Ḥā, Meem.

Ha-meem

By the clear Book,

Walkitabi almubeen

Indeed, We have made it an Arabic Qur’ān that you might understand.

Inna jaAAalnahu qur-ananAAarabiyyan laAAallakum taAAqiloona

And indeed it is, in the Mother of the Book with Us, exalted and full of wisdom.

Wa-innahu fee ommi alkitabi ladaynalaAAaliyyun hakeem

Then should We turn the message away, disregarding you, because you are a transgressing people?

Afanadribu AAankumu aththikrasafhan an kuntum qawman musrifeen

And how many a prophet We sent among the former peoples,

Wakam arsalna min nabiyyin feeal-awwaleen

But there would not come to them a prophet except that they used to ridicule him.

Wama ya/teehim min nabiyyin illakanoo bihi yastahzi-oon

And We destroyed greater than them in [striking] power, and the example of the former peoples has preceded.

Faahlakna ashadda minhum batshanwamada mathalu al-awwaleen

And if you should ask them, "Who has created the heavens and the earth?" they would surely say, "They were created by the Exalted in Might, the Knowing,"

Wala-in saaltahum man khalaqa assamawatiwal-arda layaqoolunna khalaqahunna alAAazeezualAAaleem

[The one] who has made for you the earth a bed and made for you upon it roads that you might be guided

Allathee jaAAala lakumu al-ardamahdan wajaAAala lakum feeha subulan laAAallakum tahtadoon

And who sends down rain from the sky in measured amounts, and We revive thereby a dead land - thus will you be brought forth -

Wallathee nazzala mina assama-imaan biqadarin faansharna bihi baldatan maytan kathalikatukhrajoon

And who created the species, all of them, and has made for you of ships and animals those which you mount

Wallathee khalaqa al-azwajakullaha wajaAAala lakum mina alfulki wal-anAAamima tarkaboon

That you may settle yourselves upon their backs and then remember the favor of your Lord when you have settled upon them and say, "Exalted is He who has subjected this to us, and we could not have [otherwise] subdued it.

Litastawoo AAala thuhoorihithumma tathkuroo niAAmata rabbikum itha istawaytumAAalayhi wataqooloo subhana allathee sakhkhara lanahatha wama kunna lahu muqrineen

And indeed we, to our Lord, will [surely] return."

Wa-inna ila rabbinalamunqaliboon

But they have attributed to Him from His servants a portion. Indeed, man is clearly ungrateful.

WajaAAaloo lahu min AAibadihi juz-aninna al-insana lakafoorun mubeen

Or has He taken, out of what He has created, daughters and chosen you for [having] sons?

Ami ittakhatha mimma yakhluqubanatin waasfakum bilbaneen

And when one of them is given good tidings of that which he attributes to the Most Merciful in comparison [i.e., a daughter], his face becomes dark, and he suppresses grief.

Wa-itha bushshira ahaduhum bimadaraba lirrahmani mathalan thallawajhuhu muswaddan wahuwa katheem

So is one brought up in ornaments while being during conflict unevident [attributed to Allāh]?

Awaman yunashshao fee alhilyatiwahuwa fee alkhisami ghayru mubeen

And they described the angels, who are servants of the Most Merciful, as females. Did they witness their creation? Their testimony will be recorded, and they will be questioned.

WajaAAaloo almala-ikata allatheenahum AAibadu arrahmani inathanashahidoo khalqahum satuktabu shahadatuhum wayus-aloon

And they said, "If the Most Merciful had willed, we would not have worshipped them." They have of that no knowledge. They are not but misjudging.

Waqaloo law shaa arrahmanuma AAabadnahum ma lahum bithalika minAAilmin in hum illa yakhrusoon

Or have We given them a book before it [i.e., the Qur’ān] to which they are adhering?

Am ataynahum kitabanmin qablihi fahum bihi mustamsikoon

Rather, they say, "Indeed, we found our fathers upon a religion, and we are in their footsteps [rightly] guided."

Bal qaloo inna wajadna abaanaAAala ommatin wa-inna AAala atharihimmuhtadoon

And similarly, We did not send before you any warner into a city except that its affluent said, "Indeed, we found our fathers upon a religion, and we are, in their footsteps, following."

Wakathalika ma arsalnamin qablika fee qaryatin min natheerin illa qalamutrafooha inna wajadna abaanaAAala ommatin wa-inna AAala atharihimmuqtadoon

[Each warner] said, "Even if I brought you better guidance than that [religion] upon which you found your fathers?" They said, "Indeed we, in that with which you were sent, are disbelievers."

Qala awa law ji/tukum bi-ahdamimma wajadtum AAalayhi abaakum qalooinna bima orsiltum bihi kafiroon

So We took retribution from them; then see how was the end of the deniers.

Fantaqamna minhum fanthurkayfa kana AAaqibatu almukaththibeen

And [mention, O Muḥammad], when Abraham said to his father and his people, "Indeed, I am disassociated from that which you worship

Wa-ith qala ibraheemuli-abeehi waqawmihi innanee baraon mimma taAAbudoon

Except for He who created me; and indeed, He will guide me."

Illa allathee fataraneefa-innahu sayahdeen

And he made it a word remaining among his descendants that they might return [to it].

WajaAAalaha kalimatan baqiyatanfee AAaqibihi laAAallahum yarjiAAoon

However, I gave enjoyment to these [people of Makkah] and their fathers until there came to them the truth and a clear Messenger.

Bal mattaAAtu haola-i waabaahumhatta jaahumu alhaqqu warasoolunmubeen

But when the truth came to them, they said, "This is magic, and indeed we are, concerning it, disbelievers."

Walamma jaahumu alhaqquqaloo hatha sihrun wa-inna bihi kafiroon

And they said, "Why was this Qur’ān not sent down upon a great man from [one of] the two cities?"

Waqaloo lawla nuzzila hathaalqur-anu AAala rajulin mina alqaryatayni AAatheem

Do they distribute the mercy of your Lord? It is We who have apportioned among them their livelihood in the life of this world and have raised some of them above others in degrees [of rank] that they may make use of one another for service. But the mercy of your Lord is better than whatever they accumulate.

Ahum yaqsimoona rahmata rabbika nahnuqasamna baynahum maAAeeshatahum fee alhayatiaddunya warafaAAna baAAdahum fawqabaAAdin darajatin liyattakhitha baAAduhumbaAAdan sukhriyyan warahmatu rabbika khayrun mimmayajmaAAoon

And if it were not that the people would become one community [of disbelievers], We would have made for those who disbelieve in the Most Merciful - for their houses - ceilings and stairways of silver upon which to mount.

Walawla an yakoona annasuommatan wahidatan lajaAAalna liman yakfuru birrahmanilibuyootihim suqufan min fiddatin wamaAAarijaAAalayha yathharoon

And for their houses - doors and couches [of silver] upon which to recline

Walibuyootihim abwaban wasururanAAalayha yattaki-oon

And gold ornament. But all that is not but the enjoyment of worldly life. And the Hereafter with your Lord is for the righteous.

Wazukhrufan wa-in kullu thalika lammamataAAu alhayati addunya wal-akhiratuAAinda rabbika lilmuttaqeen

And whoever is blinded from remembrance of the Most Merciful - We appoint for him a devil, and he is to him a companion.

Waman yaAAshu AAan thikri arrahmaninuqayyid lahu shaytanan fahuwa lahu qareen

And indeed, they [i.e., the devils] avert them from the way [of guidance] while they think that they are [rightly] guided

Wa-innahum layasuddoonahum AAani assabeeliwayahsaboona annahum muhtadoon

Until, when he comes to Us [at Judgement], he says [to his companion], "How I wish there was between me and you the distance between the east and west; and what a wretched companion."

Hatta itha jaanaqala ya layta baynee wabaynaka buAAda almashriqaynifabi/sa alqareen

And never will it benefit you that Day, when you have wronged, that you are [all] sharing in the punishment.

Walan yanfaAAakumu alyawma ith thalamtumannakum fee alAAathabi mushtarikoon

Then will you make the deaf hear, [O Muḥammad], or guide the blind or he who is in clear error?

Afaanta tusmiAAu assumma awtahdee alAAumya waman kana fee dalalinmubeen

And whether [or not] We take you away [in death], indeed, We will take retribution upon them.

Fa-imma nathhabanna bikafa-inna minhum muntaqimoon

Or whether [or not] We show you that which We have promised them, indeed, We are Perfect in Ability.

Aw nuriyannaka allathee waAAadnahumfa-inna AAalayhim muqtadiroon

So adhere to that which is revealed to you. Indeed, you are on a straight path.

Fastamsik billatheeoohiya ilayka innaka AAala siratinmustaqeem

And indeed, it is a remembrance for you and your people, and you [all] are going to be questioned.

Wa-innahu lathikrun laka waliqawmikawasawfa tus-aloon

And ask those We sent before you of Our messengers; have We made besides the Most Merciful deities to be worshipped?

Was-al man arsalna minqablika min rusulina ajaAAalna min dooni arrahmanialihatan yuAAbadoon

And certainly did We send Moses with Our signs to Pharaoh and his establishment, and he said, "Indeed, I am the messenger of the Lord of the worlds."

Walaqad arsalna moosa bi-ayatinaila firAAawna wamala-ihi faqala innee rasoolu rabbialAAalameen

But when he brought them Our signs, at once they laughed at them.

Falamma jaahum bi-ayatinaitha hum minha yadhakoon

And We showed them not a sign except that it was greater than its sister, and We seized them with affliction that perhaps they might return [to faith].

Wama nureehim min ayatin illahiya akbaru min okhtiha waakhathnahum bilAAathabilaAAallahum yarjiAAoon

And they said [to Moses], "O magician, invoke for us your Lord by what He has promised you. Indeed, we will be guided."

Waqaloo ya ayyuha asahiruodAAu lana rabbaka bima AAahida AAindaka innanalamuhtadoon

But when We removed from them the affliction, at once they broke their word.

Falamma kashafna AAanhumualAAathaba itha hum yankuthoon

And Pharaoh called out among his people; he said, "O my people, does not the kingdom of Egypt belong to me, and these rivers flowing beneath me; then do you not see?

Wanada firAAawnu fee qawmihi qalaya qawmi alaysa lee mulku misra wahathihial-anharu tajree min tahtee afala tubsiroon

Or am I [not] better than this one [i.e., Moses] who is insignificant and hardly makes himself clear?

Am ana khayrun min hatha allatheehuwa maheenun wala yakadu yubeen

Then why have there not been placed upon him bracelets of gold or come with him the angels in conjunction?"

Falawla olqiya AAalayhi aswiratun minthahabin aw jaa maAAahu almala-ikatumuqtarineen

So he bluffed his people, and they obeyed him. Indeed, they were [themselves] a people defiantly disobedient [of Allāh].

Fastakhaffa qawmahu faataAAoohuinnahum kanoo qawman fasiqeen

And when they angered Us, We took retribution from them and drowned them all.

Falamma asafoonaintaqamna minhum faaghraqnahum ajmaAAeen

And We made them a precedent and an example for the later peoples.

FajaAAalnahum salafan wamathalan lil-akhireen

And when the son of Mary was presented as an example, immediately your people laughed aloud.

Walamma duriba ibnu maryamamathalan itha qawmuka minhu yasiddoon

And they said, "Are our gods better, or is he?" They did not present it [i.e., the comparison] except for [mere] argument. But, [in fact], they are a people prone to dispute.

Waqaloo aalihatunakhayrun am huwa ma daraboohu laka illajadalan bal hum qawmun khasimoon

He [i.e., Jesus] was not but a servant upon whom We bestowed favor, and We made him an example for the Children of Israel.

In huwa illa AAabdun anAAamnaAAalayhi wajaAAalnahu mathalan libanee isra-eel

And if We willed, We could have made [instead] of you angels succeeding [one another] on the earth.

Walaw nashao lajaAAalna minkummala-ikatan fee al-ardi yakhlufoon

And indeed, he [i.e., Jesus] will be [a sign for] knowledge of the Hour, so be not in doubt of it, and follow Me. This is a straight path.

Wa-innahu laAAilmun lissaAAatifala tamtarunna biha wattabiAAooni hathasiratun mustaqeem

And never let Satan avert you. Indeed, he is to you a clear enemy.

Wala yasuddannakumu ashshaytanuinnahu lakum AAaduwwun mubeen

And when Jesus brought clear proofs, he said, "I have come to you with wisdom [i.e., prophethood] and to make clear to you some of that over which you differ, so fear Allāh and obey me.

Walamma jaa AAeesa bilbayyinatiqala qad ji/tukum bilhikmati wali-obayyinalakum baAAda allathee takhtalifoona feehi fattaqooAllaha waateeAAoon

Indeed, Allāh is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him. This is a straight path."

Inna Allaha huwa rabbee warabbukum faAAbudoohuhatha siratun mustaqeem

But the denominations from among them differed [and separated], so woe to those who have wronged from the punishment of a painful Day.

Fakhtalafa al-ahzabumin baynihim fawaylun lillatheena thalamoomin AAathabi yawmin aleem

Are they waiting except for the Hour to come upon them suddenly while they perceive not?

Hal yanthuroona illa assaAAataan ta/tiyahum baghtatan wahum la yashAAuroon

Close friends, that Day, will be enemies to each other, except for the righteous

Al-akhillao yawma-ithin baAAduhumlibaAAdin AAaduwwun illa almuttaqeen

[To whom Allāh will say], "O My servants, no fear will there be concerning you this Day, nor will you grieve,

Ya AAibadi la khawfunAAalaykumu alyawma wala antum tahzanoon

[You] who believed in Our verses and were Muslims.

Allatheena amanoo bi-ayatinawakanoo muslimeen

Enter Paradise, you and your kinds, delighted."

Odkhuloo aljannata antum waazwajukumtuhbaroon

Circulated among them will be plates and vessels of gold. And therein is whatever the souls desire and [what] delights the eyes, and you will abide therein eternally.

Yutafu AAalayhim bisihafinmin thahabin waakwabin wafeeha matashtaheehi al-anfusu watalaththu al-aAAyunu waantum feehakhalidoon

And that is Paradise which you are made to inherit for what you used to do.

Watilka aljannatu allatee oorithtumoohabima kuntum taAAmaloon

For you therein is much fruit from which you will eat.

Lakum feeha fakihatunkatheeratun minha ta/kuloon

Indeed, the criminals will be in the punishment of Hell, abiding eternally.

Inna almujrimeena fee AAathabijahannama khalidoon

It will not be allowed to subside for them, and they, therein, are in despair.

La yufattaru AAanhum wahum feehimublisoon

And We did not wrong them, but it was they who were the wrongdoers.

Wama thalamnahumwalakin kanoo humu aththalimeen

And they will call, "O Mālik, let your Lord put an end to us!" He will say, "Indeed, you will remain."

Wanadaw ya maliku liyaqdiAAalayna rabbuka qala innakum makithoon

We had certainly brought you the truth, but most of you, to the truth, were averse.

Laqad ji/nakum bilhaqqiwalakinna aktharakum lilhaqqi karihoon

Or have they devised [some] affair? But indeed, We are devising [a plan].

Am abramoo amran fa-inna mubrimoon

Or do they think that We hear not their secrets and their private conversations? Yes, [We do], and Our messengers [i.e., angels] are with them recording.

Am yahsaboona anna lanasmaAAu sirrahum wanajwahum bala warusulunaladayhim yaktuboon

Say, [O Muḥammad], "If the Most Merciful had a son, then I would be the first of [his] worshippers."

Qul in kana lirrahmaniwaladun faana awwalu alAAabideen

Exalted is the Lord of the heavens and the earth, Lord of the Throne, above what they describe.

Subhana rabbi assamawatiwal-ardi rabbi alAAarshi AAamma yasifoon

So leave them to converse vainly and amuse themselves until they meet their Day which they are promised.

Fatharhum yakhoodoowayalAAaboo hatta yulaqoo yawmahumu allatheeyooAAadoon

And it is He [i.e., Allāh] who is [the only] deity in the heaven, and on the earth [the only] deity. And He is the Wise, the Knowing.

Wahuwa allathee fee assama-iilahun wafee al-ardi ilahun wahuwa alhakeemualAAaleem

And blessed is He to whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them and with whom is knowledge of the Hour and to whom you will be returned.

Watabaraka allathee lahu mulkuassamawati wal-ardi wamabaynahuma waAAindahu AAilmu assaAAatiwa-ilayhi turjaAAoon

And those they invoke besides Him do not possess [power of] intercession; but only those who testify to the truth [can benefit], and they know.

Wala yamliku allatheenayadAAoona min doonihi ashshafaAAata illaman shahida bilhaqqi wahum yaAAlamoon

And if you asked them who created them, they would surely say, "Allāh." So how are they deluded?

Wala-in saaltahum man khalaqahumlayaqoolunna Allahu faanna yu/fakoon

And [Allāh acknowledges] his saying, "O my Lord, indeed these are a people who do not believe."

Waqeelihi ya rabbi inna haola-iqawmun la yu/minoon

So turn aside from them and say, "Peace." But they are going to know.

Fasfah AAanhum waqulsalamun fasawfa yaAAlamoon