مصحف الثريا

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلصَّٰٓفَّٰتِ صَفًّۭا ۝١

By those [angels] ranged in rows

فَٱلزَّٰجِرَٰتِ زَجْرًۭا ۝٢

who rebuke reproachfull

فَٱلتَّٰلِيَٰتِ ذِكْرًا ۝۳

and recite God’s word

إِنَّ إِلَٰهَكُمْ لَوَٰحِدٌۭ ۝٤

truly your God is One

رَّبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا وَرَبُّ ٱلْمَشَٰرِقِ ۝٥

Lord of the heavens and earth and everything between them, Lord of every sunrise

إِنَّا زَيَّنَّا ٱلسَّمَآءَ ٱلدُّنْيَا بِزِينَةٍ ٱلْكَوَاكِبِ ۝٦

We have adorned the lowest heaven with stars

وَحِفْظًۭا مِّن كُلِّ شَيْطَٰنٍۢ مَّارِدٍۢ ۝۷

and made them a safeguard against every rebellious devil

لَّا يَسَّمَّعُونَ إِلَى ٱلْمَلَإِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ وَيُقْذَفُونَ مِن كُلِّ جَانِبٍۢ ۝۸

they cannot eavesdrop on the Higher Assembly––pelted from every side

دُحُورًۭا ۖ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌۭ وَاصِبٌ ۝۹

driven away, they will have perpetual torment–&ndash

إِلَّا مَنْ خَطِفَ ٱلْخَطْفَةَ فَأَتْبَعَهُۥ شِهَابٌۭ ثَاقِبٌۭ ۝١۰

if any [of them] stealthily snatches away a fragment, he will be pursued by a piercing flame

فَٱسْتَفْتِهِمْ أَهُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَم مَّنْ خَلَقْنَآ ۚ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَٰهُم مِّن طِينٍۢ لَّازِبٍۭ ۝١١

So [Prophet], ask the disbelievers: is it harder to create them than other beings We have created? We created them from sticky clay

بَلْ عَجِبْتَ وَيَسْخَرُونَ ۝١٢

You marvel as they scoff

وَإِذَا ذُكِّرُوا۟ لَا يَذْكُرُونَ ۝١۳

take no heed when they are warned

وَإِذَا رَأَوْا۟ ءَايَةًۭ يَسْتَسْخِرُونَ ۝١٤

and resort to ridicule when they see a sign

وَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌۭ مُّبِينٌ ۝١٥

saying, ‘This is no more than blatant sorcery.’

أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًۭا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ ۝١٦

‘What! After we have died and become dust and bones, shall we really be raised up again

أَوَءَابَآؤُنَا ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ ۝١۷

along with our forefathers?’

قُلْ نَعَمْ وَأَنتُمْ دَٰخِرُونَ ۝١۸

Say, ‘Yes indeed, and you will be humiliated.’

فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌۭ وَٰحِدَةٌۭ فَإِذَا هُمْ يَنظُرُونَ ۝١۹

Just one blast and––lo and behold!––they will loo

وَقَالُوا۟ يَٰوَيْلَنَا هَٰذَا يَوْمُ ٱلدِّينِ ۝٢۰

and say, ‘Woe to us! This is the Day of Judgement.’

هَٰذَا يَوْمُ ٱلْفَصْلِ ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ ۝٢١

[It will be said], ‘This is the Day of Decision, which you used to deny

۞ ٱحْشُرُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ وَأَزْوَٰجَهُمْ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْبُدُونَ ۝٢٢

[Angels], gather together those who did wrong, and others like them, as well as whatever they worshippe

مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ فَٱهْدُوهُمْ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ ۝٢۳

beside God, lead them all to the path of Hell

وَقِفُوهُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُم مَّسْـُٔولُونَ ۝٢٤

and halt them for questioning

مَا لَكُمْ لَا تَنَاصَرُونَ ۝٢٥

“Why do you not support each other now?” ’–&ndash

بَلْ هُمُ ٱلْيَوْمَ مُسْتَسْلِمُونَ ۝٢٦

no indeed! They will be in complete submission on that Day–&ndash

وَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍۢ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ ۝٢۷

and they will turn on one another accusingly

قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّكُمْ كُنتُمْ تَأْتُونَنَا عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ ۝٢۸

They will say, ‘You came to us from a position of power.’

قَالُوا۟ بَل لَّمْ تَكُونُوا۟ مُؤْمِنِينَ ۝٢۹

They will say, ‘No! It was you who would not believe

وَمَا كَانَ لَنَا عَلَيْكُم مِّن سُلْطَٰنٍۭ ۖ بَلْ كُنتُمْ قَوْمًۭا طَٰغِينَ ۝۳۰

we had no power over you- and you were already exceeding all limits

فَحَقَّ عَلَيْنَا قَوْلُ رَبِّنَآ ۖ إِنَّا لَذَآئِقُونَ ۝۳١

Our Lord’s sentence on us is just and we must all taste the punishment

فَأَغْوَيْنَٰكُمْ إِنَّا كُنَّا غَٰوِينَ ۝۳٢

We led you astray as we ourselves were astray.’

فَإِنَّهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ فِى ٱلْعَذَابِ مُشْتَرِكُونَ ۝۳۳

On that Day they will all share the torment

إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَفْعَلُ بِٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ ۝۳٤

this is how We deal with the guilty

إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوٓا۟ إِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ ۝۳٥

Whenever it was said to them, ‘There is no deity but God,’ they became arrogant

وَيَقُولُونَ أَئِنَّا لَتَارِكُوٓا۟ ءَالِهَتِنَا لِشَاعِرٍۢ مَّجْنُونٍۭ ۝۳٦

and said, ‘Are we to forsake our gods for a mad poet?’

بَلْ جَآءَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَصَدَّقَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ ۝۳۷

‘No: he brought the truth and confirmed the earlier messengers

إِنَّكُمْ لَذَآئِقُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلْأَلِيمِ ۝۳۸

you will taste the painful torment

وَمَا تُجْزَوْنَ إِلَّا مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ ۝۳۹

and be repaid only according to your deeds.’

إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ ۝٤۰

Not so God’s true servants

أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ رِزْقٌۭ مَّعْلُومٌۭ ۝٤١

They will have familiar provisions–&ndash

فَوَٰكِهُ ۖ وَهُم مُّكْرَمُونَ ۝٤٢

fruits- and will be honoure

فِى جَنَّٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ ۝٤۳

in gardens of delight

عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍۢ مُّتَقَٰبِلِينَ ۝٤٤

seated on couches, facing one another

يُطَافُ عَلَيْهِم بِكَأْسٍۢ مِّن مَّعِينٍۭ ۝٤٥

A drink will be passed round among them from a flowing spring

بَيْضَآءَ لَذَّةٍۢ لِّلشَّٰرِبِينَ ۝٤٦

white, delicious to those who taste it

لَا فِيهَا غَوْلٌۭ وَلَا هُمْ عَنْهَا يُنزَفُونَ ۝٤۷

causing no headiness or intoxication

وَعِندَهُمْ قَٰصِرَٰتُ ٱلطَّرْفِ عِينٌۭ ۝٤۸

With them will be spouses- modest of gaze and beautiful of eye

كَأَنَّهُنَّ بَيْضٌۭ مَّكْنُونٌۭ ۝٤۹

like protected eggs

فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍۢ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ ۝٥۰

They will turn to one another with questions

قَالَ قَآئِلٌۭ مِّنْهُمْ إِنِّى كَانَ لِى قَرِينٌۭ ۝٥١

one will say, ‘I had a close companion on eart

يَقُولُ أَءِنَّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلْمُصَدِّقِينَ ۝٥٢

who used to ask me, “Do you really believe tha

أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًۭا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَدِينُونَ ۝٥۳

after we die and become dust and bone, we shall be brought for judgement?”&rsquo

قَالَ هَلْ أَنتُم مُّطَّلِعُونَ ۝٥٤

Then he will say, ‘Shall we look for him?’

فَٱطَّلَعَ فَرَءَاهُ فِى سَوَآءِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ ۝٥٥

He will look down and see him in the midst of the Fire

قَالَ تَٱللَّهِ إِن كِدتَّ لَتُرْدِينِ ۝٥٦

and say to him, ‘By God, you almost brought me to ruin

وَلَوْلَا نِعْمَةُ رَبِّى لَكُنتُ مِنَ ٱلْمُحْضَرِينَ ۝٥۷

Had it not been for the grace of my Lord, I too would have been taken to Hell.’

أَفَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَيِّتِينَ ۝٥۸

Then he will say [to his blessed companions], ‘Are we never to die again after our earlier death

إِلَّا مَوْتَتَنَا ٱلْأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ ۝٥۹

Shall we never suffer

إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَهُوَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْعَظِيمُ ۝٦۰

This truly is the supreme triumph!’

لِمِثْلِ هَٰذَا فَلْيَعْمَلِ ٱلْعَٰمِلُونَ ۝٦١

Everyone should strive to attain this

أَذَٰلِكَ خَيْرٌۭ نُّزُلًا أَمْ شَجَرَةُ ٱلزَّقُّومِ ۝٦٢

Is this the better welcome, or the tree of Zaqqum

إِنَّا جَعَلْنَٰهَا فِتْنَةًۭ لِّلظَّٰلِمِينَ ۝٦۳

which we have made a test for the evildoers

إِنَّهَا شَجَرَةٌۭ تَخْرُجُ فِىٓ أَصْلِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ ۝٦٤

This tree grows in the heart of the blazing Fire

طَلْعُهَا كَأَنَّهُۥ رُءُوسُ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينِ ۝٦٥

and its fruits are like devils’ heads

فَإِنَّهُمْ لَءَاكِلُونَ مِنْهَا فَمَالِـُٔونَ مِنْهَا ٱلْبُطُونَ ۝٦٦

They will fill their bellies eating from it

ثُمَّ إِنَّ لَهُمْ عَلَيْهَا لَشَوْبًۭا مِّنْ حَمِيمٍۢ ۝٦۷

then drink scalding water on top of it

ثُمَّ إِنَّ مَرْجِعَهُمْ لَإِلَى ٱلْجَحِيمِ ۝٦۸

then return to the blazing Fire

إِنَّهُمْ أَلْفَوْا۟ ءَابَآءَهُمْ ضَآلِّينَ ۝٦۹

They found their forefathers astray

فَهُمْ عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَٰرِهِمْ يُهْرَعُونَ ۝۷۰

and rushed to follow in their footsteps- before the disbelievers [of Mecca]

وَلَقَدْ ضَلَّ قَبْلَهُمْ أَكْثَرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ۝۷١

most men in the past went astray

وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا فِيهِم مُّنذِرِينَ ۝۷٢

even though We sent messengers to warn them

فَٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُنذَرِينَ ۝۷۳

See how those who were warned met their end

إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ ۝۷٤

Not so the true servants of God

وَلَقَدْ نَادَىٰنَا نُوحٌۭ فَلَنِعْمَ ٱلْمُجِيبُونَ ۝۷٥

Noah cried to Us, and how excellent was Our response

وَنَجَّيْنَٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلْكَرْبِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ ۝۷٦

We saved him and his people from great distress

وَجَعَلْنَا ذُرِّيَّتَهُۥ هُمُ ٱلْبَاقِينَ ۝۷۷

We let his offspring remain on the earth

وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ فِى ٱلْءَاخِرِينَ ۝۷۸

We let him be praised by later generations

سَلَٰمٌ عَلَىٰ نُوحٍۢ فِى ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ۝۷۹

‘Peace be upon Noah among all the nations!’

إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ ۝۸۰

This is how We reward those who do good

إِنَّهُۥ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ۝۸١

he was truly one of Our faithful servants

ثُمَّ أَغْرَقْنَا ٱلْءَاخَرِينَ ۝۸٢

We drowned the rest

۞ وَإِنَّ مِن شِيعَتِهِۦ لَإِبْرَٰهِيمَ ۝۸۳

Abraham was of the same faith

إِذْ جَآءَ رَبَّهُۥ بِقَلْبٍۢ سَلِيمٍ ۝۸٤

he came to his Lord with a devoted heart

إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِۦ مَاذَا تَعْبُدُونَ ۝۸٥

He said to his father and his people, ‘What are you worshipping

أَئِفْكًا ءَالِهَةًۭ دُونَ ٱللَّهِ تُرِيدُونَ ۝۸٦

How can you choose false gods instead of the true God

فَمَا ظَنُّكُم بِرَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ۝۸۷

So what is your opinion about the Lord of all the Worlds?’

فَنَظَرَ نَظْرَةًۭ فِى ٱلنُّجُومِ ۝۸۸

then he looked up to the stars

فَقَالَ إِنِّى سَقِيمٌۭ ۝۸۹

He said, ‘I am sick,’

فَتَوَلَّوْا۟ عَنْهُ مُدْبِرِينَ ۝۹۰

so [his people] turned away from him and left

فَرَاغَ إِلَىٰٓ ءَالِهَتِهِمْ فَقَالَ أَلَا تَأْكُلُونَ ۝۹١

He turned to their gods and said

مَا لَكُمْ لَا تَنطِقُونَ ۝۹٢

‘Do you not eat? Why do you not speak?’

فَرَاغَ عَلَيْهِمْ ضَرْبًۢا بِٱلْيَمِينِ ۝۹۳

then he turned and struck them with his right arm

فَأَقْبَلُوٓا۟ إِلَيْهِ يَزِفُّونَ ۝۹٤

His people hurried towards him

قَالَ أَتَعْبُدُونَ مَا تَنْحِتُونَ ۝۹٥

but he said, ‘How can you worship things you carve with your own hands

وَٱللَّهُ خَلَقَكُمْ وَمَا تَعْمَلُونَ ۝۹٦

when it is God who has created you and all your handiwork?’

قَالُوا۟ ٱبْنُوا۟ لَهُۥ بُنْيَٰنًۭا فَأَلْقُوهُ فِى ٱلْجَحِيمِ ۝۹۷

They said, ‘Build a pyre and throw him into the blazing fire.’

فَأَرَادُوا۟ بِهِۦ كَيْدًۭا فَجَعَلْنَٰهُمُ ٱلْأَسْفَلِينَ ۝۹۸

They wanted to harm him, but We humiliated them

وَقَالَ إِنِّى ذَاهِبٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّى سَيَهْدِينِ ۝۹۹

He said, ‘I will go to my Lord: He is sure to guide me

رَبِّ هَبْ لِى مِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ ۝١۰۰

Lord, grant me a righteous son,’

فَبَشَّرْنَٰهُ بِغُلَٰمٍ حَلِيمٍۢ ۝١۰١

so We gave him the good news that he would have a patient son

فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ مَعَهُ ٱلسَّعْىَ قَالَ يَٰبُنَىَّ إِنِّىٓ أَرَىٰ فِى ٱلْمَنَامِ أَنِّىٓ أَذْبَحُكَ فَٱنظُرْ مَاذَا تَرَىٰ ۚ قَالَ يَٰٓأَبَتِ ٱفْعَلْ مَا تُؤْمَرُ ۖ سَتَجِدُنِىٓ إِن شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰبِرِينَ ۝١۰٢

When the boy was old enough to work with his father, Abraham said, ‘My son, I have seen myself sacrificing you in a dream. What do you think?’ He said, ‘Father, do as you are commanded and, God willing, you will find me steadfast.’

فَلَمَّآ أَسْلَمَا وَتَلَّهُۥ لِلْجَبِينِ ۝١۰۳

When they had both submitted to God, and he had laid his son down on the side of his face

وَنَٰدَيْنَٰهُ أَن يَٰٓإِبْرَٰهِيمُ ۝١۰٤

We called out to him, ‘Abraham

قَدْ صَدَّقْتَ ٱلرُّءْيَآ ۚ إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ ۝١۰٥

you have fulfilled the dream.’ This is how We reward those who do good

إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَهُوَ ٱلْبَلَٰٓؤُا۟ ٱلْمُبِينُ ۝١۰٦

it was a test to prove [their true characters]

وَفَدَيْنَٰهُ بِذِبْحٍ عَظِيمٍۢ ۝١۰۷

We ransomed his son with a momentous sacrifice

وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ فِى ٱلْءَاخِرِينَ ۝١۰۸

and We let him be praised by succeeding generations

سَلَٰمٌ عَلَىٰٓ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ ۝١۰۹

‘Peace be upon Abraham!’

كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ ۝١١۰

This is how We reward those who do good

إِنَّهُۥ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ۝١١١

truly he was one of Our faithful servants

وَبَشَّرْنَٰهُ بِإِسْحَٰقَ نَبِيًّۭا مِّنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ ۝١١٢

We gave Abraham the good news of Isaac- a prophet and a righteous man

وَبَٰرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَىٰٓ إِسْحَٰقَ ۚ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِهِمَا مُحْسِنٌۭ وَظَالِمٌۭ لِّنَفْسِهِۦ مُبِينٌۭ ۝١١۳

and blessed him and Isaac too: some of their offspring were good, but some clearly wronged themselves

وَلَقَدْ مَنَنَّا عَلَىٰ مُوسَىٰ وَهَٰرُونَ ۝١١٤

We also bestowed Our favour on Moses and Aaron

وَنَجَّيْنَٰهُمَا وَقَوْمَهُمَا مِنَ ٱلْكَرْبِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ ۝١١٥

We saved them and their people from great distress

وَنَصَرْنَٰهُمْ فَكَانُوا۟ هُمُ ٱلْغَٰلِبِينَ ۝١١٦

We helped them, so they were the ones to succeed

وَءَاتَيْنَٰهُمَا ٱلْكِتَٰبَ ٱلْمُسْتَبِينَ ۝١١۷

We gave them the Scripture that makes things clear

وَهَدَيْنَٰهُمَا ٱلصِّرَٰطَ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَ ۝١١۸

We guided them to the right path

وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِمَا فِى ٱلْءَاخِرِينَ ۝١١۹

We let them be praised by succeeding generations

سَلَٰمٌ عَلَىٰ مُوسَىٰ وَهَٰرُونَ ۝١٢۰

‘Peace be upon Moses and Aaron!’

إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ ۝١٢١

This is how We reward those who do good

إِنَّهُمَا مِنْ عِبَادِنَا ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ۝١٢٢

truly they were among Our faithful servants

وَإِنَّ إِلْيَاسَ لَمِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ ۝١٢۳

Elijah too was one of the messengers

إِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِۦٓ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ۝١٢٤

He said to his people, ‘Have you no fear of God

أَتَدْعُونَ بَعْلًۭا وَتَذَرُونَ أَحْسَنَ ٱلْخَٰلِقِينَ ۝١٢٥

How can you invoke Baal and forsake the Most Gracious Creator

ٱللَّهَ رَبَّكُمْ وَرَبَّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ۝١٢٦

God, your Lord and the Lord of your forefathers?’

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَإِنَّهُمْ لَمُحْضَرُونَ ۝١٢۷

but they rejected him. They will be brought to punishment as a consequence

إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ ۝١٢۸

not so the true servants of God

وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ فِى ٱلْءَاخِرِينَ ۝١٢۹

We let him be praised by succeeding generations

سَلَٰمٌ عَلَىٰٓ إِلْ يَاسِينَ ۝١۳۰

‘Peace be to Elijah!’

إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ ۝١۳١

This is how We reward those who do good

إِنَّهُۥ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ۝١۳٢

truly he was one of Our faithful servants

وَإِنَّ لُوطًۭا لَّمِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ ۝١۳۳

Lot was also one of the messengers

إِذْ نَجَّيْنَٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥٓ أَجْمَعِينَ ۝١۳٤

We saved him and all his family

إِلَّا عَجُوزًۭا فِى ٱلْغَٰبِرِينَ ۝١۳٥

except for an old woman who stayed behind

ثُمَّ دَمَّرْنَا ٱلْءَاخَرِينَ ۝١۳٦

and We destroyed the rest

وَإِنَّكُمْ لَتَمُرُّونَ عَلَيْهِم مُّصْبِحِينَ ۝١۳۷

You [people] pass by their ruins mornin

وَبِٱلَّيْلِ ۗ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ ۝١۳۸

and night: will you not take heed

وَإِنَّ يُونُسَ لَمِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ ۝١۳۹

Jonah too was one of the messengers

إِذْ أَبَقَ إِلَى ٱلْفُلْكِ ٱلْمَشْحُونِ ۝١٤۰

He fled to the overloaded ship

فَسَاهَمَ فَكَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُدْحَضِينَ ۝١٤١

They cast lots, he suffered defeat

فَٱلْتَقَمَهُ ٱلْحُوتُ وَهُوَ مُلِيمٌۭ ۝١٤٢

and a great fish swallowed him, for he had committed blameworthy acts

فَلَوْلَآ أَنَّهُۥ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُسَبِّحِينَ ۝١٤۳

If he had not been one of those who glorified God

لَلَبِثَ فِى بَطْنِهِۦٓ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ ۝١٤٤

he would have stayed in its belly until the Day when all are raised up

۞ فَنَبَذْنَٰهُ بِٱلْعَرَآءِ وَهُوَ سَقِيمٌۭ ۝١٤٥

but We cast him out, sick, on to a barren shore

وَأَنۢبَتْنَا عَلَيْهِ شَجَرَةًۭ مِّن يَقْطِينٍۢ ۝١٤٦

and made a gourd tree grow above him

وَأَرْسَلْنَٰهُ إِلَىٰ مِا۟ئَةِ أَلْفٍ أَوْ يَزِيدُونَ ۝١٤۷

We sent him to a hundred thousand people or more

فَـَٔامَنُوا۟ فَمَتَّعْنَٰهُمْ إِلَىٰ حِينٍۢ ۝١٤۸

They believed, so We let them live out their lives

فَٱسْتَفْتِهِمْ أَلِرَبِّكَ ٱلْبَنَاتُ وَلَهُمُ ٱلْبَنُونَ ۝١٤۹

Now [Muhammad], ask the disbelievers: is it true that your Lord has daughters, while they choose sons for themselves

أَمْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ إِنَٰثًۭا وَهُمْ شَٰهِدُونَ ۝١٥۰

Did We create the angels as females while they were watching

أَلَآ إِنَّهُم مِّنْ إِفْكِهِمْ لَيَقُولُونَ ۝١٥١

No indeed! It is one of their lies when they say

وَلَدَ ٱللَّهُ وَإِنَّهُمْ لَكَٰذِبُونَ ۝١٥٢

‘God has begotten.’ How they lie

أَصْطَفَى ٱلْبَنَاتِ عَلَى ٱلْبَنِينَ ۝١٥۳

Did He truly choose daughters in preference to sons

مَا لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَ ۝١٥٤

What is the matter with you? How do you form your judgements

أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ ۝١٥٥

Do you not reflect

أَمْ لَكُمْ سُلْطَٰنٌۭ مُّبِينٌۭ ۝١٥٦

Do you perhaps have clear authority

فَأْتُوا۟ بِكِتَٰبِكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ ۝١٥۷

Bring your scriptures, if you are telling the truth

وَجَعَلُوا۟ بَيْنَهُۥ وَبَيْنَ ٱلْجِنَّةِ نَسَبًۭا ۚ وَلَقَدْ عَلِمَتِ ٱلْجِنَّةُ إِنَّهُمْ لَمُحْضَرُونَ ۝١٥۸

They claim that He has kinship with the jinn, yet the jinn themselves know that they will be brought before Him

سُبْحَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ ۝١٥۹

God is far above what they attribute to Him

إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ ۝١٦۰

the true servants of God do not do such things

فَإِنَّكُمْ وَمَا تَعْبُدُونَ ۝١٦١

and neither you nor what you worshi

مَآ أَنتُمْ عَلَيْهِ بِفَٰتِنِينَ ۝١٦٢

can lure away from God an

إِلَّا مَنْ هُوَ صَالِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ ۝١٦۳

except those who will burn in Hell

وَمَا مِنَّآ إِلَّا لَهُۥ مَقَامٌۭ مَّعْلُومٌۭ ۝١٦٤

[The angels say], ‘Every single one of us has his appointed place

وَإِنَّا لَنَحْنُ ٱلصَّآفُّونَ ۝١٦٥

we are ranged in ranks

وَإِنَّا لَنَحْنُ ٱلْمُسَبِّحُونَ ۝١٦٦

We glorify God.’

وَإِن كَانُوا۟ لَيَقُولُونَ ۝١٦۷

[The disbelievers] used to say

لَوْ أَنَّ عِندَنَا ذِكْرًۭا مِّنَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ۝١٦۸

‘If only we had a scripture like previous people

لَكُنَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ ۝١٦۹

we would be true servants of God,’

فَكَفَرُوا۟ بِهِۦ ۖ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ ۝١۷۰

yet now they reject [the Quran]. They will soon realize

وَلَقَدْ سَبَقَتْ كَلِمَتُنَا لِعِبَادِنَا ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ ۝١۷١

Our word has already been given to Our servants the messengers

إِنَّهُمْ لَهُمُ ٱلْمَنصُورُونَ ۝١۷٢

it is they who will be helped

وَإِنَّ جُندَنَا لَهُمُ ٱلْغَٰلِبُونَ ۝١۷۳

and the ones who support Our cause will be the winners

فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ حَتَّىٰ حِينٍۢ ۝١۷٤

So [Prophet] turn away from the disbelievers for a while

وَأَبْصِرْهُمْ فَسَوْفَ يُبْصِرُونَ ۝١۷٥

Watch them: they will soon see

أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا يَسْتَعْجِلُونَ ۝١۷٦

Do they really wish to hasten Our punishment

فَإِذَا نَزَلَ بِسَاحَتِهِمْ فَسَآءَ صَبَاحُ ٱلْمُنذَرِينَ ۝١۷۷

When it descends on their courtyards, how ter-rible that morning will be for those who were warned

وَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ حَتَّىٰ حِينٍۢ ۝١۷۸

[Prophet], turn away from the disbelievers for a while

وَأَبْصِرْ فَسَوْفَ يُبْصِرُونَ ۝١۷۹

Watch them: they will soon see

سُبْحَٰنَ رَبِّكَ رَبِّ ٱلْعِزَّةِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ ۝١۸۰

Your Lord, the Lord of Glory, is far above what they attribute to Him

وَسَلَٰمٌ عَلَى ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ ۝١۸١

Peace be upon the messenger

وَٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ۝١۸٢

and praise be to God the Lord of all the Worlds