فَدَعَا رَبَّهُ أَنَّ هَٰؤُلَاءِ قَوْمٌ مُجْرِمُونَ
Then he called upon his Lord. these are a people guilty.
وَإِنْ لَمْ تُؤْمِنُوا لِي فَاعْتَزِلُونِ
And if ye will not believe in me, then let me alone.
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ حم
Ha. Mim.
وَالْكِتَابِ الْمُبِينِ
By the luminious Book.
إِنَّا أَنْزَلْنَاهُ فِي لَيْلَةٍ مُبَارَكَةٍ ۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُنْذِرِينَ
Verily We have sent it down on a blessed night, verily We were to become warners.
فِيهَا يُفْرَقُ كُلُّ أَمْرٍ حَكِيمٍ
Therein is decreed every affair of wisdom
أَمْرًا مِنْ عِنْدِنَا ۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُرْسِلِينَ
As a command from before Us. Verily We were to become senders:
رَحْمَةً مِنْ رَبِّكَ ۚ إِنَّهُ هُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ
A mercy from thy Lord. Verily He! He is the Hearer, the Knower.
رَبِّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ۖ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ مُوقِنِينَ
Lord of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever is in- between the twain, if only ye would be convinced.
لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ يُحْيِي وَيُمِيتُ ۖ رَبُّكُمْ وَرَبُّ آبَائِكُمُ الْأَوَّلِينَ
There is no god but He. He quickeneth and causeth to die: your Lord and Lord of your forefathers.
بَلْ هُمْ فِي شَكٍّ يَلْعَبُونَ
Aye! they're in doubt sporting.
فَارْتَقِبْ يَوْمَ تَأْتِي السَّمَاءُ بِدُخَانٍ مُبِينٍ
So wait thou day whereon the heaven will bring forth a manifest smoke:
يَغْشَى النَّاسَ ۖ هَٰذَا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ
Covering the people's this shall be a torment afflictive.
رَبَّنَا اكْشِفْ عَنَّا الْعَذَابَ إِنَّا مُؤْمِنُونَ
Our Lord! remove from us the torment, verily we shall become believers.
أَنَّىٰ لَهُمُ الذِّكْرَىٰ وَقَدْ جَاءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ مُبِينٌ
How can there be an admonition Unto them, when surely there came Unto them an apostle manifest!
ثُمَّ تَوَلَّوْا عَنْهُ وَقَالُوا مُعَلَّمٌ مَجْنُونٌ
Yet they turned away from him and said: one tutored, one distraced.
إِنَّا كَاشِفُو الْعَذَابِ قَلِيلًا ۚ إِنَّكُمْ عَائِدُونَ
Verily We shall remove the torment for a while; but verily ye shall revert.
يَوْمَ نَبْطِشُ الْبَطْشَةَ الْكُبْرَىٰ إِنَّا مُنْتَقِمُونَ
On the Day whereon We assault them with the greatest assault, verily We shall take vengeance.
۞ وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَجَاءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ كَرِيمٌ
And assuredly afore them We proved Fir'awn's people, and there came Unto them an apostle honoured.
أَنْ أَدُّوا إِلَيَّ عِبَادَ اللَّهِ ۖ إِنِّي لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ
Saying: restore to me the bondmen of Allah, verily I am Unto you an apostle trusted.
وَأَنْ لَا تَعْلُوا عَلَى اللَّهِ ۖ إِنِّي آتِيكُمْ بِسُلْطَانٍ مُبِينٍ
And saying exalt not yourselves against Allah; verily I have come Unto you with an authority manifest.
وَإِنِّي عُذْتُ بِرَبِّي وَرَبِّكُمْ أَنْ تَرْجُمُونِ
And verily I have sought refuge in my Lord and your Lord lest ye stone me.
فَأَسْرِ بِعِبَادِي لَيْلًا إِنَّكُمْ مُتَّبَعُونَ
So depart thou with My bondmen by night; verily ye shall be pursued.
وَاتْرُكِ الْبَحْرَ رَهْوًا ۖ إِنَّهُمْ جُنْدٌ مُغْرَقُونَ
And leave thou the sea divided: verily they are a host to be drowned.
كَمْ تَرَكُوا مِنْ جَنَّاتٍ وَعُيُونٍ
They left - how many! - of gardens and springs.
وَزُرُوعٍ وَمَقَامٍ كَرِيمٍ
And cornfields and goodly positions.
وَنَعْمَةٍ كَانُوا فِيهَا فَاكِهِينَ
And the delights which they had been enjoying!
كَذَٰلِكَ ۖ وَأَوْرَثْنَاهَا قَوْمًا آخَرِينَ
Even so And We caused to inherit them another people.
فَمَا بَكَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّمَاءُ وَالْأَرْضُ وَمَا كَانُوا مُنْظَرِينَ
And the heavens and the earth wept not over them, nor were they respited.
وَلَقَدْ نَجَّيْنَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنَ الْعَذَابِ الْمُهِينِ
And assuredly We delivered the Children of Isra'il from an ignominous torment
مِنْ فِرْعَوْنَ ۚ إِنَّهُ كَانَ عَالِيًا مِنَ الْمُسْرِفِينَ
From Fir'awn; verily he was haughty and of the extravagant.
وَلَقَدِ اخْتَرْنَاهُمْ عَلَىٰ عِلْمٍ عَلَى الْعَالَمِينَ
And assuredly We elected them with knowledge above the worlds.
وَآتَيْنَاهُمْ مِنَ الْآيَاتِ مَا فِيهِ بَلَاءٌ مُبِينٌ
And We vouchsafed Unto them signs wherein was a manifest favour.
إِنَّ هَٰؤُلَاءِ لَيَقُولُونَ
Verily these! they say:
إِنْ هِيَ إِلَّا مَوْتَتُنَا الْأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُنْشَرِينَ
There is naught but our first death, and we shall not be raised again.
فَأْتُوا بِآبَائِنَا إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِقِينَ
Bring then our fathers if ye say so.
أَهُمْ خَيْرٌ أَمْ قَوْمُ تُبَّعٍ وَالَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ أَهْلَكْنَاهُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا مُجْرِمِينَ
Are they better Or the people of Tubba and those afore them? We destroyed them; verily they were culprits.
وَمَا خَلَقْنَا السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا لَاعِبِينَ
And We created not the heavens and the earth and all that is in-between the twain sporting.
مَا خَلَقْنَاهُمَا إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
We created them not save with a purpose but most of them know not.
إِنَّ يَوْمَ الْفَصْلِ مِيقَاتُهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ
Verily the Day of Distinction is the term appointed for all of them.
يَوْمَ لَا يُغْنِي مَوْلًى عَنْ مَوْلًى شَيْئًا وَلَا هُمْ يُنْصَرُونَ
A Day whereon a friend shall not avail a friend at all, nor shall they be helped.
إِلَّا مَنْ رَحِمَ اللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُ هُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ
Save those on whom Allah will have mercy. Verily He! He is the Mighty, the Merciful.
إِنَّ شَجَرَتَ الزَّقُّومِ
Verily the tree of Zaqqum:
طَعَامُ الْأَثِيمِ
Food of the sinner.
كَالْمُهْلِ يَغْلِي فِي الْبُطُونِ
Like the dregs of all! It shall seethe in the bellies:
كَغَلْيِ الْحَمِيمِ
As the seething of boiling water.
خُذُوهُ فَاعْتِلُوهُ إِلَىٰ سَوَاءِ الْجَحِيمِ
Lay hold of him, and drag him Unto the midst of the Flaming Fire.
ثُمَّ صُبُّوا فَوْقَ رَأْسِهِ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْحَمِيمِ
Then pour upon his head the torment of balling water.
ذُقْ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْعَزِيزُ الْكَرِيمُ
Taste thou! thou art indeed mighty, honoured!
إِنَّ هَٰذَا مَا كُنْتُمْ بِهِ تَمْتَرُونَ
Verily this is that whereof ye were wont to doubt.
إِنَّ الْمُتَّقِينَ فِي مَقَامٍ أَمِينٍ
Verily the God-fearing will be in a place secure
فِي جَنَّاتٍ وَعُيُونٍ
Amidst gardens and springs.
يَلْبَسُونَ مِنْ سُنْدُسٍ وَإِسْتَبْرَقٍ مُتَقَابِلِينَ
Attired in fine silk and brocade, facing each other.
كَذَٰلِكَ وَزَوَّجْنَاهُمْ بِحُورٍ عِينٍ
Even so. And We shall pair them with fair damsels large- eyed.
يَدْعُونَ فِيهَا بِكُلِّ فَاكِهَةٍ آمِنِينَ
They will call therein for every kind of fruit in security.
لَا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا الْمَوْتَ إِلَّا الْمَوْتَةَ الْأُولَىٰ ۖ وَوَقَاهُمْ عَذَابَ الْجَحِيمِ
They will not taste death therein, except the first death; and He will preserve them from the torment of the Flaming Fire.
فَضْلًا مِنْ رَبِّكَ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظِيمُ
A bounty from thy Lord. That! that is the supreme achievement.
فَإِنَّمَا يَسَّرْنَاهُ بِلِسَانِكَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ
And We have made it easy in thy language; they might haply be admonished.
فَارْتَقِبْ إِنَّهُمْ مُرْتَقِبُونَ
Wait thou then; verily they also are waiting.