Blessed is He who sent down the Criterion upon His Servant that he may be to the worlds a warner -

Tabaraka allathee nazzalaalfurqana AAala AAabdihi liyakoona lilAAalameenanatheera

He to whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and who has not taken a son and has not had a partner in dominion and has created each thing and determined it with [precise] determination.

Allathee lahu mulku assamawatiwal-ardi walam yattakhith waladan walamyakun lahu shareekun fee almulki wakhalaqa kulla shay-infaqaddarahu taqdeera

But they have taken besides Him gods which create nothing, while they are created, and possess not for themselves any harm or benefit and possess not [power to cause] death or life or resurrection.

Wattakhathoo min doonihi alihatanla yakhluqoona shay-an wahum yukhlaqoona walayamlikoona li-anfusihim darran wala nafAAan walayamlikoona mawtan wala hayatan walanushoora

And those who disbelieve say, "This [Qur’ān] is not except a falsehood he invented, and another people assisted him in it." But they have committed an injustice and a lie.

Waqala allatheena kafaroo in hathailla ifkun iftarahu waaAAanahu AAalayhiqawmun akharoona faqad jaoo thulmanwazoora

And they say, "Legends of the former peoples which he has written down, and they are dictated to him morning and afternoon."

Waqaloo asateeru al-awwaleenaiktatabaha fahiya tumla AAalayhi bukratan waaseela

Say, [O Muḥammad], "It has been revealed by He who knows [every] secret within the heavens and the earth. Indeed, He is ever Forgiving and Merciful."

Qul anzalahu allathee yaAAlamu assirrafee assamawati wal-ardiinnahu kana ghafooran raheema

And they say, "What is this messenger that eats food and walks in the markets? Why was there not sent down to him an angel so he would be with him a warner?

Waqaloo mali hatha arrasooliya/kulu attaAAama wayamshee fee al-aswaqilawla onzila ilayhi malakun fayakoona maAAahu natheera

Or [why is not] a treasure presented to him [from heaven], or does he [not] have a garden from which he eats?" And the wrongdoers say, "You follow not but a man affected by magic."

Aw yulqa ilayhi kanzun aw takoonu lahujannatun ya/kulu minha waqala aththalimoonain tattabiAAoona illa rajulan mashoora

Look how they strike for you comparisons; but they have strayed, so they cannot [find] a way.

Onthur kayfa daraboolaka al-amthala fadalloo fala yastateeAAoonasabeela

Blessed is He who, if He willed, could have made for you [something] better than that - gardens beneath which rivers flow - and could make for you palaces.

Tabaraka allathee in shaajaAAala laka khayran min thalika jannatin tajreemin tahtiha al-anharu wayajAAal laka qusoora

But they have denied the Hour, and We have prepared for those who deny the Hour a Blaze.

Bal kaththaboo bissaAAatiwaaAAtadna liman kaththaba bissaAAatisaAAeera

When it [i.e., the Hellfire] sees them from a distant place, they will hear its fury and roaring.

Itha raat-hum min makaninbaAAeedin samiAAoo laha taghayyuthanwazafeera

And when they are thrown into a narrow place therein bound in chains, they will cry out thereupon for destruction.

Wa-itha olqoo minha makanandayyiqan muqarraneena daAAaw hunalika thuboora

[They will be told], "Do not cry this Day for one destruction but cry for much destruction."

La tadAAoo alyawma thubooran wahidanwadAAoo thubooran katheera

Say, "Is that better or the Garden of Eternity which is promised to the righteous? It will be for them a reward and destination.

Qul athalika khayrun am jannatualkhuldi allatee wuAAida almuttaqoona kanat lahum jazaanwamaseera

For them therein is whatever they wish, [while] abiding eternally. It is ever upon your Lord a promise [worthy to be] requested.

Lahum feeha ma yashaoonakhalideena kana AAala rabbika waAAdanmas-oola

And [mention] the Day He will gather them and that which they worship besides Allāh and will say, "Did you mislead these, My servants, or did they [themselves] stray from the way?"

Wayawma yahshuruhum wamayaAAbudoona min dooni Allahi fayaqoolu aantum adlaltumAAibadee haola-i am hum dalloo assabeel

They will say, "Exalted are You! It was not for us to take besides You any allies [i.e., protectors]. But You provided comforts for them and their fathers until they forgot the message and became a people ruined."

Qaloo subhanaka ma kanayanbaghee lana an nattakhitha min doonika min awliyaawalakin mattaAAtahum waabaahum hattanasoo aththikra wakanoo qawman boora

So they will deny you, [disbelievers], in what you say, and you cannot avert [punishment] or [find] help. And whoever commits injustice among you - We will make him taste a great punishment.

Faqad kaththabookum bimataqooloona fama tastateeAAoona sarfan walanasran waman yathlim minkum nuthiqhuAAathaban kabeera

And We did not send before you, [O Muḥammad], any of the messengers except that they ate food and walked in the markets. And We have made some of you [people] as trial for others - will you have patience? And ever is your Lord, Seeing.

Wama arsalna qablaka minaalmursaleena illa innahum laya/kuloona attaAAamawayamshoona fee al-aswaqi wajaAAalna baAAdakumlibaAAdin fitnatan atasbiroona wakanarabbuka baseera

And those who do not expect the meeting with Us say, "Why were not angels sent down to us, or [why] do we [not] see our Lord?" They have certainly become arrogant within themselves and [become] insolent with great insolence.

Waqala allatheena layarjoona liqaana lawla onzila AAalaynaalmala-ikatu aw nara rabbana laqadiistakbaroo fee anfusihim waAAataw AAutuwwan kabeera

The day they see the angels - no good tidings will there be that day for the criminals, and [the angels] will say, "Prevented and inaccessible."

Yawma yarawna almala-ikata labushra yawma-ithin lilmujrimeena wayaqooloona hijranmahjoora

And We will approach [i.e., regard] what they have done of deeds and make them as dust dispersed.

Waqadimna ila maAAamiloo min AAamalin fajaAAalnahu habaan manthoora

The companions of Paradise, that Day, are [in] a better settlement and better resting place.

As-habu aljannati yawma-ithinkhayrun mustaqarran waahsanu maqeela

And [mention] the Day when the heaven will split open with [emerging] clouds, and the angels will be sent down in successive descent.

Wayawma tashaqqaqu assamao bilghamamiwanuzzila almala-ikatu tanzeela

True sovereignty, that Day, is for the Most Merciful. And it will be upon the disbelievers a difficult Day.

Almulku yawma-ithin alhaqqu lirrahmaniwakana yawman AAala alkafireena AAaseera

And the Day the wrongdoer will bite on his hands [in regret] he will say, "Oh, I wish I had taken with the Messenger a way.

Wayawma yaAAaddu aththalimuAAala yadayhi yaqoolu ya laytanee ittakhathtumaAAa arrasooli sabeela

Oh, woe to me! I wish I had not taken that one as a friend.

Ya waylata laytanee lamattakhith fulanan khaleela

He led me away from the remembrance after it had come to me. And ever is Satan, to man, a deserter."

Laqad adallanee AAani aththikribaAAda ith jaanee wakana ashshaytanulil-insani khathoola

And the Messenger has said, "O my Lord, indeed my people have taken this Qur’ān as [a thing] abandoned."

Waqala arrasoolu yarabbi inna qawmee ittakhathoo hatha alqur-anamahjoora

And thus have We made for every prophet an enemy from among the criminals. But sufficient is your Lord as a guide and a helper.

Wakathalika jaAAalna likullinabiyyin AAaduwwan mina almujrimeena wakafa birabbika hadiyanwanaseera

And those who disbelieve say, "Why was the Qur’ān not revealed to him all at once?" Thus [it is] that We may strengthen thereby your heart. And We have spaced it distinctly.

Waqala allatheena kafaroo lawlanuzzila AAalayhi alqur-anu jumlatan wahidatan kathalikalinuthabbita bihi fu-adaka warattalnahu tarteela

And they do not come to you with an example [i.e., argument] except that We bring you the truth and the best explanation.

Wala ya/toonaka bimathalin illaji/naka bilhaqqi waahsana tafseera

The ones who are gathered on their faces to Hell - those are the worst in position and farthest astray in [their] way.

Allatheena yuhsharoona AAalawujoohihim ila jahannama ola-ika sharrun makananwaadallu sabeela

And We had certainly given Moses the Scripture and appointed with him his brother Aaron as an assistant.

Walaqad atayna moosaalkitaba wajaAAalna maAAahu akhahu haroonawazeera

And We said, "Go both of you to the people who have denied Our signs." Then We destroyed them with [complete] destruction.

Faqulna ithhaba ilaalqawmi allatheena kaththaboo bi-ayatinafadammarnahum tadmeera

And the people of Noah - when they denied the messengers, We drowned them, and We made them for mankind a sign. And We have prepared for the wrongdoers a painful punishment.

Waqawma noohin lamma kaththabooarrusula aghraqnahum wajaAAalnahum linnasiayatan waaAAtadna liththalimeenaAAathaban aleema

And [We destroyed] ʿAad and Thamūd and the companions of the well and many generations between them.

WaAAadan wathamooda waas-habaarrassi waquroonan bayna thalika katheera

And for each We presented examples [as warnings], and each We destroyed with [total] destruction.

Wakullan darabna lahu al-amthalawakullan tabbarna tatbeera

And they have already come upon the town which was showered with a rain of evil [i.e., stones]. So have they not seen it? But they are not expecting resurrection.

Walaqad ataw AAala alqaryati allateeomtirat matara assaw-i afalam yakoonooyarawnaha bal kanoo la yarjoona nushoora

And when they see you, [O Muḥammad], they take you not except in ridicule, [saying], "Is this the one whom Allāh has sent as a messenger?

Wa-itha raawka in yattakhithoonakailla huzuwan ahatha allathee baAAatha Allahurasoola

He almost would have misled us from our gods had we not been steadfast in [worship of] them." But they are going to know, when they see the punishment, who is farthest astray in [his] way.

In kada layudillunaAAan alihatina lawla an sabarnaAAalayha wasawfa yaAAlamoona heena yarawna alAAathabaman adallu sabeela

Have you seen the one who takes as his god his own desire? Then would you be responsible for him?

Araayta mani ittakhatha ilahahuhawahu afaanta takoonu AAalayhi wakeela

Or do you think that most of them hear or reason? They are not except like livestock. Rather, they are [even] more astray in [their] way.

Am tahsabu anna aktharahumyasmaAAoona aw yaAAqiloona in hum illa kal-anAAamibal hum adallu sabeela

Have you not considered your Lord - how He extends the shadow, and if He willed, He could have made it stationary? Then We made the sun for it an indication.

Alam tara ila rabbika kayfa madda aththillawalaw shaa lajaAAalahu sakinan thumma jaAAalnaashshamsa AAalayhi daleela

Then We [retract and] hold it with Us for a brief grasp.

Thumma qabadnahu ilaynaqabdan yaseera

And it is He who has made the night for you as clothing and sleep [a means for] rest and has made the day a resurrection.

Wahuwa allathee jaAAala lakumuallayla libasan wannawma subatan wajaAAalaannahara nushoora

And it is He who sends the winds as good tidings before His mercy [i.e., rainfall], and We send down from the sky pure water

Wahuwa allathee arsala arriyahabushran bayna yaday rahmatihi waanzalna mina assama-imaan tahoora

That We may bring to life thereby a dead land and give it as drink to those We created of numerous livestock and men.

Linuhyiya bihi baldatan maytanwanusqiyahu mimma khalaqna anAAaman waanasiyyakatheera

And We have certainly distributed it among them that they might be reminded, but most of the people refuse except disbelief.

Walaqad sarrafnahu baynahumliyaththakkaroo faaba aktharu annasiilla kufoora

And if We had willed, We could have sent into every city a warner.

Walaw shi/na labaAAathna feekulli qaryatin natheera

So do not obey the disbelievers, and strive against them with it [i.e., the Qur’ān] a great striving.

Fala tutiAAi alkafireenawajahidhum bihi jihadan kabeera

And it is He who has released [simultaneously] the two seas [i.e., bodies of water], one fresh and sweet and one salty and bitter, and He placed between them a barrier and prohibiting partition.

Wahuwa allathee maraja albahraynihatha AAathbun furatun wahatha milhunojajun wajaAAala baynahuma barzakhan wahijranmahjoora

And it is He who has created from water [i.e., semen] a human being and made him [a relative by] lineage and marriage. And ever is your Lord competent [concerning creation].

Wahuwa allathee khalaqa mina alma-ibasharan fajaAAalahu nasaban wasihran wakanarabbuka qadeera

But they worship rather than Allāh that which does not benefit them or harm them, and the disbeliever is ever, against his Lord, an assistant [to Satan].

WayaAAbudoona min dooni Allahi mala yanfaAAuhum wala yadurruhum wakanaalkafiru AAala rabbihi thaheera

And We have not sent you, [O Muḥammad], except as a bringer of good tidings and a warner.

Wama arsalnaka illamubashshiran wanatheera

Say, "I do not ask of you for it any payment - only that whoever wills might take to his Lord a way."

Qul ma as-alukum AAalayhi min ajrinilla man shaa an yattakhitha ilarabbihi sabeela

And rely upon the Ever-Living who does not die, and exalt [Allāh] with His praise. And sufficient is He to be, with the sins of His servants, [fully] Aware -

Watawakkal AAala alhayyi allatheela yamootu wasabbih bihamdihi wakafabihi bithunoobi AAibadihi khabeera

He who created the heavens and the earth and what is between them in six days and then established Himself above the Throne - the Most Merciful, so ask about Him one well informed [i.e., the Prophet (ﷺ)].

Allathee khalaqa assamawatiwal-arda wama baynahuma fee sittatiayyamin thumma istawa AAala alAAarshi arrahmanufas-al bihi khabeera

And when it is said to them, "Prostrate to the Most Merciful," they say, "And what is the Most Merciful? Should we prostrate to that which you order us?" And it increases them in aversion.

Wa-itha qeela lahumu osjudoo lirrahmaniqaloo wama arrahmanu anasjudulima ta/muruna wazadahum nufoora

Blessed is He who has placed in the sky great stars and placed therein a [burning] lamp and luminous moon.

Tabaraka allathee jaAAala feeassama-i buroojan wajaAAala feeha sirajanwaqamaran muneera

And it is He who has made the night and the day in succession for whoever desires to remember or desires gratitude.

Wahuwa allathee jaAAala allayla wannaharakhilfatan liman arada an yaththakkara aw aradashukoora

And the servants of the Most Merciful are those who walk upon the earth easily, and when the ignorant address them [harshly], they say [words of] peace,

WaAAibadu arrahmaniallatheena yamshoona AAala al-ardi hawnanwa-itha khatabahumu aljahiloona qaloosalama

And those who spend [part of] the night to their Lord prostrating and standing [in prayer]

Wallatheena yabeetoonalirabbihim sujjadan waqiyama

And those who say, "Our Lord, avert from us the punishment of Hell. Indeed, its punishment is ever adhering;

Wallatheena yaqooloona rabbanaisrif AAanna AAathaba jahannama inna AAathabahakana gharama

Indeed, it is evil as a settlement and residence."

Innaha saat mustaqarran wamuqama

And [they are] those who, when they spend, do so not excessively or sparingly but are ever, between that, [justly] moderate

Wallatheena ithaanfaqoo lam yusrifoo walam yaqturoo wakana bayna thalikaqawama

And those who do not invoke with Allāh another deity or kill the soul which Allāh has forbidden [to be killed], except by right, and do not commit unlawful sexual intercourse. And whoever should do that will meet a penalty.

Wallatheena layadAAoona maAAa Allahi ilahan akharawala yaqtuloona annafsa allatee harrama Allahuilla bilhaqqi wala yaznoona wamanyafAAal thalika yalqa athama

Multiplied for him is the punishment on the Day of Resurrection, and he will abide therein humiliated -

YudaAAaf lahu alAAathabu yawmaalqiyamati wayakhlud feehi muhana

Except for those who repent, believe and do righteous work. For them Allāh will replace their evil deeds with good. And ever is Allāh Forgiving and Merciful.

Illa man taba waamanawaAAamila AAamalan salihan faola-ikayubaddilu Allahu sayyi-atihim hasanatinwakana Allahu ghafooran raheema

And he who repents and does righteousness does indeed turn to Allāh with [accepted] repentance.

Waman taba waAAamila salihanfa-innahu yatoobu ila Allahi mataba

And [they are] those who do not testify to falsehood, and when they pass near ill speech, they pass by with dignity.

Wallatheena layashhadoona azzoora wa-itha marroo billaghwimarroo kirama

And those who, when reminded of the verses of their Lord, do not fall upon them deaf and blind.

Wallatheena itha thukkiroobi-ayati rabbihim lam yakhirroo AAalayha summanwaAAumyana

And those who say, "Our Lord, grant us from among our wives and offspring comfort to our eyes and make us a leader [i.e., example] for the righteous."

Wallatheena yaqooloona rabbanahab lana min azwajina wathurriyyatinaqurrata aAAyunin wajAAalna lilmuttaqeena imama

Those will be awarded the Chamber for what they patiently endured, and they will be received therein with greetings and [words of] peace,

Ola-ika yujzawna alghurfata bimasabaroo wayulaqqawna feeha tahiyyatan wasalama

Abiding eternally therein. Good is the settlement and residence.

Khalideena feeha hasunatmustaqarran wamuqama

Say, "What would my Lord care for you if not for your supplication?" For you [disbelievers] have denied, so it [i.e., your denial] is going to be adherent.

Qul ma yaAAbao bikum rabbee lawladuAAaokum faqad kaththabtum fasawfa yakoonu lizama