And do not obey the order of the transgressors,  

وَلَا تُطِيعُوا أَمْرَ الْمُسْرِفِينَ  

Who cause corruption in the land and do not amend."  

الَّذِينَ يُفْسِدُونَ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا يُصْلِحُونَ  

They said, "You are only of those affected by magic.  

قَالُوا إِنَّمَا أَنْتَ مِنَ الْمُسَحَّرِينَ  

You are but a man like ourselves, so bring a sign, if you should be of the truthful."  

مَا أَنْتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِثْلُنَا فَأْتِ بِآيَةٍ إِنْ كُنْتَ مِنَ الصَّادِقِينَ  

He said, "This is a she-camel. For her is a ˹time of˺ drink, and for you is a ˹time of˺ drink, ˹each˺ on a known day.  

قَالَ هَٰذِهِ نَاقَةٌ لَهَا شِرْبٌ وَلَكُمْ شِرْبُ يَوْمٍ مَعْلُومٍ  

And do not touch her with harm, lest you be seized by the punishment of a terrible day."  

وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوءٍ فَيَأْخُذَكُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ  

But they hamstrung her and so became regretful.  

فَعَقَرُوهَا فَأَصْبَحُوا نَادِمِينَ  

And the punishment seized them. Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.  

فَأَخَذَهُمُ الْعَذَابُ ۗ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ  

And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.  

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ  

The people of Lot denied the messengers  

كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ لُوطٍ الْمُرْسَلِينَ  

When their brother Lot said to them, "Will you not fear Allah?  

إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ لُوطٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ  

Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger.  

إِنِّي لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ  

So fear Allah and obey me.  

فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ  

And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds.  

وَمَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ  

Do you approach males among the worlds  

أَتَأْتُونَ الذُّكْرَانَ مِنَ الْعَالَمِينَ  

And leave what your Lord has created for you as mates? But you are a people transgressing."  

وَتَذَرُونَ مَا خَلَقَ لَكُمْ رَبُّكُمْ مِنْ أَزْوَاجِكُمْ ۚ بَلْ أَنْتُمْ قَوْمٌ عَادُونَ  

They said, "If you do not desist, O Lot, you will surely be of those evicted."  

قَالُوا لَئِنْ لَمْ تَنْتَهِ يَا لُوطُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْمُخْرَجِينَ  

He said, "Indeed, I am, toward your deed, of those who detest ˹it˺.  

قَالَ إِنِّي لِعَمَلِكُمْ مِنَ الْقَالِينَ  

My Lord, save me and my family from ˹the consequence of˺ what they do."  

رَبِّ نَجِّنِي وَأَهْلِي مِمَّا يَعْمَلُونَ  

So We saved him and his family, all,  

فَنَجَّيْنَاهُ وَأَهْلَهُ أَجْمَعِينَ  

Except an old woman among those who remained behind.  

إِلَّا عَجُوزًا فِي الْغَابِرِينَ  

Then We destroyed the others.  

ثُمَّ دَمَّرْنَا الْآخَرِينَ  

And We rained upon them a rain ˹of stones˺, and evil was the rain of those who were warned.  

وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ مَطَرًا ۖ فَسَاءَ مَطَرُ الْمُنْذَرِينَ  

Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.  

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ  

And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.  

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ  

The companions of the thicket denied the messengers  

كَذَّبَ أَصْحَابُ الْأَيْكَةِ الْمُرْسَلِينَ  

When Shu'ayb said to them, "Will you not fear Allah?  

إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ شُعَيْبٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ  

Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger.  

إِنِّي لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ  

So fear Allah and obey me.  

فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ  

And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds.  

وَمَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ  

Give full measure and do not be of those who cause loss.  

أَوْفُوا الْكَيْلَ وَلَا تَكُونُوا مِنَ الْمُخْسِرِينَ  

And weigh with an even balance.  

وَزِنُوا بِالْقِسْطَاسِ الْمُسْتَقِيمِ  

And do not deprive people of their due and do not commit abuse on earth, spreading corruption.  

وَلَا تَبْخَسُوا النَّاسَ أَشْيَاءَهُمْ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا فِي الْأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ  

And fear He who created you and the former creation."  

وَاتَّقُوا الَّذِي خَلَقَكُمْ وَالْجِبِلَّةَ الْأَوَّلِينَ  

They said, "You are only of those affected by magic.  

قَالُوا إِنَّمَا أَنْتَ مِنَ الْمُسَحَّرِينَ  

You are but a man like ourselves, and indeed, we think you are among the liars.  

وَمَا أَنْتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِثْلُنَا وَإِنْ نَظُنُّكَ لَمِنَ الْكَاذِبِينَ  

So cause to fall upon us fragments of the sky, if you should be of the truthful."  

فَأَسْقِطْ عَلَيْنَا كِسَفًا مِنَ السَّمَاءِ إِنْ كُنْتَ مِنَ الصَّادِقِينَ  

He said, "My Lord is most knowing of what you do."  

قَالَ رَبِّي أَعْلَمُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ  

And they denied him, so the punishment of the day of the black cloud seized them. Indeed, it was the punishment of a terrible day.  

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمِ الظُّلَّةِ ۚ إِنَّهُ كَانَ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ  

Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.  

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ  

And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.  

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ  

And indeed, the Qur'an is the revelation of the Lord of the worlds.  

وَإِنَّهُ لَتَنْزِيلُ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ  

The Trustworthy Spirit has brought it down  

نَزَلَ بِهِ الرُّوحُ الْأَمِينُ  

Upon your heart, ˹O Muhammad˺ - that you may be of the warners -  

عَلَىٰ قَلْبِكَ لِتَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُنْذِرِينَ  

In a clear Arabic language.  

بِلِسَانٍ عَرَبِيٍّ مُبِينٍ  

And indeed, it is ˹mentioned˺ in the scriptures of former peoples.  

وَإِنَّهُ لَفِي زُبُرِ الْأَوَّلِينَ  

And has it not been a sign to them that it is recognized by the scholars of the Children of Israel?  

أَوَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُمْ آيَةً أَنْ يَعْلَمَهُ عُلَمَاءُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ  

And even if We had revealed it to one among the foreigners  

وَلَوْ نَزَّلْنَاهُ عَلَىٰ بَعْضِ الْأَعْجَمِينَ  

And he had recited it to them ˹perfectly˺, they would ˹still˺ not have been believers in it.  

فَقَرَأَهُ عَلَيْهِمْ مَا كَانُوا بِهِ مُؤْمِنِينَ  

Thus have We inserted disbelief into the hearts of the criminals.  

كَذَٰلِكَ سَلَكْنَاهُ فِي قُلُوبِ الْمُجْرِمِينَ