Az-Zukhruf

Hameem

Ha, Meem

Waalkitabi almubeeni

By the clear Book

Inna jaAAalnahu quranan AAarabiyyan laAAallakum taAAqiloona

Indeed, We have made it an Arabic Qur'an that you might understand

Wainnahu fee ommi alkitabi ladayna laAAaliyyun hakeemun

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

Afanadribu AAankumu alththikra safhan an kuntum qawman musrifeena

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

Wakam arsalna min nabiyyin fee alawwaleena

And how many a prophet We sent among the former peoples

Wama yateehim min nabiyyin illa kanoo bihi yastahzioona

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

Faahlakna ashadda minhum batshan wamada mathalu alawwaleena

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

Walain saaltahum man khalaqa alssamawati waalarda layaqoolunna khalaqahunna alAAazeezu alAAaleemu

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 alarda mahdan wajaAAala lakum feeha subulan laAAallakum tahtadoona

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

Waallathee nazzala mina alssamai maan biqadarin faansharna bihi baldatan maytan kathalika tukhrajoona

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

Waallathee khalaqa alazwaja kullaha wajaAAala lakum mina alfulki waalanAAami ma tarkaboona

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

Litastawoo AAala thuhoorihi thumma tathkuroo niAAmata rabbikum itha istawaytum AAalayhi wataqooloo subhana allathee sakhkhara lana hatha wama kunna lahu muqrineena

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

Wainna ila rabbina lamunqaliboona

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

WajaAAaloo lahu min AAibadihi juzan inna alinsana lakafoorun mubeenun

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

Ami ittakhatha mimma yakhluqu banatin waasfakum bialbaneena

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

Waitha bushshira ahaduhum bima daraba lilrrahmani mathalan thalla wajhuhu muswaddan wahuwa katheemun

And when one of them is given good tidings of that which he attributes to the Most Merciful in comparison, his face becomes dark, and he suppresses grief

Awaman yunashshao fee alhilyati wahuwa fee alkhisami ghayru mubeenin

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

WajaAAaloo almalaikata allatheena hum AAibadu alrrahmani inathan ashahidoo khalqahum satuktabu shahadatuhum wayusaloona

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

Waqaloo law shaa alrrahmanu ma AAabadnahum ma lahum bithalika min AAilmin in hum illa yakhrusoona

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 falsifying

Am ataynahum kitaban min qablihi fahum bihi mustamsikoona

Or have We given them a book before the Qur'an to which they are adhering

Bal qaloo inna wajadna abaana AAala ommatin wainna AAala atharihim muhtadoona

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

Wakathalika ma arsalna min qablika fee qaryatin min natheerin illa qala mutrafooha inna wajadna abaana AAala ommatin wainna AAala atharihim muqtadoona

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 awalaw jitukum biahda mimma wajadtum AAalayhi abaakum qaloo inna bima orsiltum bihi kafiroona

[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

Faintaqamna minhum faonthur kayfa kana AAaqibatu almukaththibeena

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

Waith qala ibraheemu liabeehi waqawmihi innanee baraon mimma taAAbudoona

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

Illa allathee fataranee fainnahu sayahdeeni

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

WajaAAalaha kalimatan baqiyatan fee AAaqibihi laAAallahum yarjiAAoona

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

Bal mattaAAtu haolai waabaahum hatta jaahumu alhaqqu warasoolun mubeenun

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 alhaqqu qaloo hatha sihrun wainna bihi kafiroona

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

Waqaloo lawla nuzzila hatha alquranu AAala rajulin mina alqaryatayni AAatheemun

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

Ahum yaqsimoona rahmata rabbika nahnu qasamna baynahum maAAeeshatahum fee alhayati alddunya warafaAAna baAAdahum fawqa baAAdin darajatin liyattakhitha baAAduhum baAAdan sukhriyyan warahmatu rabbika khayrun mimma yajmaAAoona

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 alnnasu ommatan wahidatan lajaAAalna liman yakfuru bialrrahmani libuyootihim suqufan min fiddatin wamaAAarija AAalayha yathharoona

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 wasururan AAalayha yattakioona

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

Wazukhrufan wain kullu thalika lamma mataAAu alhayati alddunya waalakhiratu AAinda rabbika lilmuttaqeena

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 alrrahmani nuqayyid lahu shaytanan fahuwa lahu qareenun

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

Wainnahum layasuddoonahum AAani alssabeeli wayahsaboona annahum muhtadoona

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

Hatta itha jaana qala ya layta baynee wabaynaka buAAda almashriqayni fabisa alqareenu

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

Walan yanfaAAakumu alyawma ith thalamtum annakum fee alAAathabi mushtarikoona

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

Afaanta tusmiAAu alssumma aw tahdee alAAumya waman kana fee dalalin mubeenin

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

Faimma nathhabanna bika fainna minhum muntaqimoona

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

Aw nuriyannaka allathee waAAadnahum fainna AAalayhim muqtadiroona

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

Faistamsik biallathee oohiya ilayka innaka AAala siratin mustaqeemin

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

Wainnahu lathikrun laka waliqawmika wasawfa tusaloona

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

Waisal man arsalna min qablika min rusulina ajaAAalna min dooni alrrahmani alihatan yuAAbadoona

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

Walaqad arsalna moosa biayatina ila firAAawna wamalaihi faqala innee rasoolu rabbi alAAalameena

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 biayatina itha hum minha yadhakoona

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

Wama nureehim min ayatin illa hiya akbaru min okhtiha waakhathnahum bialAAathabi laAAallahum yarjiAAoona

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 alsahiru odAAu lana rabbaka bima AAahida AAindaka innana lamuhtadoona

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 AAanhumu alAAathaba itha hum yankuthoona

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

Wanada firAAawnu fee qawmihi qala ya qawmi alaysa lee mulku misra wahathihi alanharu tajree min tahtee afala tubsiroona

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 allathee huwa maheenun wala yakadu yubeenu

Or am I [not] better than this one who is insignificant and hardly makes himself clear

Falawla olqiya AAalayhi aswiratun min thahabin aw jaa maAAahu almalaikatu muqtarineena

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

Faistakhaffa qawmahu faataAAoohu innahum kanoo qawman fasiqeena

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

Falamma asafoona intaqamna minhum faaghraqnahum ajmaAAeena

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

FajaAAalnahum salafan wamathalan lilakhireena

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

Walamma duriba ibnu maryama mathalan itha qawmuka minhu yasiddoona

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

Waqaloo aalihatuna khayrun am huwa ma daraboohu laka illa jadalan bal hum qawmun khasimoona

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

In huwa illa AAabdun anAAamna AAalayhi wajaAAalnahu mathalan libanee israeela

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 minkum malaikatan fee alardi yakhlufoona

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

Wainnahu laAAilmun lilssaAAati fala tamtarunna biha waittabiAAooni hatha siratun mustaqeemun

And indeed, 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 alshshaytanu innahu lakum AAaduwwun mubeenun

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

Walamma jaa AAeesa bialbayyinati qala qad jitukum bialhikmati waliobayyina lakum baAAda allathee takhtalifoona feehi faittaqoo Allaha waateeAAooni

And when Jesus brought clear proofs, he said, "I have come to you with wisdom and to make clear to you some of that over which you differ, so fear Allah and obey me

Inna Allaha huwa rabbee warabbukum faoAAbudoohu hatha siratun mustaqeemun

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

Faikhtalafa alahzabu min baynihim fawaylun lillatheena thalamoo min AAathabi yawmin aleemin

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 alssaAAata an tatiyahum baghtatan wahum la yashAAuroona

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

Alakhillao yawmaithin baAAduhum libaAAdin AAaduwwun illa almuttaqeena

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

Ya AAibadi la khawfun AAalaykumu alyawma wala antum tahzanoona

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

Allatheena amanoo biayatina wakanoo muslimeena

[You] who believed in Our verses and were Muslims

Odkhuloo aljannata antum waazwajukum tuhbaroona

Enter Paradise, you and your kinds, delighted

Yutafu AAalayhim bisihafin min thahabin waakwabin wafeeha ma tashtaheehi alanfusu watalaththu alaAAyunu waantum feeha khalidoona

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 oorithtumooha bima kuntum taAAmaloona

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

Lakum feeha fakihatun katheeratun minha takuloona

For you therein is much fruit from which you will eat

Inna almujrimeena fee AAathabi jahannama khalidoona

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

La yufattaru AAanhum wahum feehi mublisoona

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

Wama thalamnahum walakin kanoo humu alththalimeena

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

Wanadaw ya maliku liyaqdi AAalayna rabbuka qala innakum makithoona

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

Laqad jinakum bialhaqqi walakinna aktharakum lilhaqqi karihoona

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

Am abramoo amran fainna mubrimoona

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

Am yahsaboona anna la nasmaAAu sirrahum wanajwahum bala warusuluna ladayhim yaktuboona

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

Qul in kana lilrrahmani waladun faana awwalu alAAabideena

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

Subhana rabbi alssamawati waalardi rabbi alAAarshi AAamma yasifoona

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

Fatharhum yakhoodoo wayalAAaboo hatta yulaqoo yawmahumu allathee yooAAadoona

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

Wahuwa allathee fee alssamai ilahun wafee alardi ilahun wahuwa alhakeemu alAAaleemu

And it is Allah 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 mulku alssamawati waalardi wama baynahuma waAAindahu AAilmu alssaAAati wailayhi turjaAAoona

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 allatheena yadAAoona min doonihi alshshafaAAata illa man shahida bialhaqqi wahum yaAAlamoona

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

Walain saaltahum man khalaqahum layaqoolunna Allahu faanna yufakoona

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

Waqeelihi yarabbi inna haolai qawmun la yuminoona

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

Faisfah AAanhum waqul salamun fasawfa yaAAlamoona

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