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Surat al-anbiya (The Prophets)

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اِقْتَرَبَ لِلنَّاسِ حِسَابُهُمْ وَهُمْ فِيْ غَفْلَةٍ مُّعْرِضُوْنَ ۚ

iqtaraba lin-nāsi ḥisābuhum wa hum fī gaflatim mu'riḍụn

NEAR HAS COME the reckoning for men but they turn away in remissness.

مَا يَأْتِيْهِمْ مِّنْ ذِكْرٍ مِّنْ رَّبِّهِمْ مُّحْدَثٍ اِلَّا اسْتَمَعُوْهُ وَهُمْ يَلْعَبُوْنَ ۙ

mā ya`tīhim min żikrim mir rabbihim muḥdaṡin illastama'ụhu wa hum yal'abụn

Never does a new reminder come to them from their Lord but they listen to it with dalliance.

لَاهِيَةً قُلُوْبُهُمْۗ وَاَسَرُّوا النَّجْوَىۖ الَّذِيْنَ ظَلَمُوْاۖ هَلْ هٰذَآ اِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُكُمْۚ اَفَتَأْتُوْنَ السِّحْرَ وَاَنْتُمْ تُبْصِرُوْنَ

lāhiyatang qulụbuhum, wa asarrun-najwallażīna ẓalamụ hal hāżā illā basyarum miṡlukum, a fa ta`tụnas-siḥra wa antum tubṣirụn

Their minds are lost in frivolous pastimes; and the evil-doers discuss secretly: "Is he not but only a man like you? Then why are you taken in by magic seeingly?"

قٰلَ رَبِّيْ يَعْلَمُ الْقَوْلَ فِى السَّمَاۤءِ وَالْاَرْضِۖ وَهُوَ السَّمِيْعُ الْعَلِيْمُ

qāla rabbī ya'lamul-qaula fis-samā`i wal-arḍi wa huwas-samī'ul-'alīm

He said: "My Lord knows whatever is spoken in the heavens and the earth. He hears all and knows everything."

بَلْ قَالُوْٓا اَضْغَاثُ اَحْلَامٍۢ بَلِ افْتَرٰىهُ بَلْ هُوَ شَاعِرٌۚ فَلْيَأْتِنَا بِاٰيَةٍ كَمَآ اُرْسِلَ الْاَوَّلُوْنَ

bal qālū aḍgāṡu aḥlām, baliftarāhu bal huwa syā'ir, falya`tinā bi`āyating kamā ursilal-awwalụn

Yet they say: "These are only confused dreams " or rather: "He has invented them;" or: "He is only a poet. Let him therefore bring a miracle to us as the earlier (apostles) were sent with."

مَآ اٰمَنَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ مِّنْ قَرْيَةٍ اَهْلَكْنٰهَاۚ اَفَهُمْ يُؤْمِنُوْنَ

mā āmanat qablahum ming qaryatin ahlaknāhā, a fa hum yu`minụn

Not one habitation that We destroyed before them had believed. So how can they believe?

وَمَآ اَرْسَلْنَا قَبْلَكَ اِلَّا رِجَالًا نُّوْحِيْٓ اِلَيْهِمْ فَسْـَٔلُوْٓا اَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُوْنَ

wa mā arsalnā qablaka illā rijālan nụḥī ilaihim fas`alū ahlaż-żikri ing kuntum lā ta'lamụn

Never did We send a message before you but through a man whom We inspired. If you do not know then ask the keepers of the oracles of God.

وَمَا جَعَلْنٰهُمْ جَسَدًا لَّا يَأْكُلُوْنَ الطَّعَامَ وَمَا كَانُوْا خٰلِدِيْنَ

wa mā ja'alnāhum jasadal lā ya`kulụnaṭ-ṭa'āma wa mā kānụ khālidīn

We did not make their bodies immune to hunger nor were they immortal.

ثُمَّ صَدَقْنٰهُمُ الْوَعْدَ فَاَنْجَيْنٰهُمْ وَمَنْ نَّشَاۤءُ وَاَهْلَكْنَا الْمُسْرِفِيْنَ

ṡumma ṣadaqnāhumul-wa'da fa anjaināhum wa man nasyā`u wa ahlaknal-musrifīn

Then We made Our promise good to them and delivered whomsoever We pleased and destroyed the transgressors.

لَقَدْ اَنْزَلْنَآ اِلَيْكُمْ كِتٰبًا فِيْهِ ذِكْرُكُمْۗ اَفَلَا تَعْقِلُوْنَ

laqad anzalnā ilaikum kitāban fīhi żikrukum, a fa lā ta'qilụn

We have sent down to you a Book which has a reminder for you. Do you not understand?

وَكَمْ قَصَمْنَا مِنْ قَرْيَةٍ كَانَتْ ظَالِمَةً وَّاَنْشَأْنَا بَعْدَهَا قَوْمًا اٰخَرِيْنَ

wa kam qaṣamnā ming qaryating kānat ẓālimataw wa ansya`nā ba'dahā qauman ākharīn

How many habitations that were sinful have We demolished utterly and raised other people after them.

فَلَمَّآ اَحَسُّوْا بَأْسَنَآ اِذَا هُمْ مِّنْهَا يَرْكُضُوْنَ ۗ

fa lammā aḥassụ ba`sanā iżā hum min-hā yarkuḍụn

Whensoever they sensed Our punishment they fled from them.

لَا تَرْكُضُوْا وَارْجِعُوْٓا اِلٰى مَآ اُتْرِفْتُمْ فِيْهِ وَمَسٰكِنِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُسْـَٔلُوْنَ

lā tarkuḍụ warji'ū ilā mā utriftum fīhi wa masākinikum la'allakum tus`alụn

"Do not flee; go back to your halls of pleasure and your habitations so that you may be interrogated."

قَالُوْا يٰوَيْلَنَآ اِنَّا كُنَّا ظٰلِمِيْنَ

qālụ yā wailanā innā kunnā ẓālimīn

"Woe alas " they said "we were really sinful."

فَمَا زَالَتْ تِّلْكَ دَعْوٰىهُمْ حَتّٰى جَعَلْنٰهُمْ حَصِيْدًا خَامِدِيْنَ

fa mā zālat tilka da'wāhum ḥattā ja'alnāhum ḥaṣīdan khāmidīn

And this remained their lament till We mowed them down and made them extinct.

وَمَا خَلَقْنَا السَّمَاۤءَ وَالْاَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا لٰعِبِيْنَ

wa mā khalaqnas-samā`a wal-arḍa wa mā bainahumā lā'ibīn

We have not created the heavens and the earth and all that lies between them out of fun.

لَوْ اَرَدْنَآ اَنْ نَّتَّخِذَ لَهْوًا لَّاتَّخَذْنٰهُ مِنْ لَّدُنَّآ ۖاِنْ كُنَّا فٰعِلِيْنَ

lau aradnā an nattakhiża lahwal lattakhażnāhu mil ladunnā ing kunnā fā'ilīn

If We had pleased to make a plaything We could have made it Ourself if We had cared to do so.

بَلْ نَقْذِفُ بِالْحَقِّ عَلَى الْبَاطِلِ فَيَدْمَغُهٗ فَاِذَا هُوَ زَاهِقٌۗ وَلَكُمُ الْوَيْلُ مِمَّا تَصِفُوْنَ

bal naqżifu bil-ḥaqqi 'alal-bāṭili fa yadmaguhụ fa iżā huwa zāhiq, wa lakumul-wailu mimmā taṣifụn

In fact We strike the truth against the FALSE which shatters it and it disappears. Woe to you for what you attribute (to Him)!

وَلَهٗ مَنْ فِى السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِۗ وَمَنْ عِنْدَهٗ لَا يَسْتَكْبِرُوْنَ عَنْ عِبَادَتِهٖ وَلَا يَسْتَحْسِرُوْنَ ۚ

wa lahụ man fis-samāwāti wal-arḍ, wa man 'indahụ lā yastakbirụna 'an 'ibādatihī wa lā yastaḥsirụn

Whosoever is in the heavens and the earth belongs to Him; and those who are near Him do not disdain to worship Him or weary (of His service)

يُسَبِّحُوْنَ الَّيْلَ وَالنَّهَارَ لَا يَفْتُرُوْنَ

yusabbiḥụnal-laila wan-nahāra lā yafturụn

Nor cease to endeavour praising Him night and day.

اَمِ اتَّخَذُوْٓا اٰلِهَةً مِّنَ الْاَرْضِ هُمْ يُنْشِرُوْنَ

amittakhażū ālihatam minal-arḍi hum yunsyirụn

Or have they taken gods from the earth who can raise the dead?

لَوْ كَانَ فِيْهِمَآ اٰلِهَةٌ اِلَّا اللّٰهُ لَفَسَدَتَاۚ فَسُبْحٰنَ اللّٰهِ رَبِّ الْعَرْشِ عَمَّا يَصِفُوْنَ

lau kāna fīhimā ālihatun illallāhu lafasadatā, fa sub-ḥānallāhi rabbil-'arsyi 'ammā yaṣifụn

Had there been gods apart from God both (the heavens and the earth) would have been despoiled. Much too glorious is God the Lord of the mighty throne for things they assert!

لَا يُسْـَٔلُ عَمَّا يَفْعَلُ وَهُمْ يُسْـَٔلُوْنَ

lā yus`alu 'ammā yaf'alu wa hum yus`alụn

He cannot be questioned about what He does but they will be questioned.

اَمِ اتَّخَذُوْا مِنْ دُوْنِهٖٓ اٰلِهَةً ۗقُلْ هَاتُوْا بُرْهَانَكُمْۚ هٰذَا ذِكْرُ مَنْ مَّعِيَ وَذِكْرُ مَنْ قَبْلِيْۗ بَلْ اَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُوْنَۙ الْحَقَّ فَهُمْ مُّعْرِضُوْنَ

amittakhażụ min dụnihī ālihah, qul hātụ bur-hānakum, hāżā żikru mam ma'iya wa żikru mang qablī, bal akṡaruhum lā ya'lamụnal-ḥaqqa fa hum mu'riḍụn

Have they taken gods besides God? Say: "Then bring your proof. Here is the Book of those who are with me and the Book of those who have gone before me." But most men do not know the truth and turn away.

وَمَآ اَرْسَلْنَا مِنْ قَبْلِكَ مِنْ رَّسُوْلٍ اِلَّا نُوْحِيْٓ اِلَيْهِ اَنَّهٗ لَآ اِلٰهَ اِلَّآ اَنَا۠ فَاعْبُدُوْنِ

wa mā arsalnā ming qablika mir rasụlin illā nụḥī ilaihi annahụ lā ilāha illā ana fa'budụn

We have not sent an apostle before you without instructing him that there is no god but I so worship Me.

وَقَالُوا اتَّخَذَ الرَّحْمٰنُ وَلَدًا سُبْحٰنَهٗ ۗبَلْ عِبَادٌ مُّكْرَمُوْنَ ۙ

wa qāluttakhażar-raḥmānu waladan sub-ḥānah, bal 'ibādum mukramụn

And yet they say: "Ar-Rahman has begotten a son." Too exalted is He! In fact those (they call His sons) were His honoured votaries.

لَا يَسْبِقُوْنَهٗ بِالْقَوْلِ وَهُمْ بِاَمْرِهٖ يَعْمَلُوْنَ

lā yasbiqụnahụ bil-qauli wa hum bi`amrihī ya'malụn

They did not precede Him in their speech and acted on His command.

يَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ اَيْدِيْهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ وَلَا يَشْفَعُوْنَۙ اِلَّا لِمَنِ ارْتَضٰى وَهُمْ مِّنْ خَشْيَتِهٖ مُشْفِقُوْنَ

ya'lamu mā baina aidīhim wa mā khalfahum wa lā yasyfa'ụna illā limanirtaḍā wa hum min khasy-yatihī musyfiqụn

He knows what was there before them and what came after them; and they did not intercede for any one but whom He willed and they were filled with awe of Him.

۞ وَمَنْ يَّقُلْ مِنْهُمْ اِنِّيْٓ اِلٰهٌ مِّنْ دُوْنِهٖ فَذٰلِكَ نَجْزِيْهِ جَهَنَّمَۗ كَذٰلِكَ نَجْزِى الظّٰلِمِيْنَ

wa may yaqul min-hum innī ilāhum min dụnihī fa żālika najzīhi jahannam, każālika najziẓ-ẓālimīn

If any one of them said: "I am God besides Him " We should award him Hell; for this is how We requite the evil-doers.

اَوَلَمْ يَرَ الَّذِيْنَ كَفَرُوْٓا اَنَّ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضَ كَانَتَا رَتْقًا فَفَتَقْنٰهُمَاۗ وَجَعَلْنَا مِنَ الْمَاۤءِ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ حَيٍّۗ اَفَلَا يُؤْمِنُوْنَ

a wa lam yarallażīna kafarū annas-samāwāti wal-arḍa kānatā ratqan fa fataqnāhumā, wa ja'alnā minal-mā`i kulla syai`in ḥayy, a fa lā yu`minụn

Do not these unbelievers see that the heavens and the earth were an integrated mass then We split them and made every living thing from water? Will they not believe even then?

وَجَعَلْنَا فِى الْاَرْضِ رَوَاسِيَ اَنْ تَمِيْدَ بِهِمْۖ وَجَعَلْنَا فِيْهَا فِجَاجًا سُبُلًا لَّعَلَّهُمْ يَهْتَدُوْنَ

wa ja'alnā fil-arḍi rawāsiya an tamīda bihim wa ja'alnā fīhā fijājan subulal la'allahum yahtadụn

We placed stabilisers in the earth so that as it revolved with them you lived undisturbed; and We provided passageways between them so that men may find their way;

وَجَعَلْنَا السَّمَاۤءَ سَقْفًا مَّحْفُوْظًاۚ وَهُمْ عَنْ اٰيٰتِهَا مُعْرِضُوْنَ

wa ja'alnas-samā`a saqfam maḥfụẓā, wa hum 'an āyātihā mu'riḍụn

And We made the sky a well-protected roof. Still they turn away from His signs!

وَهُوَ الَّذِيْ خَلَقَ الَّيْلَ وَالنَّهَارَ وَالشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَۗ كُلٌّ فِيْ فَلَكٍ يَّسْبَحُوْنَ

wa huwallażī khalaqal-laila wan-nahāra wasy-syamsa wal-qamar, kullun fī falakiy yasbaḥụn

It is He who created night and day the sun and the moon revolving on its orbit.

وَمَا جَعَلْنَا لِبَشَرٍ مِّنْ قَبْلِكَ الْخُلْدَۗ اَفَا۟ىِٕنْ مِّتَّ فَهُمُ الْخٰلِدُوْنَ

wa mā ja'alnā libasyarim ming qablikal-khuld, a fā im mitta fa humul-khālidụn

We have given no man everlastingness before you. So then if you die will they live ever after?

كُلُّ نَفْسٍ ذَاۤىِٕقَةُ الْمَوْتِۗ وَنَبْلُوْكُمْ بِالشَّرِّ وَالْخَيْرِ فِتْنَةً ۗوَاِلَيْنَا تُرْجَعُوْنَ

kullu nafsin żā`iqatul-maụt, wa nablụkum bisy-syarri wal-khairi fitnah, wa ilainā turja'ụn

Every soul will know the taste of death. We tempt you with evil and with good as a trial; and to Us you will return.

وَاِذَا رَاٰكَ الَّذِيْنَ كَفَرُوْٓا اِنْ يَّتَّخِذُوْنَكَ اِلَّا هُزُوًاۗ اَهٰذَا الَّذِيْ يَذْكُرُ اٰلِهَتَكُمْۚ وَهُمْ بِذِكْرِ الرَّحْمٰنِ هُمْ كٰفِرُوْنَ

wa iżā ra`ākallażīna kafarū iy yattakhiżụnaka illā huzuwā, a hāżallażī yażkuru ālihatakum, wa hum biżikrir-raḥmāni hum kāfirụn

But when the unbelievers see you they make fun of you (and say): "Is this the one who mentions your gods (deridingly)?" Yet in Ar-Rahman they disbelieve!

خُلِقَ الْاِنْسَانُ مِنْ عَجَلٍۗ سَاُورِيْكُمْ اٰيٰتِيْ فَلَا تَسْتَعْجِلُوْنِ

khuliqal-insānu min 'ajal, sa`urīkum āyātī fa lā tasta'jilụn

Man is made of inordinate haste. We will show you Our signs then you will not desire to hasten (the punishment).

وَيَقُوْلُوْنَ مَتٰى هٰذَا الْوَعْدُ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ صٰدِقِيْنَ

wa yaqụlụna matā hāżal-wa'du ing kuntum ṣādiqīn

Yet they say: "When will the promised threat come to pass if you speak the truth?"

لَوْ يَعْلَمُ الَّذِيْنَ كَفَرُوْا حِيْنَ لَا يَكُفُّوْنَ عَنْ وُّجُوْهِهِمُ النَّارَ وَلَا عَنْ ظُهُوْرِهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يُنْصَرُوْنَ

lau ya'lamullażīna kafarụ ḥīna lā yakuffụna 'aw wujụhihimun-nāra wa lā 'an ẓuhụrihim wa lā hum yunṣarụn

If only the unbelievers could apprehend the moment when they would neither be able to ward off the fire from their faces and their backs nor help reach them!

بَلْ تَأْتِيْهِمْ بَغْتَةً فَتَبْهَتُهُمْ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيْعُوْنَ رَدَّهَا وَلَا هُمْ يُنْظَرُوْنَ

bal ta`tīhim bagtatan fa tab-hatuhum fa lā yastaṭī'ụna raddahā wa lā hum yunẓarụn

It will come upon them unawares confounding them and they will not be able to keep it back nor will they be given respite.

وَلَقَدِ اسْتُهْزِئَ بِرُسُلٍ مِّنْ قَبْلِكَ فَحَاقَ بِالَّذِيْنَ سَخِرُوْا مِنْهُمْ مَّا كَانُوْا بِهٖ يَسْتَهْزِءُوْنَ

wa laqadistuhzi`a birusulim ming qablika fa ḥāqa billażīna sakhirụ min-hum mā kānụ bihī yastahzi`ụn

Many apostles have been scoffed before you; but they who scoffed were themselves caught by what they had ridiculed.

قُلْ مَنْ يَّكْلَؤُكُمْ بِالَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ مِنَ الرَّحْمٰنِۗ بَلْ هُمْ عَنْ ذِكْرِ رَبِّهِمْ مُّعْرِضُوْنَ

qul may yakla`ukum bil-laili wan-nahāri minar-raḥmān, bal hum 'an żikri rabbihim mu'riḍụn

Say: "Who guards you from Ar-Rahman by night and by day?" Yet from a mention of their Lord they turn away.

اَمْ لَهُمْ اٰلِهَةٌ تَمْنَعُهُمْ مِّنْ دُوْنِنَاۗ لَا يَسْتَطِيْعُوْنَ نَصْرَ اَنْفُسِهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ مِّنَّا يُصْحَبُوْنَ

am lahum ālihatun tamna'uhum min dụninā, lā yastaṭī'ụna naṣra anfusihim wa lā hum minnā yuṣ-ḥabụn

Or do they have lords of their own besides Us who can defend them? But they are not able to help themselves nor can they find protection against Us.

بَلْ مَتَّعْنَا هٰٓؤُلَاۤءِ وَاٰبَاۤءَهُمْ حَتّٰى طَالَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْعُمُرُۗ اَفَلَا يَرَوْنَ اَنَّا نَأْتِى الْاَرْضَ نَنْقُصُهَا مِنْ اَطْرَافِهَاۗ اَفَهُمُ الْغٰلِبُوْنَ

bal matta'nā hā`ulā`i wa ābā`ahum ḥattā ṭāla 'alaihimul-'umur, a fa lā yarauna annā na`til-arḍa nangquṣuhā min aṭrāfihā, a fa humul-gālibụn

We allowed them and their fathers time to enjoy till the very end of their lives. Do they not see Us advancing into the land reducing its frontiers? Would they still prevail?

قُلْ اِنَّمَآ اُنْذِرُكُمْ بِالْوَحْيِۖ وَلَا يَسْمَعُ الصُّمُّ الدُّعَاۤءَ اِذَا مَا يُنْذَرُوْنَ

qul innamā unżirukum bil-waḥyi wa lā yasma'uṣ-ṣummud-du'ā`a iżā mā yunżarụn

Say: "I am warning you by God´s command." But the deaf do not hear the call when they are warned.

وَلَىِٕنْ مَّسَّتْهُمْ نَفْحَةٌ مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّكَ لَيَقُوْلُنَّ يٰوَيْلَنَآ اِنَّا كُنَّا ظٰلِمِيْنَ

wa la`im massat-hum naf-ḥatum min 'ażābi rabbika layaqụlunna yā wailanā innā kunnā ẓālimīn

Even if a whiff of the Lord´s chastisement were to touch them they would surely say: "Ah woe alas we were surely sinful."

وَنَضَعُ الْمَوَازِيْنَ الْقِسْطَ لِيَوْمِ الْقِيٰمَةِ فَلَا تُظْلَمُ نَفْسٌ شَيْـًٔاۗ وَاِنْ كَانَ مِثْقَالَ حَبَّةٍ مِّنْ خَرْدَلٍ اَتَيْنَا بِهَاۗ وَكَفٰى بِنَا حَاسِبِيْنَ

wa naḍa'ul-mawāzīnal-qisṭa liyaumil-qiyāmati fa lā tuẓlamu nafsun syai`ā, wa ing kāna miṡqāla ḥabbatim min khardalin atainā bihā, wa kafā binā ḥāsibīn

We shall fix the scales of justice on the Day of Resurrection so that none will be wronged in the least; and even if it were equal to a mustard seed in weight We shall take it (into account). We are sufficient for computation.

وَلَقَدْ اٰتَيْنَا مُوْسٰى وَهٰرُوْنَ الْفُرْقَانَ وَضِيَاۤءً وَّذِكْرًا لِّلْمُتَّقِيْنَ ۙ

wa laqad ātainā mụsā wa hārụnal-furqāna wa ḍiyā`aw wa żikral lil-muttaqīn

We gave Moses and Aaron the Criterion and a light and reminder for those who take heed for themselves

الَّذِيْنَ يَخْشَوْنَ رَبَّهُمْ بِالْغَيْبِ وَهُمْ مِّنَ السَّاعَةِ مُشْفِقُوْنَ

allażīna yakhsyauna rabbahum bil-gaibi wa hum minas-sā'ati musyfiqụn

Who are fearful of their Lord inwardly and dread the Hour.

وَهٰذَا ذِكْرٌ مُّبٰرَكٌ اَنْزَلْنٰهُۗ اَفَاَنْتُمْ لَهٗ مُنْكِرُوْنَ

wa hāżā żikrum mubārakun anzalnāh, a fa antum lahụ mungkirụn

And this is a blessed reminder that We have sent down. Will you then deny it?

۞ وَلَقَدْ اٰتَيْنَآ اِبْرٰهِيْمَ رُشْدَهٗ مِنْ قَبْلُ وَكُنَّا بِهٖ عٰلِمِيْنَ

wa laqad ātainā ibrāhīma rusydahụ ming qablu wa kunnā bihī 'ālimīn

We had earlier given Abraham TRUE direction for We knew him well.

اِذْ قَالَ لِاَبِيْهِ وَقَوْمِهٖ مَا هٰذِهِ التَّمَاثِيْلُ الَّتِيْٓ اَنْتُمْ لَهَا عَاكِفُوْنَ

iż qāla li`abīhi wa qaumihī mā hāżihit-tamāṡīlullatī antum lahā 'ākifụn

When he said to his father and his people: "What are these idols to which you cling so passionately?"

قَالُوْا وَجَدْنَآ اٰبَاۤءَنَا لَهَا عٰبِدِيْنَ

qālụ wajadnā ābā`anā lahā 'ābidīn

They replied: "We found our fathers worshipping them."

قَالَ لَقَدْ كُنْتُمْ اَنْتُمْ وَاٰبَاۤؤُكُمْ فِيْ ضَلٰلٍ مُّبِيْنٍ

qāla laqad kuntum antum wa ābā`ukum fī ḍalālim mubīn

He said: "You and your fathers were in clear error."

قَالُوْٓا اَجِئْتَنَا بِالْحَقِّ اَمْ اَنْتَ مِنَ اللّٰعِبِيْنَ

qālū a ji`tanā bil-ḥaqqi am anta minal-lā'ibīn

They said: "Are you speaking in earnest or only jesting?"

قَالَ بَلْ رَّبُّكُمْ رَبُّ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِ الَّذِيْ فَطَرَهُنَّۖ وَاَنَا۠ عَلٰى ذٰلِكُمْ مِّنَ الشّٰهِدِيْنَ

qāla bar rabbukum rabbus-samāwāti wal-arḍillażī faṭarahunna wa ana 'alā żālikum minasy-syāhidīn

He said: "In fact it was your Lord the Lord of the heavens and the earth who created them; and I bear witness to this.

وَتَاللّٰهِ لَاَكِيْدَنَّ اَصْنَامَكُمْ بَعْدَ اَنْ تُوَلُّوْا مُدْبِرِيْنَ

wa tallāhi la`akīdanna aṣnāmakum ba'da an tuwallụ mudbirīn

I swear by God I will do something to your idols when you have turned your backs and gone."

فَجَعَلَهُمْ جُذَاذًا اِلَّا كَبِيْرًا لَّهُمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ اِلَيْهِ يَرْجِعُوْنَ

fa ja'alahum jużāżan illā kabīral lahum la'allahum ilaihi yarji'ụn

So he smashed them up to pieces with the exception of the biggest so that they may turn to it.

قَالُوْا مَنْ فَعَلَ هٰذَا بِاٰلِهَتِنَآ اِنَّهٗ لَمِنَ الظّٰلِمِيْنَ

qālụ man fa'ala hāżā bi`ālihatinā innahụ laminaẓ-ẓālimīn

They asked (on return): "Who has done this to our gods? He is surely a mischief-monger."

قَالُوْا سَمِعْنَا فَتًى يَّذْكُرُهُمْ يُقَالُ لَهٗٓ اِبْرٰهِيْمُ ۗ

qālụ sami'nā fatay yażkuruhum yuqālu lahū ibrāhīm

They said: "We heard a youth talk about them. He is called Abraham."

قَالُوْا فَأْتُوْا بِهٖ عَلٰٓى اَعْيُنِ النَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَشْهَدُوْنَ

qālụ fa`tụ bihī 'alā a'yunin-nāsi la'allahum yasy-hadụn

"Bring him before the people " they said "that they may bear witness."

قَالُوْٓا ءَاَنْتَ فَعَلْتَ هٰذَا بِاٰلِهَتِنَا يٰٓاِبْرٰهِيْمُ ۗ

qālū a anta fa'alta hāżā bi`ālihatinā yā ibrāhīm

"Did you do this to our gods O Abraham?" they enquired.

قَالَ بَلْ فَعَلَهٗ كَبِيْرُهُمْ هٰذَا فَسْـَٔلُوْهُمْ اِنْ كَانُوْا يَنْطِقُوْنَ

qāla bal fa'alahụ kabīruhum hāżā fas`alụhum ing kānụ yanṭiqụn

"No " he said. "It was done by that chief of theirs. Ask him in case they can speak."

فَرَجَعُوْٓا اِلٰٓى اَنْفُسِهِمْ فَقَالُوْٓا اِنَّكُمْ اَنْتُمُ الظّٰلِمُوْنَ ۙ

fa raja'ū ilā anfusihim fa qālū innakum antumuẓ-ẓālimụn

Then they thought and observed: "Surely you are yourselves unjust."

ثُمَّ نُكِسُوْا عَلٰى رُءُوْسِهِمْۚ لَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ مَا هٰٓؤُلَاۤءِ يَنْطِقُوْنَ

ṡumma nukisụ 'alā ru`ụsihim, laqad 'alimta mā hā`ulā`i yanṭiqụn

Then crestfallen (they confessed): "Truly as you know they cannot speak."

قَالَ اَفَتَعْبُدُوْنَ مِنْ دُوْنِ اللّٰهِ مَا لَا يَنْفَعُكُمْ شَيْـًٔا وَّلَا يَضُرُّكُمْ ۗ

qāla a fa ta'budụna min dụnillāhi mā lā yanfa'ukum syai`aw wa lā yaḍurrukum

(So Abraham) said: "Then why do you worship something apart from God that cannot profit you or do you harm?

اُفٍّ لَّكُمْ وَلِمَا تَعْبُدُوْنَ مِنْ دُوْنِ اللّٰهِ ۗاَفَلَا تَعْقِلُوْنَ

uffil lakum wa limā ta'budụna min dụnillāh, a fa lā ta'qilụn

Fie on you and those you worship besides God! Will you not understand?"

قَالُوْا حَرِّقُوْهُ وَانْصُرُوْٓا اٰلِهَتَكُمْ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ فٰعِلِيْنَ

qālụ ḥarriqụhu wanṣurū ālihatakum ing kuntum fā'ilīn

They said: "Burn him and save your gods if you are men of action."

قُلْنَا يَا نَارُ كُوْنِيْ بَرْدًا وَّسَلٰمًا عَلٰٓى اِبْرٰهِيْمَ ۙ

qulnā yā nāru kụnī bardaw wa salāman 'alā ibrāhīm

"Turn cold O fire " We said "and give safety to Abraham."

وَاَرَادُوْا بِهٖ كَيْدًا فَجَعَلْنٰهُمُ الْاَخْسَرِيْنَ ۚ

wa arādụ bihī kaidan fa ja'alnāhumul-akhsarīn

They wished to entrap him but We made them greater losers.

وَنَجَّيْنٰهُ وَلُوْطًا اِلَى الْاَرْضِ الَّتِيْ بٰرَكْناَ فِيْهَا لِلْعٰلَمِيْنَ

wa najjaināhu wa lụṭan ilal-arḍillatī bāraknā fīhā lil-'ālamīn

So We delivered him and Lot and brought them to the land We had blessed for all the people.

وَوَهَبْنَا لَهٗٓ اِسْحٰقَ وَيَعْقُوْبَ نَافِلَةً ۗوَكُلًّا جَعَلْنَا صٰلِحِيْنَ

wa wahabnā lahū is-ḥāqa wa ya'qụba nāfilah, wa kullan ja'alnā ṣāliḥīn

And We bestowed on him Isaac and Jacob as an additional gift and made them righteous.

وَجَعَلْنٰهُمْ اَىِٕمَّةً يَّهْدُوْنَ بِاَمْرِنَا وَاَوْحَيْنَآ اِلَيْهِمْ فِعْلَ الْخَيْرٰتِ وَاِقَامَ الصَّلٰوةِ وَاِيْتَاۤءَ الزَّكٰوةِۚ وَكَانُوْا لَنَا عٰبِدِيْنَ ۙ

wa ja'alnāhum a`immatay yahdụna bi`amrinā wa auḥainā ilaihim fi'lal-khairāti wa iqāmaṣ-ṣalāti wa ītā`az-zakāh, wa kānụ lanā 'ābidīn

And We made them leaders to guide (the people) by Our command; and We inspired them to perform good deeds and observe their moral obligations and pay the zakat; and they obeyed Us.

وَلُوْطًا اٰتَيْنٰهُ حُكْمًا وَّعِلْمًا وَّنَجَّيْنٰهُ مِنَ الْقَرْيَةِ الَّتِيْ كَانَتْ تَّعْمَلُ الْخَبٰۤىِٕثَ ۗاِنَّهُمْ كَانُوْا قَوْمَ سَوْءٍ فٰسِقِيْنَۙ

wa lụṭan ātaināhu ḥukmaw wa 'ilmaw wa najjaināhu minal-qaryatillatī kānat ta'malul-khabā`iṡ, innahum kānụ qauma sau`in fāsiqīn

To Lot We gave wisdom and knowledge and saved him from a people who acted villainously and were certainly wicked and disobedient.

وَاَدْخَلْنٰهُ فِيْ رَحْمَتِنَاۗ اِنَّهٗ مِنَ الصّٰلِحِيْنَ

wa adkhalnāhu fī raḥmatinā, innahụ minaṣ-ṣāliḥīn

Thus We admitted him to Our grace. He is surely one of the righteous.

وَنُوْحًا اِذْ نَادٰى مِنْ قَبْلُ فَاسْتَجَبْنَا لَهٗ فَنَجَّيْنٰهُ وَاَهْلَهٗ مِنَ الْكَرْبِ الْعَظِيْمِ ۚ

wa nụḥan iż nādā ming qablu fastajabnā lahụ fa najjaināhu wa ahlahụ minal-karbil-'aẓīm

Remember Noah when he called to Us before this. We heard him and saved him and those with him from great distress;

وَنَصَرْنٰهُ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ الَّذِيْنَ كَذَّبُوْا بِاٰيٰتِنَاۗ اِنَّهُمْ كَانُوْا قَوْمَ سَوْءٍ فَاَغْرَقْنٰهُمْ اَجْمَعِيْنَ

wa naṣarnāhu minal-qaumillażīna każżabụ bi`āyātinā, innahum kānụ qauma sau`in fa agraqnāhum ajma'īn

And We helped him against the people who rejected Our signs as lies. They were a wicked people indeed so We drowned them one and all.

وَدَاوٗدَ وَسُلَيْمٰنَ اِذْ يَحْكُمٰنِ فِى الْحَرْثِ اِذْ نَفَشَتْ فِيْهِ غَنَمُ الْقَوْمِۚ وَكُنَّا لِحُكْمِهِمْ شٰهِدِيْنَ ۖ

wa dāwụda wa sulaimāna iż yaḥkumāni fil-ḥarṡi iż nafasyat fīhi ganamul-qaụm, wa kunnā liḥukmihim syāhidīn

(Remember) David and Solomon when they pronounced judgement about the field which was eaten up at night by sheep belonging to certain people. We were witness to their judgement.

فَفَهَّمْنٰهَا سُلَيْمٰنَۚ وَكُلًّا اٰتَيْنَا حُكْمًا وَّعِلْمًاۖ وَّسَخَّرْنَا مَعَ دَاوٗدَ الْجِبَالَ يُسَبِّحْنَ وَالطَّيْرَۗ وَكُنَّا فٰعِلِيْنَ

fa fahhamnāhā sulaimān, wa kullan ātainā ḥukmaw wa 'ilmaw wa sakhkharnā ma'a dāwụdal-jibāla yusabbiḥna waṭ-ṭaīr, wa kunnā fā'ilīn

We made Solomon understand the case and bestowed on each wisdom and knowledge We subdued the al-jibal (mountains) with David to sing Our praises and at-tair (birds). It is We who did it.

وَعَلَّمْنٰهُ صَنْعَةَ لَبُوْسٍ لَّكُمْ لِتُحْصِنَكُمْ مِّنْۢ بَأْسِكُمْۚ فَهَلْ اَنْتُمْ شَاكِرُوْنَ

wa 'allamnāhu ṣan'ata labụsil lakum lituhṣinakum mim ba`sikum, fa hal antum syākirụn

And We taught him the art of making coats of mail to shield you from each other´s violence. Will you not be grateful even then?

وَلِسُلَيْمٰنَ الرِّيْحَ عَاصِفَةً تَجْرِيْ بِاَمْرِهٖٓ اِلَى الْاَرْضِ الَّتِيْ بٰرَكْنَا فِيْهَاۗ وَكُنَّا بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عٰلِمِيْنَ

wa lisulaimānar-rīḥa 'āṣifatan tajrī bi`amrihī ilal-arḍillatī bāraknā fīhā, wa kunnā bikulli syai`in 'ālimīn

We made tempestuous winds obedient to Solomon which blew swiftly to sail at his bidding (with his ships) to the land We had blessed. We are cognisant of everything.

وَمِنَ الشَّيٰطِيْنِ مَنْ يَّغُوْصُوْنَ لَهٗ وَيَعْمَلُوْنَ عَمَلًا دُوْنَ ذٰلِكَۚ وَكُنَّا لَهُمْ حٰفِظِيْنَ ۙ

wa minasy-syayāṭīni may yagụṣụna lahụ wa ya'malụna 'amalan dụna żālik, wa kunnā lahum ḥāfiẓīn

And many of the devils (We also made obedient to him) who dived for him and did many other things; and We kept watch over them.

۞ وَاَيُّوْبَ اِذْ نَادٰى رَبَّهٗٓ اَنِّيْ مَسَّنِيَ الضُّرُّ وَاَنْتَ اَرْحَمُ الرَّاحِمِيْنَ ۚ

wa ayyụba iż nādā rabbahū annī massaniyaḍ-ḍurru wa anta ar-ḥamur-rāḥimīn

(Remember) Job when he called to his Lord: "I am afflicted with distress and You are the most compassionate of all."

فَاسْتَجَبْنَا لَهٗ فَكَشَفْنَا مَا بِهٖ مِنْ ضُرٍّ وَّاٰتَيْنٰهُ اَهْلَهٗ وَمِثْلَهُمْ مَّعَهُمْ رَحْمَةً مِّنْ عِنْدِنَا وَذِكْرٰى لِلْعٰبِدِيْنَ ۚ

fastajabnā lahụ fa kasyafnā mā bihī min ḍurriw wa ātaināhu ahlahụ wa miṡlahum ma'ahum raḥmatam min 'indinā wa żikrā lil-'ābidīn

So We heard his cry and relieved him of the misery he was in. We restored his family to him and along with them gave him others similar to them as a grace from Us and reminder for those who are obedient.

وَاِسْمٰعِيْلَ وَاِدْرِيْسَ وَذَا الْكِفْلِۗ كُلٌّ مِّنَ الصّٰبِرِيْنَ ۙ

wa ismā'īla wa idrīsa wa żal-kifl, kullum minaṣ-ṣābirīn

(Remember) Ishmael Edris and Dhu´l-Kifl. They were men of fortitude

وَاَدْخَلْنٰهُمْ فِيْ رَحْمَتِنَاۗ اِنَّهُمْ مِّنَ الصّٰلِحِيْنَ

wa adkhalnāhum fī raḥmatinā, innahum minaṣ-ṣāliḥīn

And they were admitted to Our grace. Verily they were among the doers of good.

وَذَا النُّوْنِ اِذْ ذَّهَبَ مُغَاضِبًا فَظَنَّ اَنْ لَّنْ نَّقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ فَنَادٰى فِى الظُّلُمٰتِ اَنْ لَّآ اِلٰهَ اِلَّآ اَنْتَ سُبْحٰنَكَ اِنِّيْ كُنْتُ مِنَ الظّٰلِمِيْنَ ۚ

wa żan-nụni iż żahaba mugāḍiban fa ẓanna al lan naqdira 'alaihi fa nādā fiẓ-ẓulumāti al lā ilāha illā anta sub-ḥānaka innī kuntu minaẓ-ẓālimīn

And (remember) Dhu´n-Noon (Jonah of the fish) when he went away in anger and imagined We will not test him (with distress). Then he called out from the darkness: "There is no god other than You. All glory to You; surely I was a sinner.

فَاسْتَجَبْنَا لَهٗۙ وَنَجَّيْنٰهُ مِنَ الْغَمِّۗ وَكَذٰلِكَ نُـْۨجِى الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ

fastajabnā lahụ wa najjaināhu minal-gamm, wa każālika nunjil-mu`minīn

We heard his cry and saved him from the anguish. That is how We deliver those who believe.

وَزَكَرِيَّآ اِذْ نَادٰى رَبَّهٗ رَبِّ لَا تَذَرْنِيْ فَرْدًا وَّاَنْتَ خَيْرُ الْوٰرِثِيْنَ ۚ

wa zakariyyā iż nādā rabbahụ rabbi lā tażarnī fardaw wa anta khairul-wāriṡīn

(Remember) Zachariah when he called to his Lord: "Do not leave me alone (and childless) for you are the best of givers."

فَاسْتَجَبْنَا لَهٗ ۖوَوَهَبْنَا لَهٗ يَحْيٰى وَاَصْلَحْنَا لَهٗ زَوْجَهٗۗ اِنَّهُمْ كَانُوْا يُسٰرِعُوْنَ فِى الْخَيْرٰتِ وَيَدْعُوْنَنَا رَغَبًا وَّرَهَبًاۗ وَكَانُوْا لَنَا خٰشِعِيْنَ

fastajabnā lahụ wa wahabnā lahụ yaḥyā wa aṣlaḥnā lahụ zaujah, innahum kānụ yusāri'ụna fil-khairāti wa yad'ụnanā ragabaw wa rahabā, wa kānụ lanā khāsyi'īn

So We heard him and gave him John and cured his wife (of barrenness). These were men who vied in good deeds with one another and prayed to Us with love and awe and were meek before Us.

وَالَّتِيْٓ اَحْصَنَتْ فَرْجَهَا فَنَفَخْنَا فِيْهَا مِنْ رُّوْحِنَا وَجَعَلْنٰهَا وَابْنَهَآ اٰيَةً لِّلْعٰلَمِيْنَ

wallatī aḥṣanat farjahā fa nafakhnā fīhā mir rụḥinā wa ja'alnāhā wabnahā āyatal lil-'ālamīn

(Remember) her who preserved her chastity into whom We breathed a new life from Us and made her and her son a token for mankind.

اِنَّ هٰذِهٖٓ اُمَّتُكُمْ اُمَّةً وَّاحِدَةًۖ وَّاَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمْ فَاعْبُدُوْنِ

inna hāżihī ummatukum ummataw wāḥidataw wa ana rabbukum fa'budụn

Verily this your order is one order and I am your Lord; so worship Me.

وَتَقَطَّعُوْٓا اَمْرَهُمْ بَيْنَهُمْۗ كُلٌّ اِلَيْنَا رَاجِعُوْنَ

wa taqaṭṭa'ū amrahum bainahum, kullun ilainā rāji'ụn

But they split up the order among themselves; (yet) all of them have to come back to Me.

فَمَنْ يَّعْمَلْ مِنَ الصّٰلِحٰتِ وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ فَلَا كُفْرَانَ لِسَعْيِهٖۚ وَاِنَّا لَهٗ كَاتِبُوْنَ

fa may ya'mal minaṣ-ṣāliḥāti wa huwa mu`minun fa lā kufrāna lisa'yih, wa innā lahụ kātibụn

So he who does the right and is a believer will not have his labour denied for We are congnisant of it.

وَحَرَامٌ عَلٰى قَرْيَةٍ اَهْلَكْنٰهَآ اَنَّهُمْ لَا يَرْجِعُوْنَ

wa ḥarāmun 'alā qaryatin ahlaknāhā annahum lā yarji'ụn

It is imperative that a habitation We have destroyed will not desist (from unbelief)

حَتّٰىٓ اِذَا فُتِحَتْ يَأْجُوْجُ وَمَأْجُوْجُ وَهُمْ مِّنْ كُلِّ حَدَبٍ يَّنْسِلُوْنَ

ḥattā iżā futiḥat ya`jụju wa ma`jụju wa hum ming kulli ḥadabiy yansilụn

Until when the way is opened up for Gog and Magog and they press from every elevated place

وَاقْتَرَبَ الْوَعْدُ الْحَقُّ فَاِذَا هِيَ شَاخِصَةٌ اَبْصَارُ الَّذِيْنَ كَفَرُوْاۗ يٰوَيْلَنَا قَدْ كُنَّا فِيْ غَفْلَةٍ مِّنْ هٰذَا بَلْ كُنَّا ظٰلِمِيْنَ

waqtarabal-wa'dul-ḥaqqu fa iżā hiya syākhiṣatun abṣārullażīna kafarụ, yā wailanā qad kunnā fī gaflatim min hāżā bal kunnā ẓālimīn

And the certain promise (of Doom) comes near. Then the eyes of unbelievers will be fixed in horror (and they will cry:) "Ah woe betide we were indeed heedless of this and were oppressors and unjust."

اِنَّكُمْ وَمَا تَعْبُدُوْنَ مِنْ دُوْنِ اللّٰهِ حَصَبُ جَهَنَّمَۗ اَنْتُمْ لَهَا وَارِدُوْنَ

innakum wa mā ta'budụna min dụnillāhi ḥaṣabu jahannam, antum lahā wāridụn

Verily you and those you worship other than God will be faggots for Hell; and come to it you will.

لَوْ كَانَ هٰٓؤُلَاۤءِ اٰلِهَةً مَّا وَرَدُوْهَاۗ وَكُلٌّ فِيْهَا خٰلِدُوْنَ

lau kāna hā`ulā`i ālihatam mā waradụhā, wa kullun fīhā khālidụn

Had they really been gods they would not have entered it: They will all abide in it for ever.

لَهُمْ فِيْهَا زَفِيْرٌ وَّهُمْ فِيْهَا لَا يَسْمَعُوْنَ

lahum fīhā zafīruw wa hum fīhā lā yasma'ụn

There will only be groaning for them and they will not hear any thing.

اِنَّ الَّذِيْنَ سَبَقَتْ لَهُمْ مِّنَّا الْحُسْنٰىٓۙ اُولٰۤىِٕكَ عَنْهَا مُبْعَدُوْنَ ۙ

innallażīna sabaqat lahum minnal-ḥusnā ulā`ika 'an-hā mub'adụn

But those for whom a good reward had been fore-ordained by Us will be far removed from it

لَا يَسْمَعُوْنَ حَسِيْسَهَاۚ وَهُمْ فِيْ مَا اشْتَهَتْ اَنْفُسُهُمْ خٰلِدُوْنَ ۚ

lā yasma'ụna ḥasīsahā, wa hum fī masytahat anfusuhum khālidụn

And will not hear its hissing and will live for ever in the midst of what their hearts desire.

لَا يَحْزُنُهُمُ الْفَزَعُ الْاَكْبَرُ وَتَتَلَقّٰىهُمُ الْمَلٰۤىِٕكَةُۗ هٰذَا يَوْمُكُمُ الَّذِيْ كُنْتُمْ تُوْعَدُوْنَ

lā yaḥzunuhumul-faza'ul-akbaru wa tatalaqqāhumul-malā`ikah, hāżā yaumukumullażī kuntum tụ'adụn

They will have safety from the mighty terror and angels will receive them (saying:) "This is your day which had been promised you."

يَوْمَ نَطْوِى السَّمَاۤءَ كَطَيِّ السِّجِلِّ لِلْكُتُبِۗ كَمَا بَدَأْنَآ اَوَّلَ خَلْقٍ نُّعِيْدُهٗۗ وَعْدًا عَلَيْنَاۗ اِنَّا كُنَّا فٰعِلِيْنَ

yauma naṭwis-samā`a kaṭayyis-sijilli lil-kutub, kamā bada`nā awwala khalqin nu'īduh, wa'dan 'alainā, innā kunnā fā'ilīn

The day We shall roll up the heavens like a written scroll We shall revert it (to nothing) as it was before We first created it. This is a promise incumbent on Us; We will certainly fulfil it.

وَلَقَدْ كَتَبْنَا فِى الزَّبُوْرِ مِنْۢ بَعْدِ الذِّكْرِ اَنَّ الْاَرْضَ يَرِثُهَا عِبَادِيَ الصّٰلِحُوْنَ

wa laqad katabnā fiz-zabụri mim ba'diż-żikri annal-arḍa yariṡuhā 'ibādiyaṣ-ṣāliḥụn

We had prescribed in the Book of Psalms after the reminder and admonition that those of Our creatures who are good will in the end rule the earth.

اِنَّ فِيْ هٰذَا لَبَلٰغًا لِّقَوْمٍ عٰبِدِيْنَ ۗ

inna fī hāżā labalāgal liqaumin 'ābidīn

Verily there is a message in this for people who are devout.

وَمَآ اَرْسَلْنٰكَ اِلَّا رَحْمَةً لِّلْعٰلَمِيْنَ

wa mā arsalnāka illā raḥmatal lil-'ālamīn

We have sent you as a benevolence to the creatures of the world.

قُلْ اِنَّمَا يُوْحٰٓى اِلَيَّ اَنَّمَآ اِلٰهُكُمْ اِلٰهٌ وَّاحِدٌۚ فَهَلْ اَنْتُمْ مُّسْلِمُوْنَ

qul innamā yụḥā ilayya annamā ilāhukum ilāhuw wāḥid, fa hal antum muslimụn

Say: "This is what has been revealed to me: ´Your God is one and only God.´ So will you bow in homage to Him?"

فَاِنْ تَوَلَّوْا فَقُلْ اٰذَنْتُكُمْ عَلٰى سَوَاۤءٍۗ وَاِنْ اَدْرِيْٓ اَقَرِيْبٌ اَمْ بَعِيْدٌ مَّا تُوْعَدُوْنَ

fa in tawallau fa qul āżantukum 'alā sawā`, wa in adrī a qarībun am ba'īdum mā tụ'adụn

If they turn away tell them: "I have warned you all alike. I do not know if what has been promised you is near or far away.

اِنَّهٗ يَعْلَمُ الْجَهْرَ مِنَ الْقَوْلِ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا تَكْتُمُوْنَ

innahụ ya'lamul-jahra minal-qauli wa ya'lamu mā taktumụn

He knows surely what you say aloud and what you hide within your breasts.

وَاِنْ اَدْرِيْ لَعَلَّهٗ فِتْنَةٌ لَّكُمْ وَمَتَاعٌ اِلٰى حِيْنٍ

wa in adrī la'allahụ fitnatul lakum wa matā'un ilā ḥīn

I do not know if this be a trial for you or a little advantage for a while."

قَالَ رَبِّ احْكُمْ بِالْحَقِّۗ وَرَبُّنَا الرَّحْمٰنُ الْمُسْتَعَانُ عَلٰى مَا تَصِفُوْنَ

qāla rabbiḥkum bil-ḥaqq, wa rabbunar-raḥmānul-musta'ānu 'alā mā taṣifụn

"Judge in truth (between us) O Lord " he said. "Our Lord is merciful whose help we seek against what you attribute."