{لَعَلَّكَ بَاخِعٌ نَفْسَكَ أَلَّا يَكُونُوا مُؤْمِنِينَ}
(3) Perhaps, [O Muḥammad], you would kill yourself with grief that they will not be believers.
{إِنْ نَشَأْ نُنَزِّلْ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ آيَةً فَظَلَّتْ أَعْنَاقُهُمْ لَهَا خَاضِعِينَ}
(4) If We willed, We could send down to them from the sky a sign for which their necks would remain humbled.[1044]
{وَمَا يَأْتِيهِمْ مِنْ ذِكْرٍ مِنَ الرَّحْمَٰنِ مُحْدَثٍ إِلَّا كَانُوا عَنْهُ مُعْرِضِينَ}
(5) And no mention [i.e., revelation] comes to them anew from the Most Merciful except that they turn away from it.
{فَقَدْ كَذَّبُوا فَسَيَأْتِيهِمْ أَنْبَاءُ مَا كَانُوا بِهِ يَسْتَهْزِئُونَ}
(6) For they have already denied, but there will come to them the news of that which they used to ridicule.
{أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا إِلَى الْأَرْضِ كَمْ أَنْبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِنْ كُلِّ زَوْجٍ كَرِيمٍ}
(7) Did they not look at the earth - how much We have produced therein from every noble kind?
{إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ}
(8) Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.
{وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ}
(9) And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.
{وَإِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبُّكَ مُوسَىٰ أَنِ ائْتِ الْقَوْمَ الظَّالِمِينَ}
(10) And [mention] when your Lord called Moses, [saying], "Go to the wrongdoing people -
{قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّي أَخَافُ أَنْ يُكَذِّبُونِ}
(12) He said, "My Lord, indeed I fear that they will deny me
{وَيَضِيقُ صَدْرِي وَلَا يَنْطَلِقُ لِسَانِي فَأَرْسِلْ إِلَىٰ هَارُونَ}
(13) And that my breast will tighten and my tongue will not be fluent, so send for Aaron.
{وَلَهُمْ عَلَيَّ ذَنْبٌ فَأَخَافُ أَنْ يَقْتُلُونِ}
(14) And they have upon me a [claim due to] sin, so I fear that they will kill me."
{قَالَ كَلَّا ۖ فَاذْهَبَا بِآيَاتِنَا ۖ إِنَّا مَعَكُمْ مُسْتَمِعُونَ}
(15) [Allāh] said, "No. Go both of you with Our signs; indeed, We are with you, listening.
{فَأْتِيَا فِرْعَوْنَ فَقُولَا إِنَّا رَسُولُ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ}
(16) Go to Pharaoh and say, 'We are the messengers[1045] of the Lord of the worlds,
{أَنْ أَرْسِلْ مَعَنَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ}
(17) [Commanded to say], "Send with us the Children of Israel."'"
{قَالَ أَلَمْ نُرَبِّكَ فِينَا وَلِيدًا وَلَبِثْتَ فِينَا مِنْ عُمُرِكَ سِنِينَ}
(18) [Pharaoh] said, "Did we not raise you among us as a child, and you remained among us for years of your life?
{وَفَعَلْتَ فَعْلَتَكَ الَّتِي فَعَلْتَ وَأَنْتَ مِنَ الْكَافِرِينَ}
(19) And [then] you did your deed which you did,[1046] and you were of the ungrateful."
{قَالَ فَعَلْتُهَا إِذًا وَأَنَا مِنَ الضَّالِّينَ}
(20) [Moses] said, "I did it, then, while I was of those astray [i.e., ignorant].
{فَفَرَرْتُ مِنْكُمْ لَمَّا خِفْتُكُمْ فَوَهَبَ لِي رَبِّي حُكْمًا وَجَعَلَنِي مِنَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ}
(21) So I fled from you when I feared you. Then my Lord granted me judgement [i.e., wisdom and prophet hood] and appointed me [as one] of the messengers.
{وَتِلْكَ نِعْمَةٌ تَمُنُّهَا عَلَيَّ أَنْ عَبَّدْتَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ}
(22) And is this a favor of which you remind me - that you have enslaved the Children of Israel?"
{قَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَا رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ}
(23) Said Pharaoh, "And what is the Lord of the worlds?"
{قَالَ رَبُّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ۖ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ مُوقِنِينَ}
(24) [Moses] said, "The Lord of the heavens and earth and that between them, if you should be convinced."
{قَالَ لِمَنْ حَوْلَهُ أَلَا تَسْتَمِعُونَ}
(25) [Pharaoh] said to those around him, "Do you not hear?"
{قَالَ رَبُّكُمْ وَرَبُّ آبَائِكُمُ الْأَوَّلِينَ}
(26) [Moses] said, "Your Lord and the Lord of your first forefathers."
{قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَكُمُ الَّذِي أُرْسِلَ إِلَيْكُمْ لَمَجْنُونٌ}
(27) [Pharaoh] said,[1047] "Indeed, your 'messenger' who has been sent to you is mad."
{قَالَ رَبُّ الْمَشْرِقِ وَالْمَغْرِبِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ۖ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ}
(28) [Moses] said, "Lord of the east and the west and that between them, if you were to reason."
{قَالَ لَئِنِ اتَّخَذْتَ إِلَٰهًا غَيْرِي لَأَجْعَلَنَّكَ مِنَ الْمَسْجُونِينَ}
(29) [Pharaoh] said, "If you take a god other than me, I will surely place you among those imprisoned."
{قَالَ أَوَلَوْ جِئْتُكَ بِشَيْءٍ مُبِينٍ}
(30) [Moses] said, "Even if I brought you something [i.e., proof] manifest?"
{قَالَ فَأْتِ بِهِ إِنْ كُنْتَ مِنَ الصَّادِقِينَ}
(31) [Pharaoh] said, "Then bring it, if you should be of the truthful."
{فَأَلْقَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِيَ ثُعْبَانٌ مُبِينٌ}
(32) So [Moses] threw his staff, and suddenly it was a serpent manifest.[1048]
{وَنَزَعَ يَدَهُ فَإِذَا هِيَ بَيْضَاءُ لِلنَّاظِرِينَ}
(33) And he drew out his hand; thereupon it was white for the observers.
{قَالَ لِلْمَلَإِ حَوْلَهُ إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَسَاحِرٌ عَلِيمٌ}
(34) [Pharaoh] said to the eminent ones around him, "Indeed, this is a learned magician.
{يُرِيدُ أَنْ يُخْرِجَكُمْ مِنْ أَرْضِكُمْ بِسِحْرِهِ فَمَاذَا تَأْمُرُونَ}
(35) He wants to drive you out of your land by his magic, so what do you advise?"
{قَالُوا أَرْجِهْ وَأَخَاهُ وَابْعَثْ فِي الْمَدَائِنِ حَاشِرِينَ}
(36) They said, "Postpone [the matter of] him and his brother and send among the cities gatherers
{فَجُمِعَ السَّحَرَةُ لِمِيقَاتِ يَوْمٍ مَعْلُومٍ}
(38) So the magicians were assembled for the appointment of a well-known day.[1049]
{وَقِيلَ لِلنَّاسِ هَلْ أَنْتُمْ مُجْتَمِعُونَ}
(39) And it was said to the people, "Will you congregate.
{لَعَلَّنَا نَتَّبِعُ السَّحَرَةَ إِنْ كَانُوا هُمُ الْغَالِبِينَ}
(40) That we might follow the magicians if they are the predominant?"
{فَلَمَّا جَاءَ السَّحَرَةُ قَالُوا لِفِرْعَوْنَ أَئِنَّ لَنَا لَأَجْرًا إِنْ كُنَّا نَحْنُ الْغَالِبِينَ}
(41) And when the magicians arrived, they said to Pharaoh, "Is there indeed for us a reward if we are the predominant?"
{قَالَ نَعَمْ وَإِنَّكُمْ إِذًا لَمِنَ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ}
(42) He said, "Yes, and indeed, you will then be of those near [to me]."
{قَالَ لَهُمْ مُوسَىٰ أَلْقُوا مَا أَنْتُمْ مُلْقُونَ}
(43) Moses said to them, "Throw whatever you will throw."
{فَأَلْقَوْا حِبَالَهُمْ وَعِصِيَّهُمْ وَقَالُوا بِعِزَّةِ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّا لَنَحْنُ الْغَالِبُونَ}
(44) So they threw their ropes and their staffs and said, "By the might of Pharaoh, indeed it is we who are predominant."
{فَأَلْقَىٰ مُوسَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِيَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُونَ}
(45) Then Moses threw his staff, and at once it devoured what they falsified.
{قَالُوا آمَنَّا بِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ}
(47) They said, "We have believed in the Lord of the worlds,
{قَالَ آمَنْتُمْ لَهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ آذَنَ لَكُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُ لَكَبِيرُكُمُ الَّذِي عَلَّمَكُمُ السِّحْرَ فَلَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ ۚ لَأُقَطِّعَنَّ أَيْدِيَكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُمْ مِنْ خِلَافٍ وَلَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ}
(49) [Pharaoh] said, "You believed him [i.e., 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."
{قَالُوا لَا ضَيْرَ ۖ إِنَّا إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا مُنْقَلِبُونَ}
(50) They said, "No harm. Indeed, to our Lord we will return.
{إِنَّا نَطْمَعُ أَنْ يَغْفِرَ لَنَا رَبُّنَا خَطَايَانَا أَنْ كُنَّا أَوَّلَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ}
(51) Indeed, we aspire that our Lord will forgive us our sins because we were the first of the believers."
{۞ وَأَوْحَيْنَا إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰ أَنْ أَسْرِ بِعِبَادِي إِنَّكُمْ مُتَّبَعُونَ}
(52) And We inspired to Moses, "Travel by night with My servants; indeed, you will be pursued."
{فَأَرْسَلَ فِرْعَوْنُ فِي الْمَدَائِنِ حَاشِرِينَ}
(53) Then Pharaoh sent among the cities gatherers[1050]
{كَذَٰلِكَ وَأَوْرَثْنَاهَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ}
(59) Thus. And We caused to inherit it the Children of Israel.
{فَلَمَّا تَرَاءَى الْجَمْعَانِ قَالَ أَصْحَابُ مُوسَىٰ إِنَّا لَمُدْرَكُونَ}
(61) And when the two companies saw one another, the companions of Moses said, "Indeed, we are to be overtaken!"
{قَالَ كَلَّا ۖ إِنَّ مَعِيَ رَبِّي سَيَهْدِينِ}
(62) [Moses] said, "No! Indeed, with me is my Lord; He will guide me."
{فَأَوْحَيْنَا إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰ أَنِ اضْرِبْ بِعَصَاكَ الْبَحْرَ ۖ فَانْفَلَقَ فَكَانَ كُلُّ فِرْقٍ كَالطَّوْدِ الْعَظِيمِ}
(63) Then We inspired to Moses, "Strike with your staff the sea," and it parted, and each portion was like a great towering mountain.
{وَأَنْجَيْنَا مُوسَىٰ وَمَنْ مَعَهُ أَجْمَعِينَ}
(65) And We saved Moses and those with him, all together.
{إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ}
(67) Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.
{وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ}
(68) And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.
{إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِ مَا تَعْبُدُونَ}
(70) When he said to his father and his people, "What do you worship?"
{قَالُوا نَعْبُدُ أَصْنَامًا فَنَظَلُّ لَهَا عَاكِفِينَ}
(71) They said, "We worship idols and remain to them devoted."
{قَالُوا بَلْ وَجَدْنَا آبَاءَنَا كَذَٰلِكَ يَفْعَلُونَ}
(74) They said, "But we found our fathers doing thus."
{قَالَ أَفَرَأَيْتُمْ مَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَ}
(75) He said, "Then do you see what you have been worshipping,
{فَإِنَّهُمْ عَدُوٌّ لِي إِلَّا رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ}
(77) Indeed, they are enemies to me, except the Lord of the worlds,[1052]
{وَالَّذِي أَطْمَعُ أَنْ يَغْفِرَ لِي خَطِيئَتِي يَوْمَ الدِّينِ}
(82) And who I aspire that He will forgive me my sin on the Day of Recompense."
{رَبِّ هَبْ لِي حُكْمًا وَأَلْحِقْنِي بِالصَّالِحِينَ}
(83) [And he said], "My Lord, grant me authority and join me with the righteous.
{وَاجْعَلْ لِي لِسَانَ صِدْقٍ فِي الْآخِرِينَ}
(84) And grant me a mention [i.e., reputation] of honor among later generations.
{وَاجْعَلْنِي مِنْ وَرَثَةِ جَنَّةِ النَّعِيمِ}
(85) And place me among the inheritors of the Garden of Pleasure.
{وَاغْفِرْ لِأَبِي إِنَّهُ كَانَ مِنَ الضَّالِّينَ}
(86) And forgive my father. Indeed, he has been of those astray.
{وَلَا تُخْزِنِي يَوْمَ يُبْعَثُونَ}
(87) And do not disgrace me on the Day they are [all] resurrected -
{يَوْمَ لَا يَنْفَعُ مَالٌ وَلَا بَنُونَ}
(88) The Day when there will not benefit [anyone] wealth or children
{إِلَّا مَنْ أَتَى اللَّهَ بِقَلْبٍ سَلِيمٍ}
(89) But only one who comes to Allāh with a sound heart."
{وَأُزْلِفَتِ الْجَنَّةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ}
(90) And Paradise will be brought near [that Day] to the righteous.
{وَقِيلَ لَهُمْ أَيْنَ مَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَ}
(92) And it will be said to them, "Where are those you used to worship
{مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ هَلْ يَنْصُرُونَكُمْ أَوْ يَنْتَصِرُونَ}
(93) Other than Allāh? Can they help you or help themselves?"
{فَكُبْكِبُوا فِيهَا هُمْ وَالْغَاوُونَ}
(94) So they will be overturned into it [i.e., Hellfire], they and the deviators
{فَلَوْ أَنَّ لَنَا كَرَّةً فَنَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ}
(102) Then if we only had a return [to the world] and could be of the believers..."[1053]
{إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ}
(103) Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.
{وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ}
(104) And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.
{إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ نُوحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ}
(106) When their brother Noah said to them, "Will you not fear Allāh?
{وَمَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ}
(109) And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds.
{۞ قَالُوا أَنُؤْمِنُ لَكَ وَاتَّبَعَكَ الْأَرْذَلُونَ}
(111) They said, "Should we believe you while you are followed by the lowest [class of people]?"
{قَالَ وَمَا عِلْمِي بِمَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ}
(112) He said, "And what is my knowledge of what they used to do?
{إِنْ حِسَابُهُمْ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّي ۖ لَوْ تَشْعُرُونَ}
(113) Their account is only upon my Lord, if you [could] perceive.
{قَالُوا لَئِنْ لَمْ تَنْتَهِ يَا نُوحُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْمَرْجُومِينَ}
(116) They said, "If you do not desist, O Noah, you will surely be of those who are stoned."
{فَافْتَحْ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُمْ فَتْحًا وَنَجِّنِي وَمَنْ مَعِيَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ}
(118) Then judge between me and them with decisive judgement and save me and those with me of the believers."
{فَأَنْجَيْنَاهُ وَمَنْ مَعَهُ فِي الْفُلْكِ الْمَشْحُونِ}
(119) So We saved him and those with him in the laden ship.
{إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ}
(121) Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.
{وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ}
(122) And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.
{إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ هُودٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ}
(124) When their brother Hūd said to them, "Will you not fear Allāh?
{وَمَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ}
(127) And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds.
{أَتَبْنُونَ بِكُلِّ رِيعٍ آيَةً تَعْبَثُونَ}
(128) Do you construct on every elevation a sign,[1055] amusing yourselves,
{وَتَتَّخِذُونَ مَصَانِعَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَخْلُدُونَ}
(129) And take for yourselves constructions [i.e., palaces and fortresses] that you might abide eternally?
{وَاتَّقُوا الَّذِي أَمَدَّكُمْ بِمَا تَعْلَمُونَ}
(132) And fear He who provided you with that which you know,
{إِنِّي أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ}
(135) Indeed, I fear for you the punishment of a terrible day."
{قَالُوا سَوَاءٌ عَلَيْنَا أَوَعَظْتَ أَمْ لَمْ تَكُنْ مِنَ الْوَاعِظِينَ}
(136) They said, "It is all the same to us whether you advise or are not of the advisors.
{فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَهْلَكْنَاهُمْ ۗ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ}
(139) 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 الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ}
(140) And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.
{إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ صَالِحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ}
(142) When their brother Ṣāliḥ said to them, "Will you not fear Allāh?
{وَمَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ}
(145) And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds.
{أَتُتْرَكُونَ فِي مَا هَاهُنَا آمِنِينَ}
(146) Will you be left in what is here, secure [from death],
{وَزُرُوعٍ وَنَخْلٍ طَلْعُهَا هَضِيمٌ}
(148) And fields of crops and palm trees with softened fruit?
{وَتَنْحِتُونَ مِنَ الْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا فَارِهِينَ}
(149) And you carve out of the mountains, homes, with skill.
{الَّذِينَ يُفْسِدُونَ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا يُصْلِحُونَ}
(152) Who cause corruption in the land and do not amend."
{قَالُوا إِنَّمَا أَنْتَ مِنَ الْمُسَحَّرِينَ}
(153) They said, "You are only of those affected by magic.
{مَا أَنْتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِثْلُنَا فَأْتِ بِآيَةٍ إِنْ كُنْتَ مِنَ الصَّادِقِينَ}
(154) You are but a man like ourselves, so bring a sign, if you should be of the truthful."
{قَالَ هَٰذِهِ نَاقَةٌ لَهَا شِرْبٌ وَلَكُمْ شِرْبُ يَوْمٍ مَعْلُومٍ}
(155) He said, "This is a she-camel.[1056] For her is a [time of] drink, and for you is a [time of] drink, [each] on a known day.
{وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوءٍ فَيَأْخُذَكُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ}
(156) And do not touch her with harm, lest you be seized by the punishment of a terrible day."
{فَأَخَذَهُمُ الْعَذَابُ ۗ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ}
(158) And the punishment seized them. Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.
{وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ}
(159) And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.
{إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ لُوطٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ}
(161) When their brother Lot said to them, "Will you not fear Allāh?
{وَمَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ}
(164) And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds.
{وَتَذَرُونَ مَا خَلَقَ لَكُمْ رَبُّكُمْ مِنْ أَزْوَاجِكُمْ ۚ بَلْ أَنْتُمْ قَوْمٌ عَادُونَ}
(166) And leave what your Lord has created for you as mates? But you are a people transgressing."
{قَالُوا لَئِنْ لَمْ تَنْتَهِ يَا لُوطُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْمُخْرَجِينَ}
(167) They said, "If you do not desist, O Lot, you will surely be of those evicted."
{قَالَ إِنِّي لِعَمَلِكُمْ مِنَ الْقَالِينَ}
(168) He said, "Indeed, I am, toward your deed, of those who detest [it].
{رَبِّ نَجِّنِي وَأَهْلِي مِمَّا يَعْمَلُونَ}
(169) My Lord, save me and my family from [the consequence of] what they do."
{إِلَّا عَجُوزًا فِي الْغَابِرِينَ}
(171) Except an old woman[1058] among those who remained behind.
{وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ مَطَرًا ۖ فَسَاءَ مَطَرُ الْمُنْذَرِينَ}
(173) And We rained upon them a rain [of stones], and evil was the rain of those who were warned.
{إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ}
(174) Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.
{وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ}
(175) And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.
{كَذَّبَ أَصْحَابُ الْأَيْكَةِ الْمُرْسَلِينَ}
(176) The companions of the thicket [i.e., the people of Madyan] denied the messengers
{إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ شُعَيْبٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ}
(177) When Shuʿayb said to them, "Will you not fear Allāh?
{وَمَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ}
(180) And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds.
{۞ أَوْفُوا الْكَيْلَ وَلَا تَكُونُوا مِنَ الْمُخْسِرِينَ}
(181) Give full measure and do not be of those who cause loss.
{وَلَا تَبْخَسُوا النَّاسَ أَشْيَاءَهُمْ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا فِي الْأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ}
(183) And do not deprive people of their due and do not commit abuse on earth, spreading corruption.
{وَاتَّقُوا الَّذِي خَلَقَكُمْ وَالْجِبِلَّةَ الْأَوَّلِينَ}
(184) And fear He who created you and the former creation."[1059]
{قَالُوا إِنَّمَا أَنْتَ مِنَ الْمُسَحَّرِينَ}
(185) They said, "You are only of those affected by magic.
{وَمَا أَنْتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِثْلُنَا وَإِنْ نَظُنُّكَ لَمِنَ الْكَاذِبِينَ}
(186) You are but a man like ourselves, and indeed, we think you are among the liars.
{فَأَسْقِطْ عَلَيْنَا كِسَفًا مِنَ السَّمَاءِ إِنْ كُنْتَ مِنَ الصَّادِقِينَ}
(187) So cause to fall upon us fragments of the sky, if you should be of the truthful."
{فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمِ الظُّلَّةِ ۚ إِنَّهُ كَانَ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ}
(189) 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 لَآيَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ}
(190) Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.
{وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ}
(191) And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.
{وَإِنَّهُ لَتَنْزِيلُ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ}
(192) And indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is the revelation of the Lord of the worlds.
{عَلَىٰ قَلْبِكَ لِتَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُنْذِرِينَ}
(194) Upon your heart, [O Muḥammad] - that you may be of the warners -
{وَإِنَّهُ لَفِي زُبُرِ الْأَوَّلِينَ}
(196) And indeed, it is [mentioned] in the scriptures of former peoples.
{أَوَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُمْ آيَةً أَنْ يَعْلَمَهُ عُلَمَاءُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ}
(197) And has it not been a sign to them that it is recognized by the scholars of the Children of Israel?
{وَلَوْ نَزَّلْنَاهُ عَلَىٰ بَعْضِ الْأَعْجَمِينَ}
(198) And even if We had revealed it to one among the foreigners[1060]
{فَقَرَأَهُ عَلَيْهِمْ مَا كَانُوا بِهِ مُؤْمِنِينَ}
(199) And he had recited it to them [perfectly],[1061] they would [still] not have been believers in it.
{كَذَٰلِكَ سَلَكْنَاهُ فِي قُلُوبِ الْمُجْرِمِينَ}
(200) Thus have We inserted it [i.e., disbelief] into the hearts of the criminals.
{لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِ حَتَّىٰ يَرَوُا الْعَذَابَ الْأَلِيمَ}
(201) They will not believe in it until they see the painful punishment.
{فَيَأْتِيَهُمْ بَغْتَةً وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ}
(202) And it will come to them suddenly while they perceive [it] not.
{أَفَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ مَتَّعْنَاهُمْ سِنِينَ}
(205) Then have you considered if We gave them enjoyment for years
{ثُمَّ جَاءَهُمْ مَا كَانُوا يُوعَدُونَ}
(206) And then there came to them that which they were promised?
{مَا أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُمْ مَا كَانُوا يُمَتَّعُونَ}
(207) They would not be availed by the enjoyment with which they were provided.
{وَمَا أَهْلَكْنَا مِنْ قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا لَهَا مُنْذِرُونَ}
(208) And We did not destroy any city except that it had warners
{وَمَا تَنَزَّلَتْ بِهِ الشَّيَاطِينُ}
(210) And the devils have not brought it [i.e., the revelation] down.[1062]
{وَمَا يَنْبَغِي لَهُمْ وَمَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ}
(211) It is not allowable for them, nor would they be able.
{فَلَا تَدْعُ مَعَ اللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا آخَرَ فَتَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُعَذَّبِينَ}
(213) So do not invoke[1064] with Allāh another deity and [thus] be among the punished.
{وَاخْفِضْ جَنَاحَكَ لِمَنِ اتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ}
(215) And lower your wing [i.e., show kindness] to those who follow you of the believers.
{فَإِنْ عَصَوْكَ فَقُلْ إِنِّي بَرِيءٌ مِمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ}
(216) And if they disobey you, then say, "Indeed, I am disassociated from what you are doing."
{هَلْ أُنَبِّئُكُمْ عَلَىٰ مَنْ تَنَزَّلُ الشَّيَاطِينُ}
(221) Shall I inform you upon whom the devils descend?
{يُلْقُونَ السَّمْعَ وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ كَاذِبُونَ}
(223) They pass on what is heard,[1067] and most of them are liars.
{أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّهُمْ فِي كُلِّ وَادٍ يَهِيمُونَ}
(225) Do you not see that in every valley they roam[1068]
{إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ وَذَكَرُوا اللَّهَ كَثِيرًا وَانْتَصَرُوا مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا ظُلِمُوا ۗ وَسَيَعْلَمُ الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا أَيَّ مُنْقَلَبٍ يَنْقَلِبُونَ}
(227) Except those [poets] who believe and do righteous deeds and remember Allāh often and defend [the Muslims][1069] after they were wronged. And those who have wronged are going to know to what [kind of] return they will be returned.