The Poets

In the name of GOD, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

bis'mi l-lahi l-raḥmāni l-raḥīm

T. S. M.

طسٓمٓ

tta-seen-meem

These (letters) constitute proofs of this clarifying scripture.

تِلْكَ ءَايَٰتُ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ ٱلْمُبِينِ

til'ka āyātu l-kitābi l-mubīn

You may blame yourself that they are not believers.

لَعَلَّكَ بَٰخِعٌ نَّفْسَكَ أَلَّا يَكُونُوا۟ مُؤْمِنِينَ

laʿallaka bākhiʿun nafsaka allā yakūnū mu'minīn

If we will, we can send from the sky a sign that forces their necks to bow.

إِن نَّشَأْ نُنَزِّلْ عَلَيْهِم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ ءَايَةً فَظَلَّتْ أَعْنَٰقُهُمْ لَهَا خَٰضِعِينَ

in nasha nunazzil ʿalayhim mina l-samāi āyatan faẓallat aʿnāquhum lahā khāḍiʿīn

Whenever a reminder from the Most Gracious comes to them, that is new, they turn away in aversion.

وَمَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن ذِكْرٍ مِّنَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ مُحْدَثٍ إِلَّا كَانُوا۟ عَنْهُ مُعْرِضِينَ

wamā yatīhim min dhik'rin mina l-raḥmāni muḥ'dathin illā kānū ʿanhu muʿ'riḍīn

Since they disbelieved, they have incurred the consequences of their heedlessness.

فَقَدْ كَذَّبُوا۟ فَسَيَأْتِيهِمْ أَنۢبَٰٓؤُا۟ مَا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

faqad kadhabū fasayatīhim anbāu mā kānū bihi yastahziūn

Have they not seen the earth, and how many kinds of beautiful plants we have grown thereon?

أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَمْ أَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ زَوْجٍ كَرِيمٍ

awalam yaraw ilā l-arḍi kam anbatnā fīhā min kulli zawjin karīmi

This should be a sufficient proof for them, but most of them are not believers.

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

inna fī dhālika laāyatan wamā kāna aktharuhum mu'minīn

Most assuredly, your Lord is the Almighty, Most Merciful.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

wa-inna rabbaka lahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-raḥīm

Recall that your Lord called Moses: "Go to the transgressing people.

وَإِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبُّكَ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنِ ٱئْتِ ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

wa-idh nādā rabbuka mūsā ani i'ti l-qawma l-ẓālimīn

"Pharaoh's people; perhaps they reform."

قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ أَلَا يَتَّقُونَ

qawma fir'ʿawna alā yattaqūn

He said, "My Lord, I fear lest they disbelieve me.

قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ أَن يُكَذِّبُونِ

qāla rabbi innī akhāfu an yukadhibūn

"I may lose my temper. My tongue gets tied; send for my brother Aaron.

وَيَضِيقُ صَدْرِى وَلَا يَنطَلِقُ لِسَانِى فَأَرْسِلْ إِلَىٰ هَٰرُونَ

wayaḍīqu ṣadrī walā yanṭaliqu lisānī fa-arsil ilā hārūn

"Also, they consider me a fugitive; I fear lest they kill me."

وَلَهُمْ عَلَىَّ ذَنۢبٌ فَأَخَافُ أَن يَقْتُلُونِ

walahum ʿalayya dhanbun fa-akhāfu an yaqtulūn

He said, "No, (they will not). Go with My proofs. We will be with you, listening.

قَالَ كَلَّا فَٱذْهَبَا بِـَٔايَٰتِنَآ إِنَّا مَعَكُم مُّسْتَمِعُونَ

qāla kallā fa-idh'habā biāyātinā innā maʿakum mus'tamiʿūn

"Go to Pharaoh and say, 'We are messengers from the Lord of the universe.

فَأْتِيَا فِرْعَوْنَ فَقُولَآ إِنَّا رَسُولُ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

fatiyā fir'ʿawna faqūlā innā rasūlu rabbi l-ʿālamīn

" 'Let the Children of Israel go.' "

أَنْ أَرْسِلْ مَعَنَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ

an arsil maʿanā banī is'rāīl

He said, "Did we not raise you from infancy, and you spent many years with us?

قَالَ أَلَمْ نُرَبِّكَ فِينَا وَلِيدًا وَلَبِثْتَ فِينَا مِنْ عُمُرِكَ سِنِينَ

qāla alam nurabbika fīnā walīdan walabith'ta fīnā min ʿumurika sinīn

"Then you committed the crime that you committed, and you were ungrateful."

وَفَعَلْتَ فَعْلَتَكَ ٱلَّتِى فَعَلْتَ وَأَنتَ مِنَ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ

wafaʿalta faʿlataka allatī faʿalta wa-anta mina l-kāfirīn

He said, "Indeed, I did it when I was astray.

قَالَ فَعَلْتُهَآ إِذًا وَأَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ

qāla faʿaltuhā idhan wa-anā mina l-ḍālīn

"Then I fled, when I feared you, and my Lord endowed me with wisdom and made me one of the messengers.

فَفَرَرْتُ مِنكُمْ لَمَّا خِفْتُكُمْ فَوَهَبَ لِى رَبِّى حُكْمًا وَجَعَلَنِى مِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

fafarartu minkum lammā khif'tukum fawahaba lī rabbī ḥuk'man wajaʿalanī mina l-mur'salīn

"You are boasting that you did me a favor, while enslaving the Children of Israel!"

وَتِلْكَ نِعْمَةٌ تَمُنُّهَا عَلَىَّ أَنْ عَبَّدتَّ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ

watil'ka niʿ'matun tamunnuhā ʿalayya an ʿabbadtta banī is'rāīl

Pharaoh said, "What is the Lord of the universe?"

قَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَا رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

qāla fir'ʿawnu wamā rabbu l-ʿālamīn

He said, "The Lord of the heavens and the earth, and everything between them. You should be certain about this."

قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ إِن كُنتُم مُّوقِنِينَ

qāla rabbu l-samāwāti wal-arḍi wamā baynahumā in kuntum mūqinīn

He said to those around him, "Did you hear this?"

قَالَ لِمَنْ حَوْلَهُۥٓ أَلَا تَسْتَمِعُونَ

qāla liman ḥawlahu alā tastamiʿūn

He said, "Your Lord and the Lord of your ancestors."

قَالَ رَبُّكُمْ وَرَبُّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

qāla rabbukum warabbu ābāikumu l-awalīn

He said, "Your messenger who is sent to you is crazy."

قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَكُمُ ٱلَّذِىٓ أُرْسِلَ إِلَيْكُمْ لَمَجْنُونٌ

qāla inna rasūlakumu alladhī ur'sila ilaykum lamajnūnu

He said, "The Lord of the east and the west, and everything between them, if you understand."

قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلْمَشْرِقِ وَٱلْمَغْرِبِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ

qāla rabbu l-mashriqi wal-maghribi wamā baynahumā in kuntum taʿqilūn

He said, "If you accept any god, other than me, I will throw you in the prison."

قَالَ لَئِنِ ٱتَّخَذْتَ إِلَٰهًا غَيْرِى لَأَجْعَلَنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْمَسْجُونِينَ

qāla la-ini ittakhadhta ilāhan ghayrī la-ajʿalannaka mina l-masjūnīn

He said, "What if I show you something profound?"

قَالَ أَوَلَوْ جِئْتُكَ بِشَىْءٍ مُّبِينٍ

qāla awalaw ji'tuka bishayin mubīni

He said, "Then produce it, if you are truthful."

قَالَ فَأْتِ بِهِۦٓ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ

qāla fati bihi in kunta mina l-ṣādiqīn

He then threw his staff, whereupon it became a profound snake.

فَأَلْقَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِىَ ثُعْبَانٌ مُّبِينٌ

fa-alqā ʿaṣāhu fa-idhā hiya thuʿ'bānun mubīnu

And he took out his hand, and it was white to the beholders.

وَنَزَعَ يَدَهُۥ فَإِذَا هِىَ بَيْضَآءُ لِلنَّٰظِرِينَ

wanazaʿa yadahu fa-idhā hiya bayḍāu lilnnāẓirīn

He said to the elders around him, "This is an experienced magician.

قَالَ لِلْمَلَإِ حَوْلَهُۥٓ إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَسَٰحِرٌ عَلِيمٌ

qāla lil'mala-i ḥawlahu inna hādhā lasāḥirun ʿalīmu

"He wants to take you out of your land, with his magic. What do you suggest?"

يُرِيدُ أَن يُخْرِجَكُم مِّنْ أَرْضِكُم بِسِحْرِهِۦ فَمَاذَا تَأْمُرُونَ

yurīdu an yukh'rijakum min arḍikum bisiḥ'rihi famādhā tamurūn

They said, "Respite him and his brother, and send summoners to every town.

قَالُوٓا۟ أَرْجِهْ وَأَخَاهُ وَٱبْعَثْ فِى ٱلْمَدَآئِنِ حَٰشِرِينَ

qālū arjih wa-akhāhu wa-ib'ʿath fī l-madāini ḥāshirīn

"Let them summon every experienced magician."

يَأْتُوكَ بِكُلِّ سَحَّارٍ عَلِيمٍ

yatūka bikulli saḥḥārin ʿalīmi

The magicians were gathered at the appointed time, on the appointed day.

فَجُمِعَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ لِمِيقَٰتِ يَوْمٍ مَّعْلُومٍ

fajumiʿa l-saḥaratu limīqāti yawmin maʿlūmi

The people were told: "Come one and all; let us gather together here.

وَقِيلَ لِلنَّاسِ هَلْ أَنتُم مُّجْتَمِعُونَ

waqīla lilnnāsi hal antum muj'tamiʿūn

"Maybe we will follow the magicians, if they are the winners."

لَعَلَّنَا نَتَّبِعُ ٱلسَّحَرَةَ إِن كَانُوا۟ هُمُ ٱلْغَٰلِبِينَ

laʿallanā nattabiʿu l-saḥarata in kānū humu l-ghālibīn

When the magicians came, they said to Pharaoh, "Do we get paid, if we are the winners?"

فَلَمَّا جَآءَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ قَالُوا۟ لِفِرْعَوْنَ أَئِنَّ لَنَا لَأَجْرًا إِن كُنَّا نَحْنُ ٱلْغَٰلِبِينَ

falammā jāa l-saḥaratu qālū lifir'ʿawna a-inna lanā la-ajran in kunnā naḥnu l-ghālibīn

He said, "Yes indeed; you will even be close to me."

قَالَ نَعَمْ وَإِنَّكُمْ إِذًا لَّمِنَ ٱلْمُقَرَّبِينَ

qāla naʿam wa-innakum idhan lamina l-muqarabīn

Moses said to them, "Throw what you are going to throw."

قَالَ لَهُم مُّوسَىٰٓ أَلْقُوا۟ مَآ أَنتُم مُّلْقُونَ

qāla lahum mūsā alqū mā antum mul'qūn

They threw their ropes and sticks, and said, "By Pharaoh's majesty, we will be the victors."

فَأَلْقَوْا۟ حِبَالَهُمْ وَعِصِيَّهُمْ وَقَالُوا۟ بِعِزَّةِ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّا لَنَحْنُ ٱلْغَٰلِبُونَ

fa-alqaw ḥibālahum waʿiṣiyyahum waqālū biʿizzati fir'ʿawna innā lanaḥnu l-ghālibūn

Moses threw his staff, whereupon it swallowed what they fabricated.

فَأَلْقَىٰ مُوسَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِىَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُونَ

fa-alqā mūsā ʿaṣāhu fa-idhā hiya talqafu mā yafikūn

The magicians fell prostrate.

فَأُلْقِىَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ سَٰجِدِينَ

fa-ul'qiya l-saḥaratu sājidīn

They said, "We believe in the Lord of the universe.

قَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا بِرَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

qālū āmannā birabbi l-ʿālamīn

"The Lord of Moses and Aaron."

رَبِّ مُوسَىٰ وَهَٰرُونَ

rabbi mūsā wahārūn

He said, "Did you believe with him before I give you permission? He must be your teacher, who taught you magic. You will surely find out. I will cut your hands and feet on alternate sides. I will crucify you all."

قَالَ ءَامَنتُمْ لَهُۥ قَبْلَ أَنْ ءَاذَنَ لَكُمْ إِنَّهُۥ لَكَبِيرُكُمُ ٱلَّذِى عَلَّمَكُمُ ٱلسِّحْرَ فَلَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ لَأُقَطِّعَنَّ أَيْدِيَكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُم مِّنْ خِلَٰفٍ وَلَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

qāla āmantum lahu qabla an ādhana lakum innahu lakabīrukumu alladhī ʿallamakumu l-siḥ'ra falasawfa taʿlamūna la-uqaṭṭiʿanna aydiyakum wa-arjulakum min khilāfin wala-uṣallibannakum ajmaʿīn

They said, "This will not change our decision; to our Lord we will return.

قَالُوا۟ لَا ضَيْرَ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا مُنقَلِبُونَ

qālū lā ḍayra innā ilā rabbinā munqalibūn

"We hope that our Lord will forgive us our sins, especially that we are the first believers."

إِنَّا نَطْمَعُ أَن يَغْفِرَ لَنَا رَبُّنَا خَطَٰيَٰنَآ أَن كُنَّآ أَوَّلَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

innā naṭmaʿu an yaghfira lanā rabbunā khaṭāyānā an kunnā awwala l-mu'minīn

We inspired Moses: "Travel with My servants; you will be pursued."

وَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنْ أَسْرِ بِعِبَادِىٓ إِنَّكُم مُّتَّبَعُونَ

wa-awḥaynā ilā mūsā an asri biʿibādī innakum muttabaʿūn

Pharaoh sent to the cities callers.

فَأَرْسَلَ فِرْعَوْنُ فِى ٱلْمَدَآئِنِ حَٰشِرِينَ

fa-arsala fir'ʿawnu fī l-madāini ḥāshirīn

(Proclaiming,) "This is a small gang.

إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَشِرْذِمَةٌ قَلِيلُونَ

inna hāulāi lashir'dhimatun qalīlūn

"They are now opposing us.

وَإِنَّهُمْ لَنَا لَغَآئِظُونَ

wa-innahum lanā laghāiẓūn

"Let us all beware of them."

وَإِنَّا لَجَمِيعٌ حَٰذِرُونَ

wa-innā lajamīʿun ḥādhirūn

Consequently, we deprived them of gardens and springs.

فَأَخْرَجْنَٰهُم مِّن جَنَّٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ

fa-akhrajnāhum min jannātin waʿuyūni

And treasures and an honorable position.

وَكُنُوزٍ وَمَقَامٍ كَرِيمٍ

wakunūzin wamaqāmin karīmi

Then we made it an inheritance for the Children of Israel.

كَذَٰلِكَ وَأَوْرَثْنَٰهَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ

kadhālika wa-awrathnāhā banī is'rāīl

They pursued them towards the east.

فَأَتْبَعُوهُم مُّشْرِقِينَ

fa-atbaʿūhum mush'riqīn

When both parties saw each other, Moses' people said, "We will be caught."

فَلَمَّا تَرَٰٓءَا ٱلْجَمْعَانِ قَالَ أَصْحَٰبُ مُوسَىٰٓ إِنَّا لَمُدْرَكُونَ

falammā tarāā l-jamʿāni qāla aṣḥābu mūsā innā lamud'rakūn

He said, "No way. My Lord is with me; He will guide me."

قَالَ كَلَّآ إِنَّ مَعِىَ رَبِّى سَيَهْدِينِ

qāla kallā inna maʿiya rabbī sayahdīn

We then inspired Moses: "Strike the sea with your staff," whereupon it parted. Each part was like a great hill.

فَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنِ ٱضْرِب بِّعَصَاكَ ٱلْبَحْرَ فَٱنفَلَقَ فَكَانَ كُلُّ فِرْقٍ كَٱلطَّوْدِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

fa-awḥaynā ilā mūsā ani iḍ'rib biʿaṣāka l-baḥra fa-infalaqa fakāna kullu fir'qin kal-ṭawdi l-ʿaẓīm

We then delivered them all.

وَأَزْلَفْنَا ثَمَّ ٱلْءَاخَرِينَ

wa-azlafnā thamma l-ākharīn

We thus saved Moses and all those who were with him.

وَأَنجَيْنَا مُوسَىٰ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥٓ أَجْمَعِينَ

wa-anjaynā mūsā waman maʿahu ajmaʿīn

And we drowned the others.

ثُمَّ أَغْرَقْنَا ٱلْءَاخَرِينَ

thumma aghraqnā l-ākharīn

This should be a sufficient proof, but most people are not believers.

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

inna fī dhālika laāyatan wamā kāna aktharuhum mu'minīn

Most assuredly, your Lord is the Almighty, Most Merciful.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

wa-inna rabbaka lahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-raḥīm

Narrate to them Abraham's history.

وَٱتْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ نَبَأَ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ

wa-ut'lu ʿalayhim naba-a ib'rāhīm

He said to his father and his people, "What is this you are worshiping?"

إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِۦ مَا تَعْبُدُونَ

idh qāla li-abīhi waqawmihi mā taʿbudūn

They said, "We worship statues; we are totally devoted to them."

قَالُوا۟ نَعْبُدُ أَصْنَامًا فَنَظَلُّ لَهَا عَٰكِفِينَ

qālū naʿbudu aṣnāman fanaẓallu lahā ʿākifīn

He said, "Can they hear you when you implore?

قَالَ هَلْ يَسْمَعُونَكُمْ إِذْ تَدْعُونَ

qāla hal yasmaʿūnakum idh tadʿūn

"Can they benefit you, or harm you?"

أَوْ يَنفَعُونَكُمْ أَوْ يَضُرُّونَ

aw yanfaʿūnakum aw yaḍurrūn

They said, "No; but we found our parents doing this."

قَالُوا۟ بَلْ وَجَدْنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا كَذَٰلِكَ يَفْعَلُونَ

qālū bal wajadnā ābāanā kadhālika yafʿalūn

He said, "Do you see these idols that you worship.

قَالَ أَفَرَءَيْتُم مَّا كُنتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَ

qāla afara-aytum mā kuntum taʿbudūn

"You and your ancestors.

أَنتُمْ وَءَابَآؤُكُمُ ٱلْأَقْدَمُونَ

antum waābāukumu l-aqdamūn

"I am against them, for I am devoted only to the Lord of the universe.

فَإِنَّهُمْ عَدُوٌّ لِّىٓ إِلَّا رَبَّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

fa-innahum ʿaduwwun lī illā rabba l-ʿālamīn

"The One who created me, and guided me.

ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَنِى فَهُوَ يَهْدِينِ

alladhī khalaqanī fahuwa yahdīn

"The One who feeds me and waters me.

وَٱلَّذِى هُوَ يُطْعِمُنِى وَيَسْقِينِ

wa-alladhī huwa yuṭ'ʿimunī wayasqīn

"And when I get sick, He heals me.

وَإِذَا مَرِضْتُ فَهُوَ يَشْفِينِ

wa-idhā mariḍ'tu fahuwa yashfīn

"The One who puts me to death, then brings me back to life.

وَٱلَّذِى يُمِيتُنِى ثُمَّ يُحْيِينِ

wa-alladhī yumītunī thumma yuḥ'yīn

"The One who hopefully will forgive my sins on the Day of Judgment.

وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَطْمَعُ أَن يَغْفِرَ لِى خَطِيٓـَٔتِى يَوْمَ ٱلدِّينِ

wa-alladhī aṭmaʿu an yaghfira lī khaṭīatī yawma l-dīn

"My Lord, grant me wisdom, and include me with the righteous.

رَبِّ هَبْ لِى حُكْمًا وَأَلْحِقْنِى بِٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ

rabbi hab lī ḥuk'man wa-alḥiq'nī bil-ṣāliḥīn

"Let the example I set for the future generations be a good one.

وَٱجْعَل لِّى لِسَانَ صِدْقٍ فِى ٱلْءَاخِرِينَ

wa-ij'ʿal lī lisāna ṣid'qin fī l-ākhirīn

"Make me one of the inheritors of the blissful Paradise.

وَٱجْعَلْنِى مِن وَرَثَةِ جَنَّةِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ

wa-ij'ʿalnī min warathati jannati l-naʿīm

"And forgive my father, for he has gone astray.

وَٱغْفِرْ لِأَبِىٓ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ

wa-igh'fir li-abī innahu kāna mina l-ḍālīn

"And do not forsake me on the Day of Resurrection."

وَلَا تُخْزِنِى يَوْمَ يُبْعَثُونَ

walā tukh'zinī yawma yub'ʿathūn

That is the day when neither money, nor children, can help.

يَوْمَ لَا يَنفَعُ مَالٌ وَلَا بَنُونَ

yawma lā yanfaʿu mālun walā banūn

Only those who come to GOD with their whole heart (will be saved).

إِلَّا مَنْ أَتَى ٱللَّهَ بِقَلْبٍ سَلِيمٍ

illā man atā l-laha biqalbin salīmi

Paradise will be presented to the righteous.

وَأُزْلِفَتِ ٱلْجَنَّةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ

wa-uz'lifati l-janatu lil'muttaqīn

Hell will be set up for the strayers.

وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِلْغَاوِينَ

waburrizati l-jaḥīmu lil'ghāwīn

They will be asked, "Where are the idols you had worshiped

وَقِيلَ لَهُمْ أَيْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَ

waqīla lahum ayna mā kuntum taʿbudūn

"beside GOD? Can they help you now? Can they help themselves?"

مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ هَلْ يَنصُرُونَكُمْ أَوْ يَنتَصِرُونَ

min dūni l-lahi hal yanṣurūnakum aw yantaṣirūn

They will be thrown therein, together with the strayers.

فَكُبْكِبُوا۟ فِيهَا هُمْ وَٱلْغَاوُۥنَ

fakub'kibū fīhā hum wal-ghāwūn

And all of Satan's soldiers.

وَجُنُودُ إِبْلِيسَ أَجْمَعُونَ

wajunūdu ib'līsa ajmaʿūn

They will say as they feud therein,

قَالُوا۟ وَهُمْ فِيهَا يَخْتَصِمُونَ

qālū wahum fīhā yakhtaṣimūn

"By GOD, we were far astray.

تَٱللَّهِ إِن كُنَّا لَفِى ضَلَٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ

tal-lahi in kunnā lafī ḍalālin mubīni

"How could we set you up to rank with the Lord of the universe?

إِذْ نُسَوِّيكُم بِرَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

idh nusawwīkum birabbi l-ʿālamīn

"Those who misled us were wicked.

وَمَآ أَضَلَّنَآ إِلَّا ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ

wamā aḍallanā illā l-muj'rimūn

"Now we have no intercessors.

فَمَا لَنَا مِن شَٰفِعِينَ

famā lanā min shāfiʿīn

"Nor a single close friend.

وَلَا صَدِيقٍ حَمِيمٍ

walā ṣadīqin ḥamīmi

"If only we could get another chance, we would then believe."

فَلَوْ أَنَّ لَنَا كَرَّةً فَنَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

falaw anna lanā karratan fanakūna mina l-mu'minīn

This should be a good lesson. But most people are not believers.

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

inna fī dhālika laāyatan wamā kāna aktharuhum mu'minīn

Your Lord is the Almighty, Most Merciful.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

wa-inna rabbaka lahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-raḥīm

The people of Noah disbelieved the messengers.

كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

kadhabat qawmu nūḥin l-mur'salīn

Their brother Noah said to them, "Would you not be righteous?

إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ نُوحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

idh qāla lahum akhūhum nūḥun alā tattaqūn

"I am an honest messenger to you.

إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ

innī lakum rasūlun amīnu

"You shall reverence GOD and obey me.

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

fa-ittaqū l-laha wa-aṭīʿūn

"I do not ask you for any wage. My wage comes from the Lord of the universe.

وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

wamā asalukum ʿalayhi min ajrin in ajriya illā ʿalā rabbi l-ʿālamīn

"You shall reverence GOD and obey me."

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

fa-ittaqū l-laha wa-aṭīʿūn

They said, "How can we believe with you, when the worst among us have followed you?"

قَالُوٓا۟ أَنُؤْمِنُ لَكَ وَٱتَّبَعَكَ ٱلْأَرْذَلُونَ

qālū anu'minu laka wa-ittabaʿaka l-ardhalūn

He said, "How do I know what they did?

قَالَ وَمَا عِلْمِى بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

qāla wamā ʿil'mī bimā kānū yaʿmalūn

"Their judgment rests only with my Lord, if you could perceive.

إِنْ حِسَابُهُمْ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّى لَوْ تَشْعُرُونَ

in ḥisābuhum illā ʿalā rabbī law tashʿurūn

"I will never dismiss the believers.

وَمَآ أَنَا۠ بِطَارِدِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

wamā anā biṭāridi l-mu'minīn

"I am no more than a clarifying warner."

إِنْ أَنَا۠ إِلَّا نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ

in anā illā nadhīrun mubīnu

They said, "Unless you refrain, O Noah, you will be stoned."

قَالُوا۟ لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهِ يَٰنُوحُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْمَرْجُومِينَ

qālū la-in lam tantahi yānūḥu latakūnanna mina l-marjūmīn

He said, "My Lord, my people have disbelieved me.

قَالَ رَبِّ إِنَّ قَوْمِى كَذَّبُونِ

qāla rabbi inna qawmī kadhabūn

"Grant me victory against them, and deliver me and my company of believers."

فَٱفْتَحْ بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَهُمْ فَتْحًا وَنَجِّنِى وَمَن مَّعِىَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

fa-if'taḥ baynī wabaynahum fatḥan wanajjinī waman maʿiya mina l-mu'minīn

We delivered him and those who accompanied him in the loaded ark.

فَأَنجَيْنَٰهُ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥ فِى ٱلْفُلْكِ ٱلْمَشْحُونِ

fa-anjaynāhu waman maʿahu fī l-ful'ki l-mashḥūn

Then we drowned the others.

ثُمَّ أَغْرَقْنَا بَعْدُ ٱلْبَاقِينَ

thumma aghraqnā baʿdu l-bāqīn

This should be a lesson, but most people are not believers.

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

inna fī dhālika laāyatan wamā kāna aktharuhum mu'minīn

Most assuredly, your Lord is the Almighty, Most Merciful.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

wa-inna rabbaka lahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-raḥīm

Ãd disbelieved the messengers.

كَذَّبَتْ عَادٌ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

kadhabat ʿādun l-mur'salīn

Their brother Hûd said to them, "Would you not be righteous?

إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ هُودٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

idh qāla lahum akhūhum hūdun alā tattaqūn

"I am an honest messenger to you.

إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ

innī lakum rasūlun amīnu

"You shall reverence GOD, and obey me.

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

fa-ittaqū l-laha wa-aṭīʿūn

"I do not ask you for any wage; my wage comes from the Lord of the universe.

وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

wamā asalukum ʿalayhi min ajrin in ajriya illā ʿalā rabbi l-ʿālamīn

"You build on every hill a mansion for vanity's sake.

أَتَبْنُونَ بِكُلِّ رِيعٍ ءَايَةً تَعْبَثُونَ

atabnūna bikulli rīʿin āyatan taʿbathūn

"You set up buildings as if you last forever.

وَتَتَّخِذُونَ مَصَانِعَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَخْلُدُونَ

watattakhidhūna maṣāniʿa laʿallakum takhludūn

"And when you strike, you strike mercilessly.

وَإِذَا بَطَشْتُم بَطَشْتُمْ جَبَّارِينَ

wa-idhā baṭashtum baṭashtum jabbārīn

"You shall reverence GOD and obey me.

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

fa-ittaqū l-laha wa-aṭīʿūn

"Reverence the One who provided you with all the things you know.

وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَمَدَّكُم بِمَا تَعْلَمُونَ

wa-ittaqū alladhī amaddakum bimā taʿlamūn

"He provided you with livestock and children.

أَمَدَّكُم بِأَنْعَٰمٍ وَبَنِينَ

amaddakum bi-anʿāmin wabanīn

"And gardens and springs.

وَجَنَّٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ

wajannātin waʿuyūni

"I fear for you the retribution of an awesome day."

إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ

innī akhāfu ʿalaykum ʿadhāba yawmin ʿaẓīmi

They said, "It is the same whether you preach, or not preach.

قَالُوا۟ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيْنَآ أَوَعَظْتَ أَمْ لَمْ تَكُن مِّنَ ٱلْوَٰعِظِينَ

qālū sawāon ʿalaynā awaʿaẓta am lam takun mina l-wāʿiẓīn

"That affliction was limited to our ancestors.

إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا خُلُقُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

in hādhā illā khuluqu l-awalīn

"No retribution will ever befall us."

وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ

wamā naḥnu bimuʿadhabīn

They thus disbelieved and, consequently, we annihilated them. This should be a lesson, but most people are not believers.

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَهْلَكْنَٰهُمْ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

fakadhabūhu fa-ahlaknāhum inna fī dhālika laāyatan wamā kāna aktharuhum mu'minīn

Most assuredly, your Lord is the Almighty, Most Merciful.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

wa-inna rabbaka lahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-raḥīm

Thamûd disbelieved the messengers.

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

kadhabat thamūdu l-mur'salīn

Their brother Sãleh said to them, "Would you not be righteous?

إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ صَٰلِحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

idh qāla lahum akhūhum ṣāliḥun alā tattaqūn

"I am an honest messenger to you.

إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ

innī lakum rasūlun amīnu

"You shall reverence GOD, and obey me.

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

fa-ittaqū l-laha wa-aṭīʿūn

"I do not ask you for any wage; my wage comes only from the Lord of the universe.

وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

wamā asalukum ʿalayhi min ajrin in ajriya illā ʿalā rabbi l-ʿālamīn

"Do you suppose you will be left forever, secure in this state?

أَتُتْرَكُونَ فِى مَا هَٰهُنَآ ءَامِنِينَ

atut'rakūna fī mā hāhunā āminīn

"You enjoy gardens and springs.

فِى جَنَّٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ

fī jannātin waʿuyūni

"And crops and date palms with delicious fruits.

وَزُرُوعٍ وَنَخْلٍ طَلْعُهَا هَضِيمٌ

wazurūʿin wanakhlin ṭalʿuhā haḍīmu

"You carve out of the mountains luxurious mansions.

وَتَنْحِتُونَ مِنَ ٱلْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا فَٰرِهِينَ

watanḥitūna mina l-jibāli buyūtan fārihīn

"You shall reverence GOD, and obey me.

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

fa-ittaqū l-laha wa-aṭīʿūn

"Do not obey the transgressors.

وَلَا تُطِيعُوٓا۟ أَمْرَ ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ

walā tuṭīʿū amra l-mus'rifīn

"Who commit evil, not good works."

ٱلَّذِينَ يُفْسِدُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا يُصْلِحُونَ

alladhīna yuf'sidūna fī l-arḍi walā yuṣ'liḥūn

They said, "You are bewitched.

قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلْمُسَحَّرِينَ

qālū innamā anta mina l-musaḥarīn

"You are no more than a human like us. Produce a miracle, if you are truthful."

مَآ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُنَا فَأْتِ بِـَٔايَةٍ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ

mā anta illā basharun mith'lunā fati biāyatin in kunta mina l-ṣādiqīn

He said, "Here is a camel that will drink only on a day that is assigned to her; a day that is different from your specified days of drinking.

قَالَ هَٰذِهِۦ نَاقَةٌ لَّهَا شِرْبٌ وَلَكُمْ شِرْبُ يَوْمٍ مَّعْلُومٍ

qāla hādhihi nāqatun lahā shir'bun walakum shir'bu yawmin maʿlūmi

"Do not touch her with any harm, lest you incur retribution on an awesome day."

وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوٓءٍ فَيَأْخُذَكُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ

walā tamassūhā bisūin fayakhudhakum ʿadhābu yawmin ʿaẓīmi

They slaughtered her, and thus incurred sorrow.

فَعَقَرُوهَا فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ نَٰدِمِينَ

faʿaqarūhā fa-aṣbaḥū nādimīn

The retribution overwhelmed them. This should be a lesson, but most people are not believers.

فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

fa-akhadhahumu l-ʿadhābu inna fī dhālika laāyatan wamā kāna aktharuhum mu'minīn

Most assuredly, your Lord is the Almighty, Most Merciful.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

wa-inna rabbaka lahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-raḥīm

The people of Lot disbelieved the messengers.

كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ لُوطٍ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

kadhabat qawmu lūṭin l-mur'salīn

Their brother Lot said to them, "Would you not be righteous?

إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ لُوطٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

idh qāla lahum akhūhum lūṭun alā tattaqūn

"I am an honest messenger to you.

إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ

innī lakum rasūlun amīnu

"You shall reverence GOD, and obey me.

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

fa-ittaqū l-laha wa-aṭīʿūn

"I do not ask you for any wage; my wage comes only from the Lord of the universe.

وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

wamā asalukum ʿalayhi min ajrin in ajriya illā ʿalā rabbi l-ʿālamīn

"Do you have sex with the males, of all the people?

أَتَأْتُونَ ٱلذُّكْرَانَ مِنَ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

atatūna l-dhuk'rāna mina l-ʿālamīn

"You forsake the wives that your Lord has created for you! Indeed, you are transgressing people."

وَتَذَرُونَ مَا خَلَقَ لَكُمْ رَبُّكُم مِّنْ أَزْوَٰجِكُم بَلْ أَنتُمْ قَوْمٌ عَادُونَ

watadharūna mā khalaqa lakum rabbukum min azwājikum bal antum qawmun ʿādūn

They said, "Unless you refrain, O Lot, you will be banished."

قَالُوا۟ لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهِ يَٰلُوطُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْمُخْرَجِينَ

qālū la-in lam tantahi yālūṭu latakūnanna mina l-mukh'rajīn

He said, "I deplore your actions."

قَالَ إِنِّى لِعَمَلِكُم مِّنَ ٱلْقَالِينَ

qāla innī liʿamalikum mina l-qālīn

"My Lord, save me and my family from their works."

رَبِّ نَجِّنِى وَأَهْلِى مِمَّا يَعْمَلُونَ

rabbi najjinī wa-ahlī mimmā yaʿmalūn

We saved him and all his family.

فَنَجَّيْنَٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥٓ أَجْمَعِينَ

fanajjaynāhu wa-ahlahu ajmaʿīn

But not the old woman; she was doomed.

إِلَّا عَجُوزًا فِى ٱلْغَٰبِرِينَ

illā ʿajūzan fī l-ghābirīn

We then destroyed the others.

ثُمَّ دَمَّرْنَا ٱلْءَاخَرِينَ

thumma dammarnā l-ākharīn

We showered them with a miserable shower; what a terrible shower for those who had been warned!

وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِم مَّطَرًا فَسَآءَ مَطَرُ ٱلْمُنذَرِينَ

wa-amṭarnā ʿalayhim maṭaran fasāa maṭaru l-mundharīn

This should be a lesson, but most people are not believers.

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

inna fī dhālika laāyatan wamā kāna aktharuhum mu'minīn

Most assuredly, your Lord is the Almighty, Most Merciful.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

wa-inna rabbaka lahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-raḥīm

The People of the Woods disbelieved the messengers.

كَذَّبَ أَصْحَٰبُ لْـَٔيْكَةِ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

kadhaba aṣḥābu al'aykati l-mur'salīn

Shu'aib said to them, "Would you not be righteous?

إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ شُعَيْبٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

idh qāla lahum shuʿaybun alā tattaqūn

"I am an honest messenger to you.

إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ

innī lakum rasūlun amīnu

"You shall reverence GOD, and obey me.

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

fa-ittaqū l-laha wa-aṭīʿūn

"I do not ask you for any wage; my wage comes only from the Lord of the universe.

وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

wamā asalukum ʿalayhi min ajrin in ajriya illā ʿalā rabbi l-ʿālamīn

"You shall give full measure when you trade; do not cheat.

أَوْفُوا۟ ٱلْكَيْلَ وَلَا تَكُونُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْمُخْسِرِينَ

awfū l-kayla walā takūnū mina l-mukh'sirīn

"You shall weigh with an equitable scale.

وَزِنُوا۟ بِٱلْقِسْطَاسِ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمِ

wazinū bil-qis'ṭāsi l-mus'taqīm

"Do not cheat the people out of their rights, and do not roam the earth corruptingly.

وَلَا تَبْخَسُوا۟ ٱلنَّاسَ أَشْيَآءَهُمْ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ

walā tabkhasū l-nāsa ashyāahum walā taʿthaw fī l-arḍi muf'sidīn

"Reverence the One who created you and the previous generations."

وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُمْ وَٱلْجِبِلَّةَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

wa-ittaqū alladhī khalaqakum wal-jibilata l-awalīn

They said, "You are bewitched.

قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلْمُسَحَّرِينَ

qālū innamā anta mina l-musaḥarīn

"You are no more than a human being like us. In fact, we think you are a liar.

وَمَآ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُنَا وَإِن نَّظُنُّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلْكَٰذِبِينَ

wamā anta illā basharun mith'lunā wa-in naẓunnuka lamina l-kādhibīn

"Let masses from the sky fall on us, if you are truthful."

فَأَسْقِطْ عَلَيْنَا كِسَفًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ

fa-asqiṭ ʿalaynā kisafan mina l-samāi in kunta mina l-ṣādiqīn

He said, "My Lord is the One who knows everything you do."

قَالَ رَبِّىٓ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ

qāla rabbī aʿlamu bimā taʿmalūn

They disbelieved him and, consequently, they incurred the retribution of the Day of the Canopy. It was the retribution of an awesome day.

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمِ ٱلظُّلَّةِ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ

fakadhabūhu fa-akhadhahum ʿadhābu yawmi l-ẓulati innahu kāna ʿadhāba yawmin ʿaẓīmi

This should be a lesson, but most people are not believers.

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

inna fī dhālika laāyatan wamā kāna aktharuhum mu'minīn

Most assuredly, your Lord is the Almighty, Most Merciful.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

wa-inna rabbaka lahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-raḥīm

This is a revelation from the Lord of the universe.

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَنزِيلُ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

wa-innahu latanzīlu rabbi l-ʿālamīn

The Honest Spirit (Gabriel) came down with it.

نَزَلَ بِهِ ٱلرُّوحُ ٱلْأَمِينُ

nazala bihi l-rūḥu l-amīn

To reveal it into your heart, that you may be one of the warners.

عَلَىٰ قَلْبِكَ لِتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُنذِرِينَ

alaa qalbaka ltakuun min almundireen

In a perfect Arabic tongue.

بِلِسَانٍ عَرَبِىٍّ مُّبِينٍ

bilisānin ʿarabiyyin mubīni

It has been prophesied in the books of previous generations.

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَفِى زُبُرِ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

wa-innahu lafī zuburi l-awalīn

Is it not a sufficient sign for them that it was known to the scholars among the Children of Israel?

أَوَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُمْ ءَايَةً أَن يَعْلَمَهُۥ عُلَمَٰٓؤُا۟ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ

awalam yakun lahum āyatan an yaʿlamahu ʿulamāu banī is'rāīl

If we revealed this to people who do not know Arabic.

وَلَوْ نَزَّلْنَٰهُ عَلَىٰ بَعْضِ ٱلْأَعْجَمِينَ

walaw nazzalnāhu ʿalā baʿḍi l-aʿjamīn

And had him recite it (in Arabic), they could not possibly believe in it.

فَقَرَأَهُۥ عَلَيْهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ مُؤْمِنِينَ

faqara-ahu ʿalayhim mā kānū bihi mu'minīn

We thus render it (like a foreign language) in the hearts of the guilty.

كَذَٰلِكَ سَلَكْنَٰهُ فِى قُلُوبِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ

kadhālika salaknāhu fī qulūbi l-muj'rimīn

Thus, they cannot believe in it; not until they see the painful retribution.

لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِۦ حَتَّىٰ يَرَوُا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَلِيمَ

lā yu'minūna bihi ḥattā yarawū l-ʿadhāba l-alīm

It will come to them suddenly, when they least expect it.

فَيَأْتِيَهُم بَغْتَةً وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

fayatiyahum baghtatan wahum lā yashʿurūn

They will then say, "Can we have a respite?"

فَيَقُولُوا۟ هَلْ نَحْنُ مُنظَرُونَ

fayaqūlū hal naḥnu munẓarūn

Did they not challenge our retribution?

أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا يَسْتَعْجِلُونَ

afabiʿadhābinā yastaʿjilūn

As you see, we allowed them to enjoy for years.

أَفَرَءَيْتَ إِن مَّتَّعْنَٰهُمْ سِنِينَ

afara-ayta in mattaʿnāhum sinīn

Then the retribution came to them, just as promised.

ثُمَّ جَآءَهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يُوعَدُونَ

thumma jāahum mā kānū yūʿadūn

Their vast resources did not help them in the least.

مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يُمَتَّعُونَ

mā aghnā ʿanhum mā kānū yumattaʿūn

We never annihilate any community without sending warners.

وَمَآ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا لَهَا مُنذِرُونَ

wamā ahlaknā min qaryatin illā lahā mundhirūn

Therefore, this is a reminder, for we are never unjust.

ذِكْرَىٰ وَمَا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ

dhik'rā wamā kunnā ẓālimīn

The devils can never reveal this.

وَمَا تَنَزَّلَتْ بِهِ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينُ

wamā tanazzalat bihi l-shayāṭīn

They neither would, nor could.

وَمَا يَنۢبَغِى لَهُمْ وَمَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ

wamā yanbaghī lahum wamā yastaṭīʿūn

For they are prevented from hearing.

إِنَّهُمْ عَنِ ٱلسَّمْعِ لَمَعْزُولُونَ

innahum ʿani l-samʿi lamaʿzūlūn

Therefore, do not idolize beside GOD any other god, lest you incur the retribution.

فَلَا تَدْعُ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُعَذَّبِينَ

falā tadʿu maʿa l-lahi ilāhan ākhara fatakūna mina l-muʿadhabīn

You shall preach to the people who are closest to you.

وَأَنذِرْ عَشِيرَتَكَ ٱلْأَقْرَبِينَ

wa-andhir ʿashīrataka l-aqrabīn

And lower your wing for the believers who follow you.

وَٱخْفِضْ جَنَاحَكَ لِمَنِ ٱتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

wa-ikh'fiḍ janāḥaka limani ittabaʿaka mina l-mu'minīn

If they disobey you, then say, "I disown what you do."

فَإِنْ عَصَوْكَ فَقُلْ إِنِّى بَرِىٓءٌ مِّمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ

fa-in ʿaṣawka faqul innī barīon mimmā taʿmalūn

And put your trust in the Almighty, Most Merciful.

وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

watawakkal ʿalā l-ʿazīzi l-raḥīm

Who sees you when you meditate during the night.

ٱلَّذِى يَرَىٰكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ

alladhī yarāka ḥīna taqūm

And your frequent prostrations.

وَتَقَلُّبَكَ فِى ٱلسَّٰجِدِينَ

wataqallubaka fī l-sājidīn

He is the Hearer, the Omniscient.

إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ

innahu huwa l-samīʿu l-ʿalīm

Shall I inform you upon whom the devils descend?

هَلْ أُنَبِّئُكُمْ عَلَىٰ مَن تَنَزَّلُ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينُ

hal unabbi-ukum ʿalā man tanazzalu l-shayāṭīn

They descend upon every guilty fabricator.

تَنَزَّلُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ أَفَّاكٍ أَثِيمٍ

tanazzalu ʿalā kulli affākin athīmi

They pretend to listen, but most of them are liars.

يُلْقُونَ ٱلسَّمْعَ وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ كَٰذِبُونَ

yul'qūna l-samʿa wa-aktharuhum kādhibūn

As for the poets, they are followed only by the strayers.

وَٱلشُّعَرَآءُ يَتَّبِعُهُمُ ٱلْغَاوُۥنَ

wal-shuʿarāu yattabiʿuhumu l-ghāwūn

Do you not see that their loyalty shifts according to the situation?

أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّهُمْ فِى كُلِّ وَادٍ يَهِيمُونَ

alam tara annahum fī kulli wādin yahīmūn

And that they say what they do not do?

وَأَنَّهُمْ يَقُولُونَ مَا لَا يَفْعَلُونَ

wa-annahum yaqūlūna mā lā yafʿalūn

Exempted are those who believe, lead a righteous life, commemorate GOD frequently, and stand up for their rights. Surely, the transgressors will find out what their ultimate destiny is.

إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ وَذَكَرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ كَثِيرًا وَٱنتَصَرُوا۟ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا ظُلِمُوا۟ وَسَيَعْلَمُ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوٓا۟ أَىَّ مُنقَلَبٍ يَنقَلِبُونَ

illā alladhīna āmanū waʿamilū l-ṣāliḥāti wadhakarū l-laha kathīran wa-intaṣarū min baʿdi mā ẓulimū wasayaʿlamu alladhīna ẓalamū ayya munqalabin yanqalibūn