Verse 1

ﭑ ﭒ ​

(1) Alif, Lām, Meem, Ṣād.[363]
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[363]- See footnote to 2:1.

Verse 2

ﭓﭔﭕﭖﭗﭘﭙﭚﭛﭜﭝﭞﭟ ﭠ ​

(2) [This is] a Book revealed to you, [O Muḥammad] - so let there not be in your breast distress therefrom - that you may warn thereby and as a reminder to the believers.

Verse 3

ﭡﭢﭣﭤﭥﭦﭧﭨﭩﭪﭫﭬﭭﭮﭯ ﭰ ​

(3) Follow, [O mankind], what has been revealed to you from your Lord and do not follow other than Him any allies. Little do you remember.

Verse 4

ﭱﭲﭳﭴﭵﭶﭷﭸﭹﭺ ﭻ ​

(4) And how many cities have We destroyed, and Our punishment came to them at night or while they were sleeping at noon.

Verse 5

ﭼﭽﭾﭿﮀﮁﮂﮃﮄﮅﮆﮇ ﮈ ​

(5) And their declaration when Our punishment came to them was only that they said, "Indeed, we were wrongdoers!"

Verse 6

ﮉﮊﮋﮌﮍﮎ ﮏ ​

(6) Then We will surely question those to whom [a message] was sent, and We will surely question the messengers.

Verse 7

ﮐﮑﮒﮓﮔﮕﮖ ﮗ ​

(7) Then We will surely relate [their deeds] to them with knowledge, and We were not [at all] absent.

Verse 8

ﮘﮙﮚﮛﮜﮝﮞﮟﮠﮡ ﮢ ​

(8) And the weighing [of deeds] that Day will be the truth. So those whose scales are heavy - it is they who will be the successful.

Verse 9

ﮣﮤﮥﮦﮧﮨﮩﮪﮫﮬﮭ ﮮ ​

(9) And those whose scales are light - they are the ones who will lose themselves for what injustice they were doing toward Our verses.

Verse 10

ﮯﮰﮱﯓﯔﯕﯖﯗﯘﯙﯚﯛ ﯜ ​

(10) And We have certainly established you upon the earth and made for you therein ways of livelihood. Little are you grateful.

Verse 11

ﯝﯞﯟﯠﯡﯢﯣﯤﯥﯦﯧﯨﯩﯪﯫﯬ ﯭ ​

(11) And We have certainly created you, [O mankind], and given you [human] form. Then We said to the angels, "Prostrate to Adam"; so they prostrated, except for Iblees.[364] He was not of those who prostrated.
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[364]- Satan. See footnote to 2:34.

Verse 12

ﭑﭒﭓﭔﭕﭖﭗﭘﭙﭚﭛﭜﭝﭞﭟﭠﭡﭢ ﭣ ​

(12) [Allāh] said, "What prevented you from prostrating when I commanded you?" [Satan] said, "I am better than him. You created me from fire and created him from clay [i.e., earth]."

Verse 13

ﭤﭥﭦﭧﭨﭩﭪﭫﭬﭭﭮﭯﭰ ﭱ ​

(13) [Allāh] said, "Descend from it [i.e., Paradise], for it is not for you to be arrogant therein. So get out; indeed, you are of the debased."

Verse 14

ﭲﭳﭴﭵﭶ ﭷ ​

(14) [Satan] said, "Reprieve me until the Day they are resurrected."

Verse 15

ﭸﭹﭺﭻ ﭼ ​

(15) [Allāh] said, "Indeed, you are of those reprieved."

Verse 16

ﭽﭾﭿﮀﮁﮂﮃ ﮄ ​

(16) [Satan] said, "Because You have put me in error, I will surely sit in wait for them [i.e., mankind] on Your straight path.

Verse 17

ﮅﮆﮇﮈﮉﮊﮋﮌﮍﮎﮏﮐﮑﮒﮓﮔ ﮕ ​

(17) Then I will come to them from before them and from behind them and on their right and on their left, and You will not find most of them grateful [to You]."

Verse 18

ﮖﮗﮘﮙﮚﮛﮜﮝﮞﮟﮠﮡﮢ ﮣ ​

(18) [Allāh] said, "Depart from it [i.e., Paradise], reproached and expelled. Whoever follows you among them - I will surely fill Hell with you, all together."

Verse 19

ﮤﮥﮦﮧﮨﮩﮪﮫﮬﮭﮮﮯﮰﮱﯓﯔ ﯕ ​

(19) And "O Adam, dwell, you and your wife, in Paradise and eat from wherever you will but do not approach this tree, lest you be among the wrongdoers."

Verse 20

ﯖﯗﯘﯙﯚﯛﯜﯝﯞﯟﯠﯡﯢﯣﯤﯥﯦﯧﯨﯩﯪﯫﯬﯭﯮ ﯯ ​

(20) But Satan whispered to them to make apparent to them that which was concealed from them of their private parts. He said, "Your Lord did not forbid you this tree except that you become angels or become of the immortal."

Verse 21

ﯰﯱﯲﯳﯴ ﯵ ​

(21) And he swore [by Allāh] to them, "Indeed, I am to you from among the sincere advisors."

Verse 22

ﯶﯷﯸﯹﯺﯻﯼﯽﯾﯿﰀﰁﰂﰃﰄﰅﰆﰇﰈﰉﰊﰋﰌﰍﰎﰏﰐﰑﰒﰓ ﰔ ​

(22) So he made them fall, through deception. And when they tasted of the tree, their private parts became apparent to them, and they began to fasten together over themselves from the leaves of Paradise. And their Lord called to them, "Did I not forbid you from that tree and tell you that Satan is to you a clear enemy?"

Verse 23

ﭑﭒﭓﭔﭕﭖﭗﭘﭙﭚﭛﭜ ﭝ ​

(23) They said, "Our Lord, we have wronged ourselves, and if You do not forgive us and have mercy upon us, we will surely be among the losers."

Verse 24

ﭞﭟﭠﭡﭢﭣﭤﭥﭦﭧﭨﭩﭪ ﭫ ​

(24) [Allāh] said, "Descend, being to one another enemies. And for you on the earth is a place of settlement and enjoyment [i.e., provision] for a time."

Verse 25

ﭬﭭﭮﭯﭰﭱﭲ ﭳ ​

(25) He said, "Therein you will live, and therein you will die, and from it you will be brought forth."

Verse 26

ﭴﭵﭶﭷﭸﭹﭺﭻﭼﭽﭾﭿﮀﮁﮂﮃﮄﮅﮆﮇﮈ ﮉ ​

(26) O children of Adam, We have bestowed upon you clothing to conceal your private parts and as adornment. But the clothing of righteousness - that is best. That is from the signs of Allāh that perhaps they will remember.

Verse 27

ﮊﮋﮌﮍﮎﮏﮐﮑﮒﮓﮔﮕﮖﮗﮘﮙﮚﮛﮜﮝﮞﮟﮠﮡﮢﮣﮤﮥﮦﮧﮨﮩ ﮪ ​

(27) O children of Adam, let not Satan tempt you as he removed your parents from Paradise, stripping them of their clothing[365] to show them their private parts. Indeed, he sees you, he and his tribe, from where you do not see them. Indeed, We have made the devils allies to those who do not believe.
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[365]- The garments of Paradise.

Verse 28

ﮫﮬﮭﮮﮯﮰﮱﯓﯔﯕﯖﯗﯘﯙﯚﯛﯜﯝﯞﯟﯠﯡﯢﯣ ﯤ ​

(28) And when they commit an immorality, they say, "We found our fathers doing it, and Allāh has ordered us to do it." Say, "Indeed, Allāh does not order immorality. Do you say about Allāh that which you do not know?"

Verse 29

ﯥﯦﯧﯨﯩﯪﯫﯬﯭﯮﯯﯰﯱﯲﯳﯴﯵﯶ ﯷ ​

(29) Say, [O Muḥammad], "My Lord has ordered justice and that you direct yourselves [to the Qiblah] at every place [or time] of prostration, and invoke Him, sincere to Him in religion." Just as He originated you, you will return [to life] -

Verse 30

ﯸﯹﯺﯻﯼﯽﯾﯿﰀﰁﰂﰃﰄﰅﰆﰇﰈ ﰉ ​

(30) A group [of you] He guided, and a group deserved [to be in] error. Indeed, they [i.e., the latter] had taken the devils as allies instead of Allāh while they thought that they were guided.

Verse 31

ﭑﭒﭓﭔﭕﭖﭗﭘﭙﭚﭛﭜﭝﭞﭟﭠﭡ ﭢ ​

(31) O children of Adam, take your adornment [i.e., wear your clothing] at every masjid,[366] and eat and drink, but be not excessive. Indeed, He likes not those who commit excess.
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[366]- Literally, "place of prostration," meaning any place that a Muslim prays upon the earth. The term may also refer specifically to a mosque.

Verse 32

ﭣﭤﭥﭦﭧﭨﭩﭪﭫﭬﭭﭮﭯﭰﭱﭲﭳﭴﭵﭶﭷﭸﭹﭺﭻﭼﭽﭾ ﭿ ​

(32) Say, "Who has forbidden the adornment of [i.e., from] Allāh which He has produced for His servants and the good [lawful] things of provision?" Say, "They are for those who believed during the life of this world, exclusively [for them] on the Day of Resurrection." Thus do We detail the verses for a people who know.

Verse 33

ﮀﮁﮂﮃﮄﮅﮆﮇﮈﮉﮊﮋﮌﮍﮎﮏﮐﮑﮒﮓﮔﮕﮖﮗﮘﮙﮚﮛﮜ ﮝ ​

(33) Say, "My Lord has only forbidden immoralities - what is apparent of them and what is concealed - and sin,[367] and oppression without right, and that you associate with Allāh that for which He has not sent down authority, and that you say about Allāh that which you do not know."
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[367]- Any unlawful deed.

Verse 34

ﮞﮟﮠﮡﮢﮣﮤﮥﮦﮧﮨﮩ ﮪ ​

(34) And for every nation is a [specified] term. So when their time has come, they will not remain behind an hour, nor will they precede [it].

Verse 35

ﮫﮬﮭﮮﮯﮰﮱﯓﯔﯕﯖﯗﯘﯙﯚﯛﯜﯝ ﯞ ​

(35) O children of Adam, if there come to you messengers from among you relating to you My verses [i.e., scriptures and laws], then whoever fears Allāh and reforms - there will be no fear concerning them, nor will they grieve.

Verse 36

ﯟﯠﯡﯢﯣﯤﯥﯦﯧﯨﯩﯪ ﯫ ​

(36) But the ones who deny Our verses and are arrogant toward them - those are the companions of the Fire; they will abide therein eternally.

Verse 37

ﯬﯭﯮﯯﯰﯱﯲﯳﯴﯵﯶﯷﯸﯹﯺﯻﯼﯽﯾﯿﰀﰁﰂﰃﰄﰅﰆﰇﰈﰉﰊﰋﰌﰍﰎﰏﰐﰑﰒﰓ ﰔ ​

(37) And who is more unjust than one who invents about Allāh a lie or denies His verses? Those will attain their portion of the decree[368] until, when Our messengers [i.e., angels] come to them to take them in death, they will say, "Where are those you used to invoke besides Allāh?" They will say, "They have departed from us," and will bear witness against themselves that they were disbelievers.
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[368]- What is decreed for them.

Verse 38

ﭑﭒﭓﭔﭕﭖﭗﭘﭙﭚﭛﭜﭝﭞﭟﭠﭡﭢﭣﭤﭥﭦﭧﭨﭩﭪﭫﭬﭭﭮﭯﭰﭱﭲﭳﭴﭵﭶﭷﭸﭹﭺﭻ ﭼ ​

(38) [Allāh] will say, "Enter among nations which had passed on before you of jinn and mankind into the Fire." Every time a nation enters, it will curse its sister[369] until, when they have all overtaken one another therein, the last of them[370] will say about the first of them,[371] "Our Lord, these had misled us, so give them a double punishment of the Fire." He will say, "For each is double, but you do not know."
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[369]- The nation preceding it.
[370]- The followers of evil leaders.
[371]- Their leaders.

Verse 39

ﭽﭾﭿﮀﮁﮂﮃﮄﮅﮆﮇﮈﮉﮊ ﮋ ​

(39) And the first of them will say to the last of them, "Then you had not any favor over us, so taste the punishment for what you used to earn."

Verse 40

ﮌﮍﮎﮏﮐﮑﮒﮓﮔﮕﮖﮗﮘﮙﮚﮛﮜﮝﮞﮟﮠﮡﮢﮣ ﮤ ​

(40) Indeed, those who deny Our verses and are arrogant toward them - the gates of Heaven will not be opened for them, nor will they enter Paradise until a camel enters into the eye of a needle [i.e., never]. And thus do We recompense the criminals.

Verse 41

ﮥﮦﮧﮨﮩﮪﮫﮬﮭﮮﮯ ﮰ ​

(41) They will have from Hell a bed and over them coverings [of fire]. And thus do We recompense the wrongdoers.

Verse 42

ﮱﯓﯔﯕﯖﯗﯘﯙﯚﯛﯜﯝﯞﯟﯠﯡ ﯢ ​

(42) But those who believed and did righteous deeds - We charge no soul except [within] its capacity. Those are the companions of Paradise; they will abide therein eternally.

Verse 43

ﯣﯤﯥﯦﯧﯨﯩﯪﯫﯬﯭﯮﯯﯰﯱﯲﯳﯴﯵﯶﯷﯸﯹﯺﯻﯼﯽﯾﯿﰀﰁﰂﰃﰄﰅﰆﰇﰈﰉ ﰊ ​

(43) And We will have removed whatever is within their breasts of resentment,[372] [while] flowing beneath them are rivers. And they will say, "Praise to Allāh, who has guided us to this; and we would never have been guided if Allāh had not guided us. Certainly the messengers of our Lord had come with the truth." And they will be called, "This is Paradise, which you have been made to inherit for what you used to do."
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[372]- i.e., ill will or sense of injury for what was inflicted upon them during worldly life.

Verse 44

ﭑﭒﭓﭔﭕﭖﭗﭘﭙﭚﭛﭜﭝﭞﭟﭠﭡﭢﭣﭤﭥﭦﭧﭨﭩﭪﭫﭬﭭﭮ ﭯ ​

(44) And the companions of Paradise will call out to the companions of the Fire, "We have already found what our Lord promised us to be true. Have you found what your Lord promised to be true?" They will say, "Yes." Then an announcer will announce among them, "The curse of Allāh shall be upon the wrongdoers

Verse 45

ﭰﭱﭲﭳﭴﭵﭶﭷﭸﭹ ﭺ ​

(45) Who averted [people] from the way of Allāh and sought to make it [seem] deviant while they were, concerning the Hereafter, disbelievers."

Verse 46

ﭻﭼﭽﭾﭿﮀﮁﮂﮃﮄﮅﮆﮇﮈﮉﮊﮋﮌﮍﮎﮏ ﮐ ​

(46) And between them will be a partition [i.e., wall], and on [its] elevations are men[373] who recognize all[374] by their mark. And they call out to the companions of Paradise, "Peace be upon you." They have not [yet] entered it, but they long intensely.
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[373]- Those whose scales are balanced between good and evil deeds.
[374]- Both the inhabitants of Paradise and those of Hell.

Verse 47

ﮑﮒﮓﮔﮕﮖﮗﮘﮙﮚﮛﮜﮝﮞ ﮟ ​

(47) And when their eyes are turned toward the companions of the Fire, they say, "Our Lord, do not place us with the wrongdoing people."

Verse 48

ﮠﮡﮢﮣﮤﮥﮦﮧﮨﮩﮪﮫﮬﮭ ﮮ ​

(48) And the companions of the Elevations will call to men [within Hell] whom they recognize by their mark, saying, "Of no avail to you was your gathering[375] and [the fact] that you were arrogant."
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[375]- i.e., great numbers or gathering of wealth.

Verse 49

ﮯﮰﮱﯓﯔﯕﯖﯗﯘﯙﯚﯛﯜﯝﯞﯟ ﯠ ​

(49) [Allāh will say], "Are these[376] the ones whom you [inhabitants of Hell] swore that Allāh would never offer them mercy? Enter Paradise, [O people of the Elevations]. No fear will there be concerning you, nor will you grieve."
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[376]- The humble believers who are now in Paradise. Another interpretation regards them as the people on the elevated partition.

Verse 50

ﯡﯢﯣﯤﯥﯦﯧﯨﯩﯪﯫﯬﯭﯮﯯﯰﯱﯲﯳﯴﯵ ﯶ ​

(50) And the companions of the Fire will call to the companions of Paradise, "Pour upon us some water or from whatever Allāh has provided you." They will say, "Indeed, Allāh has forbidden them both to the disbelievers

Verse 51

ﯷﯸﯹﯺﯻﯼﯽﯾﯿﰀﰁﰂﰃﰄﰅﰆﰇﰈﰉﰊ ﰋ ​

(51) Who took their religion as distraction and amusement and whom the worldly life deluded." So today We will forget them just as they forgot the meeting of this Day of theirs and for having rejected Our verses.

Verse 52

ﭑﭒﭓﭔﭕﭖﭗﭘﭙﭚ ﭛ ​

(52) And We had certainly brought them a Book which We detailed by knowledge - as guidance and mercy to a people who believe.

Verse 53

ﭜﭝﭞﭟﭠﭡﭢﭣﭤﭥﭦﭧﭨﭩﭪﭫﭬﭭﭮﭯﭰﭱﭲﭳﭴﭵﭶﭷﭸﭹﭺﭻﭼﭽﭾﭿﮀﮁﮂﮃ ﮄ ​

(53) Do they await except its result?[377] The Day its result comes, those who had ignored it before will say, "The messengers of our Lord had come with the truth, so are there [now] any intercessors to intercede for us or could we be sent back to do other than what we used to do?" They will have lost themselves, and lost from them is what they used to invent.
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[377]- The fulfillment of what is promised in the Qur’ān.

Verse 54

ﮅﮆﮇﮈﮉﮊﮋﮌﮍﮎﮏﮐﮑﮒﮓﮔﮕﮖﮗﮘﮙﮚﮛﮜﮝﮞﮟﮠﮡﮢﮣﮤﮥﮦﮧ ﮨ ​

(54) Indeed, your Lord is Allāh, who created the heavens and earth in six days and then established Himself above the Throne.[378] He covers the night with the day, [another night] chasing it rapidly; and [He created] the sun, the moon, and the stars, subjected by His command. Unquestionably, His is the creation and the command; blessed is Allāh, Lord of the worlds.
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[378]- There are several linguistic meanings of the words "istawā ʿalā," among them: to settle upon, to assume ascendancy above, and to assert authority over. However, it is known that all the attributes of Allāh are eternal, i.e., they have always existed and were present before He created. Thus, it cannot be said that He "rose" above the Throne, as Allāh has always been ascendant. Because the Creator may not be compared to His creation, the Prophet's companions and early scholars refused speculation as to how His actions could be interpreted, considering any such attempt unlawful. Similarly, the true nature of the Throne is known only to Allāh, the Exalted.

Verse 55

ﮩﮪﮫﮬﮭﮮﮯﮰﮱ ﯓ ​

(55) Call upon your Lord in humility and privately; indeed, He does not like transgressors.[379]
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[379]- In supplication or otherwise.

Verse 56

ﯔﯕﯖﯗﯘﯙﯚﯛﯜﯝﯞﯟﯠﯡﯢﯣ ﯤ ​

(56) And cause not corruption upon the earth after its reformation. And invoke Him in fear and aspiration. Indeed, the mercy of Allāh is near to the doers of good.

Verse 57

ﯥﯦﯧﯨﯩﯪﯫﯬﯭﯮﯯﯰﯱﯲﯳﯴﯵﯶﯷﯸﯹﯺﯻﯼﯽﯾﯿﰀﰁﰂﰃ ﰄ ​

(57) And it is He who sends the winds as good tidings before His mercy [i.e., rainfall] until, when they have carried heavy rainclouds, We drive them to a dead land and We send down rain therein and bring forth thereby [some] of all the fruits. Thus will We bring forth the dead; perhaps you may be reminded.

Verse 58

ﭑﭒﭓﭔﭕﭖﭗﭘﭙﭚﭛﭜﭝﭞﭟﭠﭡﭢﭣ ﭤ ​

(58) And the good land - its vegetation emerges by permission of its Lord; but that which is bad - nothing emerges except sparsely, with difficulty. Thus do We diversify the signs for a people who are grateful.

Verse 59

ﭥﭦﭧﭨﭩﭪﭫﭬﭭﭮﭯﭰﭱﭲﭳﭴﭵﭶﭷﭸ ﭹ ​

(59) We had certainly sent Noah to his people, and he said, "O my people, worship Allāh; you have no deity other than Him. Indeed, I fear for you the punishment of a tremendous Day."

Verse 60

ﭺﭻﭼﭽﭾﭿﮀﮁﮂ ﮃ ​

(60) Said the eminent among his people, "Indeed, we see you in clear error."

Verse 61

ﮄﮅﮆﮇﮈﮉﮊﮋﮌﮍ ﮎ ​

(61) [Noah] said, "O my people, there is not error in me, but I am a messenger from the Lord of the worlds.

Verse 62

ﮏﮐﮑﮒﮓﮔﮕﮖﮗﮘﮙ ﮚ ​

(62) I convey to you the messages of my Lord and advise you; and I know from Allāh what you do not know.

Verse 63

ﮛﮜﮝﮞﮟﮠﮡﮢﮣﮤﮥﮦﮧ ﮨ ​

(63) Then do you wonder that there has come to you a reminder from your Lord through a man from among you, that he may warn you and that you may fear Allāh so you might receive mercy?"

Verse 64

ﮩﮪﮫﮬﮭﮮﮯﮰﮱﯓﯔﯕﯖﯗﯘ ﯙ ​

(64) But they denied him, so We saved him and those who were with him in the ship. And We drowned those who denied Our signs. Indeed, they were a blind people.[380]
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[380]- For a more detailed account, see 11:25-48.

Verse 65

ﯚﯛﯜﯝﯞﯟﯠﯡﯢﯣﯤﯥﯦﯧﯨﯩﯪﯫ ﯬ ​

(65) And to the ʿAad [We sent] their brother Hūd. He said, "O my people, worship Allāh; you have no deity other than Him. Then will you not fear Him?"

Verse 66

ﯭﯮﯯﯰﯱﯲﯳﯴﯵﯶﯷﯸﯹﯺ ﯻ ​

(66) Said the eminent ones who disbelieved among his people, "Indeed, we see you in foolishness, and indeed, we think you are of the liars."

Verse 67

ﯼﯽﯾﯿﰀﰁﰂﰃﰄﰅ ﰆ ​

(67) [Hūd] said, "O my people, there is not foolishness in me, but I am a messenger from the Lord of the worlds.

Verse 68

ﭑﭒﭓﭔﭕﭖﭗ ﭘ ​

(68) I convey to you the messages of my Lord, and I am to you a trustworthy adviser.

Verse 69

ﭙﭚﭛﭜﭝﭞﭟﭠﭡﭢﭣﭤﭥﭦﭧﭨﭩﭪﭫﭬﭭﭮﭯﭰﭱﭲﭳﭴﭵ ﭶ ​

(69) Then do you wonder that there has come to you a reminder from your Lord through a man from among you, that he may warn you? And remember when He made you successors after the people of Noah and increased you in stature extensively. So remember the favors of Allāh that you might succeed."

Verse 70

ﭷﭸﭹﭺﭻﭼﭽﭾﭿﮀﮁﮂﮃﮄﮅﮆﮇ ﮈ ​

(70) They said, "Have you come to us that we should worship Allāh alone and leave what our fathers have worshipped? Then bring us what you promise us,[381] if you should be of the truthful."
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[381]- i.e., Allāh's punishment.

Verse 71

ﮉﮊﮋﮌﮍﮎﮏﮐﮑﮒﮓﮔﮕﮖﮗﮘﮙﮚﮛﮜﮝﮞﮟﮠﮡﮢﮣ ﮤ ​

(71) [Hūd] said, "Already have defilement and anger fallen upon you from your Lord. Do you dispute with me concerning [mere] names you have named them,[382] you and your fathers, for which Allāh has not sent down any authority? Then wait; indeed, I am with you among those who wait."
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[382]- The false objects of worship which you have called "gods."

Verse 72

ﮥﮦﮧﮨﮩﮪﮫﮬﮭﮮﮯﮰﮱﯓ ﯔ ​

(72) So We saved him and those with him by mercy from Us. And We eliminated those who denied Our signs, and they were not [at all] believers.

Verse 73

ﯕﯖﯗﯘﯙﯚﯛﯜﯝﯞﯟﯠﯡﯢﯣﯤﯥﯦﯧﯨﯩﯪﯫﯬﯭﯮﯯﯰﯱﯲﯳﯴﯵﯶﯷﯸﯹﯺﯻ ﯼ ​

(73) And to the Thamūd [We sent] their brother Ṣāliḥ. He said, "O my people, worship Allāh; you have no deity other than Him. There has come to you clear evidence from your Lord. This is the she-camel of Allāh [sent] to you as a sign. So leave her to eat within Allāh's land and do not touch her with harm, lest there seize you a painful punishment.

Verse 74

ﭑﭒﭓﭔﭕﭖﭗﭘﭙﭚﭛﭜﭝﭞﭟﭠﭡﭢﭣﭤﭥﭦﭧﭨﭩﭪ ﭫ ​

(74) And remember when He made you successors after the ʿAad and settled you in the land, [and] you take for yourselves palaces from its plains and carve from the mountains, homes. Then remember the favors of Allāh and do not commit abuse on the earth, spreading corruption."

Verse 75

ﭬﭭﭮﭯﭰﭱﭲﭳﭴﭵﭶﭷﭸﭹﭺﭻﭼﭽﭾﭿﮀﮁﮂﮃ ﮄ ​

(75) Said the eminent ones who were arrogant among his people to those who were oppressed - to those who believed among them, "Do you [actually] know that Ṣāliḥ is sent from his Lord?" They said, "Indeed we, in that with which he was sent, are believers."

Verse 76

ﮅﮆﮇﮈﮉﮊﮋﮌ ﮍ ​

(76) Said those who were arrogant, "Indeed we, in that which you have believed, are disbelievers."

Verse 77

ﮎﮏﮐﮑﮒﮓﮔﮕﮖﮗﮘﮙﮚﮛﮜ ﮝ ​

(77) So they hamstrung the she-camel and were insolent toward the command of their Lord and said, "O Ṣāliḥ, bring us what you promise us, if you should be of the messengers."

Verse 78

ﮞﮟﮠﮡﮢﮣ ﮤ ​

(78) So the earthquake seized them, and they became within their home [corpses] fallen prone.

Verse 79

ﮥﮦﮧﮨﮩﮪﮫﮬﮭﮮﮯﮰﮱﯓ ﯔ ​

(79) And he [i.e., Ṣāliḥ] turned away from them and said, "O my people, I had certainly conveyed to you the message of my Lord and advised you, but you do not like advisors."

Verse 80

ﯕﯖﯗﯘﯙﯚﯛﯜﯝﯞﯟﯠﯡ ﯢ ​

(80) And [We had sent] Lot when he said to his people, "Do you commit such immorality as no one has preceded you with from among the worlds [i.e., peoples]?

Verse 81

ﯣﯤﯥﯦﯧﯨﯩﯪﯫﯬﯭﯮ ﯯ ​

(81) Indeed, you approach men with desire, instead of women. Rather, you are a transgressing people."

Verse 82

ﭑﭒﭓﭔﭕﭖﭗﭘﭙﭚﭛﭜﭝﭞ ﭟ ​

(82) But the answer of his people was only that they said, "Evict them from your city! Indeed, they are men who keep themselves pure."

Verse 83

ﭠﭡﭢﭣﭤﭥﭦ ﭧ ​

(83) So We saved him and his family, except for his wife; she was of those who remained [with the evildoers].

Verse 84

ﭨﭩﭪﭫﭬﭭﭮﭯﭰ ﭱ ​

(84) And We rained upon them a rain [of stones]. Then see how was the end of the criminals.

Verse 85

ﭲﭳﭴﭵﭶﭷﭸﭹﭺﭻﭼﭽﭾﭿﮀﮁﮂﮃﮄﮅﮆﮇﮈﮉﮊﮋﮌﮍﮎﮏﮐﮑﮒﮓﮔﮕﮖﮗﮘﮙﮚ ﮛ ​

(85) And to [the people of] Madyan [We sent] their brother Shuʿayb. He said, "O my people, worship Allāh; you have no deity other than Him. There has come to you clear evidence from your Lord. So fulfill the measure and weight and do not deprive people of their due and cause not corruption upon the earth after its reformation. That is better for you, if you should be believers.

Verse 86

ﮜﮝﮞﮟﮠﮡﮢﮣﮤﮥﮦﮧﮨﮩﮪﮫﮬﮭﮮﮯﮰﮱﯓﯔﯕﯖ ﯗ ​

(86) And do not sit on every path, threatening and averting from the way of Allāh those who believe in Him, seeking to make it [seem] deviant. And remember when you were few and He increased you. And see how was the end of the corrupters.

Verse 87

ﯘﯙﯚﯛﯜﯝﯞﯟﯠﯡﯢﯣﯤﯥﯦﯧﯨﯩﯪﯫ ﯬ ​

(87) And if there should be a group among you who has believed in that with which I have been sent and a group that has not believed, then be patient until Allāh judges between us. And He is the best of judges."

Verse 88

ﭑﭒﭓﭔﭕﭖﭗﭘﭙﭚﭛﭜﭝﭞﭟﭠﭡﭢﭣﭤﭥﭦﭧ ﭨ ​

(88) Said the eminent ones who were arrogant among his people, "We will surely evict you, O Shuʿayb, and those who have believed with you from our city, or you must return to our religion." He said, "Even if we were unwilling?

Verse 89

ﭩﭪﭫﭬﭭﭮﭯﭰﭱﭲﭳﭴﭵﭶﭷﭸﭹﭺﭻﭼﭽﭾﭿﮀﮁﮂﮃﮄﮅﮆﮇﮈﮉﮊﮋﮌﮍﮎﮏﮐﮑﮒﮓﮔﮕﮖ ﮗ ​

(89) We would have invented against Allāh a lie if we returned to your religion after Allāh had saved us from it. And it is not for us to return to it except that Allāh, our Lord, should will. Our Lord has encompassed all things in knowledge. Upon Allāh we have relied. Our Lord, decide between us and our people in truth, and You are the best of those who give decision."

Verse 90

ﮘﮙﮚﮛﮜﮝﮞﮟﮠﮡﮢﮣ ﮤ ​

(90) Said the eminent ones who disbelieved among his people, "If you should follow Shuʿayb, indeed, you would then be losers."

Verse 91

ﮥﮦﮧﮨﮩﮪ ﮫ ​

(91) So the earthquake seized them, and they became within their home [corpses] fallen prone.

Verse 92

ﮬﮭﮮﮯﮰﮱﯓﯔﯕﯖﯗﯘﯙﯚ ﯛ ​

(92) Those who denied Shuʿayb - it was as though they had never resided there. Those who denied Shuʿayb - it was they who were the losers.

Verse 93

ﯜﯝﯞﯟﯠﯡﯢﯣﯤﯥﯦﯧﯨﯩﯪﯫ ﯬ ​

(93) And he [i.e., Shuʿayb] turned away from them and said, "O my people, I had certainly conveyed to you the messages of my Lord and advised you, so how could I grieve for a disbelieving people?"

Verse 94

ﯭﯮﯯﯰﯱﯲﯳﯴﯵﯶﯷﯸﯹ ﯺ ​

(94) And We sent to no city a prophet [who was denied] except that We seized its people with poverty and hardship that they might humble themselves [to Allāh].

Verse 95

ﯻﯼﯽﯾﯿﰀﰁﰂﰃﰄﰅﰆﰇﰈﰉﰊﰋﰌ ﰍ ​

(95) Then We exchanged in place of the bad [condition], good, until they increased [and prospered] and said, "Our fathers [also] were touched with hardship and ease."[383] So We seized them suddenly while they did not perceive.[384]
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[383]- Instead of being grateful to Allāh for His blessings, they merely attributed them to the changing fortunes of time.
[384]- That they had been tried and tested.

Verse 96

ﭑﭒﭓﭔﭕﭖﭗﭘﭙﭚﭛﭜﭝﭞﭟﭠﭡﭢ ﭣ ​

(96) And if only the people of the cities had believed and feared Allāh, We would have opened [i.e., bestowed] upon them blessings from the heaven and the earth; but they denied [the messengers], so We seized them for what they were earning.[385]
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[385]- Of blame for their sin.

Verse 97

ﭤﭥﭦﭧﭨﭩﭪﭫﭬ ﭭ ​

(97) Then, did the people of the cities feel secure from Our punishment coming to them at night while they were asleep?

Verse 98

ﭮﭯﭰﭱﭲﭳﭴﭵﭶ ﭷ ​

(98) Or did the people of the cities feel secure from Our punishment coming to them in the morning while they were at play?[386]
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[386]- i.e., occupied with such activities that have no benefit.

Verse 99

ﭸﭹﭺﭻﭼﭽﭾﭿﮀﮁﮂ ﮃ ​

(99) Then, did they feel secure from the plan of Allāh? But no one feels secure from the plan of Allāh except the losing people.

Verse 100

ﮄﮅﮆﮇﮈﮉﮊﮋﮌﮍﮎﮏﮐﮑﮒﮓﮔﮕﮖﮗ ﮘ ​

(100) Has it not become clear to those who inherited the earth after its [previous] people that if We willed, We could afflict them for their sins? But We seal over their hearts so they do not hear.[387]
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[387]- They do not benefit from what they hear.

Verse 101

ﮙﮚﮛﮜﮝﮞﮟﮠﮡﮢﮣﮤﮥﮦﮧﮨﮩﮪﮫﮬﮭﮮﮯﮰﮱ ﯓ ​

(101) Those cities - We relate to you, [O Muḥammad], some of their news. And certainly did their messengers come to them with clear proofs, but they were not to believe in that which they had denied before.[388] Thus does Allāh seal over the hearts of the disbelievers.
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[388]- i.e., they persistently denied every warning given them.

Verse 102

ﯔﯕﯖﯗﯘﯙﯚﯛﯜﯝ ﯞ ​

(102) And We did not find for most of them any covenant;[389] but indeed, We found most of them defiantly disobedient.
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[389]- i.e., they were found to be unfaithful and negligent of Allāh's covenant.

Verse 103

ﯟﯠﯡﯢﯣﯤﯥﯦﯧﯨﯩﯪﯫﯬﯭﯮﯯ ﯰ ​

(103) Then We sent after them Moses with Our signs to Pharaoh and his establishment, but they were unjust toward them.[390] So see how was the end of the corrupters.
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[390]- i.e., they rejected and opposed the signs.

Verse 104

ﯱﯲﯳﯴﯵﯶﯷﯸ ﯹ ​

(104) And Moses said, "O Pharaoh, I am a messenger from the Lord of the worlds

Verse 105

ﭑﭒﭓﭔﭕﭖﭗﭘﭙﭚﭛﭜﭝﭞﭟﭠﭡﭢﭣ ﭤ ​

(105) [Who is] obligated not to say about Allāh except the truth. I have come to you with clear evidence from your Lord, so send with me the Children of Israel."[391]
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[391]- i.e., free them from oppression and allow them to emigrate.

Verse 106

ﭥﭦﭧﭨﭩﭪﭫﭬﭭﭮﭯ ﭰ ​

(106) [Pharaoh] said, "If you have come with a sign, then bring it forth, if you should be of the truthful."

Verse 107

ﭱﭲﭳﭴﭵﭶ ﭷ ​

(107) So he [i.e., Moses] threw his staff, and suddenly it was a serpent, manifest.[392]
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[392]- i.e., genuine and not imagined, as a miracle from Allāh.

Verse 108

ﭸﭹﭺﭻﭼﭽ ﭾ ​

(108) And he drew out his hand; thereupon it was white [with radiance] for the observers.

Verse 109

ﭿﮀﮁﮂﮃﮄﮅﮆﮇ ﮈ ​

(109) Said the eminent among the people of Pharaoh, "Indeed, this is a learned magician

Verse 110

ﮉﮊﮋﮌﮍﮎﮏﮐ ﮑ ​

(110) Who wants to expel you from your land [through magic], so what do you instruct?"

Verse 111

ﮒﮓﮔﮕﮖﮗﮘ ﮙ ​

(111) They said,[393] "Postpone [the matter of] him and his brother and send among the cities gatherers
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[393]- After mutual consultation and agreement.

Verse 112

ﮚﮛﮜﮝ ﮞ ​

(112) Who will bring you every learned magician."

Verse 113

ﮟﮠﮡﮢﮣﮤﮥﮦﮧﮨﮩ ﮪ ​

(113) And the magicians came to Pharaoh. They said, "Indeed for us is a reward if we are the predominant."

Verse 114

ﮫﮬﮭﮮﮯ ﮰ ​

(114) He said, "Yes, and, [moreover], you will be among those made near [to me]."

Verse 115

ﮱﯓﯔﯕﯖﯗﯘﯙﯚﯛ ﯜ ​

(115) They said, "O Moses, either you throw [your staff], or we will be the ones to throw [first]."

Verse 116

ﯝﯞﯟﯠﯡﯢﯣﯤﯥﯦﯧﯨ ﯩ ​

(116) He said, "Throw," and when they threw, they bewitched the eyes of the people and struck terror into them, and they presented a great [feat of] magic.[394]
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[394]- Their staffs and ropes appeared as writhing snakes.

Verse 117

ﯪﯫﯬﯭﯮﯯﯰﯱﯲﯳﯴﯵﯶ ﯷ ​

(117) And We inspired to Moses, "Throw your staff," and at once it devoured what they were falsifying.

Verse 118

ﯸﯹﯺﯻﯼﯽ ﯾ ​

(118) So the truth was established, and abolished was what they were doing.

Verse 119

ﯿﰀﰁﰂ ﰃ ​

(119) And they [i.e., Pharaoh and his people] were overcome right there and became debased.

Verse 120

ﰄﰅﰆ ﰇ ​

(120) And the magicians fell down in prostration [to Allāh].

Verse 121

ﭑﭒﭓﭔ ﭕ ​

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

Verse 122

ﭖﭗﭘ ﭙ ​

(122) The Lord of Moses and Aaron."

Verse 123

ﭚﭛﭜﭝﭞﭟﭠﭡﭢﭣﭤﭥﭦﭧﭨﭩﭪﭫﭬﭭﭮ ﭯ ​

(123) Said Pharaoh, "You believed in him[395] before I gave you permission. Indeed, this is a conspiracy which you conspired in the city to expel therefrom its people. But you are going to know.
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[395]- i.e., in Moses, avoiding the mention of Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā).

Verse 124

ﭰﭱﭲﭳﭴﭵﭶﭷ ﭸ ​

(124) I will surely cut off your hands and your feet on opposite sides; then I will surely crucify you all."

Verse 125

ﭹﭺﭻﭼﭽ ﭾ ​

(125) They said, "Indeed, to our Lord we will return.

Verse 126

ﭿﮀﮁﮂﮃﮄﮅﮆﮇﮈﮉﮊﮋﮌﮍﮎﮏ ﮐ ​

(126) And you do not resent us except because we believed in the signs of our Lord when they came to us. Our Lord, pour upon us patience[396] and let us die as Muslims [in submission to You]."
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[396]- To endure the torture to which we will be subjected.

Verse 127

ﮑﮒﮓﮔﮕﮖﮗﮘﮙﮚﮛﮜﮝﮞﮟﮠﮡﮢﮣﮤﮥﮦ ﮧ ​

(127) And the eminent among the people of Pharaoh said, "Will you leave Moses and his people to cause corruption in the land and abandon you and your gods?" [Pharaoh] said, "We will kill their sons and keep their women alive; and indeed, we are subjugators over them."

Verse 128

ﮨﮩﮪﮫﮬﮭﮮﮯﮰﮱﯓﯔﯕﯖﯗﯘﯙﯚ ﯛ ​

(128) Said Moses to his people, "Seek help through Allāh and be patient. Indeed, the earth belongs to Allāh. He causes to inherit it whom He wills of His servants. And the [best] outcome is for the righteous."

Verse 129

ﯜﯝﯞﯟﯠﯡﯢﯣﯤﯥﯦﯧﯨﯩﯪﯫﯬﯭﯮﯯﯰﯱﯲ ﯳ ​

(129) They said, "We have been harmed before you came to us and after you have come to us." He said, "Perhaps your Lord will destroy your enemy and grant you succession in the land and see how you will do."

Verse 130

ﯴﯵﯶﯷﯸﯹﯺﯻﯼﯽ ﯾ ​

(130) And We certainly seized[397] the people of Pharaoh with years of famine and a deficiency in fruits that perhaps they would be reminded.
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[397]- Imposed on them by way of trial and warning.

Verse 131

ﭑﭒﭓﭔﭕﭖﭗﭘﭙﭚﭛﭜﭝﭞﭟﭠﭡﭢﭣﭤﭥﭦﭧﭨ ﭩ ​

(131) But when good [i.e., provision] came to them, they said, "This is ours [by right]." And if a bad [condition] struck them, they saw an evil omen in Moses and those with him. Unquestionably, their fortune is with Allāh, but most of them do not know.

Verse 132

ﭪﭫﭬﭭﭮﭯﭰﭱﭲﭳﭴﭵ ﭶ ​

(132) And they said, "No matter what sign you bring us with which to bewitch us, we will not be believers in you."

Verse 133

ﭷﭸﭹﭺﭻﭼﭽﭾﭿﮀﮁﮂﮃ ﮄ ​

(133) So We sent upon them the flood and locusts and lice and frogs and blood as distinct signs, but they were arrogant and were a criminal people.

Verse 134

ﮅﮆﮇﮈﮉﮊﮋﮌﮍﮎﮏﮐﮑﮒﮓﮔﮕﮖﮗﮘﮙﮚﮛ ﮜ ​

(134) And when the punishment descended upon them, they said, "O Moses, invoke for us your Lord by what He has promised you. If you [can] remove the punishment from us, we will surely believe you, and we will send with you the Children of Israel."

Verse 135

ﮝﮞﮟﮠﮡﮢﮣﮤﮥﮦﮧ ﮨ ​

(135) But when We removed the punishment from them until a term which they were to reach,[398] then at once they broke their word.
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[398]- i.e., a specified term which would end with their reversion to disobedience and disbelief.

Verse 136

ﮩﮪﮫﮬﮭﮮﮯﮰﮱﯓﯔ ﯕ ​

(136) So We took retribution from them, and We drowned them in the sea because they denied Our signs and were heedless of them.

Verse 137

ﯖﯗﯘﯙﯚﯛﯜﯝﯞﯟﯠﯡﯢﯣﯤﯥﯦﯧﯨﯩﯪﯫﯬﯭﯮﯯﯰﯱﯲﯳﯴ ﯵ ​

(137) And We caused the people who had been oppressed to inherit the eastern regions of the land and the western ones, which We had blessed. And the good word [i.e., decree] of your Lord was fulfilled for the Children of Israel because of what they had patiently endured. And We destroyed [all] that Pharaoh and his people were producing and what they had been building.

Verse 138

ﭑﭒﭓﭔﭕﭖﭗﭘﭙﭚﭛﭜﭝﭞﭟﭠﭡﭢﭣﭤﭥﭦﭧﭨﭩ ﭪ ​

(138) And We took the Children of Israel across the sea; then they came upon a people intent in devotion to [some] idols of theirs. They [the Children of Israel] said, "O Moses, make for us a god just as they have gods." He said, "Indeed, you are a people behaving ignorantly.

Verse 139

ﭫﭬﭭﭮﭯﭰﭱﭲﭳﭴ ﭵ ​

(139) Indeed, those [worshippers] - destroyed is that in which they are [engaged], and worthless is whatever they were doing."

Verse 140

ﭶﭷﭸﭹﭺﭻﭼﭽﭾ ﭿ ​

(140) He said, "Is it other than Allāh I should desire for you as a god[399] while He has preferred you over the worlds?"
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[399]- An object of worship.

Verse 141

ﮀﮁﮂﮃﮄﮅﮆﮇﮈﮉﮊﮋﮌﮍﮎﮏﮐﮑﮒ ﮓ ​

(141) And [recall, O Children of Israel], when We saved you from the people of Pharaoh, [who were] afflicting you with the worst torment - killing your sons and keeping your women alive. And in that was a great trial from your Lord.

Verse 142

ﮔﮕﮖﮗﮘﮙﮚﮛﮜﮝﮞﮟﮠﮡﮢﮣﮤﮥﮦﮧﮨﮩﮪﮫﮬ ﮭ ​

(142) And We made an appointment with Moses for thirty nights and perfected them by [the addition of] ten; so the term of his Lord was completed as forty nights. And Moses said to his brother Aaron, "Take my place among my people, do right [by them],[400] and do not follow the way of the corrupters."
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[400]- i.e., keep their affairs in order.

Verse 143

ﮮﮯﮰﮱﯓﯔﯕﯖﯗﯘﯙﯚﯛﯜﯝﯞﯟﯠﯡﯢﯣﯤﯥﯦﯧﯨﯩﯪﯫﯬﯭﯮﯯﯰﯱﯲﯳﯴﯵﯶﯷﯸﯹﯺ ﯻ ​

(143) And when Moses arrived at Our appointed time and his Lord spoke to him, he said, "My Lord, show me [Yourself] that I may look at You." [Allāh] said, "You will not see Me,[401] but look at the mountain; if it should remain in place, then you will see Me." But when his Lord appeared to the mountain, He rendered it level,[402] and Moses fell unconscious. And when he awoke, he said, "Exalted are You! I have repented to You, and I am the first [among my people] of the believers."[403]
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[401]- That no one can see Allāh in this life.
[402]- It crumbled to dust.
[403]- This is a severe warning from Allāh against rebellion.

Verse 144

ﭑﭒﭓﭔﭕﭖﭗﭘﭙﭚﭛﭜﭝﭞ ﭟ ​

(144) [Allāh] said, "O Moses, I have chosen you over the people with My messages and My words [to you]. So take what I have given you and be among the grateful."

Verse 145

ﭠﭡﭢﭣﭤﭥﭦﭧﭨﭩﭪﭫﭬﭭﭮﭯﭰﭱﭲﭳﭴ ﭵ ​

(145) And We wrote for him on the tablets [something] of all things - instruction and explanation for all things, [saying], "Take them with determination and order your people to take the best of it. I will show you the home of the defiantly disobedient."[404]
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[404]- This is a severe warning from Allāh against rebellion.

Verse 146

ﭶﭷﭸﭹﭺﭻﭼﭽﭾﭿﮀﮁﮂﮃﮄﮅﮆﮇﮈﮉﮊﮋﮌﮍﮎﮏﮐﮑﮒﮓﮔﮕﮖﮗﮘﮙﮚ ﮛ ​

(146) I will turn away from My signs those who are arrogant upon the earth without right; and if they should see every sign, they will not believe in it. And if they see the way of consciousness,[405] they will not adopt it as a way; but if they see the way of error, they will adopt it as a way. That is because they have denied Our signs and they were heedless of them.
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[405]- i.e., reason and integrity.

Verse 147

ﮜﮝﮞﮟﮠﮡﮢﮣﮤﮥﮦﮧﮨﮩ ﮪ ​

(147) Those who denied Our signs and the meeting of the Hereafter - their deeds have become worthless. Are they recompensed except for what they used to do?

Verse 148

ﮫﮬﮭﮮﮯﮰﮱﯓﯔﯕﯖﯗﯘﯙﯚﯛﯜﯝﯞﯟﯠﯡﯢﯣ ﯤ ​

(148) And the people of Moses made, after [his departure], from their ornaments a calf - an image having a lowing sound. Did they not see that it could neither speak to them nor guide them to a way? They took it [for worship], and they were wrongdoers.

Verse 149

ﯥﯦﯧﯨﯩﯪﯫﯬﯭﯮﯯﯰﯱﯲﯳﯴﯵﯶ ﯷ ​

(149) And when regret overcame them[406] and they saw that they had gone astray, they said, "If our Lord does not have mercy upon us and forgive us, we will surely be among the losers."
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[406]- Literally, "When their hands had been descended upon," i.e., bitten by them out of severe regret.

Verse 150

ﭑﭒﭓﭔﭕﭖﭗﭘﭙﭚﭛﭜﭝﭞﭟﭠﭡﭢﭣﭤﭥﭦﭧﭨﭩﭪﭫﭬﭭﭮﭯﭰﭱﭲﭳﭴﭵﭶﭷﭸﭹﭺ ﭻ ​

(150) And when Moses returned to his people, angry and grieved, he said, "How wretched is that by which you have replaced me after [my departure]. Were you impatient over the matter of your Lord?" And he threw down the tablets and seized his brother by [the hair of] his head, pulling him toward him. [Aaron] said, "O son of my mother, indeed the people overpowered me and were about to kill me, so let not the enemies rejoice over me[407] and do not place me among the wrongdoing people."
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[407]- i.e., over your humiliation of me.

Verse 151

ﭼﭽﭾﭿﮀﮁﮂﮃﮄﮅﮆﮇ ﮈ ​

(151) [Moses] said, "My Lord, forgive me and my brother and admit us into Your mercy, for You are the most merciful of the merciful."

Verse 152

ﮉﮊﮋﮌﮍﮎﮏﮐﮑﮒﮓﮔﮕﮖﮗﮘ ﮙ ​

(152) Indeed, those who took the calf [for worship] will obtain anger from their Lord and humiliation in the life of this world, and thus do We recompense the inventors [of falsehood].

Verse 153

ﮚﮛﮜﮝﮞﮟﮠﮡﮢﮣﮤﮥﮦﮧ ﮨ ​

(153) But those who committed misdeeds and then repented after them and believed - indeed your Lord, thereafter, is Forgiving and Merciful.

Verse 154

ﮩﮪﮫﮬﮭﮮﮯﮰﮱﯓﯔﯕﯖﯗﯘﯙ ﯚ ​

(154) And when the anger subsided in Moses, he took up the tablets; and in their inscription was guidance and mercy for those who are fearful of their Lord.

Verse 155

ﯛﯜﯝﯞﯟﯠﯡﯢﯣﯤﯥﯦﯧﯨﯩﯪﯫﯬﯭﯮﯯﯰﯱﯲﯳﯴﯵﯶﯷﯸﯹﯺﯻﯼﯽﯾﯿﰀﰁﰂﰃﰄﰅﰆﰇﰈ ﰉ ​

(155) And Moses chose from his people seventy men for Our appointment.[408] And when the earthquake seized them,[409] he said, "My Lord, if You had willed, You could have destroyed them before and me [as well]. Would You destroy us for what the foolish among us have done? This is not but Your trial by which You send astray whom You will and guide whom You will. You are our Protector, so forgive us and have mercy upon us; and You are the best of forgivers.
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[408]- Whereupon they were to apologize to Allāh for having worshipped the calf.
[409]- Upon reaching the appointed place, they said to Moses, "We will not believe until we see Allāh outright." So the mountain convulsed, killing them.

Verse 156

ﭑﭒﭓﭔﭕﭖﭗﭘﭙﭚﭛﭜﭝﭞﭟﭠﭡﭢﭣﭤﭥﭦﭧﭨﭩﭪﭫﭬﭭﭮﭯﭰﭱﭲ ﭳ ​

(156) And decree for us in this world [that which is] good and [also] in the Hereafter; indeed, we have turned back to You." [Allāh] said, "My punishment - I afflict with it whom I will, but My mercy encompasses all things." So I will decree it [especially] for those who fear Me and give zakāh and those who believe in Our verses-

Verse 157

ﭴﭵﭶﭷﭸﭹﭺﭻﭼﭽﭾﭿﮀﮁﮂﮃﮄﮅﮆﮇﮈﮉﮊﮋﮌﮍﮎﮏﮐﮑﮒﮓﮔﮕﮖﮗﮘﮙﮚﮛﮜﮝﮞﮟ ﮠ ​

(157) Those who follow the Messenger, the unlettered prophet, whom they find written [i.e., described] in what they have of the Torah and the Gospel, who enjoins upon them what is right and prohibits them from what is wrong and makes lawful for them what is good and forbids them from what is evil and relieves them of their burden[410] and the shackles which were upon them.[411] So they who have believed in him, honored him, supported him and followed the light which was sent down with him - it is those who will be the successful.
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[410]- Difficulties in religious practice.
[411]- i.e., extreme measures previously required for repentance, and retribution without recourse to compensation.

Verse 158

ﮡﮢﮣﮤﮥﮦﮧﮨﮩﮪﮫﮬﮭﮮﮯﮰﮱﯓﯔﯕﯖﯗﯘﯙﯚﯛﯜﯝﯞﯟﯠﯡﯢ ﯣ ​

(158) Say, [O Muḥammad], "O mankind, indeed I am the Messenger of Allāh to you all, [from Him] to whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. There is no deity except Him; He gives life and causes death." So believe in Allāh and His Messenger, the unlettered prophet, who believes in Allāh and His words, and follow him that you may be guided.

Verse 159

ﯤﯥﯦﯧﯨﯩﯪﯫ ﯬ ​

(159) And among the people of Moses is a community[412] which guides by truth and by it establishes justice.
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[412]- Those of them who accepted and followed the final prophet, Muḥammad (ﷺ).

Verse 160

ﭑﭒﭓﭔﭕﭖﭗﭘﭙﭚﭛﭜﭝﭞﭟﭠﭡﭢﭣﭤﭥﭦﭧﭨﭩﭪﭫﭬﭭﭮﭯﭰﭱﭲﭳﭴﭵﭶﭷﭸﭹﭺﭻﭼﭽﭾﭿﮀﮁ ﮂ ​

(160) And We divided them into twelve descendant tribes[413] [as distinct] nations. And We inspired to Moses when his people implored him for water, "Strike with your staff the stone," and there gushed forth from it twelve springs. Every people [i.e., tribe] knew its watering place. And We shaded them with clouds and sent down upon them manna and quails, [saying], "Eat from the good things with which We have provided you." And they wronged Us not, but they were [only] wronging themselves.
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[413]- From the twelve sons of Jacob.

Verse 161

ﮃﮄﮅﮆﮇﮈﮉﮊﮋﮌﮍﮎﮏﮐﮑﮒﮓﮔﮕﮖﮗ ﮘ ​

(161) And [mention, O Muḥammad], when it was said to them, "Dwell in this city [i.e., Jerusalem] and eat from it wherever you will and say, 'Relieve us of our burdens [i.e., sins],' and enter the gate bowing humbly; We will [then] forgive you your sins. We will increase the doers of good [in goodness and reward]."

Verse 162

ﮙﮚﮛﮜﮝﮞﮟﮠﮡﮢﮣﮤﮥﮦﮧﮨﮩ ﮪ ​

(162) But those who wronged among them changed [the words] to a statement other than that which had been said to them. So We sent upon them a punishment from the sky for the wrong that they were doing.

Verse 163

ﮫﮬﮭﮮﮯﮰﮱﯓﯔﯕﯖﯗﯘﯙﯚﯛﯜﯝﯞﯟﯠﯡﯢﯣﯤﯥﯦﯧ ﯨ ​

(163) And ask them about the town that was by the sea - when they transgressed in [the matter of] the sabbath - when their fish came to them openly on their sabbath day, and the day they had no sabbath they did not come to them. Thus did We give them trial because they were defiantly disobedient.

Verse 164

ﭑﭒﭓﭔﭕﭖﭗﭘﭙﭚﭛﭜﭝﭞﭟﭠﭡﭢﭣﭤ ﭥ ​

(164) And when a community among them said, "Why do you advise [or warn] a people whom Allāh is [about] to destroy or to punish with a severe punishment?" they [the advisors] said, "To be absolved before your Lord and perhaps they may fear Him."

Verse 165

ﭦﭧﭨﭩﭪﭫﭬﭭﭮﭯﭰﭱﭲﭳﭴﭵﭶﭷ ﭸ ​

(165) And when they [i.e., those advised] forgot that by which they had been reminded, We saved those who had forbidden evil and seized those who wronged, with a wretched punishment, because they were defiantly disobeying.

Verse 166

ﭹﭺﭻﭼﭽﭾﭿﮀﮁﮂﮃ ﮄ ​

(166) So when they were insolent about that which they had been forbidden, We said to them, "Be apes, despised."

Verse 167

ﮅﮆﮇﮈﮉﮊﮋﮌﮍﮎﮏﮐﮑﮒﮓﮔﮕﮖﮗﮘ ﮙ ​

(167) And [mention] when your Lord declared that He would surely [continue to] send upon them until the Day of Resurrection those who would afflict them with the worst torment. Indeed, your Lord is swift in penalty; but indeed, He is Forgiving and Merciful.

Verse 168

ﮚﮛﮜﮝﮞﮟﮠﮡﮢﮣﮤﮥﮦﮧﮨﮩ ﮪ ​

(168) And We divided them throughout the earth into nations. Of them some were righteous, and of them some were otherwise. And We tested them with good [times] and bad that perhaps they would return [to obedience].

Verse 169

ﮫﮬﮭﮮﮯﮰﮱﯓﯔﯕﯖﯗﯘﯙﯚﯛﯜﯝﯞﯟﯠﯡﯢﯣﯤﯥﯦﯧﯨﯩﯪﯫﯬﯭﯮﯯﯰﯱﯲﯳﯴﯵﯶ ﯷ ​

(169) And there followed them successors who inherited the Scripture [while] taking the commodities[414] of this lower life and saying, "It will be forgiven for us." And if an offer like it[415] comes to them, they will [again] take it. Was not the covenant of the Scripture [i.e., the Torah] taken from them that they would not say about Allāh except the truth, and they studied what was in it? And the home of the Hereafter is better for those who fear Allāh, so will you not use reason?
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[414]- i.e., unlawful gains and pleasures.
[415]- i.e., a similar temptation.

Verse 170

ﯸﯹﯺﯻﯼﯽﯾﯿﰀﰁ ﰂ ​

(170) But those who hold fast to the Book [i.e., the Qur’ān] and establish prayer - indeed, We will not allow to be lost the reward of the reformers.

Verse 171

ﭑﭒﭓﭔﭕﭖﭗﭘﭙﭚﭛﭜﭝﭞﭟﭠﭡﭢﭣﭤ ﭥ ​

(171) And [mention] when We raised the mountain above them as if it was a dark cloud and they were certain that it would fall upon them,[416] [and Allāh said], "Take what We have given you with determination and remember what is in it that you might fear Allāh."
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[416]- For their rebellion and disobedience.

Verse 172

ﭦﭧﭨﭩﭪﭫﭬﭭﭮﭯﭰﭱﭲﭳﭴﭵﭶﭷﭸﭹﭺﭻﭼﭽﭾﭿﮀﮁ ﮂ ​

(172) And [mention] when your Lord took from the children of Adam - from their loins - their descendants and made them testify of themselves, [saying to them], "Am I not your Lord?" They said, "Yes, we have testified." [This] - lest you should say on the Day of Resurrection, "Indeed, we were of this unaware."

Verse 173

ﮃﮄﮅﮆﮇﮈﮉﮊﮋﮌﮍﮎﮏﮐﮑﮒ ﮓ ​

(173) Or [lest] you say, "It was only that our fathers associated [others in worship] with Allāh before, and we were but descendants after them. Then would You destroy us for what the falsifiers have done?"

Verse 174

ﮔﮕﮖﮗﮘ ﮙ ​

(174) And thus do We [explain in] detail the verses, and perhaps they will return.[417]
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[417]- To the way of Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā), from their diversions and deviations.

Verse 175

ﮚﮛﮜﮝﮞﮟﮠﮡﮢﮣﮤﮥﮦ ﮧ ​

(175) And recite to them, [O Muḥammad], the news of him[418] to whom We gave [knowledge of] Our signs, but he detached himself from them; so Satan pursued him, and he became of the deviators.[419]
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[418]- A man from the Children of Israel at the time of Moses.
[419]- Those who deliberately persist in error to the point of destruction.

Verse 176

ﮨﮩﮪﮫﮬﮭﮮﮯﮰﮱﯓﯔﯕﯖﯗﯘﯙﯚﯛﯜﯝﯞﯟﯠﯡﯢﯣﯤﯥﯦﯧﯨﯩ ﯪ ​

(176) And if We had willed, We could have elevated him thereby,[420] but he adhered [instead] to the earth[421] and followed his own desire. So his example is like that of the dog: if you chase him, he pants, or if you leave him, he [still] pants. That is the example of the people who denied Our signs.[422] So relate the stories that perhaps they will give thought.
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[420]- i.e., through the revelations, signs or evidences of which he had been given knowledge.
[421]- i.e., its worldly pleasures.
[422]- Whether or not they have been exposed to Allāh's signs or warnings, it is all the same: they will not believe.

Verse 177

ﯫﯬﯭﯮﯯﯰﯱﯲﯳ ﯴ ​

(177) How evil an example [is that of] the people who denied Our signs and used to wrong themselves.

Verse 178

ﯵﯶﯷﯸﯹﯺﯻﯼﯽﯾﯿ ﰀ ​

(178) Whoever Allāh guides - he is the [rightly] guided; and whoever He sends astray[423] - it is those who are the losers.
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[423]- As a result of persistence in evil and rejection of truth.

Verse 179

ﭑﭒﭓﭔﭕﭖﭗﭘﭙﭚﭛﭜﭝﭞﭟﭠﭡﭢﭣﭤﭥﭦﭧﭨﭩﭪﭫﭬﭭﭮﭯﭰﭱ ﭲ ​

(179) And We have certainly created for Hell many of the jinn and mankind. They have hearts with which they do not understand, they have eyes with which they do not see, and they have ears with which they do not hear. Those are like livestock; rather, they are more astray.[424] It is they who are the heedless.
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[424]- The reference is to their inability (i.e., refusal) to think and reason, while blindly following (as they are accustomed).

Verse 180

ﭳﭴﭵﭶﭷﭸﭹﭺﭻﭼﭽﭾﭿﮀﮁﮂ ﮃ ​

(180) And to Allāh belong the best names, so invoke Him by them. And leave [the company of] those who practice deviation concerning His names.[425] They will be recompensed for what they have been doing.
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[425]- i.e., use them improperly or deny them.

Verse 181

ﮄﮅﮆﮇﮈﮉﮊ ﮋ ​

(181) And among those We created is a community[426] which guides by truth and thereby establishes justice.
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[426]- The followers of Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ).

Verse 182

ﮌﮍﮎﮏﮐﮑﮒﮓ ﮔ ​

(182) But those who deny Our signs - We will progressively lead them [to destruction][427] from where they do not know.
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[427]- Allāh will test them with one favor after another in spite of their disobedience, which only increases them in arrogance and sin.

Verse 183

ﮕﮖﮗﮘﮙﮚ ﮛ ​

(183) And I will give them time. Indeed, My plan is firm.

Verse 184

ﮜﮝﮞﮟﮠﮡﮢﮣﮤﮥﮦﮧﮨ ﮩ ​

(184) Then do they not give thought? There is in their companion [i.e., Muḥammad (ﷺ)] no madness. He is not but a clear warner.

Verse 185

ﮪﮫﮬﮭﮮﮯﮰﮱﯓﯔﯕﯖﯗﯘﯙﯚﯛﯜﯝﯞﯟﯠﯡ ﯢ ​

(185) Do they not look into the realm of the heavens and the earth and everything that Allāh has created and [think] that perhaps their appointed time has come near? So in what statement [i.e., message] hereafter will they believe?

Verse 186

ﯣﯤﯥﯦﯧﯨﯩﯪﯫﯬﯭ ﯮ ​

(186) Whoever Allāh sends astray - there is no guide for him. And He leaves them in their transgression, wandering blindly.

Verse 187

ﯯﯰﯱﯲﯳﯴﯵﯶﯷﯸﯹﯺﯻﯼﯽﯾﯿﰀﰁﰂﰃﰄﰅﰆﰇﰈﰉﰊﰋﰌﰍﰎﰏﰐﰑﰒﰓﰔﰕﰖﰗﰘﰙ ﰚ ​

(187) They ask you, [O Muḥammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival?[428] Say, "Its knowledge is only with my Lord. None will reveal its time except Him. It lays heavily[429] upon the heavens and the earth. It will not come upon you except unexpectedly." They ask you as if you are familiar with it. Say, "Its knowledge is only with Allāh, but most of the people do not know."
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[428]- Literally, "resting" or "establishment."
[429]- i.e., it is a source of concern, worry or fear.

Verse 188

ﭑﭒﭓﭔﭕﭖﭗﭘﭙﭚﭛﭜﭝﭞﭟﭠﭡﭢﭣﭤﭥﭦﭧﭨﭩﭪﭫﭬﭭﭮ ﭯ ​

(188) Say, "I hold not for myself [the power of] benefit or harm, except what Allāh has willed. And if I knew the unseen, I could have acquired much wealth, and no harm would have touched me. I am not except a warner and a bringer of good tidings to a people who believe."

Verse 189

ﭰﭱﭲﭳﭴﭵﭶﭷﭸﭹﭺﭻﭼﭽﭾﭿﮀﮁﮂﮃﮄﮅﮆﮇﮈﮉﮊﮋﮌﮍﮎﮏ ﮐ ​

(189) It is He who created you from one soul and created from it its mate that he[430] might dwell in security with her. And when he [i.e., man] covers her,[431] she carries a light burden [i.e., a pregnancy] and continues therein. And when it becomes heavy, they both invoke Allāh, their Lord, "If You should give us a good[432] [child], we will surely be among the grateful."
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[430]- i.e., man or every descendent of Adam.
[431]- An allusion to sexual intercourse.
[432]- Physically sound or righteous.

Verse 190

ﮑﮒﮓﮔﮕﮖﮗﮘﮙﮚﮛﮜﮝ ﮞ ​

(190) But when He gives them a good [child], they[433] ascribe partners to Him concerning that which He has given them. Exalted is Allāh above what they associate with Him.
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[433]- The ungrateful man and woman or the polytheistic man and woman.

Verse 191

ﮟﮠﮡﮢﮣﮤﮥ ﮦ ​

(191) Do they associate with Him those who create nothing and they are [themselves] created?

Verse 192

ﮧﮨﮩﮪﮫﮬﮭ ﮮ ​

(192) And they [i.e., the false deities] are unable to [give] them help, nor can they help themselves.

Verse 193

ﮯﮰﮱﯓﯔﯕﯖﯗﯘﯙﯚﯛﯜ ﯝ ​

(193) And if you [believers] invite them to guidance, they will not follow you. It is all the same for you whether you invite them or you are silent.

Verse 194

ﯞﯟﯠﯡﯢﯣﯤﯥﯦﯧﯨﯩﯪﯫﯬ ﯭ ​

(194) Indeed, those you [polytheists] call upon besides Allāh are servants [i.e., creations] like you. So call upon them and let them respond to you, if you should be truthful.

Verse 195

ﯮﯯﯰﯱﯲﯳﯴﯵﯶﯷﯸﯹﯺﯻﯼﯽﯾﯿﰀﰁﰂﰃﰄﰅﰆﰇﰈﰉﰊﰋ ﰌ ​

(195) Do they have feet by which they walk? Or do they have hands by which they strike? Or do they have eyes by which they see? Or do they have ears by which they hear? Say, [O Muḥammad], "Call your 'partners' and then conspire against me and give me no respite.

Verse 196

ﭑﭒﭓﭔﭕﭖﭗﭘﭙﭚ ﭛ ​

(196) Indeed, my protector is Allāh, who has sent down the Book; and He is an ally to the righteous.

Verse 197

ﭜﭝﭞﭟﭠﭡﭢﭣﭤﭥ ﭦ ​

(197) And those you call upon besides Him are unable to help you, nor can they help themselves."

Verse 198

ﭧﭨﭩﭪﭫﭬﭭﭮﭯﭰﭱﭲﭳ ﭴ ​

(198) And if you invite them to guidance, they do not hear; and you see them looking at you while they do not see.

Verse 199

ﭵﭶﭷﭸﭹﭺﭻ ﭼ ​

(199) Take what is given freely,[434] enjoin what is good, and turn away from the ignorant.
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[434]- From the dispositions of men or from their wealth. In other words, be easy in dealing with them and avoid causing them difficulty.

Verse 200

ﭽﭾﭿﮀﮁﮂﮃﮄﮅﮆﮇ ﮈ ​

(200) And if an evil suggestion comes to you from Satan, then seek refuge in Allāh. Indeed, He is Hearing and Knowing.

Verse 201

ﮉﮊﮋﮌﮍﮎﮏﮐﮑﮒﮓﮔ ﮕ ​

(201) Indeed, those who fear Allāh - when an impulse touches them from Satan, they remember [Him] and at once they have insight.

Verse 202

ﮖﮗﮘﮙﮚﮛﮜ ﮝ ​

(202) But their brothers[435] - they [i.e., the devils] increase them in error; then they do not stop short.
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[435]- Those among mankind who listen to the devils and obey their orders.

Verse 203

ﮞﮟﮠﮡﮢﮣﮤﮥﮦﮧﮨﮩﮪﮫﮬﮭﮮﮯﮰﮱﯓﯔﯕﯖﯗ ﯘ ​

(203) And when you, [O Muḥammad], do not bring them a sign [i.e., miracle], they say, "Why have you not contrived it?" Say, "I only follow what is revealed to me from my Lord. This [Qur’ān] is enlightenment from your Lord and guidance and mercy for a people who believe."

Verse 204

ﯙﯚﯛﯜﯝﯞﯟﯠ ﯡ ​

(204) So when the Qur’ān is recited, then listen to it and pay attention that you may receive mercy.

Verse 205

ﯢﯣﯤﯥﯦﯧﯨﯩﯪﯫﯬﯭﯮﯯﯰﯱ ﯲ ​

(205) And remember your Lord within yourself in humility and in fear without being apparent in speech - in the mornings and the evenings. And do not be among the heedless.

Verse 206

ﯳﯴﯵﯶﯷﯸﯹﯺﯻﯼﯽﯾ ﯿ ​

(206) Indeed, those who are near your Lord [i.e., the angels] are not prevented by arrogance from His worship, and they exalt Him, and to Him they prostrate.