent them inspiration to do good deeds, to establish regular prayers, and to practise regular charity; and they constantly served Us (and Us only).
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And (remember) Lut (Lot), We gave him Hukm (right judgement of the affairs and Prophethood) and (religious) knowledge, and We saved him from the town (folk) who practised Al-Khaba'ith (evil, wicked and filthy deeds). Verily, they were a people given to evil, and were Fasiqun (rebellious, disobedient to Allah).
Arabic
ولوطا آتيناه حكما وعلما ونجيناه من القرية التي كانت تعمل الخبائث ۗ إنهم كانوا قوم سوء فاسقين
Yusuf Ali
And to Lut, too, We gave Judgment and Knowledge, and We saved him from the town which practised abominations: truly they were a people given to Evil, a rebellious people.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And We admitted him to Our Mercy; truly, he was of the righteous.
Arabic
وأدخلناه في رحمتنا ۖ إنه من الصالحين
Yusuf Ali
And We admitted him to Our Mercy: for he was one of the Righteous.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And (remember) Nuh (Noah), when he cried (to Us) aforetime. We answered his invocation and saved him and his family from the great distress.
Arabic
ونوحا إذ نادى من قبل فاستجبنا له فنجيناه وأهله من الكرب العظيم
Yusuf Ali
(Remember) Noah, when he cried (to Us) aforetime: We listened to his (prayer) and delivered him and his family from great distress.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
We helped him against the people who denied Our Ayat (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.). Verily, they were a people given to evil. So We drowned them all.
Arabic
ونصرناه من القوم الذين كذبوا بآياتنا ۚ إنهم كانوا قوم سوء فأغرقناهم أجمعين
Yusuf Ali
We helped him against people who rejected Our Signs: truly they were a people given to Evil: so We drowned them (in the Flood) all together.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And (remember) Dawud (David) and Sulaiman (Solomon), when they gave judgement in the case of the field in which the sheep of certain people had pastured at night; and We were witness to their judgement.
Arabic
وداوود وسليمان إذ يحكمان في الحرث إذ نفشت فيه غنم القوم وكنا لحكمهم شاهدين
Yusuf Ali
And remember David and Solomon, when they gave judgment in the matter of the field into which the sheep of certain people had strayed by night: We did witness their judgment.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And We made Sulaiman (Solomon) to understand (the case); and to each of them We gave Hukm (right judgement of the affairs and Prophethood) and knowledge. And We subjected the mountains and the birds to glorify Our Praises along with Dawud (David). And it was We Who were the doer (of all these things).
Arabic
ففهمناها سليمان ۚ وكلا آتينا حكما وعلما ۚ وسخرنا مع داوود الجبال يسبحن والطير ۚ وكنا فاعلين
Yusuf Ali
To Solomon We inspired the (right) understanding of the matter: to each (of them) We gave Judgment and Knowledge; it was Our power that made the hills and the birds celebrate Our praises, with David: it was We Who did (all these things).
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And We taught him the making of metal coats of mail (for battles), to protect you in your fighting. Are you then grateful?
It was We Who taught him the making of coats of mail for your benefit, to guard you from each other's violence: will ye then be grateful?
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And to Sulaiman (Solomon) (We subjected) the wind strongly raging, running by his command towards the land which We had blessed. And of everything We are the All-Knower.
Arabic
ولسليمان الريح عاصفة تجري بأمره إلى الأرض التي باركنا فيها ۚ وكنا بكل شيء عالمين
Yusuf Ali
(It was Our power that made) the violent (unruly) wind flow (tamely) for Solomon, to his order, to the land which We had blessed: for We do know all things.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And of the Shayatin (devils from the jinn) were some who dived for him, and did other work besides that; and it was We Who guarded them.
Arabic
ومن الشياطين من يغوصون له ويعملون عملا دون ذلك ۖ وكنا لهم حافظين
Yusuf Ali
And of the evil ones, were some who dived for him, and did other work besides; and it was We Who guarded them.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And (remember) Ayyub (Job), when he cried to his Lord: "Verily, distress has seized me, and You are the Most Merciful of all those who show mercy."
And (remember) Job, when He cried to his Lord, "Truly distress has seized me, but Thou art the Most Merciful of those that are merciful."
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
So We answered his call, and We removed the distress that was on him, and We restored his family to him (that he had lost) and the like thereof along with them as a mercy from Ourselves and a Reminder for all those who worship Us.
Arabic
فاستجبنا له فكشفنا ما به من ضر ۖ وآتيناه أهله ومثلهم معهم رحمة من عندنا وذكرى للعابدين
Yusuf Ali
So We listened to him: We removed the distress that was on him, and We restored his people to him, and doubled their number, - as a Grace from Ourselves, and a thing for commemoration, for all who serve Us.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And (remember) Isma'il (Ishmael), and Idris (Enoch) and Dhul-Kifl (Isaiah): all were from among As-Sabirun (the patient).
Arabic
وإسماعيل وإدريس وذا الكفل ۖ كل من الصابرين
Yusuf Ali
And (remember) Isma'il, Idris, and Zul - kifl, all (men) of constancy and patience;
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And We admitted them to Our Mercy. Verily, they were of the righteous.
Arabic
وأدخلناهم في رحمتنا ۖ إنهم من الصالحين
Yusuf Ali
We admitted them to Our mercy: for they were of the righteous ones.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And (remember) Dhun-Nun (Jonah), when he went off in anger, and imagined that We shall not punish him (i.e. the calamities which had befallen him)! But he cried through the darkness (saying): La ilaha illa Anta [none has the right to be worshipped but You (O, Allah)], Glorified (and Exalted) be You [above all that (evil) they associate with You]! Truly, I have been of the wrong-doers."
Arabic
وذا النون إذ ذهب مغاضبا فظن أن لن نقدر عليه فنادى في الظلمات أن لا إله إلا أنت سبحانك إني كنت من الظالمين
Yusuf Ali
And remember Zun - nun, when he departed in wrath: He imagined that We had no power over him! But he cried through the deptHs of darkness, "There is no god but thou: glory to thee: I was indeed wrong!"
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
So We answered his call, and delivered him from the distress. And thus We do deliver the believers (who believe in the Oneness of Allah, abstain from evil and work righteousness).
Arabic
فاستجبنا له ونجيناه من الغم ۚ وكذلك ننجي المؤمنين
Yusuf Ali
So We listened to him: and delivered him from distress: and thus do We deliver those who have faith.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And (remember) Zakariyya (Zachariah), when he cried to his Lord: "O My Lord! Leave me not single (childless), though You are the Best of the inheritors."
Arabic
وزكريا إذ نادى ربه رب لا تذرني فردا وأنت خير الوارثين
Yusuf Ali
And (remember) Zakariya, when he cried to his Lord: "O my Lord! leave me not without offspring, though thou art the best of inheritors."
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
So We answered his call, and We bestowed upon him Yahya (John), and cured his wife (to bear a child) for him. Verily, they used to hasten on to do good deeds, and they used to call on Us with hope and fear, and used to humble themselves before Us.
Arabic
فاستجبنا له ووهبنا له يحيى وأصلحنا له زوجه ۚ إنهم كانوا يسارعون في الخيرات ويدعوننا رغبا ورهبا ۖ وكانوا لنا خاشعين
Yusuf Ali
So We listened to him: and We granted him Yahya: We cured his wife's (Barrenness) for him. These (three) were ever quick in emulation in good works; they used to call on Us with love and reverence, and humble themselves before Us.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And she who guarded her chastity [Virgin Maryam (Mary)]: We breathed into (the sleeves of) her (shirt or garment) [through Our Ruh - Jibril (Gabriel)], and We made her and her son ['Îsa (Jesus)] a sign for Al-'Alamin (the mankind and jinn).
Arabic
والتي أحصنت فرجها فنفخنا فيها من روحنا وجعلناها وابنها آية للعالمين
Yusuf Ali
And (remember) her who guarded her chastity: We breathed into her of Our spirit, and We made her and her son a sign for all peoples.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Truly! This, your Ummah [Shari'ah or religion (Islamic Monotheism)] is one religion, and I am your Lord, therefore worship Me (Alone). [Tafsir Ibn Kathir]
Arabic
إن هذه أمتكم أمة واحدة وأنا ربكم فاعبدون
Yusuf Ali
Verily, this brotherhood of yours is a single brotherhood, and I am your Lord and Cherisher: therefore serve Me (and no other).
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
But they have broken up and differed as regards their religion among themselves. (And) they all shall return to Us.
Arabic
وتقطعوا أمرهم بينهم ۖ كل إلينا راجعون
Yusuf Ali
But (later generations) cut off their affair (of unity), one from another: (yet) will they all return to Us.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
So whoever does righteous good deeds while he is a believer (in the Oneness of Allah - Islamic Monotheism), his efforts will not be rejected. Verily We record it for him (in his Book of deeds).
Arabic
فمن يعمل من الصالحات وهو مؤمن فلا كفران لسعيه وإنا له كاتبون
Yusuf Ali
Whoever works any act of righteousness and has faith, - His endeavour will not be rejected: We shall record it in his favour.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And a ban is laid on every town (population) which We have destroyed that they shall not return (to this world again, nor repent to Us).
Arabic
وحرام على قرية أهلكناها أنهم لا يرجعون
Yusuf Ali
But there is a ban on any population which We have destroyed: that they shall not return,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Until, when Ya'juj and Ma'juj (Gog and Magog) are let loose (from their barrier), and they swoop down from every mound.
Arabic
حتى إذا فتحت يأجوج ومأجوج وهم من كل حدب ينسلون
Yusuf Ali
Until the Gog and Magog (people) are let through (their barrier), and they swiftly swarm from every hill.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And the true promise (Day of Resurrection) shall draw near (of fulfillment). Then (when mankind is resurrected from their graves), you shall see the eyes of the disbelievers fixedly staring in horror. (They will say): "Woe to us! We were indeed heedless of this - nay, but we were Zalimun (polytheists and wrong-doers)."
Arabic
واقترب الوعد الحق فإذا هي شاخصة أبصار الذين كفروا يا ويلنا قد كنا في غفلة من هذا بل كنا ظالمين
Yusuf Ali
Then will the true promise draw nigh (of fulfilment): then behold! the eyes of the Unbelievers will fixedly stare in horror: "Ah! Woe to us! we were indeed heedless of this; nay, we truly did wrong!"
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Certainly you (disbelievers) and that which you are worshipping now besides Allah, are (but) fuel for Hell! (Surely), you will enter it.
Arabic
إنكم وما تعبدون من دون الله حصب جهنم أنتم لها واردون
Yusuf Ali
Verily ye, (unbelievers), and the (false) gods that ye worship besides Allah, are (but) fuel for Hell! to it will ye (surely) come!
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Had these (idols) been alihah (gods), they would not have entered there (Hell), and all of them will abide therein.
Arabic
لو كان هؤلاء آلهة ما وردوها ۖ وكل فيها خالدون
Yusuf Ali
If these had been gods, they would not have got there! but each one will abide therein.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Therein they will be breathing out with deep sighs and roaring and therein they will hear not.
Arabic
لهم فيها زفير وهم فيها لا يسمعون
Yusuf Ali
There, sobbing will be their lot, nor will they there hear (aught else).
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Verily, those for whom the good has preceded from Us, they will be removed far therefrom (Hell) [e.g. 'Îsa (Jesus), son of Maryam (Mary); 'Uzair (Ezra)].
Arabic
إن الذين سبقت لهم منا الحسنى أولئك عنها مبعدون
Yusuf Ali
Those for whom the good (record) from Us has gone before, will be removed far therefrom.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
They shall not hear the slightest sound of it (Hell), while they abide in that which their ownselves desire.
Arabic
لا يسمعون حسيسها ۖ وهم في ما اشتهت أنفسهم خالدون
Yusuf Ali
Not the slightest sound will they hear of Hell: what their souls desired, in that will they dwell.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
The greatest terror (on the Day of Resurrection) will not grieve them, and the angels will meet them, (with the greeting): "This is your Day which you were promised."
Arabic
لا يحزنهم الفزع الأكبر وتتلقاهم الملائكة هذا يومكم الذي كنتم توعدون
Yusuf Ali
The Great Terror will bring them no grief: but the angels will meet them (with mutual greetings): "This is your Day, - (the Day) that ye were promised."
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And (remember) the Day when We shall roll up the heaven like a scroll rolled up for books. As We began the first creation, We shall repeat it. (It is) a promise binding upon Us. Truly, We shall do it.
Arabic
يوم نطوي السماء كطي السجل للكتب ۚ كما بدأنا أول خلق نعيده ۚ وعدا علينا ۚ إنا كنا فاعلين
Yusuf Ali
The Day that We roll up the heavens like a scroll rolled up for books (completed), - even as We produced the first creation, so shall We produce a new one: a promise We have undertaken: truly shall We fulfil it.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And indeed We have written in Az-Zabur [i.e. all the revealed Holy Books - the Taurat (Torah), the Injeel (Gospel), the Psalms, the Qur'an,] after (We have already written in) Al-Lauh Al-Mahfuz (the Book that is in the heaven with Allah), that My righteous slaves shall inherit the land (i.e. the land of Paradise).
Arabic
ولقد كتبنا في الزبور من بعد الذكر أن الأرض يرثها عبادي الصالحون
Yusuf Ali
Before this We wrote in the Psalms, after the Message (given to Moses): My servants the righteous, shall inherit the earth."
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Verily, in this (the Qur'an) there is a plain Message for people who worship Allah (i.e. the true, real believers of Islamic Monotheism who act practically on the Qur'an and the Sunnah - legal ways of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم).
Arabic
إن في هذا لبلاغا لقوم عابدين
Yusuf Ali
Verily in this (Qur'an) is a Message for people who would (truly) worship Allah.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And We have sent you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم): not but as a mercy for the 'Alamin (mankind, jinn and all that exists).
Arabic
وما أرسلناك إلا رحمة للعالمين
Yusuf Ali
We sent thee not, but as a Mercy for all creatures.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم): "It is revealed to me that your Ilah (God) is only one Ilah (God - Allah). Will you then submit to His Will (become Muslims and stop worshipping others besides Allah)?"
Arabic
قل إنما يوحى إلي أنما إلهكم إله واحد ۖ فهل أنتم مسلمون
Yusuf Ali
Say: "What has come to me by inspiration is that your Allah is One Allah: will ye therefore bow to His Will (in Islam)?"
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
But if they (disbelievers, idolaters, Jews, Christians, polytheists) turn away (from Islamic Monotheism) say (to them O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم): "I give you a notice (of war as) to be known to us all alike. And I know not whether that which you are promised (i.e. the torment or the Day of Resurrection) is near or far. "
Arabic
فإن تولوا فقل آذنتكم على سواء ۖ وإن أدري أقريب أم بعيد ما توعدون
Yusuf Ali
But if they turn back, Say: "I have proclaimed the Message to you all alike and in truth; but I know not whether that which ye are promised is near or far.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
(Say O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم): Verily, He (Allah) knows that which is spoken aloud (openly) and that which you conceal.
Arabic
إنه يعلم الجهر من القول ويعلم ما تكتمون
Yusuf Ali
"It is He Who knows what is open in speech and what ye hide (in your hearts).
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And I know not, perhaps it may be a trial for you, and an enjoyment for a while.
Arabic
وإن أدري لعله فتنة لكم ومتاع إلى حين
Yusuf Ali
"I know not but that it may be a trial for you, and a grant of (worldly) livelihood (to you) for a time."
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
He (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) said: "My Lord! Judge You in truth! Our Lord is the Most Gracious, Whose Help is to be sought against that which you attribute (unto Allah that He has offspring, and unto Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم that he is a sorcerer, and unto the Qur'an that it is poetry)!"
Arabic
قال رب احكم بالحق ۗ وربنا الرحمن المستعان على ما تصفون
Yusuf Ali
Say: "O my Lord! judge Thou in truth!""Our Lord Most Gracious is the One Whose assistance should be sought against the blasphemies ye utter!"