Surah Al-Qasas

طٰس࢜مّ࢜ ۝١

1Ta, Seen, Meem.

تِلْكَ اٰيٰتُ الْكِتٰبِ الْمُبِيْنِ ۝٢

2These are the signs of the Manifest Book.

نَتْلُوْا عَلَيْكَ مِنْ نَّبَاِ مُوْسٰي وَفِرْعَوْنَ بِالْحَقِّ لِقَوْمٍ يُّو͏ٔ͏ْمِنُوْنَ ۝٣

3We relate to you truly some of the account of Moses and Pharaoh for a people who have faith.

اِنَّ فِرْعَوْنَ عَلَا فِي الْاَرْضِ وَجَعَلَ اَهْلَهَا شِيَعًا يَّسْتَضْعِفُ طَا࢜ىِٕفَةً مِّنْهُمْ يُذَبِّحُ اَبْنَا࢜ءَهُمْ وَيَسْتَحْيٖ نِسَا࢜ءَهُمْؕ اِنَّهٗ كَانَ مِنَ الْمُفْسِدِيْنَ ۝٤

4Indeed Pharaoh tyrannized over the land, reducing its people to factions, abasing one group of them, slaughtering their sons, and sparing their women. Indeed, He was one of the agents of corruption.

وَنُرِيْدُ اَنْ نَّمُنَّ عَلَي الَّذِيْنَ اسْتُضْعِفُوْا فِي الْاَرْضِ وَنَجْعَلَهُمْ اَىِٕمَّةً وَّنَجْعَلَهُمُ الْوٰرِثِيْنَ ۝٥ۙ

5And We desired to show favour to those who were abased in the land, and to make them imams, and to make them the heirs,

وَنُمَكِّنَ لَهُمْ فِي الْاَرْضِ وَنُرِيَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَهَامٰنَ وَجُنُوْدَهُمَا مِنْهُمْ مَّا كَانُوْا يَحْذَرُوْنَ ۝٦

6and to establish them in the land, and to show Pharaoh and Haman and their hosts from them that of which they were apprehensive.

وَاَوْحَيْنَا͏ٓ اِلٰٓي اُمِّ مُوْسٰٓي اَنْ اَرْضِعِيْهِۚ فَاِذَا خِفْتِ عَلَيْهِ فَاَلْقِيْهِ فِي الْيَمِّ وَلَا تَخَافِيْ وَلَا تَحْزَنِيْۚ اِنَّا رَا࢜دُّوْهُ اِلَيْكِ وَجَاعِلُوْهُ مِنَ الْمُرْسَلِيْنَ ۝٧

7We revealed to Moses’ mother, [saying], ‘Nurse him; then, when you fear for him, cast him into the river, and do not fear or grieve, for We will restore him to you and make him one of the apostles.’

فَالْتَقَطَهٗٓ اٰلُ فِرْعَوْنَ لِيَكُوْنَ لَهُمْ عَدُوًّا وَّحَزَنًاؕ اِنَّ فِرْعَوْنَ وَهَامٰنَ وَجُنُوْدَهُمَا كَانُوْا خٰطِـِٕيْنَ ۝٨

8Then Pharaoh’s kinsmen picked him up that he might be an enemy and a cause of grief to them. Indeed Pharaoh and Haman and their hosts were iniquitous.

وَقَالَتِ امْرَاَتُ فِرْعَوْنَ قُرَّتُ عَيْنٍ لِّيْ وَلَكَؕ لَا تَقْتُلُوْهُࣗۖ عَسٰٓي اَنْ يَّنْفَعَنَا͏ٓ اَوْ نَتَّخِذَهٗ وَلَدًا وَّهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُوْنَ ۝٩

9Pharaoh’s wife said [to him], ‘[This infant will be] a [source of] comfort to me and to you. Do not kill him. Maybe he will benefit us, or we will adopt him as a son.’ But they were not aware.

وَاَصْبَحَ فُو͏ٔ͏َادُ اُمِّ مُوْسٰي فٰرِغًاؕ اِنْ كَادَتْ لَتُبْدِيْ بِهٖ لَوْلَا͏ٓ اَنْ رَّبَطْنَا عَلٰي قَلْبِهَا لِتَكُوْنَ مِنَ الْمُو͏ٔ͏ْمِنِيْنَ ۝١٠

10The heart of Moses’ mother became desolate, and indeed she was about to divulge it had We not fortified her heart so that she might have faith [in Allah’s promise].

وَقَالَتْ لِاُخْتِهٖ قُصِّيْهِؗ فَبَصُرَتْ بِهٖ عَنْ جُنُبٍ وَّهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُوْنَ ۝١١ۙ

11She said to his sister, ‘Follow him.’ So she watched him from a distance, while they were not aware.

وَحَرَّمْنَا عَلَيْهِ الْمَرَاضِعَ مِنْ قَبْلُ فَقَالَتْ هَلْ اَدُلُّكُمْ عَلٰٓي اَهْلِ بَيْتٍ يَّكْفُلُوْنَهٗ لَكُمْ وَهُمْ لَهٗ نٰصِحُوْنَ ۝١٢

12Since before We had forbidden him to be suckled by any nurse. So she said, ‘Shall I show you a household that will take care of him for you and they will be his well-wishers?’

فَرَدَدْنٰهُ اِلٰٓي اُمِّهٖ كَيْ تَقَرَّ عَيْنُهَا وَلَا تَحْزَنَ وَلِتَعْلَمَ اَنَّ وَعْدَ اللّٰهِ حَقٌّ وَّلٰكِنَّ اَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُوْنَ ۝١٣ࣖ

13That is how We restored him to his mother so that she might be comforted and not grieve, and that she might know that Allah’s promise is true, but most of them do not know.

وَلَمَّا بَلَغَ اَشُدَّهٗ وَاسْتَوٰٓي اٰتَيْنٰهُ حُكْمًا وَّعِلْمًاؕ وَكَذٰلِكَ نَجْزِي الْمُحْسِنِيْنَ ۝١٤

14When he came of age and became fully matured, We gave him judgement and knowledge, and thus do We reward the virtuous.

وَدَخَلَ الْمَدِيْنَةَ عَلٰي حِيْنِ غَفْلَةٍ مِّنْ اَهْلِهَا فَوَجَدَ فِيْهَا رَجُلَيْنِ يَقْتَتِلٰنِࣗؗ هٰذَا مِنْ شِيْعَتِهٖ وَهٰذَا مِنْ عَدُوِّهٖۚ فَاسْتَغَاثَهُ الَّذِيْ مِنْ شِيْعَتِهٖ عَلَي الَّذِيْ مِنْ عَدُوِّهٖۙ فَوَكَزَهٗ مُوْسٰي فَقَضٰي عَلَيْهِࣗؗ قَالَ هٰذَا مِنْ عَمَلِ الشَّيْطٰنِؕ اِنَّهٗ عَدُوٌّ مُّضِلٌّ مُّبِيْنٌ ۝١٥

15[One day] he entered the city at a time when its people were not likely to take notice. He found there two men fighting, this one from among his followers, and that one from his enemies. The one who was from his followers sought his help against him who was from his enemies. So Moses hit him with his fist, whereupon he expired. He said, ‘This is of Satan’s doing. Indeed he is clearly a misguiding enemy.’

قَالَ رَبِّ اِنِّيْ ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِيْ فَاغْفِرْ لِيْ فَغَفَرَ لَهٗؕ اِنَّهٗ هُوَ الْغَفُوْرُ الرَّحِيْمُ ۝١٦

16He said, ‘My Lord! I have wronged myself. Forgive me!’ So He forgave him. Indeed, He is the All-forgiving, the All-merciful.

قَالَ رَبِّ بِمَا͏ٓ اَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيَّ فَلَنْ اَكُوْنَ ظَهِيْرًا لِّلْمُجْرِمِيْنَ ۝١٧

17He said, ‘My Lord! As You have blessed me, I will never be a supporter of the guilty.’

فَاَصْبَحَ فِي الْمَدِيْنَةِ خَا࢜ىِٕفًا يَّتَرَقَّبُ فَاِذَا الَّذِي اسْتَنْصَرَهٗ بِالْاَمْسِ يَسْتَصْرِخُهٗؕ قَالَ لَهٗ مُوْسٰٓي اِنَّكَ لَغَوِيٌّ مُّبِيْنٌ ۝١٨

18He rose at dawn in the city, fearful and vigilant, when behold, the one who had sought his help the day before, shouted for his help [once again]. Moses said to him, ‘You are indeed clearly perverse!’

فَلَمَّا͏ٓ اَنْ اَرَادَ اَنْ يَّبْطِشَ بِالَّذِيْ هُوَ عَدُوٌّ لَّهُمَاۙ قَالَ يٰمُوْسٰٓي اَتُرِيْدُ اَنْ تَقْتُلَنِيْ كَمَا قَتَلْتَ نَفْسًاۢ بِالْاَمْسِࣗۖ اِنْ تُرِيْدُ اِلَّا͏ٓ اَنْ تَكُوْنَ جَبَّارًا فِي الْاَرْضِ وَمَا تُرِيْدُ اَنْ تَكُوْنَ مِنَ الْمُصْلِحِيْنَ ۝١٩

19But when he wanted to strike him who was an enemy of both of them, he said, ‘Moses, do you want to kill me, just like the one you killed yesterday? You only want to be a tyrant in the land, and you do not desire to be one who brings about reform.’

وَجَا࢜ءَ رَجُلٌ مِّنْ اَقْصَا الْمَدِيْنَةِ يَسْعٰيؗ قَالَ يٰمُوْسٰٓي اِنَّ الْمَلَاَ يَاْتَمِرُوْنَ بِكَ لِيَقْتُلُوْكَ فَاخْرُجْ اِنِّيْ لَكَ مِنَ النّٰصِحِيْنَ ۝٢٠

20There came a man from the city outskirts, hurrying. He said, ‘Moses! The elite are indeed conspiring to kill you. So leave. I am indeed your well-wisher.’

فَخَرَجَ مِنْهَا خَا࢜ىِٕفًا يَّتَرَقَّبُؗ قَالَ رَبِّ نَجِّنِيْ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ الظّٰلِمِيْنَ ۝٢١ࣖ

21So he left the city, fearful and vigilant. He said, ‘My Lord! Deliver me from the wrongdoing lot.’

وَلَمَّا تَوَجَّهَ تِلْقَا࢜ءَ مَدْيَنَ قَالَ عَسٰي رَبِّيْٓ اَنْ يَّهْدِيَنِيْ سَوَا࢜ءَ السَّبِيْلِ ۝٢٢

22And when he turned his face toward Midian, he said, ‘Maybe my Lord will show me the right way.’

وَلَمَّا وَرَدَ مَا࢜ءَ مَدْيَنَ وَجَدَ عَلَيْهِ اُمَّةً مِّنَ النَّاسِ يَسْقُوْنَ࣢ؗ وَوَجَدَ مِنْ دُوْنِهِمُ امْرَاَتَيْنِ تَذُوْدٰنِۚ قَالَ مَا خَطْبُكُمَاؕ قَالَتَا لَا نَسْقِيْ حَتّٰي يُصْدِرَ الرِّعَا࢜ءُࣝ وَاَبُوْنَا شَيْخٌ كَبِيْرٌ ۝٢٣

23When he arrived at the well of Midian, he found there a throng of people watering [their flocks], and he found, besides them, two women holding back [their flock]. He said, ‘What is your business?’ They said, ‘We do not water [our flock] until the shepherds have driven out [their flocks], and our father is an aged man.’

فَسَقٰي لَهُمَا ثُمَّ تَوَلّٰٓي اِلَي الظِّلِّ فَقَالَ رَبِّ اِنِّيْ لِمَا͏ٓ اَنْزَلْتَ اِلَيَّ مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَقِيْرٌ ۝٢٤

24So he watered [their flock] for them. Then he withdrew toward the shade and said, ‘My Lord! I am indeed in need of any good You may send down to me!’

فَجَا࢜ءَتْهُ اِحْدٰىهُمَا تَمْشِيْ عَلَي اسْتِحْيَا࢜ءٍؗ قَالَتْ اِنَّ اَبِيْ يَدْعُوْكَ لِيَجْزِيَكَ اَجْرَ مَا سَقَيْتَ لَنَاؕ فَلَمَّا جَا࢜ءَهٗ وَقَصَّ عَلَيْهِ الْقَصَصَۙ قَالَ لَا تَخَفْࣞࣟ نَجَوْتَ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ الظّٰلِمِيْنَ ۝٢٥

25Then one of the two women approached him, walking bashfully. She said, ‘Indeed my father invites you to pay you the wages for watering [our flock] for us.’ So when he came to him and recounted the story to him, he said, ‘Do not be afraid. You have been delivered from the wrongdoing lot.’

قَالَتْ اِحْدٰىهُمَا يٰٓاَبَتِ اسْتَاْجِرْهُؗ اِنَّ خَيْرَ مَنِ اسْتَاْجَرْتَ الْقَوِيُّ الْاَمِيْنُ ۝٢٦

26One of the two women said, ‘Father, hire him. Indeed the best you can hire is a powerful and trustworthy man.’

قَالَ اِنِّيْٓ اُرِيْدُ اَنْ اُنْكِحَكَ اِحْدَي ابْنَتَيَّ هٰتَيْنِ عَلٰٓي اَنْ تَاْجُرَنِيْ ثَمٰنِيَ حِجَجٍۚ فَاِنْ اَتْمَمْتَ عَشْرًا فَمِنْ عِنْدِكَۚ وَمَا͏ٓ اُرِيْدُ اَنْ اَشُقَّ عَلَيْكَؕ سَتَجِدُنِيْٓ اِنْ شَا࢜ءَ اللّٰهُ مِنَ الصّٰلِحِيْنَ ۝٢٧

27He said, ‘Indeed I desire to marry you to one of these two daughters of mine, on condition that you hire yourself to me for eight years. And if you complete ten, that will be up to you, and I do not want to be hard on you. God willing, you will find me to a righteous person.’

قَالَ ذٰلِكَ بَيْنِيْ وَبَيْنَكَؕ اَيَّمَا الْاَجَلَيْنِ قَضَيْتُ فَلَا عُدْوَانَ عَلَيَّؕ وَاللّٰهُ عَلٰي مَا نَقُوْلُ وَكِيْلٌ ۝٢٨ࣖ

28He said, ‘This will be [by consent] between you and me. Whichever of the two terms I complete, there shall be no imposition upon me, and Allah is witness over what we say.’

فَلَمَّا قَضٰي مُوْسَي الْاَجَلَ وَسَارَ بِاَهْلِهٖٓ اٰنَسَ مِنْ جَانِبِ الطُّوْرِ نَارًاۚ قَالَ لِاَهْلِهِ امْكُثُوْٓا اِنِّيْٓ اٰنَسْتُ نَارًا لَّعَلِّيْٓ اٰتِيْكُمْ مِّنْهَا بِخَبَرٍ اَوْ جَذْوَةٍ مِّنَ النَّارِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَصْطَلُوْنَ ۝٢٩

29So when Moses completed the term and set out with his family, he descried a fire on the side of the mountain. He said to his family, ‘Wait! Indeed, I descry a fire! Maybe I will bring you some news from it, or a brand of fire so that you may warm yourselves.’

فَلَمَّا͏ٓ اَتٰىهَا نُوْدِيَ مِنْ شَاطِي͏ٔ͏ِ الْوَادِ الْاَيْمَنِ فِي الْبُقْعَةِ الْمُبٰرَكَةِ مِنَ الشَّجَرَةِ اَنْ يّٰمُوْسٰٓي اِنِّيْٓ اَنَا اللّٰهُ رَبُّ الْعٰلَمِيْنَ ۝٣٠ۙ

30When he approached it, he was called from the right bank of the valley in that blessed site from the tree: ‘Moses! Indeed I am Allah, the Lord of all the worlds!’

وَاَنْ اَلْقِ عَصَاكَؕ فَلَمَّا رَاٰهَا تَهْتَزُّ كَاَنَّهَا جَا࢜نٌّ وَّلّٰي مُدْبِرًا وَّلَمْ يُعَقِّبْؕ يٰمُوْسٰٓي اَقْبِلْ وَلَا تَخَفْࣞ اِنَّكَ مِنَ الْاٰمِنِيْنَ ۝٣١

31And: ‘Throw down your staff!’ And when he saw it wriggling as if it were a snake, he turned his back [to flee], without looking back. ‘Moses! Come forward, and do not be afraid. Indeed you are safe.’

اُسْلُكْ يَدَكَ فِيْ جَيْبِكَ تَخْرُجْ بَيْضَا࢜ءَ مِنْ غَيْرِ سُوْ࢜ءٍؗ وَّاضْمُمْ اِلَيْكَ جَنَاحَكَ مِنَ الرَّهْبِ فَذٰنِكَ بُرْهَانٰنِ مِنْ رَّبِّكَ اِلٰي فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَلَا۟ىِٕهٖؕ اِنَّهُمْ كَانُوْا قَوْمًا فٰسِقِيْنَ ۝٣٢

32‘Insert your hand into your shirt. It will emerge white, without any fault, and keep your arms drawn in awe to your sides. These shall be two proofs from your Lord to Pharaoh and his elite. They are indeed a transgressing lot.’

قَالَ رَبِّ اِنِّيْ قَتَلْتُ مِنْهُمْ نَفْسًا فَاَخَافُ اَنْ يَّقْتُلُوْنِ ۝٣٣

33He said, ‘My Lord! Indeed, I have killed one of their men, so I fear they will kill me.

وَاَخِيْ هٰرُوْنُ هُوَ اَفْصَحُ مِنِّيْ لِسَانًا فَاَرْسِلْهُ مَعِيَ رِدْاً يُّصَدِّقُنِيْٓؗ اِنِّيْٓ اَخَافُ اَنْ يُّكَذِّبُوْنِ ۝٣٤

34Aaron, my brother—he is more eloquent than me in speech. So send him with me as a helper to confirm me, for I fear that they will impugn me.’

قَالَ سَنَشُدُّ عَضُدَكَ بِاَخِيْكَ وَنَجْعَلُ لَكُمَا سُلْطٰنًا فَلَا يَصِلُوْنَ اِلَيْكُمَاۚۛ بِاٰيٰتِنَا͏ٓۚۛ اَنْتُمَا وَمَنِ اتَّبَعَكُمَا الْغٰلِبُوْنَ ۝٣٥

35He said, ‘We will strengthen your arm by means of your brother, and invest both of you with such authority that they will not touch you. With the help of Our signs, you two, and those who follow the two of you, shall be the victors.’

فَلَمَّا جَا࢜ءَهُمْ مُّوْسٰي بِاٰيٰتِنَا بَيِّنٰتٍ قَالُوْا مَا هٰذَا͏ٓ اِلَّا سِحْرٌ مُّفْتَرًي وَّمَا سَمِعْنَا بِهٰذَا فِيْٓ اٰبَا࢜ىِٕنَا الْاَوَّلِيْنَ ۝٣٦

36When Moses brought them Our manifest signs, they said, ‘This is nothing but concocted magic. We never heard of such a thing among our forefathers.’

وَقَالَ مُوْسٰي رَبِّيْٓ اَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ جَا࢜ءَ بِالْهُدٰي مِنْ عِنْدِهٖ وَمَنْ تَكُوْنُ لَهٗ عَاقِبَةُ الدَّارِؕ اِنَّهٗ لَا يُفْلِحُ الظّٰلِمُوْنَ ۝٣٧

37Moses said, ‘My Lord knows best who brings guidance from Him, and in whose favour the outcome of that abode will be. The wrongdoers will not be felicitous.’

وَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ يٰٓاَيُّهَا الْمَلَاُ مَا عَلِمْتُ لَكُمْ مِّنْ اِلٰهٍ غَيْرِيْۚ فَاَوْقِدْ لِيْ يٰهَامٰنُ عَلَي الطِّيْنِ فَاجْعَلْ لِّيْ صَرْحًا لَّعَلِّيْٓ اَطَّلِعُ اِلٰٓي اِلٰهِ مُوْسٰيۙ وَاِنِّيْ لَاَظُنُّهٗ مِنَ الْكٰذِبِيْنَ ۝٣٨

38Pharaoh said, ‘O [members of the] elite! I do not know of any god that you may have besides me. Haman, light for me a fire over clay, and build me a tower so that I may take a look at Moses’ god, and indeed I consider him to be a liar!’

وَاسْتَكْبَرَ هُوَ وَجُنُوْدُهٗ فِي الْاَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ الْحَقِّ وَظَنُّوْٓا اَنَّهُمْ اِلَيْنَا لَا يُرْجَعُوْنَ ۝٣٩

39He and his hosts unduly acted arrogantly in the land, and thought they would not be brought back to Us.

فَاَخَذْنٰهُ وَجُنُوْدَهٗ فَنَبَذْنٰهُمْ فِي الْيَمِّۚ فَانْظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الظّٰلِمِيْنَ ۝٤٠

40So We seized him and his hosts, and threw them into the sea. So observe how was the fate of the wrongdoers!

وَجَعَلْنٰهُمْ اَىِٕمَّةً يَّدْعُوْنَ اِلَي النَّارِۚ وَيَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِ لَا يُنْصَرُوْنَ ۝٤١

41We made them leaders who invite to the Fire, and on the Day of Resurrection they will not receive any help.

وَاَتْبَعْنٰهُمْ فِيْ هٰذِهِ الدُّنْيَا لَعْنَةًۚ وَيَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِ هُمْ مِّنَ الْمَقْبُوْحِيْنَ ۝٤٢ࣖ

42We made a curse pursue them in this world, and on the Day of Resurrection they will be among the disfigured.

وَلَقَدْ اٰتَيْنَا مُوْسَي الْكِتٰبَ مِنْۢ بَعْدِ مَا͏ٓ اَهْلَكْنَا الْقُرُوْنَ الْاُوْلٰي بَصَا࢜ىِٕرَ لِلنَّاسِ وَهُدًي وَّرَحْمَةً لَّعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُوْنَ ۝٤٣

43Certainly We gave Moses the Book, after We had destroyed the former generations, as [a set of] eye-openers, guidance and mercy for mankind, so that they may take admonition.

وَمَا كُنْتَ بِجَانِبِ الْغَرْبِيِّ اِذْ قَضَيْنَا͏ٓ اِلٰي مُوْسَي الْاَمْرَ وَمَا كُنْتَ مِنَ الشّٰهِدِيْنَ ۝٤٤ۙ

44You were not on the western side when We revealed the commandments to Moses, nor were you among the witnesses.

وَلٰكِنَّا͏ٓ اَنْشَاْنَا قُرُوْنًا فَتَطَاوَلَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْعُمُرُۚ وَمَا كُنْتَ ثَاوِيًا فِيْٓ اَهْلِ مَدْيَنَ تَتْلُوْا عَلَيْهِمْ اٰيٰتِنَاۙ وَلٰكِنَّا كُنَّا مُرْسِلِيْنَ ۝٤٥

45But We brought forth other generations and time took its toll on them. You did not dwell among the people of Midian reciting to them Our signs, but it is We who are the senders [of the apostles].

وَمَا كُنْتَ بِجَانِبِ الطُّوْرِ اِذْ نَادَيْنَا وَلٰكِنْ رَّحْمَةً مِّنْ رَّبِّكَ لِتُنْذِرَ قَوْمًا مَّا͏ٓ اَتٰىهُمْ مِّنْ نَّذِيْرٍ مِّنْ قَبْلِكَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُوْنَ ۝٤٦

46And you were not on the side of the Mount when We called out [to Moses], but [We have sent you as] a mercy from your Lord that you may warn a people to whom there did not come any warner before you, so that they may take admonition.

وَلَوْلَا͏ٓ اَنْ تُصِيْبَهُمْ مُّصِيْبَةٌۢ بِمَا قَدَّمَتْ اَيْدِيْهِمْ فَيَقُوْلُوْا رَبَّنَا لَوْلَا͏ٓ اَرْسَلْتَ اِلَيْنَا رَسُوْلًا فَنَتَّبِعَ اٰيٰتِكَ وَنَكُوْنَ مِنَ الْمُو͏ٔ͏ْمِنِيْنَ ۝٤٧

47And lest—if an affliction were to befall them because of what their hands have sent ahead —they should say, ‘Our Lord! Why did You not send us an apostle so that we might have followed Your signs and been among the faithful?’

فَلَمَّا جَا࢜ءَهُمُ الْحَقُّ مِنْ عِنْدِنَا قَالُوْا لَوْلَا͏ٓ اُوْتِيَ مِثْلَ مَا͏ٓ اُوْتِيَ مُوْسٰيؕ اَوَلَمْ يَكْفُرُوْا بِمَا͏ٓ اُوْتِيَ مُوْسٰي مِنْ قَبْلُۚ قَالُوْا سِحْرٰنِ تَظٰهَرَاࣟࣞ وَقَالُوْٓا اِنَّا بِكُلٍّ كٰفِرُوْنَ ۝٤٨

48But when there came to them the truth from Us, they said, ‘Why has he not been given the like of what Moses was given?’ Did they not disbelieve what Moses was given before, and said, ‘Two magicians abetting each other,’ and said, ‘Indeed we disbelieve both of them’?

قُلْ فَاْتُوْا بِكِتٰبٍ مِّنْ عِنْدِ اللّٰهِ هُوَ اَهْدٰي مِنْهُمَا͏ٓ اَتَّبِعْهُ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ صٰدِقِيْنَ ۝٤٩

49Say, ‘If you are truthful, bring some Book from Allah better in guidance than the two on them so that I may follow it.’

فَاِنْ لَّمْ يَسْتَجِيْبُوْا لَكَ فَاعْلَمْ اَنَّمَا يَتَّبِعُوْنَ اَهْوَا࢜ءَهُمْؕ وَمَنْ اَضَلُّ مِمَّنِ اتَّبَعَ هَوٰىهُ بِغَيْرِ هُدًي مِّنَ اللّٰهِؕ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الظّٰلِمِيْنَ ۝٥٠ࣖ

50Then if they do not respond to you[r] [summons], know that they only follow their desires, and who is more astray than him who follows his desires without any guidance from Allah? Indeed Allah does not guide the wrongdoing lot.

وَلَقَدْ وَصَّلْنَا لَهُمُ الْقَوْلَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُوْنَ ۝٥١ؕ

51Certainly We have carried on this discourse for them so that they may take admonition.

اَلَّذِيْنَ اٰتَيْنٰهُمُ الْكِتٰبَ مِنْ قَبْلِهٖ هُمْ بِهٖ يُو͏ٔ͏ْمِنُوْنَ ۝٥٢

52Those to whom We gave the Book before it are the ones who believe in it,

وَاِذَا يُتْلٰي عَلَيْهِمْ قَالُوْٓا اٰمَنَّا بِهٖٓ اِنَّهُ الْحَقُّ مِنْ رَّبِّنَا͏ٓ اِنَّا كُنَّا مِنْ قَبْلِهٖ مُسْلِمِيْنَ ۝٥٣

53and when it is recited to them, they say, ‘We believe in it. It is indeed the truth from our Lord. Indeed we were Muslims [even] before it [came].’

اُولٰ࢜ىِٕكَ يُو͏ٔ͏ْتَوْنَ اَجْرَهُمْ مَّرَّتَيْنِ بِمَا صَبَرُوْا وَيَدْرَءُوْنَ بِالْحَسَنَةِ السَّيِّي͏ٔ͏َةَ وَمِمَّا رَزَقْنٰهُمْ يُنْفِقُوْنَ ۝٥٤

54Those will be given their reward two times for their patience. They repel evil [conduct] with good, and spend out of what We have provided them,

وَاِذَا سَمِعُوا اللَّغْوَ اَعْرَضُوْا عَنْهُ وَقَالُوْا لَنَا͏ٓ اَعْمَالُنَا وَلَكُمْ اَعْمَالُكُمْؗ سَلٰمٌ عَلَيْكُمْؗ لَا نَبْتَغِي الْجٰهِلِيْنَ ۝٥٥

55and when they hear vain talk, they avoid it and say, ‘Our deeds belong to us, and your deeds belong to you. Peace be to you. We do not court the ignorant.’

اِنَّكَ لَا تَهْدِيْ مَنْ اَحْبَبْتَ وَلٰكِنَّ اللّٰهَ يَهْدِيْ مَنْ يَّشَا࢜ءُۚ وَهُوَ اَعْلَمُ بِالْمُهْتَدِيْنَ ۝٥٦

56You cannot guide whomever you wish, but [it is] Allah [who] guides whomever He wishes, and He knows best those who are guided.

وَقَالُوْٓا اِنْ نَّتَّبِعِ الْهُدٰي مَعَكَ نُتَخَطَّفْ مِنْ اَرْضِنَاؕ اَوَلَمْ نُمَكِّنْ لَّهُمْ حَرَمًا اٰمِنًا يُّجْبٰٓي اِلَيْهِ ثَمَرٰتُ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ رِّزْقًا مِّنْ لَّدُنَّا وَلٰكِنَّ اَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُوْنَ ۝٥٧

57They say, ‘If we follow the guidance with you, we will be forced out of our territory.’ Did We not establish a secure sanctuary for them where fruits of all kinds are brought as a provision from Us? But most of them do not know.

وَكَمْ اَهْلَكْنَا مِنْ قَرْيَةٍۭ بَطِرَتْ مَعِيْشَتَهَاۚ فَتِلْكَ مَسٰكِنُهُمْ لَمْ تُسْكَنْ مِّنْۢ بَعْدِهِمْ اِلَّا قَلِيْلًاؕ وَكُنَّا نَحْنُ الْوٰرِثِيْنَ ۝٥٨

58How many a town We have destroyed that exulted in its lifestyle! There lie their dwellings, uninhabited after them except by a few, and We were the [sole] inheritors.

وَمَا كَانَ رَبُّكَ مُهْلِكَ الْقُرٰي حَتّٰي يَبْعَثَ فِيْٓ اُمِّهَا رَسُوْلًا يَّتْلُوْا عَلَيْهِمْ اٰيٰتِنَاۚ وَمَا كُنَّا مُهْلِكِي الْقُرٰٓي اِلَّا وَاَهْلُهَا ظٰلِمُوْنَ ۝٥٩

59Your Lord would not destroy the towns until He had raised an apostle in their mother city to recite to them Our signs. We would never destroy the towns except when their people were wrongdoers.

وَمَا͏ٓ اُوْتِيْتُمْ مِّنْ شَيْءٍ فَمَتَاعُ الْحَيٰوةِ الدُّنْيَا وَزِيْنَتُهَاۚ وَمَا عِنْدَ اللّٰهِ خَيْرٌ وَّاَبْقٰيؕ اَفَلَا تَعْقِلُوْنَ ۝٦٠ࣖ

60Whatever things you have been given are only the wares of the life of this world and its glitter, and what is with Allah is better and more lasting. Will you not exercise your reason?

اَفَمَنْ وَّعَدْنٰهُ وَعْدًا حَسَنًا فَهُوَ لَاقِيْهِ كَمَنْ مَّتَّعْنٰهُ مَتَاعَ الْحَيٰوةِ الدُّنْيَا ثُمَّ هُوَ يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِ مِنَ الْمُحْضَرِيْنَ ۝٦١

61Is he to whom We have given a good promise, which he will receive, like him whom We have provided the wares of the life of this world, but who will be arraigned on the Day of Resurrection?

وَيَوْمَ يُنَادِيْهِمْ فَيَقُوْلُ اَيْنَ شُرَكَا࢜ءِيَ الَّذِيْنَ كُنْتُمْ تَزْعُمُوْنَ ۝٦٢

62The day He will call out to them and ask, ‘Where are My ‘partners’ that you used to claim?’

قَالَ الَّذِيْنَ حَقَّ عَلَيْهِمُ الْقَوْلُ رَبَّنَا هٰٓو͏ٔ͏ُلَا࢜ءِ الَّذِيْنَ اَغْوَيْنَاۚ اَغْوَيْنٰهُمْ كَمَا غَوَيْنَاۚ تَبَرَّاْنَا͏ٓ اِلَيْكَؗ مَا كَانُوْٓا اِيَّانَا يَعْبُدُوْنَ ۝٦٣

63Those against whom the word had become due will say, ‘Our Lord! These are the ones whom we have perverted. We perverted them as we were perverse ourselves. We repudiate them before You: it was not us that they worshipped.’

وَقِيْلَ ادْعُوْا شُرَكَا࢜ءَكُمْ فَدَعَوْهُمْ فَلَمْ يَسْتَجِيْبُوْا لَهُمْ وَرَاَوُا الْعَذَابَۚ لَوْ اَنَّهُمْ كَانُوْا يَهْتَدُوْنَ ۝٦٤

64It will be said, ‘Invoke your partners!’ So they will invoke them, but they will not respond to them, and they will sight the punishment, wishing they had followed guidance.

وَيَوْمَ يُنَادِيْهِمْ فَيَقُوْلُ مَاذَا͏ٓ اَجَبْتُمُ الْمُرْسَلِيْنَ ۝٦٥

65The day He will call out to them and say, ‘What response did you give to the apostles?’

فَعَمِيَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ الْاَنۢ͏ْبَا࢜ءُ يَوْمَىِٕذٍ فَهُمْ لَا يَتَسَا࢜ءَلُوْنَ ۝٦٦

66That day all information will be withheld from them, so they will not question one another.

فَاَمَّا مَنْ تَابَ وَاٰمَنَ وَعَمِلَ صَالِحًا فَعَسٰٓي اَنْ يَّكُوْنَ مِنَ الْمُفْلِحِيْنَ ۝٦٧

67As for him who repents, has faith and acts righteously, maybe he will be among the felicitous.

وَرَبُّكَ يَخْلُقُ مَا يَشَا࢜ءُ وَيَخْتَارُؕ مَا كَانَ لَهُمُ الْخِيَرَةُؕ سُبْحٰنَ اللّٰهِ وَتَعٰلٰي عَمَّا يُشْرِكُوْنَ ۝٦٨

68Your Lord creates whatever He wishes and chooses: they have no choice. Immaculate is Allah and exalted above [having] any partners that they ascribe [to Him].

وَرَبُّكَ يَعْلَمُ مَا تُكِنُّ صُدُوْرُهُمْ وَمَا يُعْلِنُوْنَ ۝٦٩

69Your Lord knows whatever their breasts conceal, and whatever they disclose.

وَهُوَ اللّٰهُ لَا͏ٓ اِلٰهَ اِلَّا هُوَؕ لَهُ الْحَمْدُ فِي الْاُوْلٰي وَالْاٰخِرَةِؗ وَلَهُ الْحُكْمُ وَاِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُوْنَ ۝٧٠

70He is Allah, there is no god except Him. All praise belongs to Him in this world and the Hereafter. All judgement belongs to Him, and to Him you will be brought back.

قُلْ اَرَءَيْتُمْ اِنْ جَعَلَ اللّٰهُ عَلَيْكُمُ الَّيْلَ سَرْمَدًا اِلٰي يَوْمِ الْقِيٰمَةِ مَنْ اِلٰهٌ غَيْرُ اللّٰهِ يَاْتِيْكُمْ بِضِيَا࢜ءٍؕ اَفَلَا تَسْمَعُوْنَ ۝٧١

71Say, ‘Tell me, if Allah were to make the night perpetual for you until the Day of Resurrection, what god other than Allah can bring you light? Will you not listen?’

قُلْ اَرَءَيْتُمْ اِنْ جَعَلَ اللّٰهُ عَلَيْكُمُ النَّهَارَ سَرْمَدًا اِلٰي يَوْمِ الْقِيٰمَةِ مَنْ اِلٰهٌ غَيْرُ اللّٰهِ يَاْتِيْكُمْ بِلَيْلٍ تَسْكُنُوْنَ فِيْهِؕ اَفَلَا تُبْصِرُوْنَ ۝٧٢

72Say, ‘Tell me, if Allah were to make the day perpetual for you until the Day of Resurrection, what god other than Allah can bring you night wherein you can rest? Will you not perceive?’

وَمِنْ رَّحْمَتِهٖ جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الَّيْلَ وَالنَّهَارَ لِتَسْكُنُوْا فِيْهِ وَلِتَبْتَغُوْا مِنْ فَضْلِهٖ وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُوْنَ ۝٧٣

73He has made for you the night and the day out of His mercy, so that you may rest therein and that you may seek His bounty and so that you may give thanks.

وَيَوْمَ يُنَادِيْهِمْ فَيَقُوْلُ اَيْنَ شُرَكَا࢜ءِيَ الَّذِيْنَ كُنْتُمْ تَزْعُمُوْنَ ۝٧٤

74The day He will call out to them and say, ‘Where are My ‘partners’ that you used to claim?’

وَنَزَعْنَا مِنْ كُلِّ اُمَّةٍ شَهِيْدًا فَقُلْنَا هَاتُوْا بُرْهَانَكُمْ فَعَلِمُوْٓا اَنَّ الْحَقَّ لِلّٰهِ وَضَلَّ عَنْهُمْ مَّا كَانُوْا يَفْتَرُوْنَ ۝٧٥ࣖ

75We shall draw from every nation a witness and say, ‘Produce your evidence.’ Then they will know that all reality belongs to Allah and what they used to fabricate will forsake them.

اِنَّ قَارُوْنَ كَانَ مِنْ قَوْمِ مُوْسٰي فَبَغٰي عَلَيْهِمْࣕ وَاٰتَيْنٰهُ مِنَ الْكُنُوْزِ مَا͏ٓ اِنَّ مَفَاتِحَهٗ لَتَنُوْ࢜اُ بِالْعُصْبَةِ اُولِي الْقُوَّةِࣗ اِذْ قَالَ لَهٗ قَوْمُهٗ لَا تَفْرَحْ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَا يُحِبُّ الْفَرِحِيْنَ ۝٧٦

76Korah indeed belonged to the people of Moses, but he bullied them. We had given him so much treasures that their chests indeed proved heavy for a band of stalwarts. When his people said to him, ‘Do not boast! Indeed Allah does not like the boasters.

وَابْتَغِ فِيْمَا͏ٓ اٰتٰىكَ اللّٰهُ الدَّارَ الْاٰخِرَةَ وَلَا تَنْسَ نَصِيْبَكَ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَاَحْسِنْ كَمَا͏ٓ اَحْسَنَ اللّٰهُ اِلَيْكَ وَلَا تَبْغِ الْفَسَادَ فِي الْاَرْضِؕ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَا يُحِبُّ الْمُفْسِدِيْنَ ۝٧٧

77Seek the abode of the Hereafter by means of what Allah has given you, while not forgetting your share of this world. Be good [to others] just as Allah has been good to you, and do not try to cause corruption in the land. Indeed Allah does not like the agents of corruption.’

قَالَ اِنَّمَا͏ٓ اُوْتِيْتُهٗ عَلٰي عِلْمٍ عِنْدِيْؕ اَوَلَمْ يَعْلَمْ اَنَّ اللّٰهَ قَدْ اَهْلَكَ مِنْ قَبْلِهٖ مِنَ الْقُرُوْنِ مَنْ هُوَ اَشَدُّ مِنْهُ قُوَّةً وَّاَكْثَرُ جَمْعًاؕ وَلَا يُسْـَٔلُ عَنْ ذُنُوْبِهِمُ الْمُجْرِمُوْنَ ۝٧٨

78He said, ‘I have indeed been given [all] this because of the knowledge that I have.’ Did he not know that Allah had already destroyed before him some of the generations who were more powerful than him and greater in amassing [wealth]? The guilty will not be questioned about their sins.

فَخَرَجَ عَلٰي قَوْمِهٖ فِيْ زِيْنَتِهٖؕ قَالَ الَّذِيْنَ يُرِيْدُوْنَ الْحَيٰوةَ الدُّنْيَا يٰلَيْتَ لَنَا مِثْلَ مَا͏ٓ اُوْتِيَ قَارُوْنُۙ اِنَّهٗ لَذُوْ حَظٍّ عَظِيْمٍ ۝٧٩

79So he emerged before his people in his finery. Those who desired the life of the world said, ‘We wish we had like what Korah has been given! Indeed he is greatly fortunate.’

وَقَالَ الَّذِيْنَ اُوْتُوا الْعِلْمَ وَيْلَكُمْ ثَوَابُ اللّٰهِ خَيْرٌ لِّمَنْ اٰمَنَ وَعَمِلَ صَالِحًاۚ وَلَا يُلَقّٰىهَا͏ٓ اِلَّا الصّٰبِرُوْنَ ۝٨٠

80Those who were given knowledge said [to them], ‘Woe to you! Allah’s reward is better for someone who has faith and acts righteously, and no one will receive it except the patient.’

فَخَسَفْنَا بِهٖ وَبِدَارِهِ الْاَرْضَࣞ فَمَا كَانَ لَهٗ مِنْ فِي͏ٔ͏َةٍ يَّنْصُرُوْنَهٗ مِنْ دُوْنِ اللّٰهِࣗ وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ الْمُنْتَصِرِيْنَ ۝٨١

81So We caused the earth to swallow him and his house, and he had no party that might protect him from Allah, nor could he rescue himself.

وَاَصْبَحَ الَّذِيْنَ تَمَنَّوْا مَكَانَهٗ بِالْاَمْسِ يَقُوْلُوْنَ وَيْكَاَنَّ اللّٰهَ يَبْسُطُ الرِّزْقَ لِمَنْ يَّشَا࢜ءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهٖ وَيَقْدِرُۚ لَوْلَا͏ٓ اَنْ مَّنَّ اللّٰهُ عَلَيْنَا لَخَسَفَ بِنَاؕ وَيْكَاَنَّهٗ لَا يُفْلِحُ الْكٰفِرُوْنَ ۝٨٢ࣖ

82By dawn those who longed to be in his place the day before were saying, ‘Don’t you see that Allah expands the provision for whomever He wishes of His servants, and tightens it? Had Allah not shown us favour, He might have made the earth swallow us too. Don’t you see that the faithless do not prosper?’

تِلْكَ الدَّارُ الْاٰخِرَةُ نَجْعَلُهَا لِلَّذِيْنَ لَا يُرِيْدُوْنَ عُلُوًّا فِي الْاَرْضِ وَلَا فَسَادًاؕ وَالْعَاقِبَةُ لِلْمُتَّقِيْنَ ۝٨٣

83This is the abode of the Hereafter, which We shall grant to those who do not desire to domineer in the earth nor to cause corruption, and the outcome will be in favour of the Godwary.

مَنْ جَا࢜ءَ بِالْحَسَنَةِ فَلَهٗ خَيْرٌ مِّنْهَاۚ وَمَنْ جَا࢜ءَ بِالسَّيِّي͏ٔ͏َةِ فَلَا يُجْزَي الَّذِيْنَ عَمِلُوا السَّيِّاٰتِ اِلَّا مَا كَانُوْا يَعْمَلُوْنَ ۝٨٤

84Whoever brings virtue shall receive [a reward] better than it, but whoever brings vice—those who commit misdeeds shall not be requited except for what they used to do.

اِنَّ الَّذِيْ فَرَضَ عَلَيْكَ الْقُرْاٰنَ لَرَا࢜دُّكَ اِلٰي مَعَادٍؕ قُلْ رَّبِّيْٓ اَعْلَمُ مَنْ جَا࢜ءَ بِالْهُدٰي وَمَنْ هُوَ فِيْ ضَلٰلٍ مُّبِيْنٍ ۝٨٥

85Indeed He who has revealed to you the Quran will surely restore you to the place of return. Say, ‘My Lord knows best him who brings guidance and him who is in manifest error.’

وَمَا كُنْتَ تَرْجُوْٓا اَنْ يُّلْقٰٓي اِلَيْكَ الْكِتٰبُ اِلَّا رَحْمَةً مِّنْ رَّبِّكَ فَلَا تَكُوْنَنَّ ظَهِيْرًا لِّلْكٰفِرِيْنَ ۝٨٦ؗ

86You did not expect that the Book would be delivered to you; but it was a mercy from your Lord. So do not be ever an advocate of the faithless.

وَلَا يَصُدُّنَّكَ عَنْ اٰيٰتِ اللّٰهِ بَعْدَ اِذْ اُنْزِلَتْ اِلَيْكَ وَادْعُ اِلٰي رَبِّكَ وَلَا تَكُوْنَنَّ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِيْنَ ۝٨٧ۚ

87Do not ever let them bar you from Allah’s signs after they have been sent down to you. Invite to your Lord, and never be one of the polytheists.

وَلَا تَدْعُ مَعَ اللّٰهِ اِلٰهًا اٰخَرَۘ لَا͏ٓ اِلٰهَ اِلَّا هُوَࣞ كُلُّ شَيْءٍ هَالِكٌ اِلَّا وَجْهَهٗؕ لَهُ الْحُكْمُ وَاِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُوْنَ ۝٨٨ࣖ

88And do not invoke another god besides Allah; there is no god except Him. Everything is to perish except His Face. All judgement belongs to Him, and to Him you will be brought back.