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Ayah 1بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ طسٓمٓ
English Translation
Ta. Sin, Mim.
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Surah 26
Ash-Shu'araa
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227 VersesMeccan RevelationMishary Rashid Alafasy
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Ayah 2تِلْكَ ءَايَٰتُ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ ٱلْمُبِينِ
English Translation
THESE ARE MESSAGES of the divine writ, clear in itself and clearly showing the truth!
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Ayah 3لَعَلَّكَ بَٰخِعٌۭ نَّفْسَكَ أَلَّا يَكُونُوا۟ مُؤْمِنِينَ
English Translation
Wouldst thou, perhaps, torment thyself to death [with grief] because they [who live around thee] refuse to believe [in it]?
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Ayah 4إِن نَّشَأْ نُنَزِّلْ عَلَيْهِم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ ءَايَةًۭ فَظَلَّتْ أَعْنَٰقُهُمْ لَهَا خَٰضِعِينَ
English Translation
Had We so willed, We could have sent down unto them a message from the skies, so that their necks would [be forced to] bow down before it in humility.
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Ayah 5وَمَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن ذِكْرٍۢ مِّنَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ مُحْدَثٍ إِلَّا كَانُوا۟ عَنْهُ مُعْرِضِينَ
English Translation
[But We have not willed it:] and so, whenever there comes unto them any fresh reminder from the Most Gracious, they [who are blind of heart] always - turn their backs upon it:
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Ayah 6فَقَدْ كَذَّبُوا۟ فَسَيَأْتِيهِمْ أَنۢبَٰٓؤُا۟ مَا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ
English Translation
thus, indeed, have they given the lie (to this message as well). But [in time] they will come to understand what it was that they were wont to deride!
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Ayah 7أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَمْ أَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ زَوْجٍۢ كَرِيمٍ
English Translation
Have they, then, never considered the earth - how much of every noble kind [of life] We have caused to grow thereon?
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Ayah 8إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةًۭ ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ
English Translation
In this, behold, there is a message [unto men], even though most of them will not believe [in it].
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Ayah 9وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
English Translation
But, verily, thy Sustainer - He alone - is almighty, a dispenser of grace!
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Ayah 10وَإِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبُّكَ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنِ ٱئْتِ ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ
English Translation
HENCE, [remember how it was] when thy Sustainer summoned Moses: “Go unto those evil doing people.
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Ayah 11قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ ۚ أَلَا يَتَّقُونَ
English Translation
the people of Pharaoh, who refuse to be conscious of Me!”
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Ayah 12قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ أَن يُكَذِّبُونِ
English Translation
He answered: “O my Sustainer! Behold, I fear that they will give me the lie,
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Ayah 13وَيَضِيقُ صَدْرِى وَلَا يَنطَلِقُ لِسَانِى فَأَرْسِلْ إِلَىٰ هَٰرُونَ
English Translation
and then my breast will be straitened and my tongue will not be free: send, then, [this Thy command] to Aaron.
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Ayah 14وَلَهُمْ عَلَىَّ ذَنۢبٌۭ فَأَخَافُ أَن يَقْتُلُونِ
English Translation
Moreover, they keep a grave charge [pending] against me, and I fear that they will slay me.”
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Ayah 15قَالَ كَلَّا ۖ فَٱذْهَبَا بِـَٔايَٰتِنَآ ۖ إِنَّا مَعَكُم مُّسْتَمِعُونَ
English Translation
Said He: “Not so, indeed! Go forth, then, both of you, with Our messages: verify, We shall be with you, listening [to your call]!
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Ayah 16فَأْتِيَا فِرْعَوْنَ فَقُولَآ إِنَّا رَسُولُ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
English Translation
And go, both of you, unto Pharaoh and say, ‘Behold, we bear a message from the Sustainer of all the worlds:
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Ayah 17أَنْ أَرْسِلْ مَعَنَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ
English Translation
Let the children of Israel go with us!’”
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Ayah 18قَالَ أَلَمْ نُرَبِّكَ فِينَا وَلِيدًۭا وَلَبِثْتَ فِينَا مِنْ عُمُرِكَ سِنِينَ
English Translation
[But when Moses had delivered his message, Pharaoh] said: “Did we not bring thee up among us when thou wert a child? And didst thou not spend among us years of thy [later] life?
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Ayah 19وَفَعَلْتَ فَعْلَتَكَ ٱلَّتِى فَعَلْتَ وَأَنتَ مِنَ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ
English Translation
And yet thou didst commit that [heinous] deed of thine, and [hast thus shown that] thou art one of the ingrate!”
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Ayah 20قَالَ فَعَلْتُهَآ إِذًۭا وَأَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ
English Translation
Replied [Moses]: “I committed it while I was still going astray;
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Ayah 21فَفَرَرْتُ مِنكُمْ لَمَّا خِفْتُكُمْ فَوَهَبَ لِى رَبِّى حُكْمًۭا وَجَعَلَنِى مِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ
English Translation
and I fled from you because I feared you. But [since] then my Sustainer has endowed me with the ability to judge [between right and wrong], and has made me one of [His] message-bearers.
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Ayah 22وَتِلْكَ نِعْمَةٌۭ تَمُنُّهَا عَلَىَّ أَنْ عَبَّدتَّ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ
English Translation
And [as for] that favour of which thou so tauntingly remindest me - [was it not] due to thy having enslaved the children of Israel?”
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Ayah 23قَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَا رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
English Translation
Said Pharaoh: “And what [and who] is that ‘Sustainer of all the worlds’?”
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Ayah 24قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ ۖ إِن كُنتُم مُّوقِنِينَ
English Translation
[Moses] answered: “[He is] the Sustainer of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them: if you would but [allow yourselves to] be convinced!”
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Ayah 25قَالَ لِمَنْ حَوْلَهُۥٓ أَلَا تَسْتَمِعُونَ
English Translation
Said [Pharaoh] unto those around him: “Did you hear [what he said]?”
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Ayah 26قَالَ رَبُّكُمْ وَرَبُّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
English Translation
[And Moses] continued: “[He is] your Sustainer, [too,] as well as the Sustainer of your forefathers of old!”
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Ayah 27قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَكُمُ ٱلَّذِىٓ أُرْسِلَ إِلَيْكُمْ لَمَجْنُونٌۭ
English Translation
[Pharaoh] exclaimed: “Behold, [this] your ‘apostle’ who [claims that he] has been sent unto you is mad indeed!
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Ayah 28قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلْمَشْرِقِ وَٱلْمَغْرِبِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ ۖ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ
English Translation
[But Moses] went on: “[He of whom I speak is] the Sustainer of the east and the west and of all that is between the two”- as you would know] if you would but use your reason!”
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Ayah 29قَالَ لَئِنِ ٱتَّخَذْتَ إِلَٰهًا غَيْرِى لَأَجْعَلَنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْمَسْجُونِينَ
English Translation
Said [Pharaoh]: “Indeed, if thou choose to worship any deity other than me, I shall most certainly throw thee into prison!
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Ayah 30قَالَ أَوَلَوْ جِئْتُكَ بِشَىْءٍۢ مُّبِينٍۢ
English Translation
Said he: “Even if I should bring about before thee something that clearly shows the truth?”
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Ayah 31قَالَ فَأْتِ بِهِۦٓ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ
English Translation
[Pharaoh] answered: “Produce it, then, if thou art a man of truth!”
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Ayah 32فَأَلْقَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِىَ ثُعْبَانٌۭ مُّبِينٌۭ
English Translation
Thereupon [Moses] threw down his staff - and lo! it was a serpent, plainly visible;
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Ayah 33وَنَزَعَ يَدَهُۥ فَإِذَا هِىَ بَيْضَآءُ لِلنَّٰظِرِينَ
English Translation
and he drew forth his hand - and lo! it appeared [shining] white to the beholders.
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Ayah 34قَالَ لِلْمَلَإِ حَوْلَهُۥٓ إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَسَٰحِرٌ عَلِيمٌۭ
English Translation
Said [pharaoh] unto the great ones around him: “Verily, this is indeed a sorcerer of great knowledge
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Ayah 35يُرِيدُ أَن يُخْرِجَكُم مِّنْ أَرْضِكُم بِسِحْرِهِۦ فَمَاذَا تَأْمُرُونَ
English Translation
who wants to drive you out of your land by his sorcery. What, then, do you advise?”
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Ayah 36قَالُوٓا۟ أَرْجِهْ وَأَخَاهُ وَٱبْعَثْ فِى ٱلْمَدَآئِنِ حَٰشِرِينَ
English Translation
They answered: “Let him and his brother wait a while, and send unto all cities heralds
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Ayah 37يَأْتُوكَ بِكُلِّ سَحَّارٍ عَلِيمٍۢ
English Translation
who shall assemble before thee all sorcerers of great knowledge”
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Ayah 38فَجُمِعَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ لِمِيقَٰتِ يَوْمٍۢ مَّعْلُومٍۢ
English Translation
And so the sorcerers were assembled at a set time on a certain day,
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Ayah 39وَقِيلَ لِلنَّاسِ هَلْ أَنتُم مُّجْتَمِعُونَ
English Translation
and the people were asked: Are you all present,
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Ayah 40لَعَلَّنَا نَتَّبِعُ ٱلسَّحَرَةَ إِن كَانُوا۟ هُمُ ٱلْغَٰلِبِينَ
English Translation
so that we might follow [in the footsteps of] the sorcerers if it is they who prevail?”
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Ayah 41فَلَمَّا جَآءَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ قَالُوا۟ لِفِرْعَوْنَ أَئِنَّ لَنَا لَأَجْرًا إِن كُنَّا نَحْنُ ٱلْغَٰلِبِينَ
English Translation
Now when the sorcerers came, they said unto Pharaoh: “Verily, we ought to have a great reward if it is we who prevail.
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Ayah 42قَالَ نَعَمْ وَإِنَّكُمْ إِذًۭا لَّمِنَ ٱلْمُقَرَّبِينَ
English Translation
Answered he: “Yea - and, verily, in that case you shall be among those who are near unto me.
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Ayah 43قَالَ لَهُم مُّوسَىٰٓ أَلْقُوا۟ مَآ أَنتُم مُّلْقُونَ
English Translation
[And] Moses said unto them: “Throw whatever you are going to throw!”
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Ayah 44فَأَلْقَوْا۟ حِبَالَهُمْ وَعِصِيَّهُمْ وَقَالُوا۟ بِعِزَّةِ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّا لَنَحْنُ ٱلْغَٰلِبُونَ
English Translation
Thereupon they threw their [magic ropes and their staffs, and said: “By Pharaoh’s might, behold, it is we indeed who have prevailed!”
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Ayah 45فَأَلْقَىٰ مُوسَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِىَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُونَ
English Translation
[But] then Moses threw his staff - and lo! it swallowed up all their deceptions.
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Ayah 46فَأُلْقِىَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ سَٰجِدِينَ
English Translation
And down fell the sorcerers, prostrating themselves in adoration,
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Ayah 47قَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا بِرَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
English Translation
[and] exclaimed: “We have come to believe in the Sustainer of all the worlds,
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Ayah 48رَبِّ مُوسَىٰ وَهَٰرُونَ
English Translation
the Sustainer of Moses and Aaron!”
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Ayah 49قَالَ ءَامَنتُمْ لَهُۥ قَبْلَ أَنْ ءَاذَنَ لَكُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ لَكَبِيرُكُمُ ٱلَّذِى عَلَّمَكُمُ ٱلسِّحْرَ فَلَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ ۚ لَأُقَطِّعَنَّ أَيْدِيَكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُم مِّنْ خِلَٰفٍۢ وَلَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ
English Translation
Said [Pharaoh]: “Have you come to believe in him ere I have given you permission? Verily, he must be your master who has taught you magic! But in time you shall come to know [my revenge]: most certainly shall I cut off your hands and your feet in great numbers, because of [your] perverseness, and shall most certainly crucify you in great numbers, all together!”
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Ayah 50قَالُوا۟ لَا ضَيْرَ ۖ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا مُنقَلِبُونَ
English Translation
They answered: “No harm [canst thou do to us]: verily, unto our Sustainer do we turn!
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Ayah 51إِنَّا نَطْمَعُ أَن يَغْفِرَ لَنَا رَبُّنَا خَطَٰيَٰنَآ أَن كُنَّآ أَوَّلَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
English Translation
Behold, we [but] ardently desire that our Sustainer forgive us our faults in return for our having been foremost among the believers!”
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Ayah 52۞ وَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنْ أَسْرِ بِعِبَادِىٓ إِنَّكُم مُّتَّبَعُونَ
English Translation
AND [there came a time when] We inspired Moses thus: “Go forth with My servants by night: for, behold, you will he pursued!”
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Ayah 53فَأَرْسَلَ فِرْعَوْنُ فِى ٱلْمَدَآئِنِ حَٰشِرِينَ
English Translation
And Pharaoh sent heralds unto all cities,
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Ayah 54إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَشِرْذِمَةٌۭ قَلِيلُونَ
English Translation
[bidding them to call out his troops and to proclaim:] “Behold, these [children of Israel] are but a contemptible band;
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Ayah 55وَإِنَّهُمْ لَنَا لَغَآئِظُونَ
English Translation
but they are indeed filled with hatred of us
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Ayah 56وَإِنَّا لَجَمِيعٌ حَٰذِرُونَ
English Translation
seeing that we are, verily, a nation united, fully prepared against danger –
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Ayah 57فَأَخْرَجْنَٰهُم مِّن جَنَّٰتٍۢ وَعُيُونٍۢ
English Translation
and so we have [rightly] driven them out of [their] gardens and springs,
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Ayah 58وَكُنُوزٍۢ وَمَقَامٍۢ كَرِيمٍۢ
English Translation
and [deprived them of their erstwhile] station of honour!”
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Ayah 59كَذَٰلِكَ وَأَوْرَثْنَٰهَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ
English Translation
Thus it was: but [in the course of time] We were to bestow all these [things] as a heritage on the children of Israel.
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Ayah 60فَأَتْبَعُوهُم مُّشْرِقِينَ
English Translation
And so [the Egyptians] caught up with them at sunrise;
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Ayah 61فَلَمَّا تَرَٰٓءَا ٱلْجَمْعَانِ قَالَ أَصْحَٰبُ مُوسَىٰٓ إِنَّا لَمُدْرَكُونَ
English Translation
and as soon as the two hosts came in sight of one another, the followers of Moses exclaimed: “Behold, we shall certainly be overtaken [and defeated]!”
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Ayah 62قَالَ كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّ مَعِىَ رَبِّى سَيَهْدِينِ
English Translation
He replied: Nay indeed! My Sustainer is with me, [and] He will guide me!”
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Ayah 63فَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنِ ٱضْرِب بِّعَصَاكَ ٱلْبَحْرَ ۖ فَٱنفَلَقَ فَكَانَ كُلُّ فِرْقٍۢ كَٱلطَّوْدِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
English Translation
Thereupon We inspired Moses thus: Strike the sea with thy staff!”- whereupon it parted, and each part appeared like a mountain vast.
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Ayah 64وَأَزْلَفْنَا ثَمَّ ٱلْءَاخَرِينَ
English Translation
And We caused the pursuers to draw near unto that place:
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Ayah 65وَأَنجَيْنَا مُوسَىٰ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥٓ أَجْمَعِينَ
English Translation
and We saved Moses and all who were with him,
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Ayah 66ثُمَّ أَغْرَقْنَا ٱلْءَاخَرِينَ
English Translation
and then We caused the others to drown.
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Ayah 67إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةًۭ ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ
English Translation
In this [story] behold, there is a message [unto all men], even though most of them will not believe [in it].
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Ayah 68وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
English Translation
And yet, verily, thy Sustainer - He alone - is almighty, a dispenser of grace!
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Ayah 69وَٱتْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ نَبَأَ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ
English Translation
And convey unto them the story of Abraham –
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Ayah 70إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِۦ مَا تَعْبُدُونَ
English Translation
[how it was] when he asked his father and his people, “What is it that you worship?”
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Ayah 71قَالُوا۟ نَعْبُدُ أَصْنَامًۭا فَنَظَلُّ لَهَا عَٰكِفِينَ
English Translation
They answered: We worship idols, and we remain ever devoted to them.”
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Ayah 72قَالَ هَلْ يَسْمَعُونَكُمْ إِذْ تَدْعُونَ
English Translation
Said he: “Do [you really think that] they hear you when you invoke them,
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Ayah 73أَوْ يَنفَعُونَكُمْ أَوْ يَضُرُّونَ
English Translation
or benefit you or do you harm?”
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Ayah 74قَالُوا۟ بَلْ وَجَدْنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا كَذَٰلِكَ يَفْعَلُونَ
English Translation
They exclaimed: But we found our forefathers doing the same!”
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Ayah 75قَالَ أَفَرَءَيْتُم مَّا كُنتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَ
English Translation
Said [Abraham]: “Have you, then, ever considered what it is that you have been worshipping
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Ayah 76أَنتُمْ وَءَابَآؤُكُمُ ٱلْأَقْدَمُونَ
English Translation
you and those ancient forebears of yours?
77
Ayah 77فَإِنَّهُمْ عَدُوٌّۭ لِّىٓ إِلَّا رَبَّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
English Translation
“Now [as for me, I know that,] verily, these [false deities] are my enemies, [and that none is my helper] save the Sustainer of all the worlds,
78
Ayah 78ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَنِى فَهُوَ يَهْدِينِ
English Translation
who has created me and is the One who guides me,
79
Ayah 79وَٱلَّذِى هُوَ يُطْعِمُنِى وَيَسْقِينِ
English Translation
and is the One who gives me to eat and to drink,
80
Ayah 80وَإِذَا مَرِضْتُ فَهُوَ يَشْفِينِ
English Translation
and when I fall ill, is the One who restores me to health,
81
Ayah 81وَٱلَّذِى يُمِيتُنِى ثُمَّ يُحْيِينِ
English Translation
and who will cause me to die and then will bring me back to life –
82
Ayah 82وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَطْمَعُ أَن يَغْفِرَ لِى خَطِيٓـَٔتِى يَوْمَ ٱلدِّينِ
English Translation
and who, [hope, will forgive me my faults on Judgment Day!
83
Ayah 83رَبِّ هَبْ لِى حُكْمًۭا وَأَلْحِقْنِى بِٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ
English Translation
“O my Sustainer! Endow me with the ability to judge [between right and wrong], and make me one with the righteous,
84
Ayah 84وَٱجْعَل لِّى لِسَانَ صِدْقٍۢ فِى ٱلْءَاخِرِينَ
English Translation
and grant me the power to convey the truth unto those who will come after me,
85
Ayah 85وَٱجْعَلْنِى مِن وَرَثَةِ جَنَّةِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ
English Translation
and place me among those who shall inherit the garden of bliss!
86
Ayah 86وَٱغْفِرْ لِأَبِىٓ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ
English Translation
“And forgive my father - for, verily, he is among those who have gone astray –
87
Ayah 87وَلَا تُخْزِنِى يَوْمَ يُبْعَثُونَ
English Translation
and do not put me to shame on the Day when all shall be raised from the dead:
88
Ayah 88يَوْمَ لَا يَنفَعُ مَالٌۭ وَلَا بَنُونَ
English Translation
the Day on which neither wealth will be of any use, nor children,
89
Ayah 89إِلَّا مَنْ أَتَى ٱللَّهَ بِقَلْبٍۢ سَلِيمٍۢ
English Translation
[and when] only he [will be happy] who comes before God with a heart free of evil!”
90
Ayah 90وَأُزْلِفَتِ ٱلْجَنَّةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ
English Translation
For, [on that Day,] paradise will be brought within sight of the God-conscious,
91
Ayah 91وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِلْغَاوِينَ
English Translation
whereas the blazing fire will be laid open before those who had been lost in grievous error;
92
Ayah 92وَقِيلَ لَهُمْ أَيْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَ
English Translation
and they will be asked: “Where now is all that you were wont to worship
93
Ayah 93مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ هَلْ يَنصُرُونَكُمْ أَوْ يَنتَصِرُونَ
English Translation
instead of God? Can these [things and beings] be of any help to you or to themselves?”
94
Ayah 94فَكُبْكِبُوا۟ فِيهَا هُمْ وَٱلْغَاوُۥنَ
English Translation
Thereupon they will be hurled into hell – they, as well as all [others] who had been lost in grievous error,
95
Ayah 95وَجُنُودُ إِبْلِيسَ أَجْمَعُونَ
English Translation
and the hosts of Iblis - all together.
96
Ayah 96قَالُوا۟ وَهُمْ فِيهَا يَخْتَصِمُونَ
English Translation
And there and then, blaming one another, they [who had grievously sinned in life] will exclaim:
97
Ayah 97تَٱللَّهِ إِن كُنَّا لَفِى ضَلَٰلٍۢ مُّبِينٍ
English Translation
“By God, we were most obviously astray
98
Ayah 98إِذْ نُسَوِّيكُم بِرَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
English Translation
when we deemed you [false deities] equal to the Sustainer of all the worlds –
99
Ayah 99وَمَآ أَضَلَّنَآ إِلَّا ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ
English Translation
yet they who have seduced us [into believing in you] are the truly guilty ones!
100
Ayah 100فَمَا لَنَا مِن شَٰفِعِينَ
English Translation
And now we have none to intercede for us,
101
Ayah 101وَلَا صَدِيقٍ حَمِيمٍۢ
English Translation
nor any loving friend.
102
Ayah 102فَلَوْ أَنَّ لَنَا كَرَّةًۭ فَنَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
English Translation
Would that we had a second chance [in life], so that we could be among the believers!”
103
Ayah 103إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةًۭ ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ
English Translation
In all this, behold, there is a message [unto men], even though most of them will not believe [in it].
104
Ayah 104وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
English Translation
But, verily, thy Sustainer - He alone - is almighty, a dispenser of grace!
105
Ayah 105كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ
English Translation
The people of Noah [too] gave the lie to [one of God’s] message-bearers
106
Ayah 106إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ نُوحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ
English Translation
when their brother Noah said unto them: “Will you not be conscious of God?
107
Ayah 107إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌۭ
English Translation
Behold, I am an apostle [sent by Him] to you, [and therefore] worthy of your trust:
108
Ayah 108فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ
English Translation
be, then, conscious of God, and pay heed unto me!
109
Ayah 109وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
English Translation
“And no reward whatever do I ask of you for it: my reward rests with none but the Sustainer of all the worlds.
110
Ayah 110فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ
English Translation
Hence, remain conscious of God, and pay heed unto me!”
111
Ayah 111۞ قَالُوٓا۟ أَنُؤْمِنُ لَكَ وَٱتَّبَعَكَ ٱلْأَرْذَلُونَ
English Translation
They answered: “Shall we place our faith in thee, even though [only] the most abject [of people] follow thee?”
112
Ayah 112قَالَ وَمَا عِلْمِى بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ
English Translation
Said he: “And what knowledge could I have as to what they were doing [before they came to me]?
113
Ayah 113إِنْ حِسَابُهُمْ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّى ۖ لَوْ تَشْعُرُونَ
English Translation
Their reckoning rests with none but my Sustainer: if you could but understand [this]!
114
Ayah 114وَمَآ أَنَا۠ بِطَارِدِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
English Translation
Hence, I shall not drive away [any of] those [who profess to be] believers;
115
Ayah 115إِنْ أَنَا۠ إِلَّا نَذِيرٌۭ مُّبِينٌۭ
English Translation
I am nothing but a plain warner.”
116
Ayah 116قَالُوا۟ لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهِ يَٰنُوحُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْمَرْجُومِينَ
English Translation
Said they: “Indeed, if thou desist not, O Noah, thou wilt surely be stoned to death!”
117
Ayah 117قَالَ رَبِّ إِنَّ قَوْمِى كَذَّبُونِ
English Translation
[Whereupon] he prayed: “O my Sustainer! Behold, my people have given me the lie:
118
Ayah 118فَٱفْتَحْ بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَهُمْ فَتْحًۭا وَنَجِّنِى وَمَن مَّعِىَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
English Translation
hence, lay Thou wide open the truth between me and them, and save me and those of the believers who are with me!”
119
Ayah 119فَأَنجَيْنَٰهُ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥ فِى ٱلْفُلْكِ ٱلْمَشْحُونِ
English Translation
And so We saved him and those [who were] with him in the fully-laden ark,
120
Ayah 120ثُمَّ أَغْرَقْنَا بَعْدُ ٱلْبَاقِينَ
English Translation
and then We caused those who stayed behind to drown.
121
Ayah 121إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةًۭ ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ
English Translation
In this [story], behold, there is a message [unto men], even though most of them will not believe [in it].
122
Ayah 122وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
English Translation
But, verily, thy Sustainer - He alone - is almighty, a dispenser of grace
123
Ayah 123كَذَّبَتْ عَادٌ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ
English Translation
[AND the tribe of] Ad gave the lie to [one of God’s] message-bearers
124
Ayah 124إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ هُودٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ
English Translation
when their brother Hud said unto them: “Will you not be conscious of God?
125
Ayah 125إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌۭ
English Translation
Behold, I am an apostle [sent by Him] to you, [and therefore] worthy of your trust:
126
Ayah 126فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ
English Translation
be, then, conscious of God, and pay heed unto me!
127
Ayah 127وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
English Translation
“And no reward whatever do I ask of you for it: my reward rests with none but the Sustainer of all the worlds.
128
Ayah 128أَتَبْنُونَ بِكُلِّ رِيعٍ ءَايَةًۭ تَعْبَثُونَ
English Translation
“Will you, in your wanton folly, build [idolatrous] altars on every height,
129
Ayah 129وَتَتَّخِذُونَ مَصَانِعَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَخْلُدُونَ
English Translation
and make for yourselves mighty castles, [hoping] that you might become immortal?
130
Ayah 130وَإِذَا بَطَشْتُم بَطَشْتُمْ جَبَّارِينَ
English Translation
And will you [always], whenever you lay hand [on others], lay hand [on them] cruelly, without any restraint?
131
Ayah 131فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ
English Translation
“Be, then, conscious of God and pay heed unto me:
132
Ayah 132وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَمَدَّكُم بِمَا تَعْلَمُونَ
English Translation
and [thus] be conscious of Him who has [so] amply provided you with all [the good] that you might think of
133
Ayah 133أَمَدَّكُم بِأَنْعَٰمٍۢ وَبَنِينَ
English Translation
amply provided you with flocks, and children,
134
Ayah 134وَجَنَّٰتٍۢ وَعُيُونٍ
English Translation
and gardens, and springs -:
135
Ayah 135إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍۢ
English Translation
for, verily, I fear lest suffering befall you on an awesome day!”
136
Ayah 136قَالُوا۟ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيْنَآ أَوَعَظْتَ أَمْ لَمْ تَكُن مِّنَ ٱلْوَٰعِظِينَ
English Translation
[But] they answered. “It is all one to us whether thou preachest [something new] or art not of those who [like to] preach.
137
Ayah 137إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا خُلُقُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
English Translation
This [religion of ours] is none other than that to which our forebears clung,
138
Ayah 138وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ
English Translation
and we are not going to be chastised [for adhering to it]!”
139
Ayah 139فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَهْلَكْنَٰهُمْ ۗ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةًۭ ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ
English Translation
And so they gave him the lie: and thereupon We destroyed them. In this [story], behold, there is a message [unto men], even though most of them will not believe [in it].
140
Ayah 140وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
English Translation
But, verily, thy Sustainer - He alone - is almighty, a dispenser of grace!
141
Ayah 141كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ
English Translation
[AND the tribe of] Thamud gave the lie to [one of God’s] message-hearers
142
Ayah 142إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ صَٰلِحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ
English Translation
when their brother Salih said unto them: “Will you not be conscious of God?
143
Ayah 143إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌۭ
English Translation
Behold, I am an apostle [sent by Him] to you, [and therefore] worthy of your trust:
144
Ayah 144فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ
English Translation
be, then, conscious of God, and pay heed unto me!
145
Ayah 145وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
English Translation
“And no reward whatever do I ask of you for it: my reward rests with none but the Sustainer of all the worlds.
146
Ayah 146أَتُتْرَكُونَ فِى مَا هَٰهُنَآ ءَامِنِينَ
English Translation
“Do you think that you will be left secure [forever] in the midst of what you have here and now?
147
Ayah 147فِى جَنَّٰتٍۢ وَعُيُونٍۢ
English Translation
amidst [these] gardens and springs
148
Ayah 148وَزُرُوعٍۢ وَنَخْلٍۢ طَلْعُهَا هَضِيمٌۭ
English Translation
and fields, and [these] palm-trees with slender spathes? –
149
Ayah 149وَتَنْحِتُونَ مِنَ ٱلْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًۭا فَٰرِهِينَ
English Translation
and that you will [always be able to] hew dwellings out of the mountains with [the same] great skill?”
150
Ayah 150فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ
English Translation
“Be, then, conscious of God, and pay heed unto me,
151
Ayah 151وَلَا تُطِيعُوٓا۟ أَمْرَ ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ
English Translation
and pay no heed to the counsel of those who are given to excesses –
152
Ayah 152ٱلَّذِينَ يُفْسِدُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا يُصْلِحُونَ
English Translation
those who spread corruption on earth instead of setting things to rights!”
153
Ayah 153قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلْمُسَحَّرِينَ
English Translation
Said they: “Thou art but one of the bewitched!
154
Ayah 154مَآ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٌۭ مِّثْلُنَا فَأْتِ بِـَٔايَةٍ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ
English Translation
Thou art nothing but a mortal like ourselves! Come, then, forward with a token [of thy mission] if thou art a man of truth!”
155
Ayah 155قَالَ هَٰذِهِۦ نَاقَةٌۭ لَّهَا شِرْبٌۭ وَلَكُمْ شِرْبُ يَوْمٍۢ مَّعْلُومٍۢ
English Translation
Replied he: “This she-camel shall have a share of water, and you shall have a share of water, on the days appointed [therefor];
156
Ayah 156وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوٓءٍۢ فَيَأْخُذَكُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍۢ
English Translation
and do her no harm, lest suffering befall you on an awesome day!”
157
Ayah 157فَعَقَرُوهَا فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ نَٰدِمِينَ
English Translation
But they cruelly slaughtered her - and then they had cause to regret it:
158
Ayah 158فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ ۗ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةًۭ ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ
English Translation
for the suffering [predicted by Salih,] befell them [then and there]. In this [story], behold, there is a message [unto men], even though most of them will not believe [in it].
159
Ayah 159وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
English Translation
But, verily, thy Sustainer - He alone – is almighty, a dispenser of grace!
160
Ayah 160كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ لُوطٍ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ
English Translation
[AND] the people of Lot gave the lie to [one of God’s] message-bearers
161
Ayah 161إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ لُوطٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ
English Translation
when their brother Lot said unto them: “Will you not be conscious of God?
162
Ayah 162إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌۭ
English Translation
Behold, I am an apostle [sent by Him] to you, [and therefore] worthy of your trust:
163
Ayah 163فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ
English Translation
be, then, conscious of God, and pay heed unto me!
164
Ayah 164وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
English Translation
“And no reward whatever do I ask of you for it: my reward rests with none but the Sustainer of all the worlds.
165
Ayah 165أَتَأْتُونَ ٱلذُّكْرَانَ مِنَ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
English Translation
“Must you, of all people, [lustfully] approach men,
166
Ayah 166وَتَذَرُونَ مَا خَلَقَ لَكُمْ رَبُّكُم مِّنْ أَزْوَٰجِكُم ۚ بَلْ أَنتُمْ قَوْمٌ عَادُونَ
English Translation
keeping yourselves aloof from all the [lawful] spouses whom your Sustainer has created for you? Nay, but you are people who transgress all bounds of what is right!”
167
Ayah 167قَالُوا۟ لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهِ يَٰلُوطُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْمُخْرَجِينَ
English Translation
Said they: “Indeed, If thou desist not, O Lot, thou wilt most certainly be expelled [from this township]!”
168
Ayah 168قَالَ إِنِّى لِعَمَلِكُم مِّنَ ٱلْقَالِينَ
English Translation
[Lot] exclaimed: “Behold, I am one of those who utterly abhor your doings!”
169
Ayah 169رَبِّ نَجِّنِى وَأَهْلِى مِمَّا يَعْمَلُونَ
English Translation
[And then he prayed:] “O my Sustainer! Save me and my household from all that they are doing!”
170
Ayah 170فَنَجَّيْنَٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥٓ أَجْمَعِينَ
English Translation
Thereupon We saved him and all his household –
171
Ayah 171إِلَّا عَجُوزًۭا فِى ٱلْغَٰبِرِينَ
English Translation
all but an old woman, who was among those that stayed behind;
172
Ayah 172ثُمَّ دَمَّرْنَا ٱلْءَاخَرِينَ
English Translation
and then We utterly destroyed the others,
173
Ayah 173وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِم مَّطَرًۭا ۖ فَسَآءَ مَطَرُ ٱلْمُنذَرِينَ
English Translation
and rained down upon them a rain [of destruction]: and dire is such rain upon all who let themselves be warned [to no avail]!
174
Ayah 174إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةًۭ ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ
English Translation
In this [story], behold, there is a message [unto men], even though most of them will not believe [in it].
175
Ayah 175وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
English Translation
But, verily, thy Sustainer - He alone - is almighty, a dispenser of grace!
176
Ayah 176كَذَّبَ أَصْحَٰبُ لْـَٔيْكَةِ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ
English Translation
[AND] the dwellers of the wooded dales [of Madyan] gave the lie to [one of God’s] message-bearers
177
Ayah 177إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ شُعَيْبٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ
English Translation
when their brother Shu’ayb said unto them: “Will you not be conscious of God?
178
Ayah 178إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌۭ
English Translation
Behold, I am an apostle [sent by Him] to you, [and therefore] worthy of your trust:
179
Ayah 179فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ
English Translation
be, then, conscious of God, and pay heed unto me!
180
Ayah 180وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
English Translation
“And no reward whatever do I ask of you for it: my reward rests with none but the Sustainer of all the worlds.
181
Ayah 181۞ أَوْفُوا۟ ٱلْكَيْلَ وَلَا تَكُونُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْمُخْسِرِينَ
English Translation
“[Always] give full measure, and be not among those who [unjustly] cause loss [to others];
182
Ayah 182وَزِنُوا۟ بِٱلْقِسْطَاسِ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمِ
English Translation
and [in all your dealings] weigh with a true balance,
183
Ayah 183وَلَا تَبْخَسُوا۟ ٱلنَّاسَ أَشْيَآءَهُمْ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ
English Translation
and do not deprive people of what is rightfully theirs; and do not act wickedly on earth by spreading corruption,
184
Ayah 184وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُمْ وَٱلْجِبِلَّةَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
English Translation
but be conscious of Him who has created you, just as [He created] those countless generations of old!”
185
Ayah 185قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلْمُسَحَّرِينَ
English Translation
Said they: “Thou art but one of the bewitched,
186
Ayah 186وَمَآ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٌۭ مِّثْلُنَا وَإِن نَّظُنُّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلْكَٰذِبِينَ
English Translation
for thou art nothing but a mortal like ourselves! And, behold, we think that thou art a consummate liar!
187
Ayah 187فَأَسْقِطْ عَلَيْنَا كِسَفًۭا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ
English Translation
Cause, then, fragments of the sky to fall down upon us, if thou art a man of truth!”
188
Ayah 188قَالَ رَبِّىٓ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ
English Translation
Answered [Shu’ayb]: “My Sustainer knows fully well what you are doing.”
189
Ayah 189فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمِ ٱلظُّلَّةِ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ
English Translation
But they gave him the lie. And thereupon suffering overtook them on a day dark with shadows: and, verily, it was the suffering of an awesome day!
190
Ayah 190إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةًۭ ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ
English Translation
In this [story], behold, there is a message [unto men], even though most of them will not believe [in it].
191
Ayah 191وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
English Translation
But, verily, thy Sustainer - He alone - is almighty, a dispenser of grace!
192
Ayah 192وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَنزِيلُ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
English Translation
Now, behold, this [divine writ] has indeed been bestowed from on high by the Sustainer of all the worlds:
193
Ayah 193نَزَلَ بِهِ ٱلرُّوحُ ٱلْأَمِينُ
English Translation
trustworthy divine inspiration has alighted with it from on high
194
Ayah 194عَلَىٰ قَلْبِكَ لِتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُنذِرِينَ
English Translation
upon thy heart, [O Muhammad] so that thou mayest be among those who preach
195
Ayah 195بِلِسَانٍ عَرَبِىٍّۢ مُّبِينٍۢ
English Translation
in the clear Arabic tongue.
196
Ayah 196وَإِنَّهُۥ لَفِى زُبُرِ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
English Translation
And, verily, [the essence of] this [revelation] is indeed found in the ancient books of divine wisdom [as well].
197
Ayah 197أَوَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُمْ ءَايَةً أَن يَعْلَمَهُۥ عُلَمَٰٓؤُا۟ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ
English Translation
Is it not evidence enough for them that [so many] learned men from among the children of Israel have recognized this [as true]?
198
Ayah 198وَلَوْ نَزَّلْنَٰهُ عَلَىٰ بَعْضِ ٱلْأَعْجَمِينَ
English Translation
But [even] had We bestowed it from on high upon any of the non-Arabs,
199
Ayah 199فَقَرَأَهُۥ عَلَيْهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ مُؤْمِنِينَ
English Translation
and had he recited it unto them [in his own tongue], they would not have believed in it.
200
Ayah 200كَذَٰلِكَ سَلَكْنَٰهُ فِى قُلُوبِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ
English Translation
Thus have We caused this [message] to pass [unheeded] through the hearts of those who are lost in sin:
201
Ayah 201لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِۦ حَتَّىٰ يَرَوُا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَلِيمَ
English Translation
they will not believe in it till they behold the grievous suffering
202
Ayah 202فَيَأْتِيَهُم بَغْتَةًۭ وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ
English Translation
that will come upon them [on resurrection,] all of a sudden, without their being aware [of its approach];
203
Ayah 203فَيَقُولُوا۟ هَلْ نَحْنُ مُنظَرُونَ
English Translation
and then they will exclaim, “Could we have a respite?”
204
Ayah 204أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا يَسْتَعْجِلُونَ
English Translation
Do they, then, [really] wish that Our chastisement be hastened on?
205
Ayah 205أَفَرَءَيْتَ إِن مَّتَّعْنَٰهُمْ سِنِينَ
English Translation
But hast thou ever considered [this]: If We do allow them to enjoy [this life] for some years,
206
Ayah 206ثُمَّ جَآءَهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يُوعَدُونَ
English Translation
and thereupon that [chastisement] which they were promised befalls them –
207
Ayah 207مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يُمَتَّعُونَ
English Translation
of what avail to them will be all their past enjoyments?
208
Ayah 208وَمَآ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا لَهَا مُنذِرُونَ
English Translation
And withal, never have We destroyed any community unless it had been warned
209
Ayah 209ذِكْرَىٰ وَمَا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ
English Translation
and reminded: for, never do We wrong [anyone].
210
Ayah 210وَمَا تَنَزَّلَتْ بِهِ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينُ
English Translation
And [this divine writ is such a reminder:] no evil spirits have brought it down:
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Ayah 211وَمَا يَنۢبَغِى لَهُمْ وَمَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ
English Translation
for, neither does it suit their ends, nor is it in their power [to impart it to man]:
212
Ayah 212إِنَّهُمْ عَنِ ٱلسَّمْعِ لَمَعْزُولُونَ
English Translation
verily, [even] from hearing it are they utterly debarred!
213
Ayah 213فَلَا تَدْعُ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُعَذَّبِينَ
English Translation
Hence, [O man,] do not invoke any other deity side by side with God, lest thou find thyself among those who are made to suffer [on Judgment Day].
214
Ayah 214وَأَنذِرْ عَشِيرَتَكَ ٱلْأَقْرَبِينَ
English Translation
And warn [whomever thou canst reach, beginning with] thy kinsfolk,
215
Ayah 215وَٱخْفِضْ جَنَاحَكَ لِمَنِ ٱتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
English Translation
and spread the wings of thy tenderness over all of the believers who may follow thee;
216
Ayah 216فَإِنْ عَصَوْكَ فَقُلْ إِنِّى بَرِىٓءٌۭ مِّمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ
English Translation
but if they disobey thee, say, “I am free of responsibility for aught that you may do!” –
217
Ayah 217وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
English Translation
and place thy trust in the Almighty, the Dispenser of Grace,
218
Ayah 218ٱلَّذِى يَرَىٰكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ
English Translation
who sees thee when thou standest [alone],
219
Ayah 219وَتَقَلُّبَكَ فِى ٱلسَّٰجِدِينَ
English Translation
and [sees] thy behaviour among those who prostrate themselves [before Him]:
220
Ayah 220إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ
English Translation
for, verily, He alone is all-hearing, all-knowing!
221
Ayah 221هَلْ أُنَبِّئُكُمْ عَلَىٰ مَن تَنَزَّلُ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينُ
English Translation
[And] shall I tell you upon whom it is that those evil spirits descend?
222
Ayah 222تَنَزَّلُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ أَفَّاكٍ أَثِيمٍۢ
English Translation
They descend upon all sinful self-deceivers
223
Ayah 223يُلْقُونَ ٱلسَّمْعَ وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ كَٰذِبُونَ
English Translation
who readily lend ear [to every falsehood], and most of whom lie to others as well.
224
Ayah 224وَٱلشُّعَرَآءُ يَتَّبِعُهُمُ ٱلْغَاوُۥنَ
English Translation
And as for the poets [they, too, are prone to deceive themselves: and so, only] those who are lost in grievous error would follow them.
225
Ayah 225أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّهُمْ فِى كُلِّ وَادٍۢ يَهِيمُونَ
English Translation
Art thou not aware that they roam confusedly through all the valleys [of words and thoughts],
226
Ayah 226وَأَنَّهُمْ يَقُولُونَ مَا لَا يَفْعَلُونَ
English Translation
and that they [so often] say what they do not do [or feel]?
227
Ayah 227إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ وَذَكَرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ كَثِيرًۭا وَٱنتَصَرُوا۟ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا ظُلِمُوا۟ ۗ وَسَيَعْلَمُ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوٓا۟ أَىَّ مُنقَلَبٍۢ يَنقَلِبُونَ
English Translation
[Most of them are of this kind] save those who have attained to faith, and do righteous deeds, and remember God unceasingly, and defend themselves [only] after having been wronged, and [trust in God’s promise that] those who are bent on wrongdoing will in time come to know how evil a turn their destinies are bound to take!
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