بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ حم
Ha Mim!
Ha-Mim.
Ha. Mim.
وَالْكِتَابِ الْمُبِينِ
I swear by the Book that makes manifest (the truth).
By the Book that makes things clear;-
By the Scripture that maketh plain
إِنَّا أَنزَلْنَاهُ فِي لَيْلَةٍ مُّبَارَكَةٍ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُنذِرِينَ
Surely We revealed it on a blessed night surely We are ever warning--
We sent it down during a Blessed Night: for We (ever) wish to warn (against Evil).
Lo! We revealed it on a blessed night - Lo! We are ever warning -
فِيهَا يُفْرَقُ كُلُّ أَمْرٍ حَكِيمٍ
Therein every wise affair is made distinct,
In the (Night) is made distinct every affair of wisdom,
Whereon every wise command is made clear
أَمْرًا مِّنْ عِندِنَا إِنَّا كُنَّا مُرْسِلِينَ
A command from Us; surely We are the senders (of messengers),
By command, from Our Presence. For We (ever) send (revelations),
As a command from Our presence - Lo! We are ever sending -
رَحْمَةً مِّن رَّبِّكَ إِنَّهُ هُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ
A mercy from your Lord, surely He is the Hearing, the Knowing,
As Mercy from thy Lord: for He hears and knows (all things);
A mercy from thy Lord. Lo! He, even He is the Hearer, the Knower,
رَبِّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا إِن كُنتُم مُّوقِنِينَ
The Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between them, if you would be sure.
The Lord of the heavens and the earth and all between them, if ye (but) have an assured faith.
Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, if ye would be sure.
لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ يُحْيِي وَيُمِيتُ رَبُّكُمْ وَرَبُّ آبَائِكُمُ الْأَوَّلِينَ
There is no god but He; He gives life and causes death, your Lord and the Lord of your fathers of yore.
There is no god but He: It is He Who gives life and gives death,- The Lord and Cherisher to you and your earliest ancestors.
There is no Allah save Him. He quickeneth and giveth death; your Lord and Lord of your forefathers.
بَلْ هُمْ فِي شَكٍّ يَلْعَبُونَ
Nay, they are in doubt, they sport.
Yet they play about in doubt.
Nay, but they play in doubt.
فَارْتَقِبْ يَوْمَ تَأْتِي السَّمَاء بِدُخَانٍ مُّبِينٍ
Therefore keep waiting for the day when the heaven shall bring an evident smoke,
Then watch thou for the Day that the sky will bring forth a kind of smoke (or mist) plainly visible,
But watch thou (O Muhammad) for the day when the sky will produce visible smoke
يَغْشَى النَّاسَ هَذَا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ
That shall overtake men; this is a painful punishment.
Enveloping the people: this will be a Penalty Grievous.
That will envelop the people. This will be a painful torment.
رَبَّنَا اكْشِفْ عَنَّا الْعَذَابَ إِنَّا مُؤْمِنُونَ
Our Lord! remove from us the punishment; surely we are believers.
(They will say:) "Our Lord! remove the Penalty from us, for we do really believe!"
(Then they will say): Our Lord relieve us of the torment. Lo! we are believers.
أَنَّى لَهُمُ الذِّكْرَى وَقَدْ جَاءهُمْ رَسُولٌ مُّبِينٌ
How shall they be reminded, and there came to them an Messenger making clear (the truth),
How shall the message be (effectual) for them, seeing that an Messenger explaining things clearly has (already) come to them,-
How can there be remembrance for them, when a messenger making plain (the Truth) had already come unto them,
ثُمَّ تَوَلَّوْا عَنْهُ وَقَالُوا مُعَلَّمٌ مَّجْنُونٌ
Yet they turned their backs on him and said: One taught (by others), a madman.
Yet they turn away from him and say: "Tutored (by others), a man possessed!"
And they had turned away from him and said: One taught (by others), a madman?
إِنَّا كَاشِفُو الْعَذَابِ قَلِيلًا إِنَّكُمْ عَائِدُونَ
Surely We will remove the punishment a little, (but) you will surely return (to evil).
We shall indeed remove the Penalty for a while, (but) truly ye will revert (to your ways).
Lo! We withdraw the torment a little. Lo! ye return (to disbelief).
يَوْمَ نَبْطِشُ الْبَطْشَةَ الْكُبْرَى إِنَّا مُنتَقِمُونَ
On the day when We will seize (them) with the most violent seizing; surely We will inflict retribution.
One day We shall seize you with a mighty onslaught: We will indeed (then) exact Retribution!
On the day when We shall seize them with the greater seizure, (then) in truth We shall punish.
وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَجَاءهُمْ رَسُولٌ كَرِيمٌ
And certainly We tried before them the people of Firon, and there came to them a noble messenger,
We did, before them, try the people of Pharaoh: there came to them a messenger most honourable,
And verily We tried before them Pharaoh's folk, when there came unto them a noble messenger,
أَنْ أَدُّوا إِلَيَّ عِبَادَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ
Saying: Deliver to me the servants of Allah, surely I am a faithful messenger to you,
Saying: "Restore to me the Servants of Allah: I am to you an messenger worthy of all trust;
Saying: Give up to me the slaves of Allah. Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you.
وَأَنْ لَّا تَعْلُوا عَلَى اللَّهِ إِنِّي آتِيكُم بِسُلْطَانٍ مُّبِينٍ
And that do not exalt yourselves against Allah, surely I will bring to you a clear authority:
"And be not arrogant as against Allah: for I come to you with authority manifest.
And saying: Be not proud against Allah. Lo! I bring you a clear warrant.
وَإِنِّي عُذْتُ بِرَبِّي وَرَبِّكُمْ أَن تَرْجُمُونِ
And surely I take refuge with my Lord and your Lord that you should stone me to death:
"For me, I have sought safety with my Lord and your Lord, against your injuring me.
And lo! I have sought refuge in my Lord and your Lord lest ye stone me to death.
وَإِنْ لَّمْ تُؤْمِنُوا لِي فَاعْتَزِلُونِ
And if you do not believe in me, then leave me alone.
"If ye believe me not, at least keep yourselves away from me."
And if ye put no faith in me, then let me go.
فَدَعَا رَبَّهُ أَنَّ هَؤُلَاء قَوْمٌ مُّجْرِمُونَ
Then he called upon his Lord: These are a guilty people.
(But they were aggressive:) then he cried to his Lord: "These are indeed a people given to sin."
And he cried unto his Lord, (saying): These are guilty folk.
فَأَسْرِ بِعِبَادِي لَيْلًا إِنَّكُم مُّتَّبَعُونَ
So go forth with My servants by night; surely you will be pursued:
(The reply came:) "March forth with My Servants by night: for ye are sure to be pursued.
Then (his Lord commanded): Take away My slaves by night. Lo! ye will be followed,
وَاتْرُكْ الْبَحْرَ رَهْوًا إِنَّهُمْ جُندٌ مُّغْرَقُونَ
And leave the sea intervening; surely they are a host that shall be drowned.
"And leave the sea as a furrow (divided): for they are a host (destined) to be drowned."
And leave the sea behind at rest, for lo! they are a drowned host.
كَمْ تَرَكُوا مِن جَنَّاتٍ وَعُيُونٍ
How many of the gardens and fountains have they left!
How many were the gardens and springs they left behind,
How many were the gardens and the watersprings that they left behind,
وَزُرُوعٍ وَمَقَامٍ كَرِيمٍ
And cornfields and noble places!
And corn-fields and noble buildings,
And the cornlands and the goodly sites
وَنَعْمَةٍ كَانُوا فِيهَا فَاكِهِينَ
And goodly things wherein they rejoiced;
And wealth (and conveniences of life), wherein they had taken such delight!
And pleasant things wherein they took delight!
كَذَلِكَ وَأَوْرَثْنَاهَا قَوْمًا آخَرِينَ
Thus (it was), and We gave them as a heritage to another people.
Thus (was their end)! And We made other people inherit (those things)!
Even so (it was), and We made it an inheritance for other folk;
فَمَا بَكَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّمَاء وَالْأَرْضُ وَمَا كَانُوا مُنظَرِينَ
So the heaven and the earth did not weep for them, nor were they respited.
And neither heaven nor earth shed a tear over them: nor were they given a respite (again).
And the heaven and the earth wept not for them, nor were they reprieved.
وَلَقَدْ نَجَّيْنَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنَ الْعَذَابِ الْمُهِينِ
And certainly We delivered the children of Israel from the abasing chastisement,
We did deliver aforetime the Children of Israel from humiliating Punishment,
And We delivered the Children of Israel from the shameful doom;
مِن فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُ كَانَ عَالِيًا مِّنَ الْمُسْرِفِينَ
From Firon; surely he was haughty, (and) one of the extravagant.
Inflicted by Pharaoh, for he was arrogant (even) among inordinate transgressors.
(We delivered them) from Pharaoh. Lo! he was a tyrant of the wanton ones.
وَلَقَدِ اخْتَرْنَاهُمْ عَلَى عِلْمٍ عَلَى الْعَالَمِينَ
And certainly We chose them, having knowledge, above the nations.
And We chose them aforetime above the nations, knowingly,
And We chose them, purposely, above (all) creatures.
وَآتَيْنَاهُم مِّنَ الْآيَاتِ مَا فِيهِ بَلَاء مُّبِينٌ
And We gave them of the communications wherein was clear blessing.
And granted them Signs in which there was a manifest trial
And We gave them portents wherein was a clear trial.
إِنَّ هَؤُلَاء لَيَقُولُونَ
Most surely these do say:
As to these (Quraish), they say forsooth:
Lo! these, forsooth, are saying:
إِنْ هِيَ إِلَّا مَوْتَتُنَا الْأُولَى وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُنشَرِينَ
There is naught but our first death and we shall not be raised again.
"There is nothing beyond our first death, and we shall not be raised again.
There is naught but our first death, and we shall not be raised again.
فَأْتُوا بِآبَائِنَا إِن كُنتُمْ صَادِقِينَ
So bring our fathers (back), if you are truthful.
"Then bring (back) our forefathers, if what ye say is true!"
Bring back our fathers, if ye speak the truth!
أَهُمْ خَيْرٌ أَمْ قَوْمُ تُبَّعٍ وَالَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ أَهْلَكْنَاهُمْ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا مُجْرِمِينَ
Are they better or the people of Tubba and those before them? We destroyed them, for surely they were guilty.
What! Are they better than the people of Tubba and those who were before them? We destroyed them because they were guilty of sin.
Are they better, or the folk of Tubb'a and those before them? We destroyed them, for surely they were guilty.
وَمَا خَلَقْنَا السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا لَاعِبِينَ
And We did not create the heavens and the earth and what is between them in sport.
We created not the heavens, the earth, and all between them, merely in (idle) sport:
And We created not the heavens and the earth, and all that is between them, in play.
مَا خَلَقْنَاهُمَا إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ وَلَكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
We did not create them both but with the truth, but most of them do not know.
We created them not except for just ends: but most of them do not understand.
We created them not save with truth; but most of them know not.
إِنَّ يَوْمَ الْفَصْلِ مِيقَاتُهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ
Surely the day of separation is their appointed term, of all of them
Verily the Day of sorting out is the time appointed for all of them,-
Assuredly the Day of Decision is the term for all of them,
يَوْمَ لَا يُغْنِي مَوْلًى عَن مَّوْلًى شَيْئًا وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ
The day on which a friend shall not avail (his) friend aught, nor shall they be helped,
The Day when no protector can avail his client in aught, and no help can they receive,
A day when friend can in naught avail friend, nor can they be helped,
إِلَّا مَن رَّحِمَ اللَّهُ إِنَّهُ هُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ
Save those on whom Allah shall have mercy; surely He is the Mighty the Merciful.
Except such as receive Allah's Mercy: for He is Exalted in Might, Most Merciful.
Save him on whom Allah hath mercy. Lo! He is the Mighty, the Merciful.
إِنَّ شَجَرَةَ الزَّقُّومِ
Surely the tree of the Zaqqum,
Verily the tree of Zaqqum
Lo! the tree of Zaqqum,
طَعَامُ الْأَثِيمِ
Is the food of the sinful
Will be the food of the Sinful,-
The food of the sinner!
كَالْمُهْلِ يَغْلِي فِي الْبُطُونِ
Like dregs of oil; it shall boil in (their) bellies,
Like molten brass; it will boil in their insides.
Like molten brass, it seetheth in their bellies
كَغَلْيِ الْحَمِيمِ
Like the boiling of hot water.
Like the boiling of scalding water.
As the seething of boiling water.
خُذُوهُ فَاعْتِلُوهُ إِلَى سَوَاء الْجَحِيمِ
Seize him, then drag him down into the middle of the hell;
(A voice will cry: "Seize ye him and drag him into the midst of the Blazing Fire!
(And it will be said): Take him and drag him to the midst of hell,
ثُمَّ صُبُّوا فَوْقَ رَأْسِهِ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْحَمِيمِ
Then pour above his head of the torment of the boiling water:
"Then pour over his head the Penalty of Boiling Water,
Then pour upon his head the torment of boiling water.
ذُقْ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ الْعَزِيزُ الْكَرِيمُ
Taste; you forsooth are the mighty, the honorable:
"Taste thou (this)! Truly wast thou mighty, full of honour!
(Saying): Taste! Lo! thou wast forsooth the mighty, the noble!
إِنَّ هَذَا مَا كُنتُم بِهِ تَمْتَرُونَ
Surely this is what you disputed about.
"Truly this is what ye used to doubt!"
Lo! this is that whereof ye used to doubt.
إِنَّ الْمُتَّقِينَ فِي مَقَامٍ أَمِينٍ
Surely those who guard (against evil) are in a secure place,
As to the Righteous (they will be) in a position of Security,
Lo! those who kept their duty will be in a place secured.
فِي جَنَّاتٍ وَعُيُونٍ
In gardens and springs;
Among Gardens and Springs;
Amid gardens and watersprings,
يَلْبَسُونَ مِن سُندُسٍ وَإِسْتَبْرَقٍ مُّتَقَابِلِينَ
They shall wear of fine and thick silk, (sitting) face to face;
Dressed in fine silk and in rich brocade, they will face each other;
Attired in silk and silk embroidery, facing one another.
كَذَلِكَ وَزَوَّجْنَاهُم بِحُورٍ عِينٍ
Thus (shall it be), and We will wed them with Houris pure, beautiful ones.
So; and We shall join them to fair women with beautiful, big, and lustrous eyes.
Even so (it will be). And We shall wed them unto fair ones with wide, lovely eyes.
يَدْعُونَ فِيهَا بِكُلِّ فَاكِهَةٍ آمِنِينَ
They shall call therein for every fruit in security;
There can they call for every kind of fruit in peace and security;
They call therein for every fruit in safety.
لَا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا الْمَوْتَ إِلَّا الْمَوْتَةَ الْأُولَى وَوَقَاهُمْ عَذَابَ الْجَحِيمِ
They shall not taste therein death except the first death, and He will save them from the punishment of the hell,
Nor will they there taste Death, except the first death; and He will preserve them from the Penalty of the Blazing Fire,-
They taste not death therein, save the first death. And He hath saved them from the doom of hell,
فَضْلًا مِّن رَّبِّكَ ذَلِكَ هُوَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظِيمُ
A grace from your Lord; this is the great achievement.
As a Bounty from thy Lord! that will be the supreme achievement!
A bounty from thy Lord. That is the supreme triumph.
فَإِنَّمَا يَسَّرْنَاهُ بِلِسَانِكَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ
So have We made it easy in your tongue that they may be mindful.
Verily, We have made this (Qur'an) easy, in thy tongue, in order that they may give heed.
And We have made (this Scripture) easy in thy language only that they may heed.
فَارْتَقِبْ إِنَّهُم مُّرْتَقِبُونَ
Therefore wait; surely they are waiting.
So wait thou and watch; for they (too) are waiting.
Wait then (O Muhammad). Lo! they (too) are waiting.