43. Surat al-Zukhruf
٤٣۔ سُورَةُ الزُّخْرُف
فَإِمَّا نَذْهَبَنَّ بِكَ فَإِنَّا مِنْهُم مُّنتَقِمُونَ
And whether ˹or not˺ We take you away ˹in death˺, indeed, We will take retribution upon them.
And whoever is blinded from remembrance of the Most Merciful - We appoint for him a devil, and he is to him a companion.
And indeed, the devils avert them from the way ˹of guidance˺ while they think that they are ˹rightly˺ guided
Until, when he comes to Us ˹at Judgement˺, he says ˹to his companion˺, "Oh, I wish there was between me and you the distance between the east and west - how wretched a companion."
And never will it benefit you that Day, when you have wronged, that you are ˹all˺ sharing in the punishment.
Then will you make the deaf hear, ˹O Muhammad˺, or guide the blind or he who is in clear error?
And whether ˹or not˺ We take you away ˹in death˺, indeed, We will take retribution upon them.
Or whether ˹or not˺ We show you that which We have promised them, indeed, We are Perfect in Ability.
So adhere to that which is revealed to you. Indeed, you are on a straight path.
And indeed, it is a remembrance for you and your people, and you ˹all˺ are going to be questioned.
And ask those We sent before you of Our messengers; have We made besides the Most Merciful deities to be worshipped?
وَمَن يَعْشُ عَن ذِكْرِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ نُقَيِّضْ لَهُۥ شَيْطَٰنࣰا فَهُوَ لَهُۥ قَرِينࣱ
وَإِنَّهُمْ لَيَصُدُّونَهُمْ عَنِ ٱلسَّبِيلِ وَيَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّهُم مُّهْتَدُونَ
حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَنَا قَالَ يَٰلَيْتَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكَ بُعْدَ ٱلْمَشْرِقَيْنِ فَبِئْسَ ٱلْقَرِينُ
وَلَن يَنفَعَكُمُ ٱلْيَوْمَ إِذ ظَّلَمْتُمْ أَنَّكُمْ فِي ٱلْعَذَابِ مُشْتَرِكُونَ
أَفَأَنتَ تُسْمِعُ ٱلصُّمَّ أَوْ تَهْدِي ٱلْعُمْيَ وَمَن كَانَ فِي ضَلَٰلࣲ مُّبِينࣲ
فَإِمَّا نَذْهَبَنَّ بِكَ فَإِنَّا مِنْهُم مُّنتَقِمُونَ
أَوْ نُرِيَنَّكَ ٱلَّذِي وَعَدْنَٰهُمْ فَإِنَّا عَلَيْهِم مُّقْتَدِرُونَ
فَٱسْتَمْسِكْ بِٱلَّذِيٓ أُوحِيَ إِلَيْكَۖ إِنَّكَ عَلَىٰ صِرَٰطࣲ مُّسْتَقِيمࣲ
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَذِكْرࣱ لَّكَ وَلِقَوْمِكَۖ وَسَوْفَ تُسْـَٔلُونَ
وَسْـَٔلْ مَنْ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ مِن رُّسُلِنَآ أَجَعَلْنَا مِن دُونِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ءَالِهَةࣰ يُعْبَدُونَ
And certainly did We send Moses with Our signs to Pharaoh and his establishment, and he said, "Indeed, I am the messenger of the Lord of the worlds."
But when he brought them Our signs, at once they laughed at them.
And We showed them not a sign except that it was greater than its sister, and We seized them with affliction that perhaps they might return ˹to faith˺.
And they said ˹to Moses˺, "O magician, invoke for us your Lord by what He has promised you. Indeed, we will be guided."
But when We removed from them the affliction, at once they broke their word.
And Pharaoh called out among his people; he said, "O my people, does not the kingdom of Egypt belong to me, and these rivers flowing beneath me; then do you not see?
Or am I ˹not˺ better than this one who is insignificant and hardly makes himself clear?
Then why have there not been placed upon him bracelets of gold or come with him the angels in conjunction?"
So he bluffed his people, and they obeyed him. Indeed, they were ˹themselves˺ a people defiantly disobedient ˹of Allah˺.
And when they angered Us, We took retribution from them and drowned them all.
And We made them a precedent and an example for the later peoples.
وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا مُوسَىٰ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَآ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَلَإِي۟هِۦ فَقَالَ إِنِّي رَسُولُ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُم بِـَٔايَٰتِنَآ إِذَا هُم مِّنْهَا يَضْحَكُونَ
وَمَا نُرِيهِم مِّنْ ءَايَةٍ إِلَّا هِيَ أَكْبَرُ مِنْ أُخْتِهَاۖ وَأَخَذْنَٰهُم بِٱلْعَذَابِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ
وَقَالُوا۟ يَٰٓأَيُّهَ ٱلسَّاحِرُ ٱدْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ بِمَا عَهِدَ عِندَكَ إِنَّنَا لَمُهْتَدُونَ
فَلَمَّا كَشَفْنَا عَنْهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابَ إِذَا هُمْ يَنكُثُونَ
وَنَادَىٰ فِرْعَوْنُ فِي قَوْمِهِۦ قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ أَلَيْسَ لِي مُلْكُ مِصْرَ وَهَٰذِهِ ٱلْأَنْهَٰرُ تَجْرِي مِن تَحْتِيٓۚ أَفَلَا تُبْصِرُونَ
أَمْ أَنَا۠ خَيْرࣱ مِّنْ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِي هُوَ مَهِينࣱ وَلَا يَكَادُ يُبِينُ
فَلَوْلَآ أُلْقِيَ عَلَيْهِ أَسْوِرَةࣱ مِّن ذَهَبٍ أَوْ جَآءَ مَعَهُ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ مُقْتَرِنِينَ
فَٱسْتَخَفَّ قَوْمَهُۥ فَأَطَاعُوهُۚ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَوْمࣰا فَٰسِقِينَ
فَلَمَّآ ءَاسَفُونَا ٱنتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ فَأَغْرَقْنَٰهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ
فَجَعَلْنَٰهُمْ سَلَفࣰا وَمَثَلࣰا لِّلْـَٔاخِرِينَ
And when the son of Mary was presented as an example, immediately your people laughed aloud.
And they said, "Are your gods better, or is he?" They did not present the comparison except for ˹mere˺ argument. But, ˹in fact˺, they are a people prone to dispute.
Jesus was not but a servant upon whom We bestowed favor, and We made him an example for the Children of Israel.
And if We willed, We could have made ˹instead˺ of you angels succeeding ˹one another˺ on the earth.
And indeed, Jesus will be ˹a sign for˺ knowledge of the Hour, so be not in doubt of it, and follow Me. This is a straight path.
And never let Satan avert you. Indeed, he is to you a clear enemy.
And when Jesus brought clear proofs, he said, "I have come to you with wisdom and to make clear to you some of that over which you differ, so fear Allah and obey me.
Indeed, Allah is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him. This is a straight path."
But the denominations from among them differed ˹and separated˺, so woe to those who have wronged from the punishment of a painful Day.
Are they waiting except for the Hour to come upon them suddenly while they perceive not?
Close friends, that Day, will be enemies to each other, except for the righteous
۞ وَلَمَّا ضُرِبَ ٱبْنُ مَرْيَمَ مَثَلًا إِذَا قَوْمُكَ مِنْهُ يَصِدُّونَ
وَقَالُوٓا۟ ءَأَٰلِهَتُنَا خَيْرٌ أَمْ هُوَۚ مَا ضَرَبُوهُ لَكَ إِلَّا جَدَلَۢاۚ بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ خَصِمُونَ
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا عَبْدٌ أَنْعَمْنَا عَلَيْهِ وَجَعَلْنَٰهُ مَثَلࣰا لِّبَنِيٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ
وَلَوْ نَشَآءُ لَجَعَلْنَا مِنكُم مَّلَٰٓئِكَةࣰ فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ يَخْلُفُونَ
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَعِلْمࣱ لِّلسَّاعَةِ فَلَا تَمْتَرُنَّ بِهَا وَٱتَّبِعُونِۚ هَٰذَا صِرَٰطࣱ مُّسْتَقِيمࣱ
وَلَا يَصُدَّنَّكُمُ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُۖ إِنَّهُۥ لَكُمْ عَدُوࣱّ مُّبِينࣱ
وَلَمَّا جَآءَ عِيسَىٰ بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ قَالَ قَدْ جِئْتُكُم بِٱلْحِكْمَةِ وَلِأُبَيِّنَ لَكُم بَعْضَ ٱلَّذِي تَخْتَلِفُونَ فِيهِۖ فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ رَبِّي وَرَبُّكُمْ فَٱعْبُدُوهُۚ هَٰذَا صِرَٰطࣱ مُّسْتَقِيمࣱ
فَٱخْتَلَفَ ٱلْأَحْزَابُ مِنۢ بَيْنِهِمْۖ فَوَيْلࣱ لِّلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمٍ أَلِيمٍ
هَلْ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّا ٱلسَّاعَةَ أَن تَأْتِيَهُم بَغْتَةࣰ وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ
ٱلْأَخِلَّآءُ يَوْمَئِذِۭ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّ إِلَّا ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ
˹To whom Allah will say˺, "O My servants, no fear will there be concerning you this Day, nor will you grieve,
˹You˺ who believed in Our verses and were Muslims.
Enter Paradise, you and your kinds, delighted."
Circulated among them will be plates and vessels of gold. And therein is whatever the souls desire and ˹what˺ delights the eyes, and you will abide therein eternally.
And that is Paradise which you are made to inherit for what you used to do.
For you therein is much fruit from which you will eat.
Indeed, the criminals will be in the punishment of Hell, abiding eternally.
It will not be allowed to subside for them, and they, therein, are in despair.
And We did not wrong them, but it was they who were the wrongdoers.
And they will call, "O Malik, let your Lord put an end to us!" He will say, "Indeed, you will remain."
We had certainly brought you the truth, but most of you, to the truth, were averse.
Or have they devised ˹some˺ affair? But indeed, We are devising ˹a plan˺.
Or do they think that We hear not their secrets and their private conversations? Yes, ˹We do˺, and Our messengers are with them recording.
Say, ˹O Muhammad˺, "If the Most Merciful had a son, then I would be the first of ˹his˺ worshippers."
Exalted is the Lord of the heavens and the earth, Lord of the Throne, above what they describe.
So leave them to converse vainly and amuse themselves until they meet their Day which they are promised.
And it is Allah who is ˹the only˺ deity in the heaven, and on the earth ˹the only˺ deity. And He is the Wise, the Knowing.
And blessed is He to whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them and with whom is knowledge of the Hour and to whom you will be returned.
And those they invoke besides Him do not possess ˹power of˺ intercession; but only those who testify to the truth ˹can benefit˺, and they know.
And if you asked them who created them, they would surely say, "Allah." So how are they deluded?
And ˹Allah acknowledges˺ his saying, "O my Lord, indeed these are a people who do not believe."
So turn aside from them and say, "Peace." But they are going to know.
يَٰعِبَادِ لَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْيَوْمَ وَلَآ أَنتُمْ تَحْزَنُونَ
ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا وَكَانُوا۟ مُسْلِمِينَ
ٱدْخُلُوا۟ ٱلْجَنَّةَ أَنتُمْ وَأَزْوَٰجُكُمْ تُحْبَرُونَ
يُطَافُ عَلَيْهِم بِصِحَافࣲ مِّن ذَهَبࣲ وَأَكْوَابࣲۖ وَفِيهَا مَا تَشْتَهِيهِ ٱلْأَنفُسُ وَتَلَذُّ ٱلْأَعْيُنُۖ وَأَنتُمْ فِيهَا خَٰلِدُونَ
وَتِلْكَ ٱلْجَنَّةُ ٱلَّتِيٓ أُورِثْتُمُوهَا بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
لَكُمْ فِيهَا فَٰكِهَةࣱ كَثِيرَةࣱ مِّنْهَا تَأْكُلُونَ
إِنَّ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ فِي عَذَابِ جَهَنَّمَ خَٰلِدُونَ
لَا يُفَتَّرُ عَنْهُمْ وَهُمْ فِيهِ مُبْلِسُونَ
وَمَا ظَلَمْنَٰهُمْ وَلَٰكِن كَانُوا۟ هُمُ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ
وَنَادَوْا۟ يَٰمَٰلِكُ لِيَقْضِ عَلَيْنَا رَبُّكَۖ قَالَ إِنَّكُم مَّٰكِثُونَ
لَقَدْ جِئْنَٰكُم بِٱلْحَقِّ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَكُمْ لِلْحَقِّ كَٰرِهُونَ
أَمْ أَبْرَمُوٓا۟ أَمْرࣰا فَإِنَّا مُبْرِمُونَ
أَمْ يَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّا لَا نَسْمَعُ سِرَّهُمْ وَنَجْوَىٰهُمۚ بَلَىٰ وَرُسُلُنَا لَدَيْهِمْ يَكْتُبُونَ
قُلْ إِن كَانَ لِلرَّحْمَٰنِ وَلَدࣱ فَأَنَا۠ أَوَّلُ ٱلْعَٰبِدِينَ
سُبْحَٰنَ رَبِّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَرْشِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ
فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوضُوا۟ وَيَلْعَبُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يُلَٰقُوا۟ يَوْمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِي يُوعَدُونَ
وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِي فِي ٱلسَّمَآءِ إِلَٰهࣱ وَفِي ٱلْأَرْضِ إِلَٰهࣱۚ وَهُوَ ٱلْحَكِيمُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ
وَتَبَارَكَ ٱلَّذِي لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا وَعِندَهُۥ عِلْمُ ٱلسَّاعَةِ وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ
وَلَا يَمْلِكُ ٱلَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِهِ ٱلشَّفَٰعَةَ إِلَّا مَن شَهِدَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ
وَلَئِن سَأَلْتَهُم مَّنْ خَلَقَهُمْ لَيَقُولُنَّ ٱللَّهُۖ فَأَنَّىٰ يُؤْفَكُونَ
وَقِيلِهِۦ يَٰرَبِّ إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ قَوْمࣱ لَّا يُؤْمِنُونَ
فَٱصْفَحْ عَنْهُمْ وَقُلْ سَلَٰمࣱۚ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ
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