Az-Zukhruf

حمٓ

Ḥaa-Meeem.

Ḥā, Meem.

وَٱلْكِتَـٰبِ ٱلْمُبِينِ

Wal-Kitaabil Mubeen,―

By the clear Book,

إِنَّا جَعَلْنَـٰهُ قُرْءَٰنًا عَرَبِيًّا لَّعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ

ʹInnaa jaʻalnaahu Q̣urʹaanan ʻArabiyyal laʻallakum taʻq̣iloon.

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

وَإِنَّهُۥ فِىٓ أُمِّ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ لَدَيْنَا لَعَلِىٌّ حَكِيمٌ

Wa-ʹinnahoo feee ʹUmmil Kitaabi ladaynaa laʻaliyyun Ḥakeem.

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

أَفَنَضْرِبُ عَنكُمُ ٱلذِّكْرَ صَفْحًا أَن كُنتُمْ قَوْمًا مُّسْرِفِينَ

ʹA-fanaḍribu ʻañkumuẓ Ẓikra ṣafḥan ʹañ kuñtum q̣awmam musrifeen?

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

وَكَمْ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن نَّبِىٍّ فِى ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

Wa-kam ʹarsalnaa min nabiyyiñ fil ʹawwaleen?

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

وَمَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن نَّبِىٍّ إِلَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

Wa-maa yaʹteehim min nabiyyin ʹillaa kaanoo bihee yastahziʹoon.

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

فَأَهْلَكْنَآ أَشَدَّ مِنْهُم بَطْشًا وَمَضَىٰ مَثَلُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

Faʹahlaknaaa ʹashadda minhum̃ baṭshañw wamaḍaa Mas̤alul ʹawwaleen.

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

وَلَئِن سَأَلْتَهُم مَّنْ خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ لَيَقُولُنَّ خَلَقَهُنَّ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ

Wa-laʹiñ saʹaltahum man khalaq̣as samaawaati wal-ʹarḍa layaq̣oolunna khalaq̣ahunnal ʻAzeezul ʻAleem;―

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,"

ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ مَهْدًا وَجَعَلَ لَكُمْ فِيهَا سُبُلًا لَّعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُونَ

ʹAllaẓee jaʻala lakumul ʹarḍa mahdañw wajaʻala lakum feehaa subulal laʻallakum tahtadoon;

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

وَٱلَّذِى نَزَّلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءًۢ بِقَدَرٍ فَأَنشَرْنَا بِهِۦ بَلْدَةً مَّيْتًا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ تُخْرَجُونَ

Wallaẓee nazzala minas samaaaʹi maaaʹam biq̣adar;― faʹañsharnaa bihee baldatam maytaa; kaẓaalika tukhrajoon;―

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

وَٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلْأَزْوَٰجَ كُلَّهَا وَجَعَلَ لَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْفُلْكِ وَٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِ مَا تَرْكَبُونَ

Wallaẓee khalaq̣al ʹazwaaja kullahaa wa-jaʻala lakum minal fulki wal-ʹanʻaami maa- tarkaboon.

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

لِتَسْتَوُۥا۟ عَلَىٰ ظُهُورِهِۦ ثُمَّ تَذْكُرُوا۟ نِعْمَةَ رَبِّكُمْ إِذَا ٱسْتَوَيْتُمْ عَلَيْهِ وَتَقُولُوا۟ سُبْحَـٰنَ ٱلَّذِى سَخَّرَ لَنَا هَـٰذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لَهُۥ مُقْرِنِينَ

Litastawoo ʻalaa z̤̣uhoorihee s̤umma taẓkuroo niʻmata Rabbikum ʹiẓas tawaytum ʻalayhi wa-taq̣ooloo ʻʻSubḥaanal laẓee sakhkhara lanaa haaẓaa wa-maa kunnaa lahoo muq̣rineen.

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.

وَإِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا لَمُنقَلِبُونَ

Wa-ʹinnaaa ʹilaa Rabbinaa lamuñq̣aliboon!ʹʹ

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

وَجَعَلُوا۟ لَهُۥ مِنْ عِبَادِهِۦ جُزْءًا ۚ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ لَكَفُورٌ مُّبِينٌ

Wa-jaʻaloo lahoo min ʻibaadihee juzʹaa! ʹInnal ʹiñsaana lakafoorum mubeen!

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

أَمِ ٱتَّخَذَ مِمَّا يَخْلُقُ بَنَاتٍ وَأَصْفَىٰكُم بِٱلْبَنِينَ

ʹAmit takhaẓa mimmaa yakhluq̣u banaatiñw waʹaṣfaakum bilbaneen?

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

وَإِذَا بُشِّرَ أَحَدُهُم بِمَا ضَرَبَ لِلرَّحْمَـٰنِ مَثَلًا ظَلَّ وَجْهُهُۥ مُسْوَدًّا وَهُوَ كَظِيمٌ

Wa-ʹiẓaa bushshira ʹaḥaduhum̃ bimaa ḍaraba lir-Raḥmaani mas̤alañ z̤̣alla wajhuhoo muswaddañw wahuwa kaz̤̣eem!

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

أَوَمَن يُنَشَّؤُا۟ فِى ٱلْحِلْيَةِ وَهُوَ فِى ٱلْخِصَامِ غَيْرُ مُبِينٍ

ʹA-wamañy yunashshaʹu fil ḥilyati wa-huwa fil khiṣaami g̣ayru mubeen?

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

وَجَعَلُوا۟ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةَ ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عِبَـٰدُ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ إِنَـٰثًا ۚ أَشَهِدُوا۟ خَلْقَهُمْ ۚ سَتُكْتَبُ شَهَـٰدَتُهُمْ وَيُسْـَٔلُونَ

Wa-jaʻalul malaaaʹikatal laẓeena hum ʻibaadur Raḥmaani ʹinaas̤aa. ʹA-shahidoo khalq̣ahum? Satuktabu shahaadatuhum wa-yusʹaloon!

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

وَقَالُوا۟ لَوْ شَآءَ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ مَا عَبَدْنَـٰهُم ۗ مَّا لَهُم بِذَٰلِكَ مِنْ عِلْمٍ ۖ إِنْ هُمْ إِلَّا يَخْرُصُونَ

Wa-q̣aaloo law shaaaʹar Raḥmaanu Maa- ʻabadnaahum! maa- lahum̃ biẓaalika min ʻilm! ʹIn hum ʹillaa yakhruṣoon!

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 misjudging.

أَمْ ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمْ كِتَـٰبًا مِّن قَبْلِهِۦ فَهُم بِهِۦ مُسْتَمْسِكُونَ

ʹAm ʹaataynaahum Kitaabam miñ q̣ablihee fahum̃ bihee mustamsikoon?

Or have We given them a book before it [i.e., the Qur’ān] to which they are adhering?

بَلْ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا وَجَدْنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا عَلَىٰٓ أُمَّةٍ وَإِنَّا عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَـٰرِهِم مُّهْتَدُونَ

Bal q̣aalooo ʹinnaa wajadnaaa ʹaabaaaʹanaa ʻalaaa ʹummatiñw Waʹinnaa ʻalaaa ʹaas̤aarihim muhtadoon.

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

وَكَذَٰلِكَ مَآ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ فِى قَرْيَةٍ مِّن نَّذِيرٍ إِلَّا قَالَ مُتْرَفُوهَآ إِنَّا وَجَدْنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا عَلَىٰٓ أُمَّةٍ وَإِنَّا عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَـٰرِهِم مُّقْتَدُونَ

Wa-kaẓaalika maaa ʹarsalnaa miñ q̣ablika fee q̣aryatim min Naẓeerin ʹillaa q̣aala mutrafoohaaa ʹinnaa wajadnaaa ʹaabaaaʹanaa ʻalaaa ʹummatiñw waʹinnaa ʻalaaa ʹaas̤aarihim muq̣tadoon.

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."

۞ قَـٰلَ أَوَلَوْ جِئْتُكُم بِأَهْدَىٰ مِمَّا وَجَدتُّمْ عَلَيْهِ ءَابَآءَكُمْ ۖ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا بِمَآ أُرْسِلْتُم بِهِۦ كَـٰفِرُونَ

Q̣aala ʹa-wa law jiʹtukum̃ biʹahdaa mimmaa wajattum ʻalayhi ʹaabaaaʹakum? Q̣aalooo ʹinnaa bimaaa ʹursiltum̃ bihee kaafiroon.

[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."

فَٱنتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ ۖ فَٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَـٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

Fañtaq̣amnaa minhum fañz̤̣ur kayfa kaana ʻaaq̣ibatul mukaẓẓibeen!

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

وَإِذْ قَالَ إِبْرَٰهِيمُ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِۦٓ إِنَّنِى بَرَآءٌ مِّمَّا تَعْبُدُونَ

Wa-ʹiẓ q̣aala ʹIbraaheemu liʹabeehi wa-q̣awmiheee ʹinnanee baraaaʹum mimmaa taʻbudoon:

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

إِلَّا ٱلَّذِى فَطَرَنِى فَإِنَّهُۥ سَيَهْدِينِ

ʹIllal laẓee faṭaranee faʹinnahoo sayahdeen.

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

وَجَعَلَهَا كَلِمَةًۢ بَاقِيَةً فِى عَقِبِهِۦ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ

Wa-jaʻalahaa Kalimatam baaq̣iyatañ fee ʻaq̣ibihee laʻallahum yarjiʻoon.

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

بَلْ مَتَّعْتُ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ وَءَابَآءَهُمْ حَتَّىٰ جَآءَهُمُ ٱلْحَقُّ وَرَسُولٌ مُّبِينٌ

Bal mattaʻtu haaaʹulaaaʹi wa-ʹaabaaaʹahum ḥattaa jaaaʹahumul Ḥaq̣q̣u wa-Rasoolum mubeen.

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

وَلَمَّا جَآءَهُمُ ٱلْحَقُّ قَالُوا۟ هَـٰذَا سِحْرٌ وَإِنَّا بِهِۦ كَـٰفِرُونَ

Wa-lammaa jaaaʹahumul Ḥaq̣q̣u q̣aaloo haaẓaa siḥruñw waʹinnaa bihee kaafiroon.

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

وَقَالُوا۟ لَوْلَا نُزِّلَ هَـٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانُ عَلَىٰ رَجُلٍ مِّنَ ٱلْقَرْيَتَيْنِ عَظِيمٍ

Waq̣aaloo Law-laa nuzzila haaẓal Q̣urʹaanu ʻalaa rajulim minal q̣aryatayni ʻaz̤̣eem?

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

أَهُمْ يَقْسِمُونَ رَحْمَتَ رَبِّكَ ۚ نَحْنُ قَسَمْنَا بَيْنَهُم مَّعِيشَتَهُمْ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا ۚ وَرَفَعْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ فَوْقَ بَعْضٍ دَرَجَـٰتٍ لِّيَتَّخِذَ بَعْضُهُم بَعْضًا سُخْرِيًّا ۗ وَرَحْمَتُ رَبِّكَ خَيْرٌ مِّمَّا يَجْمَعُونَ

ʹAhum yaq̣simoona Raḥmata Rabbik? Naḥnu q̣asamnaa baynahum maʻeeshatahum fil ḥayaatid dunyaa wa-rafaʻnaa baʻḍahum fawq̣a baʻḍiñ darajaatil liyattakhiẓa baʻḍuhum̃ baʻḍañ sukhriyyaa. Wa-Raḥmatu Rabbika khayrum mimmaa yajmaʻoon.

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.

وَلَوْلَآ أَن يَكُونَ ٱلنَّاسُ أُمَّةً وَٰحِدَةً لَّجَعَلْنَا لِمَن يَكْفُرُ بِٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ لِبُيُوتِهِمْ سُقُفًا مِّن فِضَّةٍ وَمَعَارِجَ عَلَيْهَا يَظْهَرُونَ

Wa-lawlaaa ʹañy yakoonan naasu ʹummatañw waaḥidatal lajaʻalnaa limañy yakfuru bir-Raḥmaani libuyootihim suq̣ufam miñ fiḍḍatiñw wamaʻaarija ʻalayhaa yaz̤̣haroon,

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.

وَلِبُيُوتِهِمْ أَبْوَٰبًا وَسُرُرًا عَلَيْهَا يَتَّكِـُٔونَ

Wa-li-buyootihim ʹabwaabañw Wasururan ʻalayhaa yattakiʹoon,

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

وَزُخْرُفًا ۚ وَإِن كُلُّ ذَٰلِكَ لَمَّا مَتَـٰعُ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا ۚ وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ عِندَ رَبِّكَ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ

Wa-ZUKHRUFAA. Wa-ʹiñ kullu ẓaalika lammaa mataaʻul ḥayaatid dunyaa: wal-ʹAakhiratu ʻiñda Rabbika lil-Muttaq̣een.

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

وَمَن يَعْشُ عَن ذِكْرِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ نُقَيِّضْ لَهُۥ شَيْطَـٰنًا فَهُوَ لَهُۥ قَرِينٌ

Wa-mañy yaʻshu ʻañ ẓikrir Raḥmaani nuq̣ayyiḍ lahoo shayṭaanañ fahuwa lahoo q̣areen.

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

وَإِنَّهُمْ لَيَصُدُّونَهُمْ عَنِ ٱلسَّبِيلِ وَيَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّهُم مُّهْتَدُونَ

Wa-ʹinnahum layaṣuddoonahum ʻanis sabeeli wa-yaḥsaboona ʹannahum muhtadoon!

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

حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَنَا قَالَ يَـٰلَيْتَ بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَكَ بُعْدَ ٱلْمَشْرِقَيْنِ فَبِئْسَ ٱلْقَرِينُ

Ḥattaaa ʹiẓaa jaaaʹanaa q̣aala yaa-layta baynee wa-baynaka buʻdal Mashriq̣ayni fabiʹsal q̣areen!

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

وَلَن يَنفَعَكُمُ ٱلْيَوْمَ إِذ ظَّلَمْتُمْ أَنَّكُمْ فِى ٱلْعَذَابِ مُشْتَرِكُونَ

Wa-lañy yañfaʻakumul yawma ʹiz̤̣ z̤̣alamtum ʹannakum fil ʻaẓaabi mushtarikoon!

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

أَفَأَنتَ تُسْمِعُ ٱلصُّمَّ أَوْ تَهْدِى ٱلْعُمْىَ وَمَن كَانَ فِى ضَلَـٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ

ʹA-faʹañta tusmiʻuṣ ṣumma ʹaw tahdil ʻumya wa-mañ kaana fee ḍalaalim mubeen?

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

فَإِمَّا نَذْهَبَنَّ بِكَ فَإِنَّا مِنْهُم مُّنتَقِمُونَ

Faʹimmaa naẓhabanna bika faʹinnaa minhum muñtaq̣imoon,

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

أَوْ نُرِيَنَّكَ ٱلَّذِى وَعَدْنَـٰهُمْ فَإِنَّا عَلَيْهِم مُّقْتَدِرُونَ

ʹAw nuriyannakal laẓee waʻadnaahum faʹinnaa ʻalayhim muq̣tadiroon.

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

فَٱسْتَمْسِكْ بِٱلَّذِىٓ أُوحِىَ إِلَيْكَ ۖ إِنَّكَ عَلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ

Fastamsik billaẓeee ʹooḥiya ʹilayk: ʹinnaka ʻalaa Ṣiraaṭim Mustaq̣eem.

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

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَذِكْرٌ لَّكَ وَلِقَوْمِكَ ۖ وَسَوْفَ تُسْـَٔلُونَ

Wa-ʹinnahoo la-Ẓikrul laka wa-liq̣awmik; wa-sawfa tusʹaloon.

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

وَسْـَٔلْ مَنْ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ مِن رُّسُلِنَآ أَجَعَلْنَا مِن دُونِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ءَالِهَةً يُعْبَدُونَ

Wasʹal man ʹarsalnaa miñ q̣ablika mir rusulinaaa ʹajaʻalnaa miñ doonir Raḥmaani ʹaalihatañy yuʻbadoon?

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

وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا مُوسَىٰ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَآ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَلَإِي۟هِۦ فَقَالَ إِنِّى رَسُولُ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

Wa-laq̣ad ʹarsalnaa Moosaa biʹAayaatinaaa ʹilaa Firʻawna wa-malaʹihee faq̣aala ʹinnee Rasoolu Rabbil ʻAalameen.

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."

فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُم بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَآ إِذَا هُم مِّنْهَا يَضْحَكُونَ

Falammaa jaaaʹahum̃ biʹAayaatinaaa ʹiẓaa hum minhaa yaḍḥakoon.

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

وَمَا نُرِيهِم مِّنْ ءَايَةٍ إِلَّا هِىَ أَكْبَرُ مِنْ أُخْتِهَا ۖ وَأَخَذْنَـٰهُم بِٱلْعَذَابِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ

Wa-maa nureehim min ʹaayatin ʹillaa hiya ʹakbaru min ʹukhtihaa, wa-ʹakhaẓnaahum̃ bilʻaẓaabi laʻallahum yarjiʻoon.

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].

وَقَالُوا۟ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَ ٱلسَّاحِرُ ٱدْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ بِمَا عَهِدَ عِندَكَ إِنَّنَا لَمُهْتَدُونَ

Wa-q̣aaloo yaaaʹayyuhas saaḥirud ʹu lanaa Rabbaka bimaa ʻahida ʻiñdak; ʹinnanaa lamuhtadoon.

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

فَلَمَّا كَشَفْنَا عَنْهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابَ إِذَا هُمْ يَنكُثُونَ

Falammaa kashafnaa ʻanhumul ʻaẓaaba ʹiẓaa hum yañkus̤oon.

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

وَنَادَىٰ فِرْعَوْنُ فِى قَوْمِهِۦ قَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ أَلَيْسَ لِى مُلْكُ مِصْرَ وَهَـٰذِهِ ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِىٓ ۖ أَفَلَا تُبْصِرُونَ

Wa-naadaa Firʻawnu fee q̣awmihee q̣aala yaa-q̣awmi ʹalaysa lee mulku Miṣra wa-haaẓihil ʹanhaaru tajree miñ taḥtee? ʹAfalaa tubṣiroon?

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?

أَمْ أَنَا۠ خَيْرٌ مِّنْ هَـٰذَا ٱلَّذِى هُوَ مَهِينٌ وَلَا يَكَادُ يُبِينُ

ʹAm ʹana khayrum min haaẓal laẓee huwa maheenuñw walaa yakaadu yubeen?

Or am I [not] better than this one [i.e., Moses] who is insignificant and hardly makes himself clear?

فَلَوْلَآ أُلْقِىَ عَلَيْهِ أَسْوِرَةٌ مِّن ذَهَبٍ أَوْ جَآءَ مَعَهُ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ مُقْتَرِنِينَ

Falawlaaa ʹulq̣iya ʻalayhi ʹaswiratum miñ ẓahabin ʹaw jaaaʹa maʻahul malaaaʹikatu muq̣tarineen?

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

فَٱسْتَخَفَّ قَوْمَهُۥ فَأَطَاعُوهُ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَوْمًا فَـٰسِقِينَ

Fastakhaffa q̣awmahoo faʹaṭaaʻooh: ʹinnahum kaanoo q̣awmañ faasiq̣een.

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

فَلَمَّآ ءَاسَفُونَا ٱنتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ فَأَغْرَقْنَـٰهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

Falammaaa ʹaasafoonañ taq̣amnaa minhum faʹag̣raq̣naahum ʹajmaʻeen.

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

فَجَعَلْنَـٰهُمْ سَلَفًا وَمَثَلًا لِّلْـَٔاخِرِينَ

Fajaʻalnaahum Salafañw Wa-Mas̤alal lil-ʹaakhireen.

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

۞ وَلَمَّا ضُرِبَ ٱبْنُ مَرْيَمَ مَثَلًا إِذَا قَوْمُكَ مِنْهُ يَصِدُّونَ

Wa-lammaa ḍuribab nu Maryama mas̤alan ʹiẓaa q̣awmuka minhu yaṣiddoon!

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

وَقَالُوٓا۟ ءَأَـٰلِهَتُنَا خَيْرٌ أَمْ هُوَ ۚ مَا ضَرَبُوهُ لَكَ إِلَّا جَدَلًۢا ۚ بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ خَصِمُونَ

Wa-q̣aalooo ʹa-ʹaalihatunaa khayrun ʹam hoo? Maa- ḍaraboohu laka ʹillaa jadalaa: bal hum q̣awmun khaṣimoon.

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

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا عَبْدٌ أَنْعَمْنَا عَلَيْهِ وَجَعَلْنَـٰهُ مَثَلًا لِّبَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ

ʹIn huwa ʹillaa ʻabdun ʹanʻamnaa ʻalayhi wa-jaʻalnaahu mas̤alal li-Baneee ʹIsraaaʹeel.

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

وَلَوْ نَشَآءُ لَجَعَلْنَا مِنكُم مَّلَـٰٓئِكَةً فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ يَخْلُفُونَ

Wa-law nashaaaʹu lajaʻalnaa miñkum malaaaʹikatañ fil ʹarḍi yakhlufoon.

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

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَعِلْمٌ لِّلسَّاعَةِ فَلَا تَمْتَرُنَّ بِهَا وَٱتَّبِعُونِ ۚ هَـٰذَا صِرَٰطٌ مُّسْتَقِيمٌ

Wa-ʹinnahoo laʻilmul lis-Saaʻati falaa tamtarunna bihaa wattabiʻoon: haaẓaa Ṣiraṭum Mustaq̣eem.

And indeed, he [i.e., 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.

وَلَا يَصُدَّنَّكُمُ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ مُّبِينٌ

Wa-laa yaṣuddannakumush Shayṭaan: ʹinnahoo lakum ʻaduwwum mubeen.

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

وَلَمَّا جَآءَ عِيسَىٰ بِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِ قَالَ قَدْ جِئْتُكُم بِٱلْحِكْمَةِ وَلِأُبَيِّنَ لَكُم بَعْضَ ٱلَّذِى تَخْتَلِفُونَ فِيهِ ۖ فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

Wa-lammaa jaaaʹa ʻEesaa bil-Bayyinaati q̣aala q̣ad jiʹtukum̃ bil-Ḥikmati wa-liʹubayyina lakum baʻḍal laẓee takhtalifoona feeh: fattaq̣ul laaha wa-ʹaṭeeʻoon.

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

إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ رَبِّى وَرَبُّكُمْ فَٱعْبُدُوهُ ۚ هَـٰذَا صِرَٰطٌ مُّسْتَقِيمٌ

ʹInnal laaha Huwa Rabbee wa-Rabbukum faʻbudooh: haaẓaa Ṣiraaṭum Mustaq̣eem.

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

فَٱخْتَلَفَ ٱلْأَحْزَابُ مِنۢ بَيْنِهِمْ ۖ فَوَيْلٌ لِّلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمٍ أَلِيمٍ

Fakhtalafal ʹaḥzaabu mim baynihim: fawaylul lil-laẓeena z̤̣alamoo min ʻaẓaabi Yawmin ʹAleem!

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

هَلْ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّا ٱلسَّاعَةَ أَن تَأْتِيَهُم بَغْتَةً وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

Hal yañz̤̣uroona ʹillas Saaʻata ʹañ taʹtiyahum̃ bag̣tatañw wahum laa- yashʻuroon?

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

ٱلْأَخِلَّآءُ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّ إِلَّا ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ

ʹAlʹakhillaaaʹu Yawmaʹizim baʻḍuhum libaʻḍin ʻaduwwun ʹillal Muttaq̣een.

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

يَـٰعِبَادِ لَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْيَوْمَ وَلَآ أَنتُمْ تَحْزَنُونَ

Yaa-ʻibaadi laa- khawfun ʻalaykumul Yawma wa-laaa ʹañtum taḥzanoon,―

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

ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا وَكَانُوا۟ مُسْلِمِينَ

ʹAllaẓeena ʹaamanoo biʹAayaatinaa wa-kaanoo Muslimeen.

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

ٱدْخُلُوا۟ ٱلْجَنَّةَ أَنتُمْ وَأَزْوَٰجُكُمْ تُحْبَرُونَ

ʹUdkhulul Jannata ʹañtum wa-ʹazwaajukum tuḥbaroon.

Enter Paradise, you and your kinds, delighted."

يُطَافُ عَلَيْهِم بِصِحَافٍ مِّن ذَهَبٍ وَأَكْوَابٍ ۖ وَفِيهَا مَا تَشْتَهِيهِ ٱلْأَنفُسُ وَتَلَذُّ ٱلْأَعْيُنُ ۖ وَأَنتُمْ فِيهَا خَـٰلِدُونَ

Yuṭaafu ʻalayhim̃ biṣiḥaafim miñ ẓahabiñw waʹakwaab: wafeehaa maa- tashtaheehil ʹañfusu wa-talaẓẓul ʹaʻyun: wa-ʹañtum feehaa khaalidoon.

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.

وَتِلْكَ ٱلْجَنَّةُ ٱلَّتِىٓ أُورِثْتُمُوهَا بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

Wa-tilkal Jannatul lateee ʹooris̤tumoohaa bimaa kuñtum taʻmaloon.

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

لَكُمْ فِيهَا فَـٰكِهَةٌ كَثِيرَةٌ مِّنْهَا تَأْكُلُونَ

Lakum feeha faakihatuñ kas̤eeratum minhaa taʹkuloon.

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

إِنَّ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ فِى عَذَابِ جَهَنَّمَ خَـٰلِدُونَ

ʹInnal mujrimeena fee ʻaẓaabi Jahannama khaalidoon.

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

لَا يُفَتَّرُ عَنْهُمْ وَهُمْ فِيهِ مُبْلِسُونَ

Laa- yufattaru ʻanhum wa-hum feehi mublisoon.

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

وَمَا ظَلَمْنَـٰهُمْ وَلَـٰكِن كَانُوا۟ هُمُ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ

Wa-maa z̤̣alamnaahum wa-laakiñ kaanoo humuz̤̣ z̤̣aalimeen.

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

وَنَادَوْا۟ يَـٰمَـٰلِكُ لِيَقْضِ عَلَيْنَا رَبُّكَ ۖ قَالَ إِنَّكُم مَّـٰكِثُونَ

Wa-naadaw yaa-Maaliku liyaq̣ḍi ʻalaynaa Rabbuk! Q̣aala ʹinnakum maakis̤oon.

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

لَقَدْ جِئْنَـٰكُم بِٱلْحَقِّ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَكُمْ لِلْحَقِّ كَـٰرِهُونَ

Laq̣ad jiʹnaakum̃ bil-Ḥaq̣q̣i wa-laakinna ʹaks̤arakum lil-Ḥaq̣q̣i kaarihoon.

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

أَمْ أَبْرَمُوٓا۟ أَمْرًا فَإِنَّا مُبْرِمُونَ

ʹAm ʹabramooo ʹamrañ faʹinnaa mubrimoon.

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

أَمْ يَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّا لَا نَسْمَعُ سِرَّهُمْ وَنَجْوَىٰهُم ۚ بَلَىٰ وَرُسُلُنَا لَدَيْهِمْ يَكْتُبُونَ

ʹAm yaḥsaboona ʹannaa laa- nasmaʻu sirrahum wa-najwaahum? Balaa wa-Rusulunaa ladayhim yaktuboon.

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

قُلْ إِن كَانَ لِلرَّحْمَـٰنِ وَلَدٌ فَأَنَا۠ أَوَّلُ ٱلْعَـٰبِدِينَ

Q̣ul ʹiñ kaana lir-Raḥmaani waladuñ faʹana ʹawwalul ʻaabideen.

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

سُبْحَـٰنَ رَبِّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَرْشِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ

Subḥaana Rabbis samaawaati wal-ʹarḍi Rabbil ʻArshi ʻammaa yaṣifoon!

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

فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوضُوا۟ وَيَلْعَبُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يُلَـٰقُوا۟ يَوْمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى يُوعَدُونَ

Faẓarhum yakhooḍoo wa-yalʻaboo ḥattaa yulaaq̣oo Yawmahumul laẓee yooʻadoon.

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

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ إِلَـٰهٌ وَفِى ٱلْأَرْضِ إِلَـٰهٌ ۚ وَهُوَ ٱلْحَكِيمُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ

Wa-Huwal laẓee fis samaaaʹi ʹIlaahuñw Wafil ʹarḍi ʹIlaah; wa-Huwal Ḥakeemul ʻAleem.

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

وَتَبَارَكَ ٱلَّذِى لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا وَعِندَهُۥ عِلْمُ ٱلسَّاعَةِ وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ

Wa-tabaarakal laẓee lahoo mulkus samaawaati wal-ʹarḍi wa-maa baynahumaa: wa-ʻiñdahoo ʻilmus Saaʻah: wa-ʹilayhi turjaʻoon.

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.

وَلَا يَمْلِكُ ٱلَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِهِ ٱلشَّفَـٰعَةَ إِلَّا مَن شَهِدَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ

Wa-laa yamlikul laẓeena yadʻoona miñ doonihish Shafaaʻata ʹillaa mañ shahida bil-Ḥaq̣q̣i wa-hum yaʻlamoon.

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.

وَلَئِن سَأَلْتَهُم مَّنْ خَلَقَهُمْ لَيَقُولُنَّ ٱللَّهُ ۖ فَأَنَّىٰ يُؤْفَكُونَ

Wa-laʹiñ saʹaltahum man khalaq̣ahum layaq̣oolun nallaahu faʹannaa yuʹfakoon?

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

وَقِيلِهِۦ يَـٰرَبِّ إِنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ قَوْمٌ لَّا يُؤْمِنُونَ

Wa-q̣eelihee yaa-Rabbi ʹinna haaaʹulaaaʹi q̣awmul laa yuʹminoon!

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

فَٱصْفَحْ عَنْهُمْ وَقُلْ سَلَـٰمٌ ۚ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ

Faṣfaḥ ʻanhum wa-q̣ul salaam! Fasawfa yaʻlamoon!

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