ترجمة معاني سورة الزخرف باللغة الإنجليزية من كتاب Dr. Mustafa Khattab - English translation

آية رقم 1

ﮀ ﮁ ​

Az-Zukhruf

Ḥâ-Mĩm.

آية رقم 2

ﮂﮃ ﮄ ​

By the clear Book!

آية رقم 3

ﮅﮆﮇﮈﮉﮊ ﮋ ​

Certainly, We have made it a Quran in Arabic so perhaps you will understand.

آية رقم 4

ﮌﮍﮎﮏﮐﮑﮒ ﮓ ​

And indeed, it is—in the Master Record¹ with Us—highly esteemed, rich in wisdom.

آية رقم 5

ﮔﮕﮖﮗﮘﮙﮚﮛ ﮜ ​

Should We then turn the ˹Quranic˺ Reminder away from you ˹simply˺ because you have been a transgressing people?

آية رقم 6

ﮝﮞﮟﮠﮡﮢ ﮣ ​

˹Imagine˺ how many prophets We sent to those ˹destroyed˺ before!

آية رقم 7

ﮤﮥﮦﮧﮨﮩﮪﮫ ﮬ ​

But no prophet ever came to them without being mocked.

آية رقم 8

ﮭﮮﮯﮰﮱﯓﯔ ﯕ ​

So We destroyed those who were far mightier than these ˹Meccans˺. The examples of ˹their˺ predecessors have ˹already˺ been related.¹ 

آية رقم 9

ﯖﯗﯘﯙﯚﯛﯜﯝﯞﯟ ﯠ ​

If you ask them ˹O Prophet˺ who created the heavens and the earth, they will certainly say, “The Almighty, All-Knowing did.”

آية رقم 10

ﯡﯢﯣﯤﯥﯦﯧﯨﯩﯪﯫ ﯬ ​

˹He is the One˺ Who has laid out the earth for you, and set in it pathways for you so that you may find your way.

آية رقم 11

ﭑﭒﭓﭔﭕﭖﭗﭘﭙﭚﭛﭜﭝ ﭞ ​

And ˹He is the One˺ Who sends down rain from the sky in perfect measure, with which We give life to a lifeless land. And so will you be brought forth ˹from the grave˺.

آية رقم 12

ﭟﭠﭡﭢﭣﭤﭥﭦﭧﭨﭩ ﭪ ​

And ˹He is the One˺ Who created all ˹things in˺ pairs,¹ and made for you ships and animals to ride

آية رقم 13

ﭫﭬﭭﭮﭯﭰﭱﭲﭳﭴﭵﭶﭷﭸﭹﭺﭻﭼﭽﭾ ﭿ ​

so that you may sit firmly on their backs, and remember your Lord’s blessings once you are settled on them, saying, “Glory be to the One Who has subjected these for us, for we could have never done so ˹on our own˺.

آية رقم 14

ﮀﮁﮂﮃ ﮄ ​

And surely to our Lord we will ˹all˺ return.”

آية رقم 15

ﮅﮆﮇﮈﮉﮊﮋﮌﮍﮎ ﮏ ​

Still the pagans have made some of His creation out to be a part of Him.¹ Indeed, humankind is clearly ungrateful.

آية رقم 16

ﮐﮑﮒﮓﮔﮕﮖ ﮗ ​

Has He taken ˹angels as His˺ daughters from what He created, and favoured you ˹O pagans˺ with sons?

آية رقم 17

ﮘﮙﮚﮛﮜﮝﮞﮟﮠﮡﮢﮣ ﮤ ​

Whenever one of them is given the good news of what they attribute to the Most Compassionate,¹ his face grows gloomy, as he suppresses his rage.

آية رقم 18

ﮥﮦﮧﮨﮩﮪﮫﮬﮭ ﮮ ​

˹Do they attribute to Him˺ those who are brought up in fineries and are not commanding in disputes?

آية رقم 19

ﮯﮰﮱﯓﯔﯕﯖﯗﯘﯙﯚﯛﯜﯝ ﯞ ​

Still they have labelled the angels, who are servants of the Most Compassionate, as female. Did they witness their creation? Their statement will be recorded, and they will be questioned!

آية رقم 20

ﯟﯠﯡﯢﯣﯤﯥﯦﯧﯨﯩﯪﯫﯬﯭﯮﯯ ﯰ ​

And they argue, “Had the Most Compassionate willed, we would have never worshipped them.” They have no knowledge ˹in support˺ of this ˹claim˺. They do nothing but lie.

آية رقم 21

ﯱﯲﯳﯴﯵﯶﯷﯸ ﯹ ​

Or have We given them a Book ˹for proof˺, before this ˹Quran˺, to which they are holding firm?

آية رقم 22

ﯺﯻﯼﯽﯾﯿﰀﰁﰂﰃﰄ ﰅ ​

In fact, they say, “We found our forefathers following a ˹particular˺ way, and we are following in their footsteps.”

آية رقم 23

ﭑﭒﭓﭔﭕﭖﭗﭘﭙﭚﭛﭜﭝﭞﭟﭠﭡﭢﭣﭤﭥ ﭦ ​

Similarly, whenever We sent a warner to a society before you ˹O Prophet˺, its ˹spoiled˺ elite would say, “We found our forefathers following a ˹particular˺ way, and we are walking in their footsteps.”

آية رقم 24

ﭧﭨﭩﭪﭫﭬﭭﭮﭯﭰﭱﭲﭳﭴﭵﭶ ﭷ ​

Each ˹warner˺ asked, “Even if what I brought you is better guidance than what you found your forefathers practicing?” They replied, “We totally reject whatever you have been sent with.”

آية رقم 25

ﭸﭹﭺﭻﭼﭽﭾﭿ ﮀ ​

So We inflicted punishment upon them. See then what was the fate of the deniers!

آية رقم 26

ﮁﮂﮃﮄﮅﮆﮇﮈﮉ ﮊ ​

˹Remember, O  Prophet˺ when Abraham declared to his father and his people, “I am totally free of whatever ˹gods˺ you worship,

آية رقم 27

ﮋﮌﮍﮎﮏ ﮐ ​

except the One Who originated me, and He will surely guide me.”

آية رقم 28

ﮑﮒﮓﮔﮕﮖﮗ ﮘ ​

And he left this enduring declaration among his descendants, so they may ˹always˺ turn back ˹to Allah˺.¹ 

آية رقم 29

ﮙﮚﮛﮜﮝﮞﮟﮠﮡ ﮢ ​

In fact, I had allowed enjoyment for these ˹Meccans˺ and their forefathers, until the truth came to them along with a messenger making things clear.

آية رقم 30

ﮣﮤﮥﮦﮧﮨﮩﮪﮫ ﮬ ​

˹But˺ when the truth came to them, they said, “This is magic, and we totally reject it.”

آية رقم 31

ﮭﮮﮯﮰﮱﯓﯔﯕﯖﯗ ﯘ ​

And they exclaimed, “If only this Quran was revealed to a great man from ˹one of˺ the two cities!”¹

آية رقم 32

ﯙﯚﯛﯜﯝﯞﯟﯠﯡﯢﯣﯤﯥﯦﯧﯨﯩﯪﯫﯬﯭﯮﯯﯰﯱﯲﯳﯴ ﯵ ​

Is it they who distribute your Lord’s mercy? We ˹alone˺ have distributed their ˹very˺ livelihood among them in this worldly life and raised some of them in rank above others so that some may employ others in service. ˹But˺ your Lord’s mercy is far better than whatever ˹wealth˺ they amass.

آية رقم 33

ﯶﯷﯸﯹﯺﯻﯼﯽﯾﯿﰀﰁﰂﰃﰄﰅﰆ ﰇ ​

Were it not that people might ˹be tempted to˺ become one community ˹of disbelievers˺, We would have supplied the homes of ˹only˺ those who disbelieve in the Most Compassionate with silver roofs and ˹silver˺ stairways to ascend,

آية رقم 34

ﭑﭒﭓﭔﭕ ﭖ ​

as well as ˹silver˺ gates and thrones to recline on,

آية رقم 35

ﭗﭘﭙﭚﭛﭜﭝﭞﭟﭠﭡﭢﭣﭤ ﭥ ​

and ornaments ˹of gold˺. Yet all this is no more than a ˹fleeting˺ enjoyment in this worldly life. ˹But˺ the Hereafter with your Lord is ˹only˺ for those mindful ˹of Him˺.

آية رقم 36

ﭦﭧﭨﭩﭪﭫﭬﭭﭮﭯﭰ ﭱ ​

And whoever turns a blind eye to the Reminder of the Most Compassionate, We place at the disposal of each a devilish one as their close associate,

آية رقم 37

ﭲﭳﭴﭵﭶﭷﭸ ﭹ ​

who will certainly hinder them from the ˹Right˺ Way while they think they are ˹rightly˺ guided.

آية رقم 38

ﭺﭻﭼﭽﭾﭿﮀﮁﮂﮃﮄ ﮅ ​

But when such a person comes to Us, one will say ˹to their associate˺, “I wish you were as distant from me as the east is from the west! What an evil associate ˹you were˺!”

آية رقم 39

ﮆﮇﮈﮉﮊﮋﮌﮍﮎ ﮏ ​

˹It will be said to both,˺ “Since you all did wrong, sharing in the punishment will be of no benefit to you this Day.”¹ 

آية رقم 40

ﮐﮑﮒﮓﮔﮕﮖﮗﮘﮙﮚ ﮛ ​

Can you make the deaf hear, or guide the blind or those clearly astray?

آية رقم 41

ﮜﮝﮞﮟﮠﮡ ﮢ ​

Even if We take you away ˹from this world˺, We will surely inflict punishment upon them.

آية رقم 42

ﮣﮤﮥﮦﮧﮨﮩ ﮪ ​

Or if We show you what We threaten them with, We certainly have full power over them.

آية رقم 43

ﮫﮬﮭﮮﮯﮰﮱﯓﯔ ﯕ ​

So hold firmly to what has been revealed to you ˹O Prophet˺. You are truly on the Straight Path.

آية رقم 44

ﯖﯗﯘﯙﯚﯛﯜ ﯝ ​

Surely this ˹Quran˺ is a glory for you and your people. And you will ˹all˺ be questioned ˹about it˺.

آية رقم 45

ﯞﯟﯠﯡﯢﯣﯤﯥﯦﯧﯨﯩﯪ ﯫ ​

Ask ˹the followers of˺ the messengers that We already sent before you if We ˹ever˺ appointed ˹other˺ gods to be worshipped besides the Most Compassionate.

آية رقم 46

ﯬﯭﯮﯯﯰﯱﯲﯳﯴﯵﯶﯷ ﯸ ​

Indeed, We sent Moses with Our signs to Pharaoh and his chiefs, and he said: “I am a messenger of the Lord of all worlds.”

آية رقم 47

ﯹﯺﯻﯼﯽﯾﯿ ﰀ ​

But as soon as he came to them with Our signs, they laughed at them,

آية رقم 48

ﭑﭒﭓﭔﭕﭖﭗﭘﭙﭚﭛﭜﭝﭞ ﭟ ​

although every sign We showed them was greater than the one before.¹ Ultimately, We seized them with torments so that they might return ˹to the Right Path˺.²

آية رقم 49

ﭠﭡﭢﭣﭤﭥﭦﭧﭨﭩﭪ ﭫ ​

˹Then˺ they pleaded, “O ˹mighty˺ magician! Pray to your Lord on our behalf, by virtue of the covenant He made with you.¹ We will certainly accept guidance.”

آية رقم 50

ﭬﭭﭮﭯﭰﭱﭲ ﭳ ​

But as soon as We removed the torments from them, they broke their promise.

آية رقم 51

ﭴﭵﭶﭷﭸﭹﭺﭻﭼﭽﭾﭿﮀﮁﮂﮃﮄﮅ ﮆ ​

And Pharaoh called out to his people, boasting, “O my people! Am I not sovereign over Egypt as well as ˹all˺ these streams¹ flowing at my feet? Can you not see?

آية رقم 52

ﮇﮈﮉﮊﮋﮌﮍﮎﮏﮐﮑ ﮒ ​

Am I not better than this nobody who can hardly express himself?¹

آية رقم 53

ﮓﮔﮕﮖﮗﮘﮙﮚﮛﮜﮝ ﮞ ​

Why then have no golden bracelets ˹of kingship˺ been granted to him or angels come with him as escorts!”

آية رقم 54

ﮟﮠﮡﮢﮣﮤﮥﮦ ﮧ ​

And so he fooled his people, and they obeyed him. They were truly a rebellious people.

آية رقم 55

ﮨﮩﮪﮫﮬﮭ ﮮ ​

So when they enraged Us, We inflicted punishment upon them, drowning them all.

آية رقم 56

ﮯﮰﮱﯓ ﯔ ​

And We made them an example and a lesson for those after them.

آية رقم 57

ﯕﯖﯗﯘﯙﯚﯛﯜﯝﯞ ﯟ ​

When the son of Mary was cited as an example ˹in argument˺, your people ˹O Prophet˺ broke into ˹joyful˺ applause.¹

آية رقم 58

ﯠﯡﯢﯣﯤﯥﯦﯧﯨﯩﯪﯫﯬﯭﯮﯯ ﯰ ​

They exclaimed, “Which is better: our gods or Jesus?” They cite him only to argue. In fact, they are a people prone to dispute.

آية رقم 59

ﯱﯲﯳﯴﯵﯶﯷﯸﯹﯺ ﯻ ​

He was only a servant We showed favour to, and made as an example for the Children of Israel.

آية رقم 60

ﯼﯽﯾﯿﰀﰁﰂﰃ ﰄ ​

Had We willed, We could have easily replaced you ˹all˺ with angels,¹ succeeding one another on earth.

آية رقم 61

ﭑﭒﭓﭔﭕﭖﭗﭘﭙﭚﭛ ﭜ ​

And his ˹second˺ coming is truly a sign for the Hour. So have no doubt about it, and follow me. This is the Straight Path.

آية رقم 62

ﭝﭞﭟﭠﭡﭢﭣﭤ ﭥ ​

And do not let Satan hinder you, ˹for˺ he is certainly your sworn enemy.

آية رقم 63

ﭦﭧﭨﭩﭪﭫﭬﭭﭮﭯﭰﭱﭲﭳﭴﭵﭶﭷ ﭸ ​

When Jesus came with clear proofs, he declared, “I have come to you with wisdom, and to clarify to you some of what you differ about. So fear Allah, and obey me.

آية رقم 64

ﭹﭺﭻﭼﭽﭾﭿﮀﮁﮂ ﮃ ​

Surely Allah ˹alone˺ is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him ˹alone˺. This is the Straight Path.”

آية رقم 65

ﮄﮅﮆﮇﮈﮉﮊﮋﮌﮍﮎﮏ ﮐ ​

Yet their ˹various˺ groups have differed among themselves ˹about him˺, so woe to the wrongdoers when they face the torment of a painful Day!

آية رقم 66

ﮑﮒﮓﮔﮕﮖﮗﮘﮙﮚ ﮛ ​

Are they waiting for the Hour to take them by surprise when they least expect ˹it˺?

آية رقم 67

ﮜﮝﮞﮟﮠﮡﮢ ﮣ ​

Close friends will be enemies to one another on that Day, except the righteous,

آية رقم 68

ﮤﮥﮦﮧﮨﮩﮪﮫ ﮬ ​

˹who will be told,˺ “O My servants! There is no fear for you Today, nor will you grieve—

آية رقم 69

ﮭﮮﮯﮰﮱ ﯓ ​

˹those˺ who believed in Our signs and ˹fully˺ submitted ˹to Us˺.

آية رقم 70

ﯔﯕﯖﯗﯘ ﯙ ​

Enter Paradise, you and your spouses, rejoicing.”

آية رقم 71

ﯚﯛﯜﯝﯞﯟﯠﯡﯢﯣﯤﯥﯦﯧﯨﯩﯪ ﯫ ​

Golden trays and cups will be passed around to them. There will be whatever the souls desire and the eyes delight in. And you will be there forever.

آية رقم 72

ﯬﯭﯮﯯﯰﯱﯲ ﯳ ​

That is the Paradise which you will be awarded for what you used to do.

آية رقم 73

ﯴﯵﯶﯷﯸﯹ ﯺ ​

There you will have abundant fruit¹ to eat from.

آية رقم 74

ﭑﭒﭓﭔﭕﭖ ﭗ ​

Indeed, the wicked will be in the torment of Hell forever.

آية رقم 75

ﭘﭙﭚﭛﭜﭝ ﭞ ​

It will never be lightened for them, and there they will be overwhelmed with despair.

آية رقم 76

ﭟﭠﭡﭢﭣﭤ ﭥ ​

We did not wrong them, but it was they who were the wrongdoers.

آية رقم 77

ﭦﭧﭨﭩﭪﭫﭬﭭﭮ ﭯ ​

They will cry, “O Mâlik!¹ Let your Lord finish us off.” He will answer, “You are definitely here to stay.”

آية رقم 78

ﭰﭱﭲﭳﭴﭵﭶ ﭷ ​

We certainly brought the truth to you, but most of you were resentful of the truth.

آية رقم 79

ﭸﭹﭺﭻﭼ ﭽ ​

Or have they mastered some ˹evil˺ plan? Then We ˹too˺ are surely planning.

آية رقم 80

ﭾﭿﮀﮁﮂﮃﮄﮅﮆﮇﮈﮉ ﮊ ​

Or do they think that We do not hear their ˹evil˺ thoughts and secret talks? Yes ˹We do˺! And Our messenger-angels are in their presence, recording ˹it all˺.

آية رقم 81

ﮋﮌﮍﮎﮏﮐﮑﮒ ﮓ ​

Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “If the Most Compassionate ˹really˺ had offspring, I would be the first worshipper.”

آية رقم 82

ﮔﮕﮖﮗﮘﮙﮚﮛ ﮜ ​

Glorified is the Lord of the heavens and the earth, the Lord of the Throne, far above what they claim.

آية رقم 83

ﮝﮞﮟﮠﮡﮢﮣﮤ ﮥ ​

So let them indulge ˹in falsehood˺ and amuse ˹themselves˺ until they face their Day, which they have been warned of.

آية رقم 84

ﮦﮧﮨﮩﮪﮫﮬﮭﮮﮯﮰﮱ ﯓ ​

It is He Who is ˹the only˺ God in the heavens and ˹the only˺ God on the earth. For He is the All-Wise, All-Knowing.

آية رقم 85

ﯔﯕﯖﯗﯘﯙﯚﯛﯜﯝﯞﯟﯠ ﯡ ​

And Blessed is the One to Whom belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth and everything in between! With Him ˹alone˺ is the knowledge of the Hour. And to Him you will ˹all˺ be returned.

آية رقم 86

ﯢﯣﯤﯥﯦﯧﯨﯩﯪﯫﯬﯭﯮ ﯯ ​

˹But˺ those ˹objects of worship˺ they invoke besides Him have no power to intercede, except those who testify to the truth knowingly.¹

آية رقم 87

ﯰﯱﯲﯳﯴﯵﯶﯷﯸ ﯹ ​

If you ask them ˹O Prophet˺ who created them, they will certainly say, “Allah!” How can they then be deluded ˹from the truth˺?

آية رقم 88

ﯺﯻﯼﯽﯾﯿﰀ ﰁ ​

˹Allah is Aware of˺ the Prophet’s cry: “O my Lord! Indeed, these are a people who persist in disbelief.”

آية رقم 89

ﰂﰃﰄﰅﰆﰇﰈ ﰉ ​

So bear with them and respond with peace. They will soon come to know.