The surah that mentions how Moses came to the wells of Midian and related to the aged believer, whose daughters he had helped, the series of events and The Story of his flight from Egypt; and that mentions, as well, the stories of Moses’ call to prophethood and confrontation with Pharaoh, his Exodus with the Children of Israel, and that of Korah of Israel, whom God destroyed. It takes its name from verse 25 wherein the word “story” (qaṣaṣ) occurs. Its main theme is the bad end that comes to those who are arrogant and spread corruption—polytheism is denounced at various points throughout the surah—and a link is made between these and the disbelievers of Mecca. The Prophet is reminded that he cannot make everyone believe (verse 56) and should remain steadfast (verse 87).The surah is also known as: The History, The Narration, The Stories.
1
طسم
ṭ-s-m (ṭā sīn mīm)
Ṭā, Sīn, Mīm.
2
تِلكَ آياتُ الكِتابِ المُبينِ
tilka ʾāyātu l-kitābi l-mubīni
These are the signs of the Manifest Book.
3
نَتلو عَلَيكَ مِن نَبَإِ موسىٰ وَفِرعَونَ بِالحَقِّ لِقَومٍ يُؤمِنونَ
natlū ʿalayka min nabaʾi mūsā wa-firʿawna bi-l-ḥaqqi li-qawmin yuʾminūna
We relate to you truly some of the account of Moses and Pharaoh for a people who have faith.
4
إِنَّ فِرعَونَ عَلا فِي الأَرضِ وَجَعَلَ أَهلَها شِيَعًا يَستَضعِفُ طائِفَةً مِنهُم يُذَبِّحُ أَبناءَهُم وَيَستَحيي نِساءَهُم ۚ إِنَّهُ كانَ مِنَ المُفسِدينَ
ʾinna firʿawna ʿalā fī l-ʾarḍi wa-jaʿala ʾahlahā shiyaʿan yastaḍʿifu ṭāʾifatan minhum yudhabbiḥu ʾabnāʾahum wa-yastaḥyī nisāʾahum ʾinnahū kāna mina l-mufsidīna
Indeed 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.
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وَنُريدُ أَن نَمُنَّ عَلَى الَّذينَ استُضعِفوا فِي الأَرضِ وَنَجعَلَهُم أَئِمَّةً وَنَجعَلَهُمُ الوارِثينَ
wa-nurīdu ʾan namunna ʿalā lladhīna stuḍʿifū fī l-ʾarḍi wa-najʿalahum ʾaʾimmatan wa-najʿalahumu l-wārithīna
And We desired to show favour to those who were abased in the land, and to make them imams, and to make them the heirs,
6
وَنُمَكِّنَ لَهُم فِي الأَرضِ وَنُرِيَ فِرعَونَ وَهامانَ وَجُنودَهُما مِنهُم ما كانوا يَحذَرونَ
wa-numakkina lahum fī l-ʾarḍi wa-nuriya firʿawna wa-hāmāna wa-junūdahumā minhum mā kānū yaḥdharūna
and to establish them in the land, and to show Pharaoh and Hāmān and their hosts from them1 that of which they were apprehensive.That is, from the Israelites.
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وَأَوحَينا إِلىٰ أُمِّ موسىٰ أَن أَرضِعيهِ ۖ فَإِذا خِفتِ عَلَيهِ فَأَلقيهِ فِي اليَمِّ وَلا تَخافي وَلا تَحزَني ۖ إِنّا رادّوهُ إِلَيكِ وَجاعِلوهُ مِنَ المُرسَلينَ
wa-ʾawḥaynā ʾilā ʾummi mūsā ʾan ʾarḍiʿīhi fa-ʾidhā khifti ʿalayhi fa-ʾalqīhi fī l-yammi wa-lā takhāfī wa-lā taḥzanī ʾinnā rāddūhu ʾilayki wa-jāʿilūhu mina l-mursalīna
We 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.’
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فَالتَقَطَهُ آلُ فِرعَونَ لِيَكونَ لَهُم عَدُوًّا وَحَزَنًا ۗ إِنَّ فِرعَونَ وَهامانَ وَجُنودَهُما كانوا خاطِئينَ
fa-ltaqaṭahū ʾālu firʿawna li-yakūna lahum ʿaduwwan wa-ḥazanan ʾinna firʿawna wa-hāmāna wa-junūdahumā kānū khāṭiʾīna
Then Pharaoh’s kinsmen picked him up that he might be to them an enemy and a cause of grief. Indeed Pharaoh and Hāmān and their hosts were iniquitous.
9
وَقالَتِ امرَأَتُ فِرعَونَ قُرَّتُ عَينٍ لي وَلَكَ ۖ لا تَقتُلوهُ عَسىٰ أَن يَنفَعَنا أَو نَتَّخِذَهُ وَلَدًا وَهُم لا يَشعُرونَ
wa-qālati mraʾatu firʿawna qurratu ʿaynin lī wa-laka lā taqtulūhu ʿasā ʾan yanfaʿanā ʾaw nattakhidhahū waladan wa-hum lā yashʿurūna
Pharaoh’s wife said [to Pharaoh], ‘[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.’ And they were not aware.
10
وَأَصبَحَ فُؤادُ أُمِّ موسىٰ فارِغًا ۖ إِن كادَت لَتُبدي بِهِ لَولا أَن رَبَطنا عَلىٰ قَلبِها لِتَكونَ مِنَ المُؤمِنينَ
wa-ʾaṣbaḥa fuʾādu ʾummi mūsā fārighan ʾin kādat la-tubdī bihī law-lā ʾan rabaṭnā ʿalā qalbihā li-takūna mina l-muʾminīna
The 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].
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وَقالَت لِأُختِهِ قُصّيهِ ۖ فَبَصُرَت بِهِ عَن جُنُبٍ وَهُم لا يَشعُرونَ
wa-qālat li-ʾukhtihī quṣṣīhi fa-baṣurat bihī ʿan junubin wa-hum lā yashʿurūna
She said to his sister, ‘Follow him.’ So she watched him from a distance, while they were not aware.
12
۞ وَحَرَّمنا عَلَيهِ المَراضِعَ مِن قَبلُ فَقالَت هَل أَدُلُّكُم عَلىٰ أَهلِ بَيتٍ يَكفُلونَهُ لَكُم وَهُم لَهُ ناصِحونَ
wa-ḥarramnā ʿalayhi l-marāḍiʿa min qablu fa-qālat hal ʾadullukum ʿalā ʾahli baytin yakfulūnahū lakum wa-hum lahū nāṣiḥūna
We had forbidden him to be suckled by any nurse since before. So she1 said, ‘Shall I show you a household that will take care of him for you and will be his well-wishers?’That is, Moses’ sister.
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فَرَدَدناهُ إِلىٰ أُمِّهِ كَي تَقَرَّ عَينُها وَلا تَحزَنَ وَلِتَعلَمَ أَنَّ وَعدَ اللَّهِ حَقٌّ وَلٰكِنَّ أَكثَرَهُم لا يَعلَمونَ
fa-radadnāhu ʾilā ʾummihī kay taqarra ʿaynuhā wa-lā taḥzana wa-li-taʿlama ʾanna waʿda llāhi ḥaqqun wa-lākinna ʾaktharahum lā yaʿlamūna
Thus 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.
14
وَلَمّا بَلَغَ أَشُدَّهُ وَاستَوىٰ آتَيناهُ حُكمًا وَعِلمًا ۚ وَكَذٰلِكَ نَجزِي المُحسِنينَ
wa-lammā balagha ʾashuddahū wa-stawā ʾātaynāhu ḥukman wa-ʿilman wa-ka-dhālika najzī l-muḥsinīna
When he came of age and became fully matured, We gave him judgement and knowledge, and thus do We reward the virtuous.
15
وَدَخَلَ المَدينَةَ عَلىٰ حينِ غَفلَةٍ مِن أَهلِها فَوَجَدَ فيها رَجُلَينِ يَقتَتِلانِ هٰذا مِن شيعَتِهِ وَهٰذا مِن عَدُوِّهِ ۖ فَاستَغاثَهُ الَّذي مِن شيعَتِهِ عَلَى الَّذي مِن عَدُوِّهِ فَوَكَزَهُ موسىٰ فَقَضىٰ عَلَيهِ ۖ قالَ هٰذا مِن عَمَلِ الشَّيطانِ ۖ إِنَّهُ عَدُوٌّ مُضِلٌّ مُبينٌ
wa-dakhala l-madīnata ʿalā ḥīni ghaflatin min ʾahlihā fa-wajada fīhā rajulayni yaqtatilāni hādhā min shīʿatihī wa-hādhā min ʿaduwwihī fa-staghāthahu lladhī min shīʿatihī ʿalā lladhī min ʿaduwwihī fa-wakazahū mūsā fa-qaḍā ʿalayhi qāla hādhā min ʿamali sh-shayṭāni ʾinnahū ʿaduwwun muḍillun mubīnun
[One day] he entered the city at a time when its people dwelt in distraction. 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 an enemy, manifestly misguiding.’
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قالَ رَبِّ إِنّي ظَلَمتُ نَفسي فَاغفِر لي فَغَفَرَ لَهُ ۚ إِنَّهُ هُوَ الغَفورُ الرَّحيمُ
qāla rabbi ʾinnī ẓalamtu nafsī faghfir lī fa-ghafara lahū ʾinnahū huwa l-ghafūru r-raḥīmu
He said, ‘My Lord! I have wronged myself. Forgive me!’ So He forgave him. Indeed He is the All-forgiving, the All-merciful.
17
قالَ رَبِّ بِما أَنعَمتَ عَلَيَّ فَلَن أَكونَ ظَهيرًا لِلمُجرِمينَ
qāla rabbi bi-mā ʾanʿamta ʿalayya fa-lan ʾakūna ẓahīran li-l-mujrimīna
He said, ‘My Lord! As You have blessed me, I will never be a supporter of the guilty.’
18
فَأَصبَحَ فِي المَدينَةِ خائِفًا يَتَرَقَّبُ فَإِذَا الَّذِي استَنصَرَهُ بِالأَمسِ يَستَصرِخُهُ ۚ قالَ لَهُ موسىٰ إِنَّكَ لَغَوِيٌّ مُبينٌ
fa-ʾaṣbaḥa fī l-madīnati khāʾifan yataraqqabu fa-ʾidhā lladhī stanṣarahū bi-l-ʾamsi yastaṣrikhuhū qāla lahū mūsā ʾinnaka la-ghawiyyun mubīnun
He 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 manifestly perverse!’
19
فَلَمّا أَن أَرادَ أَن يَبطِشَ بِالَّذي هُوَ عَدُوٌّ لَهُما قالَ يا موسىٰ أَتُريدُ أَن تَقتُلَني كَما قَتَلتَ نَفسًا بِالأَمسِ ۖ إِن تُريدُ إِلّا أَن تَكونَ جَبّارًا فِي الأَرضِ وَما تُريدُ أَن تَكونَ مِنَ المُصلِحينَ
fa-lammā ʾan ʾarāda ʾan yabṭisha bi-lladhī huwa ʿaduwwun lahumā qāla yā-mūsā ʾa-turīdu ʾan taqtulanī ka-mā qatalta nafsan bi-l-ʾamsi ʾin turīdu ʾillā ʾan takūna jabbāran fī l-ʾarḍi wa-mā turīdu ʾan takūna mina l-muṣliḥīna
But 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 just want to be a tyrant in the land, and you do not desire to be of those who bring about reform.’1Although Moses wanted to help him again much against his own inclination, the Israelite thought that Moses was going to attack him.
20
وَجاءَ رَجُلٌ مِن أَقصَى المَدينَةِ يَسعىٰ قالَ يا موسىٰ إِنَّ المَلَأَ يَأتَمِرونَ بِكَ لِيَقتُلوكَ فَاخرُج إِنّي لَكَ مِنَ النّاصِحينَ
wa-jāʾa rajulun min ʾaqṣā l-madīnati yasʿā qāla yā-mūsā ʾinna l-malaʾa yaʾtamirūna bika li-yaqtulūka fa-khruj ʾinnī laka mina n-nāṣiḥīna
And there 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.’
21
فَخَرَجَ مِنها خائِفًا يَتَرَقَّبُ ۖ قالَ رَبِّ نَجِّني مِنَ القَومِ الظّالِمينَ
fa-kharaja minhā khāʾifan yataraqqabu qāla rabbi najjinī mina l-qawmi ẓ-ẓālimīna
So he left the city, fearful and vigilant. He said, ‘My Lord! Deliver me from the wrongdoing lot.’
22
وَلَمّا تَوَجَّهَ تِلقاءَ مَديَنَ قالَ عَسىٰ رَبّي أَن يَهدِيَني سَواءَ السَّبيلِ
wa-lammā tawajjaha tilqāʾa madyana qāla ʿasā rabbī ʾan yahdiyanī sawāʾa s-sabīli
And when he turned his face toward Midian, he said, ‘Maybe my Lord will show me the right way.’
23
وَلَمّا وَرَدَ ماءَ مَديَنَ وَجَدَ عَلَيهِ أُمَّةً مِنَ النّاسِ يَسقونَ وَوَجَدَ مِن دونِهِمُ امرَأَتَينِ تَذودانِ ۖ قالَ ما خَطبُكُما ۖ قالَتا لا نَسقي حَتّىٰ يُصدِرَ الرِّعاءُ ۖ وَأَبونا شَيخٌ كَبيرٌ
wa-lammā warada māʾa madyana wajada ʿalayhi ʾummatan mina n-nāsi yasqūna wa-wajada min dūnihimu mraʾatayni tadhūdāni qāla mā khaṭbukumā qālatā lā nasqī ḥattā yuṣdira r-riʿāʾu wa-ʾabūnā shaykhun kabīrun
When 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.’
24
فَسَقىٰ لَهُما ثُمَّ تَوَلّىٰ إِلَى الظِّلِّ فَقالَ رَبِّ إِنّي لِما أَنزَلتَ إِلَيَّ مِن خَيرٍ فَقيرٌ
fa-saqā lahumā thumma tawallā ʾilā ẓ-ẓilli fa-qāla rabbi ʾinnī li-mā ʾanzalta ʾilayya min khayrin faqīrun
So 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!’
25
فَجاءَتهُ إِحداهُما تَمشي عَلَى استِحياءٍ قالَت إِنَّ أَبي يَدعوكَ لِيَجزِيَكَ أَجرَ ما سَقَيتَ لَنا ۚ فَلَمّا جاءَهُ وَقَصَّ عَلَيهِ القَصَصَ قالَ لا تَخَف ۖ نَجَوتَ مِنَ القَومِ الظّالِمينَ
fa-jāʾathu ʾiḥdāhumā tamshī ʿalā stiḥyāʾin qālat ʾinna ʾabī yadʿūka li-yajziyaka ʾajra mā saqayta lanā fa-lammā jāʾahū wa-qaṣṣa ʿalayhi l-qaṣaṣa qāla lā takhaf najawta mina l-qawmi ẓ-ẓālimīna
Then 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.’
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قالَت إِحداهُما يا أَبَتِ استَأجِرهُ ۖ إِنَّ خَيرَ مَنِ استَأجَرتَ القَوِيُّ الأَمينُ
qālat ʾiḥdāhumā yā-ʾabati staʾjirhu ʾinna khayra mani staʾjarta l-qawiyyu l-ʾamīnu
One of the two women said, ‘Father, hire him. Indeed the best you can hire is a powerful and trustworthy man.’
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قالَ إِنّي أُريدُ أَن أُنكِحَكَ إِحدَى ابنَتَيَّ هاتَينِ عَلىٰ أَن تَأجُرَني ثَمانِيَ حِجَجٍ ۖ فَإِن أَتمَمتَ عَشرًا فَمِن عِندِكَ ۖ وَما أُريدُ أَن أَشُقَّ عَلَيكَ ۚ سَتَجِدُني إِن شاءَ اللَّهُ مِنَ الصّالِحينَ
qāla ʾinnī ʾurīdu ʾan ʾunkiḥaka ʾiḥdā bnatayya hātayni ʿalā ʾan taʾjuranī thamāniya ḥijajin fa-ʾin ʾatmamta ʿashran fa-min ʿindika wa-mā ʾurīdu ʾan ʾashuqqa ʿalayka sa-tajidunī ʾin shāʾa llāhu mina ṣ-ṣāliḥīna
He 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 be one of the righteous.’
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قالَ ذٰلِكَ بَيني وَبَينَكَ ۖ أَيَّمَا الأَجَلَينِ قَضَيتُ فَلا عُدوانَ عَلَيَّ ۖ وَاللَّهُ عَلىٰ ما نَقولُ وَكيلٌ
qāla dhālika baynī wa-baynaka ʾayyamā l-ʾajalayni qaḍaytu fa-lā ʿudwāna ʿalayya wa-llāhu ʿalā mā naqūlu wakīlun
He said, ‘This will be [by consent] between you and me. Whichever of the two terms I complete, there shall be no reprisal against me,1 and Allah is witness over what we say.’Or ‘it shall be no unfairness toward me.’
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۞ فَلَمّا قَضىٰ موسَى الأَجَلَ وَسارَ بِأَهلِهِ آنَسَ مِن جانِبِ الطّورِ نارًا قالَ لِأَهلِهِ امكُثوا إِنّي آنَستُ نارًا لَعَلّي آتيكُم مِنها بِخَبَرٍ أَو جَذوَةٍ مِنَ النّارِ لَعَلَّكُم تَصطَلونَ
fa-lammā qaḍā mūsā l-ʾajala wa-sāra bi-ʾahlihī ʾānasa min jānibi ṭ-ṭūri nāran qāla li-ʾahlihi mkuthū ʾinnī ʾānastu nāran laʿallī ʾātīkum minhā bi-khabarin ʾaw jadhwatin mina n-nāri laʿallakum taṣṭalūna
So 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.’
30
فَلَمّا أَتاها نودِيَ مِن شاطِئِ الوادِ الأَيمَنِ فِي البُقعَةِ المُبارَكَةِ مِنَ الشَّجَرَةِ أَن يا موسىٰ إِنّي أَنَا اللَّهُ رَبُّ العالَمينَ
fa-lammā ʾatāhā nūdiya min shāṭiʾi l-wādi l-ʾaymani fī l-buqʿati l-mubārakati mina sh-shajarati ʾan yā-mūsā ʾinnī ʾana llāhu rabbu l-ʿālamīna
When he approached it, he was called from the right bank of the valley at the blessed spot from the tree: ‘Moses! Indeed I am Allah, the Lord of all the worlds!’
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وَأَن أَلقِ عَصاكَ ۖ فَلَمّا رَآها تَهتَزُّ كَأَنَّها جانٌّ وَلّىٰ مُدبِرًا وَلَم يُعَقِّب ۚ يا موسىٰ أَقبِل وَلا تَخَف ۖ إِنَّكَ مِنَ الآمِنينَ
wa-ʾan ʾalqi ʿaṣāka fa-lammā raʾāhā tahtazzu ka-ʾannahā jānnun wallā mudbiran wa-lam yuʿaqqib yā-mūsā ʾaqbil wa-lā takhaf ʾinnaka mina l-ʾāminīna
And: ‘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.’
32
اسلُك يَدَكَ في جَيبِكَ تَخرُج بَيضاءَ مِن غَيرِ سوءٍ وَاضمُم إِلَيكَ جَناحَكَ مِنَ الرَّهبِ ۖ فَذانِكَ بُرهانانِ مِن رَبِّكَ إِلىٰ فِرعَونَ وَمَلَئِهِ ۚ إِنَّهُم كانوا قَومًا فاسِقينَ
usluk yadaka fī jaybika takhruj bayḍāʾa min ghayri sūʾin wa-ḍmum ʾilayka janāḥaka mina r-rahbi fa-dhānika burhānāni min rabbika ʾilā firʿawna wa-malaʾihī ʾinnahum kānū qawman fāsiqīna
‘Insert your hand into your bosom. 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.’
33
قالَ رَبِّ إِنّي قَتَلتُ مِنهُم نَفسًا فَأَخافُ أَن يَقتُلونِ
qāla rabbi ʾinnī qataltu minhum nafsan fa-ʾakhāfu ʾan yaqtulūni
He said, ‘My Lord! Indeed I have killed one of their men, so I fear they will kill me.
34
وَأَخي هارونُ هُوَ أَفصَحُ مِنّي لِسانًا فَأَرسِلهُ مَعِيَ رِدءًا يُصَدِّقُني ۖ إِنّي أَخافُ أَن يُكَذِّبونِ
wa-ʾakhī hārūnu huwa ʾafṣaḥu minnī lisānan fa-ʾarsilhu maʿiya ridʾan yuṣaddiqunī ʾinnī ʾakhāfu ʾan yukadhdhibūni
Aaron, 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.’
35
قالَ سَنَشُدُّ عَضُدَكَ بِأَخيكَ وَنَجعَلُ لَكُما سُلطانًا فَلا يَصِلونَ إِلَيكُما ۚ بِآياتِنا أَنتُما وَمَنِ اتَّبَعَكُمَا الغالِبونَ
qāla sa-nashuddu ʿaḍudaka bi-ʾakhīka wa-najʿalu lakumā sulṭānan fa-lā yaṣilūna ʾilaykumā bi-ʾāyātinā ʾantumā wa-mani ttabaʿakumā l-ghālibūna
He 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.’
36
فَلَمّا جاءَهُم موسىٰ بِآياتِنا بَيِّناتٍ قالوا ما هٰذا إِلّا سِحرٌ مُفتَرًى وَما سَمِعنا بِهٰذا في آبائِنَا الأَوَّلينَ
fa-lammā jāʾahum mūsā bi-ʾāyātinā bayyinātin qālū mā hādhā ʾillā siḥrun muftaran wa-mā samiʿnā bi-hādhā fī ʾābāʾinā l-ʾawwalīna
When Moses brought them Our manifest signs, they said, ‘This is nothing but concocted magic. We never heard of such a thing among our forefathers.’
37
وَقالَ موسىٰ رَبّي أَعلَمُ بِمَن جاءَ بِالهُدىٰ مِن عِندِهِ وَمَن تَكونُ لَهُ عاقِبَةُ الدّارِ ۖ إِنَّهُ لا يُفلِحُ الظّالِمونَ
wa-qāla mūsā rabbī ʾaʿlamu bi-man jāʾa bi-l-hudā min ʿindihī wa-man takūnu lahū ʿāqibatu d-dāri ʾinnahū lā yufliḥu ẓ-ẓālimūna
Moses 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.’
38
وَقالَ فِرعَونُ يا أَيُّهَا المَلَأُ ما عَلِمتُ لَكُم مِن إِلٰهٍ غَيري فَأَوقِد لي يا هامانُ عَلَى الطّينِ فَاجعَل لي صَرحًا لَعَلّي أَطَّلِعُ إِلىٰ إِلٰهِ موسىٰ وَإِنّي لَأَظُنُّهُ مِنَ الكاذِبينَ
wa-qāla firʿawnu yā-ʾayyuhā l-malaʾu mā ʿalimtu lakum min ʾilāhin ghayrī fa-ʾawqid lī yā-hāmānu ʿalā ṭ-ṭīni fa-jʿal lī ṣarḥan laʿallī ʾaṭṭaliʿu ʾilā ʾilāhi mūsā wa-ʾinnī la-ʾaẓunnuhū mina l-kādhibīna
Pharaoh said, ‘O [members of the] elite! I do not know of any god that you may have other than me. Hāmān, light for me a fire over clay,1 and build me a tower so that I may take a look at Moses’ god, and indeed I consider him to be a liar!’That is, ‘Light for me kilns for baking bricks of clay to build a tower from which I may take a look at the God of Moses.’ Meant as a sarcasm aimed at Moses and the Israelites, many of whom were used as forced labour to make bricks.
39
وَاستَكبَرَ هُوَ وَجُنودُهُ فِي الأَرضِ بِغَيرِ الحَقِّ وَظَنّوا أَنَّهُم إِلَينا لا يُرجَعونَ
wa-stakbara huwa wa-junūduhū fī l-ʾarḍi bi-ghayri l-ḥaqqi wa-ẓannū ʾannahum ʾilaynā lā yurjaʿūna
He and his hosts acted arrogantly in the land unduly, and thought they would not be brought back to Us.
40
فَأَخَذناهُ وَجُنودَهُ فَنَبَذناهُم فِي اليَمِّ ۖ فَانظُر كَيفَ كانَ عاقِبَةُ الظّالِمينَ
fa-ʾakhadhnāhu wa-junūdahū fa-nabadhnāhum fī l-yammi fa-nẓur kayfa kāna ʿāqibatu ẓ-ẓālimīna
So We seized him and his hosts, and threw them into the sea. So observe how was the fate of the wrongdoers!
41
وَجَعَلناهُم أَئِمَّةً يَدعونَ إِلَى النّارِ ۖ وَيَومَ القِيامَةِ لا يُنصَرونَ
wa-jaʿalnāhum ʾaʾimmatan yadʿūna ʾilā n-nāri wa-yawma l-qiyāmati lā yunṣarūna
We made them leaders who invite to the Fire, and on the Day of Resurrection they will not receive any help.
42
وَأَتبَعناهُم في هٰذِهِ الدُّنيا لَعنَةً ۖ وَيَومَ القِيامَةِ هُم مِنَ المَقبوحينَ
wa-ʾatbaʿnāhum fī hādhihi d-dunyā laʿnatan wa-yawma l-qiyāmati hum mina l-maqbūḥīna
We made a curse pursue them in this world, and on the Day of Resurrection they will be among the disfigured.
43
وَلَقَد آتَينا موسَى الكِتابَ مِن بَعدِ ما أَهلَكنَا القُرونَ الأولىٰ بَصائِرَ لِلنّاسِ وَهُدًى وَرَحمَةً لَعَلَّهُم يَتَذَكَّرونَ
wa-la-qad ʾātaynā mūsā l-kitāba min baʿdi mā ʾahlaknā l-qurūna l-ʾūlā baṣāʾira li-n-nāsi wa-hudan wa-raḥmatan laʿallahum yatadhakkarūna
Certainly We gave Moses the Book, after We had destroyed the former generations, as [a set of] eye-openers for mankind, and as guidance and mercy so that they may take admonition.
44
وَما كُنتَ بِجانِبِ الغَربِيِّ إِذ قَضَينا إِلىٰ موسَى الأَمرَ وَما كُنتَ مِنَ الشّاهِدينَ
wa-mā kunta bi-jānibi l-gharbiyyi ʾidh qaḍaynā ʾilā mūsā l-ʾamra wa-mā kunta mina sh-shāhidīna
You were not on the western side1 when We revealed the commandments2 to Moses, nor were you among the witnesses.3That is, on the western side of the mountain, or valley, of Sinai.Or ‘the Law.’Or, ‘nor were you among those present.’
45
وَلٰكِنّا أَنشَأنا قُرونًا فَتَطاوَلَ عَلَيهِمُ العُمُرُ ۚ وَما كُنتَ ثاوِيًا في أَهلِ مَديَنَ تَتلو عَلَيهِم آياتِنا وَلٰكِنّا كُنّا مُرسِلينَ
wa-lākinnā ʾanshaʾnā qurūnan fa-taṭāwala ʿalayhimu l-ʿumuru wa-mā kunta thāwiyan fī ʾahli madyana tatlū ʿalayhim ʾāyātinā wa-lākinnā kunnā mursilīna
But We brought forth other generations and time took its toll on them. And 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].
46
وَما كُنتَ بِجانِبِ الطّورِ إِذ نادَينا وَلٰكِن رَحمَةً مِن رَبِّكَ لِتُنذِرَ قَومًا ما أَتاهُم مِن نَذيرٍ مِن قَبلِكَ لَعَلَّهُم يَتَذَكَّرونَ
wa-mā kunta bi-jānibi ṭ-ṭūri ʾidh nādaynā wa-lākin raḥmatan min rabbika li-tundhira qawman mā ʾatāhum min nadhīrin min qablika laʿallahum yatadhakkarūna
And 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.1That is, ‘The faithless imagine that this teaching is of your own contrivance. But it was We who sent Our revelations to Moses and gave him the scripture and the Law before you even came into the world, nor it was you who lived among the people of Midian to recite Our signs to them. It was We who have been sending the apostles before you, and it is We who have sent you as a mercy and guidance to mankind, after the passage of time had taken its toll and obscured the path of the prophets.’
47
وَلَولا أَن تُصيبَهُم مُصيبَةٌ بِما قَدَّمَت أَيديهِم فَيَقولوا رَبَّنا لَولا أَرسَلتَ إِلَينا رَسولًا فَنَتَّبِعَ آياتِكَ وَنَكونَ مِنَ المُؤمِنينَ
wa-law-lā ʾan tuṣībahum muṣībatun bi-mā qaddamat ʾaydīhim fa-yaqūlū rabbanā law-lā ʾarsalta ʾilaynā rasūlan fa-nattabiʿa ʾāyātika wa-nakūna mina l-muʾminīna
And lest —should an affliction visit them because of what their hands have sent ahead1— 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?’2Or ‘prepared,’ or ‘committed.’Cf. 20:134.
48
فَلَمّا جاءَهُمُ الحَقُّ مِن عِندِنا قالوا لَولا أوتِيَ مِثلَ ما أوتِيَ موسىٰ ۚ أَوَلَم يَكفُروا بِما أوتِيَ موسىٰ مِن قَبلُ ۖ قالوا سِحرانِ تَظاهَرا وَقالوا إِنّا بِكُلٍّ كافِرونَ
fa-lammā jāʾahumu l-ḥaqqu min ʿindinā qālū law-lā ʾūtiya mithla mā ʾūtiya mūsā ʾa-wa-lam yakfurū bi-mā ʾūtiya mūsā min qablu qālū siḥrāni taẓāharā wa-qālū ʾinnā bi-kullin kāfirūna
But 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’?
49
قُل فَأتوا بِكِتابٍ مِن عِندِ اللَّهِ هُوَ أَهدىٰ مِنهُما أَتَّبِعهُ إِن كُنتُم صادِقينَ
qul fa-ʾtū bi-kitābin min ʿindi llāhi huwa ʾahdā minhumā ʾattabiʿhu ʾin kuntum ṣādiqīna
Say, ‘Then bring some Book from Allah better in guidance than the two1 so that I may follow it, should you be truthful.’That is, better than the Qurʾān and the Book revealed to Moses.
50
فَإِن لَم يَستَجيبوا لَكَ فَاعلَم أَنَّما يَتَّبِعونَ أَهواءَهُم ۚ وَمَن أَضَلُّ مِمَّنِ اتَّبَعَ هَواهُ بِغَيرِ هُدًى مِنَ اللَّهِ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لا يَهدِي القَومَ الظّالِمينَ
fa-ʾin lam yastajībū laka fa-ʿlam ʾannamā yattabiʿūna ʾahwāʾahum wa-man ʾaḍallu mimmani ttabaʿa hawāhu bi-ghayri hudan mina llāhi ʾinna llāha lā yahdī l-qawma ẓ-ẓālimīna
Then 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.
51
۞ وَلَقَد وَصَّلنا لَهُمُ القَولَ لَعَلَّهُم يَتَذَكَّرونَ
wa-la-qad waṣṣalnā lahumu l-qawla laʿallahum yatadhakkarūna
Certainly We have concatenated the Word1 for them so that they may take admonition.That is, the Qurʾān or its verses.
52
الَّذينَ آتَيناهُمُ الكِتابَ مِن قَبلِهِ هُم بِهِ يُؤمِنونَ
alladhīna ʾātaynāhumu l-kitāba min qablihī hum bihī yuʾminūna
Those to whom We gave the Book before it are the ones who believe in it,
53
وَإِذا يُتلىٰ عَلَيهِم قالوا آمَنّا بِهِ إِنَّهُ الحَقُّ مِن رَبِّنا إِنّا كُنّا مِن قَبلِهِ مُسلِمينَ
wa-ʾidhā yutlā ʿalayhim qālū ʾāmannā bihī ʾinnahu l-ḥaqqu min rabbinā ʾinnā kunnā min qablihī muslimīna
and 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].’
54
أُولٰئِكَ يُؤتَونَ أَجرَهُم مَرَّتَينِ بِما صَبَروا وَيَدرَءونَ بِالحَسَنَةِ السَّيِّئَةَ وَمِمّا رَزَقناهُم يُنفِقونَ
ʾulāʾika yuʾtawna ʾajrahum marratayni bi-mā ṣabarū wa-yadraʾūna bi-l-ḥasanati s-sayyiʾata wa-mimmā razaqnāhum yunfiqūna
Those 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,
55
وَإِذا سَمِعُوا اللَّغوَ أَعرَضوا عَنهُ وَقالوا لَنا أَعمالُنا وَلَكُم أَعمالُكُم سَلامٌ عَلَيكُم لا نَبتَغِي الجاهِلينَ
wa-ʾidhā samiʿū l-laghwa ʾaʿraḍū ʿanhu wa-qālū lanā ʾaʿmālunā wa-lakum ʾaʿmālukum salāmun ʿalaykum lā nabtaghī l-jāhilīna
and 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.’
56
إِنَّكَ لا تَهدي مَن أَحبَبتَ وَلٰكِنَّ اللَّهَ يَهدي مَن يَشاءُ ۚ وَهُوَ أَعلَمُ بِالمُهتَدينَ
ʾinnaka lā tahdī man ʾaḥbabta wa-lākinna llāha yahdī man yashāʾu wa-huwa ʾaʿlamu bi-l-muhtadīna
You cannot guide whomever you wish, but [it is] Allah [who] guides whomever He wishes, and He knows best those who are guided.
57
وَقالوا إِن نَتَّبِعِ الهُدىٰ مَعَكَ نُتَخَطَّف مِن أَرضِنا ۚ أَوَلَم نُمَكِّن لَهُم حَرَمًا آمِنًا يُجبىٰ إِلَيهِ ثَمَراتُ كُلِّ شَيءٍ رِزقًا مِن لَدُنّا وَلٰكِنَّ أَكثَرَهُم لا يَعلَمونَ
wa-qālū ʾin nattabiʿi l-hudā maʿaka nutakhaṭṭaf min ʾarḍinā ʾa-wa-lam numakkin lahum ḥaraman ʾāminan yujbā ʾilayhi thamarātu kulli shayʾin rizqan min ladunnā wa-lākinna ʾaktharahum lā yaʿlamūna
They say, ‘Should we follow the guidance with you, we will be dispossessed of our territory.’ Did We not establish a secure sanctuary1 for them where fruits of all kinds are brought as a provision from Us? But most of them do not know.That is, the holy city of Makkah.
58
وَكَم أَهلَكنا مِن قَريَةٍ بَطِرَت مَعيشَتَها ۖ فَتِلكَ مَساكِنُهُم لَم تُسكَن مِن بَعدِهِم إِلّا قَليلًا ۖ وَكُنّا نَحنُ الوارِثينَ
wa-kam ʾahlaknā min qaryatin baṭirat maʿīshatahā fa-tilka masākinuhum lam tuskan min baʿdihim ʾillā qalīlan wa-kunnā naḥnu l-wārithīna
How many a town We have destroyed that transgressed in its lifestyle! There lie their dwellings, uninhabited after them except by a few, and We were the [sole] inheritors.
59
وَما كانَ رَبُّكَ مُهلِكَ القُرىٰ حَتّىٰ يَبعَثَ في أُمِّها رَسولًا يَتلو عَلَيهِم آياتِنا ۚ وَما كُنّا مُهلِكِي القُرىٰ إِلّا وَأَهلُها ظالِمونَ
wa-mā kāna rabbuka muhlika l-qurā ḥattā yabʿatha fī ʾummihā rasūlan yatlū ʿalayhim ʾāyātinā wa-mā kunnā muhlikī l-qurā ʾillā wa-ʾahluhā ẓālimūna
Your 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.
60
وَما أوتيتُم مِن شَيءٍ فَمَتاعُ الحَياةِ الدُّنيا وَزينَتُها ۚ وَما عِندَ اللَّهِ خَيرٌ وَأَبقىٰ ۚ أَفَلا تَعقِلونَ
wa-mā ʾūtītum min shayʾin fa-matāʿu l-ḥayāti d-dunyā wa-zīnatuhā wa-mā ʿinda llāhi khayrun wa-ʾabqā ʾa-fa-lā taʿqilūna
Whatever 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 apply reason?
61
أَفَمَن وَعَدناهُ وَعدًا حَسَنًا فَهُوَ لاقيهِ كَمَن مَتَّعناهُ مَتاعَ الحَياةِ الدُّنيا ثُمَّ هُوَ يَومَ القِيامَةِ مِنَ المُحضَرينَ
ʾa-fa-man waʿadnāhu waʿdan ḥasanan fa-huwa lāqīhi ka-man mattaʿnāhu matāʿa l-ḥayāti d-dunyā thumma huwa yawma l-qiyāmati mina l-muḥḍarīna
Is 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?
62
وَيَومَ يُناديهِم فَيَقولُ أَينَ شُرَكائِيَ الَّذينَ كُنتُم تَزعُمونَ
wa-yawma yunādīhim fa-yaqūlu ʾayna shurakāʾiya lladhīna kuntum tazʿumūna
The day He will call out to them and say, ‘Where are My partners that you used to claim?’
63
قالَ الَّذينَ حَقَّ عَلَيهِمُ القَولُ رَبَّنا هٰؤُلاءِ الَّذينَ أَغوَينا أَغوَيناهُم كَما غَوَينا ۖ تَبَرَّأنا إِلَيكَ ۖ ما كانوا إِيّانا يَعبُدونَ
qāla lladhīna ḥaqqa ʿalayhimu l-qawlu rabbanā hāʾulāʾi lladhīna ʾaghwaynā ʾaghwaynāhum ka-mā ghawaynā tabarraʾnā ʾilayka mā kānū ʾiyyānā yaʿbudūna
Those 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 plead for non-liability before You: it was not us that they worshipped.’
64
وَقيلَ ادعوا شُرَكاءَكُم فَدَعَوهُم فَلَم يَستَجيبوا لَهُم وَرَأَوُا العَذابَ ۚ لَو أَنَّهُم كانوا يَهتَدونَ
wa-qīla dʿū shurakāʾakum fa-daʿawhum fa-lam yastajībū lahum wa-raʾawu l-ʿadhāba law ʾannahum kānū yahtadūna
It 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.
65
وَيَومَ يُناديهِم فَيَقولُ ماذا أَجَبتُمُ المُرسَلينَ
wa-yawma yunādīhim fa-yaqūlu mādhā ʾajabtumu l-mursalīna
The day He will call out to them and say, ‘What response did you give to the apostles?’
66
فَعَمِيَت عَلَيهِمُ الأَنباءُ يَومَئِذٍ فَهُم لا يَتَساءَلونَ
fa-ʿamiyat ʿalayhimu l-ʾanbāʾu yawmaʾidhin fa-hum lā yatasāʾalūna
The news that day shall be blacked out for them, so they will not question one another.
67
فَأَمّا مَن تابَ وَآمَنَ وَعَمِلَ صالِحًا فَعَسىٰ أَن يَكونَ مِنَ المُفلِحينَ
fa-ʾammā man tāba wa-ʾāmana wa-ʿamila ṣāliḥan fa-ʿasā ʾan yakūna mina l-mufliḥīna
As for him who repents and develops faith and acts righteously, maybe he will be among the felicitous.
68
وَرَبُّكَ يَخلُقُ ما يَشاءُ وَيَختارُ ۗ ما كانَ لَهُمُ الخِيَرَةُ ۚ سُبحانَ اللَّهِ وَتَعالىٰ عَمّا يُشرِكونَ
wa-rabbuka yakhluqu mā yashāʾu wa-yakhtāru mā kāna lahumu l-khiyaratu subḥāna llāhi wa-taʿālā ʿammā yushrikūna
Your Lord creates whatever He wishes and chooses. They have no choice. Immaculate is Allah and exalted above [having] any partners they ascribe [to Him].
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وَرَبُّكَ يَعلَمُ ما تُكِنُّ صُدورُهُم وَما يُعلِنونَ
wa-rabbuka yaʿlamu mā tukinnu ṣudūruhum wa-mā yuʿlinūna
Your Lord knows whatever their breasts conceal, and whatever they disclose.
70
وَهُوَ اللَّهُ لا إِلٰهَ إِلّا هُوَ ۖ لَهُ الحَمدُ فِي الأولىٰ وَالآخِرَةِ ۖ وَلَهُ الحُكمُ وَإِلَيهِ تُرجَعونَ
wa-huwa llāhu lā ʾilāha ʾillā huwa lahu l-ḥamdu fī l-ʾūlā wa-l-ʾākhirati wa-lahu l-ḥukmu wa-ʾilayhi turjaʿūna
He 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.
71
قُل أَرَأَيتُم إِن جَعَلَ اللَّهُ عَلَيكُمُ اللَّيلَ سَرمَدًا إِلىٰ يَومِ القِيامَةِ مَن إِلٰهٌ غَيرُ اللَّهِ يَأتيكُم بِضِياءٍ ۖ أَفَلا تَسمَعونَ
qul ʾa-raʾaytum ʾin jaʿala llāhu ʿalaykumu l-layla sarmadan ʾilā yawmi l-qiyāmati man ʾilāhun ghayru llāhi yaʾtīkum bi-ḍiyāʾin ʾa-fa-lā tasmaʿūna
Say, ‘Tell me, if Allah were to make the night perpetual over you until the Day of Resurrection, what god other than Allah could bring you light? Will you not then listen?’
72
قُل أَرَأَيتُم إِن جَعَلَ اللَّهُ عَلَيكُمُ النَّهارَ سَرمَدًا إِلىٰ يَومِ القِيامَةِ مَن إِلٰهٌ غَيرُ اللَّهِ يَأتيكُم بِلَيلٍ تَسكُنونَ فيهِ ۖ أَفَلا تُبصِرونَ
qul ʾa-raʾaytum ʾin jaʿala llāhu ʿalaykumu n-nahāra sarmadan ʾilā yawmi l-qiyāmati man ʾilāhun ghayru llāhi yaʾtīkum bi-laylin taskunūna fīhi ʾa-fa-lā tubṣirūna
Say, ‘Tell me, if Allah were to make the day perpetual over you until the Day of Resurrection, what god other than Allah could bring you night wherein you could rest? Will you not then perceive?’
73
وَمِن رَحمَتِهِ جَعَلَ لَكُمُ اللَّيلَ وَالنَّهارَ لِتَسكُنوا فيهِ وَلِتَبتَغوا مِن فَضلِهِ وَلَعَلَّكُم تَشكُرونَ
wa-min raḥmatihī jaʿala lakumu l-layla wa-n-nahāra li-taskunū fīhi wa-li-tabtaghū min faḍlihī wa-laʿallakum tashkurūna
Out of His mercy He has made for you the night and the day, that you may rest therein and that you may seek from His grace and so that you may give thanks.
74
وَيَومَ يُناديهِم فَيَقولُ أَينَ شُرَكائِيَ الَّذينَ كُنتُم تَزعُمونَ
wa-yawma yunādīhim fa-yaqūlu ʾayna shurakāʾiya lladhīna kuntum tazʿumūna
The day He will call out to them and say, ‘Where are My partners that you used to claim?’
75
وَنَزَعنا مِن كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ شَهيدًا فَقُلنا هاتوا بُرهانَكُم فَعَلِموا أَنَّ الحَقَّ لِلَّهِ وَضَلَّ عَنهُم ما كانوا يَفتَرونَ
wa-nazaʿnā min kulli ʾummatin shahīdan fa-qulnā hātū burhānakum fa-ʿalimū ʾanna l-ḥaqqa li-llāhi wa-ḍalla ʿanhum mā kānū yaftarūna
We 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.
76
۞ إِنَّ قارونَ كانَ مِن قَومِ موسىٰ فَبَغىٰ عَلَيهِم ۖ وَآتَيناهُ مِنَ الكُنوزِ ما إِنَّ مَفاتِحَهُ لَتَنوءُ بِالعُصبَةِ أُولِي القُوَّةِ إِذ قالَ لَهُ قَومُهُ لا تَفرَح ۖ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لا يُحِبُّ الفَرِحينَ
ʾinna qārūna kāna min qawmi mūsā fa-baghā ʿalayhim wa-ʾātaynāhu mina l-kunūzi mā ʾinna mafātiḥahū la-tanūʾu bi-l-ʿuṣbati ʾulī l-quwwati ʾidh qāla lahū qawmuhū lā tafraḥ ʾinna llāha lā yuḥibbu l-fariḥīna
Korah indeed belonged to the people of Moses, but he bullied them. We had given him so much treasures that their keys indeed proved heavy for a band of stalwarts. When his people said to him, ‘Do not exult! Indeed Allah does not like the exultant.
77
وَابتَغِ فيما آتاكَ اللَّهُ الدّارَ الآخِرَةَ ۖ وَلا تَنسَ نَصيبَكَ مِنَ الدُّنيا ۖ وَأَحسِن كَما أَحسَنَ اللَّهُ إِلَيكَ ۖ وَلا تَبغِ الفَسادَ فِي الأَرضِ ۖ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لا يُحِبُّ المُفسِدينَ
wa-btaghi fī-mā ʾātāka llāhu d-dāra l-ʾākhirata wa-lā tansa naṣībaka mina d-dunyā wa-ʾaḥsin ka-mā ʾaḥsana llāhu ʾilayka wa-lā tabghi l-fasāda fī l-ʾarḍi ʾinna llāha lā yuḥibbu l-mufsidīna
By the means of what Allah has given you, seek the abode of the Hereafter, 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.’
78
قالَ إِنَّما أوتيتُهُ عَلىٰ عِلمٍ عِندي ۚ أَوَلَم يَعلَم أَنَّ اللَّهَ قَد أَهلَكَ مِن قَبلِهِ مِنَ القُرونِ مَن هُوَ أَشَدُّ مِنهُ قُوَّةً وَأَكثَرُ جَمعًا ۚ وَلا يُسأَلُ عَن ذُنوبِهِمُ المُجرِمونَ
qāla ʾinnamā ʾūtītuhū ʿalā ʿilmin ʿindī ʾa-wa-lam yaʿlam ʾanna llāha qad ʾahlaka min qablihī mina l-qurūni man huwa ʾashaddu minhu quwwatan wa-ʾaktharu jamʿan wa-lā yusʾalu ʿan dhunūbihimu l-mujrimūna
He 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]?1 The guilty will not be questioned about their sins.2Or ‘more numerous in strength.’Because ‘the guilty shall be known by their mark.’ Cf. 55:39-41.
79
فَخَرَجَ عَلىٰ قَومِهِ في زينَتِهِ ۖ قالَ الَّذينَ يُريدونَ الحَياةَ الدُّنيا يا لَيتَ لَنا مِثلَ ما أوتِيَ قارونُ إِنَّهُ لَذو حَظٍّ عَظيمٍ
fa-kharaja ʿalā qawmihī fī zīnatihī qāla lladhīna yurīdūna l-ḥayāta d-dunyā yā-layta lanā mithla mā ʾūtiya qārūnu ʾinnahū la-dhū ḥaẓẓin ʿaẓīmin
So 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.’
80
وَقالَ الَّذينَ أوتُوا العِلمَ وَيلَكُم ثَوابُ اللَّهِ خَيرٌ لِمَن آمَنَ وَعَمِلَ صالِحًا وَلا يُلَقّاها إِلَّا الصّابِرونَ
wa-qāla lladhīna ʾūtū l-ʿilma waylakum thawābu llāhi khayrun li-man ʾāmana wa-ʿamila ṣāliḥan wa-lā yulaqqāhā ʾillā ṣ-ṣābirūna
Those who were given knowledge said, ‘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.’
81
فَخَسَفنا بِهِ وَبِدارِهِ الأَرضَ فَما كانَ لَهُ مِن فِئَةٍ يَنصُرونَهُ مِن دونِ اللَّهِ وَما كانَ مِنَ المُنتَصِرينَ
fa-khasafnā bihī wa-bi-dārihi l-ʾarḍa fa-mā kāna lahū min fiʾatin yanṣurūnahū min dūni llāhi wa-mā kāna mina l-muntaṣirīna
So 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.
82
وَأَصبَحَ الَّذينَ تَمَنَّوا مَكانَهُ بِالأَمسِ يَقولونَ وَيكَأَنَّ اللَّهَ يَبسُطُ الرِّزقَ لِمَن يَشاءُ مِن عِبادِهِ وَيَقدِرُ ۖ لَولا أَن مَنَّ اللَّهُ عَلَينا لَخَسَفَ بِنا ۖ وَيكَأَنَّهُ لا يُفلِحُ الكافِرونَ
wa-ʾaṣbaḥa lladhīna tamannaw makānahū bi-l-ʾamsi yaqūlūna way-ka-ʾanna llāha yabsuṭu r-rizqa li-man yashāʾu min ʿibādihī wa-yaqdiru law-lā ʾan manna llāhu ʿalaynā la-khasafa binā way-ka-ʾannahū lā yufliḥu l-kāfirūna
By 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.’
83
تِلكَ الدّارُ الآخِرَةُ نَجعَلُها لِلَّذينَ لا يُريدونَ عُلُوًّا فِي الأَرضِ وَلا فَسادًا ۚ وَالعاقِبَةُ لِلمُتَّقينَ
tilka d-dāru l-ʾākhiratu najʿaluhā li-lladhīna lā yurīdūna ʿuluwwan fī l-ʾarḍi wa-lā fasādan wa-l-ʿāqibatu li-l-muttaqīna
This 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.
84
مَن جاءَ بِالحَسَنَةِ فَلَهُ خَيرٌ مِنها ۖ وَمَن جاءَ بِالسَّيِّئَةِ فَلا يُجزَى الَّذينَ عَمِلُوا السَّيِّئَاتِ إِلّا ما كانوا يَعمَلونَ
man jāʾa bi-l-ḥasanati fa-lahū khayrun minhā wa-man jāʾa bi-s-sayyiʾati fa-lā yujzā lladhīna ʿamilū s-sayyiʾāti ʾillā mā kānū yaʿmalūna
Whoever 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.
85
إِنَّ الَّذي فَرَضَ عَلَيكَ القُرآنَ لَرادُّكَ إِلىٰ مَعادٍ ۚ قُل رَبّي أَعلَمُ مَن جاءَ بِالهُدىٰ وَمَن هُوَ في ضَلالٍ مُبينٍ
ʾinna lladhī faraḍa ʿalayka l-qurʾāna la-rādduka ʾilā maʿādin qul rabbī ʾaʿlamu man jāʾa bi-l-hudā wa-man huwa fī ḍalālin mubīnin
Indeed He who has revealed to you the Qurʾān1 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.’Or ‘charged you with the Qurʾān.’
86
وَما كُنتَ تَرجو أَن يُلقىٰ إِلَيكَ الكِتابُ إِلّا رَحمَةً مِن رَبِّكَ ۖ فَلا تَكونَنَّ ظَهيرًا لِلكافِرينَ
wa-mā kunta tarjū ʾan yulqā ʾilayka l-kitābu ʾillā raḥmatan min rabbika fa-lā takūnanna ẓahīran li-l-kāfirīna
You 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.
87
وَلا يَصُدُّنَّكَ عَن آياتِ اللَّهِ بَعدَ إِذ أُنزِلَت إِلَيكَ ۖ وَادعُ إِلىٰ رَبِّكَ ۖ وَلا تَكونَنَّ مِنَ المُشرِكينَ
wa-lā yaṣuddunnaka ʿan ʾāyāti llāhi baʿda ʾidh ʾunzilat ʾilayka wa-dʿu ʾilā rabbika wa-lā takūnanna mina l-mushrikīna
Do 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.
88
وَلا تَدعُ مَعَ اللَّهِ إِلٰهًا آخَرَ ۘ لا إِلٰهَ إِلّا هُوَ ۚ كُلُّ شَيءٍ هالِكٌ إِلّا وَجهَهُ ۚ لَهُ الحُكمُ وَإِلَيهِ تُرجَعونَ
wa-lā tadʿu maʿa llāhi ʾilāhan ʾākhara lā ʾilāha ʾillā huwa kullu shayʾin hālikun ʾillā wajhahū lahu l-ḥukmu wa-ʾilayhi turjaʿūna
And 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.