فَدَعَا رَبَّهُ أَنَّ هَٰؤُلَاءِ قَوْمٌ مُجْرِمُونَ
Then he supplicated to his Lord saying: 'These are sinful people'
وَإِنْ لَمْ تُؤْمِنُوا لِي فَاعْتَزِلُونِ
And if you do not believe me, then leave me'
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ حم
HaMeem
وَالْكِتَابِ الْمُبِينِ
By the Clear Book
إِنَّا أَنْزَلْنَاهُ فِي لَيْلَةٍ مُبَارَكَةٍ ۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُنْذِرِينَ
that We sent down during a Blessed Night. We are ever warning.
فِيهَا يُفْرَقُ كُلُّ أَمْرٍ حَكِيمٍ
In it every wise matter is determined
أَمْرًا مِنْ عِنْدِنَا ۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُرْسِلِينَ
an order from Us. We are ever sending.
رَحْمَةً مِنْ رَبِّكَ ۚ إِنَّهُ هُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ
A Mercy from your Lord, He is the Hearer, the Knower.
رَبِّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ۖ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ مُوقِنِينَ
Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, if you are certain (of your faith).
لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ يُحْيِي وَيُمِيتُ ۖ رَبُّكُمْ وَرَبُّ آبَائِكُمُ الْأَوَّلِينَ
There is no god except He. He revives and causes to die. (He is) your Lord and the Lord of your fathers, the ancients.
بَلْ هُمْ فِي شَكٍّ يَلْعَبُونَ
Yet they are in doubt, playing.
فَارْتَقِبْ يَوْمَ تَأْتِي السَّمَاءُ بِدُخَانٍ مُبِينٍ
Watch for the Day when the heaven will bring clear smoke,
يَغْشَى النَّاسَ ۖ هَٰذَا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ
engulfing the people; this will be a painful punishment.
رَبَّنَا اكْشِفْ عَنَّا الْعَذَابَ إِنَّا مُؤْمِنُونَ
'Our Lord, remove this punishment from us, we are believers'
أَنَّىٰ لَهُمُ الذِّكْرَىٰ وَقَدْ جَاءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ مُبِينٌ
But how will they avail themselves of the Reminder, when a clear Messenger had already come to them
ثُمَّ تَوَلَّوْا عَنْهُ وَقَالُوا مُعَلَّمٌ مَجْنُونٌ
but then they turned away from him, saying: 'He is tutored, mad'
إِنَّا كَاشِفُو الْعَذَابِ قَلِيلًا ۚ إِنَّكُمْ عَائِدُونَ
We are removing the punishment a little, but you revert.
يَوْمَ نَبْطِشُ الْبَطْشَةَ الْكُبْرَىٰ إِنَّا مُنْتَقِمُونَ
But on that Day We will assault them most mightily, and then We shall revenge!
۞ وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَجَاءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ كَرِيمٌ
We tried Pharaoh's nation before them. A noble Messenger came to them,
أَنْ أَدُّوا إِلَيَّ عِبَادَ اللَّهِ ۖ إِنِّي لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ
(saying:) 'Be obedient to me O worshipers of Allah. I am your honest Messenger.
وَأَنْ لَا تَعْلُوا عَلَى اللَّهِ ۖ إِنِّي آتِيكُمْ بِسُلْطَانٍ مُبِينٍ
Do not rise up against Allah, I come to you with clear authority.
وَإِنِّي عُذْتُ بِرَبِّي وَرَبِّكُمْ أَنْ تَرْجُمُونِ
I take refuge with my Lord and your Lord lest you stone me.
فَأَسْرِ بِعِبَادِي لَيْلًا إِنَّكُمْ مُتَّبَعُونَ
(His Lord answered): 'Set out with My worshipers in the night, for you will surely be followed.
وَاتْرُكِ الْبَحْرَ رَهْوًا ۖ إِنَّهُمْ جُنْدٌ مُغْرَقُونَ
Then leave the sea calm they are an army that will be drowned.
كَمْ تَرَكُوا مِنْ جَنَّاتٍ وَعُيُونٍ
How many gardens and fountains did they leave behind,
وَزُرُوعٍ وَمَقَامٍ كَرِيمٍ
and sown fields, fine sitting places,
وَنَعْمَةٍ كَانُوا فِيهَا فَاكِهِينَ
and good things in which they took delight.
كَذَٰلِكَ ۖ وَأَوْرَثْنَاهَا قَوْمًا آخَرِينَ
As such (it was). And We made other people inherit them.
فَمَا بَكَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّمَاءُ وَالْأَرْضُ وَمَا كَانُوا مُنْظَرِينَ
Neither heaven nor earth shed tears for them; nor were they respited,
وَلَقَدْ نَجَّيْنَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنَ الْعَذَابِ الْمُهِينِ
and We saved the Children of Israel from a humiliating punishment
مِنْ فِرْعَوْنَ ۚ إِنَّهُ كَانَ عَالِيًا مِنَ الْمُسْرِفِينَ
from Pharaoh, who ranked high in sin,
وَلَقَدِ اخْتَرْنَاهُمْ عَلَىٰ عِلْمٍ عَلَى الْعَالَمِينَ
and We chose them, out of a knowledge above the nations (of their time).
وَآتَيْنَاهُمْ مِنَ الْآيَاتِ مَا فِيهِ بَلَاءٌ مُبِينٌ
And gave signs to them in which there was a clear trial.
إِنَّ هَٰؤُلَاءِ لَيَقُولُونَ
Yet these say:
إِنْ هِيَ إِلَّا مَوْتَتُنَا الْأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُنْشَرِينَ
'There is nothing except the first death, we shall never be revived.
فَأْتُوا بِآبَائِنَا إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِقِينَ
Bring us our fathers, if what you say is true'
أَهُمْ خَيْرٌ أَمْ قَوْمُ تُبَّعٍ وَالَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ أَهْلَكْنَاهُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا مُجْرِمِينَ
Are they better or the people of Tubba' and those who were before them whom We destroyed? Indeed they were sinners.
وَمَا خَلَقْنَا السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا لَاعِبِينَ
It was not in play that We created the heavens and the earth and all that is between them.
مَا خَلَقْنَاهُمَا إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
We created them in nothing else except the truth. But most do not know.
إِنَّ يَوْمَ الْفَصْلِ مِيقَاتُهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ
The Day of Decision is the appointed time for all.
يَوْمَ لَا يُغْنِي مَوْلًى عَنْ مَوْلًى شَيْئًا وَلَا هُمْ يُنْصَرُونَ
On that Day no cousin shall help his cousin and they shall not be helped
إِلَّا مَنْ رَحِمَ اللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُ هُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ
except those on whom Allah will have mercy. He is the Almighty, the Most Merciful.
إِنَّ شَجَرَتَ الزَّقُّومِ
The food of the Zakkum tree
طَعَامُ الْأَثِيمِ
shall be the food of the guilty sinners.
كَالْمُهْلِ يَغْلِي فِي الْبُطُونِ
Like molten copper boiling in the belly
كَغَلْيِ الْحَمِيمِ
as the boiling of the hot water.
خُذُوهُ فَاعْتِلُوهُ إِلَىٰ سَوَاءِ الْجَحِيمِ
'Seize him and drag him into the center of Hell.
ثُمَّ صُبُّوا فَوْقَ رَأْسِهِ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْحَمِيمِ
Then pour the punishment of boiling water over his head,
ذُقْ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْعَزِيزُ الْكَرِيمُ
(Saying): 'Taste, surely you are the mighty and noble!
إِنَّ هَٰذَا مَا كُنْتُمْ بِهِ تَمْتَرُونَ
This is that which you doubted'
إِنَّ الْمُتَّقِينَ فِي مَقَامٍ أَمِينٍ
Indeed, for those who feared (Allah) is a secure place
فِي جَنَّاتٍ وَعُيُونٍ
amidst gardens and fountains,
يَلْبَسُونَ مِنْ سُنْدُسٍ وَإِسْتَبْرَقٍ مُتَقَابِلِينَ
dressed in silks and brocade, set face to face.
كَذَٰلِكَ وَزَوَّجْنَاهُمْ بِحُورٍ عِينٍ
As such, We shall wed them to wideeyed houris (the virgins of Paradise).
يَدْعُونَ فِيهَا بِكُلِّ فَاكِهَةٍ آمِنِينَ
There in security, they will call for every kind of fruit.
لَا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا الْمَوْتَ إِلَّا الْمَوْتَةَ الْأُولَىٰ ۖ وَوَقَاهُمْ عَذَابَ الْجَحِيمِ
There they shall not taste death, except the first death, and He will shield them from the punishment of Hell,
فَضْلًا مِنْ رَبِّكَ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظِيمُ
as a bounty from your Lord. That will be the mighty triumph.
فَإِنَّمَا يَسَّرْنَاهُ بِلِسَانِكَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ
We have now made it easy on your tongue, in order that they remember.
فَارْتَقِبْ إِنَّهُمْ مُرْتَقِبُونَ
So be watchful, they too are watching.