سُورَةُ الشُّعَرَاءِ

طسۤمۤ (۱)

Ta. Sin, Mim.

تِلۡكَ ءَایَـٰتُ ٱلۡكِتَـٰبِ ٱلۡمُبِینِ (۲)

THESE ARE MESSAGES of the divine writ, clear in itself and clearly showing the truth!

لَعَلَّكَ بَـٰخِعࣱ نَّفۡسَكَ أَلَّا یَكُونُوا۟ مُؤۡمِنِینَ (۳)

Wouldst thou, perhaps, torment thyself to death [with grief] because they [who live around thee] refuse to believe [in it]?

إِن نَّشَأۡ نُنَزِّلۡ عَلَیۡهِم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَاۤءِ ءَایَةࣰ فَظَلَّتۡ أَعۡنَـٰقُهُمۡ لَهَا خَـٰضِعِینَ (۴)

Had We so willed, We could have sent down unto them a message from the skies, so that their necks would [be forced to] bow down before it in humility.

وَمَا یَأۡتِیهِم مِّن ذِكۡرࣲ مِّنَ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ مُحۡدَثٍ إِلَّا كَانُوا۟ عَنۡهُ مُعۡرِضِینَ (۵)

[But We have not willed it:] and so, whenever there comes unto them any fresh reminder from the Most Gracious, they [who are blind of heart] always - turn their backs upon it:

فَقَدۡ كَذَّبُوا۟ فَسَیَأۡتِیهِمۡ أَنۢبَـٰۤؤُا۟ مَا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ یَسۡتَهۡزِءُونَ (۶)

thus, indeed, have they given the lie (to this message as well). But [in time] they will come to understand what it was that they were wont to deride!

أَوَلَمۡ یَرَوۡا۟ إِلَى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ كَمۡ أَنۢبَتۡنَا فِیهَا مِن كُلِّ زَوۡجࣲ كَرِیمٍ (۷)

Have they, then, never considered the earth - how much of every noble kind [of life] We have caused to grow thereon?

إِنَّ فِی ذَ ٰ⁠لِكَ لَـَٔایَةࣰۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِینَ (۸)

In this, behold, there is a message [unto men], even though most of them will not believe [in it].

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِیزُ ٱلرَّحِیمُ (۹)

But, verily, thy Sustainer - He alone - is almighty, a dispenser of grace!

وَإِذۡ نَادَىٰ رَبُّكَ مُوسَىٰۤ أَنِ ٱئۡتِ ٱلۡقَوۡمَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِینَ (۱۰)

HENCE, [remember how it was] when thy Sustainer summoned Moses: “Go unto those evil doing people.

قَوۡمَ فِرۡعَوۡنَۚ أَلَا یَتَّقُونَ (۱۱)

the people of Pharaoh, who refuse to be con­scious of Me!”

قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّیۤ أَخَافُ أَن یُكَذِّبُونِ (۱۲)

He answered: “O my Sustainer! Behold, I fear that they will give me the lie,

وَیَضِیقُ صَدۡرِی وَلَا یَنطَلِقُ لِسَانِی فَأَرۡسِلۡ إِلَىٰ هَـٰرُونَ (۱۳)

and then my breast will be straitened and my tongue will not be free: send, then, [this Thy command] to Aaron.

وَلَهُمۡ عَلَیَّ ذَنۢبࣱ فَأَخَافُ أَن یَقۡتُلُونِ (۱۴)

Moreover, they keep a grave charge [pending] against me, and I fear that they will slay me.”

قَالَ كَلَّاۖ فَٱذۡهَبَا بِـَٔایَـٰتِنَاۤۖ إِنَّا مَعَكُم مُّسۡتَمِعُونَ (۱۵)

Said He: “Not so, indeed! Go forth, then, both of you, with Our messages: verify, We shall be with you, listening [to your call]!

فَأۡتِیَا فِرۡعَوۡنَ فَقُولَاۤ إِنَّا رَسُولُ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَـٰلَمِینَ (۱۶)

And go, both of you, unto Pharaoh and say, ‘Behold, we bear a message from the Sustainer of all the worlds:

أَنۡ أَرۡسِلۡ مَعَنَا بَنِیۤ إِسۡرَ ٰ⁠ۤءِیلَ (۱۷)

Let the children of Israel go with us!’”

قَالَ أَلَمۡ نُرَبِّكَ فِینَا وَلِیدࣰا وَلَبِثۡتَ فِینَا مِنۡ عُمُرِكَ سِنِینَ (۱۸)

[But when Moses had delivered his message, Pharaoh] said: “Did we not bring thee up among us when thou wert a child? And didst thou not spend among us years of thy [later] life?

وَفَعَلۡتَ فَعۡلَتَكَ ٱلَّتِی فَعَلۡتَ وَأَنتَ مِنَ ٱلۡكَـٰفِرِینَ (۱۹)

And yet thou didst commit that [heinous] deed of thine, and [hast thus shown that] thou art one of the ingrate!”

قَالَ فَعَلۡتُهَاۤ إِذࣰا وَأَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلضَّاۤلِّینَ (۲۰)

Replied [Moses]: “I committed it while I was still going astray;

فَفَرَرۡتُ مِنكُمۡ لَمَّا خِفۡتُكُمۡ فَوَهَبَ لِی رَبِّی حُكۡمࣰا وَجَعَلَنِی مِنَ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِینَ (۲۱)

and I fled from you because I feared you. But [since] then my Sustainer has endowed me with the ability to judge [between right and wrong], and has made me one of [His] message-­bearers.

وَتِلۡكَ نِعۡمَةࣱ تَمُنُّهَا عَلَیَّ أَنۡ عَبَّدتَّ بَنِیۤ إِسۡرَ ٰ⁠ۤءِیلَ (۲۲)

And [as for] that favour of which thou so tauntingly remindest me - [was it not] due to thy having enslaved the children of Israel?”

قَالَ فِرۡعَوۡنُ وَمَا رَبُّ ٱلۡعَـٰلَمِینَ (۲۳)

Said Pharaoh: “And what [and who] is that ‘Sustainer of all the worlds’?”

قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَ ٰ⁠تِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا بَیۡنَهُمَاۤۖ إِن كُنتُم مُّوقِنِینَ (۲۴)

[Moses] answered: “[He is] the Sustainer of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them: if you would but [allow yourselves to] be convinced!”

قَالَ لِمَنۡ حَوۡلَهُۥۤ أَلَا تَسۡتَمِعُونَ (۲۵)

Said [Pharaoh] unto those around him: “Did you hear [what he said]?”

قَالَ رَبُّكُمۡ وَرَبُّ ءَابَاۤىِٕكُمُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِینَ (۲۶)

[And Moses] continued: “[He is] your Sus­tainer, [too,] as well as the Sustainer of your fore­fathers of old!”

قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَكُمُ ٱلَّذِیۤ أُرۡسِلَ إِلَیۡكُمۡ لَمَجۡنُونࣱ (۲۷)

[Pharaoh] exclaimed: “Behold, [this] your ‘apostle’ who [claims that he] has been sent unto you is mad indeed!

قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلۡمَشۡرِقِ وَٱلۡمَغۡرِبِ وَمَا بَیۡنَهُمَاۤۖ إِن كُنتُمۡ تَعۡقِلُونَ (۲۸)

[But Moses] went on: “[He of whom I speak is] the Sustainer of the east and the west and of all that is between the two”- as you would know] if you would but use your reason!”

قَالَ لَىِٕنِ ٱتَّخَذۡتَ إِلَـٰهًا غَیۡرِی لَأَجۡعَلَنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلۡمَسۡجُونِینَ (۲۹)

Said [Pharaoh]: “Indeed, if thou choose to worship any deity other than me, I shall most cer­tainly throw thee into prison!

قَالَ أَوَلَوۡ جِئۡتُكَ بِشَیۡءࣲ مُّبِینࣲ (۳۰)

Said he: “Even if I should bring about before thee something that clearly shows the truth?”

قَالَ فَأۡتِ بِهِۦۤ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِینَ (۳۱)

[Pharaoh] answered: “Produce it, then, if thou art a man of truth!”

فَأَلۡقَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِیَ ثُعۡبَانࣱ مُّبِینࣱ (۳۲)

Thereupon [Moses] threw down his staff - and lo! it was a serpent, plainly visible;

وَنَزَعَ یَدَهُۥ فَإِذَا هِیَ بَیۡضَاۤءُ لِلنَّـٰظِرِینَ (۳۳)

and he drew forth his hand - and lo! it appeared [shining] white to the beholders.

قَالَ لِلۡمَلَإِ حَوۡلَهُۥۤ إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَسَـٰحِرٌ عَلِیمࣱ (۳۴)

Said [pharaoh] unto the great ones around him: “Verily, this is indeed a sorcerer of great knowledge

یُرِیدُ أَن یُخۡرِجَكُم مِّنۡ أَرۡضِكُم بِسِحۡرِهِۦ فَمَاذَا تَأۡمُرُونَ (۳۵)

who wants to drive you out of your land by his sorcery. What, then, do you advise?”

قَالُوۤا۟ أَرۡجِهۡ وَأَخَاهُ وَٱبۡعَثۡ فِی ٱلۡمَدَاۤىِٕنِ حَـٰشِرِینَ (۳۶)

They answered: “Let him and his brother wait a while, and send unto all cities heralds

یَأۡتُوكَ بِكُلِّ سَحَّارٍ عَلِیمࣲ (۳۷)

who shall assemble before thee all sorcerers of great knowl­edge”

فَجُمِعَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ لِمِیقَـٰتِ یَوۡمࣲ مَّعۡلُومࣲ (۳۸)

And so the sorcerers were assembled at a set time on a certain day,

وَقِیلَ لِلنَّاسِ هَلۡ أَنتُم مُّجۡتَمِعُونَ (۳۹)

and the people were asked: Are you all present,

لَعَلَّنَا نَتَّبِعُ ٱلسَّحَرَةَ إِن كَانُوا۟ هُمُ ٱلۡغَـٰلِبِینَ (۴۰)

so that we might follow [in the footsteps of] the sorcerers if it is they who prevail?”

فَلَمَّا جَاۤءَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ قَالُوا۟ لِفِرۡعَوۡنَ أَىِٕنَّ لَنَا لَأَجۡرًا إِن كُنَّا نَحۡنُ ٱلۡغَـٰلِبِینَ (۴۱)

Now when the sorcerers came, they said unto Pharaoh: “Verily, we ought to have a great reward if it is we who prevail.

قَالَ نَعَمۡ وَإِنَّكُمۡ إِذࣰا لَّمِنَ ٱلۡمُقَرَّبِینَ (۴۲)

Answered he: “Yea - and, verily, in that case you shall be among those who are near unto me.

قَالَ لَهُم مُّوسَىٰۤ أَلۡقُوا۟ مَاۤ أَنتُم مُّلۡقُونَ (۴۳)

[And] Moses said unto them: “Throw whatever you are going to throw!”

فَأَلۡقَوۡا۟ حِبَالَهُمۡ وَعِصِیَّهُمۡ وَقَالُوا۟ بِعِزَّةِ فِرۡعَوۡنَ إِنَّا لَنَحۡنُ ٱلۡغَـٰلِبُونَ (۴۴)

Thereupon they threw their [magic ropes and their staffs, and said: “By Pharaoh’s might, behold, it is we indeed who have prevailed!”

فَأَلۡقَىٰ مُوسَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِیَ تَلۡقَفُ مَا یَأۡفِكُونَ (۴۵)

[But] then Moses threw his staff - and lo! it swallowed up all their deceptions.

فَأُلۡقِیَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ سَـٰجِدِینَ (۴۶)

And down fell the sorcerers, prostrating them­selves in adoration,

قَالُوۤا۟ ءَامَنَّا بِرَبِّ ٱلۡعَـٰلَمِینَ (۴۷)

[and] exclaimed: “We have come to believe in the Sustainer of all the worlds,

رَبِّ مُوسَىٰ وَهَـٰرُونَ (۴۸)

the Sustainer of Moses and Aaron!”

قَالَ ءَامَنتُمۡ لَهُۥ قَبۡلَ أَنۡ ءَاذَنَ لَكُمۡۖ إِنَّهُۥ لَكَبِیرُكُمُ ٱلَّذِی عَلَّمَكُمُ ٱلسِّحۡرَ فَلَسَوۡفَ تَعۡلَمُونَۚ لَأُقَطِّعَنَّ أَیۡدِیَكُمۡ وَأَرۡجُلَكُم مِّنۡ خِلَـٰفࣲ وَلَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمۡ أَجۡمَعِینَ (۴۹)

Said [Pharaoh]: “Have you come to believe in him ere I have given you permission? Verily, he must be your master who has taught you magic! But in time you shall come to know [my revenge]: most certainly shall I cut off your hands and your feet in great numbers, because of [your] perverseness, and shall most certainly crucify you in great numbers, all together!”

قَالُوا۟ لَا ضَیۡرَۖ إِنَّاۤ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا مُنقَلِبُونَ (۵۰)

They answered: “No harm [canst thou do to us]: verily, unto our Sustainer do we turn!

إِنَّا نَطۡمَعُ أَن یَغۡفِرَ لَنَا رَبُّنَا خَطَـٰیَـٰنَاۤ أَن كُنَّاۤ أَوَّلَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِینَ (۵۱)

Behold, we [but] ardently desire that our Sustainer forgive us our faults in return for our having been foremost among the believers!”

۞ وَأَوۡحَیۡنَاۤ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰۤ أَنۡ أَسۡرِ بِعِبَادِیۤ إِنَّكُم مُّتَّبَعُونَ (۵۲)

AND [there came a time when] We inspired Moses thus: “Go forth with My servants by night: for, behold, you will he pursued!”

فَأَرۡسَلَ فِرۡعَوۡنُ فِی ٱلۡمَدَاۤىِٕنِ حَـٰشِرِینَ (۵۳)

And Pharaoh sent heralds unto all cities,

إِنَّ هَـٰۤؤُلَاۤءِ لَشِرۡذِمَةࣱ قَلِیلُونَ (۵۴)

[bidding them to call out his troops and to proclaim:] “Behold, these [children of Israel] are but a contemptible band;

وَإِنَّهُمۡ لَنَا لَغَاۤىِٕظُونَ (۵۵)

but they are indeed filled with hatred of us

وَإِنَّا لَجَمِیعٌ حَـٰذِرُونَ (۵۶)

seeing that we are, verily, a nation united, fully prepared against danger –

فَأَخۡرَجۡنَـٰهُم مِّن جَنَّـٰتࣲ وَعُیُونࣲ (۵۷)

and so we have [rightly] driven them out of [their] gardens and springs,

وَكُنُوزࣲ وَمَقَامࣲ كَرِیمࣲ (۵۸)

and [deprived them of their erstwhile] station of honour!”

كَذَ ٰ⁠لِكَۖ وَأَوۡرَثۡنَـٰهَا بَنِیۤ إِسۡرَ ٰ⁠ۤءِیلَ (۵۹)

Thus it was: but [in the course of time] We were to bestow all these [things] as a heritage on the children of Israel.

فَأَتۡبَعُوهُم مُّشۡرِقِینَ (۶۰)

And so [the Egyptians] caught up with them at sunrise;

فَلَمَّا تَرَ ٰ⁠ۤءَا ٱلۡجَمۡعَانِ قَالَ أَصۡحَـٰبُ مُوسَىٰۤ إِنَّا لَمُدۡرَكُونَ (۶۱)

and as soon as the two hosts came in sight of one another, the followers of Moses exclaimed: “Behold, we shall certainly be overtaken [and defeated]!”

قَالَ كَلَّاۤۖ إِنَّ مَعِیَ رَبِّی سَیَهۡدِینِ (۶۲)

He replied: Nay indeed! My Sustainer is with me, [and] He will guide me!”

فَأَوۡحَیۡنَاۤ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰۤ أَنِ ٱضۡرِب بِّعَصَاكَ ٱلۡبَحۡرَۖ فَٱنفَلَقَ فَكَانَ كُلُّ فِرۡقࣲ كَٱلطَّوۡدِ ٱلۡعَظِیمِ (۶۳)

Thereupon We inspired Moses thus: Strike the sea with thy staff!”- whereupon it parted, and each part appeared like a mountain vast.

وَأَزۡلَفۡنَا ثَمَّ ٱلۡـَٔاخَرِینَ (۶۴)

And We caused the pursuers to draw near unto that place:

وَأَنجَیۡنَا مُوسَىٰ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥۤ أَجۡمَعِینَ (۶۵)

and We saved Moses and all who were with him,

ثُمَّ أَغۡرَقۡنَا ٱلۡـَٔاخَرِینَ (۶۶)

and then We caused the others to drown.

إِنَّ فِی ذَ ٰ⁠لِكَ لَـَٔایَةࣰۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِینَ (۶۷)

In this [story] behold, there is a message [unto all men], even though most of them will not believe [in it].

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِیزُ ٱلرَّحِیمُ (۶۸)

And yet, verily, thy Sustainer - He alone - is almighty, a dispenser of grace!

وَٱتۡلُ عَلَیۡهِمۡ نَبَأَ إِبۡرَ ٰ⁠هِیمَ (۶۹)

And convey unto them the story of Abraham –

إِذۡ قَالَ لِأَبِیهِ وَقَوۡمِهِۦ مَا تَعۡبُدُونَ (۷۰)

[how it was] when he asked his father and his people, “What is it that you worship?”

قَالُوا۟ نَعۡبُدُ أَصۡنَامࣰا فَنَظَلُّ لَهَا عَـٰكِفِینَ (۷۱)

They answered: We worship idols, and we remain ever devoted to them.”

قَالَ هَلۡ یَسۡمَعُونَكُمۡ إِذۡ تَدۡعُونَ (۷۲)

Said he: “Do [you really think that] they hear you when you invoke them,

أَوۡ یَنفَعُونَكُمۡ أَوۡ یَضُرُّونَ (۷۳)

or benefit you or do you harm?”

قَالُوا۟ بَلۡ وَجَدۡنَاۤ ءَابَاۤءَنَا كَذَ ٰ⁠لِكَ یَفۡعَلُونَ (۷۴)

They exclaimed: But we found our fore­fathers doing the same!”

قَالَ أَفَرَءَیۡتُم مَّا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡبُدُونَ (۷۵)

Said [Abraham]: “Have you, then, ever con­sidered what it is that you have been worshipping

أَنتُمۡ وَءَابَاۤؤُكُمُ ٱلۡأَقۡدَمُونَ (۷۶)

you and those ancient forebears of yours?

فَإِنَّهُمۡ عَدُوࣱّ لِّیۤ إِلَّا رَبَّ ٱلۡعَـٰلَمِینَ (۷۷)

“Now [as for me, I know that,] verily, these [false deities] are my enemies, [and that none is my helper] save the Sustainer of all the worlds,

ٱلَّذِی خَلَقَنِی فَهُوَ یَهۡدِینِ (۷۸)

who has created me and is the One who guides me,

وَٱلَّذِی هُوَ یُطۡعِمُنِی وَیَسۡقِینِ (۷۹)

and is the One who gives me to eat and to drink,

وَإِذَا مَرِضۡتُ فَهُوَ یَشۡفِینِ (۸۰)

and when I fall ill, is the One who restores me to health,

وَٱلَّذِی یُمِیتُنِی ثُمَّ یُحۡیِینِ (۸۱)

and who will cause me to die and then will bring me back to life –

وَٱلَّذِیۤ أَطۡمَعُ أَن یَغۡفِرَ لِی خَطِیۤـَٔتِی یَوۡمَ ٱلدِّینِ (۸۲)

and who, [hope, will forgive me my faults on Judgment Day!

رَبِّ هَبۡ لِی حُكۡمࣰا وَأَلۡحِقۡنِی بِٱلصَّـٰلِحِینَ (۸۳)

“O my Sustainer! Endow me with the ability to judge [between right and wrong], and make me one with the righteous,

وَٱجۡعَل لِّی لِسَانَ صِدۡقࣲ فِی ٱلۡـَٔاخِرِینَ (۸۴)

and grant me the power to convey the truth unto those who will come after me,

وَٱجۡعَلۡنِی مِن وَرَثَةِ جَنَّةِ ٱلنَّعِیمِ (۸۵)

and place me among those who shall inherit the garden of bliss!

وَٱغۡفِرۡ لِأَبِیۤ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلضَّاۤلِّینَ (۸۶)

“And forgive my father - for, verily, he is among those who have gone astray –

وَلَا تُخۡزِنِی یَوۡمَ یُبۡعَثُونَ (۸۷)

and do not put me to shame on the Day when all shall be raised from the dead:

یَوۡمَ لَا یَنفَعُ مَالࣱ وَلَا بَنُونَ (۸۸)

the Day on which neither wealth will be of any use, nor children,

إِلَّا مَنۡ أَتَى ٱللَّهَ بِقَلۡبࣲ سَلِیمࣲ (۸۹)

[and when] only he [will be happy] who comes before God with a heart free of evil!”

وَأُزۡلِفَتِ ٱلۡجَنَّةُ لِلۡمُتَّقِینَ (۹۰)

For, [on that Day,] paradise will be brought within sight of the God-conscious,

وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلۡجَحِیمُ لِلۡغَاوِینَ (۹۱)

whereas the blazing fire will be laid open before those who had been lost in grievous error;

وَقِیلَ لَهُمۡ أَیۡنَ مَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡبُدُونَ (۹۲)

and they will be asked: “Where now is all that you were wont to worship

مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ هَلۡ یَنصُرُونَكُمۡ أَوۡ یَنتَصِرُونَ (۹۳)

instead of God? Can these [things and beings] be of any help to you or to themselves?”

فَكُبۡكِبُوا۟ فِیهَا هُمۡ وَٱلۡغَاوُۥنَ (۹۴)

Thereupon they will be hurled into hell – they, as well as all [others] who had been lost in grievous error,

وَجُنُودُ إِبۡلِیسَ أَجۡمَعُونَ (۹۵)

and the hosts of Iblis - all together.

قَالُوا۟ وَهُمۡ فِیهَا یَخۡتَصِمُونَ (۹۶)

And there and then, blaming one another, they [who had grievously sinned in life] will exclaim:

تَٱللَّهِ إِن كُنَّا لَفِی ضَلَـٰلࣲ مُّبِینٍ (۹۷)

“By God, we were most obviously astray

إِذۡ نُسَوِّیكُم بِرَبِّ ٱلۡعَـٰلَمِینَ (۹۸)

when we deemed you [false deities] equal to the Sustainer of all the worlds –

وَمَاۤ أَضَلَّنَاۤ إِلَّا ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُونَ (۹۹)

yet they who have seduced us [into believing in you] are the truly guilty ones!

فَمَا لَنَا مِن شَـٰفِعِینَ (۱۰۰)

And now we have none to intercede for us,

وَلَا صَدِیقٍ حَمِیمࣲ (۱۰۱)

nor any loving friend.

فَلَوۡ أَنَّ لَنَا كَرَّةࣰ فَنَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِینَ (۱۰۲)

Would that we had a second chance [in life], so that we could be among the believers!”

إِنَّ فِی ذَ ٰ⁠لِكَ لَـَٔایَةࣰۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِینَ (۱۰۳)

In all this, behold, there is a message [unto men], even though most of them will not believe [in it].

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِیزُ ٱلرَّحِیمُ (۱۰۴)

But, verily, thy Sustainer - He alone - is almighty, a dispenser of grace!

كَذَّبَتۡ قَوۡمُ نُوحٍ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِینَ (۱۰۵)

The people of Noah [too] gave the lie to [one of God’s] message-bearers

إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ أَخُوهُمۡ نُوحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ (۱۰۶)

when their brother Noah said unto them: “Will you not be conscious of God?

إِنِّی لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِینࣱ (۱۰۷)

Behold, I am an apostle [sent by Him] to you, [and therefore] worthy of your trust:

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِیعُونِ (۱۰۸)

be, then, conscious of God, and pay heed unto me!

وَمَاۤ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَیۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٍۖ إِنۡ أَجۡرِیَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَـٰلَمِینَ (۱۰۹)

“And no reward whatever do I ask of you for it: my reward rests with none but the Sustainer of all the worlds.

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِیعُونِ (۱۱۰)

Hence, remain conscious of God, and pay heed unto me!”

۞ قَالُوۤا۟ أَنُؤۡمِنُ لَكَ وَٱتَّبَعَكَ ٱلۡأَرۡذَلُونَ (۱۱۱)

They answered: “Shall we place our faith in thee, even though [only] the most abject [of people] follow thee?”

قَالَ وَمَا عِلۡمِی بِمَا كَانُوا۟ یَعۡمَلُونَ (۱۱۲)

Said he: “And what knowledge could I have as to what they were doing [before they came to me]?

إِنۡ حِسَابُهُمۡ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّیۖ لَوۡ تَشۡعُرُونَ (۱۱۳)

Their reckoning rests with none but my Sus­tainer: if you could but understand [this]!

وَمَاۤ أَنَا۠ بِطَارِدِ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِینَ (۱۱۴)

Hence, I shall not drive away [any of] those [who profess to be] believers;

إِنۡ أَنَا۠ إِلَّا نَذِیرࣱ مُّبِینࣱ (۱۱۵)

I am nothing but a plain warner.”

قَالُوا۟ لَىِٕن لَّمۡ تَنتَهِ یَـٰنُوحُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلۡمَرۡجُومِینَ (۱۱۶)

Said they: “Indeed, if thou desist not, O Noah, thou wilt surely be stoned to death!”

قَالَ رَبِّ إِنَّ قَوۡمِی كَذَّبُونِ (۱۱۷)

[Whereupon] he prayed: “O my Sustainer! Behold, my people have given me the lie:

فَٱفۡتَحۡ بَیۡنِی وَبَیۡنَهُمۡ فَتۡحࣰا وَنَجِّنِی وَمَن مَّعِیَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِینَ (۱۱۸)

hence, lay Thou wide open the truth between me and them, and save me and those of the believers who are with me!”

فَأَنجَیۡنَـٰهُ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥ فِی ٱلۡفُلۡكِ ٱلۡمَشۡحُونِ (۱۱۹)

And so We saved him and those [who were] with him in the fully-laden ark,

ثُمَّ أَغۡرَقۡنَا بَعۡدُ ٱلۡبَاقِینَ (۱۲۰)

and then We caused those who stayed behind to drown.

إِنَّ فِی ذَ ٰ⁠لِكَ لَـَٔایَةࣰۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِینَ (۱۲۱)

In this [story], behold, there is a message [unto men], even though most of them will not believe [in it].

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِیزُ ٱلرَّحِیمُ (۱۲۲)

But, verily, thy Sustainer - He alone - is almighty, a dispenser of grace

كَذَّبَتۡ عَادٌ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِینَ (۱۲۳)

[AND the tribe of] Ad gave the lie to [one of God’s] message-bearers

إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ أَخُوهُمۡ هُودٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ (۱۲۴)

when their brother Hud said unto them: “Will you not be conscious of God?

إِنِّی لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِینࣱ (۱۲۵)

Behold, I am an apostle [sent by Him] to you, [and therefore] worthy of your trust:

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِیعُونِ (۱۲۶)

be, then, con­scious of God, and pay heed unto me!

وَمَاۤ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَیۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٍۖ إِنۡ أَجۡرِیَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَـٰلَمِینَ (۱۲۷)

“And no reward whatever do I ask of you for it: my reward rests with none but the Sustainer of all the worlds.

أَتَبۡنُونَ بِكُلِّ رِیعٍ ءَایَةࣰ تَعۡبَثُونَ (۱۲۸)

“Will you, in your wanton folly, build [idola­trous] altars on every height,

وَتَتَّخِذُونَ مَصَانِعَ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَخۡلُدُونَ (۱۲۹)

and make for yourselves mighty castles, [hoping] that you might become immortal?

وَإِذَا بَطَشۡتُم بَطَشۡتُمۡ جَبَّارِینَ (۱۳۰)

And will you [always], whenever you lay hand [on others], lay hand [on them] cruelly, without any restraint?

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِیعُونِ (۱۳۱)

“Be, then, conscious of God and pay heed unto me:

وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱلَّذِیۤ أَمَدَّكُم بِمَا تَعۡلَمُونَ (۱۳۲)

and [thus] be conscious of Him who has [so] amply provided you with all [the good] that you might think of

أَمَدَّكُم بِأَنۡعَـٰمࣲ وَبَنِینَ (۱۳۳)

amply provided you with flocks, and children,

وَجَنَّـٰتࣲ وَعُیُونٍ (۱۳۴)

and gardens, and springs -:

إِنِّیۤ أَخَافُ عَلَیۡكُمۡ عَذَابَ یَوۡمٍ عَظِیمࣲ (۱۳۵)

for, verily, I fear lest suffering befall you on an awesome day!”

قَالُوا۟ سَوَاۤءٌ عَلَیۡنَاۤ أَوَعَظۡتَ أَمۡ لَمۡ تَكُن مِّنَ ٱلۡوَ ٰ⁠عِظِینَ (۱۳۶)

[But] they answered. “It is all one to us whether thou preachest [something new] or art not of those who [like to] preach.

إِنۡ هَـٰذَاۤ إِلَّا خُلُقُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِینَ (۱۳۷)

This [religion of ours] is none other than that to which our forebears clung,

وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمُعَذَّبِینَ (۱۳۸)

and we are not going to be chastised [for adhering to it]!”

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَهۡلَكۡنَـٰهُمۡۚ إِنَّ فِی ذَ ٰ⁠لِكَ لَـَٔایَةࣰۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِینَ (۱۳۹)

And so they gave him the lie: and thereupon We destroyed them. In this [story], behold, there is a message [unto men], even though most of them will not believe [in it].

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِیزُ ٱلرَّحِیمُ (۱۴۰)

But, verily, thy Sustainer - He alone - is almighty, a dispenser of grace!

كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِینَ (۱۴۱)

[AND the tribe of] Thamud gave the lie to [one of God’s] message-hearers

إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ أَخُوهُمۡ صَـٰلِحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ (۱۴۲)

when their brother Salih said unto them: “Will you not be conscious of God?

إِنِّی لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِینࣱ (۱۴۳)

Behold, I am an apostle [sent by Him] to you, [and therefore] worthy of your trust:

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِیعُونِ (۱۴۴)

be, then, conscious of God, and pay heed unto me!

وَمَاۤ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَیۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٍۖ إِنۡ أَجۡرِیَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَـٰلَمِینَ (۱۴۵)

“And no reward whatever do I ask of you for it: my reward rests with none but the Sustainer of all the worlds.

أَتُتۡرَكُونَ فِی مَا هَـٰهُنَاۤ ءَامِنِینَ (۱۴۶)

“Do you think that you will be left secure [forever] in the midst of what you have here and now?

فِی جَنَّـٰتࣲ وَعُیُونࣲ (۱۴۷)

amidst [these] gardens and springs

وَزُرُوعࣲ وَنَخۡلࣲ طَلۡعُهَا هَضِیمࣱ (۱۴۸)

and fields, and [these] palm-trees with slender spathes? –

وَتَنۡحِتُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡجِبَالِ بُیُوتࣰا فَـٰرِهِینَ (۱۴۹)

and that you will [always be able to] hew dwellings out of the mountains with [the same] great skill?”

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِیعُونِ (۱۵۰)

“Be, then, conscious of God, and pay heed unto me,

وَلَا تُطِیعُوۤا۟ أَمۡرَ ٱلۡمُسۡرِفِینَ (۱۵۱)

and pay no heed to the counsel of those who are given to excesses –

ٱلَّذِینَ یُفۡسِدُونَ فِی ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَلَا یُصۡلِحُونَ (۱۵۲)

those who spread corruption on earth instead of setting things to rights!”

قَالُوۤا۟ إِنَّمَاۤ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُسَحَّرِینَ (۱۵۳)

Said they: “Thou art but one of the be­witched!

مَاۤ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرࣱ مِّثۡلُنَا فَأۡتِ بِـَٔایَةٍ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِینَ (۱۵۴)

Thou art nothing but a mortal like our­selves! Come, then, forward with a token [of thy mission] if thou art a man of truth!”

قَالَ هَـٰذِهِۦ نَاقَةࣱ لَّهَا شِرۡبࣱ وَلَكُمۡ شِرۡبُ یَوۡمࣲ مَّعۡلُومࣲ (۱۵۵)

Replied he: “This she-camel shall have a share of water, and you shall have a share of water, on the days appointed [therefor];

وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوۤءࣲ فَیَأۡخُذَكُمۡ عَذَابُ یَوۡمٍ عَظِیمࣲ (۱۵۶)

and do her no harm, lest suffering befall you on an awesome day!”

فَعَقَرُوهَا فَأَصۡبَحُوا۟ نَـٰدِمِینَ (۱۵۷)

But they cruelly slaughtered her - and then they had cause to regret it:

فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱلۡعَذَابُۚ إِنَّ فِی ذَ ٰ⁠لِكَ لَـَٔایَةࣰۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِینَ (۱۵۸)

for the suffering [predicted by Salih,] befell them [then and there]. In this [story], behold, there is a message [unto men], even though most of them will not believe [in it].

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِیزُ ٱلرَّحِیمُ (۱۵۹)

But, verily, thy Sustainer - He alone – is almighty, a dispenser of grace!

كَذَّبَتۡ قَوۡمُ لُوطٍ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِینَ (۱۶۰)

[AND] the people of Lot gave the lie to [one of God’s] message-bearers

إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ أَخُوهُمۡ لُوطٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ (۱۶۱)

when their brother Lot said unto them: “Will you not be conscious of God?

إِنِّی لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِینࣱ (۱۶۲)

Behold, I am an apostle [sent by Him] to you, [and therefore] worthy of your trust:

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِیعُونِ (۱۶۳)

be, then, conscious of God, and pay heed unto me!

وَمَاۤ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَیۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٍۖ إِنۡ أَجۡرِیَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَـٰلَمِینَ (۱۶۴)

“And no reward whatever do I ask of you for it: my reward rests with none but the Sustainer of all the worlds.

أَتَأۡتُونَ ٱلذُّكۡرَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡعَـٰلَمِینَ (۱۶۵)

“Must you, of all people, [lustfully] approach men,

وَتَذَرُونَ مَا خَلَقَ لَكُمۡ رَبُّكُم مِّنۡ أَزۡوَ ٰ⁠جِكُمۚ بَلۡ أَنتُمۡ قَوۡمٌ عَادُونَ (۱۶۶)

keeping yourselves aloof from all the [lawful] spouses whom your Sustainer has created for you? Nay, but you are people who transgress all bounds of what is right!”

قَالُوا۟ لَىِٕن لَّمۡ تَنتَهِ یَـٰلُوطُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلۡمُخۡرَجِینَ (۱۶۷)

Said they: “Indeed, If thou desist not, O Lot, thou wilt most certainly be expelled [from this town­ship]!”

قَالَ إِنِّی لِعَمَلِكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡقَالِینَ (۱۶۸)

[Lot] exclaimed: “Behold, I am one of those who utterly abhor your doings!”

رَبِّ نَجِّنِی وَأَهۡلِی مِمَّا یَعۡمَلُونَ (۱۶۹)

[And then he prayed:] “O my Sustainer! Save me and my household from all that they are doing!”

فَنَجَّیۡنَـٰهُ وَأَهۡلَهُۥۤ أَجۡمَعِینَ (۱۷۰)

Thereupon We saved him and all his household –

إِلَّا عَجُوزࣰا فِی ٱلۡغَـٰبِرِینَ (۱۷۱)

all but an old woman, who was among those that stayed behind;

ثُمَّ دَمَّرۡنَا ٱلۡـَٔاخَرِینَ (۱۷۲)

and then We utterly destroyed the others,

وَأَمۡطَرۡنَا عَلَیۡهِم مَّطَرࣰاۖ فَسَاۤءَ مَطَرُ ٱلۡمُنذَرِینَ (۱۷۳)

and rained down upon them a rain [of destruction]: and dire is such rain upon all who let themselves be warned [to no avail]!

إِنَّ فِی ذَ ٰ⁠لِكَ لَـَٔایَةࣰۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِینَ (۱۷۴)

In this [story], behold, there is a message [unto men], even though most of them will not be­lieve [in it].

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِیزُ ٱلرَّحِیمُ (۱۷۵)

But, verily, thy Sustainer - He alone - is almighty, a dispenser of grace!

كَذَّبَ أَصۡحَـٰبُ لۡـَٔیۡكَةِ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِینَ (۱۷۶)

[AND] the dwellers of the wooded dales [of Madyan] gave the lie to [one of God’s] message-bearers

إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ شُعَیۡبٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ (۱۷۷)

when their brother Shu’ayb said unto them: “Will you not be conscious of God?

إِنِّی لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِینࣱ (۱۷۸)

Behold, I am an apostle [sent by Him] to you, [and therefore] worthy of your trust:

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِیعُونِ (۱۷۹)

be, then, conscious of God, and pay heed unto me!

وَمَاۤ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَیۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٍۖ إِنۡ أَجۡرِیَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَـٰلَمِینَ (۱۸۰)

“And no reward whatever do I ask of you for it: my reward rests with none but the Sustainer of all the worlds.

۞ أَوۡفُوا۟ ٱلۡكَیۡلَ وَلَا تَكُونُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلۡمُخۡسِرِینَ (۱۸۱)

“[Always] give full measure, and be not among those who [unjustly] cause loss [to others];

وَزِنُوا۟ بِٱلۡقِسۡطَاسِ ٱلۡمُسۡتَقِیمِ (۱۸۲)

and [in all your dealings] weigh with a true balance,

وَلَا تَبۡخَسُوا۟ ٱلنَّاسَ أَشۡیَاۤءَهُمۡ وَلَا تَعۡثَوۡا۟ فِی ٱلۡأَرۡضِ مُفۡسِدِینَ (۱۸۳)

and do not deprive people of what is rightfully theirs; and do not act wickedly on earth by spreading corruption,

وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱلَّذِی خَلَقَكُمۡ وَٱلۡجِبِلَّةَ ٱلۡأَوَّلِینَ (۱۸۴)

but be conscious of Him who has created you, just as [He created] those countless generations of old!”

قَالُوۤا۟ إِنَّمَاۤ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُسَحَّرِینَ (۱۸۵)

Said they: “Thou art but one of the be­witched,

وَمَاۤ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرࣱ مِّثۡلُنَا وَإِن نَّظُنُّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلۡكَـٰذِبِینَ (۱۸۶)

for thou art nothing but a mortal like ourselves! And, behold, we think that thou art a consummate liar!

فَأَسۡقِطۡ عَلَیۡنَا كِسَفࣰا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَاۤءِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِینَ (۱۸۷)

Cause, then, fragments of the sky to fall down upon us, if thou art a man of truth!”

قَالَ رَبِّیۤ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ (۱۸۸)

Answered [Shu’ayb]: “My Sustainer knows fully well what you are doing.”

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمۡ عَذَابُ یَوۡمِ ٱلظُّلَّةِۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَذَابَ یَوۡمٍ عَظِیمٍ (۱۸۹)

But they gave him the lie. And thereupon suffering overtook them on a day dark with shadows: and, verily, it was the suffering of an awesome day!

إِنَّ فِی ذَ ٰ⁠لِكَ لَـَٔایَةࣰۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِینَ (۱۹۰)

In this [story], behold, there is a message [unto men], even though most of them will not believe [in it].

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِیزُ ٱلرَّحِیمُ (۱۹۱)

But, verily, thy Sustainer - He alone - is almighty, a dispenser of grace!

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَنزِیلُ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَـٰلَمِینَ (۱۹۲)

Now, behold, this [divine writ] has indeed been bestowed from on high by the Sustainer of all the worlds:

نَزَلَ بِهِ ٱلرُّوحُ ٱلۡأَمِینُ (۱۹۳)

trustworthy divine inspiration has alighted with it from on high

عَلَىٰ قَلۡبِكَ لِتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُنذِرِینَ (۱۹۴)

upon thy heart, [O Muhammad] so that thou mayest be among those who preach

بِلِسَانٍ عَرَبِیࣲّ مُّبِینࣲ (۱۹۵)

in the clear Arabic tongue.

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَفِی زُبُرِ ٱلۡأَوَّلِینَ (۱۹۶)

And, verily, [the essence of] this [revelation] is indeed found in the ancient books of divine wisdom [as well].

أَوَلَمۡ یَكُن لَّهُمۡ ءَایَةً أَن یَعۡلَمَهُۥ عُلَمَـٰۤؤُا۟ بَنِیۤ إِسۡرَ ٰ⁠ۤءِیلَ (۱۹۷)

Is it not evidence enough for them that [so many] learned men from among the children of Israel have recognized this [as true]?

وَلَوۡ نَزَّلۡنَـٰهُ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضِ ٱلۡأَعۡجَمِینَ (۱۹۸)

But [even] had We bestowed it from on high upon any of the non-Arabs,

فَقَرَأَهُۥ عَلَیۡهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ مُؤۡمِنِینَ (۱۹۹)

and had he recited it unto them [in his own tongue], they would not have believed in it.

كَذَ ٰ⁠لِكَ سَلَكۡنَـٰهُ فِی قُلُوبِ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِینَ (۲۰۰)

Thus have We caused this [message] to pass [unheeded] through the hearts of those who are lost in sin:

لَا یُؤۡمِنُونَ بِهِۦ حَتَّىٰ یَرَوُا۟ ٱلۡعَذَابَ ٱلۡأَلِیمَ (۲۰۱)

they will not believe in it till they behold the grievous suffering

فَیَأۡتِیَهُم بَغۡتَةࣰ وَهُمۡ لَا یَشۡعُرُونَ (۲۰۲)

that will come upon them [on resurrection,] all of a sudden, without their being aware [of its approach];

فَیَقُولُوا۟ هَلۡ نَحۡنُ مُنظَرُونَ (۲۰۳)

and then they will exclaim, “Could we have a respite?”

أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا یَسۡتَعۡجِلُونَ (۲۰۴)

Do they, then, [really] wish that Our chas­tisement be hastened on?

أَفَرَءَیۡتَ إِن مَّتَّعۡنَـٰهُمۡ سِنِینَ (۲۰۵)

But hast thou ever considered [this]: If We do allow them to enjoy [this life] for some years,

ثُمَّ جَاۤءَهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ یُوعَدُونَ (۲۰۶)

and thereupon that [chastisement] which they were promised befalls them –

مَاۤ أَغۡنَىٰ عَنۡهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ یُمَتَّعُونَ (۲۰۷)

of what avail to them will be all their past enjoyments?

وَمَاۤ أَهۡلَكۡنَا مِن قَرۡیَةٍ إِلَّا لَهَا مُنذِرُونَ (۲۰۸)

And withal, never have We destroyed any community unless it had been warned

ذِكۡرَىٰ وَمَا كُنَّا ظَـٰلِمِینَ (۲۰۹)

and reminded: for, never do We wrong [anyone].

وَمَا تَنَزَّلَتۡ بِهِ ٱلشَّیَـٰطِینُ (۲۱۰)

And [this divine writ is such a reminder:] no evil spirits have brought it down:

وَمَا یَنۢبَغِی لَهُمۡ وَمَا یَسۡتَطِیعُونَ (۲۱۱)

for, neither does it suit their ends, nor is it in their power [to impart it to man]:

إِنَّهُمۡ عَنِ ٱلسَّمۡعِ لَمَعۡزُولُونَ (۲۱۲)

verily, [even] from hearing it are they utterly debarred!

فَلَا تَدۡعُ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَـٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُعَذَّبِینَ (۲۱۳)

Hence, [O man,] do not invoke any other deity side by side with God, lest thou find thyself among those who are made to suffer [on Judgment Day].

وَأَنذِرۡ عَشِیرَتَكَ ٱلۡأَقۡرَبِینَ (۲۱۴)

And warn [whomever thou canst reach, beginning with] thy kinsfolk,

وَٱخۡفِضۡ جَنَاحَكَ لِمَنِ ٱتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِینَ (۲۱۵)

and spread the wings of thy tenderness over all of the believers who may follow thee;

فَإِنۡ عَصَوۡكَ فَقُلۡ إِنِّی بَرِیۤءࣱ مِّمَّا تَعۡمَلُونَ (۲۱۶)

but if they disobey thee, say, “I am free of responsibility for aught that you may do!” –

وَتَوَكَّلۡ عَلَى ٱلۡعَزِیزِ ٱلرَّحِیمِ (۲۱۷)

and place thy trust in the Almighty, the Dispenser of Grace,

ٱلَّذِی یَرَىٰكَ حِینَ تَقُومُ (۲۱۸)

who sees thee when thou standest [alone],

وَتَقَلُّبَكَ فِی ٱلسَّـٰجِدِینَ (۲۱۹)

and [sees] thy behaviour among those who prostrate themselves [before Him]:

إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِیعُ ٱلۡعَلِیمُ (۲۲۰)

for, verily, He alone is all-hearing, all-knowing!

هَلۡ أُنَبِّئُكُمۡ عَلَىٰ مَن تَنَزَّلُ ٱلشَّیَـٰطِینُ (۲۲۱)

[And] shall I tell you upon whom it is that those evil spirits descend?

تَنَزَّلُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ أَفَّاكٍ أَثِیمࣲ (۲۲۲)

They descend upon all sinful self-deceivers

یُلۡقُونَ ٱلسَّمۡعَ وَأَكۡثَرُهُمۡ كَـٰذِبُونَ (۲۲۳)

who readily lend ear [to every falsehood], and most of whom lie to others as well.

وَٱلشُّعَرَاۤءُ یَتَّبِعُهُمُ ٱلۡغَاوُۥنَ (۲۲۴)

And as for the poets [they, too, are prone to deceive themselves: and so, only] those who are lost in grievous error would follow them.

أَلَمۡ تَرَ أَنَّهُمۡ فِی كُلِّ وَادࣲ یَهِیمُونَ (۲۲۵)

Art thou not aware that they roam confusedly through all the valleys [of words and thoughts],

وَأَنَّهُمۡ یَقُولُونَ مَا لَا یَفۡعَلُونَ (۲۲۶)

and that they [so often] say what they do not do [or feel]?

إِلَّا ٱلَّذِینَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ وَذَكَرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ كَثِیرࣰا وَٱنتَصَرُوا۟ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ مَا ظُلِمُوا۟ۗ وَسَیَعۡلَمُ ٱلَّذِینَ ظَلَمُوۤا۟ أَیَّ مُنقَلَبࣲ یَنقَلِبُونَ (۲۲۷)

[Most of them are of this kind] save those who have attained to faith, and do righteous deeds, and remember God unceasingly, and defend them­selves [only] after having been wronged, and [trust in God’s promise that] those who are bent on wrong­doing will in time come to know how evil a turn their destinies are bound to take!