Translation of Surah Al-Anbiya' in الإنجليزية from Abdul Haleem - English translation
Verse 1
Al-Anbiya'
Ever closer to people draws their reckoning, while they turn away, heedless.
Verse 2
Whenever any fresh revelation comes to them from their Lord, they listen to it playfully
Verse 3
with frivolous hearts. The evildoers conferred in secret: ‘Is this man anything but a mortal like yourselves? Are you going to fall under his spell with your eyes wide open?’
Verse 4
He said, ‘My Lord knows everything that is said in the heavens and the earth: He is the All Hearing, the All Knowing.’
Verse 5
Some say, ‘Muddled dreams’; others, ‘He made it up’; yet others, ‘He is just a poet, let him show us a sign as previous messengers did.’
Verse 6
But of the communities We destroyed before them not a single one believed. Will these now believe?
Verse 7
And even before your time [Prophet], all the messengers We sent were only men We inspired–– if you [disbelievers] do not know, ask people who know the Scripture––
Verse 8
We did not give them bodies that ate no food, nor were they immortal.
Verse 9
We fulfilled Our promise to them in the end: We saved them and those We wished to save, and We destroyed those who exceeded all bounds.
Verse 10
And now We have sent down to you [people] a Scripture to remind you. Will you not use your reason?
Verse 11
How many communities of evildoers We have destroyed! How many others We have raised up in their places!
Verse 12
When they felt Our might coming upon them, see how they tried to escape it!
Verse 13
‘Do not try to escape. Go back to your homes and the pleasure you revelled in: you may be questioned.’
Verse 14
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They said, ‘Woe to us! We were wrong!’
Verse 15
and that cry of theirs did not cease until We made them burnt-offstubble.
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We did not create the heavens and the earth and everything between them playfully.
Verse 17
If We had wished for a pastime, We could have found it within Us- if We had wished for any such thing.
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No! We hurl the truth against falsehood, and truth obliterates it- see how falsehood vanishes away! Woe to you [people] for the way you describe God!
Verse 19
Everyone in the heavens and earth belongs to Him, and those that are with Him are never too proud to worship Him, nor do they grow weary;
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they glorify Him tirelessly night and day.
Verse 21
Have they chosen any gods from the earth who can give life to the dead?
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If there had been in the heavens or earth any gods but Him, both heavens and earth would be in ruins: God, Lord of the Throne, is far above the things they say:
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He cannot be called to account for anything He does, whereas they will be called to account.
Verse 24
Have they chosen to worship other gods instead of Him? Say, ‘Bring your proof. This is the Scripture for those who are with me and the Scripture for those who went before me.’ But most of them do not recognize the truth, so they pay no heed.
Verse 25
We never sent any messenger before you [Muhammad] without revealing to him: ‘There is no god but Me, so serve Me.’
Verse 26
And they say, ‘The Lord of Mercy has taken offspring for Himself.’ May He be exalted! No! They are only His honoured servants:
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they do not speak before He speaks and they act by His command.
Verse 28
He knows what is before them and what is behind them, and they cannot intercede without His permission––indeed they themselves stand in awe of Him.
Verse 29
If any of them were to claim, ‘I am a god beside Him,’ We would reward them with Hell: this is how We reward evildoers.
Verse 30
Are the disbelievers not aware that the heavens and the earth used to be joined together and that We ripped them apart, that We made every living thing from water? Will they not believe?
Verse 31
And We put firm mountains on the earth, lest it should sway under them, and set broad paths on it, so that they might follow the right direction,
Verse 32
and We made the sky a well-secured canopy- yet from its wonders they turn away.
Verse 33
It is He who created night and day, the sun and the moon, each floating in its orbit.
Verse 34
We have not granted everlasting life to any other human being before you either [Muhammad]- if you die, will [the disbelievers] live for ever?
Verse 35
Every soul is certain to taste death: We test you all through the bad and the good, and to Us you will all return.
Verse 36
When the disbelievers see you, they laugh at you: ‘Is this the one who talks about your gods?’ They reject any talk of the Lord of Mercy.
Verse 37
Man was created hasty: I will show you My signs soon, so do not ask Me to hasten them.
Verse 38
They say, ‘When will this promise be fulfilled, if what you say is true?’
Verse 39
If the disbelievers only knew, the time will arrive when they will not be able to ward off the Fire from their faces or their backs, and they will get no help.
Verse 40
It will come upon them suddenly and stupefy them; they will be powerless to push it away; they will not be reprieved.
Verse 41
Messengers before you [Muhammad] were also ridiculed, but those who mocked them were overwhelmed in the end by the very thing they had mocked.
Verse 42
Say, ‘Who could protect you night and day from the Lord of Mercy?’ Yet they turn away when their Lord is mentioned.
Verse 43
Do they have gods who can defend them against Us? Their gods have no power to help themselves, nor can they be protected from Us.
Verse 44
We have allowed these sinners and their forefathers to enjoy life for a long time. But do they not see how We are shrinking their borders? Is it they who will prevail?
Verse 45
Say, ‘I warn you only through the Revelation.’ The deaf will not hear the warning call,
Verse 46
yet if a mere breath of your Lord’s punishment touches them, they will be sure to cry, ‘Woe to us! We were wrong!’
Verse 47
We will set up scales of justice for the Day of Resurrection so that no one can be wronged in the least, and if there should be even the weight of a mustard seed, We shall bring it out- We take excellent account.
Verse 48
We gave Moses and Aaron [the Scripture] that distinguishes right from wrong, a light and a reminder for those who are mindful of God,
Verse 49
those who stand in awe of their Lord, though He is unseen, and who fear the Hour.
Verse 50
This [Quran] too is a blessed message We have sent down- are you [people] going to deny it?
Verse 51
Long ago We bestowed right judgement on Abraham and We knew him well.
Verse 52
He said to his father and his people, ‘What are these images to which you are so devoted?’
Verse 53
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They replied, ‘We found our fathers worshipping them.’
Verse 54
He said, ‘You and your fathers have clearly gone astray.’
Verse 55
They asked, ‘Have you brought us the truth or are you just playing about?’
Verse 56
He said, ‘Listen! Your true Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth, He who created them, and I am a witness to this.
Verse 57
By God I shall certainly plot against your idols as soon as you have turned your backs!’
Verse 58
He broke them all into pieces, but left the biggest one for them to return to.
Verse 59
They said, ‘Who has done this to our gods? How wicked he must be!’
Verse 60
Some said, ‘We heard a youth called Abraham talking about them.’
Verse 61
They said, ‘Bring him before the eyes of the people, so that they may witness [his trial].’
Verse 62
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They asked, ‘Was it you, Abraham, who did this to our gods?’
Verse 63
He said, ‘No, it was done by the biggest of them- this one. Ask them, if they can talk.’
Verse 64
They turned to one another, saying, ‘It is you who are in the wrong,’
Verse 65
but then they lapsed again and said, ‘You know very well these gods cannot speak.’
Verse 66
Abraham said, ‘How can you worship what can neither benefit nor harm you, instead of God?
Verse 67
Shame on you and on the things you worship instead of God. Have you no sense?’
Verse 68
They said, ‘Burn him and avenge your gods, if you are going to do the right thing.’
Verse 69
But We said, ‘Fire, be cool and safe for Abraham.’
Verse 70
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They planned to harm him, but We made them suffer the greatest loss.
Verse 71
We saved him and Lot [and sent them] to the land We blessed for all people,
Verse 72
and We gave him Isaac and Jacob as an additional gift, and made each of them righteous.
Verse 73
We made all of them leaders, guiding others by Our command, and We inspired them to do good works, to keep up the prayer, and to give alms: they were Our true worshippers.
Verse 74
We gave Lot sound judgement and knowledge and saved him from the community who practised obscenities- they were shameless people who broke God’s law!
Verse 75
We admitted him to Our mercy; he was a righteous man.
Verse 76
Long before that, We answered Noah when he cried out to Us: We saved him and his family from the great calamity
Verse 77
and We helped him against the people who rejected Our signs- they were evil people, so We drowned them all.
Verse 78
And remember David and Solomon, when they gave judgement regarding the field into which sheep strayed by night and grazed. We witnessed their judgement
Verse 79
and made Solomon understand the case [better], though We gave sound judgement and knowledge to both of them. We made the mountains and the birds celebrate Our praises with David- We did all these things-
Verse 80
We taught him how to make coats of mail for the benefit of you [people], to protect you in your wars, but are you grateful for this?
Verse 81
We harnessed the stormy wind for Solomon, so that it sped by his command to the land We had blessed- We have knowledge of all things-
Verse 82
and We made some of the jinn subservient to him, to dive for him and do other works besides. We were watching over them.
Verse 83
Remember Job, when he cried to his Lord, ‘Suffering has truly afflicted me, but you are the Most Merciful of the merciful.’
Verse 84
We answered him, removed his suffering, and restored his family to him, along with more like them, as an act of grace from Us and a reminder for all who serve Us.
Verse 85
And remember Ishmael, Idris, and Dhu’l-Kifl: they were all steadfast.
Verse 86
We admitted them to Our mercy; they were truly righteous.
Verse 87
And remember the man with the whale,when he went off angrily, thinking We could not restrict him, but then he cried out in the deep darkness, ‘There is no God but You, glory be to You, I was wrong.’
Verse 88
We answered him and saved him from distress: this is how We save the faithful.
Verse 89
Remember Zachariah, when he cried to his Lord, ‘My Lord, do not leave me childless, though You are the best of heirs.’
Verse 90
We answered him––We gave him John, and cured his wife of barrenness- they were always keen to do good deeds. They called upon Us out of longing and awe, and humbled themselves before Us.
Verse 91
Remember the one who guarded her chastity. We breathed into her from Our Spirit and made her and her son a sign for all people.
Verse 92
[Messengers], this community of yours is one single community and I am your Lord, so serve Me.
Verse 93
They have torn their unity apart, but they will all return to Us.
Verse 94
If anyone does good deeds and is a believer, his efforts will not be ignored: We record them for him.
Verse 95
No community destroyed by Us can escape its return,
Verse 96
and when the peoples of Gog and Magog are let loose and swarm swiftly from every highland,
Verse 97
when the True Promise draws near, the disbelievers’ eyes will stare in terror, and they will say, ‘Woe to us! We were not aware of this at all. We were wrong.’
Verse 98
You [disbelievers] and what you worship instead of God will be fuel for Hell: that is where you will go-
Verse 99
if these [idols] had been real gods they would not have gone there- you will all stay there.
Verse 100
There the disbelievers will be groaning piteously, but the [idols] will hear nothing.
Verse 101
But those for whom We have decreed Paradise will be kept far from Hell-
Verse 102
they will not hear a murmur from it- and endlessly they will enjoy everything their souls desire.
Verse 103
They will have no fear of the great Terror: the angels will receive them with the words, ‘This is the Day you were promised!’
Verse 104
On that Day, We shall roll up the skies as a writer rolls up [his] scrolls. We shall reproduce creation just as We produced it the first time: this is Our binding promise. We shall certainly do all these things.
Verse 105
We wrote in the Psalms, as We did in [earlier] Scripture: ‘My righteous servants will inherit the earth.’
Verse 106
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There truly is a message in this for the servants of God!
Verse 107
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It was only as a mercy that We sent you [Prophet] to all people.
Verse 108
Say, ‘What is revealed to me is that your God is one God- will you submit to Him?’
Verse 109
But if they turn away, say, ‘I have proclaimed the message fairly to you all. I do not know whether the judgement you are promised is near or far,
Verse 110
but He knows what you reveal and conceal.
Verse 111
I do not know: this [time] may well be a test for you, and enjoyment for a while.’
Verse 112
He said,‘My Lord, pass the true judgement.’ And, ‘Our Lord is the Lord of Mercy. We seek His assistance against what you [disbelievers] say.’
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