Az-Zukhruf

Ha-meem

Ḥā, Meem.

Walkitabi almubeen

By the clear Book,

Inna jaAAalnahu qur-ananAAarabiyyan laAAallakum taAAqiloona

Indeed, We have made it an Arabic Qur’ān that you might understand.

Wa-innahu fee ommi alkitabi ladaynalaAAaliyyun hakeem

And indeed it is, in the Mother of the Book with Us, exalted and full of wisdom.

Afanadribu AAankumu aththikrasafhan an kuntum qawman musrifeen

Then should We turn the message away, disregarding you, because you are a transgressing people?

Wakam arsalna min nabiyyin feeal-awwaleen

And how many a prophet We sent among the former peoples,

Wama ya/teehim min nabiyyin illakanoo bihi yastahzi-oon

But there would not come to them a prophet except that they used to ridicule him.

Faahlakna ashadda minhum batshanwamada mathalu al-awwaleen

And We destroyed greater than them in [striking] power, and the example of the former peoples has preceded.

Wala-in saaltahum man khalaqa assamawatiwal-arda layaqoolunna khalaqahunna alAAazeezualAAaleem

And if you should ask them, "Who has created the heavens and the earth?" they would surely say, "They were created by the Exalted in Might, the Knowing,"

Allathee jaAAala lakumu al-ardamahdan wajaAAala lakum feeha subulan laAAallakum tahtadoon

[The one] who has made for you the earth a bed and made for you upon it roads that you might be guided

Wallathee nazzala mina assama-imaan biqadarin faansharna bihi baldatan maytan kathalikatukhrajoon

And who sends down rain from the sky in measured amounts, and We revive thereby a dead land - thus will you be brought forth -

Wallathee khalaqa al-azwajakullaha wajaAAala lakum mina alfulki wal-anAAamima tarkaboon

And who created the species, all of them, and has made for you of ships and animals those which you mount

Litastawoo AAala thuhoorihithumma tathkuroo niAAmata rabbikum itha istawaytumAAalayhi wataqooloo subhana allathee sakhkhara lanahatha wama kunna lahu muqrineen

That you may settle yourselves upon their backs and then remember the favor of your Lord when you have settled upon them and say, "Exalted is He who has subjected this to us, and we could not have [otherwise] subdued it.

Wa-inna ila rabbinalamunqaliboon

And indeed we, to our Lord, will [surely] return."

WajaAAaloo lahu min AAibadihi juz-aninna al-insana lakafoorun mubeen

But they have attributed to Him from His servants a portion. Indeed, man is clearly ungrateful.

Ami ittakhatha mimma yakhluqubanatin waasfakum bilbaneen

Or has He taken, out of what He has created, daughters and chosen you for [having] sons?

Wa-itha bushshira ahaduhum bimadaraba lirrahmani mathalan thallawajhuhu muswaddan wahuwa katheem

And when one of them is given good tidings of that which he attributes to the Most Merciful in comparison [i.e., a daughter], his face becomes dark, and he suppresses grief.

Awaman yunashshao fee alhilyatiwahuwa fee alkhisami ghayru mubeen

So is one brought up in ornaments while being during conflict unevident [attributed to Allāh]?

WajaAAaloo almala-ikata allatheenahum AAibadu arrahmani inathanashahidoo khalqahum satuktabu shahadatuhum wayus-aloon

And they described the angels, who are servants of the Most Merciful, as females. Did they witness their creation? Their testimony will be recorded, and they will be questioned.

Waqaloo law shaa arrahmanuma AAabadnahum ma lahum bithalika minAAilmin in hum illa yakhrusoon

And they said, "If the Most Merciful had willed, we would not have worshipped them." They have of that no knowledge. They are not but misjudging.

Am ataynahum kitabanmin qablihi fahum bihi mustamsikoon

Or have We given them a book before it [i.e., the Qur’ān] to which they are adhering?

Bal qaloo inna wajadna abaanaAAala ommatin wa-inna AAala atharihimmuhtadoon

Rather, they say, "Indeed, we found our fathers upon a religion, and we are in their footsteps [rightly] guided."

Wakathalika ma arsalnamin qablika fee qaryatin min natheerin illa qalamutrafooha inna wajadna abaanaAAala ommatin wa-inna AAala atharihimmuqtadoon

And similarly, We did not send before you any warner into a city except that its affluent said, "Indeed, we found our fathers upon a religion, and we are, in their footsteps, following."

Qala awa law ji/tukum bi-ahdamimma wajadtum AAalayhi abaakum qalooinna bima orsiltum bihi kafiroon

[Each warner] said, "Even if I brought you better guidance than that [religion] upon which you found your fathers?" They said, "Indeed we, in that with which you were sent, are disbelievers."

Fantaqamna minhum fanthurkayfa kana AAaqibatu almukaththibeen

So We took retribution from them; then see how was the end of the deniers.

Wa-ith qala ibraheemuli-abeehi waqawmihi innanee baraon mimma taAAbudoon

And [mention, O Muḥammad], when Abraham said to his father and his people, "Indeed, I am disassociated from that which you worship

Illa allathee fataraneefa-innahu sayahdeen

Except for He who created me; and indeed, He will guide me."

WajaAAalaha kalimatan baqiyatanfee AAaqibihi laAAallahum yarjiAAoon

And he made it a word remaining among his descendants that they might return [to it].

Bal mattaAAtu haola-i waabaahumhatta jaahumu alhaqqu warasoolunmubeen

However, I gave enjoyment to these [people of Makkah] and their fathers until there came to them the truth and a clear Messenger.

Walamma jaahumu alhaqquqaloo hatha sihrun wa-inna bihi kafiroon

But when the truth came to them, they said, "This is magic, and indeed we are, concerning it, disbelievers."

Waqaloo lawla nuzzila hathaalqur-anu AAala rajulin mina alqaryatayni AAatheem

And they said, "Why was this Qur’ān not sent down upon a great man from [one of] the two cities?"

Ahum yaqsimoona rahmata rabbika nahnuqasamna baynahum maAAeeshatahum fee alhayatiaddunya warafaAAna baAAdahum fawqabaAAdin darajatin liyattakhitha baAAduhumbaAAdan sukhriyyan warahmatu rabbika khayrun mimmayajmaAAoon

Do they distribute the mercy of your Lord? It is We who have apportioned among them their livelihood in the life of this world and have raised some of them above others in degrees [of rank] that they may make use of one another for service. But the mercy of your Lord is better than whatever they accumulate.

Walawla an yakoona annasuommatan wahidatan lajaAAalna liman yakfuru birrahmanilibuyootihim suqufan min fiddatin wamaAAarijaAAalayha yathharoon

And if it were not that the people would become one community [of disbelievers], We would have made for those who disbelieve in the Most Merciful - for their houses - ceilings and stairways of silver upon which to mount.

Walibuyootihim abwaban wasururanAAalayha yattaki-oon

And for their houses - doors and couches [of silver] upon which to recline

Wazukhrufan wa-in kullu thalika lammamataAAu alhayati addunya wal-akhiratuAAinda rabbika lilmuttaqeen

And gold ornament. But all that is not but the enjoyment of worldly life. And the Hereafter with your Lord is for the righteous.

Waman yaAAshu AAan thikri arrahmaninuqayyid lahu shaytanan fahuwa lahu qareen

And whoever is blinded from remembrance of the Most Merciful - We appoint for him a devil, and he is to him a companion.

Wa-innahum layasuddoonahum AAani assabeeliwayahsaboona annahum muhtadoon

And indeed, they [i.e., the devils] avert them from the way [of guidance] while they think that they are [rightly] guided

Hatta itha jaanaqala ya layta baynee wabaynaka buAAda almashriqaynifabi/sa alqareen

Until, when he comes to Us [at Judgement], he says [to his companion], "How I wish there was between me and you the distance between the east and west; and what a wretched companion."

Walan yanfaAAakumu alyawma ith thalamtumannakum fee alAAathabi mushtarikoon

And never will it benefit you that Day, when you have wronged, that you are [all] sharing in the punishment.

Afaanta tusmiAAu assumma awtahdee alAAumya waman kana fee dalalinmubeen

Then will you make the deaf hear, [O Muḥammad], or guide the blind or he who is in clear error?

Fa-imma nathhabanna bikafa-inna minhum muntaqimoon

And whether [or not] We take you away [in death], indeed, We will take retribution upon them.

Aw nuriyannaka allathee waAAadnahumfa-inna AAalayhim muqtadiroon

Or whether [or not] We show you that which We have promised them, indeed, We are Perfect in Ability.

Fastamsik billatheeoohiya ilayka innaka AAala siratinmustaqeem

So adhere to that which is revealed to you. Indeed, you are on a straight path.

Wa-innahu lathikrun laka waliqawmikawasawfa tus-aloon

And indeed, it is a remembrance for you and your people, and you [all] are going to be questioned.

Was-al man arsalna minqablika min rusulina ajaAAalna min dooni arrahmanialihatan yuAAbadoon

And ask those We sent before you of Our messengers; have We made besides the Most Merciful deities to be worshipped?

Walaqad arsalna moosa bi-ayatinaila firAAawna wamala-ihi faqala innee rasoolu rabbialAAalameen

And certainly did We send Moses with Our signs to Pharaoh and his establishment, and he said, "Indeed, I am the messenger of the Lord of the worlds."

Falamma jaahum bi-ayatinaitha hum minha yadhakoon

But when he brought them Our signs, at once they laughed at them.

Wama nureehim min ayatin illahiya akbaru min okhtiha waakhathnahum bilAAathabilaAAallahum yarjiAAoon

And We showed them not a sign except that it was greater than its sister, and We seized them with affliction that perhaps they might return [to faith].

Waqaloo ya ayyuha asahiruodAAu lana rabbaka bima AAahida AAindaka innanalamuhtadoon

And they said [to Moses], "O magician, invoke for us your Lord by what He has promised you. Indeed, we will be guided."

Falamma kashafna AAanhumualAAathaba itha hum yankuthoon

But when We removed from them the affliction, at once they broke their word.

Wanada firAAawnu fee qawmihi qalaya qawmi alaysa lee mulku misra wahathihial-anharu tajree min tahtee afala tubsiroon

And Pharaoh called out among his people; he said, "O my people, does not the kingdom of Egypt belong to me, and these rivers flowing beneath me; then do you not see?

Am ana khayrun min hatha allatheehuwa maheenun wala yakadu yubeen

Or am I [not] better than this one [i.e., Moses] who is insignificant and hardly makes himself clear?

Falawla olqiya AAalayhi aswiratun minthahabin aw jaa maAAahu almala-ikatumuqtarineen

Then why have there not been placed upon him bracelets of gold or come with him the angels in conjunction?"

Fastakhaffa qawmahu faataAAoohuinnahum kanoo qawman fasiqeen

So he bluffed his people, and they obeyed him. Indeed, they were [themselves] a people defiantly disobedient [of Allāh].

Falamma asafoonaintaqamna minhum faaghraqnahum ajmaAAeen

And when they angered Us, We took retribution from them and drowned them all.

FajaAAalnahum salafan wamathalan lil-akhireen

And We made them a precedent and an example for the later peoples.

Walamma duriba ibnu maryamamathalan itha qawmuka minhu yasiddoon

And when the son of Mary was presented as an example, immediately your people laughed aloud.

Waqaloo aalihatunakhayrun am huwa ma daraboohu laka illajadalan bal hum qawmun khasimoon

And they said, "Are our gods better, or is he?" They did not present it [i.e., the comparison] except for [mere] argument. But, [in fact], they are a people prone to dispute.

In huwa illa AAabdun anAAamnaAAalayhi wajaAAalnahu mathalan libanee isra-eel

He [i.e., Jesus] was not but a servant upon whom We bestowed favor, and We made him an example for the Children of Israel.

Walaw nashao lajaAAalna minkummala-ikatan fee al-ardi yakhlufoon

And if We willed, We could have made [instead] of you angels succeeding [one another] on the earth.

Wa-innahu laAAilmun lissaAAatifala tamtarunna biha wattabiAAooni hathasiratun mustaqeem

And indeed, he [i.e., Jesus] will be [a sign for] knowledge of the Hour, so be not in doubt of it, and follow Me. This is a straight path.

Wala yasuddannakumu ashshaytanuinnahu lakum AAaduwwun mubeen

And never let Satan avert you. Indeed, he is to you a clear enemy.

Walamma jaa AAeesa bilbayyinatiqala qad ji/tukum bilhikmati wali-obayyinalakum baAAda allathee takhtalifoona feehi fattaqooAllaha waateeAAoon

And when Jesus brought clear proofs, he said, "I have come to you with wisdom [i.e., prophethood] and to make clear to you some of that over which you differ, so fear Allāh and obey me.

Inna Allaha huwa rabbee warabbukum faAAbudoohuhatha siratun mustaqeem

Indeed, Allāh is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him. This is a straight path."

Fakhtalafa al-ahzabumin baynihim fawaylun lillatheena thalamoomin AAathabi yawmin aleem

But the denominations from among them differed [and separated], so woe to those who have wronged from the punishment of a painful Day.

Hal yanthuroona illa assaAAataan ta/tiyahum baghtatan wahum la yashAAuroon

Are they waiting except for the Hour to come upon them suddenly while they perceive not?

Al-akhillao yawma-ithin baAAduhumlibaAAdin AAaduwwun illa almuttaqeen

Close friends, that Day, will be enemies to each other, except for the righteous

Ya AAibadi la khawfunAAalaykumu alyawma wala antum tahzanoon

[To whom Allāh will say], "O My servants, no fear will there be concerning you this Day, nor will you grieve,

Allatheena amanoo bi-ayatinawakanoo muslimeen

[You] who believed in Our verses and were Muslims.

Odkhuloo aljannata antum waazwajukumtuhbaroon

Enter Paradise, you and your kinds, delighted."

Yutafu AAalayhim bisihafinmin thahabin waakwabin wafeeha matashtaheehi al-anfusu watalaththu al-aAAyunu waantum feehakhalidoon

Circulated among them will be plates and vessels of gold. And therein is whatever the souls desire and [what] delights the eyes, and you will abide therein eternally.

Watilka aljannatu allatee oorithtumoohabima kuntum taAAmaloon

And that is Paradise which you are made to inherit for what you used to do.

Lakum feeha fakihatunkatheeratun minha ta/kuloon

For you therein is much fruit from which you will eat.

Inna almujrimeena fee AAathabijahannama khalidoon

Indeed, the criminals will be in the punishment of Hell, abiding eternally.

La yufattaru AAanhum wahum feehimublisoon

It will not be allowed to subside for them, and they, therein, are in despair.

Wama thalamnahumwalakin kanoo humu aththalimeen

And We did not wrong them, but it was they who were the wrongdoers.

Wanadaw ya maliku liyaqdiAAalayna rabbuka qala innakum makithoon

And they will call, "O Mālik, let your Lord put an end to us!" He will say, "Indeed, you will remain."

Laqad ji/nakum bilhaqqiwalakinna aktharakum lilhaqqi karihoon

We had certainly brought you the truth, but most of you, to the truth, were averse.

Am abramoo amran fa-inna mubrimoon

Or have they devised [some] affair? But indeed, We are devising [a plan].

Am yahsaboona anna lanasmaAAu sirrahum wanajwahum bala warusulunaladayhim yaktuboon

Or do they think that We hear not their secrets and their private conversations? Yes, [We do], and Our messengers [i.e., angels] are with them recording.

Qul in kana lirrahmaniwaladun faana awwalu alAAabideen

Say, [O Muḥammad], "If the Most Merciful had a son, then I would be the first of [his] worshippers."

Subhana rabbi assamawatiwal-ardi rabbi alAAarshi AAamma yasifoon

Exalted is the Lord of the heavens and the earth, Lord of the Throne, above what they describe.

Fatharhum yakhoodoowayalAAaboo hatta yulaqoo yawmahumu allatheeyooAAadoon

So leave them to converse vainly and amuse themselves until they meet their Day which they are promised.

Wahuwa allathee fee assama-iilahun wafee al-ardi ilahun wahuwa alhakeemualAAaleem

And it is He [i.e., Allāh] who is [the only] deity in the heaven, and on the earth [the only] deity. And He is the Wise, the Knowing.

Watabaraka allathee lahu mulkuassamawati wal-ardi wamabaynahuma waAAindahu AAilmu assaAAatiwa-ilayhi turjaAAoon

And blessed is He to whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them and with whom is knowledge of the Hour and to whom you will be returned.

Wala yamliku allatheenayadAAoona min doonihi ashshafaAAata illaman shahida bilhaqqi wahum yaAAlamoon

And those they invoke besides Him do not possess [power of] intercession; but only those who testify to the truth [can benefit], and they know.

Wala-in saaltahum man khalaqahumlayaqoolunna Allahu faanna yu/fakoon

And if you asked them who created them, they would surely say, "Allāh." So how are they deluded?

Waqeelihi ya rabbi inna haola-iqawmun la yu/minoon

And [Allāh acknowledges] his saying, "O my Lord, indeed these are a people who do not believe."

Fasfah AAanhum waqulsalamun fasawfa yaAAlamoon

So turn aside from them and say, "Peace." But they are going to know.