43: Az-Zukhruf الزخرف

Text and Translation

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ

BISMIL LAAHIR RAHMAANIR RAHEEM

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

حٰمٓ ‌ ۛ‌ۚ‏(1)

HAA MEEM.

Ha, Meem.

وَالْكِتٰبِ الْمُبِيْنِ ‌ ۛ‌ۙ‏(2)

WAL KETAABIL MOBEEN.

By the Manifest Book:

اِنَّا جَعَلْنٰهُ قُرْءٰنًا عَرَبِيًّا لَّعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُوْنَ‌ۚ‏(3)

INNAA JA-A’LNAAHO QUR-AANAN A’RABIYYAL LA-A’LLAKUM TA’QELOON.

We have made it an Arabic Quran so that you may exercise your reason,

وَاِنَّهٗ فِىْۤ اُمِّ الْكِتٰبِ لَدَيْنَا لَعَلِىٌّ حَكِيْمٌؕ‏(4)

WA INNAHU FEE UMMIL KETAABE LADAYNAA LA-A’LIYYUN HAKEEM.

and it is sublime and wise with Us in the Mother Book.

اَفَنَضْرِبُ عَنْكُمُ الذِّكْرَ صَفْحًا اَنْ كُنْتُمْ قَوْمًا مُّسْرِفِيْنَ‏(5)

AFA-NAZREBO A’NKOMUZ ZIKRA SAFHAN AN KUNTUM QAWMAM MUSREFEEN.

Shall We keep back the Reminder from you and disregard you because you are an unrestrained lot?

وَكَمْ اَرْسَلْنَا مِنْ نَّبِىٍّ فِى الْاَوَّلِيْنَ‏(6)

WA KAM ARSALNAA MIN NABIYYIN FIL AWWALEEN.

How many a prophet We have sent to the former peoples!

وَمَا يَاْتِيْهِمْ مِّنْ نَّبِىٍّ اِلَّا كَانُوْا بِهٖ يَسْتَهْزِءُوْنَ‏(7)

WA MAA YAATEEHIM MIN NABIYYIN ILLAA KAANOO BEHI YASTAHZE-OON.

There did not come to them any prophet but that they used to deride him.

فَاَهْلَكْنَاۤ اَشَدَّ مِنْهُمْ بَطْشًا وَّمَضٰى مَثَلُ الْاَوَّلِيْنَ‏(8)

FA-AHLAKNAA ASHADDA MINHUM BATSHANW WA MAZAA MASALUL AWWALEEN.

So We destroyed those who were stronger than these, and the example of the former peoples has already come to pass.

وَلَئِنْ سَاَلْتَهُمْ مَّنْ خَلَقَ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضَ لَيَقُوْلُنَّ خَلَقَهُنَّ الْعَزِيْزُ الْعَلِيْمُۙ‏(9)

WA LA-IN SA-ALTAHUM MAN KHALAQAS SAMAAWAATE WAL ARZA LAYAQOOLUNNA KHALAQAHUNNAL A’ZEEZUL A’LEEM.

If you ask them, ‘Who created the heavens and the earth?’ they will surely say, ‘The All-mighty, the All-knowing created them.’

الَّذِىْ جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الْاَرْضَ مَهْدًا وَّ جَعَلَ لَكُمْ فِيْهَا سُبُلًا لَّعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُوْنَ‌ۚ‏(10)

LAZEE JA-A’LA LAKOMUL ARZA MAHDANW WA JA-A’LA LAKUM FEEHAA SOBOLAL LA-A’LLAKUM TAHTADOON.

He, who made the earth a cradle for you, and made for you in it ways so that you may be guided [to your destinations],

وَالَّذِىْ نَزَّلَ مِنَ السَّمَآءِ مَآءًۢ بِقَدَرٍ‌ۚ فَاَنْشَرْنَا بِهٖ بَلْدَةً مَّيْتًا‌ ۚ كَذٰلِكَ تُخْرَجُوْنَ‏(11)

WAL LAZEE NAZZALA MENAS SAMAAA-E MAAA-AM BE-QADAR, FA-ANSHARNAA BEHI BALDATAM MAYTAA, KAZAALEKA TUKHRAJOON.

and who sent down water from the sky in a measured manner, and We revived with it a dead country. Likewise, you shall be raised [from the dead].

وَالَّذِىْ خَلَقَ الْاَزْوَاجَ كُلَّهَا وَجَعَلَ لَكُمْ مِّنَ الْفُلْكِ وَالْاَنْعَامِ مَا تَرْكَبُوْنَۙ‏(12)

WAL LAZEE KHALAQAL AZWAAJA KULLAHAA WA JA-A’LA LAKUM MENAL FULKE WAL AN-A’AME MAA TARKABOON.

He created all the kinds and made for you the ships and the cattle such which you ride,

لِتَسْتَوٗا عَلٰى ظُهُوْرِهٖ ثُمَّ تَذْكُرُوْا نِعْمَةَ رَبِّكُمْ اِذَا اسْتَوَيْتُمْ عَلَيْهِ وَتَقُوْلُوْا سُبْحٰنَ الَّذِىْ سَخَّرَ لَنَا هٰذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لَهٗ مُقْرِنِيْنَۙ‏(13)

LE-TASTAWOO A’LAA ZOHOOREHI SUMMA TAZKOROO NE’MATA RABBEKUM EZAS TAWAYTUM A’LAYHE WA TAQOOLOO SUBHAANAL LAZEE SAKH-KHARA LANAA HAAZAA WA MAA KUNNAA LAHU MUQRENEEN.

that you may sit on their backs, then remember the blessing of your Lord when you are settled on them, and say, ‘Immaculate is He who has disposed this for us, and we [by ourselves] were no match for it.

وَاِنَّاۤ اِلٰى رَبِّنَا لَمُنْقَلِبُوْنَ‏(14)

WA INNAA ELAA RABBENAA LA-MUNQALEBOON.

Indeed we shall return to our Lord.’

وَجَعَلُوْا لَهٗ مِنْ عِبَادِهٖ جُزْءًا‌ ؕ اِنَّ الْاِنْسَانَ لَكَفُوْرٌ مُّبِيْنٌ ؕ‏(15)

WA JA-A’LOO LAHU MIN E’BAADEHI JUZ-AA, INNAL INSAANA LA-KAFOORUM MOBEEN.

They ascribe to Him offspring from among His servants! Man is indeed a manifest ingrate.

اَمِ اتَّخَذَ مِمَّا يَخْلُقُ بَنٰتٍ وَّاَصْفٰٮكُمْ بِالْبَنِيْنَ‏(16)

AMIT TAKHAZA MIMMAA YAKHLOQO BANAATINW WA ASFAAKUM BIL-BANEEN.

Did He adopt daughters from what He creates while He preferred you with sons?

وَاِذَا بُشِّرَ اَحَدُهُمْ بِمَا ضَرَبَ لِلرَّحْمٰنِ مَثَلًا ظَلَّ وَجْهُهٗ مُسْوَدًّا وَّهُوَ كَظِيْمٌ‏(17)

WA EZAA BUSH-SHERA AHADOHUM BEMAA ZARABA LIR-RAHMAANE MASALAN ZALLA WAJHOHU MUSWADDANW WA HOWA KAZEEM.

When one of them is brought the news of what he ascribes to the All-beneficent, his face becomes darkened and he chokes with suppressed rage, [and says]

اَوَمَنْ يُّنَشَّؤُا فِى الْحِلْيَةِ وَهُوَ فِى الْخِصَامِ غَيْرُ مُبِيْنٍ‏(18)

AWA MAN-Y YONASH-SHA-O FIL HILYATE WA HOWA FIL KHESAAME GHAYRO MOBEEN.

‘What! One who is brought up amid ornaments and is inconspicuous in contests?’

وَجَعَلُوا الْمَلٰٓئِكَةَ الَّذِيْنَ هُمْ عِبَادُ الرَّحْمٰنِ اِنَاثًا‌ ؕ اَشَهِدُوْا خَلْقَهُمْ‌ ؕ سَتُكْتَبُ شَهَادَتُهُمْ وَيُسْئَلُوْنَ‏(19)

WA JA-A’LUL MALAAA-EKATAL LAZEENA HUM E’BAADUR RAHMAANE ENAASAA, ASHAHEDOO KHALQAHUM, SATUKTABO SHAHAADATOHUM WA YUS-ALOON.

They have made the angels—who are servants of the All-beneficent—females. Were they witness to their creation? Their testimony will be written down and they shall be questioned.

وَقَالُوْا لَوْ شَآءَ الرَّحْمٰنُ مَا عَبَدْنٰهُمْ‌ؕ مَا لَهُمْ بِذٰلِكَ مِنْ عِلْمٍ‌ اِنْ هُمْ اِلَّا يَخْرُصُوْنَؕ‏(20)

WA QAALOO LAW SHAAA-AR RAHMAANO MAA A’BADNAAHUM, MAA LAHUM BEZAALEKA MIN I’LM, IN HUM ILLAA YAKHROSOON.

They say, ‘Had the All-beneficent wished, we would not have worshipped them.’ They do not have any knowledge of that, and they do nothing but surmise.

اَمْ اٰتَيْنٰهُمْ كِتٰبًا مِّنْ قَبْلِهٖ فَهُمْ بِهٖ مُسْتَمْسِكُوْنَ‏(21)

AM AATAYNAAHUM KETAABAM MIN QABLEHI FAHUM BEHI MUSTAMSEKOON.

Did We give them a Book before this, so that they are holding fast to it?

بَلْ قَالُوْۤا اِنَّا وَجَدْنَاۤ اٰبَآءَنَا عَلٰٓى اُمَّةٍ وَّاِنَّا عَلٰٓى اٰثٰرِهِمْ مُّهْتَدُوْنَ‏(22)

BAL QAALOO INNAA WAJADNAA AABAAA-ANAA A’LAA UMMATINW WA INNAA A’LAA AASAAREHIM MOHTADOON.

No, they said, ‘We found our fathers following a creed, and we are indeed guided in their footsteps.’

وَكَذٰلِكَ مَاۤ اَرْسَلْنَا مِنْ قَبْلِكَ فِىْ قَرْيَةٍ مِّنْ نَّذِيْرٍ اِلَّا قَالَ مُتْرَفُوْهَاۤ اِنَّا وَجَدْنَاۤ اٰبَآءَنَا عَلٰٓى اُمَّةٍ وَّاِنَّا عَلٰٓى اٰثٰرِهِمْ مُّقْتَدُوْنَ‏(23)

WA KAZAALEKA MAA ARSALNAA MIN QABLEKA FEE QARYATIM MIN NAZEERIN ILLAA QAALA MUTRAFOOHAA INNAA WAJADNAA AABAAA-ANAA A’LAA UMMATINW WA INNAA A’LAA AASAAREHIM MUQTADOON.

So it has been that We did not send any warner to a town before you, without its affluent ones saying, ‘We found our fathers following a creed and we are indeed following in their footsteps.’

قٰلَ اَوَلَوْ جِئْتُكُمْ بِاَهْدٰى مِمَّا وَجَدْتُّمْ عَلَيْهِ اٰبَآءَكُمْ‌ ؕ قَالُوْۤا اِنَّا بِمَاۤ اُرْسِلْتُمْ بِهٖ كٰفِرُوْنَ‏(24)

QAALA AWA LAW JEATOKUM BE-AHDAA MIMMAA WAJATTUM A’LAYHE AABAAA-AKUM, QAALOO INNAA BEMAA URSILTUM BEHI KAAFEROON.

He would say, ‘What! Even if I bring you a better guidance than what you found your fathers following?!’ They would say, ‘We indeed disbelieve in what you are sent with.’

فَانْتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ‌ فَانْظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الْمُكَذِّبِيْنَ‏(25)

FANTAQAMNAA MINHUM FANZUR KAYFA KAANA A’AQEBATUL MOKAZZEBEEN.

Thereupon We took vengeance on them; so observe how was the fate of the deniers.

وَاِذْ قَالَ اِبْرٰهِيْمُ لِاَبِيْهِ وَقَوْمِهٖۤ اِنَّنِىْ بَرَآءٌ مِّمَّا تَعْبُدُوْنَۙ‏(26)

WA IZ QAALA IBRAAHEEMO LE-ABEEHE WA QAWMEHI INNANEE BARAAA-UM MIMMAA TA’BODOON.

When Abraham said to his father and his people, ‘I repudiate what you worship,

اِلَّا الَّذِىْ فَطَرَنِىْ فَاِنَّهٗ سَيَهْدِيْنِ‏(27)

ILLAL LAZEE FATARANEE FA-INNAHU SAYAHDEEN.

excepting Him who originated me; indeed He will guide me.’

وَ جَعَلَهَا كَلِمَةًۢ بَاقِيَةً فِىْ عَقِبِهٖ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُوْنَ‏(28)

WA JA-A’LAHAA KALEMATAM BAAQEYATAN FEE A’QEBEHI LA-A’LLAHUM YARJE-O’ON.

He made it a lasting word among his posterity so that they may come back [to the right path].

بَلْ مَتَّعْتُ هٰٓؤُلَاۤءِ وَاٰبَآءَهُمْ حَتّٰى جَآءَهُمُ الْحَقُّ وَرَسُوْلٌ مُّبِيْنٌ‏(29)

BAL MATTA’TO HAA-OLAAA-E WA AABAAA-AHUM HATTAA JAAA-AHOMUL HAQQO WA RASOOLUM MOBEEN.

Indeed, I provided for these and their fathers until the truth and a manifest apostle came to them.

وَلَمَّا جَآءَهُمُ الْحَقُّ قَالُوْا هٰذَا سِحْرٌ وَّاِنَّا بِهٖ كٰفِرُوْنَ‏(30)

WA LAMMAA JAAA-AHOMUL HAQQO QAALOO HAAZAA SEHRUNW WA INNAA BEHI KAAFEROON.

But when the truth came to them, they said, ‘This is magic, and we indeed disbelieve in it.’

وَقَالُوْا لَوْلَا نُزِّلَ هٰذَا الْقُرْاٰنُ عَلٰى رَجُلٍ مِّنَ الْقَرْيَتَيْنِ عَظِيْمٍ‏(31)

WA QAALOO LAWLAA NUZZELA HAAZAL QUR-AANO A’LAA RAJOLIM MENAL QARYATAYNE A’ZEEM.

And they said, ‘Why was not this Quran sent down to some great man from the two cities?’

اَهُمْ يَقْسِمُوْنَ رَحْمَتَ رَبِّكَ‌ ؕ نَحْنُ قَسَمْنَا بَيْنَهُمْ مَّعِيْشَتَهُمْ فِى الْحَيٰوةِ الدُّنْيَا وَرَفَعْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ فَوْقَ بَعْضٍ دَرَجٰتٍ لِّيَتَّخِذَ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضًا سُخْرِيًّا‌ ؕ وَرَحْمَتُ رَبِّكَ خَيْرٌ مِّمَّا يَجْمَعُوْنَ‏(32)

AHUM YAQSEMOONA RAHMATA RABBEK, NAHNO QASAMNAA BAYNAHUM MA-E’ESHATAHUM FIL HAYAATID DUNYAA WA RAFA’NAA BA’ZAHUM FAWQA BA’ZIN DARAJAATIL LE-YATTAKHEZA BA’ZOHUM BA’ZAN SUKHRIYYAA, WA RAHMATO RABBEKA KHAYRUM MIMMAA YAJMA-O’ON.

Is it they who dispense the mercy of your Lord? It is We who have dispensed among them their livelihood in the present life, and raised some of them above others in rank, so that some may take others into service, and your Lord’s mercy is better than what they amass.

وَلَوْلَاۤ اَنْ يَّكُوْنَ النَّاسُ اُمَّةً وَّاحِدَةً لَّجَعَلْنَا لِمَنْ يَّكْفُرُ بِالرَّحْمٰنِ لِبُيُوْتِهِمْ سُقُفًا مِّنْ فِضَّةٍ وَّمَعَارِجَ عَلَيْهَا يَظْهَرُوْنَۙ‏(33)

WA LAWLAA AN-Y YAKOONAN NAASO UMMATANW WAAHEDATAL LAJA-A’LNAA LEMAN-Y YAKFORO BIR-RAHMAANE LE-BOYOOTEHIM SOQOFAM MIN FIZZATINW WA MA-A’AREJA A’LAYHAA YAZHAROON.

Were it not [for the danger] that mankind would be one community, We would have made for those who defy the All-beneficent, silver roofs for their houses and [silver] stairways by which they ascend,

وَلِبُيُوْتِهِمْ اَبْوَابًا وَّسُرُرًا عَلَيْهَا يَتَّكِئُوْنَۙ‏(34)

WA LE-BOYOOTEHIM ABWAABANW WA SORORAN A’LAYHAA YATTAKE-OON.

and [silver] doors for their houses and [silver] couches on which they recline,

وَزُخْرُفًا‌ ؕ وَاِنْ كُلُّ ذٰ لِكَ لَمَّا مَتَاعُ الْحَيٰوةِ الدُّنْيَا‌ ؕ وَالْاٰخِرَةُ عِنْدَ رَبِّكَ لِلْمُتَّقِيْنَ‏(35)

WA ZUKHROFAA, WA IN KULLO ZAALEKA LAMMAA MATAA-U’L HAYAATID DUNYAA, WAL AAKHERATO I’NDA RABBEKA LIL-MUTTAQEEN.

and ornaments of gold; yet all that would be nothing but the wares of the life of this world, and the Hereafter is for the Godwary near your Lord.

وَمَنْ يَّعْشُ عَنْ ذِكْرِ الرَّحْمٰنِ نُقَيِّضْ لَهٗ شَيْطٰنًا فَهُوَ لَهٗ قَرِيْنٌ‏(36)

WA MAN-Y YA’SHO A’N ZIKRIR RAHMAANE NOQAYYIZ LAHU SHAYTAANAN FAHOWA LAHU QAREEN.

We assign a devil to be the companion of him who turns a blind eye to the remembrance of the All-beneficent.

وَاِنَّهُمْ لَيَصُدُّوْنَهُمْ عَنِ السَّبِيْلِ وَيَحْسَبُوْنَ اَنَّهُمْ مُّهْتَدُوْنَ‏(37)

WA INNAHUM LAYASUDDOONAHUM A’NIS SABEELE WA YAHSABOONA ANNAHUM MOHTADOON.

Indeed they bar them from the way [of Allah], while they suppose that they are [rightly] guided.

حَتّٰٓى اِذَا جَآءَنَا قَالَ يٰلَيْتَ بَيْنِىْ وَبَيْنَكَ بُعْدَ الْمَشْرِقَيْنِ فَبِئْسَ الْقَرِيْنُ‏(38)

HATTAA EZAA JAAA-ANAA QAALA YAA LAYTA BAYNEE WA BAYNAKA BO’DAL MASHREQAYNE FA-BEASAL QAREEN.

When he comes to Us, he will say, ‘I wish there had been between me and you the distance between the east and the west! What an evil companion [you are]!’

وَلَنْ يَّنْفَعَكُمُ الْيَوْمَ اِذْ ظَّلَمْتُمْ اَنَّكُمْ فِى الْعَذَابِ مُشْتَرِكُوْنَ‏(39)

WA LAN-Y YANFA-A’KOMUL YAWMA IZ ZALAMTUM ANNAKUM FIL A’ZAABE MUSHTAREKOON.

‘Today that will be of no avail to you. As you did wrong, so will you share in the punishment.’

اَفَاَنْتَ تُسْمِعُ الصُّمَّ اَوْ تَهْدِى الْعُمْىَ وَمَنْ كَانَ فِىْ ضَلٰلٍ مُّبِيْنٍ‏(40)

AFA-ANTA TUSME-U’S SUMMA AW TAHDIL U’MYA WA MAN KAANA FEE ZALAALIM MOBEEN.

Can you, then, make the deaf hear or guide the blind and those who are in manifest error?

فَاِمَّا نَذْهَبَنَّ بِكَ فَاِنَّا مِنْهُمْ مُّنْتَقِمُوْنَۙ‏(41)

FA-IMMAA NAZHABANNA BEKA FA-INNAA MINHUM MUNTAQEMOON.

We will indeed take vengeance on them, whether We take you away

اَوْ نُرِيَنَّكَ الَّذِىْ وَعَدْنٰهُمْ فَاِنَّا عَلَيْهِمْ مُّقْتَدِرُوْنَ‏(42)

AW NOREYANNAKAL LAZEE WA-A’DNAAHUM FA-INNAA A’LAYHIM MUQTADEROON.

or show you what We have promised them, for indeed We hold them in Our power.

فَاسْتَمْسِكْ بِالَّذِىْۤ اُوْحِىَ اِلَيْكَ‌ ۚ اِنَّكَ عَلٰى صِرَاطٍ مُّسْتَقِيْمٍ‏(43)

FASTAMSIK BILLAZEE OOHEYA ELAYK, INNAKA A’LAA SERAATIM MUSTAQEEM.

So hold fast to what has been revealed to you. Indeed, you are on a straight path.

وَاِنَّهٗ لَذِكْرٌ لَّكَ وَلِقَوْمِكَ‌ ۚ وَسَوْفَ تُسْئَلُوْنَ‏(44)

WA INNAHU LA-ZIKRUL LAKA WA LE-QAWMEK, WA SAWFA TUS-ALOON.

Indeed it is a reminder for you and your people, and soon you will be questioned.

وَسْئَلْ مَنْ اَرْسَلْنَا مِنْ قَبْلِكَ مِنْ رُّسُلِنَاۤ اَجَعَلْنَا مِنْ دُوْنِ الرَّحْمٰنِ اٰلِهَةً يُّعْبَدُوْنَ‏(45)

WAS AL MAN ARSALNAA MIN QABLEKA MIR ROSOLENAA AJA-A’LNAA MIN DOONIR RAHMAANE AALEHATAN-Y YO’BADOON.

Ask those of Our apostles We have sent before you: Did We set up any gods to be worshipped besides the All-beneficent?

وَلَقَدْ اَرْسَلْنَا مُوْسٰى بِاٰيٰتِنَاۤ اِلٰى فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَلَا۫ئِه فَقَالَ اِنِّىْ رَسُوْلُ رَبِّ الْعٰلَمِيْنَ‏(46)

WA LAQAD ARSALNAA MOOSAA BE-AAYAATENAA ELAA FIR-A’WNA WA MALA-EHI FA-QAALA INNEE RASOOLO RABBIL A’ALAMEEN.

Certainly We sent Moses with Our signs to Pharaoh and his elite. He said, ‘I am indeed an apostle of the Lord of all the worlds.’

فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُمْ بِاٰيٰتِنَاۤ اِذَا هُمْ مِّنْهَا يَضْحَكُوْنَ‏(47)

FALAMMAA JAAA-AHUM BE-AAYAATENAA EZAA HUM MINHAA YAZHAKOON.

But when he brought them Our signs, they indeed laughed at them.

وَمَا نُرِيْهِمْ مِّنْ اٰيَةٍ اِلَّا هِىَ اَكْبَرُ مِنْ اُخْتِهَا‌ وَ اَخَذْنٰهُمْ بِالْعَذَابِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُوْنَ‏(48)

WA MAA NOREEHIM MIN AAYATIN ILLAA HEYA AKBARO MIN UKHTEHAA, WA AKHAZNAAHUM BIL-A’ZAABE LA-A’LLAHUM YARJE-O’ON.

We did not show them a sign but it was greater than the other, and We visited on them punishment so that they might come back.

وَقَالُوْا يٰۤاَيُّهَ السَّاحِرُ ادْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ بِمَا عَهِدَ عِنْدَكَ‌ۚ اِنَّنَا لَمُهْتَدُوْنَ‏(49)

WA QAALOO YAA AYYOHAS SAAHERUD O’ LANAA RABBAKA BEMAA A’HEDA I’NDAK, INNANAA LA-MOHTADOON.

They would say, ‘O magician! Invoke your Lord for us by the covenant He has made with you [to remove this scourge]. We will indeed be guided [when it is removed].’

فَلَمَّا كَشَفْنَا عَنْهُمُ الْعَذَابَ اِذَا هُمْ يَنْكُثُوْنَ‏(50)

FALAMMAA KASHAFNAA A’NHOMUL A’ZAABA EZAA HUM YANKOSOON.

But when We lifted the punishment from them, behold, they would break their pledge.

وَنَادٰى فِرْعَوْنُ فِىْ قَوْمِهٖ قَالَ يٰقَوْمِ اَلَيْسَ لِىْ مُلْكُ مِصْرَ وَهٰذِهِ الْاَنْهٰرُ تَجْرِىْ مِنْ تَحْتِىْ‌ۚ اَفَلَا تُبْصِرُوْنَؕ‏(51)

WA NAADAA FIR-A’WNO FEE QAWMEHI QAALA YAA QAWME ALAYSA LEE MULKO MISRA WA HAAZEHIL ANHAARO TAJREE MIN TAHTEE, AFALAA TUBSEROON.

And Pharaoh proclaimed to his people, saying, ‘O my people! Do not the kingdom of Egypt and these rivers that run at my feet belong to me? Do you not perceive?

اَمْ اَنَا خَيْرٌ مِّنْ هٰذَا الَّذِىْ هُوَ مَهِيْنٌ ۙ وَّلَا يَكَادُ يُبِيْنُ‏(52)

AM ANAA KHAYRUM MIN HAAZAL LAZEE HOWA MAHEENUNW, WA LAA YAKAADO YOBEEN.

Am I not better than this wretch who cannot even speak clearly?

فَلَوْلَاۤ اُلْقِىَ عَلَيْهِ اَسْوِرَةٌ مِّنْ ذَهَبٍ اَوْ جَآءَ مَعَهُ الْمَلٰٓئِكَةُ مُقْتَرِنِيْنَ‏(53)

FALAWLAA ULQEYA A’LAYHE ASWERATUM MIN ZAHABIN AW JAAA-A MA-A’HUL MALAAA-EKATO MUQTARENEEN.

Why no bracelets of gold have been thrown to him, nor any angels accompany him as escorts?’

فَاسْتَخَفَّ قَوْمَهٗ فَاَطَاعُوْهُ‌ؕ اِنَّهُمْ كَانُوْا قَوْمًا فٰسِقِيْنَ‏(54)

FASTAKHAFFA QAWMAHU FA-ATAA-O’OH, INNAHUM KAANOO QAWMAN FAASEQEEN.

Thus did he mislead his people and they obeyed him. Indeed, they were a transgressing lot.

فَلَمَّاۤ اٰسَفُوْنَا انْتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ فَاَغْرَقْنٰهُمْ اَجْمَعِيْنَۙ‏(55)

FALAMMAA AASAFOONAN TAQAMNAA MINHUM FA-AGHRAQNAAHUM AJMA-E’EN.

So when they roused Our wrath, We took vengeance on them and drowned them all.

فَجَعَلْنٰهُمْ سَلَفًا وَّمَثَلًا لِّلْاٰخِرِيْنَ‏(56)

FA-JA-A’LNAAHUM SALAFANW WA MASALAL LIL-AAKHEREEN.

Thus We made them the vanguard and an example for posterity.

وَلَمَّا ضُرِبَ ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ مَثَلًا اِذَا قَوْمُكَ مِنْهُ يَصِدُّوْنَ‏(57)

WA LAMMAA ZOREBAB NO MARYAMA MASALAN EZAA QAWMOKA MINHO YASIDDOON.

When the Son of Mary was cited as an example, behold, your people raise an outcry.

وَقَالُوْٓا ءَاٰلِهَتُنَا خَيْرٌ اَمْ هُوَ‌ؕ مَا ضَرَبُوْهُ لَكَ اِلَّا جَدَلًا ؕ بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ خَصِمُوْنَ‏(58)

WA QAALOO A-AALEHATONAA KHAYRUN AM HOO, MAA ZARABOOHO LAKA ILLAA JADALAA, BAL HUM QAWMUN KHASEMOON.

They say, ‘Are our gods better or he?’ They cite him to you only for the sake of contention. Indeed, they are a contentious lot.

اِنْ هُوَ اِلَّا عَبْدٌ اَنْعَمْنَا عَلَيْهِ وَجَعَلْنٰهُ مَثَلًا لِّبَنِىْۤ اِسْرَآءِيْلَؕ‏(59)

IN HOWA ILLAA A’BDUN AN-A’MNAA A’LAYHE WA JA-A’LNAAHO MASALAL LE-BANEE ISRAAA-EEL.

He was just a servant whom We had blessed and made an exemplar for the Children of Israel.

وَلَوْ نَشَآءُ لَجَعَلْنَا مِنْكُمْ مَّلٰٓئِكَةً فِى الْاَرْضِ يَخْلُفُوْنَ‏(60)

WA LAW NASHAAA-O LAJA-A’LNAA MINKUM MALAAA-EKATAN FIL ARZE YAKHLOFOON.

Had We wished We would have set angels in your stead to be [your] successors on the earth.

وَاِنَّهٗ لَعِلْمٌ لِّلسَّاعَةِ فَلَا تَمْتَرُنَّ بِهَا وَاتَّبِعُوْنِ‌ؕ هٰذَا صِرَاطٌ مُّسْتَقِيْمٌ‏(61)

WA INNAHU LA-I’LMUL LIS-SAA-A’TE FALAA TAMTARUNNA BEHAA WAT TABE-O’ON, HAAZAA SERAATUM MUSTAQEEM.

[Say,] ‘Indeed he is a portent of the Hour; so do not doubt it and follow me. This is a straight path.

وَلَا يَصُدَّنَّكُمُ الشَّيْطٰنُ‌ ۚ اِنَّهٗ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ مُّبِيْنٌ‏(62)

WA LAA YASUDDANNAKOMUSH SHAYTAAN, INNAHU LAKUM A’DUWWUM MOBEEN.

Do not let Satan bar you [from the way of Allah]. Indeed he is your manifest enemy.’

وَ لَمَّا جَآءَ عِيْسٰى بِالْبَيِّنٰتِ قَالَ قَدْ جِئْتُكُمْ بِالْحِكْمَةِ وَلِاُبَيِّنَ لَكُمْ بَعْضَ الَّذِىْ تَخْتَلِفُوْنَ فِيْهِ‌ ۚ فَاتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ وَاَطِيْعُوْنِ‏(63)

WA LAMMAA JAAA-A E’ESAA BIL-BAYYENAATE QAALA QAD JEATOKUM BIL-HIKMATE WA LE-OBAYYENA LAKUM BA’ZAL LAZEE TAKHTALEFOONA FEEH, FAT-TAQUL LAAHA WA ATEE-O’ON.

When Jesus brought those manifest proofs, he said, ‘I have certainly brought you wisdom, and [I have come] to make clear to you some of the things that you differ about. So be wary of Allah and obey me.

اِنَّ اللّٰهَ هُوَ رَبِّىْ وَرَبُّكُمْ فَاعْبُدُوْهُ‌ؕ هٰذَا صِرَاطٌ مُّسْتَقِيْمٌ‏(64)

INNAL LAAHA HOWA RABBEE WA RABBOKUM FA’BODOOH, HAAZAA SERAATUM MUSTAQEEM.

Indeed Allah is my Lord and your Lord; so worship Him. This is a straight path.’

فَاخْتَلَفَ الْاَحْزَابُ مِنْۢ بَيْنِهِمْ‌ۚ فَوَيْلٌ لِّلَّذِيْنَ ظَلَمُوْا مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمٍ اَلِيْمٍ‏(65)

FAKHTALAFAL AHZAABO MIM BAYNEHIM, FA-WAYLUL LILLAZEENA ZALAMOO MIN A’ZAABE YAWMIN ALEEM.

But the factions differed among themselves. So woe to the wrongdoers for the punishment of a painful day.

هَلْ يَنْظُرُوْنَ اِلَّا السَّاعَةَ اَنْ تَاْتِيَهُمْ بَغْتَةً وَّهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُوْنَ‏(66)

HAL YANZOROONA ILLAS SAA-A’TA AN TAATEYAHUM BAGHTATANW WA HUM LAA YASH-O’ROON.

Do they not consider that the Hour may overtake them suddenly while they are unaware?

اَلْاَخِلَّاۤءُ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّ اِلَّا الْمُتَّقِيْنَ ؕ ‏(67)

AL-AKHILLAAA-O YAWMA-EZIM BA’ZOHUM LE-BA’ZIN A’DUWWUN ILLAL MUTTAQEEN.

On that day, friends will be one another’s enemies, except for the Godwary.

يٰعِبَادِ لَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْكُمُ الْيَوْمَ وَلَاۤ اَنْتُمْ تَحْزَنُوْنَ‌ۚ‏(68)

YAA E’BAADE LAA KHAWFUN A’LAYKOMUL YAWMA WA LAA ANTUM TAHZANOON.

[They will be told,] ‘O My servants! Today you will have no fear, nor will you grieve

اَلَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوْا بِاٰيٰتِنَا وَكَانُوْا مُسْلِمِيْنَ‌ۚ‏(69)

LAZEENA AAMANOO BE-AAYAATENAA WA KAANOO MUSLEMEEN.

—those who believed in Our signs and had been Muslims.

اُدْخُلُوا الْجَنَّةَ اَنْتُمْ وَاَزْوَاجُكُمْ تُحْبَرُوْنَ‌‏(70)

UDKHOLUL JANNATA ANTUM WA AZWAAJOKUM TOHBAROON.

Enter paradise, you and your spouses, rejoicing.’

يُطَافُ عَلَيْهِمْ بِصِحَافٍ مِّنْ ذَهَبٍ وَّاَكْوَابٍ‌ۚ وَفِيْهَا مَا تَشْتَهِيْهِ الْاَنْفُسُ وَتَلَذُّ الْاَعْيُنُ‌ۚ وَاَنْتُمْ فِيْهَا خٰلِدُوْنَ‌ۚ‏(71)

YOTAAFO A’LAYHIM BE-SEHAAFIM MIN ZAHABINW WA AKWAAB, WA FEEHAA MAA TASHTAHEEHIL ANFOSO WA TALAZZUL A-A’YON, WA ANTUM FEEHAA KHAALEDOON.

They will be served around with golden dishes and goblets, and therein will be whatever the souls desire and eyes delight in. ‘You will remain in it [forever].

وَتِلْكَ الْجَنَّةُ الَّتِىْۤ اُوْرِثْتُمُوْهَا بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُوْنَ‏(72)

WA TILKAL JANNATUL LATEE OORISTOMOOHAA BEMAA KUNTUM TA’MALOON.

That is the paradise you have been given to inherit for what you used to do.

لَكُمْ فِيْهَا فَاكِهَةٌ كَثِيْرَةٌ مِّنْهَا تَاْكُلُوْنَ‏(73)

LAKUM FEEHAA FAAKEHATUN KASEERATUM MINHAA TAAKOLOON.

There are abundant fruits for you in it, from which you will eat.’

اِنَّ الْمُجْرِمِيْنَ فِىْ عَذَابِ جَهَنَّمَ خٰلِدُوْنَ ۚ ۖ‏(74)

INNAL MUJREMEENA FEE A’ZAABE JAHANNAMA KHAALEDOON.

Indeed the guilty will remain [forever] in the punishment of hell.

لَا يُفَتَّرُ عَنْهُمْ وَهُمْ فِيْهِ مُبْلِسُوْنَ‌ۚ‏(75)

LAA YOFATTARO A’NHUM WA HUM FEEHE MUBLESOON.

It will not be lightened for them, and they will be despondent in it.

وَمَا ظَلَمْنٰهُمْ وَ لٰكِنْ كَانُوْا هُمُ الظّٰلِمِيْنَ‏(76)

WA MAA ZALAMNAAHUM WA LAAKIN KAANOO HOMUZ ZAALEMEEN.

We did not wrong them, but they themselves were wrongdoers.

وَنَادَوْا يٰمٰلِكُ لِيَقْضِ عَلَيْنَا رَبُّكَ‌ؕ قَالَ اِنَّكُمْ مّٰكِثُوْنَ‏(77)

WA NAADAW YAA MAALEKO LE-YAQZE A’LAYNAA RABBOK, QAALA INNAKUM MAAKESOON.

They will call out, ‘O Malik! Let your Lord finish us off!’ He will say, ‘Indeed you will stay on.’

لَقَدْ جِئْنٰكُمْ بِالْحَقِّ وَلٰكِنَّ اَكْثَرَكُمْ لِلْحَقِّ كٰرِهُوْنَ‏(78)

LAQAD JEANAAKUM BIL-HAQQE WA LAAKINNA AKSARAKUM LIL-HAQQE KAAREHOON.

‘We certainly brought you the truth, but most of you were averse to the truth.’

اَمْ اَبْرَمُوْۤا اَمْرًا فَاِنَّا مُبْرِمُوْنَ‌ۚ‏(79)

AM ABRAMOO AMRAN FA-INNAA MUBREMOON.

Have they settled on some [devious] plan? Indeed, We too are settling [on Our plans].

اَمْ يَحْسَبُوْنَ اَنَّا لَا نَسْمَعُ سِرَّهُمْ وَنَجْوٰٮهُمْ‌ؕ بَلٰى وَرُسُلُنَا لَدَيْهِمْ يَكْتُبُوْنَ‏(80)

AM YAHSABOONA ANNAA LAA NASMA-O’ SIRRAHUM WA NAJWAAHUM, BALAA WA ROSOLONAA LADAYHIM YAKTOBOON.

Do they suppose that We do not hear their secret thoughts and their secret talks? Yes indeed [We do]! And with them are Our messengers, writing down [everything].

قُلْ اِنْ كَانَ لِلرَّحْمٰنِ وَلَدٌۖ فَاَنَا اَوَّلُ الْعٰبِدِيْنَ‏(81)

QUL IN KAANA LIR-RAHMAANE WALAD, FA-ANAA AWWALUL A’ABEDEEN.

Say, ‘If the All-beneficent had offspring, I would have been the first to worship [him].’

سُبْحٰنَ رَبِّ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِ رَبِّ الْعَرْشِ عَمَّا يَصِفُوْنَ‏(82)

SUBHAANA RABBIS SAMAAWAATE WAL ARZE RABBIL A’RSHE A’MMAA YASEFOON.

Clear is the Lord of the heavens and the earth, the Lord of the Throne, of whatever they allege [concerning Him]!

فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوْضُوْا وَيَلْعَبُوْا حَتّٰى يُلٰقُوْا يَوْمَهُمُ الَّذِىْ يُوْعَدُوْنَ‏(83)

FA-ZARHUM YAKHOOZOO WA YAL-A’BOO HATTAA YOLAAQOO YAWMAHOMUL LAZEE YOO-A’DOON.

So leave them to gossip and play until they encounter the day they are promised.

وَهُوَ الَّذِىْ فِى السَّمَآءِ اِلٰهٌ وَّفِى الْاَرْضِ اِلٰهٌ‌ ؕ وَهُوَ الْحَكِيْمُ الْعَلِيْمُ‏(84)

WA HOWAL LAZEE FIS SAMAAA-E ELAAHUNW WA FIL ARZE ELAAH, WA HOWAL HAKEEMUL A’LEEM.

It is He who is God in the sky, and God on the earth, and He is the All-Wise, the All-Knowing.

وَتَبٰرَكَ الَّذِىْ لَهٗ مُلْكُ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا‌ ۚ وَعِنْدَهٗ عِلْمُ السَّاعَةِ‌ ۚ وَاِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُوْنَ‏(85)

WA TABAARAKAL LAZEE LAHU MULKUS SAMAAWAATE WAL ARZE WA MAA BAYNAHOMAA, WA I’NDAHU I’LMUS SAA-A’H, WA ELAYHE TURJA-O’ON.

Blessed is He to whom belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them, and with Him is the knowledge of the Hour, and to Him you will be brought back.

وَلَا يَمْلِكُ الَّذِيْنَ يَدْعُوْنَ مِنْ دُوْنِهِ الشَّفَاعَةَ اِلَّا مَنْ شَهِدَ بِالْحَقِّ وَهُمْ يَعْلَمُوْنَ‏(86)

WA LAA YAMLEKUL LAZEENA YAD-O’ONA MIN DOONEHISH SHAFAA-A’TA ILLAA MAN SHAHEDA BIL-HAQQE WA HUM YA’LAMOON.

Those whom they invoke besides Him have no power of intercession, except those who are witness to the truth and who know [for whom to intercede].

وَلَئِنْ سَاَلْتَهُمْ مَّنْ خَلَقَهُمْ لَيَقُوْلُنَّ اللّٰهُ‌ فَاَنّٰى يُؤْفَكُوْنَۙ‏(87)

WA LA-IN SA-ALTAHUM MAN KHALAQAHUM LAYAQOOLUNNAL LAAHO FA-ANNAA YOAFAKOON.

If you ask them, ‘Who created them?’ they will surely say, ‘Allah.’ Then where do they stray?

وَقِيْلِهٖ يٰرَبِّ اِنَّ هٰٓؤُلَاۤءِ قَوْمٌ لَّا يُؤْمِنُوْنَ‌ۘ‏(88)

WA QEELEHI YAA RABBE INNA HAA-OLAAA-E QAWMUL LAA YOAMENOON.

And his plaint: ‘My Lord! Indeed these are a people who will not have faith!’

فَاصْفَحْ عَنْهُمْ وَقُلْ سَلٰمٌ‌ؕ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُوْنَ‏(89)

FASFAH A’NHUM WA QUL SALAAM, FASAWFA YA’LAMOON.

So disregard them, and say, ‘Peace!’ Soon they will know.