Al-Anbiya

Iqtaraba linnaasi hisaa buhum wa hum fee ghaflatim mu'ridoon

[The time of] their account has approached for the people, while they are in heedlessness turning away.

Maa yaateehim min zikrim mir Rabbihim muhdasin illas tama'oohu wa hum yal'aboon

No mention comes to them anew from their Lord except that they listen to it while they are at play

Laahiyatan quloobuhum; wa asarrun najwal lazeena zalamoo hal haazaa illaa basharum mislukum afataa toonas sihra wa antum tubsiroon

With their hearts distracted. And those who do wrong conceal their private conversation, [saying], "Is this [Prophet] except a human being like you? So would you approach magic while you are aware [of it]?"

Qaala Rabbee ya'lamul qawla fis samaaa'i wal ardi wa Huwas Samee'ul Aleem

The Prophet said, "My Lord knows whatever is said throughout the heaven and earth, and He is the Hearing, the Knowing."

Bal qaalooo adghaasu ahlaamim balif taraahu bal huwa shaa'irun falyaatinaa bi Aayatin kamaa ursilal awwaloon

But they say, "[The revelation is but] a mixture of false dreams; rather, he has invented it; rather, he is a poet. So let him bring us a sign just as the previous [messengers] were sent [with miracles]."

Maaa aaamanat qablahum min qaryatin ahlaknaahaa a-fahum yu'minoon

Not a [single] city which We destroyed believed before them, so will they believe?

Wa maaa arsalnaa qablaka illaa rijaalan nooheee ilaihim fas'aloo ahlaz zikri in kuntum laa ta'lamoon

And We sent not before you, [O Muhammad], except men to whom We revealed [the message], so ask the people of the message if you do not know.

Wa maa ja'alnaahum jasadal laa yaakuloonat ta'aama wa maa kaanoo khaalideen

And We did not make the prophets forms not eating food, nor were they immortal [on earth].

summa sadaqnaa humul wa'da fa-anjainaahum wa man nashaaa'u wa ahlaknal musrifeen

Then We fulfilled for them the promise, and We saved them and whom We willed and destroyed the transgressors.

Laqad anzalnaaa ilaikum Kitaaban feehi zikrukum afalaa ta'qiloon

We have certainly sent down to you a Book in which is your mention. Then will you not reason?

Wa kam qasamnaa min qaryatin kannat zaalimatanw wa anshadnaa ba'dahaa qawman aakhareen

And how many a city which was unjust have We shattered and produced after it another people.

Falammaaa ahassoo baasanaaa izaaa hum minhaa yarkudoon

And when its inhabitants perceived Our punishment, at once they fled from it.

Laa tarkudoo warji'ooo ilaa maaa utriftum feehe wa masaakinikum la'allakum tus'aloon

[Some angels said], "Do not flee but return to where you were given luxury and to your homes - perhaps you will be questioned."

Qaaloo yaa wailanaaa innaa kunnaa zaalimeen

They said, "O woe to us! Indeed, we were wrongdoers."

Famaa zaalat tilka da'waahum hattaa ja'alnaahum haseedan khaamideen

And that declaration of theirs did not cease until We made them [as] a harvest [mowed down], extinguished [like a fire].

Wa maa khalaqnas samaaa'a wal arda wa maa bainahumaa laa'ibeen

And We did not create the heaven and earth and that between them in play.

Law aradnaaa an nattakhiza lahwal lat takhaznaahu mil ladunnaaa in kunnaa faa'ileen

Had We intended to take a diversion, We could have taken it from [what is] with Us - if [indeed] We were to do so.

Bal naqzifu bilhaqqi 'alal baatili fa yadmaghuhoo fa izaa huwa zaahiq; wa lakumul wailu mimmaa tasifoon

Rather, We dash the truth upon falsehood, and it destroys it, and thereupon it departs. And for you is destruction from that which you describe.

Wa lahoo man fis samaawaati wal ard; wa man 'indahoo laa yastakbiroona 'an 'ibaada tihee wa laa yastahsiroon

To Him belongs whoever is in the heavens and the earth. And those near Him are not prevented by arrogance from His worship, nor do they tire.

Yusabbihoona laila wannahaara laa yafturoon

They exalt [Him] night and day [and] do not slacken.

Amit takhazooo aalihatam minal ardi hum yunshiroon

Or have men taken for themselves gods from the earth who resurrect [the dead]?

Law kaana feehimaaa aalihatun illal laahu lafasadataa; fa-Subhaanal laahi Rabbil 'Arshi 'ammaa yasifoon

Had there been within the heavens and earth gods besides Allah, they both would have been ruined. So exalted is Allah, Lord of the Throne, above what they describe.

Laa yus'alu 'ammaa yaf'alu wa hum yus'aloon

He is not questioned about what He does, but they will be questioned.

Amit takhazoo min doonihee aalihatan qul haatoo burhaanakum haaza zikru mam ma'iya wa zikru man qablee; bal aksaruhum laa ya'lamoonal haqqa fahum mu'ridoon

Or have they taken gods besides Him? Say, [O Muhammad], "Produce your proof. This [Qur'an] is the message for those with me and the message of those before me." But most of them do not know the truth, so they are turning away.

Wa maaa arsalnaa min qablika mir Rasoolin illaa nooheee ilaihi annahoo laaa ilaaha illaaa Ana fa'budoon

And We sent not before you any messenger except that We revealed to him that, "There is no deity except Me, so worship Me."

Wa qaalut takhazar Rahmaanu waladan Subhaanah; bal 'ibaadum mkkramoon

And they say, "The Most Merciful has taken a son." Exalted is He! Rather, they are [but] honored servants.

Laa yasbiqoonahoo bil qawli wa hum bi amrihee ya'maloon

They cannot precede Him in word, and they act by His command.

Ya'lamu maa baina aideehim wa maa khalfahum wa laa yashfa'oona illaa limanir tadaa wa hum min khash yatihee mushfiqoon

He knows what is [presently] before them and what will be after them, and they cannot intercede except on behalf of one whom He approves. And they, from fear of Him, are apprehensive.

Wa mai yaqul minhum inneee ilaahum min doonihee fazaalika najzeehi Jahannam; kazaalika najziz zaalimeen

And whoever of them should say, "Indeed, I am a god besides Him"- that one We would recompense with Hell. Thus do We recompense the wrongdoers.

Awalam yaral lazeena kafarooo annas samaawaati wal arda kaanataa ratqan faftaqnaahumaa wa ja'alnaa minal maaa'i kulla shai'in haiyin afalaa yu'minoon

Have those who disbelieved not considered that the heavens and the earth were a joined entity, and We separated them and made from water every living thing? Then will they not believe?