Saba'

اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ الَّذِیْ لَهٗ مَا فِی السَّمٰوٰتِ وَمَا فِی الْاَرْضِ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ فِی الْاٰخِرَةِ وَهُوَ الْحَكِیْمُ الْخَبِیْرُ ۟

Alhamdu lillaahil lazee lahoo maa fis samaawaati wa maa fil ardi wa lahul hamdu fil aakhirah; wa Huwal Hakeemul Khabeer

Praise be to Allah, to Whom belong all things in the heavens and on earth: to Him be Praise in the Hereafter: and He is Full of Wisdom, acquainted with all things.

یَعْلَمُ مَا یَلِجُ فِی الْاَرْضِ وَمَا یَخْرُجُ مِنْهَا وَمَا یَنْزِلُ مِنَ السَّمَآءِ وَمَا یَعْرُجُ فِیْهَا وَهُوَ الرَّحِیْمُ الْغَفُوْرُ ۟

Ya'lamu maa yaliju fil ardi wa maa yakhruju minhaa wa maa yanzilu minas samaaa'i wa maa ya'ruju feehaa; wa Huwar Raheemul Ghafoor

He knows all that goes into the earth, and all that comes out thereof; all that comes down from the sky and all that ascends thereto and He is the Most Merciful, the Oft-Forgiving.

وَقَالَ الَّذِیْنَ كَفَرُوْا لَا تَاْتِیْنَا السَّاعَةُ قُلْ بَلٰی وَرَبِّیْ لَتَاْتِیَنَّكُمْ عٰلِمِ الْغَیْبِ لَا یَعْزُبُ عَنْهُ مِثْقَالُ ذَرَّةٍ فِی السَّمٰوٰتِ وَلَا فِی الْاَرْضِ وَلَاۤ اَصْغَرُ مِنْ ذٰلِكَ وَلَاۤ اَكْبَرُ اِلَّا فِیْ كِتٰبٍ مُّبِیْنٍ ۟

Wa qaalal lazeena kafaroo laa taateenas Saa'ah; qul balaa wa Rabbee lataatiyannakum 'Aalimul Ghaib; laa ya'zubu 'anhu misqaalu zarratin fis samaawaati wa laa fil ardi wa laaa asgharu min zaalika wa laaa akbaru illaa fee kitaabim mubeen

The Unbelievers say, "Never to us will come the Hour": Say, "Nay! but most surely, by my Lord, it will come upon you;- by Him Who knows the unseen,- from Whom is not hidden the least little atom in the heavens or on earth: Nor is there anything less than that, or greater, but is in the Record Perspicuous:

لِّیَجْزِیَ الَّذِیْنَ اٰمَنُوْا وَعَمِلُوا الصّٰلِحٰتِ اُولٰٓىِٕكَ لَهُمْ مَّغْفِرَةٌ وَّرِزْقٌ كَرِیْمٌ ۟

Liyajziyal lazeena aamanoo wa 'amilus saalihaat; ulaaa'ika lahum maghfiratunw wa rizqun kareem

That He may reward those who believe and work deeds of righteousness: for such is Forgiveness and a Sustenance Most Generous."

وَالَّذِیْنَ سَعَوْ فِیْۤ اٰیٰتِنَا مُعٰجِزِیْنَ اُولٰٓىِٕكَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ مِّنْ رِّجْزٍ اَلِیْمٌ ۟

Wallazeena sa'aw feee aayaatinaa mu'aajizeena ulaaa 'ika lahum 'azaabum mir rijzin aleem

But those who strive against Our Signs, to frustrate them,- for such will be a Penalty,- a Punishment most humiliating.

وَیَرَی الَّذِیْنَ اُوْتُوا الْعِلْمَ الَّذِیْۤ اُنْزِلَ اِلَیْكَ مِنْ رَّبِّكَ هُوَ الْحَقَّ وَیَهْدِیْۤ اِلٰی صِرَاطِ الْعَزِیْزِ الْحَمِیْدِ ۟

Wa yaral lazeena ootul 'ilmal lazeee unzila ilaika mir Rabbika huwal haqqa wa yahdeee ilaaa siraatil 'Azeezil Hameed

And those to whom knowledge has come see that the (Revelation) sent down to thee from thy Lord - that is the Truth, and that it guides to the Path of the Exalted (in might), Worthy of all praise.

وَقَالَ الَّذِیْنَ كَفَرُوْا هَلْ نَدُلُّكُمْ عَلٰی رَجُلٍ یُّنَبِّئُكُمْ اِذَا مُزِّقْتُمْ كُلَّ مُمَزَّقٍ اِنَّكُمْ لَفِیْ خَلْقٍ جَدِیْدٍ ۟

Wa qaalal lazeena kafaroo hal nadullukum 'alaa rajuliny yunabbi 'ukum izaa muzziqtum kulla mumazzaqin innakum lafee khalqin jadeed

The Unbelievers say (in ridicule): "Shall we point out to you a man that will tell you, when ye are all scattered to pieces in disintegration, that ye shall (then be raised) in a New Creation?

اَفْتَرٰی عَلَی اللّٰهِ كَذِبًا اَمْ بِهٖ جِنَّةٌ بَلِ الَّذِیْنَ لَا یُؤْمِنُوْنَ بِالْاٰخِرَةِ فِی الْعَذَابِ وَالضَّلٰلِ الْبَعِیْدِ ۟

Aftaraa 'alal laahi kaziban am bihee jinnah; balil lazeena laa yu'minoona bil Aakhirati fil'azaabi wad dalaalil ba'eed

"Has he invented a falsehood against Allah, or has a spirit (seized) him?"- Nay, it is those who believe not in the Hereafter, that are in (real) Penalty, and in farthest error.

اَفَلَمْ یَرَوْا اِلٰی مَا بَیْنَ اَیْدِیْهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ مِّنَ السَّمَآءِ وَالْاَرْضِ اِنْ نَّشَاْ نَخْسِفْ بِهِمُ الْاَرْضَ اَوْ نُسْقِطْ عَلَیْهِمْ كِسَفًا مِّنَ السَّمَآءِ اِنَّ فِیْ ذٰلِكَ لَاٰیَةً لِّكُلِّ عَبْدٍ مُّنِیْبٍ 

Afalam yaraw ilaa maa baina aydeehim wa maa khalfahum minas samaaa'i wal ard; in nashad nakhsif bihimul arda aw nusqit 'alaihim kisafam minas samaaa'; inna fee zaalika la Aayatal likulli 'abdim muneeb

See they not what is before them and behind them, of the sky and the earth? If We wished, We could cause the earth to swallow them up, or cause a piece of the sky to fall upon them. Verily in this is a Sign for every devotee that turns to Allah (in repentance).

وَلَقَدْ اٰتَیْنَا دَاوٗدَ مِنَّا فَضْلًا یٰجِبَالُ اَوِّبِیْ مَعَهٗ وَالطَّیْرَ وَاَلَنَّا لَهُ الْحَدِیْدَ ۟

Wa laqad aatainaa Daawooda minnaa fadlany yaa jibaalu awwibee ma'ahoo wattaira wa alannaa lahul hadeed

We bestowed Grace aforetime on David from ourselves: "O ye Mountains! Sing ye back the Praises of Allah with him! and ye birds (also)! And We made the iron soft for him;-

اَنِ اعْمَلْ سٰبِغٰتٍ وَّقَدِّرْ فِی السَّرْدِ وَاعْمَلُوْا صَالِحًا اِنِّیْ بِمَا تَعْمَلُوْنَ بَصِیْرٌ ۟

Ani'mal saabighaatinw wa qaddir fis sardi wa'maloo saalihan innee bimaa ta'maloona Baseer

(Commanding), "Make thou coats of mail, balancing well the rings of chain armour, and work ye righteousness; for be sure I see (clearly) all that ye do."

وَلِسُلَیْمٰنَ الرِّیْحَ غُدُوُّهَا شَهْرٌ وَّرَوَاحُهَا شَهْرٌ وَاَسَلْنَا لَهٗ عَیْنَ الْقِطْرِ وَمِنَ الْجِنِّ مَنْ یَّعْمَلُ بَیْنَ یَدَیْهِ بِاِذْنِ رَبِّهٖ وَمَنْ یَّزِغْ مِنْهُمْ عَنْ اَمْرِنَا نُذِقْهُ مِنْ عَذَابِ السَّعِیْرِ ۟

Wa li-Sulaimaanar reeha ghuduwwuhaa shahrunw wa ra-waahuhaa shahrunw wa asalnaa lahoo 'ainal qitr; wa minal jinni mai ya'malu baina yadaihi bi izni Rabbih; wa mai yazigh minhum 'an amrinaa nuziqhu min 'azaabis sa'eer

And to Solomon (We made) the Wind (obedient): Its early morning (stride) was a month's (journey), and its evening (stride) was a month's (journey); and We made a Font of molten brass to flow for him; and there were Jinns that worked in front of him, by the leave of his Lord, and if any of them turned aside from our command, We made him taste of the Penalty of the Blazing Fire.

یَعْمَلُوْنَ لَهٗ مَا یَشَآءُ مِنْ مَّحَارِیْبَ وَتَمَاثِیْلَ وَجِفَانٍ كَالْجَوَابِ وَقُدُوْرٍ رّٰسِیٰتٍ اِعْمَلُوْۤا اٰلَ دَاوٗدَ شُكْرًا وَقَلِیْلٌ مِّنْ عِبَادِیَ الشَّكُوْرُ ۟

Ya'maloona lahoo ma yashaaa'u mim mahaareeba wa tamaaseela wa jifaanin kaljawaabi wa qudoorir raasiyaat; i'maloo aala Daawooda shukraa; wa qaleelum min 'ibaadiyash shakoor

They worked for him as he desired, (making) arches, images, basons as large as reservoirs, and (cooking) cauldrons fixed (in their places): "Work ye, sons of David, with thanks! but few of My servants are grateful!"

فَلَمَّا قَضَیْنَا عَلَیْهِ الْمَوْتَ مَا دَلَّهُمْ عَلٰی مَوْتِهٖۤ اِلَّا دَآبَّةُ الْاَرْضِ تَاْكُلُ مِنْسَاَتَهٗ فَلَمَّا خَرَّ تَبَیَّنَتِ الْجِنُّ اَنْ لَّوْ كَانُوْا یَعْلَمُوْنَ الْغَیْبَ مَا لَبِثُوْا فِی الْعَذَابِ الْمُهِیْنِ ۟

Falammaa qadainaa 'alaihil mawta ma dallahum 'alaa mawtiheee illaa daaabbatul ardi taakulu minsa atahoo falammaa kharra tabaiyanatil jinnu al law kaanoo ya'lamoonal ghaiba maa labisoo fil 'azaabil muheen

Then, when We decreed (Solomon's) death, nothing showed them his death except a little worm of the earth, which kept (slowly) gnawing away at his staff: so when he fell down, the Jinns saw plainly that if they had known the unseen, they would not have tarried in the humiliating Penalty (of their Task).

لَقَدْ كَانَ لِسَبَاٍ فِیْ مَسْكَنِهِمْ اٰیَةٌ جَنَّتٰنِ عَنْ یَّمِیْنٍ وَّشِمَالٍ كُلُوْا مِنْ رِّزْقِ رَبِّكُمْ وَاشْكُرُوْا لَهٗ بَلْدَةٌ طَیِّبَةٌ وَّرَبٌّ غَفُوْرٌ ۟

Laqad kaana li Saba-in fee maskanihim Aayatun jannataani 'any yameeninw wa shimaalin kuloo mir rizqi Rabbikum washkuroolah; baldatun taiyibatunw wa Rabbun Ghafoor

There was, for Saba, aforetime, a Sign in their home-land - two Gardens to the right and to the left. "Eat of the Sustenance (provided) by your Lord, and be grateful to Him: a territory fair and happy, and a Lord Oft-Forgiving!

فَاَعْرَضُوْا فَاَرْسَلْنَا عَلَیْهِمْ سَیْلَ الْعَرِمِ وَبَدَّلْنٰهُمْ بِجَنَّتَیْهِمْ جَنَّتَیْنِ ذَوَاتَیْ اُكُلٍ خَمْطٍ وَّاَثْلٍ وَّشَیْءٍ مِّنْ سِدْرٍ قَلِیْلٍ ۟

Fa a'radoo fa-arsalnaa 'alaihim Sailal 'Arimi wa baddalnaahum bijannataihim jannataini zawaatai ukulin khamtinw wa aslinw wa shai'im min sidrin qaleel

But they turned away (from Allah), and We sent against them the Flood (released) from the dams, and We converted their two garden (rows) into "gardens" producing bitter fruit, and tamarisks, and some few (stunted) Lote-trees.

ذٰلِكَ جَزَیْنٰهُمْ بِمَا كَفَرُوْا وَهَلْ نُجٰزِیْۤ اِلَّا الْكَفُوْرَ ۟

Zaalika jazainaahum bimaa kafaroo wa hal nujaazeee illal kafoor

That was the Requital We gave them because they ungratefully rejected Faith: and never do We give (such) requital except to such as are ungrateful rejecters.

وَجَعَلْنَا بَیْنَهُمْ وَبَیْنَ الْقُرَی الَّتِیْ بٰرَكْنَا فِیْهَا قُرًی ظَاهِرَةً وَّقَدَّرْنَا فِیْهَا السَّیْرَ سِیْرُوْا فِیْهَا لَیَالِیَ وَاَیَّامًا اٰمِنِیْنَ ۟

Wa ja'alnaa bainahum wa bainal qural latee baaraknaa feehaa quran zaahiratanw wa qaddarnaa feehas sayr; seeroo feehaa la yaaliya wa aiyaaman aamineen

Between them and the Cities on which We had poured our blessings, We had placed Cities in prominent positions, and between them We had appointed stages of journey in due proportion: "Travel therein, secure, by night and by day."

فَقَالُوْا رَبَّنَا بٰعِدْ بَیْنَ اَسْفَارِنَا وَظَلَمُوْۤا اَنْفُسَهُمْ فَجَعَلْنٰهُمْ اَحَادِیْثَ وَمَزَّقْنٰهُمْ كُلَّ مُمَزَّقٍ اِنَّ فِیْ ذٰلِكَ لَاٰیٰتٍ لِّكُلِّ صَبَّارٍ شَكُوْرٍ ۟

Faqaaloo Rabbanaa baa'id baina asfaarinaa wa zalamooo anfusahum faja'alnaahum ahaadeesa wa mazzaq naahum kulla mumazzaq; inna fee zaalika la Aayaatil likulli sabbaarin shakoor

But they said: "Our Lord! Place longer distances between our journey-stages": but they wronged themselves (therein). At length We made them as a tale (that is told), and We dispersed them all in scattered fragments. Verily in this are Signs for every (soul that is) patiently constant and grateful.

وَلَقَدْ صَدَّقَ عَلَیْهِمْ اِبْلِیْسُ ظَنَّهٗ فَاتَّبَعُوْهُ اِلَّا فَرِیْقًا مِّنَ الْمُؤْمِنِیْنَ ۟

Wa laqad saddaq 'alaihim Ibleesu zannahoo fattaba'oohu illaa fareeqam minal mu'mineen

And on them did Satan prove true his idea, and they followed him, all but a party that believed.

وَمَا كَانَ لَهٗ عَلَیْهِمْ مِّنْ سُلْطٰنٍ اِلَّا لِنَعْلَمَ مَنْ یُّؤْمِنُ بِالْاٰخِرَةِ مِمَّنْ هُوَ مِنْهَا فِیْ شَكٍّ وَرَبُّكَ عَلٰی كُلِّ شَیْءٍ حَفِیْظٌ 

Wa maa kaana lahoo 'alaihim min sultaanin illaa lina'lama mai yu minu bil Aakhirati mimman huwa minhaa fee shakk; wa Rabbuka 'alaa kulli shai'in Hafeez

But he had no authority over them,- except that We might test the man who believes in the Hereafter from him who is in doubt concerning it: and thy Lord doth watch over all things.

قُلِ ادْعُوا الَّذِیْنَ زَعَمْتُمْ مِّنْ دُوْنِ اللّٰهِ لَا یَمْلِكُوْنَ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ فِی السَّمٰوٰتِ وَلَا فِی الْاَرْضِ وَمَا لَهُمْ فِیْهِمَا مِنْ شِرْكٍ وَّمَا لَهٗ مِنْهُمْ مِّنْ ظَهِیْرٍ ۟

Qulid 'ul lazeena za'amtum min doonil laahi laa yamlikoona misqaala zarratin fissamaawaati wa laa fil ardi wa maa lahum feehimaa min shirkinw wa maa lahoo minhum min zaheer

Say: "Call upon other (gods) whom ye fancy, besides Allah: They have no power,- not the weight of an atom,- in the heavens or on earth: No (sort of) share have they therein, nor is any of them a helper to Allah.

وَلَا تَنْفَعُ الشَّفَاعَةُ عِنْدَهٗۤ اِلَّا لِمَنْ اَذِنَ لَهٗ حَتّٰۤی اِذَا فُزِّعَ عَنْ قُلُوْبِهِمْ قَالُوْا مَاذَا قَالَ رَبُّكُمْ قَالُوا الْحَقَّ وَهُوَ الْعَلِیُّ الْكَبِیْرُ ۟

Wa laa tanfa'ush shafaa'atu 'indahooo illaa liman azina lah; hattaaa izaa fuzzi'a 'an quloobihim qaaloo maazaa qaala Rabbukum; qaalul haqq, wa Huwal 'Aliyul Kabeer

"No intercession can avail in His Presence, except for those for whom He has granted permission. So far (is this the case) that, when terror is removed from their hearts (at the Day of Judgment, then) will they say, 'what is it that your Lord commanded?' they will say, 'That which is true and just; and He is the Most High Most Great'."

قُلْ مَنْ یَّرْزُقُكُمْ مِّنَ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِ قُلِ اللّٰهُ وَاِنَّاۤ اَوْ اِیَّاكُمْ لَعَلٰی هُدًی اَوْ فِیْ ضَلٰلٍ مُّبِیْنٍ ۟

Qul mai yarzuqukum minas samaawaati wal ardi qulil laahu wa innaaa aw iyyaakum la'alaa hudan aw fee dalaalim mubeen

Say: "Who gives you sustenance, from the heavens and the earth?" Say: "It is Allah; and certain it is that either we or ye are on right guidance or in manifest error!"

قُلْ لَّا تُسْـَٔلُوْنَ عَمَّاۤ اَجْرَمْنَا وَلَا نُسْـَٔلُ عَمَّا تَعْمَلُوْنَ ۟

Qul laa tus'aloona 'ammaaa ajramnaa wa laa nus'alu 'ammaa ta'maloon

Say: "Ye shall not be questioned as to our sins, nor shall we be questioned as to what ye do."

قُلْ یَجْمَعُ بَیْنَنَا رَبُّنَا ثُمَّ یَفْتَحُ بَیْنَنَا بِالْحَقِّ وَهُوَ الْفَتَّاحُ الْعَلِیْمُ ۟

Qul yajma'u bainanaa Rabbunaa summa yaftahu bainanaa bilhaqq; wa Huwal Fattaahul 'Aleem

Say: "Our Lord will gather us together and will in the end decide the matter between us (and you) in truth and justice: and He is the one to decide, the One Who knows all."

قُلْ اَرُوْنِیَ الَّذِیْنَ اَلْحَقْتُمْ بِهٖ شُرَكَآءَ كَلَّا بَلْ هُوَ اللّٰهُ الْعَزِیْزُ الْحَكِیْمُ ۟

Qul arooniyal lazeena alhaqtum bihee shurakaaa'a kallaa; bal Huwal Laahul 'Azeezul Hakeem

Say: "Show me those whom ye have joined with Him as partners: by no means (can ye). Nay, He is Allah, the Exalted in Power, the Wise."

وَمَاۤ اَرْسَلْنٰكَ اِلَّا كَآفَّةً لِّلنَّاسِ بَشِیْرًا وَّنَذِیْرًا وَّلٰكِنَّ اَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا یَعْلَمُوْنَ ۟

Wa maaa arsalnaaka illaa kaaffatal linnaasi basheeranw wa nazeeranw wa laakinna aksaran naasi laa ya'lamoon

We have not sent thee but as a universal (Messenger) to men, giving them glad tidings, and warning them (against sin), but most men understand not.

وَیَقُوْلُوْنَ مَتٰی هٰذَا الْوَعْدُ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ صٰدِقِیْنَ ۟

Wa yaqooloona mataa haazal wa'du in kuntum saadiqeen

They say: "When will this promise (come to pass) if ye are telling the truth?"

قُلْ لَّكُمْ مِّیْعَادُ یَوْمٍ لَّا تَسْتَاْخِرُوْنَ عَنْهُ سَاعَةً وَّلَا تَسْتَقْدِمُوْنَ 

Qul lakum mee'aadu Yawmil laa tasta'khiroona 'anhu saa'atanw wa laa tastaqdimoon

Say: "The appointment to you is for a Day, which ye cannot put back for an hour nor put forward."

وَقَالَ الَّذِیْنَ كَفَرُوْا لَنْ نُّؤْمِنَ بِهٰذَا الْقُرْاٰنِ وَلَا بِالَّذِیْ بَیْنَ یَدَیْهِ وَلَوْ تَرٰۤی اِذِ الظّٰلِمُوْنَ مَوْقُوْفُوْنَ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِمْ یَرْجِعُ بَعْضُهُمْ اِلٰی بَعْضِ ݹلْقَوْلَ یَقُوْلُ الَّذِیْنَ اسْتُضْعِفُوْا لِلَّذِیْنَ اسْتَكْبَرُوْا لَوْلَاۤ اَنْتُمْ لَكُنَّا مُؤْمِنِیْنَ ۟

Wa qaalal lazeena kafaroo lan nu'mina bihaazal Quraani wa laa billazee baina yadayh; wa law taraaa iziz zaalimoona mawqoofoona 'inda Rabbihim yarji'u ba'duhum ilaa ba'dinil qawla yaqoolul lazeenas tud'ifoo lillazeenas takbaroo law laaa antum lakunnaa mu'mineen

The Unbelievers say: "We shall neither believe in this scripture nor in (any) that (came) before it." Couldst thou but see when the wrong-doers will be made to stand before their Lord, throwing back the word (of blame) on one another! Those who had been despised will say to the arrogant ones: "Had it not been for you, we should certainly have been believers!"

قَالَ الَّذِیْنَ اسْتَكْبَرُوْا لِلَّذِیْنَ اسْتُضْعِفُوْۤا اَنَحْنُ صَدَدْنٰكُمْ عَنِ الْهُدٰی بَعْدَ اِذْ جَآءَكُمْ بَلْ كُنْتُمْ مُّجْرِمِیْنَ ۟

Qaalal lazeenas takbaroo lillazeenas tud'ifooo anahnu sadadnaakum 'anil hudaa ba'da iz jaaa'akum bal kuntum mujrimeen

The arrogant ones will say to those who had been despised: "Was it we who kept you back from Guidance after it reached you? Nay, rather, it was ye who transgressed.

وَقَالَ الَّذِیْنَ اسْتُضْعِفُوْا لِلَّذِیْنَ اسْتَكْبَرُوْا بَلْ مَكْرُ الَّیْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ اِذْ تَاْمُرُوْنَنَاۤ اَنْ نَّكْفُرَ بِاللّٰهِ وَنَجْعَلَ لَهٗۤ اَنْدَادًا وَاَسَرُّوا النَّدَامَةَ لَمَّا رَاَوُا الْعَذَابَ وَجَعَلْنَا الْاَغْلٰلَ فِیْۤ اَعْنَاقِ الَّذِیْنَ كَفَرُوْا هَلْ یُجْزَوْنَ اِلَّا مَا كَانُوْا یَعْمَلُوْنَ ۟

Wa qaalal lazeenastud'ifoo lillazeenas takbaroo bal makrul laili wannahaari iz ta'muroonanaaaa an nakfura billaahi wa naj'ala lahooo andaadaa; wa asarrun nadaamata lammaa ra awul 'azaab; wa ja'alnal aghlaala feee a'naaqil lazeena kafaroo; hal yujzawna illaa maa kaanoo ya'maloon

Those who had been despised will say to the arrogant ones: "Nay! it was a plot (of yours) by day and by night: Behold! Ye (constantly) ordered us to be ungrateful to Allah and to attribute equals to Him!" They will declare (their) repentance when they see the Penalty: We shall put yokes on the necks of the Unbelievers: It would only be a requital for their (ill) Deeds.

وَمَاۤ اَرْسَلْنَا فِیْ قَرْیَةٍ مِّنْ نَّذِیْرٍ اِلَّا قَالَ مُتْرَفُوْهَاۤ اِنَّا بِمَاۤ اُرْسِلْتُمْ بِهٖ كٰفِرُوْنَ ۟

Wa maaa arsalnaa' fee qaryatin min nazeerin illaa qaala mutrafoohaa innaa bimaaa ursiltum bihee kaafiroon

Never did We send a warner to a population, but the wealthy ones among them said: "We believe not in the (Message) with which ye have been sent."

وَقَالُوْا نَحْنُ اَكْثَرُ اَمْوَالًا وَّاَوْلَادًا وَّمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِیْنَ ۟

Wa qaaloo nahnu aksaru amwaalanw wa awlaadanw wa maa nahnu bimu 'azzabeen

They said: "We have more in wealth and in sons, and we cannot be punished."

قُلْ اِنَّ رَبِّیْ یَبْسُطُ الرِّزْقَ لِمَنْ یَّشَآءُ وَیَقْدِرُ وَلٰكِنَّ اَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا یَعْلَمُوْنَ 

Qul inna Rabbee yabsutur rizqa limai yashaaa'u wa yaqdiru wa laakinna aksaran naasi laa ya'lamoon

Say: "Verily my Lord enlarges and restricts the Provision to whom He pleases, but most men understand not."

وَمَاۤ اَمْوَالُكُمْ وَلَاۤ اَوْلَادُكُمْ بِالَّتِیْ تُقَرِّبُكُمْ عِنْدَنَا زُلْفٰۤی اِلَّا مَنْ اٰمَنَ وَعَمِلَ صَالِحًا فَاُولٰٓىِٕكَ لَهُمْ جَزَآءُ الضِّعْفِ بِمَا عَمِلُوْا وَهُمْ فِی الْغُرُفٰتِ اٰمِنُوْنَ ۟

Wa maaa amwaalukum wa laaa awlaadukum billatee tuqarribukum 'indanaa zulfaaa illaa man aamana wa 'amila saalihan fa ulaaa'ika lahum jazaaa'ud di'fi bimaa 'amiloo wa hum fil ghurufaati aaminoon

It is not your wealth nor your sons, that will bring you nearer to Us in degree: but only those who believe and work righteousness - these are the ones for whom there is a multiplied Reward for their deeds, while secure they (reside) in the dwellings on high!

وَالَّذِیْنَ یَسْعَوْنَ فِیْۤ اٰیٰتِنَا مُعٰجِزِیْنَ اُولٰٓىِٕكَ فِی الْعَذَابِ مُحْضَرُوْنَ ۟

Wallazeena yas'awna feee Aayaatinaa mu'aajizeena ulaaa'ika fil'azaabi muhdaroon

Those who strive against Our Signs, to frustrate them, will be given over into Punishment.

قُلْ اِنَّ رَبِّیْ یَبْسُطُ الرِّزْقَ لِمَنْ یَّشَآءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهٖ وَیَقْدِرُ لَهٗ وَمَاۤ اَنْفَقْتُمْ مِّنْ شَیْءٍ فَهُوَ یُخْلِفُهٗ وَهُوَ خَیْرُ الرّٰزِقِیْنَ ۟

Qul inna Rabbee yabsutur rizqa limai yashaaa'u min 'ibaadihee wa yaqdiru lah; wa maaa anfaqtum min shai'in fahuwa yukhlifuhoo wa Huwa khairur raaziqeen

Say: "Verily my Lord enlarges and restricts the Sustenance to such of his servants as He pleases: and nothing do ye spend in the least (in His cause) but He replaces it: for He is the Best of those who grant Sustenance.

وَیَوْمَ یَحْشُرُهُمْ جَمِیْعًا ثُمَّ یَقُوْلُ لِلْمَلٰٓىِٕكَةِ اَهٰۤؤُلَآءِ اِیَّاكُمْ كَانُوْا یَعْبُدُوْنَ ۟

Wa yawma yahshuruhum jamee'an summa yaqoolu lilmalaaa'ikati a-haaa'ulaaa'i iyyaakum kaanoo ya'budoon

One Day He will gather them all together, and say to the angels, "Was it you that these men used to worship?"

قَالُوْا سُبْحٰنَكَ اَنْتَ وَلِیُّنَا مِنْ دُوْنِهِمْ بَلْ كَانُوْا یَعْبُدُوْنَ الْجِنَّ اَكْثَرُهُمْ بِهِمْ مُّؤْمِنُوْنَ ۟

Qaaloo Subhaanaka Anta waliyyunaa min doonihim bal kaanoo ya'budoonal jinna aksaruhum bihim mu'minoon

They will say, "Glory to Thee! our (tie) is with Thee - as Protector - not with them. Nay, but they worshipped the Jinns: most of them believed in them."

فَالْیَوْمَ لَا یَمْلِكُ بَعْضُكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ نَّفْعًا وَّلَا ضَرًّا وَنَقُوْلُ لِلَّذِیْنَ ظَلَمُوْا ذُوْقُوْا عَذَابَ النَّارِ الَّتِیْ كُنْتُمْ بِهَا تُكَذِّبُوْنَ ۟

Fal Yawma laa yamliku ba'dukum liba'din naf'anw wa laa darraa; wa naqoolu lil lazeena zalamoo zooqoo 'azaaban Naaril latee kuntum bihaa tukazziboon

So on that Day no power shall they have over each other, for profit or harm: and We shall say to the wrong-doers, "Taste ye the Penalty of the Fire,- the which ye were wont to deny!"

وَاِذَا تُتْلٰی عَلَیْهِمْ اٰیٰتُنَا بَیِّنٰتٍ قَالُوْا مَا هٰذَاۤ اِلَّا رَجُلٌ یُّرِیْدُ اَنْ یَّصُدَّكُمْ عَمَّا كَانَ یَعْبُدُ اٰبَآؤُكُمْ وَقَالُوْا مَا هٰذَاۤ اِلَّاۤ اِفْكٌ مُّفْتَرًی وَقَالَ الَّذِیْنَ كَفَرُوْا لِلْحَقِّ لَمَّا جَآءَهُمْ اِنْ هٰذَاۤ اِلَّا سِحْرٌ مُّبِیْنٌ ۟

Wa izaa tutlaa 'alaihim Aayaatunaa baiyinaatin qaaloo maa haazaa illaa rajuluny yureedu ai-yasuddakum 'ammaa kaana ya'budu aabaaa'ukum wa qaaloo maa haazaaa illaaa ifkum muftaraa; wa qaalal lazeena kafaroo lilhaqqi lammaa jaaa'ahum in haazaaa illaa sihrum mubeen

When Our Clear Signs are rehearsed to them, they say, "This is only a man who wishes to hinder you from the (worship) which your fathers practised." And they say, "This is only a falsehood invented!" and the Unbelievers say of the Truth when it comes to them, "This is nothing but evident magic!"

وَمَاۤ اٰتَیْنٰهُمْ مِّنْ كُتُبٍ یَّدْرُسُوْنَهَا وَمَاۤ اَرْسَلْنَاۤ اِلَیْهِمْ قَبْلَكَ مِنْ نَّذِیْرٍ ۟

Wa maaa aatainaahum min Kutubiny yadrusoonahaa wa maaa arsalnaaa ilaihim qablaka min nazeer

But We had not given them Books which they could study, nor sent messengers to them before thee as Warners.

وَكَذَّبَ الَّذِیْنَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ وَمَا بَلَغُوْا مِعْشَارَ مَاۤ اٰتَیْنٰهُمْ فَكَذَّبُوْا رُسُلِیْ فَكَیْفَ كَانَ نَكِیْرِ 

Wa kazzabal lazeena min qablihim wa maa balaghoo mi'shaara maaa aatainaahum fakazzaboo Rusulee; fakaifa kaana nakeer

And their predecessors rejected (the Truth); these have not received a tenth of what We had granted to those: yet when they rejected My messengers, how (terrible) was My rejection (of them)!

قُلْ اِنَّمَاۤ اَعِظُكُمْ بِوَاحِدَةٍ اَنْ تَقُوْمُوْا لِلّٰهِ مَثْنٰی وَفُرَادٰی ثُمَّ تَتَفَكَّرُوْا مَا بِصَاحِبِكُمْ مِّنْ جِنَّةٍ اِنْ هُوَ اِلَّا نَذِیْرٌ لَّكُمْ بَیْنَ یَدَیْ عَذَابٍ شَدِیْدٍ ۟

Qul innamaaa a'izukum biwaahidatin an taqoomoo lillaahi masnaa wa furaadaa summa tatafakkaroo; maa bisaahibikum min jinnah; in huwa illaa nazeerul lakum baina yadai 'azaabin shadeed

Say: "I do admonish you on one point: that ye do stand up before Allah,- (It may be) in pairs, or (it may be) singly,- and reflect (within yourselves): your Companion is not possessed: he is no less than a warner to you, in face of a terrible Penalty."

قُلْ مَا سَاَلْتُكُمْ مِّنْ اَجْرٍ فَهُوَ لَكُمْ اِنْ اَجْرِیَ اِلَّا عَلَی اللّٰهِ وَهُوَ عَلٰی كُلِّ شَیْءٍ شَهِیْدٌ ۟

Qul maa sa-altukum min ajrin fahuwa lakum in ajriya illaa 'alal laahi wa Huwa 'alaa kulli shai'in Shaheed

Say: "No reward do I ask of you: it is (all) in your interest: my reward is only due from Allah: And He is witness to all things."

قُلْ اِنَّ رَبِّیْ یَقْذِفُ بِالْحَقِّ عَلَّامُ الْغُیُوْبِ ۟

Qul inna Rabbee yaqzifu bilhaqq 'Allaamul Ghuyoob

Say: "Verily my Lord doth cast the (mantle of) Truth (over His servants),- He that has full knowledge of (all) that is hidden."

قُلْ جَآءَ الْحَقُّ وَمَا یُبْدِئُ الْبَاطِلُ وَمَا یُعِیْدُ ۟

Qul jaaa'al haqqu wa maa yubdi'ul baatilu wa maa yu'eed

Say: "The Truth has arrived, and Falsehood neither creates anything new, nor restores anything."

قُلْ اِنْ ضَلَلْتُ فَاِنَّمَاۤ اَضِلُّ عَلٰی نَفْسِیْ وَاِنِ اهْتَدَیْتُ فَبِمَا یُوْحِیْۤ اِلَیَّ رَبِّیْ اِنَّهٗ سَمِیْعٌ قَرِیْبٌ ۟

Qul in dalaltu fainnamaaa adillu 'alaa nafsee wa inih-tadaitu fabimaa yoohee ilaiya Rabbee; innahoo Samee'un Qareeb

Say: "If I am astray, I only stray to the loss of my own soul: but if I receive guidance, it is because of the inspiration of my Lord to me: it is He Who hears all things, and is (ever) near."

وَلَوْ تَرٰۤی اِذْ فَزِعُوْا فَلَا فَوْتَ وَاُخِذُوْا مِنْ مَّكَانٍ قَرِیْبٍ ۟

Wa law taraaa iz fazi'oo falaa fawta wa ukhizoo min makaanin qareeb

If thou couldst but see when they will quake with terror; but then there will be no escape (for them), and they will be seized from a position (quite) near.

وَّقَالُوْۤا اٰمَنَّا بِهٖ وَاَنّٰی لَهُمُ التَّنَاوُشُ مِنْ مَّكَانٍ بَعِیْدٍ ۟

Wa qaaloo aamannaa bihee wa annaa lahumut tanaawushu min makaanim ba'eed

And they will say, "We do believe (now) in the (Truth)"; but how could they receive (Faith) from a position (so) far off,-

وَقَدْ كَفَرُوْا بِهٖ مِنْ قَبْلُ وَیَقْذِفُوْنَ بِالْغَیْبِ مِنْ مَّكَانٍ بَعِیْدٍ ۟

Wa qad kafaroo bihee min qablu wa yaqzifoona bilghaibi min makaanim ba'eed

Seeing that they did reject Faith (entirely) before, and that they (continually) cast (slanders) on the unseen from a position far off?

وَحِیْلَ بَیْنَهُمْ وَبَیْنَ مَا یَشْتَهُوْنَ كَمَا فُعِلَ بِاَشْیَاعِهِمْ مِّنْ قَبْلُ اِنَّهُمْ كَانُوْا فِیْ شَكٍّ مُّرِیْبٍ 

Wa heela bainahum wa baina maa yashtahoona kamaa fu'ila bi-ashyaa'ihim min qabl; innahum kaanoo fee shakkin mureeb

And between them and their desires, is placed a barrier, as was done in the past with their partisans: for they were indeed in suspicious (disquieting) doubt.