34: Saba سبإ

Text and Translation

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ

BISMIL LAAHIR RAHMAANIR RAHEEM

In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful

اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ الَّذِىْ لَهٗ مَا فِى السَّمٰوٰتِ وَمَا فِى الْاَرْضِ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ فِى الْاٰخِرَةِ ؕ وَهُوَ الْحَكِيْمُ الْخَبِيْرُ‏(1)

AL-HAMDO LILLAAHIL LAZEE LAHU MAA FIS SAMAAWAATE WA MAA FIL ARZE WA LAHUL HAMDO FIL AAKHERAH, WA HOWAL HAKEEMUL KHABEER.

All praise belongs to Allah to whom belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth. To Him belongs all praise in the Hereafter, and He is the All-wise, the All-aware.

يَعْلَمُ مَا يَلِجُ فِى الْاَرْضِ وَمَا يَخْرُجُ مِنْهَا وَمَا يَنْزِلُ مِنَ السَّمَآءِ وَمَا يَعْرُجُ فِيْهَا ؕ وَهُوَ الرَّحِيْمُ الْغَفُوْرُ‏(2)

YA’LAMO MAA YALEJO FIL ARZE WA MAA YAKHROJO MINHAA WA MAA YANZELO MENAS SAMAAA-E WA MAA YA’ROJO FEEHAA, WA HOWAR RAHEEMUL GHAFOOR.

He knows whatever enters into the earth and whatever emerges from it, and whatever descends from the sky and whatever ascends into it, and He is the All-merciful, the All-forgiving.

وَقَالَ الَّذِيْنَ كَفَرُوْا لَا تَاْتِيْنَا السَّاعَةُ ؕ قُلْ بَلٰى وَرَبِّىْ لَتَاْتِيَنَّكُمْۙ عٰلِمِ الْغَيْبِ ۚ لَا يَعْزُبُ عَنْهُ مِثْقَالُ ذَرَّةٍ فِى السَّمٰوٰتِ وَلَا فِى الْاَرْضِ وَلَاۤ اَصْغَرُ مِنْ ذٰ لِكَ وَلَاۤ اَكْبَرُ اِلَّا فِىْ كِتٰبٍ مُّبِيْنٍۙ‏(3)

WA QAALAL LAZEENA KAFAROO LAA TAATEENAS SAA-A’H, QUL BALAA WA RABBEE LATAATEYANNAKUM, A’ALEMIL GHAYB, LAA YA’ZOBO A’NHO MISQAALO ZARRATIN FIS SAMAAWAATE WA LAA FIL ARZE WA LAA ASGHARO MIN ZAALEKA WA LAA AKBARO ILLAA FEE KETAABIM MOBEEN.

The faithless say, ‘The Hour will not overtake us.’ Say, ‘Yes, indeed it will surely overtake you, by my Lord,’ the Knower of the Unseen; not [even] an atom’s weight escapes Him in the heavens or in the earth, nor [is there] anything smaller than that nor bigger, but it is in a manifest Book,

لِّيَجْزِىَ الَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوْا الصّٰلِحٰتِؕ اُولٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ مَّغْفِرَةٌ وَّرِزْقٌ كَرِيْمٌ‏(4)

LE-YAJZEYAL LAZEENA AAMANOO WA A’MELUS SAALEHAAT, OOLAAA-EKA LAHUM MAGHFERATUNW WA RIZQUN KAREEM.

that He may reward those who have faith and do righteous deeds.’ For such there will be forgiveness and a noble provision.

وَالَّذِيْنَ سَعَوْ فِىْۤ اٰيٰتِنَا مُعٰجِزِيْنَ اُولٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ مِّنْ رِّجْزٍ اَلِيْمٌ‏(5)

WAL LAZEENA SA-A’W FEE AAYAATENAA MO-A’AJEZEENA OOLAAA-EKA LAHUM A’ZAABUM MIR RIJZIN ALEEM.

But those who contend with Our signs seeking to frustrate [their purpose], for such is a painful punishment due to defilement.

وَيَرَى الَّذِيْنَ اُوْتُوا الْعِلْمَ الَّذِىْۤ اُنْزِلَ اِلَيْكَ مِنْ رَّبِّكَ هُوَ الْحَقَّ ۙ وَيَهْدِىْۤ اِلٰى صِرَاطِ الْعَزِيْزِ الْحَمِيْدِ‏(6)

WA YARAL LAZEENA OOTUL I’LMAL LAZEE UNZELA ELAYKA MIR RABBEKA HOWAL HAQQA, WA YAHDEE ELAA SERAATIL A’ZEEZIL HAMEED.

Those who have been given knowledge see that what has been sent down to you from your Lord is the truth and [that] it guides to the path of the All-mighty, the All-laudable.

وَقَالَ الَّذِيْنَ كَفَرُوْا هَلْ نَدُلُّكُمْ عَلٰى رَجُلٍ يُّنَبِّئُكُمْ اِذَا مُزِّقْتُمْ كُلَّ مُمَزَّقٍۙ اِنَّكُمْ لَفِىْ خَلْقٍ جَدِيْدٍۚ‏(7)

WA QAALAL LAZEENA KAFAROO HAL NADULLOKUM A’LAA RAJOLIN-Y YONABBE-OKUM EZAA MUZZIQTUM KULLA MOMAZZAQIN, INNAKUM LAFEE KHALQIN JADEED.

The faithless say, ‘Shall we show you a man who will inform you [that] when you have been totally rent to pieces you will indeed have a new creation?

اَ فْتَرٰى عَلَى اللّٰهِ كَذِبًا اَمْ بِهٖ جِنَّةٌ ؕ بَلِ الَّذِيْنَ لَا يُؤْمِنُوْنَ بِالْاٰخِرَةِ فِى الْعَذَابِ وَالضَّلٰلِ الْبَعِيْدِ‏(8)

AFTARAA A’LAL LAAHE KAZEBAN AM BEHI JINNAH, BALIL LAZEENA LAA YOAMENOONA BIL-AAKHERATE FIL A’ZAABE WAZ ZALAALIL BA-E’ED.

Has he fabricated a lie against Allah, or is there a madness in him?’ Indeed, those who do not believe in the Hereafter languish in punishment and extreme error.

اَفَلَمْ يَرَوْا اِلٰى مَا بَيْنَ اَيْدِيْهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ مِّنَ السَّمَآءِ وَالْاَرْضِ ؕ اِنْ نَّشَاْ نَخْسِفْ بِهِمُ الْاَرْضَ اَوْ نُسْقِطْ عَلَيْهِمْ كِسَفًا مِّنَ السَّمَآءِ ؕ اِنَّ فِىْ ذٰ لِكَ لَاٰيَةً لِّكُلِّ عَبْدٍ مُّنِيْبٍ‏(9)

AFALAM YARAW ELAA MAA BAYNA AYDEEHIM WA MAA KHALFAHUM MENAS SAMAAA-E WAL ARZ, IN NASHAA NAKHSIF BEHEMUL ARZA AW NUSQIT A’LAYHIM KESAFAM MENAS SAMAAA, INNA FEE ZAALEKA LA-AAYATAL LE-KULLE A’BDIM MONEEB.

Have they not regarded that which is before them and that which is behind them of the sky and the earth? If We like, We can make the earth swallow them, or let a fragment from the sky fall on them. There is indeed a sign in that for every penitent servant.

وَلَقَدْ اٰتَيْنَا دَاوٗدَ مِنَّا فَضْلًا ؕ يٰجِبَالُ اَوِّبِىْ مَعَهٗ وَالطَّيْرَ ۚ وَاَلَنَّا لَهُ الْحَدِيْدَ ۙ‏(10)

WA LAQAD AATAYNAA DAAWOODA MINNAA FAZLAA, YAA JEBAALO AWWEBEE MA-A’HU WAT TAYR, WA ALANNAA LAHUL HADEED.

Certainly We gave David our grace: ‘O mountains and birds, chime in with him!’ And We made iron soft for him,

اَنِ اعْمَلْ سٰبِغٰتٍ وَّقَدِّرْ فِى السَّرْدِ وَاعْمَلُوْا صَالِحًا ؕ اِنِّىْ بِمَا تَعْمَلُوْنَ بَصِيْرٌ‏(11)

ANE’MAL SAABEGHAATINW WA QADDIR FIS SARDE WA’MALOO SAALEHAA, INNEE BEMAA TA’MALOONA BASEER.

saying, ‘Make easy coats of mail, and keep the measure in arranging [the links], and act righteously. Indeed I watch what you do.’

وَلِسُلَيْمٰنَ الرِّيْحَ غُدُوُّهَا شَهْرٌ وَّرَوَاحُهَا شَهْرٌۚ وَ اَسَلْنَا لَهٗ عَيْنَ الْقِطْرِؕ وَمِنَ الْجِنِّ مَنْ يَّعْمَلُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ بِاِذْنِ رَبِّهِؕ وَمَنْ يَّزِغْ مِنْهُمْ عَنْ اَمْرِنَا نُذِقْهُ مِنْ عَذَابِ السَّعِيْرِ‏(12)

WA LE-SOLAYMAANAR REEHA GHODUWWOHAA SHAHRUNW WA RAWAAHOHAA SHAHR, WA ASALNAA LAHU A’YNAL QITR, WA MENAL JINNE MAN-Y YA’MALO BAYNA YADAYHE BE-IZNE RABBEH, WA MAN-Y YAZIGH MINHUM A’N AMRENAA NOZIQHO MIN A’ZAABIS SA-E’ER.

And for Solomon [We subjected] the wind: its morning course was a month’s journey and its evening course was a month’s journey. We made a fount of [molten] copper flow for him, and [We placed at his service] some of the jinn who would work for him by the permission of his Lord, and if any of them swerved from Our command, We would make him taste the punishment of the Blaze.

يَعْمَلُوْنَ لَهٗ مَا يَشَآءُ مِنْ مَّحَارِيْبَ وَتَمَاثِيْلَ وَجِفَانٍ كَالْجَوَابِ وَقُدُوْرٍ رّٰسِيٰتٍ ؕ اِعْمَلُوْۤا اٰلَ دَاوٗدَ شُكْرًا ؕ وَقَلِيْلٌ مِّنْ عِبَادِىَ الشَّكُوْرُ‏(13)

YA’MALOONA LAHU MAA YASHAAA-O MIM MAHAAREEBA WA TAMAASEELA WA JEFAANIN KAL-JAWAABE WA QODOORIR RAASEYAAT, E-E’MALOO AALA DAAWOODA SHUKRAA, WA QALEELUM MIN E’BAADEYASH SHAKOOR.

They built for him as many temples as he wished, and figures, basins like cisterns, and caldrons fixed [in the ground]. ‘O House of David, act thankfully, and few of My servants are grateful.’

فَلَمَّا قَضَيْنَا عَلَيْهِ الْمَوْتَ مَا دَلَّهُمْ عَلٰى مَوْتِهٖۤ اِلَّا دَآ بَّةُ الْاَرْضِ تَاْ كُلُ مِنْسَاَتَهُ ۚ فَلَمَّا خَرَّ تَبَيَّنَتِ الْجِنُّ اَنْ لَّوْ كَانُوْا يَعْلَمُوْنَ الْغَيْبَ مَا لَبِثُوْا فِى الْعَذَابِ الْمُهِيْنِ ؕ‏(14)

FALAMMAA QAZAYNAA A’LAYHIL MAWTA MAA DALLAHUM A’LAA MAWTEHI ILLAA DAABBATUL ARZE TAAKOLO MINSA-ATAH, FALAMMAA KHARRA TABAYYANATIL JINNO AL LAW KAANOO YA’LAMOONAL GHAYBA MAA LABESOO FIL A’ZAABIL MOHEEN.

When We decreed death for him, nothing apprised them of his death except a worm which gnawed away at his staff. And when he fell down, [the humans] realized that had the jinn known the Unseen, they would not have remained in a humiliating torment.

لَقَدْ كَانَ لِسَبَاٍ فِىْ مَسْكَنِهِمْ اٰيَةٌ ۚ جَنَّتٰنِ عَنْ يَّمِيْنٍ وَّشِمَالٍ ؕ کُلُوْا مِنْ رِّزْقِ رَبِّكُمْ وَاشْكُرُوْا لَهٗ ؕ بَلْدَةٌ طَيِّبَةٌ وَّرَبٌّ غَفُوْرٌ‏‏(15)

LAQAD KAANA LE-SABA-EIN FEE MASKANEHIM AAYAH, JANNATAANE A’N-Y YAMEENINW WA SHEMAAL, KOLOO MIR RIZQE RABBEKUM WASH KOROO LAH, BALDATUN TAYYEBATUNW WA RABBUN GHAFOOR.

There was certainly a sign for Sheba in their habitation: two gardens, to the right and to the left. ‘Eat of the provision of your Lord and give Him thanks: a good land and an all-forgiving Lord!’

فَاَعْرَضُوْا فَاَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَيْلَ الْعَرِمِ وَبَدَّلْنٰهُمْ بِجَنَّتَيْهِمْ جَنَّتَيْنِ ذَوَاتَىْ اُكُلٍ خَمْطٍ وَّاَثْلٍ وَّشَىْءٍ مِّنْ سِدْرٍ قَلِيْلٍ‏(16)

FA-A-A’RAZOO FA-ARSALNAA A’LAYHIM SAYLAL A’REME WA BADDALNAAHUM BE-JANNATAYHIM JANNATAYNE ZAWAATAY OKOLIN KHAMTINW WA ASLINW WA SHAY-IM MIN SIDRIN QALEEL.

But they disregarded [the path of Allah], so We unleashed upon them a violent flood and replaced their two gardens with two gardens bearing bitter fruit, tamarisk, and sparse lote trees.

ذٰ لِكَ جَزَيْنٰهُمْ بِمَا كَفَرُوْا ؕ وَهَلْ نُجٰزِىْۤ اِلَّا الْكَفُوْرَ‏(17)

ZAALEKA JAZAYNAAHUM BEMAA KAFAROO, WA HAL NOJAAZEE ILLAL KAFOOR.

We requited them with that for their ingratitude. Do We not requite ingrates?

وَجَعَلْنَا بَيْنَهُمْ وَبَيْنَ الْقُرَى الَّتِىْ بٰرَكْنَا فِيْهَا قُرًى ظَاهِرَةً وَّقَدَّرْنَا فِيْهَا السَّيْرَ ؕ سِيْرُوْا فِيْهَا لَيَالِىَ وَاَيَّامًا اٰمِنِيْنَ‏(18)

WA JA-A’LNAA BAYNAHUM WA BAYNAL QORAL LATEE BAARAKNAA FEEHAA QORAN ZAAHERATANW WA QADDARNAA FEEHAS SAYR, SEEROO FEEHAA LAYAALEYA WA AYYAAMAN AAMENEEN.

We had placed between them and the towns which We had blessed hamlets prominent [from the main route], and We had ordained the course through them: ‘Travel through them in safety, night and day.’

فَقَالُوْا رَبَّنَا بٰعِدْ بَيْنَ اَسْفَارِنَا وَظَلَمُوْۤا اَنْفُسَهُمْ فَجَعَلْنٰهُمْ اَحَادِيْثَ وَمَزَّقْنٰهُمْ كُلَّ مُمَزَّقٍ ؕ اِنَّ فِىْ ذٰ لِكَ لَاٰيٰتٍ لِّكُلِّ صَبَّارٍ شَكُوْرٍ‏(19)

FA-QAALOO RABBANAA BAA-I’D BAYNA ASFAARENAA WA ZALAMOO ANFOSAHUM FA-JA-A’LNAAHUM AHAADEESA WA MAZZAQNAAHUM KULLA MOMAZZAQ, INNA FEE ZAALEKA LA-AAYAATIL LE-KULLE SABBAARIN SHAKOOR.

But they said, ‘Our Lord! Make the stages between our journeys far apart,’ and they wronged themselves. So We turned them into folktales and caused them to disintegrate totally. There are indeed signs in that for every patient and grateful [servant].

وَلَقَدْ صَدَّقَ عَلَيْهِمْ اِبْلِيْسُ ظَنَّهٗ فَاتَّبَعُوْهُ اِلَّا فَرِيْقًا مِّنَ الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ‏(20)

WA LAQAD SADDAQA A’LAYHIM IBLEESO ZANNAHU FAT-TABA-O’OHO ILLAA FAREEQAM MENAL MOAMENEEN.

Certainly Iblis had his conjecture come true about them. So they followed him—all except a part of the faithful.

وَمَا كَانَ لَهٗ عَلَيْهِمْ مِّنْ سُلْطٰنٍ اِلَّا لِنَعْلَمَ مَنْ يُّؤْمِنُ بِالْاٰخِرَةِ مِمَّنْ هُوَ مِنْهَا فِىْ شَكٍّ ؕ وَ رَبُّكَ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَىْءٍ حَفِيْظٌ‏(21)

WA MAA KAANA LAHU A’LAYHIM MIN SULTAANIN ILLAA LE-NA’LAMA MAN-Y YOAMENO BIL-AAKHERATE MIMMAN HOWA MINHAA FEE SHAK, WA RABBOKA A’LAA KULLE SHAY-IN HAFEEZ.

He had no authority over them, but that We may ascertain those who believe in the Hereafter from those who are in doubt about it, and your Lord is watchful over all things.

قُلِ ادْعُوا الَّذِيْنَ زَعَمْتُمْ مِّنْ دُوْنِ اللّٰهِۚ لَا يَمْلِكُوْنَ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ فِى السَّمٰوٰتِ وَلَا فِى الْاَرْضِ وَمَا لَهُمْ فِيْهِمَا مِنْ شِرْكٍ وَّمَا لَهٗ مِنْهُمْ مِّنْ ظَهِيْرٍ‏(22)

QOLID U’L LAZEENA ZA-A’MTUM MIN DOONIL LAAH, LAA YAMLEKOONA MISQAALA ZARRATIN FIS SAMAAWAATE WA LAA FIL ARZE WA MAA LAHUM FEEHEMAA MIN SHIRKINW WA MAA LAHU MINHUM MIN ZAHEER.

Say, ‘Invoke those whom you claim [to be gods] besides Allah! They do not control [even] an atom’s weight in the heavens or the earth, nor do they have any share in [either of] them, nor is any of them His helper.’

وَلَا تَنْفَعُ الشَّفَاعَةُ عِنْدَهٗۤ اِلَّا لِمَنْ اَذِنَ لَهٗ ؕ حَتّٰٓى اِذَا فُزِّعَ عَنْ قُلُوْبِهِمْ قَالُوْا مَاذَا ۙ قَالَ رَبُّكُمْ ؕ قَالُوا الْحَقَّ ۚ وَهُوَ الْعَلِىُّ الْكَبِيْرُ‏(23)

WA LAA TANFA-U’SH SHAFAA-A’TO I’NDAHU ILLAA LEMAN AZENA LAH, HATTAA EZAA FUZZE-A’ A’N QOLOOBEHIM QAALOO MAAZAA, QAALA RABBOKUM, QAALUL HAQ, WA HOWAL A’LIYYUL KABEER.

Intercession is of no avail with Him, except for those whom He permits. When fear is lifted from their hearts, they say, ‘What did your Lord say?’ They say, ‘The truth, and He is the All-exalted, the All-great.’

قُلْ مَنْ يَّرْزُقُكُمْ مِّنَ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِؕ قُلِ اللّٰهُ ۙ وَ اِنَّاۤ اَوْ اِيَّاكُمْ لَعَلٰى هُدًى اَوْ فِىْ ضَلٰلٍ مُّبِيْنٍ‏(24)

QUL MAN-Y YARZOQOKUM MENAS SAMAAWAATE WAL ARZ, QOLIL LAAHO, WA INNAA AW IYYAAKUM LA-A’LAA HODAN AW FEE ZALAALIM MOBEEN.

Say, ‘Who provides for you from the heavens and the earth?’ Say, ‘Allah! Indeed either we or you are rightly guided or in manifest error.’

قُلْ لَّا تُسْئَلُوْنَ عَمَّاۤ اَجْرَمْنَا وَلَا نُسْئَلُ عَمَّا تَعْمَلُوْنَ‏(25)

QUL LAA TUS-ALOONA A’MMAA AJRAMNAA WA LAA NUS-ALO A’MMAA TA’MALOON.

Say, ‘You will not be questioned about our guilt, nor shall we be questioned about what you do.’

قُلْ يَجْمَعُ بَيْنَنَا رَبُّنَا ثُمَّ يَفْتَحُ بَيْنَنَا بِالْحَقِّ ؕ وَهُوَ الْفَتَّاحُ الْعَلِيْمُ‏(26)

QUL YAJMA-O’ BAYNANAA RABBONAA SUMMA YAFTAHO BAYNANAA BIL-HAQ, WA HOWAL FATTAAHUL A’LEEM.

Say, ‘Our Lord will bring us together, then He will judge between us with justice, and He is the All-knowing Judge.’

قُلْ اَرُوْنِىَ الَّذِيْنَ اَ لْحَقْتُمْ بِهٖ شُرَكَآءَ كَلَّا ؕ بَلْ هُوَ اللّٰهُ الْعَزِيْزُ الْحَكِيْمُ‏(27)

QUL AROONEYAL LAZEENA ALHAQTUM BEHI SHORAKAAA-A KALLAA, BAL HOWAL LAAHUL A’ZEEZUL HAKEEM.

Say, ‘Show me those whom you associate with Him as partners.’ No! [They can never show any such partner]. Indeed, He is Allah, the All-mighty, the All-wise.

وَمَاۤ اَرْسَلْنٰكَ اِلَّا كَآفَّةً لِّلنَّاسِ بَشِيْرًا وَّنَذِيْرًا وَّلٰكِنَّ اَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُوْنَ‏(28)

WA MAA ARSALNAAKA ILLAA KAAFFATAL LIN-NAASE BASHEERANW WA NAZEERANW WA LAAKINNA AKSARAN NAASE LAA YA’LAMOON.

We did not send you except as a bearer of good news and warner to all mankind, but most people do not know.

وَيَقُوْلُوْنَ مَتٰى هٰذَا الْوَعْدُ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ صٰدِقِيْنَ‏(29)

WA YAQOOLOONA MATAA HAAZAL WA’DO IN KUNTUM SAADEQEEN.

They say, ‘When will this promise be fulfilled, if you are truthful?’

قُلْ لَّكُمْ مِّيْعَادُ يَوْمٍ لَّا تَسْتَاْخِرُوْنَ عَنْهُ سَاعَةً وَّلَا تَسْتَقْدِمُوْنَ‏(30)

QUL LAKUM MEE-A’ADO YAWMIL LAA TASTAAKHEROONA A’NHO SAA-A’TANW WA LAA TASTAQDEMOON.

Say, ‘Your promised hour is a day that you shall neither defer nor advance by an hour.’

وَقَالَ الَّذِيْنَ كَفَرُوْا لَنْ نُّؤْمِنَ بِهٰذَا الْقُرْاٰنِ وَلَا بِالَّذِىْ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِؕ وَلَوْ تَرٰٓى اِذِ الظّٰلِمُوْنَ مَوْقُوْفُوْنَ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِمْۖۚ يَرْجِعُ بَعْضُهُمْ اِلٰى بَعْضِ اۨلْقَوْلَ‌ۚ يَقُوْلُ الَّذِيْنَ اسْتُضْعِفُوْا لِلَّذِيْنَ اسْتَكْبَرُوْا لَوْلَاۤ اَنْتُمْ لَكُنَّا مُؤْمِنِيْنَ‏(31)

WA QAALAL LAZEENA KAFAROO LAN NOAMENA BEHAAZAL QUR-AANE WA LAA BILLAZEE BAYNA YADAYH, WA LAW TARAA EZIZ ZAALEMOONA MAWQOOFOONA I’NDA RABBEHIM, YARJE-O’ BA’ZOHUM ELAA BA’ZENIL QAWL, YAQOOLUL LAZEENAS TUZ-E’FOO LILLAZEENAS TAKBAROO LAWLAA ANTUM LAKUNNAA MOAMENEEN.

The faithless say, ‘We will never believe in this Quran, nor in what was [revealed] before it.’ But if you were to see when the wrongdoers will be made to stop before their Lord casting the blame on one another. Those who were abased will say to those who were arrogant, ‘Had it not been for you, we would surely have been faithful.’

قَالَ الَّذِيْنَ اسْتَكْبَرُوْا لِلَّذِيْنَ اسْتُضْعِفُوْۤا اَنَحْنُ صَدَدْنٰكُمْ عَنِ الْهُدٰى بَعْدَ اِذْ جَآءَكُمْ بَلْ كُنْتُمْ مُّجْرِمِيْنَ‏(32)

QAALAL LAZEENAS TAKBAROO LILLAZEENAS TUZ-E’FOO ANAHNO SADADNAAKUM A’NIL HODAA BA’DA IZ JAAA-AKUM BAL KUNTUM MUJREMEEN.

Those who were arrogant will say to those who were abased, ‘Did we keep you from guidance after it had come to you? No, you were guilty [yourselves].’

وَقَالَ الَّذِيْنَ اسْتُضْعِفُوْا لِلَّذِيْنَ اسْتَكْبَرُوْا بَلْ مَكْرُ الَّيْلِ وَ النَّهَارِ اِذْ تَاْمُرُوْنَنَاۤ اَنْ نَّكْفُرَ بِاللّٰهِ وَنَجْعَلَ لَهٗۤ اَنْدَادًا ؕ وَاَسَرُّوا النَّدَامَةَ لَمَّا رَاَوُا الْعَذَابَ ؕ وَجَعَلْنَا الْاَغْلٰلَ فِىْۤ اَعْنَاقِ الَّذِيْنَ كَفَرُوْا ؕ هَلْ يُجْزَوْنَ اِلَّا مَا كَانُوْا يَعْمَلُوْنَ‏(33)

WA QAALAL LAZEENAS TUZ-E’FOO LILLAZEENAS TAKBAROO BAL MAKRUL LAYLE WAN NAHAARE IZ TAAMOROONANAA AN NAKFORA BIL-LAAHE WA NAJ-A’LA LAHU ANDAADAA, WA ASARRUN NADAAMATA LAMMAA RA-AWUL A’ZAAB, WA JA-A’LNAL AGHLAALA FEE A-A’NAAQIL LAZEENA KAFAROO, HAL YUJZAWNA ILLAA MAA KAANOO YA’MALOON.

Those who were abased will say to those who were arrogant, ‘No, [it was your] night and day plotting, when you prompted us to forswear Allah and to set up equals to Him.’ They will hide their remorse when they sight the punishment, and We will put iron collars around the necks of the faithless. Shall they not be requited for what they used to do?

وَمَاۤ اَرْسَلْنَا فِىْ قَرْيَةٍ مِّنْ نَّذِيْرٍ اِلَّا قَالَ مُتْرَفُوْهَاۤ ۙاِنَّا بِمَاۤ اُرْسِلْتُمْ بِهٖ كٰفِرُوْنَ‏(34)

WA MAA ARSALNAA FEE QARYATIM MIN NAZEERIN ILLAA QAALA MUTRAFOOHAA, INNAA BEMAA URSILTUM BEHI KAAFEROON.

We did not send a warner to any town without its affluent ones saying, ‘We indeed disbelieve in what you have been sent with.’

وَ قَالُوْا نَحْنُ اَكْثَرُ اَمْوَالًا وَّاَوْلَادًا ۙ وَّمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِيْنَ‏(35)

WA QAALOO NAHNO AKSARO AMWAALANW WA AWLAADANW, WA MAA NAHNO BE-MO-A’ZZABEEN.

They say, ‘We have greater wealth and more children, and we will not be punished!’

قُلْ اِنَّ رَبِّىْ يَبْسُطُ الرِّزْقَ لِمَنْ يَّشَآءُ وَيَقْدِرُ وَلٰكِنَّ اَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُوْنَ‏(36)

QUL INNA RABBEE YABSOTUR RIZQA LEMAN-Y YASHAAA-O WA YAQDERO WA LAAKINNA AKSARAN NAASE LAA YA’LAMOON.

Say, ‘Indeed my Lord expands the provision for whomever He wishes and He tightens it, but most people do not know.’

وَمَاۤ اَمْوَالُكُمْ وَلَاۤ اَوْلَادُكُمْ بِالَّتِىْ تُقَرِّبُكُمْ عِنْدَنَا زُلْفٰٓى اِلَّا مَنْ اٰمَنَ وَعَمِلَ صَالِحًا فَاُولٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ جَزَآءُ الضِّعْفِ بِمَا عَمِلُوْا وَهُمْ فِى الْغُرُفٰتِ اٰمِنُوْنَ‏(37)

WA MAA AMWAALOKUM WA LAA AWLAADOKUM BILLATEE TOQARREBOKUM I’NDANAA ZULFAA ILLAA MAN AAMANA WA A’MELA SAALEHAA, FA-OOLAAA-EKA LAHUM JAZAAA-UZ ZE’FE BEMAA A’MELOO WA HUM FIL GHOROFAATE AAMENOON.

It is not your wealth, nor your children, that will bring you close to Us in nearness, excepting those who have faith and act righteously. It is they for whom there will be a twofold reward for what they did, and they will be secure in lofty abodes.

وَ الَّذِيْنَ يَسْعَوْنَ فِىْۤ اٰيٰتِنَا مُعٰجِزِيْنَ اُولٰٓئِكَ فِى الْعَذَابِ مُحْضَرُوْنَ‏(38)

WAL LAZEENA YAS-A’WNA FEE AAYAATENAA MO-A’AJEZEENA OOLAAA-EKA FIL A’ZAABE MOHZAROON.

As for those who contend with Our signs seeking to frustrate [their purpose], they will be brought to the punishment.

قُلْ اِنَّ رَبِّىْ يَبْسُطُ الرِّزْقَ لِمَنْ يَّشَآءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهٖ وَيَقْدِرُ لَهٗ ؕ وَمَاۤ اَنْفَقْتُمْ مِّنْ شَىْءٍ فَهُوَ يُخْلِفُهٗ ۚ وَهُوَ خَيْرُ الرّٰزِقِيْنَ‏(39)

QUL INNA RABBEE YABSOTUR RIZQA LEMAN-Y YASHAAA-O MIN E’BAADEHI WA YAQDERO LAH, WA MAA ANFAQTUM MIN SHAY-IN FAHOWA YUKHLEFOH, WA HOWA KHAYRUR RAAZEQEEN.

Say, ‘Indeed my Lord expands the provision for whomever of His servants that He wishes and tightens it, and He will repay whatever you may spend, and He is the best of providers.’

وَيَوْمَ يَحْشُرُهُمْ جَمِيْعًا ثُمَّ يَقُوْلُ لِلْمَلٰٓئِكَةِ اَهٰٓؤُلَاۤءِ اِيَّاكُمْ كَانُوْا يَعْبُدُوْنَ‏(40)

WA YAWMA YAHSHOROHUM JAMEE-A’N SUMMA YAQOOLO LIL-MALAAA-EKATE AHAA-OLAAA-E IYYAAKUM KAANOO YA’BODOON.

On the day He will muster them all together, He will say to the angels, ‘Was it you that these used to worship?’

قَالُوْا سُبْحٰنَكَ اَنْتَ وَلِيُّنَا مِنْ دُوْنِهِمْۚ بَلْ كَانُوْا يَعْبُدُوْنَ الْجِنَّ ۚ اَكْثَرُهُمْ بِهِمْ مُّؤْمِنُوْنَ‏(41)

QAALOO SUBHAANAKA ANTA WALIYYONAA MIN DOONEHIM, BAL KAANOO YA’BODOONAL JIN, AKSAROHUM BEHIM MOAMENOON.

They will say, ‘Immaculate are You! You are our wali, not they! No, they used to worship the jinn; most of them had faith in them.’

فَالْيَوْمَ لَا يَمْلِكُ بَعْضُكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ نَّفْعًا وَّلَا ضَرًّا ؕ وَنَقُوْلُ لِلَّذِيْنَ ظَلَمُوْا ذُوْقُوْا عَذَابَ النَّارِ الَّتِىْ كُنْتُمْ بِهَا تُكَذِّبُوْنَ‏(42)

FALYAWMA LAA YAMLEKO BA’ZOKUM LE-BA’ZIN NAF-A’NW WA LAA ZARRAA, WA NAQOOLO LILLAZEENA ZALAMOO ZOOQOO A’ZAABAN NAARIL LATEE KUNTUM BEHAA TOKAZZEBOON.

‘Today you have no power to benefit or harm one another,’ and We shall say to those who did wrong, ‘Taste the punishment of the Fire which you used to deny.’

وَاِذَا تُتْلٰى عَلَيْهِمْ اٰيٰتُنَا بَيِّنٰتٍ قَالُوْا مَا هٰذَاۤ اِلَّا رَجُلٌ يُّرِيْدُ اَنْ يَّصُدَّكُمْ عَمَّا كَانَ يَعْبُدُ اٰبَآؤُكُمْ‌ ۚ وَقَالُوْا مَا هٰذَاۤ اِلَّاۤ اِفْكٌ مُّفْتَرً ىؕ وَقَالَ الَّذِيْنَ كَفَرُوْا لِلْحَقِّ لَمَّا جَآءَهُمْ ۙ اِنْ هٰذَاۤ اِلَّا سِحْرٌ مُّبِيْنٌ‏(43)

WA EZAA TUTLAA A’LAYHIM AAYAATONAA BAYYENAATIN QAALOO MAA HAAZAA ILLAA RAJOLUN-Y YOREEDO AN-Y YASUDDAKUM A’MMAA KAANA YA’BODO AABAAA-OKUM, WA QAALOO MAA HAAZAA ILLAA IFKUM MUFTARAA, WA QAALAL LAZEENA KAFAROO LIL-HAQQE LAMMAA JAAA-AHUM, IN HAAZAA ILLAA SEHRUM MOBEEN.

When Our manifest signs are recited to them, they say, ‘This is just a man who desires to keep you from what your fathers used to worship.’ And they say, ‘This is nothing but a fabricated lie.’ The faithless say of the truth when it comes to them: ‘This is nothing but plain magic,’

وَمَاۤ اٰتَيْنٰهُمْ مِّنْ كُتُبٍ يَّدْرُسُوْنَهَا وَمَاۤ اَرْسَلْنَاۤ اِلَيْهِمْ قَبْلَكَ مِنْ نَّذِيْرٍؕ‏(44)

WA MAA AATAYNAAHUM MIN KOTOBIN-Y YADROSOONAHAA WA MAA ARSALNAA ELAYHIM QABLAKA MIN NAZEER.

though We did not give them any scriptures that they might have studied, nor did We send them any warner before you.

وَكَذَّبَ الَّذِيْنَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْۙ وَمَا بَلَغُوْا مِعْشَارَ مَاۤ اٰتَيْنٰهُمْ فَكَذَّبُوْا رُسُلِىْ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ نَكِيْرِ‏(45)

WA KAZZABAL LAZEENA MIN QABLEHIM, WA MAA BALAGHOO ME’SHAARA MAA AATAYNAAHUM FA-KAZZABOO ROSOLEE, FAKAYFA KAANA NAKEER.

Those who were before them had also denied—and these have not attained one-tenth of what We had given them—they impugned My apostles, so how was My rebuttal!

قُلْ اِنَّمَاۤ اَعِظُكُمْ بِوَاحِدَةٍ ۚ اَنْ تَقُوْمُوْا لِلّٰهِ مَثْنٰى وَفُرَادٰى ثُمَّ تَتَفَكَّرُوْا مَا بِصَاحِبِكُمْ مِّنْ جِنَّةٍ ؕ اِنْ هُوَ اِلَّا نَذِيْرٌ لَّكُمْ بَيْنَ يَدَىْ عَذَابٍ شَدِيْدٍ‏(46)

QUL INNAMAA A-E’ZOKUM BE-WAAHEDAH, AN TAQOOMOO LILLAAHE MASNAA WA FORAADAA SUMMA TATAFAKKAROO, MAA BE-SAAHEBEKUM MIN JINNAH, IN HOWA ILLAA NAZEERUL LAKUM BAYNA YADAY A’ZAABIN SHADEED.

Say, ‘I give you just a single advice: that you rise up for Allah’s sake, in pairs or singly, and then reflect: there is no madness in your companion; he is just a warner to you before [the befalling of] a severe punishment.’

قُلْ مَا سَاَ لْتُكُمْ مِّنْ اَجْرٍ فَهُوَ لَكُمْ ؕ اِنْ اَجْرِىَ اِلَّا عَلَى اللّٰهِ ۚ وَهُوَ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَىْءٍ شَهِيْدٌ‏(47)

QUL MAA SA-ALTOKUM MIN AJRIN FAHOWA LAKUM, IN AJREYA ILLAA A’LAL LAAH, WA HOWA A’LAA KULLE SHAY-IN SHAHEED.

Say, ‘Whatever reward I may have asked you is for your own good. My [true] reward lies only with Allah, and He is witness to all things.’

قُلْ اِنَّ رَبِّىْ يَقْذِفُ بِالْحَقِّ‌ۚ عَلَّامُ الْغُيُوْبِ‏(48)

QUL INNA RABBEE YAQZEFO BIL-HAQ, A’LLAAMUL GHOYOOB.

Say, ‘Indeed my Lord hurls the truth. [He is] the knower of all that is Unseen.’

قُلْ جَآءَ الْحَقُّ وَمَا يُبْدِئُ الْبَاطِلُ وَمَا يُعِيْدُ‏(49)

QUL JAAA-AL HAQQO WA MAA YUBDE-UL BAATELO WA MAA YO-E’ED.

Say, ‘The truth has come, and falsehood neither originates nor restores [anything].’

قُلْ اِنْ ضَلَلْتُ فَاِنَّمَاۤ اَضِلُّ عَلٰى نَفْسِىْ ۚ وَاِنِ اهْتَدَيْتُ فَبِمَا يُوْحِىْۤ اِلَىَّ رَبِّىْ ؕ اِنَّهٗ سَمِيْعٌ قَرِيْبٌ‏(50)

QUL IN ZALALTO FA-INNAMAA AZILLO A’LAA NAFSEE, WA ENEH TADAYTO FABEMAA YOOHEE ELAYYA RABBEE, INNAHU SAMEE-U’N QAREEB.

Say, ‘If I go astray, my going astray is only to my own harm, and if I am rightly guided that is because of what my Lord has revealed to me. Indeed He is all-hearing and nearmost.’

وَلَوْ تَرٰٓى اِذْ فَزِعُوْا فَلَا فَوْتَ وَاُخِذُوْا مِنْ مَّكَانٍ قَرِيْبٍۙ‏(51)

WA LAW TARAA IZ FAZE-O’O FALAA FAWTA WA OKHEZOO MIM MAKAANIN QAREEB.

Were you to see them when they will be stricken with terror, without any escape, and are seized from a close quarter.

وَّقَالُوْۤا اٰمَنَّا بِهٖ‌ ۚ وَاَنّٰى لَهُمُ التَّنَاوُشُ مِنْ مَّكَانٍۢ بَعِيْدٍ ۖۚ‏(52)

WA QAALOO AAMANNAA BEH, WA ANNAA LAHOMUT TANAAWOSHO MIM MAKAANIM BA-E’ED.

They will say, ‘We believe in it [now]!’ But how can they attain it from a far-off place,

وَّقَدْ كَفَرُوْا بِهٖ مِنْ قَبْلُۚ وَيَقْذِفُوْنَ بِالْغَيْبِ مِنْ مَّكَانٍۢ بَعِيْدٍ‌‏(53)

WA QAD KAFAROO BEHI MIN QABL, WA YAQZEFOONA BIL-GHAYBE MIM MAKAANIM BA-E’ED.

when they denied it in the past—shooting at something invisible from a far-off place—

وَحِيْلَ بَيْنَهُمْ وَبَيْنَ مَا يَشْتَهُوْنَ كَمَا فُعِلَ بِاَشْيَاعِهِمْ مِّنْ قَبْلُؕ اِنَّهُمْ كَانُوْا فِىْ شَكٍّ مُّرِيْبٍ‏(54)

WA HEELA BAYNAHUM WA BAYNA MAA YASHTAHOONA KAMAA FO-E’LA BE-ASHYAA-E’HIM MIN QABL, INNAHUM KAANOO FEE SHAKKIM MOREEB.

and a barrier is set between them and what they desire, as was done aforetime with their likes, who had remained in grave doubt?