Surah Al-Kahf

اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ الَّذِيْٓ اَنْزَلَ عَلٰى عَبْدِهِ الْكِتٰبَ وَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ لَّهٗ عِوَجًا ۜ ۝١

Al-ḥamdu lillāhil-lażī anzala ‘alā ‘abdihil-kitāba wa lam yaj‘al lahū ‘iwajā

1. Praise be to Allah, who revealed the Book to His servant, and allowed in it no distortion.

قَيِّمًا لِّيُنْذِرَ بَأْسًا شَدِيْدًا مِّنْ لَّدُنْهُ وَيُبَشِّرَ الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ الَّذِيْنَ يَعْمَلُوْنَ الصّٰلِحٰتِ اَنَّ لَهُمْ اَجْرًا حَسَنًاۙ ۝٢

Qoyyimal liyunżiro ba'san syadīdam mil ladunhu wa yubasysyirol-mu'minīnal-lażīna ya‘malūnaṣ-ṣōliḥāti anna lahum ajron ḥasanā

2. Valuable—to warn of severe punishment from Himself; and to deliver good news to the believers who do righteous deeds, that they will have an excellent reward.

مّٰكِثِيْنَ فِيْهِ اَبَدًاۙ ۝٣

Mākiṡīna fīhi abadā

3. In which they will abide forever.

وَّيُنْذِرَ الَّذِيْنَ قَالُوا اتَّخَذَ اللّٰهُ وَلَدًاۖ ۝٤

Wa yunżirol-lażīna qōluttakhożallōhu waladā

4. And to warn those who say, “Allah has begotten a son.”

مَّا لَهُمْ بِهٖ مِنْ عِلْمٍ وَّلَا لِاٰبَاۤىِٕهِمْۗ كَبُرَتْ كَلِمَةً تَخْرُجُ مِنْ اَفْوَاهِهِمْۗ اِنْ يَّقُوْلُوْنَ اِلَّا كَذِبًا ۝٥

Mā lahum bihī min ‘ilmiw wa lā li'ābā-ihim, kaburot kalimatan takhruju min afwāhihim, iy yaqūlūna illā każibā

5. They have no knowledge of this, nor did their forefathers. Grave is the word that comes out of their mouths. They say nothing but a lie.

فَلَعَلَّكَ بَاخِعٌ نَّفْسَكَ عَلٰٓى اٰثَارِهِمْ اِنْ لَّمْ يُؤْمِنُوْا بِهٰذَا الْحَدِيْثِ اَسَفًا ۝٦

Fa la‘allaka bākhi‘un nafsaka ‘alā āṡārihim illam yu'minū bihāżal-ḥadīṡi asafā

6. Perhaps you may destroy yourself with grief, chasing after them, if they do not believe in this information.

اِنَّا جَعَلْنَا مَا عَلَى الْاَرْضِ زِيْنَةً لَّهَا لِنَبْلُوَهُمْ اَيُّهُمْ اَحْسَنُ عَمَلًا ۝٧

Innā ja‘alnā mā ‘alal-arḍi zīnatal lahā linabluwahum ayyuhum aḥsanu ‘amalā

7. We made what is upon the earth an ornament for it, to test them as to which of them is best in conduct.

وَاِنَّا لَجٰعِلُوْنَ مَا عَلَيْهَا صَعِيْدًا جُرُزًاۗ ۝٨

Wa innā lajā‘ilūna mā ‘alaihā ṣo‘īdan juruzā

8. And We will turn what is on it into barren waste.

اَمْ حَسِبْتَ اَنَّ اَصْحٰبَ الْكَهْفِ وَالرَّقِيْمِ كَانُوْا مِنْ اٰيٰتِنَا عَجَبًا ۝٩

Am ḥasibta anna aṣḥābal-kahfi war-roqīmi kānū min āyātinā ‘ajabā

9. Did you know that the People of the Cave and the Inscription were of Our wondrous signs?

اِذْ اَوَى الْفِتْيَةُ اِلَى الْكَهْفِ فَقَالُوْا رَبَّنَآ اٰتِنَا مِنْ لَّدُنْكَ رَحْمَةً وَّهَيِّئْ لَنَا مِنْ اَمْرِنَا رَشَدًا ۝١٠

Iż awal-fityatu ilal-kahfi fa qōlū robbanā ātinā mil ladunka roḥmataw wa hayyi' lanā min amrinā rosyadā

10. When the youths took shelter in the cave, they said, “Our Lord, give us mercy from Yourself, and bless our affair with guidance.”

فَضَرَبْنَا عَلٰٓى اٰذَانِهِمْ فِى الْكَهْفِ سِنِيْنَ عَدَدًاۙ ۝١١

Faḍorobnā ‘alā āżānihim fil-kahfi sinīna ‘adadā

11. Then We sealed their ears in the cave for a number of years.

ثُمَّ بَعَثْنٰهُمْ لِنَعْلَمَ اَيُّ الْحِزْبَيْنِ اَحْصٰى لِمَا لَبِثُوْٓا اَمَدًا ࣖ ۝١٢

Ṡumma ba‘aṡnāhum lina‘lama ayyul-ḥizbaini aḥṣō limā labiṡū amadā

12. Then We awakened them to know which of the two groups could better calculate the length of their stay.

نَحْنُ نَقُصُّ عَلَيْكَ نَبَاَهُمْ بِالْحَقِّۗ اِنَّهُمْ فِتْيَةٌ اٰمَنُوْا بِرَبِّهِمْ وَزِدْنٰهُمْ هُدًىۖ ۝١٣

Naḥnu naquṣṣu ‘alaika naba'ahum bil-ḥaqq, innahum fityatun āmanū birobbihim wa zidnāhum hudā

13. We relate to you their story in truth. They were youths who believed in their Lord, and We increased them in guidance.

وَّرَبَطْنَا عَلٰى قُلُوْبِهِمْ اِذْ قَامُوْا فَقَالُوْا رَبُّنَا رَبُّ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِ لَنْ نَّدْعُوَا۟ مِنْ دُوْنِهٖٓ اِلٰهًا لَّقَدْ قُلْنَآ اِذًا شَطَطًا ۝١٤

Wa robaṭnā ‘alā qulūbihim iż qōmū fa qōlū robbunā robbus-samāwāti wal-arḍi lan nad‘uwa min dūnihī ilāhal laqod qulnā iżan syaṭoṭō

14. And We strengthened their hearts, when they stood up and said, “Our Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth; we will not call on any god besides Him, for then we would have spoken an outrage.”

هٰٓؤُلَاۤءِ قَوْمُنَا اتَّخَذُوْا مِنْ دُوْنِهٖٓ اٰلِهَةًۗ لَوْلَا يَأْتُوْنَ عَلَيْهِمْ بِسُلْطٰنٍۢ بَيِّنٍۗ فَمَنْ اَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ افْتَرٰى عَلَى اللّٰهِ كَذِبًاۗ ۝١٥

Hā-ulā-i qoumunattakhożū min dūnihī ālihah, lau lā ya'tūna ‘alaihim bisulṭōnim bayyin, faman aẓlamu mimmaniftarō ‘alallāhi każibā

15. “These people, our people, have taken to themselves gods other than Him. Why do they not bring a clear proof concerning them? Who, then, does greater wrong than he who invents lies and attributes them to Allah?”

وَاِذِ اعْتَزَلْتُمُوْهُمْ وَمَا يَعْبُدُوْنَ اِلَّا اللّٰهَ فَأْوٗٓا اِلَى الْكَهْفِ يَنْشُرْ لَكُمْ رَبُّكُمْ مِّنْ رَّحْمَتِهٖ وَيُهَيِّئْ لَكُمْ مِّنْ اَمْرِكُمْ مِّرْفَقًا ۝١٦

Wa iżi‘tazaltumūhum wa mā ya‘budūna illallōha fa'wū ilal-kahfi yansyur lakum robbukum mir roḥmatihī wa yuhayyi' lakum min amrikum mirfaqō

16. “Now that you have withdrawn from them, and from what they worship besides Allah, take shelter in the cave. And your Lord will unfold His mercy for you, and will set your affair towards ease.”

وَتَرَى الشَّمْسَ اِذَا طَلَعَتْ تَّزٰوَرُ عَنْ كَهْفِهِمْ ذَاتَ الْيَمِيْنِ وَاِذَا غَرَبَتْ تَّقْرِضُهُمْ ذَاتَ الشِّمَالِ وَهُمْ فِيْ فَجْوَةٍ مِّنْهُۗ ذٰلِكَ مِنْ اٰيٰتِ اللّٰهِ ۗمَنْ يَّهْدِ اللّٰهُ فَهُوَ الْمُهْتَدِ وَمَنْ يُّضْلِلْ فَلَنْ تَجِدَ لَهٗ وَلِيًّا مُّرْشِدًا ࣖ ۝١٧

Wa tarosy-syamsa iżā ṭola‘at tazāwaru ‘an kahfihim żātal-yamīni wa iżā ghorobat taqriḍuhum żātasy-syimāli wa hum fī fajwatim minh, żālika min āyātillāh, may yahdillāhu fa huwal-muhtadi wa may yuḍlil falan tajida lahū waliyyam mursyidā

17. You would have seen the sun, when it rose, veering away from their cave towards the right, and when it sets, moving away from them to the left, as they lay in the midst of the cave. That was one of Allah’s wonders. He whom Allah guides is truly guided; but he whom He misguides, for him you will find no directing friend.

وَتَحْسَبُهُمْ اَيْقَاظًا وَّهُمْ رُقُوْدٌ ۖوَّنُقَلِّبُهُمْ ذَاتَ الْيَمِيْنِ وَذَاتَ الشِّمَالِ ۖوَكَلْبُهُمْ بَاسِطٌ ذِرَاعَيْهِ بِالْوَصِيْدِۗ لَوِ اطَّلَعْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ لَوَلَّيْتَ مِنْهُمْ فِرَارًا وَّلَمُلِئْتَ مِنْهُمْ رُعْبًا ۝١٨

Wa taḥsabuhum aiqōẓow wa hum ruqūd, wa nuqollibuhum żātal-yamīni wa żātasy-syimāl, wa kalbuhum bāsiṭun żirō‘aihi bil-waṣīd, lawiṭ-ṭola‘ta ‘alaihim lawallaita minhum firōrow wa lamuli'ta minhum ru‘bā

18. You would think them awake, although they were asleep. And We turned them over to the right, and to the left, with their dog stretching its paws across the threshold. Had you looked at them, you would have turned away from them in flight, and been filled with fear of them.

وَكَذٰلِكَ بَعَثْنٰهُمْ لِيَتَسَاۤءَلُوْا بَيْنَهُمْۗ قَالَ قَاۤىِٕلٌ مِّنْهُمْ كَمْ لَبِثْتُمْۗ قَالُوْا لَبِثْنَا يَوْمًا اَوْ بَعْضَ يَوْمٍۗ قَالُوْا رَبُّكُمْ اَعْلَمُ بِمَا لَبِثْتُمْۗ فَابْعَثُوْٓا اَحَدَكُمْ بِوَرِقِكُمْ هٰذِهٖٓ اِلَى الْمَدِيْنَةِ فَلْيَنْظُرْ اَيُّهَآ اَزْكٰى طَعَامًا فَلْيَأْتِكُمْ بِرِزْقٍ مِّنْهُ وَلْيَتَلَطَّفْ وَلَا يُشْعِرَنَّ بِكُمْ اَحَدًا ۝١٩

Wa każālika ba‘aṡnāhum liyatasā-alū bainahum, qōla qō-ilum minhum kam labiṡtum, qōlū labiṡnā yauman au ba‘ḍo yaum, qōlū robbukum a‘lamu bimā labiṡtum, fab‘aṡū aḥadakum biwariqikum hāżihī ilal-madīnati falyanẓur ayyuhā azkā ṭo‘āman falya'tikum birizqim minhu walyatalaṭ-ṭof wa lā yusy‘ironna bikum aḥadā

19. Even so, We awakened them, so that they may ask one another. A speaker among them said, “How long have you stayed?” They said, “We have stayed a day, or part of a day.” They said, “Your Lord knows best how long you have stayed.” “Send one of you to the city, with this money of yours, and let him see which food is most suitable, and let him bring you some provision thereof. And let him be gentle, and let no one become aware of you.”

اِنَّهُمْ اِنْ يَّظْهَرُوْا عَلَيْكُمْ يَرْجُمُوْكُمْ اَوْ يُعِيْدُوْكُمْ فِيْ مِلَّتِهِمْ وَلَنْ تُفْلِحُوْٓا اِذًا اَبَدًا ۝٢٠

Innahum iy yaẓharū ‘alaikum yarjumūkum au yu‘īdūkum fī millatihim wa lan tufliḥū iżan abadā

20. “If they discover you, they will stone you, or force you back into their religion; then you will never be saved.”

وَكَذٰلِكَ اَعْثَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ لِيَعْلَمُوْٓا اَنَّ وَعْدَ اللّٰهِ حَقٌّ وَّاَنَّ السَّاعَةَ لَا رَيْبَ فِيْهَاۚ اِذْ يَتَنَازَعُوْنَ بَيْنَهُمْ اَمْرَهُمْ فَقَالُوا ابْنُوْا عَلَيْهِمْ بُنْيَانًاۗ رَبُّهُمْ اَعْلَمُ بِهِمْۗ قَالَ الَّذِيْنَ غَلَبُوْا عَلٰٓى اَمْرِهِمْ لَنَتَّخِذَنَّ عَلَيْهِمْ مَّسْجِدًا ۝٢١

Wa każālika a‘ṡarnā ‘alaihim liya‘lamū anna wa‘dallōhi ḥaqquw wa annas-sā‘ata lā roiba fīhā, iż yatanāza‘ūna bainahum amrohum fa qōlubnū ‘alaihim bun-yānā, robbuhum a‘lamu bihim, qōlal-lażīna gholabū ‘alā amrihim lanattakhiżanna ‘alaihim masjidā

21. So it was, that We caused them to be discovered, that they would know that the promise of Allah is true, and that of the Hour there is no doubt. As they were disputing their case among themselves, they said, “Build over them a building.” Their Lord knows best about them. Those who prevailed over their case said, “We will set up over them a place of worship.”

سَيَقُوْلُوْنَ ثَلٰثَةٌ رَّابِعُهُمْ كَلْبُهُمْۚ وَيَقُوْلُوْنَ خَمْسَةٌ سَادِسُهُمْ كَلْبُهُمْ رَجْمًاۢ بِالْغَيْبِۚ وَيَقُوْلُوْنَ سَبْعَةٌ وَّثَامِنُهُمْ كَلْبُهُمْ ۗقُلْ رَّبِّيْٓ اَعْلَمُ بِعِدَّتِهِمْ مَّا يَعْلَمُهُمْ اِلَّا قَلِيْلٌ ەۗ فَلَا تُمَارِ فِيْهِمْ اِلَّا مِرَاۤءً ظَاهِرًا ۖوَّلَا تَسْتَفْتِ فِيْهِمْ مِّنْهُمْ اَحَدًا ࣖ ۝٢٢

Sayaqūlūna ṡalāṡatur rōbi‘uhum kalbuhum, wa yaqūlūna khomsatun sādisuhum kalbuhum rojmam bil-ghoib, wa yaqūlūna sab‘atuw wa ṡāminuhum kalbuhum, qur robbī a‘lamu bi‘iddatihim mā ya‘lamuhum illā qolīl, falā tumāri fīhim illā mirō-an ẓōhirō, wa lā tastafti fīhim minhum aḥadā

22. They will say, “Three, and their fourth being their dog.” And they will say, “Five, and their sixth being their dog,” guessing at the unknown. And they will say, “Seven, and their eighth being their dog.” Say, “My Lord knows best their number.” None knows them except a few. So do not argue concerning them except with an obvious argument, and do not consult any of them about them.

وَلَا تَقُوْلَنَّ لِشَا۟يْءٍ اِنِّيْ فَاعِلٌ ذٰلِكَ غَدًاۙ ۝٢٣

Wa lā taqūlanna lisyai'in innī fā‘ilun żālika ghodā

23. And never say about anything, “I will do that tomorrow.”

اِلَّآ اَنْ يَّشَاۤءَ اللّٰهُ ۖوَاذْكُرْ رَّبَّكَ اِذَا نَسِيْتَ وَقُلْ عَسٰٓى اَنْ يَّهْدِيَنِ رَبِّيْ لِاَقْرَبَ مِنْ هٰذَا رَشَدًا ۝٢٤

Illā ay yasyā-allōh, ważkur robbaka iżā nasīta wa qul ‘asā ay yahdiyani robbī li'aqroba min hāżā rosyadā

24. Without saying, “If Allah wills.” And remember your Lord if you forget, and say, “Perhaps my Lord will guide me to nearer than this in integrity.”

وَلَبِثُوْا فِيْ كَهْفِهِمْ ثَلٰثَ مِائَةٍ سِنِيْنَ وَازْدَادُوْا تِسْعًا ۝٢٥

Wa labiṡū fī kahfihim ṡalāṡa mi'atin sinīna wazdādū tis‘ā

25. And they stayed in their cave for three hundred years, adding nine.

قُلِ اللّٰهُ اَعْلَمُ بِمَا لَبِثُوْا ۚ لَهٗ غَيْبُ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِۗ اَبْصِرْ بِهٖ وَاَسْمِعْۗ مَا لَهُمْ مِّنْ دُوْنِهٖ مِنْ وَّلِيٍّۗ وَلَا يُشْرِكُ فِيْ حُكْمِهٖٓ اَحَدًا ۝٢٦

Qulillāhu a‘lamu bimā labiṡū, lahū ghoibus-samāwāti wal-arḍ, abṣir bihī wa asmi‘, mā lahum min dūnihī miw waliyy, wa lā yusyriku fī ḥukmihī aḥadā

26. Say, “Allah knows best how long they stayed.” His is the mystery of the heavens and the earth. By Him you see and hear. They have no guardian apart from Him, and He shares His sovereignty with no one.

وَاتْلُ مَآ اُوْحِيَ اِلَيْكَ مِنْ كِتَابِ رَبِّكَۗ لَا مُبَدِّلَ لِكَلِمٰتِهٖۗ وَلَنْ تَجِدَ مِنْ دُوْنِهٖ مُلْتَحَدًا ۝٢٧

Watlu mā ūḥiya ilaika min kitābi robbik, lā mubaddila likalimātih, wa lan tajida min dūnihī multaḥadā

27. And recite what was revealed to you from the Book of your Lord. There is no changing His words, and you will find no refuge except in Him.

وَاصْبِرْ نَفْسَكَ مَعَ الَّذِيْنَ يَدْعُوْنَ رَبَّهُمْ بِالْغَدٰوةِ وَالْعَشِيِّ يُرِيْدُوْنَ وَجْهَهٗ وَلَا تَعْدُ عَيْنٰكَ عَنْهُمْۚ تُرِيْدُ زِيْنَةَ الْحَيٰوةِ الدُّنْيَاۚ وَلَا تُطِعْ مَنْ اَغْفَلْنَا قَلْبَهٗ عَنْ ذِكْرِنَا وَاتَّبَعَ هَوٰىهُ وَكَانَ اَمْرُهٗ فُرُطًا ۝٢٨

Waṣbir nafsaka ma‘al-lażīna yad‘ūna robbahum bil-ghodāti wal-‘asyiyyi yurīdūna wajhahū wa lā ta‘du ‘aināka ‘anhum, turīdu zīnatal-ḥayātid-dun-yā, wa lā tuṭi‘ man aghfalnā qolbahū ‘an żikrinā wattaba‘a hawāhu wa kāna amruhū furuṭō

28. And content yourself with those who pray to their Lord morning and evening, desiring His Presence. And do not turn your eyes away from them, desiring the glitter of this world. And do not obey him whose heart We have made heedless of Our remembrance—so he follows his own desires—and his priorities are confused.

وَقُلِ الْحَقُّ مِنْ رَّبِّكُمْۗ فَمَنْ شَاۤءَ فَلْيُؤْمِنْ وَّمَنْ شَاۤءَ فَلْيَكْفُرْۚ اِنَّآ اَعْتَدْنَا لِلظّٰلِمِيْنَ نَارًاۙ اَحَاطَ بِهِمْ سُرَادِقُهَاۗ وَاِنْ يَّسْتَغِيْثُوْا يُغَاثُوْا بِمَاۤءٍ كَالْمُهْلِ يَشْوِى الْوُجُوْهَۗ بِئْسَ الشَّرَابُۗ وَسَاۤءَتْ مُرْتَفَقًا ۝٢٩

Wa qulil-ḥaqqu mir robbikum, faman syā-a falyu'miw wa man syā-a falyakfur, innā a‘tadnā liẓ-ẓōlimīna nārō, aḥāṭo bihim surōdiquhā, wa iy yastaghīṡū yughōṡū bimā-in kal-muhli yasywil-wujūh, bi'sasy-syarōb, wa sā-at murtafaqō

29. And say, “The truth is from your Lord. Whoever wills—let him believe. And whoever wills—let him disbelieve.” We have prepared for the unjust a Fire, whose curtains will hem them in. And when they cry for relief, they will be relieved with water like molten brass, which scalds the faces. What a miserable drink, and what a terrible place.

اِنَّ الَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوْا وَعَمِلُوا الصّٰلِحٰتِ اِنَّا لَا نُضِيْعُ اَجْرَ مَنْ اَحْسَنَ عَمَلًاۚ ۝٣٠

Innal-lażīna āmanū wa ‘amiluṣ-ṣōliḥāti innā lā nuḍī‘u ajro man aḥsana ‘amalā

30. As for those who believe and lead a righteous life—We will not waste the reward of those who work righteousness.

اُولٰۤىِٕكَ لَهُمْ جَنّٰتُ عَدْنٍ تَجْرِيْ مِنْ تَحْتِهِمُ الْاَنْهٰرُ يُحَلَّوْنَ فِيْهَا مِنْ اَسَاوِرَ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ وَّيَلْبَسُوْنَ ثِيَابًا خُضْرًا مِّنْ سُنْدُسٍ وَّاِسْتَبْرَقٍ مُّتَّكِـِٕيْنَ فِيْهَا عَلَى الْاَرَاۤىِٕكِۗ نِعْمَ الثَّوَابُۗ وَحَسُنَتْ مُرْتَفَقًا ࣖ ۝٣١

Ulā-ika lahum jannātu ‘adnin tajrī min taḥtihimul-anhāru yuḥallauna fīhā min asāwiro min żahabiw wa yalbasūna ṡiyāban khuḍrom min sundusiw wa istabroqim muttaki'īna fīhā ‘alal-arō-ik, ni‘maṡ-ṡawāb, wa ḥasunat murtafaqō

31. These will have the Gardens of Eden, beneath which rivers flow. Reclining on comfortable furnishings, they will be adorned with bracelets of gold, and will wear green garments of silk and brocade. What a wonderful reward, and what an excellent resting-place.

وَاضْرِبْ لَهُمْ مَّثَلًا رَّجُلَيْنِ جَعَلْنَا لِاَحَدِهِمَا جَنَّتَيْنِ مِنْ اَعْنَابٍ وَّحَفَفْنٰهُمَا بِنَخْلٍ وَّجَعَلْنَا بَيْنَهُمَا زَرْعًاۗ ۝٣٢

Waḍrib lahum maṡalar rojulaini ja‘alnā li'aḥadihimā jannataini min a‘nābiw wa ḥafafnāhumā binakhliw wa ja‘alnā bainahumā zar‘ā

32. And cite for them the parable of two men. To one of them We gave two gardens of vine, and We surrounded them with palm-trees, and We placed between them crops.

كِلْتَا الْجَنَّتَيْنِ اٰتَتْ اُكُلَهَا وَلَمْ تَظْلِمْ مِّنْهُ شَيْـًٔاۙ وَّفَجَّرْنَا خِلٰلَهُمَا نَهَرًاۙ ۝٣٣

Kiltal-jannataini ātat ukulahā wa lam taẓlim minhu syai'ā, wa fajjarnā khilālahumā naharō

33. Both gardens produced their harvest in full, and suffered no loss. And We made a river flow through them.

وَّكَانَ لَهٗ ثَمَرٌۚ فَقَالَ لِصَاحِبِهٖ وَهُوَ يُحَاوِرُهٗٓ اَنَا۠ اَكْثَرُ مِنْكَ مَالًا وَّاَعَزُّ نَفَرًا ۝٣٤

Wa kāna lahū ṡamar, fa qōla liṣōḥibihī wa huwa yuḥāwiruhū ana akṡaru minka mālaw wa a‘azzu nafarō

34. And thus he had abundant fruits. He said to his friend, as he conversed with him, “I am wealthier than you, and greater in manpower.”

وَدَخَلَ جَنَّتَهٗ وَهُوَ ظَالِمٌ لِّنَفْسِهٖۚ قَالَ مَآ اَظُنُّ اَنْ تَبِيْدَ هٰذِهٖٓ اَبَدًاۙ ۝٣٥

Wa dakhola jannatahū wa huwa ẓōlimul linafsih, qōla mā aẓunnu an tabīda hāżihī abadā

35. And he entered his garden, wronging himself. He said, “I do not think this will ever perish.”

وَّمَآ اَظُنُّ السَّاعَةَ قَاۤىِٕمَةً وَّلَىِٕنْ رُّدِدْتُّ اِلٰى رَبِّيْ لَاَجِدَنَّ خَيْرًا مِّنْهَا مُنْقَلَبًا ۝٣٦

Wa mā aẓunnus-sā‘ata qō-imataw wa la'ir rudittu ilā robbī la'ajidanna khoirom minhā munqolabā

36. “And I do not think the Hour is coming. And even if I am returned to my Lord, I will find something better than this in return.”

قَالَ لَهٗ صَاحِبُهٗ وَهُوَ يُحَاوِرُهٗٓ اَكَفَرْتَ بِالَّذِيْ خَلَقَكَ مِنْ تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ مِنْ نُّطْفَةٍ ثُمَّ سَوّٰىكَ رَجُلًاۗ ۝٣٧

Qōla lahū ṣōḥibuhū wa huwa yuḥāwiruhū akafarta bil-lażī kholaqoka min turōbin ṡumma min nuṭfatin ṡumma sawwāka rojulā

37. His friend said to him, as he conversed with him, “Are you being ungrateful to Him who created you from dust, then from a sperm-drop, then evolved you into a man?

لٰكِنَّا۠ هُوَ اللّٰهُ رَبِّيْ وَلَآ اُشْرِكُ بِرَبِّيْٓ اَحَدًا ۝٣٨

Lākinna huwallōhu robbī wa lā usyriku birobbī aḥadā

38. But as for me, He is Allah, my Lord, and I never associate with my Lord anyone.

وَلَوْلَآ اِذْ دَخَلْتَ جَنَّتَكَ قُلْتَ مَا شَاۤءَ اللّٰهُ ۙ لَا قُوَّةَ اِلَّا بِاللّٰهِ ۚاِنْ تَرَنِ اَنَا۠ اَقَلَّ مِنْكَ مَالًا وَّوَلَدًاۚ ۝٣٩

Wa lau lā iż dakholta jannataka qulta mā syā-allōh, lā quwwata illā billāh, in taroni ana aqolla minka mālaw wa waladā

39. When you entered your garden, why did you not say, ‘As Allah wills; there is no power except through Allah’? Although you see me inferior to you in wealth and children.

فَعَسٰى رَبِّيْٓ اَنْ يُّؤْتِيَنِ خَيْرًا مِّنْ جَنَّتِكَ وَيُرْسِلَ عَلَيْهَا حُسْبَانًا مِّنَ السَّمَاۤءِ فَتُصْبِحَ صَعِيْدًا زَلَقًاۙ ۝٤٠

Fa ‘asā robbī ay yu'tiyani khoirom min jannatika wa yursila ‘alaihā ḥusbānam minas-samā-i fa tuṣbiḥa ṣo‘īdan zalaqō

40. Perhaps my Lord will give me something better than your garden, and release upon it thunderbolts from the sky, so it becomes barren waste.

اَوْ يُصْبِحَ مَاۤؤُهَا غَوْرًا فَلَنْ تَسْتَطِيْعَ لَهٗ طَلَبًا ۝٤١

Au yuṣbiḥa mā-uhā ghouron falan tastaṭī‘a lahū ṭolabā

41. Or its water will sink into the ground, and you will be unable to draw it.”

وَاُحِيْطَ بِثَمَرِهٖ فَاَصْبَحَ يُقَلِّبُ كَفَّيْهِ عَلٰى مَآ اَنْفَقَ فِيْهَا وَهِيَ خَاوِيَةٌ عَلٰى عُرُوْشِهَا وَيَقُوْلُ يٰلَيْتَنِيْ لَمْ اُشْرِكْ بِرَبِّيْٓ اَحَدًا ۝٤٢

Wa uḥīṭo biṡamarihī fa aṣbaḥa yuqollibu kaffaihi ‘alā mā anfaqo fīhā wa hiya khōwiyatun ‘alā ‘urūsyihā wa yaqūlu yā laitanī lam usyrik birobbī aḥadā

42. And ruin closed in on his crops, and so he began wringing his hands over what he had invested in it, as it lay fallen upon its trellises. And he was saying, “I wish I never associated anyone with my Lord.”

وَلَمْ تَكُنْ لَّهٗ فِئَةٌ يَّنْصُرُوْنَهٗ مِنْ دُوْنِ اللّٰهِ وَمَا كَانَ مُنْتَصِرًاۗ ۝٤٣

Wa lam takul lahū fi'atuy yanṣurūnahū min dūnillāhi wa mā kāna muntaṣirō

43. He had no faction to help him besides Allah, and he was helpless.

هُنَالِكَ الْوَلَايَةُ لِلّٰهِ الْحَقِّۗ هُوَ خَيْرٌ ثَوَابًا وَّخَيْرٌ عُقْبًا ࣖ ۝٤٤

Hunālikal-walāyatu lillāhil-ḥaqq, huwa khoirun ṡawābaw wa khoirun ‘uqbā

44. That is because authority belongs to Allah, the True. He is Best in rewarding, and Best in requiting.

وَاضْرِبْ لَهُمْ مَّثَلَ الْحَيٰوةِ الدُّنْيَا كَمَاۤءٍ اَنْزَلْنٰهُ مِنَ السَّمَاۤءِ فَاخْتَلَطَ بِهٖ نَبَاتُ الْاَرْضِ فَاَصْبَحَ هَشِيْمًا تَذْرُوْهُ الرِّيٰحُ ۗوَكَانَ اللّٰهُ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ مُّقْتَدِرًا ۝٤٥

Waḍrib lahum maṡalal-ḥayātid-dun-yā kamā-in anzalnāhu minas-samā-i fakhtalaṭo bihī nabātul-arḍi fa aṣbaḥa hasyīman tażrūhur-riyāḥ, wa kānallōhu ‘alā kulli syai'im muqtadirō

45. And cite for them the parable of the present life: it is like water that We send down from the sky; the plants of the earth absorb it; but then it becomes debris, scattered by the wind. Allah has absolute power over everything.

اَلْمَالُ وَالْبَنُوْنَ زِيْنَةُ الْحَيٰوةِ الدُّنْيَاۚ وَالْبٰقِيٰتُ الصّٰلِحٰتُ خَيْرٌ عِنْدَ رَبِّكَ ثَوَابًا وَّخَيْرٌ اَمَلًا ۝٤٦

Al-mālu wal-banūna zīnatul-ḥayātid-dun-yā, wal-bāqiyātuṣ-ṣōliḥātu khoirun ‘inda robbika ṡawābaw wa khoirun amalā

46. Wealth and children are the adornments of the present life. But the things that last, the virtuous deeds, are better with your Lord for reward, and better for hope.

وَيَوْمَ نُسَيِّرُ الْجِبَالَ وَتَرَى الْاَرْضَ بَارِزَةًۙ وَّحَشَرْنٰهُمْ فَلَمْ نُغَادِرْ مِنْهُمْ اَحَدًاۚ ۝٤٧

Wa yauma nusayyirul-jibāla wa tarol-arḍo bārizah, wa ḥasyarnāhum falam nughōdir minhum aḥadā

47. On the Day when We set the mountains in motion; and you see the earth emerging; and We gather them together, and leave none of them behind.

وَعُرِضُوْا عَلٰى رَبِّكَ صَفًّاۗ لَقَدْ جِئْتُمُوْنَا كَمَا خَلَقْنٰكُمْ اَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍۢ ۖبَلْ زَعَمْتُمْ اَلَّنْ نَّجْعَلَ لَكُمْ مَّوْعِدًا ۝٤٨

Wa ‘uriḍū ‘alā robbika ṣoffā, laqod ji'tumūnā kamā kholaqnākum awwala marrotim bal za‘amtum allan naj‘ala lakum mau‘idā

48. They will be presented before your Lord in a row. “You have come to Us as We created you the first time. Although you claimed We would not set a meeting for you.”

وَوُضِعَ الْكِتٰبُ فَتَرَى الْمُجْرِمِيْنَ مُشْفِقِيْنَ مِمَّا فِيْهِ وَيَقُوْلُوْنَ يٰوَيْلَتَنَا مَالِ هٰذَا الْكِتٰبِ لَا يُغَادِرُ صَغِيْرَةً وَّلَا كَبِيْرَةً اِلَّآ اَحْصٰىهَاۚ وَوَجَدُوْا مَا عَمِلُوْا حَاضِرًاۗ وَلَا يَظْلِمُ رَبُّكَ اَحَدًا ࣖ ۝٤٩

Wa wuḍi‘al-kitābu fa tarol-mujrimīna musyfiqīna mimmā fīhi wa yaqūlūna yā wailatanā mā lihāżal-kitābi lā yughōdiru ṣoghīrotaw wa lā kabīrotan illā aḥṣōhā, wa wajadū mā ‘amilū ḥaḍirō, wa lā yaẓlimu robbuka aḥadā

49. And the book will be placed, and you will see the sinners fearful of its contents. And they will say, “Woe to us! What is with this book that leaves nothing, small or big, but it has enumerated it?” They will find everything they had done present. Your Lord does not wrong anyone.

وَاِذْ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلٰۤىِٕكَةِ اسْجُدُوْا لِاٰدَمَ فَسَجَدُوْٓا اِلَّآ اِبْلِيْسَۗ كَانَ مِنَ الْجِنِّ فَفَسَقَ عَنْ اَمْرِ رَبِّهٖۗ اَفَتَتَّخِذُوْنَهٗ وَذُرِّيَّتَهٗٓ اَوْلِيَاۤءَ مِنْ دُوْنِيْ وَهُمْ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّۗ بِئْسَ لِلظّٰلِمِيْنَ بَدَلًا ۝٥٠

Wa iż qulnā lil-malā-ikatisjudū li'ādama fa sajadū illā iblīs, kāna minal-jinni fa fasaqo ‘an amri robbih, afa tattakhiżūnahū wa żurriyyatahū auliyā-a min dūnī wa hum lakum ‘aduww, bi'sa liẓ-ẓōlimīna badalā

50. We said to the angels, “Bow down to Adam.” So they bowed down, except for Satan. He was of the jinn, and he defied the command of his Lord. Will you take him and his offspring as lords instead of Me, when they are an enemy to you? Evil is the exchange for the wrongdoers.

مَآ اَشْهَدْتُّهُمْ خَلْقَ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِ وَلَا خَلْقَ اَنْفُسِهِمْۖ وَمَا كُنْتُ مُتَّخِذَ الْمُضِلِّيْنَ عَضُدًا ۝٥١

Mā asyhattuhum kholqos-samāwāti wal-arḍi wa lā kholqo anfusihim, wa mā kuntu muttakhiżal-muḍillīna ‘aḍudā

51. I did not call them to witness the creation of the heavens and the earth, nor their own creation; and I do not take the misleaders for assistants.

وَيَوْمَ يَقُوْلُ نَادُوْا شُرَكَاۤءِيَ الَّذِيْنَ زَعَمْتُمْ فَدَعَوْهُمْ فَلَمْ يَسْتَجِيْبُوْا لَهُمْ وَجَعَلْنَا بَيْنَهُمْ مَّوْبِقًا ۝٥٢

Wa yauma yaqūlu nādū syurokā-iyal-lażīna za‘amtum fa da‘auhum falam yastajībū lahum wa ja‘alnā bainahum maubiqō

52. On the Day when He will say, “Call on My partners whom you have claimed.” They will call on them, but they will not answer them. And We will place between them a barrier.

وَرَاَ الْمُجْرِمُوْنَ النَّارَ فَظَنُّوْٓا اَنَّهُمْ مُّوَاقِعُوْهَا وَلَمْ يَجِدُوْا عَنْهَا مَصْرِفًا ࣖ ۝٥٣

Wa ro'al-mujrimūnan nāro fa ẓonnū annahum muwāqi‘ūhā wa lam yajidū ‘anhā maṣrifā

53. And the sinners will see the Fire, and will realize that they will tumble into it. They will find no deliverance from it.

وَلَقَدْ صَرَّفْنَا فِيْ هٰذَا الْقُرْاٰنِ لِلنَّاسِ مِنْ كُلِّ مَثَلٍۗ وَكَانَ الْاِنْسَانُ اَكْثَرَ شَيْءٍ جَدَلًا ۝٥٤

Wa laqod ṣorrofnā fī hāżal-qur'āni lin-nāsi min kulli maṡal, wa kānal-insānu akṡaro syai'in jadalā

54. We have elaborated in this Quran for the people every kind of example, but the human being is a most argumentative being.

وَمَا مَنَعَ النَّاسَ اَنْ يُّؤْمِنُوْٓا اِذْ جَاۤءَهُمُ الْهُدٰى وَيَسْتَغْفِرُوْا رَبَّهُمْ اِلَّآ اَنْ تَأْتِيَهُمْ سُنَّةُ الْاَوَّلِيْنَ اَوْ يَأْتِيَهُمُ الْعَذَابُ قُبُلًا ۝٥٥

Wa mā mana‘an-nāsa ay yu'minū iż jā-ahumul-hudā wa yastaghfirū robbahum illā an ta'tiyahum sunnatul-awwalīna au ya'tiyahumul-‘ażābu qubulā

55. What prevented people from accepting faith, when guidance has come to them, and from seeking their Lord’s forgiveness? Unless they are waiting for the precedent of the ancients to befall them, or to have the punishment come upon them face to face.

وَمَا نُرْسِلُ الْمُرْسَلِيْنَ اِلَّا مُبَشِّرِيْنَ وَمُنْذِرِيْنَۚ وَيُجَادِلُ الَّذِيْنَ كَفَرُوْا بِالْبَاطِلِ لِيُدْحِضُوْا بِهِ الْحَقَّ وَاتَّخَذُوْٓا اٰيٰتِيْ وَمَآ اُنْذِرُوْا هُزُوًا ۝٥٦

Wa mā nursilul-mursalīna illā mubasysyirīna wa munżirīn, wa yujādilul-lażīna kafarū bil-bāṭili liyudḥiḍū bihil-ḥaqqo wattakhożū āyātī wa mā unżirū huzuwā

56. We send the messengers only as deliverers of good news and warners. Those who disbelieve argue with false argument, in order to defeat the truth thereby. They take My Verses, and the warnings, for a joke.

وَمَنْ اَظْلَمُ مِمَّنْ ذُكِّرَ بِاٰيٰتِ رَبِّهٖ فَاَعْرَضَ عَنْهَا وَنَسِيَ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُۗ اِنَّا جَعَلْنَا عَلٰى قُلُوْبِهِمْ اَكِنَّةً اَنْ يَّفْقَهُوْهُ وَفِيْٓ اٰذَانِهِمْ وَقْرًاۗ وَاِنْ تَدْعُهُمْ اِلَى الْهُدٰى فَلَنْ يَّهْتَدُوْٓا اِذًا اَبَدًا ۝٥٧

Wa man aẓlamu mimman żukkiro bi'āyāti robbihī fa a‘roḍo ‘anhā wa nasiya mā qoddamat yadāh, innā ja‘alnā ‘alā qulūbihim akinnatan ay yafqohūhu wa fī āżānihim waqrō, wa in tad‘uhum ilal-hudā falay yahtadū iżan abadā

57. Who does greater wrong than he, who, when reminded of his Lord’s revelations, turns away from them, and forgets what his hands have put forward? We have placed coverings over their hearts, lest they understand it, and heaviness in their ears. And if you call them to guidance, they will not be guided, ever.

وَرَبُّكَ الْغَفُوْرُ ذُو الرَّحْمَةِۗ لَوْ يُؤَاخِذُهُمْ بِمَا كَسَبُوْا لَعَجَّلَ لَهُمُ الْعَذَابَۗ بَلْ لَّهُمْ مَّوْعِدٌ لَّنْ يَّجِدُوْا مِنْ دُوْنِهٖ مَوْىِٕلًا ۝٥٨

Wa robbukal-ghofūru żur-roḥmah, lau yu'ākhiżuhum bimā kasabū la‘ajjala lahumul-‘ażāb, bal lahum mau‘idul lay yajidū min dūnihī mau'ilā

58. Your Lord is the Forgiver, Possessor of Mercy. Were He to call them to account for what they have earned, He would have hastened the punishment for them. But they have an appointment from which they will find no escape.

وَتِلْكَ الْقُرٰٓى اَهْلَكْنٰهُمْ لَمَّا ظَلَمُوْا وَجَعَلْنَا لِمَهْلِكِهِمْ مَّوْعِدًا ࣖ ۝٥٩

Wa tilkal-qurō ahlaknāhum lammā ẓolamū wa ja‘alnā limahlikihim mau‘idā

59. And these towns—We destroyed them when they committed injustices, and We set for their destruction an appointed time.

وَاِذْ قَالَ مُوْسٰى لِفَتٰىهُ لَآ اَبْرَحُ حَتّٰٓى اَبْلُغَ مَجْمَعَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ اَوْ اَمْضِيَ حُقُبًا ۝٦٠

Wa iż qōla mūsā lifatāhu lā abroḥu ḥattā ablugho majma‘al-baḥroini au amḍiya ḥuqubā

60. Recall when Moses said to his servant, “I will not give up until I reach the junction of the two rivers, even if it takes me years.”

فَلَمَّا بَلَغَا مَجْمَعَ بَيْنِهِمَا نَسِيَا حُوْتَهُمَا فَاتَّخَذَ سَبِيْلَهٗ فِى الْبَحْرِ سَرَبًا ۝٦١

Falammā balaghō majma‘a bainihimā nasiyā ḥūtahumā fattakhoża sabīlahū fil-baḥri sarobā

61. Then, when they reached the junction between them, they forgot about their fish. It found its way into the river, slipping away.

فَلَمَّا جَاوَزَا قَالَ لِفَتٰىهُ اٰتِنَا غَدَاۤءَنَاۖ لَقَدْ لَقِيْنَا مِنْ سَفَرِنَا هٰذَا نَصَبًا ۝٦٢

Falammā jāwazā qōla lifatāhu ātinā ghodā-anā laqod laqīnā min safarinā hāżā naṣobā

62. When they went further, he said to his servant, “Bring us our lunch; we were exposed in our travel to much fatigue.”

قَالَ اَرَاَيْتَ اِذْ اَوَيْنَآ اِلَى الصَّخْرَةِ فَاِنِّيْ نَسِيْتُ الْحُوْتَۖ وَمَآ اَنْسٰىنِيْهُ اِلَّا الشَّيْطٰنُ اَنْ اَذْكُرَهٗۚ وَاتَّخَذَ سَبِيْلَهٗ فِى الْبَحْرِ عَجَبًا ۝٦٣

Qōla aro'aita iż awainā ilaṣ-ṣokhroti fa innī nasītul-ḥūt, wa mā ansānīhu illasy-syaiṭonu an ażkuroh, wattakhoża sabīlahū fil-baḥri ‘ajabā

63. He said, “Do you remember when we rested by the rock? I forgot about the fish. It was only the devil who made me forget it. And so it found its way to the river, amazingly.”

قَالَ ذٰلِكَ مَا كُنَّا نَبْغِۖ فَارْتَدَّا عَلٰٓى اٰثَارِهِمَا قَصَصًاۙ ۝٦٤

Qōla żālika mā kunnā nabgh, fartaddā ‘alā āṡārihimā qoṣoṣō

64. He said, “This is what we were seeking.” And so they turned back retracing their steps.

فَوَجَدَا عَبْدًا مِّنْ عِبَادِنَآ اٰتَيْنٰهُ رَحْمَةً مِّنْ عِنْدِنَا وَعَلَّمْنٰهُ مِنْ لَّدُنَّا عِلْمًا ۝٦٥

Fa wajadā ‘abdam min ‘ibādinā ātaināhu roḥmatam min ‘indinā wa ‘allamnāhu mil ladunnā ‘ilmā

65. Then they came upon a servant of Ours, whom We had blessed with mercy from Us, and had taught him knowledge from Our own.

قَالَ لَهٗ مُوْسٰى هَلْ اَتَّبِعُكَ عَلٰٓى اَنْ تُعَلِّمَنِ مِمَّا عُلِّمْتَ رُشْدًا ۝٦٦

Qōla lahū mūsā hal attabi‘uka ‘alā an tu‘allimani mimmā ‘ullimta rusydā

66. Moses said to him, “May I follow you, so that you may teach me some of the guidance you were taught?”

قَالَ اِنَّكَ لَنْ تَسْتَطِيْعَ مَعِيَ صَبْرًا ۝٦٧

Qōla innaka lan tastaṭī‘a ma‘iya ṣobrō

67. He said, “You will not be able to endure with me.

وَكَيْفَ تَصْبِرُ عَلٰى مَا لَمْ تُحِطْ بِهٖ خُبْرًا ۝٦٨

Wa kaifa taṣbiru ‘alā mā lam tuḥiṭ bihī khubrō

68. And how will you endure what you have no knowledge of?”

قَالَ سَتَجِدُنِيْٓ اِنْ شَاۤءَ اللّٰهُ صَابِرًا وَّلَآ اَعْصِيْ لَكَ اَمْرًا ۝٦٩

Qōla satajidunī in syā-allōhu ṣōbirow wa lā a‘ṣī laka amrō

69. He said, “You will find me, Allah willing, patient; and I will not disobey you in any order of yours.”

قَالَ فَاِنِ اتَّبَعْتَنِيْ فَلَا تَسْـَٔلْنِيْ عَنْ شَيْءٍ حَتّٰٓى اُحْدِثَ لَكَ مِنْهُ ذِكْرًا ࣖ ۝٧٠

Qōla fa inittaba‘tanī falā tas'alnī ‘an syai'in ḥattā uḥdiṡa laka minhu żikrō

70. He said, “If you follow me, do not ask me about anything, until I myself make mention of it to you.”

فَانْطَلَقَاۗ حَتّٰٓى اِذَا رَكِبَا فِى السَّفِيْنَةِ خَرَقَهَاۗ قَالَ اَخَرَقْتَهَا لِتُغْرِقَ اَهْلَهَاۚ لَقَدْ جِئْتَ شَيْـًٔا اِمْرًا ۝٧١

Fanṭolaqō, ḥattā iżā rokibā fis-safīnati khoro ahā, qōla akhoroqtahā litughriqo ahlahā, laqod ji'ta syai'an imrō

71. So they set out. Until, when they had boarded the boat, he holed it. He said, “Did you hole it, to drown its passengers? You have done something awful.”

قَالَ اَلَمْ اَقُلْ اِنَّكَ لَنْ تَسْتَطِيْعَ مَعِيَ صَبْرًا ۝٧٢

Qōla alam aqul innaka lan tastaṭī‘a ma‘iya ṣobrō

72. He said, “Did I not tell you that you will not be able to endure with me?”

قَالَ لَا تُؤَاخِذْنِيْ بِمَا نَسِيْتُ وَلَا تُرْهِقْنِيْ مِنْ اَمْرِيْ عُسْرًا ۝٧٣

Qōla lā tu'ākhiżnī bimā nasītu wa lā turhiqnī min amrī ‘usrō

73. He said, “Do not rebuke me for forgetting, and do not make my course difficult for me.”

فَانْطَلَقَا ۗحَتّٰٓى اِذَا لَقِيَا غُلٰمًا فَقَتَلَهٗ ۙقَالَ اَقَتَلْتَ نَفْسًا زَكِيَّةً؈ۢبِغَيْرِ نَفْسٍۗ لَقَدْ جِئْتَ شَيْـًٔا نُّكْرًا ۝٧٤

Fanṭolaqō, ḥattā iżā laqiyā ghulāman fa qotalah, qōla aqotalta nafsan zakiyyatam bighoiri nafs, laqod ji'ta syai'an nukrō

74. Then they set out. Until, when they encountered a boy, he killed him. He said, “Did you kill a pure soul, who killed no one? You have done something terrible.”

قَالَ اَلَمْ اَقُلْ لَّكَ اِنَّكَ لَنْ تَسْتَطِيْعَ مَعِيَ صَبْرًا ۝٧٥

Qōla alam aqul laka innaka lan tastaṭī‘a ma‘iya ṣobrō

75. He said, “Did I not tell you that you will not be able to endure with me?”

قَالَ اِنْ سَاَلْتُكَ عَنْ شَيْءٍۢ بَعْدَهَا فَلَا تُصٰحِبْنِيْۚ قَدْ بَلَغْتَ مِنْ لَّدُنِّيْ عُذْرًا ۝٧٦

Qōla in sa'altuka ‘an syai'im ba‘dahā falā tuṣōḥibnī, qod balaghta mil ladunnī ‘użrō

76. He said, “If I ask you about anything after this, then do not keep company with me. You have received excuses from me.”

فَانْطَلَقَا ۗحَتّٰىٓ اِذَآ اَتَيَآ اَهْلَ قَرْيَةِ ِۨاسْتَطْعَمَآ اَهْلَهَا فَاَبَوْا اَنْ يُّضَيِّفُوْهُمَا فَوَجَدَا فِيْهَا جِدَارًا يُّرِيْدُ اَنْ يَّنْقَضَّ فَاَقَامَهٗ ۗقَالَ لَوْ شِئْتَ لَتَّخَذْتَ عَلَيْهِ اَجْرًا ۝٧٧

Fanṭolaqō, ḥattā iżā atayā ahla qoryatinistaṭ‘amā ahlahā fa abau ay yuḍoyyifūhumā fa wajadā fīhā jidāroy yurīdu ay yaqoḍḍo fa aqōmah, qōla lau syi'ta lattakhożta ‘alaihi ajrō

77. So they set out. Until, when they reached the people of a town, they asked them for food, but they refused to offer them hospitality. There they found a wall about to collapse, and he repaired it. He said, “If you wanted, you could have obtained a payment for it.”

قَالَ هٰذَا فِرَاقُ بَيْنِيْ وَبَيْنِكَۚ سَاُنَبِّئُكَ بِتَأْوِيْلِ مَا لَمْ تَسْتَطِعْ عَّلَيْهِ صَبْرًا ۝٧٨

Qōla hāżā firōqu bainī wa bainik, sa'unabbi'uka bita'wīli mā lam tastaṭī‘ ‘alaihi ṣobrō

78. He said, “This is the parting between you and me. I will tell you the interpretation of what you were unable to endure.

اَمَّا السَّفِيْنَةُ فَكَانَتْ لِمَسٰكِيْنَ يَعْمَلُوْنَ فِى الْبَحْرِ فَاَرَدْتُّ اَنْ اَعِيْبَهَاۗ وَكَانَ وَرَاۤءَهُمْ مَّلِكٌ يَّأْخُذُ كُلَّ سَفِيْنَةٍ غَصْبًا ۝٧٩

Ammas-safīnatu fa kānat limasākīna ya‘malūna fil-baḥri fa arottu an a‘ībahā, wa kāna warō-ahum malikuy ya'khużu kulla safīnatin ghoṣbā

79. As for the boat, it belonged to paupers working at sea. I wanted to damage it because there was a king coming after them seizing every boat by force.

وَاَمَّا الْغُلٰمُ فَكَانَ اَبَوَاهُ مُؤْمِنَيْنِ فَخَشِيْنَآ اَنْ يُّرْهِقَهُمَا طُغْيَانًا وَّكُفْرًا ۚ ۝٨٠

Wa ammal-ghulāmu fa kāna abawāhu mu'minaini fa khosyīnā ay yurhiqohumā ṭughyānaw wa kufrō

80. As for the boy, his parents were believers, and we feared he would overwhelm them with oppression and disbelief.

فَاَرَدْنَآ اَنْ يُّبْدِلَهُمَا رَبُّهُمَا خَيْرًا مِّنْهُ زَكٰوةً وَّاَقْرَبَ رُحْمًا ۝٨١

Fa arodnā ay yubdilahumā robbuhumā khoirom minhu zakātaw wa aqroba ruḥmā

81. So we wanted their Lord to replace him with someone better in purity, and closer to mercy.

وَاَمَّا الْجِدَارُ فَكَانَ لِغُلٰمَيْنِ يَتِيْمَيْنِ فِى الْمَدِيْنَةِ وَكَانَ تَحْتَهٗ كَنْزٌ لَّهُمَا وَكَانَ اَبُوْهُمَا صَالِحًا ۚفَاَرَادَ رَبُّكَ اَنْ يَّبْلُغَآ اَشُدَّهُمَا وَيَسْتَخْرِجَا كَنْزَهُمَا رَحْمَةً مِّنْ رَّبِّكَۚ وَمَا فَعَلْتُهٗ عَنْ اَمْرِيْۗ ذٰلِكَ تَأْوِيْلُ مَا لَمْ تَسْطِعْ عَّلَيْهِ صَبْرًاۗ ࣖ ۝٨٢

Wa ammal-jidāru fa kāna lighulāmaini yatīmaini fil-madīnati wa kāna taḥtahū kanzul lahumā wa kāna abūhumā ṣōliḥā, fa arōda robbuka ay yablughō asyuddahumā wa yastakhrijā kanzahumā roḥmatam mir robbik, wa mā fa‘altuhū ‘an amrī, żālika ta'wīlu mā lam tasṭī‘ ‘alaihi ṣobrō

82. And as for the wall, it belonged to two orphaned boys in the city. Beneath it was a treasure that belonged to them. Their father was a righteous man. Your Lord wanted them to reach their maturity, and then extract their treasure—as a mercy from your Lord. I did not do it of my own accord. This is the interpretation of what you were unable to endure.”

وَيَسْـَٔلُوْنَكَ عَنْ ذِى الْقَرْنَيْنِۗ قُلْ سَاَتْلُوْا عَلَيْكُمْ مِّنْهُ ذِكْرًا ۗ ۝٨٣

Wa yas'alūnaka ‘an żil qornain, qul sa'atlū ‘alaikum minhu żikrō

83. And they ask you about Zul-Qarnain. Say, “I will tell you something about him.”

اِنَّا مَكَّنَّا لَهٗ فِى الْاَرْضِ وَاٰتَيْنٰهُ مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ سَبَبًا ۙ ۝٨٤

Innā makkannā lahū fil-arḍi wa ātaināhu min kulli syai'in sababā

84. We established him on earth, and gave him all kinds of means.

فَاَتْبَعَ سَبَبًا ۝٨٥

Fa atba‘a sababā

85. He pursued a certain course.

حَتّٰىٓ اِذَا بَلَغَ مَغْرِبَ الشَّمْسِ وَجَدَهَا تَغْرُبُ فِيْ عَيْنٍ حَمِئَةٍ وَّوَجَدَ عِنْدَهَا قَوْمًا ەۗ قُلْنَا يٰذَا الْقَرْنَيْنِ اِمَّآ اَنْ تُعَذِّبَ وَاِمَّآ اَنْ تَتَّخِذَ فِيْهِمْ حُسْنًا ۝٨٦

Ḥattā iżā balagho maghribasy-syamsi wajadahā taghrubu fī ‘ainin ḥami'atiw wa wajada ‘indahā qoumā, qulnā yā żal-qornaini immā an tu‘aż-żiba wa immā an tattakhiża fīhim ḥusnā

86. Until, when he reached the setting of the sun, he found it setting in a murky spring, and found a people in its vicinity. We said, “O Zul-Qarnain, you may either inflict a penalty, or else treat them kindly.”

قَالَ اَمَّا مَنْ ظَلَمَ فَسَوْفَ نُعَذِّبُهٗ ثُمَّ يُرَدُّ اِلٰى رَبِّهٖ فَيُعَذِّبُهٗ عَذَابًا نُّكْرًا ۝٨٧

Qōla ammā man ẓolama fa saufa nu‘aż-żibuhū ṡumma yuroddu ilā robbihī fa yu‘aż-żibuhū ‘ażāban nukrō

87. He said, “As for him who does wrong, we will penalize him, then he will be returned to his Lord, and He will punish him with an unheard-of torment.

وَاَمَّا مَنْ اٰمَنَ وَعَمِلَ صَالِحًا فَلَهٗ جَزَاۤءً ۨالْحُسْنٰىۚ وَسَنَقُوْلُ لَهٗ مِنْ اَمْرِنَا يُسْرًا ۗ ۝٨٨

Wa ammā man āmana wa ‘amila ṣōliḥan fa lahū jazā-anil-ḥusnā, wa sanaqūlu lahū min amrinā yusrō

88. But as for him who believes and acts righteously, he will have the finest reward, and we will speak to him of our command with ease.”

ثُمَّ اَتْبَعَ سَبَبًا ۝٨٩

Ṡumma atba‘a sababā

89. Then he pursued a course.

حَتّٰىٓ اِذَا بَلَغَ مَطْلِعَ الشَّمْسِ وَجَدَهَا تَطْلُعُ عَلٰى قَوْمٍ لَّمْ نَجْعَلْ لَّهُمْ مِّنْ دُوْنِهَا سِتْرًا ۙ ۝٩٠

Ḥattā iżā balagho maṭli‘asy-syamsi wajadahā taṭlu‘u ‘alā qoumil lam naj‘al lahum min dūnihā sitrō

90. Until, when he reached the rising of the sun, he found it rising on a people for whom We had provided no shelter from it.

كَذٰلِكَۗ وَقَدْ اَحَطْنَا بِمَا لَدَيْهِ خُبْرًا ۝٩١

Każālik, wa qod aḥaṭnā bimā ladaihi khubrō

91. And so it was. We had full knowledge of what he had.

ثُمَّ اَتْبَعَ سَبَبًا ۝٩٢

Ṡumma atba‘a sababā

92. Then he pursued a course.

حَتّٰىٓ اِذَا بَلَغَ بَيْنَ السَّدَّيْنِ وَجَدَ مِنْ دُوْنِهِمَا قَوْمًاۙ لَّا يَكَادُوْنَ يَفْقَهُوْنَ قَوْلًا ۝٩٣

Ḥattā iżā balagho bainas-saddaini wajada min dūnihimā qoumal lā yakādūna yafqohūna qoulā

93. Until, when he reached the point separating the two barriers, he found beside them a people who could barely understand what is said.

قَالُوْا يٰذَا الْقَرْنَيْنِ اِنَّ يَأْجُوْجَ وَمَأْجُوْجَ مُفْسِدُوْنَ فِى الْاَرْضِ فَهَلْ نَجْعَلُ لَكَ خَرْجًا عَلٰٓى اَنْ تَجْعَلَ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَهُمْ سَدًّا ۝٩٤

Qōlū yā żal-qornaini inna ya'jūja wa ma'jūja mufsidūna fil-arḍi fahal naj‘alu laka khorjan ‘alā an taj‘alā bainanā wa bainahum saddā

94. They said, “O Zul-Qarnain, the Gog and Magog are spreading chaos in the land. Can we pay you, to build between us and them a wall?”

قَالَ مَا مَكَّنِّيْ فِيْهِ رَبِّيْ خَيْرٌ فَاَعِيْنُوْنِيْ بِقُوَّةٍ اَجْعَلْ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَهُمْ رَدْمًا ۙ ۝٩٥

Qōla mā makkannī fīhi robbī fa a‘īnūnī biquwwatin aj‘al bainakum wa bainahum rodmā

95. He said, “What my Lord has empowered me with is better. But assist me with strength, and I will build between you and them a dam.”

اٰتُوْنِيْ زُبَرَ الْحَدِيْدِۗ حَتّٰىٓ اِذَا سَاوٰى بَيْنَ الصَّدَفَيْنِ قَالَ انْفُخُوْا ۗحَتّٰىٓ اِذَا جَعَلَهٗ نَارًاۙ قَالَ اٰتُوْنِيْٓ اُفْرِغْ عَلَيْهِ قِطْرًا ۗ ۝٩٦

Ātūnī zubarol-ḥadīd, ḥattā iżā sāwā bainaṣ-ṣodafaini qōlanfukhū, ḥattā iżā ja‘alahū nārō, qōla ātūnī ufrigh ‘alaihi qiṭrō

96. “Bring me blocks of iron.” So that, when he had leveled up between the two cliffs, he said, “Blow.” And having turned it into a fire, he said, “Bring me tar to pour over it.”

فَمَا اسْطَاعُوْٓا اَنْ يَّظْهَرُوْهُ وَمَا اسْتَطَاعُوْا لَهٗ نَقْبًا ۝٩٧

Famasṭō‘ū ay yaẓharūhu wa mastaṭō‘ū lahū naqbā

97. So they were unable to climb it, and they could not penetrate it.

قَالَ هٰذَا رَحْمَةٌ مِّنْ رَّبِّيْۚ فَاِذَا جَاۤءَ وَعْدُ رَبِّيْ جَعَلَهٗ دَكَّاۤءَۚ وَكَانَ وَعْدُ رَبِّيْ حَقًّا ۗ ۝٩٨

Qōla hāżā roḥmatum mir robbī, fa iżā jā-a wa‘du robbī ja‘alahū dakkā', wa kāna wa‘du robbī ḥaqqō

98. He said, “This is a mercy from my Lord. But when the promise of my Lord comes true, He will turn it into rubble, and the promise of my Lord is always true.”

وَتَرَكْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ يَوْمَىِٕذٍ يَّمُوْجُ فِيْ بَعْضٍ وَّنُفِخَ فِى الصُّوْرِ فَجَمَعْنٰهُمْ جَمْعًا ۙ ۝٩٩

Wa taroknā ba‘ḍohum yauma'iżiy yamūju fī ba‘ḍiw wa nufikho fiṣ-ṣūri fa jama‘nāhum jam‘ā

99. On that Day, We will leave them surging upon one another. And the Trumpet will be blown, and We will gather them together.

وَّعَرَضْنَا جَهَنَّمَ يَوْمَىِٕذٍ لِّلْكٰفِرِيْنَ عَرْضًا ۙ ۝١٠٠

Wa ‘aroḍnā jahannama yauma'iżil lil-kāfirīna ‘arḍō

100. On that Day, We will present the disbelievers to Hell, all displayed.

ۨالَّذِيْنَ كَانَتْ اَعْيُنُهُمْ فِيْ غِطَاۤءٍ عَنْ ذِكْرِيْ وَكَانُوْا لَا يَسْتَطِيْعُوْنَ سَمْعًا ࣖ ۝١٠١

Allażīna kānat a‘yunuhum fī ghiṭō-in ‘an żikrī wa kānū lā yastaṭ‘ūna sam‘ā

101. Those whose eyes were screened to My message, and were unable to hear.

اَفَحَسِبَ الَّذِيْنَ كَفَرُوْٓا اَنْ يَّتَّخِذُوْا عِبَادِيْ مِنْ دُوْنِيْٓ اَوْلِيَاۤءَ ۗاِنَّآ اَعْتَدْنَا جَهَنَّمَ لِلْكٰفِرِيْنَ نُزُلًا ۝١٠٢

Afaḥasibal-lażīna kafarū ay yattakhiżū ‘ibādī min dūnī auliyā', innā a‘tadnā jahannama lil-kāfirīna nuzulā

102. Do those who disbelieve think that they can take My servants for masters instead of Me? We have prepared Hell for the hospitality of the faithless.

قُلْ هَلْ نُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِالْاَخْسَرِيْنَ اَعْمَالًا ۗ ۝١٠٣

Qul hal nunabbi'ukum bil-akhsarīna a‘mālā

103. Say, “Shall we inform you of the greatest losers in their works?”

اَلَّذِيْنَ ضَلَّ سَعْيُهُمْ فِى الْحَيٰوةِ الدُّنْيَا وَهُمْ يَحْسَبُوْنَ اَنَّهُمْ يُحْسِنُوْنَ صُنْعًا ۝١٠٤

Al-lażīna ḍolla sa‘yuhum fil-ḥayātid-dun-yā wa hum yaḥsabūna annahum yuḥsinūna ṣun‘ā

104. “Those whose efforts in this world are misguided, while they assume that they are doing well.”

اُولٰۤىِٕكَ الَّذِيْنَ كَفَرُوْا بِاٰيٰتِ رَبِّهِمْ وَلِقَاۤىِٕهٖ فَحَبِطَتْ اَعْمَالُهُمْ فَلَا نُقِيْمُ لَهُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِ وَزْنًا ۝١٠٥

Ulā-ikal-lażīna kafarū bi'āyāti robbihim wa liqō-ihī fa ḥabiṭot a‘māluhum falā nuqīma lahum yaumal-qiyāmati waznā

105. It is they who rejected the communications of their Lord, and the encounter with Him. So their works are in vain. And on the Day of Resurrection, We will consider them of no weight.

ذٰلِكَ جَزَاۤؤُهُمْ جَهَنَّمُ بِمَا كَفَرُوْا وَاتَّخَذُوْٓا اٰيٰتِيْ وَرُسُلِيْ هُزُوًا ۝١٠٦

żālika jazā-uhum jahannamu bimā kafarū wattakhożū āyātī wa rusulī huzuwā

106. That is their requital—Hell—on account of their disbelief, and their taking My revelations and My messengers in mockery.

اِنَّ الَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوْا وَعَمِلُوا الصّٰلِحٰتِ كَانَتْ لَهُمْ جَنّٰتُ الْفِرْدَوْسِ نُزُلًا ۙ ۝١٠٧

Innal-lażīna āmanū wa ‘amiluṣ-ṣōliḥāti kānat lahum jannātul-firdausi nuzulā

107. As for those who believe and do righteous deeds, they will have the Gardens of Paradise for hospitality.

خٰلِدِيْنَ فِيْهَا لَا يَبْغُوْنَ عَنْهَا حِوَلًا ۝١٠٨

Khōlidīna fīhā lā yabghūna ‘anhā ḥiwalā

108. Abiding therein forever, without desiring any change therefrom.

قُلْ لَّوْ كَانَ الْبَحْرُ مِدَادًا لِّكَلِمٰتِ رَبِّيْ لَنَفِدَ الْبَحْرُ قَبْلَ اَنْ تَنْفَدَ كَلِمٰتُ رَبِّيْ وَلَوْ جِئْنَا بِمِثْلِهٖ مَدَدًا ۝١٠٩

Qul lau kānal-baḥru midādal likalimāti robbī lanafidal-baḥru qobla an tanfada kalimātu robbī wa lau ji'nā bimiṡlihī madadā

109. Say, “If the ocean were ink for the words of my Lord, the ocean would run out, before the words of my Lord run out,” even if We were to bring the like of it in addition to it.

قُلْ اِنَّمَآ اَنَا۠ بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُكُمْ يُوْحٰٓى اِلَيَّ اَنَّمَآ اِلٰهُكُمْ اِلٰهٌ وَّاحِدٌۚ فَمَنْ كَانَ يَرْجُوْا لِقَاۤءَ رَبِّهٖ فَلْيَعْمَلْ عَمَلًا صَالِحًا وَّلَا يُشْرِكْ بِعِبَادَةِ رَبِّهٖٓ اَحَدًا ࣖ ۝١١٠

Qul innamā ana basyarum miṡlukum yūḥā ilayya annamā ilāhukum ilāhuw wāḥid, faman kāna yarjū liqō-a robbihī falya‘mal ‘amalan ṣōliḥaw wa lā yusyrik bi‘ibādati robbihī aḥadā

110. Say, “I am only a human being like you, being inspired that your god is One God. Whoever hopes to meet his Lord, let him work righteousness, and never associate anyone with the service of his Lord.”