Chapter 26 of the Quran

Surah Ash-Shu'ara (The Poets)

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Surah Ash-Shu'ara is the 26th chapter of the Holy Quran. It contains 227 ayahs and was revealed in Makkah.

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1. Ayah 1

   طسٓمٓ

   Ṭā, Seen, Meem.

2. Ayah 2

   تِلْكَ ءَايَـٰتُ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ ٱلْمُبِينِ

   These are the verses of the clear Book.

3. Ayah 3

   لَعَلَّكَ بَـٰخِعٌ نَّفْسَكَ أَلَّا يَكُونُوا۟ مُؤْمِنِينَ

   Perhaps, [O Muḥammad], you would kill yourself with grief that they will not be believers.

4. Ayah 4

   إِن نَّشَأْ نُنَزِّلْ عَلَيْهِم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ ءَايَةً فَظَلَّتْ أَعْنَـٰقُهُمْ لَهَا خَـٰضِعِينَ

   If We willed, We could send down to them from the sky a sign for which their necks would remain humbled.

5. Ayah 5

   وَمَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن ذِكْرٍ مِّنَ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ مُحْدَثٍ إِلَّا كَانُوا۟ عَنْهُ مُعْرِضِينَ

   And no mention [i.e., revelation] comes to them anew from the Most Merciful except that they turn away from it.

6. Ayah 6

   فَقَدْ كَذَّبُوا۟ فَسَيَأْتِيهِمْ أَنۢبَـٰٓؤُا۟ مَا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

   For they have already denied, but there will come to them the news of that which they used to ridicule.

7. Ayah 7

   أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَمْ أَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ زَوْجٍ كَرِيمٍ

   Did they not look at the earth - how much We have produced therein from every noble kind?

8. Ayah 8

   إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

   Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.

9. Ayah 9

   وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

   And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.

10. Ayah 10

    وَإِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبُّكَ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنِ ٱئْتِ ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ

    And [mention] when your Lord called Moses, [saying], "Go to the wrongdoing people -

11. Ayah 11

    قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ ۚ أَلَا يَتَّقُونَ

    The people of Pharaoh. Will they not fear Allāh?"

12. Ayah 12

    قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ أَن يُكَذِّبُونِ

    He said, "My Lord, indeed I fear that they will deny me

13. Ayah 13

    وَيَضِيقُ صَدْرِى وَلَا يَنطَلِقُ لِسَانِى فَأَرْسِلْ إِلَىٰ هَـٰرُونَ

    And that my breast will tighten and my tongue will not be fluent, so send for Aaron.

14. Ayah 14

    وَلَهُمْ عَلَىَّ ذَنۢبٌ فَأَخَافُ أَن يَقْتُلُونِ

    And they have upon me a [claim due to] sin, so I fear that they will kill me."

15. Ayah 15

    قَالَ كَلَّا ۖ فَٱذْهَبَا بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَآ ۖ إِنَّا مَعَكُم مُّسْتَمِعُونَ

    [Allāh] said, "No. Go both of you with Our signs; indeed, We are with you, listening.

16. Ayah 16

    فَأْتِيَا فِرْعَوْنَ فَقُولَآ إِنَّا رَسُولُ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

    Go to Pharaoh and say, 'We are the messengers of the Lord of the worlds,

17. Ayah 17

    أَنْ أَرْسِلْ مَعَنَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ

    [Commanded to say], "Send with us the Children of Israel."'"

18. Ayah 18

    قَالَ أَلَمْ نُرَبِّكَ فِينَا وَلِيدًا وَلَبِثْتَ فِينَا مِنْ عُمُرِكَ سِنِينَ

    [Pharaoh] said, "Did we not raise you among us as a child, and you remained among us for years of your life?

19. Ayah 19

    وَفَعَلْتَ فَعْلَتَكَ ٱلَّتِى فَعَلْتَ وَأَنتَ مِنَ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ

    And [then] you did your deed which you did, and you were of the ungrateful."

20. Ayah 20

    قَالَ فَعَلْتُهَآ إِذًا وَأَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ

    [Moses] said, "I did it, then, while I was of those astray [i.e., ignorant].

21. Ayah 21

    فَفَرَرْتُ مِنكُمْ لَمَّا خِفْتُكُمْ فَوَهَبَ لِى رَبِّى حُكْمًا وَجَعَلَنِى مِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

    So I fled from you when I feared you. Then my Lord granted me judgement [i.e., wisdom and prophet hood] and appointed me [as one] of the messengers.

22. Ayah 22

    وَتِلْكَ نِعْمَةٌ تَمُنُّهَا عَلَىَّ أَنْ عَبَّدتَّ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ

    And is this a favor of which you remind me - that you have enslaved the Children of Israel?"

23. Ayah 23

    قَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَا رَبُّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

    Said Pharaoh, "And what is the Lord of the worlds?"

24. Ayah 24

    قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ ۖ إِن كُنتُم مُّوقِنِينَ

    [Moses] said, "The Lord of the heavens and earth and that between them, if you should be convinced."

25. Ayah 25

    قَالَ لِمَنْ حَوْلَهُۥٓ أَلَا تَسْتَمِعُونَ

    [Pharaoh] said to those around him, "Do you not hear?"

26. Ayah 26

    قَالَ رَبُّكُمْ وَرَبُّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

    [Moses] said, "Your Lord and the Lord of your first forefathers."

27. Ayah 27

    قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَكُمُ ٱلَّذِىٓ أُرْسِلَ إِلَيْكُمْ لَمَجْنُونٌ

    [Pharaoh] said, "Indeed, your 'messenger' who has been sent to you is mad."

28. Ayah 28

    قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلْمَشْرِقِ وَٱلْمَغْرِبِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ ۖ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ

    [Moses] said, "Lord of the east and the west and that between them, if you were to reason."

29. Ayah 29

    قَالَ لَئِنِ ٱتَّخَذْتَ إِلَـٰهًا غَيْرِى لَأَجْعَلَنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْمَسْجُونِينَ

    [Pharaoh] said, "If you take a god other than me, I will surely place you among those imprisoned."

30. Ayah 30

    قَالَ أَوَلَوْ جِئْتُكَ بِشَىْءٍ مُّبِينٍ

    [Moses] said, "Even if I brought you something [i.e., proof] manifest?"

31. Ayah 31

    قَالَ فَأْتِ بِهِۦٓ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ

    [Pharaoh] said, "Then bring it, if you should be of the truthful."

32. Ayah 32

    فَأَلْقَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِىَ ثُعْبَانٌ مُّبِينٌ

    So [Moses] threw his staff, and suddenly it was a serpent manifest.

33. Ayah 33

    وَنَزَعَ يَدَهُۥ فَإِذَا هِىَ بَيْضَآءُ لِلنَّـٰظِرِينَ

    And he drew out his hand; thereupon it was white for the observers.

34. Ayah 34

    قَالَ لِلْمَلَإِ حَوْلَهُۥٓ إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَسَـٰحِرٌ عَلِيمٌ

    [Pharaoh] said to the eminent ones around him, "Indeed, this is a learned magician.

35. Ayah 35

    يُرِيدُ أَن يُخْرِجَكُم مِّنْ أَرْضِكُم بِسِحْرِهِۦ فَمَاذَا تَأْمُرُونَ

    He wants to drive you out of your land by his magic, so what do you advise?"

36. Ayah 36

    قَالُوٓا۟ أَرْجِهْ وَأَخَاهُ وَٱبْعَثْ فِى ٱلْمَدَآئِنِ حَـٰشِرِينَ

    They said, "Postpone [the matter of] him and his brother and send among the cities gatherers

37. Ayah 37

    يَأْتُوكَ بِكُلِّ سَحَّارٍ عَلِيمٍ

    Who will bring you every learned, skilled magician."

38. Ayah 38

    فَجُمِعَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ لِمِيقَـٰتِ يَوْمٍ مَّعْلُومٍ

    So the magicians were assembled for the appointment of a well-known day.

39. Ayah 39

    وَقِيلَ لِلنَّاسِ هَلْ أَنتُم مُّجْتَمِعُونَ

    And it was said to the people, "Will you congregate.

40. Ayah 40

    لَعَلَّنَا نَتَّبِعُ ٱلسَّحَرَةَ إِن كَانُوا۟ هُمُ ٱلْغَـٰلِبِينَ

    That we might follow the magicians if they are the predominant?"

41. Ayah 41

    فَلَمَّا جَآءَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ قَالُوا۟ لِفِرْعَوْنَ أَئِنَّ لَنَا لَأَجْرًا إِن كُنَّا نَحْنُ ٱلْغَـٰلِبِينَ

    And when the magicians arrived, they said to Pharaoh, "Is there indeed for us a reward if we are the predominant?"

42. Ayah 42

    قَالَ نَعَمْ وَإِنَّكُمْ إِذًا لَّمِنَ ٱلْمُقَرَّبِينَ

    He said, "Yes, and indeed, you will then be of those near [to me]."

43. Ayah 43

    قَالَ لَهُم مُّوسَىٰٓ أَلْقُوا۟ مَآ أَنتُم مُّلْقُونَ

    Moses said to them, "Throw whatever you will throw."

44. Ayah 44

    فَأَلْقَوْا۟ حِبَالَهُمْ وَعِصِيَّهُمْ وَقَالُوا۟ بِعِزَّةِ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّا لَنَحْنُ ٱلْغَـٰلِبُونَ

    So they threw their ropes and their staffs and said, "By the might of Pharaoh, indeed it is we who are predominant."

45. Ayah 45

    فَأَلْقَىٰ مُوسَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِىَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُونَ

    Then Moses threw his staff, and at once it devoured what they falsified.

46. Ayah 46

    فَأُلْقِىَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ سَـٰجِدِينَ

    So the magicians fell down in prostration [to Allāh].

47. Ayah 47

    قَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا بِرَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

    They said, "We have believed in the Lord of the worlds,

48. Ayah 48

    رَبِّ مُوسَىٰ وَهَـٰرُونَ

    The Lord of Moses and Aaron."

49. Ayah 49

    قَالَ ءَامَنتُمْ لَهُۥ قَبْلَ أَنْ ءَاذَنَ لَكُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ لَكَبِيرُكُمُ ٱلَّذِى عَلَّمَكُمُ ٱلسِّحْرَ فَلَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ ۚ لَأُقَطِّعَنَّ أَيْدِيَكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُم مِّنْ خِلَـٰفٍ وَلَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

    [Pharaoh] said, "You believed him [i.e., Moses] before I gave you permission. Indeed, he is your leader who has taught you magic, but you are going to know. I will surely cut off your hands and your feet on opposite sides, and I will surely crucify you all."

50. Ayah 50

    قَالُوا۟ لَا ضَيْرَ ۖ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا مُنقَلِبُونَ

    They said, "No harm. Indeed, to our Lord we will return.

51. Ayah 51

    إِنَّا نَطْمَعُ أَن يَغْفِرَ لَنَا رَبُّنَا خَطَـٰيَـٰنَآ أَن كُنَّآ أَوَّلَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

    Indeed, we aspire that our Lord will forgive us our sins because we were the first of the believers."

52. Ayah 52

    ۞ وَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنْ أَسْرِ بِعِبَادِىٓ إِنَّكُم مُّتَّبَعُونَ

    And We inspired to Moses, "Travel by night with My servants; indeed, you will be pursued."

53. Ayah 53

    فَأَرْسَلَ فِرْعَوْنُ فِى ٱلْمَدَآئِنِ حَـٰشِرِينَ

    Then Pharaoh sent among the cities gatherers

54. Ayah 54

    إِنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَشِرْذِمَةٌ قَلِيلُونَ

    [And said], "Indeed, those are but a small band,

55. Ayah 55

    وَإِنَّهُمْ لَنَا لَغَآئِظُونَ

    And indeed, they are enraging us,

56. Ayah 56

    وَإِنَّا لَجَمِيعٌ حَـٰذِرُونَ

    And indeed, we are a cautious society..."

57. Ayah 57

    فَأَخْرَجْنَـٰهُم مِّن جَنَّـٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ

    So We removed them from gardens and springs

58. Ayah 58

    وَكُنُوزٍ وَمَقَامٍ كَرِيمٍ

    And treasures and honorable station -

59. Ayah 59

    كَذَٰلِكَ وَأَوْرَثْنَـٰهَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ

    Thus. And We caused to inherit it the Children of Israel.

60. Ayah 60

    فَأَتْبَعُوهُم مُّشْرِقِينَ

    So they pursued them at sunrise.

61. Ayah 61

    فَلَمَّا تَرَٰٓءَا ٱلْجَمْعَانِ قَالَ أَصْحَـٰبُ مُوسَىٰٓ إِنَّا لَمُدْرَكُونَ

    And when the two companies saw one another, the companions of Moses said, "Indeed, we are to be overtaken!"

62. Ayah 62

    قَالَ كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّ مَعِىَ رَبِّى سَيَهْدِينِ

    [Moses] said, "No! Indeed, with me is my Lord; He will guide me."

63. Ayah 63

    فَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنِ ٱضْرِب بِّعَصَاكَ ٱلْبَحْرَ ۖ فَٱنفَلَقَ فَكَانَ كُلُّ فِرْقٍ كَٱلطَّوْدِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

    Then We inspired to Moses, "Strike with your staff the sea," and it parted, and each portion was like a great towering mountain.

64. Ayah 64

    وَأَزْلَفْنَا ثَمَّ ٱلْـَٔاخَرِينَ

    And We advanced thereto the others [i.e., the pursuers].

65. Ayah 65

    وَأَنجَيْنَا مُوسَىٰ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥٓ أَجْمَعِينَ

    And We saved Moses and those with him, all together.

66. Ayah 66

    ثُمَّ أَغْرَقْنَا ٱلْـَٔاخَرِينَ

    Then We drowned the others.

67. Ayah 67

    إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

    Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.

68. Ayah 68

    وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

    And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.

69. Ayah 69

    وَٱتْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ نَبَأَ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ

    And recite to them the news of Abraham,

70. Ayah 70

    إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِۦ مَا تَعْبُدُونَ

    When he said to his father and his people, "What do you worship?"

71. Ayah 71

    قَالُوا۟ نَعْبُدُ أَصْنَامًا فَنَظَلُّ لَهَا عَـٰكِفِينَ

    They said, "We worship idols and remain to them devoted."

72. Ayah 72

    قَالَ هَلْ يَسْمَعُونَكُمْ إِذْ تَدْعُونَ

    He said, "Do they hear you when you supplicate?

73. Ayah 73

    أَوْ يَنفَعُونَكُمْ أَوْ يَضُرُّونَ

    Or do they benefit you, or do they harm?"

74. Ayah 74

    قَالُوا۟ بَلْ وَجَدْنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا كَذَٰلِكَ يَفْعَلُونَ

    They said, "But we found our fathers doing thus."

75. Ayah 75

    قَالَ أَفَرَءَيْتُم مَّا كُنتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَ

    He said, "Then do you see what you have been worshipping,

76. Ayah 76

    أَنتُمْ وَءَابَآؤُكُمُ ٱلْأَقْدَمُونَ

    You and your ancient forefathers?

77. Ayah 77

    فَإِنَّهُمْ عَدُوٌّ لِّىٓ إِلَّا رَبَّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

    Indeed, they are enemies to me, except the Lord of the worlds,

78. Ayah 78

    ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَنِى فَهُوَ يَهْدِينِ

    Who created me, and He [it is who] guides me.

79. Ayah 79

    وَٱلَّذِى هُوَ يُطْعِمُنِى وَيَسْقِينِ

    And it is He who feeds me and gives me drink.

80. Ayah 80

    وَإِذَا مَرِضْتُ فَهُوَ يَشْفِينِ

    And when I am ill, it is He who cures me

81. Ayah 81

    وَٱلَّذِى يُمِيتُنِى ثُمَّ يُحْيِينِ

    And who will cause me to die and then bring me to life

82. Ayah 82

    وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَطْمَعُ أَن يَغْفِرَ لِى خَطِيٓـَٔتِى يَوْمَ ٱلدِّينِ

    And who I aspire that He will forgive me my sin on the Day of Recompense."

83. Ayah 83

    رَبِّ هَبْ لِى حُكْمًا وَأَلْحِقْنِى بِٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ

    [And he said], "My Lord, grant me authority and join me with the righteous.

84. Ayah 84

    وَٱجْعَل لِّى لِسَانَ صِدْقٍ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ

    And grant me a mention [i.e., reputation] of honor among later generations.

85. Ayah 85

    وَٱجْعَلْنِى مِن وَرَثَةِ جَنَّةِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ

    And place me among the inheritors of the Garden of Pleasure.

86. Ayah 86

    وَٱغْفِرْ لِأَبِىٓ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ

    And forgive my father. Indeed, he has been of those astray.

87. Ayah 87

    وَلَا تُخْزِنِى يَوْمَ يُبْعَثُونَ

    And do not disgrace me on the Day they are [all] resurrected -

88. Ayah 88

    يَوْمَ لَا يَنفَعُ مَالٌ وَلَا بَنُونَ

    The Day when there will not benefit [anyone] wealth or children

89. Ayah 89

    إِلَّا مَنْ أَتَى ٱللَّهَ بِقَلْبٍ سَلِيمٍ

    But only one who comes to Allāh with a sound heart."

90. Ayah 90

    وَأُزْلِفَتِ ٱلْجَنَّةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ

    And Paradise will be brought near [that Day] to the righteous.

91. Ayah 91

    وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِلْغَاوِينَ

    And Hellfire will be brought forth for the deviators,

92. Ayah 92

    وَقِيلَ لَهُمْ أَيْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَ

    And it will be said to them, "Where are those you used to worship

93. Ayah 93

    مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ هَلْ يَنصُرُونَكُمْ أَوْ يَنتَصِرُونَ

    Other than Allāh? Can they help you or help themselves?"

94. Ayah 94

    فَكُبْكِبُوا۟ فِيهَا هُمْ وَٱلْغَاوُۥنَ

    So they will be overturned into it [i.e., Hellfire], they and the deviators

95. Ayah 95

    وَجُنُودُ إِبْلِيسَ أَجْمَعُونَ

    And the soldiers of Iblees, all together.

96. Ayah 96

    قَالُوا۟ وَهُمْ فِيهَا يَخْتَصِمُونَ

    They will say while they dispute therein,

97. Ayah 97

    تَٱللَّهِ إِن كُنَّا لَفِى ضَلَـٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ

    "By Allāh, we were indeed in manifest error

98. Ayah 98

    إِذْ نُسَوِّيكُم بِرَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

    When we equated you with the Lord of the worlds.

99. Ayah 99

    وَمَآ أَضَلَّنَآ إِلَّا ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ

    And no one misguided us except the criminals.

100. Ayah 100

     فَمَا لَنَا مِن شَـٰفِعِينَ

     So now we have no intercessors

101. Ayah 101

     وَلَا صَدِيقٍ حَمِيمٍ

     And not a devoted friend.

102. Ayah 102

     فَلَوْ أَنَّ لَنَا كَرَّةً فَنَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

     Then if we only had a return [to the world] and could be of the believers..."

103. Ayah 103

     إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

     Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.

104. Ayah 104

     وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

     And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.

105. Ayah 105

     كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

     The people of Noah denied the messengers

106. Ayah 106

     إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ نُوحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

     When their brother Noah said to them, "Will you not fear Allāh?

107. Ayah 107

     إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ

     Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger.

108. Ayah 108

     فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

     So fear Allāh and obey me.

109. Ayah 109

     وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

     And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds.

110. Ayah 110

     فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

     So fear Allāh and obey me."

111. Ayah 111

     ۞ قَالُوٓا۟ أَنُؤْمِنُ لَكَ وَٱتَّبَعَكَ ٱلْأَرْذَلُونَ

     They said, "Should we believe you while you are followed by the lowest [class of people]?"

112. Ayah 112

     قَالَ وَمَا عِلْمِى بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

     He said, "And what is my knowledge of what they used to do?

113. Ayah 113

     إِنْ حِسَابُهُمْ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّى ۖ لَوْ تَشْعُرُونَ

     Their account is only upon my Lord, if you [could] perceive.

114. Ayah 114

     وَمَآ أَنَا۠ بِطَارِدِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

     And I am not one to drive away the believers.

115. Ayah 115

     إِنْ أَنَا۠ إِلَّا نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ

     I am only a clear warner."

116. Ayah 116

     قَالُوا۟ لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهِ يَـٰنُوحُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْمَرْجُومِينَ

     They said, "If you do not desist, O Noah, you will surely be of those who are stoned."

117. Ayah 117

     قَالَ رَبِّ إِنَّ قَوْمِى كَذَّبُونِ

     He said, "My Lord, indeed my people have denied me.

118. Ayah 118

     فَٱفْتَحْ بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَهُمْ فَتْحًا وَنَجِّنِى وَمَن مَّعِىَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

     Then judge between me and them with decisive judgement and save me and those with me of the believers."

119. Ayah 119

     فَأَنجَيْنَـٰهُ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥ فِى ٱلْفُلْكِ ٱلْمَشْحُونِ

     So We saved him and those with him in the laden ship.

120. Ayah 120

     ثُمَّ أَغْرَقْنَا بَعْدُ ٱلْبَاقِينَ

     Then We drowned thereafter the remaining ones.

121. Ayah 121

     إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

     Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.

122. Ayah 122

     وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

     And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.

123. Ayah 123

     كَذَّبَتْ عَادٌ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

     ʿAad denied the messengers

124. Ayah 124

     إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ هُودٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

     When their brother Hūd said to them, "Will you not fear Allāh?

125. Ayah 125

     إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ

     Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger.

126. Ayah 126

     فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

     So fear Allāh and obey me.

127. Ayah 127

     وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

     And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds.

128. Ayah 128

     أَتَبْنُونَ بِكُلِّ رِيعٍ ءَايَةً تَعْبَثُونَ

     Do you construct on every elevation a sign, amusing yourselves,

129. Ayah 129

     وَتَتَّخِذُونَ مَصَانِعَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَخْلُدُونَ

     And take for yourselves constructions [i.e., palaces and fortresses] that you might abide eternally?

130. Ayah 130

     وَإِذَا بَطَشْتُم بَطَشْتُمْ جَبَّارِينَ

     And when you strike, you strike as tyrants.

131. Ayah 131

     فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

     So fear Allāh and obey me.

132. Ayah 132

     وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَمَدَّكُم بِمَا تَعْلَمُونَ

     And fear He who provided you with that which you know,

133. Ayah 133

     أَمَدَّكُم بِأَنْعَـٰمٍ وَبَنِينَ

     Provided you with grazing livestock and children

134. Ayah 134

     وَجَنَّـٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ

     And gardens and springs.

135. Ayah 135

     إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ

     Indeed, I fear for you the punishment of a terrible day."

136. Ayah 136

     قَالُوا۟ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيْنَآ أَوَعَظْتَ أَمْ لَمْ تَكُن مِّنَ ٱلْوَٰعِظِينَ

     They said, "It is all the same to us whether you advise or are not of the advisors.

137. Ayah 137

     إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا خُلُقُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

     This is not but the custom of the former peoples,

138. Ayah 138

     وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ

     And we are not to be punished."

139. Ayah 139

     فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَهْلَكْنَـٰهُمْ ۗ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

     And they denied him, so We destroyed them. Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.

140. Ayah 140

     وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

     And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.

141. Ayah 141

     كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

     Thamūd denied the messengers

142. Ayah 142

     إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ صَـٰلِحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

     When their brother Ṣāliḥ said to them, "Will you not fear Allāh?

143. Ayah 143

     إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ

     Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger.

144. Ayah 144

     فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

     So fear Allāh and obey me.

145. Ayah 145

     وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

     And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds.

146. Ayah 146

     أَتُتْرَكُونَ فِى مَا هَـٰهُنَآ ءَامِنِينَ

     Will you be left in what is here, secure [from death],

147. Ayah 147

     فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ

     Within gardens and springs

148. Ayah 148

     وَزُرُوعٍ وَنَخْلٍ طَلْعُهَا هَضِيمٌ

     And fields of crops and palm trees with softened fruit?

149. Ayah 149

     وَتَنْحِتُونَ مِنَ ٱلْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا فَـٰرِهِينَ

     And you carve out of the mountains, homes, with skill.

150. Ayah 150

     فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

     So fear Allāh and obey me.

151. Ayah 151

     وَلَا تُطِيعُوٓا۟ أَمْرَ ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ

     And do not obey the order of the transgressors,

152. Ayah 152

     ٱلَّذِينَ يُفْسِدُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا يُصْلِحُونَ

     Who cause corruption in the land and do not amend."

153. Ayah 153

     قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلْمُسَحَّرِينَ

     They said, "You are only of those affected by magic.

154. Ayah 154

     مَآ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُنَا فَأْتِ بِـَٔايَةٍ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ

     You are but a man like ourselves, so bring a sign, if you should be of the truthful."

155. Ayah 155

     قَالَ هَـٰذِهِۦ نَاقَةٌ لَّهَا شِرْبٌ وَلَكُمْ شِرْبُ يَوْمٍ مَّعْلُومٍ

     He said, "This is a she-camel. For her is a [time of] drink, and for you is a [time of] drink, [each] on a known day.

156. Ayah 156

     وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوٓءٍ فَيَأْخُذَكُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ

     And do not touch her with harm, lest you be seized by the punishment of a terrible day."

157. Ayah 157

     فَعَقَرُوهَا فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ نَـٰدِمِينَ

     But they hamstrung her and so became regretful.

158. Ayah 158

     فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ ۗ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

     And the punishment seized them. Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.

159. Ayah 159

     وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

     And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.

160. Ayah 160

     كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ لُوطٍ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

     The people of Lot denied the messengers

161. Ayah 161

     إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ لُوطٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

     When their brother Lot said to them, "Will you not fear Allāh?

162. Ayah 162

     إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ

     Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger.

163. Ayah 163

     فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

     So fear Allāh and obey me.

164. Ayah 164

     وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

     And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds.

165. Ayah 165

     أَتَأْتُونَ ٱلذُّكْرَانَ مِنَ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

     Do you approach males among the worlds

166. Ayah 166

     وَتَذَرُونَ مَا خَلَقَ لَكُمْ رَبُّكُم مِّنْ أَزْوَٰجِكُم ۚ بَلْ أَنتُمْ قَوْمٌ عَادُونَ

     And leave what your Lord has created for you as mates? But you are a people transgressing."

167. Ayah 167

     قَالُوا۟ لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهِ يَـٰلُوطُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْمُخْرَجِينَ

     They said, "If you do not desist, O Lot, you will surely be of those evicted."

168. Ayah 168

     قَالَ إِنِّى لِعَمَلِكُم مِّنَ ٱلْقَالِينَ

     He said, "Indeed, I am, toward your deed, of those who detest [it].

169. Ayah 169

     رَبِّ نَجِّنِى وَأَهْلِى مِمَّا يَعْمَلُونَ

     My Lord, save me and my family from [the consequence of] what they do."

170. Ayah 170

     فَنَجَّيْنَـٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥٓ أَجْمَعِينَ

     So We saved him and his family, all,

171. Ayah 171

     إِلَّا عَجُوزًا فِى ٱلْغَـٰبِرِينَ

     Except an old woman among those who remained behind.

172. Ayah 172

     ثُمَّ دَمَّرْنَا ٱلْـَٔاخَرِينَ

     Then We destroyed the others.

173. Ayah 173

     وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِم مَّطَرًا ۖ فَسَآءَ مَطَرُ ٱلْمُنذَرِينَ

     And We rained upon them a rain [of stones], and evil was the rain of those who were warned.

174. Ayah 174

     إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

     Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.

175. Ayah 175

     وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

     And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.

176. Ayah 176

     كَذَّبَ أَصْحَـٰبُ لْـَٔيْكَةِ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

     The companions of the thicket [i.e., the people of Madyan] denied the messengers

177. Ayah 177

     إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ شُعَيْبٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

     When Shuʿayb said to them, "Will you not fear Allāh?

178. Ayah 178

     إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ

     Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger.

179. Ayah 179

     فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

     So fear Allāh and obey me.

180. Ayah 180

     وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

     And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds.

181. Ayah 181

     ۞ أَوْفُوا۟ ٱلْكَيْلَ وَلَا تَكُونُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْمُخْسِرِينَ

     Give full measure and do not be of those who cause loss.

182. Ayah 182

     وَزِنُوا۟ بِٱلْقِسْطَاسِ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمِ

     And weigh with an even [i.e., honest] balance.

183. Ayah 183

     وَلَا تَبْخَسُوا۟ ٱلنَّاسَ أَشْيَآءَهُمْ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ

     And do not deprive people of their due and do not commit abuse on earth, spreading corruption.

184. Ayah 184

     وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُمْ وَٱلْجِبِلَّةَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

     And fear He who created you and the former creation."

185. Ayah 185

     قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلْمُسَحَّرِينَ

     They said, "You are only of those affected by magic.

186. Ayah 186

     وَمَآ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُنَا وَإِن نَّظُنُّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلْكَـٰذِبِينَ

     You are but a man like ourselves, and indeed, we think you are among the liars.

187. Ayah 187

     فَأَسْقِطْ عَلَيْنَا كِسَفًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ

     So cause to fall upon us fragments of the sky, if you should be of the truthful."

188. Ayah 188

     قَالَ رَبِّىٓ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ

     He said, "My Lord is most knowing of what you do."

189. Ayah 189

     فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمِ ٱلظُّلَّةِ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ

     And they denied him, so the punishment of the day of the black cloud seized them. Indeed, it was the punishment of a terrible day.

190. Ayah 190

     إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

     Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.

191. Ayah 191

     وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

     And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.

192. Ayah 192

     وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَنزِيلُ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

     And indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is the revelation of the Lord of the worlds.

193. Ayah 193

     نَزَلَ بِهِ ٱلرُّوحُ ٱلْأَمِينُ

     The Trustworthy Spirit [i.e., Gabriel] has brought it down

194. Ayah 194

     عَلَىٰ قَلْبِكَ لِتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُنذِرِينَ

     Upon your heart, [O Muḥammad] - that you may be of the warners -

195. Ayah 195

     بِلِسَانٍ عَرَبِىٍّ مُّبِينٍ

     In a clear Arabic language.

196. Ayah 196

     وَإِنَّهُۥ لَفِى زُبُرِ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

     And indeed, it is [mentioned] in the scriptures of former peoples.

197. Ayah 197

     أَوَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُمْ ءَايَةً أَن يَعْلَمَهُۥ عُلَمَـٰٓؤُا۟ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ

     And has it not been a sign to them that it is recognized by the scholars of the Children of Israel?

198. Ayah 198

     وَلَوْ نَزَّلْنَـٰهُ عَلَىٰ بَعْضِ ٱلْأَعْجَمِينَ

     And even if We had revealed it to one among the foreigners

199. Ayah 199

     فَقَرَأَهُۥ عَلَيْهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ مُؤْمِنِينَ

     And he had recited it to them [perfectly], they would [still] not have been believers in it.

200. Ayah 200

     كَذَٰلِكَ سَلَكْنَـٰهُ فِى قُلُوبِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ

     Thus have We inserted it [i.e., disbelief] into the hearts of the criminals.

201. Ayah 201

     لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِۦ حَتَّىٰ يَرَوُا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَلِيمَ

     They will not believe in it until they see the painful punishment.

202. Ayah 202

     فَيَأْتِيَهُم بَغْتَةً وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

     And it will come to them suddenly while they perceive [it] not.

203. Ayah 203

     فَيَقُولُوا۟ هَلْ نَحْنُ مُنظَرُونَ

     And they will say, "May we be reprieved?"

204. Ayah 204

     أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا يَسْتَعْجِلُونَ

     So for Our punishment are they impatient?

205. Ayah 205

     أَفَرَءَيْتَ إِن مَّتَّعْنَـٰهُمْ سِنِينَ

     Then have you considered if We gave them enjoyment for years

206. Ayah 206

     ثُمَّ جَآءَهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يُوعَدُونَ

     And then there came to them that which they were promised?

207. Ayah 207

     مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يُمَتَّعُونَ

     They would not be availed by the enjoyment with which they were provided.

208. Ayah 208

     وَمَآ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا لَهَا مُنذِرُونَ

     And We did not destroy any city except that it had warners

209. Ayah 209

     ذِكْرَىٰ وَمَا كُنَّا ظَـٰلِمِينَ

     As a reminder; and never have We been unjust.

210. Ayah 210

     وَمَا تَنَزَّلَتْ بِهِ ٱلشَّيَـٰطِينُ

     And the devils have not brought it [i.e., the revelation] down.

211. Ayah 211

     وَمَا يَنۢبَغِى لَهُمْ وَمَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ

     It is not allowable for them, nor would they be able.

212. Ayah 212

     إِنَّهُمْ عَنِ ٱلسَّمْعِ لَمَعْزُولُونَ

     Indeed they, from [its] hearing, are removed.

213. Ayah 213

     فَلَا تَدْعُ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَـٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُعَذَّبِينَ

     So do not invoke with Allāh another deity and [thus] be among the punished.

214. Ayah 214

     وَأَنذِرْ عَشِيرَتَكَ ٱلْأَقْرَبِينَ

     And warn, [O Muḥammad], your closest kindred.

215. Ayah 215

     وَٱخْفِضْ جَنَاحَكَ لِمَنِ ٱتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

     And lower your wing [i.e., show kindness] to those who follow you of the believers.

216. Ayah 216

     فَإِنْ عَصَوْكَ فَقُلْ إِنِّى بَرِىٓءٌ مِّمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ

     And if they disobey you, then say, "Indeed, I am disassociated from what you are doing."

217. Ayah 217

     وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

     And rely upon the Exalted in Might, the Merciful,

218. Ayah 218

     ٱلَّذِى يَرَىٰكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ

     Who sees you when you arise

219. Ayah 219

     وَتَقَلُّبَكَ فِى ٱلسَّـٰجِدِينَ

     And your movement among those who prostrate.

220. Ayah 220

     إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ

     Indeed, He is the Hearing, the Knowing.

221. Ayah 221

     هَلْ أُنَبِّئُكُمْ عَلَىٰ مَن تَنَزَّلُ ٱلشَّيَـٰطِينُ

     Shall I inform you upon whom the devils descend?

222. Ayah 222

     تَنَزَّلُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ أَفَّاكٍ أَثِيمٍ

     They descend upon every sinful liar.

223. Ayah 223

     يُلْقُونَ ٱلسَّمْعَ وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ كَـٰذِبُونَ

     They pass on what is heard, and most of them are liars.

224. Ayah 224

     وَٱلشُّعَرَآءُ يَتَّبِعُهُمُ ٱلْغَاوُۥنَ

     And the poets - [only] the deviators follow them;

225. Ayah 225

     أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّهُمْ فِى كُلِّ وَادٍ يَهِيمُونَ

     Do you not see that in every valley they roam

226. Ayah 226

     وَأَنَّهُمْ يَقُولُونَ مَا لَا يَفْعَلُونَ

     And that they say what they do not do? -

227. Ayah 227

     إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ وَذَكَرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ كَثِيرًا وَٱنتَصَرُوا۟ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا ظُلِمُوا۟ ۗ وَسَيَعْلَمُ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوٓا۟ أَىَّ مُنقَلَبٍ يَنقَلِبُونَ

     Except those [poets] who believe and do righteous deeds and remember Allāh often and defend [the Muslims] after they were wronged. And those who have wronged are going to know to what [kind of] return they will be returned.