سورة النمل

27. Surah An-Naml
The Ant

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

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّح۪يمِ

Bismi Allahi arrahmani arraheem

ṭā sīn Those are the proofs of the Qur’an and of a Clear Writ

طٰسٓ۠ تِلْكَ اٰيَاتُ الْقُرْاٰنِ وَكِتَابٍ مُب۪ينٍۙ

Ta-seen tilka ayatualqur-ani wakitabin mubeen

As guidance and glad tidings for the believers,

هُدًى وَبُشْرٰى لِلْمُؤْمِن۪ينَۙ

Hudan wabushra lilmu/mineen

Those who uphold the duty, and render the purity, and of the Hereafter they are certain.

اَلَّذ۪ينَ يُق۪يمُونَ الصَّلٰوةَ وَيُؤْتُونَ الزَّكٰوةَ وَهُمْ بِالْاٰخِرَةِ هُمْ يُوقِنُونَ

Allatheena yuqeemoona assalatawayu/toona azzakata wahum bil-akhiratihum yooqinoon

Those who believe not in the Hereafter, We have made their deeds fair to them, so they wander blindly.

اِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْاٰخِرَةِ زَيَّنَّا لَهُمْ اَعْمَالَهُمْ فَهُمْ يَعْمَهُونَۜ

Inna allatheena la yu/minoonabil-akhirati zayyanna lahum aAAmalahumfahum yaAAmahoon

Those are they for whom is the evil of punishment, and in the Hereafter are they the greatest losers.

اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ الَّذ۪ينَ لَهُمْ سُٓوءُ الْعَذَابِ وَهُمْ فِي الْاٰخِرَةِ هُمُ الْاَخْسَرُونَ

Ola-ika allatheena lahum soo-oalAAathabi wahum fee al-akhirati humu al-akhsaroon

And thou receivest the Qur’an from one wise and knowing.

وَاِنَّكَ لَتُلَقَّى الْقُرْاٰنَ مِنْ لَدُنْ حَك۪يمٍ عَل۪يمٍ

Wa-innaka latulaqqa alqur-anamin ladun hakeemin AAaleem

When Moses said to his people: “I perceive a fire. I will bring you news from it, or bring you a flaming brand, that you might warm yourselves.”

اِذْ قَالَ مُوسٰى لِاَهْلِه۪ٓ اِنّ۪ٓي اٰنَسْتُ نَاراًۜ سَاٰت۪يكُمْ مِنْهَا بِخَبَرٍ اَوْ اٰت۪يكُمْ بِشِهَابٍ قَبَسٍ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَصْطَلُونَ

Ith qala moosa li-ahlihiinnee anastu naran saateekum minhabikhabarin aw ateekum bishihabin qabasinlaAAallakum tastaloon

Then when he came to it, he was called: — blessed is He who is in the fire and who is round about it, and glory be to God, the Lord of All Creation! —

فَلَمَّا جَٓاءَهَا نُودِيَ اَنْ بُورِكَ مَنْ فِي النَّارِ وَمَنْ حَوْلَهَاۜ وَسُبْحَانَ اللّٰهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَم۪ينَ

Falamma jaaha noodiya anboorika man fee annari waman hawlahawasubhana Allahi rabbi alAAalameen

“O Moses: it is I, God, the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

يَا مُوسٰٓى اِنَّـهُٓ اَنَا اللّٰهُ الْعَز۪يزُ الْحَك۪يمُۙ

Ya moosa innahu ana AllahualAAazeezu alhakeem

“And cast thou thy staff.” And when he saw it stirring as if it were a dominus, he turned away, and did not return. “O Moses: fear thou not; the emissaries fear not in My presence,

وَاَلْقِ عَصَاكَۜ فَلَمَّا رَاٰهَا تَهْتَزُّ كَاَنَّهَا جَٓانٌّ وَلّٰى مُدْبِراً وَلَمْ يُعَقِّبْۜ يَا مُوسٰى لَا تَخَفْ اِنّ۪ي لَا يَخَافُ لَدَيَّ الْمُرْسَلُونَۗ

Waalqi AAasaka falamma raahatahtazzu kaannaha jannun walla mudbiranwalam yuAAaqqib ya moosa la takhaf innee layakhafu ladayya almursaloon

“Save whoso did wrong; then he changed to good after evil, so am I forgiving and merciful.

اِلَّا مَنْ ظَلَمَ ثُمَّ بَدَّلَ حُسْناً بَعْدَ سُٓوءٍ فَاِنّ۪ي غَفُورٌ رَح۪يمٌ

Illa man thalama thummabaddala husnan baAAda soo-in fa-innee ghafoorun raheem

“And enter thou thy hand into thy bosom; it will come forth white, without evil — among nine proofs to Pharaoh and his people; they are a perfidious people.”

وَاَدْخِلْ يَدَكَ ف۪ي جَيْبِكَ تَخْرُجْ بَيْضَٓاءَ مِنْ غَيْرِ سُٓوءٍ ف۪ي تِسْعِ اٰيَاتٍ اِلٰى فِرْعَوْنَ وَقَوْمِه۪ۜ اِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا قَوْماً فَاسِق۪ينَ

Waadkhil yadaka fee jaybika takhruj baydaamin ghayri soo-in fee tisAAi ayatin ilafirAAawna waqawmihi innahum kanoo qawman fasiqeen

And when Our visible proofs came to them, they said: “This is obvious sorcery”;

فَلَمَّا جَٓاءَتْهُمْ اٰيَاتُنَا مُبْصِرَةً قَالُوا هٰذَا سِحْرٌ مُب۪ينٌۚ

Falamma jaat-hum ayatunamubsiratan qaloo hatha sihrun mubeen

And they rejected them, though their souls were convinced thereof, in injustice and arrogance. So see thou how was the final outcome of the workers of corruption.

وَجَحَدُوا بِهَا وَاسْتَيْقَنَتْهَٓا اَنْفُسُهُمْ ظُلْماً وَعُلُواًّۜ فَانْظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الْمُفْسِد۪ينَ۟

Wajahadoo biha wastayqanat-haanfusuhum thulman waAAuluwwan fanthurkayfa kana AAaqibatu almufsideen

And We gave to David and Solomon knowledge; and they said: “Praise belongs to God who has preferred us above many of His believing servants.”

وَلَقَدْ اٰتَيْنَا دَاوُ۫دَ وَسُلَيْمٰنَ عِلْماًۚ وَقَالَا الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ الَّذ۪ي فَضَّلَنَا عَلٰى كَث۪يرٍ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ الْمُؤْمِن۪ينَ

Walaqad atayna dawoodawasulaymana AAilman waqala alhamdulillahi allathee faddalana AAalakatheerin min AAibadihi almu/mineen

And Solomon inherited from David; and he said: “O mankind: we have been taught the speech of birds, and have been given of every thing; this is the clear favour.”

وَوَرِثَ سُلَيْمٰنُ دَاوُ۫دَ وَقَالَ يَٓا اَيُّهَا النَّاسُ عُلِّمْنَا مَنْطِقَ الطَّيْرِ وَاُو۫ت۪ينَا مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍۜ اِنَّ هٰذَا لَهُوَ الْفَضْلُ الْمُب۪ينُ

Wawaritha sulaymanu dawoodawaqala ya ayyuha annasuAAullimna mantiqa attayri waooteenamin kulli shay-in inna hatha lahuwa alfadlualmubeen

And there were gathered to Solomon his forces of domini and servi and birds; and they were marshalled.

وَحُشِرَ لِسُلَيْمٰنَ جُنُودُهُ مِنَ الْجِنِّ وَالْاِنْسِ وَالطَّيْرِ فَهُمْ يُوزَعُونَ

Wahushira lisulaymanajunooduhu mina aljinni wal-insi wattayrifahum yoozaAAoon

When they had reached the valley of the ants, an ant said: “O ants: enter your dwellings lest Solomon and his forces crush you when they perceive not!”

حَتّٰٓى اِذَٓا اَتَوْا عَلٰى وَادِ النَّمْلِۙ قَالَتْ نَمْلَةٌ يَٓا اَيُّهَا النَّمْلُ ادْخُلُوا مَسَاكِنَكُمْۚ لَا يَحْطِمَنَّكُمْ سُلَيْمٰنُ وَجُنُودُهُۙ وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

Hatta itha ataw AAalawadi annamli qalat namlatun ya ayyuhaannamlu odkhuloo masakinakum la yahtimannakumsulaymanu wajunooduhu wahum la yashAAuroon

And he smiled, laughing at her speech, and he said: “My Lord: direct Thou me to be grateful for Thy favour wherewith Thou favoured me and my parents, and to work righteousness pleasing to Thee; and make Thou me enter, by Thy mercy, among Thy righteous servants.”

فَتَبَسَّمَ ضَاحِكاً مِنْ قَوْلِهَا وَقَالَ رَبِّ اَوْزِعْن۪ٓي اَنْ اَشْكُرَ نِعْمَتَكَ الَّت۪ٓي اَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيَّ وَعَلٰى وَالِدَيَّ وَاَنْ اَعْمَلَ صَالِحاً تَرْضٰيهُ وَاَدْخِلْن۪ي بِرَحْمَتِكَ ف۪ي عِبَادِكَ الصَّالِح۪ينَ

Fatabassama dahikan min qawlihawaqala rabbi awziAAnee an ashkura niAAmataka allateeanAAamta AAalayya waAAala walidayya waan aAAmala salihantardahu waadkhilnee birahmatika fee AAibadikaassaliheen

And he inspected the birds, and said: “How is it with me that I see not the hoopoe? Or is he among the absent?

وَتَفَقَّدَ الطَّيْرَ فَقَالَ مَا لِيَ لَٓا اَرَى الْهُدْهُدَۘ اَمْ كَانَ مِنَ الْغَٓائِب۪ينَ

Watafaqqada attayra faqalama liya la ara alhudhuda am kana minaalgha-ibeen

“I will punish him with a severe punishment, or I will slaughter him, unless he brings me a clear authority.”

لَاُعَذِّبَنَّهُ عَذَاباً شَد۪يداً اَوْ لَا۬اَذْبَحَنَّهُٓ اَوْ لَيَأْتِيَنّ۪ي بِسُلْطَانٍ مُب۪ينٍ

LaoAAaththibannahu AAathabanshadeedan aw laathbahannahu aw laya/tiyannee bisultaninmubeen

But he tarried not long, and said: “I have encompassed what thou hast not encompassed; and I come to thee from Saba’ with a certain report.

فَمَكَثَ غَيْرَ بَع۪يدٍ فَقَالَ اَحَطْتُ بِمَا لَمْ تُحِطْ بِه۪ وَجِئْتُكَ مِنْ سَبَأٍ بِنَبَأٍ يَق۪ينٍ

Famakatha ghayra baAAeedin faqala ahattubima lam tuhit bihi waji/tuka min saba-inbinaba-in yaqeen

“I found a woman ruling them; and she has been given of every thing; and she has a great throne.

اِنّ۪ي وَجَدْتُ امْرَاَةً تَمْلِكُهُمْ وَاُو۫تِيَتْ مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَلَهَا عَرْشٌ عَظ۪يمٌ

Innee wajadtu imraatan tamlikuhum waootiyatmin kulli shay-in walaha AAarshun AAatheem

“I found her and her people submitting to the sun, rather than to God.” (And the satan made their deeds fair to them; he turned them away from the path, so they are not guided

وَجَدْتُهَا وَقَوْمَهَا يَسْجُدُونَ لِلشَّمْسِ مِنْ دُونِ اللّٰهِ وَزَيَّنَ لَهُمُ الشَّيْطَانُ اَعْمَالَهُمْ فَصَدَّهُمْ عَنِ السَّب۪يلِ فَهُمْ لَا يَهْتَدُونَۙ

Wajadtuha waqawmaha yasjudoonalishshamsi min dooni Allahi wazayyana lahumu ashshaytanuaAAmalahum fasaddahum AAani assabeeli fahumla yahtadoon

That they submit not to God who brings forth the hidden in the heavens and the earth, and knows what you hide and what you make known;

اَلَّا يَسْجُدُوا لِلّٰهِ الَّذ۪ي يُخْرِجُ الْخَبْءَ فِي السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا تُخْفُونَ وَمَا تُعْلِنُونَ

Alla yasjudoo lillahi allatheeyukhriju alkhabaa fee assamawati wal-ardiwayaAAlamu ma tukhfoona wama tuAAlinoon

God, there is no god save He, Lord of the Great Throne.)

اَللّٰهُ لَٓا اِلٰهَ اِلَّا هُوَ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظ۪يمِ

Allahu la ilaha illahuwa rabbu alAAarshi alAAatheem

He said: “We will see if thou hast spoken truly or art of the liars.

قَالَ سَنَنْظُرُ اَصَدَقْتَ اَمْ كُنْتَ مِنَ الْكَاذِب۪ينَ

Qala sananthuru asadaqtaam kunta mina alkathibeen

“Go thou with this my writ; cast thou it unto them, then turn thou away from them and see thou what they will return.”

اِذْهَبْ بِكِتَاب۪ي هٰذَا فَاَلْقِهْ اِلَيْهِمْ ثُمَّ تَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ فَانْظُرْ مَاذَا يَرْجِعُونَ

Ithhab bikitabee hathafaalqih ilayhim thumma tawalla AAanhum fanthurmatha yarjiAAoon

She said: “O eminent ones: there has been cast unto me a noble writ;

قَالَتْ يَٓا اَيُّهَا الْمَلَؤُ۬ا اِنّ۪ٓي اُلْقِيَ اِلَيَّ كِتَابٌ كَر۪يمٌ

Qalat ya ayyuha almalaoinnee olqiya ilayya kitabun kareem

“It is from Solomon, and it is: ‘In the name of God, the Almighty, the Merciful:

اِنَّهُ مِنْ سُلَيْمٰنَ وَاِنَّهُ بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّح۪يمِۙ

Innahu min sulaymana wa-innahu bismiAllahi arrahmani arraheem

“‘Exalt not yourselves against me, but come to me submitting!’”

اَلَّا تَعْلُوا عَلَيَّ وَأْتُون۪ي مُسْلِم۪ينَ۟

Alla taAAloo AAalayya wa/tooneemuslimeen

She said: “O eminent ones: counsel me in my affair; I decide no affair until you bear me witness.”

قَالَتْ يَٓا اَيُّهَا الْمَلَؤُ۬ا اَفْتُون۪ي ف۪ٓي اَمْر۪يۚ مَا كُنْتُ قَاطِعَةً اَمْراً حَتّٰى تَشْهَدُونِ

Qalat ya ayyuha almalaoaftoonee fee amree ma kuntu qatiAAatan amran hattatashhadoon

They said: “We possess power and possess strong might, but the command is for thee; see thou what thou wilt command.”

قَالُوا نَحْنُ اُو۬لُوا قُوَّةٍ وَاُو۬لُوا بَأْسٍ شَد۪يدٍ وَالْاَمْرُ اِلَيْكِ فَانْظُر۪ي مَاذَا تَأْمُر۪ينَ

Qaloo nahnu oloo quwwatinwaoloo ba/sin shadeedin wal-amru ilayki fanthureematha ta/mureen

She said: “Kings, when they enter a city, spoil it and make its most honoured people abject; and thus will they do.

قَالَتْ اِنَّ الْمُلُوكَ اِذَا دَخَلُوا قَرْيَةً اَفْسَدُوهَا وَجَعَلُٓوا اَعِزَّةَ اَهْلِهَٓا اَذِلَّةًۚ وَكَذٰلِكَ يَفْعَلُونَ

Qalat inna almulooka ithadakhaloo qaryatan afsadooha wajaAAaloo aAAizzata ahlihaathillatan wakathalika yafAAaloon

“And I will send a gift to them, and see with what the emissaries return.”

وَاِنّ۪ي مُرْسِلَةٌ اِلَيْهِمْ بِهَدِيَّةٍ فَنَاظِرَةٌ بِمَ يَرْجِعُ الْمُرْسَلُونَ

Wa-innee mursilatun ilayhim bihadiyyatin fanathiratunbima yarjiAAu almursaloon

So when he came to Solomon, he said: “Would you supply me with wealth? But what God has given me is better than what He has given you; the truth is, it is you who exult in your gift.

فَلَمَّا جَٓاءَ سُلَيْمٰنَ قَالَ اَتُمِدُّونَنِ بِمَالٍۘ فَمَٓا اٰتٰينِ‌يَ اللّٰهُ خَيْرٌ مِمَّٓا اٰتٰيكُمْۚ بَلْ اَنْتُمْ بِهَدِيَّتِكُمْ تَفْرَحُونَ

Falamma jaa sulaymana qalaatumiddoonani bimalin fama ataniyaAllahu khayrun mimma atakum bal antumbihadiyyatikum tafrahoon

“Return thou to them: ‘We will come to them with forces they have no power to resist, and we will drive them therefrom in abjection; and they will be brought low.’”

اِرْجِعْ اِلَيْهِمْ فَلَنَأْتِيَنَّهُمْ بِجُنُودٍ لَا قِبَلَ لَهُمْ بِهَا وَلَنُخْرِجَنَّهُمْ مِنْهَٓا اَذِلَّةً وَهُمْ صَاغِرُونَ

IrjiAA ilayhim falana/tiyannahum bijunoodinla qibala lahum biha walanukhrijannahum minhaathillatan wahum saghiroon

He said: “O eminent ones: which of you will bring me her throne before they come to me submitting?”

قَالَ يَٓا اَيُّهَا الْمَلَؤُ۬ا اَيُّكُمْ يَأْت۪ين۪ي بِعَرْشِهَا قَبْلَ اَنْ يَأْتُون۪ي مُسْلِم۪ينَ

Qala ya ayyuha almalaoayyukum ya/teenee biAAarshiha qabla an ya/toonee muslimeen

A mischievous one among the domini said: “I will bring it to thee before thou canst rise from thy place; and I am for this strong and trustworthy.”

قَالَ عِفْر۪يتٌ مِنَ الْجِنِّ اَنَا۬ اٰت۪يكَ بِه۪ قَبْلَ اَنْ تَقُومَ مِنْ مَقَامِكَۚ وَاِنّ۪ي عَلَيْهِ لَقَوِيٌّ اَم۪ينٌ

Qala AAifreetun mina aljinni anaateeka bihi qabla an taqooma min maqamika wa-inneAAalayhi laqawiyyun ameen

Said one with knowledge of the writ: “I will bring it to thee before thy glance return to thee.” And when he saw it set before him, he said: “This is of the bounty of my Lord, that He might try me, whether I am grateful or ungrateful; and whoso is grateful, he is but grateful for his soul; and whoso is ungrateful, then is my Lord free from need and generous.

قَالَ الَّذ۪ي عِنْدَهُ عِلْمٌ مِنَ الْكِتَابِ اَنَا۬ اٰت۪يكَ بِه۪ قَبْلَ اَنْ يَرْتَدَّ اِلَيْكَ طَرْفُكَۜ فَلَمَّا رَاٰهُ مُسْتَقِراًّ عِنْدَهُ قَالَ هٰذَا مِنْ فَضْلِ رَبّ۪ي۠ لِيَبْلُوَن۪ٓي ءَاَشْكُرُ اَمْ اَكْفُرُۜ وَمَنْ شَكَرَ فَاِنَّمَا يَشْكُرُ لِنَفْسِه۪ۚ وَمَنْ كَفَرَ فَاِنَّ رَبّ۪ي غَنِيٌّ كَر۪يمٌ

Qala allathee AAindahu AAilmunmina alkitabi ana ateeka bihi qabla anyartadda ilayka tarfuka falamma raahumustaqirran AAindahu qala hatha min fadlirabbee liyabluwanee aashkuru am akfuru waman shakara fa-innamayashkuru linafsihi waman kafara fa-inna rabbee ghaniyyun kareem

(He said: “Disguise her throne for her; we will see if she is guided, or if she is of those not guided.”

قَالَ نَكِّرُوا لَهَا عَرْشَهَا نَنْظُرْ اَتَهْتَد۪ٓي اَمْ تَكُونُ مِنَ الَّذ۪ينَ لَا يَهْتَدُونَ

Qala nakkiroo laha AAarshahananthur atahtadee am takoonu mina allatheenala yahtadoon

And when she came, it was said: “Is thy throne like this?” She said: “As though the same.”) “And we were given knowledge before her; and we were submitting.

فَلَمَّا جَٓاءَتْ ق۪يلَ اَهٰكَذَا عَرْشُكِۜ قَالَتْ كَاَنَّهُ هُوَۚ وَاُو۫ت۪ينَا الْعِلْمَ مِنْ قَبْلِهَا وَكُنَّا مُسْلِم۪ينَ

Falamma jaat qeela ahakathaAAarshuki qalat kaannahu huwa waooteena alAAilmamin qabliha wakunna muslimeen

“And what she served, besides God, diverted her; she was of a people of false claimers of guidance.”

وَصَدَّهَا مَا كَانَتْ تَعْبُدُ مِنْ دُونِ اللّٰهِۜ اِنَّهَا كَانَتْ مِنْ قَوْمٍ كَافِر۪ينَ

Wasaddaha ma kanattaAAbudu min dooni Allahi innaha kanat minqawmin kafireen

(It was said to her: “Enter thou the palace.” But when she saw it, she thought it a body of water and uncovered her legs. He said: “It is a palace made smooth with glass.”) She said, “My Lord: I have wronged my soul, and I submit with Solomon to God, the Lord of All Creation.”

ق۪يلَ لَهَا ادْخُلِي الصَّرْحَۚ فَلَمَّا رَاَتْهُ حَسِبَتْهُ لُجَّةً وَكَشَفَتْ عَنْ سَاقَيْهَاۜ قَالَ اِنَّهُ صَرْحٌ مُمَرَّدٌ مِنْ قَوَار۪يرَۜ قَالَتْ رَبِّ اِنّ۪ي ظَلَمْتُ نَفْس۪ي وَاَسْلَمْتُ مَعَ سُلَيْمٰنَ لِلّٰهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَم۪ينَ۟

Qeela laha odkhulee assarhafalamma raat-hu hasibat-hu lujjatan wakashafat AAansaqayha qala innahu sarhunmumarradun min qawareera qalat rabbi innee thalamtunafsee waaslamtu maAAa sulaymana lillahi rabbi alAAalameen

And We sent to Thamūd their brother Ṣāliḥ: “— That you serve God,” but then were they two factions quarrelling.

وَلَقَدْ اَرْسَلْـنَٓا اِلٰى ثَمُودَ اَخَـاهُمْ صَـالِحاً اَنِ اعْبُـدُوا اللّٰهَ فَاِذَا هُمْ فَر۪يقَانِ يَخْتَصِمُونَ

Walaqad arsalna ila thamoodaakhahum salihan ani oAAbudoo Allahafa-itha hum fareeqani yakhtasimoon

He said: “O my people: why will you hasten on the evil before the good? Oh, that you did but ask pardon of God, that you might obtain mercy!”

قَالَ يَا قَوْمِ لِمَ تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ بِالسَّيِّئَةِ قَبْلَ الْحَسَنَةِۚ لَوْلَا تَسْتَغْفِرُونَ اللّٰهَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ

Qala ya qawmi limatastaAAjiloona bissayyi-ati qabla alhasanati lawlatastaghfiroona Allaha laAAallakum turhamoon

They said: “We think thee and those with thee an evil omen.” He said: “Your evil omen is with God. The truth is, you are a people subjected to means of denial.”

قَالُوا اطَّيَّرْنَا بِكَ وَبِمَنْ مَعَكَۜ قَالَ طَٓائِرُكُمْ عِنْدَ اللّٰهِ بَلْ اَنْتُمْ قَوْمٌ تُفْتَنُونَ

Qaloo ittayyarna bikawabiman maAAaka qala ta-irukum AAinda Allahibal antum qawmun tuftanoon

And there were in the city nine men who wrought corruption in the land and did not right.

وَكَانَ فِي الْمَد۪ينَةِ تِسْعَةُ رَهْطٍ يُفْسِدُونَ فِي الْاَرْضِ وَلَا يُصْلِحُونَ

Wakana fee almadeenati tisAAatu rahtinyufsidoona fee al-ardi wala yuslihoon

They said: “Swear one to another, by God, that we will attack him and his household by night. Then we will say to his ally: ‘We witnessed not the destruction of his household, and we are the truthful.’”

قَالُوا تَقَاسَمُوا بِاللّٰهِ لَنُبَيِّتَنَّهُ وَاَهْلَهُ ثُمَّ لَنَقُولَنَّ لِوَلِيِّه۪ مَا شَهِدْنَا مَهْلِكَ اَهْلِه۪ وَاِنَّا لَصَادِقُونَ

Qaloo taqasamoo billahilanubayyitannahu waahlahu thumma lanaqoolanna liwaliyyihi mashahidna mahlika ahlihi wa-inna lasadiqoon

And they schemed a scheme, and We schemed a scheme; and they perceived not.

وَمَكَرُوا مَكْراً وَمَكَرْنَا مَكْراً وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

Wamakaroo makran wamakarna makranwahum la yashAAuroon

Then see thou how was the final outcome of their scheme: that We destroyed them and their people all together,

فَانْظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ مَكْرِهِمْۙ اَنَّا دَمَّرْنَاهُمْ وَقَوْمَهُمْ اَجْمَع۪ينَ

Fanthur kayfa kanaAAaqibatu makrihim anna dammarnahumwaqawmahum ajmaAAeen

So those are their houses, desolate because of the wrong they did; in that is a proof for people who know.

فَتِلْكَ بُيُوتُهُمْ خَاوِيَةً بِمَا ظَلَمُواۜ اِنَّ ف۪ي ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَةً لِقَوْمٍ يَعْلَمُونَ

Fatilka buyootuhum khawiyatan bimathalamoo inna fee thalika laayatanliqawmin yaAAlamoon

And We delivered those who heeded warning and were in prudent fear.

وَاَنْجَيْنَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا وَكَانُوا يَتَّقُونَ

Waanjayna allatheena amanoowakanoo yattaqoon

And Lot: when he said to his people: “Do you commit sexual immorality with open eyes?

وَلُوطاً اِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِه۪ٓ اَتَأْتُونَ الْفَاحِشَةَ وَاَنْتُمْ تُبْصِرُونَ

Walootan ith qalaliqawmihi ata/toona alfahishata waantum tubsiroon

“Do you approach men with lust instead of women? The truth is, you are a people in ignorance.”

اَئِنَّكُمْ لَتَأْتُونَ الرِّجَالَ شَهْوَةً مِنْ دُونِ النِّسَٓاءِۜ بَلْ اَنْتُمْ قَوْمٌ تَجْهَلُونَ

A-innakum lata/toona arrijalashahwatan min dooni annisa-i bal antum qawmuntajhaloon

But the response of his people was only that they said: “Turn the family of Lot out of your city; they are men who keep themselves pure!”

فَمَا كَانَ جَوَابَ قَوْمِه۪ٓ اِلَّٓا اَنْ قَالُٓوا اَخْرِجُٓوا اٰلَ لُوطٍ مِنْ قَرْيَتِكُمْۚ اِنَّهُمْ اُنَاسٌ يَتَطَهَّرُونَ

Fama kana jawabaqawmihi illa an qaloo akhrijoo ala lootinmin qaryatikum innahum onasun yatatahharoon

And We delivered him and his household save his wife; We decreed her to be of those who stayed behind.

فَاَنْجَيْنَاهُ وَاَهْلَـهُٓ اِلَّا امْرَاَتَهُۘ قَدَّرْنَاهَا مِنَ الْغَابِر۪ينَ

Faanjaynahu waahlahu illaimraatahu qaddarnaha mina alghabireen

And We rained upon them a rain; and evil is the rain of those who were warned.

وَاَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ مَطَراًۚ فَسَٓاءَ مَطَرُ الْمُنْذَر۪ينَ۟

Waamtarna AAalayhim mataranfasaa mataru almunthareen

Say thou: “Praise belongs to God, and peace be upon His servants whom He has chosen!” Is God better, or that to which they ascribe a partnership?

قُلِ الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ وَسَلَامٌ عَلٰى عِبَادِهِ الَّذ۪ينَ اصْطَفٰىۜ آٰللّٰهُ خَيْرٌ اَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَۜ

Quli alhamdu lillahi wasalamunAAala AAibadihi allatheena istafaallahu khayrun amma yushrikoon

If: He who created the heavens and the earth: — and sent down for you water from the sky wherewith We cause to grow gardens full of delight whereof it was not for you to cause the trees to grow — is there any god with God? The truth is, they are a people who ascribe equals.

اَمَّنْ خَلَقَ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضَ وَاَنْزَلَ لَكُمْ مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ مَٓاءًۚ فَاَنْبَتْنَا بِه۪ حَدَٓائِقَ ذَاتَ بَهْجَةٍۚ مَا كَانَ لَكُمْ اَنْ تُنْبِتُوا شَجَرَهَاۜ ءَاِلٰهٌ مَعَ اللّٰهِۜ بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ يَعْدِلُونَۜ

Amman khalaqa assamawatiwal-arda waanzala lakum mina assama-imaan faanbatna bihi hada-iqa thatabahjatin ma kana lakum an tunbitoo shajarahaa-ilahun maAAa Allahi bal hum qawmun yaAAdiloon

If: He who made the earth a fixed lodging, and made rivers in its midst, and made firm mountains therein, and made a barrier between the two seas: is there any god with God? The truth is, most of them know not.

اَمَّنْ جَعَلَ الْاَرْضَ قَرَاراً وَجَعَلَ خِلَالَـهَٓا اَنْهَاراً وَجَعَلَ لَهَا رَوَاسِيَ وَجَعَلَ بَيْنَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ حَاجِزاًۜ ءَاِلٰهٌ مَعَ اللّٰهِۜ بَلْ اَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَۜ

Amman jaAAala al-arda qararanwajaAAala khilalaha anharan wajaAAala laharawasiya wajaAAala bayna albahrayni hajizana-ilahun maAAa Allahi bal aktharuhum layaAAlamoon

If: He who responds to one distressed when he calls to Him, and removes the evil, and makes you successors of the earth: is there any god with God? Little do you take heed.

اَمَّنْ يُج۪يبُ الْمُضْطَرَّ اِذَا دَعَاهُ وَيَكْشِفُ السُّٓوءَ وَيَجْعَلُكُمْ خُلَـفَٓاءَ الْاَرْضِۜ ءَاِلٰهٌ مَعَ اللّٰهِۜ قَل۪يلاً مَا تَذَكَّرُونَۜ

Amman yujeebu almudtarra ithadaAAahu wayakshifu assoo-a wayajAAalukum khulafaaal-ardi a-ilahun maAAa Allahi qaleelan matathakkaroon

If: He who guides you in the darknesses of the land and the sea, and who sends the winds as glad tidings at the time of His mercy: is there any god with God? Exalted be God above that to which they ascribe a partnership!

اَمَّنْ يَهْد۪يكُمْ ف۪ي ظُلُمَاتِ الْبَرِّ وَالْبَحْرِ وَمَنْ يُرْسِلُ الرِّيَاحَ بُشْراً بَيْنَ يَدَيْ رَحْمَتِه۪ۜ ءَاِلٰهٌ مَعَ اللّٰهِۜ تَعَالَى اللّٰهُ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَۜ

Amman yahdeekum fee thulumatialbarri walbahri waman yursilu arriyahabushran bayna yaday rahmatihi a-ilahun maAAa AllahitaAAala Allahu AAamma yushrikoon

If: He who begins creation, then repeats it, and provides for you from the heaven and the earth: is there any god with God? Say thou: “Bring your evidence, if you be truthful.”

اَمَّنْ يَبْدَؤُا الْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُع۪يدُهُ وَمَنْ يَرْزُقُكُمْ مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ وَالْاَرْضِۜ ءَاِلٰهٌ مَعَ اللّٰهِۜ قُلْ هَاتُوا بُرْهَانَكُمْ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِق۪ينَ

Amman yabdao alkhalqa thumma yuAAeeduhuwaman yarzuqukum mina assama-i wal-ardia-ilahun maAAa Allahi qul hatoo burhanakumin kuntum sadiqeen

Say thou: “None in the heavens and the earth knows the Unseen save God.” And they perceive not when they will be raised.

قُلْ لَا يَعْلَمُ مَنْ فِي السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِ الْغَيْبَ اِلَّا اللّٰهُۜ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ اَيَّانَ يُبْعَثُونَ

Qul la yaAAlamu man fee assamawatiwal-ardi alghayba illa Allahu wamayashAAuroona ayyana yubAAathoon

The truth is, their knowledge fails concerning the Hereafter. The truth is, they are in doubt about it. The truth is, they are blind to it.

بَلِ ادَّارَكَ عِلْمُهُمْ فِي الْاٰخِرَةِ۠ بَلْ هُمْ ف۪ي شَكٍّ مِنْهَا۠ بَلْ هُمْ مِنْهَا عَمُونَ۟

Bali iddaraka AAilmuhum fee al-akhiratibal hum fee shakkin minha bal hum minha AAamoon

And those who ignore warning say: “When we are dust, and our fathers, will we be brought forth?

وَقَالَ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُٓوا ءَاِذَا كُنَّا تُرَاباً وَاٰبَٓاؤُ۬نَٓا اَئِنَّا لَمُخْرَجُونَ

Waqala allatheena kafaroo a-ithakunna turaban waabaona a-innalamukhrajoon

“We have been promised this, we and our fathers, before; this is only legends of the former peoples.”

لَقَدْ وُعِدْنَا هٰذَا نَحْنُ وَاٰبَٓاؤُ۬نَا مِنْ قَبْلُۙ اِنْ هٰذَٓا اِلَّٓا اَسَاط۪يرُ الْاَوَّل۪ينَ

Laqad wuAAidna hatha nahnuwaabaona min qablu in hatha illaasateeru al-awwaleen

Say thou: “Travel in the earth and see how was the final outcome of the lawbreakers.”

قُلْ س۪يرُوا فِي الْاَرْضِ فَانْظُرُوا كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الْمُجْرِم۪ينَ

Qul seeroo fee al-ardi fanthurookayfa kana AAaqibatu almujrimeen

And grieve thou not over them, nor be thou in distress because of what they scheme.

وَلَا تَحْزَنْ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا تَكُنْ ف۪ي ضَيْقٍ مِمَّا يَمْكُرُونَ

Wala tahzan AAalayhim walatakun fee dayqin mimma yamkuroon

And they say: “When is this promise, if you be truthful?”

وَيَقُولُونَ مَتٰى هٰذَا الْوَعْدُ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِق۪ينَ

Wayaqooloona mata hathaalwaAAdu in kuntum sadiqeen

Say thou: “It may be that close behind you is some of what you would hasten.”

قُلْ عَسٰٓى اَنْ يَكُونَ رَدِفَ لَكُمْ بَعْضُ الَّذ۪ي تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ

Qul AAasa an yakoona radifa lakumbaAAdu allathee tastaAAjiloon

And thy Lord is bountiful to mankind, but most of them are not grateful.

وَاِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَذُو فَضْلٍ عَلَى النَّاسِ وَلٰكِنَّ اَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَشْكُرُونَ

Wa-inna rabbaka lathoo fadlinAAala annasi walakinna aktharahum layashkuroon

And thy Lord knows what their breasts conceal, and what they make known.

وَاِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَيَعْلَمُ مَا تُكِنُّ صُدُورُهُمْ وَمَا يُعْلِنُونَ

Wa-inna rabbaka layaAAlamu ma tukinnusudooruhum wama yuAAlinoon

And there is nothing hidden in the heaven and the earth save is in a clear writ.

وَمَا مِنْ غَٓائِبَةٍ فِي السَّمَٓاءِ وَالْاَرْضِ اِلَّا ف۪ي كِتَابٍ مُب۪ينٍ

Wama min gha-ibatin fee assama-iwal-ardi illa fee kitabin mubeen

This Qur’an relates to the children of Israel most of that wherein they differ,

اِنَّ هٰذَا الْقُرْاٰنَ يَقُصُّ عَلٰى بَن۪ٓي اِسْرَٓائ۪لَ اَكْثَرَ الَّذ۪ي هُمْ ف۪يهِ يَخْتَلِفُونَ

Inna hatha alqur-ana yaqussuAAala banee isra-eela akthara allathee humfeehi yakhtalifoon

And it is guidance, and a mercy for the believers.

وَاِنَّهُ لَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةٌ لِلْمُؤْمِن۪ينَ

Wa-innahu lahudan warahmatunlilmu/mineen

Thy Lord will decide between them by His judgment; and He is the Exalted in Might, the Knowing.

اِنَّ رَبَّكَ يَقْض۪ي بَيْنَهُمْ بِحُكْمِه۪ۚ وَهُوَ الْعَز۪يزُ الْعَل۪يمُۚ

Inna rabbaka yaqdee baynahum bihukmihiwahuwa alAAazeezu alAAaleem

And place thou thy trust in God; thou art upon the manifest truth.

فَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى اللّٰهِۜ اِنَّكَ عَلَى الْحَقِّ الْمُب۪ينِ

Fatawakkal AAala Allahi innakaAAala alhaqqi almubeen

Thou wilt not make the dead to hear, nor wilt thou make the deaf to hear the call when they turn and go.

اِنَّكَ لَا تُسْمِــعُ الْمَوْتٰى وَلَا تُسْمِــعُ الصُّمَّ الدُّعَٓاءَ اِذَا وَلَّوْا مُدْبِر۪ينَ

Innaka la tusmiAAu almawta walatusmiAAu assumma adduAAaa ithawallaw mudbireen

And thou wilt not guide the blind out of their error. Thou wilt only make hear him who believes in Our proofs, so they are submitting.

وَمَٓا اَنْتَ بِهَادِي الْعُمْيِ عَنْ ضَلَالَتِهِمْۜ اِنْ تُسْمِــعُ اِلَّا مَنْ يُؤْمِنُ بِاٰيَاتِنَا فَهُمْ مُسْلِمُونَ

Wama anta bihadee alAAumyiAAan dalalatihim in tusmiAAu illa manyu/minu bi-ayatina fahum muslimoon

And when the word befalls them, We will bring forth for them a creature from the earth telling them that men were of Our proofs not certain.

وَاِذَا وَقَعَ الْقَوْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ اَخْرَجْنَا لَهُمْ دَٓابَّةً مِنَ الْاَرْضِ تُكَلِّمُهُمْۙ اَنَّ النَّاسَ كَانُوا بِاٰيَاتِنَا لَا يُوقِنُونَ۟

Wa-itha waqaAAa alqawlu AAalayhimakhrajna lahum dabbatan mina al-arditukallimuhum anna annasa kanoo bi-ayatinala yooqinoon

And the day We gather from every community a crowd of those who deny Our proofs, then will they be marshalled.

وَيَوْمَ نَحْشُرُ مِنْ كُلِّ اُمَّةٍ فَوْجاً مِمَّنْ يُكَذِّبُ بِاٰيَاتِنَا فَهُمْ يُوزَعُونَ

Wayawma nahshuru min kulli ommatinfawjan mimman yukaththibu bi-ayatinafahum yoozaAAoon

When they have come, He will say: “Did you deny My proofs, when you had not encompassed them in knowledge? Or what was it you did?”

حَتّٰٓى اِذَا جَٓاؤُ۫ قَالَ اَكَذَّبْتُمْ بِاٰيَات۪ي وَلَمْ تُح۪يطُوا بِهَا عِلْماً اَمَّاذَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

Hatta itha jaooqala akaththabtum bi-ayatee walam tuheetoobiha AAilman ammatha kuntum taAAmaloon

And the word will befall them because they did wrong, and they will not speak.

وَوَقَعَ الْقَوْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ بِمَا ظَلَمُوا فَهُمْ لَا يَنْطِقُونَ

WawaqaAAa alqawlu AAalayhim bima thalamoofahum la yantiqoon

Have they not considered that We made the night that they might rest therein, and the day sight-giving? In that are proofs for people who believe.

اَلَمْ يَرَوْا اَنَّا جَعَلْنَا الَّيْلَ لِيَسْكُنُوا ف۪يهِ وَالنَّهَارَ مُبْصِراًۜ اِنَّ ف۪ي ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَاتٍ لِقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ

Alam yaraw anna jaAAalnaallayla liyaskunoo feehi wannahara mubsiraninna fee thalika laayatin liqawmin yu/minoon

And the day the Trumpet is blown, then terrified will be whoso is in the heavens and the earth save who God wills, and all will come to Him abased.

وَيَوْمَ يُنْفَخُ فِي الصُّورِ فَفَزِ عَ مَنْ فِي السَّمٰوَاتِ وَمَنْ فِي الْاَرْضِ اِلَّا مَنْ شَٓاءَ اللّٰهُۜ وَكُلٌّ اَتَوْهُ دَاخِر۪ينَ

Wayawma yunfakhu fee assoorifafaziAAa man fee assamawati waman feeal-ardi illa man shaa Allahu wakullunatawhu dakhireen

And thou seest the mountains; thou thinkest them solid, but they will pass as the passing of clouds: — the work of God who perfected all things; He is aware of what you do.

وَتَرَى الْجِبَالَ تَحْسَبُهَا جَامِدَةً وَهِيَ تَمُرُّ مَرَّ السَّحَابِۜ صُنْعَ اللّٰهِ الَّـذ۪ٓي اَتْقَنَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍۜ اِنَّهُ خَب۪يرٌ بِمَا تَفْعَلُونَ

Watara aljibala tahsabuhajamidatan wahiya tamurru marra assahabi sunAAaAllahi allathee atqana kulla shay-in innahukhabeerun bima tafAAaloon

Whoso brings a good deed, for him will be better than it; and they will from the terror of that day be secure.

مَنْ جَٓاءَ بِالْحَسَنَةِ فَلَهُ خَيْرٌ مِنْهَاۚ وَهُمْ مِنْ فَزَعٍ يَوْمَئِذٍ اٰمِنُونَ

Man jaa bilhasanatifalahu khayrun minha wahum min fazaAAin yawma-ithinaminoon

And whoso brings evil will be thrown on their faces into the Fire: “Are you rewarded save for what you did?”

وَمَنْ جَٓاءَ بِالسَّيِّئَةِ فَكُبَّتْ وُجُوهُهُمْ فِي النَّارِۜ هَلْ تُجْزَوْنَ اِلَّا مَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

Waman jaa bissayyi-atifakubbat wujoohuhum fee annari hal tujzawna illama kuntum taAAmaloon

“I have but been commanded to serve the Lord of this land who made it inviolable; and to Him all things belong. And I am commanded to be of those submitting,

اِنَّـمَٓا اُمِرْتُ اَنْ اَعْبُدَ رَبَّ هٰذِهِ الْبَلْدَةِ الَّذ۪ي حَرَّمَهَا وَلَهُ كُلُّ شَيْءٍۘ وَاُمِرْتُ اَنْ اَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُسْلِم۪ينَۙ

Innama omirtu an aAAbuda rabba hathihialbaldati allathee harramaha walahu kullushay-in waomirtu an akoona mina almuslimeen

“And to recite the Qur’an.” And whoso is guided, he is but guided for himself; and whoso strays, then say thou: “I am only of the warners.”

وَاَنْ اَتْلُوَا الْقُرْاٰنَۚ فَمَنِ اهْتَدٰى فَاِنَّمَا يَهْتَد۪ي لِنَفْسِه۪ۚ وَمَنْ ضَلَّ فَقُلْ اِنَّـمَٓا اَنَا۬ مِنَ الْمُنْذِر۪ينَ

Waan atluwa alqur-ana famani ihtadafa-innama yahtadee linafsihi waman dalla faqulinnama ana mina almunthireen

And say thou: “Praise belongs to God. He will show His proofs to you, and you will recognise them.” And thy Lord is not unmindful of what you do.

وَقُلِ الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ سَيُر۪يكُمْ اٰيَاتِه۪ فَتَعْرِفُونَهَاۜ وَمَا رَبُّكَ بِغَافِلٍ عَمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ

Waquli alhamdu lillahisayureekum ayatihi fataAArifoonaha wamarabbuka bighafilin AAamma taAAmaloon