Ash-Shu'ara

tta-seen-meem

Ta Sin Mim

til'ka āyātu l-kitābi l-mubīni

These are the verses of the Scripture that makes things clear:

laʿallaka bākhiʿun nafsaka allā yakūnū mu'minīna

[Prophet], are you going to worry yourself to death because they will not believe?

in nasha nunazzil ʿalayhim mina l-samāi āyatan faẓallat aʿnāquhum lahā khāḍiʿīna

If We had wished, We could have sent them down a sign from heaven, at which their necks would stay bowed in utter humility.

wamā yatīhim min dhik'rin mina l-raḥmāni muḥ'dathin illā kānū ʿanhu muʿ'riḍīna

Whenever they are brought a new revelation from the Lord of Mercy, they turn away:

faqad kadhabū fasayatīhim anbāu mā kānū bihi yastahziūna

they deny it, but the truth of what they scorned will soon hit them.

awalam yaraw ilā l-arḍi kam anbatnā fīhā min kulli zawjin karīmin

Do they not see the earth, and what noble kinds of thing We grow in it?

inna fī dhālika laāyatan wamā kāna aktharuhum mu'minīna

There truly is a sign in this, though most of them do not believe:

wa-inna rabbaka lahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-raḥīmu

your Lord alone is the Almighty, the Merciful.

wa-idh nādā rabbuka mūsā ani i'ti l-qawma l-ẓālimīna

Your Lord called to Moses: ‘Go to those wrongdoers,

qawma fir'ʿawna alā yattaqūna

the people of Pharaoh. Will they not take heed?’

qāla rabbi innī akhāfu an yukadhibūni

Moses said, ‘My Lord, I fear they will call me a liar,

wayaḍīqu ṣadrī walā yanṭaliqu lisānī fa-arsil ilā hārūna

and I will feel stressed and tongue-tied, so send Aaron too;

walahum ʿalayya dhanbun fa-akhāfu an yaqtulūni

besides, they have a chargeagainst me, and I fear they may kill me.’

qāla kallā fa-idh'habā biāyātinā innā maʿakum mus'tamiʿūna

God said, ‘No [they will not]. Go, both of you, with Our signs––We shall be with you, listen-ing.

fatiyā fir'ʿawna faqūlā innā rasūlu rabbi l-ʿālamīna

Go, both of you, to Pharaoh and say, “We bring a message from the Lord of the Worlds:

an arsil maʿanā banī is'rāīla

let the Children of Israel leave with us.” ’

qāla alam nurabbika fīnā walīdan walabith'ta fīnā min ʿumurika sinīna

Pharaoh said, ‘Did we not bring you up as a child among us? Did you not stay with us for many years?

wafaʿalta faʿlataka allatī faʿalta wa-anta mina l-kāfirīna

And then you committed that crime of yours: you were so ungrateful.’

qāla faʿaltuhā idhan wa-anā mina l-ḍālīna

Moses replied, ‘I was misguided when I did it

fafarartu minkum lammā khif'tukum fawahaba lī rabbī ḥuk'man wajaʿalanī mina l-mur'salīna

and I fled from you in fear; later my Lord gave me wisdom and made me one of His messengers.

watil'ka niʿ'matun tamunnuhā ʿalayya an ʿabbadtta banī is'rāīla

And is this- that you have enslaved the Children of Israel- the favour with which you reproach me?’

qāla fir'ʿawnu wamā rabbu l-ʿālamīna

Pharaoh asked, ‘What is this “Lord of the Worlds”?’

qāla rabbu l-samāwāti wal-arḍi wamā baynahumā in kuntum mūqinīna

Moses replied, ‘He is the Lord of the heavens and earth and everything between them. If you would only have faith!’

qāla liman ḥawlahu alā tastamiʿūna

Pharaoh said to those present, ‘Do you hear what he says?’

qāla rabbukum warabbu ābāikumu l-awalīna

Moses said, ‘He is your Lord and the Lord of your forefathers.’

qāla inna rasūlakumu alladhī ur'sila ilaykum lamajnūnun

Pharaoh said, ‘This messenger who has been sent to you is truly possessed.’

qāla rabbu l-mashriqi wal-maghribi wamā baynahumā in kuntum taʿqilūna

Moses continued, ‘Lord of the East and West and everything between them. If you would only use your reason!’

qāla la-ini ittakhadhta ilāhan ghayrī la-ajʿalannaka mina l-masjūnīna

But Pharaoh said [to him], ‘If you take any god other than me, I will throw you into prison,’

qāla awalaw ji'tuka bishayin mubīnin

and Moses asked, ‘Even if I show you something convincing?’

qāla fati bihi in kunta mina l-ṣādiqīna

‘Show it then,’ said Pharaoh, ‘if you are telling the truth.’

fa-alqā ʿaṣāhu fa-idhā hiya thuʿ'bānun mubīnun

So Moses threw down his staff and- lo and behold!- it became a snake for everyone to see.

wanazaʿa yadahu fa-idhā hiya bayḍāu lilnnāẓirīna

Then he drew out his hand and- lo and behold!- it was white for the onlookers to see.

qāla lil'mala-i ḥawlahu inna hādhā lasāḥirun ʿalīmun

Pharaoh said to the counsellors around him, ‘This man is a learned sorcerer!

yurīdu an yukh'rijakum min arḍikum bisiḥ'rihi famādhā tamurūna

He means to use his sorcery to drive you out of your land! What do you suggest?’

qālū arjih wa-akhāhu wa-ib'ʿath fī l-madāini ḥāshirīna

They answered, ‘Delay him and his brother for a while, and send messengers to all the cities

yatūka bikulli saḥḥārin ʿalīmin

to bring every accomplished sorcerer to you.’

fajumiʿa l-saḥaratu limīqāti yawmin maʿlūmin

The sorcerers were [to be] assembled at the appointed time on a certain day

waqīla lilnnāsi hal antum muj'tamiʿūna

and the people were asked, "Are you all coming?

laʿallanā nattabiʿu l-saḥarata in kānū humu l-ghālibīna

We may follow the sorcerers if they win!"

falammā jāa l-saḥaratu qālū lifir'ʿawna a-inna lanā la-ajran in kunnā naḥnu l-ghālibīna

When the sorcerers came, they said to Pharaoh, ‘Shall we be rewarded if we win?’

qāla naʿam wa-innakum idhan lamina l-muqarabīna

and he said, ‘Yes, and you will join my inner court.’

qāla lahum mūsā alqū mā antum mul'qūna

Moses said to them, ‘Throw down whatever you will.’

fa-alqaw ḥibālahum waʿiṣiyyahum waqālū biʿizzati fir'ʿawna innā lanaḥnu l-ghālibūna

They threw their ropes and staffs, saying, ‘By Pharaoh’s might, we shall be victorious.’

fa-alqā mūsā ʿaṣāhu fa-idhā hiya talqafu mā yafikūna

But Moses threw his staff and- lo and behold!- it swallowed up their trickery

fa-ul'qiya l-saḥaratu sājidīna

and the sorcerers fell down on their knees,

qālū āmannā birabbi l-ʿālamīna

exclaiming, ‘We believe in the Lord of the Worlds,

rabbi mūsā wahārūna

the Lord of Moses and Aaron.’

qāla āmantum lahu qabla an ādhana lakum innahu lakabīrukumu alladhī ʿallamakumu l-siḥ'ra falasawfa taʿlamūna la-uqaṭṭiʿanna aydiyakum wa-arjulakum min khilāfin wala-uṣallibannakum ajmaʿīna

Pharaoh said, ‘How dare you believe in him before I have given you permission? He must be the master who taught you sorcery! Soon you will see: I will cut off your alternate hands and feet and then crucify the lot of you!’

qālū lā ḍayra innā ilā rabbinā munqalibūna

‘That will do us no harm,’ they said, ‘for we are sure to return to our Lord.

innā naṭmaʿu an yaghfira lanā rabbunā khaṭāyānā an kunnā awwala l-mu'minīna

We hope that our Lord will forgive us our sins, as we were the first to believe.’

wa-awḥaynā ilā mūsā an asri biʿibādī innakum muttabaʿūna

Then We revealed Our will to Moses, ‘Leave with My servants by night, for you will be pursued!’

fa-arsala fir'ʿawnu fī l-madāini ḥāshirīna

Pharaoh sent messengers into the cities, proclaiming,

inna hāulāi lashir'dhimatun qalīlūna

‘These people are a puny band––

wa-innahum lanā laghāiẓūna

they have enraged us-

wa-innā lajamīʿun ḥādhirūna

and we are a large army, on the alert.’

fa-akhrajnāhum min jannātin waʿuyūnin

So it was that We made them leave their gardens and their springs,

wakunūzin wamaqāmin karīmin

their treasures and their noble dwellings-

kadhālika wa-awrathnāhā banī is'rāīla

We gave [such] things [later]to the Children of Israel.

fa-atbaʿūhum mush'riqīna

Pharaoh and his people pursued them at sunrise,

falammā tarāā l-jamʿāni qāla aṣḥābu mūsā innā lamud'rakūna

and as soon as the two sides came within sight of one another, Moses’ followers said, ‘We shall definitely be caught.’

qāla kallā inna maʿiya rabbī sayahdīni

Moses said, ‘No, my Lord is with me: He will guide me,’

fa-awḥaynā ilā mūsā ani iḍ'rib biʿaṣāka l-baḥra fa-infalaqa fakāna kullu fir'qin kal-ṭawdi l-ʿaẓīmi

and We revealed to Moses: ‘Strike the sea with your staff.’ It parted- each side like a mighty mountain-

wa-azlafnā thamma l-ākharīna

and We brought the others to that place:

wa-anjaynā mūsā waman maʿahu ajmaʿīna

We saved Moses and all his companions,

thumma aghraqnā l-ākharīna

and drowned the rest.

inna fī dhālika laāyatan wamā kāna aktharuhum mu'minīna

There truly is a sign in this, though most of them do not believe:

wa-inna rabbaka lahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-raḥīmu

your Lord alone is the Almighty, the Merciful.

wa-ut'lu ʿalayhim naba-a ib'rāhīma

Tell them the story of Abraham,

idh qāla li-abīhi waqawmihi mā taʿbudūna

when he asked his father and his people, ‘What do you worship?’

qālū naʿbudu aṣnāman fanaẓallu lahā ʿākifīna

They said, ‘We worship idols, and are constantly in attendance on them.’

qāla hal yasmaʿūnakum idh tadʿūna

He asked, ‘Do they hear you when you call?

aw yanfaʿūnakum aw yaḍurrūna

Do they help or harm you?’

qālū bal wajadnā ābāanā kadhālika yafʿalūna

They replied, ‘No, but this is what we saw our fathers doing.’

qāla afara-aytum mā kuntum taʿbudūna

Abraham said, ‘Those idols you have worshipped,

antum waābāukumu l-aqdamūna

you and your forefathers,

fa-innahum ʿaduwwun lī illā rabba l-ʿālamīna

are my enemies; not so the Lord of the Worlds,

alladhī khalaqanī fahuwa yahdīni

who created me. It is He who guides me;

wa-alladhī huwa yuṭ'ʿimunī wayasqīni

He who gives me food and drink;

wa-idhā mariḍ'tu fahuwa yashfīni

He who cures me when I am ill;

wa-alladhī yumītunī thumma yuḥ'yīni

He who will make me die and then give me life again;

wa-alladhī aṭmaʿu an yaghfira lī khaṭīatī yawma l-dīni

and He who will, I hope, forgive my faults on the Day of Judgement.

rabbi hab lī ḥuk'man wa-alḥiq'nī bil-ṣāliḥīna

My Lord, grant me wisdom; join me with the righteous;

wa-ij'ʿal lī lisāna ṣid'qin fī l-ākhirīna

give me a good name among later generations;

wa-ij'ʿalnī min warathati jannati l-naʿīmi

make me one of those given the Garden of Bliss-

wa-igh'fir li-abī innahu kāna mina l-ḍālīna

forgive my father, for he is one of those who have gone astray-

walā tukh'zinī yawma yub'ʿathūna

and do not disgrace me on the Day when all people are resurrected:

yawma lā yanfaʿu mālun walā banūna

the Day when neither wealth nor children can help,

illā man atā l-laha biqalbin salīmin

when the only one who will be saved is the one who comes before God with a heart devoted to Him.’

wa-uz'lifati l-janatu lil'muttaqīna

When the Garden is brought near to the righteous

waburrizati l-jaḥīmu lil'ghāwīna

and the Fire is placed in full view of the misguided,

waqīla lahum ayna mā kuntum taʿbudūna

it will be said to them, ‘Where are those you worshipped

min dūni l-lahi hal yanṣurūnakum aw yantaṣirūna

beside God? Can they help you now, or even help themselves?’

fakub'kibū fīhā hum wal-ghāwūna

and then they will all be hurled into Hell, together with those that misled them,

wajunūdu ib'līsa ajmaʿūna

and all Iblis’s supporters.

qālū wahum fīhā yakhtaṣimūna

There they will say to their gods, as they bicker among themselves,

tal-lahi in kunnā lafī ḍalālin mubīnin

‘We were clearly misguided

idh nusawwīkum birabbi l-ʿālamīna

when we made you equal with the Lord of the Worlds.

wamā aḍallanā illā l-muj'rimūna

It was the evildoers who led us astray,

famā lanā min shāfiʿīna

and now we have no intercessor

walā ṣadīqin ḥamīmin

and no true friend.

falaw anna lanā karratan fanakūna mina l-mu'minīna

If only we could live our lives again, we would be true believers!’

inna fī dhālika laāyatan wamā kāna aktharuhum mu'minīna

There truly is a sign in this, though most of them do not believe:

wa-inna rabbaka lahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-raḥīmu

your Lord alone is the Almighty, the Merciful.

kadhabat qawmu nūḥin l-mur'salīna

The people of Noah, too, called the messengers liars.

idh qāla lahum akhūhum nūḥun alā tattaqūna

Their brother Noah said to them, ‘Will you not be mindful of God?

innī lakum rasūlun amīnun

I am a faithful messenger sent to you:

fa-ittaqū l-laha wa-aṭīʿūni

be mindful of God and obey me.

wamā asalukum ʿalayhi min ajrin in ajriya illā ʿalā rabbi l-ʿālamīna

I ask no reward of you, for my only reward is with the Lord of the Worlds:

fa-ittaqū l-laha wa-aṭīʿūni

be mindful of God and obey me.’

qālū anu'minu laka wa-ittabaʿaka l-ardhalūna

They answered, ‘Why should we believe you when the worst sort of people follow you?’

qāla wamā ʿil'mī bimā kānū yaʿmalūna

He said, ‘What knowledge do I have of what they used to do?

in ḥisābuhum illā ʿalā rabbī law tashʿurūna

It is for my Lord alone to bring them to account- if only you could see-

wamā anā biṭāridi l-mu'minīna

I will not drive believers away.

in anā illā nadhīrun mubīnun

I am here only to give people a clear warning.’

qālū la-in lam tantahi yānūḥu latakūnanna mina l-marjūmīna

So they said, ‘Noah, if you do not stop this, you will be stoned.’

qāla rabbi inna qawmī kadhabūni

He said, ‘My Lord, my people have rejected me,

fa-if'taḥ baynī wabaynahum fatḥan wanajjinī waman maʿiya mina l-mu'minīna

so make a firm judgement between me and them, and save me and my believing followers.’

fa-anjaynāhu waman maʿahu fī l-ful'ki l-mashḥūni

So We saved him and his followers in the fully laden ship,

thumma aghraqnā baʿdu l-bāqīna

and drowned the rest.

inna fī dhālika laāyatan wamā kāna aktharuhum mu'minīna

There truly is a sign in this, though most of them do not believe:

wa-inna rabbaka lahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-raḥīmu

your Lord alone is the Almighty, the Merciful.

kadhabat ʿādun l-mur'salīna

The people of Ad, too, called the messengers liars.

idh qāla lahum akhūhum hūdun alā tattaqūna

Their brother Hud said to them, ‘Will you not be mindful of God?

innī lakum rasūlun amīnun

I am a faithful messenger sent to you:

fa-ittaqū l-laha wa-aṭīʿūni

be mindful of God and obey me.

wamā asalukum ʿalayhi min ajrin in ajriya illā ʿalā rabbi l-ʿālamīna

I ask no reward of you, for my only reward is with the Lord of the Worlds.

atabnūna bikulli rīʿin āyatan taʿbathūna

How can you be so vain that you set up monuments on every high place?

watattakhidhūna maṣāniʿa laʿallakum takhludūna

Do you build fortresses because you hope to be immortal?

wa-idhā baṭashtum baṭashtum jabbārīna

Why do you act like tyrants whenever you attack someone?

fa-ittaqū l-laha wa-aṭīʿūni

Be mindful of God and obey me;

wa-ittaqū alladhī amaddakum bimā taʿlamūna

be mindful of Him who has provided you with everything you know-

amaddakum bi-anʿāmin wabanīna

He has given you livestock, sons,

wajannātin waʿuyūnin

gardens, springs-

innī akhāfu ʿalaykum ʿadhāba yawmin ʿaẓīmin

for I truly fear that the torment of a grievous day will overtake you.’

qālū sawāon ʿalaynā awaʿaẓta am lam takun mina l-wāʿiẓīna

They replied, ‘It makes no difference to us whether you warn us or not,

in hādhā illā khuluqu l-awalīna

for we only do what our forefathers used to do:

wamā naḥnu bimuʿadhabīna

we shall not be punished.’

fakadhabūhu fa-ahlaknāhum inna fī dhālika laāyatan wamā kāna aktharuhum mu'minīna

They denounced him as a liar, and so We destroyed them. There truly is a sign in this, though most of them do not believe:

wa-inna rabbaka lahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-raḥīmu

your Lord alone is the Almighty, the Merciful.

kadhabat thamūdu l-mur'salīna

The people of Thamud, too, called the messengers liars.

idh qāla lahum akhūhum ṣāliḥun alā tattaqūna

Their brother Salih said to them, ‘Will you not be mindful of God?

innī lakum rasūlun amīnun

I am a faithful messenger to you:

fa-ittaqū l-laha wa-aṭīʿūni

be mindful of God and obey me.

wamā asalukum ʿalayhi min ajrin in ajriya illā ʿalā rabbi l-ʿālamīna

I ask no reward from you, for my only reward is with the Lord of the Worlds.

atut'rakūna fī mā hāhunā āminīna

[Do you think] you will be left secure for ever in what you have here-

fī jannātin waʿuyūnin

gardens, springs,

wazurūʿin wanakhlin ṭalʿuhā haḍīmun

fields, palm trees laden with fruit-

watanḥitūna mina l-jibāli buyūtan fārihīna

carving your fine houses from the mountains?

fa-ittaqū l-laha wa-aṭīʿūni

Be mindful of God and obey me:

walā tuṭīʿū amra l-mus'rifīna

do not obey those who are given to excess

alladhīna yuf'sidūna fī l-arḍi walā yuṣ'liḥūna

and who spread corruption in the land instead of doing what is right.’

qālū innamā anta mina l-musaḥarīna

They said, ‘You are bewitched!

mā anta illā basharun mith'lunā fati biāyatin in kunta mina l-ṣādiqīna

You are nothing but a man like us. Show us a sign, if you are telling the truth.’

qāla hādhihi nāqatun lahā shir'bun walakum shir'bu yawmin maʿlūmin

He said, ‘Here is a camel. She should have her turn to drink and so should you, each on a specified day,

walā tamassūhā bisūin fayakhudhakum ʿadhābu yawmin ʿaẓīmin

so do not harm her, or the punishment of a terrible day will befall you.’

faʿaqarūhā fa-aṣbaḥū nādimīna

But they hamstrung her. In the morning they had cause to regret it:

fa-akhadhahumu l-ʿadhābu inna fī dhālika laāyatan wamā kāna aktharuhum mu'minīna

the punishment fell upon them. There truly is a sign in this, though most of them will not believe:

wa-inna rabbaka lahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-raḥīmu

your Lord alone is the Almighty, the Merciful.

kadhabat qawmu lūṭin l-mur'salīna

The people of Lot, too, called the messengers liars.

idh qāla lahum akhūhum lūṭun alā tattaqūna

Their brother Lot said to them, ‘Will you not be mindful of God?

innī lakum rasūlun amīnun

I am a faithful messenger to you:

fa-ittaqū l-laha wa-aṭīʿūni

be mindful of God and obey me.

wamā asalukum ʿalayhi min ajrin in ajriya illā ʿalā rabbi l-ʿālamīna

I ask no reward from you, for my only reward is with the Lord of the Worlds.

atatūna l-dhuk'rāna mina l-ʿālamīna

Must you, unlike [other] people, lust after males

watadharūna mā khalaqa lakum rabbukum min azwājikum bal antum qawmun ʿādūna

and abandon the wives that God has created for you? You are exceeding all bounds,’

qālū la-in lam tantahi yālūṭu latakūnanna mina l-mukh'rajīna

but they replied, ‘Lot! If you do not stop this, you will be driven away.’

qāla innī liʿamalikum mina l-qālīna

So he said, ‘I loathe what you do:

rabbi najjinī wa-ahlī mimmā yaʿmalūna

Lord, save me and my family from what they are doing.’

fanajjaynāhu wa-ahlahu ajmaʿīna

We saved him and all his family,

illā ʿajūzan fī l-ghābirīna

except for an old woman who stayed behind,

thumma dammarnā l-ākharīna

then We destroyed the others,

wa-amṭarnā ʿalayhim maṭaran fasāa maṭaru l-mundharīna

and poured a rain of destruction down upon them. How dreadful that rain was for those who had been forewarned!

inna fī dhālika laāyatan wamā kāna aktharuhum mu'minīna

There truly is a sign in this, though most of them will not believe:

wa-inna rabbaka lahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-raḥīmu

your Lord alone is the Almighty, the Merciful.

kadhaba aṣḥābu al'aykati l-mur'salīna

The forest-dwellers, too, called the messengers liars.

idh qāla lahum shuʿaybun alā tattaqūna

Shuayb said to them, ‘Will you not be mindful of God?

innī lakum rasūlun amīnun

I am a faithful messenger to you:

fa-ittaqū l-laha wa-aṭīʿūni

be mindful of God and obey me.

wamā asalukum ʿalayhi min ajrin in ajriya illā ʿalā rabbi l-ʿālamīna

I ask no reward of you, for my only reward is with the Lord of the Worlds.

awfū l-kayla walā takūnū mina l-mukh'sirīna

Give full measure: do not sell others short.

wazinū bil-qis'ṭāsi l-mus'taqīmi

Weigh with correct scales:

walā tabkhasū l-nāsa ashyāahum walā taʿthaw fī l-arḍi muf'sidīna

do not deprive people of what is theirs. Do not spread corruption on earth.

wa-ittaqū alladhī khalaqakum wal-jibilata l-awalīna

Be mindful of God who created you and former generations,’

qālū innamā anta mina l-musaḥarīna

but they replied, ‘You are bewitched!

wamā anta illā basharun mith'lunā wa-in naẓunnuka lamina l-kādhibīna

You are nothing but a man like us. In fact we think you are a liar.

fa-asqiṭ ʿalaynā kisafan mina l-samāi in kunta mina l-ṣādiqīna

Make bits of the heavens fall down on us, if you are telling the truth.’

qāla rabbī aʿlamu bimā taʿmalūna

He said, ‘My Lord knows best what you do.’

fakadhabūhu fa-akhadhahum ʿadhābu yawmi l-ẓulati innahu kāna ʿadhāba yawmin ʿaẓīmin

They called him a liar, and so the torment of the Day of Shadow came upon them- it was the torment of a terrible day.

inna fī dhālika laāyatan wamā kāna aktharuhum mu'minīna

There truly is a sign in this, though most of them will not believe:

wa-inna rabbaka lahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-raḥīmu

your Lord alone is the Almighty, the Merciful.

wa-innahu latanzīlu rabbi l-ʿālamīna

Truly, this Quran has been sent down by the Lord of the Worlds:

nazala bihi l-rūḥu l-amīnu

the Trustworthy Spirit brought it down

ʿalā qalbika litakūna mina l-mundhirīna

to your heart [Prophet], so that you could bring warning

bilisānin ʿarabiyyin mubīnin

in a clear Arabic tongue.

wa-innahu lafī zuburi l-awalīna

This was foretold in the scriptures of earlier religions.

awalam yakun lahum āyatan an yaʿlamahu ʿulamāu banī is'rāīla

Is it not proof enough for them that the learned men of the Children of Israel have recognized it?

walaw nazzalnāhu ʿalā baʿḍi l-aʿjamīna

If We had sent it down to someone who was not an Arab,

faqara-ahu ʿalayhim mā kānū bihi mu'minīna

and he had recited it to them, they still would not have believed in it.

kadhālika salaknāhu fī qulūbi l-muj'rimīna

So We make it pass straight through the hearts of the guilty:

lā yu'minūna bihi ḥattā yarawū l-ʿadhāba l-alīma

they will not believe in it until they see the grievous torment,

fayatiyahum baghtatan wahum lā yashʿurūna

which will suddenly hit them when they are not expecting it,

fayaqūlū hal naḥnu munẓarūna

and then they will say, ‘Can we have more time?’

afabiʿadhābinā yastaʿjilūna

How can they ask that Our punishment be brought to them sooner?

afara-ayta in mattaʿnāhum sinīna

Think, if we let them enjoy this life for some years

thumma jāahum mā kānū yūʿadūna

and then the promised torment came upon them,

mā aghnā ʿanhum mā kānū yumattaʿūna

what good would their past enjoyment be to them?

wamā ahlaknā min qaryatin illā lahā mundhirūna

Never have We destroyed a town without sending down messengers to warn it,

dhik'rā wamā kunnā ẓālimīna

as a reminder from Us: We are never unjust.

wamā tanazzalat bihi l-shayāṭīnu

It was not the jinn who brought down this Quran:

wamā yanbaghī lahum wamā yastaṭīʿūna

it is neither in their interests nor in their power,

innahum ʿani l-samʿi lamaʿzūlūna

indeed they are prevented from overhearing it.

falā tadʿu maʿa l-lahi ilāhan ākhara fatakūna mina l-muʿadhabīna

So [Prophet] do not invoke any gods beside God, or you will incur punishment.

wa-andhir ʿashīrataka l-aqrabīna

Warn your nearest kinsfolk

wa-ikh'fiḍ janāḥaka limani ittabaʿaka mina l-mu'minīna

and lower your wing tenderly over the believers who follow you.

fa-in ʿaṣawka faqul innī barīon mimmā taʿmalūna

If they disobey you, say, ‘I bear no responsibility for your actions.’

watawakkal ʿalā l-ʿazīzi l-raḥīmi

Put your trust in the Almighty, the Merciful,

alladhī yarāka ḥīna taqūmu

who sees you when you stand up [for prayer]

wataqallubaka fī l-sājidīna

and sees your movements among the worshippers:

innahu huwa l-samīʿu l-ʿalīmu

He is the All Hearing, the All Knowing.

hal unabbi-ukum ʿalā man tanazzalu l-shayāṭīnu

Shall I tell you who the jinn come down to?

tanazzalu ʿalā kulli affākin athīmin

They come down to every lying sinner

yul'qūna l-samʿa wa-aktharuhum kādhibūna

who readily lends an ear to them, and most of them are liars:

wal-shuʿarāu yattabiʿuhumu l-ghāwūna

only those who are lost in error follow the poets.

alam tara annahum fī kulli wādin yahīmūna

Do you not see how they rove aimlessly in every valley;

wa-annahum yaqūlūna mā lā yafʿalūna

how they say what they do not do?

illā alladhīna āmanū waʿamilū l-ṣāliḥāti wadhakarū l-laha kathīran wa-intaṣarū min baʿdi mā ẓulimū wasayaʿlamu alladhīna ẓalamū ayya munqalabin yanqalibūna

Not so those [poets] who believe, do good deeds, remember God often, and defend themselves after they have been wronged. The evildoers will find out what they will return to.