The Arrangers

In the name of GOD, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

bis'mi l-lahi l-raḥmāni l-raḥīm

The arrangers in columns.

وَٱلصَّٰٓفَّٰتِ صَفًّا

wal-ṣāfāti ṣaffa

The blamers of those to be blamed.

فَٱلزَّٰجِرَٰتِ زَجْرًا

fal-zājirāti zajra

The reciters of the messages.

فَٱلتَّٰلِيَٰتِ ذِكْرًا

fal-tāliyāti dhik'ra

Your god is only one.

إِنَّ إِلَٰهَكُمْ لَوَٰحِدٌ

inna ilāhakum lawāḥidu

The Lord of the heavens and the earth, and everything between them, and Lord of the easts.

رَّبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا وَرَبُّ ٱلْمَشَٰرِقِ

rabbu l-samāwāti wal-arḍi wamā baynahumā warabbu l-mashāriq

We have adorned the lowest heaven with adorning planets.

إِنَّا زَيَّنَّا ٱلسَّمَآءَ ٱلدُّنْيَا بِزِينَةٍ ٱلْكَوَاكِبِ

innā zayyannā l-samāa l-dun'yā bizīnatin l-kawākib

We guarded it from every evil devil.

وَحِفْظًا مِّن كُلِّ شَيْطَٰنٍ مَّارِدٍ

waḥif'ẓan min kulli shayṭānin māridi

They cannot spy on the High Society; they get bombarded from every side.

لَّا يَسَّمَّعُونَ إِلَى ٱلْمَلَإِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ وَيُقْذَفُونَ مِن كُلِّ جَانِبٍ

lā yassammaʿūna ilā l-mala-i l-aʿlā wayuq'dhafūna min kulli jānibi

They have been condemned; they have incurred an eternal retribution.

دُحُورًا وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ وَاصِبٌ

duḥūran walahum ʿadhābun wāṣibu

If any of them ventures to charge the outer limits, he gets struck with a fierce projectile.

إِلَّا مَنْ خَطِفَ ٱلْخَطْفَةَ فَأَتْبَعَهُۥ شِهَابٌ ثَاقِبٌ

illā man khaṭifa l-khaṭfata fa-atbaʿahu shihābun thāqibu

Ask them, "Are they more difficult to create, or the other creations?" We created them from wet mud.

فَٱسْتَفْتِهِمْ أَهُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَم مَّنْ خَلَقْنَآ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَٰهُم مِّن طِينٍ لَّازِبٍۭ

fa-is'taftihim ahum ashaddu khalqan am man khalaqnā innā khalaqnāhum min ṭīnin lāzibi

While you are awed, they mock.

بَلْ عَجِبْتَ وَيَسْخَرُونَ

bal ʿajib'ta wayaskharūn

When reminded, they take no heed.

وَإِذَا ذُكِّرُوا۟ لَا يَذْكُرُونَ

wa-idhā dhukkirū lā yadhkurūn

When they see proof, they ridicule it.

وَإِذَا رَأَوْا۟ ءَايَةً يَسْتَسْخِرُونَ

wa-idhā ra-aw āyatan yastaskhirūn

They say, "This is obviously magic!

وَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌ مُّبِينٌ

waqālū in hādhā illā siḥ'run mubīnu

"After we die and become dust and bones, do we get resurrected?

أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ

a-idhā mit'nā wakunnā turāban waʿiẓāman a-innā lamabʿūthūn

"Even our ancient ancestors?"

أَوَءَابَآؤُنَا ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ

awaābāunā l-awalūn

Say, "Yes, you will be forcibly summoned."

قُلْ نَعَمْ وَأَنتُمْ دَٰخِرُونَ

qul naʿam wa-antum dākhirūn

All it takes is one nudge, whereupon they (stand up) looking.

فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ فَإِذَا هُمْ يَنظُرُونَ

fa-innamā hiya zajratun wāḥidatun fa-idhā hum yanẓurūn

They will say, "Woe to us; this is the Day of Judgment."

وَقَالُوا۟ يَٰوَيْلَنَا هَٰذَا يَوْمُ ٱلدِّينِ

waqālū yāwaylanā hādhā yawmu l-dīn

This is the day of decision that you used to disbelieve in.

هَٰذَا يَوْمُ ٱلْفَصْلِ ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ

hādhā yawmu l-faṣli alladhī kuntum bihi tukadhibūn

Summon the transgressors, and their spouses, and the idols they worshiped

ٱحْشُرُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ وَأَزْوَٰجَهُمْ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْبُدُونَ

uḥ'shurū alladhīna ẓalamū wa-azwājahum wamā kānū yaʿbudūn

beside GOD, and guide them to the path of Hell.

مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ فَٱهْدُوهُمْ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ

min dūni l-lahi fa-ih'dūhum ilā ṣirāṭi l-jaḥīm

Stop them, and ask them:

وَقِفُوهُمْ إِنَّهُم مَّسْـُٔولُونَ

waqifūhum innahum masūlūn

"Why do you not help one another?"

مَا لَكُمْ لَا تَنَاصَرُونَ

mā lakum lā tanāṣarūn

They will be, on that day, totally submitting.

بَلْ هُمُ ٱلْيَوْمَ مُسْتَسْلِمُونَ

bal humu l-yawma mus'taslimūn

They will come to each other, questioning and blaming one another.

وَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ

wa-aqbala baʿḍuhum ʿalā baʿḍin yatasāalūn

They will say (to their leaders), "You used to come to us from the right side."

قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّكُمْ كُنتُمْ تَأْتُونَنَا عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ

qālū innakum kuntum tatūnanā ʿani l-yamīn

They will respond, "It is you who were not believers.

قَالُوا۟ بَل لَّمْ تَكُونُوا۟ مُؤْمِنِينَ

qālū bal lam takūnū mu'minīn

"We never had any power over you; it is you who were wicked.

وَمَا كَانَ لَنَا عَلَيْكُم مِّن سُلْطَٰنٍۭ بَلْ كُنتُمْ قَوْمًا طَٰغِينَ

wamā kāna lanā ʿalaykum min sul'ṭānin bal kuntum qawman ṭāghīn

"We justly incurred our Lord's judgment; now we have to suffer.

فَحَقَّ عَلَيْنَا قَوْلُ رَبِّنَآ إِنَّا لَذَآئِقُونَ

faḥaqqa ʿalaynā qawlu rabbinā innā ladhāiqūn

"We misled you, only because we were astray."

فَأَغْوَيْنَٰكُمْ إِنَّا كُنَّا غَٰوِينَ

fa-aghwaynākum innā kunnā ghāwīn

Thus, together they will all partake of the retribution on that day.

فَإِنَّهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ فِى ٱلْعَذَابِ مُشْتَرِكُونَ

fa-innahum yawma-idhin fī l-ʿadhābi mush'tarikūn

This is how we requite the guilty.

إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَفْعَلُ بِٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ

innā kadhālika nafʿalu bil-muj'rimīn

When they were told, "Lã Elãha Ella Allãh (There is no other god beside GOD)," they turned arrogant.

إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوٓا۟ إِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ

innahum kānū idhā qīla lahum lā ilāha illā l-lahu yastakbirūn

They said, "Shall we leave our gods for the sake of a crazy poet?"

وَيَقُولُونَ أَئِنَّا لَتَارِكُوٓا۟ ءَالِهَتِنَا لِشَاعِرٍ مَّجْنُونٍۭ

wayaqūlūna a-innā latārikū ālihatinā lishāʿirin majnūni

In fact, he has brought the truth, and has confirmed the messengers.

بَلْ جَآءَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَصَدَّقَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

bal jāa bil-ḥaqi waṣaddaqa l-mur'salīn

Most assuredly, you will taste the most painful retribution.

إِنَّكُمْ لَذَآئِقُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلْأَلِيمِ

innakum ladhāiqū l-ʿadhābi l-alīm

You are requited only for what you have done.

وَمَا تُجْزَوْنَ إِلَّا مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

wamā tuj'zawna illā mā kuntum taʿmalūn

Only GOD's servants who are absolutely devoted to Him alone (will be saved).

إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ

illā ʿibāda l-lahi l-mukh'laṣīn

They have deserved provisions that are reserved specifically for them.

أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ رِزْقٌ مَّعْلُومٌ

ulāika lahum riz'qun maʿlūmu

All kinds of fruits. They will be honored.

فَوَٰكِهُ وَهُم مُّكْرَمُونَ

fawākihu wahum muk'ramūn

In the gardens of bliss.

فِى جَنَّٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ

fī jannāti l-naʿīm

On furnishings close to one another.

عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍ مُّتَقَٰبِلِينَ

alaa surur mutaqaabileen

Cups of pure drinks will be offered to them.

يُطَافُ عَلَيْهِم بِكَأْسٍ مِّن مَّعِينٍۭ

yuṭāfu ʿalayhim bikasin min maʿīni

Clear and delicious for the drinkers.

بَيْضَآءَ لَذَّةٍ لِّلشَّٰرِبِينَ

bayḍāa ladhatin lilshāribīn

Never polluted, and never exhausted.

لَا فِيهَا غَوْلٌ وَلَا هُمْ عَنْهَا يُنزَفُونَ

lā fīhā ghawlun walā hum ʿanhā yunzafūn

With them will be wonderful companions.

وَعِندَهُمْ قَٰصِرَٰتُ ٱلطَّرْفِ عِينٌ

waʿindahum qāṣirātu l-ṭarfi ʿīnu

Protected like fragile eggs.

كَأَنَّهُنَّ بَيْضٌ مَّكْنُونٌ

ka-annahunna bayḍun maknūnu

They will come to each other, and confer with one another.

فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ

fa-aqbala baʿḍuhum ʿalā baʿḍin yatasāalūn

One of them will say, "I used to have a friend.

قَالَ قَآئِلٌ مِّنْهُمْ إِنِّى كَانَ لِى قَرِينٌ

qāla qāilun min'hum innī kāna lī qarīnu

"He used to mock: 'Do you believe all this?

يَقُولُ أَءِنَّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلْمُصَدِّقِينَ

yaqūlu a-innaka lamina l-muṣadiqīn

" 'After we die and turn into dust and bones, do we get called to account?' "

أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَدِينُونَ

a-idhā mit'nā wakunnā turāban waʿiẓāman a-innā lamadīnūn

He will say, "Just take a look!"

قَالَ هَلْ أَنتُم مُّطَّلِعُونَ

qāla hal antum muṭṭaliʿūn

When he looks, he will see his friend in the heart of Hell.

فَٱطَّلَعَ فَرَءَاهُ فِى سَوَآءِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ

fa-iṭṭalaʿa faraāhu fī sawāi l-jaḥīm

He (will go to him and) say, "By GOD, you almost ruined me.

قَالَ تَٱللَّهِ إِن كِدتَّ لَتُرْدِينِ

qāla tal-lahi in kidtta latur'dīn

"If it were not for my Lord's blessing, I would have been with you now.

وَلَوْلَا نِعْمَةُ رَبِّى لَكُنتُ مِنَ ٱلْمُحْضَرِينَ

walawlā niʿ'matu rabbī lakuntu mina l-muḥ'ḍarīn

"(Do you still believe) that we die,

أَفَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَيِّتِينَ

afamā naḥnu bimayyitīn

"only the first death, and we never receive any requital?"

إِلَّا مَوْتَتَنَا ٱلْأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ

illā mawtatanā l-ūlā wamā naḥnu bimuʿadhabīn

Such is the greatest triumph.

إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَهُوَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْعَظِيمُ

inna hādhā lahuwa l-fawzu l-ʿaẓīm

This is what every worker should work for.

لِمِثْلِ هَٰذَا فَلْيَعْمَلِ ٱلْعَٰمِلُونَ

limith'li hādhā falyaʿmali l-ʿāmilūn

Is this a better destiny, or the tree of bitterness?

أَذَٰلِكَ خَيْرٌ نُّزُلًا أَمْ شَجَرَةُ ٱلزَّقُّومِ

adhālika khayrun nuzulan am shajaratu l-zaqūm

We have rendered it a punishment for the transgressors.

إِنَّا جَعَلْنَٰهَا فِتْنَةً لِّلظَّٰلِمِينَ

innā jaʿalnāhā fit'natan lilẓẓālimīn

It is a tree that grows in the heart of Hell.

إِنَّهَا شَجَرَةٌ تَخْرُجُ فِىٓ أَصْلِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ

innahā shajaratun takhruju fī aṣli l-jaḥīm

Its flowers look like the devils' heads.

طَلْعُهَا كَأَنَّهُۥ رُءُوسُ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينِ

ṭalʿuhā ka-annahu ruūsu l-shayāṭīn

They will eat from it until their bellies are filled up.

فَإِنَّهُمْ لَءَاكِلُونَ مِنْهَا فَمَالِـُٔونَ مِنْهَا ٱلْبُطُونَ

fa-innahum laākilūna min'hā famāliūna min'hā l-buṭūn

Then they will top it with a hellish drink.

ثُمَّ إِنَّ لَهُمْ عَلَيْهَا لَشَوْبًا مِّنْ حَمِيمٍ

thumma inna lahum ʿalayhā lashawban min ḥamīmi

Then they will return to Hell.

ثُمَّ إِنَّ مَرْجِعَهُمْ لَإِلَى ٱلْجَحِيمِ

thumma inna marjiʿahum la-ilā l-jaḥīm

They found their parents astray.

إِنَّهُمْ أَلْفَوْا۟ ءَابَآءَهُمْ ضَآلِّينَ

innahum alfaw ābāahum ḍāllīn

And they blindly followed in their footsteps.

فَهُمْ عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَٰرِهِمْ يُهْرَعُونَ

fahum ʿalā āthārihim yuh'raʿūn

Most of the previous generations have strayed in the same manner.

وَلَقَدْ ضَلَّ قَبْلَهُمْ أَكْثَرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

walaqad ḍalla qablahum aktharu l-awalīn

We have sent to them warners.

وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا فِيهِم مُّنذِرِينَ

walaqad arsalnā fīhim mundhirīn

Note the consequences for those who have been warned.

فَٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُنذَرِينَ

fa-unẓur kayfa kāna ʿāqibatu l-mundharīn

Only GOD's servants who are absolutely devoted to Him alone (are saved).

إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ

illā ʿibāda l-lahi l-mukh'laṣīn

Thus, Noah called upon us, and we were the best responders.

وَلَقَدْ نَادَىٰنَا نُوحٌ فَلَنِعْمَ ٱلْمُجِيبُونَ

walaqad nādānā nūḥun falaniʿ'ma l-mujībūn

We saved him and his family from the great disaster.

وَنَجَّيْنَٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلْكَرْبِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

wanajjaynāhu wa-ahlahu mina l-karbi l-ʿaẓīm

We made his companions the survivors.

وَجَعَلْنَا ذُرِّيَّتَهُۥ هُمُ ٱلْبَاقِينَ

wajaʿalnā dhurriyyatahu humu l-bāqīn

And we preserved his history for subsequent generations.

وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ فِى ٱلْءَاخِرِينَ

wataraknā ʿalayhi fī l-ākhirīn

Peace be upon Noah among the peoples.

سَلَٰمٌ عَلَىٰ نُوحٍ فِى ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

salāmun ʿalā nūḥin fī l-ʿālamīn

We thus reward the righteous.

إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

innā kadhālika najzī l-muḥ'sinīn

He is one of our believing servants.

إِنَّهُۥ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

innahu min ʿibādinā l-mu'minīn

We drowned all the others.

ثُمَّ أَغْرَقْنَا ٱلْءَاخَرِينَ

thumma aghraqnā l-ākharīn

Among his followers was Abraham.

وَإِنَّ مِن شِيعَتِهِۦ لَإِبْرَٰهِيمَ

wa-inna min shīʿatihi la-ib'rāhīm

He came to his Lord wholeheartedly.

إِذْ جَآءَ رَبَّهُۥ بِقَلْبٍ سَلِيمٍ

idh jāa rabbahu biqalbin salīmi

He said to his father and his people, "What are you worshiping?

إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِۦ مَاذَا تَعْبُدُونَ

idh qāla li-abīhi waqawmihi mādhā taʿbudūn

"Is it these fabricated gods, instead of GOD, that you want?

أَئِفْكًا ءَالِهَةً دُونَ ٱللَّهِ تُرِيدُونَ

a-if'kan ālihatan dūna l-lahi turīdūn

"What do you think of the Lord of the universe?"

فَمَا ظَنُّكُم بِرَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

famā ẓannukum birabbi l-ʿālamīn

He looked carefully at the stars.

فَنَظَرَ نَظْرَةً فِى ٱلنُّجُومِ

fanaẓara naẓratan fī l-nujūm

Then he gave up and said, "I am tired of this!"

فَقَالَ إِنِّى سَقِيمٌ

faqāla innī saqīmu

They turned away from him.

فَتَوَلَّوْا۟ عَنْهُ مُدْبِرِينَ

fatawallaw ʿanhu mud'birīn

He then turned on their idols, saying, "Would you like to eat?

فَرَاغَ إِلَىٰٓ ءَالِهَتِهِمْ فَقَالَ أَلَا تَأْكُلُونَ

farāgha ilā ālihatihim faqāla alā takulūn

"Why do you not speak?"

مَا لَكُمْ لَا تَنطِقُونَ

mā lakum lā tanṭiqūn

He then destroyed them.

فَرَاغَ عَلَيْهِمْ ضَرْبًۢا بِٱلْيَمِينِ

farāgha ʿalayhim ḍarban bil-yamīn

They went to him in a great rage.

فَأَقْبَلُوٓا۟ إِلَيْهِ يَزِفُّونَ

fa-aqbalū ilayhi yaziffūn

He said, "How can you worship what you carve?

قَالَ أَتَعْبُدُونَ مَا تَنْحِتُونَ

qāla ataʿbudūna mā tanḥitūn

"When GOD has created you, and everything you make!"

وَٱللَّهُ خَلَقَكُمْ وَمَا تَعْمَلُونَ

wal-lahu khalaqakum wamā taʿmalūn

They said, "Let us build a great fire, and throw him into it."

قَالُوا۟ ٱبْنُوا۟ لَهُۥ بُنْيَٰنًا فَأَلْقُوهُ فِى ٱلْجَحِيمِ

qālū ib'nū lahu bun'yānan fa-alqūhu fī l-jaḥīm

They schemed against him, but we made them the losers.

فَأَرَادُوا۟ بِهِۦ كَيْدًا فَجَعَلْنَٰهُمُ ٱلْأَسْفَلِينَ

fa-arādū bihi kaydan fajaʿalnāhumu l-asfalīn

He said, "I am going to my Lord; He will guide me."

وَقَالَ إِنِّى ذَاهِبٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّى سَيَهْدِينِ

waqāla innī dhāhibun ilā rabbī sayahdīn

"My Lord, grant me righteous children."

رَبِّ هَبْ لِى مِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ

rabbi hab lī mina l-ṣāliḥīn

We gave him good news of a good child.

فَبَشَّرْنَٰهُ بِغُلَٰمٍ حَلِيمٍ

fabasharnāhu bighulāmin ḥalīmi

When he grew enough to work with him, he said, "My son, I see in a dream that I am sacrificing you. What do you think?" He said, "O my father, do what you are commanded to do. You will find me, GOD willing, patient."

فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ مَعَهُ ٱلسَّعْىَ قَالَ يَٰبُنَىَّ إِنِّىٓ أَرَىٰ فِى ٱلْمَنَامِ أَنِّىٓ أَذْبَحُكَ فَٱنظُرْ مَاذَا تَرَىٰ قَالَ يَٰٓأَبَتِ ٱفْعَلْ مَا تُؤْمَرُ سَتَجِدُنِىٓ إِن شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰبِرِينَ

falammā balagha maʿahu l-saʿya qāla yābunayya innī arā fī l-manāmi annī adhbaḥuka fa-unẓur mādhā tarā qāla yāabati if'ʿal mā tu'maru satajidunī in shāa l-lahu mina l-ṣābirīn

They both submitted, and he put his forehead down (to sacrifice him).

فَلَمَّآ أَسْلَمَا وَتَلَّهُۥ لِلْجَبِينِ

falammā aslamā watallahu lil'jabīn

We called him: "O Abraham.

وَنَٰدَيْنَٰهُ أَن يَٰٓإِبْرَٰهِيمُ

wanādaynāhu an yāib'rāhīm

"You have believed the dream." We thus reward the righteous.

قَدْ صَدَّقْتَ ٱلرُّءْيَآ إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

qad ṣaddaqta l-ru'yā innā kadhālika najzī l-muḥ'sinīn

That was an exacting test indeed.

إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَهُوَ ٱلْبَلَٰٓؤُا۟ ٱلْمُبِينُ

inna hādhā lahuwa l-balāu l-mubīn

We ransomed (Ismail) by substituting an animal sacrifice.

وَفَدَيْنَٰهُ بِذِبْحٍ عَظِيمٍ

wafadaynāhu bidhib'ḥin ʿaẓīmi

And we preserved his history for subsequent generations.

وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ فِى ٱلْءَاخِرِينَ

wataraknā ʿalayhi fī l-ākhirīn

Peace be upon Abraham.

سَلَٰمٌ عَلَىٰٓ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ

salāmun ʿalā ib'rāhīm

We thus reward the righteous.

كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

kadhālika najzī l-muḥ'sinīn

He is one of our believing servants.

إِنَّهُۥ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

innahu min ʿibādinā l-mu'minīn

Then we gave him the good news about the birth of Isaac, to be one of the righteous prophets.

وَبَشَّرْنَٰهُ بِإِسْحَٰقَ نَبِيًّا مِّنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ

wabasharnāhu bi-is'ḥāqa nabiyyan mina l-ṣāliḥīn

We blessed him and Isaac. Among their descendants, some are righteous, and some are wicked transgressors.

وَبَٰرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَىٰٓ إِسْحَٰقَ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِهِمَا مُحْسِنٌ وَظَالِمٌ لِّنَفْسِهِۦ مُبِينٌ

wabāraknā ʿalayhi waʿalā is'ḥāqa wamin dhurriyyatihimā muḥ'sinun waẓālimun linafsihi mubīnu

We also blessed Moses and Aaron.

وَلَقَدْ مَنَنَّا عَلَىٰ مُوسَىٰ وَهَٰرُونَ

walaqad manannā ʿalā mūsā wahārūn

We delivered them and their people from the great disaster.

وَنَجَّيْنَٰهُمَا وَقَوْمَهُمَا مِنَ ٱلْكَرْبِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

wanajjaynāhumā waqawmahumā mina l-karbi l-ʿaẓīm

We supported them, until they became the winners.

وَنَصَرْنَٰهُمْ فَكَانُوا۟ هُمُ ٱلْغَٰلِبِينَ

wanaṣarnāhum fakānū humu l-ghālibīn

We gave both of them the profound scripture.

وَءَاتَيْنَٰهُمَا ٱلْكِتَٰبَ ٱلْمُسْتَبِينَ

waātaynāhumā l-kitāba l-mus'tabīn

We guided them in the right path.

وَهَدَيْنَٰهُمَا ٱلصِّرَٰطَ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَ

wahadaynāhumā l-ṣirāṭa l-mus'taqīm

We preserved their history for subsequent generations.

وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِمَا فِى ٱلْءَاخِرِينَ

wataraknā ʿalayhimā fī l-ākhirīn

Peace be upon Moses and Aaron.

سَلَٰمٌ عَلَىٰ مُوسَىٰ وَهَٰرُونَ

salāmun ʿalā mūsā wahārūn

We thus reward the righteous.

إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

innā kadhālika najzī l-muḥ'sinīn

Both of them were among our righteous servants.

إِنَّهُمَا مِنْ عِبَادِنَا ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

innahumā min ʿibādinā l-mu'minīn

Elias was one of the messengers.

وَإِنَّ إِلْيَاسَ لَمِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

wa-inna il'yāsa lamina l-mur'salīn

He said to his people, "Would you not work righteousness?

إِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِۦٓ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

idh qāla liqawmihi alā tattaqūn

"Do you worship a statue, instead of the Supreme Creator?

أَتَدْعُونَ بَعْلًا وَتَذَرُونَ أَحْسَنَ ٱلْخَٰلِقِينَ

atadʿūna baʿlan watadharūna aḥsana l-khāliqīn

"GOD; your Lord, and the Lord of your forefathers!"

ٱللَّهَ رَبَّكُمْ وَرَبَّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

al-laha rabbakum warabba ābāikumu l-awalīn

They disbelieved him. Consequently, they had to be called to account.

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَإِنَّهُمْ لَمُحْضَرُونَ

fakadhabūhu fa-innahum lamuḥ'ḍarūn

Only GOD's servants who are absolutely devoted to Him alone (are saved).

إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ

illā ʿibāda l-lahi l-mukh'laṣīn

We preserved his history for subsequent generations.

وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ فِى ٱلْءَاخِرِينَ

wataraknā ʿalayhi fī l-ākhirīn

Peace be upon Elias, and all those like Elias.

سَلَٰمٌ عَلَىٰٓ إِلْ يَاسِينَ

salāmun ʿalā il yāsīn

We thus reward the righteous.

إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

innā kadhālika najzī l-muḥ'sinīn

He was one of our believing servants.

إِنَّهُۥ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

innahu min ʿibādinā l-mu'minīn

Lot was one of the messengers.

وَإِنَّ لُوطًا لَّمِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

wa-inna lūṭan lamina l-mur'salīn

We saved him and all his family.

إِذْ نَجَّيْنَٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥٓ أَجْمَعِينَ

idh najjaynāhu wa-ahlahu ajmaʿīn

Only the old woman was doomed.

إِلَّا عَجُوزًا فِى ٱلْغَٰبِرِينَ

illā ʿajūzan fī l-ghābirīn

We annihilated all the others.

ثُمَّ دَمَّرْنَا ٱلْءَاخَرِينَ

thumma dammarnā l-ākharīn

You still pass by their ruins by day.

وَإِنَّكُمْ لَتَمُرُّونَ عَلَيْهِم مُّصْبِحِينَ

wa-innakum latamurrūna ʿalayhim muṣ'biḥīn

And by night. Would you understand?

وَبِٱلَّيْلِ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ

wabi-al-layli afalā taʿqilūn

Jonah was one of the messengers.

وَإِنَّ يُونُسَ لَمِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

wa-inna yūnusa lamina l-mur'salīn

He escaped to the loaded ship.

إِذْ أَبَقَ إِلَى ٱلْفُلْكِ ٱلْمَشْحُونِ

idh abaqa ilā l-ful'ki l-mashḥūn

He rebelled and thus, he joined the losers.

فَسَاهَمَ فَكَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُدْحَضِينَ

fasāhama fakāna mina l-mud'ḥaḍīn

Consequently, the fish swallowed him, and he was the one to blame.

فَٱلْتَقَمَهُ ٱلْحُوتُ وَهُوَ مُلِيمٌ

fal-taqamahu l-ḥūtu wahuwa mulīmu

If it were not that he resorted to meditation (on GOD),

فَلَوْلَآ أَنَّهُۥ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُسَبِّحِينَ

falawlā annahu kāna mina l-musabiḥīn

he would have stayed in its belly until the Day of Resurrection.

لَلَبِثَ فِى بَطْنِهِۦٓ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ

lalabitha fī baṭnihi ilā yawmi yub'ʿathūn

We had him thrown up into the desert, exhausted.

فَنَبَذْنَٰهُ بِٱلْعَرَآءِ وَهُوَ سَقِيمٌ

fanabadhnāhu bil-ʿarāi wahuwa saqīmu

We had a tree of edible fruit grown for him.

وَأَنۢبَتْنَا عَلَيْهِ شَجَرَةً مِّن يَقْطِينٍ

wa-anbatnā ʿalayhi shajaratan min yaqṭīni

Then we sent him to a hundred thousand, or more.

وَأَرْسَلْنَٰهُ إِلَىٰ مِا۟ئَةِ أَلْفٍ أَوْ يَزِيدُونَ

wa-arsalnāhu ilā mi-ati alfin aw yazīdūn

They did believe, and we let them enjoy this life.

فَـَٔامَنُوا۟ فَمَتَّعْنَٰهُمْ إِلَىٰ حِينٍ

faāmanū famattaʿnāhum ilā ḥīni

Ask them if your Lord has daughters, while they have sons!

فَٱسْتَفْتِهِمْ أَلِرَبِّكَ ٱلْبَنَاتُ وَلَهُمُ ٱلْبَنُونَ

fa-is'taftihim alirabbika l-banātu walahumu l-banūn

Did we create the angels to be females? Did they witness that?

أَمْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ إِنَٰثًا وَهُمْ شَٰهِدُونَ

am khalaqnā l-malāikata ināthan wahum shāhidūn

Indeed, they grossly blaspheme when they say—

أَلَآ إِنَّهُم مِّنْ إِفْكِهِمْ لَيَقُولُونَ

alā innahum min if'kihim layaqūlūn

"GOD has begotten a son." Indeed, they are liars.

وَلَدَ ٱللَّهُ وَإِنَّهُمْ لَكَٰذِبُونَ

walada l-lahu wa-innahum lakādhibūn

Did He choose the girls over the boys?

أَصْطَفَى ٱلْبَنَاتِ عَلَى ٱلْبَنِينَ

aṣṭafā l-banāti ʿalā l-banīn

What is wrong with your logic?

مَا لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَ

mā lakum kayfa taḥkumūn

Why do you not take heed?

أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ

afalā tadhakkarūn

Do you have any proof?

أَمْ لَكُمْ سُلْطَٰنٌ مُّبِينٌ

am lakum sul'ṭānun mubīnu

Show us your book, if you are truthful.

فَأْتُوا۟ بِكِتَٰبِكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ

fatū bikitābikum in kuntum ṣādiqīn

They even invented a special relationship between Him and the jinns. The jinns themselves know that they are subservient.

وَجَعَلُوا۟ بَيْنَهُۥ وَبَيْنَ ٱلْجِنَّةِ نَسَبًا وَلَقَدْ عَلِمَتِ ٱلْجِنَّةُ إِنَّهُمْ لَمُحْضَرُونَ

wajaʿalū baynahu wabayna l-jinati nasaban walaqad ʿalimati l-jinatu innahum lamuḥ'ḍarūn

GOD be glorified; far above their claims.

سُبْحَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ

sub'ḥāna l-lahi ʿammā yaṣifūn

Only GOD's servants who are devoted to Him alone (are saved).

إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ

illā ʿibāda l-lahi l-mukh'laṣīn

Indeed, you and what you worship.

فَإِنَّكُمْ وَمَا تَعْبُدُونَ

fa-innakum wamā taʿbudūn

Cannot impose anything on Him.

مَآ أَنتُمْ عَلَيْهِ بِفَٰتِنِينَ

mā antum ʿalayhi bifātinīn

Only you will burn in Hell.

إِلَّا مَنْ هُوَ صَالِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ

illā man huwa ṣāli l-jaḥīm

Each one of us has a specific job.

وَمَا مِنَّآ إِلَّا لَهُۥ مَقَامٌ مَّعْلُومٌ

wamā minnā illā lahu maqāmun maʿlūmu

We are the arrangers.

وَإِنَّا لَنَحْنُ ٱلصَّآفُّونَ

wa-innā lanaḥnu l-ṣāfūn

We have duly glorified (our Lord).

وَإِنَّا لَنَحْنُ ٱلْمُسَبِّحُونَ

wa-innā lanaḥnu l-musabiḥūn

They used to say,

وَإِن كَانُوا۟ لَيَقُولُونَ

wa-in kānū layaqūlūn

"Had we received the correct instructions from our parents,

لَوْ أَنَّ عِندَنَا ذِكْرًا مِّنَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

law anna ʿindanā dhik'ran mina l-awalīn

"we would have been worshipers; devoted to GOD alone."

لَكُنَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ

lakunnā ʿibāda l-lahi l-mukh'laṣīn

But they disbelieved, and they will surely find out.

فَكَفَرُوا۟ بِهِۦ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ

fakafarū bihi fasawfa yaʿlamūn

Our decision is already decreed for our servants the messengers.

وَلَقَدْ سَبَقَتْ كَلِمَتُنَا لِعِبَادِنَا ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

walaqad sabaqat kalimatunā liʿibādinā l-mur'salīn

They are surely the victors.

إِنَّهُمْ لَهُمُ ٱلْمَنصُورُونَ

innahum lahumu l-manṣūrūn

Our soldiers are the winners.

وَإِنَّ جُندَنَا لَهُمُ ٱلْغَٰلِبُونَ

wa-inna jundanā lahumu l-ghālibūn

So disregard them for awhile.

فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ حَتَّىٰ حِينٍ

fatawalla ʿanhum ḥattā ḥīni

Watch them; they too will watch.

وَأَبْصِرْهُمْ فَسَوْفَ يُبْصِرُونَ

wa-abṣir'hum fasawfa yub'ṣirūn

Do they challenge our retribution?

أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا يَسْتَعْجِلُونَ

afabiʿadhābinā yastaʿjilūn

When it hits them one day, it will be a miserable day; they have been sufficiently warned.

فَإِذَا نَزَلَ بِسَاحَتِهِمْ فَسَآءَ صَبَاحُ ٱلْمُنذَرِينَ

fa-idhā nazala bisāḥatihim fasāa ṣabāḥu l-mundharīn

Disregard them for awhile.

وَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ حَتَّىٰ حِينٍ

watawalla ʿanhum ḥattā ḥīni

Watch them; they too will watch.

وَأَبْصِرْ فَسَوْفَ يُبْصِرُونَ

wa-abṣir fasawfa yub'ṣirūn

Glory be to your Lord, the great Lord; far above their claims.

سُبْحَٰنَ رَبِّكَ رَبِّ ٱلْعِزَّةِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ

sub'ḥāna rabbika rabbi l-ʿizati ʿammā yaṣifūn

Peace be upon the messengers.

وَسَلَٰمٌ عَلَى ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

wasalāmun ʿalā l-mur'salīn

Praise be to GOD, Lord of the universe.

وَٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

wal-ḥamdu lillahi rabbi l-ʿālamīn