بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful.
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful.
رَّبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا وَرَبُّ ٱلْمَشَٰرِقِ
Lord of the heavens and earth and all that is between them, and Lord of the points of sunrise.
إِنَّا زَيَّنَّا ٱلسَّمَآءَ ٱلدُّنْيَا بِزِينَةٍ ٱلْكَوَاكِبِ
We have adorned the sky with the beauty of the stars,
وَحِفْظًا مِّن كُلِّ شَيْطَٰنٍ مَّارِدٍ
and for safeguarding it against every rebellious devil,
دُحُورًا وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ وَاصِبٌ
to repel them; and for them there will be a perpetual punishment,
إِلَّا مَنْ خَطِفَ ٱلْخَطْفَةَ فَأَتْبَعَهُۥ شِهَابٌ ثَاقِبٌ
except who stealthily snatches away some words, he will be pursued by a piercing flame.
فَٱسْتَفْتِهِمْ أَهُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَم مَّنْ خَلَقْنَآ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَٰهُم مِّن طِينٍ لَّازِبٍۭ
So ask them, “Are they more difficult to create or other things We created? We created them3 from sticky clay.
وَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌ مُّبِينٌ
and they say, “This is nothing but clear magic.
أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ
Is it that when we are dead and become dust and bones, will we really be raised up again,
فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ فَإِذَا هُمْ يَنظُرُونَ
It will only be a single Blast4, and at once they will be looking around.
وَقَالُوا۟ يَٰوَيْلَنَا هَٰذَا يَوْمُ ٱلدِّينِ
They will say, “Woe to us! This is the Day of Judgment!”
هَٰذَا يَوْمُ ٱلْفَصْلِ ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ
[They will be told], “This is the Day of Decision that you used to deny.”
ٱحْشُرُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ وَأَزْوَٰجَهُمْ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْبُدُونَ
[The angels will be told], “Gather all those who did wrong and their fellows5, and whatever they used to worship
مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ فَٱهْدُوهُمْ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ
besides Allah, and lead them to the way of Hell,
مَا لَكُمْ لَا تَنَاصَرُونَ
[They will be asked], “What is the matter with you, that you no longer help one another?”
وَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
They will turn to one another, reproaching one another.
قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّكُمْ كُنتُمْ تَأْتُونَنَا عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ
[The followers] will say, “It was you who used to delude us from the right way6.”
قَالُوا۟ بَل لَّمْ تَكُونُوا۟ مُؤْمِنِينَ
[The misleaders] will say, “Rather, you yourselves were not believers,
وَمَا كَانَ لَنَا عَلَيْكُم مِّن سُلْطَٰنٍۭ بَلْ كُنتُمْ قَوْمًا طَٰغِينَ
and We had no power over you, rather you yourselves were a transgressing people.
فَحَقَّ عَلَيْنَا قَوْلُ رَبِّنَآ إِنَّا لَذَآئِقُونَ
Now the punishment of our Lord has come true against us; we will surely taste it.
فَأَغْوَيْنَٰكُمْ إِنَّا كُنَّا غَٰوِينَ
We did misguide you, for we ourselves were misguided”.
فَإِنَّهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ فِى ٱلْعَذَابِ مُشْتَرِكُونَ
On that Day they will all share in the punishment.
إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوٓا۟ إِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ
for whenever it was said to them, “None has the right to be worshiped except Allah,” they became arrogant,
وَيَقُولُونَ أَئِنَّا لَتَارِكُوٓا۟ ءَالِهَتِنَا لِشَاعِرٍ مَّجْنُونٍۭ
and said, “Are we going to abandon our gods for a mad poet7?”
بَلْ جَآءَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَصَدَّقَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ
Rather, he came with the truth and confirmed the messengers.
إِنَّكُمْ لَذَآئِقُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلْأَلِيمِ
You will surely taste the painful punishment,
وَمَا تُجْزَوْنَ إِلَّا مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
and you will only be recompensed for what you used to do,
يُطَافُ عَلَيْهِم بِكَأْسٍ مِّن مَّعِينٍۭ
They will be served with a cup of wine from a flowing stream,
لَا فِيهَا غَوْلٌ وَلَا هُمْ عَنْهَا يُنزَفُونَ
It will cause no harm, nor will they be intoxicated by it,
وَعِندَهُمْ قَٰصِرَٰتُ ٱلطَّرْفِ عِينٌ
and with them will be maidens of modest gaze10 and beautiful eyes,
فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
Then they will turn to one another asking12.
قَالَ قَآئِلٌ مِّنْهُمْ إِنِّى كَانَ لِى قَرِينٌ
One of them will say, “I had a close friend [in the world]
يَقُولُ أَءِنَّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلْمُصَدِّقِينَ
who used to say13, ‘Are you one of those who believe
أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَدِينُونَ
that when we die and become dust and bones, shall we be brought for judgment?’”
فَٱطَّلَعَ فَرَءَاهُ فِى سَوَآءِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ
So he will look down and see him15 in the midst of the Blazing Fire.
وَلَوْلَا نِعْمَةُ رَبِّى لَكُنتُ مِنَ ٱلْمُحْضَرِينَ
Were it not for the grace of my Lord, I would have been among those who are brought [to Hell].”
أَفَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَيِّتِينَ
[He will say to his fellow believers], “Are we not going to die anymore,
إِلَّا مَوْتَتَنَا ٱلْأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ
except for our first death, nor are we going to be punished?”
أَذَٰلِكَ خَيْرٌ نُّزُلًا أَمْ شَجَرَةُ ٱلزَّقُّومِ
إِنَّهَا شَجَرَةٌ تَخْرُجُ فِىٓ أَصْلِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ
It is a tree that grows in the bottom of the Blazing Fire;
فَإِنَّهُمْ لَـَٔاكِلُونَ مِنْهَا فَمَالِـُٔونَ مِنْهَا ٱلْبُطُونَ
They will certainly eat from it, filling their bellies.
ثُمَّ إِنَّ لَهُمْ عَلَيْهَا لَشَوْبًا مِّنْ حَمِيمٍ
Then on top of that they will be given a mixture of scalding water,
ثُمَّ إِنَّ مَرْجِعَهُمْ لَإِلَى ٱلْجَحِيمِ
then their final return will be to the Blazing Fire.
وَلَقَدْ ضَلَّ قَبْلَهُمْ أَكْثَرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
Indeed, most of the earlier people went astray before them,
فَٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُنذَرِينَ
Then see how was the end of those who were warned,
وَلَقَدْ نَادَىٰنَا نُوحٌ فَلَنِعْمَ ٱلْمُجِيبُونَ
Indeed, Noah called upon Us; how excellent are We at responding!
وَنَجَّيْنَٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلْكَرْبِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
And We saved him and his household18 from the great distress,
وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ
and We left for him [a favorable mention] among later generations: