Surah Az-Zukhruf

حٰمۤ ۚ ۝١

Ḥā mīm

1. Ha, Meem.

وَالْكِتٰبِ الْمُبِيْنِ ۙ ۝٢

Wal-kitābil-mubīn

2. By the Book that makes things clear.

اِنَّا جَعَلْنٰهُ قُرْاٰنًا عَرَبِيًّا لَّعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُوْنَۚ ۝٣

Innā ja‘alnāhu qur'ānan ‘arobiyyal la‘allakum ta‘qilūn

3. We made it an Arabic Quran, so that you may understand.

وَاِنَّهٗ فِيْٓ اُمِّ الْكِتٰبِ لَدَيْنَا لَعَلِيٌّ حَكِيْمٌ ۗ ۝٤

Wa innahū fī ummil-kitābi ladainā la‘aliyyun ḥakīm

4. And it is with Us, in the Source Book, sublime and wise.

اَفَنَضْرِبُ عَنْكُمُ الذِّكْرَ صَفْحًا اَنْ كُنْتُمْ قَوْمًا مُّسْرِفِيْنَ ۝٥

Afa naḍribu ‘ankumuż-żikro ṣofḥan an kuntum qoumam musrifīn

5. Shall We hold back the Reminder from you, since you are a transgressing people?

وَكَمْ اَرْسَلْنَا مِنْ نَّبِيٍّ فِى الْاَوَّلِيْنَ ۝٦

Wa kam arsalnā min nabiyyin fil-awwalīn

6. How many a prophet did We send to the ancients?

وَمَا يَأْتِيْهِمْ مِّنْ نَّبِيٍّ اِلَّا كَانُوْا بِهٖ يَسْتَهْزِءُوْنَ ۝٧

Wa mā ya'tīhim min nabiyyin illā kānū bihī yastahzi'ūn

7. No messenger came to them, but they ridiculed him.

فَاَهْلَكْنَآ اَشَدَّ مِنْهُمْ بَطْشًا وَّمَضٰى مَثَلُ الْاَوَّلِيْنَ ۝٨

Fa ahlaknā asyadda minhum baṭsyaw wa maḍō maṡalul-awwalīn

8. We destroyed people more powerful than they, and so the example of the ancients has passed away.

وَلَىِٕنْ سَاَلْتَهُمْ مَّنْ خَلَقَ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضَ لَيَقُوْلُنَّ خَلَقَهُنَّ الْعَزِيْزُ الْعَلِيْمُۙ ۝٩

Wa la'in sa'altahum man kholaqos-samāwāti wal-arḍo layaqūlunna kholaqohunnal-‘azīzul-‘alīm

9. And if you asked them, “Who created the heavens and the earth?” They would say, “The Mighty, the Knower created them.”

الَّذِيْ جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الْاَرْضَ مَهْدًا وَّجَعَلَ لَكُمْ فِيْهَا سُبُلًا لَّعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُوْنَ ۚ ۝١٠

Allażī ja‘ala lakumul-arḍo mahdaw wa ja‘ala lakum fīhā subulal la‘allakum tahtadūn

10. He who made the earth a habitat for you, and traced pathways for you on it, that you may be guided.

وَالَّذِيْ نَزَّلَ مِنَ السَّمَاۤءِ مَاۤءًۢ بِقَدَرٍۚ فَاَنْشَرْنَا بِهٖ بَلْدَةً مَّيْتًا ۚ كَذٰلِكَ تُخْرَجُوْنَ ۝١١

Wal-lażī nazzala minas-samā-i mā-am biqodar, fa'ansyarnā bihī baldatam maitā, każālika tukhrojūn

11. He who sends down water from the sky in due proportion; and so We revive thereby a dead land. Thus you will be brought out.

وَالَّذِيْ خَلَقَ الْاَزْوَاجَ كُلَّهَا وَجَعَلَ لَكُمْ مِّنَ الْفُلْكِ وَالْاَنْعَامِ مَا تَرْكَبُوْنَۙ ۝١٢

Wal-lażī kholaqol-azwāja kullahā wa ja‘ala lakum minal-fulki wal-an‘āmi mā tarkabūn

12. He who created all the pairs; and provided you with ships, and animals on which you ride.

لِتَسْتَوٗا عَلٰى ظُهُوْرِهٖ ثُمَّ تَذْكُرُوْا نِعْمَةَ رَبِّكُمْ اِذَا اسْتَوَيْتُمْ عَلَيْهِ وَتَقُوْلُوْا سُبْحٰنَ الَّذِيْ سَخَّرَ لَنَا هٰذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لَهٗ مُقْرِنِيْنَۙ ۝١٣

Litastawū ‘alā ẓuhūrihī ṡumma tażkurū ni‘mata robbikum iżastawaitum ‘alaihi wa taqūlū subḥānal-lażī sakhkhoro lanā hāżā wa mā kunnā lahū muqrinīn

13. That you may mount their backs, and remember the favor of your Lord as you sit firmly upon them, and say, “Glory be to Him who placed these at our service; surely we could not have done it by ourselves.

وَاِنَّآ اِلٰى رَبِّنَا لَمُنْقَلِبُوْنَ ۝١٤

Wa innā ilā robbinā lamunqolibūn

14. And surely, to our Lord we will return.”

وَجَعَلُوْا لَهٗ مِنْ عِبَادِهٖ جُزْءًا ۗاِنَّ الْاِنْسَانَ لَكَفُوْرٌ مُّبِيْنٌ ۗ ࣖ ۝١٥

Wa ja‘alū lahū min ‘ibādihī juz'ā, innal-insāna lakafūrum mubīn

15. Yet they turn one of His servants into a part of Him. Man is clearly ungrateful.

اَمِ اتَّخَذَ مِمَّا يَخْلُقُ بَنٰتٍ وَّاَصْفٰىكُمْ بِالْبَنِيْنَ ۗ ۝١٦

Amittakhożū mimmā yakhluqu banātiw wa aṣfākum bil-banīn

16. Or has He chosen for Himself daughters from what He creates, and favored you with sons?

وَاِذَا بُشِّرَ اَحَدُهُمْ بِمَا ضَرَبَ لِلرَّحْمٰنِ مَثَلًا ظَلَّ وَجْهُهٗ مُسْوَدًّا وَّهُوَ كَظِيْمٌ ۝١٧

Wa iżā busysyiro aḥaduhum bimā ḍoroba lir-roḥmāni maṡalan ẓolla wajhuhū muswaddaw wa huwa kaẓīm

17. Yet when one of them is given news of what he attributes to the Most Gracious, his face darkens, and he suppresses grief.

اَوَمَنْ يُّنَشَّؤُا فِى الْحِلْيَةِ وَهُوَ فِى الْخِصَامِ غَيْرُ مُبِيْنٍ ۝١٨

Awamay yunasysya'u fil-ḥilyati wa huwa fil-khiṣōmi ghoiru mubīn

18. “Someone brought up to be beautiful, and unable to help in a fight?”

وَجَعَلُوا الْمَلٰۤىِٕكَةَ الَّذِيْنَ هُمْ عِبٰدُ الرَّحْمٰنِ اِنَاثًا ۗ اَشَهِدُوْا خَلْقَهُمْ ۗسَتُكْتَبُ شَهَادَتُهُمْ وَيُسْـَٔلُوْنَ ۝١٩

Wa ja‘alul-malā-ikatal-lażīna hum ‘ibādur roḥmāni ināṡā, asyahidū kholqohum, satuktabu syahādatuhum wa yus'alūn

19. And they appoint the angels, who are servants to the Most Gracious, as females. Have they witnessed their creation? Their claim will be recorded, and they will be questioned.

وَقَالُوْا لَوْ شَاۤءَ الرَّحْمٰنُ مَا عَبَدْنٰهُمْ ۗمَا لَهُمْ بِذٰلِكَ مِنْ عِلْمٍ اِنْ هُمْ اِلَّا يَخْرُصُوْنَۗ ۝٢٠

Wa qōlū lau syā-ar-roḥmānu mā ‘abadnāhum, mā lahum biżālika min ‘ilm, in hum illā yakhruṣūn

20. And they say, “Had the Most Gracious willed, we would not have worshiped them.” But they have no knowledge of that; they are merely guessing.

اَمْ اٰتَيْنٰهُمْ كِتٰبًا مِّنْ قَبْلِهٖ فَهُمْ بِهٖ مُسْتَمْسِكُوْنَ ۝٢١

Am ātaināhum kitābam min qoblihī fahum bihī mustamsikūn

21. Or have We given them a book prior to this one, to which they adhere?

بَلْ قَالُوْٓا اِنَّا وَجَدْنَآ اٰبَاۤءَنَا عَلٰٓى اُمَّةٍ وَّاِنَّا عَلٰٓى اٰثٰرِهِمْ مُّهْتَدُوْنَ ۝٢٢

Bal qōlū innā wajadnā ābā-anā ‘alā ummatiw wa innā ‘alā āṡārihim muhtadūn

22. But they say, “We found our parents on a course, and we are guided in their footsteps.”

وَكَذٰلِكَ مَآ اَرْسَلْنَا مِنْ قَبْلِكَ فِيْ قَرْيَةٍ مِّنْ نَّذِيْرٍۙ اِلَّا قَالَ مُتْرَفُوْهَآ ۙاِنَّا وَجَدْنَآ اٰبَاۤءَنَا عَلٰٓى اُمَّةٍ وَّاِنَّا عَلٰٓى اٰثٰرِهِمْ مُّقْتَدُوْنَ ۝٢٣

Wa każālika mā arsalnā min qoblika fī qoryatim min nażīr, illā qōla mutrofūhā, innā wajadnā ābā-anā ‘alā ummatiw wa innā ‘alā āṡārihim muqtadūn

23. Likewise, We sent no warner before you to any town, but the wealthy among them said, “We found our parents on a course, and we are following in their footsteps.”

قٰلَ اَوَلَوْ جِئْتُكُمْ بِاَهْدٰى مِمَّا وَجَدْتُّمْ عَلَيْهِ اٰبَاۤءَكُمْۗ قَالُوْٓا اِنَّا بِمَآ اُرْسِلْتُمْ بِهٖ كٰفِرُوْنَ ۝٢٤

Qōla awalau ji'tukum bi'ahdā mimmā wajattum ‘alaihi ābā-akum, qōlū innā bimā ursiltum bihī kāfirūn

24. He would say, “Even if I bring you better guidance than what you found your parents following?” They would say, “We reject what you are sent with.”

فَانْتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ فَانْظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الْمُكَذِّبِيْنَ ࣖ ۝٢٥

Fantaqomnā minhum fanẓur kaifa kāna ‘āqibatul-mukażżibīn

25. So We wreaked vengeance upon them. Behold, then, what was the fate of those who deny.

وَاِذْ قَالَ اِبْرٰهِيْمُ لِاَبِيْهِ وَقَوْمِهٖٓ اِنَّنِيْ بَرَاۤءٌ مِّمَّا تَعْبُدُوْنَۙ ۝٢٦

Wa iż qōla ibrōhīmu li'abīhi wa qoumihī innanī barō-um mimmā ta‘budūn

26. When Abraham said to his father and his people, “I am innocent of what you worship.

اِلَّا الَّذِيْ فَطَرَنِيْ فَاِنَّهٗ سَيَهْدِيْنِ ۝٢٧

Illāl-lażī faṭoronī fa'innahū sayahdīn

27. Except for Him who created me, for He will guide me.”

وَجَعَلَهَا كَلِمَةً ۢ بَاقِيَةً فِيْ عَقِبِهٖ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُوْنَۗ ۝٢٨

Wa ja‘alahā kalimatam bāqiyatan fī ‘aqibihī la‘allahum yarji‘ūn

28. And he made it an enduring word in his progeny, so that they may return.

بَلْ مَتَّعْتُ هٰٓؤُلَاۤءِ وَاٰبَاۤءَهُمْ حَتّٰى جَاۤءَهُمُ الْحَقُّ وَرَسُوْلٌ مُّبِيْنٌ ۝٢٩

Bal matta‘tu hā-ulā-i wa ābā-ahum ḥattā jā-ahumul-ḥaqqu wa rosūlum mubīn

29. I gave these and their forefathers some enjoyment, until the truth and a manifest messenger came to them.

وَلَمَّا جَاۤءَهُمُ الْحَقُّ قَالُوْا هٰذَا سِحْرٌ وَّاِنَّا بِهٖ كٰفِرُوْنَ ۝٣٠

Wa lammā jā-ahumul-ḥaqqu qōlū hāżā siḥruw wa innā bihī kāfirūn

30. But when the truth came to them, they said, “This is sorcery, and we refuse to believe in it.”

وَقَالُوْا لَوْلَا نُزِّلَ هٰذَا الْقُرْاٰنُ عَلٰى رَجُلٍ مِّنَ الْقَرْيَتَيْنِ عَظِيْمٍ ۝٣١

Wa qōlū lau lā nuzzila hāżal-qur'ānu ‘alā rojulim minal-qoryataini ‘aẓīm

31. They also said, “If only this Quran was sent down to a man of importance from the two cities.”

اَهُمْ يَقْسِمُوْنَ رَحْمَتَ رَبِّكَۗ نَحْنُ قَسَمْنَا بَيْنَهُمْ مَّعِيْشَتَهُمْ فِى الْحَيٰوةِ الدُّنْيَاۙ وَرَفَعْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ فَوْقَ بَعْضٍ دَرَجٰتٍ لِّيَتَّخِذَ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضًا سُخْرِيًّا ۗوَرَحْمَتُ رَبِّكَ خَيْرٌ مِّمَّا يَجْمَعُوْنَ ۝٣٢

Ahum yaqsimūna roḥmata robbik, naḥnu qosamnā bainahum ma‘īsyatahum fil-ḥayātid-dun-yā, wa rofa‘nā ba‘ḍohum fauqo ba‘ḍin darojātil liyattakhiża ba‘ḍuhum ba‘ḍon sukhriyyā, wa roḥmatu robbika khoirum mimmā yajma‘ūn

32. Is it they who allocate the mercy of your Lord? It is We who have allocated their livelihood in this life, and We elevated some of them in rank above others, that some of them would take others in service. But your Lord’s mercy is better than what they amass.

وَلَوْلَآ اَنْ يَّكُوْنَ النَّاسُ اُمَّةً وَّاحِدَةً لَّجَعَلْنَا لِمَنْ يَّكْفُرُ بِالرَّحْمٰنِ لِبُيُوْتِهِمْ سُقُفًا مِّنْ فِضَّةٍ وَّمَعَارِجَ عَلَيْهَا يَظْهَرُوْنَۙ ۝٣٣

Wa lau lā ay yakūnan-nāsu ummataw wāḥidatal laja‘alnā limay yakfuru bir-roḥmāni libuyūtihim suqufam min fiḍḍotiw wa ma‘ārija ‘alaihā yaẓharūn

33. Were it not that humanity would become a single community, We would have provided those who disbelieve in the Most Gracious with roofs of silver to their houses, and stairways by which they ascend.

وَلِبُيُوْتِهِمْ اَبْوَابًا وَّسُرُرًا عَلَيْهَا يَتَّكِـُٔوْنَۙ ۝٣٤

Wa libuyūtihim abwābaw wa sururon ‘alaihā yattaki'ūn

34. And doors to their houses, and furnishings on which they recline.

وَزُخْرُفًاۗ وَاِنْ كُلُّ ذٰلِكَ لَمَّا مَتَاعُ الْحَيٰوةِ الدُّنْيَا ۗوَالْاٰخِرَةُ عِنْدَ رَبِّكَ لِلْمُتَّقِيْنَ ࣖ ۝٣٥

Wa zukhrufā, wa in kullu żālika lammā matā‘ul-ḥayātid-dun-yā, wal-ākhirotu ‘inda robbika lil-muttaqīn

35. And decorations. Yet all that is nothing but the stuff of this life. Yet the Hereafter, with your Lord, is for the righteous.

وَمَنْ يَّعْشُ عَنْ ذِكْرِ الرَّحْمٰنِ نُقَيِّضْ لَهٗ شَيْطٰنًا فَهُوَ لَهٗ قَرِيْنٌ ۝٣٦

Wa may ya‘syu ‘an żikrir-roḥmāni nuqoyyiḍ lahū syaiṭōnan fahuwa lahū qorīn

36. Whoever shuns the remembrance of the Most Gracious, We assign for him a devil, to be his companion.

وَاِنَّهُمْ لَيَصُدُّوْنَهُمْ عَنِ السَّبِيْلِ وَيَحْسَبُوْنَ اَنَّهُمْ مُّهْتَدُوْنَ ۝٣٧

Wa innahum layaṣuddūnahum ‘anis-sabīli wa yaḥsabūna annahum muhtadūn

37. They hinder them from the path, though they think they are guided.

حَتّٰىٓ اِذَا جَاۤءَنَا قَالَ يٰلَيْتَ بَيْنِيْ وَبَيْنَكَ بُعْدَ الْمَشْرِقَيْنِ فَبِئْسَ الْقَرِيْنُ ۝٣٨

Ḥattā iżā jā-anā qōla yā laita bainī wa bainaka bu‘dal-masyriqoini fa bi'sal-qorīn

38. Until, when he comes to Us, he will say, “If only there were between me and you the distance of the two Easts.” What an evil companion!

وَلَنْ يَّنْفَعَكُمُ الْيَوْمَ اِذْ ظَّلَمْتُمْ اَنَّكُمْ فِى الْعَذَابِ مُشْتَرِكُوْنَ ۝٣٩

Wa lay yanfa‘akumul-yauma iẓ ẓolamtum annakum fil-‘ażābi musytarikūn

39. It will not benefit you on that Day, since you did wrong. You are partners in the suffering.

اَفَاَنْتَ تُسْمِعُ الصُّمَّ اَوْ تَهْدِى الْعُمْيَ وَمَنْ كَانَ فِيْ ضَلٰلٍ مُّبِيْنٍ ۝٤٠

Afa anta tusmi‘uṣ-ṣumma au tahdil-‘umya wa man kāna fī ḍolālim mubīn

40. Can you make the deaf hear, or guide the blind, and him who is in evident error?

فَاِمَّا نَذْهَبَنَّ بِكَ فَاِنَّا مِنْهُمْ مُّنْتَقِمُوْنَۙ ۝٤١

Fa immā nażhabanna bika fa innā minhum muntaqimūn

41. Even if We take you away, We will wreak vengeance upon them.

اَوْ نُرِيَنَّكَ الَّذِيْ وَعَدْنٰهُمْ فَاِنَّا عَلَيْهِمْ مُّقْتَدِرُوْنَ ۝٤٢

Au nuriyannakal-lażī wa‘adnāhum fa'innā ‘alaihim muqtadirūn

42. Or show you what We have promised them; for We have absolute power over them.

فَاسْتَمْسِكْ بِالَّذِيْٓ اُوْحِيَ اِلَيْكَ ۚاِنَّكَ عَلٰى صِرَاطٍ مُّسْتَقِيْمٍ ۝٤٣

Fastamsik bil-lażī ūḥiya ilaik, innaka ‘alā ṣirōṭim mustaqīm

43. So adhere to what is revealed to you. You are upon a straight path.

وَاِنَّهٗ لَذِكْرٌ لَّكَ وَلِقَوْمِكَ ۚوَسَوْفَ تُسْـَٔلُوْنَ ۝٤٤

Wa innahū lażikrul laka wa liqoumik, wa saufa tus'alūn

44. It is a message for you, and for your people; and you will be questioned.

وَسْـَٔلْ مَنْ اَرْسَلْنَا مِنْ قَبْلِكَ مِنْ رُّسُلِنَآ ۖ اَجَعَلْنَا مِنْ دُوْنِ الرَّحْمٰنِ اٰلِهَةً يُّعْبَدُوْنَ ࣖ ۝٤٥

Was'al man arsalnā min qoblika mir rusulinā, aja‘alnā min dūnir-roḥmāni ālihatay yu‘badūn

45. Ask those of Our messengers We sent before you: “Did We appoint gods besides the Most Gracious to be worshiped?”

وَلَقَدْ اَرْسَلْنَا مُوْسٰى بِاٰيٰتِنَآ اِلٰى فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَلَا۟ىِٕهٖ فَقَالَ اِنِّيْ رَسُوْلُ رَبِّ الْعٰلَمِيْنَ ۝٤٦

Wa laqod arsalnā mūsā bi'āyātinā ilā fir‘auna wa mala'ihī fa qōla innī rosūlu robbil-‘ālamīn

46. We sent Moses with Our revelations to Pharaoh and his dignitaries. He said, “I am the messenger of the Lord of the Worlds.”

فَلَمَّا جَاۤءَهُمْ بِاٰيٰتِنَآ اِذَا هُمْ مِّنْهَا يَضْحَكُوْنَ ۝٤٧

Falammā jā-ahum bi'āyātinā iżā hum minhā yaḍḥakūn

47. But when he showed them Our signs, they started laughing at them.

وَمَا نُرِيْهِمْ مِّنْ اٰيَةٍ اِلَّا هِيَ اَكْبَرُ مِنْ اُخْتِهَاۗ وَاَخَذْنٰهُمْ بِالْعَذَابِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُوْنَ ۝٤٨

Wa mā nurīhim min āyatin illā hiya akbaru min ukhtihā, wa akhożnāhum bil-‘ażābi la‘allahum yarji‘ūn

48. Each sign We showed them was more marvelous than its counterpart. And We afflicted them with the plagues, so that they may repent.

وَقَالُوْا يٰٓاَيُّهَ السَّاحِرُ ادْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ بِمَا عَهِدَ عِنْدَكَۚ اِنَّنَا لَمُهْتَدُوْنَ ۝٤٩

Wa qōlū yā ayyuhas-sāḥirud‘u lanā robbaka bimā ‘ahida ‘indak, innanā lamuhtadūn

49. They said, “O sorcerer, pray to your Lord for us, according to His pledge to you, and then we will be guided.”

فَلَمَّا كَشَفْنَا عَنْهُمُ الْعَذَابَ اِذَا هُمْ يَنْكُثُوْنَ ۝٥٠

Falammā kasyafnā ‘anhumul-‘ażāba iżā hum yankuṡūn

50. But when We lifted the torment from them, they immediately broke their promise.

وَنَادٰى فِرْعَوْنُ فِيْ قَوْمِهٖ قَالَ يٰقَوْمِ اَلَيْسَ لِيْ مُلْكُ مِصْرَ وَهٰذِهِ الْاَنْهٰرُ تَجْرِيْ مِنْ تَحْتِيْۚ اَفَلَا تُبْصِرُوْنَۗ ۝٥١

Wa nādā fir‘aunu fī qoumihī qōla yā qoumi alaisa lī mulku miṣro wa hāżihil-anhāru tajrī min taḥtī, afalā tubṣirūn

51. Pharaoh proclaimed among his people, saying, “O my people, do I not own the kingdom of Egypt, and these rivers flow beneath me? Do you not see?

اَمْ اَنَا۠ خَيْرٌ مِّنْ هٰذَا الَّذِيْ هُوَ مَهِيْنٌ ەۙ وَّلَا يَكَادُ يُبِيْنُ ۝٥٢

Am ana khoirum min hāżal-lażī huwa mahīn, wa lā yakādu yubīn

52. Am I not better than this miserable wretch, who can barely express himself?

فَلَوْلَآ اُلْقِيَ عَلَيْهِ اَسْوِرَةٌ مِّنْ ذَهَبٍ اَوْ جَاۤءَ مَعَهُ الْمَلٰۤىِٕكَةُ مُقْتَرِنِيْنَ ۝٥٣

Falau lā ulqiya ‘alaihi aswirotum min żahabin au jā-a ma‘ahul-malā-ikatu muqtarinīn

53. Why are bracelets of gold not dropped on him, or the angels came with him in procession?”

فَاسْتَخَفَّ قَوْمَهٗ فَاَطَاعُوْهُ ۗاِنَّهُمْ كَانُوْا قَوْمًا فٰسِقِيْنَ ۝٥٤

Fastakhoffa qoumahū fa aṭō‘ūh, innahum kānū qouman fāsiqīn

54. Thus he fooled his people, and they obeyed him. They were wicked people.

فَلَمَّآ اٰسَفُوْنَا انْتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ فَاَغْرَقْنٰهُمْ اَجْمَعِيْنَۙ ۝٥٥

Falammā āsafūnantaqomnā minhum fa aghroqnāhum ajma‘īn

55. And when they provoked Our wrath, We took retribution from them, and We drowned them all.

فَجَعَلْنٰهُمْ سَلَفًا وَّمَثَلًا لِّلْاٰخِرِيْنَ ࣖ ۝٥٦

Fa ja‘alnāhum salafaw wa maṡalal lil-ākhirīn

56. Thus We made them a precedent and an example for the others.

وَلَمَّا ضُرِبَ ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ مَثَلًا اِذَا قَوْمُكَ مِنْهُ يَصِدُّوْنَ ۝٥٧

Wa lammā ḍuribabnu maryama maṡalan iżā qoumuka minhu yaṣiddūn

57. And when the son of Mary was cited as an example, your people opposed.

وَقَالُوْٓا ءَاٰلِهَتُنَا خَيْرٌ اَمْ هُوَ ۗمَا ضَرَبُوْهُ لَكَ اِلَّا جَدَلًا ۗبَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ خَصِمُوْنَ ۝٥٨

Wa qōlū a'ālihatunā khoirun am huw, mā ḍorobūhu laka illā jadalā, bal hum qoumun khoṣimūn

58. They said, “Are our gods better, or he?” They cited him only for argument. In fact, they are a quarrelsome people.

اِنْ هُوَ اِلَّا عَبْدٌ اَنْعَمْنَا عَلَيْهِ وَجَعَلْنٰهُ مَثَلًا لِّبَنِيْٓ اِسْرَاۤءِيْلَ ۗ ۝٥٩

In huwa illā ‘abdun an‘amnā ‘alaihi wa ja‘alnāhu maṡalal libanī isrō-īl

59. He was just a servant whom We blessed, and We made him an example for the Children of Israel.

وَلَوْ نَشَاۤءُ لَجَعَلْنَا مِنْكُمْ مَّلٰۤىِٕكَةً فِى الْاَرْضِ يَخْلُفُوْنَ ۝٦٠

Wa lau nasyā-u laja‘alnā minkum malā-ikatan fil-arḍi yakhlufūn

60. Had We willed, We would have made of you angels to be successors on earth.

وَاِنَّهٗ لَعِلْمٌ لِّلسَّاعَةِ فَلَا تَمْتَرُنَّ بِهَا وَاتَّبِعُوْنِۗ هٰذَا صِرَاطٌ مُّسْتَقِيْمٌ ۝٦١

Wa innahū la‘ilmul lis-sā‘ati falā tamtarunna bihā wattabi‘ūn, hāżā ṣirōṭum mustaqīm

61. He is a portent of the Hour, so have no doubt about it, and follow Me. This is a straight way.

وَلَا يَصُدَّنَّكُمُ الشَّيْطٰنُۚ اِنَّهٗ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ مُّبِيْنٌ ۝٦٢

Wa lā yaṣuddannakumusy-syaiṭōn, innahū lakum ‘aduwwum mubīn

62. And let not Satan divert you. He is an open enemy to you.

وَلَمَّا جَاۤءَ عِيْسٰى بِالْبَيِّنٰتِ قَالَ قَدْ جِئْتُكُمْ بِالْحِكْمَةِ وَلِاُبَيِّنَ لَكُمْ بَعْضَ الَّذِيْ تَخْتَلِفُوْنَ فِيْهِۚ فَاتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ وَاَطِيْعُوْنِ ۝٦٣

Wa lammā jā-a ‘īsā bil-bayyināti qōla qod ji'tukum bil-ḥikmati wa li'ubayyina lakum ba‘ḍol-lażī takhtalifūna fīh, fattaqullāha wa aṭī‘ūn

63. When Jesus came with the clarifications, he said, “I have come to you with wisdom, and to clarify for you some of what you differ about. So fear Allah, and obey me.

اِنَّ اللّٰهَ هُوَ رَبِّيْ وَرَبُّكُمْ فَاعْبُدُوْهُۗ هٰذَا صِرَاطٌ مُّسْتَقِيْمٌ ۝٦٤

Innallāha huwa robbī wa robbukum fa‘budūh, hāżā ṣirōṭum mustaqīm

64. Allah is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him—this is a straight path.”

فَاخْتَلَفَ الْاَحْزَابُ مِنْۢ بَيْنِهِمْ ۚفَوَيْلٌ لِّلَّذِيْنَ ظَلَمُوْا مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمٍ اَلِيْمٍ ۝٦٥

Fakhtalafal-aḥzābu mim bainihim, fawailul lil-lażīna ẓolamūmin ‘ażābi yaumin alīm

65. But the factions differed among themselves. So woe to the wrongdoers from the suffering of a painful Day.

هَلْ يَنْظُرُوْنَ اِلَّا السَّاعَةَ اَنْ تَأْتِيَهُمْ بَغْتَةً وَّهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُوْنَ ۝٦٦

Hal yanẓurūna illas-sā‘ata an ta'tiyahum baghtataw wa hum lā yasy‘urūn

66. Are they only waiting for the Hour to come upon them suddenly, while they are unaware?

اَلْاَخِلَّاۤءُ يَوْمَىِٕذٍۢ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّ اِلَّا الْمُتَّقِيْنَ ۗ ࣖ ۝٦٧

Al-akhillā-u yauma'iżim ba‘ḍuhum liba‘ḍin ‘aduwwun illal-muttaqīn

67. On that Day, friends will be enemies of one another, except for the righteous.

يٰعِبَادِ لَاخَوْفٌ عَلَيْكُمُ الْيَوْمَ وَلَآ اَنْتُمْ تَحْزَنُوْنَۚ ۝٦٨

Yā ‘ibādi lā khoufun ‘alaikumul-yauma wa lā antum taḥzanūn

68. O My servants, you have nothing to fear on that Day, nor will you grieve.

اَلَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوْا بِاٰيٰتِنَا وَكَانُوْا مُسْلِمِيْنَۚ ۝٦٩

Allażīna āmanū bi'āyātinā wa kānū muslimīn

69. Those who believed in Our revelations, and were submissive.

اُدْخُلُوا الْجَنَّةَ اَنْتُمْ وَاَزْوَاجُكُمْ تُحْبَرُوْنَ ۝٧٠

Udkhulul-jannata antum wa azwājukum tuḥbarūn

70. Enter the Garden, you and your spouses, joyfully.

يُطَافُ عَلَيْهِمْ بِصِحَافٍ مِّنْ ذَهَبٍ وَّاَكْوَابٍ ۚوَفِيْهَا مَا تَشْتَهِيْهِ الْاَنْفُسُ وَتَلَذُّ الْاَعْيُنُ ۚوَاَنْتُمْ فِيْهَا خٰلِدُوْنَۚ ۝٧١

Yuṭōfu ‘alaihim biṣiḥāfim min żahabiw wa akwāb, wa fīhā mā tasytahīhil-anfusu wa talażżul-a‘yun, wa antum fīhā khōlidūn

71. They will be served around with trays of gold, and cups. Therein is whatever the souls desire and delights the eyes. Therein you will stay forever.

وَتِلْكَ الْجَنَّةُ الَّتِيْٓ اُوْرِثْتُمُوْهَا بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُوْنَ ۝٧٢

Wa tilkal-jannatul-latī ūriṡtumūhā bimā kuntum ta‘malūn

72. Such is the Garden you are made to inherit, because of what you used to do.

لَكُمْ فِيْهَا فَاكِهَةٌ كَثِيْرَةٌ مِّنْهَا تَأْكُلُوْنَ ۝٧٣

Lakum fīhā fākihatun kaṡīrotum minhā ta'kulūn

73. Therein you will have abundant fruit, from which you eat.

اِنَّ الْمُجْرِمِيْنَ فِيْ عَذَابِ جَهَنَّمَ خٰلِدُوْنَۖ ۝٧٤

Innal-mujrimīna fī ‘ażābi jahannama khōlidūn

74. As for the sinners, they will be in the torment of Hell forever.

لَا يُفَتَّرُ عَنْهُمْ وَهُمْ فِيْهِ مُبْلِسُوْنَ ۚ ۝٧٥

Lā yufattaru ‘anhum wa hum fīhi mublisūn

75. It will never be eased for them. In it, they will be devastated.

وَمَا ظَلَمْنٰهُمْ وَلٰكِنْ كَانُوْا هُمُ الظّٰلِمِيْنَ ۝٧٦

Wa mā ẓolamnāhum wa lākin kānū humuẓ-ẓōlimīn

76. We did them no injustice, but it was they who were the unjust.

وَنَادَوْا يٰمٰلِكُ لِيَقْضِ عَلَيْنَا رَبُّكَۗ قَالَ اِنَّكُمْ مّٰكِثُوْنَ ۝٧٧

Wa nādau yā māliku liyaqḍi ‘alainā robbuk, qōla innakum mākiṡūn

77. And they will cry, “O Malek, let your Lord finish us off.” He will say, “You are staying.”

لَقَدْ جِئْنٰكُمْ بِالْحَقِّ وَلٰكِنَّ اَكْثَرَكُمْ لِلْحَقِّ كٰرِهُوْنَ ۝٧٨

Laqod ji'nākum bil-ḥaqqi wa lākinna akṡarokum lil-ḥaqqi kārihūn

78. We have given you the truth, but most of you hate the truth.

اَمْ اَبْرَمُوْٓا اَمْرًا فَاِنَّا مُبْرِمُوْنَۚ ۝٧٩

Am abromū amron fa innā mubrimūn

79. Have they contrived some scheme? We too are contriving.

اَمْ يَحْسَبُوْنَ اَنَّا لَا نَسْمَعُ سِرَّهُمْ وَنَجْوٰىهُمْ ۗ بَلٰى وَرُسُلُنَا لَدَيْهِمْ يَكْتُبُوْنَ ۝٨٠

Am yaḥsabūna annā lā nasma‘u sirrohum wa najwāhum, balā wa rusulunā ladaihim yaktubūn

80. Or do they think that We cannot hear their secrets and their conspiracies? Yes indeed, Our messengers are by them, writing down.

قُلْ اِنْ كَانَ لِلرَّحْمٰنِ وَلَدٌ ۖفَاَنَا۠ اَوَّلُ الْعٰبِدِيْنَ ۝٨١

Qul in kāna lir-roḥmāni walad, fa ana awwalul-‘ābidīn

81. Say, “If the Most Gracious had a son, I would be the first to worship.”

سُبْحٰنَ رَبِّ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِ رَبِّ الْعَرْشِ عَمَّا يَصِفُوْنَ ۝٨٢

Subḥāna robbis-samāwāti wal-arḍi robbil-‘arsyi ‘ammā yaṣifūn

82. Glorified be the Lord of the heavens and the earth, the Lord of the Throne, beyond what they describe.

فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوْضُوْا وَيَلْعَبُوْا حَتّٰى يُلٰقُوْا يَوْمَهُمُ الَّذِيْ يُوْعَدُوْنَ ۝٨٣

Fa żarhum yakhūḍū wa yal‘abū ḥattā yulāqū yaumahumul-lażī yū‘adūn

83. So leave them to blunder and play, until they encounter their Day which they are promised.

وَهُوَ الَّذِيْ فِى السَّمَاۤءِ اِلٰهٌ وَّ فِى الْاَرْضِ اِلٰهٌ ۗوَهُوَ الْحَكِيْمُ الْعَلِيْمُ ۝٨٤

Wa huwal-lażī fis-samā-i ilāhuw wa fil-arḍi ilāh, wa huwal-ḥakīmul-‘alīm

84. It is He who is Allah in heaven, and Allah on earth. He is the Wise, the Knower.

وَتَبٰرَكَ الَّذِيْ لَهٗ مُلْكُ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ۚوَعِنْدَهٗ عِلْمُ السَّاعَةِۚ وَاِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُوْنَ ۝٨٥

Wa tabārokal-lażī lahū mulkus-samāwāti wal-arḍi wa mā bainahumā, wa ‘indahū ‘ilmus-sā‘ah, wa ilaihi turja‘ūn

85. And blessed is He who has sovereignty over the heavens and the earth and what is between them. He alone has knowledge of the Hour, and to Him you will be returned.

وَلَا يَمْلِكُ الَّذِيْنَ يَدْعُوْنَ مِنْ دُوْنِهِ الشَّفَاعَةَ اِلَّا مَنْ شَهِدَ بِالْحَقِّ وَهُمْ يَعْلَمُوْنَ ۝٨٦

Wa lā yamlikul-lażīna yad‘ūna min dūnihisy-syafā‘ata illā man syahida bil-ḥaqqi wa hum ya‘lamūn

86. Those they invoke besides Him are incapable of intercession; only those who testify to the truth and have knowledge.

وَلَىِٕنْ سَاَلْتَهُمْ مَّنْ خَلَقَهُمْ لَيَقُوْلُنَّ اللّٰهُ فَاَنّٰى يُؤْفَكُوْنَۙ ۝٨٧

Wa la'in sa'altahum man kholaqohum layaqūlunnallāhu fa annā yu'fakūn

87. And if you asked them, “Who created them?” they would say, “Allah.” Why then do they deviate?

وَقِيْلِهٖ يٰرَبِّ اِنَّ هٰٓؤُلَاۤءِ قَوْمٌ لَّا يُؤْمِنُوْنَۘ ۝٨٨

Wa qīlihī yā robbi inna hā-ulā-i qoumul lā yu'minūn

88. As for his statement: “My Lord, these are a people who do not believe.”

فَاصْفَحْ عَنْهُمْ وَقُلْ سَلٰمٌۗ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُوْنَ ࣖ ۝٨٩

Faṣfaḥ ‘anhum wa qul salām, fa saufa ya‘lamūn

89. Pardon them, and say, “Peace.” They will come to know.