Surah Ash-Shu'ara
سورة الشعراء · The Poets · 227 verses · Meccan
Surah Ash-Shu'ara (الشعراء, "The Poets") is chapter 26 of the Quran. It has 227 verses, was revealed in Mecca and is found in juz 19. Here you can read the complete Arabic text with English translation and transliteration, and listen verse by verse.
Also written as: Shu'ara, Ash-Shuara
- Number
- 26
- Arabic
- الشعراء
- Meaning
- The Poets
- Verses
- 227
- Revealed in
- Mecca
- Juz
- 19
- Mushaf page
- 367–376
Surah Ash-Shu'ara in Arabic and English
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
طسٓمٓ ﴿١﴾
Taseenmeem
Ta, Seen, Meem
تِلۡكَ ءَايَٰتُ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ ٱلۡمُبِينِ ﴿٢﴾
Tilka ayatu alkitabi almubeeni
These are the verses of the clear Book
لَعَلَّكَ بَٰخِعٞ نَّفۡسَكَ أَلَّا يَكُونُواْ مُؤۡمِنِينَ ﴿٣﴾
Laʿallaka bakhiʿun nafsaka alla yakoonoo mumineena
Perhaps, [O Muhammad], you would kill yourself with grief that they will not be believers
إِن نَّشَأۡ نُنَزِّلۡ عَلَيۡهِم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ ءَايَةٗ فَظَلَّتۡ أَعۡنَٰقُهُمۡ لَهَا خَٰضِعِينَ ﴿٤﴾
In nasha nunazzil ʿalayhim mina alssamai ayatan fathallat aʿnaquhum laha khadiʿeena
If We willed, We could send down to them from the sky a sign for which their necks would remain humbled
وَمَا يَأۡتِيهِم مِّن ذِكۡرٖ مِّنَ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ مُحۡدَثٍ إِلَّا كَانُواْ عَنۡهُ مُعۡرِضِينَ ﴿٥﴾
Wama yateehim min thikrin mina alrrahmani muhdathin illa kanoo ʿanhu muʿrideena
And no revelation comes to them anew from the Most Merciful except that they turn away from it
فَقَدۡ كَذَّبُواْ فَسَيَأۡتِيهِمۡ أَنۢبَـٰٓؤُاْ مَا كَانُواْ بِهِۦ يَسۡتَهۡزِءُونَ ﴿٦﴾
Faqad kaththaboo fasayateehim anbao ma kanoo bihi yastahzioona
For they have already denied, but there will come to them the news of that which they used to ridicule
أَوَلَمۡ يَرَوۡاْ إِلَى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ كَمۡ أَنۢبَتۡنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ زَوۡجٖ كَرِيمٍ ﴿٧﴾
Awalam yaraw ila alardi kam anbatna feeha min kulli zawjin kareemin
Did they not look at the earth - how much We have produced therein from every noble kind
إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ ﴿٨﴾
Inna fee thalika laayatan wama kana aktharuhum mumineena
Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ﴿٩﴾
Wainna rabbaka lahuwa alʿazeezu alrraheemu
And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful
وَإِذۡ نَادَىٰ رَبُّكَ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنِ ٱئۡتِ ٱلۡقَوۡمَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ ﴿١٠﴾
Waith nada rabbuka moosa ani iti alqawma alththalimeena
And [mention] when your Lord called Moses, [saying], "Go to the wrongdoing people
قَوۡمَ فِرۡعَوۡنَۚ أَلَا يَتَّقُونَ ﴿١١﴾
Qawma firʿawna ala yattaqoona
The people of Pharaoh. Will they not fear Allah
قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّيٓ أَخَافُ أَن يُكَذِّبُونِ ﴿١٢﴾
Qala rabbi innee akhafu an yukaththibooni
He said, "My Lord, indeed I fear that they will deny me
وَيَضِيقُ صَدۡرِي وَلَا يَنطَلِقُ لِسَانِي فَأَرۡسِلۡ إِلَىٰ هَٰرُونَ ﴿١٣﴾
Wayadeequ sadree wala yantaliqu lisanee faarsil ila haroona
And that my breast will tighten and my tongue will not be fluent, so send for Aaron
وَلَهُمۡ عَلَيَّ ذَنۢبٞ فَأَخَافُ أَن يَقۡتُلُونِ ﴿١٤﴾
Walahum ʿalayya thanbun faakhafu an yaqtulooni
And they have upon me a [claim due to] sin, so I fear that they will kill me
قَالَ كَلَّاۖ فَٱذۡهَبَا بِـَٔايَٰتِنَآۖ إِنَّا مَعَكُم مُّسۡتَمِعُونَ ﴿١٥﴾
Qala kalla faithhaba biayatina inna maʿakum mustamiʿoona
[Allah] said, "No. Go both of you with Our signs; indeed, We are with you, listening
فَأۡتِيَا فِرۡعَوۡنَ فَقُولَآ إِنَّا رَسُولُ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ﴿١٦﴾
Fatiya firʿawna faqoola inna rasoolu rabbi alʿalameena
Go to Pharaoh and say, 'We are the messengers of the Lord of the worlds
أَنۡ أَرۡسِلۡ مَعَنَا بَنِيٓ إِسۡرَـٰٓءِيلَ ﴿١٧﴾
An arsil maʿana banee israeela
[Commanded to say], "Send with us the Children of Israel
قَالَ أَلَمۡ نُرَبِّكَ فِينَا وَلِيدٗا وَلَبِثۡتَ فِينَا مِنۡ عُمُرِكَ سِنِينَ ﴿١٨﴾
Qala alam nurabbika feena waleedan walabithta feena min ʿumurika sineena
[Pharaoh] said, "Did we not raise you among us as a child, and you remained among us for years of your life
وَفَعَلۡتَ فَعۡلَتَكَ ٱلَّتِي فَعَلۡتَ وَأَنتَ مِنَ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ ﴿١٩﴾
Wafaʿalta faʿlataka allatee faʿalta waanta mina alkafireena
And [then] you did your deed which you did, and you were of the ungrateful
قَالَ فَعَلۡتُهَآ إِذٗا وَأَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ ﴿٢٠﴾
Qala faʿaltuha ithan waana mina alddalleena
[Moses] said, "I did it, then, while I was of those astray
فَفَرَرۡتُ مِنكُمۡ لَمَّا خِفۡتُكُمۡ فَوَهَبَ لِي رَبِّي حُكۡمٗا وَجَعَلَنِي مِنَ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ ﴿٢١﴾
Fafarartu minkum lamma khiftukum fawahaba lee rabbee hukman wajaʿalanee mina almursaleena
So I fled from you when I feared you. Then my Lord granted me wisdom and prophethood and appointed me [as one] of the messengers
وَتِلۡكَ نِعۡمَةٞ تَمُنُّهَا عَلَيَّ أَنۡ عَبَّدتَّ بَنِيٓ إِسۡرَـٰٓءِيلَ ﴿٢٢﴾
Watilka niʿmatun tamunnuha ʿalayya an ʿabbadta banee israeela
And is this a favor of which you remind me - that you have enslaved the Children of Israel
قَالَ فِرۡعَوۡنُ وَمَا رَبُّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ﴿٢٣﴾
Qala firʿawnu wama rabbu alʿalameena
Said Pharaoh, "And what is the Lord of the worlds
قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَآۖ إِن كُنتُم مُّوقِنِينَ ﴿٢٤﴾
Qala rabbu alssamawati waalardi wama baynahuma in kuntum mooqineena
[Moses] said, "The Lord of the heavens and earth and that between them, if you should be convinced
قَالَ لِمَنۡ حَوۡلَهُۥٓ أَلَا تَسۡتَمِعُونَ ﴿٢٥﴾
Qala liman hawlahu ala tastamiʿoona
[Pharaoh] said to those around him, "Do you not hear
قَالَ رَبُّكُمۡ وَرَبُّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ﴿٢٦﴾
Qala rabbukum warabbu abaikumu alawwaleena
[Moses] said, "Your Lord and the Lord of your first forefathers
قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَكُمُ ٱلَّذِيٓ أُرۡسِلَ إِلَيۡكُمۡ لَمَجۡنُونٞ ﴿٢٧﴾
Qala inna rasoolakumu allathee orsila ilaykum lamajnoonun
[Pharaoh] said, "Indeed, your 'messenger' who has been sent to you is mad
قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلۡمَشۡرِقِ وَٱلۡمَغۡرِبِ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَآۖ إِن كُنتُمۡ تَعۡقِلُونَ ﴿٢٨﴾
Qala rabbu almashriqi waalmaghribi wama baynahuma in kuntum taʿqiloona
[Moses] said, "Lord of the east and the west and that between them, if you were to reason
قَالَ لَئِنِ ٱتَّخَذۡتَ إِلَٰهًا غَيۡرِي لَأَجۡعَلَنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلۡمَسۡجُونِينَ ﴿٢٩﴾
Qala laini ittakhathta ilahan ghayree laajʿalannaka mina almasjooneena
[Pharaoh] said, "If you take a god other than me, I will surely place you among those imprisoned
قَالَ أَوَلَوۡ جِئۡتُكَ بِشَيۡءٖ مُّبِينٖ ﴿٣٠﴾
Qala awalaw jituka bishayin mubeenin
[Moses] said, "Even if I brought you proof manifest
قَالَ فَأۡتِ بِهِۦٓ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ ﴿٣١﴾
Qala fati bihi in kunta mina alssadiqeena
[Pharaoh] said, "Then bring it, if you should be of the truthful
فَأَلۡقَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِيَ ثُعۡبَانٞ مُّبِينٞ ﴿٣٢﴾
Faalqa ʿasahu faitha hiya thuʿbanun mubeenun
So [Moses] threw his staff, and suddenly it was a serpent manifest
وَنَزَعَ يَدَهُۥ فَإِذَا هِيَ بَيۡضَآءُ لِلنَّـٰظِرِينَ ﴿٣٣﴾
Wanazaʿa yadahu faitha hiya baydao lilnnathireena
And he drew out his hand; thereupon it was white for the observers
قَالَ لِلۡمَلَإِ حَوۡلَهُۥٓ إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَسَٰحِرٌ عَلِيمٞ ﴿٣٤﴾
Qala lilmalai hawlahu inna hatha lasahirun ʿaleemun
[Pharaoh] said to the eminent ones around him, "Indeed, this is a learned magician
يُرِيدُ أَن يُخۡرِجَكُم مِّنۡ أَرۡضِكُم بِسِحۡرِهِۦ فَمَاذَا تَأۡمُرُونَ ﴿٣٥﴾
Yureedu an yukhrijakum min ardikum bisihrihi famatha tamuroona
He wants to drive you out of your land by his magic, so what do you advise
قَالُوٓاْ أَرۡجِهۡ وَأَخَاهُ وَٱبۡعَثۡ فِي ٱلۡمَدَآئِنِ حَٰشِرِينَ ﴿٣٦﴾
Qaloo arjih waakhahu waibʿath fee almadaini hashireena
They said, "Postpone [the matter of] him and his brother and send among the cities gatherers
يَأۡتُوكَ بِكُلِّ سَحَّارٍ عَلِيمٖ ﴿٣٧﴾
Yatooka bikulli sahharin ʿaleemin
Who will bring you every learned, skilled magician
فَجُمِعَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ لِمِيقَٰتِ يَوۡمٖ مَّعۡلُومٖ ﴿٣٨﴾
Fajumiʿa alssaharatu limeeqati yawmin maʿloomin
So the magicians were assembled for the appointment of a well-known day
وَقِيلَ لِلنَّاسِ هَلۡ أَنتُم مُّجۡتَمِعُونَ ﴿٣٩﴾
Waqeela lilnnasi hal antum mujtamiʿoona
And it was said to the people, "Will you congregate
لَعَلَّنَا نَتَّبِعُ ٱلسَّحَرَةَ إِن كَانُواْ هُمُ ٱلۡغَٰلِبِينَ ﴿٤٠﴾
Laʿallana nattabiʿu alssaharata in kanoo humu alghalibeena
That we might follow the magicians if they are the predominant
فَلَمَّا جَآءَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ قَالُواْ لِفِرۡعَوۡنَ أَئِنَّ لَنَا لَأَجۡرًا إِن كُنَّا نَحۡنُ ٱلۡغَٰلِبِينَ ﴿٤١﴾
Falamma jaa alssaharatu qaloo lifirʿawna ainna lana laajran in kunna nahnu alghalibeena
And when the magicians arrived, they said to Pharaoh, "Is there indeed for us a reward if we are the predominant
قَالَ نَعَمۡ وَإِنَّكُمۡ إِذٗا لَّمِنَ ٱلۡمُقَرَّبِينَ ﴿٤٢﴾
Qala naʿam wainnakum ithan lamina almuqarrabeena
He said, "Yes, and indeed, you will then be of those near [to me]
قَالَ لَهُم مُّوسَىٰٓ أَلۡقُواْ مَآ أَنتُم مُّلۡقُونَ ﴿٤٣﴾
Qala lahum moosa alqoo ma antum mulqoona
Moses said to them, "Throw whatever you will throw
فَأَلۡقَوۡاْ حِبَالَهُمۡ وَعِصِيَّهُمۡ وَقَالُواْ بِعِزَّةِ فِرۡعَوۡنَ إِنَّا لَنَحۡنُ ٱلۡغَٰلِبُونَ ﴿٤٤﴾
Faalqaw hibalahum waʿisiyyahum waqaloo biʿizzati firʿawna inna lanahnu alghaliboona
So they threw their ropes and their staffs and said, "By the might of Pharaoh, indeed it is we who are predominant
فَأَلۡقَىٰ مُوسَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِيَ تَلۡقَفُ مَا يَأۡفِكُونَ ﴿٤٥﴾
Faalqa moosa ʿasahu faitha hiya talqafu ma yafikoona
Then Moses threw his staff, and at once it devoured what they falsified
فَأُلۡقِيَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ سَٰجِدِينَ ﴿٤٦﴾
Faolqiya alssaharatu sajideena
So the magicians fell down in prostration [to Allah]
قَالُوٓاْ ءَامَنَّا بِرَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ﴿٤٧﴾
Qaloo amanna birabbi alʿalameena
They said, "We have believed in the Lord of the worlds
رَبِّ مُوسَىٰ وَهَٰرُونَ ﴿٤٨﴾
Rabbi moosa waharoona
The Lord of Moses and Aaron
قَالَ ءَامَنتُمۡ لَهُۥ قَبۡلَ أَنۡ ءَاذَنَ لَكُمۡۖ إِنَّهُۥ لَكَبِيرُكُمُ ٱلَّذِي عَلَّمَكُمُ ٱلسِّحۡرَ فَلَسَوۡفَ تَعۡلَمُونَۚ لَأُقَطِّعَنَّ أَيۡدِيَكُمۡ وَأَرۡجُلَكُم مِّنۡ خِلَٰفٖ وَلَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمۡ أَجۡمَعِينَ ﴿٤٩﴾
Qala amantum lahu qabla an athana lakum innahu lakabeerukumu allathee ʿallamakumu alssihra falasawfa taʿlamoona laoqattiʿanna aydiyakum waarjulakum min khilafin walaosallibannakum ajmaʿeena
[Pharaoh] said, "You believed Moses before I gave you permission. Indeed, he is your leader who has taught you magic, but you are going to know. I will surely cut off your hands and your feet on opposite sides, and I will surely crucify you all
قَالُواْ لَا ضَيۡرَۖ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا مُنقَلِبُونَ ﴿٥٠﴾
Qaloo la dayra inna ila rabbina munqaliboona
They said, "No harm. Indeed, to our Lord we will return
إِنَّا نَطۡمَعُ أَن يَغۡفِرَ لَنَا رَبُّنَا خَطَٰيَٰنَآ أَن كُنَّآ أَوَّلَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ﴿٥١﴾
Inna natmaʿu an yaghfira lana rabbuna khatayana an kunna awwala almumineena
Indeed, we aspire that our Lord will forgive us our sins because we were the first of the believers
۞وَأَوۡحَيۡنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنۡ أَسۡرِ بِعِبَادِيٓ إِنَّكُم مُّتَّبَعُونَ ﴿٥٢﴾
Waawhayna ila moosa an asri biʿibadee innakum muttabaʿoona
And We inspired to Moses, "Travel by night with My servants; indeed, you will be pursued
فَأَرۡسَلَ فِرۡعَوۡنُ فِي ٱلۡمَدَآئِنِ حَٰشِرِينَ ﴿٥٣﴾
Faarsala firʿawnu fee almadaini hashireena
Then Pharaoh sent among the cities gatherers
إِنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَشِرۡذِمَةٞ قَلِيلُونَ ﴿٥٤﴾
Inna haolai lashirthimatun qaleeloona
[And said], "Indeed, those are but a small band
وَإِنَّهُمۡ لَنَا لَغَآئِظُونَ ﴿٥٥﴾
Wainnahum lana laghaithoona
And indeed, they are enraging us
وَإِنَّا لَجَمِيعٌ حَٰذِرُونَ ﴿٥٦﴾
Wainna lajameeʿun hathiroona
And indeed, we are a cautious society
فَأَخۡرَجۡنَٰهُم مِّن جَنَّـٰتٖ وَعُيُونٖ ﴿٥٧﴾
Faakhrajnahum min jannatin waʿuyoonin
So We removed them from gardens and springs
وَكُنُوزٖ وَمَقَامٖ كَرِيمٖ ﴿٥٨﴾
Wakunoozin wamaqamin kareemin
And treasures and honorable station
كَذَٰلِكَۖ وَأَوۡرَثۡنَٰهَا بَنِيٓ إِسۡرَـٰٓءِيلَ ﴿٥٩﴾
Kathalika waawrathnaha banee israeela
Thus. And We caused to inherit it the Children of Israel
فَأَتۡبَعُوهُم مُّشۡرِقِينَ ﴿٦٠﴾
Faatbaʿoohum mushriqeena
So they pursued them at sunrise
فَلَمَّا تَرَـٰٓءَا ٱلۡجَمۡعَانِ قَالَ أَصۡحَٰبُ مُوسَىٰٓ إِنَّا لَمُدۡرَكُونَ ﴿٦١﴾
Falamma taraa aljamʿani qala ashabu moosa inna lamudrakoona
And when the two companies saw one another, the companions of Moses said, "Indeed, we are to be overtaken
قَالَ كَلَّآۖ إِنَّ مَعِيَ رَبِّي سَيَهۡدِينِ ﴿٦٢﴾
Qala kalla inna maʿiya rabbee sayahdeeni
[Moses] said, "No! Indeed, with me is my Lord; He will guide me
فَأَوۡحَيۡنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنِ ٱضۡرِب بِّعَصَاكَ ٱلۡبَحۡرَۖ فَٱنفَلَقَ فَكَانَ كُلُّ فِرۡقٖ كَٱلطَّوۡدِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ ﴿٦٣﴾
Faawhayna ila moosa ani idrib biʿasaka albahra fainfalaqa fakana kullu firqin kaalttawdi alʿatheemi
Then We inspired to Moses, "Strike with your staff the sea," and it parted, and each portion was like a great towering mountain
وَأَزۡلَفۡنَا ثَمَّ ٱلۡأٓخَرِينَ ﴿٦٤﴾
Waazlafna thamma alakhareena
And We advanced thereto the pursuers
وَأَنجَيۡنَا مُوسَىٰ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥٓ أَجۡمَعِينَ ﴿٦٥﴾
Waanjayna moosa waman maʿahu ajmaʿeena
And We saved Moses and those with him, all together
ثُمَّ أَغۡرَقۡنَا ٱلۡأٓخَرِينَ ﴿٦٦﴾
Thumma aghraqna alakhareena
Then We drowned the others
إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ ﴿٦٧﴾
Inna fee thalika laayatan wama kana aktharuhum mumineena
Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ﴿٦٨﴾
Wainna rabbaka lahuwa alʿazeezu alrraheemu
And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful
وَٱتۡلُ عَلَيۡهِمۡ نَبَأَ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ ﴿٦٩﴾
Waotlu ʿalayhim nabaa ibraheema
And recite to them the news of Abraham
إِذۡ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوۡمِهِۦ مَا تَعۡبُدُونَ ﴿٧٠﴾
Ith qala liabeehi waqawmihi ma taʿbudoona
When he said to his father and his people, "What do you worship
قَالُواْ نَعۡبُدُ أَصۡنَامٗا فَنَظَلُّ لَهَا عَٰكِفِينَ ﴿٧١﴾
Qaloo naʿbudu asnaman fanathallu laha ʿakifeena
They said, "We worship idols and remain to them devoted
قَالَ هَلۡ يَسۡمَعُونَكُمۡ إِذۡ تَدۡعُونَ ﴿٧٢﴾
Qala hal yasmaʿoonakum ith tadʿoona
He said, "Do they hear you when you supplicate
أَوۡ يَنفَعُونَكُمۡ أَوۡ يَضُرُّونَ ﴿٧٣﴾
Aw yanfaʿoonakum aw yadurroona
Or do they benefit you, or do they harm
قَالُواْ بَلۡ وَجَدۡنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا كَذَٰلِكَ يَفۡعَلُونَ ﴿٧٤﴾
Qaloo bal wajadna abaana kathalika yafʿaloona
They said, "But we found our fathers doing thus
قَالَ أَفَرَءَيۡتُم مَّا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡبُدُونَ ﴿٧٥﴾
Qala afaraaytum ma kuntum taʿbudoona
He said, "Then do you see what you have been worshipping
أَنتُمۡ وَءَابَآؤُكُمُ ٱلۡأَقۡدَمُونَ ﴿٧٦﴾
Antum waabaokumu alaqdamoona
You and your ancient forefathers
فَإِنَّهُمۡ عَدُوّٞ لِّيٓ إِلَّا رَبَّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ﴿٧٧﴾
Fainnahum ʿaduwwun lee illa rabba alʿalameena
Indeed, they are enemies to me, except the Lord of the worlds
ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَنِي فَهُوَ يَهۡدِينِ ﴿٧٨﴾
Allathee khalaqanee fahuwa yahdeeni
Who created me, and He [it is who] guides me
وَٱلَّذِي هُوَ يُطۡعِمُنِي وَيَسۡقِينِ ﴿٧٩﴾
Waallathee huwa yutʿimunee wayasqeeni
And it is He who feeds me and gives me drink
وَإِذَا مَرِضۡتُ فَهُوَ يَشۡفِينِ ﴿٨٠﴾
Waitha maridtu fahuwa yashfeeni
And when I am ill, it is He who cures me
وَٱلَّذِي يُمِيتُنِي ثُمَّ يُحۡيِينِ ﴿٨١﴾
Waallathee yumeetunee thumma yuhyeeni
And who will cause me to die and then bring me to life
وَٱلَّذِيٓ أَطۡمَعُ أَن يَغۡفِرَ لِي خَطِيٓـَٔتِي يَوۡمَ ٱلدِّينِ ﴿٨٢﴾
Waallathee atmaʿu an yaghfira lee khateeatee yawma alddeeni
And who I aspire that He will forgive me my sin on the Day of Recompense
رَبِّ هَبۡ لِي حُكۡمٗا وَأَلۡحِقۡنِي بِٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ ﴿٨٣﴾
Rabbi hab lee hukman waalhiqnee bialssaliheena
[And he said], "My Lord, grant me authority and join me with the righteous
وَٱجۡعَل لِّي لِسَانَ صِدۡقٖ فِي ٱلۡأٓخِرِينَ ﴿٨٤﴾
Waijʿal lee lisana sidqin fee alakhireena
And grant me a reputation of honor among later generations
وَٱجۡعَلۡنِي مِن وَرَثَةِ جَنَّةِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ ﴿٨٥﴾
Waijʿalnee min warathati jannati alnnaʿeemi
And place me among the inheritors of the Garden of Pleasure
وَٱغۡفِرۡ لِأَبِيٓ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ ﴿٨٦﴾
Waighfir liabee innahu kana mina alddalleena
And forgive my father. Indeed, he has been of those astray
وَلَا تُخۡزِنِي يَوۡمَ يُبۡعَثُونَ ﴿٨٧﴾
Wala tukhzinee yawma yubʿathoona
And do not disgrace me on the Day they are [all] resurrected
يَوۡمَ لَا يَنفَعُ مَالٞ وَلَا بَنُونَ ﴿٨٨﴾
Yawma la yanfaʿu malun wala banoona
The Day when there will not benefit [anyone] wealth or children
إِلَّا مَنۡ أَتَى ٱللَّهَ بِقَلۡبٖ سَلِيمٖ ﴿٨٩﴾
Illa man ata Allaha biqalbin saleemin
But only one who comes to Allah with a sound heart
وَأُزۡلِفَتِ ٱلۡجَنَّةُ لِلۡمُتَّقِينَ ﴿٩٠﴾
Waozlifati aljannatu lilmuttaqeena
And Paradise will be brought near [that Day] to the righteous
وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلۡجَحِيمُ لِلۡغَاوِينَ ﴿٩١﴾
Waburrizati aljaheemu lilghaweena
And Hellfire will be brought forth for the deviators
وَقِيلَ لَهُمۡ أَيۡنَ مَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡبُدُونَ ﴿٩٢﴾
Waqeela lahum ayna ma kuntum taʿbudoona
And it will be said to them, "Where are those you used to worship
مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ هَلۡ يَنصُرُونَكُمۡ أَوۡ يَنتَصِرُونَ ﴿٩٣﴾
Min dooni Allahi hal yansuroonakum aw yantasiroona
Other than Allah? Can they help you or help themselves
فَكُبۡكِبُواْ فِيهَا هُمۡ وَٱلۡغَاوُۥنَ ﴿٩٤﴾
Fakubkiboo feeha hum waalghawoona
So they will be overturned into Hellfire, they and the deviators
وَجُنُودُ إِبۡلِيسَ أَجۡمَعُونَ ﴿٩٥﴾
Wajunoodu ibleesa ajmaʿoona
And the soldiers of Iblees, all together
قَالُواْ وَهُمۡ فِيهَا يَخۡتَصِمُونَ ﴿٩٦﴾
Qaloo wahum feeha yakhtasimoona
They will say while they dispute therein
تَٱللَّهِ إِن كُنَّا لَفِي ضَلَٰلٖ مُّبِينٍ ﴿٩٧﴾
TaAllahi in kunna lafee dalalin mubeenin
By Allah, we were indeed in manifest error
إِذۡ نُسَوِّيكُم بِرَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ﴿٩٨﴾
Ith nusawweekum birabbi alʿalameena
When we equated you with the Lord of the worlds
وَمَآ أَضَلَّنَآ إِلَّا ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُونَ ﴿٩٩﴾
Wama adallana illa almujrimoona
And no one misguided us except the criminals
فَمَا لَنَا مِن شَٰفِعِينَ ﴿١٠٠﴾
Fama lana min shafiʿeena
So now we have no intercessors
وَلَا صَدِيقٍ حَمِيمٖ ﴿١٠١﴾
Wala sadeeqin hameemin
And not a devoted friend
فَلَوۡ أَنَّ لَنَا كَرَّةٗ فَنَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ﴿١٠٢﴾
Falaw anna lana karratan fanakoona mina almumineena
Then if we only had a return [to the world] and could be of the believers
إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ ﴿١٠٣﴾
Inna fee thalika laayatan wama kana aktharuhum mumineena
Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ﴿١٠٤﴾
Wainna rabbaka lahuwa alʿazeezu alrraheemu
And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful
كَذَّبَتۡ قَوۡمُ نُوحٍ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ ﴿١٠٥﴾
Kaththabat qawmu noohin almursaleena
The people of Noah denied the messengers
إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ أَخُوهُمۡ نُوحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ﴿١٠٦﴾
Ith qala lahum akhoohum noohun ala tattaqoona
When their brother Noah said to them, "Will you not fear Allah
إِنِّي لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٞ ﴿١٠٧﴾
Innee lakum rasoolun ameenun
Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger
فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ﴿١٠٨﴾
Faittaqoo Allaha waateeʿooni
So fear Allah and obey me
وَمَآ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٍۖ إِنۡ أَجۡرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ﴿١٠٩﴾
Wama asalukum ʿalayhi min ajrin in ajriya illa ʿala rabbi alʿalameena
And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds
فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ﴿١١٠﴾
Faittaqoo Allaha waateeʿooni
So fear Allah and obey me
۞قَالُوٓاْ أَنُؤۡمِنُ لَكَ وَٱتَّبَعَكَ ٱلۡأَرۡذَلُونَ ﴿١١١﴾
Qaloo anuminu laka waittabaʿaka alarthaloona
They said, "Should we believe you while you are followed by the lowest [class of people]
قَالَ وَمَا عِلۡمِي بِمَا كَانُواْ يَعۡمَلُونَ ﴿١١٢﴾
Qala wama ʿilmee bima kanoo yaʿmaloona
He said, "And what is my knowledge of what they used to do
إِنۡ حِسَابُهُمۡ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّيۖ لَوۡ تَشۡعُرُونَ ﴿١١٣﴾
In hisabuhum illa ʿala rabbee law tashʿuroona
Their account is only upon my Lord, if you [could] perceive
وَمَآ أَنَا۠ بِطَارِدِ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ﴿١١٤﴾
Wama ana bitaridi almumineena
And I am not one to drive away the believers
إِنۡ أَنَا۠ إِلَّا نَذِيرٞ مُّبِينٞ ﴿١١٥﴾
In ana illa natheerun mubeenun
I am only a clear warner
قَالُواْ لَئِن لَّمۡ تَنتَهِ يَٰنُوحُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلۡمَرۡجُومِينَ ﴿١١٦﴾
Qaloo lain lam tantahi ya noohu latakoonanna mina almarjoomeena
They said, "If you do not desist, O Noah, you will surely be of those who are stoned
قَالَ رَبِّ إِنَّ قَوۡمِي كَذَّبُونِ ﴿١١٧﴾
Qala rabbi inna qawmee kaththabooni
He said, "My Lord, indeed my people have denied me
فَٱفۡتَحۡ بَيۡنِي وَبَيۡنَهُمۡ فَتۡحٗا وَنَجِّنِي وَمَن مَّعِيَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ﴿١١٨﴾
Faiftah baynee wabaynahum fathan wanajjinee waman maʿiya mina almumineena
Then judge between me and them with decisive judgement and save me and those with me of the believers
فَأَنجَيۡنَٰهُ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥ فِي ٱلۡفُلۡكِ ٱلۡمَشۡحُونِ ﴿١١٩﴾
Faanjaynahu waman maʿahu fee alfulki almashhooni
So We saved him and those with him in the laden ship
ثُمَّ أَغۡرَقۡنَا بَعۡدُ ٱلۡبَاقِينَ ﴿١٢٠﴾
Thumma aghraqna baʿdu albaqeena
Then We drowned thereafter the remaining ones
إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ ﴿١٢١﴾
Inna fee thalika laayatan wama kana aktharuhum mumineena
Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ﴿١٢٢﴾
Wainna rabbaka lahuwa alʿazeezu alrraheemu
And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful
كَذَّبَتۡ عَادٌ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ ﴿١٢٣﴾
Kaththabat ʿadun almursaleena
Aad denied the messengers
إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ أَخُوهُمۡ هُودٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ﴿١٢٤﴾
Ith qala lahum akhoohum hoodun ala tattaqoona
When their brother Hud said to them, "Will you not fear Allah
إِنِّي لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٞ ﴿١٢٥﴾
Innee lakum rasoolun ameenun
Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger
فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ﴿١٢٦﴾
Faittaqoo Allaha waateeʿooni
So fear Allah and obey me
وَمَآ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٍۖ إِنۡ أَجۡرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ﴿١٢٧﴾
Wama asalukum ʿalayhi min ajrin in ajriya illa ʿala rabbi alʿalameena
And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds
أَتَبۡنُونَ بِكُلِّ رِيعٍ ءَايَةٗ تَعۡبَثُونَ ﴿١٢٨﴾
Atabnoona bikulli reeʿin ayatan taʿbathoona
Do you construct on every elevation a sign, amusing yourselves
وَتَتَّخِذُونَ مَصَانِعَ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَخۡلُدُونَ ﴿١٢٩﴾
Watattakhithoona masaniʿa laʿallakum takhludoona
And take for yourselves palaces and fortresses that you might abide eternally
وَإِذَا بَطَشۡتُم بَطَشۡتُمۡ جَبَّارِينَ ﴿١٣٠﴾
Waitha batashtum batashtum jabbareena
And when you strike, you strike as tyrants
فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ﴿١٣١﴾
Faittaqoo Allaha waateeʿooni
So fear Allah and obey me
وَٱتَّقُواْ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَمَدَّكُم بِمَا تَعۡلَمُونَ ﴿١٣٢﴾
Waittaqoo allathee amaddakum bima taʿlamoona
And fear He who provided you with that which you know
أَمَدَّكُم بِأَنۡعَٰمٖ وَبَنِينَ ﴿١٣٣﴾
Amaddakum bianʿamin wabaneena
Provided you with grazing livestock and children
وَجَنَّـٰتٖ وَعُيُونٍ ﴿١٣٤﴾
Wajannatin waʿuyoonin
And gardens and springs
إِنِّيٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيۡكُمۡ عَذَابَ يَوۡمٍ عَظِيمٖ ﴿١٣٥﴾
Innee akhafu ʿalaykum ʿathaba yawmin ʿatheemin
Indeed, I fear for you the punishment of a terrible day
قَالُواْ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيۡنَآ أَوَعَظۡتَ أَمۡ لَمۡ تَكُن مِّنَ ٱلۡوَٰعِظِينَ ﴿١٣٦﴾
Qaloo sawaon ʿalayna awaʿathta am lam takun mina alwaʿitheena
They said, "It is all the same to us whether you advise or are not of the advisors
إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا خُلُقُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ﴿١٣٧﴾
In hatha illa khuluqu alawwaleena
This is not but the custom of the former peoples
وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ ﴿١٣٨﴾
Wama nahnu bimuʿaththabeena
And we are not to be punished
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَهۡلَكۡنَٰهُمۡۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ ﴿١٣٩﴾
Fakaththaboohu faahlaknahum inna fee thalika laayatan wama kana aktharuhum mumineena
And they denied him, so We destroyed them. Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ﴿١٤٠﴾
Wainna rabbaka lahuwa alʿazeezu alrraheemu
And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful
كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ ﴿١٤١﴾
Kaththabat thamoodu almursaleena
Thamud denied the messengers
إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ أَخُوهُمۡ صَٰلِحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ﴿١٤٢﴾
Ith qala lahum akhoohum salihun ala tattaqoona
When their brother Salih said to them, "Will you not fear Allah
إِنِّي لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٞ ﴿١٤٣﴾
Innee lakum rasoolun ameenun
Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger
فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ﴿١٤٤﴾
Faittaqoo Allaha waateeʿooni
So fear Allah and obey me
وَمَآ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٍۖ إِنۡ أَجۡرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ﴿١٤٥﴾
Wama asalukum ʿalayhi min ajrin in ajriya illa ʿala rabbi alʿalameena
And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds
أَتُتۡرَكُونَ فِي مَا هَٰهُنَآ ءَامِنِينَ ﴿١٤٦﴾
Atutrakoona fee ma hahuna amineena
Will you be left in what is here, secure [from death]
فِي جَنَّـٰتٖ وَعُيُونٖ ﴿١٤٧﴾
Fee jannatin waʿuyoonin
Within gardens and springs
وَزُرُوعٖ وَنَخۡلٖ طَلۡعُهَا هَضِيمٞ ﴿١٤٨﴾
Wazurooʿin wanakhlin talʿuha hadeemun
And fields of crops and palm trees with softened fruit
وَتَنۡحِتُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡجِبَالِ بُيُوتٗا فَٰرِهِينَ ﴿١٤٩﴾
Watanhitoona mina aljibali buyootan fariheena
And you carve out of the mountains, homes, with skill
فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ﴿١٥٠﴾
Faittaqoo Allaha waateeʿooni
So fear Allah and obey me
وَلَا تُطِيعُوٓاْ أَمۡرَ ٱلۡمُسۡرِفِينَ ﴿١٥١﴾
Wala tuteeʿoo amra almusrifeena
And do not obey the order of the transgressors
ٱلَّذِينَ يُفۡسِدُونَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَلَا يُصۡلِحُونَ ﴿١٥٢﴾
Allatheena yufsidoona fee alardi wala yuslihoona
Who cause corruption in the land and do not amend
قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُسَحَّرِينَ ﴿١٥٣﴾
Qaloo innama anta mina almusahhareena
They said, "You are only of those affected by magic
مَآ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٞ مِّثۡلُنَا فَأۡتِ بِـَٔايَةٍ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ ﴿١٥٤﴾
Ma anta illa basharun mithluna fati biayatin in kunta mina alssadiqeena
You are but a man like ourselves, so bring a sign, if you should be of the truthful
قَالَ هَٰذِهِۦ نَاقَةٞ لَّهَا شِرۡبٞ وَلَكُمۡ شِرۡبُ يَوۡمٖ مَّعۡلُومٖ ﴿١٥٥﴾
Qala hathihi naqatun laha shirbun walakum shirbu yawmin maʿloomin
He said, "This is a she-camel. For her is a [time of] drink, and for you is a [time of] drink, [each] on a known day
وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوٓءٖ فَيَأۡخُذَكُمۡ عَذَابُ يَوۡمٍ عَظِيمٖ ﴿١٥٦﴾
Wala tamassooha bisooin fayakhuthakum ʿathabu yawmin ʿatheemin
And do not touch her with harm, lest you be seized by the punishment of a terrible day
فَعَقَرُوهَا فَأَصۡبَحُواْ نَٰدِمِينَ ﴿١٥٧﴾
Faʿaqarooha faasbahoo nadimeena
But they hamstrung her and so became regretful
فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱلۡعَذَابُۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ ﴿١٥٨﴾
Faakhathahumu alʿathabu inna fee thalika laayatan wama kana aktharuhum mumineena
And the punishment seized them. Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ﴿١٥٩﴾
Wainna rabbaka lahuwa alʿazeezu alrraheemu
And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful
كَذَّبَتۡ قَوۡمُ لُوطٍ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ ﴿١٦٠﴾
Kaththabat qawmu lootin almursaleena
The people of Lot denied the messengers
إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ أَخُوهُمۡ لُوطٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ﴿١٦١﴾
Ith qala lahum akhoohum lootun ala tattaqoona
When their brother Lot said to them, "Will you not fear Allah
إِنِّي لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٞ ﴿١٦٢﴾
Innee lakum rasoolun ameenun
Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger
فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ﴿١٦٣﴾
Faittaqoo Allaha waateeʿooni
So fear Allah and obey me
وَمَآ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٍۖ إِنۡ أَجۡرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ﴿١٦٤﴾
Wama asalukum ʿalayhi min ajrin in ajriya illa ʿala rabbi alʿalameena
And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds
أَتَأۡتُونَ ٱلذُّكۡرَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ﴿١٦٥﴾
Atatoona alththukrana mina alʿalameena
Do you approach males among the worlds
وَتَذَرُونَ مَا خَلَقَ لَكُمۡ رَبُّكُم مِّنۡ أَزۡوَٰجِكُمۚ بَلۡ أَنتُمۡ قَوۡمٌ عَادُونَ ﴿١٦٦﴾
Watatharoona ma khalaqa lakum rabbukum min azwajikum bal antum qawmun ʿadoona
And leave what your Lord has created for you as mates? But you are a people transgressing
قَالُواْ لَئِن لَّمۡ تَنتَهِ يَٰلُوطُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلۡمُخۡرَجِينَ ﴿١٦٧﴾
Qaloo lain lam tantahi ya lootu latakoonanna mina almukhrajeena
They said, "If you do not desist, O Lot, you will surely be of those evicted
قَالَ إِنِّي لِعَمَلِكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡقَالِينَ ﴿١٦٨﴾
Qala innee liʿamalikum mina alqaleena
He said, "Indeed, I am, toward your deed, of those who detest [it]
رَبِّ نَجِّنِي وَأَهۡلِي مِمَّا يَعۡمَلُونَ ﴿١٦٩﴾
Rabbi najjinee waahlee mimma yaʿmaloona
My Lord, save me and my family from [the consequence of] what they do
فَنَجَّيۡنَٰهُ وَأَهۡلَهُۥٓ أَجۡمَعِينَ ﴿١٧٠﴾
Fanajjaynahu waahlahu ajmaʿeena
So We saved him and his family, all
إِلَّا عَجُوزٗا فِي ٱلۡغَٰبِرِينَ ﴿١٧١﴾
Illa ʿajoozan fee alghabireena
Except an old woman among those who remained behind
ثُمَّ دَمَّرۡنَا ٱلۡأٓخَرِينَ ﴿١٧٢﴾
Thumma dammarna alakhareena
Then We destroyed the others
وَأَمۡطَرۡنَا عَلَيۡهِم مَّطَرٗاۖ فَسَآءَ مَطَرُ ٱلۡمُنذَرِينَ ﴿١٧٣﴾
Waamtarna ʿalayhim mataran fasaa mataru almunthareena
And We rained upon them a rain [of stones], and evil was the rain of those who were warned
إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ ﴿١٧٤﴾
Inna fee thalika laayatan wama kana aktharuhum mumineena
Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ﴿١٧٥﴾
Wainna rabbaka lahuwa alʿazeezu alrraheemu
And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful
كَذَّبَ أَصۡحَٰبُ لۡـَٔيۡكَةِ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ ﴿١٧٦﴾
Kaththaba ashabu alaykati almursaleena
The companions of the thicket denied the messengers
إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ شُعَيۡبٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ﴿١٧٧﴾
Ith qala lahum shuʿaybun ala tattaqoona
When Shu'ayb said to them, "Will you not fear Allah
إِنِّي لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٞ ﴿١٧٨﴾
Innee lakum rasoolun ameenun
Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger
فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ﴿١٧٩﴾
Faittaqoo Allaha waateeʿooni
So fear Allah and obey me
وَمَآ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٍۖ إِنۡ أَجۡرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ﴿١٨٠﴾
Wama asalukum ʿalayhi min ajrin in ajriya illa ʿala rabbi alʿalameena
And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds
۞أَوۡفُواْ ٱلۡكَيۡلَ وَلَا تَكُونُواْ مِنَ ٱلۡمُخۡسِرِينَ ﴿١٨١﴾
Awfoo alkayla wala takoonoo mina almukhsireena
Give full measure and do not be of those who cause loss
وَزِنُواْ بِٱلۡقِسۡطَاسِ ٱلۡمُسۡتَقِيمِ ﴿١٨٢﴾
Wazinoo bialqistasi almustaqeemi
And weigh with an even balance
وَلَا تَبۡخَسُواْ ٱلنَّاسَ أَشۡيَآءَهُمۡ وَلَا تَعۡثَوۡاْ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ مُفۡسِدِينَ ﴿١٨٣﴾
Wala tabkhasoo alnnasa ashyaahum wala taʿthaw fee alardi mufsideena
And do not deprive people of their due and do not commit abuse on earth, spreading corruption
وَٱتَّقُواْ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَكُمۡ وَٱلۡجِبِلَّةَ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ﴿١٨٤﴾
Waittaqoo allathee khalaqakum waaljibillata alawwaleena
And fear He who created you and the former creation
قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُسَحَّرِينَ ﴿١٨٥﴾
Qaloo innama anta mina almusahhareena
They said, "You are only of those affected by magic
وَمَآ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٞ مِّثۡلُنَا وَإِن نَّظُنُّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلۡكَٰذِبِينَ ﴿١٨٦﴾
Wama anta illa basharun mithluna wain nathunnuka lamina alkathibeena
You are but a man like ourselves, and indeed, we think you are among the liars
فَأَسۡقِطۡ عَلَيۡنَا كِسَفٗا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ ﴿١٨٧﴾
Faasqit ʿalayna kisafan mina alssamai in kunta mina alssadiqeena
So cause to fall upon us fragments of the sky, if you should be of the truthful
قَالَ رَبِّيٓ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ ﴿١٨٨﴾
Qala rabbee aʿlamu bima taʿmaloona
He said, "My Lord is most knowing of what you do
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمۡ عَذَابُ يَوۡمِ ٱلظُّلَّةِۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَذَابَ يَوۡمٍ عَظِيمٍ ﴿١٨٩﴾
Fakaththaboohu faakhathahum ʿathabu yawmi alththullati innahu kana ʿathaba yawmin ʿatheemin
And they denied him, so the punishment of the day of the black cloud seized them. Indeed, it was the punishment of a terrible day
إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ ﴿١٩٠﴾
Inna fee thalika laayatan wama kana aktharuhum mumineena
Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ﴿١٩١﴾
Wainna rabbaka lahuwa alʿazeezu alrraheemu
And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَنزِيلُ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ﴿١٩٢﴾
Wainnahu latanzeelu rabbi alʿalameena
And indeed, the Qur'an is the revelation of the Lord of the worlds
نَزَلَ بِهِ ٱلرُّوحُ ٱلۡأَمِينُ ﴿١٩٣﴾
Nazala bihi alrroohu alameenu
The Trustworthy Spirit has brought it down
عَلَىٰ قَلۡبِكَ لِتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُنذِرِينَ ﴿١٩٤﴾
ʿala qalbika litakoona mina almunthireena
Upon your heart, [O Muhammad] - that you may be of the warners
بِلِسَانٍ عَرَبِيّٖ مُّبِينٖ ﴿١٩٥﴾
Bilisanin ʿarabiyyin mubeenin
In a clear Arabic language
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَفِي زُبُرِ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ﴿١٩٦﴾
Wainnahu lafee zuburi alawwaleena
And indeed, it is [mentioned] in the scriptures of former peoples
أَوَلَمۡ يَكُن لَّهُمۡ ءَايَةً أَن يَعۡلَمَهُۥ عُلَمَـٰٓؤُاْ بَنِيٓ إِسۡرَـٰٓءِيلَ ﴿١٩٧﴾
Awalam yakun lahum ayatan an yaʿlamahu ʿulamao banee israeela
And has it not been a sign to them that it is recognized by the scholars of the Children of Israel
وَلَوۡ نَزَّلۡنَٰهُ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضِ ٱلۡأَعۡجَمِينَ ﴿١٩٨﴾
Walaw nazzalnahu ʿala baʿdi alaʿjameena
And even if We had revealed it to one among the foreigners
فَقَرَأَهُۥ عَلَيۡهِم مَّا كَانُواْ بِهِۦ مُؤۡمِنِينَ ﴿١٩٩﴾
Faqaraahu ʿalayhim ma kanoo bihi mumineena
And he had recited it to them [perfectly], they would [still] not have been believers in it
كَذَٰلِكَ سَلَكۡنَٰهُ فِي قُلُوبِ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ ﴿٢٠٠﴾
Kathalika salaknahu fee quloobi almujrimeena
Thus have We inserted disbelief into the hearts of the criminals
لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ بِهِۦ حَتَّىٰ يَرَوُاْ ٱلۡعَذَابَ ٱلۡأَلِيمَ ﴿٢٠١﴾
La yuminoona bihi hatta yarawoo alʿathaba alaleema
They will not believe in it until they see the painful punishment
فَيَأۡتِيَهُم بَغۡتَةٗ وَهُمۡ لَا يَشۡعُرُونَ ﴿٢٠٢﴾
Fayatiyahum baghtatan wahum la yashʿuroona
And it will come to them suddenly while they perceive [it] not
فَيَقُولُواْ هَلۡ نَحۡنُ مُنظَرُونَ ﴿٢٠٣﴾
Fayaqooloo hal nahnu muntharoona
And they will say, "May we be reprieved
أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا يَسۡتَعۡجِلُونَ ﴿٢٠٤﴾
Afabiʿathabina yastaʿjiloona
So for Our punishment are they impatient
أَفَرَءَيۡتَ إِن مَّتَّعۡنَٰهُمۡ سِنِينَ ﴿٢٠٥﴾
Afaraayta in mattaʿnahum sineena
Then have you considered if We gave them enjoyment for years
ثُمَّ جَآءَهُم مَّا كَانُواْ يُوعَدُونَ ﴿٢٠٦﴾
Thumma jaahum ma kanoo yooʿadoona
And then there came to them that which they were promised
مَآ أَغۡنَىٰ عَنۡهُم مَّا كَانُواْ يُمَتَّعُونَ ﴿٢٠٧﴾
Ma aghna ʿanhum ma kanoo yumattaʿoona
They would not be availed by the enjoyment with which they were provided
وَمَآ أَهۡلَكۡنَا مِن قَرۡيَةٍ إِلَّا لَهَا مُنذِرُونَ ﴿٢٠٨﴾
Wama ahlakna min qaryatin illa laha munthiroona
And We did not destroy any city except that it had warners
ذِكۡرَىٰ وَمَا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ ﴿٢٠٩﴾
Thikra wama kunna thalimeena
As a reminder; and never have We been unjust
وَمَا تَنَزَّلَتۡ بِهِ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينُ ﴿٢١٠﴾
Wama tanazzalat bihi alshshayateenu
And the devils have not brought the revelation down
وَمَا يَنۢبَغِي لَهُمۡ وَمَا يَسۡتَطِيعُونَ ﴿٢١١﴾
Wama yanbaghee lahum wama yastateeʿoona
It is not allowable for them, nor would they be able
إِنَّهُمۡ عَنِ ٱلسَّمۡعِ لَمَعۡزُولُونَ ﴿٢١٢﴾
Innahum ʿani alssamʿi lamaʿzooloona
Indeed they, from [its] hearing, are removed
فَلَا تَدۡعُ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُعَذَّبِينَ ﴿٢١٣﴾
Fala tadʿu maʿa Allahi ilahan akhara fatakoona mina almuʿaththabeena
So do not invoke with Allah another deity and [thus] be among the punished
وَأَنذِرۡ عَشِيرَتَكَ ٱلۡأَقۡرَبِينَ ﴿٢١٤﴾
Waanthir ʿasheerataka alaqrabeena
And warn, [O Muhammad], your closest kindred
وَٱخۡفِضۡ جَنَاحَكَ لِمَنِ ٱتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ﴿٢١٥﴾
Waikhfid janahaka limani ittabaʿaka mina almumineena
And lower your wing to those who follow you of the believers
فَإِنۡ عَصَوۡكَ فَقُلۡ إِنِّي بَرِيٓءٞ مِّمَّا تَعۡمَلُونَ ﴿٢١٦﴾
Fain ʿasawka faqul innee bareeon mimma taʿmaloona
And if they disobey you, then say, "Indeed, I am disassociated from what you are doing
وَتَوَكَّلۡ عَلَى ٱلۡعَزِيزِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ﴿٢١٧﴾
Watawakkal ʿala alʿazeezi alrraheemi
And rely upon the Exalted in Might, the Merciful
ٱلَّذِي يَرَىٰكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ ﴿٢١٨﴾
Allathee yaraka heena taqoomu
Who sees you when you arise
وَتَقَلُّبَكَ فِي ٱلسَّـٰجِدِينَ ﴿٢١٩﴾
Wataqallubaka fee alssajideena
And your movement among those who prostrate
إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ ﴿٢٢٠﴾
Innahu huwa alssameeʿu alʿaleemu
Indeed, He is the Hearing, the Knowing
هَلۡ أُنَبِّئُكُمۡ عَلَىٰ مَن تَنَزَّلُ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينُ ﴿٢٢١﴾
Hal onabbiokum ʿala man tanazzalu alshshayateenu
Shall I inform you upon whom the devils descend
تَنَزَّلُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ أَفَّاكٍ أَثِيمٖ ﴿٢٢٢﴾
Tanazzalu ʿala kulli affakin atheemin
They descend upon every sinful liar
يُلۡقُونَ ٱلسَّمۡعَ وَأَكۡثَرُهُمۡ كَٰذِبُونَ ﴿٢٢٣﴾
Yulqoona alssamʿa waaktharuhum kathiboona
They pass on what is heard, and most of them are liars
وَٱلشُّعَرَآءُ يَتَّبِعُهُمُ ٱلۡغَاوُۥنَ ﴿٢٢٤﴾
Waalshshuʿarao yattabiʿuhumu alghawoona
And the poets - [only] the deviators follow them
أَلَمۡ تَرَ أَنَّهُمۡ فِي كُلِّ وَادٖ يَهِيمُونَ ﴿٢٢٥﴾
Alam tara annahum fee kulli wadin yaheemoona
Do you not see that in every valley they roam
وَأَنَّهُمۡ يَقُولُونَ مَا لَا يَفۡعَلُونَ ﴿٢٢٦﴾
Waannahum yaqooloona ma la yafʿaloona
And that they say what they do not do
إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَٰتِ وَذَكَرُواْ ٱللَّهَ كَثِيرٗا وَٱنتَصَرُواْ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ مَا ظُلِمُواْۗ وَسَيَعۡلَمُ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوٓاْ أَيَّ مُنقَلَبٖ يَنقَلِبُونَ ﴿٢٢٧﴾
Illa allatheena amanoo waʿamiloo alssalihati wathakaroo Allaha katheeran waintasaroo min baʿdi ma thulimoo wasayaʿlamu allatheena thalamoo ayya munqalabin yanqaliboona
Except those [poets] who believe and do righteous deeds and remember Allah often and defend [the Muslims] after they were wronged. And those who have wronged are going to know to what [kind of] return they will be returned
Translation: Saheeh International. Transliteration: Tanzil.net. Recitation: Mishary Alafasy (EveryAyah.com). A translation conveys the meaning and does not replace the Arabic text.
Frequently asked questions
How many verses are in Surah Ash-Shu'ara?
Surah Ash-Shu'ara has 227 verses.
Where was Surah Ash-Shu'ara revealed?
Surah Ash-Shu'ara is a Meccan surah; it was revealed in Mecca.
Which juz is Surah Ash-Shu'ara in?
Surah Ash-Shu'ara is in juz 19, on pages 367–376 of the standard Madinah mushaf.
What does Ash-Shu'ara mean?
الشعراء means "The Poets".