Verse 1

ﭑﭒ ﭓ ​

By the [angels] ranged in ranks,

Verse 2

ﭔﭕ ﭖ ​

who rebuke reproachfully

Verse 3

ﭗﭘ ﭙ ​

and recite God’s word

Verse 4

ﭚﭛﭜ ﭝ ​

most certainly your God is One,

Verse 5

ﭞﭟﭠﭡﭢﭣﭤ ﭥ ​

Lord of the heavens and the earth and everything between them, Lord of all the points of sunrise.

Verse 6

ﭦﭧﭨﭩﭪﭫ ﭬ ​

We have adorned the skies nearest to the earth with stars,

Verse 7

ﭭﭮﭯﭰﭱ ﭲ ​

and have made them secure against every rebellious devil.

Verse 8

ﭳﭴﭵﭶﭷﭸﭹﭺﭻ ﭼ ​

Thus, they cannot eavesdrop on the ones on high, but shall be repelled from all sides,

Verse 9

ﭽﭾﭿﮀﮁ ﮂ ​

driven away, with lasting suffering in store for them.

Verse 10

ﮃﮄﮅﮆﮇﮈﮉ ﮊ ​

If any of them stealthily snatches away a fragment, he will be pursued by a piercing flame.

Verse 11

ﮋﮌﮍﮎﮏﮐﮑﮒﮓﮔﮕﮖﮗ ﮘ ​

Now ask those [unbelievers]: Are they more difficult to create, or the other beings We have created? Them have We created out of a sticky clay.

Verse 12

ﮙﮚﮛ ﮜ ​

Whereas you marvel, they scoff;

Verse 13

ﮝﮞﮟﮠ ﮡ ​

and when they are reminded of the truth, they pay no heed;

Verse 14

ﮢﮣﮤﮥ ﮦ ​

and when they see a sign, they resort to ridicule;

Verse 15

ﮧﮨﮩﮪﮫﮬ ﮭ ​

and say: ‘This is nothing but plain sorcery.

Verse 16

ﮮﮯﮰﮱﯓﯔﯕ ﯖ ​

What! After we have died and become mere dust and bones, shall we be raised back to life?

Verse 17

ﯗﯘ ﯙ ​

And perhaps our forefathers?’

Verse 18

ﯚﯛﯜﯝ ﯞ ​

Say: ‘Yes, indeed! And you shall be utterly humbled’.

Verse 19

ﯟﯠﯡﯢﯣﯤﯥ ﯦ ​

There will be just one single cry, and they will all begin to see,

Verse 20

ﯧﯨﯩﯪﯫ ﯬ ​

and will say: ‘Woe betide us! This is the Day of Judgement!’

Verse 21

ﯭﯮﯯﯰﯱﯲﯳ ﯴ ​

This is indeed the Day of Decision which you used to call a lie!

Verse 22

ﯵﯶﯷﯸﯹﯺﯻﯼ ﯽ ​

Gather together all those who were bent on wrongdoing, their ilk, and all that they used to worship

Verse 23

ﯾﯿﰀﰁﰂﰃﰄ ﰅ ​

instead of God, and guide them all to the path of hell,

Verse 24

ﰆﰇﰈﰉ ﰊ ​

but halt them a while, for they shall be asked:

Verse 25

ﭑﭒﭓﭔ ﭕ ​

‘How is it that you do not help one another?’

Verse 26

ﭖﭗﭘﭙ ﭚ ​

Indeed, on that Day they will be in complete submission.

Verse 27

ﭛﭜﭝﭞﭟ ﭠ ​

They will turn upon one another accusingly.

Verse 28

ﭡﭢﭣﭤﭥﭦ ﭧ ​

Some [of them] will say: ‘You used to [whisper to us] approaching us from the right!’

Verse 29

ﭨﭩﭪﭫﭬ ﭭ ​

The others will reply: ‘No! It was you who would not believe.

Verse 30

ﭮﭯﭰﭱﭲﭳﭴﭵﭶﭷﭸ ﭹ ​

We had no power over you; but you were willing to exceed all limits.

Verse 31

ﭺﭻﭼﭽﭾﭿﮀ ﮁ ​

Now our Lord’s word has come true against us, and we are bound to taste [the punishment];

Verse 32

ﮂﮃﮄﮅ ﮆ ​

If we led you astray, we ourselves were astray’.

Verse 33

ﮇﮈﮉﮊﮋ ﮌ ​

On that Day, they all will share in the common suffering.

Verse 34

ﮍﮎﮏﮐ ﮑ ​

Thus shall We deal with all the guilty ones.

Verse 35

ﮒﮓﮔﮕﮖﮗﮘﮙﮚﮛ ﮜ ​

Whenever they were told, ‘there is no deity other than God’, they would turn away in arrogance,

Verse 36

ﮝﮞﮟﮠﮡﮢ ﮣ ​

and would say: ‘Are we to forsake our deities for the sake of a mad poet?’

Verse 37

ﮤﮥﮦﮧﮨ ﮩ ​

For certain, he has brought the truth, and confirmed the earlier messengers.

Verse 38

ﮪﮫﮬﮭ ﮮ ​

You will indeed taste grievous suffering,

Verse 39

ﮯﮰﮱﯓﯔﯕ ﯖ ​

being requited only for what you used to do.

Verse 40

ﯗﯘﯙﯚ ﯛ ​

Not so God’s true servants.

Verse 41

ﯜﯝﯞﯟ ﯠ ​

Theirs shall be a predetermined sustenance:

Verse 42

ﯡﯢﯣ ﯤ ​

fruits; and they will be honoured

Verse 43

ﯥﯦﯧ ﯨ ​

in gardens of bliss,

Verse 44

ﯩﯪﯫ ﯬ ​

seated on soft couches, facing one another

Verse 45

ﯭﯮﯯﯰﯱ ﯲ ​

A cup will be passed round among them with a drink from a flowing spring:

Verse 46

ﯳﯴﯵ ﯶ ​

clear, delicious to those who drink it,

Verse 47

ﯷﯸﯹﯺﯻﯼﯽ ﯾ ​

causing no headiness or intoxication.

Verse 48

ﯿﰀﰁﰂ ﰃ ​

With them will be mates of modest gaze, most beautiful of eye,

Verse 49

ﰄﰅﰆ ﰇ ​

as if they were hidden eggs.

Verse 50

ﰈﰉﰊﰋﰌ ﰍ ​

And they will turn to one another with questions.

Verse 51

ﰎﰏﰐﰑﰒﰓﰔ ﰕ ​

One of them will say: ‘I had a close companion on earth

Verse 52

ﭑﭒﭓﭔ ﭕ ​

who used to ask me: ‘Do you really believe

Verse 53

ﭖﭗﭘﭙﭚﭛﭜ ﭝ ​

that after we have died and become mere dust and bones we shall be brought for judgement?”’

Verse 54

ﭞﭟﭠﭡ ﭢ ​

He adds: ‘Would you like to look down?’

Verse 55

ﭣﭤﭥﭦﭧ ﭨ ​

Then he looks and sees him in the midst of the Fire.

Verse 56

ﭩﭪﭫﭬﭭ ﭮ ​

He will then say: ‘By God! You almost brought me to ruin!

Verse 57

ﭯﭰﭱﭲﭳﭴ ﭵ ​

But for the grace of God I should have also been brought there’.

Verse 58

ﭶﭷﭸ ﭹ ​

‘But then is it truly so, that we are not to die

Verse 59

ﭺﭻﭼﭽﭾﭿ ﮀ ​

except for our first death, and that we are not to suffer?

Verse 60

ﮁﮂﮃﮄﮅ ﮆ ​

This is indeed the supreme triumph.’

Verse 61

ﮇﮈﮉﮊ ﮋ ​

Everyone should strive to attain this goal.

Verse 62

ﮌﮍﮎﮏﮐﮑ ﮒ ​

Is this the better welcome, or the Zaqqum tree?

Verse 63

ﮓﮔﮕﮖ ﮗ ​

We have made it a test for the wrongdoers.

Verse 64

ﮘﮙﮚﮛﮜﮝ ﮞ ​

It is a tree that grows in the very heart of the blazing Fire of Hell.

Verse 65

ﮟﮠﮡﮢ ﮣ ​

Its fruit is like devils’ heads.

Verse 66

ﮤﮥﮦﮧﮨﮩ ﮪ ​

They will indeed eat of it, filling their bellies.

Verse 67

ﮫﮬﮭﮮﮯﮰﮱ ﯓ ​

Then on top of it, they will be given polluted, scalding water to drink.

Verse 68

ﯔﯕﯖﯗﯘ ﯙ ​

Then again, their ultimate goal is hell.

Verse 69

ﯚﯛﯜﯝ ﯞ ​

They found their forefathers astray,

Verse 70

ﯟﯠﯡﯢ ﯣ ​

and rushed to follow in their footsteps.

Verse 71

ﯤﯥﯦﯧﯨ ﯩ ​

Most of the people of old went astray before them;

Verse 72

ﯪﯫﯬﯭ ﯮ ​

although We had sent them warners.

Verse 73

ﯯﯰﯱﯲﯳ ﯴ ​

Behold what happened in the end to those that had been warned.

Verse 74

ﯵﯶﯷﯸ ﯹ ​

Not so God’s true servants.

Verse 75

ﯺﯻﯼﯽﯾ ﯿ ​

Noah cried to Us, and We are the best to answer prayer:

Verse 76

ﰀﰁﰂﰃﰄ ﰅ ​

We saved him and his household from great distress;

Verse 77

ﭑﭒﭓﭔ ﭕ ​

and caused his offspring to be the survivors.

Verse 78

ﭖﭗﭘﭙ ﭚ ​

We caused him to be praised by later generations:

Verse 79

ﭛﭜﭝﭞﭟ ﭠ ​

Peace be upon Noah in all the worlds!

Verse 80

ﭡﭢﭣﭤ ﭥ ​

Thus do we reward those who do good.

Verse 81

ﭦﭧﭨﭩ ﭪ ​

He was truly one of our believing servants.

Verse 82

ﭫﭬﭭ ﭮ ​

Then We caused the others to drown.

Verse 83

ﭯﭰﭱﭲﭳ ﭴ ​

Among those who followed his way was Abraham.

Verse 84

ﭵﭶﭷﭸﭹ ﭺ ​

He turned to his Lord with a sound heart.

Verse 85

ﭻﭼﭽﭾﭿﮀ ﮁ ​

He said to his father and his people: ‘What is this that you worship?

Verse 86

ﮂﮃﮄﮅﮆ ﮇ ​

Do you choose false deities instead of God?

Verse 87

ﮈﮉﮊﮋ ﮌ ​

What, then, do you think of the Lord of all the worlds?’

Verse 88

ﮍﮎﮏﮐ ﮑ ​

Then he cast a glance at the stars,

Verse 89

ﮒﮓﮔ ﮕ ​

and said: ‘Indeed I am sick’.

Verse 90

ﮖﮗﮘ ﮙ ​

So his people turned away from him and left.

Verse 91

ﮚﮛﮜﮝﮞﮟ ﮠ ​

He then approached their deities stealthily and said: ‘Will you not eat [your offerings]?

Verse 92

ﮡﮢﮣﮤ ﮥ ​

What is the matter with you that you do not speak?’

Verse 93

ﮦﮧﮨﮩ ﮪ ​

And then he fell upon them, smiting them with his right hand.

Verse 94

ﮫﮬﮭ ﮮ ​

His people came to him hurriedly,

Verse 95

ﮯﮰﮱﯓ ﯔ ​

but he said: ‘Do you worship something that you yourselves have carved,

Verse 96

ﯕﯖﯗﯘ ﯙ ​

while it is God who has created you and all you do?’

Verse 97

ﯚﯛﯜﯝﯞﯟﯠ ﯡ ​

They said: ‘Build him a pyre and throw him into the blazing fire’.

Verse 98

ﯢﯣﯤﯥﯦ ﯧ ​

They schemed to harm him, but We caused them to be humiliated.

Verse 99

ﯨﯩﯪﯫﯬﯭ ﯮ ​

And Abraham said: ‘I will go to my Lord: He is sure to guide me.

Verse 100

ﯯﯰﯱﯲﯳ ﯴ ​

Lord! Grant me a righteous son’.

Verse 101

ﯵﯶﯷ ﯸ ​

We gave him the happy news that he will have a clement son.

Verse 102

ﯹﯺﯻﯼﯽﯾﯿﰀﰁﰂﰃﰄﰅﰆﰇﰈﰉﰊﰋﰌﰍﰎﰏﰐﰑﰒﰓﰔ ﰕ ​

When the boy was old enough to work with his father, Abraham said: ‘My son! I have seen in a dream that I must sacrifice you. Tell me, then, what you think’. [Ishmael] said: ‘My father! Do as you are bidden, and, God willing, you will find me to be patient in adversity’.

Verse 103

ﭑﭒﭓﭔ ﭕ ​

When the two of them had surrendered themselves to the will of God, and Abraham laid him prostrate on his forehead,

Verse 104

ﭖﭗﭘ ﭙ ​

We called to him: ‘Abraham!

Verse 105

ﭚﭛﭜﭝﭞﭟﭠﭡ ﭢ ​

You have already fulfilled the dream’. Thus do We reward those who do good.

Verse 106

ﭣﭤﭥﭦﭧ ﭨ ​

All this was indeed a momentous trial.

Verse 107

ﭩﭪﭫ ﭬ ​

We ransomed [Ishmael] with a noble sacrifice,

Verse 108

ﭭﭮﭯﭰ ﭱ ​

We caused him to be praised by later generations:

Verse 109

ﭲﭳﭴ ﭵ ​

Peace be upon Abraham!

Verse 110

ﭶﭷﭸ ﭹ ​

Thus do we reward those who do good.

Verse 111

ﭺﭻﭼﭽ ﭾ ​

He was truly one of our believing servants.

Verse 112

ﭿﮀﮁﮂﮃ ﮄ ​

We gave Abraham the happy news of Isaac, a prophet and a righteous man;

Verse 113

ﮅﮆﮇﮈﮉﮊﮋﮌﮍﮎﮏ ﮐ ​

and We blessed him and Isaac; but among their offspring there were those who do good and others who would glaringly sin against their souls.

Verse 114

ﮑﮒﮓﮔﮕ ﮖ ​

We also bestowed Our favour on Moses and Aaron;

Verse 115

ﮗﮘﮙﮚﮛ ﮜ ​

We saved them and their people from great distress;

Verse 116

ﮝﮞﮟﮠ ﮡ ​

We gave them support, so that it was they who achieved victory.

Verse 117

ﮢﮣﮤ ﮥ ​

We gave them the Scripture which made things clear;

Verse 118

ﮦﮧﮨ ﮩ ​

We guided them to the right path;

Verse 119

ﮪﮫﮬﮭ ﮮ ​

We caused them to be praised by later generations:

Verse 120

ﮯﮰﮱﯓ ﯔ ​

Peace be upon Moses and Aaron!

Verse 121

ﯕﯖﯗﯘ ﯙ ​

Thus do we reward those who do good.

Verse 122

ﯚﯛﯜﯝ ﯞ ​

Both were among our believing servants.

Verse 123

ﯟﯠﯡﯢ ﯣ ​

Elijah too was one of Our messengers.

Verse 124

ﯤﯥﯦﯧﯨ ﯩ ​

He said to his people: ‘Have you no fear of God?

Verse 125

ﯪﯫﯬﯭﯮ ﯯ ​

How can you invoke Baal and forsake the best of creators,

Verse 126

ﯰﯱﯲﯳﯴ ﯵ ​

God, your Lord and the Lord of your forefathers?’

Verse 127

ﭑﭒﭓ ﭔ ​

But they accused him of lying. Therefore, they will certainly be brought [for punishment].

Verse 128

ﭕﭖﭗﭘ ﭙ ​

Not so God’s true servants.

Verse 129

ﭚﭛﭜﭝ ﭞ ​

We caused him to be praised by later generations:

Verse 130

ﭟﭠﭡﭢ ﭣ ​

Peace be upon Elijah!

Verse 131

ﭤﭥﭦﭧ ﭨ ​

Thus do we reward those who do good.

Verse 132

ﭩﭪﭫﭬ ﭭ ​

He was truly one of our believing servants.

Verse 133

ﭮﭯﭰﭱ ﭲ ​

Lot was also one of Our messengers.

Verse 134

ﭳﭴﭵﭶ ﭷ ​

We saved him and all his household,

Verse 135

ﭸﭹﭺﭻ ﭼ ​

except for an old woman who stayed behind.

Verse 136

ﭽﭾﭿ ﮀ ​

Then We utterly destroyed the others.

Verse 137

ﮁﮂﮃﮄ ﮅ ​

Surely you pass by their ruins at morning-time,

Verse 138

ﮆﮇﮈﮉ ﮊ ​

as also by night. Will you not, then, use your reason?

Verse 139

ﮋﮌﮍﮎ ﮏ ​

Jonah too was one of Our messengers.

Verse 140

ﮐﮑﮒﮓﮔ ﮕ ​

He deserted, going on the laden ship.

Verse 141

ﮖﮗﮘﮙ ﮚ ​

They cast lots, and he was the one who lost.

Verse 142

ﮛﮜﮝﮞ ﮟ ​

The whale swallowed him, for he was to blame.

Verse 143

ﮠﮡﮢﮣﮤ ﮥ ​

Had he not been of those who truly glorified God,

Verse 144

ﮦﮧﮨﮩﮪﮫ ﮬ ​

he would have remained in the whale’s belly till Resurrection Day.

Verse 145

ﮭﮮﮯﮰﮱ ﯓ ​

We caused him to be cast out, sick, on a barren shore,

Verse 146

ﯔﯕﯖﯗﯘ ﯙ ​

and caused a gourd tree to grow over him.

Verse 147

ﯚﯛﯜﯝﯞﯟ ﯠ ​

Then We sent him to [a community of] one hundred thousand or more.

Verse 148

ﯡﯢﯣﯤ ﯥ ​

They believed, so We let them enjoy life for a while.

Verse 149

ﯦﯧﯨﯩﯪ ﯫ ​

Now ask the unbelievers if it be true that your Lord has daughters, while they would have sons?

Verse 150

ﯬﯭﯮﯯﯰﯱ ﯲ ​

Or is it that We have created the angels female in their presence?

Verse 151

ﯳﯴﯵﯶﯷ ﯸ ​

Out of their falsehood they say:

Verse 152

ﯹﯺﯻﯼ ﯽ ​

‘God has begotten children’. They are lying indeed.

Verse 153

ﯾﯿﰀﰁ ﰂ ​

Would He then choose daughters in preference to sons?

Verse 154

ﭑﭒﭓﭔ ﭕ ​

What is the matter with you? How do you make your judgement?

Verse 155

ﭖﭗ ﭘ ​

Do you not reflect?

Verse 156

ﭙﭚﭛﭜ ﭝ ​

Or do you, perhaps, have a clear authority?

Verse 157

ﭞﭟﭠﭡﭢ ﭣ ​

Bring your scriptures, if you are speaking the truth!

Verse 158

ﭤﭥﭦﭧﭨﭩﭪﭫﭬﭭﭮ ﭯ ​

They claim that He has kinship with the jinn; yet the jinn themselves know that they will be brought [before God] for judgement.

Verse 159

ﭰﭱﭲﭳ ﭴ ​

Limitless is God in His glory, above all what people attribute to Him.

Verse 160

ﭵﭶﭷﭸ ﭹ ​

Not so God’s true servants.

Verse 161

ﭺﭻﭼ ﭽ ​

Neither you nor what you worship

Verse 162

ﭾﭿﮀﮁ ﮂ ​

can lure away from God any

Verse 163

ﮃﮄﮅﮆﮇ ﮈ ​

except one who is destined for hell.

Verse 164

ﮉﮊﮋﮌﮍﮎ ﮏ ​

Every single one of us has his appointed place:

Verse 165

ﮐﮑﮒ ﮓ ​

we are ranged in ranks,

Verse 166

ﮔﮕﮖ ﮗ ​

and we too extol His limitless glory.

Verse 167

ﮘﮙﮚ ﮛ ​

They have long been saying:

Verse 168

ﮜﮝﮞﮟﮠﮡ ﮢ ​

‘If only we had before us a tradition from those of old,

Verse 169

ﮣﮤﮥﮦ ﮧ ​

we would certainly be true servants of God’.

Verse 170

ﮨﮩﮪﮫﮬ ﮭ ​

Yet they reject it. In time, they will come to know.

Verse 171

ﮮﮯﮰﮱﯓ ﯔ ​

Our word has already been given to Our servants the messengers:

Verse 172

ﯕﯖﯗ ﯘ ​

it is they who will be helped,

Verse 173

ﯙﯚﯛﯜ ﯝ ​

and it is Our forces who will surely be victorious.

Verse 174

ﯞﯟﯠﯡ ﯢ ​

So, turn away from them for a while,

Verse 175

ﯣﯤﯥ ﯦ ​

and watch them; in time, they too will come to see.

Verse 176

ﯧﯨ ﯩ ​

Do they really wish to hasten Our punishment?

Verse 177

ﯪﯫﯬﯭﯮﯯ ﯰ ​

When it strikes in their midst, terrible will be the morning of those who were already warned.

Verse 178

ﯱﯲﯳﯴ ﯵ ​

And again, turn away from them for a while,

Verse 179

ﯶﯷﯸ ﯹ ​

and watch them; in time, they too will come to see.

Verse 180

ﯺﯻﯼﯽﯾﯿ ﰀ ​

Limitless in His glory is your Lord, the Lord of almightiness, above all what people attribute to Him.

Verse 181

ﰁﰂﰃ ﰄ ​

And peace be upon all His messengers.

Verse 182

ﰅﰆﰇﰈ ﰉ ​

All praise is due to God, the Lord of all the worlds.