36. Ya-Sin
Ya-Sin
وَآيَةٌ لَهُمُ اللَّيْلُ نَسْلَخُ مِنْهُ النَّهَارَ فَإِذَا هُمْ مُظْلِمُونَ
And a sign to them is the night: We draw forth from it the day, then lo! they are in the dark;
وَالشَّمْسُ تَجْرِي لِمُسْتَقَرٍّ لَهَا ذَلِكَ تَقْدِيرُ الْعَزِيزِ الْعَلِيمِ
And the sun runs on to a term appointed for it; that is the ordinance of the Mighty, the Knowing.
وَالْقَمَرَ قَدَّرْنَاهُ مَنَازِلَ حَتَّى عَادَ كَالْعُرْجُونِ الْقَدِيمِ
And (as for) the moon, We have ordained for it stages till it becomes again as an old dry palm branch.
لَا الشَّمْسُ يَنْبَغِي لَهَا أَنْ تُدْرِكَ الْقَمَرَ وَلَا اللَّيْلُ سَابِقُ النَّهَارِ وَكُلٌّ فِي فَلَكٍ يَسْبَحُونَ
Neither is it allowable to the sun that it should overtake the moon, nor can the night outstrip the day; and all float on in a sphere.
وَآيَةٌ لَهُمْ أَنَّا حَمَلْنَا ذُرِّيَّتَهُمْ فِي الْفُلْكِ الْمَشْحُونِ
And a sign to them is that We bear their offspring in the laden ship.
وَخَلَقْنَا لَهُمْ مِنْ مِثْلِهِ مَا يَرْكَبُونَ
And We have created for them the like of it, what they will ride on.
وَإِنْ نَشَأْ نُغْرِقْهُمْ فَلَا صَرِيخَ لَهُمْ وَلَا هُمْ يُنْقَذُونَ
And if We please, We can drown them, then there shall be no succorer for them, nor shall they be rescued
إِلَّا رَحْمَةً مِنَّا وَمَتَاعًا إِلَى حِينٍ
But (by) mercy from Us and for enjoyment till a time.
وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ اتَّقُوا مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيكُمْ وَمَا خَلْفَكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ
And when it is said to them: Guard against what is before you and what is behind you, that mercy may be had on you.
وَمَا تَأْتِيهِمْ مِنْ آيَةٍ مِنْ آيَاتِ رَبِّهِمْ إِلَّا كَانُوا عَنْهَا مُعْرِضِينَ
And there comes not to them a communication of the communications of their Lord but they turn aside from it.
وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ أَنْفِقُوا مِمَّا رَزَقَكُمُ اللَّهُ قَالَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَنُطْعِمُ مَنْ لَوْ يَشَاءُ اللَّهُ أَطْعَمَهُ إِنْ أَنْتُمْ إِلَّا فِي ضَلَالٍ مُبِينٍ
And when it is said to them: Spend out of what Allah has given you, those who disbelieve say to those who believe: Shall we feed him whom, if Allah please, He could feed? You are in naught but clear error.
وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَى هَذَا الْوَعْدُ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِقِينَ
And they say: When will this threat come to pass, if you are truthful?
مَا يَنْظُرُونَ إِلَّا صَيْحَةً وَاحِدَةً تَأْخُذُهُمْ وَهُمْ يَخِصِّمُونَ
They wait not for aught but a single cry which will overtake them while they yet contend with one another.
فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ تَوْصِيَةً وَلَا إِلَى أَهْلِهِمْ يَرْجِعُونَ
So they shall not be able to make a bequest, nor shall they return to their families.
وَنُفِخَ فِي الصُّورِ فَإِذَا هُمْ مِنَ الْأَجْدَاثِ إِلَى رَبِّهِمْ يَنْسِلُونَ
And the trumpet shall be blown, when lo! from their graves they shall hasten on to their Lord.
قَالُوا يَا وَيْلَنَا مَنْ بَعَثَنَا مِنْ مَرْقَدِنَا هَذَا مَا وَعَدَ الرَّحْمَنُ وَصَدَقَ الْمُرْسَلُونَ
They shall say: O woe to us! who has raised us up from our sleeping-place? This is what the Beneficent Allah promised and the apostles told the truth.
إِنْ كَانَتْ إِلَّا صَيْحَةً وَاحِدَةً فَإِذَا هُمْ جَمِيعٌ لَدَيْنَا مُحْضَرُونَ
There would be naught but a single cry, when lo! they shall all be brought before Us;
فَالْيَوْمَ لَا تُظْلَمُ نَفْسٌ شَيْئًا وَلَا تُجْزَوْنَ إِلَّا مَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
So this day no soul shall be dealt with unjustly in the least; and you shall not be rewarded aught but that which you did.
إِنَّ أَصْحَابَ الْجَنَّةِ الْيَوْمَ فِي شُغُلٍ فَاكِهُونَ
Surely the dwellers of the garden shall on that day be in an occupation quite happy.
هُمْ وَأَزْوَاجُهُمْ فِي ظِلَالٍ عَلَى الْأَرَائِكِ مُتَّكِئُونَ
They and their wives shall be in shades, reclining on raised couches.
لَهُمْ فِيهَا فَاكِهَةٌ وَلَهُمْ مَا يَدَّعُونَ
They shall have fruits therein, and they shall have whatever they desire.
سَلَامٌ قَوْلًا مِنْ رَبٍّ رَحِيمٍ
Peace: a word from a Merciful Lord.
وَامْتَازُوا الْيَوْمَ أَيُّهَا الْمُجْرِمُونَ
And get aside today, O guilty ones!
أَلَمْ أَعْهَدْ إِلَيْكُمْ يَا بَنِي آدَمَ أَنْ لَا تَعْبُدُوا الشَّيْطَانَ إِنَّهُ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ مُبِينٌ
Did I not charge you, O children of Adam! that you should not serve the Shaitan? Surely he is your open enemy,
وَأَنِ اعْبُدُونِي هَذَا صِرَاطٌ مُسْتَقِيمٌ
And that you should serve Me; this is the right way.
وَلَقَدْ أَضَلَّ مِنْكُمْ جِبِلًّا كَثِيرًا أَفَلَمْ تَكُونُوا تَعْقِلُونَ
And certainly he led astray numerous people from among you. What! could you not then understand?
هَذِهِ جَهَنَّمُ الَّتِي كُنْتُمْ تُوعَدُونَ
This is the hell with which you were threatened.
اصْلَوْهَا الْيَوْمَ بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَكْفُرُونَ
Enter into it this day because you disbelieved.
الْيَوْمَ نَخْتِمُ عَلَى أَفْوَاهِهِمْ وَتُكَلِّمُنَا أَيْدِيهِمْ وَتَشْهَدُ أَرْجُلُهُمْ بِمَا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ
On that day We will set a seal upon their mouths, and their hands shall speak to Us, and their feet shall bear witness of what they earned.
وَلَوْ نَشَاءُ لَطَمَسْنَا عَلَى أَعْيُنِهِمْ فَاسْتَبَقُوا الصِّرَاطَ فَأَنَّى يُبْصِرُونَ
And if We please We would certainly put out their eyes, then they would run about groping for the way, but how should they see?
وَلَوْ نَشَاءُ لَمَسَخْنَاهُمْ عَلَى مَكَانَتِهِمْ فَمَا اسْتَطَاعُوا مُضِيًّا وَلَا يَرْجِعُونَ
And if We please We would surely transform them in their place, then they would not be able to go on, nor will they return.
وَمَنْ نُعَمِّرْهُ نُنَكِّسْهُ فِي الْخَلْقِ أَفَلَا يَعْقِلُونَ
And whomsoever We cause to live long, We reduce (him) to an abject state in constitution; do they not then understand?
وَمَا عَلَّمْنَاهُ الشِّعْرَ وَمَا يَنْبَغِي لَهُ إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ وَقُرْآنٌ مُبِينٌ
And We have not taught him poetry, nor is it meet for him; it is nothing but a reminder and a plain Quran,
لِيُنْذِرَ مَنْ كَانَ حَيًّا وَيَحِقَّ الْقَوْلُ عَلَى الْكَافِرِينَ
That it may warn him who would have life, and (that) the word may prove true against the unbelievers.
أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا أَنَّا خَلَقْنَا لَهُمْ مِمَّا عَمِلَتْ أَيْدِينَا أَنْعَامًا فَهُمْ لَهَا مَالِكُونَ
Do they not see that We have created cattle for them, out of what Our hands have wrought, so they are their masters?
وَذَلَّلْنَاهَا لَهُمْ فَمِنْهَا رَكُوبُهُمْ وَمِنْهَا يَأْكُلُونَ
And We have subjected them to them, so some of them they have to ride upon, and some of them they eat.
وَلَهُمْ فِيهَا مَنَافِعُ وَمَشَارِبُ أَفَلَا يَشْكُرُونَ
And therein they have advantages and drinks; will they not then be grateful?
وَاتَّخَذُوا مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ آلِهَةً لَعَلَّهُمْ يُنْصَرُونَ
And they have taken gods besides Allah that they may be helped.
لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ نَصْرَهُمْ وَهُمْ لَهُمْ جُنْدٌ مُحْضَرُونَ
(But) they shall not be able to assist them, and they shall be a host brought up before them.
فَلَا يَحْزُنْكَ قَوْلُهُمْ إِنَّا نَعْلَمُ مَا يُسِرُّونَ وَمَا يُعْلِنُونَ
Therefore let not their speech grieve you; surely We know what they do in secret and what they do openly.
أَوَلَمْ يَرَ الْإِنْسَانُ أَنَّا خَلَقْنَاهُ مِنْ نُطْفَةٍ فَإِذَا هُوَ خَصِيمٌ مُبِينٌ
Does not man see that We have created him from the small seed? Then lo! he is an open disputant.
وَضَرَبَ لَنَا مَثَلًا وَنَسِيَ خَلْقَهُ قَالَ مَنْ يُحْيِي الْعِظَامَ وَهِيَ رَمِيمٌ
And he strikes out a likeness for Us and forgets his own creation. Says he: Who will give life to the bones when they are rotten?
قُلْ يُحْيِيهَا الَّذِي أَنْشَأَهَا أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ خَلْقٍ عَلِيمٌ
Say: He will give life to them Who brought them into existence at first, and He is cognizant of all creation
الَّذِي جَعَلَ لَكُمْ مِنَ الشَّجَرِ الْأَخْضَرِ نَارًا فَإِذَا أَنْتُمْ مِنْهُ تُوقِدُونَ
He Who has made for you the fire (to burn) from the green tree, so that with it you kindle (fire).
أَوَلَيْسَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ بِقَادِرٍ عَلَى أَنْ يَخْلُقَ مِثْلَهُمْ بَلَى وَهُوَ الْخَلَّاقُ الْعَلِيمُ
Is not He Who created the heavens and the earth able to create the like of them? Yea! and He is the Creator (of all), the Knower.
إِنَّمَا أَمْرُهُ إِذَا أَرَادَ شَيْئًا أَنْ يَقُولَ لَهُ كُنْ فَيَكُونُ
His command, when He intends anything, is only to say to it: Be, so it is.
فَسُبْحَانَ الَّذِي بِيَدِهِ مَلَكُوتُ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ
Therefore glory be to Him in Whose hand is the kingdom of all things, and to Him you shall be brought back.
37. As-Saffah
Those Ranges in Ranks
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
وَالصَّافَّاتِ صَفًّا
I swear by those who draw themselves out in ranks
فَالزَّاجِرَاتِ زَجْرًا
Then those who drive away with reproof,
فَالتَّالِيَاتِ ذِكْرًا
Then those who recite, being mindful,
إِنَّ إِلَهَكُمْ لَوَاحِدٌ
Most surely your Allah is One:
رَبُّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا وَرَبُّ الْمَشَارِقِ
The Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between them, and Lord of the easts.
إِنَّا زَيَّنَّا السَّمَاءَ الدُّنْيَا بِزِينَةٍ الْكَوَاكِبِ
Surely We have adorned the nearest heaven with an adornment, the stars,
وَحِفْظًا مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْطَانٍ مَارِدٍ
And (there is) a safeguard against every rebellious Shaitan.
لَا يَسَّمَّعُونَ إِلَى الْمَلَإِ الْأَعْلَى وَيُقْذَفُونَ مِنْ كُلِّ جَانِبٍ
They cannot listen to the exalted assembly and they are thrown at from every side,
دُحُورًا وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ وَاصِبٌ
Being driven off, and for them is a perpetual chastisement,
إِلَّا مَنْ خَطِفَ الْخَطْفَةَ فَأَتْبَعَهُ شِهَابٌ ثَاقِبٌ
Except him who snatches off but once, then there follows him a brightly shining flame.
فَاسْتَفْتِهِمْ أَهُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمْ مَنْ خَلَقْنَا إِنَّا خَلَقْنَاهُمْ مِنْ طِينٍ لَازِبٍ
Then ask them whether they are stronger in creation or those (others) whom We have created. Surely We created them of firm clay.
بَلْ عَجِبْتَ وَيَسْخَرُونَ
Nay! you wonder while they mock,
وَإِذَا ذُكِّرُوا لَا يَذْكُرُونَ
And when they are reminded, they mind not,
وَإِذَا رَأَوْا آيَةً يَسْتَسْخِرُونَ
And when they see a sign they incite one another to scoff,
وَقَالُوا إِنْ هَذَا إِلَّا سِحْرٌ مُبِينٌ
And they say: This is nothing but clear magic:
أَإِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَامًا أَإِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ
What! when we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we then certainly be raised,
أَوَآبَاؤُنَا الْأَوَّلُونَ
Or our fathers of yore?
قُلْ نَعَمْ وَأَنْتُمْ دَاخِرُونَ
Say: Aye! and you shall be abject.
فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجْرَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ فَإِذَا هُمْ يَنْظُرُونَ
So it shall only be a single cry, when lo! they shall see.
وَقَالُوا يَا وَيْلَنَا هَذَا يَوْمُ الدِّينِ
And they shall say: O woe to us! this is the day of requital.
هَذَا يَوْمُ الْفَصْلِ الَّذِي كُنْتُمْ بِهِ تُكَذِّبُونَ
This is the day of the judgment which you called a lie.
احْشُرُوا الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا وَأَزْوَاجَهُمْ وَمَا كَانُوا يَعْبُدُونَ
Gather together those who were unjust and their associates, and what they used to worship
مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ فَاهْدُوهُمْ إِلَى صِرَاطِ الْجَحِيمِ
Besides Allah, then lead them to the way to hell.
وَقِفُوهُمْ إِنَّهُمْ مَسْئُولُونَ
And stop them, for they shall be questioned:
مَا لَكُمْ لَا تَنَاصَرُونَ
What is the matter with you that you do not help each other?
بَلْ هُمُ الْيَوْمَ مُسْتَسْلِمُونَ
Nay! on that day they shall be submissive.
وَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ يَتَسَاءَلُونَ
And some of them shall advance towards others, questioning each other.
قَالُوا إِنَّكُمْ كُنْتُمْ تَأْتُونَنَا عَنِ الْيَمِينِ
They shall say: Surely you used to come to us from the right side.
قَالُوا بَلْ لَمْ تَكُونُوا مُؤْمِنِينَ
They shall say: Nay, you (yourselves) were not believers;
وَمَا كَانَ لَنَا عَلَيْكُمْ مِنْ سُلْطَانٍ بَلْ كُنْتُمْ قَوْمًا طَاغِينَ
And we had no authority over you, but you were an inordinate people;
فَحَقَّ عَلَيْنَا قَوْلُ رَبِّنَا إِنَّا لَذَائِقُونَ
So the sentence of our Lord has come to pass against us: (now) we shall surely taste;
فَأَغْوَيْنَاكُمْ إِنَّا كُنَّا غَاوِينَ
So we led you astray, for we ourselves were erring.
فَإِنَّهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ فِي الْعَذَابِ مُشْتَرِكُونَ
So they shall on that day be sharers in the chastisement one with another.
إِنَّا كَذَلِكَ نَفْعَلُ بِالْمُجْرِمِينَ
Surely thus do We deal with the guilty.
إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا إِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ
Surely they used to behave proudly when it was said to them: There is no god but Allah;
وَيَقُولُونَ أَئِنَّا لَتَارِكُو آلِهَتِنَا لِشَاعِرٍ مَجْنُونٍ
And to say: What! shall we indeed give up our gods for the sake of a mad poet?
بَلْ جَاءَ بِالْحَقِّ وَصَدَّقَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ
Nay: he has come with the truth and verified the apostles.
إِنَّكُمْ لَذَائِقُو الْعَذَابِ الْأَلِيمِ
Most surely you will taste the painful punishment.
وَمَا تُجْزَوْنَ إِلَّا مَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
And you shall not be rewarded except (for) what you did.
إِلَّا عِبَادَ اللَّهِ الْمُخْلَصِينَ
Save the servants of Allah, the purified ones.
أُولَئِكَ لَهُمْ رِزْقٌ مَعْلُومٌ
For them is a known sustenance,
فَوَاكِهُ وَهُمْ مُكْرَمُونَ
Fruits, and they shall be highly honored,
فِي جَنَّاتِ النَّعِيمِ
In gardens of pleasure,
عَلَى سُرُرٍ مُتَقَابِلِينَ
On thrones, facing each other.
يُطَافُ عَلَيْهِمْ بِكَأْسٍ مِنْ مَعِينٍ
A bowl shall be made to go round them from water running out of springs,
بَيْضَاءَ لَذَّةٍ لِلشَّارِبِينَ
White, delicious to those who drink.
لَا فِيهَا غَوْلٌ وَلَا هُمْ عَنْهَا يُنْزَفُونَ
There shall be no trouble in it, nor shall they be exhausted therewith.
وَعِنْدَهُمْ قَاصِرَاتُ الطَّرْفِ عِينٌ
And with them shall be those who restrain the eyes, having beautiful eyes;
كَأَنَّهُنَّ بَيْضٌ مَكْنُونٌ
As if they were eggs carefully protected.
فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ يَتَسَاءَلُونَ
Then shall some of them advance to others, questioning each other.
قَالَ قَائِلٌ مِنْهُمْ إِنِّي كَانَ لِي قَرِينٌ
A speaker from among them shall say: Surely I had a comrade of mine,
يَقُولُ أَإِنَّكَ لَمِنَ الْمُصَدِّقِينَ
Who said: What! are you indeed of those who accept (the truth)?
أَإِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَامًا أَإِنَّا لَمَدِينُونَ
What! when we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we then be certainly brought to judgment?
قَالَ هَلْ أَنْتُمْ مُطَّلِعُونَ
He shall say: Will you look on?
فَاطَّلَعَ فَرَآهُ فِي سَوَاءِ الْجَحِيمِ
Then he looked down and saw him in the midst of hell.
قَالَ تَاللَّهِ إِنْ كِدْتَ لَتُرْدِينِ
He shall say: By Allah! you had almost caused me to perish;
وَلَوْلَا نِعْمَةُ رَبِّي لَكُنْتُ مِنَ الْمُحْضَرِينَ
And had it not been for the favor of my Lord, I would certainly have been among those brought up.
أَفَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَيِّتِينَ
Is it then that we are not going to die,
إِلَّا مَوْتَتَنَا الْأُولَى وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ
Except our previous death? And we shall not be chastised?
إِنَّ هَذَا لَهُوَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظِيمُ
Most surely this is the mighty achievement.
لِمِثْلِ هَذَا فَلْيَعْمَلِ الْعَامِلُونَ
For the like of this then let the workers work.
أَذَلِكَ خَيْرٌ نُزُلًا أَمْ شَجَرَةُ الزَّقُّومِ
Is this better as an entertainment or the tree of Zaqqum?
إِنَّا جَعَلْنَاهَا فِتْنَةً لِلظَّالِمِينَ
Surely We have made it to be a trial to the unjust.
إِنَّهَا شَجَرَةٌ تَخْرُجُ فِي أَصْلِ الْجَحِيمِ
Surely it is a tree that-grows in the bottom of the hell;
طَلْعُهَا كَأَنَّهُ رُءُوسُ الشَّيَاطِينِ
Its produce is as it were the heads of the serpents.
فَإِنَّهُمْ لَآكِلُونَ مِنْهَا فَمَالِئُونَ مِنْهَا الْبُطُونَ
Then most surely they shall eat of it and fill (their) bellies with it.
ثُمَّ إِنَّ لَهُمْ عَلَيْهَا لَشَوْبًا مِنْ حَمِيمٍ
Then most surely they shall have after it to drink of a mixture prepared in boiling water.
ثُمَّ إِنَّ مَرْجِعَهُمْ لَإِلَى الْجَحِيمِ
Then most surely their return shall be to hell.
إِنَّهُمْ أَلْفَوْا آبَاءَهُمْ ضَالِّينَ
Surely they found their fathers going astray,
فَهُمْ عَلَى آثَارِهِمْ يُهْرَعُونَ
So in their footsteps they are being hastened on.
وَلَقَدْ ضَلَّ قَبْلَهُمْ أَكْثَرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ
And certainly most of the ancients went astray before them,
وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا فِيهِمْ مُنْذِرِينَ
And certainly We sent among them warners.
فَانْظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الْمُنْذَرِينَ
Then see how was the end of those warned,
إِلَّا عِبَادَ اللَّهِ الْمُخْلَصِينَ
Except the servants of Allah, the purified ones.
وَلَقَدْ نَادَانَا نُوحٌ فَلَنِعْمَ الْمُجِيبُونَ
And Nuh did certainly call upon Us, and most excellent answerer of prayer are We.
وَنَجَّيْنَاهُ وَأَهْلَهُ مِنَ الْكَرْبِ الْعَظِيمِ
And We delivered him and his followers from the mighty distress.
وَجَعَلْنَا ذُرِّيَّتَهُ هُمُ الْبَاقِينَ
And We made his offspring the survivors.
وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ فِي الْآخِرِينَ
And We perpetuated to him (praise) among the later generations.
سَلَامٌ عَلَى نُوحٍ فِي الْعَالَمِينَ
Peace and salutation to Nuh among the nations.
إِنَّا كَذَلِكَ نَجْزِي الْمُحْسِنِينَ
Thus do We surely reward the doers of good.
إِنَّهُ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
Surely he was of Our believing servants.
ثُمَّ أَغْرَقْنَا الْآخَرِينَ
Then We drowned the others
وَإِنَّ مِنْ شِيعَتِهِ لَإِبْرَاهِيمَ
And most surely Ibrahim followed his way.
إِذْ جَاءَ رَبَّهُ بِقَلْبٍ سَلِيمٍ
When he came to his Lord with a free heart,
إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِ مَاذَا تَعْبُدُونَ
When he said to his father and his people: What is it that you worship?
أَئِفْكًا آلِهَةً دُونَ اللَّهِ تُرِيدُونَ
A lie-- gods besides Allah-- do you desire?
فَمَا ظَنُّكُمْ بِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
What is then your idea about the Lord of the worlds?
فَنَظَرَ نَظْرَةً فِي النُّجُومِ
Then he looked at the stars, looking up once,
فَقَالَ إِنِّي سَقِيمٌ
Then he said: Surely I am sick (of your worshipping these).
فَتَوَلَّوْا عَنْهُ مُدْبِرِينَ
So they went away from him, turning back.
فَرَاغَ إِلَى آلِهَتِهِمْ فَقَالَ أَلَا تَأْكُلُونَ
Then he turned aside to their gods secretly and said: What! do you not eat?
مَا لَكُمْ لَا تَنْطِقُونَ
What is the matter with you that you do not speak?
فَرَاغَ عَلَيْهِمْ ضَرْبًا بِالْيَمِينِ
Then he turned against them secretly, smiting them with the right hand.
فَأَقْبَلُوا إِلَيْهِ يَزِفُّونَ
So they (people) advanced towards him, hastening.
قَالَ أَتَعْبُدُونَ مَا تَنْحِتُونَ
Said he: What! do you worship what you hew out?
وَاللَّهُ خَلَقَكُمْ وَمَا تَعْمَلُونَ
And Allah has created you and what you make.
قَالُوا ابْنُوا لَهُ بُنْيَانًا فَأَلْقُوهُ فِي الْجَحِيمِ
They said: Build for him a furnace, then cast him into the burning fire.
فَأَرَادُوا بِهِ كَيْدًا فَجَعَلْنَاهُمُ الْأَسْفَلِينَ
And they desired a war against him, but We brought them low.
وَقَالَ إِنِّي ذَاهِبٌ إِلَى رَبِّي سَيَهْدِينِ
And he said: Surely I fly to my lord; He will guide me.
رَبِّ هَبْ لِي مِنَ الصَّالِحِينَ
My Lord! grant me of the doers of good deeds.
فَبَشَّرْنَاهُ بِغُلَامٍ حَلِيمٍ
So We gave him the good news of a boy, possessing forbearance.
فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ مَعَهُ السَّعْيَ قَالَ يَا بُنَيَّ إِنِّي أَرَى فِي الْمَنَامِ أَنِّي أَذْبَحُكَ فَانْظُرْ مَاذَا تَرَى قَالَ يَا أَبَتِ افْعَلْ مَا تُؤْمَرُ سَتَجِدُنِي إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ مِنَ الصَّابِرِينَ
And when he attained to working with him, he said: O my son! surely I have seen in a dream that I should sacrifice you; consider then what you see. He said: O my father! do what you are commanded; if Allah please, you will find me of the patient ones.
فَلَمَّا أَسْلَمَا وَتَلَّهُ لِلْجَبِينِ
So when they both submitted and he threw him down upon his forehead,
وَنَادَيْنَاهُ أَنْ يَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ
And We called out to him saying: O Ibrahim!
قَدْ صَدَّقْتَ الرُّؤْيَا إِنَّا كَذَلِكَ نَجْزِي الْمُحْسِنِينَ
You have indeed shown the truth of the vision; surely thus do We reward the doers of good:
إِنَّ هَذَا لَهُوَ الْبَلَاءُ الْمُبِينُ
Most surely this is a manifest trial.
وَفَدَيْنَاهُ بِذِبْحٍ عَظِيمٍ
And We ransomed him with a Feat sacrifice.
وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ فِي الْآخِرِينَ
And We perpetuated (praise) to him among the later generations.
سَلَامٌ عَلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ
Peace be on Ibrahim.
كَذَلِكَ نَجْزِي الْمُحْسِنِينَ
Thus do We reward the doers of good.
إِنَّهُ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
Surely he was one of Our believing servants.
وَبَشَّرْنَاهُ بِإِسْحَاقَ نَبِيًّا مِنَ الصَّالِحِينَ
And We gave him the good news of Ishaq, a prophet among the good ones.
وَبَارَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَى إِسْحَاقَ وَمِنْ ذُرِّيَّتِهِمَا مُحْسِنٌ وَظَالِمٌ لِنَفْسِهِ مُبِينٌ
And We showered Our blessings on him and on Ishaq; and of their offspring are the doers of good, and (also) those who are clearly unjust to their own souls.
وَلَقَدْ مَنَنَّا عَلَى مُوسَى وَهَارُونَ
And certainly We conferred a favor on Musa and Haroun.
وَنَجَّيْنَاهُمَا وَقَوْمَهُمَا مِنَ الْكَرْبِ الْعَظِيمِ
And We delivered them both and their people from the mighty distress.
وَنَصَرْنَاهُمْ فَكَانُوا هُمُ الْغَالِبِينَ
And We helped them, so they were the vanquishers.
وَآتَيْنَاهُمَا الْكِتَابَ الْمُسْتَبِينَ
And We gave them both the Book that made (things) clear.
وَهَدَيْنَاهُمَا الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ
And We guided them both on the right way.
وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِمَا فِي الْآخِرِينَ
And We perpetuated (praise) to them among the later generations.
سَلَامٌ عَلَى مُوسَى وَهَارُونَ
Peace be on Musa and Haroun.
إِنَّا كَذَلِكَ نَجْزِي الْمُحْسِنِينَ
Even thus do We reward the doers of good.
إِنَّهُمَا مِنْ عِبَادِنَا الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
Surely they were both of Our believing servants.
وَإِنَّ إِلْيَاسَ لَمِنَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ
And Ilyas was most surely of the apostles.
إِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ
When he said to his people: Do you not guard (against evil)?
أَتَدْعُونَ بَعْلًا وَتَذَرُونَ أَحْسَنَ الْخَالِقِينَ
What! do you call upon Ba'l and forsake the best of the creators,
اللَّهَ رَبَّكُمْ وَرَبَّ آبَائِكُمُ الْأَوَّلِينَ
Allah, your Lord and the Lord of your fathers of yore?
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَإِنَّهُمْ لَمُحْضَرُونَ
But they called him a liar, therefore they shall most surely be brought up.
إِلَّا عِبَادَ اللَّهِ الْمُخْلَصِينَ
But not the servants of Allah, the purified ones.
وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ فِي الْآخِرِينَ
And We perpetuated to him (praise) among the later generations.
سَلَامٌ عَلَى إِلْ يَاسِينَ
Peace be on Ilyas.
إِنَّا كَذَلِكَ نَجْزِي الْمُحْسِنِينَ
Even thus do We reward the doers of good.
إِنَّهُ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
Surely he was one of Our believing servants.
وَإِنَّ لُوطًا لَمِنَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ
And Lut was most surely of the apostles.
إِذْ نَجَّيْنَاهُ وَأَهْلَهُ أَجْمَعِينَ
When We delivered him and his followers, all--
إِلَّا عَجُوزًا فِي الْغَابِرِينَ
Except an old woman (who was) amongst those who tarried.
ثُمَّ دَمَّرْنَا الْآخَرِينَ
Then We destroyed the others.
وَإِنَّكُمْ لَتَمُرُّونَ عَلَيْهِمْ مُصْبِحِينَ
And most surely you pass by them in the morning,
وَبِاللَّيْلِ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ
And at night; do you not then understand?
وَإِنَّ يُونُسَ لَمِنَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ
And Yunus was most surely of the apostles.
إِذْ أَبَقَ إِلَى الْفُلْكِ الْمَشْحُونِ
When he ran away to a ship completely laden,
فَسَاهَمَ فَكَانَ مِنَ الْمُدْحَضِينَ
So he shared (with them), but was of those who are cast off.
فَالْتَقَمَهُ الْحُوتُ وَهُوَ مُلِيمٌ
So the fish swallowed him while he did that for which he blamed himself
فَلَوْلَا أَنَّهُ كَانَ مِنَ الْمُسَبِّحِينَ
But had it not been that he was of those who glorify (Us),
لَلَبِثَ فِي بَطْنِهِ إِلَى يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ
He would certainly have tarried in its belly to the day when they are raised.
فَنَبَذْنَاهُ بِالْعَرَاءِ وَهُوَ سَقِيمٌ
Then We cast him on to the vacant surface of the earth while he was sick.
وَأَنْبَتْنَا عَلَيْهِ شَجَرَةً مِنْ يَقْطِينٍ
And We caused to grow up for him a gourdplant.
وَأَرْسَلْنَاهُ إِلَى مِائَةِ أَلْفٍ أَوْ يَزِيدُونَ
And We sent him to a hundred thousand, rather they exceeded.
فَآمَنُوا فَمَتَّعْنَاهُمْ إِلَى حِينٍ
And they believed, so We gave them provision till a time.
فَاسْتَفْتِهِمْ أَلِرَبِّكَ الْبَنَاتُ وَلَهُمُ الْبَنُونَ
Then ask them whether your Lord has daughters and they have sons.
أَمْ خَلَقْنَا الْمَلَائِكَةَ إِنَاثًا وَهُمْ شَاهِدُونَ
Or did We create the angels females while they were witnesses?
أَلَا إِنَّهُمْ مِنْ إِفْكِهِمْ لَيَقُولُونَ
Now surely it is of their own lie that they say:
وَلَدَ اللَّهُ وَإِنَّهُمْ لَكَاذِبُونَ
Allah has begotten; and most surely they are liars.
أَصْطَفَى الْبَنَاتِ عَلَى الْبَنِينَ
Has He chosen daughters in preference to sons?
مَا لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَ
What is the matter with you, how is it that you judge?
أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ
Will you not then mind?
أَمْ لَكُمْ سُلْطَانٌ مُبِينٌ
Or have you a clear authority?
فَأْتُوا بِكِتَابِكُمْ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِقِينَ
Then bring your book, if you are truthful.
وَجَعَلُوا بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْجِنَّةِ نَسَبًا وَلَقَدْ عَلِمَتِ الْجِنَّةُ إِنَّهُمْ لَمُحْضَرُونَ
And they assert a relationship between Him and the jinn; and certainly the jinn do know that they shall surely be brought up;
سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ
Glory be to Allah (for freedom) from what they describe;
إِلَّا عِبَادَ اللَّهِ الْمُخْلَصِينَ
But not so the servants of Allah, the purified ones.
فَإِنَّكُمْ وَمَا تَعْبُدُونَ
So surely you and what you worship,
