Surah 26 الشعراء

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ Verse 9

And lo! thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.

وَإِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبُّكَ مُوسَىٰ أَنِ ائْتِ الْقَوْمَ الظَّالِمِينَ Verse 10

And when thy Lord called Moses, saying: Go unto the wrongdoing folk,

قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ ۚ أَلَا يَتَّقُونَ Verse 11

The folk of Pharaoh. Will they not ward off (evil)?

قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّي أَخَافُ أَن يُكَذِّبُونِ Verse 12

He said: My Lord! Lo! I fear that they will deny me,

وَيَضِيقُ صَدْرِي وَلَا يَنطَلِقُ لِسَانِي فَأَرْسِلْ إِلَىٰ هَارُونَ Verse 13

And I shall be embarrassed, and my tongue will not speak plainly, therefor send for Aaron (to help me).

وَلَهُمْ عَلَيَّ ذَنبٌ فَأَخَافُ أَن يَقْتُلُونِ Verse 14

And they have a crime against me, so I fear that they will kill me.

قَالَ كَلَّا ۖ فَاذْهَبَا بِآيَاتِنَا ۖ إِنَّا مَعَكُم مُّسْتَمِعُونَ Verse 15

He said: Nay, verily. So go ye twain with Our tokens. Lo! We shall be with you, Hearing.

فَأْتِيَا فِرْعَوْنَ فَقُولَا إِنَّا رَسُولُ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ Verse 16

And come together unto Pharaoh and say: Lo! we bear a message of the Lord of the Worlds,

أَنْ أَرْسِلْ مَعَنَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ Verse 17

(Saying): Let the Children of Israel go with us.

قَالَ أَلَمْ نُرَبِّكَ فِينَا وَلِيدًا وَلَبِثْتَ فِينَا مِنْ عُمُرِكَ سِنِينَ Verse 18

(Pharaoh) said (unto Moses): Did we not rear thee among us as a child? And thou didst dwell many years of thy life among us,

وَفَعَلْتَ فَعْلَتَكَ الَّتِي فَعَلْتَ وَأَنتَ مِنَ الْكَافِرِينَ Verse 19

And thou didst that thy deed which thou didst, and thou wast one of the ingrates.

قَالَ فَعَلْتُهَا إِذًا وَأَنَا مِنَ الضَّالِّينَ Verse 20

He said: I did it then, when I was of those who are astray.

فَفَرَرْتُ مِنكُمْ لَمَّا خِفْتُكُمْ فَوَهَبَ لِي رَبِّي حُكْمًا وَجَعَلَنِي مِنَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ Verse 21

Then I fled from you when I feared you, and my Lord vouchsafed me a command and appointed me (of the number) of those sent (by Him).

وَتِلْكَ نِعْمَةٌ تَمُنُّهَا عَلَيَّ أَنْ عَبَّدتَّ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ Verse 22

And this is the past favour wherewith thou reproachest me: that thou hast enslaved the Children of Israel.

قَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَا رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ Verse 23

Pharaoh said: And what is the Lord of the Worlds?

قَالَ رَبُّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ۖ إِن كُنتُم مُّوقِنِينَ Verse 24

(Moses) said: Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, if ye had but sure belief.

قَالَ لِمَنْ حَوْلَهُ أَلَا تَسْتَمِعُونَ Verse 25

(Pharaoh) said unto those around him: Hear ye not?

قَالَ رَبُّكُمْ وَرَبُّ آبَائِكُمُ الْأَوَّلِينَ Verse 26

He said: Your Lord and the Lord of your fathers.

قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَكُمُ الَّذِي أُرْسِلَ إِلَيْكُمْ لَمَجْنُونٌ Verse 27

(Pharaoh) said: Lo! your messenger who hath been sent unto you is indeed a madman!

قَالَ رَبُّ الْمَشْرِقِ وَالْمَغْرِبِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ۖ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ Verse 28

He said: Lord of the East and the West and all that is between them, if ye did but understand.

قَالَ لَئِنِ اتَّخَذْتَ إِلَـٰهًا غَيْرِي لَأَجْعَلَنَّكَ مِنَ الْمَسْجُونِينَ Verse 29

(Pharaoh) said: If thou choosest a god other than me, I assuredly shall place thee among the prisoners.

قَالَ أَوَلَوْ جِئْتُكَ بِشَيْءٍ مُّبِينٍ Verse 30

He said: Even though I show thee something plain?

قَالَ فَأْتِ بِهِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ الصَّادِقِينَ Verse 31

(Pharaoh) said: Produce it then, if thou art of the truthful!

فَأَلْقَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِيَ ثُعْبَانٌ مُّبِينٌ Verse 32

Then he flung down his staff and it became a serpent manifest,

وَنَزَعَ يَدَهُ فَإِذَا هِيَ بَيْضَاءُ لِلنَّاظِرِينَ Verse 33

And he drew forth his hand and lo! it was white to the beholders.

قَالَ لِلْمَلَإِ حَوْلَهُ إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَسَاحِرٌ عَلِيمٌ Verse 34

(Pharaoh) said unto the chiefs about him: Lo! this is verily a knowing wizard,

يُرِيدُ أَن يُخْرِجَكُم مِّنْ أَرْضِكُم بِسِحْرِهِ فَمَاذَا تَأْمُرُونَ Verse 35

Who would drive you out of your land by his magic. Now what counsel ye?

قَالُوا أَرْجِهْ وَأَخَاهُ وَابْعَثْ فِي الْمَدَائِنِ حَاشِرِينَ Verse 36

They said: Put him off, (him) and his brother, and send into the cities summoners,

يَأْتُوكَ بِكُلِّ سَحَّارٍ عَلِيمٍ Verse 37

Who shall bring unto thee every knowing wizard.

فَجُمِعَ السَّحَرَةُ لِمِيقَاتِ يَوْمٍ مَّعْلُومٍ Verse 38

So the wizards were gathered together at a set time on a day appointed.

وَقِيلَ لِلنَّاسِ هَلْ أَنتُم مُّجْتَمِعُونَ Verse 39

And it was said unto the people: Are ye (also) gathering?

لَعَلَّنَا نَتَّبِعُ السَّحَرَةَ إِن كَانُوا هُمُ الْغَالِبِينَ Verse 40

(They said): Aye, so that we may follow the wizards if they are the winners.

فَلَمَّا جَاءَ السَّحَرَةُ قَالُوا لِفِرْعَوْنَ أَئِنَّ لَنَا لَأَجْرًا إِن كُنَّا نَحْنُ الْغَالِبِينَ Verse 41

And when the wizards came they said unto Pharaoh: Will there surely be a reward for us if we are the winners?

قَالَ نَعَمْ وَإِنَّكُمْ إِذًا لَّمِنَ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ Verse 42

He said: Aye, and ye will then surely be of those brought near (to me).

قَالَ لَهُم مُّوسَىٰ أَلْقُوا مَا أَنتُم مُّلْقُونَ Verse 43

Moses said unto them: Throw what ye are going to throw!

فَأَلْقَوْا حِبَالَهُمْ وَعِصِيَّهُمْ وَقَالُوا بِعِزَّةِ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّا لَنَحْنُ الْغَالِبُونَ Verse 44

Then they threw down their cords and their staves and said: By Pharaoh's might, lo! we verily are the winners.

فَأَلْقَىٰ مُوسَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِيَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُونَ Verse 45

Then Moses threw his staff and lo! it swallowed that which they did falsely show.

فَأُلْقِيَ السَّحَرَةُ سَاجِدِينَ Verse 46

And the wizards were flung prostrate,

قَالُوا آمَنَّا بِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ Verse 47

Crying: We believe in the Lord of the Worlds,

رَبِّ مُوسَىٰ وَهَارُونَ Verse 48

The Lord of Moses and Aaron.

قَالَ آمَنتُمْ لَهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ آذَنَ لَكُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُ لَكَبِيرُكُمُ الَّذِي عَلَّمَكُمُ السِّحْرَ فَلَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ ۚ لَأُقَطِّعَنَّ أَيْدِيَكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُم مِّنْ خِلَافٍ وَلَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ Verse 49

(Pharaoh) said: Ye put your faith in him before I give you leave. Lo! he doubtless is your chief who taught you magic! But verily ye shall come to know. Verily I will cut off your hands and your feet alternately, and verily I will crucify you every one.

قَالُوا لَا ضَيْرَ ۖ إِنَّا إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا مُنقَلِبُونَ Verse 50

They said: It is no hurt, for lo! unto our Lord we shall return.

إِنَّا نَطْمَعُ أَن يَغْفِرَ لَنَا رَبُّنَا خَطَايَانَا أَن كُنَّا أَوَّلَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ Verse 51

Lo! we ardently hope that our Lord will forgive us our sins because we are the first of the believers.

وَأَوْحَيْنَا إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰ أَنْ أَسْرِ بِعِبَادِي إِنَّكُم مُّتَّبَعُونَ Verse 52

And We inspired Moses, saying: Take away My slaves by night, for ye will be pursued.

فَأَرْسَلَ فِرْعَوْنُ فِي الْمَدَائِنِ حَاشِرِينَ Verse 53

Then Pharaoh sent into the cities summoners,

إِنَّ هَـٰؤُلَاءِ لَشِرْذِمَةٌ قَلِيلُونَ Verse 54

(Who said): Lo! these indeed are but a little troop,

وَإِنَّهُمْ لَنَا لَغَائِظُونَ Verse 55

And lo! they are offenders against us.

وَإِنَّا لَجَمِيعٌ حَاذِرُونَ Verse 56

And lo! we are a ready host.

فَأَخْرَجْنَاهُم مِّن جَنَّاتٍ وَعُيُونٍ Verse 57

Thus did We take them away from gardens and watersprings,

وَكُنُوزٍ وَمَقَامٍ كَرِيمٍ Verse 58

And treasures and a fair estate.

كَذَٰلِكَ وَأَوْرَثْنَاهَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ Verse 59

Thus (were those things taken from them) and We caused the Children of Israel to inherit them.

فَأَتْبَعُوهُم مُّشْرِقِينَ Verse 60

And they overtook them at sunrise.

فَلَمَّا تَرَاءَى الْجَمْعَانِ قَالَ أَصْحَابُ مُوسَىٰ إِنَّا لَمُدْرَكُونَ Verse 61

And when the two hosts saw each other, those with Moses said: Lo! we are indeed caught.

قَالَ كَلَّا ۖ إِنَّ مَعِيَ رَبِّي سَيَهْدِينِ Verse 62

He said: Nay, verily! for lo! my Lord is with me. He will guide me.

فَأَوْحَيْنَا إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰ أَنِ اضْرِب بِّعَصَاكَ الْبَحْرَ ۖ فَانفَلَقَ فَكَانَ كُلُّ فِرْقٍ كَالطَّوْدِ الْعَظِيمِ Verse 63

Then We inspired Moses, saying: Smite the sea with thy staff. And it parted, and each part was as a mountain vast.

وَأَزْلَفْنَا ثَمَّ الْآخَرِينَ Verse 64

Then brought We near the others to that place.

وَأَنجَيْنَا مُوسَىٰ وَمَن مَّعَهُ أَجْمَعِينَ Verse 65

And We saved Moses and those with him, every one;

ثُمَّ أَغْرَقْنَا الْآخَرِينَ Verse 66

And We drowned the others.

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ Verse 67

Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ Verse 68

And lo, thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.

وَاتْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ نَبَأَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ Verse 69

Recite unto them the story of Abraham:

إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِ مَا تَعْبُدُونَ Verse 70

When he said unto his father and his folk: What worship ye?

قَالُوا نَعْبُدُ أَصْنَامًا فَنَظَلُّ لَهَا عَاكِفِينَ Verse 71

They said: We worship idols, and are ever devoted unto them.

قَالَ هَلْ يَسْمَعُونَكُمْ إِذْ تَدْعُونَ Verse 72

He said: Do they hear you when ye cry?

أَوْ يَنفَعُونَكُمْ أَوْ يَضُرُّونَ Verse 73

Or do they benefit or harm you?

قَالُوا بَلْ وَجَدْنَا آبَاءَنَا كَذَٰلِكَ يَفْعَلُونَ Verse 74

They said: Nay, but we found our fathers acting on this wise.

قَالَ أَفَرَأَيْتُم مَّا كُنتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَ Verse 75

He said: See now that which ye worship,

أَنتُمْ وَآبَاؤُكُمُ الْأَقْدَمُونَ Verse 76

Ye and your forefathers!

فَإِنَّهُمْ عَدُوٌّ لِّي إِلَّا رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ Verse 77

Lo! they are (all) an enemy unto me, save the Lord of the Worlds,

الَّذِي خَلَقَنِي فَهُوَ يَهْدِينِ Verse 78

Who created me, and He doth guide me,

وَالَّذِي هُوَ يُطْعِمُنِي وَيَسْقِينِ Verse 79

And Who feedeth me and watereth me.

وَإِذَا مَرِضْتُ فَهُوَ يَشْفِينِ Verse 80

And when I sicken, then He healeth me,

وَالَّذِي يُمِيتُنِي ثُمَّ يُحْيِينِ Verse 81

And Who causeth me to die, then giveth me life (again),

وَالَّذِي أَطْمَعُ أَن يَغْفِرَ لِي خَطِيئَتِي يَوْمَ الدِّينِ Verse 82

And Who, I ardently hope, will forgive me my sin on the Day of Judgment.

رَبِّ هَبْ لِي حُكْمًا وَأَلْحِقْنِي بِالصَّالِحِينَ Verse 83

My Lord! Vouchsafe me wisdom and unite me to the righteous.

وَاجْعَل لِّي لِسَانَ صِدْقٍ فِي الْآخِرِينَ Verse 84

And give unto me a good report in later generations.

وَاجْعَلْنِي مِن وَرَثَةِ جَنَّةِ النَّعِيمِ Verse 85

And place me among the inheritors of the Garden of Delight,

وَاغْفِرْ لِأَبِي إِنَّهُ كَانَ مِنَ الضَّالِّينَ Verse 86

And forgive my father. Lo! he is of those who err.

وَلَا تُخْزِنِي يَوْمَ يُبْعَثُونَ Verse 87

And abase me not on the day when they are raised,

يَوْمَ لَا يَنفَعُ مَالٌ وَلَا بَنُونَ Verse 88

The day when wealth and sons avail not (any man)

إِلَّا مَنْ أَتَى اللَّهَ بِقَلْبٍ سَلِيمٍ Verse 89

Save him who bringeth unto Allah a whole heart.

وَأُزْلِفَتِ الْجَنَّةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ Verse 90

And the Garden will be brought nigh for those who ward off (evil).

وَبُرِّزَتِ الْجَحِيمُ لِلْغَاوِينَ Verse 91

And hell will appear plainly to the erring.

وَقِيلَ لَهُمْ أَيْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَ Verse 92

And it will be said unto them: Where is (all) that ye used to worship

مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ هَلْ يَنصُرُونَكُمْ أَوْ يَنتَصِرُونَ Verse 93

Instead of Allah? Can they help you or help themselves?

فَكُبْكِبُوا فِيهَا هُمْ وَالْغَاوُونَ Verse 94

Then will they be hurled therein, they and the seducers

وَجُنُودُ إِبْلِيسَ أَجْمَعُونَ Verse 95

And the hosts of Iblis, together.

قَالُوا وَهُمْ فِيهَا يَخْتَصِمُونَ Verse 96

And they will say, when they are quarrelling therein:

تَاللَّهِ إِن كُنَّا لَفِي ضَلَالٍ مُّبِينٍ Verse 97

By Allah, of a truth we were in error manifest

إِذْ نُسَوِّيكُم بِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ Verse 98

When we made you equal with the Lord of the Worlds.

وَمَا أَضَلَّنَا إِلَّا الْمُجْرِمُونَ Verse 99

It was but the guilty who misled us.

فَمَا لَنَا مِن شَافِعِينَ Verse 100

Now we have no intercessors

وَلَا صَدِيقٍ حَمِيمٍ Verse 101

Nor any loving friend.

فَلَوْ أَنَّ لَنَا كَرَّةً فَنَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ Verse 102

Oh, that we had another turn (on earth), that we might be of the believers!

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ Verse 103

Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers!

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ Verse 104

And lo, thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.

كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ الْمُرْسَلِينَ Verse 105

Noah's folk denied the messengers (of Allah),

إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ نُوحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ Verse 106

When their brother Noah said unto them: Will ye not ward off (evil)?

إِنِّي لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ Verse 107

Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you,

فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ Verse 108

So keep your duty to Allah, and obey me.

وَمَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ Verse 109

And I ask of you no wage therefor; my wage is the concern only of the Lord of the Worlds.

فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ Verse 110

So keep your duty to Allah, and obey me.

قَالُوا أَنُؤْمِنُ لَكَ وَاتَّبَعَكَ الْأَرْذَلُونَ Verse 111

They said: Shall we put faith in thee, when the lowest (of the people) follow thee?

قَالَ وَمَا عِلْمِي بِمَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ Verse 112

He said: And what knowledge have I of what they may have been doing (in the past)?

إِنْ حِسَابُهُمْ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّي ۖ لَوْ تَشْعُرُونَ Verse 113

Lo! their reckoning is my Lord's concern, if ye but knew;

وَمَا أَنَا بِطَارِدِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ Verse 114

And I am not (here) to repulse believers.

إِنْ أَنَا إِلَّا نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ Verse 115

I am only a plain warner.

قَالُوا لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهِ يَا نُوحُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْمَرْجُومِينَ Verse 116

They said: If thou cease not, O Noah, thou wilt surely be among those stoned (to death).

قَالَ رَبِّ إِنَّ قَوْمِي كَذَّبُونِ Verse 117

He said: My Lord! Lo! my own folk deny me.

فَافْتَحْ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُمْ فَتْحًا وَنَجِّنِي وَمَن مَّعِيَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ Verse 118

Therefor judge Thou between us, a (conclusive) judgment, and save me and those believers who are with me.

فَأَنجَيْنَاهُ وَمَن مَّعَهُ فِي الْفُلْكِ الْمَشْحُونِ Verse 119

And We saved him and those with him in the laden ship.

ثُمَّ أَغْرَقْنَا بَعْدُ الْبَاقِينَ Verse 120

Then afterward We drowned the others.

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ Verse 121

Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ Verse 122

And lo, thy Lord, He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.

كَذَّبَتْ عَادٌ الْمُرْسَلِينَ Verse 123

(The tribe of) A'ad denied the messengers (of Allah).

إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ هُودٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ Verse 124

When their brother Hud said unto them: Will ye not ward off (evil)?

إِنِّي لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ Verse 125

Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you,

فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ Verse 126

So keep your duty to Allah and obey me.

وَمَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ Verse 127

And I ask of you no wage therefor; my wage is the concern only of the Lord of the Worlds.

أَتَبْنُونَ بِكُلِّ رِيعٍ آيَةً تَعْبَثُونَ Verse 128

Build ye on every high place a monument for vain delight?

وَتَتَّخِذُونَ مَصَانِعَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَخْلُدُونَ Verse 129

And seek ye out strongholds, that haply ye may last for ever?

وَإِذَا بَطَشْتُم بَطَشْتُمْ جَبَّارِينَ Verse 130

And if ye seize by force, seize ye as tyrants?

فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ Verse 131

Rather keep your duty to Allah, and obey me.

وَاتَّقُوا الَّذِي أَمَدَّكُم بِمَا تَعْلَمُونَ Verse 132

Keep your duty toward Him Who hath aided you with (the good things) that ye know,

أَمَدَّكُم بِأَنْعَامٍ وَبَنِينَ Verse 133

Hath aided you with cattle and sons.

وَجَنَّاتٍ وَعُيُونٍ Verse 134

And gardens and watersprings.

إِنِّي أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ Verse 135

Lo! I fear for you the retribution of an awful day.

قَالُوا سَوَاءٌ عَلَيْنَا أَوَعَظْتَ أَمْ لَمْ تَكُن مِّنَ الْوَاعِظِينَ Verse 136

They said: It is all one to us whether thou preachest or art not of those who preach;

إِنْ هَـٰذَا إِلَّا خُلُقُ الْأَوَّلِينَ Verse 137

This is but a fable of the men of old,

وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ Verse 138

And we shall not be doomed.

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَهْلَكْنَاهُمْ ۗ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ Verse 139

And they denied him; therefor We destroyed them. Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ Verse 140

And lo! thy Lord, He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ الْمُرْسَلِينَ Verse 141

(The tribe of) Thamud denied the messengers (of Allah)

إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ صَالِحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ Verse 142

When their brother Salih said unto them: Will ye not ward off (evil)?

إِنِّي لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ Verse 143

Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you,

فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ Verse 144

So keep your duty to Allah and obey me.

وَمَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ Verse 145

And I ask of you no wage therefor; my wage is the concern only of the Lord of the Worlds.

أَتُتْرَكُونَ فِي مَا هَاهُنَا آمِنِينَ Verse 146

Will ye be left secure in that which is here before us,

فِي جَنَّاتٍ وَعُيُونٍ Verse 147

In gardens and watersprings.

وَزُرُوعٍ وَنَخْلٍ طَلْعُهَا هَضِيمٌ Verse 148

And tilled fields and heavy-sheathed palm-trees,

وَتَنْحِتُونَ مِنَ الْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا فَارِهِينَ Verse 149

Though ye hew out dwellings in the mountain, being skilful?

فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ Verse 150

Therefor keep your duty to Allah and obey me,

وَلَا تُطِيعُوا أَمْرَ الْمُسْرِفِينَ Verse 151

And obey not the command of the prodigal,

الَّذِينَ يُفْسِدُونَ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا يُصْلِحُونَ Verse 152

Who spread corruption in the earth, and reform not.

قَالُوا إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مِنَ الْمُسَحَّرِينَ Verse 153

They said: Thou art but one of the bewitched;

مَا أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُنَا فَأْتِ بِآيَةٍ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ الصَّادِقِينَ Verse 154

Thou art but a mortal like us. So bring some token if thou art of the truthful.

قَالَ هَـٰذِهِ نَاقَةٌ لَّهَا شِرْبٌ وَلَكُمْ شِرْبُ يَوْمٍ مَّعْلُومٍ Verse 155

He said: (Behold) this she-camel. She hath the right to drink (at the well), and ye have the right to drink, (each) on an appointed day.

وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوءٍ فَيَأْخُذَكُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ Verse 156

And touch her not with ill lest there come on you the retribution of an awful day.

فَعَقَرُوهَا فَأَصْبَحُوا نَادِمِينَ Verse 157

But they hamstrung her, and then were penitent.

فَأَخَذَهُمُ الْعَذَابُ ۗ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ Verse 158

So the retribution came on them. Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ Verse 159

And lo! thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.

كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ لُوطٍ الْمُرْسَلِينَ Verse 160

The folk of Lot denied the messengers (of Allah),

إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ لُوطٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ Verse 161

When their brother Lot said unto them: Will ye not ward off (evil)?

إِنِّي لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ Verse 162

Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you,

فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ Verse 163

So keep your duty to Allah and obey me.

وَمَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ Verse 164

And I ask of you no wage therefor; my wage is the concern only of the Lord of the Worlds.

أَتَأْتُونَ الذُّكْرَانَ مِنَ الْعَالَمِينَ Verse 165

What! Of all creatures do ye come unto the males,

وَتَذَرُونَ مَا خَلَقَ لَكُمْ رَبُّكُم مِّنْ أَزْوَاجِكُم ۚ بَلْ أَنتُمْ قَوْمٌ عَادُونَ Verse 166

And leave the wives your Lord created for you? Nay, but ye are froward folk.

قَالُوا لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهِ يَا لُوطُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْمُخْرَجِينَ Verse 167

They said: If thou cease not, O Lot, thou wilt soon be of the outcast.

قَالَ إِنِّي لِعَمَلِكُم مِّنَ الْقَالِينَ Verse 168

He said: I am in truth of those who hate your conduct.

رَبِّ نَجِّنِي وَأَهْلِي مِمَّا يَعْمَلُونَ Verse 169

My Lord! Save me and my household from what they do.

فَنَجَّيْنَاهُ وَأَهْلَهُ أَجْمَعِينَ Verse 170

So We saved him and his household, every one,

إِلَّا عَجُوزًا فِي الْغَابِرِينَ Verse 171

Save an old woman among those who stayed behind.

ثُمَّ دَمَّرْنَا الْآخَرِينَ Verse 172

Then afterward We destroyed the others.

وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِم مَّطَرًا ۖ فَسَاءَ مَطَرُ الْمُنذَرِينَ Verse 173

And We rained on them a rain. And dreadful is the rain of those who have been warned.

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ Verse 174

Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ Verse 175

And lo! thy Lord, He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.

كَذَّبَ أَصْحَابُ الْأَيْكَةِ الْمُرْسَلِينَ Verse 176

The dwellers in the wood (of Midian) denied the messengers (of Allah),

إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ شُعَيْبٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ Verse 177

When Shu'eyb said unto them: Will ye not ward off (evil)?

إِنِّي لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ Verse 178

Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you,

فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ Verse 179

So keep your duty to Allah and obey me.

وَمَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ Verse 180

And I ask of you no wage for it; my wage is the concern only of the Lord of the Worlds.

أَوْفُوا الْكَيْلَ وَلَا تَكُونُوا مِنَ الْمُخْسِرِينَ Verse 181

Give full measure, and be not of those who give less (than the due).

وَزِنُوا بِالْقِسْطَاسِ الْمُسْتَقِيمِ Verse 182

And weigh with the true balance.

وَلَا تَبْخَسُوا النَّاسَ أَشْيَاءَهُمْ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا فِي الْأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ Verse 183

Wrong not mankind in their goods, and do not evil, making mischief, in the earth.

وَاتَّقُوا الَّذِي خَلَقَكُمْ وَالْجِبِلَّةَ الْأَوَّلِينَ Verse 184

And keep your duty unto Him Who created you and the generations of the men of old.

قَالُوا إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مِنَ الْمُسَحَّرِينَ Verse 185

They said: Thou art but one of the bewitched;

وَمَا أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُنَا وَإِن نَّظُنُّكَ لَمِنَ الْكَاذِبِينَ Verse 186

Thou art but a mortal like us, and lo! we deem thee of the liars.

فَأَسْقِطْ عَلَيْنَا كِسَفًا مِّنَ السَّمَاءِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ الصَّادِقِينَ Verse 187

Then make fragments of the heaven fall upon us, if thou art of the truthful.

قَالَ رَبِّي أَعْلَمُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ Verse 188

He said: My Lord is Best Aware of what ye do.

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمِ الظُّلَّةِ ۚ إِنَّهُ كَانَ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ Verse 189

But they denied him, so there came on them the retribution of the day of gloom. Lo! it was the retribution of an awful day.

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ Verse 190

Lo! herein is indeed a portent; yet most of them are not believers.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ Verse 191

And lo! thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.

وَإِنَّهُ لَتَنزِيلُ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ Verse 192

And lo! it is a revelation of the Lord of the Worlds,

نَزَلَ بِهِ الرُّوحُ الْأَمِينُ Verse 193

Which the True Spirit hath brought down

عَلَىٰ قَلْبِكَ لِتَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُنذِرِينَ Verse 194

Upon thy heart, that thou mayst be (one) of the warners,

بِلِسَانٍ عَرَبِيٍّ مُّبِينٍ Verse 195

In plain Arabic speech.

وَإِنَّهُ لَفِي زُبُرِ الْأَوَّلِينَ Verse 196

And lo! it is in the Scriptures of the men of old.

أَوَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُمْ آيَةً أَن يَعْلَمَهُ عُلَمَاءُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ Verse 197

Is it not a token for them that the doctors of the Children of Israel know it?

وَلَوْ نَزَّلْنَاهُ عَلَىٰ بَعْضِ الْأَعْجَمِينَ Verse 198

And if We had revealed it unto one of any other nation than the Arabs,

فَقَرَأَهُ عَلَيْهِم مَّا كَانُوا بِهِ مُؤْمِنِينَ Verse 199

And he had read it unto them, they would not have believed in it.

كَذَٰلِكَ سَلَكْنَاهُ فِي قُلُوبِ الْمُجْرِمِينَ Verse 200

Thus do We make it traverse the hearts of the guilty.

لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِ حَتَّىٰ يَرَوُا الْعَذَابَ الْأَلِيمَ Verse 201

They will not believe in it till they behold the painful doom,

فَيَأْتِيَهُم بَغْتَةً وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ Verse 202

So that it will come upon them suddenly, when they perceive not.

فَيَقُولُوا هَلْ نَحْنُ مُنظَرُونَ Verse 203

Then they will say: Are we to be reprieved?

أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا يَسْتَعْجِلُونَ Verse 204

Would they (now) hasten on Our doom?

أَفَرَأَيْتَ إِن مَّتَّعْنَاهُمْ سِنِينَ Verse 205

Hast thou then seen, if We content them for (long) years,

ثُمَّ جَاءَهُم مَّا كَانُوا يُوعَدُونَ Verse 206

And then cometh that which they were promised,

مَا أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا يُمَتَّعُونَ Verse 207

(How) that wherewith they were contented naught availeth them?

وَمَا أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا لَهَا مُنذِرُونَ Verse 208

And We destroyed no township but it had its warners

ذِكْرَىٰ وَمَا كُنَّا ظَالِمِينَ Verse 209

For reminder, for We never were oppressors.

وَمَا تَنَزَّلَتْ بِهِ الشَّيَاطِينُ Verse 210

The devils did not bring it down.

وَمَا يَنبَغِي لَهُمْ وَمَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ Verse 211

It is not meet for them, nor is it in their power,

إِنَّهُمْ عَنِ السَّمْعِ لَمَعْزُولُونَ Verse 212

Lo! verily they are banished from the hearing.

فَلَا تَدْعُ مَعَ اللَّهِ إِلَـٰهًا آخَرَ فَتَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُعَذَّبِينَ Verse 213

Therefor invoke not with Allah another god, lest thou be one of the doomed.

وَأَنذِرْ عَشِيرَتَكَ الْأَقْرَبِينَ Verse 214

And warn thy tribe of near kindred,

وَاخْفِضْ جَنَاحَكَ لِمَنِ اتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ Verse 215

And lower thy wing (in kindness) unto those believers who follow thee.

فَإِنْ عَصَوْكَ فَقُلْ إِنِّي بَرِيءٌ مِّمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ Verse 216

And if they (thy kinsfolk) disobey thee, say: Lo! I am innocent of what they do.

وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى الْعَزِيزِ الرَّحِيمِ Verse 217

And put thy trust in the Mighty, the Merciful.

الَّذِي يَرَاكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ Verse 218

Who seeth thee when thou standest up (to pray)

وَتَقَلُّبَكَ فِي السَّاجِدِينَ Verse 219

And (seeth) thine abasement among those who fall prostrate (in worship).

إِنَّهُ هُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ Verse 220

Lo! He, only He, is the Hearer, the Knower.

هَلْ أُنَبِّئُكُمْ عَلَىٰ مَن تَنَزَّلُ الشَّيَاطِينُ Verse 221

Shall I inform you upon whom the devils descend?

تَنَزَّلُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ أَفَّاكٍ أَثِيمٍ Verse 222

They descend on every sinful, false one.

يُلْقُونَ السَّمْعَ وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ كَاذِبُونَ Verse 223

They listen eagerly, but most of them are liars.

وَالشُّعَرَاءُ يَتَّبِعُهُمُ الْغَاوُونَ Verse 224

As for poets, the erring follow them.

أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّهُمْ فِي كُلِّ وَادٍ يَهِيمُونَ Verse 225

Hast thou not seen how they stray in every valley,

وَأَنَّهُمْ يَقُولُونَ مَا لَا يَفْعَلُونَ Verse 226

And how they say that which they do not?

إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ وَذَكَرُوا اللَّهَ كَثِيرًا وَانتَصَرُوا مِن بَعْدِ مَا ظُلِمُوا ۗ وَسَيَعْلَمُ الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا أَيَّ مُنقَلَبٍ يَنقَلِبُونَ Verse 227

Save those who believe and do good works, and remember Allah much, and vindicate themselves after they have been wronged. Those who do wrong will come to know by what a (great) reverse they will be overturned!