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تَبٰرَكَ الَّذِيْ نَزَّلَ الْفُرْقَانَ عَلٰى عَبْدِهٖ لِيَكُوْنَ لِلْعٰلَمِيْنَ نَذِيْرًا ۙ

tabārakallażī nazzalal-furqāna 'alā 'abdihī liyakụna lil-'ālamīna nażīrā

BLESSED IS HE who revealed the Criterion (of right and wrong) to His votary that it may be a warning for the world --

ۨالَّذِيْ لَهٗ مُلْكُ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِ وَلَمْ يَتَّخِذْ وَلَدًا وَّلَمْ يَكُنْ لَّهٗ شَرِيْكٌ فِى الْمُلْكِ وَخَلَقَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ فَقَدَّرَهٗ تَقْدِيْرًا

allażī lahụ mulkus-samāwāti wal-arḍi wa lam yattakhiż waladaw wa lam yakul lahụ syarīkun fil-mulki wa khalaqa kulla syai`in fa qaddarahụ taqdīrā

He to whom belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth who has neither begotten a son nor has He a partner in His kingdom (who) created everything and determined its exact measure.

وَاتَّخَذُوْا مِنْ دُوْنِهٖٓ اٰلِهَةً لَّا يَخْلُقُوْنَ شَيْـًٔا وَّهُمْ يُخْلَقُوْنَ وَلَا يَمْلِكُوْنَ لِاَنْفُسِهِمْ ضَرًّا وَّلَا نَفْعًا وَّلَا يَمْلِكُوْنَ مَوْتًا وَّلَا حَيٰوةً وَّلَا نُشُوْرًا

wattakhażụ min dụnihī ālihatal lā yakhluqụna syai`aw wa hum yukhlaqụna wa lā yamlikụna li`anfusihim ḍarraw wa lā naf'aw wa lā yamlikụna mautaw wa lā ḥayātaw wa lā nusyụrā

Yet they choose apart from Him gods who have not created any thing and have themselves been created who possess no power over their loss or gain or their death or life or being raised to life again.

وَقَالَ الَّذِيْنَ كَفَرُوْٓا اِنْ هٰذَآ اِلَّآ اِفْكُ ِۨافْتَرٰىهُ وَاَعَانَهٗ عَلَيْهِ قَوْمٌ اٰخَرُوْنَۚ فَقَدْ جَاۤءُوْ ظُلْمًا وَّزُوْرًا ۚ

wa qālallażīna kafarū in hāżā illā ifkuniftarāhu wa a'ānahụ 'alaihi qaumun ākharụn, fa qad jā`ụ ẓulmaw wa zụrā

Yet the unbelievers say: "This is nothing but a lie he has concocted in which others have aided him." They have come down to mischief and lies.

وَقَالُوْٓا اَسَاطِيْرُ الْاَوَّلِيْنَ اكْتَتَبَهَا فَهِيَ تُمْلٰى عَلَيْهِ بُكْرَةً وَّاَصِيْلًا

wa qālū asāṭīrul-awwalīnaktatabahā fa hiya tumlā 'alaihi bukrataw wa aṣīlā

And they say: "These are fables of antiquity he has invented which are dictated to him morning and evening."

قُلْ اَنْزَلَهُ الَّذِيْ يَعْلَمُ السِّرَّ فِى السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِۗ اِنَّهٗ كَانَ غَفُوْرًا رَّحِيْمًا

qul anzalahullażī ya'lamus-sirra fis-samāwāti wal-arḍ, innahụ kāna gafụrar-raḥīmā

Say: "He who knows the secrets of the heavens and the earth has revealed it to me; and He is surely forgiving and kind."

وَقَالُوْا مَالِ هٰذَا الرَّسُوْلِ يَأْكُلُ الطَّعَامَ وَيَمْشِيْ فِى الْاَسْوَاقِۗ لَوْلَآ اُنْزِلَ اِلَيْهِ مَلَكٌ فَيَكُوْنَ مَعَهٗ نَذِيْرًا ۙ

wa qālụ mā lihāżar-rasụli ya`kuluṭ-ṭa'āma wa yamsyī fil-aswāq, lau lā unzila ilaihi malakun fa yakụna ma'ahụ nażīrā

But they say: "What sort of prophet is this who eats food and walks the market places? Why was no angel sent to him to act as admonisher with him?

اَوْ يُلْقٰىٓ اِلَيْهِ كَنْزٌ اَوْ تَكُوْنُ لَهٗ جَنَّةٌ يَّأْكُلُ مِنْهَاۗ وَقَالَ الظّٰلِمُوْنَ اِنْ تَتَّبِعُوْنَ اِلَّا رَجُلًا مَّسْحُوْرًا

au yulqā ilaihi kanzun au takụnu lahụ jannatuy ya`kulu min-hā, wa qālaẓ-ẓālimụna in tattabi'ụna illā rajulam mas-ḥụrā

Or a treasure should have been given to him or he should have had an orchard from which he could eat." And these wicked people say: "You only follow a man ensorcelled."

اُنْظُرْ كَيْفَ ضَرَبُوْا لَكَ الْاَمْثَالَ فَضَلُّوْا فَلَا يَسْتَطِيْعُوْنَ سَبِيْلًا

unẓur kaifa ḍarabụ lakal-amṡāla fa ḍallụ fa lā yastaṭī'ụna sabīlā

Just see what comparisons they bring up for you! They are lost and cannot find the way.

تَبٰرَكَ الَّذِيْٓ اِنْ شَاۤءَ جَعَلَ لَكَ خَيْرًا مِّنْ ذٰلِكَ جَنّٰتٍ تَجْرِيْ مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْاَنْهٰرُۙ وَيَجْعَلْ لَّكَ قُصُوْرًا

tabārakallażī in syā`a ja'ala laka khairam min żālika jannātin tajrī min taḥtihal-an-hāru wa yaj'al laka quṣụrā

Blessed be He who if He pleased could give you better than that -- gardens with rivers flowing by; and make palaces for you.

بَلْ كَذَّبُوْا بِالسَّاعَةِۙ وَاَعْتَدْنَا لِمَنْ كَذَّبَ بِالسَّاعَةِ سَعِيْرًا

bal każżabụ bis-sā'ati wa a'tadnā limang każżaba bis-sā'ati sa'īrā

Yet they reject the Hour as untrue. We have prepared a Fire for those who deny the Resurrection.

اِذَا رَاَتْهُمْ مِّنْ مَّكَانٍۢ بَعِيْدٍ سَمِعُوْا لَهَا تَغَيُّظًا وَّزَفِيْرًا

iżā ra`at-hum mim makānim ba'īdin sami'ụ lahā tagayyuẓaw wa zafīrā

When (Hell) appears to them from a distance they will hear it raging and roaring.

وَاِذَآ اُلْقُوْا مِنْهَا مَكَانًا ضَيِّقًا مُّقَرَّنِيْنَ دَعَوْا هُنَالِكَ ثُبُوْرًا ۗ

wa iżā ulqụ min-hā makānan ḍayyiqam muqarranīna da'au hunālika ṡubụrā

And when they are cast within a narrow space of it chained together they would plead for death.

لَا تَدْعُوا الْيَوْمَ ثُبُوْرًا وَّاحِدًا وَّادْعُوْا ثُبُوْرًا كَثِيْرًا

lā tad'ul-yauma ṡubụraw wāḥidaw wad'ụ ṡubụrang kaṡīrā

"Do not ask for one death but many deaths on this day."

قُلْ اَذٰلِكَ خَيْرٌ اَمْ جَنَّةُ الْخُلْدِ الَّتِيْ وُعِدَ الْمُتَّقُوْنَۗ كَانَتْ لَهُمْ جَزَاۤءً وَّمَصِيْرًا

qul a żālika khairun am jannatul-khuldillatī wu'idal-muttaqụn, kānat lahum jazā`aw wa maṣīrā

Ask them: "Is this better or a garden for everlasting abode which has been promised the pious and devout? It would be their guerdon and their destination.

لَهُمْ فِيْهَا مَا يَشَاۤءُوْنَ خٰلِدِيْنَۗ كَانَ عَلٰى رَبِّكَ وَعْدًا مَّسْـُٔوْلًا

lahum fīhā mā yasyā`ụna khālidīn, kāna 'alā rabbika wa'dam mas`ụlā

There will they have whatever they wish and there abide for ever." This is a promise incumbent on your Lord which will certainly be fulfilled.

وَيَوْمَ يَحْشُرُهُمْ وَمَا يَعْبُدُوْنَ مِنْ دُوْنِ اللّٰهِ فَيَقُوْلُ ءَاَنْتُمْ اَضْلَلْتُمْ عِبَادِيْ هٰٓؤُلَاۤءِ اَمْ هُمْ ضَلُّوا السَّبِيْلَ ۗ

wa yauma yaḥsyuruhum wa mā ya'budụna min dụnillāhi fa yaqụlu a antum aḍlaltum 'ibādī hā`ulā`i am hum ḍallus-sabīl

The day He will gather them together along with those they worshipped other than God He will ask them: "Did you lure these creatures of Mine away or did they themselves go astray?"

قَالُوْا سُبْحٰنَكَ مَا كَانَ يَنْۢبَغِيْ لَنَآ اَنْ نَّتَّخِذَ مِنْ دُوْنِكَ مِنْ اَوْلِيَاۤءَ وَلٰكِنْ مَّتَّعْتَهُمْ وَاٰبَاۤءَهُمْ حَتّٰى نَسُوا الذِّكْرَۚ وَكَانُوْا قَوْمًاۢ بُوْرًا

qālụ sub-ḥānaka mā kāna yambagī lanā an nattakhiża min dụnika min auliyā`a wa lākim matta'tahum wa ābā`ahum ḥattā nasuż-żikr, wa kānụ qaumam bụrā

They will answer: "Glory to You. It was not worthy of us to seek any protector other than You. But You allowed them and their fathers a life of ease until they turned oblivious of the Reminder. They were a people impenitent.

فَقَدْ كَذَّبُوْكُمْ بِمَا تَقُوْلُوْنَۙ فَمَا تَسْتَطِيْعُوْنَ صَرْفًا وَّلَا نَصْرًاۚ وَمَنْ يَّظْلِمْ مِّنْكُمْ نُذِقْهُ عَذَابًا كَبِيْرًا

fa qad każżabụkum bimā taqụlụna fa mā tastaṭī'ụna ṣarfaw wa lā naṣrā, wa may yaẓlim mingkum nużiq-hu 'ażābang kabīrā

(The idolaters will be told): "Your gods have refuted your assertion. You can neither avert (your doom) nor receive any help. We shall make the wicked among you taste of severe punishment."

وَمَآ اَرْسَلْنَا قَبْلَكَ مِنَ الْمُرْسَلِيْنَ اِلَّآ اِنَّهُمْ لَيَأْكُلُوْنَ الطَّعَامَ وَيَمْشُوْنَ فِى الْاَسْوَاقِۗ وَجَعَلْنَا بَعْضَكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ فِتْنَةً ۗ اَتَصْبِرُوْنَۚ وَكَانَ رَبُّكَ بَصِيْرًا ۔

wa mā arsalnā qablaka minal-mursalīna illā innahum laya`kulụnaṭ-ṭa'āma wa yamsyụna fil-aswāq, wa ja'alnā ba'ḍakum liba'ḍin fitnah, a taṣbirụn, wa kāna rabbuka baṣīrā

We never sent before you apostles who did not eat food and walk the market places. We make some of you the means of trying the others. So will you persevere? Your Lord is always watching.

۞ وَقَالَ الَّذِيْنَ لَا يَرْجُوْنَ لِقَاۤءَنَا لَوْلَآ اُنْزِلَ عَلَيْنَا الْمَلٰۤىِٕكَةُ اَوْ نَرٰى رَبَّنَا ۗ لَقَدِ اسْتَكْبَرُوْا فِيْٓ اَنْفُسِهِمْ وَعَتَوْ عُتُوًّا كَبِيْرًا

wa qālallażīna lā yarjụna liqā`anā lau lā unzila 'alainal-malā`ikatu au narā rabbanā, laqadistakbarụ fī anfusihim wa 'atau 'utuwwang kabīrā

Those who do not hope to meet Us say: "Why are no angels sent down to us or why do we not see our Lord?" They are full of self-conceit and behave with intense arrogance.

يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَ الْمَلٰۤىِٕكَةَ لَا بُشْرٰى يَوْمَىِٕذٍ لِّلْمُجْرِمِيْنَ وَيَقُوْلُوْنَ حِجْرًا مَّحْجُوْرًا

yauma yaraunal-malā`ikata lā busyrā yauma`iżil lil-mujrimīna wa yaqụlụna ḥijram maḥjụrā

The day they see the angels there will be no happy tidings for the sinners; and they will say: "There is an insurmountable barrier!"

وَقَدِمْنَآ اِلٰى مَا عَمِلُوْا مِنْ عَمَلٍ فَجَعَلْنٰهُ هَبَاۤءً مَّنْثُوْرًا

wa qadimnā ilā mā 'amilụ min 'amalin fa ja'alnāhu habā`am manṡụrā

We shall turn to their deeds and scatter them like particles of dust.

اَصْحٰبُ الْجَنَّةِ يَوْمَىِٕذٍ خَيْرٌ مُّسْتَقَرًّا وَّاَحْسَنُ مَقِيْلًا

aṣ-ḥābul-jannati yauma`iżin khairum mustaqarraw wa aḥsanu maqīlā

The inmates of Paradise will have a better abode that day and a better resting place.

وَيَوْمَ تَشَقَّقُ السَّمَاۤءُ بِالْغَمَامِ وَنُزِّلَ الْمَلٰۤىِٕكَةُ تَنْزِيْلًا

wa yauma tasyaqqaqus-samā`u bil-gamāmi wa nuzzilal-malā`ikatu tanzīlā

The day the heavens splits asunder with a dazzling white cloud gathering and the angels descend in a continuous stream

اَلْمُلْكُ يَوْمَىِٕذِ ِۨالْحَقُّ لِلرَّحْمٰنِۗ وَكَانَ يَوْمًا عَلَى الْكٰفِرِيْنَ عَسِيْرًا

al-mulku yauma`iżinil-ḥaqqu lir-raḥmān, wa kāna yauman 'alal-kāfirīna 'asīrā

The real sovereignty will belong to Ar-Rahman. How grievous will be the day for the infidels!

وَيَوْمَ يَعَضُّ الظَّالِمُ عَلٰى يَدَيْهِ يَقُوْلُ يٰلَيْتَنِى اتَّخَذْتُ مَعَ الرَّسُوْلِ سَبِيْلًا

wa yauma ya'aḍḍuẓ-ẓālimu 'alā yadaihi yaqụlu yā laitanittakhażtu ma'ar-rasụli sabīlā

The sinner will then bite his hand and say: "Would that I had taken the road with the Prophet.

يٰوَيْلَتٰى لَيْتَنِيْ لَمْ اَتَّخِذْ فُلَانًا خَلِيْلًا

yā wailatā laitanī lam attakhiż fulānan khalīlā

Woe alas ah would I had not taken so-and-so as friend!

لَقَدْ اَضَلَّنِيْ عَنِ الذِّكْرِ بَعْدَ اِذْ جَاۤءَنِيْۗ وَكَانَ الشَّيْطٰنُ لِلْاِنْسَانِ خَذُوْلًا

laqad aḍallanī 'aniż-żikri ba'da iż jā`anī, wa kānasy-syaiṭānu lil-insāni khażụlā

He led me astray from the Warning after it had come to me. Satan always betrays man.

وَقَالَ الرَّسُوْلُ يٰرَبِّ اِنَّ قَوْمِى اتَّخَذُوْا هٰذَا الْقُرْاٰنَ مَهْجُوْرًا

wa qālar-rasụlu yā rabbi inna qaumittakhażụ hāżal-qur`āna mahjụrā

The prophet will say: "O my Lord my people had fettered the Qur´an."

وَكَذٰلِكَ جَعَلْنَا لِكُلِّ نَبِيٍّ عَدُوًّا مِّنَ الْمُجْرِمِيْنَۗ وَكَفٰى بِرَبِّكَ هَادِيًا وَّنَصِيْرًا

wa każālika ja'alnā likulli nabiyyin 'aduwwam minal-mujrimīn, wa kafā birabbika hādiyaw wa naṣīrā

Thus do We keep opponents among the sinners for every apostle; yet your Lord is sufficient as a guide and helper.

وَقَالَ الَّذِيْنَ كَفَرُوْا لَوْلَا نُزِّلَ عَلَيْهِ الْقُرْاٰنُ جُمْلَةً وَّاحِدَةً ۛ كَذٰلِكَ ۛ لِنُثَبِّتَ بِهٖ فُؤَادَكَ وَرَتَّلْنٰهُ تَرْتِيْلًا

wa qālallażīna kafarụ lau lā nuzzila 'alaihil-qur`ānu jumlataw wāḥidah, każālika linuṡabbita bihī fu`ādaka wa rattalnāhu tartīlā

The unbelievers say: "Why was the whole Qur´an not sent down all at once to him?" It was sent thus that We may keep your heart resolute. So We enunciated it by steps and distinctly.

وَلَا يَأْتُوْنَكَ بِمَثَلٍ اِلَّا جِئْنٰكَ بِالْحَقِّ وَاَحْسَنَ تَفْسِيْرًا ۗ

wa lā ya`tụnaka bimaṡalin illā ji`nāka bil-ḥaqqi wa aḥsana tafsīrā

There is not an example they advance to which We do not give you a right answer and a better explanation.

اَلَّذِيْنَ يُحْشَرُوْنَ عَلٰى وُجُوْهِهِمْ اِلٰى جَهَنَّمَۙ اُولٰۤىِٕكَ شَرٌّ مَّكَانًا وَّاَضَلُّ سَبِيْلًا

allażīna yuḥsyarụna 'alā wujụhihim ilā jahannama ulā`ika syarrum makānaw wa aḍallu sabīlā

Those who will be pushed faces forward into Hell will be in a worse position farther away from the path.

وَلَقَدْ اٰتَيْنَا مُوْسَى الْكِتٰبَ وَجَعَلْنَا مَعَهٗٓ اَخَاهُ هٰرُوْنَ وَزِيْرًا ۚ

wa laqad ātainā mụsal-kitāba wa ja'alnā ma'ahū akhāhu hārụna wazīrā

We gave Moses the Book and made his brother Aaron his minister

فَقُلْنَا اذْهَبَآ اِلَى الْقَوْمِ الَّذِيْنَ كَذَّبُوْا بِاٰيٰتِنَاۗ فَدَمَّرْنٰهُمْ تَدْمِيْرًا ۗ

fa qulnaż-habā ilal-qaumillażīna każżabụ bi`āyātinā, fa dammarnāhum tadmīrā

Then We told them: "Go to the people who have rejected Our signs." Then We annihilated them completely.

وَقَوْمَ نُوْحٍ لَّمَّا كَذَّبُوا الرُّسُلَ اَغْرَقْنٰهُمْ وَجَعَلْنٰهُمْ لِلنَّاسِ اٰيَةًۗ وَاَعْتَدْنَا لِلظّٰلِمِيْنَ عَذَابًا اَلِيْمًا ۚ

wa qauma nụḥil lammā każżabur-rusula agraqnāhum wa ja'alnāhum lin-nāsi āyah, wa a'tadnā liẓ-ẓālimīna 'ażāban alīmā

We had drowned the people of Noah when they had accused the apostles of lies and turned them into an example for men. We have prepared a painful punishment for the wicked.

وَعَادًا وَّثَمُوْدَا۟ وَاَصْحٰبَ الرَّسِّ وَقُرُوْنًاۢ بَيْنَ ذٰلِكَ كَثِيْرًا

wa 'ādaw wa ṡamụda wa aṣ-ḥābar-rassi wa qurụnam baina żālika kaṡīrā

(As for) ´Ad Thamud and the people of ar-Rass and many generations in between them

وَكُلًّا ضَرَبْنَا لَهُ الْاَمْثَالَۖ وَكُلًّا تَبَّرْنَا تَتْبِيْرًا

wa kullan ḍarabnā lahul-amṡāla wa kullan tabbarnā tatbīrā

We administered warnings to each of them and then destroyed them completely.

وَلَقَدْ اَتَوْا عَلَى الْقَرْيَةِ الَّتِيْٓ اُمْطِرَتْ مَطَرَ السَّوْءِۗ اَفَلَمْ يَكُوْنُوْا يَرَوْنَهَاۚ بَلْ كَانُوْا لَا يَرْجُوْنَ نُشُوْرًا

wa laqad atau 'alal-qaryatillatī umṭirat maṭaras-saụ`, a fa lam yakụnụ yaraunahā, bal kānụ lā yarjụna nusyụrā

They must have surely passed by the town on which We had rained the terrible rain of ruin. How could they not have seen it? Still they do not dread the Resurrection.

وَاِذَا رَاَوْكَ اِنْ يَّتَّخِذُوْنَكَ اِلَّا هُزُوًاۗ اَهٰذَا الَّذِيْ بَعَثَ اللّٰهُ رَسُوْلًا

wa iżā ra`auka iy yattakhiżụnaka illā huzuwā, a hāżallażī ba'aṡallāhu rasụlā

When they see you they take you only in jest: "Is this the one whom God has sent as messenger?

اِنْ كَادَ لَيُضِلُّنَا عَنْ اٰلِهَتِنَا لَوْلَآ اَنْ صَبَرْنَا عَلَيْهَاۗ وَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُوْنَ حِيْنَ يَرَوْنَ الْعَذَابَ مَنْ اَضَلُّ سَبِيْلًا

ing kāda layuḍillunā 'an ālihatinā lau lā an ṣabarnā 'alaihā, wa saufa ya'lamụna ḥīna yaraunal-'ażāba man aḍallu sabīlā

He would have surely turned us away from our gods if we had not adhered to them." They will know soon who is farther away from the path when they see the punishment!

اَرَءَيْتَ مَنِ اتَّخَذَ اِلٰهَهٗ هَوٰىهُۗ اَفَاَنْتَ تَكُوْنُ عَلَيْهِ وَكِيْلًا ۙ

a ra`aita manittakhaża ilāhahụ hawāh, a fa anta takụnu 'alaihi wakīlā

Have you considered him who takes his own lust for his god? Can you stand a surety for him?

اَمْ تَحْسَبُ اَنَّ اَكْثَرَهُمْ يَسْمَعُوْنَ اَوْ يَعْقِلُوْنَۗ اِنْ هُمْ اِلَّا كَالْاَنْعَامِ بَلْ هُمْ اَضَلُّ سَبِيْلًا

am taḥsabu anna akṡarahum yasma'ụna au ya'qilụn, in hum illā kal-an'āmi bal hum aḍallu sabīlā

Or do you think that most of them hear or understand? They are no better than cattle; in fact they are farther astray from the path.

اَلَمْ تَرَ اِلٰى رَبِّكَ كَيْفَ مَدَّ الظِّلَّۚ وَلَوْ شَاۤءَ لَجَعَلَهٗ سَاكِنًاۚ ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَا الشَّمْسَ عَلَيْهِ دَلِيْلًا ۙ

a lam tara ilā rabbika kaifa maddaẓ-ẓill, walau syā`a laja'alahụ sākinā, ṡumma ja'alnasy-syamsa 'alaihi dalīlā

Have you not seen how your Lord lengthens out the shadow? He could have kept it motionless if He liked. Yet We make the sun its pilot to show the way.

ثُمَّ قَبَضْنٰهُ اِلَيْنَا قَبْضًا يَّسِيْرًا

ṡumma qabaḍnāhu ilainā qabḍay yasīrā

Then We draw it back to Us withdrawing it little by little.

وَهُوَ الَّذِيْ جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الَّيْلَ لِبَاسًا وَّالنَّوْمَ سُبَاتًا وَّجَعَلَ النَّهَارَ نُشُوْرًا

wa huwallażī ja'ala lakumul-laila libāsaw wan-nauma subātaw wa ja'alan-nahāra nusyụrā

It is He who made the night a covering for you; and made sleep for rest the day for rising.

وَهُوَ الَّذِيْٓ اَرْسَلَ الرِّيٰحَ بُشْرًاۢ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ رَحْمَتِهٖۚ وَاَنْزَلْنَا مِنَ السَّمَاۤءِ مَاۤءً طَهُوْرًا ۙ

wa huwallażī arsalar-riyāḥa busyram baina yadai raḥmatih, wa anzalnā minas-samā`i mā`an ṭahụrā

It is He who sends the winds with auspicious news in advance of His benevolence; and We send pure water down from the sky

لِّنُحْيِ َۧ بِهٖ بَلْدَةً مَّيْتًا وَّنُسْقِيَهٗ مِمَّا خَلَقْنَآ اَنْعَامًا وَّاَنَاسِيَّ كَثِيْرًا

linuḥyiya bihī baldatam maitaw wa nusqiyahụ mimmā khalaqnā an'āmaw wa anāsiyya kaṡīrā

To quicken a region that was dead and to give it as drink to animals We have created and to men in plenty.

وَلَقَدْ صَرَّفْنٰهُ بَيْنَهُمْ لِيَذَّكَّرُوْاۖ فَاَبٰىٓ اَكْثَرُ النَّاسِ اِلَّا كُفُوْرًا

wa laqad ṣarrafnāhu bainahum liyażżakkarụ fa abā akṡarun-nāsi illā kufụrā

And We distribute it among them in various ways that they may ponder and reflect; yet most men disdain everything but denial and thanklessness.

وَلَوْ شِئْنَا لَبَعَثْنَا فِيْ كُلِّ قَرْيَةٍ نَّذِيْرًا ۖ

walau syi`nā laba'aṡnā fī kulli qaryatin nażīrā

Had We pleased We could have raised a warner in every town.

فَلَا تُطِعِ الْكٰفِرِيْنَ وَجَاهِدْهُمْ بِهٖ جِهَادًا كَبِيْرًا

fa lā tuṭi'il kāfirīna wa jāhid-hum bihī jihādang kabīrā

So do not listen to unbelievers and strive against them with greater effort.

۞ وَهُوَ الَّذِيْ مَرَجَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ هٰذَا عَذْبٌ فُرَاتٌ وَّهٰذَا مِلْحٌ اُجَاجٌۚ وَجَعَلَ بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخًا وَّحِجْرًا مَّحْجُوْرًا

wa huwallażī marajal-baḥraini hāżā 'ażbun furātuw wa hāżā mil-ḥun ujāj, wa ja'ala bainahumā barzakhaw wa ḥijram maḥjụrā

It is He who made two bodies of water flow side by side one fresh (and) sweet the other brine (and) bitter and has placed an interstice a barrier between them.

وَهُوَ الَّذِيْ خَلَقَ مِنَ الْمَاۤءِ بَشَرًا فَجَعَلَهٗ نَسَبًا وَّصِهْرًاۗ وَكَانَ رَبُّكَ قَدِيْرًا

wa huwallażī khalaqa minal-mā`i basyaran fa ja'alahụ nasabaw wa ṣihrā, wa kāna rabbuka qadīrā

It is He who created man from water then gave him consanguinity and affinity. Your Lord is omnipotent.

وَيَعْبُدُوْنَ مِنْ دُوْنِ اللّٰهِ مَا لَا يَنْفَعُهُمْ وَلَا يَضُرُّهُمْۗ وَكَانَ الْكَافِرُ عَلٰى رَبِّهٖ ظَهِيْرًا

wa ya'budụna min dụnillāhi mā lā yanfa'uhum wa lā yaḍurruhum, wa kānal-kāfiru 'alā rabbihī ẓahīrā

And yet they worship besides God what cannot bring them gain or do them harm. The unbeliever has always been an auxiliary against his Lord.

وَمَآ اَرْسَلْنٰكَ اِلَّا مُبَشِّرًا وَّنَذِيْرًا

wa mā arsalnāka illā mubasysyiraw wa nażīrā

Yet We have not sent you but to give good tidings and to warn.

قُلْ مَآ اَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ اَجْرٍ اِلَّا مَنْ شَاۤءَ اَنْ يَّتَّخِذَ اِلٰى رَبِّهٖ سَبِيْلًا

qul mā as`alukum 'alaihi min ajrin illā man syā`a ay yattakhiża ilā rabbihī sabīlā

Tell them: "I do not ask any recompense of you for this other than (urging) whoever likes may take the way to his Lord."

وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى الْحَيِّ الَّذِيْ لَا يَمُوْتُ وَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِهٖۗ وَكَفٰى بِهٖ بِذُنُوْبِ عِبَادِهٖ خَبِيْرًا ۚ

wa tawakkal 'alal-ḥayyillażī lā yamụtu wa sabbiḥ biḥamdih, wa kafā bihī biżunụbi 'ibādihī khabīrā

Have trust in God the Living who will never die and sing His hallelujas; for He is well aware of the sins of His creatures.

اَلَّذِيْ خَلَقَ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا فِيْ سِتَّةِ اَيَّامٍ ثُمَّ اسْتَوٰى عَلَى الْعَرْشِۚ اَلرَّحْمٰنُ فَسْـَٔلْ بِهٖ خَبِيْرًا

allażī khalaqas-samāwāti wal-arḍa wa mā bainahumā fī sittati ayyāmin ṡummastawā 'alal-'arsy, ar-raḥmānu fas`al bihī khabīrā

He created the heavens and the earth and all that lies between them in six spans then assumed His authority. He is the benevolent: Ask those who are well-informed.

وَاِذَا قِيْلَ لَهُمُ اسْجُدُوْا لِلرَّحْمٰنِ قَالُوْا وَمَا الرَّحْمٰنُ اَنَسْجُدُ لِمَا تَأْمُرُنَا وَزَادَهُمْ نُفُوْرًا ۩

wa iżā qīla lahumusjudụ lir-raḥmāni qālụ wa mar-raḥmānu a nasjudu limā ta`murunā wa zādahum nufụrā

When you say to them: "Bow before Ar-Rahman " they say: "What is Ar-Rahman? Should we adore whoever you ask us to?" And their aversion increases further.

تَبٰرَكَ الَّذِيْ جَعَلَ فِى السَّمَاۤءِ بُرُوْجًا وَّجَعَلَ فِيْهَا سِرَاجًا وَّقَمَرًا مُّنِيْرًا

tabārakallażī ja'ala fis-samā`i burụjaw wa ja'ala fīhā sirājaw wa qamaram munīrā

Blessed is He who placed in the heavens constellations of stars and placed a burning lamp in it and the luminous moon.

وَهُوَ الَّذِيْ جَعَلَ الَّيْلَ وَالنَّهَارَ خِلْفَةً لِّمَنْ اَرَادَ اَنْ يَّذَّكَّرَ اَوْ اَرَادَ شُكُوْرًا

wa huwallażī ja'alal-laila wan-nahāra khilfatal liman arāda ay yażżakkara au arāda syukụrā

It is He who made the night and day an alternation for him who cares to reflect and be grateful.

وَعِبَادُ الرَّحْمٰنِ الَّذِيْنَ يَمْشُوْنَ عَلَى الْاَرْضِ هَوْنًا وَّاِذَا خَاطَبَهُمُ الْجٰهِلُوْنَ قَالُوْا سَلٰمًا

wa 'ibādur-raḥmānillażīna yamsyụna 'alal-arḍi haunaw wa iżā khāṭabahumul-jāhilụna qālụ salāmā

Devotees of Ar-Rahman are those who walk with humility on the earth and when they are addressed by the ignorant say: ´Peace;"

وَالَّذِيْنَ يَبِيْتُوْنَ لِرَبِّهِمْ سُجَّدًا وَّقِيَامًا

wallażīna yabītụna lirabbihim sujjadaw wa qiyāmā

And those who spend their nights bowed and standing before their Lord;

وَالَّذِيْنَ يَقُوْلُوْنَ رَبَّنَا اصْرِفْ عَنَّا عَذَابَ جَهَنَّمَۖ اِنَّ عَذَابَهَا كَانَ غَرَامًا ۖ

wallażīna yaqụlụna rabbanaṣrif 'annā 'ażāba jahannama inna 'ażābahā kāna garāmā

Who say: "O our Lord avert from us the torment of Hell: Its punishment is surely continuous.

اِنَّهَا سَاۤءَتْ مُسْتَقَرًّا وَّمُقَامًا

innahā sā`at mustaqarraw wa muqāmā

It is indeed an evil halt and an evil abode;"

وَالَّذِيْنَ اِذَآ اَنْفَقُوْا لَمْ يُسْرِفُوْا وَلَمْ يَقْتُرُوْا وَكَانَ بَيْنَ ذٰلِكَ قَوَامًا

wallażīna iżā anfaqụ lam yusrifụ wa lam yaqturụ wa kāna baina żālika qawāmā

Who are neither prodigal nor miserly in their spending but follow a middle path;

وَالَّذِيْنَ لَا يَدْعُوْنَ مَعَ اللّٰهِ اِلٰهًا اٰخَرَ وَلَا يَقْتُلُوْنَ النَّفْسَ الَّتِيْ حَرَّمَ اللّٰهُ اِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ وَلَا يَزْنُوْنَۚ وَمَنْ يَّفْعَلْ ذٰلِكَ يَلْقَ اَثَامًا ۙ

wallażīna lā yad'ụna ma'allāhi ilāhan ākhara wa lā yaqtulụnan-nafsallatī ḥarramallāhu illā bil-ḥaqqi wa lā yaznụn, wa may yaf'al żālika yalqa aṡāmā

Who do not invoke any god apart from God who do not take a life which God has forbidden except for a cause that is just and do not fornicate -- and any one who does so will be punished for the crime

يُّضٰعَفْ لَهُ الْعَذَابُ يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِ وَيَخْلُدْ فِيْهٖ مُهَانًا ۙ

yuḍā'af lahul-'ażābu yaumal-qiyāmati wa yakhlud fīhī muhānā

Whose punishment will be doubled on the Day of Judgement and he will live for ever in disgrace

اِلَّا مَنْ تَابَ وَاٰمَنَ وَعَمِلَ عَمَلًا صَالِحًا فَاُولٰۤىِٕكَ يُبَدِّلُ اللّٰهُ سَيِّاٰتِهِمْ حَسَنٰتٍۗ وَكَانَ اللّٰهُ غَفُوْرًا رَّحِيْمًا

illā man tāba wa āmana wa 'amila 'amalan ṣāliḥan fa ulā`ika yubaddilullāhu sayyi`ātihim ḥasanāt, wa kānallāhu gafụrar raḥīmā

Except those who repent and come to believe and do the right for whom God will turn evil into goodness for God is forgiving and kind.

وَمَنْ تَابَ وَعَمِلَ صَالِحًا فَاِنَّهٗ يَتُوْبُ اِلَى اللّٰهِ مَتَابًا

wa man tāba wa 'amila ṣāliḥan fa innahụ yatụbu ilallāhi matābā

Whosoever repents and does the right will have turned back to God by way of repentance;

وَالَّذِيْنَ لَا يَشْهَدُوْنَ الزُّوْرَۙ وَاِذَا مَرُّوْا بِاللَّغْوِ مَرُّوْا كِرَامًا

wallażīna lā yasy-hadụnaz-zụra wa iżā marrụ bil-lagwi marrụ kirāmā

And those who do not give FALSE evidence and if they come across unbecoming talk ignore it and pass by in a sedate way;

وَالَّذِيْنَ اِذَا ذُكِّرُوْا بِاٰيٰتِ رَبِّهِمْ لَمْ يَخِرُّوْا عَلَيْهَا صُمًّا وَّعُمْيَانًا

wallażīna iżā żukkirụ bi`āyāti rabbihim lam yakhirrụ 'alaihā ṣummaw wa 'umyānā

Who when reminded of their Lord´s revelations do not fall for them like the deaf and blind;

وَالَّذِيْنَ يَقُوْلُوْنَ رَبَّنَا هَبْ لَنَا مِنْ اَزْوَاجِنَا وَذُرِّيّٰتِنَا قُرَّةَ اَعْيُنٍ وَّاجْعَلْنَا لِلْمُتَّقِيْنَ اِمَامًا

wallażīna yaqụlụna rabbanā hab lanā min azwājinā wa żurriyyātinā qurrata a'yuniw waj'alnā lil-muttaqīna imāmā

And those who say: "O Lord give us comfort in our spouses and children and make us paragons of those who follow the straight path."

اُولٰۤىِٕكَ يُجْزَوْنَ الْغُرْفَةَ بِمَا صَبَرُوْا وَيُلَقَّوْنَ فِيْهَا تَحِيَّةً وَّسَلٰمًا ۙ

ulā`ika yujzaunal-gurfata bimā ṣabarụ wa yulaqqauna fīhā taḥiyyataw wa salāmā

They will be rewarded for their perseverance with lofty mansions in empyrean where they will be received with greetings of peace and salutations

خٰلِدِيْنَ فِيْهَاۗ حَسُنَتْ مُسْتَقَرًّا وَّمُقَامًا

khālidīna fīhā, ḥasunat mustaqarraw wa muqāmā

And abide there for ever: What an excellent destination and abode!

قُلْ مَا يَعْبَؤُا بِكُمْ رَبِّيْ لَوْلَا دُعَاۤؤُكُمْۚ فَقَدْ كَذَّبْتُمْ فَسَوْفَ يَكُوْنُ لِزَامًا

qul mā ya'ba`u bikum rabbī lau lā du'ā`ukum, fa qad każżabtum fa saufa yakụnu lizāmā

Say: "My Lord is not concerned on your account if you do not pray to Him. You have surely done with denying; soon will come the inevitable judgement.