سورة ص

38. Surah Sad
The letter Saad

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

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّح۪يمِ

Bismi Allahi arrahmani arraheem

ṣād By the Qur’an full of remembrance!

صٓ وَالْقُرْاٰنِ ذِي الذِّكْرِۜ

Sad walqur-ani theeaththikr

The truth is, those who ignore warning are in pride and dissension.

بَلِ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا ف۪ي عِزَّةٍ وَشِقَاقٍ

Bali allatheena kafaroo fee AAizzatinwashiqaq

(How many a generation We destroyed before them! And they cried out when there was no time to escape.)

كَمْ اَهْلَكْنَا مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ مِنْ قَرْنٍ فَنَادَوْا وَلَاتَ ح۪ينَ مَنَاصٍ

Kam ahlakna min qablihim min qarninfanadaw walata heena manas

And they marvel that a warner has come to them from among them; and the false claimers of guidance say: “This is a sorcerer and a liar.

وَعَجِبُٓوا اَنْ جَٓاءَهُمْ مُنْذِرٌ مِنْهُمْۘ وَقَالَ الْكَافِرُونَ هٰذَا سَاحِرٌ كَذَّابٌۚ

WaAAajiboo an jaahum munthirunminhum waqala alkafiroona hatha sahirunkaththab

“Has he made the gods One God? This is an amazing thing.”

اَجَعَلَ الْاٰلِهَةَ اِلٰهاً وَاحِداًۚ اِنَّ هٰذَا لَشَيْءٌ عُجَابٌ

AjaAAala al-alihata ilahan wahidaninna hatha lashay-on AAujab

And the eminent ones among them went forth: “Go and be steadfast to your gods — this is a thing desired.

وَانْطَلَقَ الْمَلَأُ مِنْهُمْ اَنِ امْشُوا وَاصْبِرُوا عَلٰٓى اٰلِهَتِكُمْۚ اِنَّ هٰذَا لَشَيْءٌ يُرَادُۚ

Wantalaqa almalao minhum aniimshoo wasbiroo AAala alihatikuminna hatha lashay-on yurad

“We heard not of this in the latter creed; this is only a fabrication.

مَا سَمِعْنَا بِهٰذَا فِي الْمِلَّةِ الْاٰخِرَةِۚ اِنْ هٰذَٓا اِلَّا اخْتِلَاقٌۚ

Ma samiAAna bihatha feealmillati al-akhirati in hatha illa ikhtilaq

“Is it that the remembrance was sent down upon him from among us?” The truth is, they are in doubt about My remembrance; the truth is, they have not tasted My punishment!

ءَاُنْزِلَ عَلَيْهِ الذِّكْرُ مِنْ بَيْنِنَاۜ بَلْ هُمْ ف۪ي شَكٍّ مِنْ ذِكْر۪يۚ بَلْ لَمَّا يَذُوقُوا عَذَابِۜ

Aonzila AAalayhi aththikru minbaynina bal hum fee shakkin min thikree bal lammayathooqoo AAathab

If they have the treasuries of the mercy of thy Lord, the Exalted in Might, the Bestower: —

اَمْ عِنْدَهُمْ خَزَٓائِنُ رَحْمَةِ رَبِّكَ الْعَز۪يزِ الْوَهَّابِۚ

Am AAindahum khaza-inu rahmatirabbika alAAazeezi alwahhab

Or if they have the dominion of the heavens and the earth and what is between them: — then let them ascend into the causes!

اَمْ لَهُمْ مُلْكُ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا۠ فَلْيَرْتَقُوا فِي الْاَسْبَابِ

Am lahum mulku assamawatiwal-ardi wama baynahuma falyartaqoofee al-asbab

Some force is thereupon defeated among the parties.

جُنْدٌ مَا هُنَالِكَ مَهْزُومٌ مِنَ الْاَحْزَابِ

Jundun ma hunalika mahzoomunmina al-ahzab

The people of Noah denied before them, and ʿĀd, and Pharaoh, the Lord of Stakes,

كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ وَعَادٌ وَفِرْعَوْنُ ذُوالْاَوْتَادِۙ

Kaththabat qablahum qawmu noohinwaAAadun wafirAAawnu thoo al-awtad

And Thamūd, and the people of Lot, and the companions of the woods — those were the parties —

وَثَمُودُ وَقَوْمُ لُوطٍ وَاَصْحَابُ لْـَٔيْكَةِۜ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ الْاَحْزَابُ

Wathamoodu waqawmu lootin waas-habual-aykati ola-ika al-ahzab

Each only denied the messengers, so My retribution became binding.

اِنْ كُلٌّ اِلَّا كَذَّبَ الرُّسُلَ فَحَقَّ عِقَابِ۟

In kullun illa kaththaba arrusulafahaqqa AAiqab

And these look only for one Blast; it has no delay.

وَمَا يَنْظُرُ هٰٓؤُ۬لَٓاءِ اِلَّا صَيْحَةً وَاحِدَةً مَا لَهَا مِنْ فَوَاقٍ

Wama yanthuru haola-iilla sayhatan wahidatan ma lahamin fawaq

And they say: “Our Lord: hasten Thou for us our lot before the Day of Reckoning!”

وَقَالُوا رَبَّنَا عَجِّلْ لَنَا قِطَّنَا قَبْلَ يَوْمِ الْحِسَابِ

Waqaloo rabbana AAajjil lanaqittana qabla yawmi alhisab

Be thou patient over what they say. And remember thou Our servant David, the possessor of strength: he was one turning in repentance.

اِصْبِرْ عَلٰى مَا يَقُولُونَ وَاذْكُرْ عَبْدَنَا دَاوُ۫دَ ذَا الْاَيْدِۚ اِنَّـهُٓ اَوَّابٌ

Isbir AAala mayaqooloona wathkur AAabdana dawooda thaal-aydi innahu awwab

We made subject the mountains with him giving glory at evening and sunrise,

اِنَّا سَخَّرْنَا الْجِبَالَ مَعَهُ يُسَبِّحْنَ بِالْعَشِيِّ وَالْاِشْرَاقِۙ

Inna sakhkharna aljibalamaAAahu yusabbihna bilAAashiyyi wal-ishraq

And the birds assembled, all turning in repentance to Him.

وَالطَّيْرَ مَحْشُورَةًۜ كُلٌّ لَـهُٓ اَوَّابٌ

Wattayra mahshooratankullun lahu awwab

And We strengthened his dominion, and gave him wisdom and discernment of speech.

وَشَدَدْنَا مُلْكَهُ وَاٰتَيْنَاهُ الْحِكْمَةَ وَفَصْلَ الْخِطَابِ

Washadadna mulkahu waataynahualhikmata wafasla alkhitab

And has the report of the litigant come to thee: — when they scaled the wall of the chamber?

وَهَلْ اَتٰيكَ نَـبَؤُا الْخَصْمِۢ اِذْ تَسَوَّرُوا الْمِحْرَابَۙ

Wahal ataka nabao alkhasmi ithtasawwaroo almihrab

When they entered upon David, and he was in terror of them, they said: “Fear thou not — two litigants, one of whom has oppressed the other. So judge thou between us with justice, and transgress thou not; and guide thou us to the right way.

اِذْ دَخَلُوا عَلٰى دَاوُ۫دَ فَفَزِعَ مِنْهُمْ قَالُوا لَا تَخَفْۚ خَصْمَانِ بَغٰى بَعْضُنَا عَلٰى بَعْضٍ فَاحْكُمْ بَيْنَنَا بِالْحَقِّ وَلَا تُشْطِطْ وَاهْدِنَٓا اِلٰى سَوَٓاءِ الصِّرَاطِ

Ith dakhaloo AAala dawoodafafaziAAa minhum qaloo la takhaf khasmanibagha baAAduna AAala baAAdinfahkum baynana bilhaqqi walatushtit wahdina ila sawa-iassirat

“This, my brother, has ninety-nine ewes, and I have one ewe; so he said: ‘Place thou her in my charge’; and he overcame me in speech.”

اِنَّ هٰذَٓا اَخ۪ي لَهُ تِسْعٌ وَتِسْعُونَ نَعْجَةً وَلِيَ نَعْجَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ فَقَالَ اَكْفِلْن۪يهَا وَعَزَّن۪ي فِي الْخِطَابِ

Inna hatha akhee lahu tisAAunwatisAAoona naAAjatan waliya naAAjatun wahidatun faqalaakfilneeha waAAazzanee fee alkhitab

Said he: “He has wronged thee in asking thy ewe for his ewes; and many among acquaintances oppress one another save those who heed warning and do righteous deeds — and few are they.” And David understood that We had but subjected him to means of denial; and he asked forgiveness of his Lord, and fell down humbly and repented.

قَالَ لَقَدْ ظَلَمَكَ بِسُؤَالِ نَعْجَتِكَ اِلٰى نِعَاجِه۪ۜ وَاِنَّ كَث۪يراً مِنَ الْخُلَطَٓاءِ لَيَبْغ۪ي بَعْضُهُمْ عَلٰى بَعْضٍ اِلَّا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ وَقَل۪يلٌ مَا هُمْۜ وَظَنَّ دَاوُ۫دُ اَنَّمَا فَتَنَّاهُ فَاسْتَغْفَرَ رَبَّهُ وَخَرَّ رَا‌كِعاً وَاَنَابَ

Qala laqad thalamakabisu-ali naAAjatika ila niAAajihi wa-innakatheeran mina alkhulata-i layabghee baAAduhum AAalabaAAdin illa allatheena amanoowaAAamiloo assalihati waqaleelun mahum wathanna dawoodu annama fatannahufastaghfara rabbahu wakharra rakiAAan waanab

So We forgave him that; and he has nearness to Us and a good journey’s end.

فَغَفَرْنَا لَهُ ذٰلِكَۜ وَاِنَّ لَهُ عِنْدَنَا لَزُلْفٰى وَحُسْنَ مَاٰبٍ

Faghafarna lahu thalikawa-inna lahu AAindana lazulfa wahusna maab

“O David: We have appointed thee a successor in the earth; so judge thou between men with justice; and follow thou not vain desire lest it cause thee to stray from the path of God.” Those who stray from the path of God will have a severe punishment because they forgot the Day of Reckoning.

يَا دَاوُ۫دُ اِنَّا جَعَلْنَاكَ خَل۪يفَةً فِي الْاَرْضِ فَاحْكُمْ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ بِالْحَقِّ وَلَا تَتَّبِعِ الْهَوٰى فَيُضِلَّكَ عَنْ سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِۜ اِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ يَضِلُّونَ عَنْ سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ شَد۪يدٌ بِمَا نَسُوا يَوْمَ الْحِسَابِ۟

Ya dawoodu inna jaAAalnakakhaleefatan fee al-ardi fahkum bayna annasibilhaqqi wala tattabiAAi alhawa fayudillakaAAan sabeeli Allahi inna allatheena yadilloonaAAan sabeeli Allahi lahum AAathabun shadeedun bimanasoo yawma alhisab

And We created not the heaven and the earth and what is between them to no purpose. That is the assumption of those who ignore warning. And woe to those who ignore warning from the Fire!

وَمَا خَلَقْنَا السَّمَٓاءَ وَالْاَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا بَاطِلاًۜ ذٰلِكَ ظَنُّ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُواۚ فَوَيْلٌ لِلَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا مِنَ النَّارِۜ

Wama khalaqna assamaawal-arda wama baynahuma batilanthalika thannu allatheena kafaroofawaylun lillatheena kafaroo mina annar

If We make those who heed warning and do righteous deeds like the workers of corruption in the land:. — Or if We make those of prudent fear like the licentious:.

اَمْ نَجْعَلُ الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ كَالْمُفْسِد۪ينَ فِي الْاَرْضِۘ اَمْ نَجْعَلُ الْمُتَّق۪ينَ كَالْفُجَّارِ

Am najAAalu allatheena amanoowaAAamiloo assalihati kalmufsideenafee al-ardi am najAAalu almuttaqeena kalfujjar

A Writ We have sent down to thee, one blessed, that they might consider its proofs with care, and that those of insight might take heed.

كِتَابٌ اَنْزَلْنَاهُ اِلَيْكَ مُبَارَكٌ لِيَدَّبَّرُٓوا اٰيَاتِه۪ وَلِيَتَذَكَّرَ اُو۬لُوا الْاَلْبَابِ

Kitabun anzalnahu ilayka mubarakunliyaddabbaroo ayatihi waliyatathakkara olooal-albab

And We gave David Solomon — how excellent a servant! He was one turning in repentance.

وَوَهَبْنَا لِدَاوُ۫دَ سُلَيْمٰنَۜ نِعْمَ الْعَبْدُۜ اِنَّهُٓ اَوَّابٌۜ

Wawahabna lidawooda sulaymananiAAma alAAabdu innahu awwab

When there were presented to him in the evening standing steeds,

اِذْ عُرِضَ عَلَيْهِ بِالْعَشِيِّ الصَّافِنَاتُ الْجِيَادُۙ

Ith AAurida AAalayhi bilAAashiyyiassafinatu aljiyad

He said: “I have loved the love of good out of remembrance of my Lord!” — until it disappeared behind the partition: —

فَقَالَ اِنّ۪ٓي اَحْبَبْتُ حُبَّ الْخَيْرِ عَنْ ذِكْرِ رَبّ۪يۚ حَتّٰى تَوَارَتْ بِالْحِجَابِ۠

Faqala innee ahbabtu hubbaalkhayri AAan thikri rabbee hatta tawaratbilhijab

“Return them to me!” Then he began to rub down their legs and necks.

رُدُّوهَا عَلَيَّۜ فَطَفِقَ مَسْحاً بِالسُّوقِ وَالْاَعْنَاقِ

Ruddooha AAalayya fatafiqa mashanbissooqi wal-aAAnaq

And We subjected Solomon to means of denial, and cast upon his throne a body; then did he repent.

وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا سُلَيْمٰنَ وَاَلْقَيْنَا عَلٰى كُرْسِيِّه۪ جَسَداً ثُمَّ اَنَابَ

Walaqad fatanna sulaymanawaalqayna AAala kursiyyihi jasadan thumma anab

He said: “My Lord: forgive Thou me, and give Thou me a dominion such as behoves no one after me; Thou art the Bestower!”

قَالَ رَبِّ اغْفِرْ ل۪ي وَهَبْ ل۪ي مُلْكاً لَا يَنْبَغ۪ي لِاَحَدٍ مِنْ بَعْد۪يۚ اِنَّكَ اَنْتَ الْوَهَّابُ

Qala rabbi ighfir lee wahab leemulkan la yanbaghee li-ahadin min baAAdee innakaanta alwahhab

So We made subject to him the wind — running by his command gently whithersoever he directed —

فَسَخَّرْنَا لَهُ الرّ۪يحَ تَجْر۪ي بِاَمْرِه۪ رُخَٓاءً حَيْثُ اَصَابَۙ

Fasakhkharna lahu arreehatajree bi-amrihi rukhaan haythu asab

And the satans, every builder and diver,

وَالشَّيَاط۪ينَ كُلَّ بَنَّٓاءٍ وَغَوَّاصٍۙ

Washshayateena kulla banna-inwaghawwas

And others bound together in shackles.

وَاٰخَر۪ينَ مُقَرَّن۪ينَ فِي الْاَصْفَادِ

Waakhareena muqarraneena fee al-asfad

“This is Our gift; so grant thou or withhold thou without reckoning!”

هٰذَا عَطَٓاؤُ۬نَا فَامْنُنْ اَوْ اَمْسِكْ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ

Hatha AAataona famnunaw amsik bighayri hisab

And he has nearness to Us, and a good journey’s end.

وَاِنَّ لَهُ عِنْدَنَا لَزُلْفٰى وَحُسْنَ مَاٰبٍ۟

Wa-inna lahu AAindana lazulfawahusna maab

And remember thou Our servant Job, when he called to his Lord: “The satan has touched me with distress and punishment.”

وَاذْكُرْ عَبْدَنَٓا اَيُّوبَۢ اِذْ نَادٰى رَبَّهُٓ اَنّ۪ي مَسَّنِيَ الشَّيْطَانُ بِنُصْبٍ وَعَذَابٍۜ

Wathkur AAabdanaayyooba ith nada rabbahu annee massaniya ashshaytanubinusbin waAAathab

“Stamp thou thy foot: — this is a cool bath and drink!”

اُرْكُضْ بِرِجْلِكَۚ هٰذَا مُغْتَسَلٌ بَارِدٌ وَشَرَابٌ

Orkud birijlika hathamughtasalun baridun washarab

And We gave him his household, and their like with them, as a mercy from Us, and as a reminder for men of understanding.

وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُٓ اَهْلَهُ وَمِثْلَهُمْ مَعَهُمْ رَحْمَةً مِنَّا وَذِكْرٰى لِاُو۬لِي الْاَلْبَابِ

Wawahabna lahu ahlahu wamithlahummaAAahum rahmatan minna wathikrali-olee al-albab

And: “Take thou in thy hand a bouquet, and strike thou therewith, and break thou not thine oath!” We found him patient. How excellent a servant! He was one turning in repentance.

وَخُذْ بِيَدِكَ ضِغْثاً فَاضْرِبْ بِه۪ وَلَا تَحْنَثْۜ اِنَّا وَجَدْنَاهُ صَابِراًۜ نِعْمَ الْعَبْدُۜ اِنَّهُٓ اَوَّابٌ

Wakhuth biyadika dighthan fadribbihi wala tahnath inna wajadnahu sabiranniAAma alAAabdu innahu awwab

And remember thou Our servants Abraham, Isaac and Jacob — possessors of strength and vision.

وَاذْكُرْ عِبَادَنَٓا اِبْرٰه۪يمَ وَاِسْحٰقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ اُو۬لِي الْاَيْد۪ي وَالْاَبْصَارِ

Wathkur AAibadanaibraheema wa-ishaqa wayaAAqooba olee al-aydee wal-absar

We purified them with a pure quality: the remembrance of the Abode.

اِنَّٓا اَخْلَصْنَاهُمْ بِخَالِصَةٍ ذِكْرَى الدَّارِۚ

Inna akhlasnahum bikhalisatinthikra addar

And they are in Our sight among the chosen, the excellent.

وَاِنَّهُمْ عِنْدَنَا لَمِنَ الْمُصْطَفَيْنَ الْاَخْيَارِ

Wa-innahum AAindana lamina almustafaynaal-akhyar

And remember thou Ishmael, and Elisha, and Dhūl-Kifl; and all were among the excellent.

وَاذْكُرْ اِسْمٰع۪يلَ وَالْيَسَعَ وَذَا الْـكِفْلِۜ وَكُلٌّ مِنَ الْاَخْيَارِۜ

Wathkur ismaAAeelawa-ilyasaAAa watha alkifli wakullun mina al-akhyar

This is a remembrance. And for those of prudent fear is a good journey’s end:

هٰذَا ذِكْرٌۜ وَاِنَّ لِلْمُتَّق۪ينَ لَحُسْنَ مَاٰبٍۙ

Hatha thikrun wa-innalilmuttaqeena lahusna maab

Gardens of perpetual abode whose doors will be opened to them;

جَنَّاتِ عَدْنٍ مُفَتَّحَةً لَهُمُ الْاَبْوَابُۚ

Jannati AAadnin mufattahatanlahumu al-abwab

Reclining therein, they will call therein for plenteous fruit and drink;

مُتَّكِـ۪ٔينَ ف۪يهَا يَدْعُونَ ف۪يهَا بِفَاكِهَةٍ كَث۪يرَةٍ وَشَرَابٍ

Muttaki-eena feeha yadAAoona feehabifakihatin katheeratin washarab

And with them maidens of modest gaze, well-matched.

وَعِنْدَهُمْ قَاصِرَاتُ الطَّرْفِ اَتْرَابٌ

WaAAindahum qasiratu attarfiatrab

This is what you are promised for the Day of Reckoning.

هٰذَا مَا تُوعَدُونَ لِيَوْمِ الْحِسَابِ

Hatha ma tooAAadoona liyawmialhisab

This is Our provision; it has no depletion.

اِنَّ هٰذَا لَرِزْقُنَا مَا لَهُ مِنْ نَفَادٍۚ

Inna hatha larizquna malahu min nafad

This! And for those transgressing all bounds is an evil journey’s end:

هٰذَاۜ وَاِنَّ لِلطَّاغ۪ينَ لَشَرَّ مَاٰبٍۙ

Hatha wa-inna littagheenalasharra maab

Gehenna, wherein they will burn; and evil is the resting-place.

جَهَنَّمَۚ يَصْلَوْنَهَاۚ فَبِئْسَ الْمِهَادُ

Jahannama yaslawnaha fabi/saalmihad

This! So let them taste it: scalding water and purulence,

هٰذَاۙ فَلْيَذُوقُوهُ حَم۪يمٌ وَغَسَّاقٌۙ

Hatha falyathooqoohu hameemunwaghassaq

And more of like categories.

وَاٰخَرُ مِنْ شَكْلِه۪ٓ اَزْوَاجٌۜ

Waakharu min shaklihi azwaj

“This is a crowd rushing headlong with you!” — No welcome for them — they will burn in the Fire.

هٰذَا فَوْجٌ مُقْتَحِمٌ مَعَكُمْۚ لَا مَرْحَباً بِهِمْۜ اِنَّهُمْ صَالُوا النَّارِ

Hatha fawjun muqtahimunmaAAakum la marhaban bihim innahum saloo annar

They will say: “The truth is, you — no welcome for you — you sent it ahead for us; and evil is the fixed lodging!”

قَالُوا بَلْ اَنْتُمْ۠ لَا مَرْحَباً بِكُمْۜ اَنْتُمْ قَدَّمْتُمُوهُ لَنَاۚ فَبِئْسَ الْقَرَارُ

Qaloo bal antum la marhabanbikum antum qaddamtumoohu lana fabi/sa alqarar

They will say: “Our Lord: whoso sent this ahead for us, increase Thou for him a double punishment in the Fire.”

قَالُوا رَبَّنَا مَنْ قَدَّمَ لَنَا هٰذَا فَزِدْهُ عَذَاباً ضِعْفاً فِي النَّارِ

Qaloo rabbana man qaddama lanahatha fazidhu AAathaban diAAfan fee annar

And they will say: “What ails us that we see not men we counted among the worst,

وَقَالُوا مَا لَنَا لَا نَرٰى رِجَالاً كُنَّا نَعُدُّهُمْ مِنَ الْاَشْرَارِۜ

Waqaloo ma lana lanara rijalan kunna naAAudduhum mina al-ashrar

“Whom we took in derision — or does our sight miss them?”

اَتَّخَذْنَاهُمْ سِخْرِياًّ اَمْ زَاغَتْ عَنْهُمُ الْاَبْصَارُ

Attakhathnahum sikhriyyan am zaghatAAanhumu al-absar

That is true: — the mutual recrimination of the people of the Fire.

اِنَّ ذٰلِكَ لَحَقٌّ تَخَاصُمُ اَهْلِ النَّارِ۟

Inna thalika lahaqqun takhasumuahli annar

Say thou: “I am only a warner; and there is no god save God, the One, the Vanquishing,

قُلْ اِنَّـمَٓا اَنَا۬ مُنْذِرٌۗ وَمَا مِنْ اِلٰهٍ اِلَّا اللّٰهُ الْوَاحِدُ الْقَهَّارُۚ

Qul innama ana munthirunwama min ilahin illa Allahu alwahidualqahhar

“Lord of the Heavens and the Earth and what is between them, the Exalted in Might, the Forgiver.”

رَبُّ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا الْعَز۪يزُ الْغَفَّارُ

Rabbu assamawati wal-ardiwama baynahuma alAAazeezu alghaffar

Say thou: “It is a tremendous report

قُلْ هُوَ نَبَؤٌا عَظ۪يمٌۙ

Qul huwa nabaon AAatheem

“From which you turn away.

اَنْتُمْ عَنْهُ مُعْرِضُونَ

Antum AAanhu muAAridoon

“I had no knowledge of the exalted assembly when they disputed,

مَا كَانَ لِيَ مِنْ عِلْمٍ بِالْمَلَأِ الْاَعْلٰٓى اِذْ يَخْتَصِمُونَ

Ma kana liya min AAilmin bilmala-ial-aAAla ith yakhtasimoon

“It is only revealed to me, that I am a clear warner.”

اِنْ يُوحٰٓى اِلَيَّ اِلَّٓا اَنَّمَٓا اَنَا۬ نَذ۪يرٌ مُب۪ينٌ

In yooha ilayya illa annamaana natheerun mubeen

When thy Lord said to the angels: “I am creating a mortal from clay,

اِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلٰٓئِكَةِ اِنّ۪ي خَالِقٌ بَشَراً مِنْ ط۪ينٍ

Ith qala rabbuka lilmala-ikatiinnee khaliqun basharan min teen

“And when I have formed him, and breathed into him of My Spirit, then fall down, to him in submission.”

فَاِذَا سَوَّيْتُهُ وَنَفَخْتُ ف۪يهِ مِنْ رُوح۪ي فَقَعُوا لَهُ سَاجِد۪ينَ

Fa-itha sawwaytuhu wanafakhtu feehimin roohee faqaAAoo lahu sajideen

Then the angels submitted, all of them together.

فَسَجَدَ الْمَلٰٓئِكَةُ كُلُّهُمْ اَجْمَعُونَۙ

Fasajada almala-ikatu kulluhumajmaAAoon

Not so Iblīs; he had waxed proud, and was of the false claimers of guidance.

اِلَّٓا اِبْل۪يسَۜ اِسْتَكْـبَرَ وَكَانَ مِنَ الْكَافِر۪ينَ

Illa ibleesa istakbara wakanamina alkafireen

He said: “O Iblīs: what hindered thee from submitting to that which I have created with My hands? Hast thou waxed proud? Or art thou of the exalted?”

قَالَ يَٓا اِبْل۪يسُ مَا مَنَعَكَ اَنْ تَسْجُدَ لِمَا خَلَقْتُ بِيَدَيَّۜ اَسْتَكْـبَرْتَ اَمْ كُنْتَ مِنَ الْعَال۪ينَ

Qala ya ibleesu mamanaAAaka an tasjuda lima khalaqtu biyadayya astakbarta amkunta mina alAAaleen

Said he: “I am better than he; Thou createdst me of fire, and Thou createdst him of clay.”

قَالَ اَنَا۬ خَيْرٌ مِنْهُۜ خَلَقْتَن۪ي مِنْ نَارٍ وَخَلَقْتَهُ مِنْ ط۪ينٍ

Qala ana khayrun minhukhalaqtanee min narin wakhalaqtahu min teen

He said: “Go thou forth from it; for thou art accursed;

قَالَ فَاخْرُجْ مِنْهَا فَاِنَّكَ رَج۪يمٌۚ

Qala fakhruj minhafa-innaka rajeem

“And upon thee is My curse until the Day of Judgment.”

وَاِنَّ عَلَيْكَ لَعْنَت۪ٓي اِلٰى يَوْمِ الدّ۪ينِ

Wa-inna AAalayka laAAnatee ila yawmiaddeen

Said he: “My Lord: grant Thou me respite until the day they are raised.”

قَالَ رَبِّ فَاَنْظِرْن۪ٓي اِلٰى يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ

Qala rabbi faanthirneeila yawmi yubAAathoon

He said: “Thou art of those granted respite

قَالَ فَاِنَّكَ مِنَ الْمُنْظَر۪ينَۙ

Qala fa-innaka mina almunthareen

“Until the day of the known time.”

اِلٰى يَوْمِ الْوَقْتِ الْمَعْلُومِ

Ila yawmi alwaqti almaAAloom

Said he: “Then by Thy power and glory will I cause them to err all together,

قَالَ فَبِعِزَّتِكَ لَاُغْوِيَنَّهُمْ اَجْمَع۪ينَۙ

Qala fabiAAizzatika laoghwiyannahumajmaAAeen

“Save Thy servants among them that are sincere.”

اِلَّا عِبَادَكَ مِنْهُمُ الْمُخْلَص۪ينَ

Illa AAibadaka minhumualmukhlaseen

He said: “Then the truth: — and the truth do I say —

قَالَ فَالْحَقُّۘ وَالْحَقَّ اَقُولُۚ

Qala falhaqqu walhaqqaaqool

“I will fill Gehenna with thee, and whoso follows thee of them all together!”

لَاَمْلَـَٔنَّ جَهَنَّمَ مِنْكَ وَمِمَّنْ تَبِعَكَ مِنْهُمْ اَجْمَع۪ينَ

Laamlaanna jahannama minka wamimmantabiAAaka minhum ajmaAAeen

Say thou: “I ask of you for it no reward; and I am not of those who claim things falsely.

قُلْ مَٓا اَسْـَٔلُـكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ اَجْرٍ وَمَٓا اَنَا۬ مِنَ الْمُتَكَلِّف۪ينَ

Qul ma as-alukum AAalayhi min ajrinwama ana mina almutakallifeen

“It is only a reminder to all mankind,

اِنْ هُوَ اِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِلْعَالَم۪ينَ

In huwa illa thikrun lilAAalameen

“And you will come to know its report after a time.”

وَلَتَعْلَمُنَّ نَبَاَهُ بَعْدَ ح۪ينٍ

WalataAAlamunna nabaahu baAAda heen