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Ash-Shu'araa - الشعراء
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3 لَعَلَّكَ بَـٰخِعٌ نَّفْسَكَ أَلَّا يَكُونُوا۟ مُؤْمِنِينَ
You are liable to imperil your life [out of distress] that they will not have faith.
4 إِن نَّشَأْ نُنَزِّلْ عَلَيْهِم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ ءَايَةً فَظَلَّتْ أَعْنَـٰقُهُمْ لَهَا خَـٰضِعِينَ
If We wish We will send down to them a sign from the sky before which their heads will remain bowed in humility.
5 وَمَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن ذِكْرٍ مِّنَ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ مُحْدَثٍ إِلَّا كَانُوا۟ عَنْهُ مُعْرِضِينَ
There does not come to them any new reminder from the All-beneficent but that they disregard it.
6 فَقَدْ كَذَّبُوا۟ فَسَيَأْتِيهِمْ أَنۢبَـٰٓؤُا۟ مَا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ
They have already denied [the truth], but soon there will come to them the news of what they have been deriding.
7 أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَمْ أَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ زَوْجٍ كَرِيمٍ
Have they not regarded the earth, how many of every splendid kind [of vegetation] We have caused to grow in it?
8 إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ
There is indeed a sign in that; but most of them do not have faith.
9 وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
Indeed your Lord is the All-mighty, the All-merciful.
10 وَإِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبُّكَ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنِ ٱئْتِ ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ
When your Lord called out to Moses: [saying,] ‘Go to those wrongdoing people,
11 قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ ۚ أَلَا يَتَّقُونَ
the people of Pharaoh. Will they not be wary [of Allah]?’
12 قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ أَن يُكَذِّبُونِ
He said, ‘My Lord! I fear they will impugn me,
13 وَيَضِيقُ صَدْرِى وَلَا يَنطَلِقُ لِسَانِى فَأَرْسِلْ إِلَىٰ هَـٰرُونَ
and I will become upset and my tongue will fail me. So send for Aaron [to join me].
14 وَلَهُمْ عَلَىَّ ذَنۢبٌ فَأَخَافُ أَن يَقْتُلُونِ
Besides, they have a charge against me, and I fear they will kill me.’
15 قَالَ كَلَّا ۖ فَٱذْهَبَا بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَآ ۖ إِنَّا مَعَكُم مُّسْتَمِعُونَ
He said, ‘Certainly not! Let both of you go with Our signs: We will indeed be with you, hearing [everything].
16 فَأْتِيَا فِرْعَوْنَ فَقُولَآ إِنَّا رَسُولُ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
So approach Pharaoh and say, ‘‘We are indeed envoys of the Lord of the worlds
17 أَنْ أَرْسِلْ مَعَنَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ
that you let the Children of Israel leave with us.’’ ’
18 قَالَ أَلَمْ نُرَبِّكَ فِينَا وَلِيدًا وَلَبِثْتَ فِينَا مِنْ عُمُرِكَ سِنِينَ
He [i.e. Pharaoh] said, ‘Did we not rear you as a child among us, and did you not stay with us for years of your life?
19 وَفَعَلْتَ فَعْلَتَكَ ٱلَّتِى فَعَلْتَ وَأَنتَ مِنَ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ
Then you committed that deed of yours, and you are an ingrate.’
20 قَالَ فَعَلْتُهَآ إِذًا وَأَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ
He said, ‘I did that when I was astray.
21 فَفَرَرْتُ مِنكُمْ لَمَّا خِفْتُكُمْ فَوَهَبَ لِى رَبِّى حُكْمًا وَجَعَلَنِى مِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ
So I fled from you, as I was afraid of you. Then my Lord gave me sound judgement and made me one of the apostles.
22 وَتِلْكَ نِعْمَةٌ تَمُنُّهَا عَلَىَّ أَنْ عَبَّدتَّ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ
That you have enslaved the Children of Israel—is that the favour with which you reproach me?’
23 قَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَا رَبُّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
He said, ‘And what is ‘‘the Lord of all the worlds?’’ ’
24 قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ ۖ إِن كُنتُم مُّوقِنِينَ
He said, ‘The Lord of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them,—should you have conviction.’
25 قَالَ لِمَنْ حَوْلَهُۥٓ أَلَا تَسْتَمِعُونَ
He said to those who were around him, ‘Don’t you hear?!’
26 قَالَ رَبُّكُمْ وَرَبُّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
He said, ‘Your Lord, and the Lord of your forefathers!’
27 قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَكُمُ ٱلَّذِىٓ أُرْسِلَ إِلَيْكُمْ لَمَجْنُونٌ
He said, ‘Indeed your messenger, who has been sent to you, is surely crazy!’
28 قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلْمَشْرِقِ وَٱلْمَغْرِبِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ ۖ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ
He said, ‘The Lord of the east and the west and whatever is between them—should you exercise your reason.’
29 قَالَ لَئِنِ ٱتَّخَذْتَ إِلَـٰهًا غَيْرِى لَأَجْعَلَنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْمَسْجُونِينَ
He said, ‘If you take up any god other than me, I will surely make you a prisoner!’
30 قَالَ أَوَلَوْ جِئْتُكَ بِشَىْءٍ مُّبِينٍ
He said, ‘What if I bring you something [as an] unmistakable [proof]?’
31 قَالَ فَأْتِ بِهِۦٓ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ
He said, ‘Then bring it, should you be truthful.’
32 فَأَلْقَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِىَ ثُعْبَانٌ مُّبِينٌ
Thereat he threw down his staff, and behold, it was a manifest python.
33 وَنَزَعَ يَدَهُۥ فَإِذَا هِىَ بَيْضَآءُ لِلنَّـٰظِرِينَ
Then he drew out his hand, and behold, it was white and bright to the onlookers.
34 قَالَ لِلْمَلَإِ حَوْلَهُۥٓ إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَسَـٰحِرٌ عَلِيمٌ
He said to the elite [who stood] around him, ‘This is indeed an expert magician
35 يُرِيدُ أَن يُخْرِجَكُم مِّنْ أَرْضِكُم بِسِحْرِهِۦ فَمَاذَا تَأْمُرُونَ
who seeks to expel you from your land with his magic. So what do you advise?’
36 قَالُوٓا۟ أَرْجِهْ وَأَخَاهُ وَٱبْعَثْ فِى ٱلْمَدَآئِنِ حَـٰشِرِينَ
They said, ‘Put him and his brother off for a while, and send heralds to the cities
38 فَجُمِعَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ لِمِيقَـٰتِ يَوْمٍ مَّعْلُومٍ
So the magicians were gathered for the tryst of a known day,
39 وَقِيلَ لِلنَّاسِ هَلْ أَنتُم مُّجْتَمِعُونَ
and the people were told: ‘Will you all gather?!’
40 لَعَلَّنَا نَتَّبِعُ ٱلسَّحَرَةَ إِن كَانُوا۟ هُمُ ٱلْغَـٰلِبِينَ
‘Maybe we will follow the magicians, if they are victors!’
41 فَلَمَّا جَآءَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ قَالُوا۟ لِفِرْعَوْنَ أَئِنَّ لَنَا لَأَجْرًا إِن كُنَّا نَحْنُ ٱلْغَـٰلِبِينَ
So when the magicians came, they said to Pharaoh, ‘Shall we have a reward if we were to be the victors?’
42 قَالَ نَعَمْ وَإِنَّكُمْ إِذًا لَّمِنَ ٱلْمُقَرَّبِينَ
He said, ‘Of course; and you will be among members of my inner circle.’
43 قَالَ لَهُم مُّوسَىٰٓ أَلْقُوا۟ مَآ أَنتُم مُّلْقُونَ
Moses said to them, ‘Throw down whatever you have to throw!’
44 فَأَلْقَوْا۟ حِبَالَهُمْ وَعِصِيَّهُمْ وَقَالُوا۟ بِعِزَّةِ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّا لَنَحْنُ ٱلْغَـٰلِبُونَ
So they threw down their sticks and ropes, and said, ‘By the might of Pharaoh, we shall surely be victorious!’
45 فَأَلْقَىٰ مُوسَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِىَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُونَ
Thereat Moses threw down his staff, and behold, it was swallowing what they had faked.
47 قَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا بِرَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
They said, ‘We believe in the Lord of all the worlds,
49 قَالَ ءَامَنتُمْ لَهُۥ قَبْلَ أَنْ ءَاذَنَ لَكُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ لَكَبِيرُكُمُ ٱلَّذِى عَلَّمَكُمُ ٱلسِّحْرَ فَلَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ ۚ لَأُقَطِّعَنَّ أَيْدِيَكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُم مِّنْ خِلَـٰفٍ وَلَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ
He [i.e. Pharaoh] said, ‘Do you profess faith in Him before I should permit you? He is indeed your chief who has taught you magic! Soon you will know! I will cut off your hands and feet from opposite sides, and I will crucify you all.’
50 قَالُوا۟ لَا ضَيْرَ ۖ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا مُنقَلِبُونَ
They said, ‘[There is] no harm [in that]! Indeed, we shall return to our Lord.
51 إِنَّا نَطْمَعُ أَن يَغْفِرَ لَنَا رَبُّنَا خَطَـٰيَـٰنَآ أَن كُنَّآ أَوَّلَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
Indeed we hope our Lord will forgive us our offences for being the first to believe.’
52 وَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنْ أَسْرِ بِعِبَادِىٓ إِنَّكُم مُّتَّبَعُونَ
Then We revealed to Moses, [saying],‘Set out with My servants at night, for you will be pursued.’
53 فَأَرْسَلَ فِرْعَوْنُ فِى ٱلْمَدَآئِنِ حَـٰشِرِينَ
Then Pharaoh sent heralds to the cities,
54 إِنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَشِرْذِمَةٌ قَلِيلُونَ
[proclaiming:] ‘These are indeed a small band.
57 فَأَخْرَجْنَـٰهُم مِّن جَنَّـٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ
So We took them out of gardens and springs,
58 وَكُنُوزٍ وَمَقَامٍ كَرِيمٍ
and [made them leave behind] treasures and stately homes.
59 كَذَٰلِكَ وَأَوْرَثْنَـٰهَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ
So it was; and We bequeathed them to the Children of Israel.
61 فَلَمَّا تَرَٰٓءَا ٱلْجَمْعَانِ قَالَ أَصْحَـٰبُ مُوسَىٰٓ إِنَّا لَمُدْرَكُونَ
When the two hosts sighted each other, the companions of Moses said, ‘Indeed we have been caught up.’
62 قَالَ كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّ مَعِىَ رَبِّى سَيَهْدِينِ
He said, ‘Certainly not! Indeed my Lord is with me. He will guide me.’
63 فَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنِ ٱضْرِب بِّعَصَاكَ ٱلْبَحْرَ ۖ فَٱنفَلَقَ فَكَانَ كُلُّ فِرْقٍ كَٱلطَّوْدِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
Thereupon We revealed to Moses: ‘Strike the sea with your staff!’ Whereupon it parted, and each part was as if it were a great mountain.
65 وَأَنجَيْنَا مُوسَىٰ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥٓ أَجْمَعِينَ
and We delivered Moses and all those who were with him.
67 إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ
There is indeed a sign in that, but most of them do not have faith.
68 وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
Indeed your Lord is the All-mighty, the All-merciful.
70 إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِۦ مَا تَعْبُدُونَ
when he said to his father and his people, ‘What is it that you are worshiping?!’
71 قَالُوا۟ نَعْبُدُ أَصْنَامًا فَنَظَلُّ لَهَا عَـٰكِفِينَ
They said, ‘We worship idols, and are constant in our devotion to them.’
72 قَالَ هَلْ يَسْمَعُونَكُمْ إِذْ تَدْعُونَ
He said, ‘Do they hear you when you call them?
73 أَوْ يَنفَعُونَكُمْ أَوْ يَضُرُّونَ
Or do they bring you any benefit, or cause you any harm?’
74 قَالُوا۟ بَلْ وَجَدْنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا كَذَٰلِكَ يَفْعَلُونَ
They said, ‘Indeed, we found our fathers doing likewise.’
75 قَالَ أَفَرَءَيْتُم مَّا كُنتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَ
He said, ‘Have you regarded what you have been worshipping,
77 فَإِنَّهُمْ عَدُوٌّ لِّىٓ إِلَّا رَبَّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
They are indeed enemies to me, but the Lord of all the worlds,
81 وَٱلَّذِى يُمِيتُنِى ثُمَّ يُحْيِينِ
who will make me die, then He will bring me to life,
82 وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَطْمَعُ أَن يَغْفِرَ لِى خَطِيٓـَٔتِى يَوْمَ ٱلدِّينِ
and who, I hope, will forgive me my faults on the Day of Retribution.’
83 رَبِّ هَبْ لِى حُكْمًا وَأَلْحِقْنِى بِٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ
‘My Lord! Grant me [unerring] judgement, and unite me with the Righteous.
84 وَٱجْعَل لِّى لِسَانَ صِدْقٍ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ
Confer on me a worthy repute among the posterity,
85 وَٱجْعَلْنِى مِن وَرَثَةِ جَنَّةِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ
and make me one of the heirs to the paradise of bliss.
86 وَٱغْفِرْ لِأَبِىٓ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ
Forgive my father, for he is one of those who are astray.
87 وَلَا تُخْزِنِى يَوْمَ يُبْعَثُونَ
Do not disgrace me on the day that they will be resurrected,
88 يَوْمَ لَا يَنفَعُ مَالٌ وَلَا بَنُونَ
the day when neither wealth nor children will avail,
89 إِلَّا مَنْ أَتَى ٱللَّهَ بِقَلْبٍ سَلِيمٍ
except him who comes to Allah with a sound heart,’
90 وَأُزْلِفَتِ ٱلْجَنَّةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ
and paradise will be brought near for the Godwary,
91 وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِلْغَاوِينَ
and hell will be brought into view for the perverse,
92 وَقِيلَ لَهُمْ أَيْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَ
and they shall be told: ‘Where is that which you used to worship
93 مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ هَلْ يَنصُرُونَكُمْ أَوْ يَنتَصِرُونَ
besides Allah? Do they help you, or do they help each other?’
94 فَكُبْكِبُوا۟ فِيهَا هُمْ وَٱلْغَاوُۥنَ
Then they will be cast into it on their faces—they and the perverse,
96 قَالُوا۟ وَهُمْ فِيهَا يَخْتَصِمُونَ
They will say, as they wrangle in it [together],
97 تَٱللَّهِ إِن كُنَّا لَفِى ضَلَـٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ
‘By Allah, we had indeed been in manifest error
98 إِذْ نُسَوِّيكُم بِرَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
when we equated you with the Lord of all the worlds!
102 فَلَوْ أَنَّ لَنَا كَرَّةً فَنَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
Had there been another turn for us, we would be among the faithful.’
103 إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ
There is indeed a sign in that; but most of them do not have faith.
104 وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
Indeed your Lord is the All-mighty, the All-merciful.
106 إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ نُوحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ
when Noah, their brother, said to them, ‘Will you not be wary [of Allah]?
109 وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
I do not ask you any reward for it; my reward lies only with the Lord of all the worlds.
111 قَالُوٓا۟ أَنُؤْمِنُ لَكَ وَٱتَّبَعَكَ ٱلْأَرْذَلُونَ
They said, ‘Shall we believe in you, when it is the riffraff who follow you?’
112 قَالَ وَمَا عِلْمِى بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ
He said, ‘What do I know as to what they used to do?
113 إِنْ حِسَابُهُمْ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّى ۖ لَوْ تَشْعُرُونَ
Their reckoning is only with my Lord, should you be aware.
116 قَالُوا۟ لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهِ يَـٰنُوحُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْمَرْجُومِينَ
They said, ‘Noah, if you do not desist, you will certainly be stoned [to death].’
117 قَالَ رَبِّ إِنَّ قَوْمِى كَذَّبُونِ
He said, ‘My Lord! Indeed my people have impugned me.
118 فَٱفْتَحْ بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَهُمْ فَتْحًا وَنَجِّنِى وَمَن مَّعِىَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
So judge conclusively between me and them, and deliver me and the faithful who are with me.’
119 فَأَنجَيْنَـٰهُ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥ فِى ٱلْفُلْكِ ٱلْمَشْحُونِ
Thereupon We delivered him and those who were with him in the laden ark.
121 إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ
There is indeed a sign in that; but most of them do not have faith.
122 وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
Indeed your Lord is the All-mighty, the All-merciful.
124 إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ هُودٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ
when Hud, their brother, said to them, ‘Will you not be wary [of Allah]?
127 وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
I do not ask you any reward for it; my reward lies only with the Lord of all the worlds.
128 أَتَبْنُونَ بِكُلِّ رِيعٍ ءَايَةً تَعْبَثُونَ
Do you build futile a sign on every prominence?
129 وَتَتَّخِذُونَ مَصَانِعَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَخْلُدُونَ
You set up structures as if you will be immortal,
130 وَإِذَا بَطَشْتُم بَطَشْتُمْ جَبَّارِينَ
and when you seize [someone for punishment], you seize [him] like tyrants.
132 وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَمَدَّكُم بِمَا تَعْلَمُونَ
Be wary of Him who has provided you with whatever you know,
135 إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ
Indeed I fear for you the punishment of a tremendous day.’
136 قَالُوا۟ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيْنَآ أَوَعَظْتَ أَمْ لَمْ تَكُن مِّنَ ٱلْوَٰعِظِينَ
They said, ‘It is the same to us whether you exhort us or not.
137 إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا خُلُقُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
These are nothing but the traditions of the ancients,
139 فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَهْلَكْنَـٰهُمْ ۗ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ
So they impugned him, whereupon We destroyed them. There is indeed a sign in that; but most of them do not have faith.
140 وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
Indeed your Lord is the All-mighty, the All-merciful.
142 إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ صَـٰلِحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ
when Salih, their brother, said to them, ‘Will you not be wary [of Allah]?
145 وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
I do not ask you any reward for it; my reward lies only with the Lord of all the worlds.
146 أَتُتْرَكُونَ فِى مَا هَـٰهُنَآ ءَامِنِينَ
Will you be left secure in that which is here
149 وَتَنْحِتُونَ مِنَ ٱلْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا فَـٰرِهِينَ
—while you skillfully hew out houses from the mountains?
151 وَلَا تُطِيعُوٓا۟ أَمْرَ ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ
and do not obey the dictates of the transgressors,
152 ٱلَّذِينَ يُفْسِدُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا يُصْلِحُونَ
who cause corruption in the land and do not bring about reform.’
153 قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلْمُسَحَّرِينَ
They said, ‘Indeed you are one of the bewitched.
154 مَآ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُنَا فَأْتِ بِـَٔايَةٍ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ
You are just a human being like us. So bring us a sign, should you be truthful.’
155 قَالَ هَـٰذِهِۦ نَاقَةٌ لَّهَا شِرْبٌ وَلَكُمْ شِرْبُ يَوْمٍ مَّعْلُومٍ
He said, ‘This is a she-camel; she shall drink and you shall drink on known days.
156 وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوٓءٍ فَيَأْخُذَكُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ
Do not cause her any harm, for then you shall be seized by the punishment of a terrible day.’
157 فَعَقَرُوهَا فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ نَـٰدِمِينَ
But they hamstrung her, whereupon they became regretful.
158 فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ ۗ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ
So the punishment seized them. There is indeed a sign in that; but most of them do not have faith.
159 وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
Indeed your Lord is the All-mighty, the All-merciful.
161 إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ لُوطٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ
when Lot, their brother, said to them, ‘Will you not be wary [of Allah]?
164 وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
I do not ask you any reward for it; my reward lies only with the Lord of all the worlds.
165 أَتَأْتُونَ ٱلذُّكْرَانَ مِنَ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
What! Of all people do you come to males,
166 وَتَذَرُونَ مَا خَلَقَ لَكُمْ رَبُّكُم مِّنْ أَزْوَٰجِكُم ۚ بَلْ أَنتُمْ قَوْمٌ عَادُونَ
abandoning your wives your Lord has created for you? Indeed, you are a transgressing lot.’
167 قَالُوا۟ لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهِ يَـٰلُوطُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْمُخْرَجِينَ
They said, ‘Lot, if you do not desist, you will surely be banished.’
169 رَبِّ نَجِّنِى وَأَهْلِى مِمَّا يَعْمَلُونَ
‘My Lord! Deliver me and my family from what they do.’
173 وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِم مَّطَرًا ۖ فَسَآءَ مَطَرُ ٱلْمُنذَرِينَ
and rained down upon them a rain [of stones]. Evil was the rain of those who were warned!
174 إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ
There is indeed a sign in that; but most of them do not have faith.
175 وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
Indeed your Lord is the All-mighty, the All-merciful.
176 كَذَّبَ أَصْحَـٰبُ لْـَٔيْكَةِ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ
The inhabitants of Aykah impugned the apostles,
177 إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ شُعَيْبٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ
when Shu‘ayb said to them, ‘Will you not be wary [of Allah]?
180 وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
I do not ask you any reward for it; my reward lies only with the Lord of all the worlds.
181 أَوْفُوا۟ ٱلْكَيْلَ وَلَا تَكُونُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْمُخْسِرِينَ
Observe the full measure, and do not be of those who give short measure.
183 وَلَا تَبْخَسُوا۟ ٱلنَّاسَ أَشْيَآءَهُمْ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ
and do not cheat the people of their goods. Do not act wickedly on the earth, causing corruption.
184 وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُمْ وَٱلْجِبِلَّةَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
Be wary of Him who created you and the earlier generations.’
185 قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلْمُسَحَّرِينَ
They said, ‘Indeed you are one of the bewitched.
186 وَمَآ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُنَا وَإِن نَّظُنُّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلْكَـٰذِبِينَ
You are just a human being like us, and we indeed consider you to be a liar.
187 فَأَسْقِطْ عَلَيْنَا كِسَفًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ
Make a fragment of the sky falls upon us, should you be truthful.’
188 قَالَ رَبِّىٓ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ
He said, ‘My Lord knows best what you are doing.’
189 فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمِ ٱلظُّلَّةِ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ
So they impugned him, and then they were overtaken by the punishment of the day of the overshadowing cloud. It was indeed the punishment of a terrible day.
190 إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ
There is indeed a sign in that; but most of them do not have faith.
191 وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
Indeed your Lord is the All-mighty, the All-merciful.
192 وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَنزِيلُ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
This is indeed [a Book] sent down by the Lord of all the worlds,
194 عَلَىٰ قَلْبِكَ لِتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُنذِرِينَ
upon your heart (so that you may be one of the warners),
196 وَإِنَّهُۥ لَفِى زُبُرِ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
It is indeed [foretold] in the scriptures of the ancients.
197 أَوَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُمْ ءَايَةً أَن يَعْلَمَهُۥ عُلَمَـٰٓؤُا۟ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ
Is it not a sign for them that the learned of the Children of Israel recognize it?
198 وَلَوْ نَزَّلْنَـٰهُ عَلَىٰ بَعْضِ ٱلْأَعْجَمِينَ
Had We sent it down upon some non-Arab
199 فَقَرَأَهُۥ عَلَيْهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ مُؤْمِنِينَ
and had he recited it to them, they would not have believed in it.
200 كَذَٰلِكَ سَلَكْنَـٰهُ فِى قُلُوبِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ
This is how We let it pass through the hearts of the guilty:
201 لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِۦ حَتَّىٰ يَرَوُا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَلِيمَ
they do not believe in it until they sight the painful punishment.
202 فَيَأْتِيَهُم بَغْتَةً وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ
It will overtake them suddenly while they are unaware.
203 فَيَقُولُوا۟ هَلْ نَحْنُ مُنظَرُونَ
Thereupon they will say, ‘Shall we be granted any respite?’
205 أَفَرَءَيْتَ إِن مَّتَّعْنَـٰهُمْ سِنِينَ
Tell me, should We let them enjoy for some years,
206 ثُمَّ جَآءَهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يُوعَدُونَ
then there comes to them what they have been promised,
207 مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يُمَتَّعُونَ
of what avail to them will be that which they were given to enjoy?
208 وَمَآ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا لَهَا مُنذِرُونَ
We have not destroyed any town without its having warners,
209 ذِكْرَىٰ وَمَا كُنَّا ظَـٰلِمِينَ
for the sake of admonition, and We were not unjust.
211 وَمَا يَنۢبَغِى لَهُمْ وَمَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ
Neither does it behoove them, nor are they capable [of doing that].
212 إِنَّهُمْ عَنِ ٱلسَّمْعِ لَمَعْزُولُونَ
Indeed, they are kept at bay [even] from hearing it.
213 فَلَا تَدْعُ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَـٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُعَذَّبِينَ
So do not invoke any god besides Allah, lest you should be among the punished.
215 وَٱخْفِضْ جَنَاحَكَ لِمَنِ ٱتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
and lower your wing to the faithful who follow you.
216 فَإِنْ عَصَوْكَ فَقُلْ إِنِّى بَرِىٓءٌ مِّمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ
But if they disobey you, say, ‘I am absolved of what you do.’
217 وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
And put your trust in the All-mighty, the All-merciful,
221 هَلْ أُنَبِّئُكُمْ عَلَىٰ مَن تَنَزَّلُ ٱلشَّيَـٰطِينُ
Should I inform you on whom the devils descend?
223 يُلْقُونَ ٱلسَّمْعَ وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ كَـٰذِبُونَ
They eavesdrop, and most of them are liars.
224 وَٱلشُّعَرَآءُ يَتَّبِعُهُمُ ٱلْغَاوُۥنَ
As for the poets, [only] the perverse follow them.
225 أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّهُمْ فِى كُلِّ وَادٍ يَهِيمُونَ
Have you not regarded that they rove in every valley,
227 إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ وَذَكَرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ كَثِيرًا وَٱنتَصَرُوا۟ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا ظُلِمُوا۟ ۗ وَسَيَعْلَمُ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوٓا۟ أَىَّ مُنقَلَبٍ يَنقَلِبُونَ
Barring those who have faith, do righteous deeds, and remember Allah much often, and vindicate themselves after they have been wronged. And the wrongdoers will soon know at what goal they will end up.