Juz 30

عَمَّ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ

ʻAMMA yatasaaaʹaloon?

About what are they asking one another?

عَنِ ٱلنَّبَإِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

ʻAnin Nabaʹil ʻAz̤̣eem,

About the great news -

ٱلَّذِى هُمْ فِيهِ مُخْتَلِفُونَ

ʹAllaẓee hum feehi mukhtalifoon.

That over which they are in disagreement.

كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ

Kallaa sayaʻlamoon!

No! They are going to know.

ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ

S̤umma kallaa sayaʻlamoon!

Then, no! They are going to know.

أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ ٱلْأَرْضَ مِهَـٰدًا

ʹAlam najʻalil ʹarḍa mihaadaa,

Have We not made the earth a resting place?

وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَوْتَادًا

Wal-jibaala ʹawtaadaa,

And the mountains as stakes?

وَخَلَقْنَـٰكُمْ أَزْوَٰجًا

Wa-khalaq̣naakum ʹazwaajaa,

And We created you in pairs

وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًا

Wa-jaʻalnaa nawmakum subaataa;

And made your sleep [a means for] rest

وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلَّيْلَ لِبَاسًا

Wa-jaʻalnal layla libaasaa,

And made the night as clothing

وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلنَّهَارَ مَعَاشًا

Wa-jaʻalnan nahaara maʻaashaa?

And made the day for livelihood

وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًا شِدَادًا

Wa-banaynaa fawq̣akum sab-ʻañ shi-daadaa,

And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]

وَجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًا وَهَّاجًا

Wa-jaʻalnaa Siraajañw wah-haajaa?

And made [therein] a burning lamp

وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلْمُعْصِرَٰتِ مَآءً ثَجَّاجًا

Wa-ʹañzalnaa minal muʻṣiraati maaa-ʹañ s̤ajjaajaa,

And sent down from the rain clouds pouring water

لِّنُخْرِجَ بِهِۦ حَبًّا وَنَبَاتًا

Linukhrija bihee ḥabbañw wanabaataa,

That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation

وَجَنَّـٰتٍ أَلْفَافًا

Wa-Jannaatin ʹalfaafaa?

And gardens of entwined growth.

إِنَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْفَصْلِ كَانَ مِيقَـٰتًا

ʹInna Yawmal Faṣli kaana meeq̣aataa,―

Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed time -

يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْوَاجًا

Yawma yuñ-fakhu fiṣ Ṣoori fataʹtoona ʹafwaajaa;

The Day the Horn is blown and you will come forth in multitudes

وَفُتِحَتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَٰبًا

Wa-futiḥa-tis samaaaʹu fakaanat ʹabwaabaa,

And the heaven is opened and will become gateways

وَسُيِّرَتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا

Wa-suyyi-ratil jibaalu fakaanat saraabaa.

And the mountains are removed and will be [but] a mirage.

إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَادًا

ʹInna Jahannama kaanat mirṣaadaa,―

Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait

لِّلطَّـٰغِينَ مَـَٔابًا

Liṭ-ṭaag̣eena maʹaabaa:

For the transgressors, a place of return,

لَّـٰبِثِينَ فِيهَآ أَحْقَابًا

Laa-bis̤eena feehaaa ʹaḥq̣aabaa.

In which they will remain for ages [unending].

لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرْدًا وَلَا شَرَابًا

Laa- yaẓooq̣oona feehaa bar-dañw walaa- sharaabaa,

They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink.

إِلَّا حَمِيمًا وَغَسَّاقًا

ʹIllaa ḥameemañwwa g̣assaaq̣aa,―

Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -

جَزَآءً وِفَاقًا

Jazaaaʹañw wifaaq̣aa.

An appropriate recompense.

إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يَرْجُونَ حِسَابًا

ʹInnahum kaanoo laa- yarjoona ḥisaabaa,

Indeed, they were not expecting an account

وَكَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا كِذَّابًا

Wa-kaẓẓaboo biʹAayaatinaa kiẓẓaabaa.

And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.

وَكُلَّ شَىْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَـٰهُ كِتَـٰبًا

Wa-kulla shayʹin ʹaḥṣaynaahu Kitaabaa,

But all things We have enumerated in writing.

فَذُوقُوا۟ فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمْ إِلَّا عَذَابًا

Faẓooq̣oo falan nazeedakum ʹil-laa ʻaẓaabaa.

"So taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment."

إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا

ʹInna lil-Mutta-q̣eena mafaazaa;

Indeed, for the righteous is attainment -

حَدَآئِقَ وَأَعْنَـٰبًا

Ḥadaaaʹiq̣a wa-ʹaʻnaabaa;

Gardens and grapevines

وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتْرَابًا

Wa-kawaaʻiba ʹatraabaa:

And young women [companions] of equal age.

وَكَأْسًا دِهَاقًا

Wa-kaʹsañ dihaaq̣aa.

And a full cup.

لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا وَلَا كِذَّٰبًا

Laa- yasmaʻoona feehaa lag̣wañw walaa- kiẓẓaabaa;

No ill speech will they hear therein or any falsehood -

جَزَآءً مِّن رَّبِّكَ عَطَآءً حِسَابًا

Jazaaaʹam mir Rabbika ʻaṭaaaʹan ḥisaabaa,―

[As] reward from your Lord, [a generous] gift [made due by] account,

رَّبِّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ۖ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِنْهُ خِطَابًا

Rabbis samaawaati wal-ʹarḍi wa-maa baynahumar Raḥmaani laa- yam-likoona minhu khiṭaabaa.

[From] the Lord of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them, the Most Merciful. They possess not from Him [authority for] speech.

يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلرُّوحُ وَٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ صَفًّا ۖ لَّا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ إِلَّا مَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ وَقَالَ صَوَابًا

Yawma yaq̣oomur Rooḥu wal-malaaaʹikatu ṣaf-faa, laa- yatakallamoona ʹil-laa man ʹaẓina lahur Raḥmaanu wa-q̣aala ṣawaabaa.

The Day that the Spirit [i.e., Gabriel] and the angels will stand in rows, they will not speak except for one whom the Most Merciful permits, and he will say what is correct.

ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلْحَقُّ ۖ فَمَن شَآءَ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ مَـَٔابًا

Ẓaalikal Yawmul Ḥaq̣q̣: famañ shaaaʹat takhaẓa ʹi-laa Rabbihee maʹaabaa!

That is the True [i.e., certain] Day; so he who wills may take to his Lord a [way of] return.

إِنَّآ أَنذَرْنَـٰكُمْ عَذَابًا قَرِيبًا يَوْمَ يَنظُرُ ٱلْمَرْءُ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُولُ ٱلْكَافِرُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى كُنتُ تُرَٰبًۢا

ʹInnaaa ʹañẓarnaakum ʻAẓaabañ q̣areebaa,― Yawma yañ-z̤̣urul marʹu maa- q̣addamat yadaahu wa-yaq̣oolul kaafiru yaa-laytanee kuñtu turaabaa!

Indeed, We have warned you of an impending punishment on the Day when a man will observe what his hands have put forth and the disbeliever will say, "Oh, I wish that I were dust!"

وَٱلنَّـٰزِعَـٰتِ غَرْقًا

Wan-NAAZIʻAATI g̣arq̣aa;

By those [angels] who extract with violence

وَٱلنَّـٰشِطَـٰتِ نَشْطًا

Wan-naa-shi-ṭaati nashṭaa;

And [by] those who remove with ease

وَٱلسَّـٰبِحَـٰتِ سَبْحًا

Wassaabiḥaati sabḥaa,―

And [by] those who glide [as if] swimming

فَٱلسَّـٰبِقَـٰتِ سَبْقًا

Fassaabiq̣aati sabq̣aa,

And those who race each other in a race

فَٱلْمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمْرًا

Fal-mudabbiraati ʹamraa.

And those who arrange [each] matter,

يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ

Yawma tarjufur raajifah,

On the Day the blast [of the Horn] will convulse [creation],

تَتْبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ

Tatbaʻuhar Raadifah:

There will follow it the subsequent [one].

قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌ

Q̣uloobuñy Yaw-maʹiẓiñw waajifah,

Hearts, that Day, will tremble,

أَبْصَـٰرُهَا خَـٰشِعَةٌ

ʹAbṣaaruhaa khaashiʻah.

Their eyes humbled.

يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِى ٱلْحَافِرَةِ

Yaq̣ooloona ʹa-ʹinnaa lamardoodoona fil ḥaafirah?―

They are [presently] saying, "Will we indeed be returned to [our] former state [of life]?

أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَـٰمًا نَّخِرَةً

ʹAʹiẓaa kunnaa ʻiz̤̣aaman nakhirah?

Even if we should be decayed bones?"

قَالُوا۟ تِلْكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ

Q̣aaloo tilka ʹiẓañ karratun khaasirah!

They say, "That, then, would be a losing return."

فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ

Faʹinnamaa hiya zajratuñw Waaḥidah,

Indeed, it will be but one shout,

فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ

Faʹiẓaa hum̃ bissaahirah.

And suddenly they will be [alert] upon the earth's surface.

هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ

Hal ʹataaka ḥadees̤u Moosaa?

Has there reached you the story of Moses? -

إِذْ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلْوَادِ ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى

ʹIẓ naadaahu Rabbuhoo bil-waadil muq̣addasi Ṭuwaa:

When his Lord called to him in the sacred valley of Ṭuwā,

ٱذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ

ʹIẓhab ʹilaa Firʻawna ʹinnahoo ṭag̣aa;

"Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.

فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ

Faq̣ul hal laka ʹilaaa ʹañ tazakkaa?―

And say to him, 'Would you [be willing to] purify yourself

وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ

Wa-ʹahdiyaka ʹilaa Rabbika fatakhshaa?

And let me guide you to your Lord so you would fear [Him]?'"

فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلْـَٔايَةَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ

Faʹaraahul ʹAayatal Kubraa.

And he showed him the greatest sign,

فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ

Fakaẓẓaba wa-ʻaṣaa:

But he [i.e., Pharaoh] denied and disobeyed.

ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ

S̤umma ʹadbara yasʻaa,

Then he turned his back, striving [i.e., plotting].

فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ

Faḥashara fanaadaa,

And he gathered [his people] and called out

فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ

Faq̣aala ʹana Rabbukumul ʹaʻlaa.

And said, "I am your most exalted lord."

فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَٱلْأُولَىٰٓ

Faʹakhaẓahul laahu nakaalal ʹAakhirati wal-ʹoolaa.

So Allāh seized him in exemplary punishment for the last and the first [transgression]..

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰٓ

ʹInna fee ẓaalika laʻibratal limañy yakhshaa.

Indeed in that is a lesson [i.e., warning] for whoever would fear [Allāh].

ءَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ ۚ بَنَىٰهَا

ʹA-ʹañtum ʹa-shaddu khalq̣an ʹamis samaaaʹ? Banaahaa:

Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? He [i.e., Allāh] constructed it.

رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا

Rafaʻa sam-kahaa fasawwaahaa.

He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.

وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا

Wa-ʹag̣ṭasha laylahaa wa-ʹakhraja ḍuḥaahaa.

And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.

وَٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ

Wal-ʹarḍa baʻda ẓaalika daḥaahaa;

And after that He spread the earth.

أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرْعَىٰهَا

ʹAkhraja minhaa maaa-ʹahaa wa-marʻaahaa;

He extracted from it its water and its pasture,

وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَرْسَىٰهَا

Wal-jibaala ʹarsaahaa;

And the mountains He set firmly

مَتَـٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَـٰمِكُمْ

Mataaʻal lakum wa-liʹanʻaamikum.

As enjoyment [i.e., provision] for you and your grazing livestock.

فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ

Faʹiẓaa jaaaʹatiṭ ṭaaammatul Kubraa,―

But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity -

يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ

Yawma yataẓakkarul ʹiñsaanu maa- saʻaa,

The Day when man will remember that for which he strove,

وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ

Wa-burrizatil Jaḥeemu limañy yaraa.

And Hellfire will be exposed for [all] those who see -

فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ

Faʹammaa mañ ṭag̣aa,

So as for he who transgressed

وَءَاثَرَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا

Wa-ʹaas̤aral ḥayaatad dunyaa,

And preferred the life of the world,

فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ

Faʹinnal Jaḥeema hiyal maʹwaa.

Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge.

وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفْسَ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰ

Wa-ʹammaa man khaafa Maq̣aama Rabbihee wa-nahan nafsa ʻanil hawaa,

But as for he who feared the position of his Lord and prevented the soul from [unlawful] inclination,

فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَنَّةَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ

Faʹinnal Jannata hiyal maʹwaa.

Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge.

يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَىٰهَا

Yasʹaloonaka ʻanis Saaʻati ʹayyaana mursaahaa?

They ask you, [O Muḥammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival?

فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَىٰهَآ

Feema ʹañta miñ ẓikraahaa?

In what [position] are you that you should mention it?

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَىٰهَآ

ʹIlaa Rabbika Muñtahaahaa.

To your Lord is its finality.

إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰهَا

ʹInnamaaa ʹañta muñẓiru mañy yakhshaahaa.

You are only a warner for those who fear it.

كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوٓا۟ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَىٰهَا

Kaʹannahum Yawma yarawnahaa lam yalbas̤ooo ʹillaa ʻashiyyatan ʹaw ḍuḥaahaa!

It will be, on the Day they see it, as though they had not remained [in the world] except for an afternoon or a morning thereof.

عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ

ʻABASA wa-tawallaa,

He [i.e., the Prophet (ﷺ) ] frowned and turned away

أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ

ʹAñ jaaa-ʹahul ʹaʻmaa.

Because there came to him the blind man, [interrupting].

وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ

Wa-maa yudreeka laʻallahoo yaz-zakkaa?―

But what would make you perceive, [O Muḥammad], that perhaps he might be purified

أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰٓ

ʹAw yaẓ-ẓak-karu fatañfaʻahuẓ Ẓikraa?

Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?

أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰ

ʹAmmaa manis tag̣naa,

As for he who thinks himself without need,

فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ

Faʹañta lahoo taṣaddaa;

To him you give attention.

وَمَا عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ

Wa-maa ʻalayka ʹallaa yaz-zakkaa.

And not upon you [is any blame] if he will not be purified.

وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ

Wa-ʹammaa mañ jaaa-ʹaka yasʻaa,

But as for he who came to you striving [for knowledge]

وَهُوَ يَخْشَىٰ

Wa-huwa yakhshaa,

While he fears [Allāh],

فَأَنتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّىٰ

Faʹañta ʻanhu talahhaa.

From him you are distracted.

كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌ

Kallaaa ʹinnahaa Taẓkirah:

No! Indeed, they [i.e., these verses] are a reminder;

فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ

Famañ shaaʹa ẓakarah.

So whoever wills may remember it.

فِى صُحُفٍ مُّكَرَّمَةٍ

Fee ṣuḥufim mukarramah,

[It is recorded] in honored sheets,

مَّرْفُوعَةٍ مُّطَهَّرَةٍۭ

Marfooʻatim muṭahharah,

Exalted and purified,

بِأَيْدِى سَفَرَةٍ

Biʹaydee safarah―

[Carried] by the hands of messenger-angels,

كِرَامٍۭ بَرَرَةٍ

Kiraamim bararah.

Noble and dutiful.

قُتِلَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مَآ أَكْفَرَهُۥ

Q̣utilal ʹiñsaanu maaa ʹakfarah?

Destroyed [i.e., cursed] is man; how disbelieving is he.

مِنْ أَىِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ

Min ʹayyi shayʹin khalaq̣ah?

From what thing [i.e., substance] did He create him?

مِن نُّطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ

Min nuṭfah: khalaq̣ahoo faq̣addarah;

From a sperm-drop He created him and destined for him;

ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ

S̤ummas sabeela yas-sarah;

Then He eased the way for him;

ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقْبَرَهُۥ

S̤umma ʹamaatahoo faʹaq̣barah;

Then He causes his death and provides a grave for him.

ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ

S̤umma ʹiẓaa shaaaʹa ʹañsharah.

Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.

كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ

Kallaa lammaa yaq̣ḍi maaa ʹamarah.

No! He [i.e., man] has not yet accomplished what He commanded him.

فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ

Falyañz̤̣uril ʹiñsaanu ʹilaa Ṭaʻaamih:

Then let mankind look at his food -

أَنَّا صَبَبْنَا ٱلْمَآءَ صَبًّا

ʹAnnaa ṣabab nalmaaaʹa ṣabbaa,

How We poured down water in torrents,

ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ شَقًّا

S̤umma sha-q̣aq̣nal ʹarḍa shaq̣q̣aa;

Then We broke open the earth, splitting [it with sprouts],

فَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا حَبًّا

Faʹambatnaa feehaa Ḥabbaa,

And caused to grow within it grain

وَعِنَبًا وَقَضْبًا

Wa-ʻinabañw Waq̣aḍbaa,

And grapes and herbage

وَزَيْتُونًا وَنَخْلًا

Wa-zaytoonañw Wanakhlaa,

And olive and palm trees

وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلْبًا

Wa-ḥadaaaʹiq̣a g̣ulbaa,

And gardens of dense shrubbery

وَفَـٰكِهَةً وَأَبًّا

Wa-faaki-hatañw Waʹabbaa,

And fruit and grass -

مَّتَـٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَـٰمِكُمْ

Mataaʻal lakum wa-liʹanʻaamikum.

[As] enjoyment [i.e., provision] for you and your grazing livestock.

فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ

Faʹiẓaa jaaa-ʹatiṣ Ṣaaakhkhah,―

But when there comes the Deafening Blast

يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ

Yawma yafirrul mar-ʹu min ʹakheeh,

On the Day a man will flee from his brother

وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ

Wa-ʹummihee wa-ʹabeeh,

And his mother and his father

وَصَـٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ

Wa-ṣaaḥi-batihee wa-baneeh.

And his wife and his children,

لِكُلِّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ شَأْنٌ يُغْنِيهِ

Likul lim-riʹim minhum Yawmaʹiẓiñ shaʹnuñy yug̣neeh.

For every man, that Day, will be a matter adequate for him.

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ مُّسْفِرَةٌ

Wujoohuñy Yawmaʹiẓim musfirah,

[Some] faces, that Day, will be bright -

ضَاحِكَةٌ مُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌ

Ḍaaḥikatum mustabshirah.

Laughing, rejoicing at good news.

وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌ

Wa-wujoohuñy Yawmaʹiẓin ʻalayhaa g̣abarah;

And [other] faces, that Day, will have upon them dust.

تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ

Tarhaq̣uhaa q̣atarah:

Blackness will cover them.

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْكَفَرَةُ ٱلْفَجَرَةُ

ʹUlaaaʹika humul kafaratul Fajarah.

Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.

إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ

ʹIẓash shamsu kuwwirat;

When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ

Wa-ʹiẓan nujoomuñ kadarat;

And when the stars fall, dispersing,

وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ

Wa-ʹiẓal jibaalu suyyirat;

And when the mountains are removed

وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ

Wa-ʹiẓal ʻishaaru ʻuṭṭilat;

And when full-term she-camels are neglected

وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ

Wa-ʹiẓal wuḥooshu ḥushirat;

And when the wild beasts are gathered

وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ

Wa-ʹiẓal biḥaaru sujjirat;

And when the seas are filled with flame

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ

Wa-ʹiẓan nufoosu zuwwijat:

And when the souls are paired

وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ

Wa-ʹiẓal mawʹoodatu suʹilat―

And when the girl [who was] buried alive is asked

بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍ قُتِلَتْ

Biʹayyi ẓambiñ q̣utilat;

For what sin she was killed

وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ

Wa-ʹiẓaṣ ṣuḥufu nushirat:

And when the pages are spread [i.e., made public]

وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ

Wa-ʹiẓas samaaaʹu kushiṭat;

And when the sky is stripped away

وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ

Wa-ʹiẓal Jaḥeemu suʻ-ʻirat;

And when Hellfire is set ablaze

وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ

Wa-ʹiẓal Jannatu ʹuzlifat;

And when Paradise is brought near,

عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ

ʻAlimat nafsum maaa ʹaḥḍarat.

A soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it].

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ

Falaaa ʹuq̣simu bil-khunnas,

So I swear by the retreating stars -

ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ

ʹAl-jawaaril kunnas;

Those that run [their courses] and disappear [i.e., set]

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ

Wal-Layli ʹiẓaa ʻasʻas;

And by the night as it closes in

وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ

Waṣṣubḥi ʹiẓaa tanaffas;―

And by the dawn when it breathes [i.e., stirs]

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ

ʹInnahoo laq̣awlu Rasooliñ Kareem,

[That] indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is a word [conveyed by] a noble messenger [i.e., Gabriel]

ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ

Ẓee q̣uwwatin ʻiñda Ẓil ʻArshi makeen,

[Who is] possessed of power and with the Owner of the Throne, secure [in position],

مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ

Muṭaaʻiñ s̤amma ʹAmeen.

Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.

وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ

Wa-maa Ṣaaḥibukum̃ bimajnoon;

And your companion [i.e., Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ) ] is not [at all] mad.

وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ

Wa-laq̣ad raʹaahu bilʹufuq̣il mubeen.

And he has already seen him [i.e., Gabriel] in the clear horizon.

وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ

Wa-maa huwa ʻalal g̣aybi biḍaneen.

And he [i.e., Muḥammad (ﷺ)] is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen.

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَـٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ

Wa-maa huwa biq̣awli Shayṭaanir rajeem.

And it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens].

فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ

Faʹayna taẓhaboon?

So where are you going?

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

ʹIn huwa ʹilla Ẓikrul lilʻaalameen:

It is not except a reminder to the worlds

لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ

Limañ shaaaʹa miñkum ʹañy yastaq̣eem:

For whoever wills among you to take a right course.

وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

Wa-maa tashaaaʹoona ʹillaaa ʹañy yashaaaʹal laahu Rabbul ʻAalameen.

And you do not will except that Allāh wills - Lord of the worlds.

إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنفَطَرَتْ

ʹIẓas Samaaaʹuñ faṭarat;

When the sky breaks apart

وَإِذَا ٱلْكَوَاكِبُ ٱنتَثَرَتْ

Wa-ʹiẓal kawaakibuñ tas̤arat;

And when the stars fall, scattering,

وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ فُجِّرَتْ

Wa-ʹiẓal biḥaaru fujjirat;

And when the seas are erupted

وَإِذَا ٱلْقُبُورُ بُعْثِرَتْ

Wa-ʹiẓal q̣ubooru buʻs̤irat;

And when the [contents of] graves are scattered [i.e., exposed],

عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّا قَدَّمَتْ وَأَخَّرَتْ

ʻAlimat nafsum maa q̣addamat wa-ʹakhkharat.

A soul will [then] know what it has put forth and kept back.

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مَا غَرَّكَ بِرَبِّكَ ٱلْكَرِيمِ

Yaaaʹayyuhal ʹiñsaanu maa- g̣arraka bi-Rabbikal Kareem?―

O mankind, what has deceived you concerning your Lord, the Generous,

ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكَ فَسَوَّىٰكَ فَعَدَلَكَ

ʹAllaẓee khalaq̣aka fasawwaaka faʻadalak;

Who created you, proportioned you, and balanced you?

فِىٓ أَىِّ صُورَةٍ مَّا شَآءَ رَكَّبَكَ

Feee ʹayyi Ṣooratim maa shaaaʹa rakkabak.

In whatever form He willed has He assembled you.

كَلَّا بَلْ تُكَذِّبُونَ بِٱلدِّينِ

Kallaa bal tukaẓẓiboona bid-Deen!

No! But you deny the Recompense.

وَإِنَّ عَلَيْكُمْ لَحَـٰفِظِينَ

Wa-ʹinna ʻalaykum laḥaafiz̤̣een,―

And indeed, [appointed] over you are keepers,

كِرَامًا كَـٰتِبِينَ

Kiraamañ Kaatibeen:

Noble and recording;

يَعْلَمُونَ مَا تَفْعَلُونَ

Yaʻlamoona maa- tafʻaloon.

They know whatever you do.

إِنَّ ٱلْأَبْرَارَ لَفِى نَعِيمٍ

ʹInnal ʹabraara lafee Naʻeem;

Indeed, the righteous will be in pleasure,

وَإِنَّ ٱلْفُجَّارَ لَفِى جَحِيمٍ

Wa-ʹinnal fujjaara lafee Jaḥeem.

And indeed, the wicked will be in Hellfire.

يَصْلَوْنَهَا يَوْمَ ٱلدِّينِ

Yaṣlawnahaa Yawmad Deen.

They will [enter to] burn therein on the Day of Recompense,

وَمَا هُمْ عَنْهَا بِغَآئِبِينَ

Wa-maa hum ʻanhaa big̣aaaʹibeen.

And never therefrom will they be absent.

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا يَوْمُ ٱلدِّينِ

Wa-maaa ʹadraaka maa- Yawmud Deen?

And what can make you know what is the Day of Recompense?

ثُمَّ مَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا يَوْمُ ٱلدِّينِ

S̤umma maaa ʹadraaka maa- Yawmud Deen?

Then, what can make you know what is the Day of Recompense?

يَوْمَ لَا تَمْلِكُ نَفْسٌ لِّنَفْسٍ شَيْـًٔا ۖ وَٱلْأَمْرُ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلَّهِ

Yawma laa- tamliku nafsul linafsiñ shayʹaa: walʹAmru Yawmaʹiẓil lillaah.

It is the Day when a soul will not possess for another soul [power to do] a thing; and the command, that Day, is [entirely] with Allāh.

وَيْلٌ لِّلْمُطَفِّفِينَ

Waylul lil-muṭaffifeen,―

Woe to those who give less [than due],

ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ٱكْتَالُوا۟ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ يَسْتَوْفُونَ

ʹAllaẓeena ʹiẓak taaloo ʻalan naasi yastawfoon,

Who, when they take a measure from people, take in full.

وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمْ أَو وَّزَنُوهُمْ يُخْسِرُونَ

Wa-ʹiẓaa kaaloohum ʹaw Wazanoohum yukhsiroon.

But if they give by measure or by weight to them, they cause loss.

أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَنَّهُم مَّبْعُوثُونَ

ʹAlaa yaz̤̣unnu ʹulaaaʹika ʹannahum mabʻoos̤oon

Do they not think that they will be resurrected

لِيَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ

Li-Yawmin ʻAz̤̣eem.

For a tremendous Day -

يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلنَّاسُ لِرَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

Yawma yaq̣oomun naasu li-Rabbil ʻAalameen?

The Day when mankind will stand before the Lord of the worlds?

كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَـٰبَ ٱلْفُجَّارِ لَفِى سِجِّينٍ

Kallaaa ʹinna Kitaabal fujjaari lafee Sijjeen.

No! Indeed, the record of the wicked is in sijjeen.

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سِجِّينٌ

Wa-maaa ʹadraaka maa- Sijjeen?

And what can make you know what is sijjeen?

كِتَـٰبٌ مَّرْقُومٌ

Kitaabum marq̣oom.

It is [their destination recorded in] a register inscribed.

وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

Wayluñy Yawmaʹiẓil lil-mukaẓẓibeen―

Woe, that Day, to the deniers,

ٱلَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ

ʹAllaẓeena yukaẓẓiboona bi-Yawmid Deen.

Who deny the Day of Recompense.

وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِۦٓ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ

Wa-maa yukaẓẓibu biheee ʹillaa kullu muʻtadin ʹas̤eem!

And none deny it except every sinful transgressor.

إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَـٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَـٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

ʹIẓaa tutlaa ʻalayhi ʹAayaatunaa q̣aala ʹAsaaṭeerul ʹAwwaleen!

When Our verses are recited to him, he says, "Legends of the former peoples."

كَلَّا ۖ بَلْ ۜ رَانَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ

Kallaa bal; raana ʻalaa q̣uloobihim maa kaanoo yaksiboon!

No! Rather, the stain has covered their hearts of that which they were earning.

كَلَّآ إِنَّهُمْ عَن رَّبِّهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ لَّمَحْجُوبُونَ

Kallaaa ʹinnahum ʻar Rabbihim Yawmaʹiẓil lamaḥjooboon.

No! Indeed, from their Lord, that Day, they will be partitioned.

ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمْ لَصَالُوا۟ ٱلْجَحِيمِ

S̤umma ʹinnahum laṣaalul Jaḥeem.

Then indeed, they will [enter and] burn in Hellfire.

ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هَـٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ

S̤umma yuq̣aalu haaẓal laẓee kuñtum̃ bihee tukaẓẓiboon!

Then it will be said [to them], "This is what you used to deny."

كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَـٰبَ ٱلْأَبْرَارِ لَفِى عِلِّيِّينَ

Kallaaa ʹinna Kitaabal ʹAbraari lafee ʻIlliyyeen.

No! Indeed, the record of the righteous is in ʿilliyyūn.

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ

Wa-maaa ʹadraaka maa- ʻIlliyyoon?

And what can make you know what is ʿilliyyūn?

كِتَـٰبٌ مَّرْقُومٌ

Kitaabum marq̣oom,

It is [their destination recorded in] a register inscribed

يَشْهَدُهُ ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ

Yashhaduhul Muq̣arraboon.

Which is witnessed by those brought near [to Allāh].

إِنَّ ٱلْأَبْرَارَ لَفِى نَعِيمٍ

ʹInnal ʹAbraara lafee Naʻeem:

Indeed, the righteous will be in pleasure

عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ

ʻAlal ʹaraaaʹiki yañz̤̣uroon:

On adorned couches, observing.

تَعْرِفُ فِى وُجُوهِهِمْ نَضْرَةَ ٱلنَّعِيمِ

Taʻrifu fee wujoohihim naḍratan Naʻeem.

You will recognize in their faces the radiance of pleasure.

يُسْقَوْنَ مِن رَّحِيقٍ مَّخْتُومٍ

Yusq̣awna mir raḥeeq̣im makhtoom:

They will be given to drink [pure] wine [which was] sealed.

خِتَـٰمُهُۥ مِسْكٌ ۚ وَفِى ذَٰلِكَ فَلْيَتَنَافَسِ ٱلْمُتَنَـٰفِسُونَ

Khitaamuhoo misk: wa-fee ẓaalika falyatanaafasil mutanaafisoon:

The last of it is musk. So for this let the competitors compete.

وَمِزَاجُهُۥ مِن تَسْنِيمٍ

Wa-mizaajuhoo miñ Tasneem,

And its mixture is of Tasneem,

عَيْنًا يَشْرَبُ بِهَا ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ

ʻAynañy yashrabu bihal Muq̣arraboon.

A spring from which those near [to Allāh] drink.

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أَجْرَمُوا۟ كَانُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ يَضْحَكُونَ

ʹInnal laẓeena ʹajramoo kaanoo minal laẓeena ʹaamanoo yaḍḥakoon,

Indeed, those who committed crimes used to laugh at those who believed.

وَإِذَا مَرُّوا۟ بِهِمْ يَتَغَامَزُونَ

Wa-ʹiẓaa marroo bihim yatag̣aamazoon;

And when they passed by them, they would exchange derisive glances.

وَإِذَا ٱنقَلَبُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِمُ ٱنقَلَبُوا۟ فَكِهِينَ

Wa-ʹiẓañ q̣alabooo ʹilaaa ʹahlihimuñ q̣alaboo fakiheen;

And when they returned to their people, they would return jesting.

وَإِذَا رَأَوْهُمْ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَضَآلُّونَ

Wa-ʹiẓaa raʹawhum q̣aalooo ʹinna haaaʹulaaaʹi laḍaaal-loon!

And when they saw them, they would say, "Indeed, those are truly lost."

وَمَآ أُرْسِلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ حَـٰفِظِينَ

Wa-maaa ʹursiloo ʹalayhim Ḥaafiz̤̣een.

But they had not been sent as guardians over them.

فَٱلْيَوْمَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْكُفَّارِ يَضْحَكُونَ

Fal-Yawmal laẓeena ʹaamanoo minal kuffaari yuḍḥakoon:

So Today those who believed are laughing at the disbelievers,

عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ

ʻAlal ʹaraaaʹiki yañz̤̣uroon.

On adorned couches, observing.

هَلْ ثُوِّبَ ٱلْكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْعَلُونَ

Hal s̤uwwibal kuffaaru maa- kaanoo yafʻaloon?

Have the disbelievers [not] been rewarded [this Day] for what they used to do?

إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنشَقَّتْ

ʹIẓas Samaaaʹuñ shaq̣q̣at,

When the sky has split [open]

وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ

Wa-ʹaẓinat li-Rabbihaa wa-ḥuq̣q̣at;

And has listened [i.e., responded] to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]

وَإِذَا ٱلْأَرْضُ مُدَّتْ

Wa-ʹiẓal ʹarḍu muddat,

And when the earth has been extended

وَأَلْقَتْ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتْ

Waʹalq̣at maa- feehaa wa-takhallat,

And has cast out that within it and relinquished [it]

وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ

Wa-ʹaẓinat li-Rabbihaa wa-ḥuq̣q̣at.

And has listened [i.e., responded] to its Lord and was obligated [to do so] –

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدْحًا فَمُلَـٰقِيهِ

Yaaaʹayyuhal ʹiñsaanu ʹinnaka kaadiḥun ʹilaa Rabbika kad-ḥañ famulaaq̣eeh.

O mankind, indeed you are laboring toward your Lord with [great] exertion and will meet it.

فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ

Faʹammaa man ʹootiya Kitaabahoo biyameenih.

Then as for he who is given his record in his right hand,

فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًا يَسِيرًا

Fasawfa yuḥaasabu ḥisaabañy yaseeraa,

He will be judged with an easy account

وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًا

Wa-yañq̣alibu ʹilaaa ʹahlihee masrooraa.

And return to his people in happiness.

وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ وَرَآءَ ظَهْرِهِۦ

Wa-ʹammaa man ʹootiya Kitaabahoo wa-raaaʹa z̤̣ahrih,

But as for he who is given his record behind his back,

فَسَوْفَ يَدْعُوا۟ ثُبُورًا

Fasawfa yadʻoo s̤ubooraa,

He will cry out for destruction

وَيَصْلَىٰ سَعِيرًا

Wa-yaṣlaa Saʻeeraa.

And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.

إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فِىٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًا

ʹInnahoo kaana feee ahlihee masrooraa.

Indeed, he had [once] been among his people in happiness;

إِنَّهُۥ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ

ʹInnahoo z̤̣anna ʹal lañy yaḥoor!

Indeed, he had thought he would never return [to Allāh].

بَلَىٰٓ إِنَّ رَبَّهُۥ كَانَ بِهِۦ بَصِيرًا

Balaaa ʹinna Rabbahoo kaana bihee Baṣeeraa!

But yes! Indeed, his Lord was ever, of him, Seeing.

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلشَّفَقِ

Falaaa ʹuq̣simu bish-Shafaq̣;

So I swear by the twilight glow

وَٱلَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ

Wallayli wa-maa wa-saq̣;

And [by] the night and what it envelops

وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا ٱتَّسَقَ

Wal-Q̣amari ʹiẓat tasaq̣;

And [by] the moon when it becomes full

لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٍ

Latarkabunna ṭabaq̣an ʻañ ṭabaq̣.

[That] you will surely embark upon [i.e., experience] state after state.

فَمَا لَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

Famaa lahum laa- yuʹminoon,

So what is [the matter] with them [that] they do not believe,

وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقُرْءَانُ لَا يَسْجُدُونَ ۩

Wa-ʹiẓaa q̣uriʹa ʻalayhimul Q̣urʹaanu laa- yasjudoon?

And when the Qur’ān is recited to them, they do not prostrate [to Allāh]?

بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يُكَذِّبُونَ

Balil laẓeena kafaroo yukaẓẓiboon.

But those who have disbelieved deny,

وَٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ

Wallaahu ʹAʻlamu bimaa yooʻoon.

And Allāh is most knowing of what they keep within themselves.

فَبَشِّرْهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ

Fabashshirhum̃ biʻAẓaabin ʹaleem,

So give them tidings of a painful punishment,

إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍۭ

ʹIllal laẓeena ʹaamanoo wa-ʻamiluṣ ṣaaliḥaati lahum ʹAjrun g̣ayru mamnoon.

Except for those who believe and do righteous deeds. For them is a reward uninterrupted.

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلْبُرُوجِ

Was-Samaaaʹi ẓaatil BUROOJ;

By the sky containing great stars

وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْمَوْعُودِ

Wal-Yawmil Mawʻood;

And [by] the promised Day

وَشَاهِدٍ وَمَشْهُودٍ

Wa-Shaahidiñw Wa-Mashhood;

And [by] the witness and what is witnessed,

قُتِلَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْأُخْدُودِ

Q̣utila ʹaṣḥaabul ʹukhdood,―

Destroyed [i.e., cursed] were the companions of the trench

ٱلنَّارِ ذَاتِ ٱلْوَقُودِ

ʹAnnaari ẓaatil Waq̣ood:

[Containing] the fire full of fuel,

إِذْ هُمْ عَلَيْهَا قُعُودٌ

ʹIẓ hum ʻalayhaa q̣uʻood,

When they were sitting near it.

وَهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَفْعَلُونَ بِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ شُهُودٌ

Wa-hum ʻalaa maa- yafʻaloona bilmuʹmineena shuhood.

And they, to what they were doing against the believers, were witnesses.

وَمَا نَقَمُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ إِلَّآ أَن يُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْحَمِيدِ

Wa-maa naq̣amoo minhum ʹillaaa ʹañy yuʹminoo billaahil ʻAzeezil Ḥameed,―

And they resented them not except because they believed in Allāh, the Exalted in Might, the Praiseworthy,

ٱلَّذِى لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ شَهِيدٌ

ʹAllaẓee lahoo mulkus samaawaati wal-ʹarḍ: Wallaahu ʻalaa kulli shayʹiñ Shaheed.

To whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. And Allāh, over all things, is Witness.

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ فَتَنُوا۟ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَتُوبُوا۟ فَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ ٱلْحَرِيقِ

ʹInnal laẓeena fatanul Muʹmineena wal-muʹminaati s̤umma lam yatooboo falahum ʻaẓaabu Jahannama wa-lahum ʻAẓaabul ḥareeq̣.

Indeed, those who have tortured the believing men and believing women and then have not repented will have the punishment of Hell, and they will have the punishment of the Burning Fire.

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ لَهُمْ جَنَّـٰتٌ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْكَبِيرُ

ʹInnal laẓeena ʹaamanoo wa-ʻamiluṣ ṣaaliḥaati lahum Jannaatuñ tajree miñ taḥtihal ʹanhaar: ẓaalikal Fawzul kabeer.

Indeed, those who have believed and done righteous deeds will have gardens beneath which rivers flow. That is the great attainment.

إِنَّ بَطْشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَدِيدٌ

ʹInna Baṭsha Rabbika lashadeed.

Indeed, the assault [i.e., vengeance] of your Lord is severe.

إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ يُبْدِئُ وَيُعِيدُ

ʹInna-Hoo Huwa yubdiʹu wa-yuʻeed.

Indeed, it is He who originates [creation] and repeats.

وَهُوَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلْوَدُودُ

Wa-Huwal G̣afoorul Wadood,

And He is the Forgiving, the Affectionate,

ذُو ٱلْعَرْشِ ٱلْمَجِيدُ

Ẓul ʻArshil Majeed.

Honorable Owner of the Throne,

فَعَّالٌ لِّمَا يُرِيدُ

Faʻ-ʻaalul limaa yureed.

Effecter of what He intends.

هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْجُنُودِ

Hal ʹataaka ḥadees̤ul Junood―

Has there reached you the story of the soldiers -

فِرْعَوْنَ وَثَمُودَ

Firʻawna wa-S̤amood?

[Those of] Pharaoh and Thamūd?

بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فِى تَكْذِيبٍ

Balil laẓeena kafaroo fee takẓeeb!

But they who disbelieve are in [persistent] denial,

وَٱللَّهُ مِن وَرَآئِهِم مُّحِيطٌۢ

Wallaahu miñw waraaaʹihim Muḥeeṭ!

While Allāh encompasses them from behind.

بَلْ هُوَ قُرْءَانٌ مَّجِيدٌ

Bal Huwa Q̣urʹaanum Majeed,

But this is an honored Qur’ān

فِى لَوْحٍ مَّحْفُوظٍۭ

Fee Lawḥim Maḥfooz̤̣!

[Inscribed] in a Preserved Slate.

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلطَّارِقِ

Was-Samaaaʹi waṭ-ṬAARIQ̣;

By the sky and the knocker

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلطَّارِقُ

Wa-maaa ʹadraaka maṭ Ṭaariq̣?

And what can make you know what is the knocker?

ٱلنَّجْمُ ٱلثَّاقِبُ

ʹAn-Najmus̤ s̤aaq̣ib!

It is the piercing star.

إِن كُلُّ نَفْسٍ لَّمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌ

ʹIñ kullu nafsil lammaa ʻalayhaa ḥafiz̤̣.

There is no soul but that it has over it a protector.

فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ

Fal-yañz̤̣uril ʹiñsaanu mimma khuliq̣.

So let man observe from what he was created.

خُلِقَ مِن مَّآءٍ دَافِقٍ

Khuliq̣a mim maaaʹiñ daafiq̣,

He was created from a fluid, ejected,

يَخْرُجُ مِنۢ بَيْنِ ٱلصُّلْبِ وَٱلتَّرَآئِبِ

Yakhruju mim bayniṣ ṣulbi wat-taraaaʹib.

Emerging from between the backbone and the ribs.

إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ رَجْعِهِۦ لَقَادِرٌ

ʹInna-Hoo ʻalaa rajʻihee laq̣aadir.

Indeed, He [i.e., Allāh], to return him [to life], is Able.

يَوْمَ تُبْلَى ٱلسَّرَآئِرُ

Yawma tublas saraaaʹir,

The Day when secrets will be put on trial,

فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن قُوَّةٍ وَلَا نَاصِرٍ

Famaa lahoo miñ q̣uwtiñwwa walaa naaṣir.

Then he [i.e., man] will have no power or any helper.

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلرَّجْعِ

Was-Samaaaʹi ẓaatir rajʻ.

By the sky which sends back

وَٱلْأَرْضِ ذَاتِ ٱلصَّدْعِ

Wal-ʹarḍi ẓaatiṣ ṣadʻ,―

And [by] the earth which splits,

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلٌ فَصْلٌ

ʹInnahoo laq̣awluñ faṣl:

Indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is a decisive statement,

وَمَا هُوَ بِٱلْهَزْلِ

Wa-maa huwa bil-hazl.

And it is not amusement.

إِنَّهُمْ يَكِيدُونَ كَيْدًا

ʹInnahum yakeedoona kaydaa,

Indeed, they are planning a plan,

وَأَكِيدُ كَيْدًا

Wa-ʹakeedu kaydaa.

But I am planning a plan.

فَمَهِّلِ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ أَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْدًۢا

Famahhilil kaafireena ʹamhilhum ruwaydaa.

So allow time for the disbelievers. Leave them awhile.

سَبِّحِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلْأَعْلَى

Sabbiḥis ma Rabbikal ʹAʻlaa,

Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,

ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ

ʹAllaẓee khalaq̣a fasawwaa;

Who created and proportioned

وَٱلَّذِى قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ

Wallaẓee q̣addara fahadaa;

And who destined and [then] guided

وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَخْرَجَ ٱلْمَرْعَىٰ

Wallaẓeee ʹakhrajal marʻaa,

And who brings out the pasture

فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحْوَىٰ

Fajaʻalahoo g̣us̤aaaʹan ʹaḥwaa.

And [then] makes it black stubble.

سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ

Sanuq̣riʹuka falaa tañsaa,

We will make you recite, [O Muḥammad], and you will not forget,

إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ

ʹIllaa maa- shaaaʹal laah: ʹinna-Hoo yaʻlamul jahra wa-maa yakhfaa.

Except what Allāh should will. Indeed, He knows what is declared and what is hidden.

وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ

Wa-nu-yassiruka lil-Yusraa,

And We will ease you toward ease.

فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ

Faẓakkir ʹin nafaʻatiẓ ẓikraa.

So remind, if the reminder should benefit;

سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ

Sayaẓẓakkaru mañy yakhshaa:

He who fears [Allāh] will be reminded.

وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَشْقَى

Wa-yatajannabuhal ʹashq̣aa,

But the wretched one will avoid it –

ٱلَّذِى يَصْلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ

ʹAllaẓee yaṣlan Naaral kubraa,

[He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire,

ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ

S̤umma laa- yamootu feehaa wa-laa yaḥyaa.

Neither dying therein nor living.

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ

Q̣ad ʹaflaḥa mañ tazakkaa.

He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself

وَذَكَرَ ٱسْمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ

Wa-ẓakaras ma Rabbihee faṣallaa.

And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.

بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا

Bal tuʹs̤iroonal ḥayaatad dunyaa;

But you prefer the worldly life,

وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ

Wal-ʹAakhiratu khayruñw waʹabq̣aa.

While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.

إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَفِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ

ʹInna haaẓaa lafiṣ Ṣuḥufil ʹoolaa,―

Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,

صُحُفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ

Ṣuḥufi ʹIbraaheema wa-Moosaa.

The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.

هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَـٰشِيَةِ

Hal ʹataaka ḥadees̤ul G̣aashiyah?

Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]?

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَـٰشِعَةٌ

Wujoohuñy Yawmaʹiẓin khaashiʻah,

[Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled,

عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ

ʻAamilatun naaṣibah,

Working [hard] and exhausted.

تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً

Taṣlaa Naaran ḥaamiyah,―

They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire.

تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ ءَانِيَةٍ

Tusq̣aa min ʻaynin ʹaaniyah,

They will be given drink from a boiling spring.

لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ

Laysa lahum ṭaʻaamun ʹillaa miñ Ḍareeʻ

For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant

لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِن جُوعٍ

Laa- yusminu wa-laa yug̣nee miñ jooʻ.

Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ

Wujoohuñy Yawmaʹiẓin naaʻimah,

[Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure.

لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ

Lisaʻyihaa raaḍiyah,

With their effort [they are] satisfied

فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ

Fee Jannatin ʻaaliyah,

In an elevated garden,

لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَـٰغِيَةً

Laa- tasmaʻu feehaa laag̣iyah:

Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.

فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ

Feehaa ʻaynuñ jaariyah,

Within it is a flowing spring.

فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ

Feehaa Sururum marfooʻah,

Within it are couches raised high

وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ

Wa-ʹakwaabum mawḍooʻah,

And cups put in place

وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ

Wa-namaariq̣u maṣfoofah,

And cushions lined up

وَزَرَابِىُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ

Wa-zaraabiyyu mabs̤oos̤ah.

And carpets spread around.

أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ

ʹAfalaa yañz̤̣uroona ʹilal ʹibili kayfa khuliq̣at?―

Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created?

وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ

Wa-ʹilas Samaaaʹi kayfa rufiʻat?―

And at the sky - how it is raised?

وَإِلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ

Wa-ʹilal Jibaali kayfa nuṣibat?

And at the mountains - how they are erected?

وَإِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ

Wa-ʹilal ʹArḍi kayfa suṭiḥat?

And at the earth - how it is spread out?

فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ

Faẓakkir, ʹinnamaaa ʹañta muẓakkir.

So remind, [O Muḥammad]; you are only a reminder.

لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ

Lasta ʻalayhim̃ bimuṣayṭir.

You are not over them a controller.

إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ

ʹIllaa mañ tawallaa wa-kafar,―

However, he who turns away and disbelieves –

فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَكْبَرَ

Fayuʻaẓẓibuhul laahul ʻAẓaabal ʹakbar.

Then Allāh will punish him with the greatest punishment.

إِنَّ إِلَيْنَآ إِيَابَهُمْ

ʹInna ʹilaynaaa ʹIyaabahum;

Indeed, to Us is their return.

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم

S̤umma ʹinna ʻalaynaa ḥisaabahum.

Then indeed, upon Us is their account.

وَٱلْفَجْرِ

Wal-Fajr;

By the dawn

وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ

Wa-Layaalin ʻashr;

And [by] ten nights

وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوَتْرِ

Wash-Shafʻi wal-watr;

And [by] the even [number] and the odd

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ

Wallayli ʹiẓaa yasr;

And [by] the night when it passes,

هَلْ فِى ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِى حِجْرٍ

Hal fee ẓaalika q̣asamul liẓee ḥijr?

Is there [not] in [all] that an oath [sufficient] for one of perception?

أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ

ʹAlam tara kayfa faʻala Rabbuka biʻAad,―

Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with ʿAad -

إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلْعِمَادِ

ʹIrama Ẓaatil ʻimaad,

[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,

ٱلَّتِى لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِى ٱلْبِلَـٰدِ

ʹAllatee lam yukhlaq̣ mis̤luhaa fil bilaad?

The likes of whom had never been created in the land?

وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُوا۟ ٱلصَّخْرَ بِٱلْوَادِ

Wa-S̤amoodal laẓeena jaabuṣ ṣakhra bil-waad?

And [with] Thamūd, who carved out the rocks in the valley?

وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِى ٱلْأَوْتَادِ

Wa-Firʻawna ẓil ʹawtaad?

And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes?

ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَـٰدِ

ʹAllaẓeena ṭag̣aw fil bilaad.

[All of] whom oppressed within the lands

فَأَكْثَرُوا۟ فِيهَا ٱلْفَسَادَ

Faʹaks̤aroo fihal fasaad.

And increased therein the corruption.

فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ

Faṣabba ʻalayhim Rabbuka sawṭa ʻaẓaab:

So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلْمِرْصَادِ

ʹInna Rabbaka labilmirṣaad.

Indeed, your Lord is in observation.

فَأَمَّا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكْرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَكْرَمَنِ

Faʹammal ʹiñsaanu ʹiẓaa mab talaahu Rabbuhoo faʹakramahoo wa-naʻ-ʻamah, fayaq̣oolu Rabbeee ʹakraman.

And as for man, when his Lord tries him and [thus] is generous to him and favors him, he says, "My Lord has honored me."

وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَهَـٰنَنِ

Wa-ʹammaaa ʹiẓaa mab talaahu faq̣adara ʻalayhi rizq̣ah, fayaq̣oolu Rabbeee ʹahaanan.

But when He tries him and restricts his provision, he says, "My Lord has humiliated me."

كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ ٱلْيَتِيمَ

Kallaa bal laa tukrimoonal yateem.

No! But you do not honor the orphan

وَلَا تَحَـٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ

Wa-laa taḥaaaḍḍoona ʻalaa ṭaʻaamil miskeen!―

And you do not encourage one another to feed the poor.

وَتَأْكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَّمًّا

Wa-taʹkuloonat Turaas̤a ʹaklal lammaa,

And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,

وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا

Wa-tuḥibboonal maala ḥubbañ jammaa.

And you love wealth with immense love.

كَلَّآ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا

Kallaaa ʹiẓaa dukkatil ʹarḍu dakkañ dakkaa,

No! When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushed

وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا

Wa-jaaaʹa Rabbuka wal-malaku ṣaffañ ṣaffaa,

And your Lord has come and the angels, rank upon rank,

وَجِا۟ىٓءَ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِجَهَنَّمَ ۚ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ

Wa-jeeeʹa Yawmaʹiẓim bi-Jahannam, Yawmaʹiẓiñy yataẓakkarul ʹiñsaanu wa-ʹannaa lahuẓ ẓikraa?

And brought [within view], that Day, is Hell - that Day, man will remember, but how [i.e., what good] to him will be the remembrance?

يَقُولُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِى

Yaq̣oolu yaa-laytanee q̣addamtu li-Ḥayaatee!

He will say, "Oh, I wish I had sent ahead [some good] for my life."

فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ

Fa-Yawmaʹiẓil laa yuʻaẓẓibu ʻAẓaabahooo ʹaḥad,

So on that Day, none will punish [as severely] as His punishment,

وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ

Wa-laa yoos̤iq̣u wa-s̤aaq̣ahooo ʹaḥad.

And none will bind [as severely] as His binding [of the evildoers].

يَـٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفْسُ ٱلْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ

Yaaaʹayyatuhan Nafsul muṭmaʹinnah!

[To the righteous it will be said], "O reassured soul,

ٱرْجِعِىٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً

ʹIrjiʻeee ʹilaa Rabbiki raaḍiyatam marḍiyyah!

Return to your Lord, well-pleased and pleasing [to Him],

فَٱدْخُلِى فِى عِبَـٰدِى

Fadkhulee fee ʻIbaadee!

And enter among My [righteous] servants

وَٱدْخُلِى جَنَّتِى

Wadkhulee Jannatee!

And enter My Paradise."

لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ

Laaa ʹuq̣simu bihaaẓal Balad;

I swear by this city [i.e., Makkah] –

وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ

Wa-ʹañta ḥillum bihaaẓal Balad;

And you, [O Muḥammad], are free of restriction in this city –

وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ

Wa-Waalidiñw Wamaa Walad;

And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],

لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ

Laq̣ad khalaq̣nal ʹiñsaana fee kabad.

We have certainly created man into hardship.

أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ

ʹAyaḥsabu ʹal lañy yaq̣dira ʻalayhi ʹaḥad?

Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?

يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا

Yaq̣oolu ʹahlaktu maalal lubadaa!

He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."

أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ

ʹAyaḥsabu ʹal lam yarahooo ʹaḥad?

Does he think that no one has seen him?

أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ

ʹAlam najʻal lahoo ʻaynayn?―

Have We not made for him two eyes?

وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ

Wa-lisaanañw Washafatayn?―

And a tongue and two lips?

وَهَدَيْنَـٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ

Wa-hadaynaahun najdayn?

And have shown him the two ways?

فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ

Falaq̣ taḥamal ʻaq̣abah.

But he has not broken through the difficult pass.

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ

Wa-maaa ʹadraaka mal ʻaq̣abah?―

And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?

فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ

Fakku raq̣abah.

It is the freeing of a slave

أَوْ إِطْعَـٰمٌ فِى يَوْمٍ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍ

ʹAw ʹiṭʻaamuñ fee yawmiñ ẓee masg̣abah,

Or feeding on a day of severe hunger

يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ

Yateemañ ẓaa maq̣rabah,

An orphan of near relationship

أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ

ʹAw miskeenañ ẓaa matrabah.

Or a needy person in misery

ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ

S̤umma kaana minal laẓeena ʹaamanoo wa-tawaaṣaw biṣṣabri wa-tawaaṣaw bil-Marḥamah.

And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion.

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ

ʹUlaaaʹika ʹAṣḥaabul Maymanah.

Those are the companions of the right.

وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ

Wallaẓeena kafaroo biʹAayaatinaa hum ʹAṣḥaabul mashʹamah.

But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.

عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ

ʻAlayhim Naarum muʹṣadah.

Over them will be fire closed in.

وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا

Wash-Shamsi wa-ḍuḥaa-haa;

By the sun and its brightness

وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا

Wal-Q̣amari ʹiẓaa talaaha;

And [by] the moon when it follows it

وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا

Wan-Nahaari ʹiẓaa jallaahaa,

And [by] the day when it displays it

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا

Wal-Layli ʹiẓaa yag̣shaahaa;

And [by] the night when it covers [i.e., conceals] it

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا

Wassamaaaʹi wa-maa banaahaa;

And [by] the sky and He who constructed it

وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا

Wal-ʹArḍi wa-maa ṭaḥaahaa;

And [by] the earth and He who spread it

وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا

Wa-nafsiñw Wamaa sawwaahaa;

And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it

فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا

Faʹalhamahaa fujoorahaa wa-taq̣waahaa;―

And inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness,

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا

Q̣ad ʹaflaḥa mañ zakkaahaa,

He has succeeded who purifies it,

وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا

Wa-q̣ad khaaba mañ dassaahaa.

And he has failed who instills it [with corruption].

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ

Kaẓẓabat S̤amoodu biṭag̣waahaa.

Thamūd denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression,

إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا

ʹIẓim baʻas̤a ʹashq̣aahaa,

When the most wretched of them was sent forth.

فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَـٰهَا

Faq̣aala lahum Rasoolul laahi Naaq̣atal laahi wa-suq̣yaahaa!

And the messenger of Allāh [i.e., Ṣāliḥ] said to them, "[Do not harm] the she-camel of Allāh or [prevent her from] her drink."

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا

Fakaẓẓaboohu faʻaq̣aroohaa. Fadamdama ʻalayhim Rabbuhum̃ biẓambihim fasawwaahaa!

But they denied him and hamstrung her. So their Lord brought down upon them destruction for their sin and made it equal [upon all of them].

وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَـٰهَا

Wa-laa yakhaafu ʻuq̣baahaa.

And He does not fear the consequence thereof.

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰ

Wal-Layli ʹiẓaa yag̣shaa;

By the night when it covers

وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا تَجَلَّىٰ

Wan-Nahaari ʹiẓaa tajallaa;

And [by] the day when it appears

وَمَا خَلَقَ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ

Wa-maa khalaq̣aẓ ẓakara wal-ʹuñs̤aaa;

And [by] He who created the male and female,

إِنَّ سَعْيَكُمْ لَشَتَّىٰ

ʹInna saʻyakum lashattaa.

Indeed, your efforts are diverse.

فَأَمَّا مَنْ أَعْطَىٰ وَٱتَّقَىٰ

Faʹammaa man ʹaʻṭaa wattaq̣aa,―

As for he who gives and fears Allāh

وَصَدَّقَ بِٱلْحُسْنَىٰ

Wa-ṣaddaq̣a bil-Ḥusnaa,―

And believes in the best [reward].

فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُۥ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ

Fasanuyassiruhoo lil-Yusraa.

We will ease him toward ease.

وَأَمَّا مَنۢ بَخِلَ وَٱسْتَغْنَىٰ

Wa-ʹammaa mam bakhila wastag̣naa,

But as for he who withholds and considers himself free of need

وَكَذَّبَ بِٱلْحُسْنَىٰ

Wa-kaẓẓaba bil-Ḥusnaa,―

And denies the best [reward],

فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُۥ لِلْعُسْرَىٰ

Fasanuyassiruhoo lilʻusraa;

We will ease him toward difficulty.

وَمَا يُغْنِى عَنْهُ مَالُهُۥٓ إِذَا تَرَدَّىٰٓ

Wa-maa yug̣nee ʻanhu maaluhooo ʹiẓaa taraddaa.

And what will his wealth avail him when he falls?

إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا لَلْهُدَىٰ

ʹInna ʻalaynaa lal-hudaa,

Indeed, [incumbent] upon Us is guidance.

وَإِنَّ لَنَا لَلْـَٔاخِرَةَ وَٱلْأُولَىٰ

Wa-ʹinna lanaa lal-ʹAakhirata wal-ʹOolaa.

And indeed, to us belongs the Hereafter and the first [life].

فَأَنذَرْتُكُمْ نَارًا تَلَظَّىٰ

Faʹañẓartukum Naarañ talaz̤̣z̤̣aa.

So I have warned you of a Fire which is blazing.

لَا يَصْلَىٰهَآ إِلَّا ٱلْأَشْقَى

Laa- yaṣlaahaaa ʹillal ʹashq̣aa,―

None will [enter to] burn therein except the most wretched one

ٱلَّذِى كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

ʹAllaẓee kaẓẓaba wa-tawallaa.

Who had denied and turned away.

وَسَيُجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَتْقَى

Wa-sa-yujannabuhal ʹatq̣aa,―

But the righteous one will avoid it –

ٱلَّذِى يُؤْتِى مَالَهُۥ يَتَزَكَّىٰ

ʹAllaẓee yuʹtee maalahoo yatazakkaa,

[He] who gives [from] his wealth to purify himself

وَمَا لِأَحَدٍ عِندَهُۥ مِن نِّعْمَةٍ تُجْزَىٰٓ

Wa-maa liʹaḥadin ʻiñdahoo min niʻmatiñ tujzaa,

And not [giving] for anyone who has [done him] a favor to be rewarded –

إِلَّا ٱبْتِغَآءَ وَجْهِ رَبِّهِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ

ʹIllab tig̣aaaʹa Wajhi Rabbihil ʹAʻ-laa;

But only seeking the face [i.e., acceptance] of his Lord, Most High.

وَلَسَوْفَ يَرْضَىٰ

Wa-lasawfa yarḍaa.

And he is going to be satisfied.

وَٱلضُّحَىٰ

Waḍ-Ḍuḥaa,

By the morning brightness

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا سَجَىٰ

Wal-Layli ʹiẓaa sajaa,―

And [by] the night when it covers with darkness,

مَا وَدَّعَكَ رَبُّكَ وَمَا قَلَىٰ

Maa- wad-daʻaka Rabbuka wa-maa q̣alaa.

Your Lord has not taken leave of you, [O Muḥammad], nor has He detested [you].

وَلَلْـَٔاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ لَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْأُولَىٰ

Wa-lalʹAakhiratu khayrul laka minal ʹOolaa.

And the Hereafter is better for you than the first [life].

وَلَسَوْفَ يُعْطِيكَ رَبُّكَ فَتَرْضَىٰٓ

Walasawfa yuʻṭeeka Rabbuka fatarḍaa.

And your Lord is going to give you, and you will be satisfied.

أَلَمْ يَجِدْكَ يَتِيمًا فَـَٔاوَىٰ

ʹAlam yajidka yateemañ faʹaawaa?

Did He not find you an orphan and give [you] refuge?

وَوَجَدَكَ ضَآلًّا فَهَدَىٰ

Wa-wajadaka ḍaaal-lañ fahadaa.

And He found you lost and guided [you],

وَوَجَدَكَ عَآئِلًا فَأَغْنَىٰ

Wa-wajadaka ʻaaaʹilañ faʹag̣naa.

And He found you poor and made [you] self-sufficient.

فَأَمَّا ٱلْيَتِيمَ فَلَا تَقْهَرْ

Faʹammal yateema falaa taq̣har,

So as for the orphan, do not oppress [him].

وَأَمَّا ٱلسَّآئِلَ فَلَا تَنْهَرْ

Wa-ʹammas saaa-ʹila falaa tanhar:

And as for the petitioner, do not repel [him].

وَأَمَّا بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ فَحَدِّثْ

Wa-ʹammaa biniʻmati Rabbika faḥaddis̤!

But as for the favor of your Lord, report [it].

أَلَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَكَ صَدْرَكَ

ʹAlam nashraḥ laka ṣadrak?

Did We not expand for you, [O Muḥammad], your breast?

وَوَضَعْنَا عَنكَ وِزْرَكَ

Wa-waḍaʻnaa ʻañka wizrak,

And We removed from you your burden

ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنقَضَ ظَهْرَكَ

ʹAllaẓeee ʹañq̣aḍa z̤̣ahrak?―

Which had weighed upon your back

وَرَفَعْنَا لَكَ ذِكْرَكَ

Wa-rafaʻnaa laka ẓikrak?

And raised high for you your repute.

فَإِنَّ مَعَ ٱلْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا

Faʹinna maʻal ʻusri yusraa:

For indeed, with hardship [will be] ease [i.e., relief].

إِنَّ مَعَ ٱلْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا

ʹInna maʻal ʻusri yusraa.

Indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.

فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَٱنصَبْ

Faʹiẓaa farag̣ta fañṣab,

So when you have finished [your duties], then stand up [for worship].

وَإِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَٱرْغَب

Wa-ʹilaa Rabbika far-g̣ab.

And to your Lord direct [your] longing.

وَٱلتِّينِ وَٱلزَّيْتُونِ

Wat-Teeni waz-Zaytooni,

By the fig and the olive

وَطُورِ سِينِينَ

Wa-Ṭoori Seeneena,

And [by] Mount Sinai

وَهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ ٱلْأَمِينِ

Wa-haaẓal Baladil ʹameen,―

And [by] this secure city [i.e., Makkah],

لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ فِىٓ أَحْسَنِ تَقْوِيمٍ

Laq̣ad khalaq̣nal ʹiñsaana feee ʹaḥsani taq̣weem,

We have certainly created man in the best of stature;

ثُمَّ رَدَدْنَـٰهُ أَسْفَلَ سَـٰفِلِينَ

S̤umma radadnaahu ʹasfala saafileen,―

Then We return him to the lowest of the low,

إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ فَلَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍ

ʹIl-lal laẓeena ʹaamanoo wa-ʻamiluṣ ṣaaliḥaati falahum ʹajrun g̣ayru mamnoon.

Except for those who believe and do righteous deeds, for they will have a reward uninterrupted.

فَمَا يُكَذِّبُكَ بَعْدُ بِٱلدِّينِ

Famaa yukaẓẓibuka baʻdu bid-Deen?

So what yet causes you to deny the Recompense?

أَلَيْسَ ٱللَّهُ بِأَحْكَمِ ٱلْحَـٰكِمِينَ

ʹAlaysal laahu biʹAḥkamil ḥaakimeen?

Is not Allāh the most just of judges?

ٱقْرَأْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ

ʹIq̣raʹ bismi Rab-bikal laẓee khalaq̣,

Recite in the name of your Lord who created –

خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مِنْ عَلَقٍ

Khalaq̣al ʹiñsaana min ʻalaq̣.

Created man from a clinging substance.

ٱقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ ٱلْأَكْرَمُ

ʹIq̣raʹ wa-Rabbukal ʹAkram,―

Recite, and your Lord is the most Generous -

ٱلَّذِى عَلَّمَ بِٱلْقَلَمِ

ʹAllaẓee ʻallama bil-Q̣alam,―

Who taught by the pen –

عَلَّمَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ

ʻAl-lamal ʹiñsaana maa- lam yaʻlam.

Taught man that which he knew not.

كَلَّآ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ لَيَطْغَىٰٓ

Kallaaa ʹinnal ʹiñsaana layaṭg̣aa,

No! [But] indeed, man transgresses

أَن رَّءَاهُ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰٓ

ʹArra ʹaahus tag̣naa.

Because he sees himself self-sufficient.

إِنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ٱلرُّجْعَىٰٓ

ʹInna ʹilaa Rabbikar rujʻaa.

Indeed, to your Lord is the return.

أَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى يَنْهَىٰ

ʹA-raʹaytal laẓee yanhaa

Have you seen the one who forbids

عَبْدًا إِذَا صَلَّىٰٓ

ʻAbdan ʹiẓaa ṣallaa?

A servant when he prays?

أَرَءَيْتَ إِن كَانَ عَلَى ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ

ʹA-raʹayta ʹiñ kaana ʻalal Hudaa?

Have you seen if he is upon guidance

أَوْ أَمَرَ بِٱلتَّقْوَىٰٓ

ʹAw ʹamara bit-Taq̣waa?

Or enjoins righteousness?

أَرَءَيْتَ إِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ

ʹA-raʹayta ʹiñ kaẓ-ẓaba wa-tawallaa?

Have you seen if he denies and turns away -

أَلَمْ يَعْلَم بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَرَىٰ

ʹAlam yaʻlam̃ biʹannal laaha yaraa?

Does he not know that Allāh sees?

كَلَّا لَئِن لَّمْ يَنتَهِ لَنَسْفَعًۢا بِٱلنَّاصِيَةِ

Kallaa laʹil lam yañtahi lanasfaʻam bin-naaṣiyah,―

No! If he does not desist, We will surely drag him by the forelock –

نَاصِيَةٍ كَـٰذِبَةٍ خَاطِئَةٍ

Naaṣiyatiñ kaaẓibatin khaaṭiʹah!

A lying, sinning forelock.

فَلْيَدْعُ نَادِيَهُۥ

Fal-yadʻu naadiyah:

Then let him call his associates;

سَنَدْعُ ٱلزَّبَانِيَةَ

Sanadʻuz zabaaniyah!

We will call the angels of Hell.

كَلَّا لَا تُطِعْهُ وَٱسْجُدْ وَٱقْتَرِب ۩

Kallaa: laa- tuṭiʻhu wasjud waq̣tarib!

No! Do not obey him. But prostrate and draw near [to Allāh].

إِنَّآ أَنزَلْنَـٰهُ فِى لَيْلَةِ ٱلْقَدْرِ

ʹInnaaa ʹañzalnaahu fee Laylatil Q̣ADR:

Indeed, We sent it [i.e., the Qur’ān] down during the Night of Decree.

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا لَيْلَةُ ٱلْقَدْرِ

Wa-maaa ʹadraaka maa- Laylatul Q̣adr?

And what can make you know what is the Night of Decree?

لَيْلَةُ ٱلْقَدْرِ خَيْرٌ مِّنْ أَلْفِ شَهْرٍ

Laylatul Q̣adri khayrum min ʹalfi Shahr.

The Night of Decree is better than a thousand months.

تَنَزَّلُ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ فِيهَا بِإِذْنِ رَبِّهِم مِّن كُلِّ أَمْرٍ

Tanazzalul malaaaʹikatu war-Rooḥu feehaa biʹiẓni Rab-bihim miñ kulli ʹamr:

The angels and the Spirit [i.e., Gabriel] descend therein by permission of their Lord for every matter.

سَلَـٰمٌ هِىَ حَتَّىٰ مَطْلَعِ ٱلْفَجْرِ

Salaamun Hiya ḥattaa maṭ-laʻil Fajr!

Peace it is until the emergence of dawn.

لَمْ يَكُنِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِنْ أَهْلِ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ وَٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ مُنفَكِّينَ حَتَّىٰ تَأْتِيَهُمُ ٱلْبَيِّنَةُ

Lam yakunil laẓeena kafaroo min ʹAhlil Kitaabi wal-Mushrikeena muñ-fakkeena ḥattaa taʹtiyahumul Bayyinah,

Those who disbelieved among the People of the Scripture and the polytheists were not to be parted [from misbelief] until there came to them clear evidence –

رَسُولٌ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ يَتْلُوا۟ صُحُفًا مُّطَهَّرَةً

Rasoolum minal laahi yatloo ṣuḥufam muṭahharah,

A Messenger from Allāh, reciting purified scriptures

فِيهَا كُتُبٌ قَيِّمَةٌ

Feehaa kutubuñ q̣ayyimah.

Within which are correct writings [i.e., rulings and laws].

وَمَا تَفَرَّقَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ إِلَّا مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا جَآءَتْهُمُ ٱلْبَيِّنَةُ

Wa-maa tafarraq̣al laẓeena ʹootul Kitaaba ʹillaa mim baʻdi maa- jaaa-ʹathumul Bayyinah.

Nor did those who were given the Scripture become divided until after there had come to them clear evidence.

وَمَآ أُمِرُوٓا۟ إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ ٱلدِّينَ حُنَفَآءَ وَيُقِيمُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَيُؤْتُوا۟ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ ۚ وَذَٰلِكَ دِينُ ٱلْقَيِّمَةِ

Wa-maaa ʹumirooo ʹillaa liyaʻbudul laaha mukhliṣeena lahud Deen: ḥunafaaaʹa wa-yuq̣eemuṣ Ṣalaata wa-yuʹtuz Zakaata wa-ẓaalika Deenul Q̣ayyimah.

And they were not commanded except to worship Allāh, [being] sincere to Him in religion, inclining to truth, and to establish prayer and to give zakāh. And that is the correct religion.

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِنْ أَهْلِ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ وَٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ فِى نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ خَـٰلِدِينَ فِيهَآ ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمْ شَرُّ ٱلْبَرِيَّةِ

ʹInnal laẓeena kafaroo min ʹAhlil Kitaabi wal-Mushrikeena fee naari Jahannama khaalideena feehaa. ʹUlaaaʹika hum sharrul bariyyah.

Indeed, they who disbelieved among the People of the Scripture and the polytheists will be in the fire of Hell, abiding eternally therein. Those are the worst of creatures.

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمْ خَيْرُ ٱلْبَرِيَّةِ

ʹInnal laẓeena ʹaamanoo wa-ʻamiluṣ ṣaaliḥaati ʹu-laaaʹika hum khayrul bariyyah.

Indeed, they who have believed and done righteous deeds - those are the best of creatures.

جَزَآؤُهُمْ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ جَنَّـٰتُ عَدْنٍ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ خَـٰلِدِينَ فِيهَآ أَبَدًا ۖ رَّضِىَ ٱللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ وَرَضُوا۟ عَنْهُ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ لِمَنْ خَشِىَ رَبَّهُۥ

Jazaaaʹuhum ʻiñda Rabbihim Jannaatu ʻadniñ tajree miñ taḥtihal ʹanhaaru khaalideena feehaaa ʹabadaa: raḍiyal laahu ʻanhum wa-raḍoo ʻanh: ẓaalika liman khashiya Rabbah.

Their reward with their Lord will be gardens of perpetual residence beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide forever, Allāh being pleased with them and they with Him. That is for whoever has feared his Lord.

إِذَا زُلْزِلَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ زِلْزَالَهَا

ʹIẓaa zul-zilatil ʹArḍu zil-zaalahaa,

When the earth is shaken with its [final] earthquake

وَأَخْرَجَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ أَثْقَالَهَا

Wa-ʹakhrajatil ʹArḍu ʹas̤q̣aalahaa,

And the earth discharges its burdens

وَقَالَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مَا لَهَا

Waq̣aalal ʹiñsaanu maa- lahaa?

And man says, "What is [wrong] with it?" -

يَوْمَئِذٍ تُحَدِّثُ أَخْبَارَهَا

Yawmaʹiẓiñ tuḥaddis̤u ʹakhbaarahaa,

That Day, it will report its news

بِأَنَّ رَبَّكَ أَوْحَىٰ لَهَا

Biʹanna Rabbaka ʹawḥaa lahaa.

Because your Lord has inspired [i.e., commanded] it.

يَوْمَئِذٍ يَصْدُرُ ٱلنَّاسُ أَشْتَاتًا لِّيُرَوْا۟ أَعْمَـٰلَهُمْ

Yawmaʹiẓiñy yaṣ-durun naasu ʹash-taatal liyuraw ʹaʻmaalahum.

That Day, the people will depart separated [into categories] to be shown [the result of] their deeds.

فَمَن يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ خَيْرًا يَرَهُۥ

Famañy yaʻmal mis̤q̣aala ẓarratin khayrañy yarah.

So whoever does an atom's weight of good will see it,

وَمَن يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ شَرًّا يَرَهُۥ

Wa-mañy yaʻmal mis̤q̣aala ẓarratiñ sharrañy yarah.

And whoever does an atom's weight of evil will see it.

وَٱلْعَـٰدِيَـٰتِ ضَبْحًا

WalʻAadiyati ḍabḥaa,

By the racers, panting,

فَٱلْمُورِيَـٰتِ قَدْحًا

Fal-mooriyaati q̣adḥaa,

And the producers of sparks [when] striking

فَٱلْمُغِيرَٰتِ صُبْحًا

Fal-mug̣eeraati ṣubḥaa,

And the chargers at dawn,

فَأَثَرْنَ بِهِۦ نَقْعًا

Faʹas̤arna bihee naq̣ʻaa,

Stirring up thereby [clouds of] dust,

فَوَسَطْنَ بِهِۦ جَمْعًا

Fawasaṭna bihee jamʻaa,

Arriving thereby in the center collectively,

إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ لِرَبِّهِۦ لَكَنُودٌ

ʹInnal ʹIñsaana li-Rabbihee lakanood;

Indeed mankind, to his Lord, is ungrateful.

وَإِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ ذَٰلِكَ لَشَهِيدٌ

Wa-ʹinnahoo ʻalaa ẓaalika lashaheed;

And indeed, he is to that a witness.

وَإِنَّهُۥ لِحُبِّ ٱلْخَيْرِ لَشَدِيدٌ

Wa-ʹinnahoo liḥubbil khayri lashadeed.

And indeed he is, in love of wealth, intense.

۞ أَفَلَا يَعْلَمُ إِذَا بُعْثِرَ مَا فِى ٱلْقُبُورِ

ʹAfalaa yaʻlamu ʹiẓaa buʻs̤ira maa- fil q̣uboor,

But does he not know that when the contents of the graves are scattered

وَحُصِّلَ مَا فِى ٱلصُّدُورِ

Waḥuṣṣila maa- fiṣ ṣudoor:

And that within the breasts is obtained,

إِنَّ رَبَّهُم بِهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ لَّخَبِيرٌۢ

ʹInna Rabbahum̃ bihim Yawmaʹiẓil la-Khabeer?

Indeed, their Lord with them, that Day, is [fully] Aware.

ٱلْقَارِعَةُ

ʹAl-Q̣aariʻah:

The Striking Calamity -

مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ

Mal Q̣aariʻah?

What is the Striking Calamity?

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ

Wa-maaa ʹadraaka mal Q̣aariʻah?

And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?

يَوْمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلْفَرَاشِ ٱلْمَبْثُوثِ

Yawma yakoonun naasu kal-faraashil mabs̤oos̤,

It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,

وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ٱلْمَنفُوشِ

Wa-takoonul jibaalu kal-ʻihnil mañfoosh.

And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.

فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ

Faʹammaa mañ s̤aq̣ulat mawaazeenuhoo,

Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],

فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ

Fahuwa fee ʻEeshatir raaḍiyah.

He will be in a pleasant life.

وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ

Wa-ʹammaa man khaffat mawaazeenuhoo,

But as for one whose scales are light,

فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٌ

Faʹummuhoo Haawiyah.

His refuge will be an abyss.

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهْ

Wa-maaa ʹadraaka maa- hiyah?

And what can make you know what that is?

نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌۢ

Naarun ḥaamiyah!

It is a Fire, intensely hot.

أَلْهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ

ʹAl-haaku mut-takaas̤ur.

Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you

حَتَّىٰ زُرْتُمُ ٱلْمَقَابِرَ

Ḥattaa zurtumul maq̣aabir.

Until you visit the graveyards.

كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ

Kallaa sawfa taʻlamoon.

No! You are going to know.

ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ

S̤umma kallaa sawfa taʻlamoon!

Then, no! You are going to know.

كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ ٱلْيَقِينِ

Kallaa law taʻlamoona ʻilmal yaq̣een.

No! If you only knew with knowledge of certainty...

لَتَرَوُنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ

Latarawunnal Jaḥeem!

You will surely see the Hellfire.

ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيْنَ ٱلْيَقِينِ

S̤umma latarawunnahaa ʻaynal yaq̣een!

Then you will surely see it with the eye of certainty.

ثُمَّ لَتُسْـَٔلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ

S̤umma latusʹalunna Yawmaʹiẓin ʻanin naʻeem.

Then you will surely be asked that Day about pleasure.

وَٱلْعَصْرِ

WalʻAṣr,

By time,

إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ لَفِى خُسْرٍ

ʹInnal ʹIñsaana lafee khusr,

Indeed, mankind is in loss,

إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ

ʹIllal laẓeena ʹaamanoo wa-ʻamiluṣ ṣaaliḥaati wa-tawaaṣaw bil-Ḥaq̣q̣i wa-tawaaṣaw biṣ-Ṣabr.

Except for those who have believed and done righteous deeds and advised each other to truth and advised each other to patience.

وَيْلٌ لِّكُلِّ هُمَزَةٍ لُّمَزَةٍ

Waylul likulli humazatil lumazah,

Woe to every scorner and mocker

ٱلَّذِى جَمَعَ مَالًا وَعَدَّدَهُۥ

ʹAllaẓee jamaʻa maalañw waʻaddadah,

Who collects wealth and [continuously] counts it.

يَحْسَبُ أَنَّ مَالَهُۥٓ أَخْلَدَهُۥ

Yaḥsabu ʹanna maalahooo ʹakhladah!

He thinks that his wealth will make him immortal.

كَلَّا ۖ لَيُنۢبَذَنَّ فِى ٱلْحُطَمَةِ

Kallaa layumbaẓanna fil Ḥuṭamah.

No! He will surely be thrown into the Crusher.

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْحُطَمَةُ

Wa-maaa ʹadraaka mal Ḥuṭamah?

And what can make you know what is the Crusher?

نَارُ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُوقَدَةُ

Naarul laahil mooq̣adah,

It is the fire of Allāh, [eternally] fueled,

ٱلَّتِى تَطَّلِعُ عَلَى ٱلْأَفْـِٔدَةِ

ʹAllatee taṭṭaliʻu ʻalal ʹafʹidah:

Which mounts directed at the hearts.

إِنَّهَا عَلَيْهِم مُّؤْصَدَةٌ

ʹinnahaa ʻalayhim muʹṣadah,

Indeed, it [i.e., Hellfire] will be closed down upon them

فِى عَمَدٍ مُّمَدَّدَةٍۭ

Fee ʻamadim mumaddadah.

In extended columns.

أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصْحَـٰبِ ٱلْفِيلِ

ʹAlam tara kayfa faʻala Rabbuka biʹAṣḥaabil FEEL?

Have you not considered, [O Muḥammad], how your Lord dealt with the companions of the elephant?

أَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ كَيْدَهُمْ فِى تَضْلِيلٍ

ʹAlam yajʻal kaydahum fee taḍleel?

Did He not make their plan into misguidance?

وَأَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ طَيْرًا أَبَابِيلَ

Wa-ʹarsala ʻalayhim ṭayran ʹabaabeel,

And He sent against them birds in flocks,

تَرْمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةٍ مِّن سِجِّيلٍ

Tarmeehim̃ bihijaaratim miñ sijjeel,

Striking them with stones of hard clay,

فَجَعَلَهُمْ كَعَصْفٍ مَّأْكُولٍۭ

Fajaʻalahum kaʻaṣfim maʹkool.

And He made them like eaten straw.

لِإِيلَـٰفِ قُرَيْشٍ

Liʹeelaafi Q̣URAYSH,

For the accustomed security of the Quraysh -

إِۦلَـٰفِهِمْ رِحْلَةَ ٱلشِّتَآءِ وَٱلصَّيْفِ

ʹEelaafihim riḥlatash shitaaaʹi waṣṣayf,

Their accustomed security [in] the caravan of winter and summer -

فَلْيَعْبُدُوا۟ رَبَّ هَـٰذَا ٱلْبَيْتِ

Falyaʻbudoo Rabba haaẓal Bayt,

Let them worship the Lord of this House,

ٱلَّذِىٓ أَطْعَمَهُم مِّن جُوعٍ وَءَامَنَهُم مِّنْ خَوْفٍۭ

ʹAllaẓeee ʹaṭʻamahum miñ jooʻiñw wa-ʹaamanahum min khawf.

Who has fed them, [saving them] from hunger and made them safe, [saving them] from fear.

أَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى يُكَذِّبُ بِٱلدِّينِ

ʹA-raʹaytal laẓee yukaẓẓibu bid-Deen?

Have you seen the one who denies the Recompense?

فَذَٰلِكَ ٱلَّذِى يَدُعُّ ٱلْيَتِيمَ

Faẓaalikal laẓee yaduʻʻul yateem,

For that is the one who drives away the orphan

وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ

Wa-laa yaḥuḍḍu ʻalaa ṭaʻaamil miskeen.

And does not encourage the feeding of the poor.

فَوَيْلٌ لِّلْمُصَلِّينَ

Fawaylul lil-muṣalleen,

So woe to those who pray

ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَن صَلَاتِهِمْ سَاهُونَ

ʹAllaẓeena hum ʻañ ṣalaatihim saahoon,

[But] who are heedless of their prayer -

ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ يُرَآءُونَ

ʹAllaẓeena hum yuraaaʹoona,

Those who make show [of their deeds]

وَيَمْنَعُونَ ٱلْمَاعُونَ

Wa-yamnaʻoonal MAAʻOON.

And withhold [simple] assistance.

إِنَّآ أَعْطَيْنَـٰكَ ٱلْكَوْثَرَ

ʹInnaaa ʹaʻṭaynaakal kaws̤ar.

Indeed, We have granted you, [O Muḥammad], al-Kawthar.

فَصَلِّ لِرَبِّكَ وَٱنْحَرْ

Faṣalli li-Rabbika wanḥar.

So pray to your Lord and offer sacrifice [to Him alone].

إِنَّ شَانِئَكَ هُوَ ٱلْأَبْتَرُ

ʹInna shaaniʹaka huwal ʹabtar.

Indeed, your enemy is the one cut off.

قُلْ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَ

Q̣ul yaaaʹayyuhal KAAFIROON!

Say, "O disbelievers,

لَآ أَعْبُدُ مَا تَعْبُدُونَ

Laaa ʹaʻbudu maa- taʻbudoon,

I do not worship what you worship.

وَلَآ أَنتُمْ عَـٰبِدُونَ مَآ أَعْبُدُ

Wa-laaa ʹañtum ʻaabidoona maaa ʹaʻbud.

Nor are you worshippers of what I worship.

وَلَآ أَنَا۠ عَابِدٌ مَّا عَبَدتُّمْ

Wa-laaa ʹana ʹaabidum maa ʻabattum,

Nor will I be a worshipper of what you worship.

وَلَآ أَنتُمْ عَـٰبِدُونَ مَآ أَعْبُدُ

Wa-laaa ʹañtum ʻaabidoona maaa ʹaʻbud.

Nor will you be worshippers of what I worship.

لَكُمْ دِينُكُمْ وَلِىَ دِينِ

Lakum Deenukum wa-liya Deen.

For you is your religion, and for me is my religion."

إِذَا جَآءَ نَصْرُ ٱللَّهِ وَٱلْفَتْحُ

ʹIẓaa jaaaʹa NAṢRUL LAAHI wal-Fatḥ,

When the victory of Allāh has come and the conquest,

وَرَأَيْتَ ٱلنَّاسَ يَدْخُلُونَ فِى دِينِ ٱللَّهِ أَفْوَاجًا

Waraʹaytan naasa yadkhuloona fee Deenil laahi ʹafwaajaa,

And you see the people entering into the religion of Allāh in multitudes,

فَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ وَٱسْتَغْفِرْهُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ تَوَّابًۢا

Fasabbiḥ bi-Ḥamdi Rabbika wastag̣firh. ʹInna-Hoo kaana Tawwaabaa.

Then exalt [Him] with praise of your Lord and ask forgiveness of Him. Indeed, He is ever Accepting of Repentance.

تَبَّتْ يَدَآ أَبِى لَهَبٍ وَتَبَّ

Tabbat yadaaa ʹAbee Lahabiñw watabb!

May the hands of Abū Lahab be ruined, and ruined is he.

مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُ مَالُهُۥ وَمَا كَسَبَ

Maaa ʹag̣naa ʻanhu maaluhoo wa-maa kasab.

His wealth will not avail him or that which he gained.

سَيَصْلَىٰ نَارًا ذَاتَ لَهَبٍ

Sayaṣlaa Naarañ ẓaata lahab,

He will [enter to] burn in a Fire of [blazing] flame

وَٱمْرَأَتُهُۥ حَمَّالَةَ ٱلْحَطَبِ

Wamraʹatuh: ḥammaalatal ḥaṭab,

And his wife [as well] - the carrier of firewood.

فِى جِيدِهَا حَبْلٌ مِّن مَّسَدٍۭ

Fee jeedihaa ḥablum mim masad!

Around her neck is a rope of [twisted] fiber.

قُلْ هُوَ ٱللَّهُ أَحَدٌ

Q̣ul Huwal laahu ʹAḥad;

Say, "He is Allāh, [who is] One,

ٱللَّهُ ٱلصَّمَدُ

ʹAllaahuṣ Ṣamad;

Allāh, the Eternal Refuge.

لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ

Lam yalid; wa-lam yoolad;

He neither begets nor is born,

وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُۥ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌۢ

Wa-lam yakul la-Hoo kufuwan ʹaḥad.

Nor is there to Him any equivalent."

قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ ٱلْفَلَقِ

Q̣ul ʹaʻooẓu bi-Rabbil Falaq̣,

Say, "I seek refuge in the Lord of daybreak

مِن شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ

Miñ sharri maa- khalaq̣:

From the evil of that which He created

وَمِن شَرِّ غَاسِقٍ إِذَا وَقَبَ

Wa-miñ sharri g̣aasiq̣in ʹiẓaa waq̣ab,

And from the evil of darkness when it settles

وَمِن شَرِّ ٱلنَّفَّـٰثَـٰتِ فِى ٱلْعُقَدِ

Wa-miñ sharrin Naffaas̤aati fil ʻuq̣ad,

And from the evil of the blowers in knots

وَمِن شَرِّ حَاسِدٍ إِذَا حَسَدَ

Wa-miñ sharri ḥaasidin ʹiẓaa ḥasad.

And from the evil of an envier when he envies."

قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ ٱلنَّاسِ

Q̣ul ʹaʻooẓu bi-Rabbin NAAS,

Say, "I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind,

مَلِكِ ٱلنَّاسِ

Malikin Naas,

The Sovereign of mankind,

إِلَـٰهِ ٱلنَّاسِ

ʹIlaahin Naas,

The God of mankind,

مِن شَرِّ ٱلْوَسْوَاسِ ٱلْخَنَّاسِ

Miñ sharril Waswaasil khan-Naas,

From the evil of the retreating whisperer -

ٱلَّذِى يُوَسْوِسُ فِى صُدُورِ ٱلنَّاسِ

ʹAllaẓee yuwaswisu fee ṣudoorin Naas,

Who whispers [evil] into the breasts of mankind -

مِنَ ٱلْجِنَّةِ وَٱلنَّاسِ

Minal Jinnati wan-Naaṣ

From among the jinn and mankind."