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﴿٤٩﴾ قَالَ آمَنتُمْ لَهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ آذَنَ لَكُمْ إِنَّهُ لَكَبِيرُكُمُ الَّذِي عَلَّمَكُمُ السِّحْرَ فَلَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ لَأُقَطِّعَنَّ أَيْدِيَكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُم مِّنْ خِلَافٍ وَلَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

49. (Pharaoh) said, Ye put your faith in him before I give you leave. Lo! he doubtless is your chief who taught you magic! But verily ye shall come to know. Verily I will cut off your hands and your feet alternately, and verily I will crucify you everyone.

﴿٥٠﴾ قَالُوا لَا ضَيْرَ إِنَّا إِلَى رَبِّنَا مُنقَلِبُونَ

50. They said: It is no hurt, for lo! unto our Lord we shall return.

﴿٥١﴾ إِنَّا نَطْمَعُ أَن يَغْفِرَ لَنَا رَبُّنَا خَطَايَانَا أَن كُنَّا أَوَّلَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ

51. Lo! we ardently hope that our Lord will forgive us our sins because we are the first of the believers.

﴿٥٢﴾ وَأَوْحَيْنَا إِلَى مُوسَى أَنْ أَسْرِ بِعِبَادِي إِنَّكُم مُّتَّبَعُونَ

52. And We inspired Moses, saying: Take away My slaves by night, for ye will be pursued.

﴿٥٣﴾ فَأَرْسَلَ فِرْعَوْنُ فِي الْمَدَائِنِ حَاشِرِينَ

53. Then Pharaoh sent into the cities summoners,

﴿٥٤﴾ إِنَّ هَؤُلَاء لَشِرْذِمَةٌ قَلِيلُونَ

54. (Who said): Lo! these indeed are but a little troop,

﴿٥٥﴾ وَإِنَّهُمْ لَنَا لَغَائِظُونَ

55. And lo! they are offenders against us.

﴿٥٦﴾ وَإِنَّا لَجَمِيعٌ حَاذِرُونَ

56. And lo! we are a ready host.

﴿٥٧﴾ فَأَخْرَجْنَاهُم مِّن جَنَّاتٍ وَعُيُونٍ

57. Thus did We take them away from gardens and water springs,

﴿٥٨﴾ وَكُنُوزٍ وَمَقَامٍ كَرِيمٍ

58. And treasures and a fair estate.

﴿٥٩﴾ كَذَلِكَ وَأَوْرَثْنَاهَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ

59. Thus (were those things taken from them) and We caused the Children of Israel to inherit them.

﴿٦٠﴾ فَأَتْبَعُوهُم مُّشْرِقِينَ

60. And they overtook them at sunrise.

﴿٦١﴾ فَلَمَّا تَرَاءى الْجَمْعَانِ قَالَ أَصْحَابُ مُوسَى إِنَّا لَمُدْرَكُونَ

61. And when the two hosts saw each other, those with Moses said: Lo! we are indeed caught.

﴿٦٢﴾ قَالَ كَلَّا إِنَّ مَعِيَ رَبِّي سَيَهْدِينِ

62. He said: Nay, verily! for lo! my Lord is with me. He will guide me.

﴿٦٣﴾ فَأَوْحَيْنَا إِلَى مُوسَى أَنِ اضْرِب بِّعَصَاكَ الْبَحْرَ فَانفَلَقَ فَكَانَ كُلُّ فِرْقٍ كَالطَّوْدِ الْعَظِيمِ

63. Then We inspired Moses, saying: Smite the sea with thy staff. And it parted, and each part was as a mountain vast.

﴿٦٤﴾ وَأَزْلَفْنَا ثَمَّ الْآخَرِينَ

64. Then brought We near the others to that place.

﴿٦٥﴾ وَأَنجَيْنَا مُوسَى وَمَن مَّعَهُ أَجْمَعِينَ

65. And We saved Moses and those with him, every one;

﴿٦٦﴾ ثُمَّ أَغْرَقْنَا الْآخَرِينَ

66. We drowned the others.

﴿٦٧﴾ إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لَآيَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

67. Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers.

﴿٦٨﴾ وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ

68. And lo, thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.

﴿٦٩﴾ وَاتْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ نَبَأَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ

69. Recite unto them the story of Abraham:

﴿٧٠﴾ إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِ مَا تَعْبُدُونَ

70. When he said unto his father and his folk: What worship ye?

﴿٧١﴾ قَالُوا نَعْبُدُ أَصْنَامًا فَنَظَلُّ لَهَا عَاكِفِينَ

71. They said: We worship idols, and are ever devoted unto them.

﴿٧٢﴾ قَالَ هَلْ يَسْمَعُونَكُمْ إِذْ تَدْعُونَ

72. He said: Do they hear you when ye cry?

﴿٧٣﴾ أَوْ يَنفَعُونَكُمْ أَوْ يَضُرُّونَ

73. Or do they benefit or harm you?

﴿٧٤﴾ قَالُوا بَلْ وَجَدْنَا آبَاءنَا كَذَلِكَ يَفْعَلُونَ

74. They said: Nay, but we found our fathers acting on this use.

﴿٧٥﴾ قَالَ أَفَرَأَيْتُم مَّا كُنتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَ

75. He said: See now that which ye worship,

﴿٧٦﴾ أَنتُمْ وَآبَاؤُكُمُ الْأَقْدَمُونَ

76. Ye and your forefathers!

﴿٧٧﴾ فَإِنَّهُمْ عَدُوٌّ لِّي إِلَّا رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ

77. Lo! they are (all) an enemy unto me, save the Lord of the Worlds.

﴿٧٨﴾ الَّذِي خَلَقَنِي فَهُوَ يَهْدِينِ

78. Who created me, and He doth guide me,

﴿٧٩﴾ وَالَّذِي هُوَ يُطْعِمُنِي وَيَسْقِينِ

79. And Who feedeth me and watereth me.

﴿٨٠﴾ وَإِذَا مَرِضْتُ فَهُوَ يَشْفِينِ

80. And when I sicken, then He healeth me,

﴿٨١﴾ وَالَّذِي يُمِيتُنِي ثُمَّ يُحْيِينِ

81. And Who causeth me to die, the giveth me life (again),

﴿٨٢﴾ وَالَّذِي أَطْمَعُ أَن يَغْفِرَ لِي خَطِيئَتِي يَوْمَ الدِّينِ

82. And Who, I ardently hope, will forgive me my sin on the Day of Judgement.

﴿٨٣﴾ رَبِّ هَبْ لِي حُكْمًا وَأَلْحِقْنِي بِالصَّالِحِينَ

83. My Lord! Vouchsafe me wisdom and unite me to the righteous.

﴿٨٤﴾ وَاجْعَل لِّي لِسَانَ صِدْقٍ فِي الْآخِرِينَ

84. And give unto me a good report in later generations.

﴿٨٥﴾ وَاجْعَلْنِي مِن وَرَثَةِ جَنَّةِ النَّعِيمِ

85. And place me among the inheritors of the Garden of Delight,

﴿٨٦﴾ وَاغْفِرْ لِأَبِي إِنَّهُ كَانَ مِنَ الضَّالِّينَ

86. And forgive my father. Lo! he is of those who err.

﴿٨٧﴾ وَلَا تُخْزِنِي يَوْمَ يُبْعَثُونَ

87. And abase me not on the day when they are raised,

﴿٨٨﴾ يَوْمَ لَا يَنفَعُ مَالٌ وَلَا بَنُونَ

88. The day when wealth and sons avail not (any man)

﴿٨٩﴾ إِلَّا مَنْ أَتَى اللَّهَ بِقَلْبٍ سَلِيمٍ

89. Save him who bringeth unto Allah a whole heart.

﴿٩٠﴾ وَأُزْلِفَتِ الْجَنَّةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ

90. And the Garden will be brought nigh for those who ward off (evil).

﴿٩١﴾ وَبُرِّزَتِ الْجَحِيمُ لِلْغَاوِينَ

91. And hell will appear plainly to the erring.

﴿٩٢﴾ وَقِيلَ لَهُمْ أَيْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَ

92. And it will be said unto them: Where is (all) that ye used to worship

﴿٩٣﴾ مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ هَلْ يَنصُرُونَكُمْ أَوْ يَنتَصِرُونَ

93. Instead of Allah? Can they help you or help themselves?

﴿٩٤﴾ فَكُبْكِبُوا فِيهَا هُمْ وَالْغَاوُونَ

94. Then they will be hurled therein, they and the seducers

﴿٩٥﴾ وَجُنُودُ إِبْلِيسَ أَجْمَعُونَ

95. And the hosts of Iblis, together.

﴿٩٦﴾ قَالُوا وَهُمْ فِيهَا يَخْتَصِمُونَ

96. And they will say, when they are quarrelling therein:

﴿٩٧﴾ تَاللَّهِ إِن كُنَّا لَفِي ضَلَالٍ مُّبِينٍ

97. By Allah, of a truth we were in error manifest

﴿٩٨﴾ إِذْ نُسَوِّيكُم بِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

98. When we made you equal with the Lord of the Worlds.

﴿٩٩﴾ وَمَا أَضَلَّنَا إِلَّا الْمُجْرِمُونَ

99. It was but the guilty who misled us.

﴿١٠٠﴾ فَمَا لَنَا مِن شَافِعِينَ

100. Now we have no intercessors

﴿١٠١﴾ وَلَا صَدِيقٍ حَمِيمٍ

101. Nor any loving friend.

﴿١٠٢﴾ فَلَوْ أَنَّ لَنَا كَرَّةً فَنَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ

102. Oh, that we had another turn (on earth), that we might be of the believers!

﴿١٠٣﴾ إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لَآيَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

103. Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers!

﴿١٠٤﴾ وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ

104. And lo, thy Lord! He is Indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.

﴿١٠٥﴾ كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ الْمُرْسَلِينَ

105. Noah's folk denied the messengers (of Allah),

﴿١٠٦﴾ إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ نُوحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

106. When their brother Noah said unto them: Will ye not ward off (evil)?

﴿١٠٧﴾ إِنِّي لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ

107. Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you,

﴿١٠٨﴾ فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

108. So keep your duty to Allah, and obey me.

﴿١٠٩﴾ وَمَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ إِنْ أَجْرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَى رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

109. And I ask of you no wage therefor; my wage is the concern only of the Lord of the Worlds.

﴿١١٠﴾ فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

110. So keep your duty to Allah, and obey me.

﴿١١١﴾ قَالُوا أَنُؤْمِنُ لَكَ وَاتَّبَعَكَ الْأَرْذَلُونَ

111. They said: Shall we put faith in thee, when the lowest (of the people) follow thee?

﴿١١٢﴾ قَالَ وَمَا عِلْمِي بِمَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ

112. He said: And what knowledge have I of what they may have been doing (in the past)?

﴿١١٣﴾ إِنْ حِسَابُهُمْ إِلَّا عَلَى رَبِّي لَوْ تَشْعُرُونَ

113. Lo! their reckoning is my Lord's concern, if ye but knew;

﴿١١٤﴾ وَمَا أَنَا بِطَارِدِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ

114. And I am not (here) to repulse believers.

﴿١١٥﴾ إِنْ أَنَا إِلَّا نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ

115. I am only a plain warner.

﴿١١٦﴾ قَالُوا لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهِ يَا نُوحُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْمَرْجُومِينَ

116. They said: If thou cease not, O Noah, thou wilt surely be among those stoned (to death).

﴿١١٧﴾ قَالَ رَبِّ إِنَّ قَوْمِي كَذَّبُونِ

117. He said: My Lord! Lo! my own folk deny me.

﴿١١٨﴾ فَافْتَحْ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُمْ فَتْحًا وَنَجِّنِي وَمَن مَّعِي مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ

118. Therefor judge Thou between us, a (conclusive) judgment, and save me and those believers who are with me.

﴿١١٩﴾ فَأَنجَيْنَاهُ وَمَن مَّعَهُ فِي الْفُلْكِ الْمَشْحُونِ

119. And We saved him and those with him in the laden ship.

﴿١٢٠﴾ ثُمَّ أَغْرَقْنَا بَعْدُ الْبَاقِينَ

120. Then afterward We drowned the others.

﴿١٢١﴾ إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لَآيَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

121. Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers.

﴿١٢٢﴾ وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ

122. And lo, thy Lord, He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.

﴿١٢٣﴾ كَذَّبَتْ عَادٌ الْمُرْسَلِينَ

123. (The tribe of) Aad denied the messengers (of Allah),

﴿١٢٤﴾ إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ هُودٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

124. When their brother Hud said unto them: Will ye not ward off (evil)?

﴿١٢٥﴾ إِنِّي لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ

125. Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you,

﴿١٢٦﴾ فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

126. So keep your duty to Allah and obey me.

﴿١٢٧﴾ وَمَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ إِنْ أَجْرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَى رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

127. And I ask of you no wage therefor; my wage is the concern only of the Lord of the Worlds.

﴿١٢٨﴾ أَتَبْنُونَ بِكُلِّ رِيعٍ آيَةً تَعْبَثُونَ

128. Build ye on every high place a monument for vain delight?

﴿١٢٩﴾ وَتَتَّخِذُونَ مَصَانِعَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَخْلُدُونَ

129. And seek ye out strongholds, that haply ye may last for ever?

﴿١٣٠﴾ وَإِذَا بَطَشْتُم بَطَشْتُمْ جَبَّارِينَ

130. And if ye seize by force, seize ye as tyrants?

﴿١٣١﴾ فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

131. Rather keep your duty to Allah, and obey me.

﴿١٣٢﴾ وَاتَّقُوا الَّذِي أَمَدَّكُم بِمَا تَعْلَمُونَ

132. Keep your duty toward Him who hath aided you with (the good things) that ye know,

﴿١٣٣﴾ أَمَدَّكُم بِأَنْعَامٍ وَبَنِينَ

133. Hath aided you with cattle and sons.

﴿١٣٤﴾ وَجَنَّاتٍ وَعُيُونٍ

134. And gardens and watersprings.

﴿١٣٥﴾ إِنِّي أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ

135. Lo! I fear for you the retribution of an awful day.

﴿١٣٦﴾ قَالُوا سَوَاء عَلَيْنَا أَوَعَظْتَ أَمْ لَمْ تَكُن مِّنَ الْوَاعِظِينَ

136. They said: It is all one to us whether thou preachest or art not of those who preach;

﴿١٣٧﴾ إِنْ هَذَا إِلَّا خُلُقُ الْأَوَّلِينَ

137. This is but a fable of the men of old,

﴿١٣٨﴾ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ

138. And we shall not be doomed.

﴿١٣٩﴾ فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَهْلَكْنَاهُمْ إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لَآيَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

139. And they denied him; therefor We destroyed them. Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers.

﴿١٤٠﴾ وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ

140. And lo! thy Lord, He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.

﴿١٤١﴾ كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ الْمُرْسَلِينَ

141. (The tribe of) Thamud denied the messengers (of Allah)

﴿١٤٢﴾ إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ صَالِحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

142. When their brother Salih said unto them: Will ye not ward off (evil)?

﴿١٤٣﴾ إِنِّي لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ

143. Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you,

﴿١٤٤﴾ فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

144. So keep your duty to Allah and obey me.

﴿١٤٥﴾ وَمَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ إِنْ أَجْرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَى رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

145. And I ask of you no wage therefor; my wage is the concern only of the Lord of the Worlds.

﴿١٤٦﴾ أَتُتْرَكُونَ فِي مَا هَاهُنَا آمِنِينَ

146. Will ye be left secure in that which is here before us,

﴿١٤٧﴾ فِي جَنَّاتٍ وَعُيُونٍ

147. In gardens and watersprings

﴿١٤٨﴾ وَزُرُوعٍ وَنَخْلٍ طَلْعُهَا هَضِيمٌ

148. And tilled fields and heavy sheathed palm trees,

﴿١٤٩﴾ وَتَنْحِتُونَ مِنَ الْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا فَارِهِينَ

149. Though ye hew out dwellings in the mountain, being skilful?

﴿١٥٠﴾ فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

150. Therefor keep your duty to Allah and obey me,

﴿١٥١﴾ وَلَا تُطِيعُوا أَمْرَ الْمُسْرِفِينَ

151. And obey not the command of the prodigal,

﴿١٥٢﴾ الَّذِينَ يُفْسِدُونَ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا يُصْلِحُونَ

152. Who spread corruption in the earth, and reform not.

﴿١٥٣﴾ قَالُوا إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مِنَ الْمُسَحَّرِينَ

153. They said: Thou art but one of the bewitched;

﴿١٥٤﴾ مَا أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُنَا فَأْتِ بِآيَةٍ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ الصَّادِقِينَ

154. Thou art but a mortal like us. So bring some token if thou art of the truthful.

﴿١٥٥﴾ قَالَ هَذِهِ نَاقَةٌ لَّهَا شِرْبٌ وَلَكُمْ شِرْبُ يَوْمٍ مَّعْلُومٍ

155. He said: (Behold) this she-camel. She hath the right to drink (at the well), and ye have the right to drink, (each) on an appointed day.

﴿١٥٦﴾ وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوءٍ فَيَأْخُذَكُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ

156. And touch her not with ill lest there come on you the retribution of an awful day.

﴿١٥٧﴾ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَأَصْبَحُوا نَادِمِينَ

157. But they hamstrung her, and then were penitent.

﴿١٥٨﴾ فَأَخَذَهُمُ الْعَذَابُ إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لَآيَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

158. So the retribution came on them. Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers.

﴿١٥٩﴾ وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ

159. And lo! thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.

﴿١٦٠﴾ كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ لُوطٍ الْمُرْسَلِينَ

160. The folk of Lot denied the messengers (of Allah),

﴿١٦١﴾ إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ لُوطٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

161. When their brother Lot said unto them: Will ye not ward off (evil)?

﴿١٦٢﴾ إِنِّي لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ

162. Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you,

﴿١٦٣﴾ فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

163. So keep your duty to Allah and obey me.

﴿١٦٤﴾ وَمَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ إِنْ أَجْرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَى رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

164. And I ask of you no wage therefor; my wage is the concern only of the Lord of the Worlds.

﴿١٦٥﴾ أَتَأْتُونَ الذُّكْرَانَ مِنَ الْعَالَمِينَ

165. What! Of all creatures do ye come unto the males,

﴿١٦٦﴾ وَتَذَرُونَ مَا خَلَقَ لَكُمْ رَبُّكُمْ مِنْ أَزْوَاجِكُم بَلْ أَنتُمْ قَوْمٌ عَادُونَ

166. And leave the wives your Lord created for you? Nay, but ye are froward folk.

﴿١٦٧﴾ قَالُوا لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهِ يَا لُوطُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْمُخْرَجِينَ

167. They said: If thou cease not, O Lot, thou wilt soon be of the outcast.

﴿١٦٨﴾ قَالَ إِنِّي لِعَمَلِكُم مِّنَ الْقَالِينَ

168. He said: I am in truth of those who hate your conduct.

﴿١٦٩﴾ رَبِّ نَجِّنِي وَأَهْلِي مِمَّا يَعْمَلُونَ

169. My Lord! Save me and my household from what they do.

﴿١٧٠﴾ فَنَجَّيْنَاهُ وَأَهْلَهُ أَجْمَعِينَ

170. So We saved him and his household, every one,

﴿١٧١﴾ إِلَّا عَجُوزًا فِي الْغَابِرِينَ

171. Save an old woman among those who stayed behind.

﴿١٧٢﴾ ثُمَّ دَمَّرْنَا الْآخَرِينَ

172. Then afterward We destroyed the others.

﴿١٧٣﴾ وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِم مَّطَرًا فَسَاء مَطَرُ الْمُنذَرِينَ

173. And We rained on them a rain. And dreadful is the rain of those who have been warned.

﴿١٧٤﴾ إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لَآيَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

174. Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers.

﴿١٧٥﴾ وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ

175. And lo! thy Lord, He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.

﴿١٧٦﴾ كَذَّبَ أَصْحَابُ الْأَيْكَةِ الْمُرْسَلِينَ

176. The dwellers in the wood (of Midian) denied the messengers (of Allah),

﴿١٧٧﴾ إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ شُعَيْبٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

177. When Shueyb said unto them: Will ye not ward off (evil)?

﴿١٧٨﴾ إِنِّي لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ

178. Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you,

﴿١٧٩﴾ فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

179. So keep your duty to Allah and obey me.

﴿١٨٠﴾ وَمَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ إِنْ أَجْرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَى رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

180. And I ask of you no wage for it; my wage is the concern only of the Lord of the Worlds.

﴿١٨١﴾ أَوْفُوا الْكَيْلَ وَلَا تَكُونُوا مِنَ الْمُخْسِرِينَ

181. Give full measure, and be not of those who give less (than the due).

﴿١٨٢﴾ وَزِنُوا بِالْقِسْطَاسِ الْمُسْتَقِيمِ

182. And weigh with the true balance.

﴿١٨٣﴾ وَلَا تَبْخَسُوا النَّاسَ أَشْيَاءهُمْ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا فِي الْأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ

183. Wring not mankind in their goods, and do not evil, making mischief, in the earth.

﴿١٨٤﴾ وَاتَّقُوا الَّذِي خَلَقَكُمْ وَالْجِبِلَّةَ الْأَوَّلِينَ

184. And keep your duty unto Him Who created you and the generations of the men of old.

﴿١٨٥﴾ قَالُوا إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مِنَ الْمُسَحَّرِينَ

185. They said: Thou art but one of the bewitched;

﴿١٨٦﴾ وَمَا أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُنَا وَإِن نَّظُنُّكَ لَمِنَ الْكَاذِبِينَ

186. Thou art but a mortal like us, and lo! we deem thee of the liars.

﴿١٨٧﴾ فَأَسْقِطْ عَلَيْنَا كِسَفًا مِّنَ السَّمَاء إِن كُنتَ مِنَ الصَّادِقِينَ

187. Then make fragments of the heaven fall upon us, if thou art of the truthful.

﴿١٨٨﴾ قَالَ رَبِّي أَعْلَمُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ

188. He said: My Lord is best aware of what ye do.

﴿١٨٩﴾ فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمِ الظُّلَّةِ إِنَّهُ كَانَ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ

189. But they denied him, so there came on them the retribution of the day of gloom. Lo! it was the retribution of an awful day.

﴿١٩٠﴾ إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لَآيَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

190. Lo! herein is indeed a portent; yet most of them are not believers.

﴿١٩١﴾ وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ

191. And lo! thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.

﴿١٩٢﴾ وَإِنَّهُ لَتَنزِيلُ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

192. And lo! it is a revelation of the Lord of the Worlds,

﴿١٩٣﴾ نَزَلَ بِهِ الرُّوحُ الْأَمِينُ

193. Which the True Spirit hath brought down

﴿١٩٤﴾ عَلَى قَلْبِكَ لِتَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُنذِرِينَ

194. Upon thy heart, that thou mayest be (one) of the warners,

﴿١٩٥﴾ بِلِسَانٍ عَرَبِيٍّ مُّبِينٍ

195. In plain Arabic speech.

﴿١٩٦﴾ وَإِنَّهُ لَفِي زُبُرِ الْأَوَّلِينَ

196. And lo, it is in the Scriptures of the men of old.

﴿١٩٧﴾ أَوَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُمْ آيَةً أَن يَعْلَمَهُ عُلَمَاء بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ

197. Is it not a token for them that the doctors of the Children of Israel know it?

﴿١٩٨﴾ وَلَوْ نَزَّلْنَاهُ عَلَى بَعْضِ الْأَعْجَمِينَ

198. And if We had revealed it unto one of any other nation than the Arabs,

﴿١٩٩﴾ فَقَرَأَهُ عَلَيْهِم مَّا كَانُوا بِهِ مُؤْمِنِينَ

199. And he had read it unto them, they would not have believed in it.

﴿٢٠٠﴾ كَذَلِكَ سَلَكْنَاهُ فِي قُلُوبِ الْمُجْرِمِينَ

200. Thus do We make it traverse the hearts of the guilty.

﴿٢٠١﴾ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِ حَتَّى يَرَوُا الْعَذَابَ الْأَلِيمَ

201. They will not believe in it till they behold the painful doom,

﴿٢٠٢﴾ فَيَأْتِيَهُم بَغْتَةً وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

202. So that it will come upon them suddenly, when they perceive not.

﴿٢٠٣﴾ فَيَقُولُوا هَلْ نَحْنُ مُنظَرُونَ

203. Then they will say: Are we to be reprieved?

﴿٢٠٤﴾ أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا يَسْتَعْجِلُونَ

204. Would they (now) hasten on Our doom?

﴿٢٠٥﴾ أَفَرَأَيْتَ إِن مَّتَّعْنَاهُمْ سِنِينَ

205. Hast thou then seen, We content them for (long) years,

﴿٢٠٦﴾ ثُمَّ جَاءهُم مَّا كَانُوا يُوعَدُونَ

206. And then cometh that which they were promised,

﴿٢٠٧﴾ مَا أَغْنَى عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا يُمَتَّعُونَ

207. (How) that wherewith they were contented naught availeth them?

﴿٢٠٨﴾ وَمَا أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا لَهَا مُنذِرُونَ

208. And We destroyed no township but it had its warners

﴿٢٠٩﴾ ذِكْرَى وَمَا كُنَّا ظَالِمِينَ

209. For reminder, for We never were oppressors.

﴿٢١٠﴾ وَمَا تَنَزَّلَتْ بِهِ الشَّيَاطِينُ

210. The devils did not bring it down.

﴿٢١١﴾ وَمَا يَنبَغِي لَهُمْ وَمَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ

211. It is not meet for them, nor is it in their power,

﴿٢١٢﴾ إِنَّهُمْ عَنِ السَّمْعِ لَمَعْزُولُونَ

212. Lo! verily they are banished from the hearing.

﴿٢١٣﴾ فَلَا تَدْعُ مَعَ اللَّهِ إِلَهًا آخَرَ فَتَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُعَذَّبِينَ

213. Therefor invoke not with Allah another god, lest thou be one of the doomed.

﴿٢١٤﴾ وَأَنذِرْ عَشِيرَتَكَ الْأَقْرَبِينَ

214. And warn thy tribe of near kindred,

﴿٢١٥﴾ وَاخْفِضْ جَنَاحَكَ لِمَنِ اتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ

215. And lower thy wing (in kindness) unto those believers who follow thee.

﴿٢١٦﴾ فَإِنْ عَصَوْكَ فَقُلْ إِنِّي بَرِيءٌ مِّمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ

216. And if they (thy kinsfolk) disobey thee, say: Lo! I am innocent of what they do.

﴿٢١٧﴾ وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى الْعَزِيزِ الرَّحِيمِ

217. And put thy trust in the Mighty, the Merciful.

﴿٢١٨﴾ الَّذِي يَرَاكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ

218. Who seeth thee when thou standest up (to pray)

﴿٢١٩﴾ وَتَقَلُّبَكَ فِي السَّاجِدِينَ

219. And (seeth) thine abasement among those who fall prostrate (in worship).

﴿٢٢٠﴾ إِنَّهُ هُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ

220. Lo! He, only He, is the Hearer, the Knower.

﴿٢٢١﴾ هَلْ أُنَبِّئُكُمْ عَلَى مَن تَنَزَّلُ الشَّيَاطِينُ

221. Shall I inform you upon whom the devils descend?

﴿٢٢٢﴾ تَنَزَّلُ عَلَى كُلِّ أَفَّاكٍ أَثِيمٍ

222. They descend on every sinful, false one.

﴿٢٢٣﴾ يُلْقُونَ السَّمْعَ وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ كَاذِبُونَ

223. They listen eagerly, but most of them are liars.

﴿٢٢٤﴾ وَالشُّعَرَاء يَتَّبِعُهُمُ الْغَاوُونَ

224. As for poets, the erring follow them.

﴿٢٢٥﴾ أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّهُمْ فِي كُلِّ وَادٍ يَهِيمُونَ

225. Hast thou not seen how they stray in every valley,

﴿٢٢٦﴾ وَأَنَّهُمْ يَقُولُونَ مَا لَا يَفْعَلُونَ

226. And how they say that which they do not?

﴿٢٢٧﴾ إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ وَذَكَرُوا اللَّهَ كَثِيرًا وَانتَصَرُوا مِن بَعْدِ مَا ظُلِمُوا وَسَيَعْلَمُ الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا أَيَّ مُنقَلَبٍ يَنقَلِبُونَ

227. Save those who believe and do good works, and remember Allah much, and vindicate themselves after they have been wronged. Those who do wrong will come to know by what a (great) reverse they will be overturned!

Ash-Shu'ara (The Poets)