سورة غافر

40. Surah Ghafir
The Forgiver

In the name of God, the Almighty, the Merciful.

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّح۪يمِ

Bismi Allahi arrahmani arraheem

ḥā mīm

حٰمٓۜ

Ha-meem

The revelation of the Writ is from God, the Exalted in Might, the Knowing,

تَنْز۪يلُ الْكِتَابِ مِنَ اللّٰهِ الْعَز۪يزِ الْعَل۪يمِۙ

Tanzeelu alkitabi mina AllahialAAazeezi alAAaleem

The Forgiver of Transgression, and the Accepter of Repentance, the Severe in Retribution, the Owner of Abundance. There is no god save He; unto Him is the journey’s end.

غَافِرِ الذَّنْبِ وَقَابِلِ التَّوْبِ شَد۪يدِ الْعِقَابِ ذِي الطَّوْلِۜ لَٓا اِلٰهَ اِلَّا هُوَۜ اِلَيْهِ الْمَص۪يرُ

Ghafiri aththanbi waqabiliattawbi shadeedi alAAiqabi thee attawlila ilaha illa huwa ilayhi almaseer

None disputes concerning the proofs of God save those who ignore warning, so let not delude thee their going to and fro in the land.

مَا يُجَادِلُ ف۪ٓي اٰيَاتِ اللّٰهِ اِلَّا الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا فَلَا يَغْرُرْكَ تَقَلُّبُهُمْ فِي الْبِلَادِ

Ma yujadilu fee ayatiAllahi illa allatheena kafaroo falayaghrurka taqallubuhum fee albilad

There denied before them the people of Noah, and the parties after them; and every community purposed against their messenger to seize him, and disputed with falsehood to refute thereby the truth. Then I seized them — and how was My retribution!

كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ وَالْاَحْزَابُ مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْۖ وَهَمَّتْ كُلُّ اُمَّةٍ بِرَسُولِهِمْ لِيَأْخُذُوهُ وَجَادَلُوا بِالْبَاطِلِ لِيُدْحِضُوا بِهِ الْحَقَّ فَاَخَذْتُهُمْ۠ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عِقَابِ

Kaththabat qablahum qawmu noohinwal-ahzabu min baAAdihim wahammat kulluommatin birasoolihim liya/khuthoohu wajadaloo bilbatililiyudhidoo bihi alhaqqa faakhathtuhumfakayfa kana AAiqab

And thus became binding the word of thy Lord upon those who ignore warning, that they are the companions of the Fire.

وَكَذٰلِكَ حَقَّتْ كَلِمَتُ رَبِّكَ عَلَى الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُٓوا اَنَّهُمْ اَصْحَابُ النَّارِۢ

Wakathalika haqqat kalimaturabbika AAala allatheena kafaroo annahum as-habuannar

Those who bear the Throne and those round about it give glory with the praise of their Lord, and believe in Him, and ask forgiveness for those who heed warning: “Our Lord: Thou encompassest all things in mercy and knowledge, so forgive Thou those who have repented and followed Thy path, and protect Thou them from the punishment of Hell!

اَلَّذ۪ينَ يَحْمِلُونَ الْعَرْشَ وَمَنْ حَوْلَهُ يُسَبِّحُونَ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّهِمْ وَيُؤْمِنُونَ بِه۪ وَيَسْتَغْفِرُونَ لِلَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُواۚ رَبَّـنَا وَسِعْتَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ رَحْمَةً وَعِلْماً فَاغْفِرْ لِلَّذ۪ينَ تَابُوا وَاتَّبَعُوا سَب۪يلَكَ وَقِهِمْ عَذَابَ الْجَح۪يمِ

Allatheena yahmiloona alAAarshawaman hawlahu yusabbihoona bihamdi rabbihimwayu/minoona bihi wayastaghfiroona lillatheena amanoorabbana wasiAAta kulla shay-in rahmatan waAAilmanfaghfir lillatheena taboo wattabaAAoosabeelaka waqihim AAathaba aljaheem

“Our Lord: make Thou them enter the Gardens of Perpetual Abode which Thou hast promised them and whoso was righteous among their fathers, and their wives, and their progeny — Thou art the Exalted in Might, the Wise —

رَبَّنَا وَاَدْخِلْهُمْ جَنَّاتِ عَدْنٍۨ الَّت۪ي وَعَدْتَهُمْ وَمَنْ صَلَحَ مِنْ اٰبَٓائِهِمْ وَاَزْوَاجِهِمْ وَذُرِّيَّاتِهِمْۜ اِنَّكَ اَنْتَ الْعَز۪يزُ الْحَك۪يمُۚ

Rabbana waadkhilhum jannatiAAadnin allatee waAAadtahum waman salaha min aba-ihimwaazwajihim wathurriyyatihim innaka antaalAAazeezu alhakeem

“And protect Thou them from evil deeds; and he whom Thou protectest from evil deeds that day, upon him hast Thou had mercy.” And that is the Great Achievement.

وَقِهِمُ السَّيِّـَٔاتِۜ وَمَنْ تَقِ السَّيِّـَٔاتِ يَوْمَئِذٍ فَقَدْ رَحِمْتَهُۜ وَذٰلِكَ هُوَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظ۪يمُ۟

Waqihimu assayyi-ati wamantaqi assayyi-ati yawma-ithin faqad rahimtahuwathalika huwa alfawzu alAAatheem

Those who ignore warning will be called: “The hatred of God is greater than your hatred of yourselves — when you were invited to faith, but denied.”

اِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا يُنَادَوْنَ لَمَقْتُ اللّٰهِ اَكْبَرُ مِنْ مَقْتِكُمْ اَنْفُسَكُمْ اِذْ تُدْعَوْنَ اِلَى الْا۪يمَانِ فَتَكْفُرُونَ

Inna allatheena kafaroo yunadawnalamaqtu Allahi akbaru min maqtikum anfusakum ithtudAAawna ila al-eemani fatakfuroon

(They will say: “Our Lord: twice hast Thou given us death, and twice hast Thou given us life; and we have confessed our transgressions — is there to a way out any path?”)

قَالُوا رَبَّنَٓا اَمَتَّنَا اثْنَتَيْنِ وَاَحْيَيْتَنَا اثْنَتَيْنِ فَاعْتَرَفْنَا بِذُنُوبِنَا فَهَلْ اِلٰى خُرُوجٍ مِنْ سَب۪يلٍ

Qaloo rabbana amattanaithnatayni waahyaytana ithnatayni faAAtarafnabithunoobina fahal ila khuroojin min sabeel

“That is because, when God was called to alone, you denied; but if a partnership was ascribed to Him, you believed”; then judgment belongs to God, the Exalted, the Great.

ذٰلِكُمْ بِاَنَّـهُٓ اِذَا دُعِيَ اللّٰهُ وَحْدَهُ كَفَرْتُمْۚ وَاِنْ يُشْرَكْ بِه۪ تُؤْمِنُواۜ فَالْحُكْمُ لِلّٰهِ الْعَلِيِّ الْكَب۪يرِ

Thalikum bi-annahu ithaduAAiya Allahu wahdahu kafartum wa-in yushrak bihitu/minoo falhukmu lillahi alAAaliyyialkabeer

(He it is that shows you His proofs and sends down for you from the sky provision; and there takes heed only whoso turns in repentance.

هُوَ الَّذ۪ي يُر۪يكُمْ اٰيَاتِه۪ وَيُنَزِّلُ لَكُمْ مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ رِزْقاًۜ وَمَا يَتَذَكَّرُ اِلَّا مَنْ يُن۪يبُ

Huwa allathee yureekum ayatihiwayunazzilu lakum mina assama-i rizqan wamayatathakkaru illa man yuneeb

So call to God, sincere to Him in doctrine, though the false claimers of guidance be averse.)

فَادْعُوا اللّٰهَ مُخْلِص۪ينَ لَهُ الدّ۪ينَ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ الْكَافِرُونَ

FadAAoo Allaha mukhliseenalahu addeena walaw kariha alkafiroon

The Raiser of Degrees, the Owner of the Throne; He casts the Spirit of His command upon whom He wills of His servants, that he might warn of the Day of Meeting:

رَف۪يعُ الدَّرَجَاتِ ذُوالْعَرْشِۚ يُلْقِي الرُّوحَ مِنْ اَمْرِه۪ عَلٰى مَنْ يَشَٓاءُ مِنْ عِبَادِه۪ لِيُنْذِرَ يَوْمَ التَّلَاقِۙ

RafeeAAu addarajati thooalAAarshi yulqee arrooha min amrihi AAalaman yashao min AAibadihi liyunthira yawma attalaq

The day they emerge nothing of them will be hidden from God: “Whose is the dominion this day?” — “It belongs to God, the One, the Vanquishing:

يَوْمَ هُمْ بَارِزُونَۚ لَا يَخْفٰى عَلَى اللّٰهِ مِنْهُمْ شَيْءٌۜ لِمَنِ الْمُلْكُ الْيَوْمَۜ لِلّٰهِ الْوَاحِدِ الْقَهَّارِ

Yawma hum barizoona la yakhfaAAala Allahi minhum shay-on limani almulku alyawmalillahi alwahidi alqahhar

“This day is each soul rewarded for what it earned! No injustice this day!” God is swift in reckoning.

اَلْيَوْمَ تُجْزٰى كُلُّ نَفْسٍ بِمَا كَسَبَتْۜ لَا ظُلْمَ الْيَوْمَۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ سَر۪يعُ الْحِسَابِ

Alyawma tujza kullu nafsin bimakasabat la thulma alyawma inna AllahasareeAAu alhisab

And warn thou them of the Day of the Drawing Near, when the hearts will choke in the throats: — No loyal friend for the wrongdoers! No intercessor who is obeyed!

وَاَنْذِرْهُمْ يَوْمَ الْاٰزِفَةِ اِذِ الْقُلُوبُ لَدَى الْحَنَاجِرِ كَاظِم۪ينَۜ مَا لِلظَّالِم۪ينَ مِنْ حَم۪يمٍ وَلَا شَف۪يعٍ يُطَاعُۜ

Waanthirhum yawma al-azifati ithialquloobu lada alhanajiri kathimeenama liththalimeena min hameeminwala shafeeAAin yutaAA

He knows the treachery of the eyes and what the breasts conceal.

يَعْلَمُ خَٓائِنَةَ الْاَعْيُنِ وَمَا تُخْفِي الصُّدُورُ

YaAAlamu kha-inata al-aAAyuni wamatukhfee assudoor

And God decides in justice. And those to whom they call besides Him decide not anything; God, He is the Hearer, the Seeing.

وَاللّٰهُ يَقْض۪ي بِالْحَقِّۜ وَالَّذ۪ينَ يَدْعُونَ مِنْ دُونِه۪ لَا يَقْضُونَ بِشَيْءٍۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ هُوَ السَّم۪يعُ الْبَص۪يرُ۟

Wallahu yaqdee bilhaqqiwallatheena yadAAoona min doonihi la yaqdoonabishay-in inna Allaha huwa assameeAAu albaseer

Have they not travelled in the earth and seen how was the final outcome of those who were before them? They were stronger than them in power and impact in the earth; but God seized them for their transgressions; and they had not from God any defender,

اَوَلَمْ يَس۪يرُوا فِي الْاَرْضِ فَيَنْظُرُوا كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الَّذ۪ينَ كَانُوا مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْۜ كَانُوا هُمْ اَشَدَّ مِنْهُمْ قُوَّةً وَاٰثَاراً فِي الْاَرْضِ فَاَخَذَهُمُ اللّٰهُ بِذُنُوبِهِمْ وَمَا كَانَ لَهُمْ مِنَ اللّٰهِ مِنْ وَاقٍ

Awa lam yaseeroo fee al-ardi fayanthurookayfa kana AAaqibatu allatheena kanoomin qablihim kanoo hum ashadda minhum quwwatan waatharanfee al-ardi faakhathahumu Allahu bithunoobihimwama kana lahum mina Allahi min waq

For it is that their messengers brought them clear signs, but they denied, so God seized them. He is strong, and severe in retribution.

ذٰلِكَ بِاَنَّهُمْ كَانَتْ تَأْت۪يهِمْ رُسُلُهُمْ بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ فَكَفَرُوا فَاَخَذَهُمُ اللّٰهُۜ اِنَّهُ قَوِيٌّ شَد۪يدُ الْعِقَابِ

Thalika bi-annahum kanatta/teehim rusuluhum bilbayyinati fakafaroo faakhathahumuAllahu innahu qawiyyun shadeedu alAAiqab

And We sent Moses with Our proofs and a clear authority

وَلَقَدْ اَرْسَلْنَا مُوسٰى بِاٰيَاتِنَا وَسُلْطَانٍ مُب۪ينٍۙ

Walaqad arsalna moosa bi-ayatinawasultanin mubeen

To Pharaoh and Hāmān and Qārūn; they said: “A sorcerer and a liar.”

اِلٰى فِرْعَوْنَ وَهَامَانَ وَقَارُونَ فَقَالُوا سَاحِرٌ كَذَّابٌ

Ila firAAawna wahamanawaqaroona faqaloo sahirun kaththab

And when he brought them the truth from Us, they said: “Kill the sons of those who heed warning with him, and spare their women.” But the plan of the false claimers of guidance is only in error.

فَلَمَّا جَٓاءَهُمْ بِالْحَقِّ مِنْ عِنْدِنَا قَالُوا اقْتُلُٓوا اَبْنَٓاءَ الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا مَعَهُ وَاسْتَحْيُوا نِسَٓاءَهُمْۜ وَمَا كَيْدُ الْكَافِر۪ينَ اِلَّا ف۪ي ضَلَالٍ

Falamma jaahum bilhaqqimin AAindina qaloo oqtuloo abnaa allatheenaamanoo maAAahu wastahyoo nisaahumwama kaydu alkafireena illa fee dalal

And Pharaoh said: “Let me kill Moses; — and let him call to his Lord — I fear that he will change your doctrine, or will cause corruption in the land.”

وَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ ذَرُون۪ٓي اَقْتُلْ مُوسٰى وَلْيَدْعُ رَبَّهُۚ اِنّ۪ٓي اَخَافُ اَنْ يُبَدِّلَ د۪ينَكُمْ اَوْ اَنْ يُظْهِرَ فِي الْاَرْضِ الْفَسَادَ

Waqala firAAawnu tharooneeaqtul moosa walyadAAu rabbahu innee akhafu anyubaddila deenakum aw an yuthhira fee al-ardialfasad

And Moses said: “I seek refuge in my Lord and your Lord from every proud one who believes not in the Day of Reckoning.”

وَقَالَ مُوسٰٓى اِنّ۪ي عُذْتُ بِرَبّ۪ي وَرَبِّكُمْ مِنْ كُلِّ مُتَكَبِّرٍ لَا يُؤْمِنُ بِيَوْمِ الْحِسَابِ۟

Waqala moosa innee AAuthtubirabbee warabbikum min kulli mutakabbirin la yu/minubiyawmi alhisab

And there said a believing man of the house of Pharaoh who concealed his faith: “Would you kill a man because he says: ‘My Lord is God,’ and has brought you clear signs from your Lord? If he is lying, then upon him is his lie; and if he is truthful, some of what he promises you will befall you. God guides not him who is a committer of excess and a liar.

وَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مُؤْمِنٌۗ مِنْ اٰلِ فِرْعَوْنَ يَكْتُمُ ا۪يمَانَهُٓ اَتَقْتُلُونَ رَجُلاً اَنْ يَقُولَ رَبِّيَ اللّٰهُ وَقَدْ جَٓاءَكُمْ بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْۜ وَاِنْ يَكُ كَاذِباً فَعَلَيْهِ كَذِبُهُۚ وَاِنْ يَكُ صَادِقاً يُصِبْكُمْ بَعْضُ الَّذ۪ي يَعِدُكُمْۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَا يَهْد۪ي مَنْ هُوَ مُسْرِفٌ كَذَّابٌ

Waqala rajulun mu/minun min alifirAAawna yaktumu eemanahu ataqtuloona rajulan an yaqoolarabbiyya Allahu waqad jaakum bilbayyinatimin rabbikum wa-in yaku kathiban faAAalayhi kathibuhuwa-in yaku sadiqan yusibkum baAAdu allatheeyaAAidukum inna Allaha la yahdee man huwa musrifunkaththab

“O my people: yours is the dominion this day, you being dominant in the land, but who will help us against the wrath of God if it comes to us?” Pharaoh said: “I only show you what I see, and I only guide you to the path of rectitude.”

يَا قَوْمِ لَكُمُ الْمُلْكُ الْيَوْمَ ظَاهِر۪ينَ فِي الْاَرْضِۘ فَمَنْ يَنْصُرُنَا مِنْ بَأْسِ اللّٰهِ اِنْ جَٓاءَنَاۜ قَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ مَٓا اُر۪يكُمْ اِلَّا مَٓا اَرٰى وَمَٓا اَهْد۪يكُمْ اِلَّا سَب۪يلَ الرَّشَادِ

Ya qawmi lakumu almulku alyawma thahireenafee al-ardi faman yansuruna min ba/si Allahiin jaana qala firAAawnu ma oreekumilla ma ara wama ahdeekum illasabeela arrashad

And he who heeded warning said: “O my people: I fear for you the like of the day of the parties,

وَقَالَ الَّـذ۪ٓي اٰمَنَ يَا قَوْمِ اِنّ۪ٓي اَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ مِثْلَ يَوْمِ الْاَحْزَابِۙ

Waqala allathee amana yaqawmi innee akhafu AAalaykum mithla yawmi al-ahzab

“The like of the case of the people of Noah, and ʿĀd, and Thamūd, and those after them; and God desires not injustice for the servants.

مِثْلَ دَأْبِ قَوْمِ نُوحٍ وَعَادٍ وَثَمُودَ وَالَّذ۪ينَ مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْۜ وَمَا اللّٰهُ يُر۪يدُ ظُلْماً لِلْعِبَادِ

Mithla da/bi qawmi noohin waAAadinwathamooda wallatheena min baAAdihim wamaAllahu yureedu thulman lilAAibad

“And O my people: I fear for you the Day of Calling,

وَيَا قَوْمِ اِنّ۪ٓي اَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ يَوْمَ التَّنَادِۙ

Waya qawmi innee akhafuAAalaykum yawma attanad

“The day you will turn and go having not against God any defender; and whom God sends astray, for him there is no guide.

يَوْمَ تُوَلُّونَ مُدْبِر۪ينَۚ مَا لَكُمْ مِنَ اللّٰهِ مِنْ عَاصِمٍۚ وَمَنْ يُضْلِلِ اللّٰهُ فَمَا لَهُ مِنْ هَادٍ

Yawma tuwalloona mudbireena ma lakummina Allahi min AAasimin waman yudlili Allahufama lahu min had

“And Joseph brought you the clear signs before, but you ceased not to be in doubt about what he brought. When he had perished, you said: ‘Never will God raise up after him a messenger.’ Thus does God lead astray him who is a committer of excess and a baseless sceptic:

وَلَقَدْ جَٓاءَكُمْ يُوسُفُ مِنْ قَبْلُ بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ فَمَا زِلْتُمْ ف۪ي شَكٍّ مِمَّا جَٓاءَكُمْ بِه۪ۜ حَتّٰٓى اِذَا هَلَكَ قُلْتُمْ لَنْ يَبْعَثَ اللّٰهُ مِنْ بَعْدِه۪ رَسُولاًۜ كَذٰلِكَ يُضِلُّ اللّٰهُ مَنْ هُوَ مُسْرِفٌ مُرْتَابٌۚ

Walaqad jaakum yoosufu min qablu bilbayyinatifama ziltum fee shakkin mimma jaakum bihi hattaitha halaka qultum lan yabAAatha Allahu minbaAAdihi rasoolan kathalika yudillu Allahuman huwa musrifun murtab

“Those who dispute concerning the proofs of God without an authority having come to them; great is the hatred in the sight of God and in the sight of those who heed warning; thus does God seal every proud and tyrannical heart.”

اَلَّذ۪ينَ يُجَادِلُونَ ف۪ٓي اٰيَاتِ اللّٰهِ بِغَيْرِ سُلْطَانٍ اَتٰيهُمْۜ كَبُرَ مَقْتاً عِنْدَ اللّٰهِ وَعِنْدَ الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُواۜ كَذٰلِكَ يَطْبَعُ اللّٰهُ عَلٰى كُلِّ قَلْبِ مُتَكَبِّرٍ جَبَّارٍ

Allatheena yujadiloona fee ayatiAllahi bighayri sultanin atahum kaburamaqtan AAinda Allahi waAAinda allatheena amanookathalika yatbaAAu Allahu AAala kulliqalbi mutakabbirin jabbar

And Pharaoh said: “O Hāmān: build thou for me a tower, that I might reach the causes,

وَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ يَا هَامَانُ ابْنِ ل۪ي صَرْحاً لَعَلّ۪ٓي اَبْلُغُ الْاَسْبَابَۙ

Waqala firAAawnu ya hamanuibni lee sarhan laAAallee ablughu al-asbab

— The causes of the heavens — that I might look upon the God of Moses; but I think him a liar.” And thus was made fair to Pharaoh the evil of his deed, and he was turned away from the path; and the plan of Pharaoh was only in ruin.

اَسْبَابَ السَّمٰوَاتِ فَاَطَّلِعَ اِلٰٓى اِلٰهِ مُوسٰى وَاِنّ۪ي لَاَظُنُّهُ كَاذِباًۜ وَكَذٰلِكَ زُيِّنَ لِفِرْعَوْنَ سُٓوءُ عَمَلِه۪ وَصُدَّ عَنِ السَّب۪يلِۜ وَمَا كَيْدُ فِرْعَوْنَ اِلَّا ف۪ي تَبَابٍ۟

Asbaba assamawatifaattaliAAa ila ilahi moosa wa-inneelaathunnuhu kathiban wakathalikazuyyina lifirAAawna soo-o AAamalihi wasudda AAani assabeeliwama kaydu firAAawna illa fee tabab

And he who heeded warning said: “O my people: follow me; I will guide you to the path of rectitude.

وَقَالَ الَّـذ۪ٓي اٰمَنَ يَا قَوْمِ اتَّبِعُونِ اَهْدِكُمْ سَب۪يلَ الرَّشَادِۚ

Waqala allathee amana yaqawmi ittabiAAooni ahdikum sabeela arrashad

“O my people: the life of this world is but an enjoyment; and the Hereafter — that is the house of the fixed lodging.

يَا قَوْمِ اِنَّمَا هٰذِهِ الْحَيٰوةُ الدُّنْيَا مَتَاعٌۘ وَاِنَّ الْاٰخِرَةَ هِيَ دَارُ الْقَرَارِ

Ya qawmi innama hathihialhayatu addunya mataAAunwa-inna al-akhirata hiya daru alqarar

“Whoso does evil will not be rewarded save with the like thereof; and whoso works righteousness — whether male or female — and is a believer: those enter the Garden, wherein they are given provision without reckoning.

مَنْ عَمِلَ سَيِّئَةً فَلَا يُجْزٰٓى اِلَّا مِثْلَهَاۚ وَمَنْ عَمِلَ صَالِحاً مِنْ ذَكَرٍ اَوْ اُنْثٰى وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ فَاُو۬لٰٓئِكَ يَدْخُلُونَ الْجَنَّةَ يُرْزَقُونَ ف۪يهَا بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ

Man AAamila sayyi-atan fala yujzailla mithlaha waman AAamila salihanmin thakarin aw ontha wahuwa mu/minun faola-ikayadkhuloona aljannata yurzaqoona feeha bighayri hisab

“And O my people: how is it that I invite you to deliverance, and you invite me to the Fire?

وَيَا قَوْمِ مَا ل۪ٓي اَدْعُوكُمْ اِلَى النَّجٰوةِ وَتَدْعُونَن۪ٓي اِلَى النَّارِۜ

Waya qawmi malee adAAookum ilaannajati watadAAoonanee ila annar

“You call me to deny God, and to ascribe a partnership to Him with that whereof I have no knowledge; and I invite you to the Exalted in Might, the Forgiver.

تَدْعُونَن۪ي لِاَكْفُرَ بِاللّٰهِ وَاُشْرِكَ بِه۪ مَا لَيْسَ ل۪ي بِه۪ عِلْمٌۘ وَاَنَا۬ اَدْعُوكُمْ اِلَى الْعَز۪يزِ الْغَفَّارِ

TadAAoonanee li-akfura billahiwaoshrika bihi ma laysa lee bihi AAilmun waanaadAAookum ila alAAazeezi alghaffar

“Without doubt, you but invite me to that to which there is no calling in the World or in the Hereafter; and our return is to God. And the committers of excess will be the companions of the Fire.

لَا جَرَمَ اَنَّمَا تَدْعُونَن۪ٓي اِلَيْهِ لَيْسَ لَهُ دَعْوَةٌ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَلَا فِي الْاٰخِرَةِ وَاَنَّ مَرَدَّنَٓا اِلَى اللّٰهِ وَاَنَّ الْمُسْرِف۪ينَ هُمْ اَصْحَابُ النَّارِ

La jarama annama tadAAoonaneeilayhi laysa lahu daAAwatun fee addunya walafee al-akhirati waanna maraddana ila Allahiwaanna almusrifeena hum as-habu annar

“And you will remember what I say to you. And I commit my affair to God; God sees the servants.”

فَسَتَذْكُرُونَ مَٓا اَقُولُ لَكُمْۜ وَاُفَوِّضُ اَمْر۪ٓي اِلَى اللّٰهِۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ بَص۪يرٌ بِالْعِبَادِ

Fasatathkuroona ma aqoolulakum waofawwidu amree ila Allahi inna Allahabaseerun bilAAibad

And God protected him from the evil deeds they schemed, and there encompassed the house of Pharaoh an evil punishment.

فَوَقٰيهُ اللّٰهُ سَيِّـَٔاتِ مَا مَكَرُوا وَحَاقَ بِاٰلِ فِرْعَوْنَ سُٓوءُ الْعَذَابِۚ

Fawaqahu Allahu sayyi-atima makaroo wahaqa bi-ali firAAawna soo-oalAAathab

The Fire: they are exposed to it morning and evening; and the day the Hour strikes: “Cause the house of Pharaoh to enter the most severe punishment!”

اَلنَّارُ يُعْرَضُونَ عَلَيْهَا غُدُواًّ وَعَشِياًّۚ وَيَوْمَ تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ۠ اَدْخِلُٓوا اٰلَ فِرْعَوْنَ اَشَدَّ الْعَذَابِ

Annaru yuAAradoonaAAalayha ghuduwwan waAAashiyyan wayawma taqoomu assaAAatuadkhiloo ala firAAawna ashadda alAAathab

And when they will dispute together in the Fire, the weak will say to those who had waxed proud: “We were your followers; will you avail us something against a portion of the Fire?”

وَاِذْ يَتَحَٓاجُّونَ فِي النَّارِ فَيَقُولُ الضُّعَفٰٓؤُ۬ا لِلَّذ۪ينَ اسْتَكْـبَرُٓوا اِنَّا كُنَّا لَكُمْ تَبَعاً فَهَلْ اَنْتُمْ مُغْنُونَ عَنَّا نَص۪يباً مِنَ النَّارِ

Wa-ith yatahajjoona fee annarifayaqoolu adduAAafao lillatheenaistakbaroo inna kunna lakum tabaAAan fahal antummughnoona AAanna naseeban mina annar

Those who had waxed proud will say: “We are all in it; God has judged between the servants.”

قَالَ الَّذ۪ينَ اسْتَكْبَرُٓوا اِنَّا كُلٌّ ف۪يهَٓا اِنَّ اللّٰهَ قَدْ حَكَمَ بَيْنَ الْعِبَادِ

Qala allatheena istakbaroo innakullun feeha inna Allaha qad hakama baynaalAAibad

And those in the Fire will say to the keepers of Gehenna: “Call to your Lord, to lighten for us a day of the punishment.”

وَقَالَ الَّذ۪ينَ فِي النَّارِ لِخَزَنَةِ جَهَنَّمَ ادْعُوا رَبَّكُمْ يُخَفِّفْ عَنَّا يَوْماً مِنَ الْعَذَابِ

Waqala allatheena fee annarilikhazanati jahannama odAAoo rabbakum yukhaffif AAannayawman mina alAAathab

They will say: “Came not your messengers to you with the clear signs?” They will say: “Verily.” They will say: “Then call!” But the call of the false claimers of guidance is only in error.

قَالُٓوا اَوَلَمْ تَكُ تَأْت۪يكُمْ رُسُلُكُمْ بِالْبَيِّنَاتِۜ قَالُوا بَلٰىۜ قَالُوا فَادْعُواۚ وَمَا دُعٰٓـؤُا الْكَافِر۪ينَ اِلَّا ف۪ي ضَلَالٍ۟

Qaloo awa lam taku ta/teekumrusulukum bilbayyinati qaloo bala qaloofadAAoo wama duAAao alkafireena illafee dalal

We will help Our messengers and those who heed warning in the life of this world and the day the witnesses stand,

اِنَّا لَنَنْصُرُ رُسُلَنَا وَالَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا فِي الْحَيٰوةِ الدُّنْيَا وَيَوْمَ يَقُومُ الْاَشْهَادُۙ

Inna lanansuru rusulanawallatheena amanoo fee alhayatiaddunya wayawma yaqoomu al-ashhad

The day their excuses avail not the wrongdoers; and they will have the curse, and they will have the evil abode.

يَوْمَ لَا يَنْفَعُ الظَّالِم۪ينَ مَعْذِرَتُهُمْ وَلَهُمُ اللَّعْنَةُ وَلَهُمْ سُٓوءُ الدَّارِ

Yawma la yanfaAAu aththalimeenamaAAthiratuhum walahumu allaAAnatu walahum soo-o addar

And We gave Moses the guidance, and We caused the children of Israel to inherit the Writ

وَلَقَدْ اٰتَيْنَا مُوسَى الْهُدٰى وَاَوْرَثْنَا بَن۪ٓي اِسْرَٓائ۪ـلَ الْكِتَابَۙ

Walaqad atayna moosaalhuda waawrathna banee isra-eela alkitab

As a guidance and a reminder for men of understanding.

هُدًى وَذِكْرٰى لِاُو۬لِي الْاَلْبَابِ

Hudan wathikra li-olee al-albab

So be thou patient; the promise of God is true. And ask thou forgiveness for thy transgression; and give thou glory with the praise of thy Lord evening and morning.

فَاصْبِرْ اِنَّ وَعْدَ اللّٰهِ حَقٌّ وَاسْتَغْفِرْ لِذَنْبِكَ وَسَبِّـحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ بِالْعَشِيِّ وَالْاِبْكَارِ

Fasbir inna waAAda Allahihaqqun wastaghfir lithanbika wasabbihbihamdi rabbika bilAAashiyyi wal-ibkar

Those who dispute concerning the proofs of God without an authority having come to them — in their breasts is only greatness they will never reach. So seek thou refuge in God; He is the Hearer, the Seeing.

اِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ يُجَادِلُونَ ف۪ٓي اٰيَاتِ اللّٰهِ بِغَيْرِ سُلْطَانٍ اَتٰيهُمْۙ اِنْ ف۪ي صُدُورِهِمْ اِلَّا كِبْرٌ مَا هُمْ بِبَالِغ۪يهِۚ فَاسْتَعِذْ بِاللّٰهِۜ اِنَّهُ هُوَ السَّم۪يعُ الْبَص۪يرُ

Inna allatheena yujadiloonafee ayati Allahi bighayri sultanin atahumin fee sudoorihim illa kibrun ma hum bibaligheehifastaAAith billahi innahu huwa assameeAAualbaseer

The creation of the heavens and the earth is greater than the creation of mankind, but most men know not.

لَخَلْقُ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِ اَكْبَرُ مِنْ خَلْقِ النَّاسِ وَلٰكِنَّ اَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

Lakhalqu assamawati wal-ardiakbaru min khalqi annasi walakinna aktharaannasi la yaAAlamoon

And not equal are the blind and the seeing, or those who heed warning and do righteous deeds and the wrongdoer; little do you take heed.

وَمَا يَسْتَوِي الْاَعْمٰى وَالْبَص۪يرُ وَالَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ وَلَا الْمُس۪ٓيءُۜ قَل۪يلاً مَا تَـتَذَكَّرُونَ

Wama yastawee al-aAAma walbaseeruwallatheena amanoo waAAamiloo assalihatiwala almusee-o qaleelan ma tatathakkaroon

The Hour is coming — about which there is no doubt — but most men do not believe.

اِنَّ السَّاعَةَ لَاٰتِيَةٌ لَا رَيْبَ ف۪يهَا وَلٰكِنَّ اَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

Inna assaAAata laatiyatunla rayba feeha walakinna akthara annasila yu/minoon

And your Lord said: “Call to Me — I will respond to you!” Those who wax too proud for My service: they will enter Gehenna abased.

وَقَالَ رَبُّكُمُ ادْعُون۪ٓي اَسْتَجِبْ لَكُمْۜ اِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ عَنْ عِبَادَت۪ي سَيَدْخُلُونَ جَهَنَّمَ دَاخِر۪ينَ۟

Waqala rabbukumu odAAoonee astajiblakum inna allatheena yastakbiroona AAan AAibadateesayadkhuloona jahannama dakhireen

God it is who made for you the night that you might rest therein, and the day sight-giving. God is bountiful to mankind, but most men are not grateful.

اَللّٰهُ الَّذ۪ي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الَّيْلَ لِتَسْكُنُوا ف۪يهِ وَالنَّهَارَ مُبْصِراًۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَذُو فَضْلٍ عَلَى النَّاسِ وَلٰكِنَّ اَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يَشْكُرُونَ

Allahu allathee jaAAala lakumuallayla litaskunoo feehi wannahara mubsiraninna Allaha lathoo fadlin AAala annasiwalakinna akthara annasi layashkuroon

That is God, your Lord, creator of all things; there is no god save He. How then are you deluded?

ذٰلِكُمُ اللّٰهُ رَبُّكُمْ خَالِقُ كُلِّ شَيْءٍۢ لَٓا اِلٰهَ اِلَّا هُوَۘ فَاَنّٰى تُؤْفَكُونَ

Thalikumu Allahu rabbukum khaliqukulli shay-in la ilaha illa huwa faannatu/fakoon

Thus are deluded those who reject the proofs of God.

كَذٰلِكَ يُؤْفَكُ الَّذ۪ينَ كَانُوا بِاٰيَاتِ اللّٰهِ يَجْحَدُونَ

Kathalika yu/faku allatheena kanoobi-ayati Allahi yajhadoon

God it is who made for you the earth a fixed lodging, and the sky a structure, and formed you and made good your forms, and provided you with good things. That is God, your Lord; so blessed be God, the Lord of All Creation!

اَللّٰهُ الَّذ۪ي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الْاَرْضَ قَرَاراً وَالسَّمَٓاءَ بِنَٓاءً وَصَوَّرَكُمْ فَاَحْسَنَ صُوَرَكُمْ وَرَزَقَكُمْ مِنَ الطَّيِّبَاتِۜ ذٰلِكُمُ اللّٰهُ رَبُّكُمْۚ فَـتَبَارَكَ اللّٰهُ رَبُّ الْعَالَم۪ينَ

Allahu allathee jaAAala lakumual-arda qararan wassamaa binaanwasawwarakum faahsana suwarakum warazaqakummina attayyibati thalikumu Allahurabbukum fatabaraka Allahu rabbu alAAalameen

He is the Living; there is no god save He. So call to Him, sincere to Him in doctrine. Praise belongs to God, the Lord of All Creation!

هُوَ الْحَيُّ لَٓا اِلٰهَ اِلَّا هُوَ فَادْعُوهُ مُخْلِص۪ينَ لَهُ الدّ۪ينَۜ اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَم۪ينَ

Huwa alhayyu la ilahailla huwa fadAAoohu mukhliseena lahu addeenaalhamdu lillahi rabbi alAAalameen

Say thou: “I am forbidden to serve that to which you call besides God, since there have come to me clear signs from my Lord; and I am commanded to submit to the Lord of All Creation.”

قُلْ اِنّ۪ي نُه۪يتُ اَنْ اَعْبُدَ الَّذ۪ينَ تَدْعُونَ مِنْ دُونِ اللّٰهِ لَمَّا جَٓاءَنِيَ الْبَيِّنَاتُ مِنْ رَبّ۪ي وَاُمِرْتُ اَنْ اُسْلِمَ لِرَبِّ الْعَالَم۪ينَ

Qul innee nuheetu an aAAbuda allatheenatadAAoona min dooni Allahi lamma jaaniyaalbayyinatu min rabbee waomirtu an oslima lirabbi alAAalameen

He it is that created you from dust; then from a sperm-drop; then from a clinging thing; then He brings you forth as a child; then that you reach your maturity; then that you become old — and among you is he who is caused to die before — and that you reach a stated term, and that you might use reason.

هُوَ الَّذ۪ي خَلَقَكُمْ مِنْ تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ مِنْ نُطْفَةٍ ثُمَّ مِنْ عَلَقَةٍ ثُمَّ يُخْرِجُكُمْ طِفْلاً ثُمَّ لِتَبْلُغُٓوا اَشُدَّكُمْ ثُمَّ لِتَكُونُوا شُيُوخاًۚ وَمِنْكُمْ مَنْ يُتَوَفّٰى مِنْ قَبْلُ وَلِتَبْلُغُٓوا اَجَلاً مُسَمًّى وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ

Huwa allathee khalaqakum min turabinthumma min nutfatin thumma min AAalaqatin thummayukhrijukum tiflan thumma litablughoo ashuddakum thummalitakoonoo shuyookhan waminkum man yutawaffa min qabluwalitablughoo ajalan musamman walaAAallakum taAAqiloon

He it is that gives life and gives death; and when He decrees a matter, He but says to it: “Be thou,” and it is.

هُوَ الَّذ۪ي يُحْـي۪ وَيُم۪يتُۚ فَاِذَا قَضٰٓى اَمْراً فَاِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُ كُنْ فَيَكُونُ۟

Huwa allathee yuhyee wayumeetufa-itha qada amran fa-innama yaqoolu lahukun fayakoon

Hast thou not considered those who dispute concerning the proofs of God — how they are diverted?

اَلَمْ تَرَ اِلَى الَّذ۪ينَ يُجَادِلُونَ ف۪ٓي اٰيَاتِ اللّٰهِۜ اَنّٰى يُصْرَفُونَۚۛ

Alam tara ila allatheena yujadiloonafee ayati Allahi anna yusrafoon

Those who deny the Writ, and that wherewith We sent Our messengers — they will come to know!

اَلَّذ۪ينَ كَذَّبُوا بِالْكِتَابِ وَبِمَٓا اَرْسَلْنَا بِه۪ رُسُلَنَا۠ۛ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَۙ

Allatheena kaththaboo bilkitabiwabima arsalna bihi rusulana fasawfayaAAlamoon

When there are yokes and chains on their necks, they will be dragged

اِذِ الْاَغْلَالُ ف۪ٓي اَعْنَاقِهِمْ وَالسَّلَاسِلُۜ يُسْحَبُونَۙ

Ithi al-aghlalu fee aAAnaqihimwassalasilu yushaboon

Into the scalding water; then in the Fire will they be burned.

فِي الْحَم۪يمِ ثُمَّ فِي النَّارِ يُسْجَرُونَۚ

Fee alhameemi thumma fee annariyusjaroon

Then will it be said to them: “Where is that to which you ascribed a partnership

ثُمَّ ق۪يلَ لَهُمْ اَيْنَ مَا كُنْتُمْ تُشْرِكُونَۙ

Thumma qeela lahum ayna ma kuntumtushrikoon

“Other than God?” They will say: “They have strayed from us; nay, we called not before to anything.” Thus does God send astray the false claimers of guidance.

مِنْ دُونِ اللّٰهِۜ قَالُوا ضَلُّوا عَنَّا بَلْ لَمْ نَكُنْ نَدْعُوا مِنْ قَبْلُ شَيْـٔاًۜ كَذٰلِكَ يُضِلُّ اللّٰهُ الْكَافِر۪ينَ

Min dooni Allahi qaloo dallooAAanna bal lam nakun nadAAoo min qablu shay-an kathalikayudillu Allahu alkafireen

“That is because you exulted in the earth without cause, and because you were filled with haughtiness.

ذٰلِكُمْ بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَفْرَحُونَ فِي الْاَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ الْحَقِّ وَبِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَمْرَحُونَۚ

Thalikum bima kuntum tafrahoonafee al-ardi bighayri alhaqqi wabima kuntumtamrahoon

“Enter the gates of Gehenna, abiding eternally therein!” And evil is the dwelling of the proud.

اُدْخُلُٓوا اَبْوَابَ جَهَنَّمَ خَالِد۪ينَ ف۪يهَاۚ فَبِئْسَ مَثْوَى الْمُتَكَبِّر۪ينَ

Odkhuloo abwaba jahannama khalideenafeeha fabi/sa mathwa almutakabbireen

So be thou patient; the promise of God is true. And whether We show thee some of what We promise them or We take thee, it is to Us they will be returned.

فَاصْبِرْ اِنَّ وَعْدَ اللّٰهِ حَقٌّۚ فَاِمَّا نُرِيَنَّكَ بَعْضَ الَّذ۪ي نَعِدُهُمْ اَوْ نَتَوَفَّيَنَّكَ فَاِلَيْنَا يُرْجَعُونَ

Fasbir inna waAAda Allahihaqqun fa-imma nuriyannaka baAAda allatheenaAAiduhum aw natawaffayannaka fa-ilayna yurjaAAoon

And We have sent messengers before thee; among them are those We have related to thee, and among them are those We have not related to thee. And it was not for a messenger to bring a proof save by the leave of God. And when the command of God comes the matter will be decided in justice, and thereupon will the creators of vanity be lost.

وَلَقَدْ اَرْسَلْنَا رُسُلاً مِنْ قَبْلِكَ مِنْهُمْ مَنْ قَصَصْنَا عَلَيْكَ وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ لَمْ نَقْصُصْ عَلَيْكَۜ وَمَا كَانَ لِرَسُولٍ اَنْ يَأْتِيَ بِاٰيَةٍ اِلَّا بِـاِذْنِ اللّٰهِۚ فَاِذَا جَٓاءَ اَمْرُ اللّٰهِ قُضِيَ بِالْحَقِّ وَخَسِرَ هُنَالِكَ الْمُبْطِلُونَ۟

Walaqad arsalna rusulan min qablikaminhum man qasasna AAalayka waminhum man lamnaqsus AAalayka wama kana lirasoolinan ya/tiya bi-ayatin illa bi-ithni Allahifa-itha jaa amru Allahi qudiya bilhaqqiwakhasira hunalika almubtiloon

God it is who made for you the cattle, that you ride some, and some eat

اَللّٰهُ الَّذ۪ي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الْاَنْعَامَ لِتَرْكَبُوا مِنْهَا وَمِنْهَا تَأْكُلُونَۘ

Allahu allathee jaAAala lakumual-anAAama litarkaboo minha waminhata/kuloon

— And you have in them benefits — and that you might attain upon them a need in your breasts; and upon them and upon the ships are you carried.

وَلَكُمْ ف۪يهَا مَنَافِـعُ وَلِتَبْلُغُوا عَلَيْهَا حَاجَةً ف۪ي صُدُورِكُمْ وَعَلَيْهَا وَعَلَى الْفُلْكِ تُحْمَلُونَۜ

Walakum feeha manafiAAuwalitablughoo AAalayha hajatan fee sudoorikumwaAAalayha waAAala alfulki tuhmaloon

And He shows you His proofs; then which of the proofs of God do you deny?

وَيُر۪يكُمْ اٰيَاتِه۪ۗ فَاَيَّ اٰيَاتِ اللّٰهِ تُنْكِرُونَ

Wayureekum ayatihi faayya ayatiAllahi tunkiroon

Have they not travelled in the earth and seen how was the final outcome of those before them? They were more numerous than they, and stronger in power and impact in the earth; but there availed them not what they earned.

اَفَلَمْ يَس۪يرُوا فِي الْاَرْضِ فَيَنْظُرُوا كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الَّذ۪ينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْۜ كَانُٓوا اَكْثَرَ مِنْهُمْ وَاَشَدَّ قُوَّةً وَاٰثَاراً فِي الْاَرْضِ فَمَٓا اَغْنٰى عَنْهُمْ مَا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ

Afalam yaseeroo fee al-ardi fayanthurookayfa kana AAaqibatu allatheena min qablihimkanoo akthara minhum waashadda quwwatan waatharanfee al-ardi fama aghna AAanhum ma kanooyaksiboon

When their messengers came to them with clear signs, they exulted at what they had of knowledge; but there surrounded them that whereat they mocked.

فَلَمَّا جَٓاءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُهُمْ بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ فَرِحُوا بِمَا عِنْدَهُمْ مِنَ الْعِلْمِ وَحَاقَ بِهِمْ مَا كَانُوا بِه۪ يَسْتَهْزِؤُ۫نَ

Falamma jaat-hum rusuluhum bilbayyinatifarihoo bima AAindahum mina alAAilmi wahaqabihim ma kanoo bihi yastahzi-oon

And when they saw Our might, they said: “We believe in God alone, and deny that to which we ascribed a partnership!”

فَلَمَّا رَاَوْا بَأْسَنَا قَالُٓوا اٰمَنَّا بِاللّٰهِ وَحْدَهُ وَكَفَرْنَا بِمَا كُنَّا بِه۪ مُشْرِك۪ينَ

Falamma raaw ba/sana qalooamanna billahi wahdahuwakafarna bima kunna bihi mushrikeen

But their faith did not benefit them when they saw Our might — the practice of God which has passed among His servants — and thereupon the false claimers of guidance were lost.

فَلَمْ يَكُ يَنْفَعُهُمْ ا۪يمَانُهُمْ لَمَّا رَاَوْا بَأْسَنَاۜ سُنَّتَ اللّٰهِ الَّت۪ي قَدْ خَلَتْ ف۪ي عِبَادِه۪ۚ وَخَسِرَ هُنَالِكَ الْكَافِرُونَ

Falam yaku yanfaAAuhum eemanuhum lammaraaw ba/sana sunnata Allahi allatee qad khalat feeAAibadihi wakhasira hunalika alkafiroon