43 - Surah Az-Zukhruf الزخرف

Ha, Meem.

hha-meem

By the clear Book,

wal-kitābi l-mubīni

Indeed, We have made it an Arabic Qur'an that you might understand.

innā jaʿalnāhu qur'ānan ʿarabiyyan laʿallakum taʿqilūna

And indeed it is, in the Mother of the Book with Us, exalted and full of wisdom.

wa-innahu fī ummi l-kitābi ladaynā laʿaliyyun ḥakīmun

Then should We turn the message away, disregarding you, because you are a transgressing people?

afanaḍribu ʿankumu l-dhik'ra ṣafḥan an kuntum qawman mus'rifīna

And how many a prophet We sent among the former peoples,

wakam arsalnā min nabiyyin fī l-awalīna

But there would not come to them a prophet except that they used to ridicule him.

wamā yatīhim min nabiyyin illā kānū bihi yastahziūna

And We destroyed greater than them in [striking] power, and the example of the former peoples has preceded.

fa-ahlaknā ashadda min'hum baṭshan wamaḍā mathalu l-awalīna

And if you should ask them, "Who has created the heavens and the earth?" they would surely say, "They were created by the Exalted in Might, the Knowing."

wala-in sa-altahum man khalaqa l-samāwāti wal-arḍa layaqūlunna khalaqahunna l-ʿazīzu l-ʿalīmu

[The one] who has made for you the earth a bed and made for you upon it roads that you might be guided

alladhī jaʿala lakumu l-arḍa mahdan wajaʿala lakum fīhā subulan laʿallakum tahtadūna

And who sends down rain from the sky in measured amounts, and We revive thereby a dead land - thus will you be brought forth -

wa-alladhī nazzala mina l-samāi māan biqadarin fa-ansharnā bihi baldatan maytan kadhālika tukh'rajūna

And who created the species, all of them, and has made for you of ships and animals those which you mount.

wa-alladhī khalaqa l-azwāja kullahā wajaʿala lakum mina l-ful'ki wal-anʿāmi mā tarkabūna

That you may settle yourselves upon their backs and then remember the favor of your Lord when you have settled upon them and say. "Exalted is He who has subjected this to us, and we could not have [otherwise] subdued it.

litastawū ʿalā ẓuhūrihi thumma tadhkurū niʿ'mata rabbikum idhā is'tawaytum ʿalayhi wataqūlū sub'ḥāna alladhī sakhara lanā hādhā wamā kunnā lahu muq'rinīna

And indeed we, to our Lord, will [surely] return."

wa-innā ilā rabbinā lamunqalibūna

But they have attributed to Him from His servants a portion. Indeed, man is clearly ungrateful.

wajaʿalū lahu min ʿibādihi juz'an inna l-insāna lakafūrun mubīnun

Or has He taken, out of what He has created, daughters and chosen you for [having] sons?

ami ittakhadha mimmā yakhluqu banātin wa-aṣfākum bil-banīna

And when one of them is given good tidings of that which he attributes to the Most Merciful in comparison, his face becomes dark, and he suppresses grief.

wa-idhā bushira aḥaduhum bimā ḍaraba lilrraḥmāni mathalan ẓalla wajhuhu mus'waddan wahuwa kaẓīmun

So is one brought up in ornaments while being during conflict unevident [attributed to Allah]?

awaman yunasha-u fī l-ḥil'yati wahuwa fī l-khiṣāmi ghayru mubīnin

And they have made the angels, who are servants of the Most Merciful, females. Did they witness their creation? Their testimony will be recorded, and they will be questioned.

wajaʿalū l-malāikata alladhīna hum ʿibādu l-raḥmāni ināthan ashahidū khalqahum satuk'tabu shahādatuhum wayus'alūna

And they said, "If the Most Merciful had willed, we would not have worshipped them." They have of that no knowledge. They are not but falsifying.

waqālū law shāa l-raḥmānu mā ʿabadnāhum mā lahum bidhālika min ʿil'min in hum illā yakhruṣūna

Or have We given them a book before the Qur'an to which they are adhering?

am ātaynāhum kitāban min qablihi fahum bihi mus'tamsikūna

Rather, they say, "Indeed, we found our fathers upon a religion, and we are in their footsteps [rightly] guided."

bal qālū innā wajadnā ābāanā ʿalā ummatin wa-innā ʿalā āthārihim muh'tadūna

And similarly, We did not send before you any warner into a city except that its affluent said, "Indeed, we found our fathers upon a religion, and we are, in their footsteps, following."

wakadhālika mā arsalnā min qablika fī qaryatin min nadhīrin illā qāla mut'rafūhā innā wajadnā ābāanā ʿalā ummatin wa-innā ʿalā āthārihim muq'tadūna

[Each warner] said, "Even if I brought you better guidance than that [religion] upon which you found your fathers?" They said, "Indeed we, in that with which you were sent, are disbelievers."

qāla awalaw ji'tukum bi-ahdā mimmā wajadttum ʿalayhi ābāakum qālū innā bimā ur'sil'tum bihi kāfirūna

So we took retribution from them; then see how was the end of the deniers.

fa-intaqamnā min'hum fa-unẓur kayfa kāna ʿāqibatu l-mukadhibīna

And [mention, O Muhammad], when Abraham said to his father and his people, "Indeed, I am disassociated from that which you worship

wa-idh qāla ib'rāhīmu li-abīhi waqawmihi innanī barāon mimmā taʿbudūna

Except for He who created me; and indeed, He will guide me."

illā alladhī faṭaranī fa-innahu sayahdīni

And he made it a word remaining among his descendants that they might return [to it].

wajaʿalahā kalimatan bāqiyatan fī ʿaqibihi laʿallahum yarjiʿūna

However, I gave enjoyment to these [people of Makkah] and their fathers until there came to them the truth and a clear Messenger.

bal mattaʿtu hāulāi waābāahum ḥattā jāahumu l-ḥaqu warasūlun mubīnun

But when the truth came to them, they said, "This is magic, and indeed we are, concerning it, disbelievers."

walammā jāahumu l-ḥaqu qālū hādhā siḥ'run wa-innā bihi kāfirūna

And they said, "Why was this Qur'an not sent down upon a great man from [one of] the two cities?"

waqālū lawlā nuzzila hādhā l-qur'ānu ʿalā rajulin mina l-qaryatayni ʿaẓīmin

Do they distribute the mercy of your Lord? It is We who have apportioned among them their livelihood in the life of this world and have raised some of them above others in degrees [of rank] that they may make use of one another for service. But the mercy of your Lord is better than whatever they accumulate.

ahum yaqsimūna raḥmata rabbika naḥnu qasamnā baynahum maʿīshatahum fī l-ḥayati l-dun'yā warafaʿnā baʿḍahum fawqa baʿḍin darajātin liyattakhidha baʿḍuhum baʿḍan sukh'riyyan waraḥmatu rabbika khayrun mimmā yajmaʿūna

And if it were not that the people would become one community [of disbelievers], We would have made for those who disbelieve in the Most Merciful - for their houses - ceilings and stairways of silver upon which to mount

walawlā an yakūna l-nāsu ummatan wāḥidatan lajaʿalnā liman yakfuru bil-raḥmāni libuyūtihim suqufan min fiḍḍatin wamaʿārija ʿalayhā yaẓharūna

And for their houses - doors and couches [of silver] upon which to recline

walibuyūtihim abwāban wasururan ʿalayhā yattakiūna

And gold ornament. But all that is not but the enjoyment of worldly life. And the Hereafter with your Lord is for the righteous.

wazukh'rufan wa-in kullu dhālika lammā matāʿu l-ḥayati l-dun'yā wal-ākhiratu ʿinda rabbika lil'muttaqīna

And whoever is blinded from remembrance of the Most Merciful - We appoint for him a devil, and he is to him a companion.

waman yaʿshu ʿan dhik'ri l-raḥmāni nuqayyiḍ lahu shayṭānan fahuwa lahu qarīnun

And indeed, the devils avert them from the way [of guidance] while they think that they are [rightly] guided

wa-innahum layaṣuddūnahum ʿani l-sabīli wayaḥsabūna annahum muh'tadūna

Until, when he comes to Us [at Judgement], he says [to his companion], "Oh, I wish there was between me and you the distance between the east and west - how wretched a companion."

ḥattā idhā jāanā qāla yālayta baynī wabaynaka buʿ'da l-mashriqayni fabi'sa l-qarīnu

And never will it benefit you that Day, when you have wronged, that you are [all] sharing in the punishment.

walan yanfaʿakumu l-yawma idh ẓalamtum annakum fī l-ʿadhābi mush'tarikūna

Then will you make the deaf hear, [O Muhammad], or guide the blind or he who is in clear error?

afa-anta tus'miʿu l-ṣuma aw tahdī l-ʿum'ya waman kāna fī ḍalālin mubīnin

And whether [or not] We take you away [in death], indeed, We will take retribution upon them.

fa-immā nadhhabanna bika fa-innā min'hum muntaqimūna

Or whether [or not] We show you that which We have promised them, indeed, We are Perfect in Ability.

aw nuriyannaka alladhī waʿadnāhum fa-innā ʿalayhim muq'tadirūna

So adhere to that which is revealed to you. Indeed, you are on a straight path.

fa-is'tamsik bi-alladhī ūḥiya ilayka innaka ʿalā ṣirāṭin mus'taqīmin

And indeed, it is a remembrance for you and your people, and you [all] are going to be questioned.

wa-innahu ladhik'run laka waliqawmika wasawfa tus'alūna

And ask those We sent before you of Our messengers; have We made besides the Most Merciful deities to be worshipped?

wasal man arsalnā min qablika min rusulinā ajaʿalnā min dūni l-raḥmāni ālihatan yuʿ'badūna

And certainly did We send Moses with Our signs to Pharaoh and his establishment, and he said, "Indeed, I am the messenger of the Lord of the worlds."

walaqad arsalnā mūsā biāyātinā ilā fir'ʿawna wamala-ihi faqāla innī rasūlu rabbi l-ʿālamīna

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

falammā jāahum biāyātinā idhā hum min'hā yaḍḥakūna

And We showed them not a sign except that it was greater than its sister, and We seized them with affliction that perhaps they might return [to faith].

wamā nurīhim min āyatin illā hiya akbaru min ukh'tihā wa-akhadhnāhum bil-ʿadhābi laʿallahum yarjiʿūna

And they said [to Moses], "O magician, invoke for us your Lord by what He has promised you. Indeed, we will be guided."

waqālū yāayyuha l-sāḥiru ud'ʿu lanā rabbaka bimā ʿahida ʿindaka innanā lamuh'tadūna

But when We removed from them the affliction, at once they broke their word.

falammā kashafnā ʿanhumu l-ʿadhāba idhā hum yankuthūna

And Pharaoh called out among his people; he said, "O my people, does not the kingdom of Egypt belong to me, and these rivers flowing beneath me; then do you not see?

wanādā fir'ʿawnu fī qawmihi qāla yāqawmi alaysa lī mul'ku miṣ'ra wahādhihi l-anhāru tajrī min taḥtī afalā tub'ṣirūna

Or am I [not] better than this one who is insignificant and hardly makes himself clear?

am anā khayrun min hādhā alladhī huwa mahīnun walā yakādu yubīnu

Then why have there not been placed upon him bracelets of gold or come with him the angels in conjunction?"

falawlā ul'qiya ʿalayhi aswiratun min dhahabin aw jāa maʿahu l-malāikatu muq'tarinīna

So he bluffed his people, and they obeyed him. Indeed, they were [themselves] a people defiantly disobedient [of Allah].

fa-is'takhaffa qawmahu fa-aṭāʿūhu innahum kānū qawman fāsiqīna

And when they angered Us, We took retribution from them and drowned them all.

falammā āsafūnā intaqamnā min'hum fa-aghraqnāhum ajmaʿīna

And We made them a precedent and an example for the later peoples.

fajaʿalnāhum salafan wamathalan lil'ākhirīna

And when the son of Mary was presented as an example, immediately your people laughed aloud.

walammā ḍuriba ub'nu maryama mathalan idhā qawmuka min'hu yaṣiddūna

And they said, "Are your gods better, or is he?" They did not present the comparison except for [mere] argument. But, [in fact], they are a people prone to dispute.

waqālū aālihatunā khayrun am huwa mā ḍarabūhu laka illā jadalan bal hum qawmun khaṣimūna

Jesus was not but a servant upon whom We bestowed favor, and We made him an example for the Children of Israel.

in huwa illā ʿabdun anʿamnā ʿalayhi wajaʿalnāhu mathalan libanī is'rāīla

And if We willed, We could have made [instead] of you angels succeeding [one another] on the earth.

walaw nashāu lajaʿalnā minkum malāikatan fī l-arḍi yakhlufūna

And indeed, Jesus will be [a sign for] knowledge of the Hour, so be not in doubt of it, and follow Me. This is a straight path.

wa-innahu laʿil'mun lilssāʿati falā tamtarunna bihā wa-ittabiʿūni hādhā ṣirāṭun mus'taqīmun

And never let Satan avert you. Indeed, he is to you a clear enemy.

walā yaṣuddannakumu l-shayṭānu innahu lakum ʿaduwwun mubīnun

And when Jesus brought clear proofs, he said, "I have come to you with wisdom and to make clear to you some of that over which you differ, so fear Allah and obey me.

walammā jāa ʿīsā bil-bayināti qāla qad ji'tukum bil-ḥik'mati wali-ubayyina lakum baʿḍa alladhī takhtalifūna fīhi fa-ittaqū l-laha wa-aṭīʿūni

Indeed, Allah is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him. This is a straight path."

inna l-laha huwa rabbī warabbukum fa-uʿ'budūhu hādhā ṣirāṭun mus'taqīmun

But the denominations from among them differed [and separated], so woe to those who have wronged from the punishment of a painful Day.

fa-ikh'talafa l-aḥzābu min baynihim fawaylun lilladhīna ẓalamū min ʿadhābi yawmin alīmin

Are they waiting except for the Hour to come upon them suddenly while they perceive not?

hal yanẓurūna illā l-sāʿata an tatiyahum baghtatan wahum lā yashʿurūna

Close friends, that Day, will be enemies to each other, except for the righteous

al-akhilāu yawma-idhin baʿḍuhum libaʿḍin ʿaduwwun illā l-mutaqīna

[To whom Allah will say], "O My servants, no fear will there be concerning you this Day, nor will you grieve,

yāʿibādi lā khawfun ʿalaykumu l-yawma walā antum taḥzanūna

[You] who believed in Our verses and were Muslims.

alladhīna āmanū biāyātinā wakānū mus'limīna

Enter Paradise, you and your kinds, delighted."

ud'khulū l-janata antum wa-azwājukum tuḥ'barūna

Circulated among them will be plates and vessels of gold. And therein is whatever the souls desire and [what] delights the eyes, and you will abide therein eternally.

yuṭāfu ʿalayhim biṣiḥāfin min dhahabin wa-akwābin wafīhā mā tashtahīhi l-anfusu wataladhu l-aʿyunu wa-antum fīhā khālidūna

And that is Paradise which you are made to inherit for what you used to do.

watil'ka l-janatu allatī ūrith'tumūhā bimā kuntum taʿmalūna

For you therein is much fruit from which you will eat.

lakum fīhā fākihatun kathīratun min'hā takulūna

Indeed, the criminals will be in the punishment of Hell, abiding eternally.

inna l-muj'rimīna fī ʿadhābi jahannama khālidūna

It will not be allowed to subside for them, and they, therein, are in despair.

lā yufattaru ʿanhum wahum fīhi mub'lisūna

And We did not wrong them, but it was they who were the wrongdoers.

wamā ẓalamnāhum walākin kānū humu l-ẓālimīna

And they will call, "O Malik, let your Lord put an end to us!" He will say, "Indeed, you will remain."

wanādaw yāmāliku liyaqḍi ʿalaynā rabbuka qāla innakum mākithūna

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

laqad ji'nākum bil-ḥaqi walākinna aktharakum lil'ḥaqqi kārihūna

Or have they devised [some] affair? But indeed, We are devising [a plan].

am abramū amran fa-innā mub'rimūna

Or do they think that We hear not their secrets and their private conversations? Yes, [We do], and Our messengers are with them recording.

am yaḥsabūna annā lā nasmaʿu sirrahum wanajwāhum balā warusulunā ladayhim yaktubūna

Say, [O Muhammad], "If the Most Merciful had a son, then I would be the first of [his] worshippers."

qul in kāna lilrraḥmāni waladun fa-anā awwalu l-ʿābidīna

Exalted is the Lord of the heavens and the earth, Lord of the Throne, above what they describe.

sub'ḥāna rabbi l-samāwāti wal-arḍi rabbi l-ʿarshi ʿammā yaṣifūna

So leave them to converse vainly and amuse themselves until they meet their Day which they are promised.

fadharhum yakhūḍū wayalʿabū ḥattā yulāqū yawmahumu alladhī yūʿadūna

And it is Allah who is [the only] deity in the heaven, and on the earth [the only] deity. And He is the Wise, the Knowing.

wahuwa alladhī fī l-samāi ilāhun wafī l-arḍi ilāhun wahuwa l-ḥakīmu l-ʿalīmu

And blessed is He to whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them and with whom is knowledge of the Hour and to whom you will be returned.

watabāraka alladhī lahu mul'ku l-samāwāti wal-arḍi wamā baynahumā waʿindahu ʿil'mu l-sāʿati wa-ilayhi tur'jaʿūna

And those they invoke besides Him do not possess [power of] intercession; but only those who testify to the truth [can benefit], and they know.

walā yamliku alladhīna yadʿūna min dūnihi l-shafāʿata illā man shahida bil-ḥaqi wahum yaʿlamūna

And if you asked them who created them, they would surely say, "Allah." So how are they deluded?

wala-in sa-altahum man khalaqahum layaqūlunna l-lahu fa-annā yu'fakūna

And [Allah acknowledges] his saying, "O my Lord, indeed these are a people who do not believe."

waqīlihi yārabbi inna hāulāi qawmun lā yu'minūna

So turn aside from them and say, "Peace." But they are going to know.

fa-iṣ'faḥ ʿanhum waqul salāmun fasawfa yaʿlamūna