In the name of God, the Almighty, the Merciful.
بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّح۪يمِ
Bismi Allahi arrahmani arraheem
Your companion has not strayed, nor has he erred,
مَا ضَلَّ صَاحِبُكُمْ وَمَا غَوٰىۚ
Ma dalla sahibukum wamaghawa
Nor speaks he from vain desire.
وَمَا يَنْطِقُ عَنِ الْهَوٰىۜ
Wama yantiqu AAani alhawa
It is only a revelation revealed,
اِنْ هُوَ اِلَّا وَحْيٌ يُوحٰىۙ
In huwa illa wahyun yooha
Taught him by one strong in power,
عَلَّمَهُ شَد۪يدُ الْقُوٰىۙ
AAallamahu shadeedu alquwa
Possessed of firmness; and he stood,
ذُومِرَّةٍۜ فَاسْتَوٰىۙ
Thoo mirratin fastawa
And he was in the highest horizon;
وَهُوَ بِالْاُفُقِ الْاَعْلٰىۜ
Wahuwa bil-ofuqi al-aAAla
Then he drew nearer, and descended,
ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَلّٰىۙ
Thumma dana fatadalla
And was at a distance of two bows’ length or nearer,
فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوْسَيْنِ اَوْ اَدْنٰىۚ
Fakana qaba qawsayni aw adna
Then He revealed to His servant what He revealed.
فَاَوْحٰٓى اِلٰى عَبْدِه۪ مَٓا اَوْحٰىۜ
Faawha ila AAabdihi maawha
The heart lied not about what it saw.
مَا كَذَبَ الْفُؤٰ۬ادُ مَا رَاٰى
Ma kathaba alfu-adu maraa
Will you then dispute with him about what he saw?
اَفَتُمَارُونَهُ عَلٰى مَا يَرٰى
Afatumaroonahu AAala mayara
And he saw him in another descent,
وَلَقَدْ رَاٰهُ نَزْلَةً اُخْرٰىۙ
Walaqad raahu nazlatan okhra
By the Lote Tree of the Finality
عِنْدَ سِدْرَةِ الْمُنْتَهٰى
AAinda sidrati almuntaha
(Near it is the Garden of Shelter)
عِنْدَهَا جَنَّةُ الْمَأْوٰىۜ
AAindaha jannatu alma/wa
When there covered the Lote Tree that which covered;
اِذْ يَغْشَى السِّدْرَةَ مَا يَغْشٰىۙ
Ith yaghsha assidratama yaghsha
The vision did not deviate, nor did it transgress.
مَا زَاغَ الْبَصَرُ وَمَا طَغٰى
Ma zagha albasaru wamatagha
Indeed, he saw of the greatest proofs of his Lord.
لَقَدْ رَاٰى مِنْ اٰيَاتِ رَبِّهِ الْـكُبْرٰى
Laqad raa min ayatirabbihi alkubra
Have you considered Al-Lāt and Al-ʿUzzā,
اَفَرَاَيْتُمُ اللَّاتَ وَالْعُزّٰىۙ
Afaraaytumu allata walAAuzza
And Manāt the third, the other?
وَمَنٰوةَ الثَّالِثَةَ الْاُخْرٰى
Wamanata aththalithataal-okhra
Have you the males, and He the females?
اَلَـكُمُ الذَّكَرُ وَلَهُ الْاُنْثٰى
Alakumu aththakaru walahual-ontha
That then is an unjust division.
تِلْكَ اِذاً قِسْمَةٌ ض۪يزٰى
Tilka ithan qismatun deeza
They are only names you have named, you and your fathers, for which God sent down no authority. They follow only assumption, and what their souls desire; but there has come to them guidance from their Lord.
اِنْ هِيَ اِلَّٓا اَسْمَٓاءٌ سَمَّيْتُمُوهَٓا اَنْتُمْ وَاٰبَٓاؤُ۬كُمْ مَٓا اَنْزَلَ اللّٰهُ بِهَا مِنْ سُلْطَانٍۜ اِنْ يَتَّبِعُونَ اِلَّا الظَّنَّ وَمَا تَهْوَى الْاَنْفُسُۚ وَلَقَدْ جَٓاءَهُمْ مِنْ رَبِّهِمُ الْهُدٰىۜ
In hiya illa asmaonsammaytumooha antum waabaokum maanzala Allahu biha min sultanin inyattabiAAoona illa aththanna wamatahwa al-anfusu walaqad jaahum min rabbihimu alhuda
If man is to have what he desires:
اَمْ لِلْاِنْسَانِ مَا تَمَنّٰىۘ
Am lil-insani ma tamanna
Then to God belong the Latter and the Former.
فَلِلّٰهِ الْاٰخِرَةُ وَالْاُو۫لٰى۟
Falillahi al-akhiratu wal-oola
And how many an angel is there in the heavens! Their intercession avails nothing save after that God gives leave to whom He wills and is pleased.
وَكَمْ مِنْ مَلَكٍ فِي السَّمٰوَاتِ لَا تُغْن۪ي شَفَاعَتُهُمْ شَيْـٔاً اِلَّا مِنْ بَعْدِ اَنْ يَأْذَنَ اللّٰهُ لِمَنْ يَشَٓاءُ وَيَرْضٰى
Wakam min malakin fee assamawatila tughnee shafaAAatuhum shay-an illa minbaAAdi an ya/thana Allahu liman yashao wayarda
Those who believe not in the Hereafter name the angels with the names of females.
اِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْاٰخِرَةِ لَيُسَمُّونَ الْمَلٰٓئِكَةَ تَسْمِيَةَ الْاُنْثٰى
Inna allatheena la yu/minoonabil-akhirati layusammoona almala-ikatatasmiyata al-ontha
But they have no knowledge thereof, they follow only assumption; and assumption avails nothing against the truth.
وَمَا لَهُمْ بِه۪ مِنْ عِلْمٍۜ اِنْ يَتَّبِعُونَ اِلَّا الظَّنَّۚ وَاِنَّ الظَّنَّ لَا يُغْن۪ي مِنَ الْحَقِّ شَيْـٔاًۚ
Wama lahum bihi min AAilmin inyattabiAAoona illa aththanna wa-innaaththanna la yughnee mina alhaqqishay-a
So turn thou away from him who turns away from Our remembrance and desires only the life of this world.
فَاَعْرِضْ عَنْ مَنْ تَوَلّٰى عَنْ ذِكْرِنَا وَلَمْ يُرِدْ اِلَّا الْحَيٰوةَ الدُّنْيَاۜ
FaaAArid AAan man tawalla AAanthikrina walam yurid illa alhayataaddunya
That is their attainment of knowledge. Thy Lord: He best knows him who strays from His path; and He best knows him who is guided.
ذٰلِكَ مَبْلَغُهُمْ مِنَ الْعِلْمِۜ اِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ اَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ ضَلَّ عَنْ سَب۪يلِه۪ وَهُوَ اَعْلَمُ بِمَنِ اهْتَدٰى
Thalika mablaghuhum mina alAAilmiinna rabbaka huwa aAAlamu biman dalla AAan sabeelihiwahuwa aAAlamu bimani ihtada
And to God belongs what is in the heavens and what is in the earth, that He might reward those who do evil with what they have done, and reward those who do good with the best —
وَلِلّٰهِ مَا فِي السَّمٰوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْاَرْضِۙ لِيَجْزِيَ الَّذ۪ينَ اَسَٓاؤُ۫ا بِمَا عَمِلُوا وَيَجْزِيَ الَّذ۪ينَ اَحْسَنُوا بِالْحُسْنٰىۚ
Walillahi ma fee assamawatiwama fee al-ardi liyajziya allatheena asaoobima AAamiloo wayajziya allatheena ahsanoobilhusna
Those who avoid the enormities of sin and sexual immoralities save slight mistakes — thy Lord is vast in forgiveness. He best knew you when He produced you from the earth, and when you were foetuses in the wombs of your mothers; then hold not yourselves to be pure; He best knows those of prudent fear.
اَلَّذ۪ينَ يَجْتَنِبُونَ كَـبَٓائِرَ الْاِثْمِ وَالْفَوَاحِشَ اِلَّا اللَّمَمَۜ اِنَّ رَبَّكَ وَاسِعُ الْمَغْفِرَةِۜ هُوَ اَعْلَمُ بِكُمْ اِذْ اَنْشَاَكُمْ مِنَ الْاَرْضِ وَاِذْ اَنْتُمْ اَجِنَّةٌ ف۪ي بُطُونِ اُمَّهَاتِكُمْۚ فَلَا تُزَكُّٓوا اَنْفُسَكُمْۜ هُوَ اَعْلَمُ بِمَنِ اتَّقٰى۟
Allatheena yajtaniboona kaba-iraal-ithmi walfawahisha illa allamama innarabbaka wasiAAu almaghfirati huwa aAAlamu bikum ithanshaakum mina al-ardi wa-ith antum ajinnatun feebutooni ommahatikum fala tuzakkoo anfusakumhuwa aAAlamu bimani ittaqa
Hast thou then considered him who turned away
اَفَرَاَيْتَ الَّذ۪ي تَوَلّٰىۙ
Afaraayta allathee tawalla
And gave a little, and then withheld?
وَاَعْطٰى قَل۪يلاً وَاَكْدٰى
WaaAAta qaleelan waakda
Does he possess knowledge of the Unseen, so he sees?
اَعِنْدَهُ عِلْمُ الْغَيْبِ فَهُوَ يَرٰى
aAAindahu AAilmu alghaybi fahuwa yara
If he has not been informed of what is in the scriptures of Moses,
اَمْ لَمْ يُنَبَّأْ بِمَا ف۪ي صُحُفِ مُوسٰىۙ
Am lam yunabba/ bima fee suhufimoosa
And of Abraham who discharged in full:
وَاِبْرٰه۪يمَ الَّذ۪ي وَفّٰىۙ
Wa-ibraheema allathee waffa
That no bearer of burdens bears the burden of another,
اَلَّا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٌ وِزْرَ اُخْرٰىۙ
Alla taziru waziratun wizraokhra
And that man has not save that for which he strove,
وَاَنْ لَيْسَ لِلْاِنْسَانِ اِلَّا مَا سَعٰىۙ
Waan laysa lil-insani illa masaAAa
And that his striving will be seen
وَاَنَّ سَعْيَهُ سَوْفَ يُرٰىۖ
Waanna saAAyahu sawfa yura
— Then will he be rewarded with the fullest reward —
ثُمَّ يُجْزٰيهُ الْجَزَٓاءَ الْاَوْفٰىۙ
Thumma yujzahu aljazaa al-awfa
And that to thy Lord is the Finality,
وَاَنَّ اِلٰى رَبِّكَ الْمُنْتَهٰىۙ
Waanna ila rabbika almuntaha
And that it is He who makes laugh, and makes weep,
وَاَنَّهُ هُوَ اَضْحَكَ وَاَبْكٰىۙ
Waannahu huwa adhaka waabka
And that it is He who gives death, and gives life,
وَاَنَّهُ هُوَ اَمَاتَ وَاَحْيَاۙ
Waannahu huwa amata waahya
And that He created the two kinds — the male and the female —
وَاَنَّهُ خَلَقَ الزَّوْجَيْنِ الذَّكَرَ وَالْاُنْثٰىۙ
Waannahu khalaqa azzawjayni aththakarawal-ontha
From a sperm-drop when it was emitted,
مِنْ نُطْفَةٍ اِذَا تُمْنٰىۖ
Min nutfatin itha tumna
And that upon Him is the next creation,
وَاَنَّ عَلَيْهِ النَّشْاَةَ الْاُخْرٰىۙ
Waanna AAalayhi annash-ata al-okhra
And that it is He who makes free from need and causes to possess,
وَاَنَّهُ هُوَ اَغْنٰى وَاَقْنٰىۙ
Waannahu huwa aghna waaqna
And that it is He who is the Lord of Sirius,
وَاَنَّهُ هُوَ رَبُّ الشِّعْرٰىۙ
Waannahu huwa rabbu ashshiAAra
And that He destroyed the former ʿĀd,
وَاَنَّـهُٓ اَهْلَكَ عَاداًۨ الْاُو۫لٰىۙ
Waannahu ahlaka AAadan al-oola
And the people of Noah before — they were worse in wrongdoing, and worse in transgression —
وَقَوْمَ نُوحٍ مِنْ قَبْلُۜ اِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا هُمْ اَظْلَمَ وَاَطْغٰىۜ
Waqawma noohin min qablu innahum kanoohum athlama waatgha
And the overthrown cities He cast down,
وَالْمُؤْتَفِكَةَ اَهْوٰىۙ
Walmu/tafikata ahwa
And covered them with what He covered.
فَغَشّٰيهَا مَا غَشّٰىۚ
Faghashshaha ma ghashsha
Then which of the blessings of thy Lord dost thou dispute?
فَبِاَيِّ اٰلَٓاءِ رَبِّكَ تَتَمَارٰى
Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbika tatamara
This is a warner like the former warners.
هٰذَا نَذ۪يرٌ مِنَ النُّذُرِ الْاُو۫لٰى
Hatha natheerun mina annuthurial-oola
There is none, besides God, to remove it.
لَيْسَ لَهَا مِنْ دُونِ اللّٰهِ كَاشِفَةٌ
Laysa laha min dooni Allahi kashifat
Do you then marvel at this narrative,
اَفَمِنْ هٰذَا الْحَد۪يثِ تَعْجَبُونَۙ
Afamin hatha alhadeethitaAAjaboon
And laugh, and not weep,
وَتَضْحَكُونَ وَلَا تَبْكُونَۙ
Watadhakoona wala tabkoon
But submit to God, and serve.
فَاسْجُدُوا لِلّٰهِ وَاعْبُدُوا
Fasjudoo lillahi waAAbudoo