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Surat an-naml (Ant)

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طٰسۤ ۚ تِلْكَ اٰيٰتُ الْقُرْاٰنِ وَكِتَابٍ مُّبِيْنٍ ۙ

ṭā sīn, tilka āyātul-qur`āni wa kitābim mubīn

TA SIN. THESE are the verses of the Qur´an and collection of explicit laws

هُدًى وَّبُشْرٰى لِلْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ ۙ

hudaw wa busyrā lil-mu`minīn

A guidance and good tidings for the believers

الَّذِيْنَ يُقِيْمُوْنَ الصَّلٰوةَ وَيُؤْتُوْنَ الزَّكٰوةَ وَهُمْ بِالْاٰخِرَةِ هُمْ يُوْقِنُوْنَ

allażīna yuqīmụnaṣ-ṣalāta wa yu`tụnaz-zakāta wa hum bil-ākhirati hum yụqinụn

Who fulfil their devotional obligations pay the zakat and believe with certainty in the life to come.

اِنَّ الَّذِيْنَ لَا يُؤْمِنُوْنَ بِالْاٰخِرَةِ زَيَّنَّا لَهُمْ اَعْمَالَهُمْ فَهُمْ يَعْمَهُوْنَ ۗ

innallażīna lā yu`minụna bil-ākhirati zayyannā lahum a'mālahum fa hum ya'mahụn

We make their deeds attractive to those who do not believe in the Hereafter so that they may wander in perplexity.

اُولٰۤىِٕكَ الَّذِيْنَ لَهُمْ سُوْۤءُ الْعَذَابِ وَهُمْ فِى الْاٰخِرَةِ هُمُ الْاَخْسَرُوْنَ

ulā`ikallażīna lahum sū`ul-'ażābi wa hum fil-ākhirati humul-akhsarụn

They are those who will suffer the worst chastisement in this life and will be the greatest losers in the life to come.

وَاِنَّكَ لَتُلَقَّى الْقُرْاٰنَ مِنْ لَّدُنْ حَكِيْمٍ عَلِيْمٍ

wa innaka latulaqqal-qur`āna mil ladun ḥakīmin 'alīm

You have been conveyed the Qur´an from One all-wise and all-knowing.

اِذْ قَالَ مُوْسٰى لِاَهْلِهٖٓ اِنِّيْٓ اٰنَسْتُ نَارًاۗ سَاٰتِيْكُمْ مِّنْهَا بِخَبَرٍ اَوْ اٰتِيْكُمْ بِشِهَابٍ قَبَسٍ لَّعَلَّكُمْ تَصْطَلُوْنَ

iż qāla mụsā li`ahlihī innī ānastu nārā, sa`ātīkum min-hā bikhabarin au ātīkum bisyihābing qabasil la'allakum taṣṭalụn

(Remember) when Moses said to his family: "I see a fire. I shall bring you news from it or bring an ember that you may warm yourselves."

فَلَمَّا جَاۤءَهَا نُوْدِيَ اَنْۢ بُوْرِكَ مَنْ فِى النَّارِ وَمَنْ حَوْلَهَاۗ وَسُبْحٰنَ اللّٰهِ رَبِّ الْعٰلَمِيْنَ

fa lammā jā`ahā nụdiya am bụrika man fin-nāri wa man ḥaulahā, wa sub-ḥānallāhi rabbil-'ālamīn

But when he reached it a voice called out: "Blessed is He who is in the fire and all around it. Praised be God the Lord of all the worlds.

يٰمُوْسٰٓى اِنَّهٗٓ اَنَا اللّٰهُ الْعَزِيْزُ الْحَكِيْمُ ۙ

yā mụsā innahū anallāhul-'azīzul-ḥakīm

O Moses I am that God the mighty and all-wise.

وَاَلْقِ عَصَاكَ ۗفَلَمَّا رَاٰهَا تَهْتَزُّ كَاَنَّهَا جَاۤنٌّ وَّلّٰى مُدْبِرًا وَّلَمْ يُعَقِّبْۗ يٰمُوْسٰى لَا تَخَفْۗ اِنِّيْ لَا يَخَافُ لَدَيَّ الْمُرْسَلُوْنَ ۖ

wa alqi 'aṣāk, fa lammā ra`āhā tahtazzu ka`annahā jānnuw wallā mudbiraw wa lam yu'aqqib, yā mụsā lā takhaf, innī lā yakhāfu ladayyal-mursalụn

Throw down your staff." When he saw it wriggling like a serpent he turned his back and fled without turning (to look). "O Moses " (said the voice) "be not fearful. Surely those sent as messengers do not fear in My presence

اِلَّا مَنْ ظَلَمَ ثُمَّ بَدَّلَ حُسْنًاۢ بَعْدَ سُوْۤءٍ فَاِنِّيْ غَفُوْرٌ رَّحِيْمٌ

illā man ẓalama ṡumma baddala ḥusnam ba'da sū`in fa innī gafụrur raḥīm

Except those who do some wrong but afterwards do good to make up for the wrong. And I am forgiving and merciful.

وَاَدْخِلْ يَدَكَ فِيْ جَيْبِكَ تَخْرُجْ بَيْضَاۤءَ مِنْ غَيْرِ سُوْۤءٍۙ فِيْ تِسْعِ اٰيٰتٍ اِلٰى فِرْعَوْنَ وَقَوْمِهٖۚ اِنَّهُمْ كَانُوْا قَوْمًا فٰسِقِيْنَ

wa adkhil yadaka fī jaibika takhruj baiḍā`a min gairi sū`in fī tis'i āyātin ilā fir'auna wa qaumih, innahum kānụ qauman fāsiqīn

Put your hand in the bosom of your shirt; it will come out white without any blemish. This will be one of nine tokens for the Pharaoh and his people who are a wicked lot indeed."

فَلَمَّا جَاۤءَتْهُمْ اٰيٰتُنَا مُبْصِرَةً قَالُوْا هٰذَا سِحْرٌ مُّبِيْنٌ ۚ

fa lammā jā`at-hum āyātunā mubṣiratang qālụ hāżā siḥrum mubīn

And when Our signs came as distinct proofs they said: "This is only magic."

وَجَحَدُوْا بِهَا وَاسْتَيْقَنَتْهَآ اَنْفُسُهُمْ ظُلْمًا وَّعُلُوًّاۗ فَانْظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الْمُفْسِدِيْنَ

wa jaḥadụ bihā wastaiqanat-hā anfusuhum ẓulmaw wa 'uluwwā, fanẓur kaifa kāna 'āqibatul-mufsidīn

And they denied them out of malice and pride though in their hearts they believed that they were true. So see how was the end of evil-doers!

وَلَقَدْ اٰتَيْنَا دَاوٗدَ وَسُلَيْمٰنَ عِلْمًاۗ وَقَالَا الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ الَّذِيْ فَضَّلَنَا عَلٰى كَثِيْرٍ مِّنْ عِبَادِهِ الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ

wa laqad ātainā dāwụda wa sulaimāna 'ilmā, wa qālal-ḥamdu lillāhillażī faḍḍalanā 'alā kaṡīrim min 'ibādihil-mu`minīn

We gave David and Solomon knowledge; and they said: "All praise be to God who has favoured us over many of His creatures who believe."

وَوَرِثَ سُلَيْمٰنُ دَاوٗدَ وَقَالَ يٰٓاَيُّهَا النَّاسُ عُلِّمْنَا مَنْطِقَ الطَّيْرِ وَاُوْتِيْنَا مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍۗ اِنَّ هٰذَا لَهُوَ الْفَضْلُ الْمُبِيْنُ

wa wariṡa sulaimānu dāwụda wa qāla yā ayyuhan-nāsu 'ullimnā manṭiqaṭ-ṭairi wa ụtīnā ming kulli syaī`, inna hāżā lahuwal-faḍlul-mubīn

Solomon was heir to David and he said: "O people we have been taught the language of Tair and have been given of everything. This is a clear favour indeed."

وَحُشِرَ لِسُلَيْمٰنَ جُنُوْدُهٗ مِنَ الْجِنِّ وَالْاِنْسِ وَالطَّيْرِ فَهُمْ يُوْزَعُوْنَ

wa ḥusyira lisulaimāna junụduhụ minal-jinni wal-insi waṭ-ṭairi fa hum yụza'ụn

His armies of jinns and men and Tair assembled formed into ranks (and marched)

حَتّٰىٓ اِذَآ اَتَوْا عَلٰى وَادِ النَّمْلِۙ قَالَتْ نَمْلَةٌ يّٰٓاَيُّهَا النَّمْلُ ادْخُلُوْا مَسٰكِنَكُمْۚ لَا يَحْطِمَنَّكُمْ سُلَيْمٰنُ وَجُنُوْدُهٗۙ وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُوْنَ

hattā iżā atau 'alā wādin-namli qālat namlatuy yā ayyuhan-namludkhulụ masākinakum, lā yahṭimannakum sulaimānu wa junụduhụ wa hum lā yasy'urụn

Till they reached the Valley of Naml. Said the lady of Naml: "O Naml go into your dwellings lest Solomon and his hordes should crush you unawares."

فَتَبَسَّمَ ضَاحِكًا مِّنْ قَوْلِهَا وَقَالَ رَبِّ اَوْزِعْنِيْٓ اَنْ اَشْكُرَ نِعْمَتَكَ الَّتِيْٓ اَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيَّ وَعَلٰى وَالِدَيَّ وَاَنْ اَعْمَلَ صَالِحًا تَرْضٰىهُ وَاَدْخِلْنِيْ بِرَحْمَتِكَ فِيْ عِبَادِكَ الصّٰلِحِيْنَ

fa tabassama ḍāḥikam ming qaulihā wa qāla rabbi auzi'nī an asykura ni'matakallatī an'amta 'alayya wa 'alā wālidayya wa an a'mala ṣāliḥan tarḍāhu wa adkhilnī biraḥmatika fī 'ibādikaṣ-ṣāliḥīn

(Solomon) smiled amused at her speech and said: "O Lord grant me that I should be grateful for the favours You have bestowed on me and my parents and do good things of Your pleasing; and admit me among Your righteous devotees by Your grace."

وَتَفَقَّدَ الطَّيْرَ فَقَالَ مَا لِيَ لَآ اَرَى الْهُدْهُدَۖ اَمْ كَانَ مِنَ الْغَاۤىِٕبِيْنَ

wa tafaqqadaṭ-ṭaira fa qāla mā liya lā aral-hudhuda am kāna minal-gā`ibīn

When he reviewed the Tair he said: "How is it I do not see Hud-hud? Is he absent?

لَاُعَذِّبَنَّهٗ عَذَابًا شَدِيْدًا اَوْ لَاَا۟ذْبَحَنَّهٗٓ اَوْ لَيَأْتِيَنِّيْ بِسُلْطٰنٍ مُّبِيْنٍ

la`u'ażżibannahụ 'ażāban syadīdan au la`ażbaḥannahū au laya`tiyannī bisulṭānim mubīn

I will punish him severely or cut his throat unless he bring a valid excuse."

فَمَكَثَ غَيْرَ بَعِيْدٍ فَقَالَ اَحَطْتُّ بِمَا لَمْ تُحِطْ بِهٖ وَجِئْتُكَ مِنْ سَبَاٍ ۢبِنَبَاٍ يَّقِيْنٍ

fa makaṡa gaira ba'īdin fa qāla aḥaṭtu bimā lam tuḥiṭ bihī wa ji`tuka min saba`im binaba`iy yaqīn

But he was not long in coming and reported: "I have been around where you have not been. I come from Saba with positive news.

اِنِّيْ وَجَدْتُّ امْرَاَةً تَمْلِكُهُمْ وَاُوْتِيَتْ مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَّلَهَا عَرْشٌ عَظِيْمٌ

innī wajattumra`atan tamlikuhum wa ụtiyat ming kulli syai`iu wa lahā 'arsyun 'aẓīm

I found a woman reigning over them and she has been favoured with everything; and she has a throne that is magnificent.

وَجَدْتُّهَا وَقَوْمَهَا يَسْجُدُوْنَ لِلشَّمْسِ مِنْ دُوْنِ اللّٰهِ وَزَيَّنَ لَهُمُ الشَّيْطٰنُ اَعْمَالَهُمْ فَصَدَّهُمْ عَنِ السَّبِيْلِ فَهُمْ لَا يَهْتَدُوْنَۙ

wajattuhā wa qaumahā yasjudụna lisy-syamsi min dụnillāhi wa zayyana lahumusy-syaiṭānu a'mālahum fa ṣaddahum 'anis-sabīli fa hum lā yahtadụn

I found that she and her people worship the sun in place of God for Satan has made their deeds look attractive to them and has turned them away from the Path so they do not find the way

اَلَّا يَسْجُدُوْا لِلّٰهِ الَّذِيْ يُخْرِجُ الْخَبْءَ فِى السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا تُخْفُوْنَ وَمَا تُعْلِنُوْنَ

allā yasjudụ lillāhillażī yukhrijul-khab`a fis-samāwāti wal-arḍi wa ya'lamu mā tukhfụna wa mā tu'linụn

To worship God who brings to light what is hidden in the heavens and the earth and is cognisant of what you hide and what you disclose.

اَللّٰهُ لَآ اِلٰهَ اِلَّا هُوَۙ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيْمِ ۩

allāhu lā ilāha illā huwa rabbul-'arsyil-'aẓīm

God: There is no god but He the Lord of the glorious throne."

۞ قَالَ سَنَنْظُرُ اَصَدَقْتَ اَمْ كُنْتَ مِنَ الْكٰذِبِيْنَ

qāla sananẓuru a ṣadaqta am kunta minal-kāżibīn

(Solomon) said: ´We shall see if you speak the truth or you are a liar.

اِذْهَبْ بِّكِتٰبِيْ هٰذَا فَاَلْقِهْ اِلَيْهِمْ ثُمَّ تَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ فَانْظُرْ مَاذَا يَرْجِعُوْنَ

iż-hab bikitābī hāżā fa alqih ilaihim ṡumma tawalla 'an-hum fanẓur māżā yarji'ụn

Take this letter from me and deliver it to them and withdraw then see what reply they give in return."

قَالَتْ يٰٓاَيُّهَا الْمَلَؤُا اِنِّيْٓ اُلْقِيَ اِلَيَّ كِتٰبٌ كَرِيْمٌ

qālat yā ayyuhal-mala`u innī ulqiya ilayya kitābung karīm

(The Queen said): "O nobles a venerable letter has been delivered to me.

اِنَّهٗ مِنْ سُلَيْمٰنَ وَاِنَّهٗ بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ ۙ

innahụ min sulaimāna wa innahụ bismillāhir-raḥmānir-raḥīm

It is from Solomon and (says): ´In the name of Allah Ar-Rahman Ar-Rahim.

اَلَّا تَعْلُوْا عَلَيَّ وَأْتُوْنِيْ مُسْلِمِيْنَ

allā ta'lụ 'alayya wa`tụnī muslimīn

Do not rise against me but come to me in submission.´

قَالَتْ يٰٓاَيُّهَا الْمَلَؤُا اَفْتُوْنِيْ فِيْٓ اَمْرِيْۚ مَا كُنْتُ قَاطِعَةً اَمْرًا حَتّٰى تَشْهَدُوْنِ

qālat yā ayyuhal-mala`u aftụnī fī amrī, mā kuntu qāṭi'atan amran ḥattā tasy-hadụn

." Advise me O nobles " she said "in this matter. I do not decide any thing until you concur."

قَالُوْا نَحْنُ اُولُوْا قُوَّةٍ وَّاُولُوْا بَأْسٍ شَدِيْدٍ ەۙ وَّالْاَمْرُ اِلَيْكِ فَانْظُرِيْ مَاذَا تَأْمُرِيْنَ

qālụ naḥnu ulụ quwwatiw wa ulụ ba`sin syadīdiw wal-amru ilaiki fanẓurī māżā ta`murīn

They said: "We are men of valour and brave fighters. It is for you to decide. So consider what you should command."

قَالَتْ اِنَّ الْمُلُوْكَ اِذَا دَخَلُوْا قَرْيَةً اَفْسَدُوْهَا وَجَعَلُوْٓا اَعِزَّةَ اَهْلِهَآ اَذِلَّةً ۚوَكَذٰلِكَ يَفْعَلُوْنَ

qālat innal-mulụka iżā dakhalụ qaryatan afsadụhā wa ja'alū a'izzata ahlihā ażillah, wa każālika yaf'alụn

She said: "Surely when kings enter a city they destroy it and despoil the honour of its nobility. So will they do (to us).

وَاِنِّيْ مُرْسِلَةٌ اِلَيْهِمْ بِهَدِيَّةٍ فَنٰظِرَةٌ ۢبِمَ يَرْجِعُ الْمُرْسَلُوْنَ

wa innī mursilatun ilaihim bihadiyyatin fa nāẓiratum bima yarji'ul-mursalụn

But I will send them a gift and see what the envoys bring back (in return)."

فَلَمَّا جَاۤءَ سُلَيْمٰنَ قَالَ اَتُمِدُّوْنَنِ بِمَالٍ فَمَآ اٰتٰىنِ َۧ اللّٰهُ خَيْرٌ مِّمَّآ اٰتٰىكُمْۚ بَلْ اَنْتُمْ بِهَدِيَّتِكُمْ تَفْرَحُوْنَ

fa lammā jā`a sulaimāna qāla a tumiddụnani bimālin fa mā ātāniyallāhu khairum mimmā ātākum, bal antum bihadiyyatikum tafraḥụn

So when the envoys came to Solomon he said: "Do you wish to increase my wealth? Yet what God has given me is better than what He has given you. No. Be gratified in your present.

اِرْجِعْ اِلَيْهِمْ فَلَنَأْتِيَنَّهُمْ بِجُنُوْدٍ لَّا قِبَلَ لَهُمْ بِهَا وَلَنُخْرِجَنَّهُمْ مِّنْهَآ اَذِلَّةً وَّهُمْ صَاغِرُوْنَ

irji' ilaihim falana`tiyannahum bijunụdil lā qibala lahum bihā wa lanukhrijannahum min-hā ażillataw wa hum ṣāgirụn

Go back to them. We shall soon come with our armies which they will not be able to face. We shall drive them out of (the land) with ignominy and they will be humbled."

قَالَ يٰٓاَيُّهَا الْمَلَؤُا اَيُّكُمْ يَأْتِيْنِيْ بِعَرْشِهَا قَبْلَ اَنْ يَّأْتُوْنِيْ مُسْلِمِيْنَ

qāla yā ayyuhal-mala`u ayyukum ya`tīnī bi'arsyihā qabla ay ya`tụnī muslimīn

He (then) said (to his courtiers): "O you nobles is there any one who can bring me her throne before they come to me in submission?"

قَالَ عِفْرِيْتٌ مِّنَ الْجِنِّ اَنَا۠ اٰتِيْكَ بِهٖ قَبْلَ اَنْ تَقُوْمَ مِنْ مَّقَامِكَۚ وَاِنِّيْ عَلَيْهِ لَقَوِيٌّ اَمِيْنٌ

qāla 'ifrītum minal-jinni ana ātīka bihī qabla an taqụma mim maqāmik, wa innī 'alaihi laqawiyyun amīn

A crafty jinn said: "I will bring it before you rise from your seat for I am strong and trustworthy."

قَالَ الَّذِيْ عِنْدَهٗ عِلْمٌ مِّنَ الْكِتٰبِ اَنَا۠ اٰتِيْكَ بِهٖ قَبْلَ اَنْ يَّرْتَدَّ اِلَيْكَ طَرْفُكَۗ فَلَمَّا رَاٰهُ مُسْتَقِرًّا عِنْدَهٗ قَالَ هٰذَا مِنْ فَضْلِ رَبِّيْۗ لِيَبْلُوَنِيْٓ ءَاَشْكُرُ اَمْ اَكْفُرُۗ وَمَنْ شَكَرَ فَاِنَّمَا يَشْكُرُ لِنَفْسِهٖۚ وَمَنْ كَفَرَ فَاِنَّ رَبِّيْ غَنِيٌّ كَرِيْمٌ

qālallażī 'indahụ 'ilmum minal-kitābi ana ātīka bihī qabla ay yartadda ilaika ṭarfuk, fa lammā ra`āhu mustaqirran 'indahụ qāla hāżā min faḍli rabbī, liyabluwanī a asykuru am akfur, wa man syakara fa innamā yasykuru linafsih, wa mang kafara fa inna rabbī ganiyyung karīm

But one who had knowledge of the letter said: "I will bring it to you in the twinkling of an eye." When Solomon saw it before him (he said): "This is by the grace of my Lord that He may test me whether I am grateful or I am thankless. Yet if one is grateful he is grateful for himself and if one is thankless then surely my Lord is unconcerned and magnanimous."

قَالَ نَكِّرُوْا لَهَا عَرْشَهَا نَنْظُرْ اَتَهْتَدِيْٓ اَمْ تَكُوْنُ مِنَ الَّذِيْنَ لَا يَهْتَدُوْنَ

qāla nakkirụ lahā 'arsyahā nanẓur a tahtadī am takụnu minallażīna lā yahtadụn

(Turning to his nobles) he said: "Change the appearance of her throne. Let us see if she is rightly guided or is not guided at all."

فَلَمَّا جَاۤءَتْ قِيْلَ اَهٰكَذَا عَرْشُكِۗ قَالَتْ كَاَنَّهٗ هُوَۚ وَاُوْتِيْنَا الْعِلْمَ مِنْ قَبْلِهَا وَكُنَّا مُسْلِمِيْنَ

fa lammā jā`at qīla a hākażā 'arsyuk, qālat ka`annahụ huw, wa ụtīnal-'ilma ming qablihā wa kunnā muslimīn

When she arrived they asked her: "Is your throne like this?" She said: "As though this is it. We had come to have knowledge and already submitted."

وَصَدَّهَا مَا كَانَتْ تَّعْبُدُ مِنْ دُوْنِ اللّٰهِ ۗاِنَّهَا كَانَتْ مِنْ قَوْمٍ كٰفِرِيْنَ

wa ṣaddahā mā kānat ta'budu min dụnillāh, innahā kānat ming qauming kāfirīn

She was (in fact) turned away by what she worshipped other than God for she came of an unbelieving people.

قِيْلَ لَهَا ادْخُلِى الصَّرْحَۚ فَلَمَّا رَاَتْهُ حَسِبَتْهُ لُجَّةً وَّكَشَفَتْ عَنْ سَاقَيْهَاۗ قَالَ اِنَّهٗ صَرْحٌ مُّمَرَّدٌ مِّنْ قَوَارِيْرَ ەۗ قَالَتْ رَبِّ اِنِّيْ ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِيْ وَاَسْلَمْتُ مَعَ سُلَيْمٰنَ لِلّٰهِ رَبِّ الْعٰلَمِيْنَ

qīla lahadkhuliṣ-ṣar-ḥ, fa lammā ra`at-hu ḥasibat-hu lujjataw wa kasyafat 'an sāqaihā, qāla innahụ ṣar-ḥum mumarradum ming qawārīr, qālat rabbi innī ẓalamtu nafsī wa aslamtu ma'a sulaimāna lillāhi rabbil-'ālamīn

She was invited to enter the court. When she saw it she took it for a sheet of water and (pulling up her skirts) uncovered her legs. (Solomon) told her: "This is paved with tiles of glass." "O Lord " she said "I have wronged myself and I submit to the Lord of all the worlds with Solomon."

وَلَقَدْ اَرْسَلْنَآ اِلٰى ثَمُوْدَ اَخَاهُمْ صٰلِحًا اَنِ اعْبُدُوا اللّٰهَ فَاِذَا هُمْ فَرِيْقٰنِ يَخْتَصِمُوْنَ

wa laqad arsalnā ilā ṡamụda akhāhum ṣāliḥan ani'budullāha fa iżā hum farīqāni yakhtaṣimụn

We sent to Thamud their brother Saleh (who said): "Worship God." But they were divided into two groups disputing with one another.

قَالَ يٰقَوْمِ لِمَ تَسْتَعْجِلُوْنَ بِالسَّيِّئَةِ قَبْلَ الْحَسَنَةِۚ لَوْلَا تَسْتَغْفِرُوْنَ اللّٰهَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُوْنَ

qāla yā qaumi lima tasta'jilụna bis-sayyi`ati qablal-ḥasanah, lau lā tastagfirụnallāha la'allakum tur-ḥamụn

(Saleh) said: "O people why do you wish to hasten evil rather than good? Why not ask for God´s forgiveness? You may well be forgiven."

قَالُوا اطَّيَّرْنَا بِكَ وَبِمَنْ مَّعَكَۗ قَالَ طٰۤىِٕرُكُمْ عِنْدَ اللّٰهِ بَلْ اَنْتُمْ قَوْمٌ تُفْتَنُوْنَ

qāluṭ ṭayyarnā bika wa bimam ma'ak, qāla ṭā`irukum 'indallāhi bal antum qaumun tuftanụn

They said: "You betoken evil and those with you." (Saleh) replied: "The evil you presage can only come from God. In reality you are a people under trial (for your own inauspiciousness)."

وَكَانَ فِى الْمَدِيْنَةِ تِسْعَةُ رَهْطٍ يُّفْسِدُوْنَ فِى الْاَرْضِ وَلَا يُصْلِحُوْنَ

wa kāna fil-madīnati tis'atu rahṭiy yufsidụna fil-arḍi wa lā yuṣliḥụn

There were in that city nine persons who spread disorder in the land and did not reform.

قَالُوْا تَقَاسَمُوْا بِاللّٰهِ لَنُبَيِّتَنَّهٗ وَاَهْلَهٗ ثُمَّ لَنَقُوْلَنَّ لِوَلِيِّهٖ مَا شَهِدْنَا مَهْلِكَ اَهْلِهٖ وَاِنَّا لَصٰدِقُوْنَ

qālụ taqāsamụ billāhi lanubayyitannahụ wa ahlahụ ṡumma lanaqụlanna liwaliyyihī mā syahidnā mahlika ahlihī wa innā laṣādiqụn

They said: "Let us swear by God that we will attack Saleh and his family at night and later tell his heirs: ´We did not see his family destroyed and we speak the truth.´"

وَمَكَرُوْا مَكْرًا وَّمَكَرْنَا مَكْرًا وَّهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُوْنَ

wa makarụ makraw wa makarnā makraw wa hum lā yasy'urụn

They hatched up the plot; We also planned without their knowledge.

فَانْظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ مَكْرِهِمْ اَنَّا دَمَّرْنٰهُمْ وَقَوْمَهُمْ اَجْمَعِيْنَ

fanẓur kaifa kāna 'āqibatu makrihim annā dammarnāhum wa qaumahum ajma'īn

Now see the end of their machinations: We destroyed them and their entire people.

فَتِلْكَ بُيُوْتُهُمْ خَاوِيَةً ۢبِمَا ظَلَمُوْاۗ اِنَّ فِيْ ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَةً لِّقَوْمٍ يَّعْلَمُوْنَ

fa tilka buyụtuhum khāwiyatam bimā ẓalamụ, inna fī żālika la`āyatal liqaumiy ya'lamụn

So these their habitations lie deserted now because of their iniquities. Verily there is a sign in this for those who understand.

وَاَنْجَيْنَا الَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوْا وَكَانُوْا يَتَّقُوْنَ

wa anjainallażīna āmanụ wa kānụ yattaqụn

We deliver those who believe and take heed for themselves.

وَلُوْطًا اِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهٖٓ اَتَأْتُوْنَ الْفَاحِشَةَ وَاَنْتُمْ تُبْصِرُوْنَ

wa lụṭan iż qāla liqaumihī a ta`tụnal-fāḥisyata wa antum tubṣirụn

(Remember) Lot when he said to his people: "Why do you indulge in obscenities when you know (it is evil)?

اَىِٕنَّكُمْ لَتَأْتُوْنَ الرِّجَالَ شَهْوَةً مِّنْ دُوْنِ النِّسَاۤءِ ۗبَلْ اَنْتُمْ قَوْمٌ تَجْهَلُوْنَ

a innakum lata`tụnar-rijāla syahwatam min dụnin-nisā`, bal antum qaumun taj-halụn

You lust after men in place of women. You are indeed a stolid people."

۞ فَمَا كَانَ جَوَابَ قَوْمِهٖٓ اِلَّآ اَنْ قَالُوْٓا اَخْرِجُوْٓا اٰلَ لُوْطٍ مِّنْ قَرْيَتِكُمْۙ اِنَّهُمْ اُنَاسٌ يَّتَطَهَّرُوْنَ

fa mā kāna jawāba qaumihī illā ang qālū akhrijū āla lụṭim ming qaryatikum innahum unāsuy yataṭahharụn

His people had no answer except saying: "Expel the family of Lot from your city. They are a people who would (rather) be pure!"

فَاَنْجَيْنٰهُ وَاَهْلَهٗٓ اِلَّا امْرَاَتَهٗ قَدَّرْنٰهَا مِنَ الْغٰبِرِيْنَ

fa anjaināhu wa ahlahū illamra`atahụ qaddarnāhā minal-gābirīn

So We saved him and his family except his wife who was destined to stay behind.

وَاَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ مَّطَرًاۚ فَسَاۤءَ مَطَرُ الْمُنْذَرِيْنَ

wa amṭarnā 'alaihim maṭarā, fa sā`a maṭarul-munżarīn

And We rained down on them a shower (of stones). How ruinous was the rain that fell on those who had been warned (but warned in vain)!

قُلِ الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ وَسَلٰمٌ عَلٰى عِبَادِهِ الَّذِيْنَ اصْطَفٰىۗ ءٰۤاللّٰهُ خَيْرٌ اَمَّا يُشْرِكُوْنَ ۔

qulil-ḥamdu lillāhi wa salāmun 'alā 'ibādihillażīnaṣṭafā, āllāhu khairun ammā yusyrikụn

Say: "All praise be to God and peace on those of His creatures whom He has chosen." Is God better or those they associate with Him --

اَمَّنْ خَلَقَ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضَ وَاَنْزَلَ لَكُمْ مِّنَ السَّمَاۤءِ مَاۤءً فَاَنْۢبَتْنَا بِهٖ حَدَاۤىِٕقَ ذَاتَ بَهْجَةٍۚ مَا كَانَ لَكُمْ اَنْ تُنْۢبِتُوْا شَجَرَهَاۗ ءَاِلٰهٌ مَّعَ اللّٰهِ ۗبَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ يَّعْدِلُوْنَ ۗ

am man khalaqas-samāwāti wal-arḍa wa anzala lakum minas-samā`i mā`an fa ambatnā bihī ḥadā`iqa żāta bahjah, mā kāna lakum an tumbitụ syajarahā, a ilāhum ma'allāh, bal hum qaumuy ya'dilụn

Who created the heavens and the earth who sends down water from the sky for you with which He causes graceful gardens to grow? It was not in your power to make trees germinate. Is there any other god along with God. In fact they are a people who turn away (from the truth).

اَمَّنْ جَعَلَ الْاَرْضَ قَرَارًا وَّجَعَلَ خِلٰلَهَآ اَنْهٰرًا وَّجَعَلَ لَهَا رَوَاسِيَ وَجَعَلَ بَيْنَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ حَاجِزًاۗ ءَاِلٰهٌ مَّعَ اللّٰهِ ۗبَلْ اَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُوْنَ ۗ

am man ja'alal-arḍa qarāraw wa ja'ala khilālahā an-hāraw wa ja'ala lahā rawāsiya wa ja'ala bainal-baḥraini ḥājizā, a ilāhum ma'allāh, bal akṡaruhum lā ya'lamụn

Who then made the earth a habitable place and made the rivers (flow) in its valleys and dales and placed upon it firm stabilisers and kept a barrier between two bodies of water? Is there any other god along with God? In reality most of them do not know.

اَمَّنْ يُّجِيْبُ الْمُضْطَرَّ اِذَا دَعَاهُ وَيَكْشِفُ السُّوْۤءَ وَيَجْعَلُكُمْ خُلَفَاۤءَ الْاَرْضِۗ ءَاِلٰهٌ مَّعَ اللّٰهِ ۗقَلِيْلًا مَّا تَذَكَّرُوْنَۗ

am may yujībul-muḍṭarra iżā da'āhu wa yaksyifus-sū`a wa yaj'alukum khulafā`al-arḍ, a ilāhum ma'allāh, qalīlam mā tażakkarụn

Who hears the cry of the anguished (soul) when it calls to Him and relieves its suffering? And who made you trustees on the earth? Is there any other god along with God? How little it is that you reflect!

اَمَّنْ يَّهْدِيْكُمْ فِيْ ظُلُمٰتِ الْبَرِّ وَالْبَحْرِ وَمَنْ يُّرْسِلُ الرِّيٰحَ بُشْرًا ۢ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ رَحْمَتِهٖۗ ءَاِلٰهٌ مَّعَ اللّٰهِ ۗتَعٰلَى اللّٰهُ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُوْنَ

am may yahdīkum fī ẓulumātil-barri wal-baḥri wa may yursilur-riyāḥa busyram baina yadai raḥmatih, a ilāhum ma'allāh, ta'ālallāhu 'ammā yusyrikụn

Who then really shows you the way in the darkness of the desert and the sea? And who sends breezes bringing news of His benevolence? Is there any other god along with God? He is far too exalted for what they associate with Him!

اَمَّنْ يَّبْدَؤُا الْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيْدُهٗ وَمَنْ يَّرْزُقُكُمْ مِّنَ السَّمَاۤءِ وَالْاَرْضِۗ ءَاِلٰهٌ مَّعَ اللّٰهِ ۗقُلْ هَاتُوْا بُرْهَانَكُمْ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ صٰدِقِيْنَ

am may yabda`ul-khalqa ṡumma yu'īduhụ wa may yarzuqukum minas-samā`i wal-arḍ, a ilāhum ma'allāh, qul hātụ bur-hānakum ing kuntum ṣādiqīn

Who creates first then reverts it? And who gives you provision from the heavens and the earth? Is there any other god along with God? Tell them: "Bring your proof if you are truthful."

قُلْ لَّا يَعْلَمُ مَنْ فِى السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِ الْغَيْبَ اِلَّا اللّٰهُ ۗوَمَا يَشْعُرُوْنَ اَيَّانَ يُبْعَثُوْنَ

qul lā ya'lamu man fis-samāwāti wal-arḍil-gaiba illallāh, wa mā yasy'urụna ayyāna yub'aṡụn

Say: "No one in the heavens and the earth has knowledge of the unknown except God nor can they know when they will be raised again.

بَلِ ادّٰرَكَ عِلْمُهُمْ فِى الْاٰخِرَةِۗ بَلْ هُمْ فِيْ شَكٍّ مِّنْهَاۗ بَلْ هُمْ مِّنْهَا عَمُوْنَ

baliddāraka 'ilmuhum fil-ākhirah, bal hum fī syakkim min-hā, bal hum min-hā 'amụn

Still less do they comprehend the life to come. In fact they are in doubt about it. Still more they are blind to it."

وَقَالَ الَّذِيْنَ كَفَرُوْٓا ءَاِذَا كُنَّا تُرَابًا وَّاٰبَاۤؤُنَآ اَىِٕنَّا لَمُخْرَجُوْنَ

wa qālallażīna kafarū a iżā kunnā turābaw wa ābā`unā a innā lamukhrajụn

Those who do not believe say: "When we and our fathers have turned to dust how shall we be raised again?

لَقَدْ وُعِدْنَا هٰذَا نَحْنُ وَاٰبَاۤؤُنَا مِنْ قَبْلُۙ اِنْ هٰذَآ اِلَّآ اَسَاطِيْرُ الْاَوَّلِيْنَ

laqad wu'idnā hāżā naḥnu wa ābā`unā ming qablu in hāżā illā asāṭīrul-awwalīn

Indeed we and our fathers had been promised this before. It is nothing but the earlier people´s lore."

قُلْ سِيْرُوْا فِى الْاَرْضِ فَانْظُرُوْا كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الْمُجْرِمِيْنَ

qul sīrụ fil-arḍi fanẓurụ kaifa kāna 'āqibatul-mujrimīn

Say: "Travel in the land and see how (bad) was the end of sinners."

وَلَا تَحْزَنْ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا تَكُنْ فِيْ ضَيْقٍ مِّمَّا يَمْكُرُوْنَ

wa lā taḥzan 'alaihim wa lā takun fī ḍaiqim mimmā yamkurụn

Do not grieve over them and do not be distressed by what they contrive.

وَيَقُوْلُوْنَ مَتٰى هٰذَا الْوَعْدُ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ صٰدِقِيْنَ

wa yaqụlụna matā hāżal-wa'du ing kuntum ṣādiqīn

Yet they say: "When will this promise come to pass? (Tell Us) if you speak the truth."

قُلْ عَسٰٓى اَنْ يَّكُوْنَ رَدِفَ لَكُمْ بَعْضُ الَّذِيْ تَسْتَعْجِلُوْنَ

qul 'asā ay yakụna radifa lakum ba'ḍullażī tasta'jilụn

Say: "Perhaps some of what you wish to hasten is right behind you."

وَاِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَذُوْ فَضْلٍ عَلَى النَّاسِ وَلٰكِنَّ اَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَشْكُرُوْنَ

wa inna rabbaka lażụ faḍlin 'alan-nāsi wa lākinna akṡarahum lā yasykurụn

Verily your Lord is gracious to men though most men are ungrateful.

وَاِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَيَعْلَمُ مَا تُكِنُّ صُدُوْرُهُمْ وَمَا يُعْلِنُوْنَ

wa inna rabbaka laya'lamu mā tukinnu ṣudụruhum wa mā yu'linụn

Verily your Lord knows what lies hidden in their breasts and what they disclose.

وَمَا مِنْ غَاۤىِٕبَةٍ فِى السَّمَاۤءِ وَالْاَرْضِ اِلَّا فِيْ كِتٰبٍ مُّبِيْنٍ

wa mā min gā`ibatin fis-samā`i wal-arḍi illā fī kitābim mubīn

There is nothing of the hidden in the heavens and the earth that is not recorded in the luminous Book.

اِنَّ هٰذَا الْقُرْاٰنَ يَقُصُّ عَلٰى بَنِيْٓ اِسْرَاۤءِيْلَ اَكْثَرَ الَّذِيْ هُمْ فِيْهِ يَخْتَلِفُوْنَ

inna hāżal-qur`āna yaquṣṣu 'alā banī isrā`īla akṡarallażī hum fīhi yakhtalifụn

Indeed this Qur´an explains to the children of Israel much of what they are at variance.

وَاِنَّهٗ لَهُدًى وَّرَحْمَةٌ لِّلْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ

wa innahụ lahudaw wa raḥmatul lil-mu`minīn

It is a guidance and grace for those who believe.

اِنَّ رَبَّكَ يَقْضِيْ بَيْنَهُمْ بِحُكْمِهٖۚ وَهُوَ الْعَزِيْزُ الْعَلِيْمُۚ

inna rabbaka yaqḍī bainahum biḥukmih, wa huwal-'azīzul-'alīm

Surely your Lord in His wisdom will decide between them. He is all-mighty and all-knowing.

فَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى اللّٰهِ ۗاِنَّكَ عَلَى الْحَقِّ الْمُبِيْنِ

fa tawakkal 'alallāh, innaka 'alal-ḥaqqil-mubīn

So you place your trust in God. Certainly you stand on positive truth.

اِنَّكَ لَا تُسْمِعُ الْمَوْتٰى وَلَا تُسْمِعُ الصُّمَّ الدُّعَاۤءَ اِذَا وَلَّوْا مُدْبِرِيْنَ

innaka lā tusmi'ul-mautā wa lā tusmi'uṣ-ṣummad-du'ā`a iżā wallau mudbirīn

You cannot make the dead to listen or the deaf to hear the call when they have turned their backs

وَمَآ اَنْتَ بِهٰدِى الْعُمْيِ عَنْ ضَلٰلَتِهِمْۗ اِنْ تُسْمِعُ اِلَّا مَنْ يُّؤْمِنُ بِاٰيٰتِنَا فَهُمْ مُّسْلِمُوْنَ

wa mā anta bihādil-'umyi 'an ḍalālatihim, in tusmi'u illā may yu`minu bi`āyātinā fa hum muslimụn

Nor can you lead the blind when they have gone astray. You can make none hear except those who believe in Our signs and have come to peace and submission.

۞ وَاِذَا وَقَعَ الْقَوْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ اَخْرَجْنَا لَهُمْ دَاۤبَّةً مِّنَ الْاَرْضِ تُكَلِّمُهُمْ اَنَّ النَّاسَ كَانُوْا بِاٰيٰتِنَا لَا يُوْقِنُوْنَ

wa iżā waqa'al-qaulu 'alaihim akhrajnā lahum dābbatam minal-arḍi tukallimuhum annan-nāsa kānụ bi`āyātinā lā yụqinụn

When the sentence will have been passed against them We shall bring forth beastly brutes from the earth who will torment them for men certainly do not believe Our signs.

وَيَوْمَ نَحْشُرُ مِنْ كُلِّ اُمَّةٍ فَوْجًا مِّمَّنْ يُّكَذِّبُ بِاٰيٰتِنَا فَهُمْ يُوْزَعُوْنَ

wa yauma naḥsyuru ming kulli ummatin faujam mim may yukażżibu bi`āyātinā fa hum yụza'ụn

The day We shall gather from every community a section of those who denied Our signs and they will be brought (in separate groups)

حَتّٰٓى اِذَا جَاۤءُوْ قَالَ اَكَذَّبْتُمْ بِاٰيٰتِيْ وَلَمْ تُحِيْطُوْا بِهَا عِلْمًا اَمَّاذَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُوْنَ

ḥattā iżā jā`ụ qāla a każżabtum bi`āyātī wa lam tuḥīṭụ bihā 'ilman ammāżā kuntum ta'malụn

So that when they come (before the Lord) He will say: "Did you deny My signs without having understood them? Or what was it that you were doing?"

وَوَقَعَ الْقَوْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ بِمَا ظَلَمُوْا فَهُمْ لَا يَنْطِقُوْنَ

wa waqa'al-qaulu 'alaihim bimā ẓalamụ fa hum lā yanṭiqụn

When the sentence will have been passed upon them for their wickedness they will not be able to say a word.

اَلَمْ يَرَوْا اَنَّا جَعَلْنَا الَّيْلَ لِيَسْكُنُوْا فِيْهِ وَالنَّهَارَ مُبْصِرًاۗ اِنَّ فِيْ ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيٰتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يُّؤْمِنُوْنَ

a lam yarau annā ja'alnal-laila liyaskunụ fīhi wan-nahāra mubṣirā, inna fī żālika la`āyātil liqaumiy yu`minụn

Do they not see that We made the night for them to rest the day to make things clear? Indeed there are signs in this for people who believe.

وَيَوْمَ يُنْفَخُ فِى الصُّوْرِ فَفَزِعَ مَنْ فِى السَّمٰوٰتِ وَمَنْ فِى الْاَرْضِ اِلَّا مَنْ شَاۤءَ اللّٰهُ ۗوَكُلٌّ اَتَوْهُ دَاخِرِيْنَ

wa yauma yunfakhu fiṣ-ṣụri fa fazi'a man fis-samāwāti wa man fil-arḍi illā man syā`allāh, wa kullun atauhu dākhirīn

The day the trumpet blast is sounded whoever is in the heavens and the earth will be terrified save those whom God please and all will appear before Him in abjectness.

وَتَرَى الْجِبَالَ تَحْسَبُهَا جَامِدَةً وَّهِيَ تَمُرُّ مَرَّ السَّحَابِۗ صُنْعَ اللّٰهِ الَّذِيْٓ اَتْقَنَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍۗ اِنَّهٗ خَبِيْرٌ ۢبِمَا تَفْعَلُوْنَ

wa taral-jibāla taḥsabuhā jāmidataw wa hiya tamurru marras-saḥāb, ṣun'allāhillażī atqana kulla syaī`, innahụ khabīrum bimā taf'alụn

You will see the mountains and think they are firmly planted but they will pass away like flying clouds: Artistry of God who perfected everything. He is indeed fully aware of what you do.

مَنْ جَاۤءَ بِالْحَسَنَةِ فَلَهٗ خَيْرٌ مِّنْهَاۚ وَهُمْ مِّنْ فَزَعٍ يَّوْمَىِٕذٍ اٰمِنُوْنَ

man jā`a bil-ḥasanati fa lahụ khairum min-hā, wa hum min faza'iy yauma`iżin āminụn

Whoever comes with good (deeds) will receive better than (what he had done) and be safe that day from terror.

وَمَنْ جَاۤءَ بِالسَّيِّئَةِ فَكُبَّتْ وُجُوْهُهُمْ فِى النَّارِۗ هَلْ تُجْزَوْنَ اِلَّا مَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُوْنَ

wa man jā`a bis-sayyi`ati fa kubbat wujụhuhum fin-nār, hal tujzauna illā mā kuntum ta'malụn

But whosoever comes with evil will be flung face forward into the Fire. Can you expect reward for any thing but what you do?

اِنَّمَآ اُمِرْتُ اَنْ اَعْبُدَ رَبَّ هٰذِهِ الْبَلْدَةِ الَّذِيْ حَرَّمَهَا وَلَهٗ كُلُّ شَيْءٍ وَّاُمِرْتُ اَنْ اَكُوْنَ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِيْنَ ۙ

innamā umirtu an a'buda rabba hāżihil-baldatillażī ḥarramahā wa lahụ kullu syai`iw wa umirtu an akụna minal-muslimīn

(Say): "I am commanded to worship the Lord of this land He has blessed to whom all things belong; and I am commanded to be one of those who submit

وَاَنْ اَتْلُوَا الْقُرْاٰنَ ۚفَمَنِ اهْتَدٰى فَاِنَّمَا يَهْتَدِيْ لِنَفْسِهٖۚ وَمَنْ ضَلَّ فَقُلْ اِنَّمَآ اَنَا۠ مِنَ الْمُنْذِرِيْنَ

wa an atluwal-qur`ān, fa manihtadā fa innamā yahtadī linafsih, wa man ḍalla fa qul innamā ana minal-munżirīn

And to recite the Qur´an." Whoever comes to guidance does so for himself; as for him who stays astray tell him: "I am only a warner."

وَقُلِ الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ سَيُرِيْكُمْ اٰيٰتِهٖ فَتَعْرِفُوْنَهَاۗ وَمَا رَبُّكَ بِغَافِلٍ عَمَّا تَعْمَلُوْنَ

wa qulil-ḥamdu lillāhi sayurīkum āyātihī fa ta'rifụnahā, wa mā rabbuka bigāfilin 'ammā ta'malụn

Say: "All praise be to God. He will show you His signs and you will recognise them. Your Lord is not heedless of what you do."