[The time of] their account has approached for the people, while they are in heedlessness turning away.

Iqtaraba linnasi hisabuhumwahum fee ghaflatin muAAridoon

No mention [i.e., revelation] comes to them anew from their Lord except that they listen to it while they are at play

Ma ya/teehim min thikrin minrabbihim muhdathin illa istamaAAoohu wahumyalAAaboon

With their hearts distracted. And those who do wrong conceal their private conversation, [saying], "Is this [Prophet] except a human being like you? So would you approach magic while you are aware [of it]?"

Lahiyatan quloobuhum waasarroo annajwaallatheena thalamoo hal hatha illabasharun mithlukum afata/toona assihra waantum tubsiroon

He [the Prophet (ﷺ)] said, "My Lord knows whatever is said throughout the heaven and earth, and He is the Hearing, the Knowing."

Qala rabbee yaAAlamu alqawla fee assama-iwal-ardi wahuwa assameeAAu alAAaleem

But they say, "[The revelation is but] a mixture of false dreams; rather, he has invented it; rather, he is a poet. So let him bring us a sign just as the previous [messengers] were sent [with miracles]."

Bal qaloo adghathu ahlaminbali iftarahu bal huwa shaAAirun falya/tinabi-ayatin kama orsila al-awwaloon

Not a [single] city which We destroyed believed before them, so will they believe?

Ma amanat qablahum min qaryatinahlaknaha afahum yu/minoon

And We sent not before you, [O Muḥammad], except men to whom We revealed [the message], so ask the people of the message [i.e., former scriptures] if you do not know.

Wama arsalna qablaka illarijalan noohee ilayhim fas-aloo ahla aththikriin kuntum la taAAlamoon

And We did not make them [i.e., the prophets] forms not eating food, nor were they immortal [on earth].

Wama jaAAalnahum jasadan laya/kuloona attaAAama wama kanookhalideen

Then We fulfilled for them the promise, and We saved them and whom We willed and destroyed the transgressors.

Thumma sadaqnahumu alwaAAdafaanjaynahum waman nashao waahlaknaalmusrifeen

We have certainly sent down to you a Book [i.e., the Qur’ān] in which is your mention. Then will you not reason?

Laqad anzalna ilaykum kitabanfeehi thikrukum afala taAAqiloon

And how many a city which was unjust have We shattered and produced after it another people.

Wakam qasamna min qaryatin kanatthalimatan waansha/na baAAdahaqawman akhareen

And when they [i.e., its inhabitants] perceived Our punishment, at once they fled from it.

Falamma ahassoo ba/sanaitha hum minha yarkudoon

[Some angels said], "Do not flee but return to where you were given luxury and to your homes - perhaps you will be questioned."

La tarkudoo warjiAAooila ma otriftum feehi wamasakinikumlaAAallakum tus-aloon

They said, "O woe to us! Indeed, we were wrongdoers."

Qaloo ya waylana innakunna thalimeen

And that declaration of theirs did not cease until We made them [as] a harvest [mowed down], extinguished [like a fire].

Fama zalat tilka daAAwahumhatta jaAAalnahum haseedan khamideen

And We did not create the heaven and earth and that between them in play.

Wama khalaqna assamaawal-arda wama baynahuma laAAibeen

Had We intended to take a diversion, We could have taken it from [what is] with Us - if [indeed] We were to do so.

Law aradna an nattakhithalahwan lattakhathnahu min ladunna inkunna faAAileen

Rather, We dash the truth upon falsehood, and it destroys it, and thereupon it departs. And for you is destruction from that which you describe.

Bal naqthifu bilhaqqiAAala albatili fayadmaghuhu fa-itha huwa zahiqunwalakumu alwaylu mimma tasifoon

To Him belongs whoever is in the heavens and the earth. And those near Him [i.e., the angels] are not prevented by arrogance from His worship, nor do they tire.

Walahu man fee assamawatiwal-ardi waman AAindahu la yastakbiroonaAAan AAibadatihi wala yastahsiroon

They exalt [Him] night and day [and] do not slacken.

Yusabbihoona allayla wannaharala yafturoon

Or have they [i.e., men] taken for themselves gods from the earth who resurrect [the dead]?

Ami ittakhathoo alihatan minaal-ardi hum yunshiroon

Had there been within them [i.e., the heavens and earth] gods besides Allāh, they both would have been ruined. So exalted is Allāh, Lord of the Throne, above what they describe.

Law kana feehima alihatunilla Allahu lafasadata fasubhana Allahirabbi alAAarshi AAamma yasifoon

He is not questioned about what He does, but they will be questioned.

La yus-alu AAamma yafAAaluwahum yus-aloon

Or have they taken gods besides Him? Say, [O Muḥammad], "Produce your proof. This [Qur’ān] is the message for those with me and the message of those before me." But most of them do not know the truth, so they are turning away.

Ami ittakhathoo min doonihi alihatanqul hatoo burhanakum hatha thikru manmaAAiya wathikru man qablee bal aktharuhum layaAAlamoona alhaqqa fahum muAAridoon

And We sent not before you any messenger except We revealed to him that, "There is no deity except Me, so worship Me."

Wama arsalna min qablika minrasoolin illa noohee ilayhi annahu la ilahailla ana faAAbudoon

And they say, "The Most Merciful has taken a son." Exalted is He! Rather, they are [but] honored servants.

Waqaloo ittakhatha arrahmanuwaladan subhanahu bal AAibadun mukramoon

They cannot precede Him in word, and they act by His command.

La yasbiqoonahu bilqawliwahum bi-amrihi yaAAmaloon

He knows what is [presently] before them and what will be after them, and they cannot intercede except on behalf of one whom He approves. And they, from fear of Him, are apprehensive.

YaAAlamu ma bayna aydeehim wamakhalfahum wala yashfaAAoona illa limani irtadawahum min khashyatihi mushfiqoon

And whoever of them should say, "Indeed, I am a god besides Him" - that one We would recompense with Hell. Thus do We recompense the wrongdoers.

Waman yaqul minhum innee ilahun mindoonihi fathalika najzeehi jahannama kathalikanajzee aththalimeen

Have those who disbelieved not considered that the heavens and the earth were a joined entity, and then We separated them and made from water every living thing? Then will they not believe?

Awa lam yara allatheenakafaroo anna assamawati wal-ardakanata ratqan fafataqnahuma wajaAAalnamina alma-i kulla shay-in hayyin afalayu/minoon

And We placed within the earth firmly set mountains, lest it should shift with them, and We made therein [mountain] passes [as] roads that they might be guided.

WajaAAalna fee al-ardi rawasiyaan tameeda bihim wajaAAalna feeha fijajansubulan laAAallahum yahtadoon

And We made the sky a protected ceiling, but they, from its signs, are turning away.

WajaAAalna assamaasaqfan mahfoothan wahum AAan ayatihamuAAridoon

And it is He who created the night and the day and the sun and the moon; all [heavenly bodies] in an orbit are swimming.

Wahuwa allathee khalaqa allayla wannaharawashshamsa walqamara kullun fee falakin yasbahoon

And We did not grant to any man before you eternity [on earth]; so if you die - would they be eternal?

Wama jaAAalna libasharin minqablika alkhulda afa-in mitta fahumu alkhalidoon

Every soul will taste death. And We test you with evil and with good as trial; and to Us you will be returned.

Kullu nafsin tha-iqatu almawtiwanablookum bishsharri walkhayri fitnatanwa-ilayna turjaAAoon

And when those who disbelieve see you, [O Muḥammad], they take you not except in ridicule, [saying], "Is this the one who mentions [i.e., insults] your gods?" And they are, at the mention of the Most Merciful, disbelievers.

Wa-itha raaka allatheenakafaroo in yattakhithoonaka illa huzuwan ahathaallathee yathkuru alihatakum wahum bithikriarrahmani hum kafiroon

Man was created of haste [i.e., impatience]. I will show you My signs [i.e., vengeance], so do not impatiently urge Me.

Khuliqa al-insanu min AAajalinsaoreekum ayatee fala tastaAAjiloon

And they say, "When is this promise, if you should be truthful?"

Wayaqooloona mata hathaalwaAAdu in kuntum sadiqeen

If those who disbelieved but knew the time when they will not avert the Fire from their faces or from their backs and they will not be aided...

Law yaAAlamu allatheena kafaroo heenala yakuffoona AAan wujoohihimu annara walaAAan thuhoorihim wala hum yunsaroon

Rather, it will come to them unexpectedly and bewilder them, and they will not be able to repel it, nor will they be reprieved.

Bal ta/teehim baghtatan fatabhatuhum falayastateeAAoona raddaha wala hum yuntharoon

And already were messengers ridiculed before you, but those who mocked them were enveloped by what they used to ridicule.

Walaqadi istuhzi-a birusulin min qablika fahaqabillatheena sakhiroo minhum ma kanoobihi yastahzi-oon

Say, "Who can protect you at night or by day from the Most Merciful?" But they are, from the remembrance of their Lord, turning away.

Qul man yaklaokum billayli wannaharimina arrahmani bal hum AAan thikrirabbihim muAAridoon

Or do they have gods to defend them other than Us? They are unable [even] to help themselves, nor can they be protected from Us.

Am lahum alihatun tamnaAAuhum mindoonina la yastateeAAoona nasraanfusihim wala hum minna yushaboon

But, [on the contrary], We have provided good things for these [disbelievers] and their fathers until life was prolonged for them. Then do they not see that We set upon the land, reducing it from its borders? Is it they who will overcome?

Bal mattaAAna haola-iwaabaahum hatta talaAAalayhimu alAAumuru afala yarawna anna na/teeal-arda nanqusuha min atrafihaafahumu alghaliboon

Say, "I only warn you by revelation." But the deaf do not hear the call when they are warned.

Qul innama onthirukum bilwahyiwala yasmaAAu assummu adduAAaaitha ma yuntharoon

And if [as much as] a whiff of the punishment of your Lord should touch them, they would surely say, "O woe to us! Indeed, we have been wrongdoers."

Wala-in massat-hum nafhatun min AAathabirabbika layaqoolunna ya waylana inna kunnathalimeen

And We place the scales of justice for the Day of Resurrection, so no soul will be treated unjustly at all. And if there is [even] the weight of a mustard seed, We will bring it forth. And sufficient are We as accountant.

WanadaAAu almawazeena alqistaliyawmi alqiyamati fala tuthlamunafsun shay-an wa-in kana mithqala habbatinmin khardalin atayna biha wakafa binahasibeen

And We had already given Moses and Aaron the criterion and a light and a reminder for the righteous

Walaqad atayna moosawaharoona alfurqana wadiyaan wathikranlilmuttaqeen

Who fear their Lord unseen, while they are of the Hour apprehensive.

Allatheena yakhshawna rabbahum bilghaybiwahum mina assaAAati mushfiqoon

And this [Qur’ān] is a blessed message which We have sent down. Then are you with it unacquainted?

Wahatha thikrun mubarakunanzalnahu afaantum lahu munkiroon

And We had certainly given Abraham his sound judgement before, and We were of him well-Knowing

Walaqad atayna ibraheemarushdahu min qablu wakunna bihi AAalimeen

When he said to his father and his people, "What are these statues to which you are devoted?"

Ith qala li-abeehi waqawmihi mahathihi attamatheelu allatee antum lahaAAakifoon

They said, "We found our fathers worshippers of them."

Qaloo wajadna abaanalaha AAabideen

He said, "You were certainly, you and your fathers, in manifest error."

Qala laqad kuntum antum waabaokumfee dalalin mubeen

They said, "Have you come to us with truth, or are you of those who jest?"

Qaloo aji/tana bilhaqqiam anta mina allaAAibeen

He said, "[No], rather, your Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth who created them, and I, to that, am of those who testify.

Qala bal rabbukum rabbu assamawatiwal-ardi allathee fatarahunna waanaAAala thalikum mina ashshahideen

And [I swear] by Allāh, I will surely plan against your idols after you have turned and gone away."

Watallahi laakeedanna asnamakumbaAAda an tuwalloo mudbireen

So he made them into fragments, except a large one among them, that they might return to it [and question].

FajaAAalahum juthathan illakabeeran lahum laAAallahum ilayhi yarjiAAoon

They said, "Who has done this to our gods? Indeed, he is of the wrongdoers."

Qaloo man faAAala hatha bi-alihatinainnahu lamina aththalimeen

They said, "We heard a young man mention them who is called Abraham."

Qaloo samiAAna fatan yathkuruhumyuqalu lahu ibraheem

They said, "Then bring him before the eyes of the people that they may testify."

Qaloo fa/too bihi AAalaaAAyuni annasi laAAallahum yashhadoon

They said, "Have you done this to our gods, O Abraham?"

Qaloo aanta faAAalta hatha bi-alihatinaya ibraheem

He said, "Rather, this - the largest of them - did it, so ask them, if they should [be able to] speak."

Qala bal faAAalahu kabeeruhum hathafas-aloohum in kanoo yantiqoon

So they returned to [blaming] themselves and said [to each other], "Indeed, you are the wrongdoers."

FarajaAAoo ila anfusihim faqalooinnakum antumu aththalimoon

Then they reversed themselves, [saying], "You have already known that these do not speak!"

Thumma nukisoo AAala ruoosihim laqadAAalimta ma haola-i yantiqoon

He said, "Then do you worship instead of Allāh that which does not benefit you at all or harm you?

Qala afataAAbudoona min dooni Allahima la yanfaAAukum shay-an wala yadurrukum

Uff to you and to what you worship instead of Allāh. Then will you not use reason?"

Offin lakum walima taAAbudoona mindooni Allahi afala taAAqiloon

They said, "Burn him and support your gods - if you are to act."

Qaloo harriqoohu wansurooalihatakum in kuntum faAAileen

We [i.e., Allāh] said, "O fire, be coolness and safety upon Abraham."

Qulna ya naru kooneebardan wasalaman AAala ibraheem

And they intended for him a plan [i.e., harm], but We made them the greatest losers.

Waaradoo bihi kaydan fajaAAalnahumual-akhsareen

And We delivered him and Lot to the land which We had blessed for the worlds [i.e., peoples].

Wanajjaynahu walootan ilaal-ardi allatee barakna feeha lilAAalameen

And We gave him Isaac and Jacob in addition, and all [of them] We made righteous.

Wawahabna lahu ishaqawayaAAqooba nafilatan wakullan jaAAalna saliheen

And We made them leaders guiding by Our command. And We inspired to them the doing of good deeds, establishment of prayer, and giving of zakāh; and they were worshippers of Us.

WajaAAalnahum a-immatan yahdoonabi-amrina waawhayna ilayhim fiAAla alkhayratiwa-iqama assalati wa-eetaa azzakatiwakanoo lana AAabideen

And to Lot We gave judgement and knowledge, and We saved him from the city that was committing wicked deeds. Indeed, they were a people of evil, defiantly disobedient.

Walootan ataynahu hukmanwaAAilman wanajjaynahu mina alqaryati allatee kanattaAAmalu alkhaba-itha innahum kanoo qawma saw-in fasiqeen

And We admitted him into Our mercy. Indeed, he was of the righteous.

Waadkhalnahu fee rahmatinainnahu mina assaliheen

And [mention] Noah, when he called [to Allāh] before [that time], so We responded to him and saved him and his family from the great affliction [i.e., the flood].

Wanoohan ith nadamin qablu fastajabna lahu fanajjaynahuwaahlahu mina alkarbi alAAatheem

And We aided [i.e., saved] him from the people who denied Our signs. Indeed, they were a people of evil, so We drowned them, all together.

Wanasarnahu mina alqawmi allatheenakaththaboo bi-ayatina innahum kanooqawma saw-in faaghraqnahum ajmaAAeen

And [mention] David and Solomon, when they judged concerning the field - when the sheep of a people overran it [at night], and We were witness to their judgement.

Wadawooda wasulaymana ithyahkumani fee alharthi ith nafashatfeehi ghanamu alqawmi wakunna lihukmihim shahideen

And We gave understanding of it [i.e., the case] to Solomon, and to each [of them] We gave judgement and knowledge. And We subjected the mountains to exalt [Us], along with David and [also] the birds. And We were doing [that].

Fafahhamnaha sulaymanawakullan atayna hukman waAAilman wasakhkharnamaAAa dawooda aljibala yusabbihna wattayrawakunna faAAileen

And We taught him the fashioning of coats of armor to protect you from your [enemy in] battle. So will you then be grateful?

WaAAallamnahu sanAAatalaboosin lakum lituhsinakum min ba/sikum fahal antum shakiroon

And to Solomon [We subjected] the wind, blowing forcefully, proceeding by his command toward the land which We had blessed. And We are ever, of all things, Knowing.

Walisulaymana arreehaAAasifatan tajree bi-amrihi ila al-ardiallatee barakna feeha wakunna bikullishay-in AAalimeen

And of the devils [i.e., jinn] were those who dived for him and did work other than that. And We were of them a guardian.

Wamina ashshayateeni manyaghoosoona lahu wayaAAmaloona AAamalan doona thalikawakunna lahum hafitheen

And [mention] Job, when he called to his Lord, "Indeed, adversity has touched me, and You are the most merciful of the merciful."

Waayyooba ith nadarabbahu annee massaniya addurru waanta arhamuarrahimeen

So We responded to him and removed what afflicted him of adversity. And We gave him [back] his family and the like thereof with them as mercy from Us and a reminder for the worshippers [of Allāh].

Fastajabna lahu fakashafnama bihi min durrin waataynahu ahlahuwamithlahum maAAahum rahmatan min AAindina wathikralilAAabideen

And [mention] Ishmael and Idrees and Dhul-Kifl; all were of the patient.

Wa-ismaAAeela wa-idreesa wathaalkifli kullun mina assabireen

And We admitted them into Our mercy. Indeed, they were of the righteous.

Waadkhalnahum fee rahmatinainnahum mina assaliheen

And [mention] the man of the fish [i.e., Jonah], when he went off in anger and thought that We would not decree [anything] upon him. And he called out within the darknesses, "There is no deity except You; exalted are You. Indeed, I have been of the wrongdoers."

Watha annooni ith thahabamughadiban fathanna an lan naqdira AAalayhifanada fee aththulumatian la ilaha illa anta subhanaka inneekuntu mina aththalimeen

So We responded to him and saved him from the distress. And thus do We save the believers.

Fastajabna lahu wanajjaynahumina alghammi wakathalika nunjee almu/mineen

And [mention] Zechariah, when he called to his Lord, "My Lord, do not leave me alone [with no heir], while You are the best of inheritors."

Wazakariyya ith nadarabbahu rabbi la tatharnee fardan waanta khayru alwaritheen

So We responded to him, and We gave to him John, and amended for him his wife. Indeed, they used to hasten to good deeds and supplicate Us in hope and fear, and they were to Us humbly submissive.

Fastajabna lahu wawahabnalahu yahya waaslahna lahuzawjahu innahum kanoo yusariAAoona fee alkhayratiwayadAAoonana raghaban warahaban wakanoo lanakhashiAAeen

And [mention] the one who guarded her chastity [i.e., Mary], so We blew into her [garment] through Our angel [i.e., Gabriel], and We made her and her son a sign for the worlds.

Wallatee ahsanat farjahafanafakhna feeha min roohinawajaAAalnaha wabnaha ayatanlilAAalameen

Indeed this, your religion, is one religion, and I am your Lord, so worship Me.

Inna hathihi ommatukum ommatan wahidatanwaana rabbukum faoAAbudoon

And [yet] they divided their affair [i.e., that of their religion] among themselves, [but] all to Us will return.

WataqattaAAoo amrahum baynahum kullunilayna rajiAAoon

So whoever does righteous deeds while he is a believer - no denial will there be for his effort, and indeed We [i.e., Our angels], of it, are recorders.

Faman yaAAmal mina assalihatiwahuwa mu/minun fala kufrana lisaAAyihi wa-innalahu katiboon

And it is prohibited to [the people of] a city which We have destroyed that they will [ever] return

Waharamun AAalaqaryatin ahlaknaha annahum la yarjiAAoon

Until when [the dam of] Gog and Magog has been opened and they, from every elevation, descend

Hatta itha futihatya/jooju wama/jooju wahum min kulli hadabin yansiloon

And [when] the true promise [i.e., the resurrection] has approached; then suddenly the eyes of those who disbelieved will be staring [in horror, while they say], "O woe to us; we had been unmindful of this; rather, we were wrongdoers."

Waqtaraba alwaAAdu alhaqqufa-itha hiya shakhisatun absaru allatheenakafaroo ya waylana qad kunna fee ghaflatinmin hatha bal kunna thalimeen

Indeed, you [disbelievers] and what you worship other than Allāh are the firewood of Hell. You will be coming to [enter] it.

Innakum wama taAAbudoona min dooniAllahi hasabu jahannama antum laha waridoon

Had these [false deities] been [actual] gods, they would not have come to it, but all are eternal therein.

Law kana haola-i alihatanma waradooha wakullun feeha khalidoon

For them therein is heavy sighing, and they therein will not hear.

Lahum feeha zafeerun wahum feehala yasmaAAoon

Indeed, those for whom the best [reward] has preceded from Us - they are from it far removed.

Inna allatheena sabaqat lahum minnaalhusna ola-ika AAanha mubAAadoon

They will not hear its sound, while they are, in that which their souls desire, abiding eternally.

La yasmaAAoona haseesahawahum fee ma ishtahat anfusuhum khalidoon

They will not be grieved by the greatest terror, and the angels will meet them, [saying], "This is your Day which you have been promised" -

La yahzunuhumu alfazaAAual-akbaru watatalaqqahumu almala-ikatu hathayawmukumu allathee kuntum tooAAadoon

The Day when We will fold the heaven like the folding of a [written] sheet for the records. As We began the first creation, We will repeat it. [That is] a promise binding upon Us. Indeed, We will do it.

Yawma natwee assamaakatayyi assijlli lilkutubi kama bada/naawwala khalqin nuAAeeduhu waAAdan AAalayna innakunna faAAileen

And We have already written in the book [of Psalms] after the [previous] mention that the land [of Paradise] is inherited by My righteous servants.

Walaqad katabna fee azzaboorimin baAAdi aththikri anna al-arda yarithuhaAAibadiya assalihoon

Indeed, in this [Qur’ān] is notification for a worshipping people.

Inna fee hatha labalaghanliqawmin AAabideen

And We have not sent you, [O Muḥammad], except as a mercy to the worlds.

Wama arsalnaka illa rahmatanlilAAalameen

Say, "It is only revealed to me that your god is but one God; so will you be Muslims [in submission to Him]?"

Qul innama yooha ilayya annamailahukum ilahun wahidun fahal antummuslimoon

But if they turn away, then say, "I have announced to [all of] you equally. And I know not whether near or far is that which you are promised.

Fa-in tawallaw faqul athantukum AAalasawa-in wa-in adree aqareebun am baAAeedun matooAAadoon

Indeed, He knows what is declared of speech, and He knows what you conceal.

Innahu yaAAlamu aljahra mina alqawliwayaAAlamu ma taktumoon

And I know not; perhaps it is a trial for you and enjoyment for a time."

Wa-in adree laAAallahu fitnatun lakum wamataAAunila heen

[The Prophet (ﷺ)] has said, "My Lord, judge [between us] in truth. And our Lord is the Most Merciful, the one whose help is sought against that which you describe."

Qala rabbi ohkum bilhaqqiwarabbuna arrahmanu almustaAAanuAAala ma tasifoon