Meaning: The Prophets | Total Verses: 112 | Revealed In: Mecca (Makki Surah)
1. ٱقْتَرَبَ لِلنَّاسِ حِسَابُهُمْ وَهُمْ فِى غَفْلَةٍ مُّعْرِضُونَ
The time of people's reckoning has drawn near, yet they turn away in heedlessness.
2. مَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن ذِكْرٍۢ مِّن رَّبِّهِم مُّحْدَثٍ إِلَّا ٱسْتَمَعُوهُ وَهُمْ يَلْعَبُونَ
No reminder comes to them anew from their Lord except that they listen to it while they are playing.
3. لَاهِيَةً قُلُوبُهُمْۗ وَأَسَرُّوا۟ ٱلنَّجْوَى ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟
Their hearts distracted. The wrongdoers conceal their private conversation...
4. هَلْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا بَشَرٌۭ مِّثْلُكُمْۖ أَفَتَأْتُونَ ٱلسِّحْرَ وَأَنتُمْ تُبْصِرُونَ
Saying: "Is this anything but a human being like you? Will you then yield to magic while you see it?"
5. قَالَ رَبِّى يَعْلَمُ ٱلْقَوْلَ فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِۖ وَهُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ
The Prophet said, “My Lord knows every word spoken in the heavens and the earth. He is the All-Hearing, All-Knowing.”
6. بَلْ قَالُوٓا۟ أَضْغَـٰثُ أَحْلَـٰمٍۭ بَلِ ٱفْتَرَىٰهُ بَلْ هُوَ شَاعِرٌۭ
They say: "No! \[These are] confused dreams! No, he has fabricated it! No, he is a poet!"
7. فَلْيَأْتِنَا بِـَٔايَةٍۢ كَمَآ أُرْسِلَ ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ
"Let him then bring us a sign as the previous messengers were sent \[with miracles]."
8. مَآ ءَامَنَتْ قَبْلَهُم مِّن قَرْيَةٍ أَهْلَكْنَـٰهَآۖ أَفَهُمْ يُؤْمِنُونَ
Not a single city among those We destroyed before them believed – so will these believe?
9. وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا قَبْلَكَ إِلَّا رِجَالًۭا نُّوحِىٓ إِلَيْهِمْ
And We did not send before you \[O Prophet] except men to whom We revealed...
10. فَسْـَٔلُوٓا۟ أَهْلَ ٱلذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ
So ask the people of knowledge if you do not know.
11. وَمَا جَعَلْنَـٰهُمْ جَسَدًۭا لَّا يَأْكُلُونَ ٱلطَّعَامَ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ خَـٰلِدِينَ
And We did not make them \[the messengers] bodies that did not eat food, nor were they immortal.
12. ثُمَّ صَدَقْنَـٰهُمُ ٱلْوَعْدَ فَأَنجَيْنَـٰهُمْ وَمَن نَّشَآءُ
Then We fulfilled Our promise to them, and We saved them and whomever We willed...
13. وَأَهْلَكْنَا ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ
But We destroyed the transgressors.
14. لَقَدْ أَنزَلْنَآ إِلَيْكُمْ كِتَـٰبًۭا فِيهِ ذِكْرُكُمْۚ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ
Indeed, We have sent down to you a Book in which is your mention. Will you not then understand?
15. وَكَمْ قَصَمْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍۢ كَانَتْ ظَالِمَةًۭ
And how many cities We have shattered that were unjust...
16. وَأَنشَأْنَا بَعْدَهَا قَوْمًا ءَاخَرِينَ
And We raised after them other people.
17. فَلَمَّآ أَحَسُّوا۟ بَأْسَنَآ إِذَا هُم مِّنْهَا يَرْكُضُونَ
Then when they felt Our punishment approaching, they began to flee from it.
18. لَا تَرْكُضُوا۟ وَٱرْجِعُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ مَآ أُتْرِفْتُمْ فِيهِ
\[It was said], “Do not flee! Return to your luxuries and your homes..."
19. لَعَلَّكُمْ تُسْـَٔلُونَ
"...so that you may be questioned."
20. قَالُوا۟ يَـٰوَيْلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَـٰلِمِينَ
They cried, “Woe to us! We were truly wrongdoers!”
21. فَمَا زَالَتْ تِّلْكَ دَعْوَىٰهُمْ حَتَّىٰ جَعَلْنَـٰهُمْ حَصِيدًۭا خَـٰمِدِينَ
And that cry of theirs did not cease until We made them like a harvest mowed down – lifeless.
22. وَمَا خَلَقْنَا ٱلسَّمَآءَ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا لَـٰعِبِينَ
And We did not create the heaven and the earth and everything between them in mere play.
23. لَّوْ أَرَدنَآ أَن نَّتَّخِذَ لَهْوًۭا لَّٱتَّخَذْنَـٰهُ مِن لَّدُنَّآ إِن كُنَّا فَـٰعِلِينَ
If We intended to take a diversion, We could have taken it from what is with Us – if We were to do so.
24. بَلْ نَقْذِفُ بِٱلْحَقِّ عَلَى ٱلْبَـٰطِلِ فَيَدْمَغُهُ
Rather, We hurl the truth against falsehood, and it crushes it...
25. فَإِذَا هُوَ زَاهِقٌۭ ۚ وَلَكُمُ ٱلْوَيْلُ مِمَّا تَصِفُونَ
And behold, it vanishes. And woe to you for what you describe!
26. وَلَهُۥ مَن فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِۖ
To Him belongs whoever is in the heavens and the earth...
27. وَمَنْ عِندَهُۥ لَا يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ عَنْ عِبَادَتِهِۦ
And those near Him are not arrogant about worshipping Him...
28. يُسَبِّحُونَ ٱلَّيْلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ لَا يَفْتُرُونَ
They glorify Him night and day, never tiring.
29. أَمِ ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ ءَالِهَةًۭ مِّنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ هُمْ يُنشِرُونَ
Or have they taken gods from the earth who resurrect \[the dead]?
30. لَوْ كَانَ فِيهِمَآ ءَالِهَةٌ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ لَفَسَدَتَا
Had there been within the heavens and earth gods besides Allah, they would both have been ruined...
31. فَسُبْحَـٰنَ ٱللَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَرْشِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ
So exalted is Allah, Lord of the Throne, above what they describe.
32. لَا يُسْـَٔلُ عَمَّا يَفْعَلُ وَهُمْ يُسْـَٔلُونَ
He is not questioned about what He does, but they will be questioned.
33. أَمِ ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ ءَالِهَةًۭۚ قُلْ هَاتُوا۟ بُرْهَـٰنَكُمْ
Or have they taken gods besides Him? Say, "Bring your proof..."
34. وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ إِلَّا رِجَالًۭا نُّوحِىٓ إِلَيْهِم
And We sent not before you except men to whom We revealed...
35. وَمَا جَعَلْنَـٰهُمْ جَسَدًۭا لَّا يَأْكُلُونَ ٱلطَّعَامَ
And We did not make them \[the messengers] bodies not needing food...
36. وَجَعَلْنَـٰهُمْ لَا يَخْلُدُونَ
Nor were they immortal.
37. ثُمَّ صَدَقْنَـٰهُمُ ٱلْوَعْدَ فَأَنجَيْنَـٰهُمْ وَمَن نَّشَآءُ
Then We fulfilled Our promise to them and saved them and those We willed...
38. وَأَهْلَكْنَا ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ
And destroyed the transgressors.
39. لَقَدْ أَنزَلْنَآ إِلَيْكُمْ كِتَـٰبًۭا فِيهِ ذِكْرُكُمْۚ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ
Indeed, We have sent down to you a Book in which is your mention. Will you not then understand?
40. وَكَمْ قَصَمْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍۢ كَانَتْ ظَالِمَةًۭ
And how many a city that was unjust have We shattered...
41. وَأَنشَأْنَا بَعْدَهَا قَوْمًا ءَاخَرِينَ
And raised after them another people.
42. فَلَمَّآ أَحَسُّوا۟ بَأْسَنَآ إِذَا هُم مِّنْهَا يَرْكُضُونَ
Then when they sensed Our punishment, behold, they fled from it.
43. لَا تَرْكُضُوا۟ وَٱرْجِعُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ مَآ أُتْرِفْتُمْ فِيهِ
\[It was said], "Do not flee but return to the luxuries you were given..."
44. لَعَلَّكُمْ تُسْـَٔلُونَ
"...that you may be questioned."
45. قَالُوا۟ يَـٰوَيْلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَـٰلِمِينَ
They cried: "Woe to us! We were indeed wrongdoers!"
46. فَمَا زَالَتْ تِّلْكَ دَعْوَىٰهُمْ حَتَّىٰ جَعَلْنَـٰهُمْ حَصِيدًۭا خَـٰمِدِينَ
And that was their cry until We made them as a field that is mown down, silent.
47. وَمَا خَلَقْنَا ٱلسَّمَآءَ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا لَـٰعِبِينَ
We did not create the heavens and the earth and everything between them in play.
48. لَّوْ أَرَدنَآ أَن نَّتَّخِذَ لَهْوًۭا لَّٱتَّخَذْنَـٰهُ مِن لَّدُنَّآ
If We had intended to take a pastime, We could have taken it from what is with Us...
49. بَلْ نَقْذِفُ بِٱلْحَقِّ عَلَى ٱلْبَـٰطِلِ فَيَدْمَغُهُ فَإِذَا هُوَ زَاهِقٌۭ
Rather, We hurl the truth against falsehood, and it destroys it...
50. وَلَكُمُ ٱلْوَيْلُ مِمَّا تَصِفُونَ
And woe to you for what you falsely attribute!