26

Surah Ash-Shu'ara

الشعراء · The Poets · Meccan · 227 verses

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ

26:1

طٰسۤمّۤ ۝١

Ṭō Sīm Mīm

1. Ta, Seen, Meem.

26:2

تِلْكَ اٰيٰتُ الْكِتٰبِ الْمُبِيْنِ ۝٢

Tilka āyātul-kitābil-mubīn

2. These are the Verses of the Clarifying Book.

26:3

لَعَلَّكَ بَاخِعٌ نَّفْسَكَ اَلَّا يَكُوْنُوْا مُؤْمِنِيْنَ ۝٣

La‘allaka bākhi‘un nafsaka allā yakūnū mu'minīn

3. Perhaps you will destroy yourself with grief, because they do not become believers.

26:4

اِنْ نَّشَأْ نُنَزِّلْ عَلَيْهِمْ مِّنَ السَّمَاۤءِ اٰيَةً فَظَلَّتْ اَعْنَاقُهُمْ لَهَا خٰضِعِيْنَ ۝٤

In nasya' nunazzil ‘alaihim minas-samā-i āyatan fa ẓollat a‘nāquhum lahā khōḍi‘īn

4. If We will, We can send down upon them a sign from heaven, at which their necks will stay bent in humility.

26:5

وَمَا يَأْتِيْهِمْ مِّنْ ذِكْرٍ مِّنَ الرَّحْمٰنِ مُحْدَثٍ اِلَّا كَانُوْا عَنْهُ مُعْرِضِيْنَ ۝٥

Wa mā ya'tīhim min żikrim minar-roḥmāni muḥdaṡin illā kānū ‘anhu mu‘riḍīn

5. No fresh reminder comes to them from the Most Merciful, but they turn their backs at it.

26:6

فَقَدْ كَذَّبُوْا فَسَيَأْتِيْهِمْ اَنْۢبـٰۤؤُا مَا كَانُوْا بِهٖ يَسْتَهْزِءُوْنَ ۝٦

Faqod każżabū fa saya'tīhim ambā-u mā kānū bihī yastahzi'ūn

6. They have denied the truth, but soon will come to them the news of what they ridiculed.

26:7

اَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا اِلَى الْاَرْضِ كَمْ اَنْۢبَتْنَا فِيْهَا مِنْ كُلِّ زَوْجٍ كَرِيْمٍ ۝٧

Awalam yarou ilal-arḍi kam ambatnā fīhā min kulli zaujin karīm

7. Have they not seen the earth, and how many beautiful pairs We produced therein?

26:8

اِنَّ فِيْ ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَةًۗ وَمَا كَانَ اَكْثَرُهُمْ مُّؤْمِنِيْنَ ۝٨

Inna fī żālika la'āyah, wa mā kāna akṡaruhum mu'minīn

8. Surely in this is a sign, but most of them are not believers.

26:9

وَاِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيْزُ الرَّحِيْمُ ࣖ ۝٩

Inna robbaka lahuwal-‘azīzur-roḥīm

9. Most surely, your Lord is the Almighty, the Merciful.

26:10

وَاِذْ نَادٰى رَبُّكَ مُوْسٰٓى اَنِ ائْتِ الْقَوْمَ الظّٰلِمِيْنَ ۙ ۝١٠

Wa iż nādā robbuka mūsā ani'til-qoumaẓ-ẓōlimīn

10. Your Lord called to Moses, “Go to the tyrannical people.

26:11

قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ ۗ اَلَا يَتَّقُوْنَ ۝١١

Qouma fir‘aun, alā yattaqūn

11. The people of Pharaoh. Will they not fear?”

26:12

قَالَ رَبِّ اِنِّيْٓ اَخَافُ اَنْ يُّكَذِّبُوْنِ ۗ ۝١٢

Qōla robbi innī akhōfu ay yukażżibūn

12. He said, “My Lord, I fear they will reject me.

26:13

وَيَضِيْقُ صَدْرِيْ وَلَا يَنْطَلِقُ لِسَانِيْ فَاَرْسِلْ اِلٰى هٰرُوْنَ ۝١٣

Wa yaḍīqu ṣodrī wa lā yanṭoliqu lisānī fa arsil ilā hārūn

13. And I become stressed, and my tongue is not fluent, so send Aaron too.

26:14

وَلَهُمْ عَلَيَّ ذَنْۢبٌ فَاَخَافُ اَنْ يَّقْتُلُوْنِ ۚ ۝١٤

Wa lahum ‘alayya żambun fa akhōfu ay yaqtulūn

14. And they have a charge against me, so I fear they will kill me.”

26:15

قَالَ كَلَّا ۚفَاذْهَبَا بِاٰيٰتِنَآ اِنَّا مَعَكُمْ مُّسْتَمِعُوْنَ ۙ ۝١٥

Qōla kallā, fażhabā bi'āyātinā innā ma‘akum mustami‘ūn

15. He said, “No. Go, both of you, with Our proofs. We will be with you, listening.

26:16

فَأْتِيَا فِرْعَوْنَ فَقُوْلَآ اِنَّا رَسُوْلُ رَبِّ الْعٰلَمِيْنَ ۙ ۝١٦

Fa'tiyā fir‘auna faqūlā innā rosūlu robbil-‘ālamīn

16. Go to Pharaoh, and say, ‘We are the messengers of the Lord of the Worlds.

26:17

اَنْ اَرْسِلْ مَعَنَا بَنِيْٓ اِسْرَاۤءِيْلَ ۗ ۝١٧

An arsil ma‘anā banī isrō-īl

17. Let the Children of Israel go with us.’”

26:18

قَالَ اَلَمْ نُرَبِّكَ فِيْنَا وَلِيْدًا وَّلَبِثْتَ فِيْنَا مِنْ عُمُرِكَ سِنِيْنَ ۗ ۝١٨

Qōla alam nurobbika fīnā walīdaw wa labiṡta fīnā min ‘umurika sinīn

18. He said, “Did we not raise you among us as a child, and you stayed among us for many of your years?

26:19

وَفَعَلْتَ فَعْلَتَكَ الَّتِيْ فَعَلْتَ وَاَنْتَ مِنَ الْكٰفِرِيْنَ ۝١٩

Wa fa‘alta fa‘latakal-latī fa‘alta wa anta minal-kāfirīn

19. And you committed that deed you committed, and you were ungrateful.”

26:20

قَالَ فَعَلْتُهَآ اِذًا وَّاَنَا۠ مِنَ الضَّاۤلِّيْنَ ۝٢٠

Qōla fa‘altuhā iżaw wa ana minaḍ-ḍōllīn

20. He said, “I did it then, when I was of those astray.

26:21

فَفَرَرْتُ مِنْكُمْ لَمَّا خِفْتُكُمْ فَوَهَبَ لِيْ رَبِّيْ حُكْمًا وَّجَعَلَنِيْ مِنَ الْمُرْسَلِيْنَ ۝٢١

Fa farortu minkum lammā khiftukum fa wahaba lī robbī ḥukmaw wa ja‘alanī minal-mursalīn

21. And I fled from you when I feared you; but my Lord gave me wisdom, and made me one of the messengers.

26:22

وَتِلْكَ نِعْمَةٌ تَمُنُّهَا عَلَيَّ اَنْ عَبَّدْتَّ بَنِيْٓ اِسْرَاۤءِيْلَ ۗ ۝٢٢

Wa tilka ni‘matun tamunnuhā ‘alayya an ‘abbatta banī isrō-īl

22. Is that the favor you taunt me with, although you have enslaved the Children of Israel?”

26:23

قَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَا رَبُّ الْعٰلَمِيْنَ ۗ ۝٢٣

Qōla fir‘aunu wa mā robbul-‘ālamīn

23. Pharaoh said, “And what is the Lord of the Worlds?”

26:24

قَالَ رَبُّ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَاۗ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ مُّوْقِنِيْنَ ۝٢٤

Qōla robbus-samāwāti wal-arḍi wa mā bainahumā, in kuntum mūqinīn

24. He said, “The Lord of the heavens and the earth, and everything between them, if you are aware.”

26:25

قَالَ لِمَنْ حَوْلَهٗٓ اَلَا تَسْتَمِعُوْنَ ۝٢٥

Qōla liman ḥaulahū alā tastami‘ūn

25. He said to those around him, “Do you not hear?”

26:26

قَالَ رَبُّكُمْ وَرَبُّ اٰبَاۤىِٕكُمُ الْاَوَّلِيْنَ ۝٢٦

Qōla robbukum wa robbu ābā-ikumul-awwalīn

26. He said, “Your Lord and the Lord of your ancestors of old.”

26:27

قَالَ اِنَّ رَسُوْلَكُمُ الَّذِيْٓ اُرْسِلَ اِلَيْكُمْ لَمَجْنُوْنٌ ۝٢٧

Qōla inna rosūlakumul-lażī ursila ilaikum lamajnūn

27. He said, “This messenger of yours, who is sent to you, is crazy.”

26:28

قَالَ رَبُّ الْمَشْرِقِ وَالْمَغْرِبِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَاۗ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ تَعْقِلُوْنَ ۝٢٨

Qōla robbul-masyriqi wal-maghribi wa mā bainahumā, in kuntum ta‘qilūn

28. He said, “Lord of the East and the West, and everything between them, if you understand.”

26:29

قَالَ لَىِٕنِ اتَّخَذْتَ اِلٰهًا غَيْرِيْ لَاَجْعَلَنَّكَ مِنَ الْمَسْجُوْنِيْنَ ۝٢٩

Qōla la'inittakhożta ilāhan ghoirī la'aj‘alannaka minal-masjūnīn

29. He said, “If you accept any god other than me, I will make you a prisoner.”

26:30

قَالَ اَوَلَوْ جِئْتُكَ بِشَيْءٍ مُّبِيْنٍ ۝٣٠

Qōla awalau ji'tuka bisyai'im mubīn

30. He said, “What if I bring you something convincing?”

26:31

قَالَ فَأْتِ بِهٖٓ اِنْ كُنْتَ مِنَ الصّٰدِقِيْنَ ۝٣١

Qōla fa'ti bihī in kunta minaṣ-ṣōdiqīn

31. He said, “Bring it, if you are being truthful.”

26:32

فَاَلْقٰى عَصَاهُ فَاِذَا هِيَ ثُعْبَانٌ مُّبِيْنٌ ۚ ۝٣٢

Fa alqō ‘aṣōhu fa iżā hiya ṡu‘bānum mubīn

32. So he cast his staff; and it was a serpent, plain to see.

26:33

وَنَزَعَ يَدَهٗ فَاِذَا هِيَ بَيْضَاۤءُ لِلنّٰظِرِيْنَ ࣖ ۝٣٣

Wa naza‘a yadahū fa iżā hiya baiḍō-u lin-nāẓirīn

33. And he pulled his hand; and it was white, for all to see.

26:34

قَالَ لِلْمَلَاِ حَوْلَهٗٓ اِنَّ هٰذَا لَسٰحِرٌ عَلِيْمٌ ۙ ۝٣٤

Qōla lil-mala'i ḥaulahū inna hāżā lasāḥirun ‘alīm

34. He said to the dignitaries around him, “This is a skilled magician.

26:35

يُّرِيْدُ اَنْ يُّخْرِجَكُمْ مِّنْ اَرْضِكُمْ بِسِحْرِهٖۖ فَمَاذَا تَأْمُرُوْنَ ۝٣٥

Yurīdu ay yukhrijakum min arḍikum bisiḥrih, fa māżā ta'murūn

35. He intends to drive you out of your land with his magic, so what do you recommend?”

26:36

قَالُوْٓا اَرْجِهْ وَاَخَاهُ وَابْعَثْ فِى الْمَدَاۤىِٕنِ حٰشِرِيْنَ ۙ ۝٣٦

Qōlū arjih wa akhōhu wab‘aṡ fil-madā-ini ḥāsyirīn

36. They said, “Delay him and his brother, and send recruiters to the cities.

26:37

يَأْتُوْكَ بِكُلِّ سَحَّارٍ عَلِيْمٍ ۝٣٧

Ya'tūka bikulli saḥḥārin ‘alīm

37. To bring you every experienced magician.”

26:38

فَجُمِعَ السَّحَرَةُ لِمِيْقَاتِ يَوْمٍ مَّعْلُوْمٍ ۙ ۝٣٨

Fa jumi‘as-saḥarotu limīqōti yaumim ma‘lūm

38. So the magicians were gathered for the appointment on a specified day.

26:39

وَّقِيْلَ لِلنَّاسِ هَلْ اَنْتُمْ مُّجْتَمِعُوْنَ ۙ ۝٣٩

Wa qīla lin-nāsi hal antum mujtami‘ūn

39. And it was said to the people, “Are you all gathered?

26:40

لَعَلَّنَا نَتَّبِعُ السَّحَرَةَ اِنْ كَانُوْا هُمُ الْغٰلِبِيْنَ ۝٤٠

La‘allanā nattabi‘us-saḥarota in kānū humul-ghōlibīn

40. That we may follow the magicians, if they are the winners.”

26:41

فَلَمَّا جَاۤءَ السَّحَرَةُ قَالُوْا لِفِرْعَوْنَ اَىِٕنَّ لَنَا لَاَجْرًا اِنْ كُنَّا نَحْنُ الْغٰلِبِيْنَ ۝٤١

Falammā jā-as-saḥarotu qōlū lifir‘auna a'inna lanā la'ajron in kunnā naḥnul-ghōlibīn

41. When the magicians arrived, they said to Pharaoh, “Is there a reward for us, if we are the winners?”

26:42

قَالَ نَعَمْ وَاِنَّكُمْ اِذًا لَّمِنَ الْمُقَرَّبِيْنَ ۝٤٢

Qōla na‘am wa innakum iżal laminal-muqorrobīn

42. He said, “Yes, and you will be among those favored.”

26:43

قَالَ لَهُمْ مُّوْسٰٓى اَلْقُوْا مَآ اَنْتُمْ مُّلْقُوْنَ ۝٤٣

Qōla lahum mūsā alqū mā antum mulqūn

43. Moses said to them, “Present what you intend to present.”

26:44

فَاَلْقَوْا حِبَالَهُمْ وَعِصِيَّهُمْ وَقَالُوْا بِعِزَّةِ فِرْعَوْنَ اِنَّا لَنَحْنُ الْغٰلِبُوْنَ ۝٤٤

Fa alqou ḥibālahum wa ‘iṣiyyahum wa qōlū bi‘izzati fir‘auna innā lanaḥnul-ghōlibūn

44. So they threw their ropes and their sticks, and said, “By the majesty of Pharaoh, we will be the winners.”

26:45

فَاَلْقٰى مُوْسٰى عَصَاهُ فَاِذَا هِيَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُوْنَ ۚ ۝٤٥

Fa alqō mūsā ‘aṣōhu fa iżā hiya talqofu mā ya'fikūn

45. Then Moses threw his staff, and behold, it began swallowing their trickery.

26:46

فَاُلْقِيَ السَّحَرَةُ سٰجِدِيْنَ ۙ ۝٤٦

Fa ulqiyas-saḥarotu sājidīn

46. And the magicians fell down prostrating.

26:47

قَالُوْٓا اٰمَنَّا بِرَبِّ الْعٰلَمِيْنَ ۙ ۝٤٧

Qōlū āmannā birobbil-‘ālamīn

47. They said, “We have believed in the Lord of the Worlds.

26:48

رَبِّ مُوْسٰى وَهٰرُوْنَ ۝٤٨

Robbi mūsā wa hārūn

48. The Lord of Moses and Aaron.”

26:49

قَالَ اٰمَنْتُمْ لَهٗ قَبْلَ اَنْ اٰذَنَ لَكُمْۚ اِنَّهٗ لَكَبِيْرُكُمُ الَّذِيْ عَلَّمَكُمُ السِّحْرَۚ فَلَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُوْنَ ەۗ لَاُقَطِّعَنَّ اَيْدِيَكُمْ وَاَرْجُلَكُمْ مِّنْ خِلَافٍ وَّلَاُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ اَجْمَعِيْنَۚ ۝٤٩

Qōla āmantum lahū qobla an āżana lakum, innahū lakabīrukumul-lażī ‘allamakumus-siḥr, fa lasaufa ta‘lamūn, la'uqoṭṭi‘anna aidiyakum wa arjulakum min khilāfiw wa la'uṣollibannakum ajma'īn

49. He said, “Did you believe in Him before I have given you permission? He must be your chief, who taught you magic. You will soon know. I will cut off your hands and feet on opposite sides, and I will crucify you all.”

26:50

قَالُوْا لَا ضَيْرَ ۖاِنَّآ اِلٰى رَبِّنَا مُنْقَلِبُوْنَ ۚ ۝٥٠

Qōlū lā ḍoir, innā ilā robbinā munqolibūn

50. They said, “No problem. To our Lord we will return.

26:51

اِنَّا نَطْمَعُ اَنْ يَّغْفِرَ لَنَا رَبُّنَا خَطٰيٰنَآ اَنْ كُنَّآ اَوَّلَ الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ ۗ ࣖ ۝٥١

Innā naṭma‘u ay yaghfiro lanā robbunā khoṭōyānā an kunnā awwalal-mu'minīn

51. We are eager for our Lord to forgive us our sins, since we are the first of the believers.”

26:52

وَاَوْحَيْنَآ اِلٰى مُوْسٰىٓ اَنْ اَسْرِ بِعِبَادِيْٓ اِنَّكُمْ مُّتَّبَعُوْنَ ۝٥٢

Wa auḥainā ilā mūsā an asri bi‘ibādī innakum muttaba‘ūn

52. And We inspired Moses: “Travel with My servants by night. You will be followed.”

26:53

فَاَرْسَلَ فِرْعَوْنُ فِى الْمَدَاۤىِٕنِ حٰشِرِيْنَ ۚ ۝٥٣

Fa arsala fir‘aunu fil-madā-ini ḥāsyirīn

53. Pharaoh sent heralds to the cities.

26:54

اِنَّ هٰٓؤُلَاۤءِ لَشِرْذِمَةٌ قَلِيْلُوْنَۙ ۝٥٤

Inna hā-ulā-i lasyirzimatun qolīlūn

54. “These are a small gang.

26:55

وَاِنَّهُمْ لَنَا لَغَاۤىِٕظُوْنَ ۙ ۝٥٥

Wa innahum lanā laghō-iẓūn

55. And they are enraging us.

26:56

وَاِنَّا لَجَمِيْعٌ حٰذِرُوْنَ ۗ ۝٥٦

Wa innā lajamī‘un ḥāżirūn

56. But we are a vigilant multitude.”

26:57

فَاَخْرَجْنٰهُمْ مِّنْ جَنّٰتٍ وَّعُيُوْنٍ ۙ ۝٥٧

Fa akhrojnāhum min jannātiw wa ‘uyūn

57. So We drove them out of gardens and springs.

26:58

وَّكُنُوْزٍ وَّمَقَامٍ كَرِيْمٍ ۙ ۝٥٨

Wa kunūziw wa maqōmin karīm

58. And treasures and noble dwellings.

26:59

كَذٰلِكَۚ وَاَوْرَثْنٰهَا بَنِيْٓ اِسْرَاۤءِيْلَ ۗ ۝٥٩

Każālik, wa auroṡnāhā banī isrō-īl

59. So it was. And We made the Children of Israel inherit them.

26:60

فَاَتْبَعُوْهُمْ مُّشْرِقِيْنَ ۝٦٠

Fa atba‘ūhum musyriqīn

60. And they pursued them at sunrise.

26:61

فَلَمَّا تَرٰۤءَا الْجَمْعٰنِ قَالَ اَصْحٰبُ مُوْسٰٓى اِنَّا لَمُدْرَكُوْنَ ۚ ۝٦١

Falammā tarō-al-jam‘āni qōla aṣḥābu mūsā innā lamudrokūn

61. When the two groups sighted each other, the followers of Moses said, “We are being overtaken.”

26:62

قَالَ كَلَّا ۗاِنَّ مَعِيَ رَبِّيْ سَيَهْدِيْنِ ۝٦٢

Qōla kallā, inna ma‘iya robbī sayahdīn

62. He said, “No; my Lord is with me, He will guide me.”

26:63

فَاَوْحَيْنَآ اِلٰى مُوْسٰٓى اَنِ اضْرِبْ بِّعَصَاكَ الْبَحْرَۗ فَانْفَلَقَ فَكَانَ كُلُّ فِرْقٍ كَالطَّوْدِ الْعَظِيْمِ ۚ ۝٦٣

Fa auḥainā ilā mūsā aniḍrib bi‘aṣōkal-baḥr, fanfalaqo fa kāna kullu firqin kaṭ-ṭoudil ‘aẓīm

63. We inspired Moses: “Strike the sea with your staff.” Whereupon it parted, and each part was like a huge hill.

26:64

وَاَزْلَفْنَا ثَمَّ الْاٰخَرِيْنَ ۚ ۝٦٤

Wa azlafnā ṡammal-ākhorīn

64. And there We brought the others near.

26:65

وَاَنْجَيْنَا مُوْسٰى وَمَنْ مَّعَهٗٓ اَجْمَعِيْنَ ۚ ۝٦٥

Wa anjainā mūsā wa mam ma‘ahū ajma‘īn

65. And We saved Moses and those with him, all together.

26:66

ثُمَّ اَغْرَقْنَا الْاٰخَرِيْنَ ۗ ۝٦٦

Ṡumma aghroqnal-ākhorīn

66. Then We drowned the others.

26:67

اِنَّ فِيْ ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَةً ۗوَمَا كَانَ اَكْثَرُهُمْ مُّؤْمِنِيْنَ ۝٦٧

Inna fī żālika la'āyah, wa mā kāna akṡaruhum mu'minīn

67. In that there is a sign, but most of them are not believers.

26:68

وَاِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيْزُ الرَّحِيْمُ ࣖ ۝٦٨

Wa inna robbaka lahuwal-‘azīzur-roḥīm

68. Surely, your Lord is the Almighty, the Merciful.

26:69

وَاتْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ نَبَاَ اِبْرٰهِيْمَ ۘ ۝٦٩

Watlu ‘alaihim naba'a ibrōhīm

69. And relate to them the story of Abraham.

26:70

اِذْ قَالَ لِاَبِيْهِ وَقَوْمِهٖ مَا تَعْبُدُوْنَ ۝٧٠

Iż qōla li'abīhi wa qoumihī mā ta‘budūn

70. When he said to his father and his people, “What do you worship?”

26:71

قَالُوْا نَعْبُدُ اَصْنَامًا فَنَظَلُّ لَهَا عٰكِفِيْنَ ۝٧١

Qōlū na‘budu aṣnāman fa naẓollu lahā ‘ākifīn

71. They said, “We worship idols, and we remain devoted to them.”

26:72

قَالَ هَلْ يَسْمَعُوْنَكُمْ اِذْ تَدْعُوْنَ ۙ ۝٧٢

Qōla hal yasma‘ūnakum iż tad‘ūn

72. He said, “Do they hear you when you pray?

26:73

اَوْ يَنْفَعُوْنَكُمْ اَوْ يَضُرُّوْنَ ۝٧٣

Au yanfa‘ūnakum au yaḍurrūn

73. Or do they benefit you, or harm you?”

26:74

قَالُوْا بَلْ وَجَدْنَآ اٰبَاۤءَنَا كَذٰلِكَ يَفْعَلُوْنَ ۝٧٤

Qōlū bal wajadnā ābā-anā każālika yaf‘alūn

74. They said, “But we found our ancestors doing so.”

26:75

قَالَ اَفَرَءَيْتُمْ مَّا كُنْتُمْ تَعْبُدُوْنَ ۙ ۝٧٥

Qōla afa ro'aitum mā kuntum ta‘budūn

75. He said, “Have you considered what you worship?

26:76

اَنْتُمْ وَاٰبَاۤؤُكُمُ الْاَقْدَمُوْنَ ۙ ۝٧٦

Antum wa ābā-ukumul-aqdamūn

76. You and your ancient ancestors?

26:77

فَاِنَّهُمْ عَدُوٌّ لِّيْٓ اِلَّا رَبَّ الْعٰلَمِيْنَ ۙ ۝٧٧

Fa innahum ‘aduwwul lī illā robbal-‘ālamīn

77. They are enemies to me, but not so the Lord of the Worlds.

26:78

الَّذِيْ خَلَقَنِيْ فَهُوَ يَهْدِيْنِ ۙ ۝٧٨

Allażī kholaqonī fa huwa yahdīn

78. He who created me, and guides me.

26:79

وَالَّذِيْ هُوَ يُطْعِمُنِيْ وَيَسْقِيْنِ ۙ ۝٧٩

Wal-lażī huwa yuṭ‘imunī wa yasqīn

79. He who feeds me, and waters me.

26:80

وَاِذَا مَرِضْتُ فَهُوَ يَشْفِيْنِ ۙ ۝٨٠

Wa iżā mariḍtu fa huwa yasyfīn

80. And when I get sick, He heals me.

26:81

وَالَّذِيْ يُمِيْتُنِيْ ثُمَّ يُحْيِيْنِ ۙ ۝٨١

Wal-lażī yumītunī ṡumma yuḥyīn

81. He who makes me die, and then revives me.

26:82

وَالَّذِيْٓ اَطْمَعُ اَنْ يَّغْفِرَ لِيْ خَطِيْۤـَٔتِيْ يَوْمَ الدِّيْنِ ۗ ۝٨٢

Wal-lażī aṭma‘u ay yaghfiro lī khoṭī-atī yaumad-dīn

82. He who, I hope, will forgive my sins on the Day of the Reckoning.”

26:83

رَبِّ هَبْ لِيْ حُكْمًا وَّاَلْحِقْنِيْ بِالصّٰلِحِيْنَ ۙ ۝٨٣

Robbi hab lī ḥukmaw wa alḥiqnī biṣ-ṣōliḥīn

83. “My Lord! Grant me wisdom, and include me with the righteous.

26:84

وَاجْعَلْ لِّيْ لِسَانَ صِدْقٍ فِى الْاٰخِرِيْنَ ۙ ۝٨٤

Waj‘al lī lisāna ṣidqin fil-ākhirīn

84. And give me a reputation of truth among the others.

26:85

وَاجْعَلْنِيْ مِنْ وَّرَثَةِ جَنَّةِ النَّعِيْمِ ۙ ۝٨٥

Waj‘alnī miw waroṡati janatin na‘īm

85. And make me of the inheritors of the Garden of Bliss.

26:86

وَاغْفِرْ لِاَبِيْٓ اِنَّهٗ كَانَ مِنَ الضَّاۤلِّيْنَ ۙ ۝٨٦

Waghfir li'abī innahū kāna minaḍ-ḍōllīn

86. And forgive my father—he was one of the misguided.

26:87

وَلَا تُخْزِنِيْ يَوْمَ يُبْعَثُوْنَۙ ۝٨٧

Wa lā tukhzinī yauma yub‘aṡūn

87. And do not disgrace me on the Day they are resurrected.

26:88

يَوْمَ لَا يَنْفَعُ مَالٌ وَّلَا بَنُوْنَ ۙ ۝٨٨

Yauma lā yanfa‘u māluw wa lā banūn

88. The Day when neither wealth nor children will help.

26:89

اِلَّا مَنْ اَتَى اللّٰهَ بِقَلْبٍ سَلِيْمٍ ۗ ۝٨٩

Illā man atallāha biqolbin salīm

89. Except for him who comes to Allah with a sound heart.”

26:90

وَاُزْلِفَتِ الْجَنَّةُ لِلْمُتَّقِيْنَ ۙ ۝٩٠

Wa uzlifatil-jannatu lil-muttaqīn

90. And Paradise will be brought near for the righteous.

26:91

وَبُرِّزَتِ الْجَحِيْمُ لِلْغَاوِيْنَ ۙ ۝٩١

Wa burrizatil-jaḥīmu lil-ghōwīn

91. And the Blaze will be displayed to the deviators.

26:92

وَقِيْلَ لَهُمْ اَيْنَ مَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْبُدُوْنَ ۙ ۝٩٢

Wa qīla lahum ainamā kuntum ta‘budūn

92. And it will be said to them, “Where are those you used to worship?

26:93

مِنْ دُوْنِ اللّٰهِ ۗهَلْ يَنْصُرُوْنَكُمْ اَوْ يَنْتَصِرُوْنَ ۗ ۝٩٣

Min dūnillāh, hal yanṣurūnakum au yantaṣirūn

93. Besides Allah? Can they help you, or help themselves?”

26:94

فَكُبْكِبُوْا فِيْهَا هُمْ وَالْغَاوٗنَ ۙ ۝٩٤

Fa kubkibū fīhā hum wal-ghōwūn

94. Then they will be toppled into it, together with the seducers.

26:95

وَجُنُوْدُ اِبْلِيْسَ اَجْمَعُوْنَ ۗ ۝٩٥

Wa junūdu iblīsa ajma‘ūn

95. And the soldiers of Satan, all of them.

26:96

قَالُوْا وَهُمْ فِيْهَا يَخْتَصِمُوْنَ ۝٩٦

Qōlū wa hum fīhā yakhtaṣimūn

96. They will say, as they feud in it.

26:97

تَاللّٰهِ اِنْ كُنَّا لَفِيْ ضَلٰلٍ مُّبِيْنٍ ۙ ۝٩٧

Tallāhi in kunnā lafī ḍolālim mubīn

97. “By Allah, we were in evident error.

26:98

اِذْ نُسَوِّيْكُمْ بِرَبِّ الْعٰلَمِيْنَ ۝٩٨

Iż nusawwīkum birobbil-‘ālamīn

98. For equating you with the Lord of the Worlds.

26:99

وَمَآ اَضَلَّنَآ اِلَّا الْمُجْرِمُوْنَ ۝٩٩

Wa mā aḍollanā illal-mujrimūn

99. No one misled us except the sinners.

26:100

فَمَا لَنَا مِنْ شٰفِعِيْنَ ۙ ۝١٠٠

Famā lanā min syāfi‘īn

100. Now we have no intercessors.

26:101

وَلَا صَدِيْقٍ حَمِيْمٍ ۝١٠١

Wa lā ṣodīqin ḥamīm

101. And no sincere friend.

26:102

فَلَوْ اَنَّ لَنَا كَرَّةً فَنَكُوْنَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ ۝١٠٢

Falau anna lanā karrotan fa nakūna minal-mu'minīn

102. If only we could have another chance, we would be among the faithful.”

26:103

اِنَّ فِيْ ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَةً ۗوَمَا كَانَ اَكْثَرُهُمْ مُّؤْمِنِيْنَ ۝١٠٣

Inna fī żālika la'āyah, wa mā kāna akṡaruhum mu'minīn

103. Surely in this is a sign, but most of them are not believers.

26:104

وَاِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيْزُ الرَّحِيْمُ ࣖ ۝١٠٤

Wa inna robbaka lahuwal-‘azīzur-roḥīm

104. Your Lord is the Almighty, the Merciful.

26:105

كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ نُوْحِ ِۨالْمُرْسَلِيْنَ ۚ ۝١٠٥

Każżabat qoumu nūḥinil-mursalīn

105. The people of Noah disbelieved the messengers.

26:106

اِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ اَخُوْهُمْ نُوْحٌ اَلَا تَتَّقُوْنَ ۚ ۝١٠٦

Iż qōla lahum akhūhum nūḥun alā tattaqūn

106. Their brother Noah said to them, “Do you not fear?

26:107

اِنِّيْ لَكُمْ رَسُوْلٌ اَمِيْنٌ ۙ ۝١٠٧

Innī lakum rosūlun amīn

107. I am to you a faithful messenger.

26:108

فَاتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ وَاَطِيْعُوْنِۚ ۝١٠٨

Fattaqullāha wa aṭī‘ūn

108. So fear Allah, and obey me.

26:109

وَمَآ اَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ اَجْرٍۚ اِنْ اَجْرِيَ اِلَّا عَلٰى رَبِّ الْعٰلَمِيْنَ ۚ ۝١٠٩

Wa mā as'alukum ‘alaihi min ajr, in ajriya illā ‘alā robbil-‘ālamīn

109. I ask of you no payment for this. My payment is only from the Lord of the Worlds.

26:110

فَاتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ وَاَطِيْعُوْنِ ۝١١٠

Fattaqullāha wa aṭī‘ūn

110. So fear Allah, and obey me.”

26:111

قَالُوْٓا اَنُؤْمِنُ لَكَ وَاتَّبَعَكَ الْاَرْذَلُوْنَ ۗ ۝١١١

Qōlū anu'minu laka wattaba‘akal-arżalūn

111. They said, “Shall we believe in you, when it is the lowliest who follow you?”

26:112

قَالَ وَمَا عِلْمِيْ بِمَا كَانُوْا يَعْمَلُوْنَ ۚ ۝١١٢

Qōla wa mā ‘ilmī bimā kānū ya‘malūn

112. He said, “What do I know about what they do?

26:113

اِنْ حِسَابُهُمْ اِلَّا عَلٰى رَبِّيْ لَوْ تَشْعُرُوْنَ ۚ ۝١١٣

In ḥisābuhum illā ‘alā robbī lau tasy‘urūn

113. Their account rests only with my Lord, if you have sense.

26:114

وَمَآ اَنَا۠ بِطَارِدِ الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ ۚ ۝١١٤

Wa mā ana biṭōridil-mu'minīn

114. And I am not about to drive away the believers.

26:115

اِنْ اَنَا۠ اِلَّا نَذِيْرٌ مُّبِيْنٌ ۗ ۝١١٥

In ana illā nażīrum mubīn

115. I am only a clear warner.”

26:116

قَالُوْا لَىِٕنْ لَّمْ تَنْتَهِ يٰنُوْحُ لَتَكُوْنَنَّ مِنَ الْمَرْجُوْمِيْنَۗ ۝١١٦

Qōlū la'illam tantahi yā nūḥu latakūnanna minal-marjūmīn

116. They said, “If you do not refrain, O Noah, you will be stoned.”

26:117

قَالَ رَبِّ اِنَّ قَوْمِيْ كَذَّبُوْنِۖ ۝١١٧

Qōla robbi inna qoumī każżabūn

117. He said, “My Lord, my people have denied me.

26:118

فَافْتَحْ بَيْنِيْ وَبَيْنَهُمْ فَتْحًا وَّنَجِّنِيْ وَمَنْ مَّعِيَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ ۝١١٨

Faftaḥ bainī wa bainahum fatḥaw wa najjinī wa mam ma‘iya minal-mu'minīn

118. So judge between me and them decisively, and deliver me and the believers who are with me.”

26:119

فَاَنْجَيْنٰهُ وَمَنْ مَّعَهٗ فِى الْفُلْكِ الْمَشْحُوْنِ ۝١١٩

Fa anjaināhu wa mam ma‘ahū fil-fulkil-masyḥūn

119. So We delivered him and those with him in the laden Ark.

26:120

ثُمَّ اَغْرَقْنَا بَعْدُ الْبَاقِيْنَ ۝١٢٠

Ṡumma aghroqnā ba‘dul-bāqīn

120. Then We drowned the rest.

26:121

اِنَّ فِيْ ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَةً ۗوَمَا كَانَ اَكْثَرُهُمْ مُّؤْمِنِيْنَ ۝١٢١

Inna fī żālika la'āyah, wa mā kāna akṡaruhum mu'minīn

121. In that is a sign, but most of them are not believers.

26:122

وَاِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيْزُ الرَّحِيْمُ ࣖ ۝١٢٢

Wa inna robbaka lahuwal-‘azīzur-roḥīm

122. Your Lord is the Almighty, the Merciful.

26:123

كَذَّبَتْ عَادُ ِۨالْمُرْسَلِيْنَ ۖ ۝١٢٣

Każżabat ‘ādunil-mursalīn

123. Aad disbelieved the messengers.

26:124

اِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ اَخُوْهُمْ هُوْدٌ اَلَا تَتَّقُوْنَ ۚ ۝١٢٤

Iż qōla lahum akhūhum hūdun alā tattaqūn

124. When their brother Hud said to them, “Do you not fear?

26:125

اِنِّيْ لَكُمْ رَسُوْلٌ اَمِيْنٌ ۙ ۝١٢٥

Innī lakum rosūlun amīn

125. I am to you a faithful messenger.

26:126

فَاتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ وَاَطِيْعُوْنِ ۚ ۝١٢٦

Fattaqullāha wa aṭī‘ūn

126. So fear Allah, and obey me.

26:127

وَمَآ اَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ اَجْرٍۚ اِنْ اَجْرِيَ اِلَّا عَلٰى رَبِّ الْعٰلَمِيْنَ ۗ ۝١٢٧

Wa mā as'alukum ‘alaihi min ajr, in ajriya illā ‘alā robbil-‘ālamīn

127. I ask of you no payment for this. My payment is only from the Lord of the Worlds.

26:128

اَتَبْنُوْنَ بِكُلِّ رِيْعٍ اٰيَةً تَعْبَثُوْنَ ۙ ۝١٢٨

Atabnūna bikulli rī‘in āyatan ta‘baṡūn

128. Do you build a monument on every height for vanity’s sake?

26:129

وَتَتَّخِذُوْنَ مَصَانِعَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَخْلُدُوْنَۚ ۝١٢٩

Wa tattakhiżūna maṣōni‘a la‘allakum takhludūn

129. And you set up fortresses, hoping to live forever?

26:130

وَاِذَا بَطَشْتُمْ بَطَشْتُمْ جَبَّارِيْنَۚ ۝١٣٠

Wa iżā baṭosytum baṭosytum jabbārīn

130. And when you strike, you strike mercilessly?

26:131

فَاتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ وَاَطِيْعُوْنِۚ ۝١٣١

Fattaqullāha wa aṭī‘ūn

131. So fear Allah, and obey me.

26:132

وَاتَّقُوا الَّذِيْٓ اَمَدَّكُمْ بِمَا تَعْلَمُوْنَ ۚ ۝١٣٢

Wattaqul-lażī amaddakum bimā ta‘lamūn

132. And reverence Him, who supplied you with everything you know.

26:133

اَمَدَّكُمْ بِاَنْعَامٍ وَّبَنِيْنَۙ ۝١٣٣

Amaddakum bi'an‘āmiw wa banīn

133. He supplied you with livestock and children.

26:134

وَجَنّٰتٍ وَّعُيُوْنٍۚ ۝١٣٤

Wa jannātiw wa ‘uyūn

134. And gardens and springs.

26:135

اِنِّيْٓ اَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيْمٍ ۗ ۝١٣٥

Innī akhōfu ‘alaikum ‘ażāba yaumin ‘aẓīm

135. I fear for you the punishment of an awesome Day.”

26:136

قَالُوْا سَوَاۤءٌ عَلَيْنَآ اَوَعَظْتَ اَمْ لَمْ تَكُنْ مِّنَ الْوٰعِظِيْنَ ۙ ۝١٣٦

Qōlū sawā-un ‘alainā awa‘aẓta am lam takum minal-wā‘iẓīn

136. They said, “It is the same for us, whether you lecture us, or do not lecture.

26:137

اِنْ هٰذَآ اِلَّا خُلُقُ الْاَوَّلِيْنَ ۙ ۝١٣٧

In hāżā illā khuluqul-awwalīn

137. This is nothing but morals of the ancients.

26:138

وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِيْنَ ۚ ۝١٣٨

Wa mā naḥnu bimu‘ażżabīn

138. And we will not be punished.”

26:139

فَكَذَّبُوْهُ فَاَهْلَكْنٰهُمْۗ اِنَّ فِيْ ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَةً ۗوَمَا كَانَ اَكْثَرُهُمْ مُّؤْمِنِيْنَ ۝١٣٩

Fa każżabūhu fa ahlaknāhum, inna fī żālika la'āyah, wa mā kāna akṡaruhum mu'minīn

139. So they denied him, and We destroyed them. Surely in this is a sign, but most of them are not believers.

26:140

وَاِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيْزُ الرَّحِيْمُ ࣖ ۝١٤٠

Wa inna robbaka lahuwal-‘azīzur-roḥīm

140. Your Lord is the Almighty, the Merciful.

26:141

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُوْدُ الْمُرْسَلِيْنَ ۖ ۝١٤١

Każżabat ṡamūdul-mursalīn

141. Thamood disbelieved the messengers.

26:142

اِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ اَخُوْهُمْ صٰلِحٌ اَلَا تَتَّقُوْنَ ۚ ۝١٤٢

Iż qōla lahum akhūhum ṣōliḥun alā tattaqūn

142. When their brother Saleh said to them, “Do you not fear?

26:143

اِنِّيْ لَكُمْ رَسُوْلٌ اَمِيْنٌ ۙ ۝١٤٣

Innī lakum rosūlun amīn

143. I am to you a faithful messenger.

26:144

فَاتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ وَاَطِيْعُوْنِ ۚ ۝١٤٤

Fattaqullāha wa aṭī‘ūn

144. So fear Allah, and obey me.

26:145

وَمَآ اَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ اَجْرٍۚ اِنْ اَجْرِيَ اِلَّا عَلٰى رَبِّ الْعٰلَمِيْنَ ۗ ۝١٤٥

Wa mā as'alukum ‘alaihi min ajr, in ajriya illā ‘alā robbil-‘ālamīn

145. I ask of you no payment for it. My payment is only from the Lord of the Worlds.

26:146

اَتُتْرَكُوْنَ فِيْ مَا هٰهُنَآ اٰمِنِيْنَ ۙ ۝١٤٦

Atutrokūna fīmā hāhunā āminīn

146. Will you be left secure in what is here?

26:147

فِيْ جَنّٰتٍ وَّعُيُوْنٍ ۙ ۝١٤٧

Fī jannātiw wa ‘uyūn

147. In gardens and springs?

26:148

وَّزُرُوْعٍ وَّنَخْلٍ طَلْعُهَا هَضِيْمٌ ۚ ۝١٤٨

Wa zurū‘iw wa nakhlin ṭol‘uhā haḍīm

148. And fields, and palm-trees whose fruits are delicious?

26:149

وَتَنْحِتُوْنَ مِنَ الْجِبَالِ بُيُوْتًا فٰرِهِيْنَ ۝١٤٩

Wa tanḥitūna minal-jibāli buyūtan fārihīn

149. And you skillfully carve houses in the mountains?

26:150

فَاتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ وَاَطِيْعُوْنِ ۚ ۝١٥٠

Fattaqullāha wa aṭī‘ūn

150. So fear Allah, and obey me.

26:151

وَلَا تُطِيْعُوْٓا اَمْرَ الْمُسْرِفِيْنَ ۙ ۝١٥١

Wa lā tuṭī‘ū amrol-musrifīn

151. And do not obey the command of the extravagant.

26:152

الَّذِيْنَ يُفْسِدُوْنَ فِى الْاَرْضِ وَلَا يُصْلِحُوْنَ ۝١٥٢

Allażīna yufsidūna fil-arḍi wa lā yaṣliḥūn

152. Who spread turmoil on earth, and do not reform.”

26:153

قَالُوْٓا اِنَّمَآ اَنْتَ مِنَ الْمُسَحَّرِيْنَ ۙ ۝١٥٣

Qōlū innamā anta minal-musaḥḥarīn

153. They said, “You are surely one of the bewitched.

26:154

مَآ اَنْتَ اِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُنَاۙ فَأْتِ بِاٰيَةٍ اِنْ كُنْتَ مِنَ الصّٰدِقِيْنَ ۝١٥٤

Mā anta illā basyarum miṡlunā, fa'ti bi'āyatin in kunta minaṣ-ṣōdiqīn

154. You are nothing but a man like us. So bring us a sign, if you are truthful.”

26:155

قَالَ هٰذِهٖ نَاقَةٌ لَّهَا شِرْبٌ وَّلَكُمْ شِرْبُ يَوْمٍ مَّعْلُوْمٍ ۚ ۝١٥٥

Qōla hāżihī nāqotul lahā syirbuw wa lakum syirbu yaumim ma‘lūm

155. He said, “This is a she-camel; she has her turn of drinking, and you have your turn of drinking—on a specified day.

26:156

وَلَا تَمَسُّوْهَا بِسُوْۤءٍ فَيَأْخُذَكُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمٍ عَظِيْمٍ ۝١٥٦

Wa lā tamassūhā bisū-in fa ya'khużakum ‘ażābu yaumin ‘aẓīm

156. And do not touch her with harm, lest the punishment of a great day seizes you.”

26:157

فَعَقَرُوْهَا فَاَصْبَحُوْا نٰدِمِيْنَ ۙ ۝١٥٧

Fa ‘aqorūhā fa aṣbaḥū nādimīn

157. But they slaughtered her, and became full of remorse.

26:158

فَاَخَذَهُمُ الْعَذَابُۗ اِنَّ فِيْ ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَةً ۗوَمَا كَانَ اَكْثَرُهُمْ مُّؤْمِنِيْنَ ۝١٥٨

Fa akhożahumul-‘ażāb, inna fī żālika la'āyah, wa mā kāna akṡaruhum mu'minīn

158. So the punishment overtook them. Surely in this is a sign, but most of them are not believers.

26:159

وَاِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيْزُ الرَّحِيْمُ ࣖ ۝١٥٩

Wa inna robbaka lahuwal-‘azīzur-roḥīm

159. Your Lord is the Almighty, the Merciful.

26:160

كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ لُوْطِ ِۨالْمُرْسَلِيْنَ ۖ ۝١٦٠

Każżabat qoumu lūṭinil-mursalīn

160. The people of Lot disbelieved the messengers.

26:161

اِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ اَخُوْهُمْ لُوْطٌ اَلَا تَتَّقُوْنَ ۚ ۝١٦١

Iż qōla lahum akhūhum lūṭun alā tattaqūn

161. When their brother Lot said to them, “Do you not fear?

26:162

اِنِّيْ لَكُمْ رَسُوْلٌ اَمِيْنٌ ۙ ۝١٦٢

Innī lakum rosūlun amīn

162. I am to you a faithful messenger.

26:163

فَاتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ وَاَطِيْعُوْنِ ۚ ۝١٦٣

Fattaqullāha wa aṭī‘ūn

163. So fear Allah, and obey me.

26:164

وَمَآ اَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ اَجْرٍ اِنْ اَجْرِيَ اِلَّا عَلٰى رَبِّ الْعٰلَمِيْنَ ۗ ۝١٦٤

Wa mā as'alukum ‘alaihi min ajrin in ajriya illā ‘alā robbil-‘ālamīn

164. I ask of you no payment for it. My payment is only from the Lord of the Worlds.

26:165

اَتَأْتُوْنَ الذُّكْرَانَ مِنَ الْعٰلَمِيْنَ ۙ ۝١٦٥

Ata'tūnaż-żukrōna minal-‘ālamīn

165. Do you approach the males of the world?

26:166

وَتَذَرُوْنَ مَا خَلَقَ لَكُمْ رَبُّكُمْ مِّنْ اَزْوَاجِكُمْۗ بَلْ اَنْتُمْ قَوْمٌ عَادُوْنَ ۝١٦٦

Wa tażarūna mā kholaqo lakum robbukum min azwājikum, bal antum qomun ‘ādūn

166. And forsake the wives your Lord created for you? Indeed, you are intrusive people.”

26:167

قَالُوْا لَىِٕنْ لَّمْ تَنْتَهِ يٰلُوْطُ لَتَكُوْنَنَّ مِنَ الْمُخْرَجِيْنَ ۝١٦٧

Qōlū la'illam tantahi yā lūṭu latakūnanna minal-mukhrojīn

167. They said, “Unless you refrain, O Lot, you will be expelled.”

26:168

قَالَ اِنِّيْ لِعَمَلِكُمْ مِّنَ الْقَالِيْنَ ۗ ۝١٦٨

Qōla innī li‘amalikum minal-qōlīn

168. He said, “I certainly deplore your conduct.”

26:169

رَبِّ نَجِّنِيْ وَاَهْلِيْ مِمَّا يَعْمَلُوْنَ ۝١٦٩

Robbi najjinī wa ahlī mimmā ya‘malūn

169. “My Lord, save me and my family from what they do.”

26:170

فَنَجَّيْنٰهُ وَاَهْلَهٗٓ اَجْمَعِيْنَ ۙ ۝١٧٠

Fa najjaināhu wa ahlahū ajma‘īn

170. So We saved him and his family, all together.

26:171

اِلَّا عَجُوْزًا فِى الْغٰبِرِيْنَ ۚ ۝١٧١

Illā ‘ajūzan fil-ghōbirīn

171. Except for an old woman among those who tarried.

26:172

ثُمَّ دَمَّرْنَا الْاٰخَرِيْنَ ۚ ۝١٧٢

Ṡumma dammarnal-ākhorīn

172. Then We destroyed the others.

26:173

وَاَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ مَّطَرًاۚ فَسَاۤءَ مَطَرُ الْمُنْذَرِيْنَ ۝١٧٣

Wa amṭornā ‘alaihim maṭorō, fa sā-a maṭorul-munżarīn

173. And We rained down on them a rain. Dreadful is the rain of those forewarned.

26:174

اِنَّ فِيْ ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَةً ۗوَمَا كَانَ اَكْثَرُهُمْ مُّؤْمِنِيْنَ ۝١٧٤

Inna fī żālika la'āyah, wa mā kāna akṡaruhum mu'minīn

174. Surely in this is a sign, but most of them are not believers.

26:175

وَاِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيْزُ الرَّحِيْمُ ࣖ ۝١٧٥

Wa inna robbaka lahuwal-‘azīzur-roḥīm

175. Your Lord is the Almighty, the Merciful.

26:176

كَذَّبَ اَصْحٰبُ لْـَٔيْكَةِ الْمُرْسَلِيْنَ ۖ ۝١٧٦

Każżaba aṣḥābul-aikatil-mursalīn

176. The people of the Woods disbelieved the messengers.

26:177

اِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ شُعَيْبٌ اَلَا تَتَّقُوْنَ ۚ ۝١٧٧

Iż qōla lahum syu‘aibun alā tattaqūn

177. When Shuaib said to them, “Do you not fear?

26:178

اِنِّيْ لَكُمْ رَسُوْلٌ اَمِيْنٌ ۙ ۝١٧٨

Innī lakum rosūlun amīn

178. I am to you a trustworthy messenger.

26:179

فَاتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ وَاَطِيْعُوْنِ ۚ ۝١٧٩

Fattaqullāha wa aṭī‘ūn

179. So fear Allah, and obey me.

26:180

وَمَآ اَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ اَجْرٍ اِنْ اَجْرِيَ اِلَّا عَلٰى رَبِّ الْعٰلَمِيْنَ ۗ ۝١٨٠

Wa mā as'alukum ‘alaihi min ajrin in ajriya illā ‘alā robbil-‘ālamīn

180. I ask of you no payment for it. My payment is only from the Lord of the Worlds.

26:181

اَوْفُوا الْكَيْلَ وَلَا تَكُوْنُوْا مِنَ الْمُخْسِرِيْنَ ۚ ۝١٨١

Auful-kaila wa lā takūnū minal-mukhsirīn

181. Give full measure, and do not cheat.

26:182

وَزِنُوْا بِالْقِسْطَاسِ الْمُسْتَقِيْمِ ۚ ۝١٨٢

Wazinū bil-qisṭōsil-mustaqīm

182. And weigh with accurate scales.

26:183

وَلَا تَبْخَسُوا النَّاسَ اَشْيَاۤءَهُمْ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا فِى الْاَرْضِ مُفْسِدِيْنَ ۚ ۝١٨٣

Wa lā tabkhosun-nāsa asy-yā-ahum wa lā ta‘ṡau fil-arḍi mufsidīn

183. And do not defraud people of their belongings, and do not work corruption in the land.

26:184

وَاتَّقُوا الَّذِيْ خَلَقَكُمْ وَالْجِبِلَّةَ الْاَوَّلِيْنَ ۗ ۝١٨٤

Wattaqul-lażī kholaqokum wal-jibillatal-awwalīn

184. And fear Him who created you and the masses of old.”

26:185

قَالُوْٓا اِنَّمَآ اَنْتَ مِنَ الْمُسَحَّرِيْنَ ۙ ۝١٨٥

Qōlū innamā anta minal-musaḥḥarīn

185. They said, “You are one of those bewitched.

26:186

وَمَآ اَنْتَ اِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُنَا وَاِنْ نَّظُنُّكَ لَمِنَ الْكٰذِبِيْنَ ۚ ۝١٨٦

Wa mā anta illā basyarum miṡlunā wa in naẓunnuka laminal-kāżibīn

186. And you are nothing but a man like us; and we think that you are a liar.

26:187

فَاَسْقِطْ عَلَيْنَا كِسَفًا مِّنَ السَّمَاۤءِ اِنْ كُنْتَ مِنَ الصّٰدِقِيْنَ ۗ ۝١٨٧

Fa asqiṭ ‘alainā kisafam minas-samā-i in kunta minaṣ-ṣōdiqīn

187. So bring down on us pieces from the sky, if you are truthful.”

26:188

قَالَ رَبِّيْٓ اَعْلَمُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُوْنَ ۝١٨٨

Qōla robbī a‘lamu bimā ta‘malūn

188. He said, “My Lord is well aware of what you do.”

26:189

فَكَذَّبُوْهُ فَاَخَذَهُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمِ الظُّلَّةِ ۗاِنَّهٗ كَانَ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيْمٍ ۝١٨٩

Fa każżabūhu fa akhożahum ‘ażābu yaumiẓ-ẓullah, innahū kāna ‘ażāba yaumin ‘aẓīm

189. But they denied him. So the punishment of the day of gloom gripped them. It was the punishment of a great day.

26:190

اِنَّ فِيْ ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَةً ۗوَمَا كَانَ اَكْثَرُهُمْ مُّؤْمِنِيْنَ ۝١٩٠

Inna fī żālika la'āyah, wa mā kāna akṡaruhum mu'minīn

190. Surely in this is a sign, but most of them are not believers.

26:191

وَاِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيْزُ الرَّحِيْمُ ࣖ ۝١٩١

Wa inna robbaka lahuwal-‘azīzur-roḥīm

191. Your Lord is the Almighty, the Merciful.

26:192

وَاِنَّهٗ لَتَنْزِيْلُ رَبِّ الْعٰلَمِيْنَ ۗ ۝١٩٢

Wa innahū latanzīlu robbil-‘ālamīn

192. It is a revelation from the Lord of the Worlds.

26:193

نَزَلَ بِهِ الرُّوْحُ الْاَمِيْنُ ۙ ۝١٩٣

Nazala bihir rūḥul-amīn

193. The Honest Spirit came down with it.

26:194

عَلٰى قَلْبِكَ لِتَكُوْنَ مِنَ الْمُنْذِرِيْنَ ۙ ۝١٩٤

‘Alā qolbika litakūna minal-munżirīn

194. Upon your heart, that you may be one of the warners.

26:195

بِلِسَانٍ عَرَبِيٍّ مُّبِيْنٍ ۗ ۝١٩٥

Bilisānin ‘arobiyyim mubīn

195. In a clear Arabic tongue.

26:196

وَاِنَّهٗ لَفِيْ زُبُرِ الْاَوَّلِيْنَ ۝١٩٦

Wa innahū lafī zuburil-awwalīn

196. And it is in the scriptures of the ancients.

26:197

اَوَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَّهُمْ اٰيَةً اَنْ يَّعْلَمَهٗ عُلَمٰۤؤُا بَنِيْٓ اِسْرَاۤءِيْلَ ۝١٩٧

Awalam yakul lahum āyatan ay ya‘lamahū ‘ulamā-u banī isrō-īl

197. Is it not a sign for them that the scholars of the Children of Israel recognized it?

26:198

وَلَوْ نَزَّلْنٰهُ عَلٰى بَعْضِ الْاَعْجَمِيْنَ ۙ ۝١٩٨

Wa lau nazzalnāhū ‘alā ba‘ḍil-a‘jamīn

198. Had We revealed it to one of the foreigners.

26:199

فَقَرَاَهٗ عَلَيْهِمْ مَّا كَانُوْا بِهٖ مُؤْمِنِيْنَ ۗ ۝١٩٩

Fa qoro'ahū ‘alaihim mā kānū bihī mu'minīn

199. And he had recited it to them, they still would not have believed in it.

26:200

كَذٰلِكَ سَلَكْنٰهُ فِيْ قُلُوْبِ الْمُجْرِمِيْنَ ۗ ۝٢٠٠

Każālika salaknāhu fī qulūbil-mujrimīn

200. Thus We make it pass through the hearts of the guilty.

26:201

لَا يُؤْمِنُوْنَ بِهٖ حَتّٰى يَرَوُا الْعَذَابَ الْاَلِيْمَ ۝٢٠١

Lā yu'minūna bihī ḥattā yarowul-‘ażābal-alīm

201. They will not believe in it until they witness the painful punishment.

26:202

فَيَأْتِيَهُمْ بَغْتَةً وَّهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُوْنَ ۙ ۝٢٠٢

Fa ya'tiyahum baghtataw wa hum lā yasy‘urūn

202. It will come to them suddenly, while they are unaware.

26:203

فَيَقُوْلُوْا هَلْ نَحْنُ مُنْظَرُوْنَ ۗ ۝٢٠٣

Fa yaqūlū hal naḥnu munẓorūn

203. Then they will say, “Are we given any respite?”

26:204

اَفَبِعَذَابِنَا يَسْتَعْجِلُوْنَ ۝٢٠٤

Afa bi‘ażābinā yasta‘jilūn

204. Do they seek to hasten Our punishment?

26:205

اَفَرَءَيْتَ اِنْ مَّتَّعْنٰهُمْ سِنِيْنَ ۙ ۝٢٠٥

Afa ro'aita im matta‘nāhum sinīn

205. Have you considered: if We let them enjoy themselves for some years.

26:206

ثُمَّ جَاۤءَهُمْ مَّا كَانُوْا يُوْعَدُوْنَ ۙ ۝٢٠٦

Ṡumma jā-ahum mā kānū yū‘adūn

206. Then there comes to them what they were promised.

26:207

مَآ اَغْنٰى عَنْهُمْ مَّا كَانُوْا يُمَتَّعُوْنَ ۗ ۝٢٠٧

Mā aghnā ‘anhum mā kānū yumatta‘ūn

207. Of what avail to them will be their past enjoyments?

26:208

وَمَآ اَهْلَكْنَا مِنْ قَرْيَةٍ اِلَّا لَهَا مُنْذِرُوْنَ ۖ ۝٢٠٨

Wa mā ahlaknā min qoryatin illā lahā munżirūn

208. Never did We destroy a town, but it had warners.

26:209

ذِكْرٰىۚ وَمَا كُنَّا ظٰلِمِيْنَ ۝٢٠٩

Żikrō, wa mā kunnā ẓōlimīn

209. As a reminder—We are never unjust.

26:210

وَمَا تَنَزَّلَتْ بِهِ الشَّيٰطِيْنُ ۝٢١٠

Wa mā tanazzalat bihisy-syayāṭīn

210. It was not the devils that revealed it.

26:211

وَمَا يَنْۢبَغِيْ لَهُمْ وَمَا يَسْتَطِيْعُوْنَ ۗ ۝٢١١

Wa mā yambaghī lahum wa mā yastaṭī‘ūn

211. It is not in their interests, nor in their power.

26:212

اِنَّهُمْ عَنِ السَّمْعِ لَمَعْزُوْلُوْنَ ۗ ۝٢١٢

Innahum ‘anis-sam‘i lama‘zūlūn

212. They are barred from hearing.

26:213

فَلَا تَدْعُ مَعَ اللّٰهِ اِلٰهًا اٰخَرَ فَتَكُوْنَ مِنَ الْمُعَذَّبِيْنَ ۝٢١٣

Falā tad‘u ma‘allāhi ilāhan ākhoro fa takūna minal-mu‘ażżabīn

213. So do not pray to another god with Allah, else you will be of those tormented.

26:214

وَاَنْذِرْ عَشِيْرَتَكَ الْاَقْرَبِيْنَ ۙ ۝٢١٤

Wa anżir ‘asyīrotakal-aqrobīn

214. And warn your close relatives.

26:215

وَاخْفِضْ جَنَاحَكَ لِمَنِ اتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ ۚ ۝٢١٥

Wakhfiḍ janāḥaka limanittaba‘aka minal-mu'minīn

215. And lower your wing to those of the believers who follow you.

26:216

فَاِنْ عَصَوْكَ فَقُلْ اِنِّيْ بَرِيْۤءٌ مِّمَّا تَعْمَلُوْنَ ۚ ۝٢١٦

Fa in ‘aṣouka faqul innī barī-um mimmā ta‘malūn

216. And if they disobey you, say, “I am innocent of what you do.”

26:217

وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى الْعَزِيْزِ الرَّحِيْمِ ۙ ۝٢١٧

Wa tawakkal ‘alal-‘azīzir-roḥīm

217. And put your trust in the Almighty, the Merciful.

26:218

الَّذِيْ يَرٰىكَ حِيْنَ تَقُوْمُ ۝٢١٨

Allażī yarōka ḥīna taqūm

218. He who sees you when you rise.

26:219

وَتَقَلُّبَكَ فِى السّٰجِدِيْنَ ۝٢١٩

Wa taqollubaka fis-sājidīn

219. And your devotions amidst the worshipers.

26:220

اِنَّهٗ هُوَ السَّمِيْعُ الْعَلِيْمُ ۝٢٢٠

Innahū huwas-samī‘ul-‘alīm

220. He is indeed the Hearer, the Aware.

26:221

هَلْ اُنَبِّئُكُمْ عَلٰى مَنْ تَنَزَّلُ الشَّيٰطِيْنُ ۗ ۝٢٢١

Hal unabbi'ukum ‘alā man tanazzalusy-syayāṭīn

221. Shall I inform you upon whom the devils descend?

26:222

تَنَزَّلُ عَلٰى كُلِّ اَفَّاكٍ اَثِيْمٍ ۙ ۝٢٢٢

Tanazzalu ‘alā kulli affākin aṡīm

222. They descend upon every sinful liar.

26:223

يُّلْقُوْنَ السَّمْعَ وَاَكْثَرُهُمْ كٰذِبُوْنَ ۗ ۝٢٢٣

Yulqūnas-sam‘a wa akṡaruhum kāżibūn

223. They give ear, and most of them are liars.

26:224

وَالشُّعَرَاۤءُ يَتَّبِعُهُمُ الْغَاوٗنَ ۗ ۝٢٢٤

Wasy-syu‘arō-u yattabi‘uhumul-ghōwūn

224. And as for the poets—the deviators follow them.

26:225

اَلَمْ تَرَ اَنَّهُمْ فِيْ كُلِّ وَادٍ يَّهِيْمُوْنَ ۙ ۝٢٢٥

Alam taro annahum fī kulli wādiy yahīmūn

225. Do you not see how they ramble in every style?

26:226

وَاَنَّهُمْ يَقُوْلُوْنَ مَا لَا يَفْعَلُوْنَ ۙ ۝٢٢٦

Wa annahum yaqūlūna mā lā yaf‘alūn

226. And how they say what they do not do?

26:227

اِلَّا الَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوْا وَعَمِلُوا الصّٰلِحٰتِ وَذَكَرُوا اللّٰهَ كَثِيْرًا وَّانْتَصَرُوْا مِنْۢ بَعْدِ مَا ظُلِمُوْا ۗوَسَيَعْلَمُ الَّذِيْنَ ظَلَمُوْٓا اَيَّ مُنْقَلَبٍ يَّنْقَلِبُوْنَ ࣖ ۝٢٢٧

Illal-lażīna āmanū wa ‘amiluṣ-ṣōliḥāti wa żakarullāha kaṡīrow wantaṣorū mim ba‘di mā ẓulimū, wa saya‘lamul-lażīna ẓolamū ayya munqolabiy yanqolibūn

227. Except for those who believe, and do good deeds, and remember Allah frequently, and defend themselves after they are wronged. As for those who do wrong, they will know by what overturning they will be overturned.

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Surah Ash-Shu'ara (The Poets) is surah number 26 of the Quran. It has 227 verses and is a Meccan surah. Read the Arabic, transliteration and translation verse by verse or as continuous text; every verse also has its own page.

Arabic text: Ministry of Religious Affairs of Indonesia (Kemenag RI). Transliteration: Aplikita. English translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com (CC BY-ND 4.0).