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Surat taha (Ta Ha)

طه

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طٰهٰ ۚ

ṭā hā

TA HA.

مَآ اَنْزَلْنَا عَلَيْكَ الْقُرْاٰنَ لِتَشْقٰٓى ۙ

mā anzalnā 'alaikal-qur`āna litasyqā

We have not sent down the Qur´an to you that you should be burdened

اِلَّا تَذْكِرَةً لِّمَنْ يَّخْشٰى ۙ

illā tażkiratal limay yakhsyā

But as admonition for him who fears --

تَنْزِيْلًا مِّمَّنْ خَلَقَ الْاَرْضَ وَالسَّمٰوٰتِ الْعُلٰى ۗ

tanzīlam mim man khalaqal-arḍa was-samāwātil-'ulā

A revelation from Him who created the earth and the high ascending skies

اَلرَّحْمٰنُ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ اسْتَوٰى

ar-raḥmānu 'alal-'arsyistawā

The ever-merciful established on the throne (of authority).

لَهٗ مَا فِى السَّمٰوٰتِ وَمَا فِى الْاَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا وَمَا تَحْتَ الثَّرٰى

lahụ mā fis-samāwāti wa mā fil-arḍi wa mā bainahumā wa mā taḥtaṡ-ṡarā

Whatever is in the heavens and the earth and in between them belongs to Him as whatever lies under the earth.

وَاِنْ تَجْهَرْ بِالْقَوْلِ فَاِنَّهٗ يَعْلَمُ السِّرَّ وَاَخْفٰى

wa in taj-har bil-qauli fa innahụ ya'lamus-sirra wa akhfā

Whether you say a thing aloud or inaudibly He has knowledge of the secret and the hidden.

اَللّٰهُ لَآ اِلٰهَ اِلَّا هُوَۗ لَهُ الْاَسْمَاۤءُ الْحُسْنٰى

allāhu lā ilāha illā huw, lahul-asmā`ul-ḥusnā

God: There is no god but He. To Him belong the attributes most beautiful.

وَهَلْ اَتٰىكَ حَدِيْثُ مُوْسٰى ۘ

wa hal atāka ḥadīṡu mụsā

Has the story of Moses come to you?

اِذْ رَاٰ نَارًا فَقَالَ لِاَهْلِهِ امْكُثُوْٓا اِنِّيْ اٰنَسْتُ نَارًا لَّعَلِّيْٓ اٰتِيْكُمْ مِّنْهَا بِقَبَسٍ اَوْ اَجِدُ عَلَى النَّارِ هُدًى

iż ra`ā nāran fa qāla li`ahlihimkuṡū innī ānastu nāral la'allī ātīkum min-hā biqabasin au ajidu 'alan-nāri hudā

When he saw a fire he said to his family: "You wait here. I have seen a fire. I may haply be able to bring an ember from it or find direction by the fire."

فَلَمَّآ اَتٰىهَا نُوْدِيَ يٰمُوْسٰٓى ۙ

fa lammā atāhā nụdiya yā mụsā

When he approached it a voice called out:

اِنِّيْٓ اَنَا۠ رَبُّكَ فَاخْلَعْ نَعْلَيْكَۚ اِنَّكَ بِالْوَادِ الْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى ۗ

innī anā rabbuka fakhla' na'laīk, innaka bil-wādil-muqaddasi ṭuwā

"O Moses I am verily your Lord so take off your shoes for you are in the holy plain of Towa.

وَاَنَا اخْتَرْتُكَ فَاسْتَمِعْ لِمَا يُوْحٰى

wa anakhtartuka fastami' limā yụḥā

I have chosen you so listen to what is revealed to you.

اِنَّنِيْٓ اَنَا اللّٰهُ لَآ اِلٰهَ اِلَّآ اَنَا۠ فَاعْبُدْنِيْۙ وَاَقِمِ الصَّلٰوةَ لِذِكْرِيْ

innanī anallāhu lā ilāha illā ana fa'budnī wa aqimiṣ-ṣalāta liżikrī

I am God and there is no god but I so serve Me and observe acts of prayer to remember Me.

اِنَّ السَّاعَةَ اٰتِيَةٌ اَكَادُ اُخْفِيْهَا لِتُجْزٰى كُلُّ نَفْسٍۢ بِمَا تَسْعٰى

innas-sā'ata ātiyatun akādu ukhfīhā litujzā kullu nafsim bimā tas'ā

Verily the Hour (of the great change) is about to come. I keep it secret that every soul may be rewarded for its endeavour.

فَلَا يَصُدَّنَّكَ عَنْهَا مَنْ لَّا يُؤْمِنُ بِهَا وَاتَّبَعَ هَوٰىهُ فَتَرْدٰى

fa lā yaṣuddannaka 'an-hā mal lā yu`minu bihā wattaba'a hawāhu fa tardā

So do not let those who do not believe in it and follow their vain desires turn you away from it.

وَمَا تِلْكَ بِيَمِيْنِكَ يٰمُوْسٰى

wa mā tilka biyamīnika yā mụsā

What is that in your right band O Moses?"

قَالَ هِيَ عَصَايَۚ اَتَوَكَّؤُا عَلَيْهَا وَاَهُشُّ بِهَا عَلٰى غَنَمِيْ وَلِيَ فِيْهَا مَاٰرِبُ اُخْرٰى

qāla hiya 'aṣāy, atawakka`u 'alaihā wa ahusysyu bihā 'alā ganamī wa liya fīhā ma`āribu ukhrā

"It´s my staff " he answered; "I lean on it and fell leaves for my goats with it and I have other uses for it."

قَالَ اَلْقِهَا يٰمُوْسٰى

qāla alqihā yā mụsā

"Throw it down O Moses " said (the Voice).

فَاَلْقٰىهَا فَاِذَا هِيَ حَيَّةٌ تَسْعٰى

fa alqāhā fa iżā hiya ḥayyatun tas'ā

So he threw it down and lo it became a running serpent.

قَالَ خُذْهَا وَلَا تَخَفْۗ سَنُعِيْدُهَا سِيْرَتَهَا الْاُوْلٰى

qāla khuż-hā wa lā takhaf, sanu'īduhā sīratahal-ụlā

"Catch it " said He "and have no fear; We shall revert it to its former state.

وَاضْمُمْ يَدَكَ اِلٰى جَنَاحِكَ تَخْرُجْ بَيْضَاۤءَ مِنْ غَيْرِ سُوْۤءٍ اٰيَةً اُخْرٰىۙ

waḍmum yadaka ilā janāḥika takhruj baiḍā`a min gairi sū`in āyatan ukhrā

And face what is to come with patience your hand will not be tarnished with blame: Another sign

لِنُرِيَكَ مِنْ اٰيٰتِنَا الْكُبْرٰى ۚ

linuriyaka min āyātinal-kubrā

That We may go on showing you Our greater signs.

اِذْهَبْ اِلٰى فِرْعَوْنَ اِنَّهٗ طَغٰى

iż-hab ilā fir'auna innahụ ṭagā

Go to the Pharaoh as he has become exceedingly rebellious."

قَالَ رَبِّ اشْرَحْ لِيْ صَدْرِيْ ۙ

qāla rabbisyraḥ lī ṣadrī

Moses said: "O my Lord enlarge my breast

وَيَسِّرْ لِيْٓ اَمْرِيْ ۙ

wa yassir lī amrī

And make my mission easy.

وَاحْلُلْ عُقْدَةً مِّنْ لِّسَانِيْ ۙ

waḥlul 'uqdatam mil lisānī

Remove the defect of my tongue

يَفْقَهُوْا قَوْلِيْ ۖ

yafqahụ qaulī

That they may understand my speech

وَاجْعَلْ لِّيْ وَزِيْرًا مِّنْ اَهْلِيْ ۙ

waj'al lī wazīram min ahlī

And give me as assistant from my family

هٰرُوْنَ اَخِى ۙ

hārụna akhī

Aaron my brother

اشْدُدْ بِهٖٓ اَزْرِيْ ۙ

usydud bihī azrī

To strengthen me

وَاَشْرِكْهُ فِيْٓ اَمْرِيْ ۙ

wa asyrik-hu fī amrī

And share my task

كَيْ نُسَبِّحَكَ كَثِيْرًا ۙ

kai nusabbiḥaka kaṡīrā

That we may sing Your praises much

وَّنَذْكُرَكَ كَثِيْرًا ۗ

wa nażkuraka kaṡīrā

And remember you a great deal.

اِنَّكَ كُنْتَ بِنَا بَصِيْرًا

innaka kunta binā baṣīrā

Surely You know us well."

قَالَ قَدْ اُوْتِيْتَ سُؤْلَكَ يٰمُوْسٰى

qāla qad ụtīta su`laka yā mụsā

He answered: "Granted is your prayer O Moses.

وَلَقَدْ مَنَنَّا عَلَيْكَ مَرَّةً اُخْرٰىٓ ۙ

wa laqad manannā 'alaika marratan ukhrā

We have bestowed Our favour on you before this

اِذْ اَوْحَيْنَآ اِلٰٓى اُمِّكَ مَا يُوْحٰىٓ ۙ

iż auḥainā ilā ummika mā yụḥā

When We told your mother what We relate:

اَنِ اقْذِفِيْهِ فِى التَّابُوْتِ فَاقْذِفِيْهِ فِى الْيَمِّ فَلْيُلْقِهِ الْيَمُّ بِالسَّاحِلِ يَأْخُذْهُ عَدُوٌّ لِّيْ وَعَدُوٌّ لَّهٗ ۗوَاَلْقَيْتُ عَلَيْكَ مَحَبَّةً مِّنِّيْ ەۚ وَلِتُصْنَعَ عَلٰى عَيْنِيْ ۘ

aniqżi fīhi fit-tābụti faqżi fīhi fil-yammi falyulqihil-yammu bis-sāḥili ya`khuż-hu 'aduwwul lī wa 'aduwwul lah, wa alqaitu 'alaika maḥabbatam minnī, wa lituṣna'a 'alā 'ainī

´Put him in a wooden box and cast it in the river. The river will cast it on the bank. An enemy of Ours and his will retrieve it.´ We bestowed Our love on you that you may be reared under Our eyes.

اِذْ تَمْشِيْٓ اُخْتُكَ فَتَقُوْلُ هَلْ اَدُلُّكُمْ عَلٰى مَنْ يَّكْفُلُهٗ ۗفَرَجَعْنٰكَ اِلٰٓى اُمِّكَ كَيْ تَقَرَّ عَيْنُهَا وَلَا تَحْزَنَ ەۗ وَقَتَلْتَ نَفْسًا فَنَجَّيْنٰكَ مِنَ الْغَمِّ وَفَتَنّٰكَ فُتُوْنًا ەۗ فَلَبِثْتَ سِنِيْنَ فِيْٓ اَهْلِ مَدْيَنَ ەۙ ثُمَّ جِئْتَ عَلٰى قَدَرٍ يّٰمُوْسٰى

iż tamsyī ukhtuka fa taqụlu hal adullukum 'alā may yakfuluh, fa raja'nāka ilā ummika kai taqarra 'ainuhā wa lā taḥzan, wa qatalta nafsan fa najjaināka minal-gammi wa fatannāka futụnā, fa labiṡta sinīna fī ahli madyana ṡumma ji`ta 'alā qadariy yā mụsā

Then your sister followed you and said (to the people who had retrieved the child): ´Should I guide you to a person who can nurse him?´ We thus brought you back to your mother that her heart may be cheered and she may not grieve. (Remember) when you killed a man We saved you from anguish; and tested and steeled you (in other ways). Afterwards you sojourned for several years with the people of Midian; then you came up to the measure

وَاصْطَنَعْتُكَ لِنَفْسِيْۚ

waṣṭana'tuka linafsī

And I chose you for Myself.

اِذْهَبْ اَنْتَ وَاَخُوْكَ بِاٰيٰتِيْ وَلَا تَنِيَا فِيْ ذِكْرِيْۚ

iż-hab anta wa akhụka bi`āyātī wa lā taniyā fī żikrī

Go with My signs you and your brother and do not be lax in remembering Me.

اِذْهَبَآ اِلٰى فِرْعَوْنَ اِنَّهٗ طَغٰىۚ

iż-habā ilā fir'auna innahụ ṭagā

Then go to the Pharaoh as he has become exceedingly rebellious.

فَقُوْلَا لَهٗ قَوْلًا لَّيِّنًا لَّعَلَّهٗ يَتَذَكَّرُ اَوْ يَخْشٰى

fa qụlā lahụ qaulal layyinal la'allahụ yatażakkaru au yakhsyā

Speak to him gently. He may possibly take heed or may come to have fear."

قَالَا رَبَّنَآ اِنَّنَا نَخَافُ اَنْ يَّفْرُطَ عَلَيْنَآ اَوْ اَنْ يَّطْغٰى

qālā rabbanā innanā nakhāfu ay yafruṭa 'alainā au ay yaṭgā

They said: "O our Lord we are really frightened lest he behave insolently with us or become violent."

قَالَ لَا تَخَافَآ اِنَّنِيْ مَعَكُمَآ اَسْمَعُ وَاَرٰى

qāla lā takhāfā innanī ma'akumā asma'u wa arā

(The Lord) said: "Be not afraid. I am verily with you and I hear and see.

فَأْتِيٰهُ فَقُوْلَآ اِنَّا رَسُوْلَا رَبِّكَ فَاَرْسِلْ مَعَنَا بَنِيْٓ اِسْرَاۤءِيْلَ ەۙ وَلَا تُعَذِّبْهُمْۗ قَدْ جِئْنٰكَ بِاٰيَةٍ مِّنْ رَّبِّكَ ۗوَالسَّلٰمُ عَلٰى مَنِ اتَّبَعَ الْهُدٰى

fa`tiyāhu fa qụlā innā rasụlā rabbika fa arsil ma'anā banī isrā`īla wa lā tu'ażżib-hum, qad ji`nāka bi`āyatim mir rabbik, was-salāmu 'alā manittaba'al-hudā

So go to him and say: ´The two of us have indeed been sent by your Lord. So let the children of Israel come with us and do not oppress them. We have come to you with a token from your Lord. Peace on him who follows the way of guidance.

اِنَّا قَدْ اُوْحِيَ اِلَيْنَآ اَنَّ الْعَذَابَ عَلٰى مَنْ كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلّٰى

innā qad ụḥiya ilainā annal-'ażāba 'alā mang każżaba wa tawallā

It has been revealed to us that punishment will befall him who denies and turns away.

قَالَ فَمَنْ رَّبُّكُمَا يٰمُوْسٰى

qāla fa mar rabbukumā yā mụsā

He asked: "Who then is that Lord of yours O Moses?"

قَالَ رَبُّنَا الَّذِيْٓ اَعْطٰى كُلَّ شَيْءٍ خَلْقَهٗ ثُمَّ هَدٰى

qāla rabbunallażī a'ṭā kulla syai`in khalqahụ ṡumma hadā

(Moses) said: "Our Lord is He who gave everything its natural form and directed it."

قَالَ فَمَا بَالُ الْقُرُوْنِ الْاُوْلٰى

qāla fa mā bālul-qurụnil-ụlā

(The Pharaoh) said: "And what about the former generations?"

قَالَ عِلْمُهَا عِنْدَ رَبِّيْ فِيْ كِتٰبٍۚ لَا يَضِلُّ رَبِّيْ وَلَا يَنْسَىۖ

qāla 'ilmuhā 'inda rabbī fī kitāb, lā yaḍillu rabbī wa lā yansā

(Moses) replied: "Knowledge of that is with my Lord (recorded) in the Book. My Lord neither errs nor forgets."

الَّذِيْ جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الْاَرْضَ مَهْدًا وَّسَلَكَ لَكُمْ فِيْهَا سُبُلًا وَّاَنْزَلَ مِنَ السَّمَاۤءِ مَاۤءًۗ فَاَخْرَجْنَا بِهٖٓ اَزْوَاجًا مِّنْ نَّبَاتٍ شَتّٰى

allażī ja'ala lakumul-arḍa mahdaw wa salaka lakum fīhā subulaw wa anzala minas-samā`i mā`ā, fa akhrajnā bihī azwājam min nabātin syattā

It is He who made the earth a bed for you and traced for you paths upon it and sends down water from the sky and brings out through it every kind of vegetation

كُلُوْا وَارْعَوْا اَنْعَامَكُمْ ۗاِنَّ فِيْ ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيٰتٍ لِّاُولِى النُّهٰى

kulụ war'au an'āmakum, inna fī żālika la`āyātil li`ulin-nuhā

To eat and feed your cattle. Surely there are signs in these for those who are wise.

۞ مِنْهَا خَلَقْنٰكُمْ وَفِيْهَا نُعِيْدُكُمْ وَمِنْهَا نُخْرِجُكُمْ تَارَةً اُخْرٰى

min-hā khalaqnākum wa fīhā nu'īdukum wa min-hā nukhrijukum tāratan ukhrā

We created you from the earth and will revert you back to it; and raise you up from it a second time.

وَلَقَدْ اَرَيْنٰهُ اٰيٰتِنَا كُلَّهَا فَكَذَّبَ وَاَبٰى

wa laqad araināhu āyātinā kullahā fa każżaba wa abā

So We showed him all Our signs but he denied them and refused

قَالَ اَجِئْتَنَا لِتُخْرِجَنَا مِنْ اَرْضِنَا بِسِحْرِكَ يٰمُوْسٰى

qāla a ji`tanā litukhrijanā min arḍinā bisiḥrika yā mụsā

And said: "Have you come to us O Moses to drive us out of our land with your witchery?

فَلَنَأْتِيَنَّكَ بِسِحْرٍ مِّثْلِهٖ فَاجْعَلْ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكَ مَوْعِدًا لَّا نُخْلِفُهٗ نَحْنُ وَلَآ اَنْتَ مَكَانًا سُوًى

fa lana`tiyannaka bisiḥrim miṡlihī faj'al bainanā wa bainaka mau'idal lā nukhlifuhụ naḥnu wa lā anta makānan suwā

We shall certainly meet you with like magic. So make an appointment when we and you could meet on common ground which neither we nor you should fail to keep."

قَالَ مَوْعِدُكُمْ يَوْمُ الزِّيْنَةِ وَاَنْ يُّحْشَرَ النَّاسُ ضُحًى

qāla mau'idukum yaumuz-zīnati wa ay yuḥsyaran-nāsu ḍuḥā

Said (Moses): "Let your meeting be on the day of the Feast and let people assemble in broad daylight."

فَتَوَلّٰى فِرْعَوْنُ فَجَمَعَ كَيْدَهٗ ثُمَّ اَتٰى

fa tawallā fir'aunu fa jama'a kaidahụ ṡumma atā

After this the Pharaoh withdrew and settled his stratagem then came back.

قَالَ لَهُمْ مُّوْسٰى وَيْلَكُمْ لَا تَفْتَرُوْا عَلَى اللّٰهِ كَذِبًا فَيُسْحِتَكُمْ بِعَذَابٍۚ وَقَدْ خَابَ مَنِ افْتَرٰى

qāla lahum mụsā wailakum lā taftarụ 'alallāhi każiban fa yus-ḥitakum bi'ażāb, wa qad khāba maniftarā

Moses said to them: "Woe betide you. Do not fabricate a lie against God or He will destroy you with some affliction. For he who fabricates lies is doomed to failure."

فَتَنَازَعُوْٓا اَمْرَهُمْ بَيْنَهُمْ وَاَسَرُّوا النَّجْوٰى

fa tanāza'ū amrahum bainahum wa asarrun-najwā

So they discussed their strategy among themselves and conferred privately

قَالُوْٓا اِنْ هٰذٰنِ لَسٰحِرَانِ يُرِيْدَانِ اَنْ يُّخْرِجٰكُمْ مِّنْ اَرْضِكُمْ بِسِحْرِهِمَا وَيَذْهَبَا بِطَرِيْقَتِكُمُ الْمُثْلٰى

qālū in hāżāni lasāḥirāni yurīdāni ay yukhrijākum min arḍikum bisiḥrihimā wa yaż-habā biṭarīqatikumul-muṡlā

(And) said: "These two are surely magicians. They want to deprive you of your land with their magic and eradicate your distinct way (of life).

فَاَجْمِعُوْا كَيْدَكُمْ ثُمَّ ائْتُوْا صَفًّاۚ وَقَدْ اَفْلَحَ الْيَوْمَ مَنِ اسْتَعْلٰى

fa ajmi'ụ kaidakum ṡumma`tụ ṣaffā, wa qad aflaḥal-yauma manista'lā

So prepare your strategy and come forward. He alone shall win today who is superior."

قَالُوْا يٰمُوْسٰٓى اِمَّآ اَنْ تُلْقِيَ وَاِمَّآ اَنْ نَّكُوْنَ اَوَّلَ مَنْ اَلْقٰى

qālụ yā mụsā immā an tulqiya wa immā an nakụna awwala man alqā

They said: "Either you cast (your spell) O Moses or we shall cast it first."

قَالَ بَلْ اَلْقُوْاۚ فَاِذَا حِبَالُهُمْ وَعِصِيُّهُمْ يُخَيَّلُ اِلَيْهِ مِنْ سِحْرِهِمْ اَنَّهَا تَسْعٰى

qāla bal alqụ, fa iżā ḥibāluhum wa 'iṣiyyuhum yukhayyalu ilaihi min siḥrihim annahā tas'ā

Moses said: "No. You cast it first" Then it seemed to Moses that by their magic their cords and rods were flying;

فَاَوْجَسَ فِيْ نَفْسِهٖ خِيْفَةً مُّوْسٰى

fa aujasa fī nafsihī khīfatam mụsā

And Moses felt afraid within himself.

قُلْنَا لَا تَخَفْ اِنَّكَ اَنْتَ الْاَعْلٰى

qulnā lā takhaf innaka antal-a'lā

We said to him: "Fear not. You will certainly be victorious.

وَاَلْقِ مَا فِيْ يَمِيْنِكَ تَلْقَفْ مَا صَنَعُوْاۗ اِنَّمَا صَنَعُوْا كَيْدُ سٰحِرٍۗ وَلَا يُفْلِحُ السّٰحِرُ حَيْثُ اَتٰى

wa alqi mā fī yamīnika talqaf mā ṣana'ụ, innamā ṣana'ụ kaidu sāḥir, wa lā yufliḥus-sāḥiru ḥaiṡu atā

Throw down what is in your right hand: It will swallow up what they have conjured. For what they have fashioned is only a trick of the sorcerer; and a sorcerer does not succeed wherever he may come."

فَاُلْقِيَ السَّحَرَةُ سُجَّدًا قَالُوْٓا اٰمَنَّا بِرَبِّ هٰرُوْنَ وَمُوْسٰى

fa ulqiyas-saḥaratu sujjadang qālū āmannā birabbi hārụna wa mụsā

The magicians (seeing the miracle) fell down in prostration saying: "We believe in the Lord of Moses and Aaron."

قَالَ اٰمَنْتُمْ لَهٗ قَبْلَ اَنْ اٰذَنَ لَكُمْۗ اِنَّهٗ لَكَبِيْرُكُمُ الَّذِيْ عَلَّمَكُمُ السِّحْرَۚ فَلَاُقَطِّعَنَّ اَيْدِيَكُمْ وَاَرْجُلَكُمْ مِّنْ خِلَافٍ وَّلَاُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ فِيْ جُذُوْعِ النَّخْلِۖ وَلَتَعْلَمُنَّ اَيُّنَآ اَشَدُّ عَذَابًا وَّاَبْقٰى

qāla āmantum lahụ qabla an āżana lakum, innahụ lakabīrukumullażī 'allamakumus-siḥr, fa la`uqaṭṭi'anna aidiyakum wa arjulakum min khilāfiw wa la`uṣallibannakum fī jużụ'in-nakhli wa lata'lamunna ayyunā asyaddu 'ażābaw wa abqā

(The Pharaoh) said: "You have come to believe without my dispensation. Surely he is your chief who taught you magic. I will have your hands and feet cut off on alternate sides and crucify you on the trunks of date-palm trees. You will come to know whose punishment is harder and protracted."

قَالُوْا لَنْ نُّؤْثِرَكَ عَلٰى مَا جَاۤءَنَا مِنَ الْبَيِّنٰتِ وَالَّذِيْ فَطَرَنَا فَاقْضِ مَآ اَنْتَ قَاضٍۗ اِنَّمَا تَقْضِيْ هٰذِهِ الْحَيٰوةَ الدُّنْيَا ۗ

qālụ lan nu`ṡiraka 'alā mā jā`anā minal-bayyināti wallażī faṭaranā faqḍi mā anta qāḍ, innamā taqḍī hāżihil-ḥayātad-dun-yā

They replied: "We cannot choose you in the face of the clear testimony we have received and over Him who created us. So do what you are determined to do. All that you would do will only be confined to our life on earth.

اِنَّآ اٰمَنَّا بِرَبِّنَا لِيَغْفِرَ لَنَا خَطٰيٰنَا وَمَآ اَكْرَهْتَنَا عَلَيْهِ مِنَ السِّحْرِۗ وَاللّٰهُ خَيْرٌ وَّاَبْقٰى

innā āmannā birabbinā liyagfira lanā khaṭāyānā wa mā akrahtanā 'alaihi minas-siḥr, wallāhu khairuw wa abqā

We have certainly come to believe in our Lord that He may forgive our trespasses and the magic you have forced us to perform for God is nobler and abiding."

اِنَّهٗ مَنْ يَّأْتِ رَبَّهٗ مُجْرِمًا فَاِنَّ لَهٗ جَهَنَّمَ ۗ لَا يَمُوْتُ فِيْهَا وَلَا يَحْيٰى

innahụ may ya`ti rabbahụ mujriman fa inna lahụ jahannam, lā yamụtu fīhā wa lā yaḥyā

Surely for him who comes before his Lord a sinner shall be Hell where he will neither die nor live.

وَمَنْ يَّأْتِهٖ مُؤْمِنًا قَدْ عَمِلَ الصّٰلِحٰتِ فَاُولٰۤىِٕكَ لَهُمُ الدَّرَجٰتُ الْعُلٰى ۙ

wa may ya`tihī mu`minang qad 'amilaṣ-ṣāliḥāti fa ulā`ika lahumud-darajātul-'ulā

But whoever comes before Him a believer having done good deeds will be raised to higher stations --

جَنّٰتُ عَدْنٍ تَجْرِيْ مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْاَنْهٰرُ خٰلِدِيْنَ فِيْهَا ۗوَذٰلِكَ جَزٰۤؤُا مَنْ تَزَكّٰى

jannātu 'adnin tajrī min taḥtihal-an-hāru khālidīna fīhā, wa żālika jazā`u man tazakkā

Gardens of Eden with rippling streams where he will live for ever. This is the recompense of those who achieve integrity.

وَلَقَدْ اَوْحَيْنَآ اِلٰى مُوْسٰٓى اَنْ اَسْرِ بِعِبَادِيْ فَاضْرِبْ لَهُمْ طَرِيْقًا فِى الْبَحْرِ يَبَسًاۙ لَّا تَخٰفُ دَرَكًا وَّلَا تَخْشٰى

wa laqad auḥainā ilā mụsā an asri bi'ibādī faḍrib lahum ṭarīqan fil-baḥri yabasal lā takhāfu darakaw wa lā takhsyā

We commanded Moses: "Journey by night with Our creatures and strike a dry path for them through the sea. Do not fear being overtaken nor have dread of any thing."

فَاَتْبَعَهُمْ فِرْعَوْنُ بِجُنُوْدِهٖ فَغَشِيَهُمْ مِّنَ الْيَمِّ مَا غَشِيَهُمْ ۗ

fa atba'ahum fir'aunu bijunụdihī fa gasyiyahum minal-yammi mā gasyiyahum

Then the Pharaoh followed them with his army but the sea overpowered and engulfed them.

وَاَضَلَّ فِرْعَوْنُ قَوْمَهٗ وَمَا هَدٰى

wa aḍalla fir'aunu qaumahụ wa mā hadā

The Pharaoh had led his people astray and did not rightly guide them.

يٰبَنِيْٓ اِسْرَاۤءِيْلَ قَدْ اَنْجَيْنٰكُمْ مِّنْ عَدُوِّكُمْ وَوٰعَدْنٰكُمْ جَانِبَ الطُّوْرِ الْاَيْمَنَ وَنَزَّلْنَا عَلَيْكُمُ الْمَنَّ وَالسَّلْوٰى

yā banī isrā`īla qad anjainākum min 'aduwwikum wa wā'adnākum jānibaṭ-ṭụril-aimana wa nazzalnā 'alaikumul-manna was-salwā

O children of Israel We delivered you from your enemy and made a covenant with you on the right side of the Mount and sent down for you manna and quails

كُلُوْا مِنْ طَيِّبٰتِ مَا رَزَقْنٰكُمْۙ وَلَا تَطْغَوْا فِيْهِ فَيَحِلَّ عَلَيْكُمْ غَضَبِيْۚ وَمَنْ يَّحْلِلْ عَلَيْهِ غَضَبِيْ فَقَدْ هَوٰى

kulụ min ṭayyibāti mā razaqnākum wa lā taṭgau fīhi fa yaḥilla 'alaikum gaḍabī, wa may yaḥlil 'alaihi gaḍabī fa qad hawā

(And said): "Eat of the good things We have given you for food and do not exceed the bounds (of law) in this or My wrath will surely fall upon you; and he who incurs My wrath will fall into the abyss.

وَاِنِّي لَغَفَّارٌ لِّمَنْ تَابَ وَاٰمَنَ وَعَمِلَ صَالِحًا ثُمَّ اهْتَدٰى

wa innī lagaffārul liman tāba wa āmana wa 'amila ṣāliḥan ṡummahtadā

Yet I am gracious to him who repents and believes and does the right and follows the straight path.

۞ وَمَآ اَعْجَلَكَ عَنْ قَوْمِكَ يٰمُوْسٰى

wa mā a'jalaka 'ang qaumika yā mụsā

What made you hurry away O Moses from your people?"

قَالَ هُمْ اُولَاۤءِ عَلٰٓى اَثَرِيْ وَعَجِلْتُ اِلَيْكَ رَبِّ لِتَرْضٰى

qāla hum ulā`i 'alā aṡarī wa 'ajiltu ilaika rabbi litarḍā

He said: "They are right behind me. I have hastened to You O Lord so that You may be pleased."

قَالَ فَاِنَّا قَدْ فَتَنَّا قَوْمَكَ مِنْۢ بَعْدِكَ وَاَضَلَّهُمُ السَّامِرِيُّ

qāla fa innā qad fatannā qaumaka mim ba'dika wa aḍallahumus-sāmiriyy

He said: "We have put your people on trial in your absence; and Sameri has led them astray."

فَرَجَعَ مُوْسٰٓى اِلٰى قَوْمِهٖ غَضْبَانَ اَسِفًا ەۚ قَالَ يٰقَوْمِ اَلَمْ يَعِدْكُمْ رَبُّكُمْ وَعْدًا حَسَنًا ەۗ اَفَطَالَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْعَهْدُ اَمْ اَرَدْتُّمْ اَنْ يَّحِلَّ عَلَيْكُمْ غَضَبٌ مِّنْ رَّبِّكُمْ فَاَخْلَفْتُمْ مَّوْعِدِيْ

fa raja'a mụsā ilā qaumihī gaḍbāna asifā, qāla yā qaumi a lam ya'idkum rabbukum wa'dan ḥasanā, a fa ṭāla 'alaikumul-'ahdu am arattum ay yaḥilla 'alaikum gaḍabum mir rabbikum fa akhlaftum mau'idī

So Moses returned to his people full of anger and regret. "O my people " he said "did not your Lord make you a better promise? Did the time of covenant seem too long to you? Or did you wish the wrath of your Lord to fall upon you that you broke the promise you had made to me?"

قَالُوْا مَآ اَخْلَفْنَا مَوْعِدَكَ بِمَلْكِنَا وَلٰكِنَّا حُمِّلْنَآ اَوْزَارًا مِّنْ زِيْنَةِ الْقَوْمِ فَقَذَفْنٰهَا فَكَذٰلِكَ اَلْقَى السَّامِرِيُّ ۙ

qālụ mā akhlafnā mau'idaka bimalkinā wa lākinnā ḥummilnā auzāram min zīnatil-qaumi fa qażafnāhā fa każālika alqas-sāmiriyy

They said: "We did not break our promise to you of our own will but we were made to carry the loads of ornaments belonging to the people which we threw (into the fire) and so did Sameri.

فَاَخْرَجَ لَهُمْ عِجْلًا جَسَدًا لَّهٗ خُوَارٌ فَقَالُوْا هٰذَآ اِلٰهُكُمْ وَاِلٰهُ مُوْسٰى ەۙ فَنَسِيَ ۗ

fa akhraja lahum 'ijlan jasadal lahụ khuwārun fa qālụ hāżā ilāhukum wa ilāhu mụsā fa nasiy

Then he produced the image of a calf which mooed like a cow. And they said: ´This is your god and the god of Moses (whom) he has neglected."

اَفَلَا يَرَوْنَ اَلَّا يَرْجِعُ اِلَيْهِمْ قَوْلًا ەۙ وَّلَا يَمْلِكُ لَهُمْ ضَرًّا وَّلَا نَفْعًا

a fa lā yarauna allā yarji'u ilaihim qaulaw wa lā yamliku lahum ḍarraw wa lā naf'ā

Did they not see that it did not give them any answer nor had it power to do them harm or bring them gain?

وَلَقَدْ قَالَ لَهُمْ هٰرُوْنُ مِنْ قَبْلُ يٰقَوْمِ اِنَّمَا فُتِنْتُمْ بِهٖۚ وَاِنَّ رَبَّكُمُ الرَّحْمٰنُ فَاتَّبِعُوْنِيْ وَاَطِيْعُوْٓا اَمْرِيْ

wa laqad qāla lahum hārụnu ming qablu yā qaumi innamā futintum bih, wa inna rabbakumur-raḥmānu fattabi'ụnī wa aṭī'ū amrī

Aaron had indeed told them earlier: "O my people you are being only misled with this. Surely your Lord is Ar-Rahman. So follow me and obey my command."

قَالُوْا لَنْ نَّبْرَحَ عَلَيْهِ عٰكِفِيْنَ حَتّٰى يَرْجِعَ اِلَيْنَا مُوْسٰى

qālụ lan nabraḥa 'alaihi 'ākifīna ḥattā yarji'a ilainā mụsā

They said "So long as Moses does not come back we are not going to give it up and we will remain devoted to it."

قَالَ يٰهٰرُوْنُ مَا مَنَعَكَ اِذْ رَاَيْتَهُمْ ضَلُّوْٓا ۙ

qāla yā hārụnu mā mana'aka iż ra`aitahum ḍallū

But (Moses) said: "O Aaron when you saw that they had gone astray what hindered you

اَلَّا تَتَّبِعَنِۗ اَفَعَصَيْتَ اَمْرِيْ

allā tattabi'an, a fa 'aṣaita amrī

From coming after me? Did you not disobey my command?" (And Moses pulled him by the hair).

قَالَ يَبْنَؤُمَّ لَا تَأْخُذْ بِلِحْيَتِيْ وَلَا بِرَأْسِيْۚ اِنِّيْ خَشِيْتُ اَنْ تَقُوْلَ فَرَّقْتَ بَيْنَ بَنِيْٓ اِسْرَاۤءِيْلَ وَلَمْ تَرْقُبْ قَوْلِيْ

qāla yabna`umma lā ta`khuż biliḥyatī wa lā bira`sī, innī khasyītu an taqụla farraqta baina banī isrā`īla wa lam tarqub qaulī

"O son of my mother " (Aaron cried) do not pull me by my beard or my hair! I was really afraid you may say that I had created a rift among the children of Israel and did not pay heed to your command."

قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكَ يٰسَامِرِيُّ

qāla fa mā khaṭbuka yā sāmiriyy

Moses asked: "O Sameri what was the matter?"

قَالَ بَصُرْتُ بِمَا لَمْ يَبْصُرُوْا بِهٖ فَقَبَضْتُ قَبْضَةً مِّنْ اَثَرِ الرَّسُوْلِ فَنَبَذْتُهَا وَكَذٰلِكَ سَوَّلَتْ لِيْ نَفْسِيْ

qāla baṣurtu bimā lam yabṣurụ bihī fa qabaḍtu qabḍatam min aṡarir-rasụli fa nabażtuhā wa każālika sawwalat lī nafsī

He said: "I saw what they did not see. I picked up a handful of dust from the messenger´s tracks and threw it in for the idea seemed attractive to me."

قَالَ فَاذْهَبْ فَاِنَّ لَكَ فِى الْحَيٰوةِ اَنْ تَقُوْلَ لَا مِسَاسَۖ وَاِنَّ لَكَ مَوْعِدًا لَّنْ تُخْلَفَهٗۚ وَانْظُرْ اِلٰٓى اِلٰهِكَ الَّذِيْ ظَلْتَ عَلَيْهِ عَاكِفًا ۗ لَنُحَرِّقَنَّهٗ ثُمَّ لَنَنْسِفَنَّهٗ فِى الْيَمِّ نَسْفًا

qāla faż-hab fa inna laka fil-ḥayāti an taqụla lā misāsa wa inna laka mau'idal lan tukhlafah, wanẓur ilā ilāhikallażī ẓalta 'alaihi 'ākifā, lanuḥarriqannahụ ṡumma lanansifannahụ fil-yammi nasfā

(Moses) said: "Go hence! All your life you are (cursed) to say: ´Do not touch me; and a threat hangs over you which you will not be able to escape. Look at your god to whom you are so attached: We shall verily burn it and disperse its ashes into the sea.

اِنَّمَآ اِلٰهُكُمُ اللّٰهُ الَّذِيْ لَآ اِلٰهَ اِلَّا هُوَۗ وَسِعَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ عِلْمًا

innamā ilāhukumullāhullażī lā ilāha illā huw, wasi'a kulla syai`in 'ilmā

Your god is only God. There is no other god but He. His knowledge extends over everything."

كَذٰلِكَ نَقُصُّ عَلَيْكَ مِنْ اَنْۢبَاۤءِ مَا قَدْ سَبَقَۚ وَقَدْ اٰتَيْنٰكَ مِنْ لَّدُنَّا ذِكْرًا ۚ

każālika naquṣṣu 'alaika min ambā`i mā qad sabaq, wa qad ātaināka mil ladunnā żikrā

Thus do We narrate some account to you of what has gone before and We have truly given you a Reminder of Our own.

مَنْ اَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ فَاِنَّهٗ يَحْمِلُ يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِ وِزْرًا

man a'raḍa 'an-hu fa innahụ yaḥmilu yaumal-qiyāmati wizrā

Whoever turns away from it will surely carry a burden on the Day of Judgement

خٰلِدِيْنَ فِيْهِ ۗوَسَاۤءَ لَهُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِ حِمْلًاۙ

khālidīna fīh, wa sā`a lahum yaumal-qiyāmati ḥimlā

And will live for ever under it. How evil the burden they will carry on the Day of Doom!

يَّوْمَ يُنْفَخُ فِى الصُّوْرِ وَنَحْشُرُ الْمُجْرِمِيْنَ يَوْمَىِٕذٍ زُرْقًا ۖ

yauma yunfakhu fiṣ-ṣụri wa naḥsyurul-mujrimīna yauma`iżin zurqā

The day the trumpet blast is sounded We shall raise the sinners blind

يَّتَخَافَتُوْنَ بَيْنَهُمْ اِنْ لَّبِثْتُمْ اِلَّا عَشْرًا

yatakhāfatụna bainahum il labiṡtum illā 'asyrā

Whispering to one another: "You have tarried but ten days."

نَحْنُ اَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَقُوْلُوْنَ اِذْ يَقُوْلُ اَمْثَلُهُمْ طَرِيْقَةً اِنْ لَّبِثْتُمْ اِلَّا يَوْمًا

naḥnu a'lamu bimā yaqụlụna iż yaqụlu amṡaluhum ṭarīqatan il labiṡtum illā yaumā

We know well what they will say when the most upright among them will say: "You did not tarry more than a day."

وَيَسْـَٔلُوْنَكَ عَنِ الْجِبَالِ فَقُلْ يَنْسِفُهَا رَبِّيْ نَسْفًا ۙ

wa yas`alụnaka 'anil-jibāli fa qul yansifuhā rabbī nasfā

They will ask you about the mountains. Tell them: "My Lord will uproot them from the base

فَيَذَرُهَا قَاعًا صَفْصَفًا ۙ

fa yażaruhā qā'an ṣafṣafā

And turn them into a level plain

لَّا تَرٰى فِيْهَا عِوَجًا وَّلَآ اَمْتًا ۗ

lā tarā fīhā 'iwajaw wa lā amtā

Over which you will see no curves or elevations.

يَوْمَىِٕذٍ يَّتَّبِعُوْنَ الدَّاعِيَ لَا عِوَجَ لَهٗ ۚوَخَشَعَتِ الْاَصْوَاتُ لِلرَّحْمٰنِ فَلَا تَسْمَعُ اِلَّا هَمْسًا

yauma`iżiy yattabi'ụnad-dā'iya lā 'iwaja lah, wa khasya'atil-aṣwātu lir-raḥmāni fa lā tasma'u illā hamsā

That day they will follow the summoner from whom there will be no receding; and their voices will be hushed before Ar-Rahman and you will not hear a sound but faint shuffling.

يَوْمَىِٕذٍ لَّا تَنْفَعُ الشَّفَاعَةُ اِلَّا مَنْ اَذِنَ لَهُ الرَّحْمٰنُ وَرَضِيَ لَهٗ قَوْلًا

yauma`iżil lā tanfa'usy-syafā'atu illā man ażina lahur-raḥmānu wa raḍiya lahụ qaulā

On that day no intercession will matter other than his whom Ar-Rahman grants permission and accepts.

يَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ اَيْدِيْهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ وَلَا يُحِيْطُوْنَ بِهٖ عِلْمًا

ya'lamu mā baina aidīhim wa mā khalfahum wa lā yuḥīṭụna bihī 'ilmā

He knows what is before them and hidden from them but they cannot grasp it with their knowledge.

۞ وَعَنَتِ الْوُجُوْهُ لِلْحَيِّ الْقَيُّوْمِۗ وَقَدْ خَابَ مَنْ حَمَلَ ظُلْمًا

wa 'anatil-wujụhu lil-ḥayyil-qayyụm, wa qad khāba man ḥamala ẓulmā

All heads will be bowed before the Living the Eternal; and whosoever bears a load of iniquity will be full of despair.

وَمَنْ يَّعْمَلْ مِنَ الصّٰلِحٰتِ وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ فَلَا يَخٰفُ ظُلْمًا وَّلَا هَضْمًا

wa may ya'mal minaṣ-ṣāliḥāti wa huwa mu`minun fa lā yakhāfu ẓulmaw wa lā haḍmā

But he who has done good things and believes will have no fear of either being wronged or deprived.

وَكَذٰلِكَ اَنْزَلْنٰهُ قُرْاٰنًا عَرَبِيًّا وَّصَرَّفْنَا فِيْهِ مِنَ الْوَعِيْدِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَّقُوْنَ اَوْ يُحْدِثُ لَهُمْ ذِكْرًا

wa każālika anzalnāhu qur`ānan 'arabiyyaw wa ṣarrafnā fīhi minal-wa'īdi la'allahum yattaqụna au yuḥdiṡu lahum żikrā

That is why We have sent it down as an eloquent Qur´an and explained in different ways the intimidations through it that they may haply take heed or perhaps it may lead them to contemplate.

فَتَعٰلَى اللّٰهُ الْمَلِكُ الْحَقُّۚ وَلَا تَعْجَلْ بِالْقُرْاٰنِ مِنْ قَبْلِ اَنْ يُّقْضٰٓى اِلَيْكَ وَحْيُهٗ ۖوَقُلْ رَّبِّ زِدْنِيْ عِلْمًا

fa ta'ālallāhul-malikul-ḥaqq, wa lā ta'jal bil-qur`āni ming qabli ay yuqḍā ilaika waḥyuhụ wa qur rabbi zidnī 'ilmā

Exalted then be God the real King; and do not try to anticipate the Qur´an before the completion of its revelation but pray: "O Lord give me greater knowledge."

وَلَقَدْ عَهِدْنَآ اِلٰٓى اٰدَمَ مِنْ قَبْلُ فَنَسِيَ وَلَمْ نَجِدْ لَهٗ عَزْمًا

wa laqad 'ahidnā ilā ādama ming qablu fa nasiya wa lam najid lahụ 'azmā

We had commanded Adam before but he disregarded it: We found him lacking in resolution.

وَاِذْ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلٰۤىِٕكَةِ اسْجُدُوْا لِاٰدَمَ فَسَجَدُوْٓا اِلَّآ اِبْلِيْسَ اَبٰى ۗ

wa iż qulnā lil-malā`ikatisjudụ li`ādama fa sajadū illā iblīsa abā

When We said to the angels: ´´Bow before Adam ´´ they all bowed but Iblis who refused.

فَقُلْنَا يٰٓاٰدَمُ اِنَّ هٰذَا عَدُوٌّ لَّكَ وَلِزَوْجِكَ فَلَا يُخْرِجَنَّكُمَا مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ فَتَشْقٰى

fa qulnā yā ādamu inna hāżā 'aduwwul laka wa lizaujika fa lā yukhrijannakumā minal-jannati fa tasyqā

So We said; "O Adam he is truly your enemy and your wife´s. Do not let him have you turned out of Paradise and come to grief.

اِنَّ لَكَ اَلَّا تَجُوْعَ فِيْهَا وَلَا تَعْرٰى ۙ

inna laka allā tajụ'a fīhā wa lā ta'rā

Verily you will have no hunger or nakedness there

وَاَنَّكَ لَا تَظْمَؤُا فِيْهَا وَلَا تَضْحٰى

wa annaka lā taẓma`u fīhā wa lā taḍ-ḥā

Nor thirst nor exposure to the sun."

فَوَسْوَسَ اِلَيْهِ الشَّيْطٰنُ قَالَ يٰٓاٰدَمُ هَلْ اَدُلُّكَ عَلٰى شَجَرَةِ الْخُلْدِ وَمُلْكٍ لَّا يَبْلٰى

fa waswasa ilaihisy-syaiṭānu qāla yā ādamu hal adulluka 'alā syajaratil-khuldi wa mulkil lā yablā

But then Satan tempted him by saying: "O Adam should I show you the tree of immortality and a kingdom that will never know any wane?"

فَاَكَلَا مِنْهَا فَبَدَتْ لَهُمَا سَوْاٰتُهُمَا وَطَفِقَا يَخْصِفٰنِ عَلَيْهِمَا مِنْ وَّرَقِ الْجَنَّةِۚ وَعَصٰٓى اٰدَمُ رَبَّهٗ فَغَوٰى ۖ

fa akalā min-hā fa badat lahumā sau`ātuhumā wa ṭafiqā yakhṣifāni 'alaihimā miw waraqil jannah, wa 'aṣā ādamu rabbahụ fa gawā

And both ate of (its fruit) and their hidden parts were exposed to one another and they patched the leaves of the garden (to hide them). Adam disobeyed his Lord and went astray.

ثُمَّ اجْتَبٰىهُ رَبُّهٗ فَتَابَ عَلَيْهِ وَهَدٰى

ṡummajtabāhu rabbuhụ fa tāba 'alaihi wa hadā

Then his Lord chose him and relented towards him and showed him the way;

قَالَ اهْبِطَا مِنْهَا جَمِيعًاۢ بَعْضُكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّ ۚفَاِمَّا يَأْتِيَنَّكُمْ مِّنِّيْ هُدًى ەۙ فَمَنِ اتَّبَعَ هُدٰيَ فَلَا يَضِلُّ وَلَا يَشْقٰى

qālahbiṭā min-hā jamī'am ba'ḍukum liba'ḍin 'aduww, fa immā ya`tiyannakum minnī hudan fa manittaba'a hudāya fa lā yaḍillu wa lā yasyqā

(And) said: "Go down hence together one the enemy of the other. Then will guidance come to you from Me; and whoever follows My direction will neither be disgraced nor be miserable.

وَمَنْ اَعْرَضَ عَنْ ذِكْرِيْ فَاِنَّ لَهٗ مَعِيْشَةً ضَنْكًا وَّنَحْشُرُهٗ يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِ اَعْمٰى

wa man a'raḍa 'an żikrī fa inna lahụ ma'īsyatan ḍangkaw wa naḥsyuruhụ yaumal-qiyāmati a'mā

But he who fails to heed My warning will have his means restricted; and on the Day of Resurrection We shall raise him blind."

قَالَ رَبِّ لِمَ حَشَرْتَنِيْٓ اَعْمٰى وَقَدْ كُنْتُ بَصِيْرًا

qāla rabbi lima ḥasyartanī a'mā wa qad kuntu baṣīrā

He will ask: "O Lord why have you raised me blind when I was able to see?"

قَالَ كَذٰلِكَ اَتَتْكَ اٰيٰتُنَا فَنَسِيْتَهَاۚ وَكَذٰلِكَ الْيَوْمَ تُنْسٰى

qāla każālika atatka āyātunā fa nasītahā, wa każālikal-yauma tunsā

(God) will say: "Because Our signs came to you but you disregarded them. So shall We disregard you this day."

وَكَذٰلِكَ نَجْزِيْ مَنْ اَسْرَفَ وَلَمْ يُؤْمِنْۢ بِاٰيٰتِ رَبِّهٖۗ وَلَعَذَابُ الْاٰخِرَةِ اَشَدُّ وَاَبْقٰى

wa każālika najzī man asrafa wa lam yu`mim bi`āyāti rabbih, wa la'ażābul-ākhirati asyaddu wa abqā

And that is how We requite him who is extravagant and does not believe the signs of his Lord; and surely the punishment of the Hereafter is far more severe and persistent.

اَفَلَمْ يَهْدِ لَهُمْ كَمْ اَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُمْ مِّنَ الْقُرُوْنِ يَمْشُوْنَ فِيْ مَسٰكِنِهِمْۗ اِنَّ فِيْ ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيٰتٍ لِّاُولِى النُّهٰى

a fa lam yahdi lahum kam ahlaknā qablahum minal-qurụni yamsyụna fī masākinihim, inna fī żālika la`āyātil li`ulin-nuhā

Did they not learn from the many generations that We destroyed before them whose habitations they now frequent? Verily there are signs in this for men of understanding.

وَلَوْلَا كَلِمَةٌ سَبَقَتْ مِنْ رَّبِّكَ لَكَانَ لِزَامًا وَّاَجَلٌ مُّسَمًّى ۗ

walau lā kalimatun sabaqat mir rabbika lakāna lizāmaw wa ajalum musammā

If the decree (of respite) had not been pronounced by your Lord (the inevitable judgement would have ensued); but a term is fixed (for everything).

فَاصْبِرْ عَلٰى مَا يَقُوْلُوْنَ وَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ قَبْلَ طُلُوْعِ الشَّمْسِ وَقَبْلَ غُرُوْبِهَا ۚوَمِنْ اٰنَاۤئِ الَّيْلِ فَسَبِّحْ وَاَطْرَافَ النَّهَارِ لَعَلَّكَ تَرْضٰى

faṣbir 'alā mā yaqụlụna wa sabbiḥ biḥamdi rabbika qabla ṭulụ'isy-syamsi wa qabla gurụbihā, wa min ānā`il-laili fa sabbiḥ wa aṭrāfan-nahāri la'allaka tarḍā

So you bear with patience what they say and sing the praises of your Lord before the rising and setting of the sun and honour Him in the watches of the night and then at the two ends of day that you may find acceptance.

وَلَا تَمُدَّنَّ عَيْنَيْكَ اِلٰى مَا مَتَّعْنَا بِهٖٓ اَزْوَاجًا مِّنْهُمْ زَهْرَةَ الْحَيٰوةِ الدُّنْيَا ەۙ لِنَفْتِنَهُمْ فِيْهِ ۗوَرِزْقُ رَبِّكَ خَيْرٌ وَّاَبْقٰى

wa lā tamuddanna 'ainaika ilā mā matta'nā bihī azwājam min-hum zahratal-ḥayātid-dun-yā linaftinahum fīh, wa rizqu rabbika khairuw wa abqā

Do not covet what We have granted myriads of people of the pomp and glitter of this world to tempt them. The means your Lord has given you are better far and more enduring.

وَأْمُرْ اَهْلَكَ بِالصَّلٰوةِ وَاصْطَبِرْ عَلَيْهَاۗ لَا نَسْـَٔلُكَ رِزْقًاۗ نَحْنُ نَرْزُقُكَۗ وَالْعَاقِبَةُ لِلتَّقْوٰى

wa`mur ahlaka biṣ-ṣalāti waṣṭabir 'alaihā, lā nas`aluka rizqā, naḥnu narzuquk, wal-'āqibatu lit-taqwā

Enjoin on your people service to God and be yourself constant in it. We do not ask you to provide: It is We who provide for you. The reward is for piety and fear of God.

وَقَالُوْا لَوْلَا يَأْتِيْنَا بِاٰيَةٍ مِّنْ رَّبِّهٖۗ اَوَلَمْ تَأْتِهِمْ بَيِّنَةُ مَا فِى الصُّحُفِ الْاُولٰى

wa qālụ lau lā ya`tīnā bi`āyatim mir rabbih, a wa lam ta`tihim bayyinatu mā fiṣ-ṣuḥufil-ụlā

Yet they say: "Why does he not bring a sign from his Lord?" Have not clear proofs come to them in what is contained in the earlier Books?

وَلَوْ اَنَّآ اَهْلَكْنٰهُمْ بِعَذَابٍ مِّنْ قَبْلِهٖ لَقَالُوْا رَبَّنَا لَوْلَآ اَرْسَلْتَ اِلَيْنَا رَسُوْلًا فَنَتَّبِعَ اٰيٰتِكَ مِنْ قَبْلِ اَنْ نَّذِلَّ وَنَخْزٰى

walau annā ahlaknāhum bi'ażābim ming qablihī laqālụ rabbanā lau lā arsalta ilainā rasụlan fa nattabi'a āyātika ming qabli an nażilla wa nakhzā

If We had destroyed them by some calamity sooner than this they would have surely said: "O Lord if You had sent to us a messenger we would have followed Your command before being humbled and disgraced."

قُلْ كُلٌّ مُّتَرَبِّصٌ فَتَرَبَّصُوْاۚ فَسَتَعْلَمُوْنَ مَنْ اَصْحٰبُ الصِّرَاطِ السَّوِيِّ وَمَنِ اهْتَدٰى ۔

qul kullum mutarabbiṣun fa tarabbaṣụ, fa sata'lamụna man aṣ-ḥābuṣ-ṣirāṭis-sawiyyi wa manihtadā

Say: "Each one awaits the consequence; so you wait. You will come to know soon who are the men of the straight path and who have come to guidance.