فَدَعَا رَبَّهُ أَنَّ هَٰؤُلَاءِ قَوْمٌ مُجْرِمُونَ
And he called to his Lord, saying, 'These are a sinful people.'
وَإِنْ لَمْ تُؤْمِنُوا لِي فَاعْتَزِلُونِ
'But if so be that you believe me not, go you apart from me!'
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ حم
Ha Mim
وَالْكِتَابِ الْمُبِينِ
By the Clear Book.
إِنَّا أَنْزَلْنَاهُ فِي لَيْلَةٍ مُبَارَكَةٍ ۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُنْذِرِينَ
We have sent it down in a blessed night (We are ever warning)
فِيهَا يُفْرَقُ كُلُّ أَمْرٍ حَكِيمٍ
therein every wise bidding
أَمْرًا مِنْ عِنْدِنَا ۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُرْسِلِينَ
determined as a bidding from Us, (We are ever sending)
رَحْمَةً مِنْ رَبِّكَ ۚ إِنَّهُ هُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ
as a mercy from thy Lord (surely He is the All-hearing, the All-knowing)
رَبِّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ۖ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ مُوقِنِينَ
Lord of the heavens and earth, and all that between them is if you have faith.
لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ يُحْيِي وَيُمِيتُ ۖ رَبُّكُمْ وَرَبُّ آبَائِكُمُ الْأَوَّلِينَ
There is no god but He; He gives life and makes to die; your Lord and the Lord of your fathers, the ancients.
بَلْ هُمْ فِي شَكٍّ يَلْعَبُونَ
Nay, but they are in doubt, playing.
فَارْتَقِبْ يَوْمَ تَأْتِي السَّمَاءُ بِدُخَانٍ مُبِينٍ
So be on the watch for a day when heaven shall bring a manifest smoke
يَغْشَى النَّاسَ ۖ هَٰذَا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ
covering the people; this is a painful chastisement.
رَبَّنَا اكْشِفْ عَنَّا الْعَذَابَ إِنَّا مُؤْمِنُونَ
'O our Lord, remove Thou from us the chastisement; we are believers.'
أَنَّىٰ لَهُمُ الذِّكْرَىٰ وَقَدْ جَاءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ مُبِينٌ
How should they have the Reminder, seeing a clear Messenger already came to them,
ثُمَّ تَوَلَّوْا عَنْهُ وَقَالُوا مُعَلَّمٌ مَجْنُونٌ
then they turned away from him and said, 'A man tutored, possessed!'
إِنَّا كَاشِفُو الْعَذَابِ قَلِيلًا ۚ إِنَّكُمْ عَائِدُونَ
'Behold, We are removing the chastisement a little; behold, you revert!'
يَوْمَ نَبْطِشُ الْبَطْشَةَ الْكُبْرَىٰ إِنَّا مُنْتَقِمُونَ
Upon the day when We shall assault most mightily, then We shall take Our vengeance.
۞ وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَجَاءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ كَرِيمٌ
Already before them We tried the people of Pharaoh, and a noble Messenger came unto them,
أَنْ أَدُّوا إِلَيَّ عِبَادَ اللَّهِ ۖ إِنِّي لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ
saying, 'Deliver to me God's servants; I am for you a faithful Messenger,
وَأَنْ لَا تَعْلُوا عَلَى اللَّهِ ۖ إِنِّي آتِيكُمْ بِسُلْطَانٍ مُبِينٍ
and, 'Rise not up against God; behold, I come to you with a clear authority,
وَإِنِّي عُذْتُ بِرَبِّي وَرَبِّكُمْ أَنْ تَرْجُمُونِ
and I take refuge in my Lord and your Lord, lest you should stone me.
فَأَسْرِ بِعِبَادِي لَيْلًا إِنَّكُمْ مُتَّبَعُونَ
'Then set thou forth with My servants in a watch of the night; surely you will be followed.
وَاتْرُكِ الْبَحْرَ رَهْوًا ۖ إِنَّهُمْ جُنْدٌ مُغْرَقُونَ
And leave the sea becalmed; they are a drowned host.'
كَمْ تَرَكُوا مِنْ جَنَّاتٍ وَعُيُونٍ
They left how many gardens and fountains,
وَزُرُوعٍ وَمَقَامٍ كَرِيمٍ
sown fields, and how noble a station,
وَنَعْمَةٍ كَانُوا فِيهَا فَاكِهِينَ
and what prosperity they had rejoiced in!
كَذَٰلِكَ ۖ وَأَوْرَثْنَاهَا قَوْمًا آخَرِينَ
Even so; and We bequeathed them upon another people.
فَمَا بَكَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّمَاءُ وَالْأَرْضُ وَمَا كَانُوا مُنْظَرِينَ
Neither heaven nor earth wept for them, nor were they respited;
وَلَقَدْ نَجَّيْنَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنَ الْعَذَابِ الْمُهِينِ
and We delivered the Children of Israel from the humbling chastisement,
مِنْ فِرْعَوْنَ ۚ إِنَّهُ كَانَ عَالِيًا مِنَ الْمُسْرِفِينَ
from Pharaoh; surely he was a high One, of the prodigals;
وَلَقَدِ اخْتَرْنَاهُمْ عَلَىٰ عِلْمٍ عَلَى الْعَالَمِينَ
and We chose them, out of a knowledge, above all beings,
وَآتَيْنَاهُمْ مِنَ الْآيَاتِ مَا فِيهِ بَلَاءٌ مُبِينٌ
and gave them signs wherein there was a manifest trial.
إِنَّ هَٰؤُلَاءِ لَيَقُولُونَ
These men do say,
إِنْ هِيَ إِلَّا مَوْتَتُنَا الْأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُنْشَرِينَ
'There is nothing but our first death; we shall not be revived.
فَأْتُوا بِآبَائِنَا إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِقِينَ
Bring us our fathers, if you speak truly!'
أَهُمْ خَيْرٌ أَمْ قَوْمُ تُبَّعٍ وَالَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ أَهْلَكْنَاهُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا مُجْرِمِينَ
Are they better, or the people of Tubba' and those before them whom We destroyed? They were surely sinners.
وَمَا خَلَقْنَا السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا لَاعِبِينَ
We created not the heavens and earth, and all that between them is, in play;
مَا خَلَقْنَاهُمَا إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
We created them not save in truth; but most of them know it not.
إِنَّ يَوْمَ الْفَصْلِ مِيقَاتُهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ
Surely the Day of Decision shall be their appointed time, all together,
يَوْمَ لَا يُغْنِي مَوْلًى عَنْ مَوْلًى شَيْئًا وَلَا هُمْ يُنْصَرُونَ
the day a master shall avail nothing a client, and they shall not be helped,
إِلَّا مَنْ رَحِمَ اللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُ هُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ
save him upon whom God has mercy; He is the All-mighty, the All-compassionate.
إِنَّ شَجَرَتَ الزَّقُّومِ
Lo, the Tree of Ez-Zakkoum
طَعَامُ الْأَثِيمِ
is the food of the guilty,
كَالْمُهْلِ يَغْلِي فِي الْبُطُونِ
like molten copper, bubbling in the belly
كَغَلْيِ الْحَمِيمِ
as boiling water bubbles.
خُذُوهُ فَاعْتِلُوهُ إِلَىٰ سَوَاءِ الْجَحِيمِ
'Take him, and thrust him into the midst of Hell,
ثُمَّ صُبُّوا فَوْقَ رَأْسِهِ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْحَمِيمِ
then pour over his head the chastisement of boiling water!'
ذُقْ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْعَزِيزُ الْكَرِيمُ
'Taste! Surely thou art the mighty, the noble.
إِنَّ هَٰذَا مَا كُنْتُمْ بِهِ تَمْتَرُونَ
This is that concerning which you were doubting.'
إِنَّ الْمُتَّقِينَ فِي مَقَامٍ أَمِينٍ
Surely the godfearing shall be in a station secure
فِي جَنَّاتٍ وَعُيُونٍ
among gardens and fountains,
يَلْبَسُونَ مِنْ سُنْدُسٍ وَإِسْتَبْرَقٍ مُتَقَابِلِينَ
robed in silk and brocade, set face to face.
كَذَٰلِكَ وَزَوَّجْنَاهُمْ بِحُورٍ عِينٍ
Even so; and We shall espouse them to wide-eyed houris,
يَدْعُونَ فِيهَا بِكُلِّ فَاكِهَةٍ آمِنِينَ
therein calling for every fruit, secure.
لَا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا الْمَوْتَ إِلَّا الْمَوْتَةَ الْأُولَىٰ ۖ وَوَقَاهُمْ عَذَابَ الْجَحِيمِ
They shall not taste therein of death, save the first death, And He shall guard them against the chastisement of Hell --
فَضْلًا مِنْ رَبِّكَ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظِيمُ
a bounty from thy Lord; that is the mighty triumph.
فَإِنَّمَا يَسَّرْنَاهُ بِلِسَانِكَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ
Now We have made it easy by thy tongue, that haply they may remember.
فَارْتَقِبْ إِنَّهُمْ مُرْتَقِبُونَ
So be on the watch; they too are on the watch.