سورة النحل

16. Surah An-Nahl
The Bee

In the name of God, the Almighty, the Merciful.

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّح۪يمِ

Bismi Allahi arrahmani arraheem

The command of God is coming, so seek not to hasten it. Glory be to Him! And exalted is He above that to which they ascribe a partnership!

اَتٰٓى اَمْرُ اللّٰهِ فَلَا تَسْتَعْجِلُوهُۜ سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالٰى عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ

Ata amru Allahi falatastaAAjiloohu subhanahu wataAAala AAammayushrikoon

He sends down the angels with the Spirit of His command upon whom He wills of His servants: “Warn that there is no god save I; so be in prudent fear of Me.”

يُنَزِّلُ الْمَلٰٓئِكَةَ بِالرُّوحِ مِنْ اَمْرِه۪ عَلٰى مَنْ يَشَٓاءُ مِنْ عِبَادِه۪ٓ اَنْ اَنْذِرُٓوا اَنَّهُ لَٓا اِلٰهَ اِلَّٓا اَنَا۬ فَاتَّقُونِ

Yunazzilu almala-ikata birroohimin amrihi AAala man yashao min AAibadihi ananthiroo annahu la ilaha illa anafattaqoon

He created the heavens and the earth in truth; exalted is He above that to which they ascribe a partnership!

خَلَقَ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضَ بِالْحَقِّۜ تَعَالٰى عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ

Khalaqa assamawati wal-ardabilhaqqi taAAala AAammayushrikoon

He created man from a sperm-drop — and then is he an open disputant.

خَلَقَ الْاِنْسَانَ مِنْ نُطْفَةٍ فَاِذَا هُوَ خَص۪يمٌ مُب۪ينٌ

Khalaqa al-insana min nutfatinfa-itha huwa khaseemun mubeen

And the cattle, He created them (for you therein are warmth and benefits; and of them you eat,

وَالْاَنْعَامَ خَلَقَهَاۚ لَكُمْ ف۪يهَا دِفْءٌ وَمَنَافِعُ وَمِنْهَا تَأْكُلُونَۖ

Wal-anAAama khalaqahalakum feeha dif-on wamanafiAAu waminhata-kuloon

And for you therein is comeliness when you bring them home to rest, and when you take them out to pasture;

وَلَكُمْ ف۪يهَا جَمَالٌ ح۪ينَ تُر۪يحُونَ وَح۪ينَ تَسْرَحُونَۖ

Walakum feeha jamalun heenatureehoona waheena tasrahoon

And they bear your loads to a land you could not have reached save with great trouble to yourselves; your Lord is kind and merciful.)

وَتَحْمِلُ اَثْقَالَكُمْ اِلٰى بَلَدٍ لَمْ تَكُونُوا بَالِغ۪يهِ اِلَّا بِشِقِّ الْاَنْفُسِۜ اِنَّ رَبَّكُمْ لَرَؤُ۫فٌ رَح۪يمٌۙ

Watahmilu athqalakum ilabaladin lam takoonoo baligheehi illa bishiqqial-anfusi inna rabbakum laraoofun raheem

And horses, and mules, and donkeys for you to ride, and as adornment; and He creates what you know not.

وَالْخَيْلَ وَالْبِغَالَ وَالْحَم۪يرَ لِتَرْكَبُوهَا وَز۪ينَةًۜ وَيَخْلُقُ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

Walkhayla walbighalawalhameera litarkabooha wazeenatanwayakhluqu ma la taAAlamoon

And upon God is the course of the path; and some of them deviate. And had He willed, He would have guided you all together.

وَعَلَى اللّٰهِ قَصْدُ السَّب۪يلِ وَمِنْهَا جَٓائِرٌۜ وَلَوْ شَٓاءَ لَهَدٰيكُمْ اَجْمَع۪ينَ۟

WaAAala Allahi qasdu assabeeliwaminha ja-irun walaw shaa lahadakumajmaAAeen

He it is that sends down from the sky water for you; from it is drink; and from it are plants in which you put out to pasture;

هُوَ الَّـذ۪ٓي اَنْزَلَ مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ مَٓاءً لَكُمْ مِنْهُ شَرَابٌ وَمِنْهُ شَجَرٌ ف۪يهِ تُس۪يمُونَ

Huwa allathee anzala mina assama-imaan lakum minhu sharabun waminhu shajarun feehituseemoon

He causes to grow for you thereby the crops, and the olives, and the date-palms, and the grapevines, and every fruit. In that is a proof for people who reflect.

يُنْبِتُ لَكُمْ بِهِ الزَّرْعَ وَالزَّيْتُونَ وَالنَّخ۪يلَ وَالْاَعْنَابَ وَمِنْ كُلِّ الثَّمَرَاتِۜ اِنَّ ف۪ي ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَةً لِقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ

Yunbitu lakum bihi azzarAAa wazzaytoonawannakheela wal-aAAnaba wamin kulli aththamaratiinna fee thalika laayatan liqawmin yatafakkaroon

And He made subject for you the night, and the day, and the sun, and the moon; and the stars are made subject by His command — in that are proofs for people who reason —

وَسَخَّرَ لَكُمُ الَّيْلَ وَالنَّهَارَۙ وَالشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَۜ وَالنُّجُومُ مُسَخَّرَاتٌ بِاَمْرِه۪ۜ اِنَّ ف۪ي ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَاتٍ لِقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَۙ

Wasakhkhara lakumu allayla wannaharawashshamsa walqamara wannujoomumusakhkharatun bi-amrihi inna fee thalika laayatinliqawmin yaAAqiloon

As is what He created for you in the earth of different hues; in that is a proof for people who take heed.

وَمَا ذَرَاَ لَكُمْ فِي الْاَرْضِ مُخْتَلِفاً اَلْوَانُهُۜ اِنَّ ف۪ي ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَةً لِقَوْمٍ يَذَّكَّرُونَ

Wama tharaa lakum fee al-ardimukhtalifan alwanuhu inna fee thalika laayatanliqawmin yaththakkaroon

And He it is that made subject the sea, that you might eat therefrom fresh flesh, and bring forth therefrom ornaments which you wear — and thou seest the ships ploughing therein — and that you might seek of His bounty, and that you might be grateful.

وَهُوَ الَّذ۪ي سَخَّرَ الْبَحْرَ لِتَأْكُلُوا مِنْهُ لَحْماً طَرِياًّ وَتَسْتَخْرِجُوا مِنْهُ حِلْيَةً تَلْبَسُونَهَاۚ وَتَرَى الْفُلْكَ مَوَاخِرَ ف۪يهِ وَلِتَبْتَغُوا مِنْ فَضْلِه۪ وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ

Wahuwa allathee sakhkhara albahralita/kuloo minhu lahman tariyyan watastakhrijoominhu hilyatan talbasoonaha watara alfulkamawakhira feehi walitabtaghoo min fadlihiwalaAAallakum tashkuroon

And He cast into the earth firm mountains lest it sway with you; and rivers and ways, that you might be guided;

وَاَلْقٰى فِي الْاَرْضِ رَوَاسِيَ اَنْ تَم۪يدَ بِكُمْ وَاَنْهَاراً وَسُبُلاً لَعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُونَۙ

Waalqa fee al-ardi rawasiyaan tameeda bikum waanharan wasubulan laAAallakum tahtadoon

And landmarks; and by the star are they guided.

وَعَلَامَاتٍۜ وَبِالنَّجْمِ هُمْ يَهْتَدُونَ

WaAAalamatin wabinnajmihum yahtadoon

Is then He who creates like one who creates not? Will you then not take heed!

اَفَمَنْ يَخْلُقُ كَمَنْ لَا يَخْلُقُۜ اَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ

Afaman yakhluqu kaman la yakhluquafala tathakkaroon

And if you should count the favour of God, you will not calculate it; God is forgiving and merciful.

وَاِنْ تَعُدُّوا نِعْمَةَ اللّٰهِ لَا تُحْصُوهَاۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَغَفُورٌ رَح۪يمٌ

Wa-in taAAuddoo niAAmata Allahi latuhsooha inna Allaha laghafoorun raheem

And God knows what you keep secret and what you make known.

وَاللّٰهُ يَعْلَمُ مَا تُسِرُّونَ وَمَا تُعْلِنُونَ

Wallahu yaAAlamu matusirroona wama tuAAlinoon

And those to whom they call, besides God, create not anything, but they are created:

وَالَّذ۪ينَ يَدْعُونَ مِنْ دُونِ اللّٰهِ لَا يَخْلُقُونَ شَيْـٔاً وَهُمْ يُخْلَقُونَۜ

Wallatheena yadAAoona mindooni Allahi la yakhluqoona shay-an wahumyukhlaqoon

Dead, not living; and they perceive not when they will be raised.

اَمْوَاتٌ غَيْرُ اَحْيَٓاءٍۚ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَۙ اَيَّانَ يُبْعَثُونَ۟

Amwatun ghayru ahya-inwama yashAAuroona ayyana yubAAathoon

Your God is One God. And those who believe not in the Hereafter, their hearts deny, and they have waxed proud.

اِلٰهُكُمْ اِلٰهٌ وَاحِدٌۚ فَالَّذ۪ينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْاٰخِرَةِ قُلُوبُهُمْ مُنْكِرَةٌ وَهُمْ مُسْتَكْبِرُونَ

Ilahukum ilahun wahidunfallatheena la yu/minoona bil-akhiratiquloobuhum munkiratun wahum mustakbiroon

Without doubt, God knows what they keep secret and what they make known; He loves not those that wax proud.

لَا جَرَمَ اَنَّ اللّٰهَ يَعْلَمُ مَا يُسِرُّونَ وَمَا يُعْلِنُونَۜ اِنَّهُ لَا يُحِبُّ الْمُسْتَكْبِر۪ينَ

La jarama anna Allaha yaAAlamuma yusirroona wama yuAAlinoona innahu la yuhibbualmustakbireen

And when it is said to them: “What is it your Lord sent down?” they say: “Legends of the former peoples,”

وَاِذَا ق۪يلَ لَهُمْ مَاذَٓا اَنْزَلَ رَبُّكُمْۙ قَالُٓوا اَسَاط۪يرُ الْاَوَّل۪ينَۙ

Wa-itha qeela lahum mathaanzala rabbukum qaloo asateeru al-awwaleen

That they might bear their burdens in full on the Day of Resurrection, and some of the burdens of those whom they lead astray without knowledge. In truth, evil is what they will bear.

لِيَحْمِلُٓوا اَوْزَارَهُمْ كَامِلَةً يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِۙ وَمِنْ اَوْزَارِ الَّذ۪ينَ يُضِلُّونَهُمْ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍۜ اَلَا سَٓاءَ مَا يَزِرُونَ۟

Liyahmiloo awzarahum kamilatanyawma alqiyamati wamin awzari allatheena yudilloonahumbighayri AAilmin ala saa ma yaziroon

Those before them schemed; then God came at their building from the foundations so the roof fell down on them from above them; and the punishment came upon them whence they perceived not.

قَدْ مَكَرَ الَّذ۪ينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ فَاَتَى اللّٰهُ بُنْيَانَهُمْ مِنَ الْقَوَاعِدِ فَخَرَّ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّقْفُ مِنْ فَوْقِهِمْ وَاَتٰيهُمُ الْعَذَابُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

Qad makara allatheena min qablihimfaata Allahu bunyanahum mina alqawaAAidifakharra AAalayhimu assaqfu min fawqihim waatahumualAAathabu min haythu la yashAAuroon

Then on the Day of Resurrection will He disgrace them, and say: “Where are My partners for whom you were hostile?” Those given knowledge will say: “Disgrace this day, and evil, are upon the false claimers of guidance:

ثُمَّ يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِ يُخْز۪يهِمْ وَيَقُولُ اَيْنَ شُرَكَٓاءِيَ الَّذ۪ينَ كُنْتُمْ تُشَٓاقُّونَ ف۪يهِمْۜ قَالَ الَّذ۪ينَ اُو۫تُوا الْعِلْمَ اِنَّ الْخِزْيَ الْيَوْمَ وَالسُّٓوءَ عَلَى الْكَافِر۪ينَۙ

Thumma yawma alqiyamati yukhzeehimwayaqoolu ayna shuraka-iya allatheena kuntum tushaqqoonafeehim qala allatheena ootoo alAAilma inna alkhizyaalyawma wassoo-a AAala alkafireen

“Those whom the angels take while wronging their souls.” Then they will offer submission: “We were not doing any evil.” — “Verily, God knows what you did,

اَلَّذ۪ينَ تَتَوَفّٰيهُمُ الْمَلٰٓئِكَةُ ظَالِم۪ٓي اَنْفُسِهِمْۖ فَاَلْقَوُا السَّلَمَ مَا كُنَّا نَعْمَلُ مِنْ سُٓوءٍۜ بَلٰٓى اِنَّ اللّٰهَ عَل۪يمٌ بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

Allatheena tatawaffahumu almala-ikatuthalimee anfusihim faalqawoo assalamama kunna naAAmalu min soo-in bala inna AllahaAAaleemun bima kuntum taAAmaloon

“So enter the gates of Gehenna, abiding eternally therein.” Evil is the dwelling of those that wax proud.

فَادْخُلُٓوا اَبْوَابَ جَهَنَّمَ خَالِد۪ينَ ف۪يهَاۜ فَلَبِئْسَ مَثْوَى الْمُتَكَبِّر۪ينَ

Fadkhuloo abwaba jahannama khalideenafeeha falabi/sa mathwa almutakabbireen

And it will be said to those who were in prudent fear: “What did your Lord send down?” They will say: “Good.” For those who do good in the World there is good; and the home of the Hereafter is better: — and how excellent is the home of those of prudent fear! —

وَق۪يلَ لِلَّذ۪ينَ اتَّقَوْا مَاذَٓا اَنْزَلَ رَبُّكُمْۜ قَالُوا خَيْراًۜ لِلَّذ۪ينَ اَحْسَنُوا ف۪ي هٰذِهِ الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةٌۜ وَلَدَارُ الْاٰخِرَةِ خَيْرٌۜ وَلَنِعْمَ دَارُ الْمُتَّق۪ينَۙ

Waqeela lillatheena ittaqaw mathaanzala rabbukum qaloo khayran lillatheena ahsanoofee hathihi addunya hasanatun waladarual-akhirati khayrun walaniAAma daru almuttaqeen

Gardens of perpetual abode which they will enter, beneath which rivers flow, wherein they have whatever they will. Thus does God reward those of prudent fear:

جَنَّاتُ عَدْنٍ يَدْخُلُونَهَا تَجْر۪ي مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْاَنْهَارُ لَهُمْ ف۪يهَا مَا يَشَٓاؤُ۫نَۜ كَذٰلِكَ يَجْزِي اللّٰهُ الْمُتَّق۪ينَۙ

Jannatu AAadnin yadkhuloonahatajree min tahtiha al-anharu lahum feehama yashaoona kathalika yajzee Allahualmuttaqeen

Those whom the angels take while virtuous. They will say: “Peace be upon you! Enter the Garden because of what you did.”

اَلَّذ۪ينَ تَتَوَفّٰيهُمُ الْمَلٰٓئِكَةُ طَيِّب۪ينَۙ يَقُولُونَ سَلَامٌ عَلَيْكُمُۙ ادْخُلُوا الْجَنَّةَ بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

Allatheena tatawaffahumu almala-ikatutayyibeena yaqooloona salamun AAalaykumu odkhulooaljannata bima kuntum taAAmaloon

Look they save for the angels to come to them, or for the command of thy Lord to come? Thus did those before them; and God wronged them not, but they wronged their souls,

هَلْ يَنْظُرُونَ اِلَّٓا اَنْ تَأْتِيَهُمُ الْمَلٰٓئِكَةُ اَوْ يَأْتِيَ اَمْرُ رَبِّكَۜ كَذٰلِكَ فَعَلَ الَّذ۪ينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْۜ وَمَا ظَلَمَهُمُ اللّٰهُ وَلٰكِنْ كَانُٓوا اَنْفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ

Hal yanthuroona illa anta/tiyahumu almala-ikatu aw ya/tiya amru rabbika kathalikafaAAala allatheena min qablihim wama thalamahumuAllahu walakin kanoo anfusahum yathlimoon

And there befell them the evil deeds that they did, and there surrounded them that whereat they mocked.

فَاَصَابَهُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتُ مَا عَمِلُوا وَحَاقَ بِهِمْ مَا كَانُوا بِه۪ يَسْتَهْزِؤُ۫نَ۟

Faasabahum sayyi-atu maAAamiloo wahaqa bihim ma kanoo bihiyastahzi-oon

And those who ascribe a partnership say: “Had God willed, we would not have served, besides Him, anything — neither we nor our fathers — nor would we have forbidden anything contrary to Him”; thus did those before them. Then is there upon the messengers save the clear notification?

وَقَالَ الَّذ۪ينَ اَشْرَكُوا لَوْ شَٓاءَ اللّٰهُ مَا عَبَدْنَا مِنْ دُونِه۪ مِنْ شَيْءٍ نَحْنُ وَلَٓا اٰبَٓاؤُ۬نَا وَلَا حَرَّمْنَا مِنْ دُونِه۪ مِنْ شَيْءٍۜ كَذٰلِكَ فَعَلَ الَّذ۪ينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْۚ فَهَلْ عَلَى الرُّسُلِ اِلَّا الْبَلَاغُ الْمُب۪ينُ

Waqala allatheena ashrakoo lawshaa Allahu ma AAabadna min doonihimin shay-in nahnu wala abaonawala harramna min doonihi min shay-in kathalikafaAAala allatheena min qablihim fahal AAala arrusuliilla albalaghu almubeen

And We raised up in every community a messenger: “Serve God and avoid idols.” And among them was he whom God guided; and among them was he upon whom misguidance was binding. So travel in the earth and see how was the final outcome of the deniers.

وَلَقَدْ بَعَثْنَا ف۪ي كُلِّ اُمَّةٍ رَسُولاً اَنِ اعْبُدُوا اللّٰهَ وَاجْتَنِبُوا الطَّاغُوتَۚ فَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ هَدَى اللّٰهُ وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ حَقَّتْ عَلَيْهِ الضَّلَالَةُۜ فَس۪يرُوا فِي الْاَرْضِ فَانْظُرُوا كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الْمُكَذِّب۪ينَ

Walaqad baAAathna fee kulli ommatinrasoolan ani oAAbudoo Allaha wajtaniboo attaghootafaminhum man hada Allahu waminhum man haqqatAAalayhi addalalatu faseeroo fee al-ardifanthuroo kayfa kana AAaqibatualmukaththibeen

Though thou desire their guidance, God will not guide him whom He leaves to stray; and they have no helpers.

اِنْ تَحْرِصْ عَلٰى هُدٰيهُمْ فَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَا يَهْد۪ي مَنْ يُضِلُّ وَمَا لَهُمْ مِنْ نَاصِر۪ينَ

In tahris AAala hudahumfa-inna Allaha la yahdee man yudillu wamalahum min nasireen

And they swear by God their strongest oaths: “God will not raise up him who dies.” Verily, it is a promise binding upon Him, — but most men know not —

وَاَقْسَمُوا بِاللّٰهِ جَهْدَ اَيْمَانِهِمْۙ لَا يَبْعَثُ اللّٰهُ مَنْ يَمُوتُۜ بَلٰى وَعْداً عَلَيْهِ حَقاًّ وَلٰكِنَّ اَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَۙ

Waaqsamoo billahi jahda aymanihimla yabAAathu Allahu man yamootu bala waAAdanAAalayhi haqqan walakinna akthara annasila yaAAlamoon

That He might make plain to them that wherein they differ, and that those who ignore warning might know that they were liars.

لِيُبَيِّنَ لَهُمُ الَّذ۪ي يَخْتَلِفُونَ ف۪يهِ وَلِيَعْلَمَ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُٓوا اَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا كَاذِب۪ينَ

Liyubayyina lahumu allatheeyakhtalifoona feehi waliyaAAlama allatheena kafarooannahum kanoo kathibeen

Our word to a thing when We intend it is that We but say to it: “Be thou,” and it is.

اِنَّمَا قَوْلُنَا لِشَيْءٍ اِذَٓا اَرَدْنَاهُ اَنْ نَقُولَ لَهُ كُنْ فَيَكُونُ۟

Innama qawluna lishay-inithaaradnahu an naqoola lahu kun fayakoon

And those who have emigrated in the cause of God after they were wronged, We will settle them handsomely in the World: — and the reward of the Hereafter is greater, if they but knew —

وَالَّذ۪ينَ هَاجَرُوا فِي اللّٰهِ مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا ظُلِمُوا لَنُبَوِّئَنَّهُمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةًۜ وَلَاَجْرُ الْاٰخِرَةِ اَكْبَرُۢ لَوْ كَانُوا يَعْلَمُونَۙ

Wallatheena hajaroofee Allahi min baAAdi ma thulimoolanubawwi-annahum fee addunya hasanatanwalaajru al-akhirati akbaru law kanoo yaAAlamoon

Those who are patient, and in their Lord place their trust.

اَلَّذ۪ينَ صَبَرُوا وَعَلٰى رَبِّهِمْ يَتَوَكَّلُونَ

Allatheena sabaroo waAAalarabbihim yatawakkaloon

And We sent before thee only men to whom We revealed — so ask the people of the remembrance, if you know not —

وَمَٓا اَرْسَلْنَا مِنْ قَبْلِكَ اِلَّا رِجَالاً نُوح۪ٓي اِلَيْهِمْ فَسْـَٔلُٓوا اَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَۙ

Wama arsalna min qablika illarijalan noohee ilayhim fas-aloo ahla aththikriin kuntum la taAAlamoon

With the clear signs and the writings. And We sent down to thee the remembrance, that thou make plain to mankind what has been sent down to them, and that they might reflect.

بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ وَالزُّبُرِۜ وَاَنْزَلْـنَٓا اِلَيْكَ الذِّكْرَ لِتُبَيِّنَ لِلنَّاسِ مَا نُزِّلَ اِلَيْهِمْ وَلَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ

Bilbayyinati wazzuburiwaanzalna ilayka aththikra litubayyina linnasima nuzzila ilayhim walaAAallahum yatafakkaroon

Do they who plot evil deeds feel secure that God will not cause the earth to swallow them, or that the punishment will not come upon them whence they perceive not,

اَفَاَمِنَ الَّذ۪ينَ مَكَرُوا السَّيِّـَٔاتِ اَنْ يَخْسِفَ اللّٰهُ بِهِمُ الْاَرْضَ اَوْ يَأْتِيَهُمُ الْعَذَابُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَشْعُرُونَۙ

Afaamina allatheena makaroo assayyi-atian yakhsifa Allahu bihimu al-arda aw ya/tiyahumualAAathabu min haythu la yashAAuroon

Or that He will not seize them in their going to and fro, and they be unable to escape,

اَوْ يَأْخُذَهُمْ ف۪ي تَقَلُّبِهِمْ فَمَا هُمْ بِمُعْجِز۪ينَۙ

Aw ya/khuthahum fee taqallubihim famahum bimuAAjizeen

Or that He will not seize them through slow decay? And your Lord is kind and merciful.

اَوْ يَأْخُذَهُمْ عَلٰى تَخَوُّفٍۜ فَاِنَّ رَبَّكُمْ لَرَؤُ۫فٌ رَح۪يمٌ

Aw ya/khuthahum AAalatakhawwufin fa-inna rabbakum laraoofun raheem

Have they not seen what things God has created turning their shadows to the right and the left in submission to God, in all humility?

اَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا اِلٰى مَا خَلَقَ اللّٰهُ مِنْ شَيْءٍ يَتَفَيَّؤُ۬ا ظِلَالُهُ عَنِ الْيَم۪ينِ وَالشَّمَٓائِلِ سُجَّداً لِلّٰهِ وَهُمْ دَاخِرُونَ

Awa lam yaraw ila ma khalaqaAllahu min shay-in yatafayyao thilaluhuAAani alyameeni washshama-ili sujjadan lillahiwahum dakhiroon

And to God submits what is in the heavens and what is in the earth, among creatures and the angels. And they wax not proud;

وَلِلّٰهِ يَسْجُدُ مَا فِي السَّمٰوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْاَرْضِ مِنْ دَٓابَّةٍ وَالْمَلٰٓئِكَةُ وَهُمْ لَا يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ

Walillahi yasjudu ma fee assamawatiwama fee al-ardi min dabbatin walmala-ikatuwahum la yastakbiroon

They fear their Lord above them, and do what they are commanded.

يَخَافُونَ رَبَّهُمْ مِنْ فَوْقِهِمْ وَيَفْعَلُونَ مَا يُؤْمَرُونَ۟

Yakhafoona rabbahum min fawqihimwayafAAaloona ma yu/maroon

And God said: “Take not two gods. He is but One God; and Me — be you in fear of Me.”

وَقَالَ اللّٰهُ لَا تَتَّخِذُٓوا اِلٰهَيْنِ اثْنَيْنِۚ اِنَّمَا هُوَ اِلٰهٌ وَاحِدٌۚ فَاِيَّايَ فَارْهَبُونِ

Waqala Allahu latattakhithoo ilahayni ithnayni innama huwailahun wahidun fa-iyyaya farhaboon

And to Him belongs what is in the heavens and the earth, and His is the doctrine forever. Will you then be in prudent fear of other than God?

وَلَهُ مَا فِي السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِ وَلَهُ الدّ۪ينُ وَاصِباًۜ اَفَغَيْرَ اللّٰهِ تَتَّقُونَ

Walahu ma fee assamawatiwal-ardi walahu addeenu wasibanafaghayra Allahi tattaqoon

And whatever you have of favour, it is from God; then when affliction touches you, then to Him do you cry out.

وَمَا بِكُمْ مِنْ نِعْمَةٍ فَمِنَ اللّٰهِ ثُمَّ اِذَا مَسَّكُمُ الضُّرُّ فَاِلَيْهِ تَجْـَٔرُونَۚ

Wama bikum min niAAmatin famina Allahithumma itha massakumu addurru fa-ilayhitaj-aroon

Then when He has removed the affliction from you, then a faction among you ascribes a partnership to their Lord,

ثُمَّ اِذَا كَشَفَ الضُّرَّ عَنْكُمْ اِذَا فَر۪يقٌ مِنْكُمْ بِرَبِّهِمْ يُشْرِكُونَۙ

Thumma itha kashafa addurraAAankum itha fareequn minkum birabbihim yushrikoon

That they might deny what We have given them. So enjoy yourselves ­— and you will come to know.

لِيَكْفُرُوا بِمَٓا اٰتَيْنَاهُمْۜ فَتَمَتَّعُوا۠ فَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ

Liyakfuroo bima ataynahumfatamattaAAoo fasawfa taAAlamoon

And they assign to what they know not a portion of what We have provided them. By God, you will be questioned about what you invented!

وَيَجْعَلُونَ لِمَا لَا يَعْلَمُونَ نَص۪يباً مِمَّا رَزَقْنَاهُمْۜ تَاللّٰهِ لَتُسْـَٔلُنَّ عَمَّا كُنْتُمْ تَفْتَرُونَ

WayajAAaloona lima layaAAlamoona naseeban mimma razaqnahum tallahilatus-alunna AAamma kuntum taftaroon

And they appoint for God daughters — glory be to Him! — but they have what they desire;

وَيَجْعَلُونَ لِلّٰهِ الْبَنَاتِ سُبْحَانَهُۙ وَلَهُمْ مَا يَشْتَهُونَ

WayajAAaloona lillahi albanatisubhanahu walahum ma yashtahoon

And when one of them receives tidings of a female, his face darkens and he suppresses grief.

وَاِذَا بُشِّرَ اَحَدُهُمْ بِالْاُنْثٰى ظَلَّ وَجْهُهُ مُسْوَداًّ وَهُوَ كَظ۪يمٌۚ

Wa-itha bushshira ahaduhum bilonthathalla wajhuhu muswaddan wahuwa katheem

He hides himself from the people because of the evil of that whereof he had tidings — whether to hold it in contempt, or bury it in the dust. In truth, evil is what they judge.

يَتَوَارٰى مِنَ الْقَوْمِ مِنْ سُٓوءِ مَا بُشِّرَ بِه۪ۜ اَيُمْسِكُهُ عَلٰى هُونٍ اَمْ يَدُسُّهُ فِي التُّرَابِۜ اَلَا سَٓاءَ مَا يَحْكُمُونَ

Yatawara mina alqawmi minsoo-i ma bushshira bihi ayumsikuhu AAala hoonin amyadussuhu fee atturabi ala saa mayahkumoon

For those who believe not in the Hereafter is the likeness of evil. And for God is the highest likeness; and He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

لِلَّذ۪ينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْاٰخِرَةِ مَثَلُ السَّوْءِۚ وَلِلّٰهِ الْمَثَلُ الْاَعْلٰىۜ وَهُوَ الْعَز۪يزُ الْحَك۪يمُ۟

Lillatheena la yu/minoona bil-akhiratimathalu assaw-i walillahi almathalu al-aAAlawahuwa alAAazeezu alhakeem

And were God to take men to task for their injustice, He would not leave upon it any creature; but He delays them to a stated term. And when their term comes, they will not defer an hour, nor will they advance.

وَلَوْ يُؤَاخِذُ اللّٰهُ النَّاسَ بِظُلْمِهِمْ مَا تَرَكَ عَلَيْهَا مِنْ دَٓابَّةٍ وَلٰكِنْ يُؤَخِّرُهُمْ اِلٰٓى اَجَلٍ مُسَمًّىۚ فَاِذَا جَٓاءَ اَجَلُهُمْ لَا يَسْتَأْخِرُونَ سَاعَةً وَلَا يَسْتَقْدِمُونَ

Walaw yu-akhithu Allahuannasa bithulmihim ma tarakaAAalayha min dabbatin walakin yu-akhkhiruhumila ajalin musamman fa-itha jaa ajaluhum layasta/khiroona saAAatan wala yastaqdimoon

And they assign to God what they dislike; and their tongues describe the lie that they will have the best. Without doubt, they will have the Fire, and they will be rushed in.

وَيَجْعَلُونَ لِلّٰهِ مَا يَكْرَهُونَ وَتَصِفُ اَلْسِنَتُهُمُ الْكَذِبَ اَنَّ لَهُمُ الْحُسْنٰىۜ لَا جَرَمَ اَنَّ لَهُمُ النَّارَ وَاَنَّهُمْ مُفْرَطُونَ

WayajAAaloona lillahi mayakrahoona watasifu alsinatuhumu alkathiba annalahumu alhusna la jarama anna lahumu annarawaannahum mufratoon

By God, We sent messengers to communities before thee! But the satan made their deeds fair to them; and he is their ally this day, and they have a painful punishment.

تَاللّٰهِ لَقَدْ اَرْسَلْـنَٓا اِلٰٓى اُمَمٍ مِنْ قَبْلِكَ فَزَيَّنَ لَهُمُ الشَّيْطَانُ اَعْمَالَهُمْ فَهُوَ وَلِيُّهُمُ الْيَوْمَ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ اَل۪يمٌ

Tallahi laqad arsalnaila omamin min qablika fazayyana lahumu ashshaytanuaAAmalahum fahuwa waliyyuhumu alyawma walahum AAathabunaleem

And We sent down the Writ upon thee only that thou make plain to them that wherein they differ, and as guidance, and as a mercy for people who believe.

وَمَٓا اَنْزَلْنَا عَلَيْكَ الْكِتَابَ اِلَّا لِتُبَيِّنَ لَهُمُ الَّذِي اخْتَلَفُوا ف۪يهِۙ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةً لِقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ

Wama anzalna AAalayka alkitabailla litubayyina lahumu allathee ikhtalafoo feehiwahudan warahmatan liqawmin yu/minoon

And God sends down from the sky water and gives life thereby to the earth after its death. In that is a proof for people who hear.

وَاللّٰهُ اَنْزَلَ مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ مَٓاءً فَاَحْيَا بِهِ الْاَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَاۜ اِنَّ ف۪ي ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَةً لِقَوْمٍ يَسْمَعُونَ۟

Wallahu anzala mina assama-imaan faahya bihi al-arda baAAdamawtiha inna fee thalika laayatan liqawminyasmaAAoon

And you have in the cattle a lesson: We give you to drink of what is in its bellies — between excreta and blood — pure milk, palatable to the drinkers.

وَاِنَّ لَكُمْ فِي الْاَنْعَامِ لَعِبْرَةًۜ نُسْق۪يكُمْ مِمَّا ف۪ي بُطُونِه۪ مِنْ بَيْنِ فَرْثٍ وَدَمٍ لَبَناً خَالِصاً سَٓائِغاً لِلشَّارِب۪ينَ

Wa-inna lakum fee al-anAAamilaAAibratan nusqeekum mimma fee butoonihi min baynifarthin wadamin labanan khalisan sa-ighan lishsharibeen

And of the fruits of the date-palms and grapevines: you take therefrom an intoxicant, and goodly provision. In that is a proof for people who reason.

وَمِنْ ثَمَرَاتِ النَّخ۪يلِ وَالْاَعْنَابِ تَتَّخِذُونَ مِنْهُ سَكَراً وَرِزْقاً حَسَناًۜ اِنَّ ف۪ي ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَةً لِقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَ

Wamin thamarati annakheeli wal-aAAnabitattakhithoona minhu sakaran warizqan hasanan innafee thalika laayatan liqawmin yaAAqiloon

And thy Lord instructed the bee: “Take thou houses of the mountains, and of the trees, and of what they construct.

وَاَوْحٰى رَبُّكَ اِلَى النَّحْلِ اَنِ اتَّخِذ۪ي مِنَ الْجِبَالِ بُيُوتاً وَمِنَ الشَّجَرِ وَمِمَّا يَعْرِشُونَۙ

Waawha rabbuka ila annahliani ittakhithee mina aljibali buyootan wamina ashshajariwamimma yaAArishoon

“Then eat thou of every fruit, and follow thou the ways of thy Lord gently.” There comes out of their bellies a drink differing in its hues wherein is healing for men. In that is a proof for people who reflect.

ثُمَّ كُل۪ي مِنْ كُلِّ الثَّمَرَاتِ فَاسْلُك۪ي سُبُلَ رَبِّكِ ذُلُلاًۜ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ بُطُونِهَا شَرَابٌ مُخْتَلِفٌ اَلْوَانُهُ ف۪يهِ شِفَٓاءٌ لِلنَّاسِۜ اِنَّ ف۪ي ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَةً لِقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ

Thumma kulee min kulli aththamaratifaslukee subula rabbiki thululan yakhruju min butoonihasharabun mukhtalifun alwanuhu feehi shifaonlinnasi inna fee thalika laayatanliqawmin yatafakkaroon

And God created you; then will He take you. And among you is he who is sent back to the most abject age, so that he knows not, after knowledge, anything. God is knowing and powerful.

وَاللّٰهُ خَلَقَكُمْ ثُمَّ يَتَوَفّٰيكُمْ وَمِنْكُمْ مَنْ يُرَدُّ اِلٰٓى اَرْذَلِ الْعُمُرِ لِكَيْ لَا يَعْلَمَ بَعْدَ عِلْمٍ شَيْـٔاًۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ عَل۪يمٌ قَد۪يرٌ۟

Wallahu khalaqakum thummayatawaffakum waminkum man yuraddu ila arthalialAAumuri likay la yaAAlama baAAda AAilmin shay-an innaAllaha AAaleemun qadeer

And God has favoured some of you over others in provision, but those favoured will not give over their provision to those whom their right hands possess, that they be equal therein; is it then the favour of God they reject?

وَاللّٰهُ فَضَّلَ بَعْضَكُمْ عَلٰى بَعْضٍ فِي الرِّزْقِۚ فَمَا الَّذ۪ينَ فُضِّلُوا بِرَٓادّ۪ي رِزْقِهِمْ عَلٰى مَا مَلَكَتْ اَيْمَانُهُمْ فَهُمْ ف۪يهِ سَوَٓاءٌۜ اَفَبِنِعْمَةِ اللّٰهِ يَجْحَدُونَ

Wallahu faddala baAAdakumAAala baAAdin fee arrizqi fama allatheenafuddiloo biraddee rizqihim AAala mamalakat aymanuhum fahum feehi sawaon afabiniAAmatiAllahi yajhadoon

And God has appointed for you from yourselves wives, and has appointed for you from your wives sons and grandsons, and has provided you of good things. Is it then in vanity that they believe, and the favour of God they deny

وَاللّٰهُ جَعَلَ لَكُمْ مِنْ اَنْفُسِكُمْ اَزْوَاجاً وَجَعَلَ لَكُمْ مِنْ اَزْوَاجِكُمْ بَن۪ينَ وَحَفَدَةً وَرَزَقَكُمْ مِنَ الطَّيِّبَاتِۜ اَفَبِالْبَاطِلِ يُؤْمِنُونَ وَبِنِعْمَتِ اللّٰهِ هُمْ يَكْفُرُونَۙ

Wallahu jaAAala lakum minanfusikum azwajan wajaAAala lakum min azwajikumbaneena wahafadatan warazaqakum mina attayyibatiafabilbatili yu/minoona wabiniAAmati Allahihum yakfuroon

And serve rather than God what possesses no provision for them among the heavens or the earth at all, and can do nothing?

وَيَعْبُدُونَ مِنْ دُونِ اللّٰهِ مَا لَا يَمْلِكُ لَهُمْ رِزْقاً مِنَ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِ شَيْـٔاً وَلَا يَسْتَط۪يعُونَۚ

WayaAAbudoona min dooni Allahi mala yamliku lahum rizqan mina assamawatiwal-ardi shay-an wala yastateeAAoon

So strike not similitudes for God; God knows, and you know not.

فَلَا تَضْرِبُوا لِلّٰهِ الْاَمْثَالَۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ يَعْلَمُ وَاَنْتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

Fala tadriboo lillahial-amthala inna Allaha yaAAlamu waantum lataAAlamoon

God strikes a similitude: — a slave owned, not having power over anything, and him whom We provided with goodly provision from Us and he spends thereof secretly and openly. Are they equal? Praise belongs to God! But most of them know not.

ضَرَبَ اللّٰهُ مَثَلاً عَبْداً مَمْلُوكاً لَا يَقْدِرُ عَلٰى شَيْءٍ وَمَنْ رَزَقْنَاهُ مِنَّا رِزْقاً حَسَناً فَهُوَ يُنْفِقُ مِنْهُ سِراًّ وَجَهْراًۜ هَلْ يَسْتَوُ۫نَۜ اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِۜ بَلْ اَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

Daraba Allahu mathalan AAabdanmamlookan la yaqdiru AAala shay-in waman razaqnahuminna rizqan hasanan fahuwa yunfiqu minhu sirranwajahran hal yastawoona alhamdu lillahi balaktharuhum la yaAAlamoon

And God strikes a similitude: — two men: one of them dumb, not having power over anything, and a burden on his master: wherever he directs him, he brings no good. Is he equal with one who enjoins justice, and is on a straight path?

وَضَرَبَ اللّٰهُ مَثَلاً رَجُلَيْنِ اَحَدُهُمَٓا اَبْكَمُ لَا يَقْدِرُ عَلٰى شَيْءٍ وَهُوَ كَلٌّ عَلٰى مَوْلٰيهُۙ اَيْنَمَا يُوَجِّهْهُ لَا يَأْتِ بِخَيْرٍۜ هَلْ يَسْتَو۪ي هُوَۙ وَمَنْ يَأْمُرُ بِالْعَدْلِۙ وَهُوَ عَلٰى صِرَاطٍ مُسْتَق۪يمٍ۟

Wadaraba Allahu mathalanrajulayni ahaduhuma abkamu la yaqdiru AAalashay-in wahuwa kallun AAala mawlahu aynamayuwajjihhu la ya/ti bikhayrin hal yastawee huwa wamanya/muru bilAAadli wahuwa AAala siratinmustaqeem

And to God belongs the unseen of the heavens and the earth. And the matter of the Hour is only as the twinkling of the eye, or even nearer; God is over all things powerful.

وَلِلّٰهِ غَيْبُ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِۜ وَمَٓا اَمْرُ السَّاعَةِ اِلَّا كَلَمْحِ الْبَصَرِ اَوْ هُوَ اَقْرَبُۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَد۪يرٌ

Walillahi ghaybu assamawatiwal-ardi wama amru assaAAatiilla kalamhi albasari aw huwa aqrabu innaAllaha AAala kulli shay-in qadeer

And God brought you forth from the wombs of your mothers not knowing anything, and appointed for you hearing and sight and hearts, that you might be grateful.

وَاللّٰهُ اَخْرَجَكُمْ مِنْ بُطُونِ اُمَّهَاتِكُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ شَيْـٔاًۙ وَجَعَلَ لَكُمُ السَّمْعَ وَالْاَبْصَارَ وَالْاَفْـِٔدَةَۙ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ

Wallahu akhrajakum min butooniommahatikum la taAAlamoona shay-an wajaAAala lakumuassamAAa wal-absara wal-af-idatalaAAallakum tashkuroon

Have they not considered the birds made subject in the air of the sky? There holds them only God; in that are proofs for people who believe.

اَلَمْ يَرَوْا اِلَى الطَّيْرِ مُسَخَّرَاتٍ ف۪ي جَوِّ السَّمَٓاءِۜ مَا يُمْسِكُهُنَّ اِلَّا اللّٰهُۜ اِنَّ ف۪ي ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَاتٍ لِقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ

Alam yaraw ila attayrimusakhkharatin fee jawwi assama-i mayumsikuhunna illa Allahu inna fee thalika laayatinliqawmin yu/minoon

And God made for you from your houses a place of rest; and He made for you from the hides of cattle houses which you find light on the day of your journey and on the day of your sojourn; and of their wool and their fur and their hair furnishing and enjoyment for a time.

وَاللّٰهُ جَعَلَ لَكُمْ مِنْ بُيُوتِكُمْ سَكَناً وَجَعَلَ لَكُمْ مِنْ جُلُودِ الْاَنْعَامِ بُيُوتاً تَسْتَخِفُّونَهَا يَوْمَ ظَعْنِكُمْ وَيَوْمَ اِقَامَتِكُمْۙ وَمِنْ اَصْوَافِهَا وَاَوْبَارِهَا وَاَشْعَارِهَٓا اَثَاثاً وَمَتَاعاً اِلٰى ح۪ينٍ

Wallahu jaAAala lakum minbuyootikum sakanan wajaAAala lakum min juloodi al-anAAamibuyootan tastakhiffoonaha yawma thaAAnikumwayawma iqamatikum wamin aswafihawaawbariha waashAAariha athathanwamataAAan ila heen

And God appointed for you of what He has created shades, and made for you of the mountains places of refuge, and made for you garments to protect you from the heat, and garments to protect you from your might. Thus does He complete His favour upon you, that you might submit.

وَاللّٰهُ جَعَلَ لَكُمْ مِمَّا خَلَقَ ظِلَالاً وَجَعَلَ لَكُمْ مِنَ الْجِبَالِ اَكْنَاناً وَجَعَلَ لَكُمْ سَرَاب۪يلَ تَق۪يكُمُ الْحَرَّ وَسَرَاب۪يلَ تَق۪يكُمْ بَأْسَكُمْۜ كَذٰلِكَ يُتِمُّ نِعْمَتَهُ عَلَيْكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُسْلِمُونَ

Wallahu jaAAala lakum mimmakhalaqa thilalan wajaAAala lakum mina aljibaliaknanan wajaAAala lakum sarabeela taqeekumu alharrawasarabeela taqeekum ba/sakum kathalika yutimmuniAAmatahu AAalaykum laAAallakum tuslimoon

And if they turn away, upon thee is only the clear notification.

فَاِنْ تَوَلَّوْا فَاِنَّمَا عَلَيْكَ الْبَلَاغُ الْمُب۪ينُ

Fa-in tawallaw fa-innama AAalaykaalbalaghu almubeen

They recognise the favour of God, then they deny it; and most of them are false claimers of guidance.

يَعْرِفُونَ نِعْمَتَ اللّٰهِ ثُمَّ يُنْكِرُونَهَا وَاَكْثَرُهُمُ الْكَافِرُونَ۟

YaAArifoona niAAmata Allahi thummayunkiroonaha waaktharuhumu alkafiroon

And the day We raise up from every community a witness, then no leave will be given those who ignore warning nor will they be allowed to make amends.

وَيَوْمَ نَبْعَثُ مِنْ كُلِّ اُمَّةٍ شَه۪يداً ثُمَّ لَا يُؤْذَنُ لِلَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا وَلَا هُمْ يُسْتَعْتَبُونَ

Wayawma nabAAathu min kulli ommatinshaheedan thumma la yu/thanu lillatheenakafaroo wala hum yustaAAtaboon

And when those who do wrong see the punishment, it will not be lightened for them, nor will they be granted respite.

وَاِذَا رَاَ الَّذ۪ينَ ظَلَمُوا الْعَذَابَ فَلَا يُخَفَّفُ عَنْهُمْ وَلَا هُمْ يُنْظَرُونَ

Wa-itha raa allatheena thalamooalAAathaba fala yukhaffafu AAanhum wala humyuntharoon

And when those who ascribe a partnership see their partners, they will say: “Our Lord: these are our partners to whom we called, rather than to Thee.” But they will cast at them the word: “You are liars!”

وَاِذَا رَاَ الَّذ۪ينَ اَشْرَكُوا شُرَكَٓاءَهُمْ قَالُوا رَبَّـنَا هٰٓؤُ۬لَٓاءِ شُرَكَٓاؤُ۬نَا الَّذ۪ينَ كُنَّا نَدْعُوا مِنْ دُونِكَۚ فَاَلْقَوْا اِلَيْهِمُ الْقَوْلَ اِنَّكُمْ لَكَاذِبُونَۚ

Wa-itha raa allatheenaashrakoo shurakaahum qaloo rabbana haola-ishurakaona allatheena kunna nadAAoomin doonika faalqaw ilayhimu alqawla innakum lakathiboon

And they will offer God submission, that day, but strayed from them will be what they invented.

وَاَلْقَوْا اِلَى اللّٰهِ يَوْمَئِذٍۨ السَّلَمَ وَضَلَّ عَنْهُمْ مَا كَانُوا يَفْتَرُونَ

Waalqaw ila Allahi yawma-ithinassalama wadalla AAanhum ma kanooyaftaroon

Those who ignore warning and turn away from the path of God, We will increase them in punishment over the punishment for what they wrought of corruption.

اَلَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا وَصَدُّوا عَنْ سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِ زِدْنَاهُمْ عَذَاباً فَوْقَ الْعَذَابِ بِمَا كَانُوا يُفْسِدُونَ

Allatheena kafaroo wasaddooAAan sabeeli Allahi zidnahum AAathaban fawqaalAAathabi bima kanoo yufsidoon

And the day We raise in every community a witness against them from themselves, and We bring thee as a witness against these. And We sent down the Writ upon thee as a clarification of all things, and as guidance, and as a mercy, and as glad tidings for those submitting.

وَيَوْمَ نَبْعَثُ ف۪ي كُلِّ اُمَّةٍ شَه۪يداً عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ اَنْفُسِهِمْ وَجِئْنَا بِكَ شَه۪يداً عَلٰى هٰٓؤُ۬لَٓاءِۜ وَنَزَّلْنَا عَلَيْكَ الْكِتَابَ تِبْيَاناً لِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةً وَبُشْرٰى لِلْمُسْلِم۪ينَ۟

Wayawma nabAAathu fee kulli ommatinshaheedan AAalayhim min anfusihim waji/na bika shaheedanAAala haola-i wanazzalna AAalaykaalkitaba tibyanan likulli shay-in wahudan warahmatanwabushra lilmuslimeen

God commands justice, and good conduct, and giving to relatives, and forbids sexual immorality, and perversity, and sectarian zealotry. He admonishes you, that you might take heed.

اِنَّ اللّٰهَ يَأْمُرُ بِالْعَدْلِ وَالْاِحْسَانِ وَا۪يتَٓائِ ذِي الْقُرْبٰى وَيَنْهٰى عَنِ الْفَحْشَٓاءِ وَالْمُنْكَرِ وَالْبَغْيِۚ يَعِظُكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ

Inna Allaha ya/muru bilAAadliwal-ihsani wa-eeta-i theealqurba wayanha AAani alfahsha-i walmunkariwalbaghyi yaAAithukum laAAallakum tathakkaroon

And fulfil the covenant of God when you make a covenant; then break not oaths after their confirmation when you have made God your surety; God knows what you do.

وَاَوْفُوا بِعَهْدِ اللّٰهِ اِذَا عَاهَدْتُمْ وَلَا تَنْقُضُوا الْاَيْمَانَ بَعْدَ تَوْك۪يدِهَا وَقَدْ جَعَلْتُمُ اللّٰهَ عَلَيْكُمْ كَف۪يلاًۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ يَعْلَمُ مَا تَفْعَلُونَ

Waawfoo biAAahdi Allahi ithaAAahadtum wala tanqudoo al-aymanabaAAda tawkeediha waqad jaAAaltumu Allaha AAalaykumkafeelan inna Allaha yaAAlamu ma tafAAaloon

And be not like her who breaks her thread after it was strong into fibres, taking your oaths as a deception between you because one community is more numerous than another community. God but tries you thereby; and He will make plain to you on the Day of Resurrection that wherein you differed.

وَلَا تَكُونُوا كَالَّت۪ي نَقَضَتْ غَزْلَهَا مِنْ بَعْدِ قُوَّةٍ اَنْكَاثاًۜ تَتَّخِذُونَ اَيْمَانَكُمْ دَخَلاً بَيْنَكُمْ اَنْ تَكُونَ اُمَّةٌ هِيَ اَرْبٰى مِنْ اُمَّةٍۜ اِنَّمَا يَبْلُوكُمُ اللّٰهُ بِه۪ۜ وَلَيُبَيِّنَنَّ لَكُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِ مَا كُنْتُمْ ف۪يهِ تَخْتَلِفُونَ

Wala takoonoo kallatee naqadatghazlaha min baAAdi quwwatin ankathan tattakhithoonaaymanakum dakhalan baynakum an takoona ommatun hiya arbamin ommatin innama yablookumu Allahu bihiwalayubayyinanna lakum yawma alqiyamati ma kuntumfeehi takhtalifoon

And had God willed, He would have made you one community; but He sends whom He wills astray, and guides whom He wills; and you will be questioned about what you did.

وَلَوْ شَٓاءَ اللّٰهُ لَجَعَلَكُمْ اُمَّةً وَاحِدَةً وَلٰكِنْ يُضِلُّ مَنْ يَشَٓاءُ وَيَهْد۪ي مَنْ يَشَٓاءُۜ وَلَتُسْـَٔلُنَّ عَمَّا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

Walaw shaa Allahu lajaAAalakumommatan wahidatan walakin yudillu man yashaowayahdee man yashao walatus-alunna AAamma kuntumtaAAmaloon

And take not your oaths as a deception between you lest a foot slip after its being firm and you taste evil for turning away from the path of God, and for you there be a great punishment.

وَلَا تَتَّخِذُٓوا اَيْمَانَكُمْ دَخَلاً بَيْنَكُمْ فَتَزِلَّ قَدَمٌ بَعْدَ ثُبُوتِهَا وَتَذُوقُوا السُّٓوءَ بِمَا صَدَدْتُمْ عَنْ سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِۚ وَلَكُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظ۪يمٌ

Wala tattakhithoo aymanakumdakhalan baynakum fatazilla qadamun baAAda thubootiha watathooqooassoo-a bima sadadtum AAan sabeeli Allahiwalakum AAathabun AAatheem

And sell not the covenant of God at a cheap price; what is with God is better for you, if you would know.

وَلَا تَشْتَرُوا بِعَهْدِ اللّٰهِ ثَمَناً قَل۪يلاًۜ اِنَّمَا عِنْدَ اللّٰهِ هُوَ خَيْرٌ لَكُمْ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ

Wala tashtaroo biAAahdi Allahithamanan qaleelan innama AAinda Allahi huwa khayrunlakum in kuntum taAAlamoon

What is with you has an end, and what is with God remains; and We will pay those who are patient their reward according to the best of what they did.

مَا عِنْدَكُمْ يَنْفَدُ وَمَا عِنْدَ اللّٰهِ بَاقٍۜ وَلَنَجْزِيَنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ صَبَرُٓوا اَجْرَهُمْ بِاَحْسَنِ مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ

Ma AAindakum yanfadu wamaAAinda Allahi baqin walanajziyanna allatheenasabaroo ajrahum bi-ahsani ma kanooyaAAmaloon

Whoso works righteousness, whether male or female, and is a believer: him will We make live a good life; and We will reward them according to the best of what they did.

مَنْ عَمِلَ صَالِحاً مِنْ ذَكَرٍ اَوْ اُنْثٰى وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ فَلَنُحْيِيَنَّهُ حَيٰوةً طَيِّبَةًۚ وَلَنَجْزِيَنَّهُمْ اَجْرَهُمْ بِاَحْسَنِ مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ

Man AAamila salihan min thakarinaw ontha wahuwa mu/minun falanuhyiyannahu hayatantayyibatan walanajziyannahum ajrahum bi-ahsani makanoo yaAAmaloon

And when thou recitest the Qur’an, seek thou refuge in God from the accursed satan

فَاِذَا قَرَأْتَ الْقُرْاٰنَ فَاسْتَعِذْ بِاللّٰهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّج۪يمِ

Fa-itha qara/ta alqur-ana fastaAAithbillahi mina ashshaytani arrajeem

(He has no authority over those who heed warning and in their Lord place their trust;

اِنَّهُ لَيْسَ لَهُ سُلْطَانٌ عَلَى الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا وَعَلٰى رَبِّهِمْ يَتَوَكَّلُونَ

Innahu laysa lahu sultanun AAalaallatheena amanoo waAAala rabbihimyatawakkaloon

His authority is but over those who take him for ally and those who ascribe a partnership to him.)

اِنَّمَا سُلْطَانُهُ عَلَى الَّذ۪ينَ يَتَوَلَّوْنَهُ وَالَّذ۪ينَ هُمْ بِه۪ مُشْرِكُونَ۟

Innama sultanuhu AAalaallatheena yatawallawnahu wallatheena humbihi mushrikoon

And when We change by a proof the place of a proof; and God best knows what He sends down. They say: “Thou art but inventing.” The truth is, most of them know not.

وَاِذَا بَدَّلْـنَٓا اٰيَةً مَكَانَ اٰيَةٍۙ وَاللّٰهُ اَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُنَزِّلُ قَالُٓوا اِنَّـمَٓا اَنْتَ مُفْتَرٍۜ بَلْ اَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

Wa-itha baddalna ayatanmakana ayatin wallahu aAAlamu bimayunazzilu qaloo innama anta muftarin bal aktharuhumla yaAAlamoon

Say thou: “The Spirit of Holiness brought it down from thy Lord in truth, that it might strengthen those who heed warning, and as guidance and glad tidings for those submitting.”

قُلْ نَزَّلَهُ رُوحُ الْقُدُسِ مِنْ رَبِّكَ بِالْحَقِّ لِيُثَبِّتَ الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا وَهُدًى وَبُشْرٰى لِلْمُسْلِم۪ينَ

Qul nazzalahu roohu alqudusi minrabbika bilhaqqi liyuthabbita allatheena amanoowahudan wabushra lilmuslimeen

And We know that they say: “A man but teaches him.” The tongue to which they incline is foreign, but this is a clear Arabic tongue.

وَلَقَدْ نَعْلَمُ اَنَّهُمْ يَقُولُونَ اِنَّمَا يُعَلِّمُهُ بَشَرٌۜ لِسَانُ الَّذ۪ي يُلْحِدُونَ اِلَيْهِ اَعْجَمِيٌّ وَهٰذَا لِسَانٌ عَرَبِيٌّ مُب۪ينٌ

Walaqad naAAlamu annahum yaqooloona innamayuAAallimuhu basharun lisanu allathee yulhidoonailayhi aAAjamiyyun wahatha lisanun AAarabiyyunmubeen

Those who believe not in the proofs of God: God will not guide them, and they have a painful punishment

اِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِاٰيَاتِ اللّٰهِۙ لَا يَهْد۪يهِمُ اللّٰهُ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ اَل۪يمٌ

Inna allatheena la yu/minoonabi-ayati Allahi la yahdeehimu Allahuwalahum AAathabun aleem

— They but invent lies who believe not in the proofs of God — and it is they who are the liars.

اِنَّمَا يَفْتَرِي الْكَذِبَ الَّذ۪ينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِاٰيَاتِ اللّٰهِۚ وَاُو۬لٰٓئِكَ هُمُ الْكَاذِبُونَ

Innama yaftaree alkathibaallatheena la yu/minoona bi-ayati Allahiwaola-ika humu alkathiboon

Whoso denies God after his faith — save he who is compelled thereto but whose heart finds rest in faith; but whoso expands his breast to denial, upon them is wrath from God; and they have a great punishment.

مَنْ كَفَرَ بِاللّٰهِ مِنْ بَعْدِ ا۪يمَانِه۪ٓ اِلَّا مَنْ اُكْرِهَ وَقَلْبُهُ مُطْمَئِنٌّ بِالْا۪يمَانِ وَلٰكِنْ مَنْ شَرَحَ بِالْكُفْرِ صَدْراً فَعَلَيْهِمْ غَضَبٌ مِنَ اللّٰهِۚ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظ۪يمٌ

Man kafara billahi minbaAAdi eemanihi illa man okriha waqalbuhu mutma-innunbil-eemani walakin man sharaha bilkufrisadran faAAalayhim ghadabun mina Allahiwalahum AAathabun AAatheem

Is it not that they chose the life of this world over the Hereafter, and that God guides not the people of the false claimers of guidance!

ذٰلِكَ بِاَنَّهُمُ اسْتَحَبُّوا الْحَيٰوةَ الدُّنْيَا عَلَى الْاٰخِرَةِۙ وَاَنَّ اللّٰهَ لَا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الْكَافِر۪ينَ

Thalika bi-annahumu istahabbooalhayata addunya AAala al-akhiratiwaanna Allaha la yahdee alqawma alkafireen

Those are they whose hearts God has sealed, and their hearing and their sight; and it is they who are the heedless;

اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ الَّذ۪ينَ طَبَعَ اللّٰهُ عَلٰى قُلُوبِهِمْ وَسَمْعِهِمْ وَاَبْصَارِهِمْۚ وَاُو۬لٰٓئِكَ هُمُ الْغَافِلُونَ

Ola-ika allatheena tabaAAaAllahu AAala quloobihim wasamAAihim waabsarihimwaola-ika humu alghafiloon

Without doubt, in the Hereafter they are the losers.

لَا جَرَمَ اَنَّهُمْ فِي الْاٰخِرَةِ هُمُ الْخَاسِرُونَ

La jarama annahum fee al-akhiratihumu alkhasiroon

Then thy Lord — to those who emigrate after they are subjected to means of denial, then strive and are patient — thy Lord, after that, is forgiving and merciful

ثُمَّ اِنَّ رَبَّكَ لِلَّذ۪ينَ هَاجَرُوا مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا فُتِنُوا ثُمَّ جَاهَدُوا وَصَبَرُٓواۙ اِنَّ رَبَّكَ مِنْ بَعْدِهَا لَغَفُورٌ رَح۪يمٌ۟

Thumma inna rabbaka lillatheena hajaroomin baAAdi ma futinoo thumma jahadoo wasabarooinna rabbaka min baAAdiha laghafoorun raheem

The day every soul comes pleading for itself, and every soul is repaid in full for what it did; and they will not be wronged.

يَوْمَ تَأْت۪ي كُلُّ نَفْسٍ تُجَادِلُ عَنْ نَفْسِهَا وَتُوَفّٰى كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مَا عَمِلَتْ وَهُمْ لَا يُظْلَمُونَ

Yawma ta/tee kullu nafsin tujadiluAAan nafsiha watuwaffa kullu nafsin maAAamilat wahum la yuthlamoon

And God strikes a similitude: — a city secure, at peace, its provision coming to it in abundance from every side; but it denied the favours of God, then God let it taste the cloak of hunger and fear because of what they wrought.

وَضَرَبَ اللّٰهُ مَثَلاً قَرْيَةً كَانَتْ اٰمِنَةً مُطْمَئِنَّةً يَأْت۪يهَا رِزْقُهَا رَغَداً مِنْ كُلِّ مَكَانٍ فَكَفَرَتْ بِاَنْعُمِ اللّٰهِ فَاَذَاقَهَا اللّٰهُ لِبَاسَ الْجُوعِ وَالْخَوْفِ بِمَا كَانُوا يَصْنَعُونَ

Wadaraba Allahu mathalanqaryatan kanat aminatan mutma-innatanya/teeha rizquha raghadan min kulli makaninfakafarat bi-anAAumi Allahi faathaqaha Allahulibasa aljooAAi walkhawfi bima kanooyasnaAAoon

And a messenger from among them had come to them, then they denied him; then the punishment took them while they were wrongdoers.

وَلَقَدْ جَٓاءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ مِنْهُمْ فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَاَخَذَهُمُ الْعَذَابُ وَهُمْ ظَالِمُونَ

Walaqad jaahum rasoolun minhum fakaththaboohufaakhathahumu alAAathabu wahum thalimoon

So eat of what God has provided you, lawful and good; and be grateful for the favour of your Lord if it be Him you serve.

فَكُلُوا مِمَّا رَزَقَكُمُ اللّٰهُ حَلَالاً طَيِّباًۖ وَاشْكُرُوا نِعْمَتَ اللّٰهِ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ اِيَّاهُ تَعْبُدُونَ

Fakuloo mimma razaqakumu Allahuhalalan tayyiban washkuroo niAAmataAllahi in kuntum iyyahu taAAbudoon

He has but made unlawful to you carrion, and blood, and the flesh of swine, and that dedicated to other than God; but whoso is forced, neither desiring nor transgressing: God is forgiving and merciful.

اِنَّمَا حَرَّمَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْمَيْتَةَ وَالدَّمَ وَلَحْمَ الْخِنْز۪يرِ وَمَٓا اُهِلَّ لِغَيْرِ اللّٰهِ بِه۪ۚ فَمَنِ اضْطُرَّ غَيْرَ بَاغٍ وَلَا عَادٍ فَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ غَفُورٌ رَح۪يمٌ

Innama harrama AAalaykumualmaytata waddama walahma alkhinzeeri wamaohilla lighayri Allahi bihi famani idturra ghayra baghinwala AAadin fa-inna Allaha ghafoorun raheem

And add not to what your tongues describe the lie: “This is lawful, and this is unlawful,” to invent lies about God; those who invent lies about God will not succeed:

وَلَا تَقُولُوا لِمَا تَصِفُ اَلْسِنَتُكُمُ الْكَذِبَ هٰذَا حَلَالٌ وَهٰذَا حَرَامٌ لِتَفْتَرُوا عَلَى اللّٰهِ الْكَذِبَۜ اِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ يَفْتَرُونَ عَلَى اللّٰهِ الْكَذِبَ لَا يُفْلِحُونَۜ

Wala taqooloo lima tasifualsinatukumu alkathiba hatha halalunwahatha haramun litaftaroo AAala Allahialkathiba inna allatheena yaftaroona AAalaAllahi alkathiba la yuflihoon

A brief enjoyment, and they have a painful punishment.

مَتَاعٌ قَل۪يلٌۖ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ اَل۪يمٌ

MataAAun qaleelun walahum AAathabunaleem

And to those who hold to Judaism We made unlawful what We related to thee before; and We wronged them not, but they wronged their souls.

وَعَلَى الَّذ۪ينَ هَادُوا حَرَّمْنَا مَا قَصَصْنَا عَلَيْكَ مِنْ قَبْلُۚ وَمَا ظَلَمْنَاهُمْ وَلٰكِنْ كَانُٓوا اَنْفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ

WaAAala allatheena hadooharramna ma qasasnaAAalayka min qablu wama thalamnahumwalakin kanoo anfusahum yathlimoon

Then thy Lord — to those who did evil through ignorance then repented after that and made right — thy Lord, after that, is forgiving and merciful.

ثُمَّ اِنَّ رَبَّكَ لِلَّذ۪ينَ عَمِلُوا السُّٓوءَ بِجَهَالَةٍ ثُمَّ تَابُوا مِنْ بَعْدِ ذٰلِكَ وَاَصْلَحُٓواۙ اِنَّ رَبَّكَ مِنْ بَعْدِهَا لَغَفُورٌ رَح۪يمٌ۟

Thumma inna rabbaka lillatheenaAAamiloo assoo-a bijahalatin thumma taboomin baAAdi thalika waaslahoo inna rabbakamin baAAdiha laghafoorun raheem

Abraham was a leader, humbly obedient to God, inclining to truth; and he was not of the idolaters:

اِنَّ اِبْرٰه۪يمَ كَانَ اُمَّةً قَانِتاً لِلّٰهِ حَن۪يفاًۜ وَلَمْ يَكُ مِنَ الْمُشْرِك۪ينَۙ

Inna ibraheema kana ommatan qanitanlillahi haneefan walam yaku mina almushrikeen

One grateful for His favours; He chose him, and guided him to a straight path.

شَاكِراً لِاَنْعُمِهِۜ اِجْتَبٰيهُ وَهَدٰيهُ اِلٰى صِرَاطٍ مُسْتَق۪يمٍ

Shakiran li-anAAumihi ijtabahuwahadahu ila siratin mustaqeem

And We gave him good in the World, and in the Hereafter he will be among the righteous.

وَاٰتَيْنَاهُ فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةًۜ وَاِنَّهُ فِي الْاٰخِرَةِ لَمِنَ الصَّالِح۪ينَۜ

Waataynahu fee addunyahasanatan wa-innahu fee al-akhirati lamina assaliheen

Then We instructed thee: “Follow thou the creed of Abraham, inclining to truth; and he was not of the idolaters.”

ثُمَّ اَوْحَيْنَٓا اِلَيْكَ اَنِ اتَّبِـعْ مِلَّةَ اِبْرٰه۪يمَ حَن۪يفاًۜ وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ الْمُشْرِك۪ينَ

Thumma awhayna ilayka aniittabiAA millata ibraheema haneefan wama kanamina almushrikeen

The Sabbath was only appointed for those who differed concerning it; and thy Lord will judge between them on the Day of Resurrection concerning that wherein they differed.

اِنَّمَا جُعِلَ السَّبْتُ عَلَى الَّذ۪ينَ اخْتَلَفُوا ف۪يهِۜ وَاِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَيَحْكُمُ بَيْنَهُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِ ف۪يمَا كَانُوا ف۪يهِ يَخْتَلِفُونَ

Innama juAAila assabtu AAalaallatheena ikhtalafoo feehi wa-inna rabbaka layahkumubaynahum yawma alqiyamati feema kanoo feehiyakhtalifoon

Invite thou to the path of thy Lord with wisdom and comely admonition, and dispute thou with them with that which is best. Thy Lord, He best knows him who strays from His path; and He best knows the guided.

اُدْعُ اِلٰى سَب۪يلِ رَبِّكَ بِالْحِكْمَةِ وَالْمَوْعِظَةِ الْحَسَنَةِ وَجَادِلْهُمْ بِالَّت۪ي هِيَ اَحْسَنُۜ اِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ اَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ ضَلَّ عَنْ سَب۪يلِه۪ وَهُوَ اَعْلَمُ بِالْمُهْتَد۪ينَ

OdAAu ila sabeeli rabbika bilhikmatiwalmawAAithati alhasanati wajadilhumbillatee hiya ahsanu inna rabbaka huwa aAAlamubiman dalla AAan sabeelihi wahuwa aAAlamu bilmuhtadeen

And if you retaliate, then retaliate with the like of that wherewith you are harmed; but if you are patient, it is better for the patient.

وَاِنْ عَاقَبْتُمْ فَعَاقِبُوا بِمِثْلِ مَا عُوقِبْتُمْ بِه۪ۜ وَلَئِنْ صَبَرْتُمْ لَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لِلصَّابِر۪ينَ

Wa-in AAaqabtum faAAaqiboobimithli ma AAooqibtum bihi wala-in sabartum lahuwakhayrun lissabireen

And be thou patient; and thy patience is only through God. And grieve thou not over them, nor be thou in distress over what they scheme.

وَاصْبِرْ وَمَا صَبْرُكَ اِلَّا بِاللّٰهِ وَلَا تَحْزَنْ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا تَكُ ف۪ي ضَيْقٍ مِمَّا يَمْكُرُونَ

Wasbir wama sabrukailla billahi wala tahzanAAalayhim wala taku fee dayqin mimmayamkuroon

God is with those of prudent fear, and those who are doers of good.

اِنَّ اللّٰهَ مَعَ الَّذ۪ينَ اتَّقَوْا وَالَّذ۪ينَ هُمْ مُحْسِنُونَ

Inna Allaha maAAa allatheenaittaqaw wallatheena hum muhsinoon