26 - Surah Ash-Shu'ara الشعراء

Ta, Seen, Meem.

tta-seen-meem

These are the verses of the clear Book.

til'ka āyātu l-kitābi l-mubīni

Perhaps, [O Muhammad], you would kill yourself with grief that they will not be believers.

laʿallaka bākhiʿun nafsaka allā yakūnū mu'minīna

If We willed, We could send down to them from the sky a sign for which their necks would remain humbled.

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

And no revelation comes to them anew from the Most Merciful except that they turn away from it.

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

For they have already denied, but there will come to them the news of that which they used to ridicule.

faqad kadhabū fasayatīhim anbāu mā kānū bihi yastahziūna

Did they not look at the earth - how much We have produced therein from every noble kind?

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

Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.

inna fī dhālika laāyatan wamā kāna aktharuhum mu'minīna

And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.

wa-inna rabbaka lahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-raḥīmu

And [mention] when your Lord called Moses, [saying], "Go to the wrongdoing people -

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

The people of Pharaoh. Will they not fear Allah?"

qawma fir'ʿawna alā yattaqūna

He said, "My Lord, indeed I fear that they will deny me

qāla rabbi innī akhāfu an yukadhibūni

And that my breast will tighten and my tongue will not be fluent, so send for Aaron.

wayaḍīqu ṣadrī walā yanṭaliqu lisānī fa-arsil ilā hārūna

And they have upon me a [claim due to] sin, so I fear that they will kill me."

walahum ʿalayya dhanbun fa-akhāfu an yaqtulūni

[Allah] said, "No. Go both of you with Our signs; indeed, We are with you, listening.

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

Go to Pharaoh and say, 'We are the messengers of the Lord of the worlds,

fatiyā fir'ʿawna faqūlā innā rasūlu rabbi l-ʿālamīna

[Commanded to say], "Send with us the Children of Israel."'"

an arsil maʿanā banī is'rāīla

[Pharaoh] said, "Did we not raise you among us as a child, and you remained among us for years of your life?

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

And [then] you did your deed which you did, and you were of the ungrateful."

wafaʿalta faʿlataka allatī faʿalta wa-anta mina l-kāfirīna

[Moses] said, "I did it, then, while I was of those astray.

qāla faʿaltuhā idhan wa-anā mina l-ḍālīna

So I fled from you when I feared you. Then my Lord granted me wisdom and prophethood and appointed me [as one] of the messengers.

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

And is this a favor of which you remind me - that you have enslaved the Children of Israel?"

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

Said Pharaoh, "And what is the Lord of the worlds?"

qāla fir'ʿawnu wamā rabbu l-ʿālamīna

[Moses] said, "The Lord of the heavens and earth and that between them, if you should be convinced."

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

[Pharaoh] said to those around him, "Do you not hear?"

qāla liman ḥawlahu alā tastamiʿūna

[Moses] said, "Your Lord and the Lord of your first forefathers."

qāla rabbukum warabbu ābāikumu l-awalīna

[Pharaoh] said, "Indeed, your 'messenger' who has been sent to you is mad."

qāla inna rasūlakumu alladhī ur'sila ilaykum lamajnūnun

[Moses] said, "Lord of the east and the west and that between them, if you were to reason."

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

[Pharaoh] said, "If you take a god other than me, I will surely place you among those imprisoned."

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

[Moses] said, "Even if I brought you proof manifest?"

qāla awalaw ji'tuka bishayin mubīnin

[Pharaoh] said, "Then bring it, if you should be of the truthful."

qāla fati bihi in kunta mina l-ṣādiqīna

So [Moses] threw his staff, and suddenly it was a serpent manifest.

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

And he drew out his hand; thereupon it was white for the observers.

wanazaʿa yadahu fa-idhā hiya bayḍāu lilnnāẓirīna

[Pharaoh] said to the eminent ones around him, "Indeed, this is a learned magician.

qāla lil'mala-i ḥawlahu inna hādhā lasāḥirun ʿalīmun

He wants to drive you out of your land by his magic, so what do you advise?"

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

They said, "Postpone [the matter of] him and his brother and send among the cities gatherers

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

Who will bring you every learned, skilled magician."

yatūka bikulli saḥḥārin ʿalīmin

So the magicians were assembled for the appointment of a well-known day.

fajumiʿa l-saḥaratu limīqāti yawmin maʿlūmin

And it was said to the people, "Will you congregate

waqīla lilnnāsi hal antum muj'tamiʿūna

That we might follow the magicians if they are the predominant?"

laʿallanā nattabiʿu l-saḥarata in kānū humu l-ghālibīna

And when the magicians arrived, they said to Pharaoh, "Is there indeed for us a reward if we are the predominant?"

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

He said, "Yes, and indeed, you will then be of those near [to me]."

qāla naʿam wa-innakum idhan lamina l-muqarabīna

Moses said to them, "Throw whatever you will throw."

qāla lahum mūsā alqū mā antum mul'qūna

So they threw their ropes and their staffs and said, "By the might of Pharaoh, indeed it is we who are predominant."

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

Then Moses threw his staff, and at once it devoured what they falsified.

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

So the magicians fell down in prostration [to Allah].

fa-ul'qiya l-saḥaratu sājidīna

They said, "We have believed in the Lord of the worlds,

qālū āmannā birabbi l-ʿālamīna

The Lord of Moses and Aaron."

rabbi mūsā wahārūna

[Pharaoh] said, "You believed Moses before I gave you permission. Indeed, he is your leader who has taught you magic, but you are going to know. I will surely cut off your hands and your feet on opposite sides, and I will surely crucify you all."

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

They said, "No harm. Indeed, to our Lord we will return.

qālū lā ḍayra innā ilā rabbinā munqalibūna

Indeed, we aspire that our Lord will forgive us our sins because we were the first of the believers."

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

And We inspired to Moses, "Travel by night with My servants; indeed, you will be pursued."

wa-awḥaynā ilā mūsā an asri biʿibādī innakum muttabaʿūna

Then Pharaoh sent among the cities gatherers

fa-arsala fir'ʿawnu fī l-madāini ḥāshirīna

[And said], "Indeed, those are but a small band,

inna hāulāi lashir'dhimatun qalīlūna

And indeed, they are enraging us,

wa-innahum lanā laghāiẓūna

And indeed, we are a cautious society... "

wa-innā lajamīʿun ḥādhirūna

So We removed them from gardens and springs

fa-akhrajnāhum min jannātin waʿuyūnin

And treasures and honorable station -

wakunūzin wamaqāmin karīmin

Thus. And We caused to inherit it the Children of Israel.

kadhālika wa-awrathnāhā banī is'rāīla

So they pursued them at sunrise.

fa-atbaʿūhum mush'riqīna

And when the two companies saw one another, the companions of Moses said, "Indeed, we are to be overtaken!"

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

[Moses] said, "No! Indeed, with me is my Lord; He will guide me."

qāla kallā inna maʿiya rabbī sayahdīni

Then We inspired to Moses, "Strike with your staff the sea," and it parted, and each portion was like a great towering mountain.

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

And We advanced thereto the pursuers.

wa-azlafnā thamma l-ākharīna

And We saved Moses and those with him, all together.

wa-anjaynā mūsā waman maʿahu ajmaʿīna

Then We drowned the others.

thumma aghraqnā l-ākharīna

Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.

inna fī dhālika laāyatan wamā kāna aktharuhum mu'minīna

And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.

wa-inna rabbaka lahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-raḥīmu

And recite to them the news of Abraham,

wa-ut'lu ʿalayhim naba-a ib'rāhīma

When he said to his father and his people, "What do you worship?"

idh qāla li-abīhi waqawmihi mā taʿbudūna

They said, "We worship idols and remain to them devoted."

qālū naʿbudu aṣnāman fanaẓallu lahā ʿākifīna

He said, "Do they hear you when you supplicate?

qāla hal yasmaʿūnakum idh tadʿūna

Or do they benefit you, or do they harm?"

aw yanfaʿūnakum aw yaḍurrūna

They said, "But we found our fathers doing thus."

qālū bal wajadnā ābāanā kadhālika yafʿalūna

He said, "Then do you see what you have been worshipping,

qāla afara-aytum mā kuntum taʿbudūna

You and your ancient forefathers?

antum waābāukumu l-aqdamūna

Indeed, they are enemies to me, except the Lord of the worlds,

fa-innahum ʿaduwwun lī illā rabba l-ʿālamīna

Who created me, and He [it is who] guides me.

alladhī khalaqanī fahuwa yahdīni

And it is He who feeds me and gives me drink.

wa-alladhī huwa yuṭ'ʿimunī wayasqīni

And when I am ill, it is He who cures me

wa-idhā mariḍ'tu fahuwa yashfīni

And who will cause me to die and then bring me to life

wa-alladhī yumītunī thumma yuḥ'yīni

And who I aspire that He will forgive me my sin on the Day of Recompense."

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

[And he said], "My Lord, grant me authority and join me with the righteous.

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

And grant me a reputation of honor among later generations.

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

And place me among the inheritors of the Garden of Pleasure.

wa-ij'ʿalnī min warathati jannati l-naʿīmi

And forgive my father. Indeed, he has been of those astray.

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

And do not disgrace me on the Day they are [all] resurrected -

walā tukh'zinī yawma yub'ʿathūna

The Day when there will not benefit [anyone] wealth or children

yawma lā yanfaʿu mālun walā banūna

But only one who comes to Allah with a sound heart."

illā man atā l-laha biqalbin salīmin

And Paradise will be brought near [that Day] to the righteous.

wa-uz'lifati l-janatu lil'muttaqīna

And Hellfire will be brought forth for the deviators,

waburrizati l-jaḥīmu lil'ghāwīna

And it will be said to them, "Where are those you used to worship

waqīla lahum ayna mā kuntum taʿbudūna

Other than Allah? Can they help you or help themselves?"

min dūni l-lahi hal yanṣurūnakum aw yantaṣirūna

So they will be overturned into Hellfire, they and the deviators

fakub'kibū fīhā hum wal-ghāwūna

And the soldiers of Iblees, all together.

wajunūdu ib'līsa ajmaʿūna

They will say while they dispute therein,

qālū wahum fīhā yakhtaṣimūna

"By Allah, we were indeed in manifest error

tal-lahi in kunnā lafī ḍalālin mubīnin

When we equated you with the Lord of the worlds.

idh nusawwīkum birabbi l-ʿālamīna

And no one misguided us except the criminals.

wamā aḍallanā illā l-muj'rimūna

So now we have no intercessors

famā lanā min shāfiʿīna

And not a devoted friend.

walā ṣadīqin ḥamīmin

Then if we only had a return [to the world] and could be of the believers... "

falaw anna lanā karratan fanakūna mina l-mu'minīna

Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.

inna fī dhālika laāyatan wamā kāna aktharuhum mu'minīna

And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.

wa-inna rabbaka lahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-raḥīmu

The people of Noah denied the messengers

kadhabat qawmu nūḥin l-mur'salīna

When their brother Noah said to them, "Will you not fear Allah?

idh qāla lahum akhūhum nūḥun alā tattaqūna

Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger.

innī lakum rasūlun amīnun

So fear Allah and obey me.

fa-ittaqū l-laha wa-aṭīʿūni

And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds.

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

So fear Allah and obey me."

fa-ittaqū l-laha wa-aṭīʿūni

They said, "Should we believe you while you are followed by the lowest [class of people]?"

qālū anu'minu laka wa-ittabaʿaka l-ardhalūna

He said, "And what is my knowledge of what they used to do?

qāla wamā ʿil'mī bimā kānū yaʿmalūna

Their account is only upon my Lord, if you [could] perceive.

in ḥisābuhum illā ʿalā rabbī law tashʿurūna

And I am not one to drive away the believers.

wamā anā biṭāridi l-mu'minīna

I am only a clear warner."

in anā illā nadhīrun mubīnun

They said, "If you do not desist, O Noah, you will surely be of those who are stoned."

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

He said, "My Lord, indeed my people have denied me.

qāla rabbi inna qawmī kadhabūni

Then judge between me and them with decisive judgement and save me and those with me of the believers."

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

So We saved him and those with him in the laden ship.

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

Then We drowned thereafter the remaining ones.

thumma aghraqnā baʿdu l-bāqīna

Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.

inna fī dhālika laāyatan wamā kāna aktharuhum mu'minīna

And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.

wa-inna rabbaka lahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-raḥīmu

'Aad denied the messengers

kadhabat ʿādun l-mur'salīna

When their brother Hud said to them, "Will you not fear Allah?

idh qāla lahum akhūhum hūdun alā tattaqūna

Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger.

innī lakum rasūlun amīnun

So fear Allah and obey me.

fa-ittaqū l-laha wa-aṭīʿūni

And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds.

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

Do you construct on every elevation a sign, amusing yourselves,

atabnūna bikulli rīʿin āyatan taʿbathūna

And take for yourselves palaces and fortresses that you might abide eternally?

watattakhidhūna maṣāniʿa laʿallakum takhludūna

And when you strike, you strike as tyrants.

wa-idhā baṭashtum baṭashtum jabbārīna

So fear Allah and obey me.

fa-ittaqū l-laha wa-aṭīʿūni

And fear He who provided you with that which you know,

wa-ittaqū alladhī amaddakum bimā taʿlamūna

Provided you with grazing livestock and children

amaddakum bi-anʿāmin wabanīna

And gardens and springs.

wajannātin waʿuyūnin

Indeed, I fear for you the punishment of a terrible day."

innī akhāfu ʿalaykum ʿadhāba yawmin ʿaẓīmin

They said, "It is all the same to us whether you advise or are not of the advisors.

qālū sawāon ʿalaynā awaʿaẓta am lam takun mina l-wāʿiẓīna

This is not but the custom of the former peoples,

in hādhā illā khuluqu l-awalīna

And we are not to be punished."

wamā naḥnu bimuʿadhabīna

And they denied him, so We destroyed them. Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.

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

And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.

wa-inna rabbaka lahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-raḥīmu

Thamud denied the messengers

kadhabat thamūdu l-mur'salīna

When their brother Salih said to them, "Will you not fear Allah?

idh qāla lahum akhūhum ṣāliḥun alā tattaqūna

Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger.

innī lakum rasūlun amīnun

So fear Allah and obey me.

fa-ittaqū l-laha wa-aṭīʿūni

And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds.

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

Will you be left in what is here, secure [from death],

atut'rakūna fī mā hāhunā āminīna

Within gardens and springs

fī jannātin waʿuyūnin

And fields of crops and palm trees with softened fruit?

wazurūʿin wanakhlin ṭalʿuhā haḍīmun

And you carve out of the mountains, homes, with skill.

watanḥitūna mina l-jibāli buyūtan fārihīna

So fear Allah and obey me.

fa-ittaqū l-laha wa-aṭīʿūni

And do not obey the order of the transgressors,

walā tuṭīʿū amra l-mus'rifīna

Who cause corruption in the land and do not amend."

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

They said, "You are only of those affected by magic.

qālū innamā anta mina l-musaḥarīna

You are but a man like ourselves, so bring a sign, if you should be of the truthful."

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

He said, "This is a she-camel. For her is a [time of] drink, and for you is a [time of] drink, [each] on a known day.

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

And do not touch her with harm, lest you be seized by the punishment of a terrible day."

walā tamassūhā bisūin fayakhudhakum ʿadhābu yawmin ʿaẓīmin

But they hamstrung her and so became regretful.

faʿaqarūhā fa-aṣbaḥū nādimīna

And the punishment seized them. Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.

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

And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.

wa-inna rabbaka lahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-raḥīmu

The people of Lot denied the messengers

kadhabat qawmu lūṭin l-mur'salīna

When their brother Lot said to them, "Will you not fear Allah?

idh qāla lahum akhūhum lūṭun alā tattaqūna

Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger.

innī lakum rasūlun amīnun

So fear Allah and obey me.

fa-ittaqū l-laha wa-aṭīʿūni

And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds.

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

Do you approach males among the worlds

atatūna l-dhuk'rāna mina l-ʿālamīna

And leave what your Lord has created for you as mates? But you are a people transgressing."

watadharūna mā khalaqa lakum rabbukum min azwājikum bal antum qawmun ʿādūna

They said, "If you do not desist, O Lot, you will surely be of those evicted."

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

He said, "Indeed, I am, toward your deed, of those who detest [it].

qāla innī liʿamalikum mina l-qālīna

My Lord, save me and my family from [the consequence of] what they do."

rabbi najjinī wa-ahlī mimmā yaʿmalūna

So We saved him and his family, all,

fanajjaynāhu wa-ahlahu ajmaʿīna

Except an old woman among those who remained behind.

illā ʿajūzan fī l-ghābirīna

Then We destroyed the others.

thumma dammarnā l-ākharīna

And We rained upon them a rain [of stones], and evil was the rain of those who were warned.

wa-amṭarnā ʿalayhim maṭaran fasāa maṭaru l-mundharīna

Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.

inna fī dhālika laāyatan wamā kāna aktharuhum mu'minīna

And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.

wa-inna rabbaka lahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-raḥīmu

The companions of the thicket denied the messengers

kadhaba aṣḥābu al'aykati l-mur'salīna

When Shu'ayb said to them, "Will you not fear Allah?

idh qāla lahum shuʿaybun alā tattaqūna

Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger.

innī lakum rasūlun amīnun

So fear Allah and obey me.

fa-ittaqū l-laha wa-aṭīʿūni

And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds.

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

Give full measure and do not be of those who cause loss.

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

And weigh with an even balance.

wazinū bil-qis'ṭāsi l-mus'taqīmi

And do not deprive people of their due and do not commit abuse on earth, spreading corruption.

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

And fear He who created you and the former creation."

wa-ittaqū alladhī khalaqakum wal-jibilata l-awalīna

They said, "You are only of those affected by magic.

qālū innamā anta mina l-musaḥarīna

You are but a man like ourselves, and indeed, we think you are among the liars.

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

So cause to fall upon us fragments of the sky, if you should be of the truthful."

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

He said, "My Lord is most knowing of what you do."

qāla rabbī aʿlamu bimā taʿmalūna

And they denied him, so the punishment of the day of the black cloud seized them. Indeed, it was the punishment of a terrible day.

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

Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.

inna fī dhālika laāyatan wamā kāna aktharuhum mu'minīna

And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.

wa-inna rabbaka lahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-raḥīmu

And indeed, the Qur'an is the revelation of the Lord of the worlds.

wa-innahu latanzīlu rabbi l-ʿālamīna

The Trustworthy Spirit has brought it down

nazala bihi l-rūḥu l-amīnu

Upon your heart, [O Muhammad] - that you may be of the warners -

ʿalā qalbika litakūna mina l-mundhirīna

In a clear Arabic language.

bilisānin ʿarabiyyin mubīnin

And indeed, it is [mentioned] in the scriptures of former peoples.

wa-innahu lafī zuburi l-awalīna

And has it not been a sign to them that it is recognized by the scholars of the Children of Israel?

awalam yakun lahum āyatan an yaʿlamahu ʿulamāu banī is'rāīla

And even if We had revealed it to one among the foreigners

walaw nazzalnāhu ʿalā baʿḍi l-aʿjamīna

And he had recited it to them [perfectly], they would [still] not have been believers in it.

faqara-ahu ʿalayhim mā kānū bihi mu'minīna

Thus have We inserted disbelief into the hearts of the criminals.

kadhālika salaknāhu fī qulūbi l-muj'rimīna

They will not believe in it until they see the painful punishment.

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

And it will come to them suddenly while they perceive [it] not.

fayatiyahum baghtatan wahum lā yashʿurūna

And they will say, "May we be reprieved?"

fayaqūlū hal naḥnu munẓarūna

So for Our punishment are they impatient?

afabiʿadhābinā yastaʿjilūna

Then have you considered if We gave them enjoyment for years

afara-ayta in mattaʿnāhum sinīna

And then there came to them that which they were promised?

thumma jāahum mā kānū yūʿadūna

They would not be availed by the enjoyment with which they were provided.

mā aghnā ʿanhum mā kānū yumattaʿūna

And We did not destroy any city except that it had warners

wamā ahlaknā min qaryatin illā lahā mundhirūna

As a reminder; and never have We been unjust.

dhik'rā wamā kunnā ẓālimīna

And the devils have not brought the revelation down.

wamā tanazzalat bihi l-shayāṭīnu

It is not allowable for them, nor would they be able.

wamā yanbaghī lahum wamā yastaṭīʿūna

Indeed they, from [its] hearing, are removed.

innahum ʿani l-samʿi lamaʿzūlūna

So do not invoke with Allah another deity and [thus] be among the punished.

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

And warn, [O Muhammad], your closest kindred.

wa-andhir ʿashīrataka l-aqrabīna

And lower your wing to those who follow you of the believers.

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

And if they disobey you, then say, "Indeed, I am disassociated from what you are doing."

fa-in ʿaṣawka faqul innī barīon mimmā taʿmalūna

And rely upon the Exalted in Might, the Merciful,

watawakkal ʿalā l-ʿazīzi l-raḥīmi

Who sees you when you arise

alladhī yarāka ḥīna taqūmu

And your movement among those who prostrate.

wataqallubaka fī l-sājidīna

Indeed, He is the Hearing, the Knowing.

innahu huwa l-samīʿu l-ʿalīmu

Shall I inform you upon whom the devils descend?

hal unabbi-ukum ʿalā man tanazzalu l-shayāṭīnu

They descend upon every sinful liar.

tanazzalu ʿalā kulli affākin athīmin

They pass on what is heard, and most of them are liars.

yul'qūna l-samʿa wa-aktharuhum kādhibūna

And the poets - [only] the deviators follow them;

wal-shuʿarāu yattabiʿuhumu l-ghāwūna

Do you not see that in every valley they roam

alam tara annahum fī kulli wādin yahīmūna

And that they say what they do not do? -

wa-annahum yaqūlūna mā lā yafʿalūna

Except those [poets] who believe and do righteous deeds and remember Allah often and defend [the Muslims] after they were wronged. And those who have wronged are going to know to what [kind of] return they will be returned.

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