بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ أَمْثَٰلَكُمْ وَنُنشِئَكُمْ فِى مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ
'Alaaa an nubaddila amsaalakum wa nunshi'akum fee maa laa ta'lamoon
Had We so wished, nothing could have hindered Us from replacing you by others like yourselves, or transforming you into beings you know nothing about.
وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْتُمُ ٱلنَّشْأَةَ ٱلْأُولَىٰ فَلَوْلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ
Wa laqad 'alimtumun nash atal oolaa falaw laa tazakkaroon
You are well aware of the first creation; then, do you learn no lesson from it?
أَفَرَءَيْتُم مَّا تَحْرُثُونَ
Afara'aytum maa tahrusoon
Have you considered the seeds you till?
ءَأَنتُمْ تَزْرَعُونَهُۥٓ أَمْ نَحْنُ ٱلزَّٰرِعُونَ
'A-antum tazra'oonahooo am nahnuz zaari'ooon
Is it you or We Who make them grow?
لَوْ نَشَآءُ لَجَعَلْنَٰهُ حُطَٰمًۭا فَظَلْتُمْ تَفَكَّهُونَ
Law nashaaa'u laja'al naahu hutaaman fazaltum tafakkahoon
If We so wished, We could have reduced your harvest to rubble, and you would have been left wonder-struck to exclaim:
إِنَّا لَمُغْرَمُونَ
Innaa lamughramoon
“We have been penalised;
بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُومُونَ
Bal nahnu mahroomoon
nay; we have been undone!”
أَفَرَءَيْتُمُ ٱلْمَآءَ ٱلَّذِى تَشْرَبُونَ
Afara'aytumul maaa'allazee tashraboon
Did you cast a good look at the water that you drink?
ءَأَنتُمْ أَنزَلْتُمُوهُ مِنَ ٱلْمُزْنِ أَمْ نَحْنُ ٱلْمُنزِلُونَ
'A-antum anzaltumoohu minal muzni am nahnul munziloon
Is it you who brought it down from the clouds or is it We Who brought it down?
لَوْ نَشَآءُ جَعَلْنَٰهُ أُجَاجًۭا فَلَوْلَا تَشْكُرُونَ
Law nashaaa'u ja'alnaahu ujaajan falaw laa tashkuroon
If We had so pleased, We could have made it bitter. So why would you not give thanks?
أَفَرَءَيْتُمُ ٱلنَّارَ ٱلَّتِى تُورُونَ
Afara'aytumun naaral latee tooroon
Did you consider the fire which you kindle?
ءَأَنتُمْ أَنشَأْتُمْ شَجَرَتَهَآ أَمْ نَحْنُ ٱلْمُنشِـُٔونَ
'A-antum anshaatum shajaratahaaa am nahnul munshi'oon
Did you make its tree grow or was it We Who made it grow?
نَحْنُ جَعَلْنَٰهَا تَذْكِرَةًۭ وَمَتَٰعًۭا لِّلْمُقْوِينَ
Nahnu ja'alnaahaa tazkira tanw wa mataa'al lilmuqween
We made it a reminder and a provision for the needy.
فَسَبِّحْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
Fasabbih bismi Rabbikal 'azeem
Glorify, then, (O Prophet), the name of your Great Lord.
۞ فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِمَوَٰقِعِ ٱلنُّجُومِ
Falaa uqsimu bimaawaa qi'innujoom
No! I swear by the positions of the stars –
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَقَسَمٌۭ لَّوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عَظِيمٌ
Wa innahoo laqasamul lawta'lamoona'azeem
and this is indeed a mighty oath, if only you knew –
إِنَّهُۥ لَقُرْءَانٌۭ كَرِيمٌۭ
Innahoo la quraanun kareem
that this indeed is a noble Qur'an,
فِى كِتَٰبٍۢ مَّكْنُونٍۢ
Fee kitaabim maknoon
inscribed in a well-guarded Book,
لَّا يَمَسُّهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلْمُطَهَّرُونَ
Laa yamassuhooo illal mutahharoon
which none but the pure may touch;
تَنزِيلٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
Tanzeelum mir Rabbil'aalameen
a revelation from the Lord of the Universe.
أَفَبِهَٰذَا ٱلْحَدِيثِ أَنتُم مُّدْهِنُونَ
Afabihaazal hadeesi antum mudhinoon
Do you, then, take this discourse in light esteem,
وَتَجْعَلُونَ رِزْقَكُمْ أَنَّكُمْ تُكَذِّبُونَ
Wa taj'aloona rizqakum annakum tukazziboon
and your portion in it is simply that you denounce it as false?
فَلَوْلَآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلْحُلْقُومَ
Falaw laaa izaa balaghatil hulqoom
Why, then, when the soul leaps up to the throat,
وَأَنتُمْ حِينَئِذٍۢ تَنظُرُونَ
Wa antum heena'izin tanzuroon
the while you are helplessly watching that he is on the verge of death,
وَنَحْنُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَيْهِ مِنكُمْ وَلَٰكِن لَّا تُبْصِرُونَ
Wa nahnu aqrabu ilaihi minkum wa laakil laa tubsiroon
– at that moment when We are closer to him than you, although you do not see (Us)
فَلَوْلَآ إِن كُنتُمْ غَيْرَ مَدِينِينَ
Falaw laaa in kuntum ghira madeeneen
if you are not subject to anyone's authority,
تَرْجِعُونَهَآ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ
Tarji'oonahaaa in kuntum saadiqeen
why are you then not able to bring them back to life if you are truthful?
فَأَمَّآ إِن كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُقَرَّبِينَ
Fa ammaaa in kaana minal muqarrabeen
So if he is one of those who are near-stationed (to Allah),
فَرَوْحٌۭ وَرَيْحَانٌۭ وَجَنَّتُ نَعِيمٍۢ
Farawhunw wa raihaa nunw wa jannatu na'eem
then happiness and delight and Gardens of Bliss are his.
وَأَمَّآ إِن كَانَ مِنْ أَصْحَٰبِ ٱلْيَمِينِ
Wa ammaaa in kaana min as haabil yameen
And if he is one of the People on the Right,
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