الر ۚ تِلْكَ آيَاتُ الْكِتَابِ وَقُرْآنٍ مُّبِينٍ (1)
Alif Lām Ra. These are the verses of the Book and a clear Qur’an |
رُّبَمَا يَوَدُّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَوْ كَانُوا مُسْلِمِينَ (2)
There will come a time that the disbelievers will wish that they were Muslims |
ذَرْهُمْ يَأْكُلُوا وَيَتَمَتَّعُوا وَيُلْهِهِمُ الْأَمَلُ ۖ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ (3)
Let them eat and enjoy themselves and be diverted with false hope; they will come to know |
وَمَا أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا وَلَهَا كِتَابٌ مَّعْلُومٌ (4)
We never destroyed any town except that it had a destined time |
مَّا تَسْبِقُ مِنْ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلَهَا وَمَا يَسْتَأْخِرُونَ (5)
No nation can advance its appointed time, nor can they delay it |
وَقَالُوا يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِي نُزِّلَ عَلَيْهِ الذِّكْرُ إِنَّكَ لَمَجْنُونٌ (6)
They say, “O you to whom the Reminder has been sent down, You are surely insane |
لَّوْ مَا تَأْتِينَا بِالْمَلَائِكَةِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ الصَّادِقِينَ (7)
Why do you not bring us the angels, if you are truthful?” |
مَا نُنَزِّلُ الْمَلَائِكَةَ إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ وَمَا كَانُوا إِذًا مُّنظَرِينَ (8)
We do not send down the angels except for a just cause, and then they [the disbelievers] would be granted no respite |
إِنَّا نَحْنُ نَزَّلْنَا الذِّكْرَ وَإِنَّا لَهُ لَحَافِظُونَ (9)
It is We Who have sent down the Reminder, and it is We Who will preserve it |
وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ فِي شِيَعِ الْأَوَّلِينَ (10)
We did send messengers before you among the factions of early peoples |
وَمَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا كَانُوا بِهِ يَسْتَهْزِئُونَ (11)
No messenger came to them except that they ridiculed him |
كَذَٰلِكَ نَسْلُكُهُ فِي قُلُوبِ الْمُجْرِمِينَ (12)
This is how We let this [denial] enter the hearts of the wicked |
لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِ ۖ وَقَدْ خَلَتْ سُنَّةُ الْأَوَّلِينَ (13)
They will not believe in it, although the examples of the earlier people is well established |
وَلَوْ فَتَحْنَا عَلَيْهِم بَابًا مِّنَ السَّمَاءِ فَظَلُّوا فِيهِ يَعْرُجُونَ (14)
Even if We were to open for them a gateway to the heaven, through which they kept ascending |
لَقَالُوا إِنَّمَا سُكِّرَتْ أَبْصَارُنَا بَلْ نَحْنُ قَوْمٌ مَّسْحُورُونَ (15)
they would still say, “Our eyes have been dazzled; rather, we have been bewitched.” |
وَلَقَدْ جَعَلْنَا فِي السَّمَاءِ بُرُوجًا وَزَيَّنَّاهَا لِلنَّاظِرِينَ (16)
We have placed constellations in the heaven and adorned it for the onlookers |
وَحَفِظْنَاهَا مِن كُلِّ شَيْطَانٍ رَّجِيمٍ (17)
and We have guarded it from every accursed devil |
إِلَّا مَنِ اسْتَرَقَ السَّمْعَ فَأَتْبَعَهُ شِهَابٌ مُّبِينٌ (18)
except the one who manages to eavesdrop, he will then be pursued by a visible burning flame |
وَالْأَرْضَ مَدَدْنَاهَا وَأَلْقَيْنَا فِيهَا رَوَاسِيَ وَأَنبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ شَيْءٍ مَّوْزُونٍ (19)
As for the earth, We have spread it out and placed therein firm mountains, and caused to grow therein everything in due proportion |
وَجَعَلْنَا لَكُمْ فِيهَا مَعَايِشَ وَمَن لَّسْتُمْ لَهُ بِرَازِقِينَ (20)
And We have made therein for you means of sustenance and for those whom you do not provide |
وَإِن مِّن شَيْءٍ إِلَّا عِندَنَا خَزَائِنُهُ وَمَا نُنَزِّلُهُ إِلَّا بِقَدَرٍ مَّعْلُومٍ (21)
There is nothing except that We have its treasuries, and We do not send it down except in a determined measure |
وَأَرْسَلْنَا الرِّيَاحَ لَوَاقِحَ فَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَاءً فَأَسْقَيْنَاكُمُوهُ وَمَا أَنتُمْ لَهُ بِخَازِنِينَ (22)
And We send fertilizing winds, and send down rain from the sky for you to drink, and it is not you who could store it |
وَإِنَّا لَنَحْنُ نُحْيِي وَنُمِيتُ وَنَحْنُ الْوَارِثُونَ (23)
Indeed, it is We Who give life and cause death, and We are the Inheritors [of all things] |
وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْنَا الْمُسْتَقْدِمِينَ مِنكُمْ وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْنَا الْمُسْتَأْخِرِينَ (24)
We surely know those of you who have gone before and those who are yet to come |
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ يَحْشُرُهُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُ حَكِيمٌ عَلِيمٌ (25)
It is your Lord Who will gather them together. He is All-Wise, All-Knowing |
وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنسَانَ مِن صَلْصَالٍ مِّنْ حَمَإٍ مَّسْنُونٍ (26)
We have created man from sounding clay, made of aging mud |
وَالْجَانَّ خَلَقْنَاهُ مِن قَبْلُ مِن نَّارِ السَّمُومِ (27)
And the jinn We created before that, from smokeless fire |
وَإِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلَائِكَةِ إِنِّي خَالِقٌ بَشَرًا مِّن صَلْصَالٍ مِّنْ حَمَإٍ مَّسْنُونٍ (28)
And [remember] when your Lord said to the angels, “I am going to create a human being from sounding clay, made of aging mud |
فَإِذَا سَوَّيْتُهُ وَنَفَخْتُ فِيهِ مِن رُّوحِي فَقَعُوا لَهُ سَاجِدِينَ (29)
When I have shaped him and breathed into him of My [created] soul, then fall down before him in prostration.” |
فَسَجَدَ الْمَلَائِكَةُ كُلُّهُمْ أَجْمَعُونَ (30)
Thereupon, all of the angels fell down in prostration |
إِلَّا إِبْلِيسَ أَبَىٰ أَن يَكُونَ مَعَ السَّاجِدِينَ (31)
except Iblīs, who refused to be with those who prostrated |
قَالَ يَا إِبْلِيسُ مَا لَكَ أَلَّا تَكُونَ مَعَ السَّاجِدِينَ (32)
Allah said, “O Iblīs, what is the matter with you that you were not with those who prostrated?” |
قَالَ لَمْ أَكُن لِّأَسْجُدَ لِبَشَرٍ خَلَقْتَهُ مِن صَلْصَالٍ مِّنْ حَمَإٍ مَّسْنُونٍ (33)
He said, “I am not such to prostrate before a human whom You created from sounding clay, made of aging mud.” |
قَالَ فَاخْرُجْ مِنْهَا فَإِنَّكَ رَجِيمٌ (34)
He said, “Then get out of here, for you are accursed |
وَإِنَّ عَلَيْكَ اللَّعْنَةَ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ (35)
and the curse will be upon you until the Day of Judgment.” |
قَالَ رَبِّ فَأَنظِرْنِي إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ (36)
Iblīs said, “My Lord, then grant me respite until the Day they are resurrected.” |
قَالَ فَإِنَّكَ مِنَ الْمُنظَرِينَ (37)
Allah said, “You are of those who are granted respite |
إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ الْوَقْتِ الْمَعْلُومِ (38)
until the Day of the Appointed Time.” |
قَالَ رَبِّ بِمَا أَغْوَيْتَنِي لَأُزَيِّنَنَّ لَهُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَأُغْوِيَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ (39)
He said, “My Lord, since You have sent me astray, I will surely make [sins] alluring to them on earth and mislead them all |
إِلَّا عِبَادَكَ مِنْهُمُ الْمُخْلَصِينَ (40)
except Your chosen slaves among them.” |
قَالَ هَٰذَا صِرَاطٌ عَلَيَّ مُسْتَقِيمٌ (41)
Allah said, “This is a straight path leading to Me |
إِنَّ عِبَادِي لَيْسَ لَكَ عَلَيْهِمْ سُلْطَانٌ إِلَّا مَنِ اتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ الْغَاوِينَ (42)
You will have no authority over My slaves, except the deviants who follow you |
وَإِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ لَمَوْعِدُهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ (43)
And Hell is certainly the promised place for them, all together |
لَهَا سَبْعَةُ أَبْوَابٍ لِّكُلِّ بَابٍ مِّنْهُمْ جُزْءٌ مَّقْسُومٌ (44)
It has seven gates; each gate will have its allotted share of them.” |
إِنَّ الْمُتَّقِينَ فِي جَنَّاتٍ وَعُيُونٍ (45)
The righteous will be in gardens and springs |
ادْخُلُوهَا بِسَلَامٍ آمِنِينَ (46)
“Enter in peace and safety!” |
وَنَزَعْنَا مَا فِي صُدُورِهِم مِّنْ غِلٍّ إِخْوَانًا عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍ مُّتَقَابِلِينَ (47)
We will remove all ill feelings from their hearts; like brothers, seated on couches facing one another |
لَا يَمَسُّهُمْ فِيهَا نَصَبٌ وَمَا هُم مِّنْهَا بِمُخْرَجِينَ (48)
No fatigue will ever touch them therein, nor will they ever be made to leave |
۞ نَبِّئْ عِبَادِي أَنِّي أَنَا الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ (49)
Inform My slaves that I am indeed the All-Forgiving, the Most Merciful |
وَأَنَّ عَذَابِي هُوَ الْعَذَابُ الْأَلِيمُ (50)
and that My punishment is the most painful punishment |
وَنَبِّئْهُمْ عَن ضَيْفِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ (51)
And inform them about the guests of Abraham |
إِذْ دَخَلُوا عَلَيْهِ فَقَالُوا سَلَامًا قَالَ إِنَّا مِنكُمْ وَجِلُونَ (52)
When they entered upon him and said, “Peace!” He said, “We are afraid of you.” |
قَالُوا لَا تَوْجَلْ إِنَّا نُبَشِّرُكَ بِغُلَامٍ عَلِيمٍ (53)
They said, “Do not be afraid; We give you glad tidings of a knowledgeable boy.” |
قَالَ أَبَشَّرْتُمُونِي عَلَىٰ أَن مَّسَّنِيَ الْكِبَرُ فَبِمَ تُبَشِّرُونَ (54)
He said, “Do you give me glad tidings despite my old age? What glad tidings are you giving me?” |
قَالُوا بَشَّرْنَاكَ بِالْحَقِّ فَلَا تَكُن مِّنَ الْقَانِطِينَ (55)
They said, “We have given you glad tidings in truth, so do not be of those who despair.” |
قَالَ وَمَن يَقْنَطُ مِن رَّحْمَةِ رَبِّهِ إِلَّا الضَّالُّونَ (56)
He said, “Who would despair of his Lord’s mercy except those who are misguided?” |
قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكُمْ أَيُّهَا الْمُرْسَلُونَ (57)
He said, “So, what is your mission, O messengers?” |
قَالُوا إِنَّا أُرْسِلْنَا إِلَىٰ قَوْمٍ مُّجْرِمِينَ (58)
They said, “We have been sent to a wicked people |
إِلَّا آلَ لُوطٍ إِنَّا لَمُنَجُّوهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ (59)
except the household of Lot; we will surely save them all |
إِلَّا امْرَأَتَهُ قَدَّرْنَا ۙ إِنَّهَا لَمِنَ الْغَابِرِينَ (60)
except his wife; We have decreed that she will be among those who stay behind.” |
فَلَمَّا جَاءَ آلَ لُوطٍ الْمُرْسَلُونَ (61)
When the messengers came to the household of Lot |
قَالَ إِنَّكُمْ قَوْمٌ مُّنكَرُونَ (62)
he said, “You are an unfamiliar people.” |
قَالُوا بَلْ جِئْنَاكَ بِمَا كَانُوا فِيهِ يَمْتَرُونَ (63)
They said, “We have come to you with that [punishment] which they have doubted |
وَأَتَيْنَاكَ بِالْحَقِّ وَإِنَّا لَصَادِقُونَ (64)
We have come to you with the truth, and we are certainly truthful |
فَأَسْرِ بِأَهْلِكَ بِقِطْعٍ مِّنَ اللَّيْلِ وَاتَّبِعْ أَدْبَارَهُمْ وَلَا يَلْتَفِتْ مِنكُمْ أَحَدٌ وَامْضُوا حَيْثُ تُؤْمَرُونَ (65)
So travel with your household in the dark of night and go behind them; none of you should look back, and keep going to where you are commanded.” |
وَقَضَيْنَا إِلَيْهِ ذَٰلِكَ الْأَمْرَ أَنَّ دَابِرَ هَٰؤُلَاءِ مَقْطُوعٌ مُّصْبِحِينَ (66)
We conveyed this decree to him that these [people] will be exterminated by early morning.” |
وَجَاءَ أَهْلُ الْمَدِينَةِ يَسْتَبْشِرُونَ (67)
The people of the city came [to Lot] rejoicing |
قَالَ إِنَّ هَٰؤُلَاءِ ضَيْفِي فَلَا تَفْضَحُونِ (68)
Lot said, “These are my guests, so do not bring shame on me |
وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَلَا تُخْزُونِ (69)
Fear Allah and do not disgrace me.” |
قَالُوا أَوَلَمْ نَنْهَكَ عَنِ الْعَالَمِينَ (70)
They said, “Did we not forbid you from [protecting] people?” |
قَالَ هَٰؤُلَاءِ بَنَاتِي إِن كُنتُمْ فَاعِلِينَ (71)
He said, “These are my daughters [to marry] if you must.” |
لَعَمْرُكَ إِنَّهُمْ لَفِي سَكْرَتِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ (72)
By your life [O prophet], they were wandering blindly in their intoxication [of lust] |
فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ الصَّيْحَةُ مُشْرِقِينَ (73)
So they were seized by the blast at sunrise |
فَجَعَلْنَا عَالِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ حِجَارَةً مِّن سِجِّيلٍ (74)
and We turned their cities upside down and rained down on them stones of baked clay |
إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَاتٍ لِّلْمُتَوَسِّمِينَ (75)
Indeed, there are signs in this for those who discern |
وَإِنَّهَا لَبِسَبِيلٍ مُّقِيمٍ (76)
And their place is located by a known route |
إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ (77)
Indeed, there are signs in this for the believers |
وَإِن كَانَ أَصْحَابُ الْأَيْكَةِ لَظَالِمِينَ (78)
And the people of the Forest [Shu‘ayb] were wrongdoers |
فَانتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ وَإِنَّهُمَا لَبِإِمَامٍ مُّبِينٍ (79)
So We punished them in retribution, and both [places] are by a clear highway |
وَلَقَدْ كَذَّبَ أَصْحَابُ الْحِجْرِ الْمُرْسَلِينَ (80)
Surely the people of Al-Hijr [Thamūd] also rejected the messengers |
وَآتَيْنَاهُمْ آيَاتِنَا فَكَانُوا عَنْهَا مُعْرِضِينَ (81)
We gave them Our signs, but they kept turning away from them |
وَكَانُوا يَنْحِتُونَ مِنَ الْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا آمِنِينَ (82)
They carved houses in the mountains, feeling secure |
فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ الصَّيْحَةُ مُصْبِحِينَ (83)
So they were seized by the blast early in the morning |
فَمَا أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ (84)
Nothing of what they earned was of any avail to them |
وَمَا خَلَقْنَا السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ ۗ وَإِنَّ السَّاعَةَ لَآتِيَةٌ ۖ فَاصْفَحِ الصَّفْحَ الْجَمِيلَ (85)
We have not created the heavens and earth and all that is between them except for a true purpose. The Hour is certainly coming, so bear with them graciously |
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ الْخَلَّاقُ الْعَلِيمُ (86)
Indeed, your Lord is the Absolute Creator, the All-Knowing |
وَلَقَدْ آتَيْنَاكَ سَبْعًا مِّنَ الْمَثَانِي وَالْقُرْآنَ الْعَظِيمَ (87)
We have surely given you the seven oft-repeated verses and the great Qur’an |
لَا تَمُدَّنَّ عَيْنَيْكَ إِلَىٰ مَا مَتَّعْنَا بِهِ أَزْوَاجًا مِّنْهُمْ وَلَا تَحْزَنْ عَلَيْهِمْ وَاخْفِضْ جَنَاحَكَ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ (88)
Do not look longingly at the pleasures We have given certain classes of them, nor grieve over them, but lower your wing [in humility] to the believers |
وَقُلْ إِنِّي أَنَا النَّذِيرُ الْمُبِينُ (89)
And say, “I am indeed a clear warner.” – |
كَمَا أَنزَلْنَا عَلَى الْمُقْتَسِمِينَ (90)
just as We sent down [punishment] upon those who divided [their religion] |
الَّذِينَ جَعَلُوا الْقُرْآنَ عِضِينَ (91)
those who split the Qur’an into different portions |
فَوَرَبِّكَ لَنَسْأَلَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ (92)
By your Lord, We will surely question them all |
عَمَّا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ (93)
concerning what they used to do |
فَاصْدَعْ بِمَا تُؤْمَرُ وَأَعْرِضْ عَنِ الْمُشْرِكِينَ (94)
Then proclaim what you are commanded, and turn away from those who associate partners with Allah |
إِنَّا كَفَيْنَاكَ الْمُسْتَهْزِئِينَ (95)
We will surely suffice you against the mockers |
الَّذِينَ يَجْعَلُونَ مَعَ اللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا آخَرَ ۚ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ (96)
those who set up besides Allah another god; they will come to know |
وَلَقَدْ نَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ يَضِيقُ صَدْرُكَ بِمَا يَقُولُونَ (97)
We know that you are distressed by what they say |
فَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ وَكُن مِّنَ السَّاجِدِينَ (98)
Glorify your Lord with praise and be among those who prostrate [to Him] |
وَاعْبُدْ رَبَّكَ حَتَّىٰ يَأْتِيَكَ الْيَقِينُ (99)
and worship your Lord until the certainty [of death] comes to you |
