بِسمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحمـٰنِ الرَّحيمِ حم
Ha. Meem.
وَالكِتابِ المُبينِ
By the clear and enlightening Scripture.
إِنّا جَعَلناهُ قُرآنًا عَرَبِيًّا لَعَلَّكُم تَعقِلونَ
We’ve made it an Arabic Quran, so you may understand.
وَإِنَّهُ في أُمِّ الكِتابِ لَدَينا لَعَلِيٌّ حَكيمٌ
In fact, it is in the Source of the Book with Us, exalted and full of wisdom.
أَفَنَضرِبُ عَنكُمُ الذِّكرَ صَفحًا أَن كُنتُم قَومًا مُسرِفينَ
Should We withdraw the Message from you, since you are a people who transgress?
وَكَم أَرسَلنا مِن نَبِيٍّ فِي الأَوَّلينَ
How many a Prophet did We send among the ancients?
وَما يَأتيهِم مِن نَبِيٍّ إِلّا كانوا بِهِ يَستَهزِئونَ
Yet, no Prophet came to them but they mocked him.
فَأَهلَكنا أَشَدَّ مِنهُم بَطشًا وَمَضىٰ مَثَلُ الأَوَّلينَ
We destroyed those far more powerful than them, and the example of the ancients has gone past.
وَلَئِن سَأَلتَهُم مَن خَلَقَ السَّماواتِ وَالأَرضَ لَيَقولُنَّ خَلَقَهُنَّ العَزيزُ العَليمُ
If you were to ask them, “Who created the heavens and the earth?” They would surely state, “The Almighty, the All-Knowing created them.”
الَّذي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الأَرضَ مَهدًا وَجَعَلَ لَكُم فيها سُبُلًا لَعَلَّكُم تَهتَدونَ
He who made the earth a cradle for you, and traced routes upon it for you, so you may find your way.
وَالَّذي نَزَّلَ مِنَ السَّماءِ ماءً بِقَدَرٍ فَأَنشَرنا بِهِ بَلدَةً مَيتًا ۚ كَذٰلِكَ تُخرَجونَ
He who sends down rain from the sky in measured quantities, and with it, We revive a lifeless land. Similarly, you will be resurrected.
وَالَّذي خَلَقَ الأَزواجَ كُلَّها وَجَعَلَ لَكُم مِنَ الفُلكِ وَالأَنعامِ ما تَركَبونَ
He who created all paired things, and granted for you ships and animals that you may ride.
لِتَستَووا عَلىٰ ظُهورِهِ ثُمَّ تَذكُروا نِعمَةَ رَبِّكُم إِذَا استَوَيتُم عَلَيهِ وَتَقولوا سُبحانَ الَّذي سَخَّرَ لَنا هـٰذا وَما كُنّا لَهُ مُقرِنينَ
So that you may be mounted on their backs, remember your Lord’s favor when seated on them, and say, “Exalted be He who has put this under our control; we couldn’t have done it by ourselves.
وَإِنّا إِلىٰ رَبِّنا لَمُنقَلِبونَ
And indeed, to our Lord, we will return.”
وَجَعَلوا لَهُ مِن عِبادِهِ جُزءًا ۚ إِنَّ الإِنسانَ لَكَفورٌ مُبينٌ
They made some of His servants a part of Him. The human being is openly ungrateful.
أَمِ اتَّخَذَ مِمّا يَخلُقُ بَناتٍ وَأَصفاكُم بِالبَنينَ
Did He choose daughters for Himself from what He created, and favored you with sons?
وَإِذا بُشِّرَ أَحَدُهُم بِما ضَرَبَ لِلرَّحمـٰنِ مَثَلًا ظَلَّ وَجهُهُ مُسوَدًّا وَهُوَ كَظيمٌ
When one of them is informed of what he attributes to the Most Merciful, his face darkens, and he is repressed with grief.
أَوَمَن يُنَشَّأُ فِي الحِليَةِ وَهُوَ فِي الخِصامِ غَيرُ مُبينٍ
“An entity nurtured amidst ornaments?” And he suppresses inner conflicts.
وَجَعَلُوا المَلائِكَةَ الَّذينَ هُم عِبادُ الرَّحمـٰنِ إِناثًا ۚ أَشَهِدوا خَلقَهُم ۚ سَتُكتَبُ شَهادَتُهُم وَيُسأَلونَ
They attribute the angels, who are servants of the Gracious, as females. Did they witness their creation? Their testimony will be recorded, and they will be questioned.
وَقالوا لَو شاءَ الرَّحمـٰنُ ما عَبَدناهُم ۗ ما لَهُم بِذٰلِكَ مِن عِلمٍ ۖ إِن هُم إِلّا يَخرُصونَ
They assert, “If the Merciful had willed, we wouldn’t have worshiped them.” They don’t know this; they are only speculating.
أَم آتَيناهُم كِتابًا مِن قَبلِهِ فَهُم بِهِ مُستَمسِكونَ
Or did We give them a scripture before this one to which they are adhering?
بَل قالوا إِنّا وَجَدنا آباءَنا عَلىٰ أُمَّةٍ وَإِنّا عَلىٰ آثارِهِم مُهتَدونَ
But they say, “We found our ancestors upon a course, and we are guided by their footsteps.”
وَكَذٰلِكَ ما أَرسَلنا مِن قَبلِكَ في قَريَةٍ مِن نَذيرٍ إِلّا قالَ مُترَفوها إِنّا وَجَدنا آباءَنا عَلىٰ أُمَّةٍ وَإِنّا عَلىٰ آثارِهِم مُقتَدونَ
Likewise, whenever We sent a warner before you to any city, its affluent inhabitants said, “We found our forefathers following a path, and we are following in their footsteps.”
قالَ أَوَلَو جِئتُكُم بِأَهدىٰ مِمّا وَجَدتُم عَلَيهِ آباءَكُم ۖ قالوا إِنّا بِما أُرسِلتُم بِهِ كافِرونَ
He would say, “Even if I bring you better guidance than what you found your forefathers following?” They would reply, “We reject what you’ve been sent with.”
فَانتَقَمنا مِنهُم ۖ فَانظُر كَيفَ كانَ عاقِبَةُ المُكَذِّبينَ
So We wreaked vengeance on them. Consider the end of the deniers.
وَإِذ قالَ إِبراهيمُ لِأَبيهِ وَقَومِهِ إِنَّني بَراءٌ مِمّا تَعبُدونَ
Abraham told his father and his people, “I am free from what you worship.
إِلَّا الَّذي فَطَرَني فَإِنَّهُ سَيَهدينِ
Only He who created me will guide me.”
وَجَعَلَها كَلِمَةً باقِيَةً في عَقِبِهِ لَعَلَّهُم يَرجِعونَ
He left this a lasting word among his descendants, so they might return.
بَل مَتَّعتُ هـٰؤُلاءِ وَآباءَهُم حَتّىٰ جاءَهُمُ الحَقُّ وَرَسولٌ مُبينٌ
I allowed these and their ancestors some enjoyment, until the truth arrived with a transparent messenger.
وَلَمّا جاءَهُمُ الحَقُّ قالوا هـٰذا سِحرٌ وَإِنّا بِهِ كافِرونَ
However, when the truth came to them, they said, “This is sorcery, and we disbelieve it.”
وَقالوا لَولا نُزِّلَ هـٰذَا القُرآنُ عَلىٰ رَجُلٍ مِنَ القَريَتَينِ عَظيمٍ
They ask, “Why wasn’t this Quran revealed to a notable man from one of the two cities?”
أَهُم يَقسِمونَ رَحمَتَ رَبِّكَ ۚ نَحنُ قَسَمنا بَينَهُم مَعيشَتَهُم فِي الحَياةِ الدُّنيا ۚ وَرَفَعنا بَعضَهُم فَوقَ بَعضٍ دَرَجاتٍ لِيَتَّخِذَ بَعضُهُم بَعضًا سُخرِيًّا ۗ وَرَحمَتُ رَبِّكَ خَيرٌ مِمّا يَجمَعونَ
Is it they who dispense your Lord’s mercy? It is We who distribute their sustenance in this life, elevating some in ranks above others, so that they may take one another in service. Your Lord’s mercy is far better than whatever they amass.
وَلَولا أَن يَكونَ النّاسُ أُمَّةً واحِدَةً لَجَعَلنا لِمَن يَكفُرُ بِالرَّحمـٰنِ لِبُيوتِهِم سُقُفًا مِن فِضَّةٍ وَمَعارِجَ عَلَيها يَظهَرونَ
Were it not that all mankind might become one community, We would have granted the Merciful-deniers houses with ceilings of silver and stairways upon which they could ascend.
وَلِبُيوتِهِم أَبوابًا وَسُرُرًا عَلَيها يَتَّكِئونَ
And for their homes, doors, and beds on which they recline.
وَزُخرُفًا ۚ وَإِن كُلُّ ذٰلِكَ لَمّا مَتاعُ الحَياةِ الدُّنيا ۚ وَالآخِرَةُ عِندَ رَبِّكَ لِلمُتَّقينَ
And all kinds of ornaments. However, all these are merely transient pleasures of this worldly life. The Hereafter, with your Lord, is for the righteous.
وَمَن يَعشُ عَن ذِكرِ الرَّحمـٰنِ نُقَيِّض لَهُ شَيطانًا فَهُوَ لَهُ قَرينٌ
For those who shun the remembrance of the Most Merciful, We assign for them a devil to be their constant companion.
وَإِنَّهُم لَيَصُدّونَهُم عَنِ السَّبيلِ وَيَحسَبونَ أَنَّهُم مُهتَدونَ
They lead them astray from the path, while they think they are guided.
حَتّىٰ إِذا جاءَنا قالَ يا لَيتَ بَيني وَبَينَكَ بُعدَ المَشرِقَينِ فَبِئسَ القَرينُ
Until, when he comes before Us, he will say, “I wish you and I were as distant as the two horizons—what a terrible companionship!”
وَلَن يَنفَعَكُمُ اليَومَ إِذ ظَلَمتُم أَنَّكُم فِي العَذابِ مُشتَرِكونَ
It won’t benefit you on that Day if you did wrong; you will be sharing in the punishment.
أَفَأَنتَ تُسمِعُ الصُّمَّ أَو تَهدِي العُميَ وَمَن كانَ في ضَلالٍ مُبينٍ
Can you make the deaf hear; or guide the blind, or those who are in evident error.
فَإِمّا نَذهَبَنَّ بِكَ فَإِنّا مِنهُم مُنتَقِمونَ
Even if We were to take you away, We will inflict punishment upon them.
أَو نُرِيَنَّكَ الَّذي وَعَدناهُم فَإِنّا عَلَيهِم مُقتَدِرونَ
Or We may show you what We promised them, for We have absolute control over them.
فَاستَمسِك بِالَّذي أوحِيَ إِلَيكَ ۖ إِنَّكَ عَلىٰ صِراطٍ مُستَقيمٍ
So, adhere to what was revealed to you; you are on a straight path.
وَإِنَّهُ لَذِكرٌ لَكَ وَلِقَومِكَ ۖ وَسَوفَ تُسأَلونَ
It is a reminder for you and your people, and you’ll be questioned.
وَاسأَل مَن أَرسَلنا مِن قَبلِكَ مِن رُسُلِنا أَجَعَلنا مِن دونِ الرَّحمـٰنِ آلِهَةً يُعبَدونَ
Ask the messengers We sent before you: “Did We ever appoint gods to be worshiped other than the Most Merciful?”
وَلَقَد أَرسَلنا موسىٰ بِآياتِنا إِلىٰ فِرعَونَ وَمَلَئِهِ فَقالَ إِنّي رَسولُ رَبِّ العالَمينَ
With Our signs, we sent Moses to Pharaoh and his assembly, proclaiming, “I am the messenger of the Lord of the worlds.”
فَلَمّا جاءَهُم بِآياتِنا إِذا هُم مِنها يَضحَكونَ
But when he presented Our verses to them, they laughed at them.
وَما نُريهِم مِن آيَةٍ إِلّا هِيَ أَكبَرُ مِن أُختِها ۖ وَأَخَذناهُم بِالعَذابِ لَعَلَّهُم يَرجِعونَ
Every miracle We showed them was more significant than the one preceding it. And We afflicted them with plagues, so they might return.
وَقالوا يا أَيُّهَ السّاحِرُ ادعُ لَنا رَبَّكَ بِما عَهِدَ عِندَكَ إِنَّنا لَمُهتَدونَ
They pleaded, “O magician, pray to your Lord for us, according to the covenant He made with you, and we will be guided.”
فَلَمّا كَشَفنا عَنهُمُ العَذابَ إِذا هُم يَنكُثونَ
But when We relieved their affliction, they immediately broke their promise.
وَنادىٰ فِرعَونُ في قَومِهِ قالَ يا قَومِ أَلَيسَ لي مُلكُ مِصرَ وَهـٰذِهِ الأَنهارُ تَجري مِن تَحتي ۖ أَفَلا تُبصِرونَ
Pharaoh proclaimed among his people, “O my people, do I not rule Egypt, with these rivers flowing beneath me? Can’t you see?
أَم أَنا خَيرٌ مِن هـٰذَا الَّذي هُوَ مَهينٌ وَلا يَكادُ يُبينُ
Am I not superior to this pitiful wretch who can barely express himself?
فَلَولا أُلقِيَ عَلَيهِ أَسوِرَةٌ مِن ذَهَبٍ أَو جاءَ مَعَهُ المَلائِكَةُ مُقتَرِنينَ
Why were no gold bracelets dropped on him, or angels accompanying him in procession?”
فَاستَخَفَّ قَومَهُ فَأَطاعوهُ ۚ إِنَّهُم كانوا قَومًا فاسِقينَ
He fooled his people, and they obeyed him. They were a people prone to wrongdoing.
فَلَمّا آسَفونَا انتَقَمنا مِنهُم فَأَغرَقناهُم أَجمَعينَ
When they provoked Our wrath, We retaliated by drowning them all.
فَجَعَلناهُم سَلَفًا وَمَثَلًا لِلآخِرينَ
And We made them a precedent and an example for future generations.
وَلَمّا ضُرِبَ ابنُ مَريَمَ مَثَلًا إِذا قَومُكَ مِنهُ يَصِدّونَ
When the instance of Jesus, son of Mary, was cited, your people immediately jeered.
وَقالوا أَآلِهَتُنا خَيرٌ أَم هُوَ ۚ ما ضَرَبوهُ لَكَ إِلّا جَدَلًا ۚ بَل هُم قَومٌ خَصِمونَ
They argued, “Are our gods better, or is he?” They posed this question only to argue. They are a quarrelsome lot.
إِن هُوَ إِلّا عَبدٌ أَنعَمنا عَلَيهِ وَجَعَلناهُ مَثَلًا لِبَني إِسرائيلَ
He was but a servant whom We blessed, and We set him an example for the Children of Israel.
وَلَو نَشاءُ لَجَعَلنا مِنكُم مَلائِكَةً فِي الأَرضِ يَخلُفونَ
Had We willed, We could’ve made from you angels to be successors on earth.
وَإِنَّهُ لَعِلمٌ لِلسّاعَةِ فَلا تَمتَرُنَّ بِها وَاتَّبِعونِ ۚ هـٰذا صِراطٌ مُستَقيمٌ
He is knowledge for the Hour. Have no doubt about it, and follow me. This is a straight path.
وَلا يَصُدَّنَّكُمُ الشَّيطانُ ۖ إِنَّهُ لَكُم عَدُوٌّ مُبينٌ
And don’t let Satan divert you; he is your clear enemy.
وَلَمّا جاءَ عيسىٰ بِالبَيِّناتِ قالَ قَد جِئتُكُم بِالحِكمَةِ وَلِأُبَيِّنَ لَكُم بَعضَ الَّذي تَختَلِفونَ فيهِ ۖ فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطيعونِ
When Jesus came with the evident miracles, he said, “I’ve come to you with wisdom, and to clarify some of your disagreements. So fear God, and obey me.
إِنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ رَبّي وَرَبُّكُم فَاعبُدوهُ ۚ هـٰذا صِراطٌ مُستَقيمٌ
God is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him. This is a straight path.”
فَاختَلَفَ الأَحزابُ مِن بَينِهِم ۖ فَوَيلٌ لِلَّذينَ ظَلَموا مِن عَذابِ يَومٍ أَليمٍ
But the sects differed among themselves. Woe to those who commit wrong, for they will face severe punishment on a dreadful day.
هَل يَنظُرونَ إِلَّا السّاعَةَ أَن تَأتِيَهُم بَغتَةً وَهُم لا يَشعُرونَ
Are they merely waiting for the Hour to come upon them suddenly while they are unaware?
الأَخِلّاءُ يَومَئِذٍ بَعضُهُم لِبَعضٍ عَدُوٌّ إِلَّا المُتَّقينَ
On that Day, close friends will be enemies to each other, except for the righteous.
يا عِبادِ لا خَوفٌ عَلَيكُمُ اليَومَ وَلا أَنتُم تَحزَنونَ
O My servants, there will be no fear or sorrow upon you that Day.
الَّذينَ آمَنوا بِآياتِنا وَكانوا مُسلِمينَ
Those who believed in Our verses and submitted themselves.
ادخُلُوا الجَنَّةَ أَنتُم وَأَزواجُكُم تُحبَرونَ
Enter Paradise, you and your spouses, in happiness and delight.
يُطافُ عَلَيهِم بِصِحافٍ مِن ذَهَبٍ وَأَكوابٍ ۖ وَفيها ما تَشتَهيهِ الأَنفُسُ وَتَلَذُّ الأَعيُنُ ۖ وَأَنتُم فيها خالِدونَ
Circulated among them are dishes and goblets of gold, and all that the soul could desire, and the eyes could delight in will be yours. You will reside there forever.
وَتِلكَ الجَنَّةُ الَّتي أورِثتُموها بِما كُنتُم تَعمَلونَ
This is the Paradise which you’ve inherited because of what you used to do.
لَكُم فيها فاكِهَةٌ كَثيرَةٌ مِنها تَأكُلونَ
Therein for you are plentiful fruits, from which you eat.
إِنَّ المُجرِمينَ في عَذابِ جَهَنَّمَ خالِدونَ
Surely, for the wrongdoers, they will suffer the unending torment of Hell.
لا يُفَتَّرُ عَنهُم وَهُم فيهِ مُبلِسونَ
It won’t be lightened for them, and they will despair therein.
وَما ظَلَمناهُم وَلـٰكِن كانوا هُمُ الظّالِمينَ
We didn’t wrong them, but they were the wrongdoers.
وَنادَوا يا مالِكُ لِيَقضِ عَلَينا رَبُّكَ ۖ قالَ إِنَّكُم ماكِثونَ
They will cry out: “O Malik, let your Lord end us!” He will say, “You are staying.”
لَقَد جِئناكُم بِالحَقِّ وَلـٰكِنَّ أَكثَرَكُم لِلحَقِّ كارِهونَ
Surely, We brought you the truth, but most of you hate the truth.
أَم أَبرَموا أَمرًا فَإِنّا مُبرِمونَ
Did they devise a plan? We, too, are planning.
أَم يَحسَبونَ أَنّا لا نَسمَعُ سِرَّهُم وَنَجواهُم ۚ بَلىٰ وَرُسُلُنا لَدَيهِم يَكتُبونَ
Or do they think that We don’t hear their secrets and their private conversations? Indeed, Our messengers, with them, are recording.
قُل إِن كانَ لِلرَّحمـٰنِ وَلَدٌ فَأَنا أَوَّلُ العابِدينَ
Say, “If the Merciful had a child, I would be the first to worship.”
سُبحانَ رَبِّ السَّماواتِ وَالأَرضِ رَبِّ العَرشِ عَمّا يَصِفونَ
Glory be to the Lord of the heavens and the earth, the Lord of the Throne, far beyond what they attribute to Him.
فَذَرهُم يَخوضوا وَيَلعَبوا حَتّىٰ يُلاقوا يَومَهُمُ الَّذي يوعَدونَ
Let them chatter and play until they meet their promised Day.
وَهُوَ الَّذي فِي السَّماءِ إِلـٰهٌ وَفِي الأَرضِ إِلـٰهٌ ۚ وَهُوَ الحَكيمُ العَليمُ
He is God in the heavens and God on earth. He is the All-Wise, the All-Knowing.
وَتَبارَكَ الَّذي لَهُ مُلكُ السَّماواتِ وَالأَرضِ وَما بَينَهُما وَعِندَهُ عِلمُ السّاعَةِ وَإِلَيهِ تُرجَعونَ
Blessed is He who holds dominion over the heavens, the earth, and all that is between them. With Him is the knowledge of the Hour, and you will be returned to Him.
وَلا يَملِكُ الَّذينَ يَدعونَ مِن دونِهِ الشَّفاعَةَ إِلّا مَن شَهِدَ بِالحَقِّ وَهُم يَعلَمونَ
None of those they call upon besides Him has any power of intercession, except those who testify to the truth knowingly.
وَلَئِن سَأَلتَهُم مَن خَلَقَهُم لَيَقولُنَّ اللَّهُ ۖ فَأَنّىٰ يُؤفَكونَ
If you were to ask them, “Who created them?” they would reply, “God.” How, then, are they deluded?
وَقيلِهِ يا رَبِّ إِنَّ هـٰؤُلاءِ قَومٌ لا يُؤمِنونَ
Regarding his statement, “O my Lord, these are people who don’t believe.”
فَاصفَح عَنهُم وَقُل سَلامٌ ۚ فَسَوفَ يَعلَمونَ
Pardon them, and say, “Peace.” Soon they will find out.