بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِیمِ الۤرۚ تِلۡكَ ءَایَـٰتُ ٱلۡكِتَـٰبِ وَقُرۡءَانࣲ مُّبِینࣲ

Alif Lam Ra. Those are the signs of the Book and of a manifest Koran.

رُّبَمَا یَوَدُّ ٱلَّذِینَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَوۡ كَانُوا۟ مُسۡلِمِینَ

Perchance the unbelievers will wish that they had surrendered:

ذَرۡهُمۡ یَأۡكُلُوا۟ وَیَتَمَتَّعُوا۟ وَیُلۡهِهِمُ ٱلۡأَمَلُۖ فَسَوۡفَ یَعۡلَمُونَ

leave them to eat, and to take their joy, and to be bemused by hope; certainly they will soon know!

وَمَاۤ أَهۡلَكۡنَا مِن قَرۡیَةٍ إِلَّا وَلَهَا كِتَابࣱ مَّعۡلُومࣱ

Never a city have We destroyed, but it had a known decree,

مَّا تَسۡبِقُ مِنۡ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلَهَا وَمَا یَسۡتَـٔۡخِرُونَ

and no nation outstrips its term, nor do they put it back.

وَقَالُوا۟ یَـٰۤأَیُّهَا ٱلَّذِی نُزِّلَ عَلَیۡهِ ٱلذِّكۡرُ إِنَّكَ لَمَجۡنُونࣱ

They say: 'Thou, upon whom the Remembrance is sent down, thou art assuredly possessed!

لَّوۡ مَا تَأۡتِینَا بِٱلۡمَلَـٰۤىِٕكَةِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِینَ

Why dost thou not bring the angels unto us, if thou speakest truly?'

مَا نُنَزِّلُ ٱلۡمَلَـٰۤىِٕكَةَ إِلَّا بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَمَا كَانُوۤا۟ إِذࣰا مُّنظَرِینَ

We send not down the angels, save with truth;

إِنَّا نَحۡنُ نَزَّلۡنَا ٱلذِّكۡرَ وَإِنَّا لَهُۥ لَحَـٰفِظُونَ

then they would not be respited. It is We who have sent down the Remembrance, and We watch over it.

وَلَقَدۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا مِن قَبۡلِكَ فِی شِیَعِ ٱلۡأَوَّلِینَ

Indeed, We sent Messengers before thee, among the factions of the ancients,

وَمَا یَأۡتِیهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ یَسۡتَهۡزِءُونَ

and not a single Messenger came to them, but they mocked at him;

كَذَ ٰ⁠لِكَ نَسۡلُكُهُۥ فِی قُلُوبِ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِینَ

even so We cause it to enter into the hearts of the sinners --

لَا یُؤۡمِنُونَ بِهِۦ وَقَدۡ خَلَتۡ سُنَّةُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِینَ

they believe not in it, though the wont of the ancients is already gone.

وَلَوۡ فَتَحۡنَا عَلَیۡهِم بَابࣰا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَاۤءِ فَظَلُّوا۟ فِیهِ یَعۡرُجُونَ

Though We opened to them a gate in heaven, and still they mounted through it,

لَقَالُوۤا۟ إِنَّمَا سُكِّرَتۡ أَبۡصَـٰرُنَا بَلۡ نَحۡنُ قَوۡمࣱ مَّسۡحُورُونَ

yet would they say, 'Our eyes have been dazzled; nay, we are a people bewitched!'

وَلَقَدۡ جَعَلۡنَا فِی ٱلسَّمَاۤءِ بُرُوجࣰا وَزَیَّنَّـٰهَا لِلنَّـٰظِرِینَ

We have set in heaven constellations and decked them out fair to the beholders,

وَحَفِظۡنَـٰهَا مِن كُلِّ شَیۡطَـٰنࣲ رَّجِیمٍ

and guarded them from every accursed Satan

إِلَّا مَنِ ٱسۡتَرَقَ ٱلسَّمۡعَ فَأَتۡبَعَهُۥ شِهَابࣱ مُّبِینࣱ

excepting such as listens by stealth -- and he is pursued by a manifest flame.

وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ مَدَدۡنَـٰهَا وَأَلۡقَیۡنَا فِیهَا رَوَ ٰ⁠سِیَ وَأَنۢبَتۡنَا فِیهَا مِن كُلِّ شَیۡءࣲ مَّوۡزُونࣲ

And the earth -- We stretched it forth, and cast on it firm mountains, and We caused to grow therein of every thing justly weighed,

وَجَعَلۡنَا لَكُمۡ فِیهَا مَعَـٰیِشَ وَمَن لَّسۡتُمۡ لَهُۥ بِرَ ٰ⁠زِقِینَ

and there appointed for you livelihood, and for those you provide not for.

وَإِن مِّن شَیۡءٍ إِلَّا عِندَنَا خَزَاۤىِٕنُهُۥ وَمَا نُنَزِّلُهُۥۤ إِلَّا بِقَدَرࣲ مَّعۡلُومࣲ

Naught is there, but its treasuries are with Us, and We send it not down but in a known measure.

وَأَرۡسَلۡنَا ٱلرِّیَـٰحَ لَوَ ٰ⁠قِحَ فَأَنزَلۡنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَاۤءِ مَاۤءࣰ فَأَسۡقَیۡنَـٰكُمُوهُ وَمَاۤ أَنتُمۡ لَهُۥ بِخَـٰزِنِینَ

And We loose the winds fertilising, and We send down out of heaven water, then We give it to you to drink, and you are not its treasurers.

وَإِنَّا لَنَحۡنُ نُحۡیِۦ وَنُمِیتُ وَنَحۡنُ ٱلۡوَ ٰ⁠رِثُونَ

It is We who give life, and make to die, and it is We who are the inheritors.

وَلَقَدۡ عَلِمۡنَا ٱلۡمُسۡتَقۡدِمِینَ مِنكُمۡ وَلَقَدۡ عَلِمۡنَا ٱلۡمُسۡتَـٔۡخِرِینَ

We know the ones of you who press forward, and We know the laggards;

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ یَحۡشُرُهُمۡۚ إِنَّهُۥ حَكِیمٌ عَلِیمࣱ

and it is thy Lord shall muster them, and He is All-wise, All-knowing.

وَلَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنَ مِن صَلۡصَـٰلࣲ مِّنۡ حَمَإࣲ مَّسۡنُونࣲ

Surely We created man of a clay of mud moulded,

وَٱلۡجَاۤنَّ خَلَقۡنَـٰهُ مِن قَبۡلُ مِن نَّارِ ٱلسَّمُومِ

and the jinn created We before of fire flaming.

وَإِذۡ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلۡمَلَـٰۤىِٕكَةِ إِنِّی خَـٰلِقُۢ بَشَرࣰا مِّن صَلۡصَـٰلࣲ مِّنۡ حَمَإࣲ مَّسۡنُونࣲ

And when thy Lord said to the angels, 'See, I am creating a mortal of a clay of mud moulded.

فَإِذَا سَوَّیۡتُهُۥ وَنَفَخۡتُ فِیهِ مِن رُّوحِی فَقَعُوا۟ لَهُۥ سَـٰجِدِینَ

When I have shaped him, and breathed My spirit in him, fall you down, bowing before him!'

فَسَجَدَ ٱلۡمَلَـٰۤىِٕكَةُ كُلُّهُمۡ أَجۡمَعُونَ

Then the angels bowed themselves all together,

إِلَّاۤ إِبۡلِیسَ أَبَىٰۤ أَن یَكُونَ مَعَ ٱلسَّـٰجِدِینَ

save Iblis; he refused to be among those bowing.

قَالَ یَـٰۤإِبۡلِیسُ مَا لَكَ أَلَّا تَكُونَ مَعَ ٱلسَّـٰجِدِینَ

Said He, 'What ails thee, Iblis, that thou art not among those bowing?'

قَالَ لَمۡ أَكُن لِّأَسۡجُدَ لِبَشَرٍ خَلَقۡتَهُۥ مِن صَلۡصَـٰلࣲ مِّنۡ حَمَإࣲ مَّسۡنُونࣲ

Said he, 'I would never bow myself before a mortal whom Thou hast created of a clay of mud moulded.'

قَالَ فَٱخۡرُجۡ مِنۡهَا فَإِنَّكَ رَجِیمࣱ

Said He, 'Then go thou forth hence; thou art accursed.

وَإِنَّ عَلَیۡكَ ٱللَّعۡنَةَ إِلَىٰ یَوۡمِ ٱلدِّینِ

Upon thee shall rest the curse, till the Day of Doom.'

قَالَ رَبِّ فَأَنظِرۡنِیۤ إِلَىٰ یَوۡمِ یُبۡعَثُونَ

Said he, 'My Lord, respite me till the day they shall be raised.'

قَالَ فَإِنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُنظَرِینَ

Said He, 'Thou art among the ones that are respited

إِلَىٰ یَوۡمِ ٱلۡوَقۡتِ ٱلۡمَعۡلُومِ

unto the day of a known time.'

قَالَ رَبِّ بِمَاۤ أَغۡوَیۡتَنِی لَأُزَیِّنَنَّ لَهُمۡ فِی ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَلَأُغۡوِیَنَّهُمۡ أَجۡمَعِینَ

Said he, 'My Lord, for Thy perverting me I shall deck all fair to them in the earth, and I shall pervert them, all together,

إِلَّا عِبَادَكَ مِنۡهُمُ ٱلۡمُخۡلَصِینَ

excepting those Thy servants among them that are devoted.

قَالَ هَـٰذَا صِرَ ٰ⁠طٌ عَلَیَّ مُسۡتَقِیمٌ

Said He, 'This is for Me a straight path:

إِنَّ عِبَادِی لَیۡسَ لَكَ عَلَیۡهِمۡ سُلۡطَـٰنٌ إِلَّا مَنِ ٱتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ ٱلۡغَاوِینَ

over My servants thou shalt have no authority, except those that follow thee,

وَإِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ لَمَوۡعِدُهُمۡ أَجۡمَعِینَ

being perverse; Gehenna shall be their promised land all together.

لَهَا سَبۡعَةُ أَبۡوَ ٰ⁠بࣲ لِّكُلِّ بَابࣲ مِّنۡهُمۡ جُزۡءࣱ مَّقۡسُومٌ

Seven gates it has, and unto each gate a set portion of them belongs.'

إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِینَ فِی جَنَّـٰتࣲ وَعُیُونٍ

But the godfearing shall be amidst gardens and fountains:

ٱدۡخُلُوهَا بِسَلَـٰمٍ ءَامِنِینَ

'Enter you them, in peace and security!'

وَنَزَعۡنَا مَا فِی صُدُورِهِم مِّنۡ غِلٍّ إِخۡوَ ٰ⁠نًا عَلَىٰ سُرُرࣲ مُّتَقَـٰبِلِینَ

We shall strip away all rancour that is in their breasts; as brothers they shall be upon couches set face to face;

لَا یَمَسُّهُمۡ فِیهَا نَصَبࣱ وَمَا هُم مِّنۡهَا بِمُخۡرَجِینَ

no fatigue there shall smite them, neither shall they ever be driven forth from there.

۞ نَبِّئۡ عِبَادِیۤ أَنِّیۤ أَنَا ٱلۡغَفُورُ ٱلرَّحِیمُ

Tell My servants I am the All-forgiving, the All-compassionate,

وَأَنَّ عَذَابِی هُوَ ٱلۡعَذَابُ ٱلۡأَلِیمُ

and that My chastisement is the painful chastisement.

وَنَبِّئۡهُمۡ عَن ضَیۡفِ إِبۡرَ ٰ⁠هِیمَ

And tell them of the guests of Abraham,

إِذۡ دَخَلُوا۟ عَلَیۡهِ فَقَالُوا۟ سَلَـٰمࣰا قَالَ إِنَّا مِنكُمۡ وَجِلُونَ

when they entered unto him, saying, 'Peace!' He said, 'Behold, we are afraid of you.'

قَالُوا۟ لَا تَوۡجَلۡ إِنَّا نُبَشِّرُكَ بِغُلَـٰمٍ عَلِیمࣲ

They said, 'Be not afraid; behold, we give thee good tidings of a cunning boy.'

قَالَ أَبَشَّرۡتُمُونِی عَلَىٰۤ أَن مَّسَّنِیَ ٱلۡكِبَرُ فَبِمَ تُبَشِّرُونَ

He said, 'What, do you give me good tidings, though old age has smitten me? Of what do you

قَالُوا۟ بَشَّرۡنَـٰكَ بِٱلۡحَقِّ فَلَا تَكُن مِّنَ ٱلۡقَـٰنِطِینَ

give me good tidings?' They said, 'We give thee good tidings of truth. Be not of those that despair.'

قَالَ وَمَن یَقۡنَطُ مِن رَّحۡمَةِ رَبِّهِۦۤ إِلَّا ٱلضَّاۤلُّونَ

He said, 'And who despairs of the mercy of his Lord, excepting those that are astray?'

قَالَ فَمَا خَطۡبُكُمۡ أَیُّهَا ٱلۡمُرۡسَلُونَ

He said, 'And what is your business, envoys?'

قَالُوۤا۟ إِنَّاۤ أُرۡسِلۡنَاۤ إِلَىٰ قَوۡمࣲ مُّجۡرِمِینَ

They said, 'We have been sent unto a people of sinners,

إِلَّاۤ ءَالَ لُوطٍ إِنَّا لَمُنَجُّوهُمۡ أَجۡمَعِینَ

excepting the folk of Lot; them we shall deliver

إِلَّا ٱمۡرَأَتَهُۥ قَدَّرۡنَاۤ إِنَّهَا لَمِنَ ٱلۡغَـٰبِرِینَ

all together, excepting his wife -- we have decreed, she shall surely be of those that tarry.'

فَلَمَّا جَاۤءَ ءَالَ لُوطٍ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلُونَ

So, when the envoys came to the folk of Lot,

قَالَ إِنَّكُمۡ قَوۡمࣱ مُّنكَرُونَ

he said, 'Surely you are a people unknown to me!'

قَالُوا۟ بَلۡ جِئۡنَـٰكَ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ فِیهِ یَمۡتَرُونَ

They said, 'Nay, but we have brought thee that concerning which they were doubting.

وَأَتَیۡنَـٰكَ بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَإِنَّا لَصَـٰدِقُونَ

We have come to thee with the truth, and assuredly we speak truly.

فَأَسۡرِ بِأَهۡلِكَ بِقِطۡعࣲ مِّنَ ٱلَّیۡلِ وَٱتَّبِعۡ أَدۡبَـٰرَهُمۡ وَلَا یَلۡتَفِتۡ مِنكُمۡ أَحَدࣱ وَٱمۡضُوا۟ حَیۡثُ تُؤۡمَرُونَ

So set forth, thou with thy family, in a watch of the night, and follow after the backs of them, and let not any one of you turn round; and depart unto the place you are commanded.'

وَقَضَیۡنَاۤ إِلَیۡهِ ذَ ٰ⁠لِكَ ٱلۡأَمۡرَ أَنَّ دَابِرَ هَـٰۤؤُلَاۤءِ مَقۡطُوعࣱ مُّصۡبِحِینَ

And We decreed for him that commandment, that the last remnant of those should be cut off in the morning.

وَجَاۤءَ أَهۡلُ ٱلۡمَدِینَةِ یَسۡتَبۡشِرُونَ

And the people of the city came rejoicing.

قَالَ إِنَّ هَـٰۤؤُلَاۤءِ ضَیۡفِی فَلَا تَفۡضَحُونِ

He said, 'These are my guests; put me not to shame,

وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَلَا تُخۡزُونِ

and fear God, and do not degrade me.'

قَالُوۤا۟ أَوَلَمۡ نَنۡهَكَ عَنِ ٱلۡعَـٰلَمِینَ

They said, 'Have we not forbidden thee all beings?'

قَالَ هَـٰۤؤُلَاۤءِ بَنَاتِیۤ إِن كُنتُمۡ فَـٰعِلِینَ

He said, 'These are my daughters, if you would be doing.'

لَعَمۡرُكَ إِنَّهُمۡ لَفِی سَكۡرَتِهِمۡ یَعۡمَهُونَ

By thy life, they wandered blindly in their dazzlement,

فَأَخَذَتۡهُمُ ٱلصَّیۡحَةُ مُشۡرِقِینَ

and the Cry seized them at the sunrise,

فَجَعَلۡنَا عَـٰلِیَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَأَمۡطَرۡنَا عَلَیۡهِمۡ حِجَارَةࣰ مِّن سِجِّیلٍ

and We turned it uppermost nethermost and rained on it stones of baked clay.

إِنَّ فِی ذَ ٰ⁠لِكَ لَـَٔایَـٰتࣲ لِّلۡمُتَوَسِّمِینَ

Surely in that are signs for such as mark;

وَإِنَّهَا لَبِسَبِیلࣲ مُّقِیمٍ

surely it is on a way yet remaining;

إِنَّ فِی ذَ ٰ⁠لِكَ لَـَٔایَةࣰ لِّلۡمُؤۡمِنِینَ

surely in that is a sign for believers.

وَإِن كَانَ أَصۡحَـٰبُ ٱلۡأَیۡكَةِ لَظَـٰلِمِینَ

Certainly the dwellers in the Thicket were evildoers,

فَٱنتَقَمۡنَا مِنۡهُمۡ وَإِنَّهُمَا لَبِإِمَامࣲ مُّبِینࣲ

and We took vengeance on them. The two of them were upon a roadway manifest.

وَلَقَدۡ كَذَّبَ أَصۡحَـٰبُ ٱلۡحِجۡرِ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِینَ

The dwellers in El-Hijr cried lies to the Envoys.

وَءَاتَیۡنَـٰهُمۡ ءَایَـٰتِنَا فَكَانُوا۟ عَنۡهَا مُعۡرِضِینَ

We brought them. Our signs, and they turned away from them.

وَكَانُوا۟ یَنۡحِتُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡجِبَالِ بُیُوتًا ءَامِنِینَ

They were hewing the mountains into houses, therein dwelling securely;

فَأَخَذَتۡهُمُ ٱلصَّیۡحَةُ مُصۡبِحِینَ

and the Cry seized them in the morning;

فَمَاۤ أَغۡنَىٰ عَنۡهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ یَكۡسِبُونَ

that they earned did not avail them.

وَمَا خَلَقۡنَا ٱلسَّمَـٰوَ ٰ⁠تِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَمَا بَیۡنَهُمَاۤ إِلَّا بِٱلۡحَقِّۗ وَإِنَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ لَـَٔاتِیَةࣱۖ فَٱصۡفَحِ ٱلصَّفۡحَ ٱلۡجَمِیلَ

We created not the heavens and the earth, and all that is between them, save in truth. Surely the Hour is coming; so pardon thou, with a gracious pardoning.

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ ٱلۡخَلَّـٰقُ ٱلۡعَلِیمُ

Surely thy Lord, He is the All-creator, the All-knowing.

وَلَقَدۡ ءَاتَیۡنَـٰكَ سَبۡعࣰا مِّنَ ٱلۡمَثَانِی وَٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ ٱلۡعَظِیمَ

We have given thee seven of the oft-repeated, and the mighty Koran.

لَا تَمُدَّنَّ عَیۡنَیۡكَ إِلَىٰ مَا مَتَّعۡنَا بِهِۦۤ أَزۡوَ ٰ⁠جࣰا مِّنۡهُمۡ وَلَا تَحۡزَنۡ عَلَیۡهِمۡ وَٱخۡفِضۡ جَنَاحَكَ لِلۡمُؤۡمِنِینَ

Stretch not thine eyes to that We have given pairs of them to enjoy; and do not sorrow for them, and lower thy wing unto the believers,

وَقُلۡ إِنِّیۤ أَنَا ٱلنَّذِیرُ ٱلۡمُبِینُ

and say, 'Surely, I am the manifest warner.'

كَمَاۤ أَنزَلۡنَا عَلَى ٱلۡمُقۡتَسِمِینَ

So We sent it down to the partitioners,

ٱلَّذِینَ جَعَلُوا۟ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ عِضِینَ

who have broken the Koran into fragments.

فَوَرَبِّكَ لَنَسۡـَٔلَنَّهُمۡ أَجۡمَعِینَ

Now by thy Lord, We shall surely question them all together

عَمَّا كَانُوا۟ یَعۡمَلُونَ

concerning that they were doing.

فَٱصۡدَعۡ بِمَا تُؤۡمَرُ وَأَعۡرِضۡ عَنِ ٱلۡمُشۡرِكِینَ

So shout that thou art commanded and turn thou away from the idolaters.

إِنَّا كَفَیۡنَـٰكَ ٱلۡمُسۡتَهۡزِءِینَ

We suffice thee against the mockers,

ٱلَّذِینَ یَجۡعَلُونَ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَـٰهًا ءَاخَرَۚ فَسَوۡفَ یَعۡلَمُونَ

even against those who set up with God another god. Certainly they will soon know!

وَلَقَدۡ نَعۡلَمُ أَنَّكَ یَضِیقُ صَدۡرُكَ بِمَا یَقُولُونَ

We know indeed thy breast is straitened by the things they say.

فَسَبِّحۡ بِحَمۡدِ رَبِّكَ وَكُن مِّنَ ٱلسَّـٰجِدِینَ

Proclaim thy Lord's praise, and be of those that bow,

وَٱعۡبُدۡ رَبَّكَ حَتَّىٰ یَأۡتِیَكَ ٱلۡیَقِینُ

and serve thy Lord, until the Certain comes to thee.